June 11, 2025 • 39 mins
Ben Maller talks about Game 2 of the NBA Finals between the Pacers and Thunder having the lowest TV ratings in 18 years, SGA & the Thunder being listed as 5.5-point favorites in Indiana for Game 3, Shaq's podcast partner suggesting a cell phone ban in NBA crowds, Maller to the Third Degree, and more!
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
You make the call.
Speaker 2 (00:01):
It's our numbertu, our number two, and it's a pro
bouncy ball hour on the podcast. No NBA Finals game
to break down last night, but instead we can goof
on the low ratings the thunder Pacers NBA Finals Game two,
the lowest TV ratings in almost a generation.
Speaker 1 (00:22):
What does that tell you?
Speaker 2 (00:23):
Also, SGA and the Thunder are listed as a five
and a half point road favorite in tonight's Game three
in Indianapolis. How do you process that? And Shaquille O'Neal's
podcast sidekick someone named Adam Lefko. We're not sure who
that is, but he suggested a cell phone ban in
NBA crowds. Is this forward thinking or totally off the rails?
(00:48):
We'll go there as well, and we'll do it right
now here. It is our number two. Is it getting
better or is it getting worse? That's the question.
Speaker 1 (00:59):
Well, come in.
Speaker 2 (01:02):
The beginning of another hour of the Ben Malor Show.
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show me. So our lead this hour is from the NBA.
Speaker 1 (02:29):
Did you see that game last night? Oh my god?
What a game? Complete lockdown. SGA did not score.
Speaker 2 (02:39):
Indiana has solved the puzzle they stopped. The MVP of
the NBA didn't score basket. Well, the reason I know
they didn't play. I know they didn't play. That's the point.
The furlough continues on the NBA Finals. So we asked
the question now that we've had a little more time.
(03:02):
Great Game one ending Indiana came back, they won, game won,
So then Oklahoma City came back in one.
Speaker 1 (03:08):
Game two. The report card is out on game number.
Speaker 2 (03:11):
Two of the NBA Finals. So did it get better
or did it get worse? Did it get better, did
it get worse? Did it stay the same? Did you
see this? No, you didn't see this?
Speaker 1 (03:23):
All right?
Speaker 2 (03:23):
Good buckle up, bukaroo. So Game two, which was a
route or route depending on how you learned how to
speak the language. NBA Finals, the Thunder and the Pacers,
that was back on Sunday night, big TV night.
Speaker 1 (03:41):
Remember they waited till Sunday to play that game.
Speaker 2 (03:43):
They played Thursday, took off Friday, could have played on Saturday,
but they played on Sunday because this was big television night.
So clearly people wanted to watch, and that drew less
than nine million people. A couple hundred million people live
in the United so three hundred million people live in
the United States and.
Speaker 1 (04:00):
Less than nine million.
Speaker 2 (04:03):
Wow, lowest for a Game two in the Finals in
almost twenty years, so almost a generation, eighteen years. You
got to go back there, and that doesn't count. Like
the COVID stuff doesn't count because they were playing as
we pointed out, the Laker Championship doesn't count because they
were playing games at a at Mickey Mouse Land in Orlando,
(04:26):
and so that doesn't count.
Speaker 1 (04:27):
Anyway.
Speaker 2 (04:28):
This year's Game two, the viewership saw a drop of
thirty percent thirty percent from last year's matchup between the
Boston Celtics and the Dallas Mavericks.
Speaker 1 (04:38):
They lost thirty percent.
Speaker 2 (04:40):
If you're a major business and you lose thirty percent
of your customers, there is panic at the disco. You
have lost thirty percent of your business. And that happened.
So let us discuss the question. The thunder Pacers NBA
Finals Game two lowest TV and almost a generation.
Speaker 1 (05:02):
What does that tell you?
Speaker 2 (05:04):
So I've got culinary rebellion, double dog Dare, and lifeblood,
and we will combine all of these things together and
we're gonna put them into a casse role and we're
gonna glow while the moon is bright.
Speaker 1 (05:22):
We're gonna glow while the moon is bright.
Speaker 2 (05:24):
As opposed to making hay when the sun's up, because
we can't make hay when the sun's up because we're.
Speaker 1 (05:28):
At night, so we have to glow while the moon
is bright.
Speaker 3 (05:31):
So number, why the number wa This is more than
a whisper, like a whispers ah, you know, it's just
a whisper.
Speaker 2 (05:43):
Game one that was not great, but this really is
for me. Two words, puffy sticker. That is a puffy sticker.
We get a puffy sticker. Hot take validation, Hot take validation.
Now I ranted and raved like a lunatic because the
company pays me to do that. And I was ranting
(06:04):
about the NBA Finals. I said, oh, this is terrible
and I was gonna watch blah blah. So I got
a couple of emails, both both of them from Oklahoma
City related. I don't know if they're in Oklahoma City,
but they're Oklahoma fans. I assume they're in Oklahoma. And
both of them were complaining about how this is great
for the NBA and you're wrong. You're just a big
(06:26):
city guy in LA and you represent the coast, the
West coast, and you probably represent the East coast. This
is one guy in particular. Mike was his name or
is his name? I assume it's still his name. I
don't think he's changed his name since he sent me
an email about ten days ago. And Mike was ranting
and he's like, oh, yeah, typical media. Trust me, I'm
(06:47):
not typical media. I'm on Overnight. We're not in mainstream anyway.
I think I was ranting and complaining and he was.
I felt when I was. I didn't read the whole thing,
because why would I, but I felt it was it
was therapeutic from like the thunderfan and it's weird. Kyrie
is the only thunder fan that I really knew of
(07:07):
until until the finals, and now there's like a couple
others that are popular. Anyway, the point is this guy
was complaining, like, oh, you know, you're wrong and people
love basketball and it's not just the stars and all
that stuff, and this finals will prove it and you're
wrong and you'll apologize and okay, well we're two games in.
The casual fans have voted with their eyeballs, and they
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have voted with their remote controls, They have voted with
their streaming services, and they ain't interested. Okay, they're not
the hot take. That hot take is aging quite well.
That is a solid take. That is not like bread,
that is like honey. That is a solid take there,
and it's good. Discerning customers of pro bouncy ball drive
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a hard bargain. They don't want this. You're selling a product.
