May 15, 2025 • 40 mins
Even without Jayson Tatum, the Celtics are the champs and still really talented. They certainly have the right to win one game at home. It's fine. Jason explains why the Dallas Cowboys should be on in Primetime every week. And LUKE KORNET did it all to keep the Celtics season alive!
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Speaker 4 (01:00):
Did the Celtics postgame show?
Speaker 3 (01:01):
It did it.
Speaker 1 (01:02):
We're gonna talk about it. We're talking about it right now.
Celtics postgame Show. I'm I'm absolutely fine. I'm fine. It's fine.
This whole thing is fine.
Speaker 3 (01:11):
Everything's fine, everything is fine.
Speaker 1 (01:13):
What did I told you?
Speaker 4 (01:15):
Lonette is not gonna hit people with the tennis racket
like this? Every time.
Speaker 1 (01:21):
I told you last night, this was absolutely expected. I
expected the Knicks to play a game where they thought, well,
if we can hang around and keep it close, maybe
we can pull it out right, kind of like the
Pacers last night. All right, well, but then all of
a sudden, the Cavaliers let the Pacers all the way
back in the game. But this, if we can stick around,
(01:41):
But then, what did I say? The two things? Obviously,
the Knicks are gonna have one of those. We're kind
of halfway in games. And this is the way it
goes with officiating in the NBA. You understand certain games
are gonna get officiated a certain way, and I knew
coming in.
Speaker 3 (01:55):
Okay, this is the Celtics game.
Speaker 1 (01:57):
However you want to say, it's gonna be there, gonna
get the benefits of the officiating, it's gonna go back
to New York. I'm not mad, I'm not upset. I'm
not saying oh good, but I mean Jalen Brunson fouled
out a one game all year, and the game where
the Knicks can go for the close or he fouls out.
I mean, the game's gonna get officiated a certain way.
Congratulations Tony Brothers. But I'm fine. I'm not upset that
(02:19):
this is how it goes. We'll see you on Friday
for game six. It's this is absolutely fine. I expected
this result. Everything is going along to according to plan.
This is like the point in the movie where the
bad guy sees the plan start to get a little
weird and he goes everything.
Speaker 3 (02:35):
Is as expected. You know.
Speaker 1 (02:36):
It's when Hans Gruber says police intervention was was inevitable.
Speaker 3 (02:41):
We're gonna use it to our advance.
Speaker 1 (02:42):
I realize how it ended for Hans Grueber, but police
intervention was inevitable. Everything is fine. We stick with the plan.
That's kind of where I am right now. Everything is fine,
We stick with the plan. I'll see you Friday at
the greatest arena on earth.
Speaker 4 (02:54):
Got to be fair, your guy brun send a couple
of those files. We're just silly falls. Yeah no, And
a couple of times it was the I'm gonna throw
the body into you.
Speaker 1 (03:04):
Uh.
Speaker 4 (03:04):
They'd seen that on tape, so they were getting out
of his way and he was falling around, you know,
like us sometimes at the end of a wing session
where you know the assualt intake has taken us out.
But it's the curiosity for a game like this. I look, officiating,
do with it what you will. Uh you got the
(03:26):
game of his life from Mitchell Robinson at the line.
Speaker 3 (03:29):
Yeah, oh yeah, yeah, I mean that was Will.
Speaker 4 (03:32):
Ferrell debating James Carville in old school. Yeah, I blacked out.
I don't even know what was happening. But you got out, played, out, hustled,
And that's not something that you see very often from
a NIXT team right to where its break it had,
well you saw, I saw it in Game three, But
(03:52):
that was a lot of you got out shot right.
There was a lot of fifty to fifty balls that
it's like, we're not doing that same grinded out kind
of sequencing that we normally get from the Knicks.
Speaker 1 (04:04):
Yeah, but I told you, Look, I told you going
into game into game three, it's gonna be a game
where the Knicks are gonna be somewhat happy that they're
up to games to none, and they played that way.
And I told you last night game game five, this
is gonna be the same thing they'll see if they
can hang around is see if the Celtics are done,
and the Celtics aren't because they're the champs, and of
course they're gonna go back and not just say we're folding.
Speaker 3 (04:26):
They had a big night. That a big night, you know.
Speaker 1 (04:28):
White carried then then Jalen Brown got hot in the
second half and you saw the way the game was
a fit. Karl Anthony town started the game with four fouls, right.
I expected this again, I'm not mad, this is just
I knew the game was gonna get officiated this way.
Didn't count on Brunson fouling out. But hey, okay, this
is how it goes, and I'll see you on Friday
night where things will be a little bit different than MSG.
Speaker 3 (04:48):
I will see you started with.
Speaker 4 (04:50):
Four and finished with four for Towns, and that's physical.
They allowed a lot to go on in terms of
hanging and banging down in the low post, and you
lost by twenty five. So you only you can only
complain about the officiating so much.
Speaker 1 (05:04):
I said, it's a combination of both and it was expected.
I've n four. This is not what I'm signed up for.
Speaker 4 (05:12):
You broke a lot of things to Frostburg, as he
became eighty when I signed up this series.
Speaker 1 (05:19):
It just it's okay. They extended the series one more day.
Speaker 5 (05:22):
It's what are you going to say when it's three
to three?
Speaker 1 (05:24):
It's okay, it's it's it's not gonna be the series one.
The Knicks are winning on Friday night. It is a
coronation on Friday night at Madison Square.
Speaker 4 (05:31):
Here's the question is, well, we're watching this other game.
But for your guy Brunson, you know, it was a
seven for seventeen effort minus eighteen. Josh Hart bloodied, didn't
miss a minute, no eight in the game, didn't miss
a minute here, committed to sprint over and our guy
(05:52):
that we celebrated last time out, O Gananobi, he was
a nice ripe. One for twelve.
Speaker 1 (05:58):
Yeah no, not a great night for O time not
a great but look but it also look and it
comes down to this too.
Speaker 3 (06:02):
I'm telling you I'm fine. I'm not gonna.
Speaker 1 (06:04):
Suddenly explode, might explod like I'm a robot and suddenly,
oh look now, now this is what happens. The Celtics
are the champs. They played a great regular season, they
were a great team. They have the right to win
one game at home in a in a playoff series,
I expect the Celtics to win one game at home
at least, right, But now, hey, they lost to the Knicks,
(06:25):
won the first they won tonight, even without Jason Tatum. Right,
they still have a really talented team. They got the
sixth Man of the Year and pertradd a couple of
really nasty threes like they have. They can win one
game at It's okay they win one game at home.
If they win one game at home this series, I'm happy.
I'm fine, right that they win one game that they
certainly have the right to do it.
Speaker 4 (06:44):
As long as they don't win that second. Right, Yeah,
Derek White with a monster game, would be remiss not
to give him a little bit of throwing the flowers
his way seven to thirteen from three point range, finding
the stroke. As this game kind of got away fourth quarter,
Brunson had the reach in file, which was clear. It's like,
(07:05):
I give it a minute, so coach figures out the
rotation and now I'm gonna go give Tony Brothers a
piece of my mind. While this goes into a review,
even though it was clear as day, uh you know,
he raked across the arm, but it was just, you know,
fun little strategy by by the veteran, like I'll get
that call next time, I'll get the the extra you know,
(07:26):
throwing my body around situationally as he would normally get
those foul calls. And he got a couple in the
fourth before he exited early. But playing the final seven
minutes without Brunson, it was tough to watch.
Speaker 2 (07:41):
Yeah, yeah, to watch.
Speaker 1 (07:44):
Ye No, I mean, look, you get once in a
while where Brunson's out and suddenly, you know, McBride comes
in and has a big you know, a few minutes
all look at this.
Speaker 3 (07:51):
It's so unexpected.
Speaker 1 (07:52):
But yeah, no, and look this gets into the fact
we talked about Brunson being a top five NBA player,
and not only is he a tough, but he's he's
incredibly exciting where you don't realize, oh wow, he makes
things really exciting for a guy that's not tall and
not fast. It's the knicks are really exciting when he plays.
But the reason is because he holds out of the ball, right.
Speaker 3 (08:12):
But we're really.
Speaker 4 (08:13):
Excitlerate to him because he's not tall and he's not fast,
just like the rest of us, exactly of us of us.
Speaker 3 (08:20):
Who's not tall, who's not fast?
Speaker 6 (08:22):
Me?
Speaker 3 (08:22):
You're my guy? You are absolutely my guy.
Speaker 4 (08:24):
Do you think I'll still trying to stand for Kyler Murray?
Speaker 3 (08:27):
You're my guy?
Speaker 1 (08:28):
Come on?
Speaker 3 (08:30):
But people forget Oh.
Speaker 1 (08:31):
Yeah, he makes it because he makes big shots in
many different ways. No, he doesn't blow by guys and dunk.
But he finds a way to get to the hoop
and make a big pass or make a big fade
away or hit a three when it looks like he
has nowhere to get the ball off. He's really really
exciting and not people are coming around to it now.
Speaker 3 (08:48):
So congratulations.
Speaker 4 (08:49):
What do you think his over under is on the
number of dunks this year?
Speaker 3 (08:54):
Ooh for brunts?
Speaker 1 (08:55):
I don't know.
Speaker 3 (08:55):
Three.
Speaker 1 (08:57):
I mean maybe, I mean, really it's a thing when
he does it, but I don't, I don't, I don't.
Speaker 3 (09:01):
I don't know, man. Maybe three.
Speaker 4 (09:03):
I mean, you just got me thinking how many times
have we seen him sky?
Speaker 3 (09:07):
I don't know. I don't know, man, But it's funny
you think about that.
Speaker 1 (09:11):
If you can google, if you get Jalen brunts and dunks,
Oh you have zero matches?
Speaker 3 (09:15):
Okay, great? Uh, Jalen brunts and dunks.
Speaker 4 (09:18):
As many people say, just like my dating Friday night.
Speaker 1 (09:21):
Yeah, zero man, No, he actually he actually does it.
He just doesn't dunk a dunk of ton. But he
can dunk like he dunked. He dunk pretty well in
the past. He just doesn't get a you know, he doesn't.
He doesn't really get a chance to. I mean a
guy six two, you know, he doesn't. It's got to
be a big breakaway dunk where Okay, everything is fine.
