July 13, 2023 • 39 mins
Ben Maller talks about Pelicans GM David Griffin saying that the Zion trade rumors were manufactured for clicks, claims that LeBron can play until his mid-40s at an elite level, Maller to the Third Degree, and more!
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Hello and welcome. It's our name, Very two, our two
of the radio show. We talk basketball, and we start
in the Bayou where the Pelicans executive David Griffin says
zion trade rumors were manufactured for clicks? Is this inbounds
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or out of bounds? Will debate could Lebron James play
until his mid forties at an elite level? And how
will Wemby's comments on physicality? That's Victor wem Bayamo the Spurs,
the number one pick. How will his comments on physicality?
How will that play out? How that play out in
the NBA? We'll talk about all that and more right
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the year of these sports radio content, Kitty, we start
with who else but the blubber of the Bayou. He
flashed across our sonar. Now you didn't see this, perhaps
not we're paying attention. I get it. But we are
told that the wide spread Zion Williamson trade speculation and
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all Man, was there a ton of Zion trade speculation
over the last month and a half. That that was
fake news. Fake news is what it was. Say what so,
David Griffin, We're gonna plut some audio here and to
say with David Griffin is the person in the center square.
He also if you don't know who that is, he's
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the Pelicans executive vice president of Basketball Operations. Back in
the old days, they used to say he's the GM,
but now they had it to add a lot of
different titles because you sound more important when you got
a lot of titles, and they pay these guys a
lot of money, so they got even a lot of titles.
So he's not just the general manager, he's the executive
lypay of basketball operations. So he recently appeared on state
(03:05):
sponsored NBA radio and he was asked about Zion Williamson
because there's no one else on the Pelicans anyone's ever
heard of, and so he was asked about Zion Williamson
and his relationship with the franchise, and he said, it's
as good as it's ever been. Then he got on
the soapbox and started ranting about Zion, and well, rather
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than me going to it, let's go to the audio tape.
Here's David Griffin on the Zion trade chatter.
Speaker 2 (03:35):
I think what's unfortunate is he is a name that
generates clicks. No matter what the link says, Zion puts
on his socks, people click on that, and so it
makes it really easy for people to manufacture rumor around
him because they don't have to have any kind of
actual credibility behind what they say to generate link clicks.
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And we've as a society this isn't true of sports,
this is true across all platforms. Reality doesn't matter anymore.
Generating clicks matters, and so unfortunately for Zion, he's just
he's an oddity and somebody that people pay a great
deal of attention to and manufacture a lot of stories around.
We never had a single conversation that Zion was part.
Speaker 1 (04:16):
Of Okay, his nose was growing, So let us discuss
You heard it right there, the GM, I'll call him
the GM. David Griffin of the Pelican says that these
Zion trade rumors were manufactured for clickety clicks. Is this
inbounds or is it out of bounds? So I am
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going to go out of bounds. I've got assembly line, walgreens,
and baptism and we will combine all of these things together.
We're gonna make a nice bottle of wine. I don't
know if it's red wine or white wine, but we're
gonna make a bottle of wine. So number WY David
Griffin is a polished spinmeister, is what this guy is.
(05:03):
And he knows he knows how to deliver a very
eloquent soliloquy. He's got the gift of gap. Now I
should point out that by the very nature a rumor
in sports, and I've loved rumors since I was a kid.
I used to run a rumor website based on trade rumors,
mostly in gossip, and when I did that, all rumors
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are manufactured. None of them have credibility until they're a trade,
and then after that people forget. It's no longer a rumor,
it's reality, and so it is newsworthy when Zion Williamson
puts his socks on or has an OnlyFans porno lady
take them off. Watching the video clips of this, we
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noticed some tells. I go to the FBI handbook online
and Griffin, the executive from the Pelicans, his head was
bobbing back and forth like he was on top of
a mountain and he was the lookout and he was
trying to see if anyone was coming at him. He
had purse lips at one point, and those two things
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are signs of a liar, liar, liar pants on fire. Now,
David Griffin was working here at the assembly line, Okay,
not the Model T assembly line, but he was manufacturing
airtight bags of organic composts better known by their gangster name,
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as my friend Luni used to say, manure right. Zion
was absolutely tossed out his name into the flea market
I will Gary Effet to you that his name was
tossed out on the flea market. But teams were reluctant
to give up the max contract for a guy that
is an all start a fat farm right now and
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not in the NBA. And they also, I don't really
have enough flea and tick powder, if you know what
I'm saying. Williamson at this point is a bust until
proven otherwise. Now the fanboys and the toastsuckers will.
Speaker 3 (07:01):
Say, whoa wait a minute when he plays? So you
averagers or gazillion points on the gazillion rebound when he
plays when he plays. If the NBA went down to
a seven game season, he would still miss.
Speaker 1 (07:16):
Six of the seven games. But again, teams did not
want to mess around with this. And you are what
your record says you are. And so even though when
he plays he puts up big numbers, he played twenty
nine games, that's it last season. The year before he
missed the entire season. All right, So, and he's got
the foot problem, he's got the baby mama drama problem,
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he's got the dieting problem. He's got all kinds of problems.
He's got popcorn problems. They're popping up all over the place.
So I don't buy the spin coming out of the
Mighty Mississippi, the mouth of the Mighty Mississippi there in Louisiana.
So page two, let's move over to Rich Paul. And
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you've heard the Rich Paul joke. If he didn't know
Lebron James, he would just be Paul. But he's a superagent,
Rich Paul, superagent there. And he did an interview recently
insinuating that the Lebron James, who turns thirty nine years
old in December, could play into his mid forties. He
(08:20):
said this during a recent appearance. He said, five or
six more years. Listen, he's one guy that I'm not
gonna say no about. You better not say no about
your entire career is based on Lebron James. I wouldn't
say no about that either, or about him either. He
went on and on, rambling, And now he was asked
a leading question to be fair to Rich Paul, and
he took the bait and ran with it. But he said,
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when Lebron loses his athleticism, he'll just be in the
words of Rich Paul, Karl Malone, does that mean he's
going to be hosting a lunchtime one hour talk show
in Los Angeles on AM Radio. Is that because that's
what Carl Malone did back in the day. But Rich
Paul said, he can literally play for as long as
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he wants. Okay, so here's the question. Could Lebron James
play until his mid forties? But at an elite level.
I'm not saying he can't play till his mid forties
because you can always get hemorrhoids on the bench, But
can you play until your mid forties at an elite
level if you're Lebron James? So could he?
Speaker 2 (09:24):
Sure?
Speaker 1 (09:25):
Why not? I could also get a call from management
when I wake up saying, hey, I'd like you to
switch time slots with Colin Cowhard. We want to see
how he does in the overnight. That could happen. It's unrealistic,
but it could happen. Rich Paul on this one shopping
at Walgreens, he was buying eyewash, is what he was buying.
Lebron again, he can hang around and you know, he
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can play with all of his kids. He can go
over to the WNBA, identify as a woman and play
with his daughter, can have he can have a blast
do wherever he wants with his kids. But in terms
of dominance, I don't think so. I do not think so.
Lebron can play, but not an elite level. We've already
seen at age thirty eight, signs of performance declined by
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Lebron James. He absolutely ran out of gas against the
Nuggets in that sweep. In the entire NBA Playoffs against Memphis,
Golden State, and Denver, Lebron shot twenty six percent from
three point range. Usually he's never been a great outside shooter,
but he's never been that bad from downtown. That's a
sign your issue with your legs there. He also had
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that famous windmill dunk attempt. I think that was against
the Nuggets where he fumbled the ball out of bounds.
