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Speaker 1 (00:27):
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Speaker 3 (00:32):
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Speaker 1 (00:35):
The Fox Sports Radio studios. We got Mark Stein coming
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Speaker 4 (00:52):
But uh, look this gets this story.
Speaker 1 (00:56):
I mean maybe we have we have struck and hit
on an idea that could be worth millions and millions
of dollars here.
Speaker 4 (01:02):
On the show. Yeah, another one. I mean there's lots
of idea, lots of ideas. Yeah, here's the thing.
Speaker 1 (01:10):
I just get the tune of fish to Eat the
Man and Here's the thing is like I like to
have the ideas. I don't want the sweat equity involved
in making it happen. I just want, Hey, here's the idea,
and you give me point three percent of your profits.
Speaker 4 (01:24):
That's it.
Speaker 1 (01:24):
Not three percent point three percent, that's all. It's an idea.
Point three percent. Everybody wins. Right, here's an idea. Oh
I got the idea worked out great?
Speaker 4 (01:32):
Right.
Speaker 1 (01:33):
So maybe you've heard the story surrounding Bengals rookie defensive
end Shamar Stewart.
Speaker 3 (01:38):
Uh.
Speaker 1 (01:39):
He is the only one of the first round picks
in this year's NFL Draft to not sign with a team.
Wait a minute, why is this happening? Remember when I
said the very beginning, Cincinnati Bengals defensive end Shamar Stewart.
Speaker 4 (01:53):
Okay, the bends.
Speaker 3 (01:54):
Would be Cincinnati Bengal, Yeah, it would be.
Speaker 1 (01:58):
Now, there's been some stories the past couple of days
that potentially Jamar Stewart could go back to school, right,
like he could go back there. Came out of Texas
A and M seventeenth overall pick in the draft. He
has been back working out at Texas A and M,
and there's been some scuttle but that. Hey, Stuart could say, okay,
(02:18):
you know what, I could go back to college football
and play a year and then re enter the draft.
Now things would get a little bit crazy because technically
the Bengals would still own his rights, so it would
have to be Jamar Stewart going to court to try
to win. But we've seen this now. Going to court
and winning is now no longer. Hey, it's a long shot,
last or never gonna happen. Like anybody that goes to
(02:39):
court goes, wow, it's a awes up. Yeah, fifty to fifty.
Maybe it happens, but it's easier to win now in court,
especially when you're talking about players' rights in college football
the NFL. Right, the tide has changed on that in
the past five years with nil and transfer.
Speaker 4 (02:54):
So maybe he could win.
Speaker 1 (02:56):
However, Texa A and M coach mikel said that's not happening.
There's no intentions of Shamar to play for the Aggies.
This year has been around. He's comfortable in the program,
likes what we do, been training, getting ready here is great.
We wish him the best, right, so potentially he could
go back, you know, to play a text say and
Evan right now, I mean, maybe Elko is trying to say, Okay,
(03:18):
you know what, We're not doing this, it's not happening.
He's here and that's the end of the story, or
basically saying, hey, just you know where we stand on this.
We're not involved, and maybe if Stuart would go back
and sue and win, it could wind up happening. Obviously,
the most desirable outcome is to have him continue to
play with the Bengals, and that's kind of where they're going.
(03:39):
They report this weekend, and you know he's he says,
I'm not asking for anything they haven't done in the past.
Speaker 4 (03:44):
And I have to.
Speaker 1 (03:45):
Think, while not knowing a lot about Shamar Stewart, I
know a lot about the Bengals, so it's not like
he's sitting here saying, though, w I can't believe they
We've never heard this about that. No Bengals, we kind
of get stuff like this. So yeah, I'm okay with
the Bengals. But this is a different conversation, my Carmen,
because this got me thinking about something.
Speaker 5 (04:02):
Okay, yes, because it's all Bengals, right, because it guaranteed moneies.
Speaker 1 (04:07):
This is this is outside of Shamar Steur, right, guess
just say, hey, here he is and after going to
the NFL for whatever reason, he wants.
Speaker 4 (04:15):
To go back to school.
Speaker 1 (04:17):
Okay, made me think about this, and now I want
to I want to hear from ty Shirt and Breonna
on this, because you know they've been to school more.
Speaker 4 (04:24):
Recently then than you and I have been.
Speaker 1 (04:27):
What about the idea of because we see this in
Major League Baseball there's fantasy camps where you know, guys
who are over forty or over fifty go and they
pretend to be baseball players for a week and they
dress up and then they get instructed by team legend.
You spend a lot of money to do this. You're
playing games. Oh I did fantasy camp.
Speaker 4 (04:44):
It was awesome, Right.
Speaker 1 (04:45):
You get yelled like that, Oh sure, sure, sure, yeah, yeah,
I was always up for it. Let's go to fantasy
football camp.
Speaker 4 (04:51):
Man.
Speaker 1 (04:52):
I want to go run the football against ray Lewis.
I want to see what that guy's got to offer.
Speaker 4 (04:56):
Yell me see, yeah, you get in that whole.
Speaker 1 (04:58):
We're gonna do the Oklahoma drill that hole between the
between the two line and you see, you see if
you could tackle me as I'm coming through the whole,
you know, once.
Speaker 5 (05:05):
Upon a time when I used to do training camp
tours writing for Fox Sports dot com and one year
they did bring a camera man with me. We tried
to sell Mike tom Win not allowing me to go
and take a hit. It was a great conversation, like
the eyes kept getting wider like and this is before
my relationship and our relationship on the show with Glazier
(05:26):
became what it did to where you know, a guy
that we could joke with and have fun with his uh,
his driver, Howie Long and all. Maybe now if I
was that age and and with the Glazier, you know,
Glazer Paluza tour, maybe it could have pulled that off.
But I tried that once and the response was about
as good as a get my buddy's tounch Ilkin and
(05:48):
Craig Wolfy rest in peace both Uh they were trying
to sell.
Speaker 3 (05:51):
Tomlin on a two and that's one hit. What's what's Goinda?
What's the worst saying?
Speaker 1 (05:56):
And Steelers owner Mike Harmon had this to say after
he bought the team after his lawsuit went through.
Speaker 3 (06:00):
Think about all the paperwork I would have had to sign?
Speaker 4 (06:03):
Oh right, oh sure?
Speaker 1 (06:04):
By Stuart Scott did that with the Jets, like he
he because he played at North Carolina and I remember
him going to Jets training camp and like doing a
whole thing and doing a diary and going through all
the practices and everything else.
Speaker 4 (06:15):
A Jets training campus. Sol. You know, we've seen that.
Speaker 1 (06:17):
But I'd be like, really, you want to go get
you want to go get hit? Really that's what I want. Yeah,
one time I want TJ. Wat Who do you want
to go against?
Speaker 4 (06:24):
TJ. Watt?
Speaker 3 (06:24):
That's what I want to do. I can taste my spleen.
Speaker 4 (06:27):
But is there a market for that?
Speaker 1 (06:29):
You have the football part of this, yeah, but fantasy
college camp where you go back to college for a week. Right,
You stay in a dorm, right, Obviously it's a nicer door.
It's a little bit nicer dorm than than you would
stay in, you know, because it's you know, it's a
you know, you want to go back and you know,
obviously when you're you know, thirty forty fifty years old,
it's a boy. That room is really small, there's not
(06:50):
a lot of room, but you have a roommate and
you know there's a TV and a refrigerator and everything else,
and you go for a week and you and you
go to classes. You take the classes you want to take,
right the interesting ones like history or English, and it's
like a big book club or whatever it.
Speaker 4 (07:04):
Is you go to.
Speaker 1 (07:05):
You have assignments, and then you hang out with the
people on your floor and you go to happy hour
and you have a party and there's like a party
at the quote frat house, and you can turn in
your assignments or not turn in your assignments because it's
like college. You could go to class or not go
to class. And I want to go to the Rustic
Pig and you get there because it's it's four for
one drinks from noon to one o'clock, Like I mean
(07:28):
college college fantasy camp, like going back to college for
a week? Is there a market for that? Like would
would you be able to would you want to go
back to that? If it was just fantasy college camp
where here is a you know, a you know, like
a blueprint of a college, Like here's a fake college
that's made up and you know there's perfect and everything else,
but it's not the school you went to, Like would
(07:48):
you go to something like that or would you need
it to be like at your alma mater? Like I
would have to go back and do it at Syracuse,
like if I was really gonna do it.
Speaker 4 (07:56):
But this is one. If you're back to Northwestern.
Speaker 3 (07:58):
Yeah, but it is one.
Speaker 5 (07:58):
You're you're paying the money, you get a goo do
whatever you want. So if your dream was always to
go to Harvard but you never got in.
Speaker 4 (08:05):
That's what I mean.
Speaker 1 (08:06):
Like that a billion dollar idea would would the thing
be to create uh, you know, an alternate college, right,
like create a generic college and have people come to it,
or to try to sell the idea to actual college
themselves and say, hey, people want to come back and
come and have their you know.
Speaker 4 (08:22):
Another week here at Harvard or you know, wherever else
you want to go.
Speaker 5 (08:25):
We're on kind of a hybrid of old school and
accepted where they had the South Harmon Institute of Technology.
You know, if you haven't seen the movie, just think
about that name for a moment. But you know it
was uh, what's his name, the guy, Uh, Bob Hope.
I'm now I'm blanking because I'm seeing both of them.
(08:46):
But Jonah Hill was in it, the Justin Long was
the lead like Lively was in it. Lewis Black shows up.
He's really good. In it, but the whole ideas it
sells uh that he's got into a fake college and
then he has to make that college real because well
(09:07):
the website went live. Okay, buddy, Jonah Hills, the genius
going to a real college, just the road, but all
of it around the idea of a Harmon college.
Speaker 3 (09:17):
So there you go, Harmon.
Speaker 1 (09:18):
Everybody wears purple shorts. Yeah, damn right, no matter what
the weather is. Ye, so all right, ty shirt Brianna
in for Frostburg tonight. What so college fantasy camp? But yes,
no do it need to be your school? Could it
just be a generic college experience?
Speaker 6 (09:33):
It's shade by the way right now for two seconds
so you okay, yeah, so wait, redo the question for
me one more time.
Speaker 1 (09:44):
Okay, So like a college fantasy camp? Martin wise to
also in college more recently than I. So college fantasy
camp where you go back to school for a week,
go to classes, not go to classes, do assignments, not
do assignments, go to happy hour, hang out, meet your roommates,
hook up whatever you want.
Speaker 4 (10:01):
Yeah, it's like a whole hole. You do a whole week.
Speaker 1 (10:03):
You go, you get there on a Friday and maybe
you leave the following Sunday. It's like like a telling
you do two weekends of it and you're at school
the whole time. Is that is like college fantasy camp
a thing.
