April 23, 2025 • 42 mins
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Before we get to that big NFL Draft night one
Bowl prediction, I got come in your way.
Speaker 2 (00:58):
Just a little bit more.
Speaker 1 (00:59):
Why am I more concerned about the Lakers and the
Tea Wolves following this game going back one? Well, yeah,
I like chaos, But what did I say was the
biggest thing?
Speaker 2 (01:10):
Hey?
Speaker 1 (01:10):
And it's good news for the Lakers when you see
them with the intensity that they can have, they'll blow
the doors off of anybody. Oklahoma City, Boston, Cleveland, it
doesn't matter. They have some kind of intensity when they're focused.
You watch and it's it's incredible to see. And you
saw that the first eighteen min it's the game tonight.
But the thing is, and this has been the biggest
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thing for the Lakers of the last month and a
half two months, has been they're non intention They need
that they need to be And I get that when
you're not as intense and you get a little bored.
The month after the trade deadline happened and Luca shows
up and everything looks great. There's no need to assimilate him.
He fits in with Lebron right away. They look like
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they've been playing together for years. The Lakers know, hey,
we're terrific. We're just waiting for the playoffs. Okay, I
get that. I get that. But then you watch Game
one where the Lakers came out and look like they're
playing a regular season game, and you go, wow, you
need that intensity. How do you not How many times
can we keep saying this story about the Lakers keeping
that intensity? Okay, tonight, the message goes out and then
(02:15):
they start to fritter the lead away and then JJ
Reddick has to call an angry time out, which he
just said moments ago in his press conference. He called
that time out and was mad because he wanted to quote,
get that urgency button switched on. You can't get You
can't win a championship if you keep having to hold
it down on your team and have the foot on
the throttle of turn that urgency lot lever up. Now,
(02:38):
turn it up natural. Eventually it's gonna because you can't
keep doing it. You have to either have to do
it or you're gonna lose. And and you know, to
have it a couple of times to have to worry about. Okay,
told them to the regular season, Okay, I get it.
Game one of the playoffs. Alarming Game two of the playoffs.
Middle of the game where you've been playing really well
and it should be a twenty five point lead in
the fourth quarter, your regulars are getting rest and your
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head coach has to call of time out to say, hey, guys,
let's get it going again. Yeah, how much longer the
Lakers gonna be able to do this and stay in
the playoffs? When you send me and it's something that
you shouldn't have to do, but you still have to
do it. It's maddening and it's frustrating. But this is
who the Lakers are. This is the biggest question surrounding
them and their quest for the title. It's not about age.
(03:19):
It's not about Lebron being too old. No, everybody's got
everybody's they Ron got his rest when he when he
sat out. The Lakers have a pretty good supporting cast.
They're Big three with Luca and Austin. Reeves is young.
He had some big shots tonight too. No, it's about
why can't you just maintain defensive intensity or and offensive
intensity needed to win games. The Lakers just can't do it,
(03:41):
and that's their achilles hell. That's the only thing holding
them back.
Speaker 3 (03:43):
Yeah, I mean we talk about okay see and we're
just watching them run through like a buzz saw, making
quick work of Memphis again and say what you will.
They had the battle of play in to get in there.
But they're still the playoff team. But Oklahoma City, you
go to boss. If Tatum's able to go, he's doubtful
for tomorrow's game. But long term, yeah, those teams are
(04:07):
still elevated. I think at a level that I would
put them above the Lakers with a little bit of
cushion there.
Speaker 2 (04:14):
But to your point, we did have long.
Speaker 3 (04:17):
Stretches where all the metrics talked about how great the
Lakers were on both ends of the court. Right We
watched Luka Donc's takeover games, we watched Lebron take over games,
and it was a nice little seesaw kind of thing.
Speaker 2 (04:28):
All right, now it's your turn.
Speaker 3 (04:29):
Now I get to be first, you get to be
for They nearly both had triple doubles by the end
of things tonight to get this w but hard fought
minutes down the stretch. They scored thirteen fourth quarter points
trying to limp belong. It's like you're watching a horse race.
Head down the stretch. Take up, damn it, where's the
finish line. He's on the outside.
Speaker 2 (04:51):
What are we doing? He found the lightning lane on
the rail, finished the job.
Speaker 1 (04:56):
But for the Lakers, you said that, like Krusty the clod,
he's just spinning the b on his finger.
Speaker 3 (05:01):
Just take it from him and it kind of gets there.
I thought they were due cralling for it. But it's
the idea that you're in the playoffs. This isn't game
sixty five of the season anymore. You're a team where
you've had so many questions about health, stability and being
(05:21):
able to finish the job, whether it's Lebron's age, missing games,
how many times he goes down to the floor because
he's been hit, And most of it is a work
and a cell to try to get the.
Speaker 2 (05:34):
Next call, but occasionally falling to the court repeatedly does
cause problems. We've seen that r y and ball problem
and for Luca.
Speaker 3 (05:44):
Dact the whole thing in Dallas, at least the cell
job they're doing is well, we didn't trust he could
stay healthy and finish, and look at how tired he
looked in these games, even in the finals last year.
So every extra game you add to what is going
to be a rough postseason is just it's fuzzy math.
(06:05):
I mean, it's it's a bad job by you. White
play around with things. Right, So game one, I guess
you could argue, all right, they threw up the flag
saying we're not gonna will fight another day.
Speaker 2 (06:16):
Okay, that's all funny. Good.
Speaker 3 (06:17):
You give away a game to a team that's you
know what, Minnesota's pretty damn good. Yeah, and they've got
a star who, if nothing else, by the fact that
he's been fine nearly forty four hundred thousand dollars for
telling you how great he is and how this that
the other is that you go on, don't give that
guy life? Right defensively, the intensity that they showed in
(06:40):
game one, sure they matched their history for a good
chunk of today, and they still almost let it slip away.
The Wolves shot thirty eight percent and it was still
a stressful final three minutes.
Speaker 2 (06:54):
Of that game. That's Laker, that's Laker basketball. Good live
of twenty five for three when.
Speaker 1 (06:59):
You have the That's the only question I have, Guys,
why can't you just what it's like yelling at a
kid when you can Why can't you just remember to
do this? Why can't you just why? Why do I
have to continue to remind you to play hard? Why
don't they continue to remind you to get out there?
