July 1, 2025 • 39 mins
Brian Noe in for Ben Maller opens the 2nd hour talking about how LeBron James opting into his final year of the contract & how that signals it could be the end of LeBron’s career + some Maller Militia calls!
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
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Speaker 2 (00:26):
You're listening to Fox Sports Radio. Oh what is going on?
I'm Brian knowing for Big Ben Maler. Sorry, little little
technical glitch, if you will, is not letting it breathe
on purpose. But you know, you got some cool background
music for a little bit there. But we're off and
running now. That's all I know. We're here to have
(00:47):
a good time on a early Tuesday morning. And I'll
tell you this before we get to the Voice to
Men comparison with a NBA superstar, if you will. So
we have this. We have this neighbor cat and we've
named her Oreo. We're gonna sound like crazy people. So
I'm here in Vegas with my girlfriend. There's just a
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cat in the neighborhood. And so she would just hang
out with us, like she would come by and We're like, oh,
maybe she's hungry, and so we fed her a little bit.
And she has a home. She goes somewhere. We don't
know where she's from. We don't know what her age is,
we have no idea what her real name is. We've
nicknamed her Oreo. She's not our cat, but she's hanging
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out here tonight and she's fired up. She's normally she's
sleeping about ninety five percent of the time, but she
is wide awake and she's in crazy mode right now.
Speaker 3 (01:42):
Can I ask you a question about this cat?
Speaker 2 (01:44):
Absolutely? Please do well?
Speaker 3 (01:45):
Because I used to have a cat and.
Speaker 4 (01:49):
Eventually he'd just be gone longer and longer and longer.
Speaker 3 (01:53):
And one day he came back with a collar on.
Speaker 2 (01:56):
Okay, and I.
Speaker 3 (01:57):
Was like, who who thinks you are?
Speaker 2 (02:00):
Cat?
Speaker 4 (02:01):
How hard have you been double dipping that you'll think something?
You could put someone else's collar.
Speaker 3 (02:08):
On your neck?
Speaker 4 (02:09):
Yeah, you don't even like wearing the collar I put
on your neck, mister Jingles.
Speaker 3 (02:13):
No wonder man, Oh my gosh, do you plan on
adopting this cat?
Speaker 2 (02:18):
If I would love to, I would love to adopt Oreo.
And it's funny you said that, Lorena, because my girlfriend
made a necklace for Oreo that says Oreo, and she
used to when Oreo come visit, she'd put the necklace
on Oreo and then when she would leave, we would
take it off. And one time she almost forgot, and
I'm like, no, take the necklace off. You're gonna blow
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this for us.
Speaker 3 (02:42):
The cat inside and never let it out again. But
how do we know he so, you know for a
fact she has an owner.
Speaker 4 (02:48):
Yes, you can tell between a stray cat and an
owned cat. Yeah, stray cats they smell weird. They have
a weird texture to their fur.
Speaker 2 (02:58):
Yeah, right, exactly.
Speaker 3 (02:59):
They spray everything.
Speaker 2 (03:01):
Yeah, because she's you never see her when the sun
is out, you know, when it's super hot, Oreo's like,
screw this, I'm staying inside with the air conditioning. Wherever
her real home is, she is not outside ever. And
then when it's nighttime, she's just out. She's like a
night owl, like a night cat. But she definitely has
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a home. We just don't know where or what. But
like gonna put a note on her. We're gonna like
staplean note, like can we have Oreo or whatever her
real name is, Can we do that? But yeah, she's
hanging out with us right now. She's part of the militia.
He's very fired up right now. Okay, so the boys
to Men thing, let me finally pay this off. I
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picture one person out there, like I need to hear
where this tease is going. There's like one out there.
Everybody else is just like eh, talk more about Oreo
or the NFL. But Lebron James. So he exercised his
player option. That's the tune of fifty two point six
(04:03):
million dollars. Now, there was an interesting nugget from Brian Winhurst.
He was on Get Up and he had this to
say about Lebron and opting in to this player option year.
Check this out.
Speaker 5 (04:15):
It's just unusual for Lebron to be in this spot.
He has signed nine contracts in his illustrious career. Eight
of them have had player options in them. Not once
in the eight times has he ever taken that player option.
He has always opted to sign a new contract. This
is the first time in twenty three years he's ever
been on a contract is in its last year.
Speaker 2 (04:37):
Pretty interesting, right, So it seems to point to the
end of the road that would be the Boys to
Men tie in right there. It seems like this very
well could be Lebron's final year in the NBA because
he's normally when he's got that last year, he's got
that player option, he signs for more years. We just
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this with the Clippers, right, is same situation with the
Beard with James Harden, he had a player option and
they said nah, no thanks, and he signed a two
year deal. Right, So he got an extra year on
his deal. You've seen Lebron do that every single time
he's been in this position. He didn't do it this time.
So it could very well be his final season. It
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doesn't mean it for sure. Whatever, he could re up
with the Lakers after the season, he could look for
a new home if he wanted to continue his career elsewhere.
Doesn't mean for sure it's the end, but it tends
to indicate this very well could be his final season. Now,
his agent, Rich Paul He released an interesting statement on
Lebron's future. He wrote this quote, row, this is a
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statement Lebron wants to compete for a championship. He knows
the Lakers are building for the future, he understands that,
but he values a realistic chance of winning it all.
So what does this mean, this is what it boils
down to. Lebron understandably is like, Okay, I know we're
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planning for the future, but the future is now for me,
so I want to be on a championship contending team.
There's nothing wrong with that. What Lebron has done in
the past, he's thrown his weight around a lot more
than this. He just doesn't have the leverage. The Lakers,
they're not in go for it mode this season. They're
in go for twenty twenty seven mode. That's when max
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salary spots. They've got their iMore on twenty twenty seven
than they do this season because they're looking to go
younger and in some instances cheaper. They don't have a
ton of flexibility. Lebron's gonna turn forty one in December,
so they're not in like Steelers mode, if you will.
Steelers are like, yeah, let's go, let's go for it,
let's do it. The Lakers are like, yeah, let's try
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to build a better roster in a smarter fashion. But
they're really looking to build around Luca, not looking to
build around Lebron, and Lebron's smart enough to understand that,
but he doesn't want to accept that. He doesn't want
to be like, yeah, you know why, that's cool, this
might be my last year in the league. Let's just
plan for twenty twenty seven when I'm out of the
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league entirely, and you can have a better future with Luca.
He's not feeling that, and I don't think he should,
so I get where he's coming from. But he just
doesn't have the leverage to really hold the Lakers' feet
to the fire and make things happen. It's just not
gonna go down like that. The Lakers did lose Dorian
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Finney Smith. He gone, he is out of there. He
signed with the Rockets, and in the place of Dorian
Phinney Smith, the Lakers signed Jake la Ravia. Jake Laavia.
That's on a two year, twelve million dollars deal, so
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not exactly a blockbuster signing for the Purple and Gold.
I love some of these reports. This is what makes
me laugh. And the whole thing here, Well, you'll see
these reports where it's like Lebron will be closely monitoring
things and closely monitoring what the Lakers do this offseason.
It's like, yeah, he's gonna be closely monitoring the Lakers,
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not doing jack. Okay, the Lakers aren't gonna do anything
of great significance this offseason. They just don't have a
ton of wiggle room. So this idea that Lebron, he's
gonna be paying attention. He's gonna be watching Sports Center,
he's gonna be reading the La Times. He's gonna stay
in close proximity the Genie Buss and the powers that be,
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and you're gonna be checking. He's gonna be monitoring closely,
and that's gonna get something done. It's not. The Lakers
are not going to be making any big moves this offseason.
There's not gonna be a move where you go, WHOA,
that's big. I think the Lakers could win the West. Now,
there's not gonna be a move like that spoiler alert.
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So I just think it's funny that Lebron's gonna be
monitoring the situation very closely, day in and day out.
It's like, Okay, he's gonna be monitoring a whole lot
of nothing happening. But that's the word right now. And now,
I mean, just look at what's happened with the Lakers
desperately need a center, and it looked like it maybe
(09:24):
could be Brook Lopez. Maybe Brooke going once, going twice. Nope,
not brook Lopez. He signed with the Clippers. Think about
that for a second. The Lakers were in play to
possibly get Brook Brook Lopez, and Brook's like, now I'll
go to the Clippers and back up of Vitza Zubats.
I'll be a backup. And maybe he thinks the Clippers
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are have a better roster, they're in a better position
to compete for a championship. Whatever his reasons are, he
chose the Clippers over the Lakers. So maybe, uh, Clint Capella,
maybe Clint is destined for the Lakers. No, well that's
not gonna happen either, signing with the Rockets. Rockets are
making some good moves. Let's spand it beyond the Lakers
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here in a little bit with all the other free
agency comings and goings, if you will. But no Clint Capella,
He's gonna back up San Goon. I'll tell you what, man,
the Rockets are. They're putting together a legitimate roster that
can compete in the West. And the Lakers meanwhile right
now they have Maxi Kliba. That's what we're looking at
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here in the front court. They've got it. They desperately
need to upgrade. Now. Maybe it'll be DeAndre Ayton. His
contract just got bought out by the Blazers. But man,
not the most sterling reputation for all d eighton right here.