Speaker 7 (10:14):
See, I'll start here because Shay's like lives Shae lives
college fantasy camp every weekend. For me, I would only
last Monday. I'd last by Wednesday. I'm ready to go
back to work because I'm not going to I can't
last two more days of living like this. I will,
you know, I'll be like Blue from old school, just
spe overdone.
Speaker 6 (10:35):
Okay, I do anything to go back. See, I do
anything to go back to twenty twenty one. I turned
twenty one. I'm going to the bars. I gotta go.
I gotta go to anthro in the next morning. I'd
go do anything to go back to that.
Speaker 3 (10:46):
Ye, thanks for reminding us how young you are?
Speaker 8 (10:48):
You?
Speaker 4 (10:49):
Okay? All right, well then two year's I do.
Speaker 1 (10:52):
I would have a ten day package for Shay and
a two day package for Martin White.
Speaker 3 (10:55):
Well that's say two days or whatever.
Speaker 1 (10:57):
Because really, like honest, like I'm thinking, like you know,
you know, I'm in my early fifties. I'm going would
I pay that money just to be able to go
and sleep for a whole week and just do whatever
I want. I don't know that I would leave the room. Yeah,
I'm just taking a nap. I'm just taken a couple of.
Speaker 3 (11:11):
Years till the kid goes to school, sleeping and watching TV.
Speaker 4 (11:14):
Sleeping and watch it again.
Speaker 9 (11:16):
Hanging out hats, Oh wow, because now you have a
little bit of money saved up to where you can
really do something special with that as giving out.
Speaker 3 (11:25):
I mean they're Smith's branded hats.
Speaker 1 (11:27):
Come on, Oh yeah, I had a great hair. Yeah,
oh I go back to it. Now, what they if
they gave me the hair I had back in school?
Speaker 4 (11:35):
There's all that's just it.
Speaker 3 (11:37):
I mean, we can make that happen.
Speaker 5 (11:38):
We've got artists here in Hollywood that make guys look
like they have good, solid heads.
Speaker 9 (11:46):
Jersey can't brought to you by ro game like the machine,
Like you still look like you think you look, but
you look to everybody else like you're young.
Speaker 4 (11:53):
No, no, no, this is a real thing. Now, this
is not like.
Speaker 1 (11:55):
This is like would this be a like a business model,
Would this be a thing that people would go to?
Would you do a tight shirt? Would you go back?
I mean, I know you would go back because you
want to say, hey, you know, subscribe to my podcast
and here's what I got going on right now. I
know you want to go now, you know what?
Speaker 5 (12:09):
He would also go back like Sunshine doing tied chie
oh out on the quad, like you remember the Titans.
Speaker 9 (12:16):
I'd be like Kunu from Forgetting Sarah Marshall too. There
you go, man, I mean a little more, I get up. No,
I definitely do it.
Speaker 4 (12:27):
Yeah. I think there's a market for that.
Speaker 3 (12:29):
It'd be fun.
Speaker 1 (12:30):
I think there's a market. And I think the best part,
the big selling part is yeah, you have assignments. Yeah,
but dude, just like college, you can do it or
not do it, and don't worry about failing. It doesn't
matter like you could you could. At the end of
the week, you're going back to your life. What does
it matter if you.
Speaker 5 (12:42):
But then all of a sudden, the transcript shows up
at your job and you get fired because you didn't
complete the academic Now, like you were a coach at
notre name or something, they said you went back to
this school.
Speaker 1 (12:54):
I would want people to come back and do it.
But maybe that's a big hook, is that, hey, you
cannot do your assignments. Right, that's fine, you cannot do it,
but you can't do college. You can't come back and
do Fantasy college week again if you don't finish your assignments.
So maybe oh, I gotta finish the assignments and I
get to go to happen.
Speaker 3 (13:12):
And transfer school for college week.
Speaker 4 (13:16):
Yeah. Like, I'm not saying you would, you would.
Speaker 1 (13:19):
You know, here's the most difficult assignment in the world
I'm going to take when I take you away now,
I want you to be a social week because that's
really what you're paying for.
Speaker 4 (13:26):
But like you know, you finish your assignments, turn it
in and get it great.
Speaker 1 (13:28):
You can come back if you want to and and
I or if you turn in assignments, the next time
you come back, you get money off all.
Speaker 4 (13:35):
See, that's what it is. Turn your assignments, get money off.
There you go.
Speaker 3 (13:39):
So so do you have to go to class?
Speaker 4 (13:42):
Well, well you could go or not go.
Speaker 3 (13:44):
But the assignments you have to do, the more.
Speaker 1 (13:46):
Classes you go to, the more assignments you do, the
less money it would be the next time you wanted
to do it. But you could also say it's a
one shot deal for me. I'm just gonna go to
class and I'm not gonna do this.
Speaker 5 (13:56):
But here's the other thing though, This is where you
get to also the rubber means the road of the
people that are in that classroom. You get to look
around and see the other people that got rooked into
this versus folks that recognized it was going to be
a huge ass party week at the campus and just
showed up.
Speaker 3 (14:10):
Oh okay, all right, are you here for Yeah? Sure,
where's the beer?
Speaker 10 (14:15):
You know?
Speaker 5 (14:15):
Versus hey, you actually phoning up money for this experience.
Speaker 4 (14:19):
Yeah.
Speaker 3 (14:19):
Yeah, So it's got to be like a bubble.
Speaker 1 (14:21):
And how many because how many people at the school
were going, Hey, you want to get in that over
forty fantasy party?
Speaker 8 (14:26):
Man?
Speaker 3 (14:26):
I bet it's great.
Speaker 1 (14:27):
Let's get in, man, Let's let's try to let's try
to find our way in.
Speaker 3 (14:30):
So Jon uh the freshman, Uh.
Speaker 1 (14:35):
It doesn't matter. I think it can just you're back in. Okay,
that's what grade do you want to be? I'll let
you whatever do you want to be.
Speaker 9 (14:41):
I'd like to be either a freshman or sophomore. Okay,
fraternity careful?
Speaker 4 (14:47):
All right, all right, all right, what I would die?
Speaker 3 (14:50):
I'm fighting for my life.
Speaker 4 (14:53):
I really want to rush your hair. I'm sorry, we
don't do that, but I really want to.
Speaker 1 (14:56):
Okay, okay, fine, you can rush your frat now he's blue.
Speaker 3 (15:01):
Full circle, you guys.
Speaker 4 (15:04):
I want to really relive Rush Week. That's what I
want to.
Speaker 3 (15:07):
Let me tell you about shillit.
Speaker 4 (15:11):
Uh yeah, I'll make whatever year you wanted to be
ty shirt okay, whatever you wanted to come in all.
Speaker 1 (15:15):
Right, okay, uh yeah, Well if they off, that's why, like,
does it need can it be a generic college and
we dress it up to be whatever school or does
it need to be the actual school?
Speaker 7 (15:25):
I have a I have a question for you, Jason,
because in your world, because this is a true story,
I kid you not, and I understand that the current
events may think, ah, that's not true, but I have
photo evidence of the fact, but it did not go viral.
When he asked what year in college, he made me
wonder do we like, are we going back to like
being sophomore than like because right now, like my sophomore
(15:46):
year in high school or college. Rather, I went to
a Coldplay concert with a girl who is not my girlfriend, Okay,
and I'm I was actually in the third row.
Speaker 3 (15:58):
I was in the third row. So she was a
huge fan, and she actually asked me if I wanted
to go exactly.
Speaker 7 (16:06):
But now I'm wondering because now I got to question
the whole thing because it's hot out here in these streets,
and I don't know, man, they put people on jumbotrons
now when you try your best.
Speaker 1 (16:18):
But yeah, yeah, yeah, I thought you say it's hot
air in the streets. No, the rooms be air conditioned.
That will make sure there's air conditioning. You're not You're
not gonna You're not gonna rough it.
Speaker 9 (16:29):
And I will try to fix you.
Speaker 5 (16:31):
Well, you know there's something else with that song, right
There was a movie called Young and Heart with a
bunch of veterans and geriatric singing that song, which takes
on a whole other meaning.
Speaker 4 (16:43):
And oh, by the way, here's how great idea. I
know this over. I think we already have financial backing.
Speaker 3 (16:47):
We do.
Speaker 1 (16:48):
I have a text from our boss, Scotch here you go.
Our college camp is genius. I am one hundred percent in.
I'll take the ten day package please.
Speaker 4 (16:58):
Little does he know he's gonna be fronting the money
for this. We could get it. But yeah, ten days,
ten day package right away? Ten day package.
Speaker 5 (17:03):
Dude, this is ten days. Certainly we can get a
bunch of schools on board. And right now, there's a
there's a lot of space, I mean like malls and whatever.
There's there's a lot of empty space for us to
go and rent on the cheap.
Speaker 4 (17:16):
We're gonna do it in the mall.
Speaker 7 (17:17):
Uh.
Speaker 3 (17:18):
We can take over a whole damn mall and make
it a college campus.
Speaker 9 (17:22):
Me.
Speaker 4 (17:22):
You're in the h and M apartments. Oh that's great,
thank you. Where am i?
Speaker 5 (17:25):
Oh, you're in the spencer. You got it down low
on the side. If they left anything behind, you want
the spencer? What's in that box? I don't know, but
it's where are you living?
Speaker 1 (17:34):
Oh, I'm up in the back next to Old Navy,
which is right across from the Hollister apartments.
Speaker 5 (17:39):
It's over there's the candle shop, just like on a
college campus.
Speaker 3 (17:42):
See it all times together.
Speaker 4 (17:43):
I'm in the Yankee Candle Ship.
Speaker 3 (17:45):
Got a whole food court too, See it works?
Speaker 4 (17:48):
Sure? Oh yeah, food court death. There we go.
Speaker 3 (17:50):
You get to use your your meal plan right there
if you want to it. Chick fil A? Do you
want to right? We want an orange Julius.
Speaker 4 (17:56):
I mean, what do you got all right, you guys
are all in.
Speaker 1 (17:59):
I can all offer you with this idea getting on
the ground floor now, just two hundred and fifty thousand
dollars from each of you to buy in, and we're good.
So Martin's good for two fifty harm and two fifty
tyser to fifty Shay two fifty all right.
Speaker 4 (18:11):
So we're good.
Speaker 1 (18:11):
We're and obviously Scotch Piro will front the majority of
this money.
Speaker 4 (18:15):
Uh so we're good. Now we have an idea, we
have we have a thing.
Speaker 9 (18:18):
I have one more question. Good when I go to LSU,
is Libby Dunn still going?
Speaker 10 (18:22):
Uh?
Speaker 3 (18:23):
Well, she's what twenty three or twenty four? Now she
may never leave?