And hey, the other team is trying to Why don't
they like that's the lake they get paid due the rule.
Now we'll have more NBA on the way. But I
(07:22):
blame your nemesis, JJ Reddick. I'll give you well, Hey, hey,
Jason Smithson, Jason Smith is.
Speaker 2 (07:28):
Talking bad about us. You know, we got problems.
Speaker 1 (07:30):
So we're getting set for the NFL Draft on Thursday night,
and Jerry Jones, trying to prime everybody for what the
Cowboys may do, says that the Cowboys are working on something,
potentially some big trades. Didn't say what they were, but
said working on. Steven told me working on some trades.
(07:51):
Then I found out, Uh, it's a fantasy deal in
his Dynasty Leader.
Speaker 2 (07:55):
So when I when I thought, I was excited because
I thought, for a minute, yeah, I saw his big boy.
Speaker 1 (08:03):
I thought we were getting justin Jefferson and we were
giving up a second round pick. But turns out it
was just just in his dynasty league, because you keep
the players from here to year.
Speaker 2 (08:14):
So he says they're working on a big trade.
Speaker 1 (08:17):
Now, normally you're gonna think about that all night, aren't
you think about Jerry.
Speaker 3 (08:21):
John I saw that we had the seventh pick and
it said Jerry Bucks and I didn't know what that meant.
Speaker 2 (08:27):
Someone offered me a first round pick for C. D Lamb.
That's our thinking. Know how early is that.
Speaker 1 (08:33):
First round pick? So Jerry Jones says they're working on
a big trade. Now, normally Jerry Jones speaks and you go, yeah, whatever,
you're just trying to get the headlines. Now we know,
especially after last year, I'm all in, yeah, not really,
not gonna pay anybody. I'll pay you guys, just just
wait till the beginning of the season. But when Jerry
Jones says working on a big trade, that I believe
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because that's what he craves, that's what he loves to do.
Jerry Jones has made many big trades surrounding the NFL Draft.
He has made gutsy moves during the NFL Draft. This
is what he craves. How is he going to jolt
the team, jolt energy into the season and become a
contender of higher level than just yeah, the Cowboys with
(09:20):
Dak can win ten games? Whatever, How does he do it?
Here's your bull prediction. They picked twelfth and the one
guy they need the most the most is gonna likely
come off the board by the fifth pick, in any event,
by the sixth pick, definitely. So what's Jerry Jones gonna do.
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He's gonna trade up to four or five with either
the Patriots or the Jaguars, and they're gonna draft Ashton Genty. Ooh,
that's the Cowboys big move that's gonna all of a
sudden resuscitate Cowboys and Cowboy fans. We got Ashton Genty
all we need. For a couple of reasons. One, yes,
(10:03):
it's the big sexy move. Jerry Jones likes the big
sexy move. Also, it's the move that makes the most
sense because they absolutely they're dying for a running back.
Because when were the Cowboys at their best When it
was Dak and Zeke early in their careers running up
and down the field.
Speaker 2 (10:18):
Right, that was the best. Their best shot was the
rookie year. Right hasn't really been close.
Speaker 3 (10:22):
To last six teams with that big offensive line in
front of him.
Speaker 2 (10:25):
That that's been it.
Speaker 1 (10:26):
So that's they're going for now. Also, when you throw
in Jerry Jones just had to watch Saquon Barkley go
from his division to another team in his division and
watch that team win the Super Bowl. You don't think
he wants to go out and get that running back
to come in and go, well, you guys did that.
I'll see your Saquon Barkley and I'll raise you one.
Ashton Genty, Especially a guy who says, hey, it's tackle
(10:47):
football draft the guy who they can't tackle. Right, great
message that he put out last week. I'll be sake.
I'm gonna be Saquon Barkley for the team I go to.
The Cowboys. Trading up for Ashton gent not only makes sense,
it's what Jerry Jones wants and he craves it and
he will own the draft if that happens. And suddenly
the Cowboys outlook goes from yeah again, ten win team two?
Speaker 2 (11:11):
Whoa, whoa.
Speaker 1 (11:11):
Suddenly now you got the big three again. Right, it's
not quite aight min and Emmitt and mikeel Irvin, but
it's Dak and it's Genty and it's cdee Lamb and
suddenly everything is possible. You went out and got the
best running back in the draft, who is skyrocketing up
draft boards. He's not making it out of the top five.
If the Raiders think they're gonna sit there at six
and get him, it's not gonna happen, because now somebody's
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calling to move up from the seven to eight to
nine spot around there that would move up to get
Ashton Genty. Right, you saw the story yesterday that potentially
the Jets could move up because the trade with the
Cleveland Browns for Breece Hall potentially is out there that
they could move on from Breece Hall to get a
running back, in which case, then hey, moving up from
seven to four really isn't.
Speaker 2 (11:51):
That big a deal.
Speaker 1 (11:52):
That's why the Cowboys are gonna have to make a bit,
and they will because they'll overpay because.
Speaker 2 (11:56):
It's what they do.
Speaker 1 (11:57):
And teams like the Jaguars and the Patriot of course
we'll deal with the Cowboys. Why Patriots would love to
get Ashton Genty, but they got Rimandre Stevenson. And really,
you're starting over. You have a quarterback you're building around.
We'll take more assets. As Mike Vrabel starts things anew,
the same thing going on in Jacksonville right now. You
have a couple of running backs that are good. I mean,
maybe not Ashton Genty, but you're also starting over again
(12:19):
in Jacksonville. You'll take the assets and the picks that
you will get from the Dallas Cowboys. Both of those
teams will deal with the Cowboys. That's gonna there's my
big bold prediction. The Cowboys move up into the top
five and they get Ashton Genty. I like this because
you also would make a trade with a first year
kid general manager in Jacksonville. It's straight out a draft day.
(12:41):
Well and remember, we're gonna make me look like a jerk.
Well remember, and here's the other thing. His name is
glad Sonny Weaver traded three second round picks to draft
are running back at number six. Okay, three we were
talking about here, I'm taking a running back at number six.
Art imitates life imitates art. Yeah, you got et and
then you've.
Speaker 3 (13:00):
Got Bigsby and and Bigsby's a guy that we've certainly
watched that that could be their number one in Jacksville.
