May 29, 2025 • 41 mins
Ben Maller talks about the Thunder beating the Timberwolves to win the Western Conference Finals, how much damage this series does to the legend of Anthony Edwards in Minnesota, what's next for the Timberwolves franchise, the level of excitement for SGA and the Thunder reaching the Finals, and more!
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about the end of the Western Conference Finals. Turn at
the last the parties over zap zapp see you later.
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How much damage did this series do to the legend
of Anthony Edwards in Minnesota as OKC with the ko
after back to back conference final losses in five games.
What's next for the Timberwolves franchise and what is your
level of excitement for SGA and the Thunder as they
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are four wins away from a championship. They have made
it to the NBA Finals. We'll talk about all of
that and more right now here. It is give it
up for our number one.
Speaker 1 (01:55):
If you had the.
Speaker 2 (01:56):
Timberwolves going to the NBA Finals, you are a loser. Timmy,
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Speaker 1 (03:20):
So we're back at it.
Speaker 2 (03:22):
A big night of pro bouncy ball, unless it wasn't,
but that is our lead. We're going to start out
with that and we'll work our way through some other
pretty good stories. There were there were some stories here
that I was like baiting, this is a good day
or bad day. Pretty good day, not a bad day
for sports talk radio. So Anthony Edwards, this is not
one of the better stories. But Anthony play the hits.
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Mom Man play that.
Speaker 1 (03:44):
So Anthony Edwards and the Timberwolves traveling circus paying a
visit for Game five. O KC the opponent there trying.
Speaker 2 (03:54):
To stay alive, stay alive against the thunder and it
was the last dance for Minnesota. They could not win
this game. They were going to be kicked out of
the playoffs. And if you didn't watch, consider yourself lucky.
The most valuable commodity that we have is our time.
We don't know how much we have. We don't know
when it's going to come to an end. And you
(04:15):
didn't waste it watching this Drek man. That was die
die diarrhea man?
Speaker 1 (04:21):
Was that bad? Now this is our good Mitch for today.
Speaker 2 (04:23):
So the star, the MVP of the NBA ex Clipper
Shay jogis Alexander thirty nine points, eight assists and seven
rebounds and a partridge in a paar tree as the
thunder have decommissioned.
Speaker 3 (04:39):
The timber Wolves that route get out of here, see
you later, and one twenty four to ninety four beat down.
Speaker 2 (04:49):
Yeah, love the scratching and claw mentality. Never give up,
fight to the end of Minnesota. You know that's really professional.
You're not gutless and you give up in the first
quarter that you go out there and fight, you go
down fighting and really mad. Props to Minnesota basketball for
not being gutlass cowards who were down by thirty nine
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points and the game was over at the end of
the first quarter. What it was over at the end
of the first quarter, they were down by thirty nine points.
At one point, Okay, I got you fair enough, Okay.
Speaker 1 (05:20):
All right, fair enough. So the game started out promising.
Speaker 2 (05:24):
Julius Randall hit a three ball after some clunkers, and
Minnesota had a three to nothing lead.
Speaker 1 (05:31):
That would be the last lead that they had.
Speaker 2 (05:34):
That would be it chet Holmgren, better known by his
nickname Skeletor, had twenty two points, seven rebounds, three blocks,
and Jalen Williams, the generically named player. Imagine you get
to the NBA. Your name's Jalen Williams. You're like one
of eighteen people named Jalen Williams in the NBA. Anyway,
Jaylen Williams had nineteen points, eight rebounds, and the thunder
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get her done.
Speaker 1 (05:55):
So now Oklahoma City will play.
Speaker 2 (05:58):
The Indiana pay or the New York Knickerbockers in the finals.
And if you really want to screw over Adam Silver,
if you believe in Shotenfreude, if you want to screw
over ESPN, you've got a hope that the Pacers win
and we get Indiana and Oklahoma City in the NBA finals,
because that is the doomsday prophecies for pro bouncy ball,
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but plenty of time to give the thunder some flowers.
I'm sure there'll be plenty of people already giving them flowers.
The better story here, though, is in the losing locker room.
Speaker 1 (06:30):
That is where the story is.
Speaker 2 (06:32):
And my goodness, my goodness. All right, so let's discuss.
Let's just cut out who gets the blame, because we
know who gets the blame.
Speaker 1 (06:44):
It's the headliner. The headliner gets the blame here.
Speaker 2 (06:46):
So how much damage now that it's over, how much
damage did this series do to the legend of Anthony
Edwards in Minnesota?
Speaker 1 (06:56):
Because remember the talk was, this is the new face
of the NBA.
Speaker 2 (06:59):
You know, he was talking about how big as D
was against the Lakers and I'm not talking about defense,
and I'm bragging about the size of the anaconda. And
then he went out there and had a micro anaconda
in this particular series, in most of these games. So
my thoughts on this, I have soft underbelly, shrink flation,
and speak easy, and we will combine all of these
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things together and we are going to make the Gabba goool.
We're gonna make the Gabba gooul, is what we're gonna
do so a let's cut out all the niceties. Ant
man is a basketball player, and he flopped. He was exposed,
not the leading man he was propped up to be. Sorry,
not sorry. He laid an egg in this series, second
(07:45):
consecutive year that this has happened. He commandeered the vomit comet.
He did the hype train went off the tracks here
and with all those comps, I'm in everything from Michael
Jordan to Kobe Bryant and Anthony Edwards. We do this
tonight and right now tonight. Anthony Edwards ain't him, not
yet and possibly never and probably never. His soft underbelly exposed, exposed.
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I thought he had that killer instinct and he was
gonna he was gonna go down.
Speaker 1 (08:14):
You just not give up, And it just appeared he
had given up.
Speaker 2 (08:19):
And the final stat line does not indicate how crappy
Anthony Edwards played as a headline two hundred million dollar
ball player in the NBA. There is no Mamba mentality.
He has the mentality of a Koala bear that would
like to take a nap. That's the mentality Anthony Edwards brings.
At least he brought it in this series. So it's
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a case of false advertising. We thought he had it
and then he didn't have it, and if he did
have it, he lost it. Where'd he lose it? Why
do he lose it? You know it's not there. And
then the worst part is the lack of accountability. It's
like one thing to go out there and suck and
everyone knows you blow, and then you get on the
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microphones and I'll go back to the other game, Game four,
where he said I don't look at it like I struggle,
and he also defended Julius Randall, who was equally terrible.
Speaker 1 (09:14):
Uh.
Speaker 2 (09:14):
He said, they just had a good game plan and
they made us get off the ball. Okay, I still
can't get over he said that, like, I know, you know,
you're just an old You're an old head. Okay, maybe
I am. I just can't imagine that that would be
your answer. I just that's a lot of hoodswa, that's
a that's a lot of hoodsby Well, let's hear from
Anthony Edwards. Let's go to cut two on this, and
(09:36):
here is his explanation on what his plans are after
another another exit before getting to the NBA finals. Though
they got to the Final four, not enough. Here's Edwards
on his off season plans.
Speaker 1 (09:48):
Nobody's gonna work harder than me this summer, I'll tell
you that much. So, yeah, I'll try to make I'll
try to make it happen again for Micael.
Speaker 2 (09:55):
So the good news is if you're a Timberwolf fan,
he's gonna work hard in the off season. Now, working
hard in it game of the Western Finals. Too much, dass,
that's too much das? All right, just my goodness. So
he was bad in Game five. The final numbers were
empty numbers. The game was over at the end of
the first quarter.
Speaker 1 (10:12):
And you know that's a two hundred million dollar guy.
Speaker 2 (10:15):
The team's not playing well, and you're supposed to keep
the team from drowning, keep them within striking distance.
Speaker 1 (10:22):
That did not happen. Now turning the page.
