April 26, 2025 • 42 mins
When Luka got traded to the Lakers, we said one of the reasons it'd work is because LeBron could save his moments - and reminders of his greatness - for the playoffs, when he re-asserts himself as the Lakers best player. And that is 100% what's going on right now.
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we'll get back into the NFL in a minute, but
just to let you know what's happening right now in
the Mark Key NBA Game of the night, there's about
six minutes to go in the fourth quarter, so still
a lot of basketball left to play. The t Wolves
lead the Lakers one hundred to ninety nine. All right,
this has been a huge day Minnesota. Anthony Edwards has
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twenty two, McDaniels has twenty four. Devincenzo has a couple
of threes. He's got ten off the bench. But Lebron
James with thirty five tonight, ten rebounds, four assists and
two steals is doing this all by himself. You heard
Steve Disager bring us a report earlier Luka Doncic suffering
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from illness. Is it is clearly not the same Luca
out there tonight. He's five out of fifteen from the floor.
He even looks a step slower in then he not daries,
which is something for Luca, did you But this is
what Lebron is doing. He is doing it all by himself.
Now another three for Lebron, make it thirty eight, ten
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and four. And this is even though right now here
we're sitting where it's still again still five and a
half minutes left to go. The te Wolves have the
lead by three, and you know they could be going
up to one. They won. They split the first two
games in La. This is another thing we told you
that is the big beneficiary of getting Luca donch for
the Lakers. I'm gonna go way back to when the
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Lakers made the trade for Luca. And what did I say?
The best thing about the playoffs was gonna be for Lebron?
Right here? Hey, how's Lebron gonna share the court and
all of the attention with Luca? Luca's gonna be the
number one guy? Had Lebron's never not been the number
one guy? And what did we tell you back then? Hey,
Lebron's wanted to play with Luca his whole career. All right,
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Lebron knows. Hey, I'm forty years old, I'm near in
the end, Lucas twenty five, I get it. He is
eminently okay with Luca getting the spotlight, right, they trade
for Luca, Luca plays regular season, everything is great. When
did we tell you Lebron was gonna say? Okay, just
to give you all a reminder, this is real my
team right as a way to do it on the floor,
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it was gonna be in the playoffs. Hey, Luca, you're great.
We'll rely on you. But when we need it, wait
till you see what I could still do, because I'm
gonna remind you pretty often in the playoffs that this
is still the guy. I end that I'm forty years
old and I can go thirty eight ten four and two,
with still half of the fourth quarter left to go.
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When the final result is written on this game, that
it's gonna be. Wow. Look at Lebron, look at what
he can still do. So he's okay, and that's why
this works. Hey, I'm okay. With Luca getting a lot
of the limelight and the attention, that's great, that's great.
He helps us win, he's great. It's awesome. The way
they play together, the chemistry that Lebron and Luca have
is great. But when it comes to it in the playoffs,
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I'm gonna show you. Hey, remember this is who I am,
and that's exactly what has been happening so far, and
it's exactly what's happening to now Jay soon.
Speaker 3 (03:52):
The other thing to all of this is there's no downside.
Speaker 1 (03:55):
It's the first time in Lebron James life to where
it's successfor failure is not on him. He's second on.
Speaker 3 (04:03):
The depth chart.
Speaker 1 (04:04):
It is all about seventy seven and what he does
game the game.
Speaker 3 (04:10):
Lebron's a co pilot and all of this.
Speaker 1 (04:14):
Yeah, but now he's becoming the popo. No no, no.
But from the larger perception side, we're not doing the
Lebron legacy.
Speaker 3 (04:22):
Nonsense this year.
Speaker 4 (04:23):
Now it's all about whether Luca and Nico and everything
else that's in the foreground, that's everything we're paying attention to.
Speaker 1 (04:31):
Lebron just gets to go to work. It's gotta be
the greatest, most freeing experience of his life. Yeah. I
don't know that he gets to go to work as
much as Hey, I'll let Tom Hanks be the captain
for a while, but then when he really then I'm
the one that comes in and says, I'm the captain now, right, No, no, no,
that's fine, Lebron. Hey, I'm the captain now.
Speaker 3 (04:50):
Okay, ye, maybe I'm maybe I'm not making myself clear.
Speaker 1 (04:54):
He can do what he wants on the court, I'm
saying from the outside looking in, whether he scores thirty
eight or twelve, it's all about what Luca does right
now in the larger narrative of the NBA playoffs, right,
because the trade was because he was gonna be lazy
and inefficient on defense and he's going to somehow choke
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it away.
Speaker 4 (05:15):
So now everybody's waiting with baited breath. Is Vco right
was he or do we continue to hate him? On
a whole other level. The Lebron oxygen isn't there.
Speaker 1 (05:26):
It's it's a case of for Lebri it's a different
it's a different atmosphere. Right when it was Lebron and Ad,
it was always well, hey, you know, yeah, both of
these guys, and Ad could really be the one and
he should be the one, and Lebron is ready to
sede to him because he's that talented. But it never
really never really manifested itself played out the way. It
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was still well, if they lose, its Lebron's fault. Okay, great,
now when you play here, not to think about it.
It would be, hey, Luca shows up and let's just,
you know, just to back off it a little bit here,
because I still think it's gonna be Lebron. Is that
if this Lakers series ends with a loss, right, is
Luca gonna get the blame or is it gonna be Well,
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it's Luca's first series, first playoff with the Lakers. He's
still trying to figure out what it is where he
fits leading the team. It was invaluable experience for him.
Look at what Luca god coming in learning what it's
like to put on the purple and gold arm and
be a Laker. Lebron Lebron should have won. Lebron should
Lebron should have won. When it comes to the playoffs,
it's still gonna be Lebron. It's still gonna come down
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to it's Lebron's fault. They win or they lose. And
that's why he knows. In the playoffs, this is where
I reassert myself that I'm the true number one on
this team.
Speaker 5 (06:36):
Good.
Speaker 4 (06:37):
It's just like with the stuff, there's plenty of folks
in the media that'll do a lot of crying for
him one way or the other. Hi, guys, Sanders.
Speaker 1 (06:55):
Can you imagine if you go back to what would
you say back to, Uh, we can't go back more
than a year. If you go back to before the
NBA Draft last year, where Shador Sanders is coming off
of that that that phenomenal last year, and he would say, Okay,
what do I tell you? Go to the odds that
in a year Bronnie James gets drafted and Shador Sanders
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does it? Like, what kind of odds would I have
gotten in advanced second round?
Speaker 5 (07:20):
Really?
Speaker 1 (07:21):
I mean, really, who who would get drafted earlier in
the draft Bronnie James Orcherdor Sanders with alt come on,
give me, I'm not I'll give you whatever you want
on that whatever, like the Todd Furman line. Smith, Ok,
you whatever line you want, I'll give you whatever you
want on that one. And whatever you want. You want
a million to one, you want five, I'll give you
that five million, whatever you want, and some.
Speaker 3 (07:38):
Next level stuff right now though.
Speaker 4 (07:41):
And I know we're talking to NBA, so I'm not
going to go back into this, but yeah, I mean
we got Hockey Action, we got NBA Action, we got
Skeens and Yamamoto. We're now deep into the game, We're
into the seventh so man, we got a lot. We're
jugging a lot of stuff here.
Speaker 1 (07:58):
But that is like percent what is happening right now.
That is one hundred percent what's going on right now.
Speaker 4 (08:04):
Well, the fact that we're talking about Luca having problems
with this digestive track today, it means, hey, lebron wait,
we're gonna we're gonna need a little more from you.
I Mean, I know Ruy's got the mask in all,
but we're gonna need some more from you.
Speaker 1 (08:21):
Uh. You know, the one thing I've seen tonight, you
know that's been a big uh. I would say commonplace
over the course of the games we're watching tonight is
the physicality of certain teams like the Orlando Magic, who
I think got called for what eleven flagrant fowls tonight
in the game against the Celtics. Right, how physical they
are with Boston saying, hey, we're gonna try to push
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you around it at work they won the game tonight.
How physical and how in your face the Tea Wolves
are being tonight. It's more of a hey, the Lakers
over corrected after game one, and now the Tea Wolves
are over correcting after game two. So the physicality that
we're seeing throughout some of the teams tonight, who needed
to send a message, that's been a big thing. And
again in these two games I just mentioned there. I mean, yeah,
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one hundred percent. You can see the t Tools are
a different team from last game, and you see so
where the Orlando match night they were different than last game.
Speaker 4 (09:11):
I gotta love the the fact that we've got some
play playoff, the throwback.
Speaker 3 (09:15):
Kind of games going on. Right.
Speaker 4 (09:17):
Everybody wanted that physicality, saying too soft. Everybody loves each.
Speaker 3 (09:21):
Other, sometimes not so much. Has the NBA gave in
the Pistons the game back.
Speaker 1 (09:26):
Yet no, had they have they Gaven? Did you say, Gavin,
did you.
Speaker 3 (09:30):
Really given he got across?
Speaker 1 (09:34):
No? No, because they almost gave it to him illegally
last night by.
Speaker 3 (09:37):
Seeing cross mid court.
Speaker 1 (09:39):
You didn't know they didn't get the rebound. Here you
go inbound with five five tens a second league games.