Speaker 10 (18:26):
Yeah?
Speaker 3 (18:26):
Wilder of LSU, Yeah, gotta like these college quarterbacks that
are twenty four? Van Wilder at LSU.
Speaker 4 (18:32):
Yeah, I think Van Wilder was like I think it
was like twenty nine, right, Like was it?
Speaker 10 (18:36):
Like?
Speaker 1 (18:36):
Wait, how well was the coach of Iowa State Larry
Eustaci when he went to that party like fifteen years ago?
Speaker 4 (18:42):
Wow?
Speaker 3 (18:42):
You got a Ustation reference in. Nicely done.
Speaker 1 (18:47):
Oh there we go college fantasy campaigns. Immediately I start
looking this up.
Speaker 4 (18:54):
So there we go.
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Speaker 4 (19:52):
We thought it was gonna be.
Speaker 1 (19:53):
A while for Damian Lillard to pick his next destination,
maybe a year the Bucks buy him out for one
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It's gonna take a while to choose his next team.
Speaker 1 (20:04):
Did it today three years, forty two million dollars to
go back to Portland. This is where he's gonna rehab
and not play this year, and obviously, you know, less money,
but they're going to really a two year deal for
him to try to finish his career back home where
it all began.
Speaker 4 (20:20):
For him in Portland.
Speaker 1 (20:22):
And you know, look, we talked about this earlier in
the show. It's a great ending for him, and I
think honestly we sort of I think fans sort of
wanted it for Damian Lillard more than he did, because look,
he's a guy that leaves it all on the floor
and that's awesome, But overall, he's not Kobe lebron KB
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where he burns to win a title more than anything. Yeah,
he's out there, he wanted to win. He took a
shot with with Milwaukee, didn't work. Yeah, I'm okay. I
like my life. I'm happy in Portland. I'm happy going
out given my all. If we win, great, If not
we don't, I'm still doing my best and I'm enjoying
and I'm having fun being an NBA star are And
sometimes that's okay too, But.
Speaker 3 (21:03):
That's just it.
Speaker 5 (21:03):
It's recognizing that there is a large spectrum, uh and
continuum to all of this in terms of motivations to
keep playing. Right, He's been in the league over a decade.
Got the kids that are in Portland, wanted to go
to Miami, didn't get there. And and like I keep
joking with you, Giannis might have said, I won't.
Speaker 3 (21:22):
Be here after this year's I'll come back.
Speaker 4 (21:28):
That just I know you think it's it's but Doc
will be here. Oh okay, then I'm leaving. Okay, yeah, wow, you.
Speaker 3 (21:35):
Had to drag Doc along the way.
Speaker 5 (21:36):
I make an innocuous Yannis joke and bam you come.
Speaker 3 (21:41):
Over the top.
Speaker 4 (21:42):
Oh my goodness.
Speaker 1 (21:44):
So we got Mark Stete? Do we have Mark Stein
ready to join us at we got Mark Stie? Like
we got Mark Stein coming up in a couple minute substackle.
Speaker 9 (21:51):
I'm just asking him right now what college you wants
to go to? Give me a second, Okay, if.
Speaker 1 (21:55):
You wanted to go back, I know where he's going
go to cal State Fullerton, right, That's where he went.
Speaker 4 (22:00):
He's a big he's a big csflu Right. We got
we had a lot.
Speaker 1 (22:02):
We got a lot of cf csflum's here. Sure, Fox
Sports ready got them all there. Uh so you have
Damian Lillard potentially you know now coming back to play
in probably a year from now. The latest on Lebron
James and Luka Doncic now potentially after Rich Paul says
a day ago, Hey, doesn't look like we're gonna ask
for a trade. So uh, if you think that's gonna happen,
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go get bet. Doesn't mean a trade can't still happen
maybe now more a buyout is what we're seeing.
Speaker 3 (22:29):
Hey, I was telling you that two weeks ago.
Speaker 1 (22:31):
Potentiallys the Cavaliers, the Knicks, and the Mavericks are all
the teams that are keeping an eye on the Lebron
James situation. All right, so wait, wait, maybe a buyout
coming with us now on the hot line. You can
follow him at the Steinline on Twitter. It is Mark Stein, Mark.
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What's happening?
Speaker 4 (22:52):
Man? Happy summer? Nope? Is Mark there? Hey? Mark?
Speaker 10 (22:55):
You? Hey, I'm here, I'm here. I heard you.
Speaker 4 (23:00):
Okay, we got we got some you know. Look, it's
it's been a crazy show tonight, but we're all good.
How's your summer so far?
Speaker 10 (23:07):
You guys lost my number?
Speaker 1 (23:11):
Well, Harmon was on vacation. I got vacation. You know,
we were taking some time. Hey, you know it's it's
it's the jet setting lifestyle.
Speaker 10 (23:19):
Here we have on radio vacation.
Speaker 8 (23:23):
I mean, there's a little thing called NBA free agency.
Have you guys not heard of that? What do you
mean vacation?
Speaker 1 (23:27):
I know, but I can't keep waiting for the trades market.
At some point, wife was going to say, hey, we
got it, We got to go. At some point, I'm like, okay,
but the trades are coming any day any day now.
Speaker 8 (23:37):
Yeah, you got July twenty fifth to mid August. What
are you missing exhibition football and NFL training camp?
Speaker 1 (23:45):
So are we still going to get that? Are we
still going to get any big trades coming soon? Or
is that kind of starting to go away?
Speaker 8 (23:52):
Well, look, I think you have to in all seriousness.
I mean there were five six pretty significant trades before
the draft, and I think you guys have heard this
speech from me before that, like if if it didn't
happen yesterday, we all say this off season was a dud.
I mean no, this off season was not a dud.
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And even today like Damian Lillard, Damian Lillard, you know,
and basically announcing that he is going back to the
Portland Trail Blazers is a pretty significant mid July curve
ball slash surprise. So even free agency, you know, nobody
has cap space, so free agents aren't moving from team
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to team. That's just not the way it happens anymore
because so many free agents sign extensions. But between trades
the way the whole Miles Turner thing unfolded and now
Damian Lillard waved and stretched. But going back to the
Blazers like I would, I would stauntily dispute the notion
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of a dud summer. But can I promise you another
blockbuster trade on the level of Kevin Durant to Houston
Porzingis and Holiday getting moved by the Celtics. I mean,
I cannot promise you, but I also wouldn't be shocked.
Speaker 4 (25:15):
Well, well, what do you make of the Lillard thing?
Like that?
Speaker 1 (25:17):
We all thought, Okay, he's going to take a long time,
he's going to rehab in Portland before he chooses next team,
and not Nope, he's back there three years, forty two million.
Speaker 8 (25:24):
I think you guys know me pretty well by now.
I think you know I am an incurable romantic, So.
Speaker 4 (25:30):
I love it.
Speaker 10 (25:31):
I love the story. Look, he acts out, he.
Speaker 8 (25:34):
Acts for a trade that was certainly part of it. Now,
I think the Blazers helped nudge him to that place.
Speaker 10 (25:42):
It was not one.
Speaker 8 (25:43):
Hundred percent on him, but you know it was. He
left on his own volition, essentially asking for a trade.
They traded into Milwaukee. Uh, it didn't work. I mean,
you know, what the Bucks did was incredibly bold. I mean,
the Bucks have all always been bold in the Jannas
to the Kumpo era, but no, what they gave up
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to trade for Drew Holliday was massive, and that led
to a championship and an instant Yanis the Kuombo contract extension.
Before that, they made the big swing trade for Lillard
that obviously didn't work nearly as well in the playoffs,
but that also led to a Janis n the Kumpo
contract extension, and then just the pathway they took to
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wave and stretch Lillard and create the cap space the
sign Miles Turner. And you know, we still don't have
a super clear indication of how Jannas and Tokumpo really
feels about that transaction. Had the Bucks done enough to
placate him and convince him that this team can get
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back on a title winning pas. That will will have
to see and we'll see how that plays out. But
Damian Lillard decided to go back to Portland. He's going
to be out for this whole season. But like I said,
I you know, I don't know if they'll ever win
a championship now because the Blazers have a lot of
teams ahead of them in the West. But I like,
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I like guys who wanted to stay in one place,
and you know, he did take a two season d tour,
but he is going to be I mean he lives
there in the offseason. I mean that is his home
and he is he is back home now full time.
Speaker 10 (27:31):
So I love it. I really do.
Speaker 5 (27:34):
Mark talking about another buyouts, you know, stretch kind of situation.
Clippers add Bradley Beal and and finally he's got a
new home after all of the chaos that we had
with Phoenix. How much does it move the needle for them?
Speaker 8 (27:47):
Well, Bradley Beal on a five million dollar deal, you
would take that in a heartbeat. I mean there was
a line out the door of teams that wanted Bradley
Beal unrestricted free agent. So you have to say, second
summer in a row. You know, the Clippers let Paul
George walk for nothing, and that would have never happened
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under the previous CBA. But their moves last summer in
this summer since making that decision have been sensational because
they are very competitive in the now and they have
financial flexibility to make a big swing in the relatively
near future. So I think a lot of people around
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the league are really impressed by the way the Clippers
have handled their business. You know, they didn't want to
sign Norman Powell to a long term deal. They turned
him into John Collins on an expiring deal. Brook Lopez
to join Zubox makes their front line better, and again
they have a lot of flexibility going forward. So the
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Clippers are a very interesting team. And look, they still
have a veteran minimum available. There is mutual interest between
the Clippers and Chris Paul. Doesn't mean it is for
sure going to happen. I think both sides are still
weighing it. But Chris Paul's made it pretty clear he
wants to stay close to home. He wants to either
play for the Clippers or go back to Phoenix. You know,
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he had interest from Charlotte, his home state Hornets.
Speaker 10 (29:16):
The Bucks would have loved to have Chris Paul. You know,
he doesn't. He wants to stay.
Speaker 8 (29:21):
If he's going to play a twenty first season, he
wants to be close to home. So the Clippers might
not be done. They might still add Chris Paul. So look, Phoenix,
I mean, they they've done pretty well this summer to
try to get you know, they're they're out of the
they're out of the tax aprons now.
Speaker 10 (29:40):
But it's just it's impossible not.
Speaker 8 (29:42):
To think about how much matt Ishbia, and it was
matt Ishbia the driving force, gave up to trade for Durant,
and then he insisted on springing in Deal and like
what they've had to give up to extricate themselves from
the dire financial.
Speaker 10 (30:01):
Position they were in.
Speaker 8 (30:03):
You know, they've also made some nice acquisitions, but I
mean they are you know, they've had to give up
a lot of assets to move away from Durant and Deal,
and I do think they'll be interesting. I do think
they'll probably better than people expect because Jalen Green has
a lot to prove. That's to Devin Booker, Dylan Brooks Springs,
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the toughness that Ishbia has been so open about wanting.