Remember that that was a great highlight. And if you
look back the last five years for Lebron James, he
has averaged fifty five games per year. That's an average
season for Lebron. He's gotten hurt. Now, are those legitimate injuries?
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Is that load management disguised mass as gaysy injury?
Speaker 4 (11:00):
I don't know.
Speaker 1 (11:02):
I know that he hasn't won any championships as a Laker.
I know that, no, no, no championships that real basketball
fans count, and the Lakers also missed the playoffs twice
since he arrived in town. All right, final point, So
let's move over to Victor Wembanyama. This guy big time content.
When he's not getting into it with Britney Spears, he's
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causing headlines here. He's commented on what it's like after
a couple of games playing in the Summer League, Victor
Wembanyama has noticed some subtle differences between euro Basketball and
the NBA. What are those differences? He said recently? First
of all, he said the court is more open in
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the NBA. He says it's going fast, but it's less physical.
He said, less physical. That's the money quote, right there.
Don't bear the lead, my man, that's the money quote.
So how will Wemby's comments on physicality in the NBA playout?
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They will be played out with a shrug, a shrug.
You played two games in the Summer League and you've
already made this determination. Listen, I agree the NBA compared
to what it was before. It's hard for me to
say this, but before web Minyama was alive, it was
it was there was philic Cally. Now it's a cool
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whip league. The players are soft, the coaches are saft,
the management people is soft out of an abundance of caution.
That's the catchphrase, right.
Speaker 3 (12:38):
They love that we can't play back to back games
because I'm going to predict this leg is going to
collapse because these people.
Speaker 1 (12:47):
Are made out of glass. So it is interesting to
note though, when the European player started coming to the NBA,
they were the ones that were called soft. They were
the flop and they were shamed by the NBA players.
They're like, these guys are so soft, these euro players,
and you talk about a one eighty and here in
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this era a generation later, now the euro guys are
seen as tougher and the NBA players are frauds. The
American NBA players are fraud It's wild how that has changed.
But back to the quote the NBA being less physical.
So while it is less physical, nevertheless there are some
players that do actually bring a level of physicality with them.
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And so this is more cork against wem Bin Yama
as far as a bigger bullseye. You that cork on
the bullseye there, because you've got that handful of fake
tough guys in the NBA who will attempt to give
Wemby a baptism by fire. Now he's already gonna face
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that because he was the number one overall pick. And
when you're the number one, that happens. And Wemby is
like a leaf in the wind. I saw this leaf
blowing around in the wind, and I thought it was
a butterfly because it just it was crazy. He's very scrawny,
kind of floats in the in the in the air there.
He's anorexick, he looks like. And yet his agent's like,
(14:16):
I don't know that he should gain any weight. Yeah,
I think that's a great idea. I look at Wimbanyama
and I say, this guy is so skinny. If he
needs to get shade here in the summer, he can
just kind of hang out right under the clothesline and
he'll get He'll get a nice amount of shade. It's
just wild. It's wild and crazy. It is the Ben
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Speaker 1 (15:54):
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KB writes and says a radio host calling anyone who
plays a sports soft is insane. I think we got
a fanboy here. This sounds like a fan bok. This
sounds like a jock sniffer. Yeah, smoke. You gotta smell
that dad stench coming from the groin there, you jock sniffer.
Oh my god.
Speaker 7 (16:42):
Uh.
Speaker 1 (16:42):
Midnight Walker writes in says when Zion went pro, the
sky was the limit. There was talent, the smile, the
blown shoe. Now it's injuries, weight and only fan chicks.
And we all hope that Zion's not through. No, he's
not through. He got paid a ton of absolutely a
ton of money there. He's good. He's good to go
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on that. Who else we have page down Sirley Scott
says Marcel has moved into the posh new rent free
digs in Blair's head. Well, that did happen last hour,
That did happen, Greg says King James will still be
dominating in the Clippers. Greg, you might want to put
down the LSD there, Greg, because Lebron has has been
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kicked in the nuts every year by the Clippers. Year
after year. The Clippers run La and Lebron has to
bow down and genuflick Genufleck to the Clippers. And the
Clippers are moving into a brand new arena, Staple Centers
in skid Row. If you don't know the geography of
Los Angeles Staple Centers in skid Row. The Clippers are
moving to the taj mahall of arenas with the most urinals,
(17:48):
the most toilets in the history of American sport.
Speaker 8 (17:53):
Inglewood.
Speaker 1 (17:54):
It is good. The property values in Inglewood are going
through the roof because they built this football stable.
Speaker 8 (17:59):
Woe.
Speaker 1 (18:00):
Oh, it's beautiful, beautiful Geogray. People are making a killing.
They're selling their houses. Uh, they're building new properties there.
It's it's the place to be.
Speaker 9 (18:09):
It is and the place Stable Center isn't on skid Row.
Why am I defending this, Coop, I prom.
Speaker 4 (18:17):
Am, I just looking this up.
Speaker 10 (18:19):
In made twenty twenty three, Englewood home prices were down
fifteen percent compared to last year.
Speaker 1 (18:24):
I'm telling you, Coop, Yeah, but go back. People like
people are like they build thiss a town.
Speaker 4 (18:30):
So let's let's get out of here.
Speaker 1 (18:32):
By the way, Christ, you've not been to Staples Center.
If you don't realize the Kings game, Clipper Row is
all of downtown Los Angeles. In fact, all of Los
Angeles is skid Row.
Speaker 9 (18:43):
I don't know if anywhere go on it.
Speaker 1 (18:48):
What I'm not talking. I'm talking to the people listening
that are actually there to see the ones I'm talking
to you. But we will take some calls. Eight seven
seven ninety nine on Fox is the number and to
of the phones. We oh, let's say hello to Paul
and Rhode Islands are wait for my board to be reset.
What's going on? Paul in Rhode Island? Plastered?
Speaker 11 (19:06):
Paul, thank you Ben Mello for taking my phone call,
my number one call. My number one call was about
the US men's national team. Now I know you are
privileged to inherit the next World Cup. But the way
we lost to that, the Panama then Noriegas country, I
(19:32):
am disgusted that pineaupel face mother haga we lost at them.
Speaker 1 (19:40):
Wait wait wait wait wait wait holds now, I would
say that the Panama Canal is kind of a big thing.
Speaker 11 (19:47):
Right, Yeah, they just revived it. It just made a
brand new Okay.
Speaker 1 (19:52):
Okay, they got that. They've helped the world, They've helped
commerce in the world. Panama.
Speaker 11 (20:00):
Fantastic, fantastic. What I'm getting at is this, we have
we had three boys playing in Lee's and uh in England. Uh,
and we had an American coach in Lee's in England. Somewhere,
somehow someone has to figure out that we have to
put our boys o men two or three and different
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places in whether MLB.
Speaker 8 (20:29):
If I may only way he coaches.
Speaker 1 (20:34):
You don't even care. You don't even care about soccer, Paul.
First of all, right, you know.
Speaker 11 (20:37):
You know, I mean, I played I played it for
twenty five years. What are you talking about?
Speaker 1 (20:41):
Everyone plays soccer and mellow where do you live? Y?
I played a y s O man, I know soccer. Okay,
I played.
Speaker 11 (20:49):
Soccer and I played I played soccer in the eighties when.
Speaker 1 (20:52):
It was I played, they you know what they called it.
I bet you've never heard this before, Paul. They called
it the beautiful game. They called it the beautiful.