It's not like I'm gonna he's not gonna tat him
his way like I'm going by you, and two big
(09:43):
giant steps from the from the arc in suddenly it's
a dunk. No, it's gotta be. Hey, here's a breakaway
check behind me, look both way, looking both mirrors, look
behind you. Okay, signal come out like that's what it
is to have him dunk. But no, but he can dunk.
Speaker 4 (09:56):
Okay, Well, I mean now that we've established that, that's
a victory. Good game and a half third quarter gets
away from you, and then fourth quarter just run away
and I'm fine.
Speaker 3 (10:07):
I'm fine again.
Speaker 1 (10:09):
I'm not gonna suddenly go crazy and do my normal
all right, but now my real thing.
Speaker 3 (10:12):
No, no, no, I'm my blood pressure never rose.
Speaker 1 (10:16):
I was never got upset. I never got angry.
Speaker 3 (10:18):
No, I never did. The only person who got angry
was Pam.
Speaker 1 (10:22):
Okay, and here's why run away no no, no, no, no, no
no no no no, because where Because she sat down
with me to watch the second half and she goes,
how's it going?
Speaker 3 (10:29):
I said, ah, the Knicks are gonna lose.
Speaker 1 (10:31):
She goes, okay, But she sits down to watch to
watch again with me, and she's playing a game on
a computer and I'm watching the game and it's going
and and she goes, okay. Either I leave the room
where you turn the sound down and I go way
she goes. Because that is the fifteenth time in the
last ten minutes that one of them has mentioned that
one of the play by play guys has mentioned the
(10:51):
Jason Tatum injury. I'm done. I know he's hurt. I
know I'm done. I'm done. How many times is Reggie
Miller gonna say that? And I go, you have a
good point, but it's a pretty big story. But I
get it.
Speaker 3 (11:01):
You So either I leave or you turn the sound out.
Speaker 4 (11:03):
So I turn this this is where you run and
you pull up the spreadsheet of the average time spent
listening and the changes to the rules and everything. It's like, look,
we've got to reset repeatedly because that audience is always changing.
They're always coming in and going where's Jason Tatum? Is
he ready to take over the game? No, he's not there.
Speaker 1 (11:21):
Yeah, where where's Jason and Jason? No, everybody watching this
game knows that Jason Tatum is hurt. Everybody knows, but
they But then I started to notice him. We're like, wow, really,
that's like they they can't even focus on anything else.
Speaker 3 (11:32):
Reggie Miller just keeps keeps talking about.
Speaker 1 (11:35):
Jason Tatumatum, but Jason are like okay, Like I didn't
think about it because it's kind of look most of
the time, and I tell you, when I watch a
game being broadcast, the play by play, unless they're breaking
down an injury, or they're breaking down a a a
questionable call or a foul, like, it's just noise, right, Like,
I don't I don't pay as much attention. Everybody gets
worked up over who's calling games and who what not.
(11:56):
I don't really care because, you know, half the time,
unless it's something that that I need to pay attention to,
it's just noise, so I didn't really notice. And then
I'm watching and I turned this because you know, obviously,
you know, I want to still live with my wife.
So I said, okay, well that's good. Reggie Miller can
say what he wants. I'm turning the sound all the
way up. No, I turned the sound out. But yeah,
it really was a consistent, you know, narrative of Okay,
(12:19):
I get it, I get it. No, Jason Tatum, I
get it.
Speaker 4 (12:22):
Some of it is the gravity of the situation, not
just the gravity of his injury. And I'm sure they
showed the graphic of him with the thumbs up at
least three times during the course of the telecast. But
it's the idea of excuse making, excuse making slash reason. Hey,
you know what if this second half goes to hell,
remember Jason Tatum's not there. And then as they pulled away,
(12:44):
it's like, hey, let's add the narrative. Let's keep putting
the graphic up and speaking into the consciousness. You know,
they're ten and two when he doesn't play. So this
series is not over. Stay tuned, Stay tuned. We're not
anywhere close to don The Knicks still have their handsful
even with Jason. Dad, we love Jason Tatum, great player,
(13:04):
resert they're dead and two without him.
Speaker 1 (13:08):
This is where you know sports fans are so much smarter,
because do you remember right before the election, there was
a story like like maybe like a week before the election,
there was a story that you wouldn't believe the number
of searches on a computer that people have in their
computer of is Biden running for president? Like people like people,
I'm like, are you kidding me? People didn't know that
(13:28):
Biden wasn't running? Like the it's a week before the election.
How are people searching that?
Speaker 3 (13:33):
Right?
Speaker 1 (13:33):
And I'm like, okay, nobody watching this game thought that
Jason Tatum was playing. Now, this is how smart sports
fans are. Nobody thought, oh, I'll come to why is
Tatum not in the game?
Speaker 3 (13:43):
Oh wow, oh they're better off without them, that's right, Yeah,
I see the record with that. Yeah, better off better.
Speaker 1 (13:47):
Everybody knew that Jason Tatum was out. This is how
smart sports fans are. They all knew you can't you
can't be a sports fans. They all knew you Again,
they're the champs. They're still really good. They have the
right to win one game at home and that's what
they did.
Speaker 5 (14:03):
They won one game at Allatum, what do you congratulations?
Speaker 1 (14:08):
Whose side do you want?
Speaker 3 (14:09):
Frostburg?
Speaker 1 (14:09):
Come on, now, you gotta.
Speaker 5 (14:10):
Pick a side, and you're against Boston.
Speaker 4 (14:12):
You were on my side, his hand in front of
his face, going, you can't see me right, you're.
Speaker 3 (14:17):
More upset about this loss than I am. You were singing,
go New York, Go New.
Speaker 5 (14:20):
York, going, yeah, guys away.
Speaker 1 (14:23):
Okay, there's Friday night, Friday.
Speaker 4 (14:28):
Night yet, bad guys.
Speaker 1 (14:30):
Friday, will party, will order food. I'll have dancers. It'll
be that's the way Friday Night. It's gonna be.
Speaker 3 (14:36):
Man.
Speaker 1 (14:36):
Yeah, I'm gonna have dancers.
Speaker 4 (14:40):
You can have Jason Tatum dance in a wheelchair for you.
Speaker 1 (14:43):
Yeah. No, I actually do have a fun I actually
really weirdly. I have a fun wheelchair story for you.
I will tell later on the show Fun wheelchair.
Speaker 4 (14:51):
Is it the one from the movie where the guy
goes down the stairs.
Speaker 1 (14:55):
Friday the thirteenth, Part two, when the guy comes out
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more from the NBA Warriors t Wolves. Right now, Tea
Wolves going for the closer. They're going to the second
quarter with a thirty to twenty three lead over the Warriors.
Would have been a ten point lead, but somehow and
Edwards misses a layup where all he's got to do
is finish, and instead the Warriors take it the other
way and get a bucket. But a seven point lead
for the Tea Wolves going to the second quarter. But
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And I'll tell you what, there is a There is
a not many things in this world, Mike Harmon that
are perfect. I mean you'd say, oh, it's purpose, but nah,
perfect is something that is a little overrated. There's not
as much perfection as you think there is. And that's
good because perfection is something big to strive for. And
you know, so okay, you know, strive for perfection.
Speaker 4 (17:05):
It's the flaws that make us unique and great.
Speaker 1 (17:09):
The Chargers minecraft schedule release today is perfection. It is
absolute perfection. Could I couldn't get over how good it
was when I watched it. I really. I mean, if
you've played Minecraft for five seconds, it's it's I can't.
If you've seen the movie, it's perfect and look and
(17:32):
you know me, I've played Minecraft for the last ten years, right,
We've played tons of Minecraft, all the stuff. It looks
like people spent all these time building all the way,
and I'm sure a lot of it was done with
computers and effects. Like I don't know, do you have
enough people on Frostburg. You tell me you have people
on staff able to build all these Minecraft worlds for
seventeen weeks of a season. I don't know that there's
enough time. But it is absolute perfection. All the matchups
(17:55):
are great. My good when the when Sam Darnold turns
from from a Viking into a seat hawk and leaves
and he's, you know, fick making his uniform. Really, it
is unbelievable. I want to watch it like five or
six four times because I know it's layered, and I
know there's jokes that I miss that I didn't see
like the first two or three times, So I'm gonna
continue to watch it all like, because I know there's
(18:15):
stuff I missed that I want to catch.
Speaker 5 (18:17):
Is there a brawl in a Starbucks and Minecraft.
Speaker 1 (18:20):
Uh no, there is no, there is no they actually
they actually have the rapid port and Shordan Shultz.
Speaker 4 (18:27):
When you put the names over the top, you see
the uh the logo and you laugh. Look, I've never
played a minute of Minecraft, and other than seeing numerous
previews and commercials, I've not seen the movie either, but
I take enough from it. Uh the little jokes that
are in Tier. And it was funny because for a moment,
(18:48):
I mean, you had the Colts did a Minecraft too,
uh and I was wondering if they got to see
some desist, you know, like it was straight out and
bring it on like you.
Speaker 1 (18:56):
Just stolen an I'll tell you with the the the release, Yeah,
Jack blackle Yeah, Jack black will do something. He'll go
chicken jockey and fire the fire off the cannon.
Speaker 3 (19:07):
Yeah, that's how it's gonna work. Uh my, no, my.
Speaker 1 (19:10):
That's one of my favorite things is when they preview
the game against the Colts, they have all the quarterbacks
in a race and then Anthony Richardson runs out of gas.
Anthony richard has run out of gas and he walks
off the race. Him and Daniel Judges are racing around
the Anthony Richardson has run out of gas. He gets
out and he walks off at his absolutely.
Speaker 4 (19:29):
Well, yeah, the Colts that actually had Kyler Murray as
the chicken jockey. Yeah, oh, I mean they got after
it a little bit. Yeah, her cousin's in the chain
and you name it if I'm not mistaken, though, Mike,
the Colts had to delete their video like an hour
after because it had Tyreek Kill getting arrested, getting getting
talked to by the coast guard. Let's put it that way.
I I don't know that I didn't have the sound up,
(19:52):
so I didn't know if there was a sound effect
that went with it or not. But yes, it was
a dolphin in a tube, you know, like being thrown
overboard or whatever, with the number ten uh and the
coast guards showing up. But yes, it appears that it
was deleted fairly quickly thereafter. So if you saw it,
let's call it what it is, the Internet's forever. Brad
(20:15):
Paisley's song does not Lie's got It's.