So I mean, I think they'll be a reasonably feisty team.
But again, they just they gave up so much to
get Durant and then there took their payroll to just
some really scary places by trading for Belle and just
just again like Bradley Beal with his buyout still walked
(30:48):
away with ninety seven million and and his free agency
ninety seven mil and his free agency. I'm going to
go out on a limb and say that was a
buiot record, all right.
Speaker 1 (31:02):
Lastly, Mark, Now we've seen all the stories the last
few days with the Lakers. They're building towards Luca Lebron
trade rumors, Lebron buy out rumors, all this craziness. If
I said to you, fill in the blank between now
and the regular season, the Lakers do blank. What happens
as far as this whole storyline between now and the
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regular season.
Speaker 8 (31:23):
Look, I don't foresee a Lebron trade. It's just really
you know, maybe something materializes.
Speaker 10 (31:31):
I mean, I'm in.
Speaker 8 (31:33):
The never say never mode after what we witnessed in
February when in the middle of the night on the
Saturday before the trade deadline, we saw Luca Knowtage to
Lakerland trade that no one on Earth envision. So there
is never say never, even even Miles Turner. I mean,
the whole league was expecting Miles Turner to stay in Indiana.
(31:54):
The fact that he's now Milwaukee was just a reminder
again that things move and things are fluid. But to
trade Lebron James, you have to, like the Lakers have
to be happy with the long term money they're taking back,
because they don't want to take back any long term money.
Lebron has to be happy with where he lands because
he has the no trade clause, and the team that's
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trading for him has to be wary of giving up
too much for Even if Lebron plays great for another
year or two, you're not going to get more than
a year or two out of.
Speaker 10 (32:27):
Him at this point most likely.
Speaker 8 (32:29):
So it's just so hard to make the trade work.
To make that triangle of you know, of parties involved
all happy to buy out makes zero sense. Why why
would the Lakers buy him out whatever the number is,
to just let Lebron walk to a rival and make
a rival team stronger. That doesn't make any sense.
Speaker 10 (32:50):
For the Lakers.
Speaker 8 (32:51):
The Lakers want Lebron for the rest of the season
unless some amazing trade materializes that meets all their future needs.
Speaker 10 (32:59):
But they're not just gonna say, Okay, you know what,
we're gonna buy you out.
Speaker 8 (33:03):
Just go sign for whoever you want for the minimum.
Speaker 10 (33:05):
I just don't see that happening.
Speaker 4 (33:08):
He's on Twitter at the steinline.
Speaker 1 (33:10):
That is at the steinline, Mark as always, thanks so much,
appreciate it.
Speaker 4 (33:14):
We will. We'll talk to you next week. Well I will.
I'm on vacation, so harmit will talk to you next week.
Speaker 3 (33:19):
Talk to you next week.
Speaker 8 (33:20):
Mark.
Speaker 10 (33:21):
Somebody there likes me.
Speaker 3 (33:23):
Be good brother, talk to you soon.
Speaker 4 (33:26):
Oh my goodness, Mark Stein is the best.
Speaker 1 (33:29):
Let's find out what's trended right now in the wide
world of sports, and Martin Wise, what you got for us.
Speaker 7 (33:34):
The nfl PA is looking for a new leader, as
executive director Lloyd Howell announced he'll be stepping down from
the position, stating quote, it's clear my leadership has become
a distraction. There reports that Howell played a part in
hiding a collusion ruling around guaranteed contracts, and how has
a conflict of interest with private equity groups with a
excuse me with the ability to buy parts of NFL teams,
(33:57):
Adam Schefter reporting and several others by the way that
Lloyd Hell stepped down on his own will and volition
and was not forced out nine time. NBA all starts
with Damian Lillard returning home. He's going back to the
Portland Trail Blazers on a three year, forty two million
dollar contract. He again won't play next year he recovers
from that Achilles injury deal as a player option. In
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twenty seven, more than for WNBA players gathered Thursday four
meeting between the WNBA and its Players Association, the biggest
in person player turnout in union history during CBA talks
and the first in person meeting amid these ongoing discussions,
the two sides left with no resolution. Resolution was between
the Pittsburgh Steelers and TJ.
Speaker 3 (34:38):
Watts.
Speaker 7 (34:39):
He became the highest paid non quarterback in NFL history
for the second time by made the second time by
this franchise. To this time, though three years, one hundred
and twenty three million dollar extension one hundred and eight
a half fully guaranteed forty one million per year. That's
one of the highest average of any non quarterback in
NFL history at the Open. There's a five way tie
at the top of the leader bo They're all four
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under Scottie Scheffler, one shot back, Roy McElroy, three shots
back Phil Mickelson, who's won under seventy for his best
opening round on an Open championship since twenty sixteen. Looking
forward to round two of that starting in just about
an hour.
Speaker 4 (35:15):
Back to you guys, Thanks so much, Barton, appreciate it.
Speaker 1 (35:18):
My friend Jason Smith Mike Harmon live from the Fox
Sports Radio Studios coming up next. When the door closes
on one high profile wide receiver in the NFL, maybe
another one opens.
Speaker 4 (35:30):
That's next right here, Jason and Mike Fox.
Speaker 2 (35:33):
Be sure to catch live editions of the Jason Smith
Show with Mike Harmon weekdays at ten pm Eastern, seven
pm Pacific.
Speaker 1 (35:41):
Smith's Show with my best friend Mike Harmon. Well, apparently
Mike Williams has had enough of Jim Harbaugh. I can't
I can't do it. I can't do it the veteran
wide receiver. Apparently, when you play for the Jets that
goes that badly, you think, okay, it has to end
for me here Mike Williams denounce his retirement at the
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age of thirty earlier. Today's expected to come in and
be the Chargers, potentially their number two receiver this year.
He had been a guy his whole career that had
been about potential if you ever put it all together.
He had one really, really good year and now he's decided,
I've had enough and we'll always have the red line,
the big pattern that he ran wrong, according to Aaron Rodgers,
(36:23):
that caused the Jets to lose a game.
Speaker 4 (36:25):
Oh, the red line. The red line will always have
the red line. Mike Williams.
Speaker 3 (36:28):
But you go back and look at his career.
Speaker 5 (36:30):
He had that twenty twenty one season, eleven and forty
six yards, nine touchdowns. That's the big explosive one. You
had another one thousand yard season going back to twenty
nineteen where he averaged twenty yards to catch.
Speaker 3 (36:43):
So every once in a while you were taunted by
the potential.
Speaker 5 (36:46):
Twenty eighteen right, always ten touchdowns on his forty three catches,
Like all of this big play threat, big play opportunity here,
I was expecting, you know that maybe a little of
that magic could come back again. And alas we're not
gonna get to see it.
Speaker 1 (37:02):
Yeah, and look, and I always don't sit back and agree,
like very rarely do I agree with something social media
says about a topic. But does it make sense for
the Chargers to go back out and get Keenan Allen? Now,
of course it does, of course, because you're not You're
not relying on Keenan Allen to come back in and
be Keenan Allen again, because obviously you have Lad McConkey
(37:23):
is one of the top ten receivers in the NFL
just after his rookie year, Right, Quentin Johnson had a
much better year two in the NFL than he had
a year one. Still wasn't amazed. Still wasn't he thought
it was gonna be. But still it was way better
to make you think, okay, Johnson is okay, But you
have your two running backs. If Najia Harris gets on
the field after the after the firecracker incident, but h Harris,
(37:44):
so Keenan Allen coming in, that would be a great
move finish as you. I mean, look, yes, it's a
storyline to finish as a Charger, and I understand that,
but you're asking him to come in and be a
veteran presence and somebody that Herbert trust. Herbert always had
the trust factor with him. Yeah, I think this is
something that is just made to order with the Charges
go not getting Keenan Allen.
Speaker 5 (38:04):
Should be able to do it on a minimum deal.
So and to bring these young guys along, right mcaukeey
going into this second year, Trey Harris your second round pick.
You got Hampton in the backfield, so he got a
lot of youth that could use. Another veteran presence and
a guy that will move the chains right and make
things easy for Justin Herbert.
Speaker 4 (38:25):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (38:25):
I mean, look the Chargers already, I am all in
on them this year. I mean what they were able
to do last year was terrific. In Harball's first year
was basically they were using gum and duct tape my
second gum and duct textually doing it to put a
team together in year one, and look at how well
they played. I was worried for Justin Herbert's Chargers future.
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He's going to try to de emphasize the quarterback position.
But you know, clearly Harvard knows, oh okay, wait a minute,
he's our best player. But now they've got a couple
of running backs in there. All they've done is make
the team better. I'm telling you, man, I am really
all in on Harball for you. Year two with the Chargers,
like like, I think they could be surprised team in
the NFL this year. That do I think that experts
(39:07):
believe that, hey, the charge are gonna be good. Yeah,
but boy, I think they can be even way better.
They can challenge for the division, maybe win the division.
They are they are really really solid. They had a
great offseason, and watch out man. Year two for Harbar
here with the Chargers, Tom all in on them.
Speaker 3 (39:22):
Look at you.
Speaker 5 (39:23):
The Chiefs minus one ten or minus one twenty, depending
on where you're shopping. Bronco is your second favorite at
three to one or three and a half to one.
Speaker 3 (39:32):
Chargers are right there behind him. Long shot Raiders sixteen
to one.
Speaker 4 (39:36):
Yeah, yeah, the Raiders are. Raiders.
Speaker 1 (39:38):
Have to be happy that height. We stopped the backsliding.
We got a coach, we got a quarterback.
Speaker 4 (39:44):
Brady is here. Okay, okay, all right, we're.
Speaker 1 (39:47):
Still gonna lose, but oh okay, at least the backsliding is done.
Speaker 3 (39:50):
Maybe steps man, baby steps.
Speaker 1 (39:51):
Telling you man, that might wind up being the toughest
division in the NFL this year. It really might be
a fun teams you could you could make a case
for all all three of those teams to win, to
win that division. Right, you can make case for all
three of those teams to win that division this year.
Speaker 3 (40:06):
Look at you and then I mean not the Raiders,
not the Raiders.
Speaker 1 (40:09):
But let again, but good things about the Raiders though,
amazing Coming up next, boy do we have a hundred
million dollar NFL story coming your way next?
Speaker 4 (40:18):
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Speaker 1 (00:27):
Greetings, Welcome in side our three, The Jason Smith Show
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The Fox Sports Radio studios. We got Mark Stein coming
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from the NBA, Damiel Lillard going back to Portland, what
happens now with Luca and Lebron. Oh must hear radio
with Mark Stein coming up in twenty minutes.