Speaker 2 (10:24):
So after back to back Western Conference Finals, what is
next for the Timberwolves?
Speaker 1 (10:31):
What is next for this team? All Right? So you
look around here, and I would advise you to buckle up.
Speaker 2 (10:38):
If the grapevine is accurate, if the rumor mill is accurate,
here's what you can expect.
Speaker 1 (10:44):
You can expect shrink flation.
Speaker 2 (10:47):
All right, You'll pay the same, but you're gonna get
less bang for your basketball buck.
Speaker 1 (10:53):
The streets have been talking for some time.
Speaker 2 (10:54):
They've been chirping that the ownership group led by Alex Rodriguez,
the steroid cheat from baseball, who made all.
Speaker 1 (11:01):
That money and now he owns a chunk of the timberwols. Oh,
it is really not the lead owner.
Speaker 2 (11:06):
It's some other guy we've never heard of anyway, the
A Rod ownership group. The plan is to take a
carving knife like you would on Thanksgiving to a turkey
and start trimming away the meat on the turk. So
prepare the stuffing if you will. Penny rich, dollar poor,
I believe, is the phrase, the clinical phrase for that.
(11:28):
So you've got Anthony Edwards. Now in in Hollywood they
talk about the wagon wheel, and you've got to have
the star in the center of the wagon, and then
everything else.
Speaker 1 (11:39):
Around that is a spoke and the outer rim.
Speaker 2 (11:43):
You can replace all that stuff, and that's likely what's
going to happen here. That you have the centerpiece and
then you change the spokes up and you say, all right,
well these guys didn't get it done, so let's go
out and get some other flotsam and jetsam. We'll bring
some non achievers in on this side of the team,
and then I think the bench we can put some
under it. And so we'll mix equal parts non achiever
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and then we'll have the underachiever, and then we'll put
them together and then we'll see, we'll see what happens,
you know. And Rudy Gobert, if you watched the game,
I think your eyes got more into the game than
Rudy Gobert did. Julius Randall empty number and he wouldn't
go essentially plowing the ocean, plowing the ocean. I want
to go back to Anthony Edwards and just Minnesota in general.
Speaker 1 (12:26):
So the Timberwolves coach mister Finch.
Speaker 2 (12:29):
Commenting on what the heck went wrong for the Timberwolves here,
and he mentioned that the team collapsed so well, listen
to him.
Speaker 1 (12:39):
Explained what happened, why they were so bad here.
Speaker 4 (12:41):
We started trying to force it all, you know, individually,
one on one, and I think we had, you know,
a bunch of turnovers in that next phase of the
first quarter. Obviously got the crowd into it, that them going,
and then just as you know, I just struggled to
find a rhythm. Everyone was kind of trying to do
it all by themselves. We lost our connectivity. But all
credit to the Thunder. They certainly deserve this. They played outstanding,
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and you know, we came up short in a lot
of ways.
Speaker 2 (13:09):
Isn't that the coach's job to make sure that doesn't happen,
to get the message out fight like the devil, and.
Speaker 1 (13:15):
They didn't fight like the devil.
Speaker 2 (13:17):
Here's one more from the coach of the Timberwolves here
and discussing Anthony Edwards and the lessons learned.
Speaker 1 (13:26):
Take a listen. Apparently we do not have that shocking
all right?
Speaker 2 (13:32):
Well he said physicality, he was what he said, all right,
the last word here, So what is your level of excitement?
What is your level of excitement for SGA and the
Thunder reaching the NBA Finals.
Speaker 1 (13:46):
They're here, they've arrived. Now.
Speaker 2 (13:49):
I am pleased for Kyrie and he's really the only
regular show contributor from Oklahoma City or that area that
is a Thunder fan.
Speaker 1 (13:59):
We've been on the air for many, many years.
Speaker 2 (14:00):
I don't recall maybe one or two other Thunder fans
that have actually called the show.
Speaker 1 (14:04):
There was actually a guy that called.
Speaker 2 (14:06):
A couple weeks back, but other than that, it's slim
pickens in these parts. So now we have been told,
just in the hours since the Western Conference Finals ended,
we have been told by basketball hardos that this OKC
team is legit right, they're built. They built it the
right way, draft picks, young talent, no super team, garbage.
Speaker 1 (14:28):
None of that. And it's the feel.
Speaker 2 (14:30):
Good basketball story for the small market NBA. This is
why they changed the salary cap and they they made
it like a kitchen with a bunch of aprons so
you could enjoy Oklahoma City in the NBA Finals.
Speaker 1 (14:47):
It's so exciting, oh club City.
Speaker 2 (14:50):
So, on the Malard scale of excitement, which is the
number one instrument that we use, we don't know, we
don't know who they're going to play. We know the option,
but let's just focus in on Oklahoma City. So on
the Malard scale of excitement, one to ten, with ten
being you're nine years old, you're unwrapping presidence on your
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birthday and you had a lot, a lot of your
buddies gave your presidents. You got aunts, uncles, cousins, they
all gave your present. You're very happy, So that is
the that's the ten. So on a scale of one
to ten, how excited are you for Oklahoma City being
in finals?
Speaker 1 (15:26):
I am at a two.
Speaker 2 (15:28):
I am at a two, and the only reason I'm
at a two is because a member of the Clipper
Alumni Association has a chance to win the championship.
Speaker 1 (15:36):
So I'm I'm happy for SGA. It's it's a win win.
Speaker 2 (15:40):
The Clippers got Kawhi Leonard and the thunder got SGA,
So win win there, and good luck to SGA in
the finals.
Speaker 1 (15:49):
That set. It is fair when you take a couple.
Speaker 2 (15:52):
Of steps back and you look at this matchup and
we don't know who they're playing.
Speaker 1 (15:56):
We know it's either Indiana or New York. But either way,
if you look.
Speaker 2 (16:01):
Despite the MVP and all that, he's not the straw
that stirs the drink, right, and that part sucks, you
might probably don't care. I don't care, Okay, And that's right.
I get it, Like why would you care? But in
my position, I care. I do broadcasting, right, I do?
(16:22):
By you it's more fun and we when we get
to these championship rounds, like if you do a show
like this, we have people that jump on the train.
They're like hobo, I come, hobos. They jump on the train.
They're they're the casual fan. They're not like us, they're
not hardcore fans, and they want to be part of it.
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They want to listen to a sports radio show late
at night because they want to have something they can
talk to their sporty friends about. And so it's you're
bringing new people in and it's a trickle down situation.
Speaker 1 (16:56):
Obviously, the ratings are one thing.
Speaker 2 (16:57):
I don't work for the NBA, don't work for ESPN,
so I don't really care about But I was sorry
about my perspective. When you do the broadcasting and you
have a matchup where no one gives a crap, it's
narrow casting, right, It's a niche situation. Here, it's a
niche situation. And we are headed to a speak easy
NBA Finals. This is a speak easy you gottat the password.
(17:20):
It's invitation only and outside of the hard os who
are always going to watch, and I'm in that camp,
my hand is raised.
Speaker 1 (17:27):
I'm a heart o. I will watch.
Speaker 2 (17:29):
But unless you've got some kind of bet, like a
future's betover on DraftKings or something like that, you're not
You're not going out of your way to watch. It's
not gonna be a lot of buzz. There's not gonna
be a lot of excitement about this, and it's really
is a throwback.
Speaker 1 (17:43):
It is the worst.
Speaker 2 (17:45):
Assuming the Knicks don't come back, they will, so it's
a it's the worst finals we've had since the tape
delay era.
Speaker 1 (17:52):
And when I when I started.