Some say he's selfish, he's unreliable. The word diva's been
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thrown around. You don't want to hear this phrase either.
Locker room cancer just got bought out by the Blazers,
So maybe that's the next center for the Lakers. Don't
know if they can do much better than that, So
we'll see if that's who they end up with. Very
curious about this, but yeah, Lebron, make no but you're
gonna see these reports, you're gonna read this or Lebron's
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closely monitoring the situation. He wants the Lakers to there
and win now mode, and the Lakers are like, Bro,
that's just not where we're at right now. We gotta
we gotta make upgrades and be smart about this and
build around Luca, not you. So this is a weird,
possible final season for Lebron, but that's the way it's
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shaping up. Make no mistake about it, all right, let
me go out to the phones here, militia is here.
Let's work in John to the conversation. He's in LA.
What's going on, John, you're on Fox Sports Radio. Johnny
ran away?
Speaker 3 (11:47):
Thinky ran away into the woods?
Speaker 2 (11:49):
John?
Speaker 3 (11:49):
He ran and here though.
Speaker 2 (11:51):
I love Andre. Let's go to Andre and U mess,
what's going on? Drey?
Speaker 6 (11:56):
What's going on? Thanks so much for taking the call.
You that's uh on the western part.
Speaker 7 (12:02):
Of the state.
Speaker 6 (12:02):
I'm on the other side. I'm over here on the Cape. Uh,
you know, the sunny peninsula known as tourist town.
Speaker 7 (12:08):
Uh. But it's all good.
Speaker 6 (12:10):
Willis is in the building.
Speaker 3 (12:12):
Is that Willis I just heard right now?
Speaker 7 (12:14):
Yeah?
Speaker 6 (12:14):
Well, well Willis is excited. Yes, he really want to
be part.
Speaker 7 (12:18):
You know, he's.
Speaker 3 (12:19):
Oreo could be friends.
Speaker 2 (12:21):
Yeah, Oreo is looking for a friend here. Andre.
Speaker 6 (12:27):
I think Willis might be able to make the trip,
you know, a spirited as he is. I think that, uh,
it's a trip out west might be just what he needs.
You know, sometimes you will gets a little bit over it.
You know. What he's excited about tonight is that, you know,
in terms of our stars, Okay, that would be the
most annoying if they were to win a championship I
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think Terrell Owens might be at the top.
Speaker 7 (12:49):
Of the list.
Speaker 2 (12:50):
You know he's done, though, Andre, you know he's gone.
Speaker 6 (12:55):
He's gone, but he's always threatening comebacks. You will always
see the videos of him doing the you know, forty
yard dash, fifty yard dash to show what kind of
shape that he's in.
Speaker 2 (13:05):
Hey, but Andre, I'm I'm always threatening to date Dua Lipa.
You know it's neither.
Speaker 3 (13:11):
A guy very tall woman.
Speaker 2 (13:12):
She is a very tall woman, Dre. I don't know
if you know that, but she is a I didn't
a lengthy eight for tonight.
Speaker 6 (13:19):
I didn't realize that she was tall. But I think
that she might date you. Nonetheless, Jack Hartlow, Okay, you
know the song you know which has has a ring
to it. You know, he's like six four mine is
involved in the set, you know, so that's little bit
of competition. Nonetheless, you know that didn't you know what
I mean? It's still fair game, you know. So he
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has to hit song and he is kind of tall,
you know, it has a way with words. But you said,
does he do late night radio like you? So I
think you still have a chance with duleip You make that.
Durell Tourell is retired, So we got to think of
a current player that would when that would be annoying
should they win a championship. That's kind of I try
to see people that the depositive. I don't know, maybe
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Max Jones. Mac Jones, you know, not not the best.
Speaker 2 (14:05):
No, come on, do you think Mac would be annoying?
Max like the nicest dude ever, and he's not even starting.
You know, he is.
Speaker 6 (14:12):
Nice except for when you have a special teams coach
and a defensive guy become his offensive coordinator. I think
that brought out you know, Matt wasn't too happy, but
he shouldn't have been happy.
Speaker 2 (14:22):
That's the only time we saw the bad side of
Mac Jones, when they had that ridiculous brain.
Speaker 3 (14:27):
And he will always remember.
Speaker 7 (14:30):
Yeah.
Speaker 6 (14:31):
I can't think of somebody beyond that, you know, I
try to keep on the sunny side.
Speaker 8 (14:34):
Trelane is the.
Speaker 6 (14:35):
Only one that came to my mind. Who you know
when he he if you gave him, if you won
power Ball, it'd be a dollar two two too.
Speaker 2 (14:42):
I'll tell you what though, Dre, I'll meet you halfway.
Because he played great in Super Bowl thirty nine, in
that loss to the Patriots, and he was still throwing
it in our face and a loss, what do you
have like nine catches for a buck twenty two, which
was insane. A lot of people thought he wasn't gonna
be healthy enough to even play, and he was great
in that game. But I remember him after the game
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where it was like, you thought I wasn't gonna play.
I told job's gonna play. That was after a loss.
So yeah, in his playing days, had he won it all,
absolutely he would throw it.
Speaker 6 (15:13):
And he played injured that game, So that was a
high point for him. A couple of couple of low lives.
Hey there things so much for taking the call. We're
gonna work on willis to see if you might be
able to travel west, you know, and be spirited out
there on the on the left coast.
Speaker 2 (15:27):
I appreciate that. Drey, good stuff, buddy, have a good
evening there. He is Andre I'm not gonna say in
u Mass anymore. I didn't follow that. So he's in
a part of Massachusetts that you wouldn't say, is you
mass That's interesting.
Speaker 8 (15:43):
Hmmm.
Speaker 2 (15:44):
He's like, no, no, no, no, no, you mass that's for
the other side. I'm on this side. That's that you Mass.
Speaker 3 (15:49):
I don't even know if I can play on Massachusetts
on a map.
Speaker 2 (15:52):
Really, you don't think you could. I think you could.
I'll tell you what though. Everybody struggles on some portion
of the map, almost everybody unless you were you know,
you just loved homework or something in school. But if
you just put a map in front of me, there's
gonna be a say, it might be the East Coast,
like the little tiny states.
Speaker 3 (16:12):
Like Delaware, Rhode Island, Connecticut, or like.
Speaker 2 (16:15):
Middle America, you know, like the very middle and just
one on top of the other, all the way down,
Like there might be one where you're like the Mississippi
Georgia thing, you know, Are you sure? Are you sure?
Speaker 8 (16:31):
You know? So? I might?
Speaker 2 (16:33):
I want to do that here sometime on the show
the fifty State Pop Quiz.
Speaker 7 (16:38):
All.
Speaker 2 (16:39):
We got a lot going on here coming up next,
and feel free to check in. Mallard Militia love being
interactive with you. We'll work in some calls as we
go forward here. Coming up next, two teams with high expectations.
All of a sudden, which one are you buying stock
in more? We'll get to that. I'm Brian no in
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What do you think Lareya. If we just played dua
lipa underneath the whole.
Speaker 3 (18:06):
Time, like, I think I would technically get fired.
Speaker 2 (18:09):
Yeah, I think I think it's against the rules. We
gotta find the loopholes in that, you know what I mean.
Speaker 4 (18:16):
If she's featured in different songs, it would count. So
if it was like a Britney Spears song featuring dua lipa,
I could have another dua liipa song, Okay, but it
can't be dual lipa.
Speaker 3 (18:27):
Do a lipa, do a lipa, do a lipa.
Speaker 2 (18:29):
Gotcha. You gotta be savvy. There's kind of like a
time limit. We gotta take like a thirty second time
out of no music and then boom more dua that
type of thing exactly. Okay, we'll we'll figure out a
work around, you know, get as much dua on as
we can do. A radio that's right, What would that be?
Speaker 3 (18:49):
D L tag her on Fox Sports so she knows.
Speaker 2 (18:52):
Will That'd be amazing if she was like I listen
to sports radio all the time and You're like, what
are you serious?
Speaker 3 (18:58):
I don't even think I've ever seen her in a jersey.
Speaker 2 (19:02):
Yeah, maybe not.
Speaker 4 (19:03):
Some some artists, you know, they rep teams I don't
think I've ever seen dualipa rep a team.
Speaker 2 (19:08):
Yeah, it'd be disappointing if she's not a sports fan. Whatsoever?
Speaker 3 (19:11):
Would you date a girl who's not a sports fan.
Speaker 2 (19:13):
It would not work. It just wouldn't work. I drive
her crazy the amount of sports I watch. Oh my gosh.
She'd be like, get me out of here. I don't.
You can't. You don't have to be a sports junkie.
But if you're just like no, it's not my thing,
it's like, wow, it's not gonna work. It's just not
you're gonna be.
Speaker 3 (19:32):
They might look at you weird.
