Hour 2 - Tabloid Fodder?

Ben Maller talks about reports that many Knicks players are unhappy with Jalen Brunson's father having such a strong presence on the coaching staff, Adam Silver talking about the perceived lack of interest in 2 small market teams in the Finals, Maller to the Third Degree, and much more!

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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Boom, shaka laka. It's our nume Bert, Our number two
is ready for you. We start out in Gotham and
that is where a developing story about the Nicks problems
behind the scenes, palace intrigue or garden intrigue. Multiple Knickerbocker

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players unhappy with Jalen Brunson's daddy having such a strong
presence and voice on the Knickerbocker coaching staff. What does
that signify to you? We'll break it down, toss it
up and put some spice on it. Also, Commissioner Adam
Silver asked about the lack of interest for two small

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market teams meeting in the NBA Finals tonight, the Thunder
and the Pacers. He said, if we were going into
a Super Bowl it was Packers versus Steelers, you guys
would celebrate that. Does that comp work for you? Well,
answer that question and NBA broadcast. Doris Burke is supposedly

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on the hot seat over at ESPN to your fancy
a thought on this one. We'll get to that as well.
All of it's coming away right now. We're cooking it
up as we speak. It's our number two. Filling the
tabloids with nonsense or is it real. Welme in the

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I went to New York is at a Mets game.
They have a big apple out in the outfield. That's it.
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up to the follow up, follow up to the follow up,

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coach Tom Thibodeau escorted out of the building, out of
the building in Gotham. Have you heard the latest on this?
Perhaps not? Well, you can't just get rid of a
coach and then just have the story go away. The
story's got legs. So what is the latest? The scuttle
butt as the streets around midtown Manhattan are talking, and

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we are told a handful of Knickerbocker players were not happy.
They were unhappy. What were they unhappy about? Because everyone's
got to be happy. You can't have anyone who's not happy.
So the Knicks players were unhappy with the presence of
an assistant coach. But not just any assistant coach. That's right,

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Rick Brunson. The plot thickens according to something called hoops Wire.
I don't know what that is, but they say that
multiple Knicks players have been unhappy with the presidence of
assistant coach Rick Brunson. If that name sounds familiar, that
is the forefather of Jalen Brunson. That's the Papa Bear.

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That's the Papa Bear. Now the problem, the problem is
that Rick has had too big a say in the
goings on with the Knickerbockers behind the scenes. Okay, so
that's the report, simple players upset. Rick Brunson, the daddy
of Jalen Brunson, has become too influential with the New

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York basketball team. So let us discuss the question for
the esteem panel, which you find yourself part of? How
am I part of a panel? You are? You just
go with it. You're part of the esteem panel. So
question multiple nick players unhappy? They're unhappy with Jalen Brunson's

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daddy that he has such a strong presence on the
coaching staff. What does this signify to you? So I've
got mad men, zip code, and workshop, and we will
combine all of these things to get and we're gonna
have some chills and thrills and try not to stumble

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and bumble like the Knickerbockers did in those games. So
my first thought, A there's one word that sums this up.
It is prevalent. It is a disease. It is in
all of our professional sports, all of them. The disease.
It is a one word. It's it's starts with an N.
In fact, capital n nepotism, nepotism, capital end. This is

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El Classico, the NBA family business. It's a coaching version
of lebron and he's running the Lakers a GM by
proxy and wors Bronnie, who has no business being in
the NBA, but his daddy is the star of the Lakers.
So tada Bronnie. James draft in the second round and

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then went out there and embarrassed himself. So they're catering
to one guy, right, the Nicks are and Jalen brunts it. Well,
he gave them a hometown discount. We okay, good congratulations.
Now we like the player. We like Jalen Brunson, solid ballplayer.
This just does not feel right though. The whole thing
doesn't feel right, and it's like, well, you're doing you know,

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because it's in the news. Well, it didn't feel right before.
In fact that the talk was that the reason that
Rick Brunson was hired by the Knicks was because they
were trying to woo Jalen Brunson the whole thing. So
it's just not a professional set up in the real world,
I would say. And then every time I bring this up, well, everyone,
every business you know, how many you know, how many