Speaker 2 (17:55):
As a young lad, I got in a radio on
as nineteen, but I started covering the NBA. That was
one of my first jets as a reporter radio. They
called him a stringer. I was the term in radio,
and I recall covering the early days. You know, this
is early days for me, but this is like the
early nineties, and the chatter at the time was, oh,
we were not that far removed from the NBA Finals
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being on tape delay, and it had only been like
fifteen years or something like that. And at that time,
and you know that they were not that far removed
from playing three night, three games and three nights, which
if you did that now, there would be a criminal
case that would be taken and Congress would be involved
and it would be, oh, my god, you're making someone
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work three days in a row.
Speaker 1 (18:38):
Holy, and they have to fly commercial. I can't believe it.
Speaker 2 (18:42):
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I, PREDICTED okc Versus indiana in THE Nba. Finals, yes
everyone predicted. That why, Not.
Speaker 2 (23:24):
Peter, Says, Okac, thanks they're into THE nba. Finals thank
god we don't have to Watch lebron and The lakers
in the. Finals, well, Yeah, lebron you know he's never
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Speaker 1 (23:40):
Finals pretty.
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Timberwolves let's talk about someone who isn't a.
Speaker 2 (23:49):
Coward Chris TAYLOR ct three get his first hit as A.
Halo do you expect him to now go on an
absolute burner LIKE i?
Speaker 1 (23:58):
Do?
Speaker 2 (24:00):
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they Got Chris. Taylor actually going to have.
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A brief mention later. ON i don't want.
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Store it's a pretty good, story The Fallen, angel if
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Angel that'll be coming up a little bit a little bit.
Speaker 2 (24:21):
Later late, Night Drug tester writes and says The timberwolves
easily beat.
Speaker 1 (24:25):
Up the old players Like lebron And Steph.
Speaker 2 (24:29):
Curry, well, No Steph, curry they didn't beat him up his,
body beat up himself. There he got injured in game
one and that was. It but, ANYWAY i, says to
to beat the younger, players they should Ask Adrian, Peterson
he's an. Expert that is a low. Blow that is
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Love that is.
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True WHEN i first started doing overnights years, ago most
of the people that listen and we're delivering the. Newspaper
and then this thing called The internet took, off and it's.
Rare it's a rare. Thing doesn't. Happen all that off doesn't,
happen all that. Off this a few of you, left
the hearty few that are still.
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as regretting his life.
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Hey? Man you say that was?
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Despicable tonight we Call Anthony edws a fer runner for.
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That, oh.
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Terrible you got to produce, more not enough.
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Action you can't compare yourself To Michael jordan and perform like.
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That well that's that's THE nba media machine that was
comparing him To Michael. Jordan and he had some good
moments where you, thought, hey he's got a lot of
wonderful skills and that that is a App, absolutely.
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He'll be the hardest.
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Worker he got to work on his.
Speaker 2 (28:04):
Conditioning that didn't look that didn't look too too nice to. Me,
well from WHAT i, dan WHAT i, understand he does
a lot of workouts with the various.
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Women so he's getting a lot of.
Speaker 2 (28:12):
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workouts in that. WAY i don't know about THE i
don't know on the treadmill or in the, gym BUT
i get me some workouts.
Speaker 1 (28:21):
In so, yeah the boxing record, right he is the,
father the forefather of the next. Generation Anthony edwards was.
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The way to high school VERSUS jb squad.
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Him And John.
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do you, Think, Jolda we'll have the dads. Fight oh my,
gosh give Me John halliburn in the in the sixth,
round no.
Speaker 1 (29:06):
Problem halliburton from the top, ROPE i got.
Speaker 2 (29:12):
Again all, right all, right, well thank, you thank, You
joelie the, man all, right well we have the the
play of.
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The night and not not much of a, watcher not
much of a.
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will be Playing Oklahoma.
Speaker 1 (30:28):
City we know they will be.
Speaker 2 (30:29):
There, however if you look at the gambling, market it doesn't.
Matter it doesn't. Matter the thunder on some of the
different gambling outfits are listed as high as a minus
six twenty five favorite to beat Either indiana or The
knicks in the. Finals so that means if you, bet
(30:50):
if you're a dime, player you bet ten bucks on the,
thunder you would win a profit of one dollar in sixty.
Sense well that's big. Money, yeah don't spend it all
in one. Place do not spend it all in one.
Place but that is a, massive massive. Favorite now do
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you give you some more intel on what exactly that?
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Means And i'll give it to you in layman's.
Speaker 2 (31:17):
Terms so minus six twenty five the implied odds on
That Oklahoma city has an over eighty six percent chance
of winning the championship over eighty six. Percent, however here's the.
Problem they still have to play their. Games they still
have to play their, games and that's the.
Speaker 1 (31:35):
Problem that is.
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Speaker 1 (31:59):
Tulsa he.
Speaker 2 (32:00):
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Speaker 1 (32:04):
Bullies how did PLAYOFF p work out for your?
Speaker 2 (32:07):
TEAM i got to the final, four Got Kawhi leonard
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the access. Code Kawhi leonard Wanted PLAYOFF. P The clippers
Wanted Kawhi. Leonard so that's the price you gotta.
Speaker 1 (32:18):
Pay he.
Speaker 2 (32:19):
Says THIS okac team could have been. Yours not, really
they're not. Exciting they're Not they're pretty. Boring they remind
me of like AN aau team like that stuff after the.
Speaker 1 (32:32):
Game he's just. Dumb, really what are you? Doing? There you?
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on and. On you, know let me take another call
before you Des there's some people on hold here AND
i want to get them.
Speaker 1 (33:22):
On and who do we.
Speaker 2 (33:24):
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he would like to chime in. Here he has a
hot take on A timberwolve. Fan is that, Correct? Jeff
AM i getting that?
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Accurate? Yeah, yeah?
Speaker 5 (33:37):
Man what's? Up? Man i'm Calling gunner. Out at LEAST
i have the guts to call in after my team
lost where is this loser.
Speaker 2 (33:43):
At he's On aisle seventeen At walmart in Northern. Minnesota
that's where he is right. Now he's putting cans of
soup On ale.
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SEVENTEEN i, mean.
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If you're a, fan you're a. Fan your team got.
Blitzed then they got. Blitzed, okay they make the.
Speaker 1 (33:57):
Playoffs if you're a, fan your fans show. UP i
think you're really calling to pat yourself on the. BACK
i think that's why you're.
Speaker 2 (34:02):
CALLING i think your your real effort is to say
how great you are rather than Rip.
Speaker 1 (34:08):
Gunner that's the the the the.
Speaker 5 (34:09):
Motivation, man if you're a, fan you're a fan at
LEAST i think gets to call back in after my team.
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Lost, Okay i'm a, fan nugget all day.
Speaker 5 (34:18):
Long, okay they're a good. TEAM i back.
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Them things are gonna look a little different next, YEAR i.
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Think but you, know if this guy wants to, talk you,
know back it.
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Up just pick your team, lost don't go in. Hiding
where are you?
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Yeah where are you?
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At?
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Gunner come, On? Gunner is what excuse Is.
Speaker 2 (34:34):
Gunner gonna use when he eventually calls the show. Again
i'm sure there'll be some magical excuse why he can
call in or.
Speaker 1 (34:40):
Whatever we can wait for, that all, right, yeah all,
right go, away all, Right i'm done with.
Speaker 2 (34:45):
You all. Right it is The Ban Malor. Show as
we are navigating the overnight. Hours time now for the
Who AM? I?
Speaker 1 (34:51):
Game and here it. Is if The acers beat The knicks.
Speaker 2 (34:57):
And win The Eastern conference, title that will be the
eighteenth straight time that at least one former teammate of
mine will have made an appearance in THE Nba. Finals,
again if The indiana basketball, team The, pacers win The Eastern,
conference they can do that later, tonight it will be
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the eighteenth straight time that at least one of my
former teammates will have made an appearance in THE Nba.