Speaker 4 (19:33):
Yeah, for sure, Like really watching another game, didn't you
just right? Oh look this season ended, No, honey, golf
is on.
Speaker 2 (19:41):
Yeah, that's a there's a funny I forget what video.
I don't know what platform it was on, but it
was a really funny video where it was like the
girl's introduction to like her first NFL Sunday with her guy,
and her guy was this big football fan, and she
was like, Wow, that was fun. That was a good game.
It was cool watching with you. And he's like, yeah,
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that's just the early game. Now we have the afternoon
game and you know, she was slowly getting more and
more angry. No, we have Sunday night football. Now, we
were not planning to go anywhere here. It was a
whole thing. It was ray yeah, game, I'll tell you what.
These dirt bags with the college football playoff, that's one
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argument you're just not gonna win where you're like, hey, honey,
it's New Year's Eve. I know, but there's a college
football playoffs.
Speaker 4 (20:34):
I will beat you, I.
Speaker 7 (20:37):
Know.
Speaker 2 (20:38):
Why would they do that? That's a fight you're just
not going to win. Why would they schedule it? The something?
Speaker 3 (20:46):
Give us something?
Speaker 2 (20:47):
Yeah, that's the one thing.
Speaker 3 (20:49):
Valentine's Day.
Speaker 2 (20:51):
Oh exactly, Like you're not gonna win that argument either.
Let's get out to the phones here. Blind Sea Bass
is in Tennessee. What's going on? Blank Sea Bass?
Speaker 7 (21:01):
What the big bad?
Speaker 8 (21:02):
No?
Speaker 7 (21:03):
How you doing? My brother?
Speaker 2 (21:04):
Good buddy? How are things with you?
Speaker 7 (21:07):
Sorry? So I actually dated a chick who she actually
preferred to stay in on New Year's Eve? Too much football?
Speaker 8 (21:15):
What?
Speaker 7 (21:17):
Yeah?
Speaker 2 (21:17):
Where is she?
Speaker 9 (21:18):
Now?
Speaker 2 (21:19):
Did she did you marry her?
Speaker 7 (21:20):
No? She kicked me to the curve of three years
after I lost my vision.
Speaker 2 (21:25):
Oh no really yeah?
Speaker 7 (21:27):
Yeah, but that as the histories but anyway, so the
athletes the most annoying. I actually have.
Speaker 2 (21:35):
Two for you, Okay.
Speaker 7 (21:37):
So the first one is a j Brown because I
know all the Shenanians. He pulled here in Nashville and
we didn't even we weren't winning anything, but all the
Shenanians and you pull here. If he wins another one,
it was probably going to be one hundred times worse, Okay.
And my second one is for any sport at the
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University of Tennessee that I that school there are my
school's biggest rival. I cannot stand that school out out east.
Anytime they do anything, their fans they get to the
end of the world that they are the be all,
the end all, and it just drops me absolutely crazy.
Speaker 2 (22:16):
So who's your team?
Speaker 7 (22:17):
I'm a I'm a commodore Svan Vanderbilt.
Speaker 2 (22:19):
Okay, all right, I believe there. Well they hate They
had a couple of nice wins this past year out Yeah, so.
Speaker 7 (22:28):
With and then with the I just had one, oh
the trade. Yeah, so I am asc Central back in
the day. Sure, Pittsburgh sucks, you know everything, dude, I
cannot stand Pittsburgh. So definitely sends up on this one
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because Jayden Ramsey. He doesn't follow directions very well. He
plays on his own terms. He's very like, I'm gonna
do this while y'all do that, plus underneath the skin
and get him heated. Then he completely you know, throws
everything out the window and he's trying to destroy you.
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John New. The only thing I can remember about John
New when he was in Tennessee is the one butt
cheek in the playoff game. Again. I think it was
the Baltimore in the playoffs to help us win that
game when Baltimore was number one.
Speaker 2 (23:25):
Oh yeah, yeah, yeah. That was a big upset man.
Speaker 7 (23:27):
That was dude, Dude, I partied all night long. I
was so happy. Like I said, AFC Central runs deep
in my blood. And the third thing with Lebron, I
think his three reason why he's signed took his player
option is because the new ownership group told him, Hey,
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we're tired of your shenanigans. We're not going to put
up with anymore. So either you do this now or
we don't give you a new contract and you can
go find somewhere else to play. And my fourth thing,
I am disappointed you with the flyover states. Come on,
it is easy to tell, but even as a blind man,
I can tell the difference between Mississippi and Georgia.
Speaker 2 (24:08):
I'm just telling you. If you put a blank map
in front of me and said label all fifty states,
I'm going to screw up a couple of them. I'm
just not going fifty for fifty, That's all I'm telling you.
Speaker 7 (24:18):
Well, I mean it's kind of simple because it goes Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia,
and then south of Georgia you got that little thing
that where all the crazy lives called Florida. And then
you come up and you got South Carolina, North Carolina, Virginia,
you know, and all O. So, I mean it's fairly
you lost.
Speaker 3 (24:35):
Me like seven states ago.
Speaker 2 (24:38):
We got to try that. I really am curious how
many I would get, right. I think I'd get a
couple runs.
Speaker 4 (24:44):
Now giving me horrible flashbacks from my elementary school days.
Remember when they had the big map out and you
had to go put all of the initials of the
Georgia states. Oh yeah, Oh my, I would cry. I
would cry because I'd be the last one sitting at
my desk crying because I.
Speaker 2 (25:03):
The states, you know, the capitals, I mean, the capitals
can get you too, but good stuff, blind SeaBASS, glad
to hear from you man, and uh you know Commodoores.
You know Vandy fan right there. I love that. The
animosity towards Tennessee, that school out east. That was funny.
But aj Brown, So if you're just joining us, I
threw out the question which athletes would be the most
(25:27):
annoying if they want a championship or another championship if
they had already won one before. So the four on
my list, I said, Lebron winning another one, he would
just be like, oh my gosh, I'm great. I'm great.
And even more annoying, there would be a lot of
people saying that he is the greatest, So you'd have
the whole. It would reopen a massive can of worms
(25:50):
and it would be Jordan versus Lebron day in and
day out, which would be nauseating. Oh so bad. So
that'd be annoying, I said, Aaron Rogers winning again would
be annoying. He'd throw that in our face. It's kind
of a cheating answer, but I said, back in his
Cleveland days, Baker Mayfield, because he was in peak, you know,
(26:13):
chip on shoulder mode, he would have been relentless, and
I think Angel Reese's present day that that would be
quite annoying. If she wanted all man, she would, uh,
she would have videos galore, like flexing the championship ring.
It might be kind of funny if she did it right,
(26:33):
you know, but I think she'd be annoying. But anyway,
some people are checking in from time to time based
on that question. Which athletes would be the most annoying
if they want it all Let's go to Keg Keg
drinking Steve is in case? What's going on? Drinking Steve?
Speaker 8 (26:49):
Yeah, what's that? We kind of hat the militia kind
of hate you on that first show.
Speaker 7 (26:55):
I think you're.
Speaker 8 (26:55):
Becoming a made man. Fine.
Speaker 2 (26:58):
Good.
Speaker 8 (26:59):
All the Melitia accepting you.
Speaker 2 (27:02):
By that's good. It's a rough bunch, you know, these
Ruffians they're like, who's this new guy? I don't know
about this new guy. It's kind of weird.
Speaker 8 (27:10):
You're all right, You're okay so far. You know, you
gotta add Kevin Durant, the cupcake man. You got cake.
I love Angel, Angel reason playing the title will be great.
Speaker 7 (27:21):
Man. I just want to see what you do.
Speaker 8 (27:23):
I want to see if you flip out or something.
Speaker 4 (27:25):
Man.
Speaker 2 (27:25):
But well, you're right though, keg drinking, Steve, that's a
good point. It might be annoying for me or some
people because she would just throw it in our face
time and time again. But i'll tell you what you're
onto something that would be great for the WNBA. Yeah,
And if she was doing that, and even if you're
hate watching her, they don't care. They just care about
ratings and interest.
Speaker 8 (27:47):
It's all good as long as you're authentic here or
your authentic self. But I believe that that's part of
her authentic self. But where we all where we all
get in the problems here is when you get on
the internet and you get your ghost name or whatever,
and Kevin Durant is being a little baby, or or
Lebron is pretending like he's not a ring. Jason Lebron
(28:10):
is such a fame whore that he would go to
the Knicks and then okay, the deal in the middle
season if he thought he.
Speaker 7 (28:15):
Could get another ring.
Speaker 8 (28:16):
Let's let's just let's just lay it out. Let's just
lay it out there. You know, we don't need these
guys pretending like their like their magnanimous. And he's going
to retire if he thought he could get he get
a ring, he would go to Charlotte's. You know, he
would go. He would go anywhere he had to go.
You know, he keep a house in la and live
(28:37):
in a hotel room. He would live in a hotel
room in Times Square, you know with the with the
junkies man to get a room, to get another ring.