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lawyers I deal with Their father was a lawyer and
they get hired at the law firm or doctor and all, okay, well,
I know in radio it usually doesn't work that way.
It just doesn't, which it did, but that does not
work that way. Now, the second you start building your
organization around family ties, family ties instead of just based

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on performance, it doesn't immediately wound it. It doesn't. But
there's cracks, there's little like fissures, you know, you know,
like the earthquakes. They say, well, when the big earthquake happens,
there's usually some four shocks leading up to that. It's
internal politics. And this is not why New York lost
to Indiana. The fact that Jalen Brunson's daddy was on

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the bench is not why they lost. However, it is
a symptom to a bigger condition, like bigger problem. It
sounds like the guys in the locker room are sick
of the dad being right there and they feel like
there's only one set of rules for Jalen Brunson and
then for the rest of the team, and you know
it's outside of the inner circle. That's what it sounds like.

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The picture that is being painted, which is a term
that I think. We're leading down a road that leads
to a dead end street, and the dead end street
is conflict. There's one one street this is conflict. Then
there's another of and then the third street is interest.
And so they're all connected. Conflict of interest just a
little too cozy, just a little too cozy. And the
argument is, how can you hold the guy accountable when

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his father is literally standing right there, right right over
over there, that's right there. And this is not the
first time Rick Brunson has been accused of having too
much influence. So when you take a couple of steps back,
it's like a mad Men situation, right, there's an inner
circle within an inner circle. It's all kind of like

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weird thing, this weird castle role. And you got some
players who feel like they're being iced out a little bit,
and and yeah, you know, you got issues, all right,
but that's their problem. You want to bet that whoever
gets the head coaching job of the Knicks retains Rick
Brunson as an assistant coach. You can't get rid of him.
He's like their mascot. You cannot get rid of Rick Brunson.

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He's gonna have a job all right now, Page two
to the Finals. Can you feel the buzz in the air?
Can you feel the excitement for the NBA Finals twenty two,
twenty five? No, that's actually a mosquito. You just got
bitten by a mosquito. That's what you felt. You got
bitten by a mosquito. Now it is on. Not like

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Donkey Kong. No, no, no, it's like a ripoff version
of Donkey Kong in sleepy Oklahoma City. The Thunder will
rain down. Thunder and Pacers the least attractive NBA Finals
matchup in the history of the NBA Finals. There has
never been a worst matchup in terms of star power,
in terms of national appeal than this. This is it

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right here. Your congratulations. So the commissioner, Adam Silver, half man,
half alien, half lizard person. Adam Silver asked he was
asked in an interview on FS one. He was asked
about two small market teams meeting in the finals and
that this is not a good product. You're selling an

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inferior product. And I'm paraphrasing some of this. So what
did Adam Silver say? He responded by saying, quote, this
is a quote from Adam Silver. If we were going
into a Super Bowl and it was Packers versus Steelers,
you guys would celebrate that close quote. Does that comp

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work for you? Does it work for you? So my
answer is CCS classic corporate spin mixed with what about ism?
What about this? What about that? Okay, So, does he
understand that he's not the NFL commissioner? Does he realize
that it's He's not in charge of the Packers and

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the Steelers. He's in charge of the Thunder and the Pacers.
So you're comparing the Thunder and the Pacers, two NBA
teams that are basically invisible unless you happen to be
inside their zip code. If you're outside the zip code,
forget about it. To the Pets Bring Steelers, the Insers,

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and the Green Bay Packers, teams that have national followings
because band wagner fans jump on band wagons and those
teams have won, and so they have fans all over
the country. The Green Bay Packers are a team where
and when they need more money, they just put more
stock up and then people pay money and they get
a stock option in the Green Bay Packers and that's it.