They don't want it. They're not interested in it. And
the NBA for years has had an old family recipe
that has been passed down from generations.
Speaker 1 (08:02):
It's worked for the most part.
Speaker 2 (08:03):
There have been years it doesn't work, but for the
most part, it's star power. It's entertainment. You're selling entertainment here.
And the recipe has always been equal parts big market.
You can have a small market, but you gotta have
one big market, and there's a big market.
Speaker 1 (08:21):
You gotta have a rivalry.
Speaker 2 (08:22):
That really helps the whole rating situation gets people joned up.
You gotta have a storyline. People love stories. Everyone loves
a story, right. We all learn from stories. The stories
are important, so you love a storyline. The new recipe
that the people over the NBA have cooked up. They
changed the salary cap rules a couple years back, which
(08:42):
helped facilitate what we're getting right now.
Speaker 1 (08:44):
Pacers and thunder.
Speaker 2 (08:45):
I'm convinced without those salary cap regulations, we would not
have this matchup in the NBA Finals.
Speaker 1 (08:51):
That's my hot take on that.
Speaker 2 (08:53):
Nonetheless, the new recipe is a classic tale of a
culinary rebellion gone wrong. They changed the recipe. Nobody wanted
the recipe change. So the other night they showed the stars.
They love to show stars at NBA games because for
years that's what they've done. There have been big stars
from entertainment that had been in these games. And so
(09:13):
the NBA Finals Game one, they showed Adam Silver.
Speaker 1 (09:18):
He was the big star.
Speaker 2 (09:20):
And I think in Game two they had Chris Paul
because he used to play in Oklahoma City and those
are the biggest celebrities in Oklahoma. You talk about glitz
and glamor lizard person Adam Silver sitting at your game.
So listen, the NBA rolled the dice. They rolled the dice,
(09:41):
two small market teams and propping up Tyrese Halliburton and
SGA and these guys.
Speaker 1 (09:48):
And guess what the numbers came up? Snake gyes. They
got snake guys in this.
Speaker 2 (09:52):
And when it comes to National Appeal, two games in
crickets and not Jiminy Crickets, just crickets. The league banking
on that Tyrese Hallip Burton game winner in Game.
Speaker 1 (10:06):
One, his heroics to put some juice.
Speaker 2 (10:08):
Into this NBA Finals to get the ratings up for
the NBA Finals, but instead Game two dropped.
Speaker 1 (10:14):
How low can you go? The ratings went down?
Speaker 2 (10:17):
That is very rare that that happens, very rare that
a game to game gets worse in the NBA, especially
with a close game, buzzer beater, all that stuff. Now,
listen obviously had the blowout factor in game two. Normally, though,
you build up. It's kind of like doing a radio show,
and not to let you know how we make the
hot dogs around here, but you you start out with
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a smaller audience and then you grow the audience. And
it's also like a relay race, right every show's passing
the audience on to the next show. And that's kind
of how that that all works. But the Thunder they
ran away with that game Game two. It was a
blowout city and America checked out, not that they ever
tuned in, but those that did tune in said, by
(11:00):
no drama, you had no intrigue, You had a glorified
scrimmage and a major vote of no confidence to Tyreese
Halliburton and Shay Jogis Alexander and their star power. And
so Oklahoma and Indiana got together.
Speaker 1 (11:15):
They barely cracked nine million. Actually it was less than that.
I was eight.
Speaker 2 (11:19):
The actual number was eight point seven million, So less
than nine million. And that one of the least watched
finals games in modern history.
Speaker 1 (11:30):
And so there we are now turning the page.
Speaker 2 (11:33):
As for the basketball, which Mike from Oklahoma and several
other of you said, it's really about the basketball. As
we found out in the NBA Finals, there really aren't
that many pure basketball fans that love the way that
thunderplay and the Pacers.
Speaker 1 (11:47):
There's not that many of them. People don't tune in
for that.
Speaker 2 (11:50):
That's just the way it is. Anyway, let's get to
the point, please, so you break it down go point
by point of this. But as for the basketball, you've
got SGA and the Thunder who are listed as a
five and a half point betting favorite on the road
for Game three.
Speaker 1 (12:07):
Which is on Wednesday night.
Speaker 2 (12:09):
So how do you process that Oklahoma City as a
road favorite by over five five and a half. So,
Shay Juggas Alexander is playing like he's possessed, right, That's
the first thing. He's playing very well former Clipper. That's
what former Clippers do. They play very one in the finals.
(12:29):
He's averaging thirty six points a game in the first
two on average in Oklahoma City, getting close to a
touchdown touchdown six points, so you're getting almost a touchdown
head start and you got.
Speaker 1 (12:41):
To win by that.
Speaker 2 (12:43):
In Indiana, they are zero to three this postseason. In
the third game of playoff series, they're oer and two
at home. So that doesn't bode well if you play trends. Now,
the gambling market. What the gambling market is doing here
is they are issuing to joe the better. They are
issuing a double dog. Dare I double dog? Dare you
(13:06):
to take the Indiana Pacers at home? To throw some
shekels on Indiana? Now, there is one trend. If you're
someone that plays trends, I like trends, but I know
that tells you what has happened, not what's going to happen.
But if you play trends here, there's one trend that
does say that Tyrese Haliburton and friends are at least
worth a shot what is it. So Oklahoma City has
(13:31):
had absolute futility in one area, one area against the spread.
They've had futility here, and that is away from home.
The Thunder have started the playoffs, they played seven road
games as they are in the NBA Finals now seven
road games and they are oh in seven against the spread.
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So that means if you blindly bet on whoever was
playing the Thunder when the Thunder were on the road,
you would have won all seven of your's against the spread. Now,
it is also interesting to node that despite that oh
to seven against the number, which means you're not living
up to expectations, the Thunder have a winning record straight up,
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so they've won four of those games straight up. But
the gambling market's a little different, and they were the
first team to lose. Oklahoma said, this is a fun fact.
By the way, I got to mix in a fun factor.