They explained why market zero. He didn't have control of
the basketball, so they did. That's why they didn't call it. Instead,
they decided to make it up for him on the
court and go, oh, we'll give you the basketball for
a side out with half a second left to go,
even the game should have been over.
Speaker 4 (10:01):
Well on the plus side, I mean that triple play
went your way, So I mean it really the balance
in the force.
Speaker 1 (10:06):
The triple play did not go my way. So we'll
have more on the shud Or Sanders aspect of things
coming up later on. Again, undrafted tonight, but another quarterback
big in the news today because we saw this and look,
they made all kinds of headlines last night in the
draft by drafting Jackson Dart. The Giants came out today
and Joe Shane said Russell Wilson is our starter. Right,
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We're gonna stop this right now. Russell Wilson is our starter,
and I'm gonna come out and I'm gonna say yeah,
and then I'm gonna give you all a little bit
of Dolores Umbridge from Harry Potter. Five for now, for now. Yes,
Russell Wilson's the starter, but Jackson Dart is drafted in
the first round. The Giants drafted into the first round
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to get him. It's different from the Packers drafting Jordan
Love to light a fire under Aaron Rodgers, who was
still an elite player because BESTK scenario was exactly what
we saw. Hey, they got two MVP seasons out of
Aaron Rodgers. They got rid of him at the right time.
Now they have their own quarterback who's a franchise quarterback.
But when you draft a guy and you move up
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to get him in the first round, he has to play,
especially in New York. So Russell Wilson, he's gonna start.
This is how the season's gonna go. He will start
out the starter. He will begin the season under center,
and he'll get a month ish to prove that he
can still start. This is not gonna be Mike Tomlins saying,
no matter what I see, Russ, you're my guy because
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you know how to know what I'm doing a quarterback.
So no matter what I see, you're my guy. Now,
this is gonna be after a month. If Wilson's playing well, Hey,
things are going well, we'll keep going right that we
don't care. We'll care of plays. It's okay. Jackson Dart
can still sit and learn. But he's gonna get a month.
And if he's not playing well, if the Giants aren't
playing well, and they probably won't be because the Giants
need a quarterback and they're gonna be terrible this year.
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What are the lowest odds in the NFL to reach
a Super Bowl? Jackson Dart will start sometime in early October. Right,
The worst lie teams tell themselves is that this guy
is not gonna play this year. Okay, what do we
hear last year? Michael Pennix is not playing this year? Yeah, okay,
he's gonna start by the middle of the season. We
told we were the show that told you everybody else, No, no, no,
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you got he's gonna play by the middle ish part
of the season. Because they draft him in the top
ten quarterbacks don't sit that way.
Speaker 4 (12:22):
Well, if Kirk didn't go one touchdown, nine interceptions, he
wound six week period seen the field, he.
Speaker 1 (12:28):
Wound up shocked, he wound up side. We told you,
we told you what was gonna happen, and it's right.
Guys draft in the first round have to play. And
he's going to play because Russell Wilson is near the end.
He has been signed to be a caretaker quarterback to
get you to the next guy, no matter what he
thinks his career is at, no matter where he's at,
and high knees at thirty thousand feet not happening, right,
So he's gonna play quarter If the Giants start out
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great and he plays great, he'll keep the job. But
the minute they go into a two to three game
slump and they're not winning, and suddenly Russell Wilson's weekly
stats are one hundred and seventy nine yards passing and
a touchdown and a pick, guess why Jackson Dart's coming
in and playing. That's just how it's gonna go. You
don't keep that guy on the bench. I remember when
the Giants drafted Daniel Jones and Gettleman said, yeah, he
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might not see the field for us for three years. Like, dude,
you should be fired just for that because you know
that's not happening. And Daniel Choate started right away, So
I mean that's how it's gonna go. Yes, Wilson, we'll start.
Jackson Dart will be the second guy starting, second quarterback
starting in the NFL this year because obviously cam Ward
will come in and start right away, and then Jackson
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Dart will get a job. He with the next rookie
starting a quarterback this year. Yeah, as soon as Brian
Dables sees his job evaporating like the Fano snap and
you're turning to Dust. Oh, mother, gotta go to him,
Gotta go to him. There's not nothing else I could do.
We have to do it. We have to do it.
That means you and not even giving Jamis a chance.
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NFL Draft. The Lakers trail the Tea Wolves one oh six,
one oh three. Still a lot of time left, just
over three minutes left here in the fourth quarter. Off.
More on this coming up next as we get into
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the way tire buying should be. So about a buck
twenty left to go in the fourth quarter and the
t Wolves lead the Lakers one eleven, one oh four.
The Lakers have not had a field goal in the
last three and a half minutes. Now. We talked about
Lebron James a few minutes ago and about the superhuman
game he's putting on tonight. He did, However, there was
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a coach's challenge a couple of moments ago on a
foul on Edwards with a drive from Ruy Hachimor, and
these guys have been going at it with each other
the entire night. The Wolves wind up winning the Challenge,
so okay, But in the Challenge, Lebron is on the
floor laughing hysterically with Anthony Edwards and Mike Conley Junior,
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who has come off the bench. Like this is not
just hey, what's up? What's up? Like it's like they're
telling jokes and like they're they're they're giggling with each
other and Lebron. It's like it's a preseason game. Now. Obviously, look,
Lebron is Lebron, but man, there's two minutes left in
the game and you could be going down two to
one here. That's not gonna be a great optic after
the game is over. Now, I'm not sitting here saying, oh, Lebron, no,
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but just understand there's good optics and bad optics. And hey,
you know with two minutes left in the game, where
everybody is bent over grabbing their shorts, going this is
a big This has been a physical game. Here's Lebron
laughing and he's kind of grabbing Mike Conley Junior and
shaking his shoulder and laughing with Anthony Edwards, and it
looks like he was agreeing with Anthony Edwards. It's probably
not gonna be a foul. Like it was like they're
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having a.
Speaker 3 (17:32):
Good time, James junk talk.
Speaker 4 (17:35):
It's not it, that's not a great I think it
literally was junk talk.
Speaker 3 (17:39):
Though.
Speaker 4 (17:40):
I think it was all about the thing that Edwards
got fined over exactly, and I think they were talking
about that, you know, now they're comparing Yeah, but.
Speaker 1 (17:48):
Okay, there's two minutes left in the game and you're
down seven, all right, and you're downside.
Speaker 4 (17:53):
And then he got in his head because Lebron then
fired up a twenty four foot three point shot feel
advice shot that.
Speaker 3 (18:01):
Went off the side of the backboard, and he was distracted.
Speaker 1 (18:04):
Yeah, and then and now Anthony Edwards decided, Hey, I'm
playing this into a big three for now, a ten
point lead with a minute six left to go, and
he's playing to the crowd with his hands up going ay.
So it looks like the Tea Wolves are coming out
of this with a victory. And I'm sure that'll be
a question for Lebron following the game. Sure that's gonna
happen again. Nine point lead for the Wolves with a
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minute six left to go. Again, the Lakers at the
end of this game. As great as Lebron was, he
was terrific tonight. They have not scored in the last
three and a half minutes. And look, you got a
couple of storylines coming off of this. It's gonna be
Lebron with that incredible night and Luka Doncic with a
really subpar game. Not feel he still had a poison
in that line. Yeah, still a pretty good stat line.
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But what we're dealing with some sort of illness, some
sort of stomach illness.
Speaker 3 (18:50):
But that's the thing.
Speaker 1 (18:51):
What what?
Speaker 3 (18:52):
What was the food choice in Minnesota?
Speaker 1 (18:56):
Uh?
Speaker 2 (18:56):
Conceivable?
Speaker 1 (18:57):
What do you think happened? Nico Harrison put on a
fake mustache and delivered room service to Luca's room.
Speaker 4 (19:03):
That's what at Swollen Dome at how about a fresca
at Fox Sports Radio?
Speaker 1 (19:09):
Wasn't the bad POI I don't know, but a difficult
night for Luca just six of sixteen. Did finish with
seven boards, eight assists, seventeen.
Speaker 5 (19:20):
No.
Speaker 1 (19:20):
Look, his his numbers look okay, but he was at
zero impact.
Speaker 3 (19:22):
On the Oh, he's minus eleven. He had plenty of
them poisoned.
Speaker 1 (19:26):
Yeah, I guess poison conspiracy theories all abound. He was poisoned.
Oh no, he was poisoned. That's what happened. I know,
we have to call out of Silver. He needs to
investigate this roll.
Speaker 2 (19:40):
That's it.
Speaker 4 (19:40):
I mean, look, the Lakers still shooting forty nine percent
from the field today, seventeen to thirty eight three point range.
Speaker 1 (19:47):
Do the fuzzy math forty four point seven. They did
miss seven of their twenty free throws, and that's not
good for business. Look, not squad, Look you can't. You
can't get to the final four minutes of the fourth quarter.
Not square of course. That's really that's really what it is.
You can you can say all you want. It's a
tie game. It's a back and forth game on the
other team's floor with a couple of with with you know,
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five or six minutes left to go. This is what
you want. This is where you're expecting to be, and instead,
this big drought is going to mean an l for
the Lakers. It's a twelve point lead with thirty eight
seconds left to go. The Tea Wolves are gonna be
up two games to one, joining us now on the
hot line to break this down and more. Check them
out on substack. Longtime NBA inside in front of the show,
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Mark Stein, He's on Twitter at the steinline. Mark, Happy Friday, man.