That's now, that's Lebron's, that's Lebron's worldview. Now I have
to go for for retired annoying guy. I've got to
put Tom Brady up there, the the the convicted football
(28:58):
deflator cheater going stag to a wedding with with Orlando
Bloom and I guess there's a there's a romance now
he's he's hitting it hard and heavy with allegedly with
Sidney Sweeney, who's a LA six.
Speaker 2 (29:12):
Or no way? Is that the new hot rumor out?
Speaker 8 (29:16):
According to the Daily Mail, they're gonna challenge crab Us
and Taylor for the new the new couple of the year. Now,
what what does Tom Brady have to talk about with Sidney?
With Sydney Sweene, that's that's that's I mean, come on,
the guy, the guy is nervous, that Mahomes is nipping
(29:37):
on his heels and and and then he's feeling, he's feeling.
He look, Tom Brady's the cheater. You know the Patriots
were cheeters. But I got to get the guy credit.
He's you know, he's he's he's easily one of the greatest.
But Patrick, but let's be realistic. Patrick Mahomes is coming.
Speaker 7 (29:55):
For the throne.
Speaker 8 (29:57):
And now now he's now he goes stag to a
which I don't know. You're gonna have to ask the
women about this, ask to ask the lady. This could
be a Lorena question. I don't know if it's better
to go with the date or than to go stag.
But he came out with Sidney sweety, so so that
that's that they're hot and heavy, according to the Daily,
according to the Daly have to deal with this, Tom
(30:22):
tom Brady just needs to look man, retire. You know,
he's he's an average commentator. I think he's he's come
down a few pigs now that he's just an average.
He's an average dude. He's not superman. I can still
respect everything that he did, even though he's a stone
cold cheater. But man, come on, leave Sidney Sweetey alone.
Speaker 2 (30:45):
That's the worst advice ever. Keg drinking, Steve, where do
you talk? He leave her alone? If she's up for
hanging out with Tom, Brady's gonna be like, no, no, no,
I've done him though, winning No, you should get in there, Tom,
What are you talking about? She is?
Speaker 8 (31:01):
She is an a charitable La seven. Since she is not,
she is not.
Speaker 7 (31:07):
I don't know why her.
Speaker 8 (31:08):
I don't understand the appeal if it was, if it
was in day.
Speaker 2 (31:13):
Fine, wow, Steve, look you are crazy. She's in La
ten in La she's a She's a Steve she is,
She's a Tulsa twenty five. That Sydney Sweetey, what are
you talking about?
Speaker 3 (31:28):
She is like the modern day sex symbol right now.
That is her. Carpenter.
Speaker 8 (31:34):
Both of you need your both of you need your
eyes checked. Sabrina Carpenter. Fine, even though he's got nothing
to talk with, I can respect Shabrina Carpenter.
Speaker 3 (31:45):
But man, are you a fan of mellons? Do you
like mellons?
Speaker 7 (31:50):
I like all kinds.
Speaker 3 (31:52):
I don't know why you don't like Sidney Sweeney. Then
you should go do some more research.
Speaker 8 (31:55):
Yeah, I like all kinds of melons. But listen, Sidney
Sween is not the melon to Tom Brady needs. And
I think this is a proble mistake. I think this
is a complete other error on Tom. Say. This is
more proof that Tom Brady is probably not the goat.
Because if you hook up Sidney Sweeney at a wedding
(32:18):
and you and you don't go again with Sabritta Carpenter
or somebody else's who's much more alluring, or Zanda or
are out as terrible.
Speaker 2 (32:28):
Take by you, Steve, You're just digging a deeper hole
all of you know how terrible it is.
Speaker 8 (32:34):
You can give me five or ten starlets that are hotter.
Speaker 2 (32:38):
I'll tell you this, Steve, before you go a little
homework assignment. Okay, you gotta watch Sidney Sweeney's featured in
a Rolling Stones video called Angry. Okay, it's a good video.
She's just hanging out. It's like a like a drop top,
you know, like you know, like a Corvette or something
(32:59):
where there's no roof, and she's just dancing as they
drive around l A and she looks unbelievable.
Speaker 8 (33:07):
Keg drink and steeve you guys, you guys will go
to the eye doctor and get your examinations checked. You know,
I'll be I'll be fine. Okay, maybe she's maybe in
LA seven and a half.
Speaker 2 (33:24):
Good stuff, though, Man, I appreciate you check it in.
It was good stuff, worked a lot in.
Speaker 3 (33:29):
Right, charitable eight a charitable big offensive.
Speaker 4 (33:33):
And what are we, Lorena, I'm a two, I'm like
a zero point two five then, dear god.
Speaker 2 (33:41):
Yeah, man, she's.
Speaker 3 (33:42):
A Sydney Sweeny's a fox.
Speaker 2 (33:44):
I think that's justin Cooper's girl too, right, Oh, yeah, no,
he's huge into Sydney Sweeney.
Speaker 3 (33:52):
He has her poster.
Speaker 2 (33:54):
Yeah, huge into uh silver linings, playbook girl jenn for Lawrence.
Oh yes, loves Jennifer Lawrence. But Sydney Sweeney is right there.
I got to see Coop. He's been out here in Vegas, Vegas.
I've got a Vegas poker tournament to tell you guys about.
(34:18):
You know, he talked me into joining one. I'll let
you know the results right around the corner. Also, what else, Oh,
we got to pay this off? Right, which team are
you buying stock in? More so, after a couple of
big moves, we'll get to all that stuff coming up
right around the corner. Hey, right after the show, our
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on YouTube. Man, I'm still trying to recover from what
Steve was saying about Sydney Sweeney. My gosh, wow, I
was wild.
Speaker 3 (35:41):
I love her.
Speaker 2 (35:44):
I believe you like the sincerity in your voice right
there I absolutely believe you. Okay, So NBA free agency
is in full mode right here we are. We're gunning
it right here. We're going zero to sixty and two seconds.
These teams are just wheeling and dealing. So how about this.
(36:05):
We've got two teams that have made a lot of
notable moves. You've got the that's right, a little fast
and furious right there, gone in sixty seconds. You've got
the Hawks in the East. You've got the Rockets in
the West, and both have made some notable moves. They've
improved their rosters quite a bit. So you gotta ask yourself,
(36:26):
which team are you buying stock in more? If you
know that was the offer? Right Like, which team are
you buying more? Now? We know that the Rockets are
better than the Hawks, they just have a better roster.
But the Rockets are in the West, which is loaded.
The Hawks are in the East, which is wide open
(36:46):
and is there for the taking with all these notable injuries.
Jason Tatum he's down for the year with the Celtics,
Damian Lillard down for the season with the Bucks. Tyrese
Haliburton unfortunately down for the season with the Pacers. It's
wide open if you look at the Hawks. So they
traded for Chris tops Perzingis. They pick up Nikhil Alexander
(37:08):
Walker from the Timberwolves in free agency, nice little one
year deal for Luke Kennard, who's the sharpshooter, comes over
from the Grizzlies. Trey Young is eligible for a Max extension.
So they've made some really nice moves and just defensively
with Dyson Daniels Jalen Johnson, they're gonna be a good team.
(37:30):
They're gonna be much improved. That was a forty to
forty two team. That's gonna be one of the better
teams in the East, at least on paper. That's what
they're shaping up to be. Meanwhile, the Rockets in the West,
so they signed Dorian Finney Smith as a free agent,
comes over from the Lakers, Clint Capella. They get him
to back up Shane Goon. They re signed Fred Van Vliet,
(37:54):
they re signed Jabari Smith Junior. They traded for Kevin Durant.
They've made a lot of really nice moves. The Rockets
are a deep team, they're young, they could put a
lot of defensive pressure on you. Now they have a
walking bucket in KD. They're a real player in the
West right now, So ask yourself, which team are you
buying more stock in. I think the East West thing
(38:18):
matters a ton, and I think that it's more likely
that the Hawks are a top three team in the
East than it is that the Rockets are a top
three team in the West. Listen, don't get me wrong.
I think the Rockets could be there. Wouldn't shock me
at all if they are there. But they got a
lot more competition, they had a lot more hurdles to
(38:39):
jump over. So I would actually, as crazy as it
sounds like, Shack the Ah, I would be buying Hawks stock.
They've had a great offseason thus far. Good stuff. Okay,
I would go to the militia right now, but I can't.
I can't put a member on for only one minute.
Speaker 3 (38:58):
You know that might be seconds, even.
Speaker 2 (39:01):
Forty, it's even less. To Loraina's point, right, I can't
do the militia thirty like that. So we'll circle back
at the top of the hour and get the militia on.
By the way, how about this, Nuggets made an interesting move.
They traded Michael Porter Junior to the Nets. They get
Cam Johnson, and I love this. The Nets also get
(39:21):
an unprotected twenty thirty two first round pick twenty thirty
two good lord, but Cam Johnson just a much better
defensive player, cheaper, and the Nuggets are also able to
bring back Bruce Brown Junior, who was on their championship team.
So I like to trade get Cam Johnson. There not
(39:42):
bad all right? Coming up next? An investigation could go
two very different ways.