Speaker 1 (35:26):
Finals Who AM? I that is the. Question the. Answer
we'll get to. It we'll do it.
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Go time now for the always exciting Who AM? I?
Game this is where we pretend to be somebody else
A's we call it Who AM? I? Game The pacers
are to. Win if they beat The knicks and take
The Eastern conference, title that'll be the eighteenth straight time
that at least one former teammate of mine will have
made an appearance in THE Nba.
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Finals Who AM? I that is the? Question what is the?
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Answer and let's, see does anyone know the? Answer page?
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favorite Former Vancouver grizzly Is Derek. MARTIN i was buddies
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be the eighteenth straight time that at least.
Speaker 1 (39:49):
One former teammate Of Paul george who.
Speaker 2 (39:53):
Have made an appearance in THE Nba FINALS gg.
Speaker 1 (39:57):
Thirteen now it's a good.
Speaker 2 (40:00):
Stat it's not as good as stat as The shaquille
O'Neil stat that has been bouncing. AROUND i think that
ended last, year but because a lot of these guys
made it before they became teammates With.
Speaker 1 (40:12):
Paul.
Speaker 2 (40:12):
George, however IF i am THE nba AND i know
there's about seventeen people that will begin watching the finals
who are not From Oklahoma city Or, indiana don't they
have to Have Paul george come in as the. Commentator
he would have built both these. Teams he Left, indiana
didn't think they could win In, indiana Left okac again
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didn't think they could succeed In Oklahoma, city and he
worked his way, out and both these teams now will
be playing assuming the unthinkable does not happen and The
pacers blow, this which it should win in the game,
Tonight but either, WAY i, mean that's The Paul GEORGE Nba, FINALS.
Speaker 1 (40:53):
Pg.
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Thirteen and the great thing About Paul george he is so,
Obtuse he is so, clueless he probably doesn't even realize
that how disastrous.
Speaker 1 (41:02):
This is for his. Legacy
Here we go.
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it in Vancouver, you're an hour number one. It's all
about the end of the Western Conference Finals. Turn at
the last the parties over zap zapp see you later.
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How much damage did this series do to the legend
of Anthony Edwards in Minnesota as OKC with the ko
after back to back conference final losses in five games.
What's next for the Timberwolves franchise and what is your
level of excitement for SGA and the Thunder as they
(01:33):
are four wins away from a championship. They have made
it to the NBA Finals. We'll talk about all of
that and more right now here. It is give it
up for our number one.
Speaker 1 (01:55):
If you had the.
Speaker 2 (01:56):
Timberwolves going to the NBA Finals, you are a loser. Timmy,
Welcome in the beginning of another night of the Ben
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Speaker 1 (03:20):
So we're back at it.
Speaker 2 (03:22):
A big night of pro bouncy ball, unless it wasn't,
but that is our lead. We're going to start out
with that and we'll work our way through some other
pretty good stories. There were there were some stories here
that I was like baiting, this is a good day
or bad day. Pretty good day, not a bad day
for sports talk radio. So Anthony Edwards, this is not
one of the better stories. But Anthony play the hits.
(03:43):
Mom Man play that.
Speaker 1 (03:44):
So Anthony Edwards and the Timberwolves traveling circus paying a
visit for Game five. O KC the opponent there trying.
Speaker 2 (03:54):
To stay alive, stay alive against the thunder and it
was the last dance for Minnesota. They could not win
this game. They were going to be kicked out of
the playoffs. And if you didn't watch, consider yourself lucky.
The most valuable commodity that we have is our time.
We don't know how much we have. We don't know
when it's going to come to an end. And you
(04:15):
didn't waste it watching this Drek man. That was die
die diarrhea man?
Speaker 1 (04:21):
Was that bad? Now this is our good Mitch for today.
Speaker 2 (04:23):
So the star, the MVP of the NBA ex Clipper
Shay jogis Alexander thirty nine points, eight assists and seven
rebounds and a partridge in a paar tree as the
thunder have decommissioned.
Speaker 3 (04:39):
The timber Wolves that route get out of here, see
you later, and one twenty four to ninety four beat down.
Speaker 2 (04:49):
Yeah, love the scratching and claw mentality. Never give up,
fight to the end of Minnesota. You know that's really professional.
You're not gutless and you give up in the first
quarter that you go out there and fight, you go
down fighting and really mad. Props to Minnesota basketball for
not being gutlass cowards who were down by thirty nine
(05:10):
points and the game was over at the end of
the first quarter. What it was over at the end
of the first quarter, they were down by thirty nine points.
At one point, Okay, I got you fair enough, Okay.
Speaker 1 (05:20):
All right, fair enough. So the game started out promising.
Speaker 2 (05:24):
Julius Randall hit a three ball after some clunkers, and
Minnesota had a three to nothing lead.
Speaker 1 (05:31):
That would be the last lead that they had.
Speaker 2 (05:34):
That would be it chet Holmgren, better known by his
nickname Skeletor, had twenty two points, seven rebounds, three blocks,
and Jalen Williams, the generically named player. Imagine you get
to the NBA. Your name's Jalen Williams. You're like one
of eighteen people named Jalen Williams in the NBA. Anyway,
Jaylen Williams had nineteen points, eight rebounds, and the thunder
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get her done.
Speaker 1 (05:55):
So now Oklahoma City will play.
Speaker 2 (05:58):
The Indiana pay or the New York Knickerbockers in the finals.
And if you really want to screw over Adam Silver,
if you believe in Shotenfreude, if you want to screw
over ESPN, you've got a hope that the Pacers win
and we get Indiana and Oklahoma City in the NBA finals,
because that is the doomsday prophecies for pro bouncy ball,
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but plenty of time to give the thunder some flowers.
I'm sure there'll be plenty of people already giving them flowers.
The better story here, though, is in the losing locker room.
Speaker 1 (06:30):
That is where the story is.
Speaker 2 (06:32):
And my goodness, my goodness. All right, so let's discuss.
Let's just cut out who gets the blame, because we
know who gets the blame.
Speaker 1 (06:44):
It's the headliner. The headliner gets the blame here.
Speaker 2 (06:46):
So how much damage now that it's over, how much
damage did this series do to the legend of Anthony
Edwards in Minnesota?
Speaker 1 (06:56):
Because remember the talk was, this is the new face
of the NBA.
Speaker 2 (06:59):
You know, he was talking about how big as D
was against the Lakers and I'm not talking about defense,
and I'm bragging about the size of the anaconda. And
then he went out there and had a micro anaconda
in this particular series, in most of these games. So
my thoughts on this, I have soft underbelly, shrink flation,
and speak easy, and we will combine all of these
(07:22):
things together and we are going to make the Gabba goool.
We're gonna make the Gabba gooul, is what we're gonna
do so a let's cut out all the niceties. Ant
man is a basketball player, and he flopped. He was exposed,
not the leading man he was propped up to be. Sorry,
not sorry. He laid an egg in this series, second
(07:45):
consecutive year that this has happened. He commandeered the vomit comet.
He did the hype train went off the tracks here
and with all those comps, I'm in everything from Michael
Jordan to Kobe Bryant and Anthony Edwards. We do this
tonight and right now tonight. Anthony Edwards ain't him, not
yet and possibly never and probably never. His soft underbelly exposed, exposed.
(08:11):
I thought he had that killer instinct and he was
gonna he was gonna go down.
Speaker 1 (08:14):
You just not give up, And it just appeared he
had given up.
Speaker 2 (08:19):
And the final stat line does not indicate how crappy
Anthony Edwards played as a headline two hundred million dollar
ball player in the NBA. There is no Mamba mentality.
He has the mentality of a Koala bear that would
like to take a nap. That's the mentality Anthony Edwards brings.