How you doing.
Speaker 5 (20:36):
I'm good, I'm good. How you guys hold him up?
Speaker 3 (20:38):
Good?
Speaker 1 (20:38):
Thanks, we're holding up. We're trying to see if Nico
Harrison delivered food to Luca before the game. Uh, since
he's been dealing with the stomach ise, we're trying to
see if that happened. I don't know if you can
you have any any pole can figure that out or not.
Speaker 5 (20:52):
I have not heard that one one?
Speaker 1 (20:57):
All right, So what's your big takeaway from tonight? Look,
the Will were physical. It's been a big game for Anthony,
a big game for Lebron. But look, big game from
Edwards and McDaniels as well. What's your takeaway from tonight?
Speaker 5 (21:08):
Well, this is really a situation where the Wolves had
to deliver and the Wolves had to finish this way.
And look, they've been a really underrated team all season.
I think we talked about this last week. You know,
there's only in the regular season there were only four
teams in the top ten in both offense and defense,
and the Wolves were one of those four and the
other three were the sixty win teams in this league Thunder, Cavaliers, Celtics.
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So on that level, the Wolves are in very exclusive company.
But look, finishing games has been an issue for them.
Holding leads has been an issue for them. So for
them to win in this fashion, to take advantage of
home court, to take the lead, to withstand Lebron going
for thirty eight, and for Anthony Edwards to finish with
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a flourish these are all good signs and what you'd
expect the Wolves to do in this situation because obviously
Luca's compromised in this situation. Everyone knows he's sick, and
you know, if the Lakers would have found a way
to win this game with Luca in this condition, that
obviously would have been very alarming for Minnesota. So the
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Wolves hold serve tonight. This is a big step for them.
They have seized. I mean control of the series would
be too far, but they you know, they won this
very important Game three. Now let's see, they're going to
go into Game four with a chance to go up
three to one. But I think we would also agree
that lucas probably going to look a lot more like
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Luca in Game four than he did tonight.
Speaker 4 (22:44):
Now I was cheer for chaos inside the white lines
gives us four hours of talking points. Mark and Jason
mentioned the physicality of the game and what the Wolves
are bringing to the table. We've seen that and that's
the euphemism usually for playoff basketball. Am I a recency
bioy or does it seem like there's a bit more
of the physicality across the league in the playoffs this round?
Speaker 5 (23:05):
No, I think a lot of people have been talking
about that, and you would say even complaining about that,
that it has been a physical first round of these playoffs.
But I don't feel like it's I don't feel like
it's an issue that the Lakers haven't been able to
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handle that. I mean, I think the issue more is,
again the Wolves have not been a crunch time team
like we saw tonight and again the way ants and
not only had a few three pointers type, but it
felt like it just felt like every time they spring
him open whenever they need to. And you know this
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this is a good sign. I think this is this
is a step forward for this team that you know
a lot when they's traded and that thing the Wolves
actually set the tone for what a circus of the
season this is. I mean, we don't talk about it
often like that, but it was the Wolves, who their
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best season in twenty years and they trade Karl Anthony
Towns the weekend before training camp, which you know, was
pretty surprising, again because the Wolves are coming off their
most successful season in two decades, so for them to
take that step and a lot of people around the
league thought they took a step back, but you know
they are. They finished seventeen and four to finish the
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regular season. So when you think about the way they've
played in this series, you know, winning Game one in
resounding fashion, finishing tonight off the way they did, you know,
the Wolves are playing their best basketball at the right time.
Speaker 1 (24:48):
Mark Stein, NBA Insider, our guest Jason Smith, Mike Carbon
Live from the tirec dot Com studios. All right, So,
speaking the physicality we saw tonight, you want to say
physicality the Celtics lose Game three to or I think
Orlando got called for seventeen flagrant fouls in the game.
Was this just Orlando winning one on their home floor?
Was this hey, they could maybe give the Celtics a
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little bit of problems here.
Speaker 5 (25:13):
Look, I don't think it's time to worry yet because
I don't think we're going to see Tatum and Brown
have the turnover issues on the same night like we
saw tonight. I mean that really was a huge factor
in the game. But with the Celtics, their two main
guys are playing hurt and that is the concern. I mean,
(25:34):
Derek White appeared to endure a tweak of some sort
tonight as well, so it's just like that. That's really
my concern with Boston. I don't think Orlando has the
shooting to sustain over the course of a whole series
to really trouble these guys. And again, the Celtics were
they hurt themselves hugely with all the turnovers tonight, So
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I mean that was Boston contributing to its own demise.
But just my I my concern for the Celtics would be,
you know, they are just well short of full capacity
health wise, and we are very very early in this
two month grind to get to the finals. So I
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think that's probably the larger concern if I'm looking at
this from a Celtics perspective, staying in.
Speaker 3 (26:24):
The ease, the Bucks get a huge win.
Speaker 4 (26:27):
Did you see a thirty seven point game from Gary
Trent Junior showing up on the no.
Speaker 5 (26:33):
I mean, look, the the Pacers have just repeatedly, you know,
we've talked about before that these teams don't like each other.
There's a lot of spice in this series, but the
I mean, the Pacers have just repeatedly given Milwaukee trouble.
And I mean this was a huge I mean, this
was a I mean this was a legit, must win
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game for the Bucks to save their season and finally
have some success. Yes, you know, the regular season actually
went okay this time, but it's just the Bucks. I mean,
the honest has just been putting up monstrous numbers and
came in tonight, like despite his brilliance, I mean just
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even with Giannis playing the way he's in, I mean,
the first two games they just weren't competitive. So this
is a huge step for the Bucks to get this win.
And look, I think if you go back to the summer,
you know, Gary Trent, like his market just vanished and
the Bucks were able to get him as a minimum
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guy and like, so that was hailed as an amazing
signing when it happened to be able to get him
on such a bargain deal, and he I mean he
does have you know, nobody was expecting a thirty seven
point night, but he does have some flammability and the
ability to go off and look, Milwaukee needs it because
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obviously Dame Lillard is coming back from a very scary injury,
absence of just trying to find his way, and the
Kusma trade, which I actually thought was going to be good.
I really thought he was going to help Milwaukee and
it just has not worked out at all. So for
them to get this kind of performance, they needed it.
They needed. Yannis needs more help. I mean, he is
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superhuman as he is. I mean, it's the same thing
with Jokic in Denver. Jokic just isn't getting enough help
against a really good Clippers team and the pace that
Indiana plays, the way they've built that team around Haliburton
and Siakam, I mean, Yiannis is going to need some
help from somewhere. So it was actually nice to see
him get this kind of support when you really weren't
(28:42):
expecting it.
Speaker 1 (28:43):
All right, Mark, least, let let me take you out
of the playoffs here for a second. With Lebron James
and what he did tonight with thirty eight points. To night,
he became the oldest player in playoff history to score
thirty five or more points in the game, breaking the record.
He said a couple of years ago, when he was
thirty eight, I look at him and you see him
and go, No, no athlete I've ever seen in the
(29:04):
history of sports has played at this high level at
the age of forty. At this point, I think he
could do this till he's forty five, Like really, like,
I could see him still playing at a high level
when he's for how far do you see Lebron playing
like this considering this is what he's doing at forty.
Speaker 5 (29:21):
Well, I think he's not gonna stay if he's not
playing like this, Like, I don't think he really is
prepared to stomach when you know, if his level drops
too much. Look, I think there's no question he's going
to play next season. I mean, that's that's a lock
because he go two more seasons. I mean, it's really
up to him and you know his you know how
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much he wants to put himself through the grind. But
I mean forty five I think is probably stretching it.
But that's what you're famous for so zero surprise that
you're predicting forty five?
Speaker 1 (29:54):
What am I going to say forty one? Like that?
Come on, I'll give you something to give you an
opinion out forty five? You're taking the on Okay?
Speaker 5 (30:01):
Well, I mean that's the difference between a radio talk
show host and a reasoned veteran. Some would say, some
would say have been scribed.
Speaker 1 (30:10):
Yeah that's good because next time I talk Lebron, I'll say,
you know, Mark Stein doesn't believe in you at all.
That's yeah, that's a little that's what it. He's as.
Speaker 5 (30:19):
Yeah, but you know, like I said, I we'll get
him next season for sure, and I mean it would
not surprise me if we get him for two more seasons.
But like I guess what I'm trying to say is
if he was just a fifteen point a game guy,
I don't think he would want to keep doing it.
Speaker 1 (30:34):
He's on Twitter at the steinline. That is at the steinline,
Mark Stein. Mark is always buddy, appreciated, enjoying the games
this weekend. We'll talk to you next.
Speaker 2 (30:41):
Week, all right, guys, be good talk to appreciate.
Speaker 3 (30:43):
You, all right, they got put you in your place
five years?
Speaker 1 (30:48):
Is you gonna played one more? Yeah me, come on, man?
Five years?
Speaker 2 (30:51):
What I mean?
Speaker 4 (30:52):
Look, you could have done now like we do on
Across Radio. Now set the over one hundred and forty
two and a half.
Speaker 1 (30:57):
Listen. I playing above the rim game. Okay, I play
above the rim. I'm not I met in for a
possession and let's make sure we passed the ball four
times like we're playing on Norman Dale's team back in Hickory.
Speaker 3 (31:08):
How many passes?
Speaker 1 (31:09):
But an above the rim guy, Man, that's how I play.