But you have so many other needs to build around
to prove that beyond Brian Thomas that you have a
guy in Trevor Lawrence, right, so you need other assets
and you need to build and build fast. For New England,
(13:20):
h you love what they've done with the roster, but
still work in progress. You're looking at more O line
and infrastructure to help Drake May along. And as you said,
you've got Stevenson you can work through that. For for
the Cowboys, it made a little bit of noise, right,
They've added a couple of running backs to the roster,
but not guys that are world beating by any stretch
(13:43):
of the imagination. When you when you look at you
know what what you've gotten from Javonte Williams in the past.
Speaker 2 (13:50):
Or Miles Sanders is there now right?
Speaker 3 (13:55):
Maybe you liked him when he was an eagle will
hit Sure, sure why not bring those?
Speaker 2 (13:59):
But those are ratam bell.
Speaker 3 (14:01):
But if you can go make the splash, you go
make the splash for Jerry Jones. If you've got a
give up enough capital.
Speaker 1 (14:07):
That's the question, Steven, This is that which one of
your screens is is the Cowboys?
Speaker 2 (14:13):
And which one is your fantasy team?
Speaker 1 (14:15):
Is it one that says Dallas Cowboys or is it
the one that says my dad sucks? Which is which
is the name of the team? To where what do
I gotta look at? Which one? Which one am I
looking at? Why am I looking at a jar of honey?
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Fox Sports Radio The Jason Smith Show with my best
friend Mike Harmon here and uh, you know, look at
a couple minutes on this because this is a this
kind of hit me today when it happened. Oh, you
probably saw this story. Mike Patrick passed away at the
age of eighty.
Speaker 2 (18:04):
And this is a guy who.
Speaker 1 (18:10):
Was one of the biggest stars ESPN had without being
someone who demanded the screen time and attention that a
lot of people need. He hosted Sunday Night Football play
by play for Sunday Night Football for nearly two decades.
Right then he did a bunch of other big did
big college basketball games, worked his last game until he retired.
(18:32):
I think it was in twenty eighteen. He said about
my career, he said, I've been able to do everything
I wanted to do everything I aspired to. He's so
incredibly happy when he walked away. But like Sunday Night
Football was really was such an it program from eighty seven,
you know, when it first started in the middle of
the eighties, up until the middle of two thousands, right
(18:54):
I remember, you know, Yeah, we had the Thursday Night game,
and then we had the Sunday Night game and then okay,
but the Thursday Night package was only half the year,
and then he also did Thursday Night games ESPN when
they had it Thursday Night Packers usually.
Speaker 2 (19:06):
Half the year.
Speaker 1 (19:07):
Sunday Night Football wasn't always a great matchup, but this,
you know, Sunday Night Football was such a huge changing
moment in sports television where it was, okay, we can
now get past the Sunday, Monday night Sunday all during
the day, Monday night football. Can we do other days
during the week. And ESPN says, we're going to go
Sunday Night football. And this booth was terrific. Right, Paul
(19:30):
McGuire was.
Speaker 2 (19:31):
Such a great guy.
Speaker 1 (19:31):
Look, I couldn't stand Paul McGuire when I was younger
because he would always pick against the Jets.
Speaker 2 (19:36):
And it took me.
Speaker 1 (19:37):
You know, when I'm fifteen, I don't realize his whole
stick was he always picked against the Jets.
Speaker 2 (19:41):
Right, he's a punter for the Buffalo Bills.
Speaker 1 (19:43):
He was so well spoken, he was a great analyst,
but he would always pick against the Jets.
Speaker 2 (19:47):
And I hated him and I hate him he because
he always pick it. Then I realized, oh, it's just
his thing to pick against the Jets. He picked in Jets.
Speaker 1 (19:53):
So with him and Joe Thisman and Mike Patrick in
the booth every week, it was a great broadcast. And
Sunday Night Football was such a institute and still is
an institution. Obviously it's become a much bigger deal. But
like this was something for twenty years. This was the
booth and it was there was not a lot of
upward movement. This was like I think Joe Fismen waited
for years hopefully to get the call from Monday Night.
By that time, other people had come on, other big stars.
(20:15):
But twenty years and Mike Patrick was a terrific play
by play guy. He had natural excitement to his voice,
and just hearing him do a game, you knew you
were going to get a great broadcast, right, And that's
really underrated now because sometimes you don't know what kind
of broadcast you're going to get, how much you're paying
attention to what's being said. But you knew, hey, Mike
Patrick's on the game, you're gonna get a good broadcame.
Speaker 2 (20:37):
But he wasn't a guy that.
Speaker 3 (20:38):
Was getting pushed in other sports right to where it's
the and he did other work, but the point was
he was Sunday Night football. And it really in reading
the bios and the tributes that started flowing today, like wow,
that's really twenty years ago that that ended, right, I mean,
because I remember him for all those big games and
(21:00):
then certainly for college football for years thereafter. But you
think of that grouping and thiseman for all those years
maguire was you want to hit me for using the term,
but he played the heel very well, right, because he
was the guy in the boot, that was the contrarian
the three and Patrick tried to play referee and and
(21:21):
do all that. But yeah, it was big game because
Sunday Night Football had that cachet and just a fantastic
long career And wasn't the guy that you know, you
don't remember catchphrases, You don't remember any of the pomp
and circumstance that came to be emblematic of so many
other guys in the ESPN family and I think other
(21:43):
broadcasting networks as well. Not to say that that didn't happen,
because certainly with Madden over the years and go on
with Summer All, we remember some of those catchphrases.
Speaker 2 (21:52):
But with Patrick, he just did the job.
Speaker 1 (21:54):
Yeah, there's something to be said for play by play
men and women, for both that it needs to be
an easy listen. Yeah, right, Like there's some there you
can tune in for personalities and people who are rough
and their voices aren't, you know, Like you could tune
in to certain things for that you could turn that
for a radio show at night, you could do this,
(22:15):
but when you're doing play by play, you gotta be
an easy listen and and that falls into so many
different categories. And that's basically just people enjoying turning the
volume up and listening to you broadcast a game, right
Like Sean McDonald was the absolute master at that, Like
you talk about it easy listen.
Speaker 2 (22:32):
Oh my goodness, that guy. He combines the height of.
Speaker 1 (22:35):
A game with this with the seriousness and and and
and and quiet intensity, and I mean he just found
a way to make easy listen, just like you look
it up at the dictionary. And that's and but it's
also Mike Patrick because it's hard to be an easy
listen when you're doing football because you got to get excited.