At least he brought it in this series. So it's
(08:41):
a case of false advertising. We thought he had it
and then he didn't have it, and if he did
have it, he lost it. Where'd he lose it? Why
do he lose it? You know it's not there. And
then the worst part is the lack of accountability. It's
like one thing to go out there and suck and
everyone knows you blow, and then you get on the
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microphones and I'll go back to the other game, Game four,
where he said I don't look at it like I struggle,
and he also defended Julius Randall, who was equally terrible.
Speaker 1 (09:14):
Uh.
Speaker 2 (09:14):
He said, they just had a good game plan and
they made us get off the ball. Okay, I still
can't get over he said that, like, I know, you know,
you're just an old You're an old head. Okay, maybe
I am. I just can't imagine that that would be
your answer. I just that's a lot of hoodswa, that's
a that's a lot of hoodsby Well, let's hear from
Anthony Edwards. Let's go to cut two on this, and
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here is his explanation on what his plans are after
another another exit before getting to the NBA finals. Though
they got to the Final four, not enough. Here's Edwards
on his off season plans.
Speaker 1 (09:48):
Nobody's gonna work harder than me this summer, I'll tell
you that much. So, yeah, I'll try to make I'll
try to make it happen again for Micael.
Speaker 2 (09:55):
So the good news is if you're a Timberwolf fan,
he's gonna work hard in the off season. Now, working
hard in it game of the Western Finals. Too much, dass,
that's too much das? All right, just my goodness. So
he was bad in Game five. The final numbers were
empty numbers. The game was over at the end of
the first quarter.
Speaker 1 (10:12):
And you know that's a two hundred million dollar guy.
Speaker 2 (10:15):
The team's not playing well, and you're supposed to keep
the team from drowning, keep them within striking distance.
Speaker 1 (10:22):
That did not happen. Now turning the page.
Speaker 2 (10:24):
So after back to back Western Conference Finals, what is
next for the Timberwolves?
Speaker 1 (10:31):
What is next for this team? All Right? So you
look around here, and I would advise you to buckle up.
Speaker 2 (10:38):
If the grapevine is accurate, if the rumor mill is accurate,
here's what you can expect.
Speaker 1 (10:44):
You can expect shrink flation.
Speaker 2 (10:47):
All right, You'll pay the same, but you're gonna get
less bang for your basketball buck.
Speaker 1 (10:53):
The streets have been talking for some time.
Speaker 2 (10:54):
They've been chirping that the ownership group led by Alex Rodriguez,
the steroid cheat from baseball, who made all.
Speaker 1 (11:01):
That money and now he owns a chunk of the timberwols. Oh,
it is really not the lead owner.
Speaker 2 (11:06):
It's some other guy we've never heard of anyway, the
A Rod ownership group. The plan is to take a
carving knife like you would on Thanksgiving to a turkey
and start trimming away the meat on the turk. So
prepare the stuffing if you will. Penny rich, dollar poor,
I believe, is the phrase, the clinical phrase for that.
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So you've got Anthony Edwards. Now in in Hollywood they
talk about the wagon wheel, and you've got to have
the star in the center of the wagon, and then
everything else.
Speaker 1 (11:39):
Around that is a spoke and the outer rim.
Speaker 2 (11:43):
You can replace all that stuff, and that's likely what's
going to happen here. That you have the centerpiece and
then you change the spokes up and you say, all right,
well these guys didn't get it done, so let's go
out and get some other flotsam and jetsam. We'll bring
some non achievers in on this side of the team,
and then I think the bench we can put some
under it. And so we'll mix equal parts non achiever
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and then we'll have the underachiever, and then we'll put
them together and then we'll see, we'll see what happens,
you know. And Rudy Gobert, if you watched the game,
I think your eyes got more into the game than
Rudy Gobert did. Julius Randall empty number and he wouldn't
go essentially plowing the ocean, plowing the ocean. I want
to go back to Anthony Edwards and just Minnesota in general.
Speaker 1 (12:26):
So the Timberwolves coach mister Finch.
Speaker 2 (12:29):
Commenting on what the heck went wrong for the Timberwolves here,
and he mentioned that the team collapsed so well, listen
to him.
Speaker 1 (12:39):
Explained what happened, why they were so bad here.
Speaker 4 (12:41):
We started trying to force it all, you know, individually,
one on one, and I think we had, you know,
a bunch of turnovers in that next phase of the
first quarter. Obviously got the crowd into it, that them going,
and then just as you know, I just struggled to
find a rhythm. Everyone was kind of trying to do
it all by themselves. We lost our connectivity. But all
credit to the Thunder. They certainly deserve this. They played outstanding,
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and you know, we came up short in a lot
of ways.
Speaker 2 (13:09):
Isn't that the coach's job to make sure that doesn't happen,
to get the message out fight like the devil, and.
Speaker 1 (13:15):
They didn't fight like the devil.
Speaker 2 (13:17):
Here's one more from the coach of the Timberwolves here
and discussing Anthony Edwards and the lessons learned.
Speaker 1 (13:26):
Take a listen. Apparently we do not have that shocking
all right?
Speaker 2 (13:32):
Well he said physicality, he was what he said, all right,
the last word here, So what is your level of excitement?
What is your level of excitement for SGA and the
Thunder reaching the NBA Finals.
Speaker 1 (13:46):
They're here, they've arrived. Now.
Speaker 2 (13:49):
I am pleased for Kyrie and he's really the only
regular show contributor from Oklahoma City or that area that
is a Thunder fan.
Speaker 1 (13:59):
We've been on the air for many, many years.
Speaker 2 (14:00):
I don't recall maybe one or two other Thunder fans
that have actually called the show.
Speaker 1 (14:04):
There was actually a guy that called.
Speaker 2 (14:06):
A couple weeks back, but other than that, it's slim
pickens in these parts. So now we have been told,
just in the hours since the Western Conference Finals ended,
we have been told by basketball hardos that this OKC
team is legit right, they're built. They built it the
right way, draft picks, young talent, no super team, garbage.
Speaker 1 (14:28):
None of that. And it's the feel.
Speaker 2 (14:30):
Good basketball story for the small market NBA. This is
why they changed the salary cap and they they made
it like a kitchen with a bunch of aprons so
you could enjoy Oklahoma City in the NBA Finals.
Speaker 1 (14:47):
It's so exciting, oh club City.
Speaker 2 (14:50):
So, on the Malard scale of excitement, which is the
number one instrument that we use, we don't know, we
don't know who they're going to play. We know the option,
but let's just focus in on Oklahoma City. So on
the Malard scale of excitement, one to ten, with ten
being you're nine years old, you're unwrapping presidence on your
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birthday and you had a lot, a lot of your
buddies gave your presidents. You got aunts, uncles, cousins, they
all gave your present. You're very happy, So that is
the that's the ten. So on a scale of one
to ten, how excited are you for Oklahoma City being
in finals?
Speaker 1 (15:26):
I am at a two.
Speaker 2 (15:28):
I am at a two, and the only reason I'm
at a two is because a member of the Clipper
Alumni Association has a chance to win the championship.
Speaker 1 (15:36):
So I'm I'm happy for SGA. It's it's a win win.
Speaker 2 (15:40):
The Clippers got Kawhi Leonard and the thunder got SGA,
So win win there, and good luck to SGA in
the finals.
Speaker 1 (15:49):
That set. It is fair when you take a couple.
Speaker 2 (15:52):
Of steps back and you look at this matchup and
we don't know who they're playing.
Speaker 1 (15:56):
We know it's either Indiana or New York. But either way,
if you look.
Speaker 2 (16:01):
Despite the MVP and all that, he's not the straw
that stirs the drink, right, and that part sucks, you
might probably don't care. I don't care, Okay, And that's right.