Speaker 3 (31:12):
That was a great exchange.
Speaker 1 (31:14):
Thank you, Mart. Time now to find out what's trending
in the wide world of scorts from a guy who's
been called but Norman Dale of Fox Sports Radio. He
once coached a game of that four guys on the
floor and lost. It's Steve de Saeger with what's trending
my team's on the court.
Speaker 6 (31:32):
We will get to the NBA news at a moment,
but I must update you on what just happened in
the Stanley Cup playoffs. Edmonton has just taken the lead
on LA five to four with about six minutes to go.
They appeared to kick in the tying goal. After vity review,
it counted the Kings challenged. It lost the challenge, therefore
a penalty, and immediately the Oilers score again on the
(31:55):
power play. Oh wow, Edmonton five to four over LA
was six minutes left and the moment Kings up two
games to none in this playoff series. Earlier wins for
Montreal and for New Jersey in double overtime to the NBA.
John Morant of Memphis is reportedly out Saturday with the
Bruce Hip. Oklahoma City leads the Grizzlies three games to none.
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Moran listed as doubtful. Golden State Jimmy Butler is questionable
for Saturday night after a fall Lebron James with thirty
eight points, but Minnesota Timberwolves dominated the final minutes and
beat the Lakers one sixteen one oh four, going up
two games to one in this first round playoff series.
The game was tied with four and a half minutes left,
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Minnesota outscored him thirteen to one to end it. Milwaukee's
on the board, Pacers lead the Bucks two games to
one now after the Bucks beat him at home tonight
one seventeen to one oh one. Gary Trent Junior thirty
seven points from three point range. He was nine of twelve,
Orlando's on the board against the Celtics. Boston's lead two
games to one after losing by two at Orlando Magic
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ninety five three, despite thirty six points from Jason Tatum,
who returned from a bruce wrist. Tatum did have seven turnovers.
Drew Holliday at the Celtics was out with a amstring.
Entry to the NFL Draft rounds four through seven to
finish up our Saturday, still not yet selected. Colorado quarterback
Shadoor Sanders New Orleans took a QB in the second
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round Tonight, Tyler Shuck of Louisville in the third round.
Quarterback from Alabama Jalen Milroe went to Seattle, and quarterback
from Oregon Dylan Gabriel went to Cleveland to Major League Baseball.
Among the late games, Pirates lead at Dodger Stadium three nothing.
In the top of the ninth, Paul Skans went six
and a third for Pittsburgh. The Braves in the bottom
(33:40):
of the ninth lead eight to two at Arizona. The
Rangers are up to nothing at the Giants. In the
top of the ninth. Tampa Bay was a one nothing
winner at San Diego despite striking out seventeen times. The
A's and Miami each one victories for Saint Louis and Cincinnati.
Kansas City won its fifth straight game. Washington beat the
Mets five to four with two runs in the bottom
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of the ninth. Toronto one at Yankee Stadium with three
runs top of the ninth, beating closer Devin Williams and
the Yanks four to true. It was a Cubs winning
Minnesota as well. Buston and Cleveland rained out. Baltimore and
Detroit rained out. They'll each have doubleheaders on Saturday.
Speaker 1 (34:20):
Back to you, Thank you, Steve O, Jason Smith, Mike
Harmon Live from the tire rack dot Com studios. Coming
up next week, Get back into Night two of the
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what we saw the last couple of nights. If you're
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Speaker 1 (35:49):
Fox Sports Radio The Jason Smith Show with My best
friend Mike Harmon. Thanks to Mark Stein for stopping by
a few minutes ago. We've got more NBA on the
way next. But look night two of the NFL Draft.
We thought we were gonna see Schaudor Sanders get taken
and an absolute stunner. He is still on the board.
(36:12):
After three rounds, five quarterbacks were taken, none of them
were him. And the biggest lesson you learned it says,
look at something we've talked about, right it. Congratulations everybody
who took that today. You're welcome, boy, boy we retire.
It's gonna be tough. Boy, It's gonna be tough for
sports talk radio host Mansmall's why.
Speaker 3 (36:30):
I mean, as a service to humanity, we.
Speaker 1 (36:33):
Can't difficult difficult. This shows you how important the months
from January to April are if you are an NFL
draft d because the NFL will tell you this Shador Sanders.
(36:54):
You now see exactly how much swagger, confidence, cockiness they
will tolerate before they say we're not going to pick you.
Everything Shador Sanders has done, every headline has had to
do with how he carries himself and his arrogance with
teams from the when the beginning of the off season
(37:19):
where he was wearing the Giants cleats and I'm gonna
be here playing here in the stadium in a few months. No,
I'm not gonna work out at all, and the interviews
that didn't go well during the combine, and the anonymous
report going into the draft where an assistant coach said,
worst interview I've ever had in my life with him.
He's entitled X, Y, and Z all the way down.
(37:42):
We told you that if you are in a situation
where you want to work somewhere, when you go to
your job interview, you have to put the best version
of yourself forward. You don't put all of who you
have to say, this is who I am. Boy. You
came to the interview in tea and sweatpants and a
Mets hat. Well that's what I like to dress. No, no, no,
(38:04):
you dress up for a job interview because the other
people on the other side of the desk don't know you. Yes,
you know yourself and you want to be partying. You're
true to yourself. But when you put yourself in a
position you want to get hired. Shador Sanders wants to
get drafted, and his talent, while it is extremely high level,
got I thought I'd take him right after cam Ward.
(38:24):
He's that good. It's not otherworldly where he's not coming
in with the talent where people are saying Okay, he's
Lamar Jackson, he's Patrick Mahomes. You have to carry yourself
and put your best version of yourself forward. And he
is not. And he chose instead to come alt, to
come out with cockiness and arrogance, and he and Dion
(38:44):
are upset at whatever he's hearing about. People in Dion's
press conference a few days ago. Didn't do anybody any
favors about it. If his name is saying, that's why
this is happening, Okay, NFL teams are going to say, Wow,
don't know that we're going to commit this billion dollar
company to a guy that we're not sure how he's
gonna handle things. He mature enough to handle things. We
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know he's a great quarterback, we know he's terrific, but
can he lead? Is he someone that is gonna be
a good representative of this team? Is he gonna be
throwing the offensive line under the bus when he gets sacked?
What's gonna happen? Mean he comes across as arrogant and entitled.
I don't know that I want this guy. There's certain
amounts of swagger teams will love, but at some point it's, hey,
you know that this team, these people these coaches don't
(39:28):
know you. They see the tape of you, But what
coach are they gonna call to find out about you?
The only coach you've had your whole life, which is
your dad, and it's Dion, So okay, we're not gonna
get a lot there. So it's about you. And if
you don't put your best self forward, which you should
because that's what you do in a job, interview, whatever,
it's someone you're trying to impress because they have something
(39:50):
you want, you're gonna put your best foot forward when
you're trying to meet. If you're on a date with somebody, Hey,
I want to put my best version of myself forward
for she likes to find out. I like to sit
home and watch the Mets until eleven o'clock at night
every night, right like I want them to do. Hey,
I'm really good. I can do this. I have a
lot to offer. Okay, great, I feel good about hiring
this guy, feel good about dating this guy. Tell me
any team that's gone into this draft saying I feel
(40:13):
good about turning my franchise over to Shador Sanders. There's
not one team. That's why he's still on the board.
You're after the third round. Yeah, I mean the big thing.
Speaker 4 (40:22):
You take the thirty thousand foot view, right, you have
a couple of anonymous quotes, and then you pull it
back further. We've got this stuff from Dion Sanders. Well,
as soon as you start making it about the surname,
anybody that was on the fence, M'd have pulled back right,
because that was one of the concerns all along. How
much is the invisible hand of Dion going to be
on top of things? In theory, right, it's the own
(40:46):
man theory. We've talked about it with lebron James and Bronni.
At some point I kind of wish Bronni would have
told his old man to shut up right, just very publicly.
I'm my own man. I'll speak for myself. Stop talking
about me and letting folks run these narratives. But whatever,
he's gone through his first year, he's had some big moments.
Speaker 3 (41:07):
Whatever, But I'd love more.
Speaker 4 (41:09):
And we've talked about it the last couple of weeks
and certainly these last forty eight hours of how much
when they start doing the due diligence, you know, just
like as you do a reference check, while technically they're
only supposed to tell you the days that someone worked
for your organization. If they've got a friend in that organization,
they're gonna find out more. And this is where you
(41:30):
start going to the deep dive. Right, why were you
nice to the guy you stole his lunch box because
it had be a baracas on it in fifth grade?
Speaker 3 (41:38):
I may or may not have done that, But.
Speaker 4 (41:42):
To say that that you start talking to the teammates,
maybe you didn't get glowing reviews out of them as
a teammate and as a locker room leader, which is
again your multi billion dollar franchise.
Speaker 3 (41:53):
What you're gonna pay Shador Sanders to come in and.
Speaker 1 (41:56):
Be exit out about a Fresco exit swollen. This is
a lesson everybody should learn. Hey, okay, maybe this over
the topness that shadeor Sanders did the last few months
not quite the direction I want to go in. Coming
up next, we break down Night two of the NFL Draft.