Speaker 1 (20:17):
Got Mike McDaniel jumping off a boat into the water.
He's underwater on a playing field.
Speaker 4 (20:23):
Start going straight out of the estranged video, you know,
go guns and r there.
Speaker 3 (20:29):
It is unbelievable that this is what they got. They
got pictures of Pete.
Speaker 1 (20:33):
Can you know they're putting up pictures on the walls
Pete Carroll with no shirt on. You know they play
the Raiders. It's I mean, it's amazing.
Speaker 4 (20:39):
Now, it's always one of the most fun things. Right.
We know the opponents well in advance. I mean, what
do you got two variables right? Two wild card teams
that come into the mix based on how you finish,
but otherwise we know the the sequencing of the divisions
and everything else. So to be able to get this
much juice and get the creativity involved the Bears and
(21:00):
the Ben Johnson stuff with a bunch of former Bears
greats and current players. You got Alan Iverson shows up
for the Bills. I mean, there's just so many different
ways to go about it. Severance as done by the Ravens,
so you know, a full day of content around two
hundred and seventy two items. We just were looking for
the sequencing out, but we get some extra juice along
(21:22):
the where.
Speaker 1 (21:25):
Now with the schedule release today, everybody, of course, everybody
woke up excited.
Speaker 3 (21:29):
We're taking a look at where our games are.
Speaker 1 (21:30):
First thing I saw was, of course the Jets are
going to open up with the Steelers. Of course it's
gonna be Aaron Rodgers back in New York courts. That's
gonna happen. Of course, that's how that's Week one. Steelers
at Jets. I hope they get rudolphed. And but here's
the thing. No, no, no, here's the thing. This is
where I'm gonna get a little bit conspiracy theory on you. Right,
did the NFL schedule a maker? Because you know, you
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do this with a computer, you figure things out. Okay,
how much of this is maybe the NFL going, Hey, Aaron,
you want to come, We still miss you. You're a
big star. We everybody spend a lot. We don't want
to lose you, don't We don't like losing stars. What
if we gave you that first game back in New York, oh,
with the Steelers. What what if we did? Could that
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be enough to entice you to come back and play
this year? Because now I think for sure he's gonna
come back. He's not gonna miss a chance to not
play the Jets Week one. He's not gonna do it.
He's go of court now that. Now I'm fully convinced
that the Steelers are gonna get him, because how do
you how do you say no to that? How do
you say no to that? Hey, we'll make that first
game for you. And I think the NFL, I'm sure
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they did that a little bit of a winking and off.
They have a sense of humor, they know what they're doing.
I'm sure they put that out there. Hey Aaron, we yeah,
I know you cant explain the jet jet Steelers like,
we don't fix that, that's that's part of the rotation.
Speaker 3 (22:42):
But hey, how.
Speaker 1 (22:42):
About we do it week one. Hey, it's gonna gain
a lot of attention. That's gonna get you to come
back in the league. We missed you are and come
back and play one hundred percent. The league knew what
they were doing.
Speaker 4 (22:50):
There well, or the nod in the wing that it
was already it's already a done deal and just has
not been consummated by someone going in front of a
microphone going he's back right, doing the full Voldemort's Oh
he's back, And we go through that process where the
Michael Jordan, you know, facts of all those years ago.
It's I would lean towards the ladder of all right,
(23:12):
they already know, and it's just he hasn't had to
show up for any type of workouts, so there's no
reason to at this point. But but here, here's week one.
Let's let's do this and just get it out of
the way.
Speaker 3 (23:24):
What do you say if you come back look at
this game, what do you.
Speaker 1 (23:27):
Saying, man, Yes, yes, all right, great.
Speaker 3 (23:29):
Yeah, clearly clearly.
Speaker 4 (23:32):
But they're not going to take the risk that he
says no. So that's why I think it's got to
be done, because otherwise you get Rudolph.
Speaker 1 (23:41):
Now look now, the big thing from that, there's a
lot of big takeaways from the schedule. Everybody's got their
own thoughts with their teams and where they're playing, and
of course, now congratulations, welcome back Aaron Rodgers.
Speaker 3 (23:51):
The biggest games that stand.
Speaker 1 (23:53):
Out from here, you have the Chiefs and the Eagles
have the most standalone games of anybody, which your standalone
games on national television right eight and seven. The Cowboys
basically they own all the holidays. They're on Thanksgiving Day
against the Chiefs right there on Christmas Day.
Speaker 3 (24:12):
I would put Dallas on every week if I could.
Speaker 1 (24:16):
I mean, I'm one of those people that doesn't think
every team deserves to play nationally televised games. I'm one
of those people that thinks you want to get people
to watch. Ye I know you want. Do you give
everybody one game of year as much as you can?
But yeah, I'm okay if the Jets don't get a
primetime game this year because they deserve it. No, do
people want to see the Jets, or they'd rather see
the Cowboys one more time? Or the Steelers won more time? Right,
(24:37):
or one of the heritage teams. It's where the Lions
one more time? Yeah? Great idea with the Chiefs and
the Eagles, they're the two of the biggest draws in
the NFL, and you see them kind of going that
way with Hey, the Lions have two Monday night games.
The Cowboys have the Monday night games. They have that
they have that the holiday games. I mean it, even
if the Cowboys stink, I would put them on seven
or eight times. You saw what the ratings were for
(24:58):
last year the Thanksgiving Day game, right, highest rated regular
season game they saw, like you had like thirty eight
and a half million people watching the Cowboys who were done.
Speaker 3 (25:08):
No Dak Prescott season was over.
Speaker 1 (25:10):
Playing a bad game against a bad team and still,
guess what, thirty eight and a half million people watch
that game. So yeah, I don't care what the Cowboys
record is. I don't care what the Chiefs record is,
the Eagles. I would put those high profile teams on
as much as possible. I'd give the Lions five or
six games because they're bleeping exciting, man, because they score
forty some odd points a week, and you want to
take advantage of put people on that people want to see, right,
(25:33):
I want to see these games. I want to see
the best teams, the most exciting teams play. The Steelers
should be on all the time, right, the Ravens should
be on as much as possible. These are the teams
people want to see. And I think the NFL is
slowly realizing that, Okay, we can't just put anything on
because week one, clearly you could say, well, if we
put the me put the Eagles on at home week one,
(25:53):
it could be against anybody, doesn't matter. No, we're going
to give you Eagles Cowboys because we want to get
that forty five million people want to get that streaming
record for Week one and start off the season with
a bang like the NFL is starting to come around
to that, but I would go even further because look,
half the teams in the league.
Speaker 3 (26:08):
Honestly, when you talk about.
Speaker 1 (26:10):
Being and having big games that are nationally televised or
games on a holiday, they gotta be the teams that
people want to see. They gotta be the teams to
cut through. People always want to see the Steelers, they
always want to see the Cowboys want to see the
Chiefs want to see the Ravens, want to see the Bills.
That this is just how the cycle of the NFL goes.
And maybe in a year, okay, if one of those
teams isn't any good, you take them out. But here's
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an up and coming team that everybody wants to see
that you know people are gonna watch. We're gonna throw
that right when the Bears go twelve and five this
year and win the division and go to the playoffs
and Caleb Williams, so it's forty five touchdowns, Bears are
going to be on all the time next year, right,
every want to see Bears Bears, Bears, Bears Bears, and
they're gonna have seven standalone games. This is how the
NFL needs to do it. I'm sorry if a lot
of teams don't get games, but it's okay because you
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want people outside of the local markets to watch, right,
Like Jets and Patriots every year they get a nationally
televised game, they get a Thursday in game every year
to people outside of New York and New England really
get excited about watching the Jets and the Patriots. Now
that the rivalry is Ellen gone, It's gone, Belichick's gone.
Speaker 3 (27:09):
Either team is any good? Right?
Speaker 1 (27:11):
You're hoping that maybe each of these teams can be
a five hundred is team for most of the season
and maybe make a dark horse a run of some kind.
But really, on a Thursday night, no, you could put
better teams on there. Monday night, you put better teams
on there. Take that smaller calib that smaller group of teams,
and just keep rotating them on out there. That's the
price you pay for being really good and being teams
(27:32):
that people want to see. This is how it goes.
This is who should be on all the time.
Speaker 4 (27:35):
Yeah, I mean the beauty of it is with the
flex opportunities that come in as the season goes on. Right,
if the Bears perform as you are putting and speaking
into existence here in twenty twenty five, guess what that
number is going to go from three to five or
six or whatever it is. Right, there's a couple of
tvas on the schedule for later on in the season,
(27:57):
depending on how well they play and will watch. A
couple of would be starter squads fall off, right, and
the interest level goes to hell. You've got three teams
that have zero primetime games this year. Flacco no longer elite,
nobody cares about Tyler Shuck and will will Levis is
(28:19):
not that guy anymore. Cam Ward. They decided, well, let
you work for a year before we see you. Three
teams with one primetime game, the Panthers, Colts, and Jaguars,
and then you and the Cardinals, each with two primetime games,
always subject to change. Chiefs, cowboys up at the top.
Michael Penis Junior and what he could be Detroit's interesting.
(28:42):
They've got five, but I had to hang an asterisk
to him. I had no idea what to expect from
this squad. They're gonna fight like hell because it's Dan Campbell,
but they lost both their coordinators and identities on both
sides of the ball. Let's see what happens, right, does
it continue with all the good feelings the Chargers expectations
for big things. The Eagles we know are going to
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be in the mix, and they bring emotion and energy
even if you don't have a dog in the fight.
It's still the app tired of Philadelphia, like the only
one that no, it doesn't matter, I'm tired. And Washington
gets five because they want to see what Daniels and
company are going to be able to do next. So yeah,
one of those being against the Bears. See there's the rematch,
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and there was a pretty cool Uh the Washington schedule
release was done by what what's the video game? That's
the theme park? Tycoon?
Speaker 1 (29:33):
Is that it?
Speaker 3 (29:34):
I think?
Speaker 4 (29:34):
So?
Speaker 1 (29:34):
Yeah?