I get it, Like why would you care? But in
my position, I care. I do broadcasting, right, I do?
(16:22):
By you it's more fun and we when we get
to these championship rounds, like if you do a show
like this, we have people that jump on the train.
They're like hobo, I come, hobos. They jump on the train.
They're they're the casual fan. They're not like us, they're
not hardcore fans, and they want to be part of it.
(16:43):
They want to listen to a sports radio show late
at night because they want to have something they can
talk to their sporty friends about. And so it's you're
bringing new people in and it's a trickle down situation.
Speaker 1 (16:56):
Obviously, the ratings are one thing.
Speaker 2 (16:57):
I don't work for the NBA, don't work for ESPN,
so I don't really care about But I was sorry
about my perspective. When you do the broadcasting and you
have a matchup where no one gives a crap, it's
narrow casting, right, It's a niche situation. Here, it's a
niche situation. And we are headed to a speak easy
NBA Finals. This is a speak easy you gottat the password.
(17:20):
It's invitation only and outside of the hard os who
are always going to watch, and I'm in that camp,
my hand is raised.
Speaker 1 (17:27):
I'm a heart o. I will watch.
Speaker 2 (17:29):
But unless you've got some kind of bet, like a
future's betover on DraftKings or something like that, you're not
You're not going out of your way to watch. It's
not gonna be a lot of buzz. There's not gonna
be a lot of excitement about this, and it's really
is a throwback.
Speaker 1 (17:43):
It is the worst.
Speaker 2 (17:45):
Assuming the Knicks don't come back, they will, so it's
a it's the worst finals we've had since the tape
delay era.
Speaker 1 (17:52):
And when I when I started.
Speaker 2 (17:55):
As a young lad, I got in a radio on
as nineteen, but I started covering the NBA. That was
one of my first jets as a reporter radio. They
called him a stringer. I was the term in radio,
and I recall covering the early days. You know, this
is early days for me, but this is like the
early nineties, and the chatter at the time was, oh,
we were not that far removed from the NBA Finals
(18:16):
being on tape delay, and it had only been like
fifteen years or something like that. And at that time,
and you know that they were not that far removed
from playing three night, three games and three nights, which
if you did that now, there would be a criminal
case that would be taken and Congress would be involved
and it would be, oh, my god, you're making someone
(18:36):
work three days in a row.
Speaker 1 (18:38):
Holy, and they have to fly commercial. I can't believe it.
Speaker 2 (18:42):
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Excited should be, there run around, seven possibly earlier depending
on traffic and other, variables but courtside on Main we've
been promoting it a lot here and on on social
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Out love to meet you if you're In, vancouver or
if you can make it there. TONIGHT i know it's A.
Thursday some of you actually have, jobs so if you
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hello to. YOU i did get some more, RSVPs So
i'm excited about. That right straight, ahead It's Chalk, City,
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Speaker 1 (21:13):
Interpretation let's get back to. It to it we.
Speaker 2 (21:18):
Go chipping the cues rights in The pride Of, syracuse
who was at one of the First mallard meet and
greets that we. Did the first one we did was In.
Pittsburgh then we went up To syracuse And chip we
made the drive up there And Chip chip was, there
so It's Buddy dale and then there was one other person,
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there a professor From. Syracuse, Anyway chip in THE q
says a plus on the mall, MONOLOGUE i cannot dump
on The. Timberwolves they went further than My rockets, says,
well you can always dump on the Timber. Wolves it's
easy to. Do a lot of you have, said Where's?
Gunner gunner's a. Fraud gunner should be the first call
that you. Take gunner hasn't called the show. Recently there's
(22:01):
a theory THAT i was sent an email By reggie
who's a big fan of Showing, detroit And reggie says
that he thinks the Reason gunner stopped calling the show
the last ten days or so is because he's pretty
sure that he Knew Occorrey, reggie he Knew gunner that
The timberol is gonna, lose and so he just kind
of bowed.
Speaker 1 (22:21):
Out that's his, Theory, jordan, right, so and he says
he plus plus on The Mountain.
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MONOLOGUE i don't care about anything you, said BUT i
have to give you respect for watching the worst sports
league in the world every day just to have content
for your.
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Show there you. Go we're also waiting on a date
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is a fluid situation.
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Too plan on the goal is to get To ohio
at some point during the summer, months BUT i am
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can't really book anything until like that sorted.
Speaker 1 (23:00):
Out so once that's sorted, OUT i.
Speaker 2 (23:02):
Can then figure out When i'll be coming to hang
out with the homies in the great state Of. Ohio
Mister luciano writes In he's In la but his heart
is in The. Bay he says ten out of ten
on The mallet, monologue with some chocolate brownies on the,
side AS.
Speaker 1 (23:16):
I, PREDICTED okc Versus indiana in THE Nba. Finals, yes
everyone predicted. That why, Not.
Speaker 2 (23:24):
Peter, Says, Okac, thanks they're into THE nba. Finals thank
god we don't have to Watch lebron and The lakers
in the. Finals, well, Yeah, lebron you know he's never
been to the finals as A, laker like a LEGIT Nba.
Speaker 1 (23:40):
Finals pretty.
Speaker 2 (23:41):
Well Ferg dog writes in he, Says, Hey, malard forget
about the Gutless.
Speaker 1 (23:46):
Timberwolves let's talk about someone who isn't a.
Speaker 2 (23:49):
Coward Chris TAYLOR ct three get his first hit as A.
Halo do you expect him to now go on an
absolute burner LIKE i?
Speaker 1 (23:58):
Do?
Speaker 2 (24:00):
YEAH i thought The angels offense is really clicking since
they Got Chris. Taylor actually going to have.
Speaker 1 (24:04):
A brief mention later. ON i don't want.
Speaker 2 (24:07):
To no one will be listening by the TIME i do,
This but did there is a story The angels provided.
Speaker 1 (24:12):
Us In it's a pretty good.
Speaker 2 (24:14):
Store it's a pretty good, story The Fallen, angel if
you will call it The Fallen.
Speaker 1 (24:18):
Angel that'll be coming up a little bit a little bit.
Speaker 2 (24:21):
Later late, Night Drug tester writes and says The timberwolves
easily beat.
Speaker 1 (24:25):
Up the old players Like lebron And Steph.
Speaker 2 (24:29):
Curry, well, No Steph, curry they didn't beat him up his,
body beat up himself. There he got injured in game
one and that was. It but, ANYWAY i, says to
to beat the younger, players they should Ask Adrian, Peterson
he's an. Expert that is a low. Blow that is
a low. Blow by late night drug Tester josh is
(24:49):
upset that he wants some. Attention he believes that the
newspaper carriers deserve a little.
Speaker 1 (24:54):
Love that is.
Speaker 2 (24:55):
True WHEN i first started doing overnights years, ago most
of the people that listen and we're delivering the. Newspaper
and then this thing called The internet took, off and it's.
Rare it's a rare. Thing doesn't. Happen all that off doesn't,
happen all that. Off this a few of you, left
the hearty few that are still.
Speaker 1 (25:13):
Hanging in there delivering the.
Speaker 2 (25:14):
Newspaper what else we, Have Page, Dan let's see, Here
kean read. That Fat daddy, Says, hey Big, ben when
you guys do your little meet and greet there In,
vancouver make sure A coop And lorraina don't write off
any expenses since technically they said On yesterdays show that
it was in a sanctioned work. Thing only you can
do it since you are the. Show, well the good
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news is the. COMPANY i really want to thank the
company for.
Speaker 1 (25:41):
This it's very kind of. Them they don't believe.
Speaker 2 (25:43):
In any kind of expense accounts or anything like. That
i've been, here, Man i've been here twenty five. YEARS
i don't Think i've Expensed maybe one time there was
SOMETHING i. Expensed so you don't have to worry about.