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we'll get back into the NFL in a minute, but
just to let you know what's happening right now in
the Mark Key NBA Game of the night, there's about
six minutes to go in the fourth quarter, so still
a lot of basketball left to play. The t Wolves
lead the Lakers one hundred to ninety nine. All right,
this has been a huge day Minnesota. Anthony Edwards has
(01:15):
twenty two, McDaniels has twenty four. Devincenzo has a couple
of threes. He's got ten off the bench. But Lebron
James with thirty five tonight, ten rebounds, four assists and
two steals is doing this all by himself. You heard
Steve Disager bring us a report earlier Luka Doncic suffering
(01:37):
from illness. Is it is clearly not the same Luca
out there tonight. He's five out of fifteen from the floor.
He even looks a step slower in then he not daries,
which is something for Luca, did you But this is
what Lebron is doing. He is doing it all by himself.
Now another three for Lebron, make it thirty eight, ten
(01:58):
and four. And this is even though right now here
we're sitting where it's still again still five and a
half minutes left to go. The te Wolves have the
lead by three, and you know they could be going
up to one. They won. They split the first two
games in La. This is another thing we told you
that is the big beneficiary of getting Luca donch for
the Lakers. I'm gonna go way back to when the
(02:20):
Lakers made the trade for Luca. And what did I say?
The best thing about the playoffs was gonna be for Lebron?
Right here? Hey, how's Lebron gonna share the court and
all of the attention with Luca? Luca's gonna be the
number one guy? Had Lebron's never not been the number
one guy? And what did we tell you back then? Hey,
Lebron's wanted to play with Luca his whole career. All right,
(02:41):
Lebron knows. Hey, I'm forty years old, I'm near in
the end, Lucas twenty five, I get it. He is
eminently okay with Luca getting the spotlight, right, they trade
for Luca, Luca plays regular season, everything is great. When
did we tell you Lebron was gonna say? Okay, just
to give you all a reminder, this is real my
team right as a way to do it on the floor,
(03:03):
it was gonna be in the playoffs. Hey, Luca, you're great.
We'll rely on you. But when we need it, wait
till you see what I could still do, because I'm
gonna remind you pretty often in the playoffs that this
is still the guy. I end that I'm forty years
old and I can go thirty eight ten four and two,
with still half of the fourth quarter left to go.
(03:23):
When the final result is written on this game, that
it's gonna be. Wow. Look at Lebron, look at what
he can still do. So he's okay, and that's why
this works. Hey, I'm okay. With Luca getting a lot
of the limelight and the attention, that's great, that's great.
He helps us win, he's great. It's awesome. The way
they play together, the chemistry that Lebron and Luca have
is great. But when it comes to it in the playoffs,
(03:45):
I'm gonna show you. Hey, remember this is who I am,
and that's exactly what has been happening so far, and
it's exactly what's happening to now Jay soon.
Speaker 3 (03:52):
The other thing to all of this is there's no downside.
Speaker 1 (03:55):
It's the first time in Lebron James life to where
it's successfor failure is not on him. He's second on.
Speaker 3 (04:03):
The depth chart.
Speaker 1 (04:04):
It is all about seventy seven and what he does
game the game.
Speaker 3 (04:10):
Lebron's a co pilot and all of this.
Speaker 1 (04:14):
Yeah, but now he's becoming the popo. No no, no.
But from the larger perception side, we're not doing the
Lebron legacy.
Speaker 3 (04:22):
Nonsense this year.
Speaker 4 (04:23):
Now it's all about whether Luca and Nico and everything
else that's in the foreground, that's everything we're paying attention to.
Speaker 1 (04:31):
Lebron just gets to go to work. It's gotta be
the greatest, most freeing experience of his life. Yeah. I
don't know that he gets to go to work as
much as Hey, I'll let Tom Hanks be the captain
for a while, but then when he really then I'm
the one that comes in and says, I'm the captain now, right, No, no, no,
that's fine, Lebron. Hey, I'm the captain now.
Speaker 3 (04:50):
Okay, ye, maybe I'm maybe I'm not making myself clear.
Speaker 1 (04:54):
He can do what he wants on the court, I'm
saying from the outside looking in, whether he scores thirty
eight or twelve, it's all about what Luca does right
now in the larger narrative of the NBA playoffs, right,
because the trade was because he was gonna be lazy
and inefficient on defense and he's going to somehow choke
(05:14):
it away.
Speaker 4 (05:15):
So now everybody's waiting with baited breath. Is Vco right
was he or do we continue to hate him? On
a whole other level. The Lebron oxygen isn't there.
Speaker 1 (05:26):
It's it's a case of for Lebri it's a different
it's a different atmosphere. Right when it was Lebron and Ad,
it was always well, hey, you know, yeah, both of
these guys, and Ad could really be the one and
he should be the one, and Lebron is ready to
sede to him because he's that talented. But it never
really never really manifested itself played out the way. It
(05:46):
was still well, if they lose, its Lebron's fault. Okay, great,
now when you play here, not to think about it.
It would be, hey, Luca shows up and let's just,
you know, just to back off it a little bit here,
because I still think it's gonna be Lebron. Is that
if this Lakers series ends with a loss, right, is
Luca gonna get the blame or is it gonna be Well,
(06:07):
it's Luca's first series, first playoff with the Lakers. He's
still trying to figure out what it is where he
fits leading the team. It was invaluable experience for him.
Look at what Luca god coming in learning what it's
like to put on the purple and gold arm and
be a Laker. Lebron Lebron should have won. Lebron should
Lebron should have won. When it comes to the playoffs,
it's still gonna be Lebron. It's still gonna come down
(06:28):
to it's Lebron's fault. They win or they lose. And
that's why he knows. In the playoffs, this is where
I reassert myself that I'm the true number one on
this team.
Speaker 5 (06:36):
Good.
Speaker 4 (06:37):
It's just like with the stuff, there's plenty of folks
in the media that'll do a lot of crying for
him one way or the other. Hi, guys, Sanders.
Speaker 1 (06:55):
Can you imagine if you go back to what would
you say back to, Uh, we can't go back more
than a year. If you go back to before the
NBA Draft last year, where Shador Sanders is coming off
of that that that phenomenal last year, and he would say, Okay,
what do I tell you? Go to the odds that
in a year Bronnie James gets drafted and Shador Sanders
(07:16):
does it? Like, what kind of odds would I have
gotten in advanced second round?
Speaker 5 (07:20):
Really?
Speaker 1 (07:21):
I mean, really, who who would get drafted earlier in
the draft Bronnie James Orcherdor Sanders with alt come on,
give me, I'm not I'll give you whatever you want
on that whatever, like the Todd Furman line. Smith, Ok,
you whatever line you want, I'll give you whatever you
want on that one. And whatever you want. You want
a million to one, you want five, I'll give you
that five million, whatever you want, and some.
Speaker 3 (07:38):
Next level stuff right now though.
Speaker 4 (07:41):
And I know we're talking to NBA, so I'm not
going to go back into this, but yeah, I mean
we got Hockey Action, we got NBA Action, we got
Skeens and Yamamoto. We're now deep into the game, We're
into the seventh so man, we got a lot. We're
jugging a lot of stuff here.
Speaker 1 (07:58):
But that is like percent what is happening right now.
That is one hundred percent what's going on right now.
Speaker 4 (08:04):
Well, the fact that we're talking about Luca having problems
with this digestive track today, it means, hey, lebron wait,
we're gonna we're gonna need a little more from you.
I Mean, I know Ruy's got the mask in all,
but we're gonna need some more from you.
Speaker 1 (08:21):
Uh. You know, the one thing I've seen tonight, you
know that's been a big uh. I would say commonplace
over the course of the games we're watching tonight is
the physicality of certain teams like the Orlando Magic, who
I think got called for what eleven flagrant fowls tonight
in the game against the Celtics. Right, how physical they
are with Boston saying, hey, we're gonna try to push
(08:43):
you around it at work they won the game tonight.
How physical and how in your face the Tea Wolves
are being tonight. It's more of a hey, the Lakers
over corrected after game one, and now the Tea Wolves
are over correcting after game two. So the physicality that
we're seeing throughout some of the teams tonight, who needed
to send a message, that's been a big thing. And
again in these two games I just mentioned there. I mean, yeah,
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one hundred percent. You can see the t Tools are
a different team from last game, and you see so
where the Orlando match night they were different than last game.
Speaker 4 (09:11):
I gotta love the the fact that we've got some
play playoff, the throwback.
Speaker 3 (09:15):
Kind of games going on. Right.
Speaker 4 (09:17):
Everybody wanted that physicality, saying too soft. Everybody loves each.
Speaker 3 (09:21):
Other, sometimes not so much. Has the NBA gave in
the Pistons the game back.
Speaker 1 (09:26):
Yet no, had they have they Gaven? Did you say, Gavin,
did you.
Speaker 3 (09:30):
Really given he got across?
Speaker 1 (09:34):
No? No, because they almost gave it to him illegally
last night by.
Speaker 3 (09:37):
Seeing cross mid court.
Speaker 1 (09:39):
You didn't know they didn't get the rebound. Here you
go inbound with five five tens a second league games.
They explained why market zero. He didn't have control of
the basketball, so they did. That's why they didn't call it. Instead,
they decided to make it up for him on the
court and go, oh, we'll give you the basketball for
a side out with half a second left to go,
even the game should have been over.
Speaker 4 (10:01):
Well on the plus side, I mean that triple play
went your way, So I mean it really the balance
in the force.
