Hour 4 - Durant Delays

Ben Maller talks about reports that the Brooklyn Nets are ok dragging their feet on satisfying both Kevin Durant & Kyrie Irving's desire to leave the team, Password: Word Game of the Stars, and much more!

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
Hello, and welcome. It's our name bur four hour four
of our radio program, and we ask the question, what
the heck is going on in Brooklyn? Are the nets
really going to drag things out with Kevin Durant and
Kyrie Irving? And what has happened to all of those

(00:22):
big rumors about Kevin Durant and where he's headed and
how many teams are going to end up actually getting
involved in the bidding for Kevin Durant. We'll talk about
all of that and more right now in our number
four here. It is a whole lot of hot air.

(00:44):
That's what it is. Welcome in the beginning of another hour,
It's the Ben Maller Show. We are in the air
everywhere at the same time as we have the basic
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the vast and unimaginably powerful microphones of fs are emminating
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line the Fox Sports Radio Studios at a secret location
somewhere in the north Woods. And to our lead this hour,

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coming from pro Bouncy Ball. If you thought that Kevin
Durant was going to get his independence from the Brooklyn
Nets by now you are wrong. So it's time for
our obligatory mallarmnologue on Kevin Durant. So if you're falling along,

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maybe not. Originally Durant was going to the Suns or
the Miami Heat when he dropped the dime on Brooklyn
and said he wanted out. Then he was going to
go to the Warriors. That was the hot rumor a
couple of days ago, and then the day after that, yesterday,

(02:09):
the Toronto Raptors were the prime suitors for Kevin Durant.
And now the envelope please, the team that is now
the favorite to get Kevin Durant is nobody. That's right, nobody,

(02:30):
We are told the Nets are just they've decided they
are not going to make an irrational decision. They are
in no rush the Wheeling deal. And so Durant, who's
got four years left on his contract and also will
throw Kyrie Irving as another variable into this, he just
opted into the last year of his deal, which means

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Brooklyn they think they have the leverage, and since they
think they have the leverage, they're going to use it.
The New York Posts never gotten anything wrong. They tell
us that the Nets are prepared to drag this in
to the start of the next NBA season, meaning training camp.

(03:14):
You might remember when James Harden had decided he didn't
want to play for the Rockets anymore, and Houston still
had him report to training camp. He was out of shape,
he dogged it, and then he finally got his wish
he got traded, and then he didn't like it there
and now he's on to another team, etc. Etc. But

(03:36):
the way this would work, you would force both Durant
and Kyrie to report or face some kind of punishment.
They could also do a wildcat strike. They could have
the blue flu, you name it. So let us discuss
the question are the Nets really going to drag things

(03:58):
out with Durant and I re irving? So I've got
the Philharmonic Chicken Shack and four leaf Clover and we
are going to play Connect three and I'm gonna beat
you because I'm really good at Connect three. So, first
of all, Brooklyn, but they're attempting to do now is

(04:19):
control the volume. You're listening to the show on a device,
and whether it's your car radio if you're old school,
or your phone, however you're consuming the show. There is
a way to control the volume. So the Brooklyn NBA
team is attempting to control the noise. And this is
a touch and go situation. And clearly there's a lot

(04:42):
of people that are using this to get social media clout.
And every day there's a new team that's the hot team,
or there's this, that and the other thing. And so
Kevin Durant's future is the word is uncertain. We knew
that already. But the nets, they are positioning themselves in
this part of the Shakespearean drama as the grown ups

(05:03):
in the room. Imagine, if you will, the New York Philharmonic.
They are working as conductors of the orchestra, standing at
the podium in front of the musicians while using the
baton to direct the sympathy that all the musicians and
all that in the sympathy and in the public tratter

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that's going around around the trades, a lot of gyrations,
various arm movements and all that, and it's all about
being in control. It's like watching the ping pong match
going back and forth, a lot of posturing ping pong
posturing teams are lobbing out red herrings the game leverage
and so the dance goes. Now. Secondly, what happens next.