So the Thunder were the first team to lose six
consecutive playoff road games against the spread since the Doc
Rivers coach Boston Celtics of eight man. When you're in
(14:39):
the same class as a Doc Rivers coach team, that
is not good. You've done something wrong. You've done something wrong. Now,
that team, that Boston team with Paul Pierce and Garnett
and those guys. That Celtic team was owen six against
the spread on the road to start the playoffs that year.
They then went five to one against the number. The
rest of that player off run and they ended up
(15:01):
winning a ring championship. Ring all right, Now, final point,
we pivot to the experience. It's all about the experience.
Speaker 1 (15:10):
I don't know if.
Speaker 2 (15:10):
You've ever been to an NBA game, I don't know
if you've ever been no sporting Maybe you have, maybe
you haven't. A few back in the day, maybe you
went to a few. So on the latest episode of
Shack's fledgling podcast, that's not the name of it, but
I don't know the name, but it so Shack doesn't podcast.
Everyone's got one, I've got one. You probably have two podcasts.
Blian Emma's got a podcast. Everyone's got so. Anyway, on
(15:33):
Shack's podcast, his subordinate someone named Adam Lefko. We're not
sure who that is, but apparently he's, you know, like
somebody that massages shacked shoulders.
Speaker 1 (15:44):
So this guy, Adam Lefko.
Speaker 2 (15:47):
Is the name, and this cat suggested that the NBA
needs to say bye bye to cell phones. They need
to ban fans from using cell phones at games. That
he wants all eyes on the court. This was the
hot talk on the Shack podcast. So he wants it
(16:08):
to be like you're in Augusta, Georgia. If you've ever
watched The Masters, they give you cheap food. You are
not allowed to have a.
Speaker 1 (16:17):
Phone at the Masters.
Speaker 2 (16:18):
You cannot do it right, cell phone free territory and
all that stuff.
Speaker 1 (16:23):
And so he said, when the Masters is coming to
an end.
Speaker 2 (16:27):
The crowd there is all engaged and they're going nuts
and they're paying attention. It's not like that at the NBA.
So he wants a strict no phone policy.
Speaker 1 (16:37):
So we'll use that as a jumping off point.
Speaker 2 (16:40):
And the question Shacks podcast his Shaquille and you know,
his sidekick there suggesting a cell phoned ban ban ban
ban And for NBA crowds, is this forward thinking or
totally off the rails? That's the question. Is it forward
(17:01):
thinking or totally off the rails? So this is a
full classic steam engine locomotive, true.
Speaker 1 (17:12):
Kaboom off the tracks derailment. Derailment.
Speaker 2 (17:16):
Now, I will admit it is rather annoying when you
see a big moment at a sporting event, and what
do you.
Speaker 1 (17:24):
See the crowd doing.
Speaker 2 (17:25):
Do you remember when Lebron James past best Kareem Abdul
Jabbar for the all time points record in the NBA
and they had a shot of behind the basket the
other basket and Lebron making the shot, and what was
ninety nine point nine percent of the crowd doing.
Speaker 1 (17:48):
I'll I'll do. I know it's radio, but I'll show
you here. What they did is they were doing that.
They did the statue of liberty. They were doing that.
They did the statue of liberty, had the phone out
and they were like Lady Liberty and they were holding
their arm up.
Speaker 2 (18:01):
Give me Liberty, or give me this clip that no
one will ever watch, but I'm gonna record it rather
than watch it with my balls. And I remember that
photo was an iconic photo because everyone had their phone out.
The only one that didn't was the guy Phil Knight
from Nike and whoever he was with. Other than that,
everyone had their phone out. They wanted to not watch
it with their own eyes. They wanted to record it
(18:22):
on their phone so they could go viral. Because there's
nineteen thousand people recording it on the phone. So I
don't like it, but I also realized that we live
in the modern world and this is the world that
we're in, and you cannot The NBA is impossible.
Speaker 1 (18:40):
It is an impossible situation.
Speaker 2 (18:42):
You're not at a comedy club, chuckles, comedy club, no phones,
You can't record because you're recording, you're actually practicing for
some HBO special. It's not that you're not at a concert.
It's not that it's not some kind of court deposition
where you can't have your phone.
Speaker 1 (18:59):
It's good luck, all right, good luck.
Speaker 2 (19:02):
And by the way, the fans not being into the game,
if that's the complaint because they're on the phone, will
make your product more compelling, make your product better. How
about load management goes away? How about not nineteen instant
replay reviews every quarter? And a guy complained about that
(19:23):
earlier and the other issue, And I don't know how
you get around this one, even if you wanted to
get rid of the phone thing. The NBA is a
product designed for the phone. They have built the modern
business model on the phone. The lifeblood. The am I
wrong on the lifeblood of the NBA And The reason
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that they think they matter is because of the phone.
It's video clips on the TikTok, it's court side selfies
with celebrities, it's sizzle reels.
Speaker 1 (19:56):
On the gram like. It's all that stuff. That's why
they can't possibly get.
Speaker 2 (20:01):
Rid of the phone, right, You're going to take all
that stuff away and it's not going to change now.
I had an idea a couple of years ago, and
I said, well, why don't they just put those blockers
up so nobody has cell reception.
Speaker 1 (20:13):
But that wouldn't matter. There's a beach I go.
Speaker 2 (20:15):
To here in southern California, and during the day they'll
I don't know how they do it, but they put
something up they can't use your cell phone. It like
blocks cell reception, so you just have to enjoy the beach.
And my wife loves going there. I hate it because
I can't be on my phone, and she loves it
because I can't be on my phone, but we go
there a lot and I don't know how they do it,
but then at night they turn whatever device they use off.
(20:37):
It's probably not that complicated, and then you can use
your phone because the sun's down and can't really see
much at the beach at night, and so that's that.
Speaker 1 (20:45):
So there are.
Speaker 2 (20:45):
Always do it, but it doesn't matter because people just
want to record the video, so they'll upload it later.
Speaker 1 (20:49):
They'll put it on social media later.
Speaker 2 (20:50):
So even if you block the if you block the
cell then and so they couldn't get on the social media,
they still do it later. So it's like big deal,
you're not going to stop that problem. And the other
thing is enforcement, like how do you enforce it? Like
most teams now they don't use paper tickets. You have
to actually use your phone to get in. So they're
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begging for attention from young people who all the young
people do is on your phone.