Speaker 11 (21:02):
Game, Ben Meller. In the eighties. This was a beautiful game.
The only problem is that we had.
Speaker 1 (21:12):
In the eighties. You play with spikes in the eighties
and and bludgeon people with bats in your hands.
Speaker 11 (21:19):
We had knobs. Okay, okay, it was it was illuminum.
It was aluminum spikes, Okay, But Bagg and Bauer all
that was introduced to us back in back in those days.
You have to understand me. I could have gone to
Province College. I could have gone to West I could.
Speaker 1 (21:38):
Get on I could have gone here. I could have
gone to their story, glory days.
Speaker 11 (21:43):
Glory days. But remember our boys, our men, our men
have to be in doubles and certain teams.
Speaker 1 (21:51):
All right. I got an idea. I got it outside
the idea. I'm gonna facilitate how America can dominate soccer.
You ready, Paul? Are you ready?
Speaker 8 (21:59):
All right?
Speaker 1 (22:00):
The government has to become more like North Korea and
just get rid of American football, baseball, basketball, hockey, every
other sport. So the only sport people can play is soccer,
and then America will dominate. How about that. No, that's
a great tax. That's a wonderful take. If there's nothing
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else and they go, all the great athletes in America
can only play one sport, America will be great. It
might take a few years, but they'll be great.
Speaker 11 (22:30):
The only thing you hate is the low scoring game.
Americans hate low scoring games America.
Speaker 1 (22:37):
Americans hate a lot of things.
Speaker 11 (22:39):
Mess is going to Florida. Now you have to understand,
you're taken. Two three million shirts and twenty four hours
were sold when Ronaldo when all over the world. Three
million shirts they were not even printed and three million.
Speaker 1 (23:01):
Church was so wow, Like Lionel Messi, uh, Lionel Messi,
he's going there and he's going to treat this like
he's a it's like a retirement home. And people are
going gaga. It's fascinating.
Speaker 11 (23:15):
You live in California. You live in California.
Speaker 1 (23:17):
What's you know?
Speaker 11 (23:19):
Do you know the stream teams in California to sell out?
Speaker 1 (23:24):
Is that right?
Speaker 11 (23:26):
Yeah?
Speaker 1 (23:27):
You know that?
Speaker 8 (23:28):
Yeah, l a f sells out. Yeah yeah, yeah.
Speaker 11 (23:33):
You're not privileged to lose two two NFL teams and
one Uh, but.
Speaker 1 (23:38):
You're rambling now, Paul, You're right, you're the rambling man.
I got to move on. But Christ did you want
to add a hoteah?
Speaker 9 (23:44):
I just he he's mad about them losing this Gold Cup.
But I I don't know if Paul Rios that were
basically that, Like, I'm I'm kind of like a soccer
guy for Bernie and.
Speaker 1 (23:54):
The USA guy for Bernie.
Speaker 9 (23:56):
Bernie Bernie likes that Bernie soccer guy.
Speaker 8 (23:58):
I do world of soccer with him. Okay, he's got
a soccer guy.
Speaker 1 (24:02):
He's got a guy for everything, Bertie Bertie, Well, he's
in Vegas. Guys in Vegas have a guy for everything.
You know, I got a guy for this.
Speaker 9 (24:08):
What point is that I think Paul's have said about?
But like, the USA basically sent their sea team to
this Gold Cup tournament, Like, did you get mad against
their sea team?
Speaker 8 (24:18):
Losing? Just seems weird?
Speaker 1 (24:19):
You know, he played soccer for twenty five years.
Speaker 9 (24:21):
He played out one wonderful Yeah, we played eighty eighties
for the New York Cosmos.
Speaker 1 (24:25):
When were men they had hair in their chest. That's right,
the eighties. I thank you.
Speaker 5 (24:30):
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Speaker 6 (25:05):
Baseball news, The LA Dodgers and San Diego Padres are
going to open up the twenty twenty four baseball season
with a two game series in Soul, South Korea. That's
March twentieth and twenty first, and the Houston Astros and
Karada Rockies will play a two game series in Mexico
City next season April twenty seventh and twenty eighth.
Speaker 1 (25:21):
And there's also now it's the twenty twenty four they're
calling it the World Tour. Eddy in Major League Baseball.
So you've got South Korea, Mexico, the Dominican Republic, and
the United Kingdom. Oh, all of the world about that.
Are you excited? You're excited. I can tell you're excited.
Eddie Very, I'm down, Calm down, I know you're excited.
Speaker 6 (25:38):
It's hard to contain my excitement.
Speaker 1 (25:40):
To be honest with you, you're very emotional.
Speaker 6 (25:42):
As you were talking about soccer, USA losing to PanAm
off five to four on pedalley kicks after being tied
one one after regulation. US loss eliminates them from the
Gold Cup semi finals. Tennis and Wimbledon twenty year old
men's top seed Carlos Alcarez advancing to the semi finals,
while American and Georgia Tech All Ameria and Chris Eubanks
lost in the quarterfinals. On the women's side, American Madison
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Keys also eliminated in the quarterfinals. Now back to Ben
Mallerinthtire Act dot Com, Fox Sports Radio Studios.
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football coach at the University of Southern California, the old
Oklahoma Sooner from back in the day, Lincoln Riley. Now
you might remember his name popped up. I think it
was back in Easter when he sent out a photograph
of a brisket that people were just mocking. They didn't
(26:58):
like the way that he cooked the brisket. And now
he's under attack again because Lincoln Riley sent out a
photograph of something that didn't I don't even know what
this is here. It's like a tuna, but he cooked
it like a steak. I've never seen that, but I've
(27:18):
never had that. I'm sure that's a wonderful thing and
all that, but he sent out a photo he cooked
it kind of like the brisket, and people are goofing
on it. They're very upset. They're saying that Lincoln Riley
has lost his grilling privileges because he cooks his food
and it's well done. And I will not allow people
to defame Lincoln Riley because I look at I don't
(27:40):
know about the tuna thing that he cooked there, because
I don't know that looks kind of disgusting to me,
no matter what, because I don't really like tuna. My
mom force fed me tuna in my metal lunch box
when I was in elementary school. So I'm anti tuna.
But let me tell you something. That brisket from back
in Eastern that's a good looking brisket. That's a good
looking honk of meat there.
Speaker 8 (28:00):
It's what that is.
Speaker 1 (28:01):
And uh, you know they say it was dry it out. No,
that tastes good. That's a good brisket, is what that was. Jeez, coop,
stay out of this coop. You do not understand how
to eat meat either. Okay, you know you don't understand
how to eat meat. I'm an expert meat eater carnivores
what I am?
Speaker 10 (28:20):
What you are a disgrace to know. I'm to meat eaters,
to general. What do you eat like once a week?
How can you have an opinion on this?
Speaker 1 (28:29):
I eat once a day. I haven't eat from the
other my steak the way I like it. I you know,
what's his name? Over at CBS, Jim Nancy has a
photo how he likes his toast. What I say is,
if you want to know how I like my steak,
I want you to go out to the parking lot
look at the tire rack dot com tires that you
just purchased. I would like it to have the same color.
Speaker 8 (28:50):
All right, I'm with Coop on this one.
Speaker 1 (28:52):
Then no, no, see, because you guys are food snops
Grand steakhouse. I don't care. Okay, I don't care. We've
had this conversation before. You're buying in the meat big
meat propaganda. You're buying into big meat, and big meat
propaganda is you're supposed to cook the meat and supposed
to have the blood dripping off it and all that.