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So we went from the Suns to the Heat, to
the Warriors, to the Raptors to now nobody. So Durant,
between him and Kyrie, Durant's the first domino to fall.
Kyrie's on the back burner. He's an afterthought. And so
the cat and mouse game continues, which is good for

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us because we're looking for content this time of the year.
But it's like going out to eat. You visit the
chicken shack, and we're in the chicken shack. Part of
the story back chicken. It's a high stakes game of chicken.
Go back to that word leverage, people using their leverage. Right,
you have three sides. It's a triangle. You've got three

(06:30):
sides this. You've got the nets over here, potential suitors
over there, and Durant he's on the other side, and
he's trying to get in the middle. He's trying to
get in the middle, and all of them are haggling.
This is not a no haggle situation. No all haggling
over the deal. And so it becomes since we're at

(06:51):
the chicken shack, the question becomes, who is going to
flinch first, the nets rightfully, so they want some inflated return.
It won a bunch of lottery tickets and a couple
of good young players, this, that and the other thing,
And the teams on the other part of the triangle,

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they're looking at a blue light special. They would like
a nice bargains, don't. We don't want to get crazy here.
We just want a nice, nice, smooth bargain that would
help us out. Why not? All right, So who's gonna
end up winning? Well, no one has flinched yet. A
lot of time to go. We're only in early July,
get through August and September, and the NBA season starts

(07:34):
around Halloween, so there's a lot of real estate to
get through. All right, Final four? So how many teams
looking into the future, off in the horizon, off in
the horizon, how many teams actually end up legitimately bidding
for Kevin Duran? So I have a I have a

(07:57):
four leaf clover. I have a four leaf clover from
the four corners of the NBA world, and it's the
four leaf flow. But there's actually five possibilities, but there's
four legitimate possibilities. So Phoenix check Miami Miami, Miami check.

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And then the third team I'm gonna put in there
is Toronto. And then after that it gets a little dice.
And while I ranted and raved like a lunatic with
a microphone the other day, a very neurotic rant about
Golden State and Durant going back to Golden State and
all that, and well, I think that is still a possibility.

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It is not on the front burner. And then I
keep going back to the team I originally said, the
Shamrock Shake of the NBA, the Celtics. So that fourth
teams a little bit of a mystery. But Toronto, Phoenix
in Miami, I'm putting them in there. But the fourth
part of that four leaf clover, that's where it gets foggy.

(09:02):
It's more like the old song from that nineteen seventies group,
Sugar Loaf, don't call us, We'll call you. And if
Durrant blanks first, if he's more open minded, if he's
in for a surprise here and he's willing to open
things up, and then we get stuck in that gridlocked traffic,

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that would open things up to a team like the Trailblazers,
the Chicago Bulls or the aforementioned Celtics and the suspense. Oh,
the suspense. You're not excited, No, I guess I'm easily excited.
But that's that's exciting. Where's he gonna end up? I

(09:45):
can't wait for the next two gaysy rumors to bounce
around from the gossip mongerers. You know it's coming. When
the sun rises, the BS starts flying. That's how it works,
all right, is the Band Mallard Show. If you would
like to join the conversation talk about any of this
or anything else that we have discussed right now or

(10:07):
through the overnight, you can join us. Earlier on, we
ranted and raved about a summer League game. That's right,
a rare and appropriate Malon monologue. I was getting people
who were busting by balls from Oklahoma because chet Holmgan
played well. He's the skeletor guy from Gonzaga who played
very well in a summer League game. So I ranted
and raves about that. We also goofed on the New

(10:28):
Orleans Pelicans as they decided to reward Zion Williamson for
his bad behavior. They gave him a MEGAMMGAMEGA Max contract
extension one hundred and ninety three million and we also
we talked some football much earlier in the show. You
can go back and hear all of this content on
the podcast, so you don't have to pump the brakes

(10:49):
on the live show. But we did talk about Micah Parsons,
the star linebacker for the Cowboys, who compared himself and
Trevon Diggs with Aaron Judge and Jalen Ramsey, and we
went down that avenue as well. But we'll take your
calls if you would like to be part eight seven
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(11:10):
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And A surprises someone who occasionally dabbles in the tabloids,
the tabloid fodder. I was very surprised to see a

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man who spent a lot of time a couple of
years ago in the tabloids, New England Patriots owner Robert
Kraft back in the tabloids again. What did he do?
What did the Patriots owner due to pop up in
the tabloids. We'll get to that and we will do
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It's Ben Maller, Patriots owner Robert Kraft back in the
tabloids this morning. What did he do? Get that coming up?