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But these are two of the most iconic brands that
have a national following, historically rich franchises in NFL history,
and that is your analogy. That's how you're going to
defend the thunder and the Pacers, is you're going to
compare these two. So what you should have done will
be like, Okay, so if we had a Super Bowl

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with the Carolina Panthers and they were taking on Jacksonville,
would you guys celebrate that? Now? Of course not. Of
course wouldn't celebrate that. I mean, his work. How stupid
are you? Seriously? The commission of the NBA a billion
dollar business. I have been by your headquarters there in Manhattan,
a big skyscraper and all that. That's that's what you

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came up with. That's what you came up with. Okay, interesting,
that's odd, all right? So I would think that you're
trying to insult what little intelligence your customers have by
acting like the finals or you know, some kind of
cultural moment that people want to watch, and you know,

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no matter what and all that stuff, the numbers will
ultimately tell the story. You are going to get absolutely
waxed in the television ratice. And this is a TV show,
make no mistake. As much as we talk about this, that,
and the other thing. When you get down to it,
it's a TV show. The reason that the industrial complex

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of American sport North American sport is as big as
it is is because of television. And you're putting on
a show that if you put the pilot on, no
one would watch watch the other episodes, like, you're gonna
have up to seven episodes of this mini series, minimum

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four episodes, and most will not want to watch more
than one. And that's that's what you've got. And I
will laugh when the NBA Finals gets beat in the
ratings by the Thousand Pounds Sisters Show or the rerun
of Doctor Pimple Popper. This is Z you know that show,

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which is a fine show. It's just just great, you know,
pushing parody over pedigree and all that stuff. Yeah, it's
all about the parody. Everyone loves parody until you actually
get parody, and then you don't like to taste a parody.
But you're not supposed to say that because you say, oh,
we don't like we like it, but you don't really
like it and all that stuff, and now it'll be great.

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We've got listeners in Oklahoma City we're on in Indianapolis,
and so for them, congratulations. And you're a bartender in
Oklahoma City, man, that's great. You'll get extra tips. People
will be buying a lot of booze. It'll be great
if you're a farmer in Indianapolis. Outstanding. For the rest
of us, you know, the struggle is real. Well again,

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I have a talk show to do, so it's not
like this is going to vanish into thinner. I just
proved I can do a monologue about anything, as I
did a hockey monologue and actually watched the Florida Panthers
and the Edmonton Oilers which went to overtime. Now last ward,
here we go to the broadcast world, or as we
like to call it, the yaka the Act, the Yakady Act.

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That is where a headline which I did not initially see.
The great thing about the power of the bully pulpit
is so many of you reach out to me. Many
of you be email, but some of you on social
media and you want me to see certain stories. And
you're like, boy, I hope, hope, you know you know
this idiot will talk about this story. I think it's
a good story, and this one absolutely I had several
of you send me this story, and I totally agree.

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It's a great story. It's something we've talked about in
previous episodes of the show. What is this story? I'll
get to the story. So NBA broadcaster Doris Burke, the
much maligned on these airwaves. Doris Burke, Okay, she is
supposedly on the hot seat as in Dune Skis at ESPN,

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is the lead NBA commentator. Do you fancy a thought
on this one? All right? Do you fancy a thought
on this one? So I have. But for many wolkesters
will be an unpopular opinion. We are going to say
the quiet part out loud. We are going to do it.

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We're not mainstream, We're not We're on overnight. We can
do this. We can do it. Those daytime people have
to be politically correct and all that stuff. We don't
have to do it, all right, we don't have to.
So nobody wants to say this. Nobody at the ESPN
wants to say this. They're sports media. People don't want
to say they don't have the balls to say it.
If Doris Burke is your number one NBA commentator, you've

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done something terribly wrong. You have there, I said it. Oh,
I don't like it. Tough. Listen, I get that the
Wolkester's over at ESPN. They fell in love with the headline.
You know, look at us, we're progressive. You know, female
analysts call in the finals. Okay, now what now? You
actually have to do the work. And she stinks right,

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And I have not listened to her recent work, but
I heard enough of it, you know, running the x's
and o's, trying to do the old workshop that. Hey,
I know my basketball and I'm gonna workshop this, that
and the other. Not entertaining, Not entertaining. Knowing the game
does not make a great broadcast. Being a great broadcaster
knowing the game two different things. I want entertainment, I

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want energy. I want juice. Give me the juice. I
need the juice. I need it. Give me something. And
I have said for years when she is working, it's
tap tap on the mute, mute, tap tap mute, mute,
tap tap mute mute. That's what I do. To think