And I will not stand for that. It's not blood,
(29:14):
it's big meat propaganda.
Speaker 10 (29:15):
Second of all, why would big meat care how you
cook it?
Speaker 9 (29:19):
Big meat wants you to chart it to death so
you'll just be a terrible taste and eat.
Speaker 1 (29:25):
I disagree big meat. It's all part of the cabal
between big meat and the farming industry in America. No,
the butcher shops and the farmers have gone together. But
I defend Lincoln Riley. Now I know, Chris, you're a
trojan guy over there, you're anc guy, but you want
to you want to attack your football coach because I will.
(29:46):
I will kick you if you start doing this kind
of nonsense here. You're not kidding. By the way, you
cannot attack and smear and besmirch the name of Lincoln
Riley because of his grilling skills.
Speaker 9 (29:57):
I have no strong opinions one the way or another
on his grilling skills. But I don't want to hear
about anyone trying to say they're an expert on meat
when they're taking their steak well done?
Speaker 1 (30:06):
What is this tuna steak thing? Though?
Speaker 4 (30:08):
It's like, yeah, I've never had that delicious? You have
the palette of a seven year old?
Speaker 1 (30:16):
What's wrong with that? I do like beer battered fish sticks,
though I enjoy those. It's harder, sauce and some and
sometimes I'll get a little crazy and dormans. I'll have
a little vinegar.
Speaker 4 (30:27):
Do you eat them with ketchup?
Speaker 8 (30:28):
Vinegar?
Speaker 1 (30:29):
Must I eat my potato wedges with ketchup? I do
I have some ketchup?
Speaker 5 (30:33):
There?
Speaker 1 (30:34):
Yeah? I do? Am I hot and on the hot dog,
I'll do mustard. But I might dab a little ketchup
on there too.
Speaker 9 (30:39):
On the Oh no, don't let don't let Bernie ever
hear you say that.
Speaker 4 (30:43):
I'm okay with that. That's fine, Bernie's food guy.
Speaker 8 (30:45):
I'll get up the Bernie will drive.
Speaker 9 (30:47):
Bernie will drive over from Vegas and kick your ass
if he hears you putting ketchup on a hot.
Speaker 1 (30:51):
Dog, God forbid.
Speaker 10 (30:52):
Look, as long as there's also mustard, I will accept
the ketchup.
Speaker 1 (30:56):
Yeah, there's mustard, and and the ratio is more mustard
than ketchup.
Speaker 8 (30:59):
Yeah, that's us.
Speaker 9 (31:01):
See, those are where the best hot dogs are, like
those bacon wrapped hot dogs with half a klopenio right
outside the colisseum.
Speaker 1 (31:06):
Those are all over.
Speaker 8 (31:08):
You don't have to I know, but the best ones
are the Colisseum.
Speaker 1 (31:10):
I don't know. But if it's a hungry you are
how much how many how many alcoholic drinks you had
at a Trojan game when you're walking.
Speaker 4 (31:16):
It's probably the same people that are outside the exactly.
Speaker 1 (31:20):
I'd love to know how there's got to be such
a racket. There's gotta be like a mastermind of the
the bacon wrapped hot dogs, the street dogs in La
and they must have a master schedule where the city
hates them every concert, every sporting event, and they they
must rent like a U haul bus and drop these
are some kind of extended van or somebody to drop
(31:40):
these people off.
Speaker 8 (31:42):
The city hates them.
Speaker 9 (31:42):
They're constantly trying to shut those guys down because it's
not like, oh, it's not sanitary.
Speaker 8 (31:46):
It's like, yeah, you're eating a bacon wrapped hot dog.
Speaker 1 (31:49):
Yes, cooked on some aluminum foil with.
Speaker 9 (31:52):
Half of a piece of halopenio, not not you know,
pickle or anything like. Just slice the klopeno in half
with the seeds and all.
Speaker 1 (32:01):
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That's coming up. Time now for the Insta trivia, Blank
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(35:15):
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Blank was far and away the top quarterback in the
NFL at throwing crossing roots last season. That is the
Insta trivia. The answer. We'll get to it. We'll do
it next.
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Speaker 1 (36:10):
Terry writes, and he says, it's so much easier to
show your talent when the talent show is over. Whims,
how about inco Terror bringing the fire. He'll be back
probably next year because Jay Scoop's going to be in
the Ukraine, so he will not be available next year.
So incoterra, I believe we'll return as our celebrity judge,
hopefully God willing. Here's the insta trivia Blank was far
(36:32):
and away the best in the NFL at throwing a
crossing root or route last season. That is the question.
We have Mallard of the third degree coming up here.
Who do we have Matthews going a Bredman Matt rather
than Flint going with Jared Goff Matthew Stafford guest by
Chip and the Cues Justin Fields from Johnny Ray, Uncle
(36:52):
Rico guessed by the Art of Sports Talk, Paddy Mahomes
from Johnny Q. Trent Green guest by Calligan Tim in Chigan.
Who else do we have? Alf the Alien Opiner from
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not your renal high Tower from Art Puffin Eddie, what's
the answer there, Eddie?
Speaker 6 (37:12):
Believe it's plastered. Paul's buddy Manuel Noriega.
Speaker 1 (37:16):
That's a great answer, but that's in correct, the correct
answer Carson Wentz. Of all people, Carson Wentz much maligned.
Speaker 8 (37:23):
Carson Wentz, it's Mallard.
Speaker 1 (37:26):
How about that?
Speaker 5 (37:27):
To the third degree, He's.
Speaker 6 (37:30):
The way.
Speaker 1 (37:33):
You can have Carson Wentz Coupolo.
Speaker 10 (37:35):
It was reported Tuesday that friends of Bill Belichick have
privately said that they are worried that he is on
the hot seat in twenty twenty three.
Speaker 1 (37:42):
Well, it's not private, it's public. Now you're talking about it.
Speaker 10 (37:45):
Oh yeah, sure, Ben, is Bill Belichick on the hot seat?
Speaker 1 (37:50):
No? I don't buy it. This is just trying to
get some some traffic if you will. This time there,
Belichick is twenty seven wins away from passing Don schule
as the winning his coach in the NFL. I don't
see a scenario outside of scandal or health, that he
does not continue to coach until Belichick passes Don schuleby
(38:11):
as the all time winnings coach As a Patriot, I
don't think Robert Kraft has the balls to get rid
of Belichick until then.
Speaker 10 (38:17):
Next, the NBA is implementing a rule change that could
have a big impact on the game. Instead of just
defined players, will now receive an in game penalty for flopping.
If a player is deemed to a flop, the opposing
team will get a technical free throw. Then do you
think this rule change will be successful?
Speaker 1 (38:33):
No, It's another tool for the NBA to manipulate the
outcome of games. Here's the problem. It's like speeding. You know,
if you're a traffic cop, you can write a ticket.
Everyone speeds, right, everyone speeds, And I'm a skeptic. They're
not gonna call flopping. Lebron James flops. He gets in
a bed, He flops and puts his slippers on. He
brushes his teeth. He flops when he pushes his the
toothbrush down. They're not gonna call them, not gonna call
(38:55):
Steph Curry. They're gonna call a bunch of scrubs for flopping.
Speaker 10 (39:00):
Right next, Kenny Smith made a bold prediction when asked
his victor Wembin Yama could be part of the Defensive
Player of the Year conversation within five years, Smith said
instead that Wemby will be the league MVP in year four. Yeah, Ben,
do you think this is a serious prediction or is
Kenny just fueling the hype train?