Speaker 4 (00:52):
But uh, look this gets this story.
Speaker 1 (00:56):
I mean maybe we have we have struck and hit
on an idea that could be worth millions and millions
of dollars here.
Speaker 4 (01:02):
On the show. Yeah, another one. I mean there's lots
of idea, lots of ideas. Yeah, here's the thing.
Speaker 1 (01:10):
I just get the tune of fish to Eat the
Man and Here's the thing is like I like to
have the ideas. I don't want the sweat equity involved
in making it happen. I just want, Hey, here's the idea,
and you give me point three percent of your profits.
Speaker 4 (01:24):
That's it.
Speaker 1 (01:24):
Not three percent point three percent, that's all. It's an idea.
Point three percent. Everybody wins. Right, here's an idea. Oh
I got the idea worked out great?
Speaker 4 (01:32):
Right.
Speaker 1 (01:33):
So maybe you've heard the story surrounding Bengals rookie defensive
end Shamar Stewart.
Speaker 3 (01:38):
Uh.
Speaker 1 (01:39):
He is the only one of the first round picks
in this year's NFL Draft to not sign with a team.
Wait a minute, why is this happening? Remember when I
said the very beginning, Cincinnati Bengals defensive end Shamar Stewart.
Speaker 4 (01:53):
Okay, the bends.
Speaker 3 (01:54):
Would be Cincinnati Bengal, Yeah, it would be.
Speaker 1 (01:58):
Now, there's been some stories the past couple of days
that potentially Jamar Stewart could go back to school, right,
like he could go back there. Came out of Texas
A and M seventeenth overall pick in the draft. He
has been back working out at Texas A and M,
and there's been some scuttle but that. Hey, Stuart could say, okay,
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you know what, I could go back to college football
and play a year and then re enter the draft.
Now things would get a little bit crazy because technically
the Bengals would still own his rights, so it would
have to be Jamar Stewart going to court to try
to win. But we've seen this now. Going to court
and winning is now no longer. Hey, it's a long shot,
last or never gonna happen. Like anybody that goes to
(02:39):
court goes, wow, it's a awes up. Yeah, fifty to fifty.
Maybe it happens, but it's easier to win now in court,
especially when you're talking about players' rights in college football
the NFL. Right, the tide has changed on that in
the past five years with nil and transfer.
Speaker 4 (02:54):
So maybe he could win.
Speaker 1 (02:56):
However, Texa A and M coach mikel said that's not happening.
There's no intentions of Shamar to play for the Aggies.
This year has been around. He's comfortable in the program,
likes what we do, been training, getting ready here is great.
We wish him the best, right, so potentially he could
go back, you know, to play a text say and
Evan right now, I mean, maybe Elko is trying to say, Okay,
(03:18):
you know what, We're not doing this, it's not happening.
He's here and that's the end of the story, or
basically saying, hey, just you know where we stand on this.
We're not involved, and maybe if Stuart would go back
and sue and win, it could wind up happening. Obviously,
the most desirable outcome is to have him continue to
play with the Bengals, and that's kind of where they're going.
(03:39):
They report this weekend, and you know he's he says,
I'm not asking for anything they haven't done in the past.
Speaker 4 (03:44):
And I have to.
Speaker 1 (03:45):
Think, while not knowing a lot about Shamar Stewart, I
know a lot about the Bengals, so it's not like
he's sitting here saying, though, w I can't believe they
We've never heard this about that. No Bengals, we kind
of get stuff like this. So yeah, I'm okay with
the Bengals. But this is a different conversation, my Carmen,
because this got me thinking about something.
Speaker 5 (04:02):
Okay, yes, because it's all Bengals, right, because it guaranteed moneies.
Speaker 1 (04:07):
This is this is outside of Shamar Steur, right, guess
just say, hey, here he is and after going to
the NFL for whatever reason, he wants.
Speaker 4 (04:15):
To go back to school.
Speaker 1 (04:17):
Okay, made me think about this, and now I want
to I want to hear from ty Shirt and Breonna
on this, because you know they've been to school more.
Speaker 4 (04:24):
Recently then than you and I have been.
Speaker 1 (04:27):
What about the idea of because we see this in
Major League Baseball there's fantasy camps where you know, guys
who are over forty or over fifty go and they
pretend to be baseball players for a week and they
dress up and then they get instructed by team legend.
You spend a lot of money to do this. You're
playing games. Oh I did fantasy camp.
Speaker 4 (04:44):
It was awesome, Right.
Speaker 1 (04:45):
You get yelled like that, Oh sure, sure, sure, yeah, yeah,
I was always up for it. Let's go to fantasy
football camp.
Speaker 4 (04:51):
Man.
Speaker 1 (04:52):
I want to go run the football against ray Lewis.
I want to see what that guy's got to offer.
Speaker 4 (04:56):
Yell me see, yeah, you get in that whole.
Speaker 1 (04:58):
We're gonna do the Oklahoma drill that hole between the
between the two line and you see, you see if
you could tackle me as I'm coming through the whole,
you know, once.
Speaker 5 (05:05):
Upon a time when I used to do training camp
tours writing for Fox Sports dot com and one year
they did bring a camera man with me. We tried
to sell Mike tom Win not allowing me to go
and take a hit. It was a great conversation, like
the eyes kept getting wider like and this is before
my relationship and our relationship on the show with Glazier
(05:26):
became what it did to where you know, a guy
that we could joke with and have fun with his uh,
his driver, Howie Long and all. Maybe now if I
was that age and and with the Glazier, you know,
Glazer Paluza tour, maybe it could have pulled that off.
But I tried that once and the response was about
as good as a get my buddy's tounch Ilkin and
(05:48):
Craig Wolfy rest in peace both Uh they were trying
to sell.
Speaker 3 (05:51):
Tomlin on a two and that's one hit. What's what's Goinda?
What's the worst saying?
Speaker 1 (05:56):
And Steelers owner Mike Harmon had this to say after
he bought the team after his lawsuit went through.
Speaker 3 (06:00):
Think about all the paperwork I would have had to sign?
Speaker 4 (06:03):
Oh right, oh sure?
Speaker 1 (06:04):
By Stuart Scott did that with the Jets, like he
he because he played at North Carolina and I remember
him going to Jets training camp and like doing a
whole thing and doing a diary and going through all
the practices and everything else.
Speaker 4 (06:15):
A Jets training campus. Sol. You know, we've seen that.
Speaker 1 (06:17):
But I'd be like, really, you want to go get
you want to go get hit? Really that's what I want. Yeah,
one time I want TJ. Wat Who do you want
to go against?
Speaker 4 (06:24):
TJ. Watt?
Speaker 3 (06:24):
That's what I want to do. I can taste my spleen.
Speaker 4 (06:27):
But is there a market for that?
Speaker 1 (06:29):
You have the football part of this, yeah, but fantasy
college camp where you go back to college for a week. Right,
You stay in a dorm, right, Obviously it's a nicer door.
It's a little bit nicer dorm than than you would
stay in, you know, because it's you know, it's a
you know, you want to go back and you know,
obviously when you're you know, thirty forty fifty years old,
it's a boy. That room is really small, there's not
(06:50):
a lot of room, but you have a roommate and
you know there's a TV and a refrigerator and everything else,
and you go for a week and you and you
go to classes. You take the classes you want to take,
right the interesting ones like history or English, and it's
like a big book club or whatever it.
Speaker 4 (07:04):
Is you go to.
Speaker 1 (07:05):
You have assignments, and then you hang out with the
people on your floor and you go to happy hour
and you have a party and there's like a party
at the quote frat house, and you can turn in
your assignments or not turn in your assignments because it's
like college. You could go to class or not go
to class. And I want to go to the Rustic
Pig and you get there because it's it's four for
one drinks from noon to one o'clock, Like I mean
(07:28):
college college fantasy camp, like going back to college for
a week? Is there a market for that? Like would
would you be able to would you want to go
back to that? If it was just fantasy college camp
where here is a you know, a you know, like
a blueprint of a college, Like here's a fake college
that's made up and you know there's perfect and everything else,
but it's not the school you went to, Like would
(07:48):
you go to something like that or would you need
it to be like at your alma mater? Like I
would have to go back and do it at Syracuse,
like if I was really gonna do it.
Speaker 4 (07:56):
But this is one. If you're back to Northwestern.
Speaker 3 (07:58):
Yeah, but it is one.
Speaker 5 (07:58):
You're you're paying the money, you get a goo do
whatever you want. So if your dream was always to
go to Harvard but you never got in.
Speaker 4 (08:05):
That's what I mean.
Speaker 1 (08:06):
Like that a billion dollar idea would would the thing
be to create uh, you know, an alternate college, right,
like create a generic college and have people come to it,
or to try to sell the idea to actual college
themselves and say, hey, people want to come back and
come and have their you know.
Speaker 4 (08:22):
Another week here at Harvard or you know, wherever else
you want to go.
Speaker 5 (08:25):
We're on kind of a hybrid of old school and
accepted where they had the South Harmon Institute of Technology.
You know, if you haven't seen the movie, just think
about that name for a moment. But you know it
was uh, what's his name, the guy, Uh, Bob Hope.
I'm now I'm blanking because I'm seeing both of them.
(08:46):
But Jonah Hill was in it, the Justin Long was
the lead like Lively was in it. Lewis Black shows up.
He's really good. In it, but the whole ideas it
sells uh that he's got into a fake college and
then he has to make that college real because well
(09:07):
the website went live. Okay, buddy, Jonah Hills, the genius
going to a real college, just the road, but all
of it around the idea of a Harmon college.
Speaker 3 (09:17):
So there you go, Harmon.
Speaker 1 (09:18):
Everybody wears purple shorts. Yeah, damn right, no matter what
the weather is. Ye, so all right, ty shirt Brianna
in for Frostburg tonight. What so college fantasy camp? But yes,
no do it need to be your school? Could it
just be a generic college experience?
Speaker 6 (09:33):
It's shade by the way right now for two seconds
so you okay, yeah, so wait, redo the question for
me one more time.
Speaker 1 (09:44):
Okay, So like a college fantasy camp? Martin wise to
also in college more recently than I. So college fantasy
camp where you go back to school for a week,
go to classes, not go to classes, do assignments, not
do assignments, go to happy hour, hang out, meet your roommates,
hook up whatever you want.
Speaker 4 (10:01):
Yeah, it's like a whole hole. You do a whole week.
Speaker 1 (10:03):
You go, you get there on a Friday and maybe
you leave the following Sunday. It's like like a telling
you do two weekends of it and you're at school
the whole time. Is that is like college fantasy camp
a thing.