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Speaker 2 (00:26):
You're listening to Fox Sports Radio. Oh what is going on?
I'm Brian knowing for Big Ben Maler. Sorry, little little
technical glitch, if you will, is not letting it breathe
on purpose. But you know, you got some cool background
music for a little bit there. But we're off and
running now. That's all I know. We're here to have
(00:47):
a good time on a early Tuesday morning. And I'll
tell you this before we get to the Voice to
Men comparison with a NBA superstar, if you will. So
we have this. We have this neighbor cat and we've
named her Oreo. We're gonna sound like crazy people. So
I'm here in Vegas with my girlfriend. There's just a
(01:09):
cat in the neighborhood. And so she would just hang
out with us, like she would come by and We're like, oh,
maybe she's hungry, and so we fed her a little bit.
And she has a home. She goes somewhere. We don't
know where she's from. We don't know what her age is,
we have no idea what her real name is. We've
nicknamed her Oreo. She's not our cat, but she's hanging
(01:31):
out here tonight and she's fired up. She's normally she's
sleeping about ninety five percent of the time, but she
is wide awake and she's in crazy mode right now.
Speaker 3 (01:42):
Can I ask you a question about this cat?
Speaker 2 (01:44):
Absolutely? Please do well?
Speaker 3 (01:45):
Because I used to have a cat and.
Speaker 4 (01:49):
Eventually he'd just be gone longer and longer and longer.
Speaker 3 (01:53):
And one day he came back with a collar on.
Speaker 2 (01:56):
Okay, and I.
Speaker 3 (01:57):
Was like, who who thinks you are?
Speaker 2 (02:00):
Cat?
Speaker 4 (02:01):
How hard have you been double dipping that you'll think something?
You could put someone else's collar.
Speaker 3 (02:08):
On your neck?
Speaker 4 (02:09):
Yeah, you don't even like wearing the collar I put
on your neck, mister Jingles.
Speaker 3 (02:13):
No wonder man, Oh my gosh, do you plan on
adopting this cat?
Speaker 2 (02:18):
If I would love to, I would love to adopt Oreo.
And it's funny you said that, Lorena, because my girlfriend
made a necklace for Oreo that says Oreo, and she
used to when Oreo come visit, she'd put the necklace
on Oreo and then when she would leave, we would
take it off. And one time she almost forgot, and
I'm like, no, take the necklace off. You're gonna blow
(02:40):
this for us.
Speaker 3 (02:42):
The cat inside and never let it out again. But
how do we know he so, you know for a
fact she has an owner.
Speaker 4 (02:48):
Yes, you can tell between a stray cat and an
owned cat. Yeah, stray cats they smell weird. They have
a weird texture to their fur.
Speaker 2 (02:58):
Yeah, right, exactly.
Speaker 3 (02:59):
They spray everything.
Speaker 2 (03:01):
Yeah, because she's you never see her when the sun
is out, you know, when it's super hot, Oreo's like,
screw this, I'm staying inside with the air conditioning. Wherever
her real home is, she is not outside ever. And
then when it's nighttime, she's just out. She's like a
night owl, like a night cat. But she definitely has
(03:21):
a home. We just don't know where or what. But
like gonna put a note on her. We're gonna like
staplean note, like can we have Oreo or whatever her
real name is, Can we do that? But yeah, she's
hanging out with us right now. She's part of the militia.
He's very fired up right now. Okay, so the boys
to Men thing, let me finally pay this off. I
(03:41):
picture one person out there, like I need to hear
where this tease is going. There's like one out there.
Everybody else is just like eh, talk more about Oreo
or the NFL. But Lebron James. So he exercised his
player option. That's the tune of fifty two point six
(04:03):
million dollars. Now, there was an interesting nugget from Brian Winhurst.
He was on Get Up and he had this to
say about Lebron and opting in to this player option year.
Check this out.
Speaker 5 (04:15):
It's just unusual for Lebron to be in this spot.
He has signed nine contracts in his illustrious career. Eight
of them have had player options in them. Not once
in the eight times has he ever taken that player option.
He has always opted to sign a new contract. This
is the first time in twenty three years he's ever
been on a contract is in its last year.
Speaker 2 (04:37):
Pretty interesting, right, So it seems to point to the
end of the road that would be the Boys to
Men tie in right there. It seems like this very
well could be Lebron's final year in the NBA because
he's normally when he's got that last year, he's got
that player option, he signs for more years. We just
(05:00):
this with the Clippers, right, is same situation with the
Beard with James Harden, he had a player option and
they said nah, no thanks, and he signed a two
year deal. Right, So he got an extra year on
his deal. You've seen Lebron do that every single time
he's been in this position. He didn't do it this time.
So it could very well be his final season. It
(05:22):
doesn't mean it for sure. Whatever, he could re up
with the Lakers after the season, he could look for
a new home if he wanted to continue his career elsewhere.
Doesn't mean for sure it's the end, but it tends
to indicate this very well could be his final season. Now,
his agent, Rich Paul He released an interesting statement on
Lebron's future. He wrote this quote, row, this is a
(05:47):
statement Lebron wants to compete for a championship. He knows
the Lakers are building for the future, he understands that,
but he values a realistic chance of winning it all.
So what does this mean, this is what it boils
down to. Lebron understandably is like, Okay, I know we're
(06:07):
planning for the future, but the future is now for me,
so I want to be on a championship contending team.
There's nothing wrong with that. What Lebron has done in
the past, he's thrown his weight around a lot more
than this. He just doesn't have the leverage. The Lakers,
they're not in go for it mode this season. They're
in go for twenty twenty seven mode. That's when max
(06:30):
salary spots. They've got their iMore on twenty twenty seven
than they do this season because they're looking to go
younger and in some instances cheaper. They don't have a
ton of flexibility. Lebron's gonna turn forty one in December,
so they're not in like Steelers mode, if you will.
Steelers are like, yeah, let's go, let's go for it,
let's do it. The Lakers are like, yeah, let's try
(06:53):
to build a better roster in a smarter fashion. But
they're really looking to build around Luca, not looking to
build around Lebron, and Lebron's smart enough to understand that,
but he doesn't want to accept that. He doesn't want
to be like, yeah, you know why, that's cool, this
might be my last year in the league. Let's just
plan for twenty twenty seven when I'm out of the
(07:14):
league entirely, and you can have a better future with Luca.
He's not feeling that, and I don't think he should,
so I get where he's coming from. But he just
doesn't have the leverage to really hold the Lakers' feet
to the fire and make things happen. It's just not
gonna go down like that. The Lakers did lose Dorian
(07:36):
Finney Smith. He gone, he is out of there. He
signed with the Rockets, and in the place of Dorian
Phinney Smith, the Lakers signed Jake la Ravia. Jake Laavia.
That's on a two year, twelve million dollars deal, so
(07:56):
not exactly a blockbuster signing for the Purple and Gold.
I love some of these reports. This is what makes
me laugh. And the whole thing here, Well, you'll see
these reports where it's like Lebron will be closely monitoring
things and closely monitoring what the Lakers do this offseason.
It's like, yeah, he's gonna be closely monitoring the Lakers,
(08:20):
not doing jack. Okay, the Lakers aren't gonna do anything
of great significance this offseason. They just don't have a
ton of wiggle room. So this idea that Lebron, he's
gonna be paying attention. He's gonna be watching Sports Center,
he's gonna be reading the La Times. He's gonna stay
in close proximity the Genie Buss and the powers that be,
(08:43):
and you're gonna be checking. He's gonna be monitoring closely,
and that's gonna get something done. It's not. The Lakers
are not going to be making any big moves this offseason.
There's not gonna be a move where you go, WHOA,
that's big. I think the Lakers could win the West. Now,
there's not gonna be a move like that spoiler alert.
(09:03):
So I just think it's funny that Lebron's gonna be
monitoring the situation very closely, day in and day out.
It's like, Okay, he's gonna be monitoring a whole lot
of nothing happening. But that's the word right now. And now,
I mean, just look at what's happened with the Lakers
desperately need a center, and it looked like it maybe
(09:24):
could be Brook Lopez. Maybe Brooke going once, going twice. Nope,
not brook Lopez. He signed with the Clippers. Think about
that for a second. The Lakers were in play to
possibly get Brook Brook Lopez, and Brook's like, now I'll
go to the Clippers and back up of Vitza Zubats.
I'll be a backup. And maybe he thinks the Clippers
(09:46):
are have a better roster, they're in a better position
to compete for a championship. Whatever his reasons are, he
chose the Clippers over the Lakers. So maybe, uh, Clint Capella,
maybe Clint is destined for the Lakers. No, well that's
not gonna happen either, signing with the Rockets. Rockets are
making some good moves. Let's spand it beyond the Lakers
(10:06):
here in a little bit with all the other free
agency comings and goings, if you will. But no Clint Capella,
He's gonna back up San Goon. I'll tell you what, man,
the Rockets are. They're putting together a legitimate roster that
can compete in the West. And the Lakers meanwhile right
now they have Maxi Kliba. That's what we're looking at
(10:29):
here in the front court. They've got it. They desperately
need to upgrade. Now. Maybe it'll be DeAndre Ayton. His
contract just got bought out by the Blazers. But man,
not the most sterling reputation for all d eighton right here.