Speaker 1 (21:18):
I hold people on the phone too.
Speaker 2 (21:20):
So they want to go to the old I guess
they say homage, but it's.
Speaker 1 (21:24):
Really the old order Mennonite.
Speaker 2 (21:27):
The Mennonites are the ones that don't use the technology, right,
the real Mennonites, they're the ones. And so bring back
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Ball the public has voted they do not want pacers In.
(23:03):
Thunder the casuals are not watching and there's not, enough
not enough hardos to. Watch there was an interesting report
that came down On tuesday night late that The New York,
knickerbockers who pole Axed Tom thibodeau The knicks requested permission
to talk to The Minnesota timberwolves Coach Chris, finch we,
(23:27):
learned and Also rockets Coach Emy, udoka the Former celtic.
Coach they were, like, hey maybe we'll hire one of
these guys and they can coach The.
Speaker 1 (23:35):
Knicks but they weren't. Denied they were giving the. Mutombo
they were. Blocked so.
Speaker 2 (23:42):
At this point had been blocked and they're like trying
to find a code. Now Sham's sharania says that The
knickerbockers have not have not requested permission from The dallas
Mav rex to Get Jason kidd at this by just
say and supposedly The mavericks would reject. Him but to,
(24:05):
me that's bull. Crap and here's, Why LIKE i know
from being around over the, years the way these things normally,
work they're being negotiated right. Now it's being done through
back channels and dark, alleys and this stuff is being
figured out behind the. Scenes, now the fact that The
knicks did not plan this, out you, know they.
Speaker 1 (24:29):
Didn't they didn't plan on Firing Tom.
Speaker 2 (24:31):
Thibodeau this was a rash decision in my analysis By James.
Speaker 1 (24:36):
Dolan and so now they're scrambling and all.
Speaker 2 (24:39):
That but they will go through intermediaries and talk To
Jason kidd and, say all, right do you want you
want The nick?
Speaker 1 (24:46):
Job we'll pay you this, much we'll pay you more,
money but you got to live In New York.
Speaker 2 (24:50):
AND i know you don't want to want to do,
that but we'll pay the. Money and and so then
it's up To Jason kidd whether or not he wants.
That and if he says, YES i want the, job
he then tells The MAVERICKS i don't want to be
your coach.
Speaker 1 (25:02):
Anymore and then then they work out of. Trade that's
the way it.
Speaker 2 (25:06):
Works As Mike tomlin likes to, SAY i want, volunteers not.
Hostages so If Jason kid's, like he's going to have
to be the one that's a douche and say he
doesn't want to coach The mavericks. Anymore and then the
problem is you've got to make sure The knicks are
going to hire, you because if you tell the team.
Speaker 1 (25:20):
You're working, FOR i don't want to work for, you.
Anymore you're. Screwed if The knicks, say, psych we're not
going to hire.
Speaker 2 (25:26):
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Area what's going, On tony, Welcome hey.
Speaker 5 (25:32):
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Legend BUT i was listening to the twenty seventeen podcasts
and you were talking about. That you guys put Some
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In New. York Cancer Research institute In New.
Speaker 1 (25:50):
York, yes that's.
Speaker 2 (25:51):
Right, well there was a one of the gambling houses
had a contest to come up with prop bets for
The Super, bowl and we submitted some props and we. Won,
yeah we won a couple of, times a couple of different.
Years we, won and they donated a few hundred dollars to.
Cancer there was a cancer not, awareness because that's that's a.
(26:11):
Crap if you hear, awareness that's a weasel. Term so
the people in the charity can fly private planes and
run up. Expenses it's it's research that needs the. Money
and so, yeah we found a place back In New
york that actually spent the most the highest percentage on cancer.
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Research and we sent the money.
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I had to lighten the mood up because both of
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feel LIKE i had to do.
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That chance didn The mariners actually try to win on
like The dodgers who forfeited the.
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Game, dude there.
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Was like that seventh inning in The gbacks got.
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Like three or four.
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Runs it was horrible to. WATCH i, WAS i was
struggling going through.
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It, Ben, yeah you know it's.
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Worse you, know you, know it's worse to watch when
your team in the sixth inning against a supposed division
rival brings in the human we give.
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in the. Playoffs BUT i got to say About Aaron,
rodgers this man is so good at pr AND i
don't know IF i think he does realize because he you,
know If fielders just come out a couple of months,
ago but OH i get, married it's not a. Story
but then he has, us you, know speculating he's wearing
a wedding band at The Kentucky, derby and then he
comes today finally admits. It and then he's like doing
(33:02):
all these like. Things OH i might go To, bears you,
know for an away. Game and then he, says, OH
i have health. ISSUES i don't, know like in my
family's health. ISSUES i don't know Where i'm gonna. Sign
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he doesn't like the attention and he doesn't like the.
Spotlight BUT i call Kat, BEN i call Bull.
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CRAFT i think.
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This he knows what we're gonna do if he knows
they're going to talk about, him and he knows he's
all hanging through to this one.
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Time Ben, no one hundred. Percent.
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king of passive. Behavior passive aggressive. Behavior here's a fun
you want a fun fact on how pathetic The dodgers
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and The Dodger fun.
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Fact, yeah fun.
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Fact so Kimg aarnets came into the game last night
in the sixth, inning the earliest inning A dodger position
player has come in to pitch since moving To Los
angeles in nineteen fifty. Eight you gotta go back to
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The last time that.
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Dodgers you sucks.
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Yeah now you.
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earlier you would have been a sonic, fan you, know
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of The, year and which one would you put your money?
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has been a. Boss he's not as good as he
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Year is more competition for Offensive rookie of The.
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Year SO i think it's easier for him to stand
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Williams, Ben is he?
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he wouldn't be surprised If durant to The spurs is
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It's our numbertu, our number two, and it's a pro
bouncy ball hour on the podcast. No NBA Finals game
to break down last night, but instead we can goof
on the low ratings the thunder Pacers NBA Finals Game two,
the lowest TV ratings in almost a generation.
Speaker 1 (00:22):
What does that tell you?
Speaker 2 (00:23):
Also, SGA and the Thunder are listed as a five
and a half point road favorite in tonight's Game three
in Indianapolis. How do you process that? And Shaquille O'Neal's
podcast sidekick someone named Adam Lefko. We're not sure who
that is, but he suggested a cell phone ban in
NBA crowds. Is this forward thinking or totally off the rails?