Speaker 7 (10:14):
See, I'll start here because Shay's like lives Shae lives
college fantasy camp every weekend. For me, I would only
last Monday. I'd last by Wednesday. I'm ready to go
back to work because I'm not going to I can't
last two more days of living like this. I will,
you know, I'll be like Blue from old school, just
spe overdone.
Speaker 6 (10:35):
Okay, I do anything to go back. See, I do
anything to go back to twenty twenty one. I turned
twenty one. I'm going to the bars. I gotta go.
I gotta go to anthro in the next morning. I'd
go do anything to go back to that.
Speaker 3 (10:46):
Ye, thanks for reminding us how young you are?
Speaker 8 (10:48):
You?
Speaker 4 (10:49):
Okay? All right, well then two year's I do.
Speaker 1 (10:52):
I would have a ten day package for Shay and
a two day package for Martin White.
Speaker 3 (10:55):
Well that's say two days or whatever.
Speaker 1 (10:57):
Because really, like honest, like I'm thinking, like you know,
you know, I'm in my early fifties. I'm going would
I pay that money just to be able to go
and sleep for a whole week and just do whatever
I want. I don't know that I would leave the room. Yeah,
I'm just taking a nap. I'm just taken a couple of.
Speaker 3 (11:11):
Years till the kid goes to school, sleeping and watching TV.
Speaker 4 (11:14):
Sleeping and watch it again.
Speaker 9 (11:16):
Hanging out hats, Oh wow, because now you have a
little bit of money saved up to where you can
really do something special with that as giving out.
Speaker 3 (11:25):
I mean they're Smith's branded hats.
Speaker 1 (11:27):
Come on, Oh yeah, I had a great hair. Yeah,
oh I go back to it. Now, what they if
they gave me the hair I had back in school?
Speaker 4 (11:35):
There's all that's just it.
Speaker 3 (11:37):
I mean, we can make that happen.
Speaker 5 (11:38):
We've got artists here in Hollywood that make guys look
like they have good, solid heads.
Speaker 9 (11:46):
Jersey can't brought to you by ro game like the machine,
Like you still look like you think you look, but
you look to everybody else like you're young.
Speaker 4 (11:53):
No, no, no, this is a real thing. Now, this
is not like.
Speaker 1 (11:55):
This is like would this be a like a business model,
Would this be a thing that people would go to?
Would you do a tight shirt? Would you go back?
I mean, I know you would go back because you
want to say, hey, you know, subscribe to my podcast
and here's what I got going on right now. I
know you want to go now, you know what?
Speaker 5 (12:09):
He would also go back like Sunshine doing tied chie
oh out on the quad, like you remember the Titans.
Speaker 9 (12:16):
I'd be like Kunu from Forgetting Sarah Marshall too. There
you go, man, I mean a little more, I get up. No,
I definitely do it.
Speaker 4 (12:27):
Yeah. I think there's a market for that.
Speaker 3 (12:29):
It'd be fun.
Speaker 1 (12:30):
I think there's a market. And I think the best part,
the big selling part is yeah, you have assignments. Yeah,
but dude, just like college, you can do it or
not do it, and don't worry about failing. It doesn't
matter like you could you could. At the end of
the week, you're going back to your life. What does
it matter if you.
Speaker 5 (12:42):
But then all of a sudden, the transcript shows up
at your job and you get fired because you didn't
complete the academic Now, like you were a coach at
notre name or something, they said you went back to
this school.
Speaker 1 (12:54):
I would want people to come back and do it.
But maybe that's a big hook, is that, hey, you
cannot do your assignments. Right, that's fine, you cannot do it,
but you can't do college. You can't come back and
do Fantasy college week again if you don't finish your assignments.
So maybe oh, I gotta finish the assignments and I
get to go to happen.
Speaker 3 (13:12):
And transfer school for college week.
Speaker 4 (13:16):
Yeah. Like, I'm not saying you would, you would.
Speaker 1 (13:19):
You know, here's the most difficult assignment in the world
I'm going to take when I take you away now,
I want you to be a social week because that's
really what you're paying for.
Speaker 4 (13:26):
But like you know, you finish your assignments, turn it
in and get it great.
Speaker 1 (13:28):
You can come back if you want to and and
I or if you turn in assignments, the next time
you come back, you get money off all.
Speaker 4 (13:35):
See, that's what it is. Turn your assignments, get money off.
There you go.
Speaker 3 (13:39):
So so do you have to go to class?
Speaker 4 (13:42):
Well, well you could go or not go.
Speaker 3 (13:44):
But the assignments you have to do, the more.
Speaker 1 (13:46):
Classes you go to, the more assignments you do, the
less money it would be the next time you wanted
to do it. But you could also say it's a
one shot deal for me. I'm just gonna go to
class and I'm not gonna do this.
Speaker 5 (13:56):
But here's the other thing though, This is where you
get to also the rubber means the road of the
people that are in that classroom. You get to look
around and see the other people that got rooked into
this versus folks that recognized it was going to be
a huge ass party week at the campus and just
showed up.
Speaker 3 (14:10):
Oh okay, all right, are you here for Yeah? Sure,
where's the beer?
Speaker 10 (14:15):
You know?
Speaker 5 (14:15):
Versus hey, you actually phoning up money for this experience.
Speaker 4 (14:19):
Yeah.
Speaker 3 (14:19):
Yeah, So it's got to be like a bubble.
Speaker 1 (14:21):
And how many because how many people at the school
were going, Hey, you want to get in that over
forty fantasy party?
Speaker 8 (14:26):
Man?
Speaker 3 (14:26):
I bet it's great.
Speaker 1 (14:27):
Let's get in, man, Let's let's try to let's try
to find our way in.
Speaker 3 (14:30):
So Jon uh the freshman, Uh.
Speaker 1 (14:35):
It doesn't matter. I think it can just you're back in. Okay,
that's what grade do you want to be? I'll let
you whatever do you want to be.
Speaker 9 (14:41):
I'd like to be either a freshman or sophomore. Okay,
fraternity careful?
Speaker 4 (14:47):
All right, all right, all right, what I would die?
Speaker 3 (14:50):
I'm fighting for my life.
Speaker 4 (14:53):
I really want to rush your hair. I'm sorry, we
don't do that, but I really want to.
Speaker 1 (14:56):
Okay, okay, fine, you can rush your frat now he's blue.
Speaker 3 (15:01):
Full circle, you guys.
Speaker 4 (15:04):
I want to really relive Rush Week. That's what I
want to.
Speaker 3 (15:07):
Let me tell you about shillit.
Speaker 4 (15:11):
Uh yeah, I'll make whatever year you wanted to be
ty shirt okay, whatever you wanted to come in all.
Speaker 1 (15:15):
Right, okay, uh yeah, Well if they off, that's why, like,
does it need can it be a generic college and
we dress it up to be whatever school or does
it need to be the actual school?
Speaker 7 (15:25):
I have a I have a question for you, Jason,
because in your world, because this is a true story,
I kid you not, and I understand that the current
events may think, ah, that's not true, but I have
photo evidence of the fact, but it did not go viral.
When he asked what year in college, he made me
wonder do we like, are we going back to like
being sophomore than like because right now, like my sophomore
(15:46):
year in high school or college. Rather, I went to
a Coldplay concert with a girl who is not my girlfriend, Okay,
and I'm I was actually in the third row.
Speaker 3 (15:58):
I was in the third row. So she was a
huge fan, and she actually asked me if I wanted
to go exactly.
Speaker 7 (16:06):
But now I'm wondering because now I got to question
the whole thing because it's hot out here in these streets,
and I don't know, man, they put people on jumbotrons
now when you try your best.
Speaker 1 (16:18):
But yeah, yeah, yeah, I thought you say it's hot
air in the streets. No, the rooms be air conditioned.
That will make sure there's air conditioning. You're not You're
not gonna You're not gonna rough it.
Speaker 9 (16:29):
And I will try to fix you.
Speaker 5 (16:31):
Well, you know there's something else with that song, right
There was a movie called Young and Heart with a
bunch of veterans and geriatric singing that song, which takes
on a whole other meaning.
Speaker 4 (16:43):
And oh, by the way, here's how great idea. I
know this over. I think we already have financial backing.
Speaker 3 (16:47):
We do.
Speaker 1 (16:48):
I have a text from our boss, Scotch here you go.
Our college camp is genius. I am one hundred percent in.
I'll take the ten day package please.
Speaker 4 (16:58):
Little does he know he's gonna be fronting the money
for this. We could get it. But yeah, ten days,
ten day package right away? Ten day package.
Speaker 5 (17:03):
Dude, this is ten days. Certainly we can get a
bunch of schools on board. And right now, there's a
there's a lot of space, I mean like malls and whatever.
There's there's a lot of empty space for us to
go and rent on the cheap.
Speaker 4 (17:16):
We're gonna do it in the mall.
Speaker 7 (17:17):
Uh.
Speaker 3 (17:18):
We can take over a whole damn mall and make
it a college campus.
Speaker 9 (17:22):
Me.
Speaker 4 (17:22):
You're in the h and M apartments. Oh that's great,
thank you. Where am i?
Speaker 5 (17:25):
Oh, you're in the spencer. You got it down low
on the side. If they left anything behind, you want
the spencer? What's in that box? I don't know, but
it's where are you living?
Speaker 1 (17:34):
Oh, I'm up in the back next to Old Navy,
which is right across from the Hollister apartments.
Speaker 5 (17:39):
It's over there's the candle shop, just like on a
college campus.
Speaker 3 (17:42):
See it all times together.
Speaker 4 (17:43):
I'm in the Yankee Candle Ship.
Speaker 3 (17:45):
Got a whole food court too, See it works?
Speaker 4 (17:48):
Sure? Oh yeah, food court death. There we go.
Speaker 3 (17:50):
You get to use your your meal plan right there
if you want to it. Chick fil A? Do you
want to right? We want an orange Julius.
Speaker 4 (17:56):
I mean, what do you got all right, you guys
are all in.
Speaker 1 (17:59):
I can all offer you with this idea getting on
the ground floor now, just two hundred and fifty thousand
dollars from each of you to buy in, and we're good.
So Martin's good for two fifty harm and two fifty
tyser to fifty Shay two fifty all right.
Speaker 4 (18:11):
So we're good.
Speaker 1 (18:11):
We're and obviously Scotch Piro will front the majority of
this money.
Speaker 4 (18:15):
Uh so we're good. Now we have an idea, we
have we have a thing.
Speaker 9 (18:18):
I have one more question. Good when I go to LSU,
is Libby Dunn still going?
Speaker 10 (18:22):
Uh?
Speaker 3 (18:23):
Well, she's what twenty three or twenty four? Now she
may never leave?
Speaker 10 (18:26):
Yeah?