And his excitement was always very natural. It never sounded
like he was shouting, but you could hear how excited
(22:56):
he was. But you go back and listen to some
of the stuff Mike Patrick did, he was he was
just he was phenomenal. And of course this is around
the time when ESPN had the Three they called him
the Three Patricks. It was Mike Patrick, Dan Patrick, and
Bill Patrick. So it was all the Patricks were playing
Patrick Patrick, Patrick, patt Patrick Patrick, the Patrick Starr.
Speaker 2 (23:13):
Yes, yes, he said we should have been together.
Speaker 3 (23:17):
His broadcasting career began later now, And I'm telling you
I never met Mike Patrick, but we got to work
in and around games that he did, and he was
he just had that level of broadcast excellence that it
was just he was smooth.
Speaker 2 (23:30):
He was so smooth.
Speaker 3 (23:33):
Fantastic career, well remembered in our business, and and certainly
longevity huge.
Speaker 1 (23:39):
Oh yeah, I mean, look when when when Sunday Night
football became, hey, you have it, now, we're going to
take it to the next level. All those guys had
to do something different, right. Paul McGuire tried to do
some college games, but it wasn't quite the same. Mike
Patrick went to college and did a great job. Did
college basketball did I mean it was great. Joe thisman,
you know, found his way around doing different things. But
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it was a big breakup of that booth. And because
that really those three had been together for almost twenty years.
Like you think about oh yeah, yeah, you know Joe Bucken,
Trietman the other. Yeah, these guys, three guys together for
almost twenty years doing football, Like, that's a long time to.
Speaker 2 (24:15):
Go thirty five years at ESPN.
Speaker 1 (24:18):
Yeah, wow, what a great voice. Rest in peace. Mike
Patrick passed away earlier today at the age of eighty.
Now we have another big NFL topic to get to
coming up in a couple of seconds. But first we're
gonna find out what's trending in the wide world of sports.
From special delivery Steve de Seger. All the drama that
we saw tonight, of course, none bigger than Luis Torrens
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is two out, two run single with the bases loaded
in the eighth inning to give the Mets a five
to one lead, which was their final score against the Phillies,
their six win in a row, and now the Mets
and the Padres have the best record in baseball.
Speaker 5 (24:54):
Steve, slightly more drama at Wrigley Field tonight, but not
everything is final. We've still got this hockey playoff in
Vegas tonight. Under five minutes to goo, Minnesota leads four
to two over the Golden Knights, trying to even their
first round series at a game apiece. Florida opened its
best of seven with a win six to two at
Tampa Bay, Toronto three to two over Ottawa and Carolina
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three to one over New Jersey, so Toronto and Carolina
each up two games to none in first rounders. In
the NBA playoffs, we had three games capped off by
the one in LA Lakers beat the Timberwolves ninety four
eighty five Luka Doncic with thirty one points, twelve rebounds,
nine assists. Oklahoma City's up two games to none on
Memphis after winning the opener of the series by fifty
(25:36):
one points over the weekend. It was a twenty three
point lead in the second quarter. Tonight eventually thunder one
eighteen to ninety nine, and Indiana, like okse is up
two games to none in a first round series. Pacers
beat the Bucks one twenty three to one fifteen. Damian
Lillard did return at fourteen points he'd missed over a
month after a blood clot Tyrese Halliburton for the winners
(25:58):
twenty one points of assists. Boston's Jason Tatum doubtful for
Wednesday with the bruce wrist the NBA six Man of
the Year as the Celtics Peyton Pritchard Falcons quarterback Kirk
Cousins reported to voluntary workouts, but Bill's running back James
Cook did not attend the start of his team's voluntary
offseason program. Among the late games in Major League Baseball,
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Milwaukee got a grand slam from Christian Yelich, winning at
San Francisco eleven to three, the win to Jose Kintana,
who's three to zero for the Brewers ERA zero point
ninety six. Texas won at the A's eight to five,
Arizona five to one winners against Tampa Bay, and Pittsburgh
beat the Angels in Anaheim nine to three, who also
had home wins for Boston and Houston. At Kansas City,
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the Royals in eleven innings beat Colorado four to three,
Minnesota four to two over the White Sox, who have
a record of five and eighteen. The Cubs in ten
innings beat the Dodgers eleven to ten, two run homer
in the eighth, solo homer in the ninth to tie.
Saint Louis ended a five game losing streak, winning ten
four at Atlanta by the way Cards. Second baseman Brendan
(27:03):
Donovan was out with a rib injuries, batting over three
point fifty Aaron judge Is batting over four hundred, He
went four for four, but not in a victory at
Cleveland Guardians three two over the Yankees. Cleveland has won
five straight.
Speaker 2 (27:16):
In fact.
Speaker 5 (27:16):
Aside from Judges great night at the plate, the rest
of the Yankees went two for twenty seven combined home
wins for Washington and Miami. Padres won again two nothing
at Detroit. The Tiger offense went three for thirty. The
Mets won their sixth straight, defeating Philadelphia five to one.
Phil starter Christopher Sanchez took the loss. He left early
with a sore arm. This was a two to one
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lead in the seventh stee Who has the best record
in baseball? Padres, Francisco Eldor with three hits, Pods and Mets.
He's seventeen got Steve Dodgers now sixteen and eight, Giants
now fifteen and nine.
Speaker 2 (27:52):
Back to you get yourself a hug man. Matt's ye.
So because you know there's the inn in Yang.
Speaker 1 (27:58):
This is a football story that everybody will be happy
about except for me. So obviously, look, the biggest story
in the world the last twenty four hours the death
of Pope Francis at the age of eighty eight. It
was in ill health for a while that took a
real turn suffering a stroke. He woke up, he said
he was feeling good as good as he could be
at eighty eight. I had a visit from JD. Vance,
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Vice President a couple of days ago, and things took
a turn for the worse. He passed away at the
age of eighty eight. And then Frostburg sends me something
today that I have since gotten eleven.
Speaker 2 (28:30):
More times from people. Let's get it up to twenty
of fresco in my family.
Speaker 1 (28:35):
When in my family front a couple of people that
I that I usually talked to twice a year usually
when something like this comes up. Oh then texts Jason this, yeah,
hell love that Ah great? How you doing great? How
are you great? I'll talk to him six months with
another embarrassing things comes out of one of my teams
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in the NFL, the NBA, Major League Baseball, three Big Sports, NFL, NBA,
Major League.