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In a minute. We began ranting and raving, but the
latest on Kevin Durant. Listener Ray writes in he says,
when the sun rises, the BS starts lying. It's a
good one. Come on, you know it's true, Ray, You
know the nonsense starts. I go to bed when the
sun rises. But when I'm going to bed, the usual suspects,

(13:03):
the rumor mongerers are working overtime and every day they
get paid a lot of money, millions of dollars to
come up with the latest gossip da Jore in the
sporting world. And so I'm sure it'll happen. I'll wake up,
I'll say oh wow wow, just like that furd Dog
writes it says, how can any team even afford to

(13:23):
trade for Kevin Durant If it takes five first round
picks to get Rudy Gobet, it might cost the family
jewels to get Kevin Durant's fair point, Rudy Gobert a
liability in the postseason, but able to get a whole bunch,

(13:44):
whole bunch for the Utah Jazz from Minnesota at the deadline.
Let's go to the phones and any meany mighty moll.
Let's say hello to Hollering James in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Hello,
Holler and James. M m interesting. He's watching highlights of

(14:12):
Rudy Gobert right now. He's giving us a vincage performance.
This is how Holler and James become became one of
the great callers in overnight talk radio. Put it out
before that we all have a superpower. We all have

(14:34):
a gift we can give the world and share with
our brothers and sisters and hollering James his gift. It's
a beautiful it's poetic, is what I was worried. I've
heard him call other shows and he's been a fully awake.
Really yeah, what shows he called? He's been calling Brian

(14:56):
no show on the weekends. A little smart there, Oh,
waking up? I think you might be waking up, Tammy
and Montana. Can I talk to you? Yeah? I mean
you my Benny. He wants a benny. I think he

(15:18):
want what are you? What are you getting a benny for?
Why would you get a benny? What have you done
for a benny? What? Then, Benny? Any tell Benny will
give me many of Tammy. That didn't make any sense? Okay,
Worst caller of the year, Benny, He's he's on Pace.
Would you like to be the worst caller on the show?

(15:39):
Would you like to win that award? Award? Start your award?
It's neck between him and the Guy and Waterloo. But
he hasn't called. Gordy and Waterloo still waiting for my money,
by the way, Yeah, that's why he hasn't called, because
he lost a bet with Eddie. So now Gordon and
Waterloo will stop calling. The show because of that. You know,

(16:03):
I love him. You're still Ben, your number one of
my heart. Ben. You won't smell my parts? Okay, thank you,
all right, I'm done with you. Go away. There he goes,
hollering James. Another fine effort by our friend James. What
a legend. How lucky are they in Minnesota to have

(16:23):
this guy. He's a bigger star than anyone on the Twins,
anyone on the Vikings or the Timberwolves. Hollering James an
amazing contributor. Let's go to Steven, who's over in North Dakota,
and we say good morning to Stephen. Stephen, welcome. No, boy,
did Steven go off to never Never Land? Also, is

(16:45):
he sleeping? Oh no, no, oh, he's not snoring. That
doesn't really work. Let's go to Peter in Portland, who
is next. As we run through the phone calls at
eight seven seven ninety nine on Fox, Hello Peter. Hello.
First of all, i'd like to say thank you for
taking my call and shout out to Hall and James.