Speaker 1 (10:06):
The triple play did not go my way. So we'll
have more on the shud Or Sanders aspect of things
coming up later on. Again, undrafted tonight, but another quarterback
big in the news today because we saw this and look,
they made all kinds of headlines last night in the
draft by drafting Jackson Dart. The Giants came out today
and Joe Shane said Russell Wilson is our starter. Right,
(10:27):
We're gonna stop this right now. Russell Wilson is our starter,
and I'm gonna come out and I'm gonna say yeah,
and then I'm gonna give you all a little bit
of Dolores Umbridge from Harry Potter. Five for now, for now. Yes,
Russell Wilson's the starter, but Jackson Dart is drafted in
the first round. The Giants drafted into the first round
(10:50):
to get him. It's different from the Packers drafting Jordan
Love to light a fire under Aaron Rodgers, who was
still an elite player because BESTK scenario was exactly what
we saw. Hey, they got two MVP seasons out of
Aaron Rodgers. They got rid of him at the right time.
Now they have their own quarterback who's a franchise quarterback.
But when you draft a guy and you move up
(11:12):
to get him in the first round, he has to play,
especially in New York. So Russell Wilson, he's gonna start.
This is how the season's gonna go. He will start
out the starter. He will begin the season under center,
and he'll get a month ish to prove that he
can still start. This is not gonna be Mike Tomlins saying,
no matter what I see, Russ, you're my guy because
(11:32):
you know how to know what I'm doing a quarterback.
So no matter what I see, you're my guy. Now,
this is gonna be after a month. If Wilson's playing well, Hey,
things are going well, we'll keep going right that we
don't care. We'll care of plays. It's okay. Jackson Dart
can still sit and learn. But he's gonna get a month.
And if he's not playing well, if the Giants aren't
playing well, and they probably won't be because the Giants
need a quarterback and they're gonna be terrible this year.
(11:54):
What are the lowest odds in the NFL to reach
a Super Bowl? Jackson Dart will start sometime in early October. Right,
The worst lie teams tell themselves is that this guy
is not gonna play this year. Okay, what do we
hear last year? Michael Pennix is not playing this year? Yeah, okay,
he's gonna start by the middle of the season. We
told we were the show that told you everybody else, No, no, no,
(12:15):
you got he's gonna play by the middle ish part
of the season. Because they draft him in the top
ten quarterbacks don't sit that way.
Speaker 4 (12:22):
Well, if Kirk didn't go one touchdown, nine interceptions, he
wound six week period seen the field, he.
Speaker 1 (12:28):
Wound up shocked, he wound up side. We told you,
we told you what was gonna happen, and it's right.
Guys draft in the first round have to play. And
he's going to play because Russell Wilson is near the end.
He has been signed to be a caretaker quarterback to
get you to the next guy, no matter what he
thinks his career is at, no matter where he's at,
and high knees at thirty thousand feet not happening, right,
So he's gonna play quarter If the Giants start out
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great and he plays great, he'll keep the job. But
the minute they go into a two to three game
slump and they're not winning, and suddenly Russell Wilson's weekly
stats are one hundred and seventy nine yards passing and
a touchdown and a pick, guess why Jackson Dart's coming
in and playing. That's just how it's gonna go. You
don't keep that guy on the bench. I remember when
the Giants drafted Daniel Jones and Gettleman said, yeah, he
(13:13):
might not see the field for us for three years. Like, dude,
you should be fired just for that because you know
that's not happening. And Daniel Choate started right away, So
I mean that's how it's gonna go. Yes, Wilson, we'll start.
Jackson Dart will be the second guy starting, second quarterback
starting in the NFL this year because obviously cam Ward
will come in and start right away, and then Jackson
(13:34):
Dart will get a job. He with the next rookie
starting a quarterback this year. Yeah, as soon as Brian
Dables sees his job evaporating like the Fano snap and
you're turning to Dust. Oh, mother, gotta go to him,
Gotta go to him. There's not nothing else I could do.
We have to do it. We have to do it.
That means you and not even giving Jamis a chance.
(13:55):
How dare you exit out about a Fresco exit swollen dome?
Jason Smith Mike Harmon Live on Night two of the
NFL Draft. The Lakers trail the Tea Wolves one oh six,
one oh three. Still a lot of time left, just
over three minutes left here in the fourth quarter. Off.
More on this coming up next as we get into
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some big NBA conversation. NB insider Mark Stein drops by.
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the way tire buying should be. So about a buck
twenty left to go in the fourth quarter and the
t Wolves lead the Lakers one eleven, one oh four.
The Lakers have not had a field goal in the
last three and a half minutes. Now. We talked about
Lebron James a few minutes ago and about the superhuman
game he's putting on tonight. He did, However, there was
(16:22):
a coach's challenge a couple of moments ago on a
foul on Edwards with a drive from Ruy Hachimor, and
these guys have been going at it with each other
the entire night. The Wolves wind up winning the Challenge,
so okay, But in the Challenge, Lebron is on the
floor laughing hysterically with Anthony Edwards and Mike Conley Junior,
(16:47):
who has come off the bench. Like this is not
just hey, what's up? What's up? Like it's like they're
telling jokes and like they're they're they're giggling with each
other and Lebron. It's like it's a preseason game. Now. Obviously, look,
Lebron is Lebron, but man, there's two minutes left in
the game and you could be going down two to
one here. That's not gonna be a great optic after
the game is over. Now, I'm not sitting here saying, oh, Lebron, no,
(17:10):
but just understand there's good optics and bad optics. And hey,
you know with two minutes left in the game, where
everybody is bent over grabbing their shorts, going this is
a big This has been a physical game. Here's Lebron
laughing and he's kind of grabbing Mike Conley Junior and
shaking his shoulder and laughing with Anthony Edwards, and it
looks like he was agreeing with Anthony Edwards. It's probably
not gonna be a foul. Like it was like they're
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having a.
Speaker 3 (17:32):
Good time, James junk talk.
Speaker 4 (17:35):
It's not it, that's not a great I think it
literally was junk talk.
Speaker 3 (17:39):
Though.
Speaker 4 (17:40):
I think it was all about the thing that Edwards
got fined over exactly, and I think they were talking
about that, you know, now they're comparing Yeah, but.
Speaker 1 (17:48):
Okay, there's two minutes left in the game and you're
down seven, all right, and you're downside.
Speaker 4 (17:53):
And then he got in his head because Lebron then
fired up a twenty four foot three point shot feel
advice shot that.
Speaker 3 (18:01):
Went off the side of the backboard, and he was distracted.
Speaker 1 (18:04):
Yeah, and then and now Anthony Edwards decided, Hey, I'm
playing this into a big three for now, a ten
point lead with a minute six left to go, and
he's playing to the crowd with his hands up going ay.
So it looks like the Tea Wolves are coming out
of this with a victory. And I'm sure that'll be
a question for Lebron following the game. Sure that's gonna
happen again. Nine point lead for the Wolves with a
(18:25):
minute six left to go. Again, the Lakers at the
end of this game. As great as Lebron was, he
was terrific tonight. They have not scored in the last
three and a half minutes. And look, you got a
couple of storylines coming off of this. It's gonna be
Lebron with that incredible night and Luka Doncic with a
really subpar game. Not feel he still had a poison
in that line. Yeah, still a pretty good stat line.
(18:45):
But what we're dealing with some sort of illness, some
sort of stomach illness.
Speaker 3 (18:50):
But that's the thing.
Speaker 1 (18:51):
What what?
Speaker 3 (18:52):
What was the food choice in Minnesota?
Speaker 1 (18:56):
Uh?
Speaker 2 (18:56):
Conceivable?
Speaker 1 (18:57):
What do you think happened? Nico Harrison put on a
fake mustache and delivered room service to Luca's room.
Speaker 4 (19:03):
That's what at Swollen Dome at how about a fresca
at Fox Sports Radio?
Speaker 1 (19:09):
Wasn't the bad POI I don't know, but a difficult
night for Luca just six of sixteen. Did finish with
seven boards, eight assists, seventeen.
Speaker 5 (19:20):
No.
Speaker 1 (19:20):
Look, his his numbers look okay, but he was at
zero impact.
Speaker 3 (19:22):
On the Oh, he's minus eleven. He had plenty of
them poisoned.
Speaker 1 (19:26):
Yeah, I guess poison conspiracy theories all abound. He was poisoned.
Oh no, he was poisoned. That's what happened. I know,
we have to call out of Silver. He needs to
investigate this roll.
Speaker 2 (19:40):
That's it.
Speaker 4 (19:40):
I mean, look, the Lakers still shooting forty nine percent
from the field today, seventeen to thirty eight three point range.
Speaker 1 (19:47):
Do the fuzzy math forty four point seven. They did
miss seven of their twenty free throws, and that's not
good for business. Look, not squad, Look you can't. You
can't get to the final four minutes of the fourth quarter.
Not square of course. That's really that's really what it is.
You can you can say all you want. It's a
tie game. It's a back and forth game on the
other team's floor with a couple of with with you know,
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five or six minutes left to go. This is what
you want. This is where you're expecting to be, and instead,
this big drought is going to mean an l for
the Lakers. It's a twelve point lead with thirty eight
seconds left to go. The Tea Wolves are gonna be
up two games to one, joining us now on the
hot line to break this down and more. Check them
out on substack. Longtime NBA inside in front of the show,
(20:30):
Mark Stein, He's on Twitter at the steinline. Mark, Happy Friday, man.