Speaker 1 (39:16):
Now? It's hyperbole with a capital H is what it is.
I like Kenny Smith. This he works for the NBA
is a broadcast and they got to be approved by
the NBA. Those people that work at the league office
had smiles from ear to ear on Fifth Avenue there.
And if he's right, people praise Kenny Smith. If he's wrong,
people forget about it. But nah, he got to be
on a really good team. The Spurs are not anywhere
(39:38):
close to being a good team at this point. There's
no guarantee they're gonna get another great player. I don't
buy it. I'll believe it when it happens.
Speaker 4 (39:44):
How did we doubt you passed this sedition that.
Speaker 1 (39:46):
Is a winner. You can put it on the board, yes,
Hello and welcome. It's our name, Very two, our two
of the radio show. We talk basketball, and we start
in the Bayou where the Pelicans executive David Griffin says
zion trade rumors were manufactured for clicks? Is this inbounds
(00:22):
or out of bounds? Will debate could Lebron James play
until his mid forties at an elite level? And how
will Wemby's comments on physicality? That's Victor wem Bayamo the Spurs,
the number one pick. How will his comments on physicality?
How will that play out? How that play out in
the NBA? We'll talk about all that and more right
(00:43):
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with who else but the blubber of the Bayou. He
flashed across our sonar. Now you didn't see this, perhaps
not we're paying attention. I get it. But we are
told that the wide spread Zion Williamson trade speculation and
(02:21):
all Man, was there a ton of Zion trade speculation
over the last month and a half. That that was
fake news. Fake news is what it was. Say what so,
David Griffin, We're gonna plut some audio here and to
say with David Griffin is the person in the center square.
He also if you don't know who that is, he's
(02:42):
the Pelicans executive vice president of Basketball Operations. Back in
the old days, they used to say he's the GM,
but now they had it to add a lot of
different titles because you sound more important when you got
a lot of titles, and they pay these guys a
lot of money, so they got even a lot of titles.
So he's not just the general manager, he's the executive
lypay of basketball operations. So he recently appeared on state
(03:05):
sponsored NBA radio and he was asked about Zion Williamson
because there's no one else on the Pelicans anyone's ever
heard of, and so he was asked about Zion Williamson
and his relationship with the franchise, and he said, it's
as good as it's ever been. Then he got on
the soapbox and started ranting about Zion, and well, rather
(03:28):
than me going to it, let's go to the audio tape.
Here's David Griffin on the Zion trade chatter.
Speaker 2 (03:35):
I think what's unfortunate is he is a name that
generates clicks. No matter what the link says, Zion puts
on his socks, people click on that, and so it
makes it really easy for people to manufacture rumor around
him because they don't have to have any kind of
actual credibility behind what they say to generate link clicks.
(03:55):
And we've as a society this isn't true of sports,
this is true across all platforms. Reality doesn't matter anymore.
Generating clicks matters, and so unfortunately for Zion, he's just
he's an oddity and somebody that people pay a great
deal of attention to and manufacture a lot of stories around.
We never had a single conversation that Zion was part.
Speaker 1 (04:16):
Of Okay, his nose was growing, So let us discuss
You heard it right there, the GM, I'll call him
the GM. David Griffin of the Pelican says that these
Zion trade rumors were manufactured for clickety clicks. Is this
inbounds or is it out of bounds? So I am
(04:37):
going to go out of bounds. I've got assembly line, walgreens,
and baptism and we will combine all of these things together.
We're gonna make a nice bottle of wine. I don't
know if it's red wine or white wine, but we're
gonna make a bottle of wine. So number WY David
Griffin is a polished spinmeister, is what this guy is.
(05:03):
And he knows he knows how to deliver a very
eloquent soliloquy. He's got the gift of gap. Now I
should point out that by the very nature a rumor
in sports, and I've loved rumors since I was a kid.
I used to run a rumor website based on trade rumors,
mostly in gossip, and when I did that, all rumors
(05:24):
are manufactured. None of them have credibility until they're a trade,
and then after that people forget. It's no longer a rumor,
it's reality, and so it is newsworthy when Zion Williamson
puts his socks on or has an OnlyFans porno lady
take them off. Watching the video clips of this, we
(05:45):
noticed some tells. I go to the FBI handbook online
and Griffin, the executive from the Pelicans, his head was
bobbing back and forth like he was on top of
a mountain and he was the lookout and he was
trying to see if anyone was coming at him. He
had purse lips at one point, and those two things
(06:06):
are signs of a liar, liar, liar pants on fire. Now,
David Griffin was working here at the assembly line, Okay,
not the Model T assembly line, but he was manufacturing
airtight bags of organic composts better known by their gangster name,
(06:26):
as my friend Luni used to say, manure right. Zion
was absolutely tossed out his name into the flea market
I will Gary Effet to you that his name was
tossed out on the flea market. But teams were reluctant
to give up the max contract for a guy that
is an all start a fat farm right now and
(06:47):
not in the NBA. And they also, I don't really
have enough flea and tick powder, if you know what
I'm saying. Williamson at this point is a bust until
proven otherwise. Now the fanboys and the toastsuckers will.
Speaker 3 (07:01):
Say, whoa wait a minute when he plays? So you
averagers or gazillion points on the gazillion rebound when he
plays when he plays. If the NBA went down to
a seven game season, he would still miss.
Speaker 1 (07:16):
Six of the seven games. But again, teams did not
want to mess around with this. And you are what
your record says you are. And so even though when
he plays he puts up big numbers, he played twenty
nine games, that's it last season. The year before he
missed the entire season. All right, So, and he's got
the foot problem, he's got the baby mama drama problem,
(07:39):
he's got the dieting problem. He's got all kinds of problems.
He's got popcorn problems. They're popping up all over the place.
So I don't buy the spin coming out of the
Mighty Mississippi, the mouth of the Mighty Mississippi there in Louisiana.
So page two, let's move over to Rich Paul. And
(07:59):
you've heard the Rich Paul joke. If he didn't know
Lebron James, he would just be Paul. But he's a superagent,
Rich Paul, superagent there. And he did an interview recently
insinuating that the Lebron James, who turns thirty nine years
old in December, could play into his mid forties. He
(08:20):
said this during a recent appearance. He said, five or
six more years. Listen, he's one guy that I'm not
gonna say no about. You better not say no about
your entire career is based on Lebron James. I wouldn't
say no about that either, or about him either. He
went on and on, rambling, And now he was asked
a leading question to be fair to Rich Paul, and
he took the bait and ran with it. But he said,
(08:42):
when Lebron loses his athleticism, he'll just be in the
words of Rich Paul, Karl Malone, does that mean he's
going to be hosting a lunchtime one hour talk show
in Los Angeles on AM Radio. Is that because that's
what Carl Malone did back in the day. But Rich
Paul said, he can literally play for as long as
(09:04):
he wants. Okay, so here's the question. Could Lebron James
play until his mid forties? But at an elite level.
I'm not saying he can't play till his mid forties
because you can always get hemorrhoids on the bench, But
can you play until your mid forties at an elite
level if you're Lebron James? So could he?
Speaker 2 (09:24):
Sure?
Speaker 1 (09:25):
Why not? I could also get a call from management
when I wake up saying, hey, I'd like you to
switch time slots with Colin Cowhard. We want to see
how he does in the overnight. That could happen. It's unrealistic,
but it could happen. Rich Paul on this one shopping
at Walgreens, he was buying eyewash, is what he was buying.