Speaker 4 (29:35):
So you know they had roller coasters going all over
the place and blowing up. So it was a very
interesting kind of process. How the Dolphins still have five
I don't know, But hey, do we like making fun
of McDaniel at this point? I don't. I don't think
they hold the same juice. But look.
Speaker 3 (29:53):
Like they were up the last couple of years.
Speaker 1 (29:55):
Now they're on the downside of five, right, but if
they stink this year, okay, Miami, you can take out
look Miami is still the best stage team and they're
still there's still interest because they score points and they
know it's still there. But this is the and they're
on the downside. If they don't win, you're going to
see them barely on national TV next year.
Speaker 4 (30:14):
As as as it should be, mediocrity should be relegated
to the ten am Pacific time.
Speaker 1 (30:20):
Game time now to find out what's trending in the
wide world of sports. So someone who's been called the
Minecraft of Fox Sports Radio because she walks around the hall.
Speaker 6 (30:30):
Saying, chicken jockey Minecraft. It's a video game. Yeah, I
saw the Chargers release video. But I don't know what
as a video game?
Speaker 4 (30:41):
Right?
Speaker 6 (30:41):
But is it like a computer video game or like
on my phone?
Speaker 4 (30:44):
You build the everywhere everywhere?
Speaker 1 (30:47):
What are you eighty five years old?
Speaker 3 (30:48):
I don't know about this Minecraft.
Speaker 4 (30:50):
Good for you. You can't know everything I know, and I
don't want to know Minecraft. Thank you very much.
Speaker 1 (30:56):
It was It's the biggest movie event of the year.
Speaker 4 (30:59):
Great Lies Simmers was a far better movie. Two Hours
of your life.
Speaker 3 (31:05):
Movie events the events. Minecraft is an event.
Speaker 2 (31:09):
Okay, sure's your shirt?
Speaker 6 (31:10):
Did you guys see what the Ravens did for their
release video. Yes, they did a spoofan Severance, which is
an Apple TV show. Did you see what the Cardinals did?
Speaker 3 (31:19):
The Cardinals?
Speaker 1 (31:22):
It was an original.
Speaker 6 (31:24):
Rap song performed by their starting linebacker Mac Wilson, who
goes by the name rocket Ship. And then did you
see what the Jaguars used? Ashton Hall, the guy that
went viral for his four am routine with a banana
peel and.
Speaker 4 (31:41):
The ice water him.
Speaker 3 (31:43):
He is what they used and the.
Speaker 4 (31:44):
Jaguar I happily missed that. Balan I knew what Minecraft
was good. Didn't see that guy?
Speaker 1 (31:50):
Let me tell you the fans did not like it.
Speaker 3 (31:51):
The comments on there were good. Ashton kutcher the schedule
for the Ashton.
Speaker 4 (31:58):
Cooch, so he abandoned the interesting all right?
Speaker 1 (32:02):
Not about that.
Speaker 6 (32:03):
In the NBA, guys, the Warriors are trying to keep
their season alive, and right now the Timberwolves are up
fifty three to forty seven with about two minutes to
go in the first half. Jonathan Kaminga off the bench
for the Warriors, has eleven points well, Mike Colly and
Rudy go Bear ten and eleven points for them as
they lead Minnesota in this elimination game.
Speaker 2 (32:21):
For the Warriors.
Speaker 6 (32:22):
The Celtics kept their season alive with a one twenty
seven to one h two win over The next Game
six will be on Friday. Jalen Brown led the way
with twenty six points, eight rebounds, and twelve assists. Lou
Cornett did elbow Josh Hart on his eyebrow like fourhead
Area drew lots of blood. Stayed in the game, but
the game was tied at halftime and Boston bulldaway in
the second half. When it comes to the NHL, the
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Panthers crushed the Maple Leaves six to one. They now
lead the series three to two. Oilers and Golden Knights
in their Game five. It's an elimination game for the
Golden Knights and after the first period they are scoreless.
In baseball, the Rangers have an eight to three lead
over the Rockies. Bottom of the eighth inning, the Astros
are edging the Royals to three. Top of the ninth inning,
Xander Bogart's with the three run shot pits the Padres
(33:04):
up three to one against the Angels. Also bottom of
the fourth show, hey O Tani with the home run.
Speaker 4 (33:08):
For the Dodgers.
Speaker 6 (33:09):
They're up on the A's to zero bottom of the
second inning. Earlier today, Aaron Judge hit his fifteenth homer
of the season as a Yankees edge the Mariners three
to two, and the White Sox beat the Reds four
to two.
Speaker 4 (33:20):
Yeah to you guys, White Sox win.
Speaker 2 (33:22):
Wow, he did.
Speaker 3 (33:26):
Yeah, they ain't marry much mon.
Speaker 4 (33:29):
Back to back dumbs.
Speaker 1 (33:30):
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Well in your backs are to the wall, and see
I can be like this on the show. I can
give credit where credits due, and you beat the Nicks
by one hundred, Well, you get to be the play
of the day.
Speaker 3 (34:54):
Chale Bridges offensively turns into the he stays to keep it.
Six shots, clown.
Speaker 1 (35:06):
Houser White, Nick Brian closes and Cornett is down low.
Speaker 3 (35:13):
Cornets cost Ah.
Speaker 1 (35:17):
There it is Kevin Harlan on the call on tat
Luke Cornett off the bench for ten points, nine rebounds,
and seven blocks. He is plus.
Speaker 3 (35:28):
Twenty for the game.
Speaker 1 (35:30):
And now I gotta think that Luke Cornett is gonna
get all of Christops Porzingis's minutes in Game six, porzingis
playing twelve minutes. Whether he's whether he's hurt or ill,
he just hasn't looked the same. He has not affected
the game at all. I gotta think Cornett's gonna wind
up starting for him in game six. Reggie Miller talked
a little bit about that when he wasn't talking about
Jason Tatum's injury. But he brought all kinds of energy
(35:53):
and a big presence off the bench. So I gotta
think when your backs are to the wall, you kind
of have to make that move.
Speaker 4 (36:00):
Go back to where with porzingis it was the mystery
illness and energy. Energy sapped for a while, missed some time,
came back and we watched him last game. Didn't have
much contribution and looked a step slow, and you hope
he's okay. I mean, that's really at the basis of it.
But you're finding useful minutes. And Cornette gave them a
(36:21):
spark seven block shots. I mean, he was just like
a pogo stick, jumping all over the place and creating
chaos to where Harlan I don't know that I've heard
him that entertained by a non you know, feature headliner,
right like the guy who would be in big bold
letters at the on Broadway, Like, hey, this guy off
the bench, look at he's killing it. He's everywhere, Like
(36:43):
you even hear it in that call there. It's another
block shot. So yeah, it's just finding those unlikely heroes.
We've talked about it for years, you and I on
the show. If you're gonna go and try to win
substantively in any of these leagues, you need those unsung heroes.
Certainly in the NBA. Finding that guy who's deep in
(37:03):
the rotation that gives you a spark, gives you the
coach a little bit of guts to say, Okay, I
got four good minutes, can I get eight? And instead
you get a plus twenty night perfect from the field
and that energizer on defense, whatever you know, officiating, whatever
was going on. Brunson struggled for the game and on
down the line. Yeah, they found that spark for one game.
(37:27):
Is it enough to spur them to a series win.
We can discuss that later on, but for the moment,
he is the hero of the day.
Speaker 1 (37:34):
So you got more NBA coming up in about ten minutes,
but a big shout out because there is one guy
who has done more for nobody's done more for more
people in the NFL than Saquon Barkley.
Speaker 3 (37:48):
Today, Derrick Henry.
Speaker 1 (37:49):
Who had a great year lesture, but you wouldn't know
it because it was all about Saquon Barkley agrees to
a two year, thirty million dollar extension with the Baltimore Ravens.
That sets a record for the largest deal in NFL
history for a running back over thirty Right, and Henry
had a phenomenal year last year, nineteen hundred yards rushing,
but clearly he was, you know, an afterthought because of
(38:10):
the year Saquon Barkley had nearly breaking the record for
rushing yards in a season leading the Eagles to the
Super Bowl. Running Backs were starting to come back to
the We're starting to come back to running backs. Now, Hey,
let's pay running backs every single guy that signs a deal.
Dereck Henry included, King Henry included, needs to give some
of that money to Saquon Barkley because he single handedly
(38:34):
brought running backs back with his year last year. There's
other guys that have had big years, run for fifteen
hundred yards, but it doesn't change philosophies. Saquon Barkley has
changed philosophies, and he's brought money back to the running
back position. When you thought running backs getting paid was
hell and gone. It was never gonna happen again. Wait
a minute, Saquon can show up in his mid twenties,
(38:55):
in his late twenties and go and be the best
running back in the game and basically carry a team
to the super that's filled with controversy all the way along.
Every single guy that signs a big contract should give
a porch that to Sakuon Barkley because he brought running
backs back all by himself.
Speaker 4 (39:10):
Well, what's interesting, And we talked about this a bunch
as the year developed in Henry for a couple of weeks.
You can make the argument, uh was on the the
dais and the metal stand in the MVP chase and
had a monster year. But all those guys that moved
all went to places where A you trust the infrastructure
of the organization, the decision makers time and again, and
(39:33):
they'd built the infrastructure by having good offensive lines. So
their success not surprising in the in the slightest the
fact that they're breaking the bank again, Good for them again.
Good organizations recognizing that, yeah, we can get by with
two B B minus running backs and put up numbers
that look good, but in terms of difference, makers and
(39:53):
having to change defenses, bringing safeties down to try to help,
which gives us the over the top opportunity, or linebackers
being sucked up into the line of scrimmage. Yeah, there's
only a handful of guys that are able to do that,
so you pay them commensurately. But yes, Saquon Barkley your hero.
Speaker 1 (40:11):
Like like he's at the top of the pyramid scheme,
like you can pay sample as you guys get paid. Hey,
we got we got to get our money. He's at
the top of the pyramid. He's at the top of them.
Speaker 4 (40:18):
You gotta buy the filters from me.
Speaker 3 (40:20):
Give that money to Barkley.
Speaker 1 (40:22):
Coming up next, we'll talk about the biggest issue in
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Speaker 4 (01:00):
Did the Celtics postgame show?
Speaker 3 (01:01):
It did it.
Speaker 1 (01:02):
We're gonna talk about it. We're talking about it right now.