(17:06):
That was great and also a plus for the Brooklyn
Nets keeping Kevin Durant in Brooklyn because like it's just
a smart decision, you know, it's just gonna make it's
just gonna piss him off. You know. Well it's only
been a few days though, Peter. What's going on in
the background there, Peter, Yeah, there's a machine press. There's
some kind of heavy metal activity going on behind you, right, Peter,

(17:27):
is there something going on? There's some kind of big machinery.
I think it's just a fan, that's it. Wow, it's
just a fan. What kind of fan is? It's like
a huge body. I hired Haller and James to be
in the background, just trying to distract me. Is that
we trying to do, Peter, He's trying to mess with
my mojo? Is that what you're doing here? Yep, he

(17:49):
was doing some laundry or something. Speaking of we ever
here from Regina? No, we have not heard from Regina.
But Doc Mike did call yesterday and said they made
whoopee in a hot up. Yeah, he said they made
sweet whoopee in a hot tub somewhere in the Twin Cities.
So all right, Peter, thank you. How's it tremendous? Called?
Thank you, buddy. I appreciate that. Unbelievable called so Robert. Wow, Yeah,

(18:18):
well that that or you're you're the mermaid. Maybe you
decided to go back into the fountain and recreate that
magical night when you jumped into the fountain. Yeah, so
Robert Craft is popped back into the tabloids. What did
Robert Kraft do to end up back in the tabloids? Really?
Patriots owner, who is I believe eighty one years old? Now,

(18:39):
he was spotted in Sun Valley, Idaho. You know what
goes on in Sun Valley, Idaho, Eddie, are you familiar?
Uh skiing? Well, it's a billionaires retreat. Billionaires retreat in
Sun Valley, Idaho. All the power people in America, billionaires
all get together and they schmooze. And Robert Kraft was

(19:00):
spotted by the paparazzo playing tennis with his fiance and
he we didn't we somehow this skip passed our radar.
But Robert Kraft age eighty eighty one. His fiance is
thirty three years his junior. Yeah, she's forty eight years old.

(19:24):
Wonder what she sees in Robert Kraft. I don't know,
but the very exciting there. And so they were playing tennis.
The tabloids caught them there, Warren Buffets there he was
wearing a Hawaiian shirt and the Patriots owner and the
forty eight year old soon to be Missus Kraft, the
new Missus Kraft. There they got engaged last week, very exciting.

(19:48):
And this woman's father is only six years older than
Robert Kraft, so very similar in age. And then now
there's a thirty three year age gap. And the father said,
they are acting like a couple of young lovebirds. Robert Crafted,
how do you think he was able to sway her?
You think his devin air approach there, his ability to

(20:11):
get a good massage that inspired her to say, Okay,
it was either that or a gigantic ring that is
estimated to be ten Carrots are more and carrots are
that's romance, Eddy, Yeah, that's romance. It is true love.
I'm sure she looks right past the age thing. And

(20:33):
she's a doctor. Yeah, yeah, she is a that is correct, Eddie.
So she you would think she'd have her own money,
but not that kind of money, right, that's Robert Krafts
got silly money. Doctor Dana Bloomberg, Doctor Bloomberg, what kind
of doctor is she? Don't know, you don't know she's
a you know, she's a rich doctor. He that's the answer.

(20:55):
She's a very rich doctor. He's going to continue as
a doctor. Why why would you? I don't know. Well,
why do you need You don't need to work. You
just live the life of Riley. There you go, go
to these billionaire resorts in Idaho and south of France.
And she is a board certified optimologist in the state
of New York. Okay, clearly her eyes are working. Eddie

(21:19):
Columbia University. Smart, oh, Columbia. Interesting. Well, good for them,
very exciting new power couple. I guess they've been dating
for a while. I really keep up on my Robert
Kraft dating game. Well, there's a loyal woman, Eddie to
stay with Robert Kraft when he was visiting the orchids
of Asia Dasba to get a nice rub situation, taking

(21:42):
care of their Good for them, all right, Yeah, it's
a Ben Alla show on Fox. We'll take some more
of these gone calls. Let's go to Sean the Hood Guy.
Why not we haven't talked to Sean the Hood Guy
in Hello, Sean the Hood Guy. Welcome, Hey man. You
know I'll still be listening. Man, I've just been sitting back.
I can try to enjoy myself with a little bit