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that Doris is not on the the we goofed On,
Mark Jackson too and Jeff Van Gundy, but side by
side they are. It's like Marv Albert and Mike Furtello
calling a game when Van Gundy and Jackson are there
compared to when Doris Burk's there. You know, Mama, there
goes that. Man. I'll take that nine days a week,

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nine days a week, and that booth ran circles around
what they had. They put that podcast guy JJ Reddick
in there briefly. I mean, they don't even know what
they're doing. They're even trying. They're not even trying, right,
and so now who knows who's next? Man, be careful.
Doc Rivers will probably be fired in Milwaukee. He'll put

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docback on there. That'll be great, oh man, So be
careful what you ask for. I still amaze. I believe
the conspiracy that the NBA forced ESPN to get rid
of Jeff Van Gunny and Mark Jackson because of criticism
directed at the officials and just the general lack of

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sense of humor when it comes to the commentary Jeff
Van Gundy had. You don't leave the top network television
gig to become an assistant coach with the Boston Celtics,
which is what Jeff Van Gundy did. You don't make
that move. Maybe you leave to become a head coach
with you don't leave to become an assistant coach, and
he got lacked and Mark Jackson also Mark Jackson for

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reasons that we can get into whether you want to.
I mean, he listen that. People say he's too religious,
he's got some skeletons. The whole thing is he bumbles
along and whatever he did, he's toxic. No one will
hire him to be a head coach. No one will
hire Mark Jackson to be a coach. So why would
he leave? They kicked him out. It is the Ben

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But where are they blowing? What direction are the winds
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big boss here at the company. He says that I
needed to do some company training on the corporate iHeart website,

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which I do not log into because in January of
nine the company whacked me sixteen years ago, over sixteen
years ago. And the first thing they do when they
get rid of you any big media company, they take
your email. So the way to avoid that problem is
to not use the company email. So I do not
use the company email. I use my own personal email,

(22:33):
and so when I need to use the company email,
I'll get an email from one of the bosses saying, hey, hey,
numb Nuts, you should probably log in there, and I say, yeah, yes, boss,
numb Nuts is logging in, and I'll get right on that.
And then what happens is says I don't usually log
into the company email account. I then end up having

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to go through seventeen firewalls where I have to go
through this account because my my account's locked, so I
have to go here, and then I unlocked. I unlocked
my account, but then my password is dated because I
haven't updated my password. So then I try to update
my password and then it says, well, that's an old password.
You use that, But I don't remember what passwords I've used,

(23:17):
and so they say, well, no, you can't use that
because you've already used that. You know, you use that
in like two thousand and six, so you can't use
it again. I said, well why not, it's you know,
it's been nineteen years. I think I can probably use
it again. They said, no, you can't, so then I
have to put a new password in, So then I
put that in, and then again I took too long
to try to come up with a new password, So
then I have to reset the account again. So then

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I've reset the account now multiple times. I then go
back again. I then put a new password in that
I know I have not used. Then I get it
spit back at me because the it's all ay, I'm
sure there's no human being here, And they send me
a message saying, well, that's a good password, but it's
not it's not safe enough because there's you don't have

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any of those you know, you have the numbers and
you have the letters, but then there's the other squiggly things.
You need one of those things. So I didn't have that,
you know, so I had to have that. So then
I again got I got you know, I'm trying to
do multiple things. So then I got logged out of that.
So then I went back again and again I typed
in the thing, and it said, well, your account's been
locked again because you did not you did not change

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the password in a timely manner. So this has been
going on. The struggle is real. Believe we have figured
that out now, and I will take part at some
point in the compliance training. I think now I will
not remember this password the new password, So I guarantee
the next time I have to log in, I will
again have to jump through seventeen hoops. I know how

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this works. It's every time, so that I have that
to look forward to, and man, am I excited about that?
That is so exciting. So I love that almost as
much as when you're clicking on something and their way
to verify that you're a human being is they'll send
you like a picture which is in little boxes, and

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then you have to click the boxes where the bicycle
is in the picture. And that is the security system.
That is the way to do it. That if you
just click on the boxes, and then there's always that
one box where you're not sure whether or not that's
part of the motorcycle because it's just a little piece
of the motorcycle. Is that does that count? Who knows?