Celtics postgame Show. I'm I'm absolutely fine. I'm fine. It's fine.
This whole thing is fine.
Speaker 3 (01:11):
Everything's fine, everything is fine.
Speaker 1 (01:13):
What did I told you?
Speaker 4 (01:15):
Lonette is not gonna hit people with the tennis racket
like this? Every time.
Speaker 1 (01:21):
I told you last night, this was absolutely expected. I
expected the Knicks to play a game where they thought, well,
if we can hang around and keep it close, maybe
we can pull it out right, kind of like the
Pacers last night. All right, well, but then all of
a sudden, the Cavaliers let the Pacers all the way
back in the game. But this, if we can stick around,
(01:41):
But then, what did I say? The two things? Obviously,
the Knicks are gonna have one of those. We're kind
of halfway in games. And this is the way it
goes with officiating in the NBA. You understand certain games
are gonna get officiated a certain way, and I knew
coming in.
Speaker 3 (01:55):
Okay, this is the Celtics game.
Speaker 1 (01:57):
However you want to say, it's gonna be there, gonna
get the benefits of the officiating, it's gonna go back
to New York. I'm not mad, I'm not upset. I'm
not saying oh good, but I mean Jalen Brunson fouled
out a one game all year, and the game where
the Knicks can go for the close or he fouls out.
I mean, the game's gonna get officiated a certain way.
Congratulations Tony Brothers. But I'm fine. I'm not upset that
(02:19):
this is how it goes. We'll see you on Friday
for game six. It's this is absolutely fine. I expected
this result. Everything is going along to according to plan.
This is like the point in the movie where the
bad guy sees the plan start to get a little
weird and he goes everything.
Speaker 3 (02:35):
Is as expected. You know.
Speaker 1 (02:36):
It's when Hans Gruber says police intervention was was inevitable.
Speaker 3 (02:41):
We're gonna use it to our advance.
Speaker 1 (02:42):
I realize how it ended for Hans Grueber, but police
intervention was inevitable. Everything is fine. We stick with the plan.
That's kind of where I am right now. Everything is fine,
We stick with the plan. I'll see you Friday at
the greatest arena on earth.
Speaker 4 (02:54):
Got to be fair, your guy brun send a couple
of those files. We're just silly falls. Yeah no, And
a couple of times it was the I'm gonna throw
the body into you.
Speaker 1 (03:04):
Uh.
Speaker 4 (03:04):
They'd seen that on tape, so they were getting out
of his way and he was falling around, you know,
like us sometimes at the end of a wing session
where you know the assualt intake has taken us out.
But it's the curiosity for a game like this. I look, officiating,
do with it what you will. Uh you got the
(03:26):
game of his life from Mitchell Robinson at the line.
Speaker 3 (03:29):
Yeah, oh yeah, yeah, I mean that was Will.
Speaker 4 (03:32):
Ferrell debating James Carville in old school. Yeah, I blacked out.
I don't even know what was happening. But you got out, played, out, hustled,
And that's not something that you see very often from
a NIXT team right to where its break it had,
well you saw, I saw it in Game three, But
(03:52):
that was a lot of you got out shot right.
There was a lot of fifty to fifty balls that
it's like, we're not doing that same grinded out kind
of sequencing that we normally get from the Knicks.
Speaker 1 (04:04):
Yeah, but I told you, Look, I told you going
into game into game three, it's gonna be a game
where the Knicks are gonna be somewhat happy that they're
up to games to none, and they played that way.
And I told you last night game game five, this
is gonna be the same thing they'll see if they
can hang around is see if the Celtics are done,
and the Celtics aren't because they're the champs, and of
course they're gonna go back and not just say we're folding.
Speaker 3 (04:26):
They had a big night. That a big night, you know.
Speaker 1 (04:28):
White carried then then Jalen Brown got hot in the
second half and you saw the way the game was
a fit. Karl Anthony town started the game with four fouls, right.
I expected this again, I'm not mad, this is just
I knew the game was gonna get officiated this way.
Didn't count on Brunson fouling out. But hey, okay, this
is how it goes, and I'll see you on Friday
night where things will be a little bit different than MSG.
Speaker 3 (04:48):
I will see you started with.
Speaker 4 (04:50):
Four and finished with four for Towns, and that's physical.
They allowed a lot to go on in terms of
hanging and banging down in the low post, and you
lost by twenty five. So you only you can only
complain about the officiating so much.
Speaker 1 (05:04):
I said, it's a combination of both and it was expected.
I've n four. This is not what I'm signed up for.
Speaker 4 (05:12):
You broke a lot of things to Frostburg, as he
became eighty when I signed up this series.
Speaker 1 (05:19):
It just it's okay. They extended the series one more day.
Speaker 5 (05:22):
It's what are you going to say when it's three
to three?
Speaker 1 (05:24):
It's okay, it's it's it's not gonna be the series one.
The Knicks are winning on Friday night. It is a
coronation on Friday night at Madison Square.
Speaker 4 (05:31):
Here's the question is, well, we're watching this other game.
But for your guy Brunson, you know, it was a
seven for seventeen effort minus eighteen. Josh Hart bloodied, didn't
miss a minute, no eight in the game, didn't miss
a minute here, committed to sprint over and our guy
(05:52):
that we celebrated last time out, O Gananobi, he was
a nice ripe. One for twelve.
Speaker 1 (05:58):
Yeah no, not a great night for O time not
a great but look but it also look and it
comes down to this too.
Speaker 3 (06:02):
I'm telling you I'm fine. I'm not gonna.
Speaker 1 (06:04):
Suddenly explode, might explod like I'm a robot and suddenly,
oh look now, now this is what happens. The Celtics
are the champs. They played a great regular season, they
were a great team. They have the right to win
one game at home in a in a playoff series,
I expect the Celtics to win one game at home
at least, right, But now, hey, they lost to the Knicks,
(06:25):
won the first they won tonight, even without Jason Tatum. Right,
they still have a really talented team. They got the
sixth Man of the Year and pertradd a couple of
really nasty threes like they have. They can win one
game at It's okay they win one game at home.
If they win one game at home this series, I'm happy.
I'm fine, right that they win one game that they
certainly have the right to do it.
Speaker 4 (06:44):
As long as they don't win that second. Right, Yeah,
Derek White with a monster game, would be remiss not
to give him a little bit of throwing the flowers
his way seven to thirteen from three point range, finding
the stroke. As this game kind of got away fourth quarter,
Brunson had the reach in file, which was clear. It's like,
(07:05):
I give it a minute, so coach figures out the
rotation and now I'm gonna go give Tony Brothers a
piece of my mind. While this goes into a review,
even though it was clear as day, uh you know,
he raked across the arm, but it was just, you know,
fun little strategy by by the veteran, like I'll get
that call next time, I'll get the the extra you know,
(07:26):
throwing my body around situationally as he would normally get
those foul calls. And he got a couple in the
fourth before he exited early. But playing the final seven
minutes without Brunson, it was tough to watch.
Speaker 2 (07:41):
Yeah, yeah, to watch.
Speaker 1 (07:44):
Ye No, I mean, look, you get once in a
while where Brunson's out and suddenly, you know, McBride comes
in and has a big you know, a few minutes
all look at this.
Speaker 3 (07:51):
It's so unexpected.
Speaker 1 (07:52):
But yeah, no, and look this gets into the fact
we talked about Brunson being a top five NBA player,
and not only is he a tough, but he's he's
incredibly exciting where you don't realize, oh wow, he makes
things really exciting for a guy that's not tall and
not fast. It's the knicks are really exciting when he plays.
But the reason is because he holds out of the ball, right.
Speaker 3 (08:12):
But we're really.
Speaker 4 (08:13):
Excitlerate to him because he's not tall and he's not fast,
just like the rest of us, exactly of us of us.
Speaker 3 (08:20):
Who's not tall, who's not fast?
Speaker 6 (08:22):
Me?
Speaker 3 (08:22):
You're my guy? You are absolutely my guy.
Speaker 4 (08:24):
Do you think I'll still trying to stand for Kyler Murray?
Speaker 3 (08:27):
You're my guy?
Speaker 1 (08:28):
Come on?
Speaker 3 (08:30):
But people forget Oh.
Speaker 1 (08:31):
Yeah, he makes it because he makes big shots in
many different ways. No, he doesn't blow by guys and dunk.
But he finds a way to get to the hoop
and make a big pass or make a big fade
away or hit a three when it looks like he
has nowhere to get the ball off. He's really really
exciting and not people are coming around to it now.
Speaker 3 (08:48):
So congratulations.
Speaker 4 (08:49):
What do you think his over under is on the
number of dunks this year?
Speaker 3 (08:54):
Ooh for brunts?
Speaker 1 (08:55):
I don't know.
Speaker 3 (08:55):
Three.
Speaker 1 (08:57):
I mean maybe, I mean, really it's a thing when
he does it, but I don't, I don't, I don't.
Speaker 3 (09:01):
I don't know, man. Maybe three.
Speaker 4 (09:03):
I mean, you just got me thinking how many times
have we seen him sky?
Speaker 3 (09:07):
I don't know. I don't know, man, But it's funny
you think about that.
Speaker 1 (09:11):
If you can google, if you get Jalen brunts and dunks,
Oh you have zero matches?
Speaker 3 (09:15):
Okay, great? Uh, Jalen brunts and dunks.
Speaker 4 (09:18):
As many people say, just like my dating Friday night.
Speaker 1 (09:21):
Yeah, zero man, No, he actually he actually does it.
He just doesn't dunk a dunk of ton. But he
can dunk like he dunked. He dunk pretty well in
the past. He just doesn't get a you know, he doesn't.
He doesn't really get a chance to. I mean a
guy six two, you know, he doesn't. It's got to
be a big breakaway dunk where Okay, everything is fine.
It's not like I'm gonna he's not gonna tat him
his way like I'm going by you, and two big
(09:43):
giant steps from the from the arc in suddenly it's
a dunk. No, it's gotta be. Hey, here's a breakaway
check behind me, look both way, looking both mirrors, look
behind you. Okay, signal come out like that's what it
is to have him dunk. But no, but he can dunk.
Speaker 4 (09:56):
Okay, Well, I mean now that we've established that, that's
a victory. Good game and a half third quarter gets
away from you, and then fourth quarter just run away
and I'm fine.