How you doing.
Speaker 5 (20:36):
I'm good, I'm good. How you guys hold him up?
Speaker 3 (20:38):
Good?
Speaker 1 (20:38):
Thanks, we're holding up. We're trying to see if Nico
Harrison delivered food to Luca before the game. Uh, since
he's been dealing with the stomach ise, we're trying to
see if that happened. I don't know if you can
you have any any pole can figure that out or not.
Speaker 5 (20:52):
I have not heard that one one?
Speaker 1 (20:57):
All right, So what's your big takeaway from tonight? Look,
the Will were physical. It's been a big game for Anthony,
a big game for Lebron. But look, big game from
Edwards and McDaniels as well. What's your takeaway from tonight?
Speaker 5 (21:08):
Well, this is really a situation where the Wolves had
to deliver and the Wolves had to finish this way.
And look, they've been a really underrated team all season.
I think we talked about this last week. You know,
there's only in the regular season there were only four
teams in the top ten in both offense and defense,
and the Wolves were one of those four and the
other three were the sixty win teams in this league Thunder, Cavaliers, Celtics.
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So on that level, the Wolves are in very exclusive company.
But look, finishing games has been an issue for them.
Holding leads has been an issue for them. So for
them to win in this fashion, to take advantage of
home court, to take the lead, to withstand Lebron going
for thirty eight, and for Anthony Edwards to finish with
(21:57):
a flourish these are all good signs and what you'd
expect the Wolves to do in this situation because obviously
Luca's compromised in this situation. Everyone knows he's sick, and
you know, if the Lakers would have found a way
to win this game with Luca in this condition, that
obviously would have been very alarming for Minnesota. So the
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Wolves hold serve tonight. This is a big step for them.
They have seized. I mean control of the series would
be too far, but they you know, they won this
very important Game three. Now let's see, they're going to
go into Game four with a chance to go up
three to one. But I think we would also agree
that lucas probably going to look a lot more like
(22:41):
Luca in Game four than he did tonight.
Speaker 4 (22:44):
Now I was cheer for chaos inside the white lines
gives us four hours of talking points. Mark and Jason
mentioned the physicality of the game and what the Wolves
are bringing to the table. We've seen that and that's
the euphemism usually for playoff basketball. Am I a recency
bioy or does it seem like there's a bit more
of the physicality across the league in the playoffs this round?
Speaker 5 (23:05):
No, I think a lot of people have been talking
about that, and you would say even complaining about that,
that it has been a physical first round of these playoffs.
But I don't feel like it's I don't feel like
it's an issue that the Lakers haven't been able to
(23:27):
handle that. I mean, I think the issue more is,
again the Wolves have not been a crunch time team
like we saw tonight and again the way ants and
not only had a few three pointers type, but it
felt like it just felt like every time they spring
him open whenever they need to. And you know this
(23:50):
this is a good sign. I think this is this
is a step forward for this team that you know
a lot when they's traded and that thing the Wolves
actually set the tone for what a circus of the
season this is. I mean, we don't talk about it
often like that, but it was the Wolves, who their
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best season in twenty years and they trade Karl Anthony
Towns the weekend before training camp, which you know, was
pretty surprising, again because the Wolves are coming off their
most successful season in two decades, so for them to
take that step and a lot of people around the
league thought they took a step back, but you know
they are. They finished seventeen and four to finish the
(24:33):
regular season. So when you think about the way they've
played in this series, you know, winning Game one in
resounding fashion, finishing tonight off the way they did, you know,
the Wolves are playing their best basketball at the right time.
Speaker 1 (24:48):
Mark Stein, NBA Insider, our guest Jason Smith, Mike Carbon
Live from the tirec dot Com studios. All right, So,
speaking the physicality we saw tonight, you want to say
physicality the Celtics lose Game three to or I think
Orlando got called for seventeen flagrant fouls in the game.
Was this just Orlando winning one on their home floor?
Was this hey, they could maybe give the Celtics a
(25:09):
little bit of problems here.
Speaker 5 (25:13):
Look, I don't think it's time to worry yet because
I don't think we're going to see Tatum and Brown
have the turnover issues on the same night like we
saw tonight. I mean that really was a huge factor
in the game. But with the Celtics, their two main
guys are playing hurt and that is the concern. I mean,
(25:34):
Derek White appeared to endure a tweak of some sort
tonight as well, so it's just like that. That's really
my concern with Boston. I don't think Orlando has the
shooting to sustain over the course of a whole series
to really trouble these guys. And again, the Celtics were
they hurt themselves hugely with all the turnovers tonight, So
(25:55):
I mean that was Boston contributing to its own demise.
But just my I my concern for the Celtics would be,
you know, they are just well short of full capacity
health wise, and we are very very early in this
two month grind to get to the finals. So I
(26:18):
think that's probably the larger concern if I'm looking at
this from a Celtics perspective, staying in.
Speaker 3 (26:24):
The ease, the Bucks get a huge win.
Speaker 4 (26:27):
Did you see a thirty seven point game from Gary
Trent Junior showing up on the no.
Speaker 5 (26:33):
I mean, look, the the Pacers have just repeatedly, you know,
we've talked about before that these teams don't like each other.
There's a lot of spice in this series, but the
I mean, the Pacers have just repeatedly given Milwaukee trouble.
And I mean this was a huge I mean, this
was a I mean this was a legit, must win
(26:54):
game for the Bucks to save their season and finally
have some success. Yes, you know, the regular season actually
went okay this time, but it's just the Bucks. I mean,
the honest has just been putting up monstrous numbers and
came in tonight, like despite his brilliance, I mean just
(27:15):
even with Giannis playing the way he's in, I mean,
the first two games they just weren't competitive. So this
is a huge step for the Bucks to get this win.
And look, I think if you go back to the summer,
you know, Gary Trent, like his market just vanished and
the Bucks were able to get him as a minimum
(27:36):
guy and like, so that was hailed as an amazing
signing when it happened to be able to get him
on such a bargain deal, and he I mean he
does have you know, nobody was expecting a thirty seven
point night, but he does have some flammability and the
ability to go off and look, Milwaukee needs it because
(27:58):
obviously Dame Lillard is coming back from a very scary injury,
absence of just trying to find his way, and the
Kusma trade, which I actually thought was going to be good.
I really thought he was going to help Milwaukee and
it just has not worked out at all. So for
them to get this kind of performance, they needed it.
They needed. Yannis needs more help. I mean, he is
(28:20):
superhuman as he is. I mean, it's the same thing
with Jokic in Denver. Jokic just isn't getting enough help
against a really good Clippers team and the pace that
Indiana plays, the way they've built that team around Haliburton
and Siakam, I mean, Yiannis is going to need some
help from somewhere. So it was actually nice to see
him get this kind of support when you really weren't
(28:42):
expecting it.
Speaker 1 (28:43):
All right, Mark, least, let let me take you out
of the playoffs here for a second. With Lebron James
and what he did tonight with thirty eight points. To night,
he became the oldest player in playoff history to score
thirty five or more points in the game, breaking the record.
He said a couple of years ago, when he was
thirty eight, I look at him and you see him
and go, No, no athlete I've ever seen in the
(29:04):
history of sports has played at this high level at
the age of forty. At this point, I think he
could do this till he's forty five, Like really, like,
I could see him still playing at a high level
when he's for how far do you see Lebron playing
like this considering this is what he's doing at forty.
Speaker 5 (29:21):
Well, I think he's not gonna stay if he's not
playing like this, Like, I don't think he really is
prepared to stomach when you know, if his level drops
too much. Look, I think there's no question he's going
to play next season. I mean, that's that's a lock
because he go two more seasons. I mean, it's really
up to him and you know his you know how
(29:43):
much he wants to put himself through the grind. But
I mean forty five I think is probably stretching it.
But that's what you're famous for so zero surprise that
you're predicting forty five?
Speaker 1 (29:54):
What am I going to say forty one? Like that?
Come on, I'll give you something to give you an
opinion out forty five? You're taking the on Okay?
Speaker 5 (30:01):
Well, I mean that's the difference between a radio talk
show host and a reasoned veteran. Some would say, some
would say have been scribed.
Speaker 1 (30:10):
Yeah that's good because next time I talk Lebron, I'll say,
you know, Mark Stein doesn't believe in you at all.
That's yeah, that's a little that's what it. He's as.
Speaker 5 (30:19):
Yeah, but you know, like I said, I we'll get
him next season for sure, and I mean it would
not surprise me if we get him for two more seasons.
But like I guess what I'm trying to say is
if he was just a fifteen point a game guy,
I don't think he would want to keep doing it.
Speaker 1 (30:34):
He's on Twitter at the steinline. That is at the steinline,
Mark Stein. Mark is always buddy, appreciated, enjoying the games
this weekend. We'll talk to you next.
Speaker 2 (30:41):
Week, all right, guys, be good talk to appreciate.
Speaker 3 (30:43):
You, all right, they got put you in your place
five years?
Speaker 1 (30:48):
Is you gonna played one more? Yeah me, come on, man?
Five years?
Speaker 2 (30:51):
What I mean?
Speaker 4 (30:52):
Look, you could have done now like we do on
Across Radio. Now set the over one hundred and forty
two and a half.