That there will be no expense report filled out.
Speaker 1 (25:56):
And we'll all handle our own. EXPENSES i want to
thank the company for. That that keeps, me keeps me.
Speaker 2 (26:01):
Grounded tom From Fullerton Wrights and says A MIDWESTERN nba
championship series would be as bad for baseball or bad for,
basketball rather as a baseball matchup of The Montreal expos
versus The Toronto Blue jays in The World series in the. Nineties,
yeah but you get it like compared to something that actually,
happened because like The Blue jays were in The World
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series a couple.
Speaker 1 (26:23):
Of, times they Played, atlanta which was a national.
Speaker 2 (26:25):
Team they Played, philadelphia which was a big market in
the in the Two world series that they were, in
and then there was the work stoppage in ninety.
Speaker 1 (26:33):
Four but this has gotta be the in modern.
Speaker 2 (26:37):
Media if It's indiana And Oklahoma, city it's at the
very top Of.
Speaker 1 (26:43):
Holy, canolly like what are we doing?
Speaker 2 (26:45):
Here like, Seriously Holy Holy canolely, well truck stop fungus
has checked. In he, SAYS i wonder if this Knucklehead
timberwolves fan who got a championship tattoo of The wolves
as regretting his life.
Speaker 1 (26:58):
Choices, yeah, no he's not. Worried the REASON i word
is because you do that to get.
Speaker 2 (27:04):
Attention you, know he got attention when viral people saw
The photoh that's what he.
Speaker 1 (27:08):
Wanted so that's.
Speaker 2 (27:11):
It you don't put something like that on your body
unless you're trying to get a bunch of.
Speaker 1 (27:14):
Attention and so the mission was. Accomplished the mission was.
Accomplished i's go to the.
Speaker 2 (27:19):
Phones let's say, now let's let's say hello to any
meanie miney. Mo let's go To, jola who's In. Dallas, Hello, Joela.
Welcome what's going? On?
Speaker 1 (27:30):
Hey? Man you say that was?
Speaker 2 (27:33):
Despicable tonight we Call Anthony edws a fer runner for.
Speaker 5 (27:38):
That, oh.
Speaker 1 (27:39):
Terrible you got to produce, more not enough.
Speaker 5 (27:43):
Action you can't compare yourself To Michael jordan and perform like.
Speaker 2 (27:47):
That well that's that's THE nba media machine that was
comparing him To Michael. Jordan and he had some good
moments where you, thought, hey he's got a lot of
wonderful skills and that that is a App, absolutely.
Speaker 1 (28:02):
He'll be the hardest.
Speaker 5 (28:03):
Worker he got to work on his.
Speaker 2 (28:04):
Conditioning that didn't look that didn't look too too nice to. Me,
well from WHAT i, dan WHAT i, understand he does
a lot of workouts with the various.
Speaker 1 (28:11):
Women so he's getting a lot of.
Speaker 2 (28:12):
Working, uh he's getting a lot of a lot of
workouts in that. WAY i don't know about THE i
don't know on the treadmill or in the, gym BUT
i get me some workouts.
Speaker 1 (28:21):
In so, yeah the boxing record, right he is the,
father the forefather of the next. Generation Anthony edwards was.
Speaker 4 (28:30):
The way to high school VERSUS jb squad.
Speaker 1 (28:32):
SCRIMMAGE i didn't like. That, HEY i want to see this.
Father do you know you see THESE nba? FATHERS i?
Love that's WHAT i was hate on last time.
Speaker 2 (28:43):
Day gilch Is.
Speaker 1 (28:43):
Alexander's father was active of tonight after that the.
Speaker 5 (28:46):
Game, hey between.
Speaker 1 (28:49):
Him And John.
Speaker 5 (28:50):
Halliburton we think he's gonna win THE Nba, finals but
the past is in the okac.
Speaker 2 (28:54):
Thunder, well we can have a celebrity boxing. Match what
do you, Think, Jolda we'll have the dads. Fight oh my,
gosh give Me John halliburn in the in the sixth,
round no.
Speaker 1 (29:06):
Problem halliburton from the top, ROPE i got.
Speaker 2 (29:12):
Again all, right all, right, well thank, you thank, You
joelie the, man all, right well we have the the
play of.
Speaker 1 (29:21):
The night and not not much of a, watcher not
much of a.
Speaker 2 (29:26):
Watcher THE mvp of THE nba S ga got her
done For okasey down.
Speaker 3 (29:33):
The, lane Floats runner counting to go to the Goos,
Billes Alexander weaving From miningfield To Minnesota.
Speaker 1 (29:40):
Defenders it didn't.
Speaker 2 (29:41):
Matter he gets to the stripe for the fourth time
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Speaker 2 (30:24):
Finals so keeping, on we do not know who exactly
will be Playing Oklahoma.
Speaker 1 (30:28):
City we know they will be.
Speaker 2 (30:29):
There, however if you look at the gambling, market it doesn't.
Matter it doesn't. Matter the thunder on some of the
different gambling outfits are listed as high as a minus
six twenty five favorite to beat Either indiana or The
knicks in the. Finals so that means if you, bet
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if you're a dime, player you bet ten bucks on the,
thunder you would win a profit of one dollar in sixty.
Sense well that's big. Money, yeah don't spend it all
in one. Place do not spend it all in one.
Place but that is a, massive massive. Favorite now do
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you give you some more intel on what exactly that?
Speaker 1 (31:15):
Means And i'll give it to you in layman's.
Speaker 2 (31:17):
Terms so minus six twenty five the implied odds on
That Oklahoma city has an over eighty six percent chance
of winning the championship over eighty six. Percent, however here's the.
Problem they still have to play their. Games they still
have to play their, games and that's the.
Speaker 1 (31:35):
Problem that is.
Speaker 2 (31:37):
It hey did See mark From queens although he puts
his head.
Speaker 1 (31:42):
Down on a pillow In, Arlington.
Speaker 2 (31:45):
Texas and enjoyed the The malord monologue there at the
top of the already quoted some things that we're mentioned
in the, monologue and what else we? Have Jeff wrights In,
oh he's. BACK i remember this, Guy Jeffson. Tulsa he's
from from So cowedy's In.
Speaker 1 (31:59):
Tulsa he.
Speaker 2 (32:00):
Says the hicks FROM okac outsmarted by the big city.
Speaker 1 (32:04):
Bullies how did PLAYOFF p work out for your?
Speaker 2 (32:07):
TEAM i got to the final, four Got Kawhi leonard
Without Paul, george they couldn't Get Kawhi. Leonard that was
the access. Code Kawhi leonard Wanted PLAYOFF. P The clippers
Wanted Kawhi. Leonard so that's the price you gotta.
Speaker 1 (32:18):
Pay he.
Speaker 2 (32:19):
Says THIS okac team could have been. Yours not, really
they're not. Exciting they're Not they're pretty. Boring they remind
me of like AN aau team like that stuff after the.
Speaker 1 (32:32):
Game he's just. Dumb, really what are you? Doing? There you?
Go my, Goodness, uh there you. GO u can't read that,
WELL i did.
Speaker 2 (32:47):
SEE i saw sir Scratch off checking our thoughts With
sir Scratch.
Speaker 1 (32:51):
Off he's going through a tough time right now with.
Speaker 2 (32:54):
The passing of his, mom and our thoughts are with
you on. That YOUR femi rights, in says a plus
and A chick Fil a on the male of.
Speaker 1 (33:03):
Monologue the company should pay for the entire meet and
greet Third rail on my Fort, naha that's that's don't
don't even get. Crazy what are you talking about?
Speaker 5 (33:13):
That?