Speaker 3 (10:07):
I'm fine again.
Speaker 1 (10:09):
I'm not gonna suddenly go crazy and do my normal
all right, but now my real thing.
Speaker 3 (10:12):
No, no, no, I'm my blood pressure never rose.
Speaker 1 (10:16):
I was never got upset. I never got angry.
Speaker 3 (10:18):
No, I never did. The only person who got angry
was Pam.
Speaker 1 (10:22):
Okay, and here's why run away no no, no, no, no, no
no no no no, because where Because she sat down
with me to watch the second half and she goes,
how's it going?
Speaker 3 (10:29):
I said, ah, the Knicks are gonna lose.
Speaker 1 (10:31):
She goes, okay, But she sits down to watch to
watch again with me, and she's playing a game on
a computer and I'm watching the game and it's going
and and she goes, okay. Either I leave the room
where you turn the sound down and I go way
she goes. Because that is the fifteenth time in the
last ten minutes that one of them has mentioned that
one of the play by play guys has mentioned the
(10:51):
Jason Tatum injury. I'm done. I know he's hurt. I
know I'm done. I'm done. How many times is Reggie
Miller gonna say that? And I go, you have a
good point, but it's a pretty big story. But I
get it.
Speaker 3 (11:01):
You So either I leave or you turn the sound out.
Speaker 4 (11:03):
So I turn this this is where you run and
you pull up the spreadsheet of the average time spent
listening and the changes to the rules and everything. It's like, look,
we've got to reset repeatedly because that audience is always changing.
They're always coming in and going where's Jason Tatum? Is
he ready to take over the game? No, he's not there.
Speaker 1 (11:21):
Yeah, where where's Jason and Jason? No, everybody watching this
game knows that Jason Tatum is hurt. Everybody knows, but
they But then I started to notice him. We're like, wow, really,
that's like they they can't even focus on anything else.
Speaker 3 (11:32):
Reggie Miller just keeps keeps talking about.
Speaker 1 (11:35):
Jason Tatumatum, but Jason are like okay, Like I didn't
think about it because it's kind of look most of
the time, and I tell you, when I watch a
game being broadcast, the play by play, unless they're breaking
down an injury, or they're breaking down a a a
questionable call or a foul, like, it's just noise, right, Like,
I don't I don't pay as much attention. Everybody gets
worked up over who's calling games and who what not.
(11:56):
I don't really care because, you know, half the time,
unless it's something that that I need to pay attention to,
it's just noise, so I didn't really notice. And then
I'm watching and I turned this because you know, obviously,
you know, I want to still live with my wife.
So I said, okay, well that's good. Reggie Miller can
say what he wants. I'm turning the sound all the
way up. No, I turned the sound out. But yeah,
it really was a consistent, you know, narrative of Okay,
(12:19):
I get it, I get it. No, Jason Tatum, I
get it.
Speaker 4 (12:22):
Some of it is the gravity of the situation, not
just the gravity of his injury. And I'm sure they
showed the graphic of him with the thumbs up at
least three times during the course of the telecast. But
it's the idea of excuse making, excuse making slash reason. Hey,
you know what if this second half goes to hell,
remember Jason Tatum's not there. And then as they pulled away,
(12:44):
it's like, hey, let's add the narrative. Let's keep putting
the graphic up and speaking into the consciousness. You know,
they're ten and two when he doesn't play. So this
series is not over. Stay tuned, Stay tuned. We're not
anywhere close to don The Knicks still have their handsful
even with Jason. Dad, we love Jason Tatum, great player,
(13:04):
resert they're dead and two without him.
Speaker 1 (13:08):
This is where you know sports fans are so much smarter,
because do you remember right before the election, there was
a story like like maybe like a week before the election,
there was a story that you wouldn't believe the number
of searches on a computer that people have in their
computer of is Biden running for president? Like people like people,
I'm like, are you kidding me? People didn't know that
(13:28):
Biden wasn't running? Like the it's a week before the election.
How are people searching that?
Speaker 3 (13:33):
Right?
Speaker 1 (13:33):
And I'm like, okay, nobody watching this game thought that
Jason Tatum was playing. Now, this is how smart sports
fans are. Nobody thought, oh, I'll come to why is
Tatum not in the game?
Speaker 3 (13:43):
Oh wow, oh they're better off without them, that's right, Yeah,
I see the record with that. Yeah, better off better.
Speaker 1 (13:47):
Everybody knew that Jason Tatum was out. This is how
smart sports fans are. They all knew you can't you
can't be a sports fans. They all knew you Again,
they're the champs. They're still really good. They have the
right to win one game at home and that's what
they did.
Speaker 5 (14:03):
They won one game at Allatum, what do you congratulations?
Speaker 1 (14:08):
Whose side do you want?
Speaker 3 (14:09):
Frostburg?
Speaker 1 (14:09):
Come on, now, you gotta.
Speaker 5 (14:10):
Pick a side, and you're against Boston.
Speaker 4 (14:12):
You were on my side, his hand in front of
his face, going, you can't see me right, you're.
Speaker 3 (14:17):
More upset about this loss than I am. You were singing,
go New York, Go New.
Speaker 5 (14:20):
York, going, yeah, guys away.
Speaker 1 (14:23):
Okay, there's Friday night, Friday.
Speaker 4 (14:28):
Night yet, bad guys.
Speaker 1 (14:30):
Friday, will party, will order food. I'll have dancers. It'll
be that's the way Friday Night. It's gonna be.
Speaker 3 (14:36):
Man.
Speaker 1 (14:36):
Yeah, I'm gonna have dancers.
Speaker 4 (14:40):
You can have Jason Tatum dance in a wheelchair for you.
Speaker 1 (14:43):
Yeah. No, I actually do have a fun I actually
really weirdly. I have a fun wheelchair story for you.
I will tell later on the show Fun wheelchair.
Speaker 4 (14:51):
Is it the one from the movie where the guy
goes down the stairs.
Speaker 1 (14:55):
Friday the thirteenth, Part two, when the guy comes out
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for the Tea Wolves going to the second quarter. But
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And I'll tell you what, there is a There is
a not many things in this world, Mike Harmon that
are perfect. I mean you'd say, oh, it's purpose, but nah,
perfect is something that is a little overrated. There's not
as much perfection as you think there is. And that's
good because perfection is something big to strive for. And
you know, so okay, you know, strive for perfection.
Speaker 4 (17:05):
It's the flaws that make us unique and great.
Speaker 1 (17:09):
The Chargers minecraft schedule release today is perfection. It is
absolute perfection. Could I couldn't get over how good it
was when I watched it. I really. I mean, if
you've played Minecraft for five seconds, it's it's I can't.
If you've seen the movie, it's perfect and look and
(17:32):
you know me, I've played Minecraft for the last ten years, right,
We've played tons of Minecraft, all the stuff. It looks
like people spent all these time building all the way,
and I'm sure a lot of it was done with
computers and effects. Like I don't know, do you have
enough people on Frostburg. You tell me you have people
on staff able to build all these Minecraft worlds for
seventeen weeks of a season. I don't know that there's
enough time. But it is absolute perfection. All the matchups
(17:55):
are great. My good when the when Sam Darnold turns
from from a Viking into a seat hawk and leaves
and he's, you know, fick making his uniform. Really, it
is unbelievable. I want to watch it like five or
six four times because I know it's layered, and I
know there's jokes that I miss that I didn't see
like the first two or three times, So I'm gonna
continue to watch it all like, because I know there's
(18:15):
stuff I missed that I want to catch.
Speaker 5 (18:17):
Is there a brawl in a Starbucks and Minecraft.
Speaker 1 (18:20):
Uh no, there is no, there is no they actually
they actually have the rapid port and Shordan Shultz.
Speaker 4 (18:27):
When you put the names over the top, you see
the uh the logo and you laugh. Look, I've never
played a minute of Minecraft, and other than seeing numerous
previews and commercials, I've not seen the movie either, but
I take enough from it. Uh the little jokes that
are in Tier. And it was funny because for a moment,
(18:48):
I mean, you had the Colts did a Minecraft too,
uh and I was wondering if they got to see
some desist, you know, like it was straight out and
bring it on like you.
Speaker 1 (18:56):
Just stolen an I'll tell you with the the the release, Yeah,
Jack blackle Yeah, Jack black will do something. He'll go
chicken jockey and fire the fire off the cannon.
Speaker 3 (19:07):
Yeah, that's how it's gonna work. Uh my, no, my.
Speaker 1 (19:10):
That's one of my favorite things is when they preview
the game against the Colts, they have all the quarterbacks
in a race and then Anthony Richardson runs out of gas.
Anthony richard has run out of gas and he walks
off the race. Him and Daniel Judges are racing around
the Anthony Richardson has run out of gas. He gets
out and he walks off at his absolutely.
Speaker 4 (19:29):
Well, yeah, the Colts that actually had Kyler Murray as
the chicken jockey. Yeah, oh, I mean they got after
it a little bit. Yeah, her cousin's in the chain
and you name it if I'm not mistaken, though, Mike,
the Colts had to delete their video like an hour
after because it had Tyreek Kill getting arrested, getting getting
talked to by the coast guard. Let's put it that way.
I I don't know that I didn't have the sound up,
(19:52):
so I didn't know if there was a sound effect
that went with it or not. But yes, it was
a dolphin in a tube, you know, like being thrown
overboard or whatever, with the number ten uh and the
coast guards showing up. But yes, it appears that it
was deleted fairly quickly thereafter. So if you saw it,
let's call it what it is, the Internet's forever. Brad
(20:15):
Paisley's song does not Lie's got It's.
Speaker 1 (20:17):
Got Mike McDaniel jumping off a boat into the water.
He's underwater on a playing field.
Speaker 4 (20:23):
Start going straight out of the estranged video, you know,
go guns and r there.
Speaker 3 (20:29):
It is unbelievable that this is what they got. They
got pictures of Pete.
Speaker 1 (20:33):
Can you know they're putting up pictures on the walls
Pete Carroll with no shirt on. You know they play
the Raiders. It's I mean, it's amazing.
Speaker 4 (20:39):
Now, it's always one of the most fun things. Right.
