March 25, 2025 • 41 mins
Jason and Mike debate if the Lakers are bad or bored right now. Jason officially puts St. John's on his 'Never Again' list. Longtime NFL Insider Jason La Canfora drops by the show. And USC star JuJu Watkins is carried off the court after suffering an apparent right knee injury!
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Speaker 2 (00:52):
So let me just say this right away.
Speaker 1 (00:53):
Yeah, my bracket is done and Saint John's is on
my never again list.
Speaker 2 (00:58):
Never again again am I picking them to do anything? Folks,
Noga fell all the way off the leaderboard, that doesn't
even appear never again, never, never again. No, I'm done.
I'm done.
Speaker 1 (01:08):
The only reason I know I'm not gonna finish last
is because Alex tight shirt picked Grand Canyon and Troy
in his national so I'm not gonna finish ahead of him.
Speaker 2 (01:15):
Well, they're gonna play as many games as Saint John's
does from here forward.
Speaker 1 (01:19):
I mean, I I I'm so mad. I'm mad at Patino,
I'm mad at r J.
Speaker 3 (01:24):
Lewis.
Speaker 1 (01:25):
The months of equity I put into Saint John's and
they just show up and just throw up on themselves.
Now we knew they weren't great at shooting the basketball
deep at all, Like.
Speaker 2 (01:38):
We knew that. But then you don't change your philosophy.
You get guys in fall trouble and they say, out
of hell with it, We're gonna keep chucking from beyond
the arc. We're not gonna make the extra pass. And
that's part of I think why RJ sat the bench
in addition to his three for seventeen as Patino so
passively aggressively, Hey, I'm not gonna give you what you want.
(02:00):
And he was three for seventeen, But I am not
going to feed into your narrative and bash my kid.
Did I tell you he was three for seventeen? They
so let me down, They let me down, and wear
the suit, so let me down. You didn't come out
in the shoot, get a CALIPERI had a better suit
coat on and knew it was over.
Speaker 1 (02:18):
Didn't get one white suit day from Patino in the tournament,
not one.
Speaker 2 (02:23):
Not saving it for good? I see, what do I
tell you? Saving it for good? Does you no damn
bit of good? Jason? Yeah? What you got for us?
Who doesn't feel bad?
Speaker 4 (02:32):
Oh?
Speaker 2 (02:32):
This guy right here?
Speaker 1 (02:33):
Why I told you all the second you had them
winning at all, they were screwed.
Speaker 2 (02:37):
I don't even think you put the period at the
end of your sentence. I said they're done. I can't.
I I really I don't.
Speaker 1 (02:45):
They had played so well for so long, and they
hit adversity and and it was like you could see
their body language wasn't great. And a lot of Arkansas
players that after the game was, oh yeah, we could
tell we were kind of getting in their heads a
little bit, like you could tell it Saint John's had.
I mean, they had been cruising like then. There's and
there's something to be said for when you don't really
(03:05):
encounter adversity for a while. When you finally do, sure,
it's a it's a bigger deal, but you think, you know,
it's not like Saint John's undefeated. Look, they finished in
the top five that you know, they won the Big East. Okay,
they lost, you get they lost the game a couple
of weeks before the end of the regular season. But
they they looked like as soon as Arkansas stayed with them,
it was wait, webskull, I don't understand.
Speaker 2 (03:24):
I don't say.
Speaker 1 (03:25):
It's like when Drago doesn't get why Rocky is still
fighting him in Rocky come on, man, well come on,
that's I should have knocked this guy out like fifty
times already. And it was.
Speaker 2 (03:34):
It was so disappointing.
Speaker 1 (03:36):
I mean real, I'm I'm real, I'm never I'm never
gonna pick Saint John's again.
Speaker 2 (03:40):
I never. I just couldn't understand and never again. They're
on my never again list. But you could go through
the metrics and we talk about where they ranked offensively,
defensively overall. We we knew they weren't a great outside
shooting squad. But you had the bigs for Arkansas in
foul trouble and I get it. They're aggressive, they're physical,
they've got length and it's not an easy entry pass.
(04:02):
But there was no effort to drive inside in those
final minutes of the game, still settling for jump shots.
Guess what if you're not making them, they're gonna back
off like Caitlin Clark did in that game last year. Remember, hey,
go ahead, take that shot. I dare you.
Speaker 1 (04:15):
I am gonna come in last for everybody here at
Fox Sports Radio right then. But if you're gonna in
the host bracket, but I'm gonna lest the middle of it,
but not middle of the pack man, not towards the bottom.
Speaker 2 (04:28):
Not I make a run late at the end. Not
oh I was leading for a while.
Speaker 1 (04:31):
If no dead blank and last man d f L
because of Saint John's But that's okay.
Speaker 2 (04:36):
You pushed off the f the guy that shows up.
You are the guy at the poker table that walks
in and you're flashy. Right, you got your Blaine, you
got a giant chain hanging. Maybe you got a pinky
ring on the whole nine yard and the first hand
you go all in.
Speaker 1 (04:51):
Host host here. You don't watch college basketball. You're gonna
finish higher than mine? Yes, well, there's a lot of
them either gonna finish. They're all gonna finish higher. Where's
Jay the only he's all the way at the bottom. Boy,
he's a college basketball Yeah, he's finished at the bottom
because he picked bleeping Saint John's to win the championship.
Never again, And once you get on my never again,
less you never get off. But here's it, never again, no,
(05:11):
never again. What was the crypto ad for fall? No,
just all the all the great boyhood stuff, all my
great memories of rooting for Saint John's growing up, you
know on Staten Island where the campus is, and oh,
all the great stuff.
Speaker 3 (05:24):
No.
Speaker 1 (05:24):
Here it is another reminder, Oh Jason, remember your team
suck and they're always going to disappoint you. Ah, there
we go. Couldn't even get out of the second bleeping
round of the tournament. Well, let me grab a line
from another famous New York native. Good old days weren't
always good. Tomorrow ain't as bad as it seems, Liam Joel.
Speaker 2 (05:43):
This was bad. It was bad. No, it's bad. Those
final couple of minutes I felt for you. It was awful.
I'm the great ally Geinis gift that has become my favorite.
A million voices screaming, you know what else is seventy silence?
What do you got? Lakers defense? Last couple of days?
Speaker 1 (06:01):
Oh you give me a bailout, give me a bailout
from Saint John's Bulls showed.
Speaker 2 (06:05):
Up like they weren't playing in nineteen ninety six. Oh God,
back to back Eastern Conference Player of the Week Kobe
White hair flowing majestically. Look, I could bail I could
bail out of the Saint John's go to.
Speaker 1 (06:17):
Let let's bail out the second Old News wild card bailout.
Speaker 3 (06:22):
No.
Speaker 1 (06:22):
Uh, Look, obviously a heavy basketball night. We're gonna look
back at what we saw goe ahead of the Sweet sixteen.
But the Lakers lose again, uh to the Magic. Yeah,
just a few moments ago. The Lakers another really bad
third quarter and even though they rallied a little bit
in the fourth quarter, doesn't matter. This is the second
straight game they got their butts kicked.
Speaker 2 (06:44):
Two straight wins for Orlando and that will do it.
Speaker 1 (06:48):
One eighteen one oh six the final score tonight here
at the Kia Center, the biggest crowd in Kia Center history.
Speaker 2 (06:55):
And yes, there were a lot of Laker.
Speaker 1 (06:56):
Fans in the house tonight, and I hope they all
had a very enjoyable and safe. Triple Magic Radio Network
on the call finished strong.
Speaker 2 (07:09):
Me you're tourism dollar. We're gonna shake you out for
every time we can get.
Speaker 1 (07:12):
You know, really, this thing about Orlando, just really quick
before we get to the Lakers, is that when we
went there a few years ago, I'm still upset that
we didn't go to what what is voted as the
best McDonald's in the world. It's like a three story
McDonald's with different i'm supposedly a different menu and we
didn't go. I'm like, how do we not go? I'm
gonna make it part of it McDonald's universe, right, but
(07:34):
I mean, like, but McDonald's for me, I'm like, how
do I not go there? I mean, you going, that's
gonna be great. You're you're the one having a great time.
They're gonna give you free stuff and all kinds of stuff.
Speaker 2 (07:42):
But like, how do I didn't go? I'm like, that's
the one place I really want to be.
Speaker 1 (07:46):
Story one here I wanted to go, but Orlando's always right,
best McDonald's in the world.
Speaker 2 (07:54):
But here here's the things.
Speaker 1 (07:55):
And since Frostberk, since you were so nice to let me,
uh cut bait on Saint John's the never again never again.
Speaker 2 (08:01):
I mean you aren't alone though, Let's let's make this clear, right,
the betting odds were still long twenty five to one,
so the betting public and the gamblers did not jump
on board the Saint John's bandwagon. But for media members,
you're not alone. You can lock arms hands across America
with a lot of guys in the media world. Hell,
you got Spike Lee dressed up in Saint John.
Speaker 1 (08:21):
He's wearing he's one of the throwback starter Saint John's
jackets from the eighties.
Speaker 2 (08:25):
Oh yeah, that starter jacket that's somewhat fabricated for him.
You think he's still wearing it? He jumped. No, oh no,
he's back and he's in Sconstin Nick's gear.
Speaker 1 (08:34):
I guarantee you I can either a get that on
eBay or it's in the Spike Lee Museum worn by
Spike Lee on the sideline of this game.
Speaker 2 (08:40):
I'm sure he does. How about that. Yeah, he's got
sports museum and all kinds of stuff.
Speaker 1 (08:44):
This is what he was wearing when he accosted Reggie Miller,
and Reggie Miller scored, you know, did nine points in
six seconds of a blanket was uh And the.
Speaker 2 (08:52):
Suit Kramer was wearing when he announced that he and
Reggie Miller and spoke going after you gotta watch side film.