Lebron again, he can hang around and you know, he
(09:48):
can play with all of his kids. He can go
over to the WNBA, identify as a woman and play
with his daughter, can have he can have a blast
do wherever he wants with his kids. But in terms
of dominance, I don't think so. I do not think so.
Lebron can play, but not an elite level. We've already
seen at age thirty eight, signs of performance declined by
(10:11):
Lebron James. He absolutely ran out of gas against the
Nuggets in that sweep. In the entire NBA Playoffs against Memphis,
Golden State, and Denver, Lebron shot twenty six percent from
three point range. Usually he's never been a great outside shooter,
but he's never been that bad from downtown. That's a
sign your issue with your legs there. He also had
(10:33):
that famous windmill dunk attempt. I think that was against
the Nuggets where he fumbled the ball out of bounds.
Remember that that was a great highlight. And if you
look back the last five years for Lebron James, he
has averaged fifty five games per year. That's an average
season for Lebron. He's gotten hurt. Now, are those legitimate injuries?
(10:54):
Is that load management disguised mass as gaysy injury?
Speaker 4 (11:00):
I don't know.
Speaker 1 (11:02):
I know that he hasn't won any championships as a Laker.
I know that, no, no, no championships that real basketball
fans count, and the Lakers also missed the playoffs twice
since he arrived in town. All right, final point, So
let's move over to Victor Wembanyama. This guy big time content.
When he's not getting into it with Britney Spears, he's
(11:25):
causing headlines here. He's commented on what it's like after
a couple of games playing in the Summer League, Victor
Wembanyama has noticed some subtle differences between euro Basketball and
the NBA. What are those differences? He said recently? First
of all, he said the court is more open in
(11:46):
the NBA. He says it's going fast, but it's less physical.
He said, less physical. That's the money quote, right there.
Don't bear the lead, my man, that's the money quote.
So how will Wemby's comments on physicality in the NBA playout?
(12:07):
They will be played out with a shrug, a shrug.
You played two games in the Summer League and you've
already made this determination. Listen, I agree the NBA compared
to what it was before. It's hard for me to
say this, but before web Minyama was alive, it was
it was there was philic Cally. Now it's a cool
(12:29):
whip league. The players are soft, the coaches are saft,
the management people is soft out of an abundance of caution.
That's the catchphrase, right.
Speaker 3 (12:38):
They love that we can't play back to back games
because I'm going to predict this leg is going to
collapse because these people.
Speaker 1 (12:47):
Are made out of glass. So it is interesting to
note though, when the European player started coming to the NBA,
they were the ones that were called soft. They were
the flop and they were shamed by the NBA players.
They're like, these guys are so soft, these euro players,
and you talk about a one eighty and here in
(13:10):
this era a generation later, now the euro guys are
seen as tougher and the NBA players are frauds. The
American NBA players are fraud It's wild how that has changed.
But back to the quote the NBA being less physical.
So while it is less physical, nevertheless there are some
players that do actually bring a level of physicality with them.
(13:34):
And so this is more cork against wem Bin Yama
as far as a bigger bullseye. You that cork on
the bullseye there, because you've got that handful of fake
tough guys in the NBA who will attempt to give
Wemby a baptism by fire. Now he's already gonna face
(13:54):
that because he was the number one overall pick. And
when you're the number one, that happens. And Wemby is
like a leaf in the wind. I saw this leaf
blowing around in the wind, and I thought it was
a butterfly because it just it was crazy. He's very scrawny,
kind of floats in the in the in the air there.
He's anorexick, he looks like. And yet his agent's like,
(14:16):
I don't know that he should gain any weight. Yeah,
I think that's a great idea. I look at Wimbanyama
and I say, this guy is so skinny. If he
needs to get shade here in the summer, he can
just kind of hang out right under the clothesline and
he'll get He'll get a nice amount of shade. It's
just wild. It's wild and crazy. It is the Ben
(14:37):
Mahlor Show. That's what this is. If you want to
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defense is in, The defense is in. We'll also get
to that story I promised from earlier about the grill
(14:59):
Sergeant of the grid Iron and a vote of confidence
for the grill Starge and the grid iroon. We'll get
to all that, and we will do it next.
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Midnight Walker writes in says when Zion went pro, the
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And we all hope that Zion's not through. No, he's
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kicked in the nuts every year by the Clippers. Year
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moving to the taj mahall of arenas with the most urinals,
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the most toilets in the history of American sport.
Speaker 8 (17:53):
Inglewood.
Speaker 1 (17:54):
It is good. The property values in Inglewood are going
through the roof because they built this football stable.
Speaker 8 (17:59):
Woe.
Speaker 1 (18:00):
Oh, it's beautiful, beautiful Geogray. People are making a killing.
They're selling their houses. Uh, they're building new properties there.
It's it's the place to be.
Speaker 9 (18:09):
It is and the place Stable Center isn't on skid Row.
Why am I defending this, Coop, I prom.
Speaker 4 (18:17):
Am, I just looking this up.
Speaker 10 (18:19):
In made twenty twenty three, Englewood home prices were down
fifteen percent compared to last year.
Speaker 1 (18:24):
I'm telling you, Coop, Yeah, but go back. People like
people are like they build thiss a town.
Speaker 4 (18:30):
So let's let's get out of here.
Speaker 1 (18:32):
By the way, Christ, you've not been to Staples Center.
If you don't realize the Kings game, Clipper Row is
all of downtown Los Angeles. In fact, all of Los
Angeles is skid Row.
Speaker 9 (18:43):
I don't know if anywhere go on it.
Speaker 1 (18:48):
What I'm not talking. I'm talking to the people listening
that are actually there to see the ones I'm talking
to you. But we will take some calls. Eight seven
seven ninety nine on Fox is the number and to
of the phones. We oh, let's say hello to Paul
and Rhode Islands are wait for my board to be reset.
What's going on? Paul in Rhode Island? Plastered?
Speaker 11 (19:06):
Paul, thank you Ben Mello for taking my phone call,
my number one call. My number one call was about
the US men's national team. Now I know you are
privileged to inherit the next World Cup. But the way
we lost to that, the Panama then Noriegas country, I
(19:32):
am disgusted that pineaupel face mother haga we lost at them.
Speaker 1 (19:40):
Wait wait wait wait wait wait holds now, I would
say that the Panama Canal is kind of a big thing.
Speaker 11 (19:47):
Right, Yeah, they just revived it. It just made a
brand new Okay.
Speaker 1 (19:52):
Okay, they got that. They've helped the world, They've helped
commerce in the world. Panama.
Speaker 11 (20:00):
Fantastic, fantastic. What I'm getting at is this, we have
we had three boys playing in Lee's and uh in England. Uh,
and we had an American coach in Lee's in England. Somewhere,
somehow someone has to figure out that we have to
put our boys o men two or three and different
(20:25):
places in whether MLB.
Speaker 8 (20:29):
If I may only way he coaches.
Speaker 1 (20:34):
You don't even care. You don't even care about soccer, Paul.
First of all, right, you know.
Speaker 11 (20:37):
You know, I mean, I played I played it for
twenty five years. What are you talking about?
Speaker 1 (20:41):
Everyone plays soccer and mellow where do you live? Y?
I played a y s O man, I know soccer. Okay,
I played.
Speaker 11 (20:49):
Soccer and I played I played soccer in the eighties when.
Speaker 1 (20:52):
It was I played, they you know what they called it.
I bet you've never heard this before, Paul. They called
it the beautiful game. They called it the beautiful.