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Who knows? Anyway? It is the Ben Maler Show. As
we are rolling, rolling, rolling, rolling along through the overnight
and Troy says, Doris Burke is the less woke version
of Ben Mallar, who will boycott if we who will
boycott if she's taken off boycott boycotting, I mean, my

(25:53):
mute button will probably be upset if she's off ESPN. Ah,
she turned the audio on again, which will be a
be a problem. Yeah. Drummer Dave Wrights and says that
thanks Ben for the thoughtful Stanley Cup Final Game one breakdown,
and especially calling out ESPN for continuing to force the
awful Doris Burke on whatever fan base the NBA has left. Thankfully,

(26:13):
because of hypocrites like the Fraud and Curry, I no
longer have to waste time watching probouncable. All right, well
that's good for you. I have a talk short, so
I do the show. Ferg Dog says, I've got a
thought on Doris Burke. She has a boring, monotone voice
and adds zero value to the commentary three person booth.

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It's a stupid concept and she's not good enough to
be in a two person booth. There you go. It's
a hot take from Dog. Yes, that's a hot take
there from good old Fergie. Absolutely August says, I would
bet you love Hube Brown's voice sounding like he's talking
from a grave. I think Huby he's retired. He aged out,

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and a normal retirement ages, like in your mid sixties,
so he'll be lasted till he was in his mid nineties,
I believe. And then and then that was it, see
you later out of here, a goodbye, Gonzo Gonzo, Gonzo Gonzo. Indeed,
let's hear and An writes and says, great show as always,

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then mentioned something about someone I've never heard of and
the panthers leaking oil. There you go, Nick drama, there
you go. All right, it's all right there, it's all
if you miss any of the show, it's all in
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interactive show. And so who do we have you? Let's
see any meenie miney mo. Let's say hello to Vicky.

(27:49):
Who's up next? Hello, Vicky, welcome. Vicky's very quiet, does
not have a lot to say. Let's see here. I
hear silence. I do not hear sleeping, which means either
Vicky stepped away from the phone or does not have

(28:09):
a snoring sleep appvia Appia process. He does not snore. Yeah,
we're not used to that. We need something, all right, Well,
thank you for that call, Vicky, tremendous call. Thanks for
the contribution. Let's go to Keg drinking Steve. Who's next, Hello,
Keg drinking Steve City.

Speaker 4 (28:26):
Yes, then maw the ultimate player hater player hating no
the NBA Finals. It's it's good to see you in
fine form. There's plenty of reasons to hate the NBA,
but my favorite Ben Malor reason is the markets aren't
big enough. So Ben has been trasts the NBA Finals.

(28:46):
He hates them. He hated because it's not good enough
for his show to provide, to provide content. So you
hate it because the markets are too small?

Speaker 1 (28:57):
Yes, and he let me let me explain something. Do
you know what I do for a living? I know
you're usually just completely looking up. Do you understand what
I do for a living? You understand the job? What
is my job? Go ahead? What is my job? I'll
wait for you.

Speaker 4 (29:10):
Do you understand that the next ten years are gonna
be the players? The NBA Finals are probably gonna be
at the Oklahoma Sate, so you better get used.

Speaker 1 (29:17):
To just like it's just like you're such a such
a dope, Just like last year the Celtics wa and
this is the start of a dynasty. They're gonna win
with Denver Wan every team that wins, it's the same
stories rating. They're already writing the story right now. And
if Indiana, If Indiana wins, it's Halliburton's league, They're gonna
dominate the East for the next ten years. That is

(29:38):
the craziest boring story. So again I'll ask you again,
what do I do? What is my job?

Speaker 4 (29:45):
I ask you what is your job? Your job is
to make the Oklahoma City Thunder one of the greatest
teams of all time?

Speaker 5 (29:53):
And listen, correct The one point you are.

Speaker 4 (30:04):
Correct is Doris Doris Burke is in the epitome of
the menachimes Holly Rose School of Broadcasting, DEEI hires who
will never They're like Supreme Court justices. They're mediocre, they'll
never get There are plenty of decent reasons to hate
the NBA, but but not anointing the Oklahoma City Thunder

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one of the greatest of all time?