Speaker 1 (09:00):
Look, I will say this because, honestly, and I don't
know why, but I feel like the opposite when things
were going when things were going well for the Laker.
But I'm really not that upset about the way the
Lakers have played the last couple of nights, Like tonight
really seem like like really it's been a quarter the
last couple of nights, And yeah, tonight was more Hey
(09:23):
is like Lebron and Luca like we're the only guys
on the floor, We're the only ones gonna shoot the ball.
Speaker 3 (09:27):
Uh.
Speaker 1 (09:28):
But I kind of see the Lakers and I see
a lot of see a lot of lazy passes, see
a lot of lazy switching defensively, And honestly, I think
they're bored. If I said one because the Lakers. The
Lakers got Luca. It was such a big jolt of
adrenaline and they got through it and they saw how
good they were and now was okay, we're ready for
the playoffs. Problem is got to play the last twenty
(09:48):
some odd games of the regular season. Lebron gets hurt,
he comes out, The Lakers stumble a little because you're
stumbling without Lebron a bit. Now Lebron's back, they get
pasted by the Bulls, they get pasted by the Magic. Honestly,
I think they're because they carry themselves as a team
that doesn't do They're not making the extra pass and
I'm making the extra switch on defense. You can just
see it's much more of a Lottie Do attitude of yeah,
(10:13):
we're okay, We're okay, Lebron and Luca will save us.
We're gonna hit shots. Because offensively, they shouldn't be scoring
a hundred points a game. It's ridiculous, right, they should
be scoring one hundred and twenty five hundred thirty points
a game. Defensively, they were so good all of a sudden,
they can't get it done against the Bulls and the Magic.
This is not cause for huge alarm because the Lakers
just look bored and that's something that can be fixed.
(10:34):
That's something that you deal with in the ups and
downs in an eighty two game season, especially when you're
a Laker team that has been ready for the playoffs
now for the better part of the last month, but
you still have more games to play. It's the dog
days of August. I don't see this as being that big. Yes,
is it embarrassing, Yeah, but we've seen the Lakers. We've
seen them when when they play games against teams that
they should beat, they wind up coming up small.
Speaker 2 (10:55):
It happens.
Speaker 1 (10:56):
The good news part of this is that when they
play the better teams, you see how well they play.
The playoffs will be fine. I don't see this as
something that's a big red alarm concern flop. I am
absolutely fine with this, and I'm not saying this just
to get JJ Reddick to be happy.
Speaker 2 (11:09):
I don't care if he hates say.
Speaker 1 (11:10):
I'm the one, JJ red I'm I'm the one that's
spurred you all of a sudden.
Speaker 2 (11:13):
I'm Stephen A. Smith.
Speaker 1 (11:14):
I'm afraid to say something bad about Lebron. Oh, Lebron
and Broady, you.
Speaker 4 (11:17):
Are both so good and both going in the Hall
of Fame together. Johnny in while he's still playing, and
Lebron will get They won't waive the period for Lebron,
but they will go in the same time. They'll be
on the same plaque the same time.
Speaker 1 (11:29):
I want to say that, but look, I get the
ring if the Lakers win, because we know JJ Reddick
listens to the show and he hates me.
Speaker 2 (11:36):
But that's okay.
Speaker 1 (11:36):
But really, I'm not worried about the Lakers right this year.
I'm not worried now the Bulls.
Speaker 2 (11:41):
With the pace they play, it's been fun to watch
as they they made the shuffle at the trade deadline,
and suddenly you're seeing some of the youthfulness. Even Josh Giddy,
he's got his issues off the court. We know, all
those accusations and all, but playing really well of late
and then getting up in down the courts. So some
(12:01):
of that I'm curious, and I want to give a
little bit of props. Going back to that game, Bronni
had his seventeen against the Bucks. They lost by fewer
points in that game than Lebron and Luca did in
their return to the court against the Bulls. So good
on you, Bronny, Good on your Bronne. Ah wait, I
love how.
Speaker 1 (12:21):
People treated that game, like like Bronni went for fifty, right,
like he scored minus thirty. He scored seventeen in a
game that the Lakers got beat by twenty five, and suddenly.
Speaker 2 (12:30):
It's oh, look, how good I mean, come on, man,
come on, twenty nine point Burial, he was minus thirty six,
but that's okay. He scored seventeen. But I do like
that he was bested when the old Man came out
of hibernation after taking those six games off and they
got dusted by the bulls. Now, yes, my south Side
Chicago roots in the fact that I am wearing a
(12:51):
white Sox hat kind of show the colors there. But
I just thought that was delicious theater to watch them
get run around. So if the there was legit an
injury there, you know when we saw it, you know,
when his kid had his state championship and all that stuff.
You know, you can debate how quote injured Lebron was,
but these first two games back don't really give you
(13:13):
a whole the boost of confidence that they effort, Like
maybe they're bored. They didn't pay together long enough to
be bored. Supporting cast hasn't played well enough long enough
to be quote they did it for a Jay Reddick
has done this for four months, and most of it
he was just mad at you. They did it for
a month.
Speaker 1 (13:34):
Hey, we everything moves at warp speed now in the world, right,
a month is like two seasons.
Speaker 2 (13:39):
Now, Oh, we got it. We got We hadn't that
great ten games stretch all Star break. We're done.
Speaker 1 (13:43):
There was no assimilation period. Luca came in right away.
He and Lebron had chemistry, right, I don't have to
worry about it and work. It's not like the Knicks
where something it's we didn't know what to do if
Jalen Brunson's not on the floor, No, they're fine, Like
they're bored. They're bored and and every everything will be fine.
If this is the biggest problem the Lakers have as all,
we don't show up in games against Orlando.
Speaker 2 (14:01):
Yeah, I get it. They're bored, they want they're ready
for the playoffs to start. They can see it. It's fine.
Is this your way to like beg for box of lads?
Absolutely show up here? No no, no, no, no, no
no no.
Speaker 1 (14:09):
Because the thing is if they lose happening, JJ Redick
would get more upset at me.
Speaker 2 (14:13):
So it's okay, it'd be more you'd be more mad.
Speaker 1 (14:17):
In fact, JJ redd is going to be more mad
at me because I know in his post game he's
probably ripping the Lakers a new one. And then to
turn on the radio and hear me say.
Speaker 2 (14:24):
Everything is fine. Everything. Don't worry about it talking about
defense rotation. It's all fine. Bench productivity and you're rose
colored glasses. Everything is fine, man, Everything is fine. Just
twist that night. But by the way, I think everything's
just to punctuate the step and anything. He was reminded
(14:44):
that lebron fans vote to.
Speaker 1 (14:48):
Maybe they'll be titled his next book and mine one's
one fifteen banner night at the United Center.
Speaker 2 (14:54):
Hang it up.
Speaker 1 (14:56):
They're sewing it right now, they're getting it. Let's get ready.
We got we got to have something to bring people.
Speaker 2 (15:01):
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any given day, right because it might not be there tomorrow.
I got there might not be there tomorrow.
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Speaker 2 (15:25):
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right now. They led their game here against Mississippi State
eleven to zering.
Speaker 2 (17:44):
It is thirteen to two.
Speaker 1 (17:46):
However, Juju Watkins was just carried off the floor after
what looks like a right knee injury. She went down
on the court. She was looked at for a couple
of minutes. They didn't even try to stand her up.
She was carried off the floor with trainers and help
her supporting her under her legs, and it was not
(18:09):
a good scene. She looked like she was in a
lot of pain. You could see the grimace on her face. Again,
looked like it was a knee injury to her right knee.
Had to be carried off the floor. She was ushered
off really quickly. The game is in commercial right now.
We'll keep you updated as much as we can on it.
She was coming down on a fast break and just
(18:29):
crumpled and the pain you could see her and right
away had her hands on her face. She is yelling
this was gonna wind up being what looked like was
going to be a breakaway layup. She had two defenders
that she was trying to split, but it looked like
she just fell again. We're looking for a big video
of this and a replay as it comes in. We
(18:51):
will continue to keep you posted on this. We've not
seen any big angles on it right now, although we're
just seeing the replay now and it looks like her
right knee just kind of buckles and she grabs it
right away. Here's the best player in college basketball coming down,
making making a plant. You can see the grimace as
she falls. It's almost like her knee just gave out.
(19:12):
And this is what we're seeing right now. Again, we'll
have more on this in a few minutes.
Speaker 2 (19:16):
Steve J. Saga, we'll have more again.
Speaker 1 (19:17):
Juju Watkins carried off the floor just a few moments
ago in USC's game against Mississippi State. Again, more in
this in a few minutes, but joining us now in
the hot line. We had a big day in the NFL.
One player is announcing himself as the number one overall pick.
Cam Ward's pro day was pretty good, even had a
little bit of trash talk for the Titans representatives, who
(19:38):
are there?
Speaker 2 (19:39):
Is he going number one overall? With us now in
the hot line?
Speaker 1 (19:42):
Longtime NFL insider Odyssey Washington Post one oh five to seven,
the fan in Baltimore, it is Jason locking for a Jay.
Speaker 2 (19:49):
What's happening, Bud?
Speaker 3 (19:50):
What's going on? Gentlemen?
Speaker 1 (19:52):
Uh So cam Woard does the whole Hey, I'm gonna
roll on my weak side and throw the ball seventy
yards downfield. Everybody loves him. Good pro day for cam Ward?
Is he going number one? Like? Is this going to happen?
Work and the Titans are something crazy happened.
Speaker 2 (20:07):
At number one.
Speaker 3 (20:09):
I mean, there's always a possibility, but no, I think
this is looking increasingly like a fad of complete And
you know, they hired Byan Callahan a year ago, a
quarterback guy. They kind of thrust this mister Mayo thing
on him and wanted to make that try to work
(20:31):
for a year. This is not an NFL starter, and
maybe down the road will be an NFL starter, But
you know, this team's kind of been in quarterback purgatory
for a while really, since you know, they moved on
from Tannahill and since he you know, stug to hit
youll a little bit. So, yeah, they're drafting a quarterback,
and I don't think they're going to be getting cute
(20:51):
and trading down and doing I don't think anybody's going
to come up and pay a premium. And I think
they want this quarterback inarticular. So sometimes it just is
what it is, and that's what this is looking like.