We know the opponents well in advance. I mean, what
do you got two variables right? Two wild card teams
that come into the mix based on how you finish,
but otherwise we know the the sequencing of the divisions
and everything else. So to be able to get this
much juice and get the creativity involved the Bears and
(21:00):
the Ben Johnson stuff with a bunch of former Bears
greats and current players. You got Alan Iverson shows up
for the Bills. I mean, there's just so many different
ways to go about it. Severance as done by the Ravens,
so you know, a full day of content around two
hundred and seventy two items. We just were looking for
the sequencing out, but we get some extra juice along
(21:22):
the where.
Speaker 1 (21:25):
Now with the schedule release today, everybody, of course, everybody
woke up excited.
Speaker 3 (21:29):
We're taking a look at where our games are.
Speaker 1 (21:30):
First thing I saw was, of course the Jets are
going to open up with the Steelers. Of course it's
gonna be Aaron Rodgers back in New York courts. That's
gonna happen. Of course, that's how that's Week one. Steelers
at Jets. I hope they get rudolphed. And but here's
the thing. No, no, no, here's the thing. This is
where I'm gonna get a little bit conspiracy theory on you. Right,
did the NFL schedule a maker? Because you know, you
(21:51):
do this with a computer, you figure things out. Okay,
how much of this is maybe the NFL going, Hey, Aaron,
you want to come, We still miss you. You're a
big star. We everybody spend a lot. We don't want
to lose you, don't We don't like losing stars. What
if we gave you that first game back in New York, oh,
with the Steelers. What what if we did? Could that
(22:12):
be enough to entice you to come back and play
this year? Because now I think for sure he's gonna
come back. He's not gonna miss a chance to not
play the Jets Week one. He's not gonna do it.
He's go of court now that. Now I'm fully convinced
that the Steelers are gonna get him, because how do
you how do you say no to that? How do
you say no to that? Hey, we'll make that first
game for you. And I think the NFL, I'm sure
(22:32):
they did that a little bit of a winking and off.
They have a sense of humor, they know what they're doing.
I'm sure they put that out there. Hey Aaron, we yeah,
I know you cant explain the jet jet Steelers like,
we don't fix that, that's that's part of the rotation.
Speaker 3 (22:42):
But hey, how.
Speaker 1 (22:42):
About we do it week one. Hey, it's gonna gain
a lot of attention. That's gonna get you to come
back in the league. We missed you are and come
back and play one hundred percent. The league knew what
they were doing.
Speaker 4 (22:50):
There well, or the nod in the wing that it
was already it's already a done deal and just has
not been consummated by someone going in front of a
microphone going he's back right, doing the full Voldemort's Oh
he's back, And we go through that process where the
Michael Jordan, you know, facts of all those years ago.
It's I would lean towards the ladder of all right,
(23:12):
they already know, and it's just he hasn't had to
show up for any type of workouts, so there's no
reason to at this point. But but here, here's week one.
Let's let's do this and just get it out of
the way.
Speaker 3 (23:24):
What do you say if you come back look at
this game, what do you.
Speaker 1 (23:27):
Saying, man, Yes, yes, all right, great.
Speaker 3 (23:29):
Yeah, clearly clearly.
Speaker 4 (23:32):
But they're not going to take the risk that he
says no. So that's why I think it's got to
be done, because otherwise you get Rudolph.
Speaker 1 (23:41):
Now look now, the big thing from that, there's a
lot of big takeaways from the schedule. Everybody's got their
own thoughts with their teams and where they're playing, and
of course, now congratulations, welcome back Aaron Rodgers.
Speaker 3 (23:51):
The biggest games that stand.
Speaker 1 (23:53):
Out from here, you have the Chiefs and the Eagles
have the most standalone games of anybody, which your standalone
games on national television right eight and seven. The Cowboys
basically they own all the holidays. They're on Thanksgiving Day
against the Chiefs right there on Christmas Day.
Speaker 3 (24:12):
I would put Dallas on every week if I could.
Speaker 1 (24:16):
I mean, I'm one of those people that doesn't think
every team deserves to play nationally televised games. I'm one
of those people that thinks you want to get people
to watch. Ye I know you want. Do you give
everybody one game of year as much as you can?
But yeah, I'm okay if the Jets don't get a
primetime game this year because they deserve it. No, do
people want to see the Jets, or they'd rather see
the Cowboys one more time? Or the Steelers won more time? Right,
(24:37):
or one of the heritage teams. It's where the Lions
one more time? Yeah? Great idea with the Chiefs and
the Eagles, they're the two of the biggest draws in
the NFL, and you see them kind of going that
way with Hey, the Lions have two Monday night games.
The Cowboys have the Monday night games. They have that
they have that the holiday games. I mean it, even
if the Cowboys stink, I would put them on seven
or eight times. You saw what the ratings were for
(24:58):
last year the Thanksgiving Day game, right, highest rated regular
season game they saw, like you had like thirty eight
and a half million people watching the Cowboys who were done.
Speaker 3 (25:08):
No Dak Prescott season was over.
Speaker 1 (25:10):
Playing a bad game against a bad team and still,
guess what, thirty eight and a half million people watch
that game. So yeah, I don't care what the Cowboys
record is. I don't care what the Chiefs record is,
the Eagles. I would put those high profile teams on
as much as possible. I'd give the Lions five or
six games because they're bleeping exciting, man, because they score
forty some odd points a week, and you want to
take advantage of put people on that people want to see, right,
(25:33):
I want to see these games. I want to see
the best teams, the most exciting teams play. The Steelers
should be on all the time, right, the Ravens should
be on as much as possible. These are the teams
people want to see. And I think the NFL is
slowly realizing that, Okay, we can't just put anything on
because week one, clearly you could say, well, if we
put the me put the Eagles on at home week one,
(25:53):
it could be against anybody, doesn't matter. No, we're going
to give you Eagles Cowboys because we want to get
that forty five million people want to get that streaming
record for Week one and start off the season with
a bang like the NFL is starting to come around
to that, but I would go even further because look,
half the teams in the league.
Speaker 3 (26:08):
Honestly, when you talk about.
Speaker 1 (26:10):
Being and having big games that are nationally televised or
games on a holiday, they gotta be the teams that
people want to see. They gotta be the teams to
cut through. People always want to see the Steelers, they
always want to see the Cowboys want to see the
Chiefs want to see the Ravens, want to see the Bills.
That this is just how the cycle of the NFL goes.
And maybe in a year, okay, if one of those
teams isn't any good, you take them out. But here's
(26:31):
an up and coming team that everybody wants to see
that you know people are gonna watch. We're gonna throw
that right when the Bears go twelve and five this
year and win the division and go to the playoffs
and Caleb Williams, so it's forty five touchdowns, Bears are
going to be on all the time next year, right,
every want to see Bears Bears, Bears, Bears Bears, and
they're gonna have seven standalone games. This is how the
NFL needs to do it. I'm sorry if a lot
of teams don't get games, but it's okay because you
(26:52):
want people outside of the local markets to watch, right,
Like Jets and Patriots every year they get a nationally
televised game, they get a Thursday in game every year
to people outside of New York and New England really
get excited about watching the Jets and the Patriots. Now
that the rivalry is Ellen gone, It's gone, Belichick's gone.
Speaker 3 (27:09):
Either team is any good? Right?
Speaker 1 (27:11):
You're hoping that maybe each of these teams can be
a five hundred is team for most of the season
and maybe make a dark horse a run of some kind.
But really, on a Thursday night, no, you could put
better teams on there. Monday night, you put better teams
on there. Take that smaller calib that smaller group of teams,
and just keep rotating them on out there. That's the
price you pay for being really good and being teams
(27:32):
that people want to see. This is how it goes.
This is who should be on all the time.
Speaker 4 (27:35):
Yeah, I mean the beauty of it is with the
flex opportunities that come in as the season goes on. Right,
if the Bears perform as you are putting and speaking
into existence here in twenty twenty five, guess what that
number is going to go from three to five or
six or whatever it is. Right, there's a couple of
tvas on the schedule for later on in the season,
(27:57):
depending on how well they play and will watch. A
couple of would be starter squads fall off, right, and
the interest level goes to hell. You've got three teams
that have zero primetime games this year. Flacco no longer elite,
nobody cares about Tyler Shuck and will will Levis is
(28:19):
not that guy anymore. Cam Ward. They decided, well, let
you work for a year before we see you. Three
teams with one primetime game, the Panthers, Colts, and Jaguars,
and then you and the Cardinals, each with two primetime games,
always subject to change. Chiefs, cowboys up at the top.
Michael Penis Junior and what he could be Detroit's interesting.
(28:42):
They've got five, but I had to hang an asterisk
to him. I had no idea what to expect from
this squad. They're gonna fight like hell because it's Dan Campbell,
but they lost both their coordinators and identities on both
sides of the ball. Let's see what happens, right, does
it continue with all the good feelings the Chargers expectations
for big things. The Eagles we know are going to
(29:03):
be in the mix, and they bring emotion and energy
even if you don't have a dog in the fight.
It's still the app tired of Philadelphia, like the only
one that no, it doesn't matter, I'm tired. And Washington
gets five because they want to see what Daniels and
company are going to be able to do next. So yeah,
one of those being against the Bears. See there's the rematch,
(29:24):
and there was a pretty cool Uh the Washington schedule
release was done by what what's the video game? That's
the theme park? Tycoon?
Speaker 1 (29:33):
Is that it?
Speaker 3 (29:34):
I think?
Speaker 4 (29:34):
So?
Speaker 1 (29:34):
Yeah?
Speaker 4 (29:35):
So you know they had roller coasters going all over
the place and blowing up. So it was a very
interesting kind of process. How the Dolphins still have five
I don't know, But hey, do we like making fun
of McDaniel at this point? I don't. I don't think
they hold the same juice. But look.
Speaker 3 (29:53):
Like they were up the last couple of years.
Speaker 1 (29:55):
Now they're on the downside of five, right, but if
they stink this year, okay, Miami, you can take out
look Miami is still the best stage team and they're
still there's still interest because they score points and they
know it's still there. But this is the and they're
on the downside. If they don't win, you're going to
see them barely on national TV next year.
Speaker 4 (30:14):
As as as it should be, mediocrity should be relegated
to the ten am Pacific time.
Speaker 1 (30:20):
Game time now to find out what's trending in the
wide world of sports. So someone who's been called the
Minecraft of Fox Sports Radio because she walks around the hall.