(22:02):
of laugh for everybody calling in because you know, blind Scott,
he's undefeated. He he goes off on everybody, so so
lead that guy alone. So and uh, I just wanted
to call and say, man, you know, I didn't want
to mix no sports in with politics and all that
sort of stuff because all the stuff that's going on
in basketball, these guys playing these summer league looked like
they are distant for the Gong Show or something. And

(22:25):
you know, the girl that's over there in Russia, they
did her wrong and they can act like they called
her with pounds of weed that stuck on her and
she was hiding it. She you know, she left the
States and she went through the airport in the States
and got over that way with it, so she didn't
really know if it was it was legal or not.
But the people that's representing her, they should let them know.
You know, she's probably just taking it for pain and

(22:47):
other things like that, because that's what's going on here
in the States. It's legal. It's legalized in the States,
so they should they should be just representing her more
than you know, a little better than that though, And
I mean to be fair here, if I were going
to Russia her work, which she did, Brittany Grinder, she
went to Russia for, I would be so paranoid that

(23:07):
that might end up happening, that I might end up
in a goolog somewhere. I would be I would not
bring anything that might even in the least get mutual.
And they've got much different laws in Russia. And also
now she's a political pond, which is also part of it.
So there's a lot of variables to that story. But yeah,
that's true. And I wouldn't even you know what, Ben,

(23:28):
I'm gonna tell you like this, I wouldn't even went
over there. I don't. Sometimes good money all money ain't
good money. So I would have just probably stayed at
home for the summer and worked a at home, you know.
But it is amazing they pay a lot of money
to women basketball players in Russia. It's like they make
a lot of dole over there. But it's not worth
for a life now though. See now she's not happy

(23:50):
with the decision, but she was happy before when she
was getting all the money. Yeah, but man, sometimes you
gotta pass up on certain money, man and just take
a step back until man, because all money ain't up money,
and uh, why I get out of here? Man? I
wanted to haul at Eddie. Eddie, man, you was out
there purifying yourself in the water to lake Megan tockle Man,

(24:10):
because that night I heard you do that. Man, I
was at home watching Stafford the Sun and Fred Stafford
did the same thing when he went to Vegas and
try to get his money out that lake in front
of season Palace to get his quarterbacks so he can
gamble some more. And he just didn't win at all.
But hey, Eddie, you was a stand up homie. Man.
You stand up to your best man. I appreciate you
for doing stuff like that. Man, Well that's how a

(24:32):
real man does it. Hey, you're a stand up guy
just like me. Right, Sean, I ate the bull testicles.
I lost the bed Rocky Mountain oysters. I paid off
my bed, Eddie. But ce Ben, you was a stand
up guy for yours. But they see you catch a
lot of back lads behind the sea, these guys, Sean.

(24:52):
You know, I offered all of these guys to eat
the Rocky Mountain oysters. They all refused because they saw
how disgusting it they were. We didn't make the matter,
and they did not want to They didn't know. I
want to eat them. If they were, if they were delicious,
they would have eaten them. But they chose topic. But
they say jerky though that regular video it was it
was rocky. It was bull testicle jerky. I ate bull

(25:14):
testicle jerky and your video on Instagram it is the
same thing. And it's absolutely the same thing. You know what,
if you'd had a couple of yearing with that jerky,
they would have left you alone. I would have been
the perfect meal. All right. There you go. Sean the
hood guy, one of our favorites. So exciting to have Sean.

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As we press on, we're gonna have password here. In
a couple of minutes, we'll check in with Marcel. Daniel
writes in and says, I just looked up doctor Dana
Bloomberg with Robert Kraft and for some reason, he says,

(26:40):
in every photo she looks like she's counting down the
years until Craft is no more, while Milkman Mike and
Colorado says, if we have not heard from caller Regina
spend cycle Regina by now, I think it's time to
start checking waters storage tanks on top of some people
hotels there in Minneapolis. Well that's a little right, that's

(27:03):
a little harsh by Milkman Mike Minnesota. Mitch says he
would marry Robert Kraft if he gave Mitch the money.
So there is that. And Justin and Cincinnati points out
that your love of Columbia. He says, Columbia is overrated
Andy Furman the fur Ball win there, So that's what
he says, and Nieves in Ohio points after Peter in

(27:24):
Portland is so far they give me a salami submarine.
Worst caller the year, he points out. So those are
all some of the hot takes coming in from the
listeners of the show that interact with us on social media.
Let's check in with Marcel in Brooklyn. Hello, Marcel, well naybers.