Speaker 2 (21:06):
And then shortly thereafter we hear Shador Sanders name caled
and he becomes a member of the Giants to hang
out with Jameis Winston.
Speaker 3 (21:15):
You know, I just don't know about that owner, you know,
and he kind of has a certain style of quarterback
and I don't know, but he's going to be cool
with this and if he's not, it's not going to happen.
And so we're still early in the process in terms
of that. These kids are just making their rounds now,
you know, moving into the thirty top thirty visits, and
(21:38):
I'm just not sure about that. Like they've clearly abstained
from drafting quarterbacks. It's kind of become part of their brand,
and they've kind of been stucking their sort of own
holding patterns in terms of really hitting the reboot button
and falling in love with a kid and being willing
(21:59):
to do it. They should have, you know, drafted somebody
like Tenix a year ago. They had again, plenty of
opportunities to do things, and they talk themselves out of it.
And I think it goes back to this owner. And
I don't know, man, I'm not positive that the Browns
don't take your door standers. The Giants certainly could. I
(22:21):
just don't know if that's going to ultimately be a fit.
And do they just punt for another year, do they
take one, you know, at the top of the second
round and you know, try to get cute that way.
I could kind of see that. Maybe they do something
day two. I just don't know if that's the fit.
Speaker 1 (22:41):
I think it'll be Eli Manning every week calling Arch
and saying, hey, you know, come come to the Giants.
Wh I had a great time here. You'll love it here.
The Giants are gonna go o in seventeen this year,
it'll be great. Don't worry. The March for Art will
be on in New York.
Speaker 3 (22:54):
Well don't. But that's like that's what they like. I
could totally see that. I mean, you know, they're not
very good at executing the tank and they end up
winning you know, games that they certainly win at the
end and screw themselves. But Arch Manning, Yeah, like that's
that's the kind of blue blooded thing that that owner
could get completely behind. And even if they don't, you know,
(23:14):
they're not in position automatically the draft him. Would they
move up and move Heaven and Earth for something like that?
You know, I mean people forget the whole Eli Manning
thing was trade too, you know, I mean that was
originally a Philip Rivers kind of swap situation. So yeah,
like what I see I just don't know if they
(23:36):
end by day. I mean him can handle a quarterback.
Who's that Brash? Who's just I don't know, man. They
are just such a button up organization and they're so
stuck in their own kakamani bs ways that I don't know, man,
I just don't know that that's going to be the fit.
Speaker 2 (23:54):
Speaking of brash, bowled outspoken pookin Nakua says, Hey, by thirty,
I'm done. I'm gonna do all sorts of great things
coming into year three, and I want to go out
like Aaron Donald on top to where they're still calling me,
I like the cut of his gym. I got to say, Jason.
Speaker 3 (24:10):
I mean this game is not sitting. I mean, despite
with it, you know what the league will sell you
not getting any safer. I mean, it's just not It's
still a violent collision sport played on the same grid
on that new Rockney and guys and a lot of
helmets played on. The players are bigger, faster than ever.
The field of play has not changed one iota. A
lot of the surfaces they play on are still not
(24:32):
merely as safe as they could be, you know, for
natural grass and all that's out of favor. It's an
incredibly brutal sport. And yeah, helmet technology is nice and
this or that, but I can't imagine what you know,
the average fifty five year old former NFL player feels
like a lot of mornings, and these guys, it's an
(24:53):
individual decision, and things like this aren't even uncommon anymore.
I mean, we've seen a lot of guys walk away
in what would be deemed that prime and it's it's
a personal decision and good for him, man, And hopefully
these guys can can smart with the money and get
with the right financial people and be able to try
(25:14):
to turn, you know, a seven to ten year career
into something that conceive their family and the future family
members for generations to come.
Speaker 1 (25:23):
Jay, Well, what happens first? Who Kannakua retires at thirty
or Aaron Rodgers makes his decision on this season.
Speaker 3 (25:30):
I mean, again, like I was wondering if we could
get through this what I'm talking about. I was starting
to feel I was like telling myself, like it might
actually happen, and then I think this effect.
Speaker 1 (25:42):
I shouldn't have said he's got a no hitter through five.
That's my fault.
Speaker 3 (25:46):
Yeah, this look I again, I mean, are people waiting
for it? I don't know. I think he's he doesn't
understand that like these no one there is no negotiations,
but nobody's upping their me that there aren't multiple teams
throwing things at him. This is unlike anything he's ever
experienced before. It is take it or leave it, and
(26:06):
maybe he will, maybe you won't. And if he waits
too long and some of these teams draft somebody or
they trade for Kirk Cousins or whatever, then he might
have even less leverage than he has now. He also
knows that there's not a football game that's going to
be played that matters for a long time. He's a
smart football guy, and there's probably not a whole lot
in playbooks that he doesn't understand or that would take
(26:28):
him a whole long time to pick up. So I
just don't think there's any real rush from anybody. Again,
if you need to tell me, this team is don't
have a quarterback, you need a quarterback, And I would
tell you if they were that serious about him, it
would be it would have happened if anybody really thought
he was absolutely the solution. And this has held up
(26:48):
over three million, five million, seven million whatever. Again, if
you really thought he was a true difference maker at
that position, still.
Speaker 2 (26:56):
He wouldn't still be out there. I just enjoy that.
We're into the psyche cology of you know, which is
the greater of two evils bringing back Russell Wilson, uh
and with Arthur Smith or going behind door number two
and whatever you think of Aaron Rodgers. And then you
mentioned Kirk Cousins still sitting down there. That's got to
be a really uncomfortable room eventually. I mean, yeah, it's
(27:18):
the off season now, but Jason, I is that a
situation that's tenable?
Speaker 3 (27:24):
Well, I mean, look, Aaron Rodgers didn't stick around from
mandatory mini camp last year, so like, do you really fight?
You know, you think he's gonna be an off season
lawyer where he goes, well, this is true. Really you
think it's going to disrupt him, you know what I mean,
climbing pyramids and I don't know, snorting coconuts or whatever
the hell he does. Like, I don't think it's gonna
Like again, I don't think he's gonna put his other
(27:48):
pursuits on hold to throw himself in mind body and
soul at whatever team's paint, especially now it's a pain
and peanuts compared to what they used to. So I
don't I don't know what's worse, you know, having him
show up when he wants to show up and you know,
say ridiculous stuff and start to poison your locker room,
or it's better to hold off as long as possible
(28:09):
and break glass only in any case of an emergency. Hi,
I you know, I don't know.
Speaker 2 (28:15):
Would you rather bring Ryan Tannehill off to scrappy? Yes?
Speaker 3 (28:19):
Absolutely, you got not even nonny. I mean that's yes,
absolutely positively.
Speaker 1 (28:24):
Daily He's on Twitter at Jason lock and for at
Jason Lock and four again Honesty Washington Post one oh
five seven the fan of Baltimore Jay as always, buddy,
thanks so much man, we'll talk.
Speaker 2 (28:35):
To you next week.
Speaker 3 (28:35):
Enjoy my pleasure.
Speaker 2 (28:36):
Thank you, guys, Jason.
Speaker 1 (28:37):
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whole thing about Pooka Nakua, just really quick, is that
it's great, you know, saying today I want to retire
(28:59):
when I'm thirty. Yeah, it's one thing to say that
when you're twenty three, and it because it doesn't seem
real right now. It's not really I can say, oh, yeah, yeah,
I want to do this. That's seven years from now, right,
it's great.
Speaker 2 (29:11):
I don't know how I talk.
Speaker 1 (29:12):
I just I just take this and thing like, Okay,
yeah he says, he says he's gonna retire in seven years.
That's great, and maybe he does, and maybe it's all thang,
but it doesn't even you can't when you say stuff
like that, I go, you don't really even understand what
the world's about right now. Right, you're twenty three, and
you know I want to retire.
Speaker 2 (29:27):
I wanted to. Okay, I get that.
Speaker 1 (29:28):
But when you're saying I want to do this in
seven years, I must be saying in one hundred years,
I'll be trapped in the lamp with with the genie
from Aladdin.
Speaker 2 (29:36):
I'll go get out.
Speaker 1 (29:36):
Every five thousand, fifteen thousand years, Oh I'm out. Fifteen
thousand years for seven years, fifteen thousand years. Like it's
it's it's it's so abstract. It's not like it's one year,
I'm gonna play one more year and retired.
Speaker 2 (29:47):
It's seventy. Oh okay, I'm gonna say, oh, but I
mean the old standard was that you would do the
where do you see yourself in five years?
Speaker 3 (29:53):
Right?
Speaker 2 (29:53):
That was the old lazy interview question, where do you so?
He just did added an extra two. I think you
just to look at it in terms of how how
long of the normal contracts? All right, I want two
more paydays and then I'll be able to walk away.
Speaker 3 (30:06):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (30:07):
Yeah, man, I think that's kind of what he's maybe
going at from a time. It's like I'll get a
three year deal. I'll get a four year deal first
because I'm so young and relatively healthy, and then I'll
have to sign a three year deal. Yeah, a lot
of guaranteed money, uh, but shorter term and yeah that
then I can go out.
Speaker 4 (30:24):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (30:25):
I think he's gonna realize, Oh, I think I could
get one more contract out of it.
Speaker 2 (30:28):
I think I might be able to get one more
contract out of thirty.
Speaker 4 (30:31):
Oh.
Speaker 1 (30:31):
I think I could make another fifty million dollars. Might
be able to do that.
Speaker 2 (30:34):
Well, look, you could keep doing that and maybe he'll
hold the Rams hostage.