Some say he's selfish, he's unreliable. The word diva's been
(10:52):
thrown around. You don't want to hear this phrase either.
Locker room cancer just got bought out by the Blazers,
So maybe that's the next center for the Lakers. Don't
know if they can do much better than that, So
we'll see if that's who they end up with. Very
curious about this, but yeah, Lebron, make no but you're
gonna see these reports, you're gonna read this or Lebron's
(11:14):
closely monitoring the situation. He wants the Lakers to there
and win now mode, and the Lakers are like, Bro,
that's just not where we're at right now. We gotta
we gotta make upgrades and be smart about this and
build around Luca, not you. So this is a weird,
possible final season for Lebron, but that's the way it's
(11:36):
shaping up. Make no mistake about it, all right, let
me go out to the phones here, militia is here.
Let's work in John to the conversation. He's in LA.
What's going on, John, you're on Fox Sports Radio. Johnny
ran away?
Speaker 3 (11:47):
Thinky ran away into the woods?
Speaker 2 (11:49):
John?
Speaker 3 (11:49):
He ran and here though.
Speaker 2 (11:51):
I love Andre. Let's go to Andre and U mess,
what's going on? Drey?
Speaker 6 (11:56):
What's going on? Thanks so much for taking the call.
You that's uh on the western part.
Speaker 7 (12:02):
Of the state.
Speaker 6 (12:02):
I'm on the other side. I'm over here on the Cape. Uh,
you know, the sunny peninsula known as tourist town.
Speaker 7 (12:08):
Uh. But it's all good.
Speaker 6 (12:10):
Willis is in the building.
Speaker 3 (12:12):
Is that Willis I just heard right now?
Speaker 7 (12:14):
Yeah?
Speaker 6 (12:14):
Well, well Willis is excited. Yes, he really want to
be part.
Speaker 7 (12:18):
You know, he's.
Speaker 3 (12:19):
Oreo could be friends.
Speaker 2 (12:21):
Yeah, Oreo is looking for a friend here. Andre.
Speaker 6 (12:27):
I think Willis might be able to make the trip,
you know, a spirited as he is. I think that, uh,
it's a trip out west might be just what he needs.
You know, sometimes you will gets a little bit over it.
You know. What he's excited about tonight is that, you know,
in terms of our stars, Okay, that would be the
most annoying if they were to win a championship I
(12:47):
think Terrell Owens might be at the top.
Speaker 7 (12:49):
Of the list.
Speaker 2 (12:50):
You know he's done, though, Andre, you know he's gone.
Speaker 6 (12:55):
He's gone, but he's always threatening comebacks. You will always
see the videos of him doing the you know, forty
yard dash, fifty yard dash to show what kind of
shape that he's in.
Speaker 2 (13:05):
Hey, but Andre, I'm I'm always threatening to date Dua Lipa.
You know it's neither.
Speaker 3 (13:11):
A guy very tall woman.
Speaker 2 (13:12):
She is a very tall woman, Dre. I don't know
if you know that, but she is a I didn't
a lengthy eight for tonight.
Speaker 6 (13:19):
I didn't realize that she was tall. But I think
that she might date you. Nonetheless, Jack Hartlow, Okay, you
know the song you know which has has a ring
to it. You know, he's like six four mine is
involved in the set, you know, so that's little bit
of competition. Nonetheless, you know that didn't you know what
I mean? It's still fair game, you know. So he
(13:40):
has to hit song and he is kind of tall,
you know, it has a way with words. But you said,
does he do late night radio like you? So I
think you still have a chance with duleip You make that.
Durell Tourell is retired, So we got to think of
a current player that would when that would be annoying
should they win a championship. That's kind of I try
to see people that the depositive. I don't know, maybe
(14:02):
Max Jones. Mac Jones, you know, not not the best.
Speaker 2 (14:05):
No, come on, do you think Mac would be annoying?
Max like the nicest dude ever, and he's not even starting.
You know, he is.
Speaker 6 (14:12):
Nice except for when you have a special teams coach
and a defensive guy become his offensive coordinator. I think
that brought out you know, Matt wasn't too happy, but
he shouldn't have been happy.
Speaker 2 (14:22):
That's the only time we saw the bad side of
Mac Jones, when they had that ridiculous brain.
Speaker 3 (14:27):
And he will always remember.
Speaker 7 (14:30):
Yeah.
Speaker 6 (14:31):
I can't think of somebody beyond that, you know, I
try to keep on the sunny side.
Speaker 8 (14:34):
Trelane is the.
Speaker 6 (14:35):
Only one that came to my mind. Who you know
when he he if you gave him, if you won
power Ball, it'd be a dollar two two too.
Speaker 2 (14:42):
I'll tell you what though, Dre, I'll meet you halfway.
Because he played great in Super Bowl thirty nine, in
that loss to the Patriots, and he was still throwing
it in our face and a loss, what do you
have like nine catches for a buck twenty two, which
was insane. A lot of people thought he wasn't gonna
be healthy enough to even play, and he was great
in that game. But I remember him after the game
(15:04):
where it was like, you thought I wasn't gonna play.
I told job's gonna play. That was after a loss.
So yeah, in his playing days, had he won it all,
absolutely he would throw it.
Speaker 6 (15:13):
And he played injured that game, So that was a
high point for him. A couple of couple of low lives.
Hey there things so much for taking the call. We're
gonna work on willis to see if you might be
able to travel west, you know, and be spirited out
there on the on the left coast.
Speaker 2 (15:27):
I appreciate that. Drey, good stuff, buddy, have a good
evening there. He is Andre I'm not gonna say in
u Mass anymore. I didn't follow that. So he's in
a part of Massachusetts that you wouldn't say, is you
mass That's interesting.
Speaker 8 (15:43):
Hmmm.
Speaker 2 (15:44):
He's like, no, no, no, no, no, you mass that's for
the other side. I'm on this side. That's that you Mass.
Speaker 3 (15:49):
I don't even know if I can play on Massachusetts
on a map.
Speaker 2 (15:52):
Really, you don't think you could. I think you could.
I'll tell you what though. Everybody struggles on some portion
of the map, almost everybody unless you were you know,
you just loved homework or something in school. But if
you just put a map in front of me, there's
gonna be a say, it might be the East Coast,
like the little tiny states.
Speaker 3 (16:12):
Like Delaware, Rhode Island, Connecticut, or like.
Speaker 2 (16:15):
Middle America, you know, like the very middle and just
one on top of the other, all the way down,
Like there might be one where you're like the Mississippi
Georgia thing, you know, Are you sure? Are you sure?
Speaker 8 (16:31):
You know? So? I might?
Speaker 2 (16:33):
I want to do that here sometime on the show
the fifty State Pop Quiz.
Speaker 7 (16:38):
All.
Speaker 2 (16:39):
We got a lot going on here coming up next,
and feel free to check in. Mallard Militia love being
interactive with you. We'll work in some calls as we
go forward here. Coming up next, two teams with high expectations.
All of a sudden, which one are you buying stock
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(18:01):
What do you think Lareya. If we just played dua
lipa underneath the whole.
Speaker 3 (18:06):
Time, like, I think I would technically get fired.
Speaker 2 (18:09):
Yeah, I think I think it's against the rules. We
gotta find the loopholes in that, you know what I mean.
Speaker 4 (18:16):
If she's featured in different songs, it would count. So
if it was like a Britney Spears song featuring dua lipa,
I could have another dua liipa song, Okay, but it
can't be dual lipa.
Speaker 3 (18:27):
Do a lipa, do a lipa, do a lipa.
Speaker 2 (18:29):
Gotcha. You gotta be savvy. There's kind of like a
time limit. We gotta take like a thirty second time
out of no music and then boom more dua that
type of thing exactly. Okay, we'll we'll figure out a
work around, you know, get as much dua on as
we can do. A radio that's right, What would that be?
Speaker 3 (18:49):
D L tag her on Fox Sports so she knows.
Speaker 2 (18:52):
Will That'd be amazing if she was like I listen
to sports radio all the time and You're like, what
are you serious?
Speaker 3 (18:58):
I don't even think I've ever seen her in a jersey.
Speaker 2 (19:02):
Yeah, maybe not.
Speaker 4 (19:03):
Some some artists, you know, they rep teams I don't
think I've ever seen dualipa rep a team.
Speaker 2 (19:08):
Yeah, it'd be disappointing if she's not a sports fan. Whatsoever?
Speaker 3 (19:11):
Would you date a girl who's not a sports fan.
Speaker 2 (19:13):
It would not work. It just wouldn't work. I drive
her crazy the amount of sports I watch. Oh my gosh.
She'd be like, get me out of here. I don't.
You can't. You don't have to be a sports junkie.
But if you're just like no, it's not my thing,
it's like, wow, it's not gonna work. It's just not
you're gonna be.