Speaker 2 (29:02):
It's ninety two team thirty two two teams.
Speaker 1 (29:09):
During the entirety of Pope Francis's reign as Pope okay,
entire rain, tire time he was rain with Pope, every
team in the NFL, the NBA, or Major League Baseball
made the playoffs right, his rain goes back to twenty thirteen.
Speaker 2 (29:27):
Right, didn't have a long rain. But this is kind
of what they did.
Speaker 1 (29:30):
I think the way the pope the pope is elected now,
I mean you gotta watch conclave. I mean, boyd wow,
watch conclave and you see how they're gonna do it
for real?
Speaker 2 (29:39):
Uh?
Speaker 1 (29:40):
Is they like to elect the pope now for shorter
time to continue to get fresh ideas coming in and out.
So you're gonna get an older pope most likely. Uh
It's it's not gonna be John Lithgow. It's not going
to be Ray Fines. It's also not going to be
Stanley Tucci. So the entirety of Pope Francis's reign, every
single team in the NFL, NBA, Major League Baseball made
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the playoffs.
Speaker 2 (30:05):
Since March thirteenth, twenty thirteen.
Speaker 1 (30:08):
Except for one team. Who do you think that team is?
The New York Jets. Every single team has made the
playoffs Pope Francis' entire reign. And I think he said
last week, all I want to do is see the
Jets make the playoffs. That's all I want to do.
That they told him the Jets made the playoffs.
Speaker 2 (30:26):
He was excited. But it was the Winnipeg Jets. But
doesn't matter. Jets made the playoffs. Jets are the only team.
Speaker 1 (30:33):
Can't get can't get it right one year to squeak
into the playoffs.
Speaker 2 (30:38):
At least you tried. But did we try? Really did they?
But did we really try? Well? I mean we really try.
Speaker 3 (30:44):
Still a lot of people that put in a lot
of hours. Yeah, I want to give them points for
the effort. My washing machine works hard, but I mean,
you know.
Speaker 2 (30:51):
Does he get the job done?
Speaker 1 (30:52):
It's not gonna be able to sign the right free agents.
Speaker 3 (30:55):
Well, you gotta be careful. You got you got a
special guests and in two days I come run rough shodow.
Speaker 1 (31:04):
I know. Hey, dude, when Joe Douglas comes in here,
I really don't know what I'm gonna do.
Speaker 2 (31:08):
Mustache like you're Bobby Jason Smith. No, No, not me, man, No,
I feel like a baby and give him a big hug.
I'm not gonna do that. Thanks for sauce, Joe. Why
is this guy? Why is this guy with Jason? Why
are you hugging me? Stop hugging me? Stop hugging me?
And then you're gonna hold his hand for five minutes. No,
I'm not gonna talk about it.
Speaker 1 (31:30):
Stop it stop, and then he's gonna beat you over
the head like he's brutus from Papa.
Speaker 2 (31:36):
It's a good reference.
Speaker 1 (31:37):
We're gonna cross paths because he's gonna do the show
in the studio right here and then he him and
Jay Glazer and and Jenny Taft and LeVar Arrington, they're
gonna finish. We're gonna come in and say hi to
everybody and then leave. What am I gonna say to
Joe Douglas.
Speaker 2 (31:51):
Dude, Joe, Joe, d Joe, Joe, thanks for trying by
he tried, man. You gotta give him some credit. You
had that one really great draft. You had that one
really well.
Speaker 1 (32:09):
It was only the last five years, like the years
before two other people who are terrible, but he got
the streak to go.
Speaker 3 (32:17):
Look, Joe Douglas, a couple of those guys are gonna
get second contracts.
Speaker 2 (32:20):
So that's good, Joe Douglas did.
Speaker 1 (32:22):
Look, the Jets have a have a high level of
talent that people aren't thinking about right now because you
see you see the disappointment with Rogers and how they
love but all the guys they've let go this year
have been all the older guys who are either retiring
or somehow signing trying to hang on for one more year.
The Jets have a lot of young talent under twenty seven.
So I'm all in on the Jets being a dark
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horse wild card team that hey, it would be a
five hundred team most of the way. And and if
Justin Fields is he's in a position to succeed because
he's in being the number one quarterback. Yeah, I think
the Jets can be that bounce back to have a bed,
to have leadership in here. Now, I can't get into
that with Joe Douglas. Okay, they have a new head
coach in that's going to, you know, potentially have a
(33:05):
big culture shift, which is what Aaron Glenn is trying
to do.
Speaker 2 (33:07):
So I'm all in on that.
Speaker 1 (33:08):
And I give Joe Douglas a lot of credit because
you know, hey, all this is but a lot of
players he drafted Pope Francis twenty thirteen, The white smoke
went up and the Jets didn't make the playoffs.
Speaker 2 (33:19):
Ready for Jets did this the Jets. The Jets did
not do The Jets did not do this to Pope Francis.
They did not.
Speaker 1 (33:26):
They did not to Carl they did it too. To
Carly did they did not do it not. Your odds
to win the division right now are fifteen to one. Oh,
I think you're gonna give me the odds to be
the next Pope? Okay, all right, No, that's the division, okay,
And I'm all right with that. I mean you want
to go AFC title odds? No, no, no, I'm I'm
just talking about plaoffs at this point. Now we're talking
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sixty to one. I'd be more than happy with a
fun run and then into the playoffs, like that's that's fine.
I'm okay losing forty five nothing in the playoffs that
we get in. Yeah, but you know, in a couple
of weeks what we're gonna get.
Speaker 3 (33:58):
We get the draft this week, and then we're gonna
get the schedule release, and then we're gonna go through
all seventeen games.
Speaker 1 (34:04):
Uh win loss, the loss, the entire reign of Pope Francis, Boss,
the entire rain good run eighty eight, though not one
playoff appearance, not one appearance s in Pope's run. Ady
Kersey exit ab out of Fresco exit swollen Dome, Jason
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Speaker 2 (36:07):
Three big stories out of the NBA. Are you ready?
Let's go? Number one? My one big fear for the playoffs? Yep,
one big fear.
Speaker 1 (36:19):
As good as the Western Conference is, is it going
to wind up being really boring? Because the thunder are
just gonna beat the crap out of everybody so far.