Speaker 3 (18:26):
Wilder of LSU, Yeah, gotta like these college quarterbacks that
are twenty four? Van Wilder at LSU.
Speaker 4 (18:32):
Yeah, I think Van Wilder was like I think it
was like twenty nine, right, Like was it?
Speaker 10 (18:36):
Like?
Speaker 1 (18:36):
Wait, how well was the coach of Iowa State Larry
Eustaci when he went to that party like fifteen years ago?
Speaker 4 (18:42):
Wow?
Speaker 3 (18:42):
You got a Ustation reference in. Nicely done.
Speaker 1 (18:47):
Oh there we go college fantasy campaigns. Immediately I start
looking this up.
Speaker 4 (18:54):
So there we go.
Speaker 1 (18:54):
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Speaker 10 (19:50):
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Speaker 4 (19:52):
We thought it was gonna be.
Speaker 1 (19:53):
A while for Damian Lillard to pick his next destination,
maybe a year the Bucks buy him out for one
hundred and thirteen million.
Speaker 4 (20:01):
It's gonna take a while to choose his next team.
Speaker 1 (20:04):
Did it today three years, forty two million dollars to
go back to Portland. This is where he's gonna rehab
and not play this year, and obviously, you know, less money,
but they're going to really a two year deal for
him to try to finish his career back home where
it all began.
Speaker 4 (20:20):
For him in Portland.
Speaker 1 (20:22):
And you know, look, we talked about this earlier in
the show. It's a great ending for him, and I
think honestly we sort of I think fans sort of
wanted it for Damian Lillard more than he did, because look,
he's a guy that leaves it all on the floor
and that's awesome, But overall, he's not Kobe lebron KB
(20:42):
where he burns to win a title more than anything. Yeah,
he's out there, he wanted to win. He took a
shot with with Milwaukee, didn't work. Yeah, I'm okay. I
like my life. I'm happy in Portland. I'm happy going
out given my all. If we win, great, If not
we don't, I'm still doing my best and I'm enjoying
and I'm having fun being an NBA star are And
sometimes that's okay too, But.
Speaker 3 (21:03):
That's just it.
Speaker 5 (21:03):
It's recognizing that there is a large spectrum, uh and
continuum to all of this in terms of motivations to
keep playing. Right, He's been in the league over a decade.
Got the kids that are in Portland, wanted to go
to Miami, didn't get there. And and like I keep
joking with you, Giannis might have said, I won't.
Speaker 3 (21:22):
Be here after this year's I'll come back.
Speaker 4 (21:28):
That just I know you think it's it's but Doc
will be here. Oh okay, then I'm leaving. Okay, yeah, wow, you.
Speaker 3 (21:35):
Had to drag Doc along the way.
Speaker 5 (21:36):
I make an innocuous Yannis joke and bam you come.
Speaker 3 (21:41):
Over the top.
Speaker 4 (21:42):
Oh my goodness.
Speaker 1 (21:44):
So we got Mark Stete? Do we have Mark Stein
ready to join us at we got Mark Stie? Like
we got Mark Stein coming up in a couple minute substackle.
Speaker 9 (21:51):
I'm just asking him right now what college you wants
to go to? Give me a second, Okay, if.
Speaker 1 (21:55):
You wanted to go back, I know where he's going
go to cal State Fullerton, right, That's where he went.
Speaker 4 (22:00):
He's a big he's a big csflu Right. We got
we had a lot.
Speaker 1 (22:02):
We got a lot of cf csflum's here. Sure, Fox
Sports ready got them all there. Uh so you have
Damian Lillard potentially you know now coming back to play
in probably a year from now. The latest on Lebron
James and Luka Doncic now potentially after Rich Paul says
a day ago, Hey, doesn't look like we're gonna ask
for a trade. So uh, if you think that's gonna happen,
(22:24):
go get bet. Doesn't mean a trade can't still happen
maybe now more a buyout is what we're seeing.
Speaker 3 (22:29):
Hey, I was telling you that two weeks ago.
Speaker 1 (22:31):
Potentiallys the Cavaliers, the Knicks, and the Mavericks are all
the teams that are keeping an eye on the Lebron
James situation. All right, so wait, wait, maybe a buyout
coming with us now on the hot line. You can
follow him at the Steinline on Twitter. It is Mark Stein, Mark.
(22:52):
What's happening?
Speaker 4 (22:52):
Man? Happy summer? Nope? Is Mark there? Hey? Mark?
Speaker 10 (22:55):
You? Hey, I'm here, I'm here. I heard you.
Speaker 4 (23:00):
Okay, we got we got some you know. Look, it's
it's been a crazy show tonight, but we're all good.
How's your summer so far?
Speaker 10 (23:07):
You guys lost my number?
Speaker 1 (23:11):
Well, Harmon was on vacation. I got vacation. You know,
we were taking some time. Hey, you know it's it's
it's the jet setting lifestyle.
Speaker 10 (23:19):
Here we have on radio vacation.
Speaker 8 (23:23):
I mean, there's a little thing called NBA free agency.
Have you guys not heard of that? What do you
mean vacation?
Speaker 1 (23:27):
I know, but I can't keep waiting for the trades market.
At some point, wife was going to say, hey, we
got it, We got to go. At some point, I'm like, okay,
but the trades are coming any day any day now.
Speaker 8 (23:37):
Yeah, you got July twenty fifth to mid August. What
are you missing exhibition football and NFL training camp?
Speaker 1 (23:45):
So are we still going to get that? Are we
still going to get any big trades coming soon? Or
is that kind of starting to go away?
Speaker 8 (23:52):
Well, look, I think you have to in all seriousness.
I mean there were five six pretty significant trades before
the draft, and I think you guys have heard this
speech from me before that, like if if it didn't
happen yesterday, we all say this off season was a dud.
I mean no, this off season was not a dud.
(24:13):
And even today like Damian Lillard, Damian Lillard, you know,
and basically announcing that he is going back to the
Portland Trail Blazers is a pretty significant mid July curve
ball slash surprise. So even free agency, you know, nobody
has cap space, so free agents aren't moving from team
(24:36):
to team. That's just not the way it happens anymore
because so many free agents sign extensions. But between trades
the way the whole Miles Turner thing unfolded and now
Damian Lillard waved and stretched. But going back to the
Blazers like I would, I would stauntily dispute the notion
(24:58):
of a dud summer. But can I promise you another
blockbuster trade on the level of Kevin Durant to Houston
Porzingis and Holiday getting moved by the Celtics. I mean,
I cannot promise you, but I also wouldn't be shocked.
Speaker 4 (25:15):
Well, well, what do you make of the Lillard thing?
Like that?
Speaker 1 (25:17):
We all thought, Okay, he's going to take a long time,
he's going to rehab in Portland before he chooses next team,
and not Nope, he's back there three years, forty two million.
Speaker 8 (25:24):
I think you guys know me pretty well by now.
I think you know I am an incurable romantic, So.
Speaker 4 (25:30):
I love it.
Speaker 10 (25:31):
I love the story. Look, he acts out, he.
Speaker 8 (25:34):
Acts for a trade that was certainly part of it. Now,
I think the Blazers helped nudge him to that place.
Speaker 10 (25:42):
It was not one.
Speaker 8 (25:43):
Hundred percent on him, but you know it was. He
left on his own volition, essentially asking for a trade.
They traded into Milwaukee. Uh, it didn't work. I mean,
you know, what the Bucks did was incredibly bold. I mean,
the Bucks have all always been bold in the Jannas
to the Kumpo era, but no, what they gave up
(26:05):
to trade for Drew Holliday was massive, and that led
to a championship and an instant Yanis the Kuombo contract extension.
Before that, they made the big swing trade for Lillard
that obviously didn't work nearly as well in the playoffs,
but that also led to a Janis n the Kumpo
contract extension, and then just the pathway they took to
(26:29):
wave and stretch Lillard and create the cap space the
sign Miles Turner. And you know, we still don't have
a super clear indication of how Jannas and Tokumpo really
feels about that transaction. Had the Bucks done enough to
placate him and convince him that this team can get
(26:53):
back on a title winning pas. That will will have
to see and we'll see how that plays out. But
Damian Lillard decided to go back to Portland. He's going
to be out for this whole season. But like I said,
I you know, I don't know if they'll ever win
a championship now because the Blazers have a lot of
teams ahead of them in the West. But I like,
(27:17):
I like guys who wanted to stay in one place,
and you know, he did take a two season d tour,
but he is going to be I mean he lives
there in the offseason. I mean that is his home
and he is he is back home now full time.
Speaker 10 (27:31):
So I love it. I really do.
Speaker 5 (27:34):
Mark talking about another buyouts, you know, stretch kind of situation.
Clippers add Bradley Beal and and finally he's got a
new home after all of the chaos that we had
with Phoenix. How much does it move the needle for them?
Speaker 8 (27:47):
Well, Bradley Beal on a five million dollar deal, you
would take that in a heartbeat. I mean there was
a line out the door of teams that wanted Bradley
Beal unrestricted free agent. So you have to say, second
summer in a row. You know, the Clippers let Paul
George walk for nothing, and that would have never happened
(28:08):
under the previous CBA. But their moves last summer in
this summer since making that decision have been sensational because
they are very competitive in the now and they have
financial flexibility to make a big swing in the relatively
near future. So I think a lot of people around
(28:29):
the league are really impressed by the way the Clippers
have handled their business. You know, they didn't want to
sign Norman Powell to a long term deal. They turned
him into John Collins on an expiring deal. Brook Lopez
to join Zubox makes their front line better, and again
they have a lot of flexibility going forward. So the
(28:50):
Clippers are a very interesting team. And look, they still
have a veteran minimum available. There is mutual interest between
the Clippers and Chris Paul. Doesn't mean it is for
sure going to happen. I think both sides are still
weighing it. But Chris Paul's made it pretty clear he
wants to stay close to home. He wants to either
play for the Clippers or go back to Phoenix. You know,
(29:13):
he had interest from Charlotte, his home state Hornets.
Speaker 10 (29:16):
The Bucks would have loved to have Chris Paul. You know,
he doesn't. He wants to stay.
Speaker 8 (29:21):
If he's going to play a twenty first season, he
wants to be close to home. So the Clippers might
not be done. They might still add Chris Paul. So look, Phoenix,
I mean, they they've done pretty well this summer to
try to get you know, they're they're out of the
they're out of the tax aprons now.
Speaker 10 (29:40):
But it's just it's impossible not.
Speaker 8 (29:42):
To think about how much matt Ishbia, and it was
matt Ishbia the driving force, gave up to trade for Durant,
and then he insisted on springing in Deal and like
what they've had to give up to extricate themselves from
the dire financial.
Speaker 10 (30:01):
Position they were in.