(00:48):
We'll go there as well, and we'll do it right
now here. It is our number two. Is it getting
better or is it getting worse? That's the question.
Speaker 1 (00:59):
Well, come in.
Speaker 2 (01:02):
The beginning of another hour of the Ben Malor Show.
We are in the air everywhere.
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Nick and his son came down. It was nice to
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Speaker 1 (02:29):
Did you see that game last night? Oh my god?
What a game? Complete lockdown. SGA did not score.
Speaker 2 (02:39):
Indiana has solved the puzzle they stopped. The MVP of
the NBA didn't score basket. Well, the reason I know
they didn't play. I know they didn't play. That's the point.
The furlough continues on the NBA Finals. So we asked
the question now that we've had a little more time.
(03:02):
Great Game one ending Indiana came back, they won, game won,
So then Oklahoma City came back in one.
Speaker 1 (03:08):
Game two. The report card is out on game number.
Speaker 2 (03:11):
Two of the NBA Finals. So did it get better
or did it get worse? Did it get better, did
it get worse? Did it stay the same? Did you
see this? No, you didn't see this?
Speaker 1 (03:23):
All right?
Speaker 2 (03:23):
Good buckle up, bukaroo. So Game two, which was a
route or route depending on how you learned how to
speak the language. NBA Finals, the Thunder and the Pacers,
that was back on Sunday night, big TV night.
Speaker 1 (03:41):
Remember they waited till Sunday to play that game.
Speaker 2 (03:43):
They played Thursday, took off Friday, could have played on Saturday,
but they played on Sunday because this was big television night.
So clearly people wanted to watch, and that drew less
than nine million people. A couple hundred million people live
in the United so three hundred million people live in
the United States and.
Speaker 1 (04:00):
Less than nine million.
Speaker 2 (04:03):
Wow, lowest for a Game two in the Finals in
almost twenty years, so almost a generation, eighteen years. You
got to go back there, and that doesn't count. Like
the COVID stuff doesn't count because they were playing as
we pointed out, the Laker Championship doesn't count because they
were playing games at a at Mickey Mouse Land in Orlando,
(04:26):
and so that doesn't count.
Speaker 1 (04:27):
Anyway.
Speaker 2 (04:28):
This year's Game two, the viewership saw a drop of
thirty percent thirty percent from last year's matchup between the
Boston Celtics and the Dallas Mavericks.
Speaker 1 (04:38):
They lost thirty percent.
Speaker 2 (04:40):
If you're a major business and you lose thirty percent
of your customers, there is panic at the disco. You
have lost thirty percent of your business. And that happened.
So let us discuss the question. The thunder Pacers NBA
Finals Game two lowest TV and almost a generation.
Speaker 1 (05:02):
What does that tell you?
Speaker 2 (05:04):
So I've got culinary rebellion, double dog Dare, and lifeblood,
and we will combine all of these things together and
we're gonna put them into a casse role and we're
gonna glow while the moon is bright.
Speaker 1 (05:22):
We're gonna glow while the moon is bright.
Speaker 2 (05:24):
As opposed to making hay when the sun's up, because
we can't make hay when the sun's up because we're.
Speaker 1 (05:28):
At night, so we have to glow while the moon
is bright.
Speaker 3 (05:31):
So number, why the number wa This is more than
a whisper, like a whispers ah, you know, it's just
a whisper.
Speaker 2 (05:43):
Game one that was not great, but this really is
for me. Two words, puffy sticker. That is a puffy sticker.
We get a puffy sticker. Hot take validation, Hot take validation.
Now I ranted and raved like a lunatic because the
company pays me to do that. And I was ranting
(06:04):
about the NBA Finals. I said, oh, this is terrible
and I was gonna watch blah blah. So I got
a couple of emails, both both of them from Oklahoma
City related. I don't know if they're in Oklahoma City,
but they're Oklahoma fans. I assume they're in Oklahoma. And
both of them were complaining about how this is great
for the NBA and you're wrong. You're just a big
(06:26):
city guy in LA and you represent the coast, the
West coast, and you probably represent the East coast. This
is one guy in particular. Mike was his name or
is his name? I assume it's still his name. I
don't think he's changed his name since he sent me
an email about ten days ago. And Mike was ranting
and he's like, oh, yeah, typical media. Trust me, I'm
(06:47):
not typical media. I'm on Overnight. We're not in mainstream anyway.
I think I was ranting and complaining and he was.
I felt when I was. I didn't read the whole thing,
because why would I, but I felt it was it
was therapeutic from like the thunderfan and it's weird. Kyrie
is the only thunder fan that I really knew of
(07:07):
until until the finals, and now there's like a couple
others that are popular. Anyway, the point is this guy
was complaining, like, oh, you know, you're wrong and people
love basketball and it's not just the stars and all
that stuff, and this finals will prove it and you're
wrong and you'll apologize and okay, well we're two games in.
The casual fans have voted with their eyeballs, and they
(07:28):
have voted with their remote controls, They have voted with
their streaming services, and they ain't interested. Okay, they're not
the hot take. That hot take is aging quite well.
That is a solid take. That is not like bread,
that is like honey. That is a solid take there,
and it's good. Discerning customers of pro bouncy ball drive
(07:50):
a hard bargain. They don't want this. You're selling a product.
They don't want it. They're not interested in it. And
the NBA for years has had an old family recipe
that has been passed down from generations.
Speaker 1 (08:02):
It's worked for the most part.
Speaker 2 (08:03):
There have been years it doesn't work, but for the
most part, it's star power. It's entertainment. You're selling entertainment here.
And the recipe has always been equal parts big market.
You can have a small market, but you gotta have
one big market, and there's a big market.
Speaker 1 (08:21):
You gotta have a rivalry.
Speaker 2 (08:22):
That really helps the whole rating situation gets people joned up.
You gotta have a storyline. People love stories. Everyone loves
a story, right. We all learn from stories. The stories
are important, so you love a storyline. The new recipe
that the people over the NBA have cooked up. They
changed the salary cap rules a couple years back, which
(08:42):
helped facilitate what we're getting right now.