Speaker 1 (30:26):
Is?

Speaker 4 (30:27):
Is not it? I mean market?

Speaker 1 (30:29):
They have not answered my question. I will ask you
a third time. Go ahead, what do I do for
a living? What it was your job?

Speaker 4 (30:38):
Your job is to review what happened that day in
a factual manner and then make sure to convey to
the audience that that they are witnessing greatness and their time.
You know, they may not realize it yet, but they
are realizing the greatest, the one of the greatest ball
teams in the history of their life's.

Speaker 1 (31:00):
And now I have a question. It's a gentleman in
the back of the room here. I've got my hand
in the air, So can I ask you a question?
Is it true you got whiplash jumping on the thunder bandwagon?
Is it true that you suffered whiplag? Because you've called
me for you called me for years. Mostly you call
the chiefs propaganda. Usually, yeah, that's true. But now all

(31:21):
of a sudden, you've jumped on this bandwagon. Are you okay?
Did you injure yourself when you jumped on the bandwag?
Is everything okay? Maybe you hurt your ankle a little bit,
your elbows? Did anything happen?

Speaker 4 (31:33):
I've loved them ever since, ever since Hardened, and ever
since we had three MVPs and we were in these
finals ten This run, this all time run, should have
happened ten years ago, when we had Harden, when we
had Westbrook, when we had the greatest amalgamation of talents
ten years ago. It's just the salary capture. The salary

(31:56):
cap structure is so messed up that we couldn't We
couldn't dominate the We already dominate the NBA NFL. Now
we're going to dominate the NBA, which because we have
a bunch of more draft. If you guys hate it,
you're a Boston guy, don't, don't, just admit it. You
love it.

Speaker 1 (32:10):
Yes, I'm a proud Bostonian.

Speaker 4 (32:12):
Clearly Boston. You don't. Don't. You don't have to hide
it and then just lay back, enjoy it and and
and and love this Oklahoma city ride that you're gonna
have to endure. I know you hate it. I know
you hate it begause God markets are too small and
doesn't ignite the Nashville the national audience. But you're just

(32:34):
gonna have to lie back and enjoy it and get
used to it.

Speaker 1 (32:37):
I don't have to. I don't have to enjoy it.
I don't have to enjoy it. I don't know. I mean,
that's your your opinion on that. But but thank you
for not answering my question. I appreciate it. So Mark
from Queens who's living in Arlington, Texas. So many people
from Queens relocate to Arlington. They love it. Mark says

(32:58):
it's broadcasting, narrow casting exactly. That's the point, and that
numb nuts would not ask it, would not answer the question.
But that's it. Listen, we do broad We try to
have a broad audience. We don't want to do narrowcasting.
That's why we don't talk a lot of hockey. Stanley
Cup finals are the exception of the rule. We're allowed
to talk hockey because it's a national event. It's a

(33:18):
big event and we can talk about it, and so
it's broadcasting. You want to have a broad audience. And
I promise you that if we talk a lot about
the thunder and the pacers, that I might get a
headache from hearing all the radios and the phone devices,
the iHeart app all tune out and that would affect
I need idew profen because I'd have a big headache

(33:41):
and it would be a big problem. Fergduck says, Keg
drinking Steve is wrong. Your job is to divide background
sound to people playing video games, not whatever he said.
That is correct, Jeremy. He points out, if the next
ten NBA finals start in Okac, the NBA will be bankrupt.
By year six. How about year four? Just god, I

(34:04):
forget six is being optimistic? How about year four? We'll
go year four? All right, Ben Malor show as we
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(34:24):
We are moments away. We're gonna have Mallard the Third Degree.
That'll be coming up in a couple of minutes. But
time now for the Insta Trivia, and here it is
the inch to trivia. With OKAC and Indiana playing in
the NBA Finals tonight, it is important to mention that
Blank holds the record for the most career points in

(34:47):
NBA Finals history. I've been playing this for a long
time and Blank has the record for the most career
points scored in NBA Finals history. That is the Insta
Trivia the answer. If you know it, send me a
message on x at Ben Maller. We'll get to it
and we will do it next.