Speaker 2 (36:29):
You're seeing that again, Memphis, who.
Speaker 1 (36:31):
Has gotta be saying, boy, this is just a different animal.
And when you look at how the rest of the
series are going okay, Eh, Lakers have a little bit
of worry. Nuggets and the Clippers have a little bit
of worry, like no Rockets have worry. Are the Warriors
going to be able to get the Warriors are limited?
A little too limited? Uh, this might be an Oklahoma
(36:53):
City thunder steam roll to the NBA Finals.
Speaker 2 (36:57):
I can see that that would be the concern.
Speaker 3 (37:00):
Young Deep and your MVP, like, all of that together,
played good defense, they got healthy as the season war on,
Sjet reintegrated to the lineup. You've got defensive stalwarts at
the wings. I mean, it's a difficult thing to navigate.
And they don't just beat you, They bludging you and
they don't let you get back up.
Speaker 2 (37:21):
Hi Lakers.
Speaker 1 (37:24):
Now, speaking of story number two, the Lakers. Again, it's
one one and the Lakers did what they needed to do.
But this should have been a walkover game. And again
JJ Reddick had to call a time out in the
middle in the middle of a big run by the
Tea Wolves, where the Lakers came out house of fire.
They're up by twenty. This shouldn't have even been a game.
(37:44):
This should have been like Game one between the Grizzlies
and the thunder, and instead he had to again get
mad at them and get their intensity up.
Speaker 2 (37:52):
You can only do that so many times if a team.
It really it.
Speaker 1 (37:56):
Baffles me that a team can't play with intensity because
it's the easiest thing you can control.
Speaker 2 (38:00):
But yet this is the Lakers. Here we are.
Speaker 1 (38:02):
This is the Lakers' biggest It's the biggest thing that
holds me back from thinking they can go really, really far.
Is that when you still have to do this and
you're in two games in and already the first game
you don't show up for and your your head coach
admits it, Hey, we didn't come into the players with
the intensity you need. You come into game two with intensity. Okay,
that's great, but then you got to remind him in
(38:24):
the middle of game too, like, no, no, you can't
just do it for eighteen minutes. You got to keep
this intensity down. It's got to be the fourth quarter
where Luca and Lebron are the on the sideline, not
worrying about playing heavy minutes, but instead, nope, they got
to be in it all the way to the end,
and Luca's got to dribble out the clock because you
can't put this team away because you give way too
many easy, easy buckets on defense. When you're just standing around,
(38:45):
you go cold from the floor. When your offense has
been moving, you get stagnant. It's it's just it's a
it's a mental thing, and the Lakers simply just can't
master it. And so you can only do that so
many times before you wind up going home. And that's
a huge red flag right now for me.
Speaker 3 (39:02):
With LA we had that stretch of scorelessness. They finished
with thirteen points in the fourth quarter and aided by
a couple of huge plays that Lebron James steal and
lay up that ended a huge draws at ten straight
field goal misses that you had a big charge Austin
Reeves stepped in. It was about a minute and a
half left when it could have been cut to a
(39:25):
six point lead, like all that. Like I struggled with
the as we were watching it unfolded, like is this
one of those the final score is not indicative of
how the game was played kind of moments or did
they open the door And I'm more of the belief
that they opened the door for the aggressive thunder too.
I'm sorry the now I got the thunder on the
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brain for the tea Wolves to come back and make
that charge that they did in the fourth quarter, which
is is a dangerous proposition because you did everything that
by the book you were supposed to do right. You
limited the outside shooting five of twenty lamited, then the
thirty eight percent shooting for the night. He got the
w but you still walk into the night side. I
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thought this was the intensity. Lebron gave them the speech,
and he was in all the sessions and was telling
them how they needed forty eight minutes of great basketball.
Speaker 1 (40:15):
Sometimes sometimes the game gets too long, and that happens
with teams that are a little bit older, and the
game got too it. Lakers were out like Gangbosters for
the front. But again then slowly Minnesota started a realment
a little bit, and you needed that, Lebron. James Steele
of Anthony Edwards with about two and a half minutes
left to go, that would have cut the game to seven,
and that would have been WHOA, Now suddenly, after all
(40:37):
you did, it's a seven point lead.
Speaker 2 (40:38):
And said, but what a great play by Lebron. I mean,
come on, he picks it.
Speaker 1 (40:41):
Anthony Edwards pocket just outside the arc, goes in for
a contested layup to two defenders pushes the lead back
to eleven, and the Lakers wind up winning the game.
But that play, I'm watching it, I'm going he's flying
into the hoop and it's a seven point lead. But
a great, great play by Lebron. Now the third thing
is this, You're gonna think I'm crazy again. It just
does not the Cowboys and ashing genty.
Speaker 2 (41:01):
There's a lot of things that we normally ascribed that to.
But go ahead.
Speaker 1 (41:05):
I know after last night, after last night, I know
all the Knicks, Jason, lots of the Pistons, and my family,
my wife's family is going nuts, all kinds of crazy stuff.
Speaker 2 (41:14):
I'm fine, and I'm not lying to you.
Speaker 1 (41:16):
I'm fine because I have zero expectations for the Knicks
in this playoffs.
Speaker 2 (41:21):
I have zero x You know though, justin this is zero.
Speaker 3 (41:24):
He's got this played perfectly now though, because if the
Knicks fail, he gets to say, well, I told you
they were gonna go out tib Andau is gonna get fired.
Speaker 2 (41:32):
Three years early on the Piston.
Speaker 1 (41:33):
No, exactly, so either way, right, no, no, no, I know,
but look, this roster isn't coming together the way you
thought it was it's a great collection. Told you it's
the best starting five talent wise in the game. But
they just don't play off each other, and MICKL. Bridges
still struggles to impact games and he had a horrible
game in Game one. Like if they like if they
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lose in the first round, we talked about Tims being fired.
Not only that is that gonna happen, but mckel Bridges
will likely get dealt because that's the only way they
can bring in new personnel because they've given away all
their first round picks.
Speaker 2 (42:06):
They went all in on this. They're gonna need to
make a move.
Speaker 1 (42:09):
And Bridges is the one guy of the starting five
that yeah, he brings a lot of value and he
really doesn't fit with what's going on because brunts and
soball dominant and Karl Anthony Towns is dominant in the
low post.