Speaker 1 (08:44):
Pacers and thunder.
Speaker 2 (08:45):
I'm convinced without those salary cap regulations, we would not
have this matchup in the NBA Finals.
Speaker 1 (08:51):
That's my hot take on that.
Speaker 2 (08:53):
Nonetheless, the new recipe is a classic tale of a
culinary rebellion gone wrong. They changed the recipe. Nobody wanted
the recipe change. So the other night they showed the stars.
They love to show stars at NBA games because for
years that's what they've done. There have been big stars
from entertainment that had been in these games. And so
(09:13):
the NBA Finals Game one, they showed Adam Silver.
Speaker 1 (09:18):
He was the big star.
Speaker 2 (09:20):
And I think in Game two they had Chris Paul
because he used to play in Oklahoma City and those
are the biggest celebrities in Oklahoma. You talk about glitz
and glamor lizard person Adam Silver sitting at your game.
So listen, the NBA rolled the dice. They rolled the dice,
(09:41):
two small market teams and propping up Tyrese Halliburton and
SGA and these guys.
Speaker 1 (09:48):
And guess what the numbers came up? Snake gyes. They
got snake guys in this.
Speaker 2 (09:52):
And when it comes to National Appeal, two games in
crickets and not Jiminy Crickets, just crickets. The league banking
on that Tyrese Hallip Burton game winner in Game.
Speaker 1 (10:06):
One, his heroics to put some juice.
Speaker 2 (10:08):
Into this NBA Finals to get the ratings up for
the NBA Finals, but instead Game two dropped.
Speaker 1 (10:14):
How low can you go? The ratings went down?
Speaker 2 (10:17):
That is very rare that that happens, very rare that
a game to game gets worse in the NBA, especially
with a close game, buzzer beater, all that stuff. Now,
listen obviously had the blowout factor in game two. Normally, though,
you build up. It's kind of like doing a radio show,
and not to let you know how we make the
hot dogs around here, but you you start out with
(10:39):
a smaller audience and then you grow the audience. And
it's also like a relay race, right every show's passing
the audience on to the next show. And that's kind
of how that that all works. But the Thunder they
ran away with that game Game two. It was a
blowout city and America checked out, not that they ever
tuned in, but those that did tune in said, by
(11:00):
no drama, you had no intrigue, You had a glorified
scrimmage and a major vote of no confidence to Tyreese
Halliburton and Shay Jogis Alexander and their star power. And
so Oklahoma and Indiana got together.
Speaker 1 (11:15):
They barely cracked nine million. Actually it was less than that.
I was eight.
Speaker 2 (11:19):
The actual number was eight point seven million, So less
than nine million. And that one of the least watched
finals games in modern history.
Speaker 1 (11:30):
And so there we are now turning the page.
Speaker 2 (11:33):
As for the basketball, which Mike from Oklahoma and several
other of you said, it's really about the basketball. As
we found out in the NBA Finals, there really aren't
that many pure basketball fans that love the way that
thunderplay and the Pacers.
Speaker 1 (11:47):
There's not that many of them. People don't tune in
for that.
Speaker 2 (11:50):
That's just the way it is. Anyway, let's get to
the point, please, so you break it down go point
by point of this. But as for the basketball, you've
got SGA and the Thunder who are listed as a
five and a half point betting favorite on the road
for Game three.
Speaker 1 (12:07):
Which is on Wednesday night.
Speaker 2 (12:09):
So how do you process that Oklahoma City as a
road favorite by over five five and a half. So,
Shay Juggas Alexander is playing like he's possessed, right, That's
the first thing. He's playing very well former Clipper. That's
what former Clippers do. They play very one in the finals.
(12:29):
He's averaging thirty six points a game in the first
two on average in Oklahoma City, getting close to a
touchdown touchdown six points, so you're getting almost a touchdown
head start and you got.
Speaker 1 (12:41):
To win by that.
Speaker 2 (12:43):
In Indiana, they are zero to three this postseason. In
the third game of playoff series, they're oer and two
at home. So that doesn't bode well if you play trends. Now,
the gambling market. What the gambling market is doing here
is they are issuing to joe the better. They are
issuing a double dog. Dare I double dog? Dare you
(13:06):
to take the Indiana Pacers at home? To throw some
shekels on Indiana? Now, there is one trend. If you're
someone that plays trends, I like trends, but I know
that tells you what has happened, not what's going to happen.
But if you play trends here, there's one trend that
does say that Tyrese Haliburton and friends are at least
worth a shot what is it. So Oklahoma City has
(13:31):
had absolute futility in one area, one area against the spread.
They've had futility here, and that is away from home.
The Thunder have started the playoffs, they played seven road
games as they are in the NBA Finals now seven
road games and they are oh in seven against the spread.
(13:53):
So that means if you blindly bet on whoever was
playing the Thunder when the Thunder were on the road,
you would have won all seven of your's against the spread. Now,
it is also interesting to node that despite that oh
to seven against the number, which means you're not living
up to expectations, the Thunder have a winning record straight up,
(14:13):
so they've won four of those games straight up. But
the gambling market's a little different, and they were the
first team to lose. Oklahoma said, this is a fun fact.
By the way, I got to mix in a fun factor.
So the Thunder were the first team to lose six
consecutive playoff road games against the spread since the Doc
Rivers coach Boston Celtics of eight man. When you're in
(14:39):
the same class as a Doc Rivers coach team, that
is not good. You've done something wrong. You've done something wrong. Now,
that team, that Boston team with Paul Pierce and Garnett
and those guys. That Celtic team was owen six against
the spread on the road to start the playoffs that year.
They then went five to one against the number. The
rest of that player off run and they ended up
(15:01):
winning a ring championship. Ring all right, Now, final point,
we pivot to the experience. It's all about the experience.
Speaker 1 (15:10):
I don't know if.
Speaker 2 (15:10):
You've ever been to an NBA game, I don't know
if you've ever been no sporting Maybe you have, maybe
you haven't. A few back in the day, maybe you
went to a few. So on the latest episode of
Shack's fledgling podcast, that's not the name of it, but
I don't know the name, but it so Shack doesn't podcast.
Everyone's got one, I've got one. You probably have two podcasts.