(27:47):
Everybody needs good namebers. With a little understanding, you can
find a perfect place and what neighbors should be there
for one another. That's when good neighbors be come good friends. Yeah,

(28:17):
like you, Ben Eddie, Roberto, Cookie Luke, welcome back the
Independence Day holiday and good morning. Is that your audition
for the talent show which is coming up on July twentieth.
We're two weeks away from the Talent show. Is that
I have the amazing theme song I've trust made a

(28:38):
practice for their Ausie TV soap opera Neighbors, they will
end us for over three or almost four decades. What
it's been a great show. And oh your show your
favorite show now For those who don't know Marcel not
only a corresponder on this show, but he is also
an international man of mystery with you're a foreign correspondent

(29:03):
for Australia and New Zealand. Is that actor yes, or
even saying all season Kiwis? Oh yeah, yeah, trust to do.
I used to radio in New Zealand. I'm an African American. Congratulations,
thank you, thank you, and thanks for having me on
that as well. Hey, very excited. Gold to be a

(29:23):
new dawn, could be a new day. But a thoughts
and prayers go out to Illinois, Pennsylvania joining these shootings
this Fourth of July holiday. Our hearts will be broken
for sure. So no, no, no, no, no no no, that's
not the sound bite like that. But I say I
want a mature guy. No, no, no, no, silly, that's

(29:47):
the wrong sound bite. Let's get into it, Paul Militia,
let's get into it. There you go, And because of
Robin Niggas is on vacation, he'll be back there. I
want to see what the guys are having. Put the
foot picks from last night with no guesses mixed maatch
only started with you, Ben, I'm gonna go pizza, okay, yes,

(30:12):
put the mixed match in out. Yeah, you make the connection. Eddie,
who in your face? Pizza? Oh you got a second
time with Betton? Oh? Tied with Ben? He cop Marcella
coping up my paper, Marcella, he cheated? Tied with Ben?
You know support cheaters, do you? No? No, no, We're
not good. Absolutely now, Roberto, go ahead, Roberto, Roberto, Come on, Roberto,

(30:37):
can someone just explain what the hell of mixed matches
to me? No? Just give the pick, Roberto. Your voice
sounds different, Robs, my voice different. Well, that's because you're
gonna be making all your voice is different, like speaking
here in English and the rest of the languages moment.

(30:57):
So how would you say pizza in Russian? Oh? I
didn't say that. Stay away for that country, you cry
is going to defeat you. I would just say pizza
and Ukrainian huh. We're not going to say that in
the Ukrainian side of this language. But we're saying pizza
here in English. But the pizza million My god, I'm

(31:22):
getting a headache here, okay, and coopa loop All right,
cookie Loup, you have a chance, let's go. I'm not
playing the game anymore. Marcel hey shome aspects to the listeners,
I think he had pizza last night, and he doesn't
want to say because ruined a bit. No, no, the
bit's already ruined because you talk to Marcel and get
the answers beforehand. Oh, come on, you're cheating, Marcella. I'm not,

(31:49):
and I'm not playing anymore. But I don't know, Marcella.
You don't lie. Marcella does not lie. He's a god.
For amen, marcell Do I ever talk to you off
the air? I do not, right, absolutely not. Marcel? Are
you posting your food he picks on Twitter? No, no, no,
no not. There's a connection and you, guys, that's where
I am a distant relative of no stre dominant friend

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of sheigans going on here. No no, no, no, no
no no no no no no no no make connections
there you guys. Is you're jealous me and Marcel of
the same No, no no, no, no, you're not getting us.
We're not jealous. We're just all right. Get ready for
the teas of what's coming up on the show. But first,

(32:32):
our food pick from last night. It will be already. No,
come on in protest, Nope, you've ruined the game ourself,
nor food back from last night. It is pizza. Be trendy.