Speaker 3 (19:32):
They might look at you weird.
Speaker 4 (19:33):
Yeah, for sure, Like really watching another game, didn't you
just right? Oh look this season ended, No, honey, golf
is on.
Speaker 2 (19:41):
Yeah, that's a there's a funny I forget what video.
I don't know what platform it was on, but it
was a really funny video where it was like the
girl's introduction to like her first NFL Sunday with her guy,
and her guy was this big football fan, and she
was like, Wow, that was fun. That was a good game.
It was cool watching with you. And he's like, yeah,
(20:05):
that's just the early game. Now we have the afternoon
game and you know, she was slowly getting more and
more angry. No, we have Sunday night football. Now, we
were not planning to go anywhere here. It was a
whole thing. It was ray yeah, game, I'll tell you what.
These dirt bags with the college football playoff, that's one
(20:26):
argument you're just not gonna win where you're like, hey, honey,
it's New Year's Eve. I know, but there's a college
football playoffs.
Speaker 4 (20:34):
I will beat you, I.
Speaker 7 (20:37):
Know.
Speaker 2 (20:38):
Why would they do that? That's a fight you're just
not going to win. Why would they schedule it? The something?
Speaker 3 (20:46):
Give us something?
Speaker 2 (20:47):
Yeah, that's the one thing.
Speaker 3 (20:49):
Valentine's Day.
Speaker 2 (20:51):
Oh exactly, Like you're not gonna win that argument either.
Let's get out to the phones here. Blind Sea Bass
is in Tennessee. What's going on? Blank Sea Bass?
Speaker 7 (21:01):
What the big bad?
Speaker 8 (21:02):
No?
Speaker 7 (21:03):
How you doing? My brother?
Speaker 2 (21:04):
Good buddy? How are things with you?
Speaker 7 (21:07):
Sorry? So I actually dated a chick who she actually
preferred to stay in on New Year's Eve? Too much football?
Speaker 8 (21:15):
What?
Speaker 7 (21:17):
Yeah?
Speaker 2 (21:17):
Where is she?
Speaker 9 (21:18):
Now?
Speaker 2 (21:19):
Did she did you marry her?
Speaker 7 (21:20):
No? She kicked me to the curve of three years
after I lost my vision.
Speaker 2 (21:25):
Oh no really yeah?
Speaker 7 (21:27):
Yeah, but that as the histories but anyway, so the
athletes the most annoying. I actually have.
Speaker 2 (21:35):
Two for you, Okay.
Speaker 7 (21:37):
So the first one is a j Brown because I
know all the Shenanians. He pulled here in Nashville and
we didn't even we weren't winning anything, but all the
Shenanians and you pull here. If he wins another one,
it was probably going to be one hundred times worse, Okay.
And my second one is for any sport at the
(21:57):
University of Tennessee that I that school there are my
school's biggest rival. I cannot stand that school out out east.
Anytime they do anything, their fans they get to the
end of the world that they are the be all,
the end all, and it just drops me absolutely crazy.
Speaker 2 (22:16):
So who's your team?
Speaker 7 (22:17):
I'm a I'm a commodore Svan Vanderbilt.
Speaker 2 (22:19):
Okay, all right, I believe there. Well they hate They
had a couple of nice wins this past year out Yeah, so.
Speaker 7 (22:28):
With and then with the I just had one, oh
the trade. Yeah, so I am asc Central back in
the day. Sure, Pittsburgh sucks, you know everything, dude, I
cannot stand Pittsburgh. So definitely sends up on this one
(22:49):
because Jayden Ramsey. He doesn't follow directions very well. He
plays on his own terms. He's very like, I'm gonna
do this while y'all do that, plus underneath the skin
and get him heated. Then he completely you know, throws
everything out the window and he's trying to destroy you.
(23:10):
John New. The only thing I can remember about John
New when he was in Tennessee is the one butt
cheek in the playoff game. Again. I think it was
the Baltimore in the playoffs to help us win that
game when Baltimore was number one.
Speaker 2 (23:25):
Oh yeah, yeah, yeah. That was a big upset man.
Speaker 7 (23:27):
That was dude, Dude, I partied all night long. I
was so happy. Like I said, AFC Central runs deep
in my blood. And the third thing with Lebron, I
think his three reason why he's signed took his player
option is because the new ownership group told him, Hey,
(23:48):
we're tired of your shenanigans. We're not going to put
up with anymore. So either you do this now or
we don't give you a new contract and you can
go find somewhere else to play. And my fourth thing,
I am disappointed you with the flyover states. Come on,
it is easy to tell, but even as a blind man,
I can tell the difference between Mississippi and Georgia.
Speaker 2 (24:08):
I'm just telling you. If you put a blank map
in front of me and said label all fifty states,
I'm going to screw up a couple of them. I'm
just not going fifty for fifty, That's all I'm telling you.
Speaker 7 (24:18):
Well, I mean it's kind of simple because it goes Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia,
and then south of Georgia you got that little thing
that where all the crazy lives called Florida. And then
you come up and you got South Carolina, North Carolina, Virginia,
you know, and all O. So, I mean it's fairly
you lost.
Speaker 3 (24:35):
Me like seven states ago.
Speaker 2 (24:38):
We got to try that. I really am curious how
many I would get, right. I think I'd get a
couple runs.
Speaker 4 (24:44):
Now giving me horrible flashbacks from my elementary school days.
Remember when they had the big map out and you
had to go put all of the initials of the
Georgia states. Oh yeah, Oh my, I would cry. I
would cry because I'd be the last one sitting at
my desk crying because I.
Speaker 2 (25:03):
The states, you know, the capitals, I mean, the capitals
can get you too, but good stuff, blind SeaBASS, glad
to hear from you man, and uh you know Commodoores.
You know Vandy fan right there. I love that. The
animosity towards Tennessee, that school out east. That was funny.
But aj Brown, So if you're just joining us, I
threw out the question which athletes would be the most
(25:27):
annoying if they want a championship or another championship if
they had already won one before. So the four on
my list, I said, Lebron winning another one, he would
just be like, oh my gosh, I'm great. I'm great.
And even more annoying, there would be a lot of
people saying that he is the greatest, So you'd have
the whole. It would reopen a massive can of worms
(25:50):
and it would be Jordan versus Lebron day in and
day out, which would be nauseating. Oh so bad. So
that'd be annoying, I said, Aaron Rogers winning again would
be annoying. He'd throw that in our face. It's kind
of a cheating answer, but I said, back in his
Cleveland days, Baker Mayfield, because he was in peak, you know,
(26:13):
chip on shoulder mode, he would have been relentless, and
I think Angel Reese's present day that that would be
quite annoying. If she wanted all man, she would, uh,
she would have videos galore, like flexing the championship ring.
It might be kind of funny if she did it right,
(26:33):
you know, but I think she'd be annoying. But anyway,
some people are checking in from time to time based
on that question. Which athletes would be the most annoying
if they want it all Let's go to Keg Keg
drinking Steve is in case? What's going on? Drinking Steve?
Speaker 8 (26:49):
Yeah, what's that? We kind of hat the militia kind
of hate you on that first show.
Speaker 7 (26:55):
I think you're.
Speaker 8 (26:55):
Becoming a made man. Fine.
Speaker 2 (26:58):
Good.
Speaker 8 (26:59):
All the Melitia accepting you.
Speaker 2 (27:02):
By that's good. It's a rough bunch, you know, these
Ruffians they're like, who's this new guy? I don't know
about this new guy. It's kind of weird.
Speaker 8 (27:10):
You're all right, You're okay so far. You know, you
gotta add Kevin Durant, the cupcake man. You got cake.
I love Angel, Angel reason playing the title will be great.
Speaker 7 (27:21):
Man. I just want to see what you do.
Speaker 8 (27:23):
I want to see if you flip out or something.
Speaker 4 (27:25):
Man.
Speaker 2 (27:25):
But well, you're right though, keg drinking, Steve, that's a
good point. It might be annoying for me or some
people because she would just throw it in our face
time and time again. But i'll tell you what you're
onto something that would be great for the WNBA. Yeah,
And if she was doing that, and even if you're
hate watching her, they don't care. They just care about
ratings and interest.
Speaker 8 (27:47):
It's all good as long as you're authentic here or
your authentic self. But I believe that that's part of
her authentic self. But where we all where we all
get in the problems here is when you get on
the internet and you get your ghost name or whatever,
and Kevin Durant is being a little baby, or or
Lebron is pretending like he's not a ring. Jason Lebron
(28:10):
is such a fame whore that he would go to
the Knicks and then okay, the deal in the middle
season if he thought he.
Speaker 7 (28:15):
Could get another ring.
Speaker 8 (28:16):
Let's let's just let's just lay it out. Let's just
lay it out there. You know, we don't need these
guys pretending like their like their magnanimous. And he's going
to retire if he thought he could get he get
a ring, he would go to Charlotte's. You know, he
would go. He would go anywhere he had to go.