Speaker 2 (42:20):
That's what it is. Man, some things wouldn't happen.
Speaker 1 (42:23):
At last, you have the Mets, that's right now. I
have expectation. Now, so I have expectation. Oh, by the way,
they're tied with the Padres. The Mets have the best
record in baseball, tie with the Padres. That's how good
they are. My buddy Ben Maller is next Fox.
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Speaker 2 (00:58):
Just a little bit more.
Speaker 1 (00:59):
Why am I more concerned about the Lakers and the
Tea Wolves following this game going back one? Well, yeah,
I like chaos, But what did I say was the
biggest thing?
Speaker 2 (01:10):
Hey?
Speaker 1 (01:10):
And it's good news for the Lakers when you see
them with the intensity that they can have, they'll blow
the doors off of anybody. Oklahoma City, Boston, Cleveland, it
doesn't matter. They have some kind of intensity when they're focused.
You watch and it's it's incredible to see. And you
saw that the first eighteen min it's the game tonight.
But the thing is, and this has been the biggest
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thing for the Lakers of the last month and a
half two months, has been they're non intention They need
that they need to be And I get that when
you're not as intense and you get a little bored.
The month after the trade deadline happened and Luca shows
up and everything looks great. There's no need to assimilate him.
He fits in with Lebron right away. They look like
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they've been playing together for years. The Lakers know, hey,
we're terrific. We're just waiting for the playoffs. Okay, I
get that. I get that. But then you watch Game
one where the Lakers came out and look like they're
playing a regular season game, and you go, wow, you
need that intensity. How do you not How many times
can we keep saying this story about the Lakers keeping
that intensity? Okay, tonight, the message goes out and then
(02:15):
they start to fritter the lead away and then JJ
Reddick has to call an angry time out, which he
just said moments ago in his press conference. He called
that time out and was mad because he wanted to quote,
get that urgency button switched on. You can't get You
can't win a championship if you keep having to hold
it down on your team and have the foot on
the throttle of turn that urgency lot lever up. Now,
(02:38):
turn it up natural. Eventually it's gonna because you can't
keep doing it. You have to either have to do
it or you're gonna lose. And and you know, to
have it a couple of times to have to worry about. Okay,
told them to the regular season, Okay, I get it.
Game one of the playoffs. Alarming Game two of the playoffs.
Middle of the game where you've been playing really well
and it should be a twenty five point lead in
the fourth quarter, your regulars are getting rest and your
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head coach has to call of time out to say, hey, guys,
let's get it going again. Yeah, how much longer the
Lakers gonna be able to do this and stay in
the playoffs? When you send me and it's something that
you shouldn't have to do, but you still have to
do it. It's maddening and it's frustrating. But this is
who the Lakers are. This is the biggest question surrounding
them and their quest for the title. It's not about age.
(03:19):
It's not about Lebron being too old. No, everybody's got
everybody's they Ron got his rest when he when he
sat out. The Lakers have a pretty good supporting cast.
They're Big three with Luca and Austin. Reeves is young.
He had some big shots tonight too. No, it's about
why can't you just maintain defensive intensity or and offensive
intensity needed to win games. The Lakers just can't do it,
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and that's their achilles hell. That's the only thing holding
them back.
Speaker 3 (03:43):
Yeah, I mean we talk about okay see and we're
just watching them run through like a buzz saw, making
quick work of Memphis again and say what you will.
They had the battle of play in to get in there.
But they're still the playoff team. But Oklahoma City, you
go to boss. If Tatum's able to go, he's doubtful
for tomorrow's game. But long term, yeah, those teams are
(04:07):
still elevated. I think at a level that I would
put them above the Lakers with a little bit of
cushion there.
Speaker 2 (04:14):
But to your point, we did have long.
Speaker 3 (04:17):
Stretches where all the metrics talked about how great the
Lakers were on both ends of the court. Right We
watched Luka Donc's takeover games, we watched Lebron take over games,
and it was a nice little seesaw kind of thing.
Speaker 2 (04:28):
All right, now it's your turn.
Speaker 3 (04:29):
Now I get to be first, you get to be
for They nearly both had triple doubles by the end
of things tonight to get this w but hard fought
minutes down the stretch. They scored thirteen fourth quarter points
trying to limp belong. It's like you're watching a horse race.
Head down the stretch. Take up, damn it, where's the
finish line. He's on the outside.
Speaker 2 (04:51):
What are we doing? He found the lightning lane on
the rail, finished the job.
Speaker 1 (04:56):
But for the Lakers, you said that, like Krusty the clod,
he's just spinning the b on his finger.
Speaker 3 (05:01):
Just take it from him and it kind of gets there.
I thought they were due cralling for it. But it's
the idea that you're in the playoffs. This isn't game
sixty five of the season anymore. You're a team where
you've had so many questions about health, stability and being
(05:21):
able to finish the job, whether it's Lebron's age, missing games,
how many times he goes down to the floor because
he's been hit, And most of it is a work
and a cell to try to get the.
Speaker 2 (05:34):
Next call, but occasionally falling to the court repeatedly does
cause problems. We've seen that r y and ball problem
and for Luca.
Speaker 3 (05:44):
Dact the whole thing in Dallas, at least the cell
job they're doing is well, we didn't trust he could
stay healthy and finish, and look at how tired he
looked in these games, even in the finals last year.
So every extra game you add to what is going
to be a rough postseason is just it's fuzzy math.
(06:05):
I mean, it's it's a bad job by you. White
play around with things. Right, So game one, I guess
you could argue, all right, they threw up the flag
saying we're not gonna will fight another day.
Speaker 2 (06:16):
Okay, that's all funny. Good.
Speaker 3 (06:17):
You give away a game to a team that's you
know what, Minnesota's pretty damn good. Yeah, and they've got
a star who, if nothing else, by the fact that
he's been fine nearly forty four hundred thousand dollars for
telling you how great he is and how this that
the other is that you go on, don't give that
guy life? Right defensively, the intensity that they showed in
(06:40):
game one, sure they matched their history for a good
chunk of today, and they still almost let it slip away.
The Wolves shot thirty eight percent and it was still
a stressful final three minutes.
Speaker 2 (06:54):
Of that game. That's Laker, that's Laker basketball. Good live
of twenty five for three when.