Speaker 6 (30:30):
Saying, chicken jockey Minecraft. It's a video game. Yeah, I
saw the Chargers release video. But I don't know what
as a video game?
Speaker 4 (30:41):
Right?
Speaker 6 (30:41):
But is it like a computer video game or like
on my phone?
Speaker 4 (30:44):
You build the everywhere everywhere?
Speaker 1 (30:47):
What are you eighty five years old?
Speaker 3 (30:48):
I don't know about this Minecraft.
Speaker 4 (30:50):
Good for you. You can't know everything I know, and I
don't want to know Minecraft. Thank you very much.
Speaker 1 (30:56):
It was It's the biggest movie event of the year.
Speaker 4 (30:59):
Great Lies Simmers was a far better movie. Two Hours
of your life.
Speaker 3 (31:05):
Movie events the events. Minecraft is an event.
Speaker 2 (31:09):
Okay, sure's your shirt?
Speaker 6 (31:10):
Did you guys see what the Ravens did for their
release video. Yes, they did a spoofan Severance, which is
an Apple TV show. Did you see what the Cardinals did?
Speaker 3 (31:19):
The Cardinals?
Speaker 1 (31:22):
It was an original.
Speaker 6 (31:24):
Rap song performed by their starting linebacker Mac Wilson, who
goes by the name rocket Ship. And then did you
see what the Jaguars used? Ashton Hall, the guy that
went viral for his four am routine with a banana
peel and.
Speaker 4 (31:41):
The ice water him.
Speaker 3 (31:43):
He is what they used and the.
Speaker 4 (31:44):
Jaguar I happily missed that. Balan I knew what Minecraft
was good. Didn't see that guy?
Speaker 1 (31:50):
Let me tell you the fans did not like it.
Speaker 3 (31:51):
The comments on there were good. Ashton kutcher the schedule
for the Ashton.
Speaker 4 (31:58):
Cooch, so he abandoned the interesting all right?
Speaker 1 (32:02):
Not about that.
Speaker 6 (32:03):
In the NBA, guys, the Warriors are trying to keep
their season alive, and right now the Timberwolves are up
fifty three to forty seven with about two minutes to
go in the first half. Jonathan Kaminga off the bench
for the Warriors, has eleven points well, Mike Colly and
Rudy go Bear ten and eleven points for them as
they lead Minnesota in this elimination game.
Speaker 2 (32:21):
For the Warriors.
Speaker 6 (32:22):
The Celtics kept their season alive with a one twenty
seven to one h two win over The next Game
six will be on Friday. Jalen Brown led the way
with twenty six points, eight rebounds, and twelve assists. Lou
Cornett did elbow Josh Hart on his eyebrow like fourhead
Area drew lots of blood. Stayed in the game, but
the game was tied at halftime and Boston bulldaway in
the second half. When it comes to the NHL, the
(32:42):
Panthers crushed the Maple Leaves six to one. They now
lead the series three to two. Oilers and Golden Knights
in their Game five. It's an elimination game for the
Golden Knights and after the first period they are scoreless.
In baseball, the Rangers have an eight to three lead
over the Rockies. Bottom of the eighth inning, the Astros
are edging the Royals to three. Top of the ninth inning,
Xander Bogart's with the three run shot pits the Padres
(33:04):
up three to one against the Angels. Also bottom of
the fourth show, hey O Tani with the home run.
Speaker 4 (33:08):
For the Dodgers.
Speaker 6 (33:09):
They're up on the A's to zero bottom of the
second inning. Earlier today, Aaron Judge hit his fifteenth homer
of the season as a Yankees edge the Mariners three
to two, and the White Sox beat the Reds four
to two.
Speaker 4 (33:20):
Yeah to you guys, White Sox win.
Speaker 2 (33:22):
Wow, he did.
Speaker 3 (33:26):
Yeah, they ain't marry much mon.
Speaker 4 (33:29):
Back to back dumbs.
Speaker 1 (33:30):
Let's go Jason Smith Mike Harmon live from the Fox
Sports Radio Studios. Coming up next, we have the play
of the Day coming your way, plus the guy who
needs a portion of every contract signed by this one
position in the NFL. Whenever this one position gets paid,
(33:50):
that player should give all kinds of money to this
one person because they made it all possible. It's next
right here, Jason and Mike Fox Sports Radio.
Speaker 2 (33:59):
Be sure to catch live editions of The Jason Smith
Show with Mike Harmon weekdays at ten pm Eastern seven
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Speaker 1 (34:07):
Fox Sports Radio The Jason Smith Show with My best
friend Mike Harmon. Halftime in Minnesota and the Timberwolves are
two quarters away from the Western Conference Finals. They lead
the Warriors by fifteen sixty two forty seven. We'll have
more on this game coming up in a few minutes,
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Speaker 1 (34:45):
Well in your backs are to the wall, and see
I can be like this on the show. I can
give credit where credits due, and you beat the Nicks
by one hundred, Well, you get to be the play
of the day.
Speaker 3 (34:54):
Chale Bridges offensively turns into the he stays to keep it.
Six shots, clown.
Speaker 1 (35:06):
Houser White, Nick Brian closes and Cornett is down low.
Speaker 3 (35:13):
Cornets cost Ah.
Speaker 1 (35:17):
There it is Kevin Harlan on the call on tat
Luke Cornett off the bench for ten points, nine rebounds,
and seven blocks. He is plus.
Speaker 3 (35:28):
Twenty for the game.
Speaker 1 (35:30):
And now I gotta think that Luke Cornett is gonna
get all of Christops Porzingis's minutes in Game six, porzingis
playing twelve minutes. Whether he's whether he's hurt or ill,
he just hasn't looked the same. He has not affected
the game at all. I gotta think Cornett's gonna wind
up starting for him in game six. Reggie Miller talked
a little bit about that when he wasn't talking about
Jason Tatum's injury. But he brought all kinds of energy
(35:53):
and a big presence off the bench. So I gotta
think when your backs are to the wall, you kind
of have to make that move.
Speaker 4 (36:00):
Go back to where with porzingis it was the mystery
illness and energy. Energy sapped for a while, missed some time,
came back and we watched him last game. Didn't have
much contribution and looked a step slow, and you hope
he's okay. I mean, that's really at the basis of it.
But you're finding useful minutes. And Cornette gave them a
(36:21):
spark seven block shots. I mean, he was just like
a pogo stick, jumping all over the place and creating
chaos to where Harlan I don't know that I've heard
him that entertained by a non you know, feature headliner,
right like the guy who would be in big bold
letters at the on Broadway, Like, hey, this guy off
the bench, look at he's killing it. He's everywhere, Like
(36:43):
you even hear it in that call there. It's another
block shot. So yeah, it's just finding those unlikely heroes.
We've talked about it for years, you and I on
the show. If you're gonna go and try to win
substantively in any of these leagues, you need those unsung heroes.
Certainly in the NBA. Finding that guy who's deep in
(37:03):
the rotation that gives you a spark, gives you the
coach a little bit of guts to say, Okay, I
got four good minutes, can I get eight? And instead
you get a plus twenty night perfect from the field
and that energizer on defense, whatever you know, officiating, whatever
was going on. Brunson struggled for the game and on
down the line. Yeah, they found that spark for one game.
(37:27):
Is it enough to spur them to a series win.
We can discuss that later on, but for the moment,
he is the hero of the day.
Speaker 1 (37:34):
So you got more NBA coming up in about ten minutes,
but a big shout out because there is one guy
who has done more for nobody's done more for more
people in the NFL than Saquon Barkley.
Speaker 3 (37:48):
Today, Derrick Henry.
Speaker 1 (37:49):
Who had a great year lesture, but you wouldn't know
it because it was all about Saquon Barkley agrees to
a two year, thirty million dollar extension with the Baltimore Ravens.
That sets a record for the largest deal in NFL
history for a running back over thirty Right, and Henry
had a phenomenal year last year, nineteen hundred yards rushing,
but clearly he was, you know, an afterthought because of
(38:10):
the year Saquon Barkley had nearly breaking the record for
rushing yards in a season leading the Eagles to the
Super Bowl. Running Backs were starting to come back to
the We're starting to come back to running backs. Now, Hey,
let's pay running backs every single guy that signs a deal.
Dereck Henry included, King Henry included, needs to give some
of that money to Saquon Barkley because he single handedly
(38:34):
brought running backs back with his year last year. There's
other guys that have had big years, run for fifteen
hundred yards, but it doesn't change philosophies. Saquon Barkley has
changed philosophies, and he's brought money back to the running
back position. When you thought running backs getting paid was
hell and gone. It was never gonna happen again. Wait
a minute, Saquon can show up in his mid twenties,
(38:55):
in his late twenties and go and be the best
running back in the game and basically carry a team
to the super that's filled with controversy all the way along.
Every single guy that signs a big contract should give
a porch that to Sakuon Barkley because he brought running
backs back all by himself.
Speaker 4 (39:10):
Well, what's interesting, And we talked about this a bunch
as the year developed in Henry for a couple of weeks.
You can make the argument, uh was on the the
dais and the metal stand in the MVP chase and
had a monster year. But all those guys that moved
all went to places where A you trust the infrastructure
of the organization, the decision makers time and again, and
(39:33):
they'd built the infrastructure by having good offensive lines. So
their success not surprising in the in the slightest the
fact that they're breaking the bank again, Good for them again.
Good organizations recognizing that, yeah, we can get by with
two B B minus running backs and put up numbers
that look good, but in terms of difference, makers and
(39:53):
having to change defenses, bringing safeties down to try to help,
which gives us the over the top opportunity, or linebackers
being sucked up into the line of scrimmage. Yeah, there's
only a handful of guys that are able to do that,
so you pay them commensurately. But yes, Saquon Barkley your hero.
Speaker 1 (40:11):
Like like he's at the top of the pyramid scheme,
like you can pay sample as you guys get paid. Hey,
we got we got to get our money. He's at
the top of the pyramid. He's at the top of them.
Speaker 4 (40:18):
You gotta buy the filters from me.
Speaker 3 (40:20):
Give that money to Barkley.
Speaker 1 (40:22):
Coming up next, we'll talk about the biggest issue in
the playoffs the NBA needs to solve right away. This
is Fox Sports Radio.
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