Speaker 1 (30:38):
Like Stafford did tell me how to find out what's
trending in the wide world of sports.
Speaker 2 (30:42):
My man, who's been called the Puka Nakua of.
Speaker 1 (30:44):
Fox Sports Radio, really he understood that once he turned thirty,
his career was over.
Speaker 2 (30:48):
It's Steve Disager might have passed that number. That decision
may already have been made.
Speaker 5 (30:54):
Unfortunately, we did have potentially an awful injury in the
women's basketball national term tonight for USC. Juju Watkins averages
twenty five points a game. Saturday, in the first round
lopsided win, she appeared to hurt her left leg maybe knee.
She was limping tonight. She was carried off the court
with a right knee injury. She was in great pain
(31:16):
on the court after she went down, seeming to crumple
to the court as if the leg or knee gave
out her as she was driving the lane on a
fast break double team. Don't expect to see Watkins again
Tonight's and unfortunately we're not expecting great news once they
do give it USC for what it's worth is leading
twenty eight to eight over Mississippi State end of the
(31:39):
first quarter at sc Tonight, Maryland in double overtime won
one eleven to oneh eight against Alabama, forty five points
for Alabama Sarah Ashley Barker. Maryland was down seventeen late
third quarter. Next up Maryland against one seed South Carolina
in the Sweet sixteen. Man Sweet sixteen starts Thursday night
with Alabama against by You Florida. Maryland is an early
(32:02):
game on Thursday. Texas has a new basketball coach on
the men's side at Sean Miller from Xavier, taking over
for the fired Rodney Terry. Iowa has hired Drakes Ben
McCollum as head coach. Minnesota's new coach Nico medvid from
Colorado State. He's from Minneapolis.
Speaker 1 (32:18):
You and l the guest of the show. We had
him on last year. Nico Meddick. Yeah, he was on
the show last year with US after they won.
Speaker 5 (32:24):
Boy they got hot late season in the Mountain West,
and now he moves on to his home state. UNLV
will reportedly get Josh Passner as head coach. Columbia hired
Florida assistant Kevin Hovdy as head coach. He's a former
Columbia assistant in the past. Virginia introduced new coach Ryan
Odum from VCU, and former Sacramento Kings guard Mike Bibbi
(32:45):
is the new coach at Sacramento State. He had coached
high school ball in Arizona in the past.
Speaker 2 (32:50):
We have two late.
Speaker 5 (32:51):
Games in the NBA that started about a half an
hour ago at Sacramento. It's Celtics thirty one twenty nine
over the King's early second quarter, and Mantis Sabonis of
Sacramento has returned after a sprained ankle. Jalen Brown of
the Celtics is playing after a bruce knee. Boston has
won five straight. It's the Bucks leading at the end
of one thirty to twenty five at Phoenix and still
(33:13):
going mid third quarter at Denver Bulls leading the Nuggets
eighty five eighty two for Denver. Nikola Jokic out again
for a fifth straight game with the bad ankle. The
team said Joki should return during this homestand of theirs
victories for Dallas and New Orleans, wins for Toronto and Indiana,
which is won five straight. Or Orlando beat the Lakers one
eighteen to one OZH six despite thirty two points from
(33:35):
Luka Doncic and twenty four from Lebron James in the NHL.
Among the four games we have right now at Dallas,
still a two to nothing lead in the final minutes,
Stars over the Minnesota Wild. The Tennessee Titans signed kicker
Joey sli and the Titans attended the University of Miami's
Pro day featuring quarterback cam Ward Coach Ken Wizenhunt of
Memphis of the UFL is stepping aside for personal reasons.
(33:58):
That Spring League starts this Friday. On Fox TV, Beck
to you, Thank.
Speaker 2 (34:01):
You, Steve.
Speaker 1 (34:02):
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what could be an absolutely devastating injury. The best player
in college basketball just got hurt. Juju Watkins her knee injury.
Break it down, give you more details on it as
they come in. That's next, right here, Jason and Mike
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Well tonight, the women's tournament taking center stage, and unfortunately
(34:51):
a story center stage that we wish we didn't have
to talk about. Uh USC leads Mississippi State right now
in the second round pretty comfortably thirty five fourteen. They
have led pretty big throughout. However, Juju Watkins, the best
player in the country, left the game earlier in the
first half in a heap after coming down awkwardly on
(35:13):
her right leg on a fast break. We're going to
play the sound for you and you can hear. You
can hear the silence. As soon as Juju Watkins goes down,
the entire arena is basically understanding that something bad just happened.
Here's the Juju Watkins play. Tied it up, took it away,
more great defense from the Trojans, and Watkins goes down
(35:35):
hard and she's grabbing her right knee quickly, grimacing in pain,
silence right away, right away, everybody knew something bad happened.
And ESPN on the call, she was yelling and screaming
on the floor. It was really difficult and it was
hard to see and seeing this replay now, a bunch
(35:57):
of times she's coming down on the brake and there's
a defender on either side of her, and it looks
like she's trying to stop and plant to make her
last couple of steps to the bucket right because she
gets inside, she gets inside the lane. This is where
I stop and make my get my two slow steps
to go in for the layup or get a foul,
go to the free throw.
Speaker 2 (36:17):
Dish to a teammate who's on the brake with right exactly, yeah,
or but it looks like she's dribbling.
Speaker 1 (36:23):
And I don't want to say it was out of control,
but she was dribbling. It looked like she was trying
to dribble past everybody. But she wasn't going to like
sometimes you're dribbling, you know, I'm gonna be past everybody.
But it looked like she was moving really fast, so
maybe stopping maybe she you know, she could have slowed
down a little bit earlier, knowing, Okay, I'm not gonna
dribble by both of these players. They just have the
(36:44):
they have the lane on me right now, and she
comes down just to stop on her right foot. And
the angle that i'd say, the angle that will that
shows this I don't recommend watching it is the angle
from behind. That's the iso of her dribbling down the floor.
If you're picturing this where she's coming down the floor
and she's dribbling away from you. She comes down and
(37:05):
takes a step and her right knee just completely dips
to the to the left, and it looks it looks
really really bad, and it was right for that. She
hits the ground. She grabs her knee right away in
a lot of pain. Again, we don't know what the
outcome of this is. She's being looked at right now,
(37:26):
but clearly I don't believe she's gonna be coming back
in the game tonight, and who knows what her future is.
You're starting to think now, usc the NCAA tournament, the
WNBA season, she'd be the number one overall pick and
nate because they start, you know, forty eight hours after
the National Championship game, ends and all good thoughts for her.
She's hanging out with Jayden Daniels, who was at the
game tonight to watch her play again. And I mean,
(37:49):
this is just it's it's such a it's such a
sad story because she's so good and she's such hey
grabbing that torch from Caitlin Clark and carrying it through
and USC number one team here and they the only
team to beat UCLA. They beat them twice. And she's
had such an incredible season and she's next. Her and
Page Beckers are next. They're the next two superstars hit
(38:10):
the WNBA to say, Okay, we got it. And now
I'm just hoping she'd get back on the floor. I'm
hoping it's just some kind of some kind of kneat,
you know, just just a knee injury where she's able
to take a couple of weeks and then maybe get
back on the floor. But I'll tell you, it looked,
it looked really bad that step and all of a sudden,
(38:31):
her knee just completely buckles all the way to the left,
very unnaturally and right down in the heap and did
not walk off the floor. She was picked up and
carried off the floor. She was still screaming in pain
and a lot of agony. And again that was about
twenty five minutes ago, and we're, you know, obviously waiting
for an update on this. But seeing that angle from behind,
I'd said, huh, you know, you always want to think
(38:52):
maybe maybe maybe maybe it's a little bit of a
hyper extension, you think. But see that angle from behind,
I said, oh man, that's and that's not good.
Speaker 2 (38:59):
Well that's it us watching it live as it transpired,
like from your sideline angle, like, all right, it's an injury.
She goes down, maybe there's enough contact to take her down,
but clearly immediately clutching the knee's like, all right, there's
more to it. And then you get that ISO shot
that you described that is from the other under the
(39:22):
basket stanchion, which gives you the full run of her
driving up the court and leaves you a bit queasy.
Certainly not repeated viewings of that, And you're not gonna
get that angle on the television the way we do
things in twenty twenty five either. I mean, it took
a while before you saw a replay of the live
shot rather than alternate angles. But for Juju Watkins, to
(39:45):
your point. She and Paige Becker's a lot of discussion
the last couple of days of you know, why isn't
she getting the run. It's like, no, she is. She's
She's gotten plenty of run. You know, folks need to
calm down on some of that stuff. Plenty of nil
Norse Pitt's Literally we just saw a commercial break that
had two Juju Watkins spots in it. So she's certainly
(40:06):
getting her run and her greatness is recognized. But you know,
the difficult part to all of it is just how
quickly this process works into the next season. Seems like
we've been waiting forever for the WNBA to come back
after that initial run from Clark, Reese and company. So
(40:27):
look camera Brink coming back off a big injury, right,
waiting for her to really become a member of the Sparks.
So for Juju Watkins, think great anticipation that you didn't
get these inevitable matchups of the stars to help carry
the women's game again. So best thoughts to her that
you know, it's just that, hey, it gave out, like
her body didn't round one right. She's been battling a
(40:49):
number of injuries going to the locker room, so you know,
best thoughts for her.
Speaker 1 (40:53):
We'll keeping it up. Prized of it again. Thirty eight
to fourteen, so USC really in no danger this game
against Mississippi State. All thoughts on Juju Watkins and again,
as soon as we have an update, we'll bring it
to you. But she's been in the locker room now
for the better part of the last half hour. There's
been no footage of her. There's been no update of her.
I will keep this is the biggest story of the night,
(41:16):
to keep going on it throughout the rest of the show.
Jason Smith Mike Harmon live from the tirac dot Com studios.