Speaker 11 (21:02):
Game, Ben Meller. In the eighties. This was a beautiful game.
The only problem is that we had.
Speaker 1 (21:12):
In the eighties. You play with spikes in the eighties
and and bludgeon people with bats in your hands.
Speaker 11 (21:19):
We had knobs. Okay, okay, it was it was illuminum.
It was aluminum spikes, Okay, But Bagg and Bauer all
that was introduced to us back in back in those days.
You have to understand me. I could have gone to
Province College. I could have gone to West I could.
Speaker 1 (21:38):
Get on I could have gone here. I could have
gone to their story, glory days.
Speaker 11 (21:43):
Glory days. But remember our boys, our men, our men
have to be in doubles and certain teams.
Speaker 1 (21:51):
All right. I got an idea. I got it outside
the idea. I'm gonna facilitate how America can dominate soccer.
You ready, Paul? Are you ready?
Speaker 8 (21:59):
All right?
Speaker 1 (22:00):
The government has to become more like North Korea and
just get rid of American football, baseball, basketball, hockey, every
other sport. So the only sport people can play is soccer,
and then America will dominate. How about that. No, that's
a great tax. That's a wonderful take. If there's nothing
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else and they go, all the great athletes in America
can only play one sport, America will be great. It
might take a few years, but they'll be great.
Speaker 11 (22:30):
The only thing you hate is the low scoring game.
Americans hate low scoring games America.
Speaker 1 (22:37):
Americans hate a lot of things.
Speaker 11 (22:39):
Mess is going to Florida. Now you have to understand,
you're taken. Two three million shirts and twenty four hours
were sold when Ronaldo when all over the world. Three
million shirts they were not even printed and three million.
Speaker 1 (23:01):
Church was so wow, Like Lionel Messi, uh, Lionel Messi,
he's going there and he's going to treat this like
he's a it's like a retirement home. And people are
going gaga. It's fascinating.
Speaker 11 (23:15):
You live in California. You live in California.
Speaker 1 (23:17):
What's you know?
Speaker 11 (23:19):
Do you know the stream teams in California to sell out?
Speaker 1 (23:24):
Is that right?
Speaker 11 (23:26):
Yeah?
Speaker 1 (23:27):
You know that?
Speaker 8 (23:28):
Yeah, l a f sells out. Yeah yeah, yeah.
Speaker 11 (23:33):
You're not privileged to lose two two NFL teams and
one Uh, but.
Speaker 1 (23:38):
You're rambling now, Paul, You're right, you're the rambling man.
I got to move on. But Christ did you want
to add a hoteah?
Speaker 9 (23:44):
I just he he's mad about them losing this Gold Cup.
But I I don't know if Paul Rios that were
basically that, Like, I'm I'm kind of like a soccer
guy for Bernie and.
Speaker 1 (23:54):
The USA guy for Bernie.
Speaker 9 (23:56):
Bernie Bernie likes that Bernie soccer guy.
Speaker 8 (23:58):
I do world of soccer with him. Okay, he's got
a soccer guy.
Speaker 1 (24:02):
He's got a guy for everything, Bertie Bertie, Well, he's
in Vegas. Guys in Vegas have a guy for everything.
You know, I got a guy for this.
Speaker 9 (24:08):
What point is that I think Paul's have said about?
But like, the USA basically sent their sea team to
this Gold Cup tournament, Like, did you get mad against
their sea team?
Speaker 8 (24:18):
Losing? Just seems weird?
Speaker 1 (24:19):
You know, he played soccer for twenty five years.
Speaker 9 (24:21):
He played out one wonderful Yeah, we played eighty eighties
for the New York Cosmos.
Speaker 1 (24:25):
When were men they had hair in their chest. That's right,
the eighties. I thank you.
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Baseball news, The LA Dodgers and San Diego Padres are
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Are you excited? You're excited. I can tell you're excited.
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Speaker 6 (25:38):
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Speaker 6 (25:42):
As you were talking about soccer, USA losing to PanAm
off five to four on pedalley kicks after being tied
one one after regulation. US loss eliminates them from the
Gold Cup semi finals. Tennis and Wimbledon twenty year old
men's top seed Carlos Alcarez advancing to the semi finals,
while American and Georgia Tech All Ameria and Chris Eubanks
lost in the quarterfinals. On the women's side, American Madison
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Keys also eliminated in the quarterfinals. Now back to Ben
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(26:36):
football coach at the University of Southern California, the old
Oklahoma Sooner from back in the day, Lincoln Riley. Now
you might remember his name popped up. I think it
was back in Easter when he sent out a photograph
of a brisket that people were just mocking. They didn't
(26:58):
like the way that he cooked the brisket. And now
he's under attack again because Lincoln Riley sent out a
photograph of something that didn't I don't even know what
this is here. It's like a tuna, but he cooked
it like a steak. I've never seen that, but I've
(27:18):
never had that. I'm sure that's a wonderful thing and
all that, but he sent out a photo he cooked
it kind of like the brisket, and people are goofing
on it. They're very upset. They're saying that Lincoln Riley
has lost his grilling privileges because he cooks his food
and it's well done. And I will not allow people
to defame Lincoln Riley because I look at I don't
(27:40):
know about the tuna thing that he cooked there, because
I don't know that looks kind of disgusting to me,
no matter what, because I don't really like tuna. My
mom force fed me tuna in my metal lunch box
when I was in elementary school. So I'm anti tuna.
But let me tell you something. That brisket from back
in Eastern that's a good looking brisket. That's a good
looking honk of meat there.
Speaker 8 (28:00):
It's what that is.
Speaker 1 (28:01):
And uh, you know they say it was dry it out. No,
that tastes good. That's a good brisket, is what that was. Jeez, coop,
stay out of this coop. You do not understand how
to eat meat either. Okay, you know you don't understand
how to eat meat. I'm an expert meat eater carnivores
what I am?
Speaker 10 (28:20):
What you are a disgrace to know. I'm to meat eaters,
to general. What do you eat like once a week?
How can you have an opinion on this?
Speaker 1 (28:29):
I eat once a day. I haven't eat from the
other my steak the way I like it. I you know,
what's his name? Over at CBS, Jim Nancy has a
photo how he likes his toast. What I say is,
if you want to know how I like my steak,
I want you to go out to the parking lot
look at the tire rack dot com tires that you
just purchased. I would like it to have the same color.
Speaker 8 (28:50):
All right, I'm with Coop on this one.
Speaker 1 (28:52):
Then no, no, see, because you guys are food snops
Grand steakhouse. I don't care. Okay, I don't care. We've
had this conversation before. You're buying in the meat big
meat propaganda. You're buying into big meat, and big meat
propaganda is you're supposed to cook the meat and supposed
to have the blood dripping off it and all that.
And I will not stand for that. It's not blood,
(29:14):
it's big meat propaganda.
Speaker 10 (29:15):
Second of all, why would big meat care how you
cook it?
Speaker 9 (29:19):
Big meat wants you to chart it to death so
you'll just be a terrible taste and eat.
Speaker 1 (29:25):
I disagree big meat. It's all part of the cabal
between big meat and the farming industry in America. No,
the butcher shops and the farmers have gone together. But
I defend Lincoln Riley. Now I know, Chris, you're a
trojan guy over there, you're anc guy, but you want
to you want to attack your football coach because I will.
(29:46):
I will kick you if you start doing this kind
of nonsense here. You're not kidding. By the way, you
cannot attack and smear and besmirch the name of Lincoln
Riley because of his grilling skills.