Speaker 2 (33:13):
Anyway all, right we will press on and on and
on and. On you, know let me take another call
before you Des there's some people on hold here AND
i want to get them.
Speaker 1 (33:22):
On and who do we.
Speaker 2 (33:24):
Have let's go To jeff who is In denver and
he would like to chime in. Here he has a
hot take on A timberwolve. Fan is that, Correct? Jeff
AM i getting that?
Speaker 1 (33:35):
Accurate? Yeah, yeah?
Speaker 5 (33:37):
Man what's? Up? Man i'm Calling gunner. Out at LEAST
i have the guts to call in after my team
lost where is this loser.
Speaker 2 (33:43):
At he's On aisle seventeen At walmart in Northern. Minnesota
that's where he is right. Now he's putting cans of
soup On ale.
Speaker 1 (33:50):
SEVENTEEN i, mean.
Speaker 5 (33:52):
If you're a, fan you're a. Fan your team got.
Blitzed then they got. Blitzed, okay they make the.
Speaker 1 (33:57):
Playoffs if you're a, fan your fans show. UP i
think you're really calling to pat yourself on the. BACK
i think that's why you're.
Speaker 2 (34:02):
CALLING i think your your real effort is to say
how great you are rather than Rip.
Speaker 1 (34:08):
Gunner that's the the the the.
Speaker 5 (34:09):
Motivation, man if you're a, fan you're a fan at
LEAST i think gets to call back in after my team.
Speaker 2 (34:15):
Lost, Okay i'm a, fan nugget all day.
Speaker 5 (34:18):
Long, okay they're a good. TEAM i back.
Speaker 1 (34:21):
Them things are gonna look a little different next, YEAR i.
Speaker 5 (34:23):
Think but you, know if this guy wants to, talk you,
know back it.
Speaker 1 (34:27):
Up just pick your team, lost don't go in. Hiding
where are you?
Speaker 5 (34:30):
At?
Speaker 1 (34:31):
Yeah where are you?
Speaker 5 (34:32):
At?
Speaker 1 (34:32):
Gunner come, On? Gunner is what excuse Is.
Speaker 2 (34:34):
Gunner gonna use when he eventually calls the show. Again
i'm sure there'll be some magical excuse why he can
call in or.
Speaker 1 (34:40):
Whatever we can wait for, that all, right, yeah all,
right go, away all, Right i'm done with.
Speaker 2 (34:45):
You all. Right it is The Ban Malor. Show as
we are navigating the overnight. Hours time now for the
Who AM? I?
Speaker 1 (34:51):
Game and here it. Is if The acers beat The knicks.
Speaker 2 (34:57):
And win The Eastern conference, title that will be the
eighteenth straight time that at least one former teammate of
mine will have made an appearance in THE Nba. Finals,
again if The indiana basketball, team The, pacers win The Eastern,
conference they can do that later, tonight it will be
(35:20):
the eighteenth straight time that at least one of my
former teammates will have made an appearance in THE Nba.
Speaker 1 (35:26):
Finals Who AM? I that is the. Question the. Answer
we'll get to. It we'll do it.
Speaker 5 (35:30):
Next be sure to catch live editions Of The Ben
Meller show weekdays at two Am eastern eleven Pm.
Speaker 1 (35:35):
Pacific BET's Bell miller and. You we are hanging out?
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Together is The Ben Mahler show up all night every single.
Night you can stream this show in all of The
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Top of your. Screen back to it we.
Speaker 2 (36:38):
Go time now for the always exciting Who AM? I?
Game this is where we pretend to be somebody else
A's we call it Who AM? I? Game The pacers
are to. Win if they beat The knicks and take
The Eastern conference, title that'll be the eighteenth straight time
that at least one former teammate of mine will have
made an appearance in THE Nba.
Speaker 1 (36:59):
Finals Who AM? I that is the? Question what is the?
Speaker 2 (37:04):
Answer and let's, see does anyone know the? Answer page?
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Looking Han solo From.
Speaker 1 (37:22):
Scrooge that's his.
Speaker 2 (37:24):
Answer The Mexican John dutton, says your co workers who
chose not to invite you to dinner In.
Speaker 1 (37:29):
Vancouver that is. Accurate Ish smith From eke In, Roseville.
Speaker 2 (37:35):
Minnesota See fergduck says the final results of the, poll
The bennetts.
Speaker 1 (37:40):
Are, jerks all?
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Right That bosley from mister nice Guy John concact guests
By alf The alien Opiner Milkman, mike Says marcel after.
Speaker 1 (37:50):
Eating oodles of.
Speaker 2 (37:52):
Noodles Jim jackson of The Dallas mavericks was guessed By
shane In Des moines And la Ram I'm. Steve you
can arram it all, day you can arram it all,
night he. Says Former Vancouver Grizzly Big Country reeves now
my former not my, former but the guy used to
know a little bit when he played in THE. Nba my
(38:12):
favorite Former Vancouver grizzly Is Derek. MARTIN i was buddies
with him when he played for The. Clippers he was
a backup. Guard mostly started briefly in THE, nba but
he played with The Vancouver. Grizzlies had some good stats
on some terrible, teams because every team In vancouver was.
Terrible Mister irrigation going With Patty mills is his. Answer
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(38:36):
checking in the, rare, inappropriate rare and appropriate check. In
manuel From guardina says The gangster Of love is the.
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Answer Taco bell From.
Speaker 2 (38:47):
King, Rory Johnny lamaster guest By Bay City tony who
debt left shrimp from our Buddy enzo who is scheduled
to be.
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At The Mala Mean.
Speaker 2 (38:58):
Greek there is a rumor that he may drag his
wife with, him so we'll see if that. Happens Scott
foster From malard prop. Guy who else do we? Have
randy The Guinea pig From Perito Paige Down brian, says
in honor Of National Cheese Burger, Days ronald McDonald our
Buddy tom From. Fullerton we Met tom at These mallard
meet and greets in the, past he. Says Dennis rodman
(39:19):
is the. Answer big Rig rob Says Ray Caruth gil
From Sun diego Says Edward scissors hands the way to,
Go Mel counts From Fat.
Speaker 1 (39:30):
Daddy that's his. Answer who else do you? Have Paige?
Dan all, right enough of. That do you have an? Answer?
Lorena i'm going With Kelly, Rippa Ben.
Speaker 2 (39:39):
Kelly rippa, fine fine. Answer that is, incorrect the correct.
Answer if The pacers win The Eastern conference, title it'll
be the eighteenth straight time that at least.
Speaker 1 (39:49):
One former teammate Of Paul george who.
Speaker 2 (39:53):
Have made an appearance in THE Nba FINALS gg.
Speaker 1 (39:57):
Thirteen now it's a good.
Speaker 2 (40:00):
Stat it's not as good as stat as The shaquille
O'Neil stat that has been bouncing. AROUND i think that
ended last, year but because a lot of these guys
made it before they became teammates With.
Speaker 1 (40:12):
Paul.
Speaker 2 (40:12):
George, however IF i am THE nba AND i know
there's about seventeen people that will begin watching the finals
who are not From Oklahoma city Or, indiana don't they
have to Have Paul george come in as the. Commentator
he would have built both these. Teams he Left, indiana
didn't think they could win In, indiana Left okac again
(40:36):
didn't think they could succeed In Oklahoma, city and he
worked his way, out and both these teams now will
be playing assuming the unthinkable does not happen and The
pacers blow, this which it should win in the game,
Tonight but either, WAY i, mean that's The Paul GEORGE Nba, FINALS.
Speaker 1 (40:53):
Pg.
Speaker 2 (40:53):
Thirteen and the great thing About Paul george he is so,
Obtuse he is so, clueless he probably doesn't even realize
that how disastrous.
Speaker 1 (41:02):
This is for his. Legacy
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