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(36:05):
of the third degree right after that, back to back,
belly to belly, and here is the Insta Trivia question
of the hour. A lot of reaction to Keg drinking
Steve's phone call, but here it is OKAYC and Indiana.
They are playing tonight and Blank still holds the record
for the most career points in an NBA Finals game. Again,

(36:29):
Blank holds the record for the most career points in
an NBA Finals game. That is the question. What is
the answer? Let's see does anyone know the answer? You
go to the great Unwashed Mike de Leperchon from Boston
says Donald Trump answer alf the Alien Opineter going with

(36:49):
fifty as his answer. Very funny. Who else do we have?
Page down? Mister Tony Batti from Keith OsO Tech Show,
Marcus Coles, who's forty two today? From Late Night Drug
Tester keg Drinking Steve guessed by King Roy. That's a
good photo of him. That's pretty good. Who else do
you have? Page down? Blind Scott's Muse, Miss Rafferty from Milkman,

(37:14):
Mike and Colorado Joe Joe White guess by Ike and Roseville, Minnesota.
Page down, Perito says Ben Benny. Oklahoma City in the
finals is going to kill us. All I was hearing
the banjo's already. I'm peddling faster to get the FAA
from my radio. Okay, Palm Desert Rat is up late
with us. He's a pale A friend of the show,

(37:36):
says Traquille O Le the other friend of the show,
stuck in Sacramento going with Clipper Great Chris Cayman as
his answer, what do we have page down? I can't
read that. Dennis Harra from Donkey's Sausage. You can ram
it all day, you can ram it all night. Alex
the cynical says Kobe's future steps on. Wow, all right,
do you have an answer? Lorena?

Speaker 3 (37:57):
My guess what's gonna be?

Speaker 1 (37:58):
Kobe Bryant? All right, Kobe, right now, this is in't correct.
It is the logo. You know who the logo is? Lorena. Oh,
this was on the test the other week ago. Yeah,
and you know I don't remember, all right. Jerry West,
Jerry West logan most points and Finals takes me. Here
we go, Here we go, Here we go. It's one

(38:22):
big event. Gets grilled. All right? What are we have here?

Speaker 6 (38:26):
Kol The Pacers are the biggest NBA Finals underdog in
seven years. They're at plus five hundred. How many people
think the series will be a sweeper? A gentleman sweep
for the thunder Ben is an OKC injury. The only
hope that Indiana has no.

Speaker 1 (38:41):
Shay jogis Alexander could go out there and just poop
the bed, right, Just suck at a time you cannot
suck and they can miss a bunch of Indiana is
an exciting team. They're a good offensive team. There's a
lot of randomness on a given night. You lose one game,
then it's snowballs, and there's a fluke in another game,

(39:02):
and then all of a sudden, you're like, well, wait
a minute, that's not supposed to happen. I'm not buying
that this is going to be a domination situation. I
don't believe the hype. An injury obviously changes everything, but
Indiana they're the inter lopers here, but so's Oklahoma City.
They're also they're uninvited guest. Nobody wants to see them

(39:22):
in the finals, So uh no. Next.

Speaker 6 (39:25):
Ravens offensive coordinator Todd Mounkin told reporters on Tuesday that
they need to get Zay Flowers the ballb war this
season and have they been under utilizing Flowers.

Speaker 1 (39:33):
They're not going to get in the ball. Lamar Jackson
loves his tight ends. They're a running team and so
it's all June talk. They're not going to get Flowers
to the ball.

Speaker 6 (39:41):
More next Now, the Rams offensive coordinator said that DeVante
Adams isn't showing his age at thirty two. Many people
have been expecting deppcoming season for Adams to be like
last season for Derrick Henry. But I think Adams is
down the fountain of youth in la I don't.

Speaker 1 (39:54):
It's June. He's wearing a visor in shorts. You don't
show your age when you're wearing short and advisor. And
he's so stupid. I'll believe it when he does it
in the season.

Speaker 6 (40:05):
How do we do?

Speaker 1 (40:06):
He passed? There? It is, that's a win. There you go,
Devoi of style points. But a win is a win,
is a win is a win? I won.

Speaker 2 (40:12):
I think what