Coming up next, we have more big stuff out of
the end. See AA tournament from this weekend. Maybe we're
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Speaker 2 (00:52):
So let me just say this right away.
Speaker 1 (00:53):
Yeah, my bracket is done and Saint John's is on
my never again list.
Speaker 2 (00:58):
Never again again am I picking them to do anything? Folks,
Noga fell all the way off the leaderboard, that doesn't
even appear never again, never, never again. No, I'm done.
I'm done.
Speaker 1 (01:08):
The only reason I know I'm not gonna finish last
is because Alex tight shirt picked Grand Canyon and Troy
in his national so I'm not gonna finish ahead of him.
Speaker 2 (01:15):
Well, they're gonna play as many games as Saint John's
does from here forward.
Speaker 1 (01:19):
I mean, I I I'm so mad. I'm mad at Patino,
I'm mad at r J.
Speaker 3 (01:24):
Lewis.
Speaker 1 (01:25):
The months of equity I put into Saint John's and
they just show up and just throw up on themselves.
Now we knew they weren't great at shooting the basketball
deep at all, Like.
Speaker 2 (01:38):
We knew that. But then you don't change your philosophy.
You get guys in fall trouble and they say, out
of hell with it, We're gonna keep chucking from beyond
the arc. We're not gonna make the extra pass. And
that's part of I think why RJ sat the bench
in addition to his three for seventeen as Patino so
passively aggressively, Hey, I'm not gonna give you what you want.
(02:00):
And he was three for seventeen, But I am not
going to feed into your narrative and bash my kid.
Did I tell you he was three for seventeen? They
so let me down, They let me down, and wear
the suit, so let me down. You didn't come out
in the shoot, get a CALIPERI had a better suit
coat on and knew it was over.
Speaker 1 (02:18):
Didn't get one white suit day from Patino in the tournament,
not one.
Speaker 2 (02:23):
Not saving it for good? I see, what do I
tell you? Saving it for good? Does you no damn
bit of good? Jason? Yeah? What you got for us?
Who doesn't feel bad?
Speaker 4 (02:32):
Oh?
Speaker 2 (02:32):
This guy right here?
Speaker 1 (02:33):
Why I told you all the second you had them
winning at all, they were screwed.
Speaker 2 (02:37):
I don't even think you put the period at the
end of your sentence. I said they're done. I can't.
I I really I don't.
Speaker 1 (02:45):
They had played so well for so long, and they
hit adversity and and it was like you could see
their body language wasn't great. And a lot of Arkansas
players that after the game was, oh yeah, we could
tell we were kind of getting in their heads a
little bit, like you could tell it Saint John's had.
I mean, they had been cruising like then. There's and
there's something to be said for when you don't really
(03:05):
encounter adversity for a while. When you finally do, sure,
it's a it's a bigger deal, but you think, you know,
it's not like Saint John's undefeated. Look, they finished in
the top five that you know, they won the Big East. Okay,
they lost, you get they lost the game a couple
of weeks before the end of the regular season. But
they they looked like as soon as Arkansas stayed with them,
it was wait, webskull, I don't understand.
Speaker 2 (03:24):
I don't say.
Speaker 1 (03:25):
It's like when Drago doesn't get why Rocky is still
fighting him in Rocky come on, man, well come on,
that's I should have knocked this guy out like fifty
times already. And it was.
Speaker 2 (03:34):
It was so disappointing.
Speaker 1 (03:36):
I mean real, I'm I'm real, I'm never I'm never
gonna pick Saint John's again.
Speaker 2 (03:40):
I never. I just couldn't understand and never again. They're
on my never again list. But you could go through
the metrics and we talk about where they ranked offensively,
defensively overall. We we knew they weren't a great outside
shooting squad. But you had the bigs for Arkansas in
foul trouble and I get it. They're aggressive, they're physical,
they've got length and it's not an easy entry pass.
(04:02):
But there was no effort to drive inside in those
final minutes of the game, still settling for jump shots.
Guess what if you're not making them, they're gonna back
off like Caitlin Clark did in that game last year. Remember, hey,
go ahead, take that shot. I dare you.
Speaker 1 (04:15):
I am gonna come in last for everybody here at
Fox Sports Radio right then. But if you're gonna in
the host bracket, but I'm gonna lest the middle of it,
but not middle of the pack man, not towards the bottom.
Speaker 2 (04:28):
Not I make a run late at the end. Not
oh I was leading for a while.
Speaker 1 (04:31):
If no dead blank and last man d f L
because of Saint John's But that's okay.
Speaker 2 (04:36):
You pushed off the f the guy that shows up.
You are the guy at the poker table that walks
in and you're flashy. Right, you got your Blaine, you
got a giant chain hanging. Maybe you got a pinky
ring on the whole nine yard and the first hand
you go all in.
Speaker 1 (04:51):
Host host here. You don't watch college basketball. You're gonna
finish higher than mine? Yes, well, there's a lot of
them either gonna finish. They're all gonna finish higher. Where's
Jay the only he's all the way at the bottom. Boy,
he's a college basketball Yeah, he's finished at the bottom
because he picked bleeping Saint John's to win the championship.
Never again, And once you get on my never again,
less you never get off. But here's it, never again, no,
(05:11):
never again. What was the crypto ad for fall? No,
just all the all the great boyhood stuff, all my
great memories of rooting for Saint John's growing up, you
know on Staten Island where the campus is, and oh,
all the great stuff.
Speaker 3 (05:24):
No.
Speaker 1 (05:24):
Here it is another reminder, Oh Jason, remember your team
suck and they're always going to disappoint you. Ah, there
we go. Couldn't even get out of the second bleeping
round of the tournament. Well, let me grab a line
from another famous New York native. Good old days weren't
always good. Tomorrow ain't as bad as it seems, Liam Joel.
Speaker 2 (05:43):
This was bad. It was bad. No, it's bad. Those
final couple of minutes I felt for you. It was awful.
I'm the great ally Geinis gift that has become my favorite.
A million voices screaming, you know what else is seventy silence?
What do you got? Lakers defense? Last couple of days?
Speaker 1 (06:01):
Oh you give me a bailout, give me a bailout
from Saint John's Bulls showed.
Speaker 2 (06:05):
Up like they weren't playing in nineteen ninety six. Oh God,
back to back Eastern Conference Player of the Week Kobe
White hair flowing majestically. Look, I could bail I could
bail out of the Saint John's go to.
Speaker 1 (06:17):
Let let's bail out the second Old News wild card bailout.
Speaker 3 (06:22):
No.
Speaker 1 (06:22):
Uh, Look, obviously a heavy basketball night. We're gonna look
back at what we saw goe ahead of the Sweet sixteen.
But the Lakers lose again, uh to the Magic. Yeah,
just a few moments ago. The Lakers another really bad
third quarter and even though they rallied a little bit
in the fourth quarter, doesn't matter. This is the second
straight game they got their butts kicked.
Speaker 2 (06:44):
Two straight wins for Orlando and that will do it.
Speaker 1 (06:48):
One eighteen one oh six the final score tonight here
at the Kia Center, the biggest crowd in Kia Center history.
Speaker 2 (06:55):
And yes, there were a lot of Laker.
Speaker 1 (06:56):
Fans in the house tonight, and I hope they all
had a very enjoyable and safe. Triple Magic Radio Network
on the call finished strong.
Speaker 2 (07:09):
Me you're tourism dollar. We're gonna shake you out for
every time we can get.
Speaker 1 (07:12):
You know, really, this thing about Orlando, just really quick
before we get to the Lakers, is that when we
went there a few years ago, I'm still upset that
we didn't go to what what is voted as the
best McDonald's in the world. It's like a three story
McDonald's with different i'm supposedly a different menu and we
didn't go. I'm like, how do we not go? I'm
gonna make it part of it McDonald's universe, right, but
(07:34):
I mean, like, but McDonald's for me, I'm like, how
do I not go there? I mean, you going, that's
gonna be great. You're you're the one having a great time.
They're gonna give you free stuff and all kinds of stuff.
Speaker 2 (07:42):
But like, how do I didn't go? I'm like, that's
the one place I really want to be.
Speaker 1 (07:46):
Story one here I wanted to go, but Orlando's always right,
best McDonald's in the world.
Speaker 2 (07:54):
But here here's the things.
Speaker 1 (07:55):
And since Frostberk, since you were so nice to let me,
uh cut bait on Saint John's the never again never again.
Speaker 2 (08:01):
I mean you aren't alone though, Let's let's make this clear, right,
the betting odds were still long twenty five to one,
so the betting public and the gamblers did not jump
on board the Saint John's bandwagon. But for media members,
you're not alone. You can lock arms hands across America
with a lot of guys in the media world. Hell,
you got Spike Lee dressed up in Saint John.
Speaker 1 (08:21):
He's wearing he's one of the throwback starter Saint John's
jackets from the eighties.
Speaker 2 (08:25):
Oh yeah, that starter jacket that's somewhat fabricated for him.
You think he's still wearing it? He jumped. No, oh no,
he's back and he's in Sconstin Nick's gear.
Speaker 1 (08:34):
I guarantee you I can either a get that on
eBay or it's in the Spike Lee Museum worn by
Spike Lee on the sideline of this game.
Speaker 2 (08:40):
I'm sure he does. How about that. Yeah, he's got
sports museum and all kinds of stuff.
Speaker 1 (08:44):
This is what he was wearing when he accosted Reggie Miller,
and Reggie Miller scored, you know, did nine points in
six seconds of a blanket was uh And the.
Speaker 2 (08:52):
Suit Kramer was wearing when he announced that he and
Reggie Miller and spoke going after you gotta watch side film.
Speaker 1 (09:00):
Look, I will say this because, honestly, and I don't
know why, but I feel like the opposite when things
were going when things were going well for the Laker.