Speaker 8 (30:03):
You know, they've also made some nice acquisitions, but I
mean they are you know, they've had to give up
a lot of assets to move away from Durant and Deal,
and I do think they'll be interesting. I do think
they'll probably better than people expect because Jalen Green has
a lot to prove. That's to Devin Booker, Dylan Brooks Springs,
(30:25):
the toughness that Ishbia has been so open about wanting.
So I mean, I think they'll be a reasonably feisty team.
But again, they just they gave up so much to
get Durant and then there took their payroll to just
some really scary places by trading for Belle and just
just again like Bradley Beal with his buyout still walked
(30:48):
away with ninety seven million and and his free agency
ninety seven mil and his free agency. I'm going to
go out on a limb and say that was a
buiot record, all right.
Speaker 1 (31:02):
Lastly, Mark, Now we've seen all the stories the last
few days with the Lakers. They're building towards Luca Lebron
trade rumors, Lebron buy out rumors, all this craziness. If
I said to you, fill in the blank between now
and the regular season, the Lakers do blank. What happens
as far as this whole storyline between now and the
(31:22):
regular season.
Speaker 8 (31:23):
Look, I don't foresee a Lebron trade. It's just really
you know, maybe something materializes.
Speaker 10 (31:31):
I mean, I'm in.
Speaker 8 (31:33):
The never say never mode after what we witnessed in
February when in the middle of the night on the
Saturday before the trade deadline, we saw Luca Knowtage to
Lakerland trade that no one on Earth envision. So there
is never say never, even even Miles Turner. I mean,
the whole league was expecting Miles Turner to stay in Indiana.
(31:54):
The fact that he's now Milwaukee was just a reminder
again that things move and things are fluid. But to
trade Lebron James, you have to, like the Lakers have
to be happy with the long term money they're taking back,
because they don't want to take back any long term money.
Lebron has to be happy with where he lands because
he has the no trade clause, and the team that's
(32:17):
trading for him has to be wary of giving up
too much for Even if Lebron plays great for another
year or two, you're not going to get more than
a year or two out of.
Speaker 10 (32:27):
Him at this point most likely.
Speaker 8 (32:29):
So it's just so hard to make the trade work.
To make that triangle of you know, of parties involved
all happy to buy out makes zero sense. Why why
would the Lakers buy him out whatever the number is,
to just let Lebron walk to a rival and make
a rival team stronger. That doesn't make any sense.
Speaker 10 (32:50):
For the Lakers.
Speaker 8 (32:51):
The Lakers want Lebron for the rest of the season
unless some amazing trade materializes that meets all their future needs.
Speaker 10 (32:59):
But they're not just gonna say, Okay, you know what,
we're gonna buy you out.
Speaker 8 (33:03):
Just go sign for whoever you want for the minimum.
Speaker 10 (33:05):
I just don't see that happening.
Speaker 4 (33:08):
He's on Twitter at the steinline.
Speaker 1 (33:10):
That is at the steinline, Mark as always, thanks so much,
appreciate it.
Speaker 4 (33:14):
We will. We'll talk to you next week. Well I will.
I'm on vacation, so harmit will talk to you next week.
Speaker 3 (33:19):
Talk to you next week.
Speaker 8 (33:20):
Mark.
Speaker 10 (33:21):
Somebody there likes me.
Speaker 3 (33:23):
Be good brother, talk to you soon.
Speaker 4 (33:26):
Oh my goodness, Mark Stein is the best.
Speaker 1 (33:29):
Let's find out what's trended right now in the wide
world of sports, and Martin Wise, what you got for us.
Speaker 7 (33:34):
The nfl PA is looking for a new leader, as
executive director Lloyd Howell announced he'll be stepping down from
the position, stating quote, it's clear my leadership has become
a distraction. There reports that Howell played a part in
hiding a collusion ruling around guaranteed contracts, and how has
a conflict of interest with private equity groups with a
excuse me with the ability to buy parts of NFL teams,
(33:57):
Adam Schefter reporting and several others by the way that
Lloyd Hell stepped down on his own will and volition
and was not forced out nine time. NBA all starts
with Damian Lillard returning home. He's going back to the
Portland Trail Blazers on a three year, forty two million
dollar contract. He again won't play next year he recovers
from that Achilles injury deal as a player option. In
(34:18):
twenty seven, more than for WNBA players gathered Thursday four
meeting between the WNBA and its Players Association, the biggest
in person player turnout in union history during CBA talks
and the first in person meeting amid these ongoing discussions,
the two sides left with no resolution. Resolution was between
the Pittsburgh Steelers and TJ.
Speaker 3 (34:38):
Watts.
Speaker 7 (34:39):
He became the highest paid non quarterback in NFL history
for the second time by made the second time by
this franchise. To this time, though three years, one hundred
and twenty three million dollar extension one hundred and eight
a half fully guaranteed forty one million per year. That's
one of the highest average of any non quarterback in
NFL history at the Open. There's a five way tie
at the top of the leader bo They're all four
(35:01):
under Scottie Scheffler, one shot back, Roy McElroy, three shots
back Phil Mickelson, who's won under seventy for his best
opening round on an Open championship since twenty sixteen. Looking
forward to round two of that starting in just about
an hour.
Speaker 4 (35:15):
Back to you guys, Thanks so much, Barton, appreciate it.
Speaker 1 (35:18):
My friend Jason Smith Mike Harmon live from the Fox
Sports Radio Studios coming up next. When the door closes
on one high profile wide receiver in the NFL, maybe
another one opens.
Speaker 4 (35:30):
That's next right here, Jason and Mike Fox.
Speaker 2 (35:33):
Be sure to catch live editions of the Jason Smith
Show with Mike Harmon weekdays at ten pm Eastern, seven
pm Pacific.
Speaker 1 (35:41):
Smith's Show with my best friend Mike Harmon. Well, apparently
Mike Williams has had enough of Jim Harbaugh. I can't
I can't do it. I can't do it the veteran
wide receiver. Apparently, when you play for the Jets that
goes that badly, you think, okay, it has to end
for me here Mike Williams denounce his retirement at the
(36:01):
age of thirty earlier. Today's expected to come in and
be the Chargers, potentially their number two receiver this year.
He had been a guy his whole career that had
been about potential if you ever put it all together.
He had one really, really good year and now he's decided,
I've had enough and we'll always have the red line,
the big pattern that he ran wrong, according to Aaron Rodgers,
(36:23):
that caused the Jets to lose a game.
Speaker 4 (36:25):
Oh, the red line. The red line will always have
the red line. Mike Williams.
Speaker 3 (36:28):
But you go back and look at his career.
Speaker 5 (36:30):
He had that twenty twenty one season, eleven and forty
six yards, nine touchdowns. That's the big explosive one. You
had another one thousand yard season going back to twenty
nineteen where he averaged twenty yards to catch.
Speaker 3 (36:43):
So every once in a while you were taunted by
the potential.
Speaker 5 (36:46):
Twenty eighteen right, always ten touchdowns on his forty three catches,
Like all of this big play threat, big play opportunity here,
I was expecting, you know that maybe a little of
that magic could come back again. And alas we're not
gonna get to see it.
Speaker 1 (37:02):
Yeah, and look, and I always don't sit back and agree,
like very rarely do I agree with something social media
says about a topic. But does it make sense for
the Chargers to go back out and get Keenan Allen? Now,
of course it does, of course, because you're not You're
not relying on Keenan Allen to come back in and
be Keenan Allen again, because obviously you have Lad McConkey
(37:23):
is one of the top ten receivers in the NFL
just after his rookie year, Right, Quentin Johnson had a
much better year two in the NFL than he had
a year one. Still wasn't amazed. Still wasn't he thought
it was gonna be. But still it was way better
to make you think, okay, Johnson is okay, But you
have your two running backs. If Najia Harris gets on
the field after the after the firecracker incident, but h Harris,
(37:44):
so Keenan Allen coming in, that would be a great
move finish as you. I mean, look, yes, it's a
storyline to finish as a Charger, and I understand that,
but you're asking him to come in and be a
veteran presence and somebody that Herbert trust. Herbert always had
the trust factor with him. Yeah, I think this is
something that is just made to order with the Charges
go not getting Keenan Allen.
Speaker 5 (38:04):
Should be able to do it on a minimum deal.
So and to bring these young guys along, right mcaukeey
going into this second year, Trey Harris your second round pick.
You got Hampton in the backfield, so he got a
lot of youth that could use. Another veteran presence and
a guy that will move the chains right and make
things easy for Justin Herbert.
Speaker 4 (38:25):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (38:25):
I mean, look the Chargers already, I am all in
on them this year. I mean what they were able
to do last year was terrific. In Harball's first year
was basically they were using gum and duct tape my
second gum and duct textually doing it to put a
team together in year one, and look at how well
they played. I was worried for Justin Herbert's Chargers future.
(38:45):
He's going to try to de emphasize the quarterback position.
But you know, clearly Harvard knows, oh okay, wait a minute,
he's our best player. But now they've got a couple
of running backs in there. All they've done is make
the team better. I'm telling you, man, I am really
all in on Harball for you. Year two with the Chargers,
like like, I think they could be surprised team in
the NFL this year. That do I think that experts
(39:07):
believe that, hey, the charge are gonna be good. Yeah,
but boy, I think they can be even way better.
They can challenge for the division, maybe win the division.
They are they are really really solid. They had a
great offseason, and watch out man. Year two for Harbar
here with the Chargers, Tom all in on them.
Speaker 3 (39:22):
Look at you.
Speaker 5 (39:23):
The Chiefs minus one ten or minus one twenty, depending
on where you're shopping. Bronco is your second favorite at
three to one or three and a half to one.
Speaker 3 (39:32):
Chargers are right there behind him. Long shot Raiders sixteen
to one.
Speaker 4 (39:36):
Yeah, yeah, the Raiders are. Raiders.
Speaker 1 (39:38):
Have to be happy that height. We stopped the backsliding.
We got a coach, we got a quarterback.
Speaker 4 (39:44):
Brady is here. Okay, okay, all right, we're.
Speaker 1 (39:47):
Still gonna lose, but oh okay, at least the backsliding is done.
Speaker 3 (39:50):
Maybe steps man, baby steps.
Speaker 1 (39:51):
Telling you man, that might wind up being the toughest
division in the NFL this year. It really might be
a fun teams you could you could make a case
for all all three of those teams to win, to
win that division. Right, you can make case for all
three of those teams to win that division this year.
Speaker 3 (40:06):
Look at you and then I mean not the Raiders,
not the Raiders.
Speaker 1 (40:09):
But let again, but good things about the Raiders though,
amazing Coming up next, boy do we have a hundred
million dollar NFL story coming your way next?
Speaker 4 (40:18):
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