Speaker 1 (30:57):
Listen. I playing above the rim game. Okay, I play
above the rim. I'm not I met in for a
possession and let's make sure we passed the ball four
times like we're playing on Norman Dale's team back in Hickory.
Speaker 3 (31:08):
How many passes?
Speaker 1 (31:09):
But an above the rim guy, Man, that's how I play.
Speaker 3 (31:12):
That was a great exchange.
Speaker 1 (31:14):
Thank you, Mart. Time now to find out what's trending
in the wide world of scorts from a guy who's
been called but Norman Dale of Fox Sports Radio. He
once coached a game of that four guys on the
floor and lost. It's Steve de Saeger with what's trending
my team's on the court.
Speaker 6 (31:32):
We will get to the NBA news at a moment,
but I must update you on what just happened in
the Stanley Cup playoffs. Edmonton has just taken the lead
on LA five to four with about six minutes to go.
They appeared to kick in the tying goal. After vity review,
it counted the Kings challenged. It lost the challenge, therefore
a penalty, and immediately the Oilers score again on the
(31:55):
power play. Oh wow, Edmonton five to four over LA
was six minutes left and the moment Kings up two
games to none in this playoff series. Earlier wins for
Montreal and for New Jersey in double overtime to the NBA.
John Morant of Memphis is reportedly out Saturday with the
Bruce Hip. Oklahoma City leads the Grizzlies three games to none.
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Moran listed as doubtful. Golden State Jimmy Butler is questionable
for Saturday night after a fall Lebron James with thirty
eight points, but Minnesota Timberwolves dominated the final minutes and
beat the Lakers one sixteen one oh four, going up
two games to one in this first round playoff series.
The game was tied with four and a half minutes left,
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Minnesota outscored him thirteen to one to end it. Milwaukee's
on the board, Pacers lead the Bucks two games to
one now after the Bucks beat him at home tonight
one seventeen to one oh one. Gary Trent Junior thirty
seven points from three point range. He was nine of twelve,
Orlando's on the board against the Celtics. Boston's lead two
games to one after losing by two at Orlando Magic
(32:59):
ninety five three, despite thirty six points from Jason Tatum,
who returned from a bruce wrist. Tatum did have seven turnovers.
Drew Holliday at the Celtics was out with a amstring.
Entry to the NFL Draft rounds four through seven to
finish up our Saturday, still not yet selected. Colorado quarterback
Shadoor Sanders New Orleans took a QB in the second
(33:20):
round Tonight, Tyler Shuck of Louisville in the third round.
Quarterback from Alabama Jalen Milroe went to Seattle, and quarterback
from Oregon Dylan Gabriel went to Cleveland to Major League Baseball.
Among the late games, Pirates lead at Dodger Stadium three nothing.
In the top of the ninth, Paul Skans went six
and a third for Pittsburgh. The Braves in the bottom
(33:40):
of the ninth lead eight to two at Arizona. The
Rangers are up to nothing at the Giants. In the
top of the ninth. Tampa Bay was a one nothing
winner at San Diego despite striking out seventeen times. The
A's and Miami each one victories for Saint Louis and Cincinnati.
Kansas City won its fifth straight game. Washington beat the
Mets five to four with two runs in the bottom
(34:03):
of the ninth. Toronto one at Yankee Stadium with three
runs top of the ninth, beating closer Devin Williams and
the Yanks four to true. It was a Cubs winning
Minnesota as well. Buston and Cleveland rained out. Baltimore and
Detroit rained out. They'll each have doubleheaders on Saturday.
Speaker 1 (34:20):
Back to you, Thank you, Steve O, Jason Smith, Mike
Harmon Live from the tire rack dot Com studios. Coming
up next week, Get back into Night two of the
NFL Draft and the biggest lesson anybody could learn after
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Fox Sports Radio The Jason Smith Show with My best
friend Mike Harmon. Thanks to Mark Stein for stopping by
a few minutes ago. We've got more NBA on the
way next. But look night two of the NFL Draft.
We thought we were gonna see Schaudor Sanders get taken
and an absolute stunner. He is still on the board.
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After three rounds, five quarterbacks were taken, none of them
were him. And the biggest lesson you learned it says,
look at something we've talked about, right it. Congratulations everybody
who took that today. You're welcome, boy, boy we retire.
It's gonna be tough. Boy, It's gonna be tough for
sports talk radio host Mansmall's why.
Speaker 3 (36:30):
I mean, as a service to humanity, we.
Speaker 1 (36:33):
Can't difficult difficult. This shows you how important the months
from January to April are if you are an NFL
draft d because the NFL will tell you this Shador Sanders.
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You now see exactly how much swagger, confidence, cockiness they
will tolerate before they say we're not going to pick you.
Everything Shador Sanders has done, every headline has had to
do with how he carries himself and his arrogance with
teams from the when the beginning of the off season
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where he was wearing the Giants cleats and I'm gonna
be here playing here in the stadium in a few months. No,
I'm not gonna work out at all, and the interviews
that didn't go well during the combine, and the anonymous
report going into the draft where an assistant coach said,
worst interview I've ever had in my life with him.
He's entitled X, Y, and Z all the way down.
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We told you that if you are in a situation
where you want to work somewhere, when you go to
your job interview, you have to put the best version
of yourself forward. You don't put all of who you
have to say, this is who I am. Boy. You
came to the interview in tea and sweatpants and a
Mets hat. Well that's what I like to dress. No, no, no,
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you dress up for a job interview because the other
people on the other side of the desk don't know you. Yes,
you know yourself and you want to be partying. You're
true to yourself. But when you put yourself in a
position you want to get hired. Shador Sanders wants to
get drafted, and his talent, while it is extremely high level,
got I thought I'd take him right after cam Ward.
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He's that good. It's not otherworldly where he's not coming
in with the talent where people are saying Okay, he's
Lamar Jackson, he's Patrick Mahomes. You have to carry yourself
and put your best version of yourself forward. And he
is not. And he chose instead to come alt, to
come out with cockiness and arrogance, and he and Dion
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are upset at whatever he's hearing about. People in Dion's
press conference a few days ago. Didn't do anybody any
favors about it. If his name is saying, that's why
this is happening, Okay, NFL teams are going to say, Wow,
don't know that we're going to commit this billion dollar
company to a guy that we're not sure how he's
gonna handle things. He mature enough to handle things. We
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know he's a great quarterback, we know he's terrific, but
can he lead? Is he someone that is gonna be
a good representative of this team? Is he gonna be
throwing the offensive line under the bus when he gets sacked?
What's gonna happen? Mean he comes across as arrogant and entitled.
I don't know that I want this guy. There's certain
amounts of swagger teams will love, but at some point it's, hey,
you know that this team, these people these coaches don't
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know you. They see the tape of you, But what
coach are they gonna call to find out about you?
The only coach you've had your whole life, which is
your dad, and it's Dion, So okay, we're not gonna
get a lot there. So it's about you. And if
you don't put your best self forward, which you should
because that's what you do in a job, interview, whatever,
it's someone you're trying to impress because they have something
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you want, you're gonna put your best foot forward when
you're trying to meet. If you're on a date with somebody, Hey,
I want to put my best version of myself forward
for she likes to find out. I like to sit
home and watch the Mets until eleven o'clock at night
every night, right like I want them to do. Hey,
I'm really good. I can do this. I have a
lot to offer. Okay, great, I feel good about hiring
this guy, feel good about dating this guy. Tell me
any team that's gone into this draft saying I feel
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good about turning my franchise over to Shador Sanders. There's
not one team. That's why he's still on the board.
You're after the third round. Yeah, I mean the big thing.
Speaker 4 (40:22):
You take the thirty thousand foot view, right, you have
a couple of anonymous quotes, and then you pull it
back further. We've got this stuff from Dion Sanders. Well,
as soon as you start making it about the surname,
anybody that was on the fence, M'd have pulled back right,
because that was one of the concerns all along. How
much is the invisible hand of Dion going to be
on top of things? In theory, right, it's the own
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man theory. We've talked about it with lebron James and Bronni.
At some point I kind of wish Bronni would have
told his old man to shut up right, just very publicly.
I'm my own man. I'll speak for myself. Stop talking
about me and letting folks run these narratives. But whatever,
he's gone through his first year, he's had some big moments.
Speaker 3 (41:07):
Whatever, But I'd love more.
Speaker 4 (41:09):
And we've talked about it the last couple of weeks
and certainly these last forty eight hours of how much
when they start doing the due diligence, you know, just
like as you do a reference check, while technically they're
only supposed to tell you the days that someone worked
for your organization. If they've got a friend in that organization,
they're gonna find out more. And this is where you
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start going to the deep dive. Right, why were you
nice to the guy you stole his lunch box because
it had be a baracas on it in fifth grade?
Speaker 3 (41:38):
I may or may not have done that, But.
Speaker 4 (41:42):
To say that that you start talking to the teammates,
maybe you didn't get glowing reviews out of them as
a teammate and as a locker room leader, which is
again your multi billion dollar franchise.
Speaker 3 (41:53):
What you're gonna pay Shador Sanders to come in and.
Speaker 1 (41:56):
Be exit out about a Fresco exit swollen. This is
a lesson everybody should learn. Hey, okay, maybe this over
the topness that shadeor Sanders did the last few months
not quite the direction I want to go in. Coming
up next, we break down Night two of the NFL Draft.
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