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Go to next the French five and you're gonna love
this pizza. That's a perfect combination. All right, thank you,
all right, get ready, get ready, We're done. Go ahead,
Oh you blow them up? Come on there. It's not right, Roberto,

(33:16):
remember that iself. Now, Roberto, I did nothing wrong just
because I'm so good at this game. You and I
mastered food. No, you are full of crap. You are manipulate.
It might be true, but I missed the Astros. I
am not manipulating anything. Yes, I am, and it's honestly,
it's it's a shame. I am the Joey Chestnut of

(33:39):
b Astros. Me and Joey Chestnut dominate food. Ben suddenly
lost a few feet. He's now Josey. You guys are
wasting time. You always complain we don't have enough time
and pass words. Now, all you borerons, all of you
idiots are are doing you a little chants and all that.

(34:01):
I need some contestants eight seven seven ninety nine on
Fox two people to play password the word Game of
the Stars. We'll get to it. And by the way,
I got pizza right, I won the food picks. We'll
get to that. We'll do it next. Fox Sports Radio
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(34:43):
out live from the Fox Sports Radio studios. It's cheating,
Ben Maller. The attention everyone, and the password is password,
you idiot. The password the word Game of the Stars.
Here's Ben Maller. I will be contacting hr at do

(35:04):
you request? These are calling me a cheater and me
and Marsa we don't cheat. We are ethical people. There's
no need to cheat. It's absolute bullpucky is what it is.
Bull friend Jay Scoop likes to play. I like to say,
let's play the game though right now? Play pass word

(35:25):
the word Game of the Stars. And who do we
have here? Any meaning? Mighty mo, let's say hello to Stephen,
who's in North Dakota. Who is gonna play Hello? Stephen? Welcome?
Oh I'm here. Can you hear me? Yeah? Yeah, no
I can't hear you. No? Oh yeah, well, thank you

(35:53):
of energy. I'm excited that you're awake. That's great, all right,
hold on a sex Stephen, and we have Justin in
since and Naddy, he's a ringer. He's going to play Hello.
Just that's guy's phone's worse than Brian family's updates. I
disagree with that, Steven, Daddy. Let's let's play the game, Steven.
Who what do you do for work? There? Steven? What

(36:15):
kind of work do you do? But right now, hold
off the farm to make a better offense for the chicken.
Oh it's sound like he does math too. All right,
come now, Justin's I take that Justin. Justin hasn't been

(36:38):
sober for fifteen minutes, so he doesn't know what he's
talking about it. But no, seriously, all right, enough nonsense. Please,
let's play the game now, Steven, who would you like
to partner up with? Perfect Justin? Who do you want

(36:58):
to partner up with? Justin? We're gonna go with Eddie.
Thank god. All right, we have a list of words
one to ten. Justin, you and your guys Stephen are
a team here. This is so exciting. And Justin please
pick a number or Stephen rather pick a number? Oh come,

(37:22):
I'm sorry, step Where have you been all my life? Stephen?
I've been waiting for you to home forever on twite
in five years. All right, well you're on now, go ahead,
number seventeen, one to ten, number seventeen. Let's try, uh delicate, gentle, No,

(37:49):
it's a good guest though. All right over there, all right,
Justin h Coop said delicate, I'll see uh touchy sensitive. Yes,
all right, that's it's nine points. He seven heart at them,

(38:10):
number one, number one. All right, Eddie, and let's go
with um unsuccessful loser. No, no, Stephen, right here, Steven,

(38:31):
you heard Eddie's clue. The clue that I'm going to
give you is flunk. Yeah. Back to Stephen and to
pick a number. Stephen, please you just nope, nope, nope.

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I think that's an automatic minus one deduction that we win.
Went time now, Steve, because he couldn't like he's been murdered?
Is that guy? Real? Are we getting funcked,