You know, he keep a house in la and live
(28:37):
in a hotel room. He would live in a hotel
room in Times Square, you know with the with the
junkies man to get a room, to get another ring.
That's now, that's Lebron's, that's Lebron's worldview. Now I have
to go for for retired annoying guy. I've got to
put Tom Brady up there, the the the convicted football
(28:58):
deflator cheater going stag to a wedding with with Orlando
Bloom and I guess there's a there's a romance now
he's he's hitting it hard and heavy with allegedly with
Sidney Sweeney, who's a LA six.
Speaker 2 (29:12):
Or no way? Is that the new hot rumor out?
Speaker 8 (29:16):
According to the Daily Mail, they're gonna challenge crab Us
and Taylor for the new the new couple of the year. Now,
what what does Tom Brady have to talk about with Sidney?
With Sydney Sweene, that's that's that's I mean, come on,
the guy, the guy is nervous, that Mahomes is nipping
(29:37):
on his heels and and and then he's feeling, he's feeling.
He look, Tom Brady's the cheater. You know the Patriots
were cheeters. But I got to get the guy credit.
He's you know, he's he's he's easily one of the greatest.
But Patrick, but let's be realistic. Patrick Mahomes is coming.
Speaker 7 (29:55):
For the throne.
Speaker 8 (29:57):
And now now he's now he goes stag to a
which I don't know. You're gonna have to ask the
women about this, ask to ask the lady. This could
be a Lorena question. I don't know if it's better
to go with the date or than to go stag.
But he came out with Sidney sweety, so so that
that's that they're hot and heavy, according to the Daily,
according to the Daly have to deal with this, Tom
(30:22):
tom Brady just needs to look man, retire. You know,
he's he's an average commentator. I think he's he's come
down a few pigs now that he's just an average.
He's an average dude. He's not superman. I can still
respect everything that he did, even though he's a stone
cold cheater. But man, come on, leave Sidney Sweetey alone.
Speaker 2 (30:45):
That's the worst advice ever. Keg drinking, Steve, where do
you talk? He leave her alone? If she's up for
hanging out with Tom, Brady's gonna be like, no, no, no,
I've done him though, winning No, you should get in there, Tom,
What are you talking about? She is?
Speaker 8 (31:01):
She is an a charitable La seven. Since she is not,
she is not.
Speaker 7 (31:07):
I don't know why her.
Speaker 8 (31:08):
I don't understand the appeal if it was, if it
was in day.
Speaker 2 (31:13):
Fine, wow, Steve, look you are crazy. She's in La
ten in La she's a She's a Steve she is,
She's a Tulsa twenty five. That Sydney Sweetey, what are
you talking about?
Speaker 3 (31:28):
She is like the modern day sex symbol right now.
That is her. Carpenter.
Speaker 8 (31:34):
Both of you need your both of you need your
eyes checked. Sabrina Carpenter. Fine, even though he's got nothing
to talk with, I can respect Shabrina Carpenter.
Speaker 3 (31:45):
But man, are you a fan of mellons? Do you
like mellons?
Speaker 7 (31:50):
I like all kinds.
Speaker 3 (31:52):
I don't know why you don't like Sidney Sweeney. Then
you should go do some more research.
Speaker 8 (31:55):
Yeah, I like all kinds of melons. But listen, Sidney
Sween is not the melon to Tom Brady needs. And
I think this is a proble mistake. I think this
is a complete other error on Tom. Say. This is
more proof that Tom Brady is probably not the goat.
Because if you hook up Sidney Sweeney at a wedding
(32:18):
and you and you don't go again with Sabritta Carpenter
or somebody else's who's much more alluring, or Zanda or
are out as terrible.
Speaker 2 (32:28):
Take by you, Steve, You're just digging a deeper hole
all of you know how terrible it is.
Speaker 8 (32:34):
You can give me five or ten starlets that are hotter.
Speaker 2 (32:38):
I'll tell you this, Steve, before you go a little
homework assignment. Okay, you gotta watch Sidney Sweeney's featured in
a Rolling Stones video called Angry. Okay, it's a good video.
She's just hanging out. It's like a like a drop top,
you know, like you know, like a Corvette or something
(32:59):
where there's no roof, and she's just dancing as they
drive around l A and she looks unbelievable.
Speaker 8 (33:07):
Keg drink and steeve you guys, you guys will go
to the eye doctor and get your examinations checked. You know,
I'll be I'll be fine. Okay, maybe she's maybe in
LA seven and a half.
Speaker 2 (33:24):
Good stuff, though, Man, I appreciate you check it in.
It was good stuff, worked a lot in.
Speaker 3 (33:29):
Right, charitable eight a charitable big offensive.
Speaker 4 (33:33):
And what are we, Lorena, I'm a two, I'm like
a zero point two five then, dear god.
Speaker 2 (33:41):
Yeah, man, she's.
Speaker 3 (33:42):
A Sydney Sweeny's a fox.
Speaker 2 (33:44):
I think that's justin Cooper's girl too, right, Oh, yeah, no,
he's huge into Sydney Sweeney.
Speaker 3 (33:52):
He has her poster.
Speaker 2 (33:54):
Yeah, huge into uh silver linings, playbook girl jenn for Lawrence.
Oh yes, loves Jennifer Lawrence. But Sydney Sweeney is right there.
I got to see Coop. He's been out here in Vegas, Vegas.
I've got a Vegas poker tournament to tell you guys about.
(34:18):
You know, he talked me into joining one. I'll let
you know the results right around the corner. Also, what else, Oh,
we got to pay this off? Right, which team are
you buying stock in? More so, after a couple of
big moves, we'll get to all that stuff coming up
right around the corner. Hey, right after the show, our
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on YouTube. Man, I'm still trying to recover from what
Steve was saying about Sydney Sweeney. My gosh, wow, I
was wild.
Speaker 3 (35:41):
I love her.
Speaker 2 (35:44):
I believe you like the sincerity in your voice right
there I absolutely believe you. Okay, So NBA free agency
is in full mode right here we are. We're gunning
it right here. We're going zero to sixty and two seconds.
These teams are just wheeling and dealing. So how about this.
(36:05):
We've got two teams that have made a lot of
notable moves. You've got the that's right, a little fast
and furious right there, gone in sixty seconds. You've got
the Hawks in the East. You've got the Rockets in
the West, and both have made some notable moves. They've
improved their rosters quite a bit. So you gotta ask yourself,
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which team are you buying stock in more? If you
know that was the offer? Right Like, which team are
you buying more? Now? We know that the Rockets are
better than the Hawks, they just have a better roster.
But the Rockets are in the West, which is loaded.
The Hawks are in the East, which is wide open
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and is there for the taking with all these notable injuries.
Jason Tatum he's down for the year with the Celtics,
Damian Lillard down for the season with the Bucks. Tyrese
Haliburton unfortunately down for the season with the Pacers. It's
wide open if you look at the Hawks. So they
traded for Chris tops Perzingis. They pick up Nikhil Alexander
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Walker from the Timberwolves in free agency, nice little one
year deal for Luke Kennard, who's the sharpshooter, comes over
from the Grizzlies. Trey Young is eligible for a Max extension.
So they've made some really nice moves and just defensively
with Dyson Daniels Jalen Johnson, they're gonna be a good team.
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They're gonna be much improved. That was a forty to
forty two team. That's gonna be one of the better
teams in the East, at least on paper. That's what
they're shaping up to be. Meanwhile, the Rockets in the West,
so they signed Dorian Finney Smith as a free agent,
comes over from the Lakers, Clint Capella. They get him
to back up Shane Goon. They re signed Fred Van Vliet,
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they re signed Jabari Smith Junior. They traded for Kevin Durant.
They've made a lot of really nice moves. The Rockets
are a deep team, they're young, they could put a
lot of defensive pressure on you. Now they have a
walking bucket in KD. They're a real player in the
West right now, So ask yourself, which team are you
buying more stock in. I think the East West thing
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matters a ton, and I think that it's more likely
that the Hawks are a top three team in the
East than it is that the Rockets are a top
three team in the West. Listen, don't get me wrong.
I think the Rockets could be there. Wouldn't shock me
at all if they are there. But they got a
lot more competition, they had a lot more hurdles to
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jump over. So I would actually, as crazy as it
sounds like, Shack the Ah, I would be buying Hawks stock.
They've had a great offseason thus far. Good stuff. Okay,
I would go to the militia right now, but I can't.
I can't put a member on for only one minute.
Speaker 3 (38:58):
You know that might be seconds, even.
Speaker 2 (39:01):
Forty, it's even less. To Loraina's point, right, I can't
do the militia thirty like that. So we'll circle back
at the top of the hour and get the militia on.
By the way, how about this, Nuggets made an interesting move.
They traded Michael Porter Junior to the Nets. They get
Cam Johnson, and I love this. The Nets also get
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an unprotected twenty thirty two first round pick twenty thirty
two good lord, but Cam Johnson just a much better
defensive player, cheaper, and the Nuggets are also able to
bring back Bruce Brown Junior, who was on their championship team.
So I like to trade get Cam Johnson. There not
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