But I'm really not that upset about the way the
Lakers have played the last couple of nights, Like tonight
really seem like like really it's been a quarter the
last couple of nights, And yeah, tonight was more Hey
(09:23):
is like Lebron and Luca like we're the only guys
on the floor, We're the only ones gonna shoot the ball.
Speaker 3 (09:27):
Uh.
Speaker 1 (09:28):
But I kind of see the Lakers and I see
a lot of see a lot of lazy passes, see
a lot of lazy switching defensively, And honestly, I think
they're bored. If I said one because the Lakers. The
Lakers got Luca. It was such a big jolt of
adrenaline and they got through it and they saw how
good they were and now was okay, we're ready for
the playoffs. Problem is got to play the last twenty
(09:48):
some odd games of the regular season. Lebron gets hurt,
he comes out, The Lakers stumble a little because you're
stumbling without Lebron a bit. Now Lebron's back, they get
pasted by the Bulls, they get pasted by the Magic. Honestly,
I think they're because they carry themselves as a team
that doesn't do They're not making the extra pass and
I'm making the extra switch on defense. You can just
see it's much more of a Lottie Do attitude of yeah,
(10:13):
we're okay, We're okay, Lebron and Luca will save us.
We're gonna hit shots. Because offensively, they shouldn't be scoring
a hundred points a game. It's ridiculous, right, they should
be scoring one hundred and twenty five hundred thirty points
a game. Defensively, they were so good all of a sudden,
they can't get it done against the Bulls and the Magic.
This is not cause for huge alarm because the Lakers
just look bored and that's something that can be fixed.
(10:34):
That's something that you deal with in the ups and
downs in an eighty two game season, especially when you're
a Laker team that has been ready for the playoffs
now for the better part of the last month, but
you still have more games to play. It's the dog
days of August. I don't see this as being that big. Yes,
is it embarrassing, Yeah, but we've seen the Lakers. We've
seen them when when they play games against teams that
they should beat, they wind up coming up small.
Speaker 2 (10:55):
It happens.
Speaker 1 (10:56):
The good news part of this is that when they
play the better teams, you see how well they play.
The playoffs will be fine. I don't see this as
something that's a big red alarm concern flop. I am
absolutely fine with this, and I'm not saying this just
to get JJ Reddick to be happy.
Speaker 2 (11:09):
I don't care if he hates say.
Speaker 1 (11:10):
I'm the one, JJ red I'm I'm the one that's
spurred you all of a sudden.
Speaker 2 (11:13):
I'm Stephen A. Smith.
Speaker 1 (11:14):
I'm afraid to say something bad about Lebron. Oh, Lebron
and Broady, you.
Speaker 4 (11:17):
Are both so good and both going in the Hall
of Fame together. Johnny in while he's still playing, and
Lebron will get They won't waive the period for Lebron,
but they will go in the same time. They'll be
on the same plaque the same time.
Speaker 1 (11:29):
I want to say that, but look, I get the
ring if the Lakers win, because we know JJ Reddick
listens to the show and he hates me.
Speaker 2 (11:36):
But that's okay.
Speaker 1 (11:36):
But really, I'm not worried about the Lakers right this year.
I'm not worried now the Bulls.
Speaker 2 (11:41):
With the pace they play, it's been fun to watch
as they they made the shuffle at the trade deadline,
and suddenly you're seeing some of the youthfulness. Even Josh Giddy,
he's got his issues off the court. We know, all
those accusations and all, but playing really well of late
and then getting up in down the courts. So some
(12:01):
of that I'm curious, and I want to give a
little bit of props. Going back to that game, Bronni
had his seventeen against the Bucks. They lost by fewer
points in that game than Lebron and Luca did in
their return to the court against the Bulls. So good
on you, Bronny, Good on your Bronne. Ah wait, I
love how.
Speaker 1 (12:21):
People treated that game, like like Bronni went for fifty, right,
like he scored minus thirty. He scored seventeen in a
game that the Lakers got beat by twenty five, and suddenly.
Speaker 2 (12:30):
It's oh, look, how good I mean, come on, man,
come on, twenty nine point Burial, he was minus thirty six,
but that's okay. He scored seventeen. But I do like
that he was bested when the old Man came out
of hibernation after taking those six games off and they
got dusted by the bulls. Now, yes, my south Side
Chicago roots in the fact that I am wearing a
(12:51):
white Sox hat kind of show the colors there. But
I just thought that was delicious theater to watch them
get run around. So if the there was legit an
injury there, you know when we saw it, you know,
when his kid had his state championship and all that stuff.
You know, you can debate how quote injured Lebron was,
but these first two games back don't really give you
(13:13):
a whole the boost of confidence that they effort, Like
maybe they're bored. They didn't pay together long enough to
be bored. Supporting cast hasn't played well enough long enough
to be quote they did it for a Jay Reddick
has done this for four months, and most of it
he was just mad at you. They did it for
a month.
Speaker 1 (13:34):
Hey, we everything moves at warp speed now in the world, right,
a month is like two seasons.
Speaker 2 (13:39):
Now, Oh, we got it. We got We hadn't that
great ten games stretch all Star break. We're done.
Speaker 1 (13:43):
There was no assimilation period. Luca came in right away.
He and Lebron had chemistry, right, I don't have to
worry about it and work. It's not like the Knicks
where something it's we didn't know what to do if
Jalen Brunson's not on the floor, No, they're fine, Like
they're bored. They're bored and and every everything will be fine.
If this is the biggest problem the Lakers have as all,
we don't show up in games against Orlando.
Speaker 2 (14:01):
Yeah, I get it. They're bored, they want they're ready
for the playoffs to start. They can see it. It's fine.
Is this your way to like beg for box of lads?
Absolutely show up here? No no, no, no, no, no
no no.
Speaker 1 (14:09):
Because the thing is if they lose happening, JJ Redick
would get more upset at me.
Speaker 2 (14:13):
So it's okay, it'd be more you'd be more mad.
Speaker 1 (14:17):
In fact, JJ redd is going to be more mad
at me because I know in his post game he's
probably ripping the Lakers a new one. And then to
turn on the radio and hear me say.
Speaker 2 (14:24):
Everything is fine. Everything. Don't worry about it talking about
defense rotation. It's all fine. Bench productivity and you're rose
colored glasses. Everything is fine, man, Everything is fine. Just
twist that night. But by the way, I think everything's
just to punctuate the step and anything. He was reminded
(14:44):
that lebron fans vote to.
Speaker 1 (14:48):
Maybe they'll be titled his next book and mine one's
one fifteen banner night at the United Center.
Speaker 2 (14:54):
Hang it up.
Speaker 1 (14:56):
They're sewing it right now, they're getting it. Let's get ready.
We got we got to have something to bring people.
Speaker 2 (15:01):
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any given day, right because it might not be there tomorrow.
I got there might not be there tomorrow.
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Speaker 2 (15:25):
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right now. They led their game here against Mississippi State
eleven to zering.
Speaker 2 (17:44):
It is thirteen to two.
Speaker 1 (17:46):
However, Juju Watkins was just carried off the floor after
what looks like a right knee injury. She went down
on the court. She was looked at for a couple
of minutes. They didn't even try to stand her up.
She was carried off the floor with trainers and help
her supporting her under her legs, and it was not
(18:09):
a good scene. She looked like she was in a
lot of pain. You could see the grimace on her face. Again,
looked like it was a knee injury to her right knee.
Had to be carried off the floor. She was ushered
off really quickly. The game is in commercial right now.
We'll keep you updated as much as we can on it.
She was coming down on a fast break and just
(18:29):
crumpled and the pain you could see her and right
away had her hands on her face. She is yelling
this was gonna wind up being what looked like was
going to be a breakaway layup. She had two defenders
that she was trying to split, but it looked like
she just fell again. We're looking for a big video
of this and a replay as it comes in. We
(18:51):
will continue to keep you posted on this. We've not
seen any big angles on it right now, although we're
just seeing the replay now and it looks like her
right knee just kind of buckles and she grabs it
right away. Here's the best player in college basketball coming down,
making making a plant. You can see the grimace as
she falls. It's almost like her knee just gave out.
(19:12):
And this is what we're seeing right now. Again, we'll
have more on this in a few minutes.
Speaker 2 (19:16):
Steve J. Saga, we'll have more again.
Speaker 1 (19:17):
Juju Watkins carried off the floor just a few moments
ago in USC's game against Mississippi State. Again, more in
this in a few minutes, but joining us now in
the hot line. We had a big day in the NFL.
One player is announcing himself as the number one overall pick.
Cam Ward's pro day was pretty good, even had a
little bit of trash talk for the Titans representatives, who
(19:38):
are there?
Speaker 2 (19:39):
Is he going number one overall? With us now in
the hot line?
Speaker 1 (19:42):
Longtime NFL insider Odyssey Washington Post one oh five to seven,
the fan in Baltimore, it is Jason locking for a Jay.
Speaker 2 (19:49):
What's happening, Bud?
Speaker 3 (19:50):
What's going on? Gentlemen?
Speaker 1 (19:52):
Uh So cam Woard does the whole Hey, I'm gonna
roll on my weak side and throw the ball seventy
yards downfield. Everybody loves him. Good pro day for cam Ward?
Is he going number one? Like? Is this going to happen?
Work and the Titans are something crazy happened.
Speaker 2 (20:07):
At number one.
Speaker 3 (20:09):
I mean, there's always a possibility, but no, I think
this is looking increasingly like a fad of complete And
you know, they hired Byan Callahan a year ago, a
quarterback guy. They kind of thrust this mister Mayo thing
on him and wanted to make that try to work
(20:31):
for a year. This is not an NFL starter, and
maybe down the road will be an NFL starter, But
you know, this team's kind of been in quarterback purgatory
for a while really, since you know, they moved on
from Tannahill and since he you know, stug to hit
youll a little bit. So, yeah, they're drafting a quarterback,
and I don't think they're going to be getting cute
(20:51):
and trading down and doing I don't think anybody's going
to come up and pay a premium. And I think
they want this quarterback inarticular. So sometimes it just is
what it is, and that's what this is looking like.