Blian Emma's got a podcast. Everyone's got so. Anyway, on
(15:33):
Shack's podcast, his subordinate someone named Adam Lefko. We're not
sure who that is, but apparently he's, you know, like
somebody that massages shacked shoulders.
Speaker 1 (15:44):
So this guy, Adam Lefko.
Speaker 2 (15:47):
Is the name, and this cat suggested that the NBA
needs to say bye bye to cell phones. They need
to ban fans from using cell phones at games. That
he wants all eyes on the court. This was the
hot talk on the Shack podcast. So he wants it
(16:08):
to be like you're in Augusta, Georgia. If you've ever
watched The Masters, they give you cheap food. You are
not allowed to have a.
Speaker 1 (16:17):
Phone at the Masters.
Speaker 2 (16:18):
You cannot do it right, cell phone free territory and
all that stuff.
Speaker 1 (16:23):
And so he said, when the Masters is coming to
an end.
Speaker 2 (16:27):
The crowd there is all engaged and they're going nuts
and they're paying attention. It's not like that at the NBA.
So he wants a strict no phone policy.
Speaker 1 (16:37):
So we'll use that as a jumping off point.
Speaker 2 (16:40):
And the question Shacks podcast his Shaquille and you know,
his sidekick there suggesting a cell phoned ban ban ban
ban And for NBA crowds, is this forward thinking or
totally off the rails? That's the question. Is it forward
(17:01):
thinking or totally off the rails? So this is a
full classic steam engine locomotive, true.
Speaker 1 (17:12):
Kaboom off the tracks derailment. Derailment.
Speaker 2 (17:16):
Now, I will admit it is rather annoying when you
see a big moment at a sporting event, and what
do you.
Speaker 1 (17:24):
See the crowd doing.
Speaker 2 (17:25):
Do you remember when Lebron James past best Kareem Abdul
Jabbar for the all time points record in the NBA
and they had a shot of behind the basket the
other basket and Lebron making the shot, and what was
ninety nine point nine percent of the crowd doing.
Speaker 1 (17:48):
I'll I'll do. I know it's radio, but I'll show
you here. What they did is they were doing that.
They did the statue of liberty. They were doing that.
They did the statue of liberty, had the phone out
and they were like Lady Liberty and they were holding
their arm up.
Speaker 2 (18:01):
Give me Liberty, or give me this clip that no
one will ever watch, but I'm gonna record it rather
than watch it with my balls. And I remember that
photo was an iconic photo because everyone had their phone out.
The only one that didn't was the guy Phil Knight
from Nike and whoever he was with. Other than that,
everyone had their phone out. They wanted to not watch
it with their own eyes. They wanted to record it
(18:22):
on their phone so they could go viral. Because there's
nineteen thousand people recording it on the phone. So I
don't like it, but I also realized that we live
in the modern world and this is the world that
we're in, and you cannot The NBA is impossible.
Speaker 1 (18:40):
It is an impossible situation.
Speaker 2 (18:42):
You're not at a comedy club, chuckles, comedy club, no phones,
You can't record because you're recording, you're actually practicing for
some HBO special. It's not that you're not at a concert.
It's not that it's not some kind of court deposition
where you can't have your phone.
Speaker 1 (18:59):
It's good luck, all right, good luck.
Speaker 2 (19:02):
And by the way, the fans not being into the game,
if that's the complaint because they're on the phone, will
make your product more compelling, make your product better. How
about load management goes away? How about not nineteen instant
replay reviews every quarter? And a guy complained about that
(19:23):
earlier and the other issue, And I don't know how
you get around this one, even if you wanted to
get rid of the phone thing. The NBA is a
product designed for the phone. They have built the modern
business model on the phone. The lifeblood. The am I
wrong on the lifeblood of the NBA And The reason
(19:43):
that they think they matter is because of the phone.
It's video clips on the TikTok, it's court side selfies
with celebrities, it's sizzle reels.
Speaker 1 (19:56):
On the gram like. It's all that stuff. That's why
they can't possibly get.
Speaker 2 (20:01):
Rid of the phone, right, You're going to take all
that stuff away and it's not going to change now.
I had an idea a couple of years ago, and
I said, well, why don't they just put those blockers
up so nobody has cell reception.
Speaker 1 (20:13):
But that wouldn't matter. There's a beach I go.
Speaker 2 (20:15):
To here in southern California, and during the day they'll
I don't know how they do it, but they put
something up they can't use your cell phone. It like
blocks cell reception, so you just have to enjoy the beach.
And my wife loves going there. I hate it because
I can't be on my phone, and she loves it
because I can't be on my phone, but we go
there a lot and I don't know how they do it,
but then at night they turn whatever device they use off.
(20:37):
It's probably not that complicated, and then you can use
your phone because the sun's down and can't really see
much at the beach at night, and so that's that.
Speaker 1 (20:45):
So there are.
Speaker 2 (20:45):
Always do it, but it doesn't matter because people just
want to record the video, so they'll upload it later.
Speaker 1 (20:49):
They'll put it on social media later.
Speaker 2 (20:50):
So even if you block the if you block the
cell then and so they couldn't get on the social media,
they still do it later. So it's like big deal,
you're not going to stop that problem. And the other
thing is enforcement, like how do you enforce it? Like
most teams now they don't use paper tickets. You have
to actually use your phone to get in. So they're
(21:14):
begging for attention from young people who all the young
people do is on your phone.
Speaker 1 (21:18):
I hold people on the phone too.
Speaker 2 (21:20):
So they want to go to the old I guess
they say homage, but it's.
Speaker 1 (21:24):
Really the old order Mennonite.
Speaker 2 (21:27):
The Mennonites are the ones that don't use the technology, right,
the real Mennonites, they're the ones. And so bring back
the horse and buggy while you're at it. It is
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Ball the public has voted they do not want pacers In.
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Thunder the casuals are not watching and there's not, enough
not enough hardos to. Watch there was an interesting report
that came down On tuesday night late that The New York,
knickerbockers who pole Axed Tom thibodeau The knicks requested permission
to talk to The Minnesota timberwolves Coach Chris, finch we,
(23:27):
learned and Also rockets Coach Emy, udoka the Former celtic.