Speaker 9 (29:57):
I have no strong opinions one the way or another
on his grilling skills. But I don't want to hear
about anyone trying to say they're an expert on meat
when they're taking their steak well done?
Speaker 1 (30:06):
What is this tuna steak thing? Though?
Speaker 4 (30:08):
It's like, yeah, I've never had that delicious? You have
the palette of a seven year old?
Speaker 1 (30:16):
What's wrong with that? I do like beer battered fish sticks,
though I enjoy those. It's harder, sauce and some and
sometimes I'll get a little crazy and dormans. I'll have
a little vinegar.
Speaker 4 (30:27):
Do you eat them with ketchup?
Speaker 8 (30:28):
Vinegar?
Speaker 1 (30:29):
Must I eat my potato wedges with ketchup? I do
I have some ketchup?
Speaker 5 (30:33):
There?
Speaker 1 (30:34):
Yeah? I do? Am I hot and on the hot dog,
I'll do mustard. But I might dab a little ketchup
on there too.
Speaker 9 (30:39):
On the Oh no, don't let don't let Bernie ever
hear you say that.
Speaker 4 (30:43):
I'm okay with that. That's fine, Bernie's food guy.
Speaker 8 (30:45):
I'll get up the Bernie will drive.
Speaker 9 (30:47):
Bernie will drive over from Vegas and kick your ass
if he hears you putting ketchup on a hot.
Speaker 1 (30:51):
Dog, God forbid.
Speaker 10 (30:52):
Look, as long as there's also mustard, I will accept
the ketchup.
Speaker 1 (30:56):
Yeah, there's mustard, and and the ratio is more mustard
than ketchup.
Speaker 8 (30:59):
Yeah, that's us.
Speaker 9 (31:01):
See, those are where the best hot dogs are, like
those bacon wrapped hot dogs with half a klopenio right
outside the colisseum.
Speaker 1 (31:06):
Those are all over.
Speaker 8 (31:08):
You don't have to I know, but the best ones
are the Colisseum.
Speaker 1 (31:10):
I don't know. But if it's a hungry you are
how much how many how many alcoholic drinks you had
at a Trojan game when you're walking.
Speaker 4 (31:16):
It's probably the same people that are outside the exactly.
Speaker 1 (31:20):
I'd love to know how there's got to be such
a racket. There's gotta be like a mastermind of the
the bacon wrapped hot dogs, the street dogs in La
and they must have a master schedule where the city
hates them every concert, every sporting event, and they they
must rent like a U haul bus and drop these
are some kind of extended van or somebody to drop
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these people off.
Speaker 8 (31:42):
The city hates them.
Speaker 9 (31:42):
They're constantly trying to shut those guys down because it's
not like, oh, it's not sanitary.
Speaker 8 (31:46):
It's like, yeah, you're eating a bacon wrapped hot dog.
Speaker 1 (31:49):
Yes, cooked on some aluminum foil with.
Speaker 9 (31:52):
Half of a piece of halopenio, not not you know,
pickle or anything like. Just slice the klopeno in half
with the seeds and all.
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Dedication?
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in order to pay us, they have to put these
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That's coming up. Time now for the Insta trivia, Blank
was far and away the best in the NFL last
(35:15):
season among quarterbacks at throwing a crossing route or route. Again,
Blank was far and away the top quarterback in the
NFL at throwing crossing roots last season. That is the
Insta trivia. The answer. We'll get to it. We'll do
it next.
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Speaker 1 (36:10):
Terry writes, and he says, it's so much easier to
show your talent when the talent show is over. Whims,
how about inco Terror bringing the fire. He'll be back
probably next year because Jay Scoop's going to be in
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So incoterra, I believe we'll return as our celebrity judge,
hopefully God willing. Here's the insta trivia Blank was far
(36:32):
and away the best in the NFL at throwing a
crossing root or route last season. That is the question.
We have Mallard of the third degree coming up here.
Who do we have Matthews going a Bredman Matt rather
than Flint going with Jared Goff Matthew Stafford guest by
Chip and the Cues Justin Fields from Johnny Ray, Uncle
(36:52):
Rico guessed by the Art of Sports Talk, Paddy Mahomes
from Johnny Q. Trent Green guest by Calligan Tim in Chigan.
Who else do we have? Alf the Alien Opiner from
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not your renal high Tower from Art Puffin Eddie, what's
the answer there, Eddie?
Speaker 6 (37:12):
Believe it's plastered. Paul's buddy Manuel Noriega.
Speaker 1 (37:16):
That's a great answer, but that's in correct, the correct
answer Carson Wentz. Of all people, Carson Wentz much maligned.
Speaker 8 (37:23):
Carson Wentz, it's Mallard.
Speaker 1 (37:26):
How about that?
Speaker 5 (37:27):
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Speaker 6 (37:30):
The way.
Speaker 1 (37:33):
You can have Carson Wentz Coupolo.
Speaker 10 (37:35):
It was reported Tuesday that friends of Bill Belichick have
privately said that they are worried that he is on
the hot seat in twenty twenty three.
Speaker 1 (37:42):
Well, it's not private, it's public. Now you're talking about it.
Speaker 10 (37:45):
Oh yeah, sure, Ben, is Bill Belichick on the hot seat?
Speaker 1 (37:50):
No? I don't buy it. This is just trying to
get some some traffic if you will. This time there,
Belichick is twenty seven wins away from passing Don schule
as the winning his coach in the NFL. I don't
see a scenario outside of scandal or health, that he
does not continue to coach until Belichick passes Don schuleby
(38:11):
as the all time winnings coach As a Patriot, I
don't think Robert Kraft has the balls to get rid
of Belichick until then.
Speaker 10 (38:17):
Next, the NBA is implementing a rule change that could
have a big impact on the game. Instead of just
defined players, will now receive an in game penalty for flopping.
If a player is deemed to a flop, the opposing
team will get a technical free throw. Then do you
think this rule change will be successful?
Speaker 1 (38:33):
No, It's another tool for the NBA to manipulate the
outcome of games. Here's the problem. It's like speeding. You know,
if you're a traffic cop, you can write a ticket.
Everyone speeds, right, everyone speeds, And I'm a skeptic. They're
not gonna call flopping. Lebron James flops. He gets in
a bed, He flops and puts his slippers on. He
brushes his teeth. He flops when he pushes his the
toothbrush down. They're not gonna call them, not gonna call
(38:55):
Steph Curry. They're gonna call a bunch of scrubs for flopping.
Speaker 10 (39:00):
Right next, Kenny Smith made a bold prediction when asked
his victor Wembin Yama could be part of the Defensive
Player of the Year conversation within five years, Smith said
instead that Wemby will be the league MVP in year four. Yeah, Ben,
do you think this is a serious prediction or is
Kenny just fueling the hype train?
Speaker 1 (39:16):
Now? It's hyperbole with a capital H is what it is.
I like Kenny Smith. This he works for the NBA
is a broadcast and they got to be approved by
the NBA. Those people that work at the league office
had smiles from ear to ear on Fifth Avenue there.
And if he's right, people praise Kenny Smith. If he's wrong,
people forget about it. But nah, he got to be
on a really good team. The Spurs are not anywhere
(39:38):
close to being a good team at this point. There's
no guarantee they're gonna get another great player. I don't
buy it. I'll believe it when it happens.
Speaker 4 (39:44):
How did we doubt you passed this sedition that.
Speaker 1 (39:46):
Is a winner. You can put it on the board, yes,
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