Speaker 2 (21:06):
And then shortly thereafter we hear Shador Sanders name caled
and he becomes a member of the Giants to hang
out with Jameis Winston.
Speaker 3 (21:15):
You know, I just don't know about that owner, you know,
and he kind of has a certain style of quarterback
and I don't know, but he's going to be cool
with this and if he's not, it's not going to happen.
And so we're still early in the process in terms
of that. These kids are just making their rounds now,
you know, moving into the thirty top thirty visits, and
(21:38):
I'm just not sure about that. Like they've clearly abstained
from drafting quarterbacks. It's kind of become part of their brand,
and they've kind of been stucking their sort of own
holding patterns in terms of really hitting the reboot button
and falling in love with a kid and being willing
(21:59):
to do it. They should have, you know, drafted somebody
like Tenix a year ago. They had again, plenty of
opportunities to do things, and they talk themselves out of it.
And I think it goes back to this owner. And
I don't know, man, I'm not positive that the Browns
don't take your door standers. The Giants certainly could. I
(22:21):
just don't know if that's going to ultimately be a fit.
And do they just punt for another year, do they
take one, you know, at the top of the second
round and you know, try to get cute that way.
I could kind of see that. Maybe they do something
day two. I just don't know if that's the fit.
Speaker 1 (22:41):
I think it'll be Eli Manning every week calling Arch
and saying, hey, you know, come come to the Giants.
Wh I had a great time here. You'll love it here.
The Giants are gonna go o in seventeen this year,
it'll be great. Don't worry. The March for Art will
be on in New York.
Speaker 3 (22:54):
Well don't. But that's like that's what they like. I
could totally see that. I mean, you know, they're not
very good at executing the tank and they end up
winning you know, games that they certainly win at the
end and screw themselves. But Arch Manning, Yeah, like that's
that's the kind of blue blooded thing that that owner
could get completely behind. And even if they don't, you know,
(23:14):
they're not in position automatically the draft him. Would they
move up and move Heaven and Earth for something like that?
You know, I mean people forget the whole Eli Manning
thing was trade too, you know, I mean that was
originally a Philip Rivers kind of swap situation. So yeah,
like what I see I just don't know if they
(23:36):
end by day. I mean him can handle a quarterback.
Who's that Brash? Who's just I don't know, man. They
are just such a button up organization and they're so
stuck in their own kakamani bs ways that I don't know, man,
I just don't know that that's going to be the fit.
Speaker 2 (23:54):
Speaking of brash, bowled outspoken pookin Nakua says, Hey, by thirty,
I'm done. I'm gonna do all sorts of great things
coming into year three, and I want to go out
like Aaron Donald on top to where they're still calling me,
I like the cut of his gym. I got to say, Jason.
Speaker 3 (24:10):
I mean this game is not sitting. I mean, despite
with it, you know what the league will sell you
not getting any safer. I mean, it's just not It's
still a violent collision sport played on the same grid
on that new Rockney and guys and a lot of
helmets played on. The players are bigger, faster than ever.
The field of play has not changed one iota. A
lot of the surfaces they play on are still not
(24:32):
merely as safe as they could be, you know, for
natural grass and all that's out of favor. It's an
incredibly brutal sport. And yeah, helmet technology is nice and
this or that, but I can't imagine what you know,
the average fifty five year old former NFL player feels
like a lot of mornings, and these guys, it's an
(24:53):
individual decision, and things like this aren't even uncommon anymore.
I mean, we've seen a lot of guys walk away
in what would be deemed that prime and it's it's
a personal decision and good for him, man, And hopefully
these guys can can smart with the money and get
with the right financial people and be able to try
(25:14):
to turn, you know, a seven to ten year career
into something that conceive their family and the future family
members for generations to come.
Speaker 1 (25:23):
Jay, Well, what happens first? Who Kannakua retires at thirty
or Aaron Rodgers makes his decision on this season.
Speaker 3 (25:30):
I mean, again, like I was wondering if we could
get through this what I'm talking about. I was starting
to feel I was like telling myself, like it might
actually happen, and then I think this effect.
Speaker 1 (25:42):
I shouldn't have said he's got a no hitter through five.
That's my fault.
Speaker 3 (25:46):
Yeah, this look I again, I mean, are people waiting
for it? I don't know. I think he's he doesn't
understand that like these no one there is no negotiations,
but nobody's upping their me that there aren't multiple teams
throwing things at him. This is unlike anything he's ever
experienced before. It is take it or leave it, and
(26:06):
maybe he will, maybe you won't. And if he waits
too long and some of these teams draft somebody or
they trade for Kirk Cousins or whatever, then he might
have even less leverage than he has now. He also
knows that there's not a football game that's going to
be played that matters for a long time. He's a
smart football guy, and there's probably not a whole lot
in playbooks that he doesn't understand or that would take
(26:28):
him a whole long time to pick up. So I
just don't think there's any real rush from anybody. Again,
if you need to tell me, this team is don't
have a quarterback, you need a quarterback, And I would
tell you if they were that serious about him, it
would be it would have happened if anybody really thought
he was absolutely the solution. And this has held up
(26:48):
over three million, five million, seven million whatever. Again, if
you really thought he was a true difference maker at
that position, still.
Speaker 2 (26:56):
He wouldn't still be out there. I just enjoy that.
We're into the psyche cology of you know, which is
the greater of two evils bringing back Russell Wilson, uh
and with Arthur Smith or going behind door number two
and whatever you think of Aaron Rodgers. And then you
mentioned Kirk Cousins still sitting down there. That's got to
be a really uncomfortable room eventually. I mean, yeah, it's
(27:18):
the off season now, but Jason, I is that a
situation that's tenable?
Speaker 3 (27:24):
Well, I mean, look, Aaron Rodgers didn't stick around from
mandatory mini camp last year, so like, do you really fight?
You know, you think he's gonna be an off season
lawyer where he goes, well, this is true. Really you
think it's going to disrupt him, you know what I mean,
climbing pyramids and I don't know, snorting coconuts or whatever
the hell he does. Like, I don't think it's gonna
Like again, I don't think he's gonna put his other
(27:48):
pursuits on hold to throw himself in mind body and
soul at whatever team's paint, especially now it's a pain
and peanuts compared to what they used to. So I
don't I don't know what's worse, you know, having him
show up when he wants to show up and you know,
say ridiculous stuff and start to poison your locker room,
or it's better to hold off as long as possible
(28:09):
and break glass only in any case of an emergency. Hi,
I you know, I don't know.
Speaker 2 (28:15):
Would you rather bring Ryan Tannehill off to scrappy? Yes?
Speaker 3 (28:19):
Absolutely, you got not even nonny. I mean that's yes,
absolutely positively.
Speaker 1 (28:24):
Daily He's on Twitter at Jason lock and for at
Jason Lock and four again Honesty Washington Post one oh
five seven the fan of Baltimore Jay as always, buddy,
thanks so much man, we'll talk.
Speaker 2 (28:35):
To you next week.
Speaker 3 (28:35):
Enjoy my pleasure.
Speaker 2 (28:36):
Thank you, guys, Jason.
Speaker 1 (28:37):
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whole thing about Pooka Nakua, just really quick, is that
it's great, you know, saying today I want to retire
(28:59):
when I'm thirty. Yeah, it's one thing to say that
when you're twenty three, and it because it doesn't seem
real right now. It's not really I can say, oh, yeah, yeah,
I want to do this. That's seven years from now, right,
it's great.
Speaker 2 (29:11):
I don't know how I talk.
Speaker 1 (29:12):
I just I just take this and thing like, Okay,
yeah he says, he says he's gonna retire in seven years.
That's great, and maybe he does, and maybe it's all thang,
but it doesn't even you can't when you say stuff
like that, I go, you don't really even understand what
the world's about right now. Right, you're twenty three, and
you know I want to retire.
Speaker 2 (29:27):
I wanted to. Okay, I get that.
Speaker 1 (29:28):
But when you're saying I want to do this in
seven years, I must be saying in one hundred years,
I'll be trapped in the lamp with with the genie
from Aladdin.
Speaker 2 (29:36):
I'll go get out.
Speaker 1 (29:36):
Every five thousand, fifteen thousand years, Oh I'm out. Fifteen
thousand years for seven years, fifteen thousand years. Like it's
it's it's it's so abstract. It's not like it's one year,
I'm gonna play one more year and retired.
Speaker 2 (29:47):
It's seventy. Oh okay, I'm gonna say, oh, but I
mean the old standard was that you would do the
where do you see yourself in five years?
Speaker 3 (29:53):
Right?
Speaker 2 (29:53):
That was the old lazy interview question, where do you so?
He just did added an extra two. I think you
just to look at it in terms of how how
long of the normal contracts? All right, I want two
more paydays and then I'll be able to walk away.
Speaker 3 (30:06):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (30:07):
Yeah, man, I think that's kind of what he's maybe
going at from a time. It's like I'll get a
three year deal. I'll get a four year deal first
because I'm so young and relatively healthy, and then I'll
have to sign a three year deal. Yeah, a lot
of guaranteed money, uh, but shorter term and yeah that
then I can go out.
Speaker 4 (30:24):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (30:25):
I think he's gonna realize, Oh, I think I could
get one more contract out of it.
Speaker 2 (30:28):
I think I might be able to get one more
contract out of thirty.
Speaker 4 (30:31):
Oh.
Speaker 1 (30:31):
I think I could make another fifty million dollars. Might
be able to do that.
Speaker 2 (30:34):
Well, look, you could keep doing that and maybe he'll
hold the Rams hostage.
Speaker 1 (30:38):
Like Stafford did tell me how to find out what's
trending in the wide world of sports.