Coach they were, like, hey maybe we'll hire one of
these guys and they can coach The.
Speaker 1 (23:35):
Knicks but they weren't. Denied they were giving the. Mutombo
they were. Blocked so.
Speaker 2 (23:42):
At this point had been blocked and they're like trying
to find a code. Now Sham's sharania says that The
knickerbockers have not have not requested permission from The dallas
Mav rex to Get Jason kidd at this by just
say and supposedly The mavericks would reject. Him but to,
(24:05):
me that's bull. Crap and here's, Why LIKE i know
from being around over the, years the way these things normally,
work they're being negotiated right. Now it's being done through
back channels and dark, alleys and this stuff is being
figured out behind the. Scenes, now the fact that The
knicks did not plan this, out you, know they.
Speaker 1 (24:29):
Didn't they didn't plan on Firing Tom.
Speaker 2 (24:31):
Thibodeau this was a rash decision in my analysis By James.
Speaker 1 (24:36):
Dolan and so now they're scrambling and all.
Speaker 2 (24:39):
That but they will go through intermediaries and talk To
Jason kidd and, say all, right do you want you
want The nick?
Speaker 1 (24:46):
Job we'll pay you this, much we'll pay you more,
money but you got to live In New York.
Speaker 2 (24:50):
AND i know you don't want to want to do,
that but we'll pay the. Money and and so then
it's up To Jason kidd whether or not he wants.
That and if he says, YES i want the, job
he then tells The MAVERICKS i don't want to be
your coach.
Speaker 1 (25:02):
Anymore and then then they work out of. Trade that's
the way it.
Speaker 2 (25:06):
Works As Mike tomlin likes to, SAY i want, volunteers not.
Hostages so If Jason kid's, like he's going to have
to be the one that's a douche and say he
doesn't want to coach The mavericks. Anymore and then the
problem is you've got to make sure The knicks are
going to hire, you because if you tell the team.
Speaker 1 (25:20):
You're working, FOR i don't want to work for, you.
Anymore you're. Screwed if The knicks, say, psych we're not
going to hire.
Speaker 2 (25:26):
You let's go to the. Phones tony is in The Bay.
Area what's going, On tony, Welcome hey.
Speaker 5 (25:32):
Man i'm not trying to plug anything unless It's Ronnie.
Legend BUT i was listening to the twenty seventeen podcasts
and you were talking about. That you guys put Some
Super bowl wager winnings on the towards The Cancer institute
In New. York Cancer Research institute In New.
Speaker 1 (25:50):
York, yes that's.
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Right, well there was a one of the gambling houses
had a contest to come up with prop bets for
The Super, bowl and we submitted some props and we. Won,
yeah we won a couple of, times a couple of different.
Years we, won and they donated a few hundred dollars to.
Cancer there was a cancer not, awareness because that's that's a.
(26:11):
Crap if you hear, awareness that's a weasel. Term so
the people in the charity can fly private planes and
run up. Expenses it's it's research that needs the. Money
and so, yeah we found a place back In New
york that actually spent the most the highest percentage on cancer.
Speaker 1 (26:26):
Research and we sent the money.
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Room what Is Dodger homer and Lapdog david vass sing
in the locker?
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and you've actually doubled the family.
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you just said The.
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in A game seven Because Aaron judge can't field the
ball in center field in The World. Series is the
worst defensive center Field i've ever seen in The World.
Series so you can't get to A game. Seven and
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worst impersonation. Ever go, Practice did you?
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(30:07):
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I had to lighten the mood up because both of
our baseball teams got smacked around the, Night SO i
feel LIKE i had to do.
Speaker 2 (31:58):
That chance didn The mariners actually try to win on
like The dodgers who forfeited the.
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Game, dude there.
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Was like that seventh inning in The gbacks got.
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Like three or four.
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Runs it was horrible to. WATCH i, WAS i was
struggling going through.
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It, Ben, yeah you know it's.
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Worse you, know you, know it's worse to watch when
your team in the sixth inning against a supposed division
rival brings in the human we give.
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Up white flag And key K.
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Hernandez that's The, dodgers at least The mariners where they they,
suck but it's a different kind of suck because they
were actually. Trying, okay they were. Trying The dodgers gave
up they went out, there here we go one, two,
three keg code we.
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Blow that was like The.
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Dave roberts coat job from a couple of years ago
in the. Playoffs BUT i got to say About Aaron,
rodgers this man is so good at pr AND i
don't know IF i think he does realize because he you,
know If fielders just come out a couple of months,
ago but OH i get, married it's not a. Story
but then he has, us you, know speculating he's wearing
a wedding band at The Kentucky, derby and then he
comes today finally admits. It and then he's like doing
(33:02):
all these like. Things OH i might go To, bears you,
know for an away. Game and then he, says, OH
i have health. ISSUES i don't, know like in my
family's health. ISSUES i don't know Where i'm gonna. Sign
three weeks, later he finds with The. Steelers he says
he doesn't like the attention and he doesn't like the.
Spotlight BUT i call Kat, BEN i call Bull.
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CRAFT i think.
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This he knows what we're gonna do if he knows
they're going to talk about, him and he knows he's
all hanging through to this one.
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Time Ben, no one hundred. Percent.
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you want a fun fact on how pathetic The dodgers
are and How Major League baseball should Punish Dave roberts
and The Dodger fun.
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Fact, yeah fun.
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Fact so Kimg aarnets came into the game last night
in the sixth, inning the earliest inning A dodger position
player has come in to pitch since moving To Los
angeles in nineteen fifty. Eight you gotta go back to
nineteen forty five as The Brooklyn, dodgers.
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The last time that.
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mouth right now thinking that's The.
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Dodgers you sucks.
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the third best odds for both defensive and Offensive rookie
of The, year and which one would you put your money?
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On, Okay So Trevor lawrence is his, quarterback And lawrence
has been a. Boss he's not as good as he
was supposed to. Be he's just a mid level. Quarterback
So i'm gonna go. Defense i'm gonna go. Defense Travis
hunter defensive. Stalwart he wants to play offense, more BUT
i would bet on him being the Defensive rookie of
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Year is more competition for Offensive rookie of The.
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Year SO i think it's easier for him to stand
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Williams, Ben is he?
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