Speaker 2 (30:42):
My man, who's been called the Puka Nakua of.
Speaker 1 (30:44):
Fox Sports Radio, really he understood that once he turned thirty,
his career was over.
Speaker 2 (30:48):
It's Steve Disager might have passed that number. That decision
may already have been made.
Speaker 5 (30:54):
Unfortunately, we did have potentially an awful injury in the
women's basketball national term tonight for USC. Juju Watkins averages
twenty five points a game. Saturday, in the first round
lopsided win, she appeared to hurt her left leg maybe knee.
She was limping tonight. She was carried off the court
with a right knee injury. She was in great pain
(31:16):
on the court after she went down, seeming to crumple
to the court as if the leg or knee gave
out her as she was driving the lane on a
fast break double team. Don't expect to see Watkins again
Tonight's and unfortunately we're not expecting great news once they
do give it USC for what it's worth is leading
twenty eight to eight over Mississippi State end of the
(31:39):
first quarter at sc Tonight, Maryland in double overtime won
one eleven to oneh eight against Alabama, forty five points
for Alabama Sarah Ashley Barker. Maryland was down seventeen late
third quarter. Next up Maryland against one seed South Carolina
in the Sweet sixteen. Man Sweet sixteen starts Thursday night
with Alabama against by You Florida. Maryland is an early
(32:02):
game on Thursday. Texas has a new basketball coach on
the men's side at Sean Miller from Xavier, taking over
for the fired Rodney Terry. Iowa has hired Drakes Ben
McCollum as head coach. Minnesota's new coach Nico medvid from
Colorado State. He's from Minneapolis.
Speaker 1 (32:18):
You and l the guest of the show. We had
him on last year. Nico Meddick. Yeah, he was on
the show last year with US after they won.
Speaker 5 (32:24):
Boy they got hot late season in the Mountain West,
and now he moves on to his home state. UNLV
will reportedly get Josh Passner as head coach. Columbia hired
Florida assistant Kevin Hovdy as head coach. He's a former
Columbia assistant in the past. Virginia introduced new coach Ryan
Odum from VCU, and former Sacramento Kings guard Mike Bibbi
(32:45):
is the new coach at Sacramento State. He had coached
high school ball in Arizona in the past.
Speaker 2 (32:50):
We have two late.
Speaker 5 (32:51):
Games in the NBA that started about a half an
hour ago at Sacramento. It's Celtics thirty one twenty nine
over the King's early second quarter, and Mantis Sabonis of
Sacramento has returned after a sprained ankle. Jalen Brown of
the Celtics is playing after a bruce knee. Boston has
won five straight. It's the Bucks leading at the end
of one thirty to twenty five at Phoenix and still
(33:13):
going mid third quarter at Denver Bulls leading the Nuggets
eighty five eighty two for Denver. Nikola Jokic out again
for a fifth straight game with the bad ankle. The
team said Joki should return during this homestand of theirs
victories for Dallas and New Orleans, wins for Toronto and Indiana,
which is won five straight. Or Orlando beat the Lakers one
eighteen to one OZH six despite thirty two points from
(33:35):
Luka Doncic and twenty four from Lebron James in the NHL.
Among the four games we have right now at Dallas,
still a two to nothing lead in the final minutes,
Stars over the Minnesota Wild. The Tennessee Titans signed kicker
Joey sli and the Titans attended the University of Miami's
Pro day featuring quarterback cam Ward Coach Ken Wizenhunt of
Memphis of the UFL is stepping aside for personal reasons.
(33:58):
That Spring League starts this Friday. On Fox TV, Beck
to you, Thank.
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You, Steve.
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The Jason Smith Show with Mike Carmon live from the
tyrec dot Com studios. Coming up next, we'll break down
what could be an absolutely devastating injury. The best player
in college basketball just got hurt. Juju Watkins her knee injury.
Break it down, give you more details on it as
they come in. That's next, right here, Jason and Mike
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Well tonight, the women's tournament taking center stage, and unfortunately
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a story center stage that we wish we didn't have
to talk about. Uh USC leads Mississippi State right now
in the second round pretty comfortably thirty five fourteen. They
have led pretty big throughout. However, Juju Watkins, the best
player in the country, left the game earlier in the
first half in a heap after coming down awkwardly on
(35:13):
her right leg on a fast break. We're going to
play the sound for you and you can hear. You
can hear the silence. As soon as Juju Watkins goes down,
the entire arena is basically understanding that something bad just happened.
Here's the Juju Watkins play. Tied it up, took it away,
more great defense from the Trojans, and Watkins goes down
(35:35):
hard and she's grabbing her right knee quickly, grimacing in pain,
silence right away, right away, everybody knew something bad happened.
And ESPN on the call, she was yelling and screaming
on the floor. It was really difficult and it was
hard to see and seeing this replay now, a bunch
(35:57):
of times she's coming down on the brake and there's
a defender on either side of her, and it looks
like she's trying to stop and plant to make her
last couple of steps to the bucket right because she
gets inside, she gets inside the lane. This is where
I stop and make my get my two slow steps
to go in for the layup or get a foul,
go to the free throw.
Speaker 2 (36:17):
Dish to a teammate who's on the brake with right exactly, yeah,
or but it looks like she's dribbling.
Speaker 1 (36:23):
And I don't want to say it was out of control,
but she was dribbling. It looked like she was trying
to dribble past everybody. But she wasn't going to like
sometimes you're dribbling, you know, I'm gonna be past everybody.
But it looked like she was moving really fast, so
maybe stopping maybe she you know, she could have slowed
down a little bit earlier, knowing, Okay, I'm not gonna
dribble by both of these players. They just have the
(36:44):
they have the lane on me right now, and she
comes down just to stop on her right foot. And
the angle that i'd say, the angle that will that
shows this I don't recommend watching it is the angle
from behind. That's the iso of her dribbling down the floor.
If you're picturing this where she's coming down the floor
and she's dribbling away from you. She comes down and
(37:05):
takes a step and her right knee just completely dips
to the to the left, and it looks it looks
really really bad, and it was right for that. She
hits the ground. She grabs her knee right away in
a lot of pain. Again, we don't know what the
outcome of this is. She's being looked at right now,
(37:26):
but clearly I don't believe she's gonna be coming back
in the game tonight, and who knows what her future is.
You're starting to think now, usc the NCAA tournament, the
WNBA season, she'd be the number one overall pick and
nate because they start, you know, forty eight hours after
the National Championship game, ends and all good thoughts for her.
She's hanging out with Jayden Daniels, who was at the
game tonight to watch her play again. And I mean,
(37:49):
this is just it's it's such a it's such a
sad story because she's so good and she's such hey
grabbing that torch from Caitlin Clark and carrying it through
and USC number one team here and they the only
team to beat UCLA. They beat them twice. And she's
had such an incredible season and she's next. Her and
Page Beckers are next. They're the next two superstars hit
(38:10):
the WNBA to say, Okay, we got it. And now
I'm just hoping she'd get back on the floor. I'm
hoping it's just some kind of some kind of kneat,
you know, just just a knee injury where she's able
to take a couple of weeks and then maybe get
back on the floor. But I'll tell you, it looked,
it looked really bad that step and all of a sudden,
(38:31):
her knee just completely buckles all the way to the left,
very unnaturally and right down in the heap and did
not walk off the floor. She was picked up and
carried off the floor. She was still screaming in pain
and a lot of agony. And again that was about
twenty five minutes ago, and we're, you know, obviously waiting
for an update on this. But seeing that angle from behind,
I'd said, huh, you know, you always want to think
(38:52):
maybe maybe maybe maybe it's a little bit of a
hyper extension, you think. But see that angle from behind,
I said, oh man, that's and that's not good.
Speaker 2 (38:59):
Well that's it us watching it live as it transpired,
like from your sideline angle, like, all right, it's an injury.
She goes down, maybe there's enough contact to take her down,
but clearly immediately clutching the knee's like, all right, there's
more to it. And then you get that ISO shot
that you described that is from the other under the
(39:22):
basket stanchion, which gives you the full run of her
driving up the court and leaves you a bit queasy.
Certainly not repeated viewings of that, And you're not gonna
get that angle on the television the way we do
things in twenty twenty five either. I mean, it took
a while before you saw a replay of the live
shot rather than alternate angles. But for Juju Watkins, to
(39:45):
your point. She and Paige Becker's a lot of discussion
the last couple of days of you know, why isn't
she getting the run. It's like, no, she is. She's
She's gotten plenty of run. You know, folks need to
calm down on some of that stuff. Plenty of nil
Norse Pitt's Literally we just saw a commercial break that
had two Juju Watkins spots in it. So she's certainly
(40:06):
getting her run and her greatness is recognized. But you know,
the difficult part to all of it is just how
quickly this process works into the next season. Seems like
we've been waiting forever for the WNBA to come back
after that initial run from Clark, Reese and company. So
(40:27):
look camera Brink coming back off a big injury, right,
waiting for her to really become a member of the Sparks.
So for Juju Watkins, think great anticipation that you didn't
get these inevitable matchups of the stars to help carry
the women's game again. So best thoughts to her that
you know, it's just that, hey, it gave out, like
her body didn't round one right. She's been battling a
(40:49):
number of injuries going to the locker room, so you know,
best thoughts for her.
Speaker 1 (40:53):
We'll keeping it up. Prized of it again. Thirty eight
to fourteen, so USC really in no danger this game
against Mississippi State. All thoughts on Juju Watkins and again,
as soon as we have an update, we'll bring it
to you. But she's been in the locker room now
for the better part of the last half hour. There's
been no footage of her. There's been no update of her.
I will keep this is the biggest story of the night,
(41:16):
to keep going on it throughout the rest of the show.
Jason Smith Mike Harmon live from the tirac dot Com studios.
Coming up next, we have more big stuff out of
the end. See AA tournament from this weekend. Maybe we're
talking about the wrong guy last week being the best
coaching college
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