Speaker 1 (06:59):
You have the That's the only question I have, Guys,
why can't you just what it's like yelling at a
kid when you can Why can't you just remember to
do this? Why can't you just why? Why do I
have to continue to remind you to play hard? Why
don't they continue to remind you to get out there?
And hey, the other team is trying to Why don't
they like that's the lake they get paid due the rule.
Now we'll have more NBA on the way. But I
(07:22):
blame your nemesis, JJ Reddick. I'll give you well, Hey, hey,
Jason Smithson, Jason Smith is.
Speaker 2 (07:28):
Talking bad about us. You know, we got problems.
Speaker 1 (07:30):
So we're getting set for the NFL Draft on Thursday night,
and Jerry Jones, trying to prime everybody for what the
Cowboys may do, says that the Cowboys are working on something,
potentially some big trades. Didn't say what they were, but
said working on. Steven told me working on some trades.
(07:51):
Then I found out, Uh, it's a fantasy deal in
his Dynasty Leader.
Speaker 2 (07:55):
So when I when I thought, I was excited because
I thought, for a minute, yeah, I saw his big boy.
Speaker 1 (08:03):
I thought we were getting justin Jefferson and we were
giving up a second round pick. But turns out it
was just just in his dynasty league, because you keep
the players from here to year.
Speaker 2 (08:14):
So he says they're working on a big trade.
Speaker 1 (08:17):
Now, normally you're gonna think about that all night, aren't
you think about Jerry.
Speaker 3 (08:21):
John I saw that we had the seventh pick and
it said Jerry Bucks and I didn't know what that meant.
Speaker 2 (08:27):
Someone offered me a first round pick for C. D Lamb.
That's our thinking. Know how early is that.
Speaker 1 (08:33):
First round pick? So Jerry Jones says they're working on
a big trade. Now, normally Jerry Jones speaks and you go, yeah, whatever,
you're just trying to get the headlines. Now we know,
especially after last year, I'm all in, yeah, not really,
not gonna pay anybody. I'll pay you guys, just just
wait till the beginning of the season. But when Jerry
Jones says working on a big trade, that I believe
(08:56):
because that's what he craves, that's what he loves to do.
Jerry Jones has made many big trades surrounding the NFL Draft.
He has made gutsy moves during the NFL Draft. This
is what he craves. How is he going to jolt
the team, jolt energy into the season and become a
contender of higher level than just yeah, the Cowboys with
(09:20):
Dak can win ten games? Whatever, How does he do it?
Here's your bull prediction. They picked twelfth and the one
guy they need the most the most is gonna likely
come off the board by the fifth pick, in any event,
by the sixth pick, definitely. So what's Jerry Jones gonna do.
(09:42):
He's gonna trade up to four or five with either
the Patriots or the Jaguars, and they're gonna draft Ashton Genty. Ooh,
that's the Cowboys big move that's gonna all of a
sudden resuscitate Cowboys and Cowboy fans. We got Ashton Genty
all we need. For a couple of reasons. One, yes,
(10:03):
it's the big sexy move. Jerry Jones likes the big
sexy move. Also, it's the move that makes the most
sense because they absolutely they're dying for a running back.
Because when were the Cowboys at their best When it
was Dak and Zeke early in their careers running up
and down the field.
Speaker 2 (10:18):
Right, that was the best. Their best shot was the
rookie year. Right hasn't really been close.
Speaker 3 (10:22):
To last six teams with that big offensive line in
front of him.
Speaker 2 (10:25):
That that's been it.
Speaker 1 (10:26):
So that's they're going for now. Also, when you throw
in Jerry Jones just had to watch Saquon Barkley go
from his division to another team in his division and
watch that team win the Super Bowl. You don't think
he wants to go out and get that running back
to come in and go, well, you guys did that.
I'll see your Saquon Barkley and I'll raise you one.
Ashton Genty, Especially a guy who says, hey, it's tackle
(10:47):
football draft the guy who they can't tackle. Right, great
message that he put out last week. I'll be sake.
I'm gonna be Saquon Barkley for the team I go to.
The Cowboys. Trading up for Ashton gent not only makes sense,
it's what Jerry Jones wants and he craves it and
he will own the draft if that happens. And suddenly
the Cowboys outlook goes from yeah again, ten win team two?
Speaker 2 (11:11):
Whoa, whoa.
Speaker 1 (11:11):
Suddenly now you got the big three again. Right, it's
not quite aight min and Emmitt and mikeel Irvin, but
it's Dak and it's Genty and it's cdee Lamb and
suddenly everything is possible. You went out and got the
best running back in the draft, who is skyrocketing up
draft boards. He's not making it out of the top five.
If the Raiders think they're gonna sit there at six
and get him, it's not gonna happen, because now somebody's
(11:32):
calling to move up from the seven to eight to
nine spot around there that would move up to get
Ashton Genty. Right, you saw the story yesterday that potentially
the Jets could move up because the trade with the
Cleveland Browns for Breece Hall potentially is out there that
they could move on from Breece Hall to get a
running back, in which case, then hey, moving up from
seven to four really isn't.
Speaker 2 (11:51):
That big a deal.
Speaker 1 (11:52):
That's why the Cowboys are gonna have to make a bit,
and they will because they'll overpay because.
Speaker 2 (11:56):
It's what they do.
Speaker 1 (11:57):
And teams like the Jaguars and the Patriot of course
we'll deal with the Cowboys. Why Patriots would love to
get Ashton Genty, but they got Rimandre Stevenson. And really,
you're starting over. You have a quarterback you're building around.
We'll take more assets. As Mike Vrabel starts things anew,
the same thing going on in Jacksonville right now. You
have a couple of running backs that are good. I mean,
maybe not Ashton Genty, but you're also starting over again
(12:19):
in Jacksonville. You'll take the assets and the picks that
you will get from the Dallas Cowboys. Both of those
teams will deal with the Cowboys. That's gonna there's my
big bold prediction. The Cowboys move up into the top
five and they get Ashton Genty. I like this because
you also would make a trade with a first year
kid general manager in Jacksonville. It's straight out a draft day.
(12:41):
Well and remember, we're gonna make me look like a jerk.
Well remember, and here's the other thing. His name is
glad Sonny Weaver traded three second round picks to draft
are running back at number six. Okay, three we were
talking about here, I'm taking a running back at number six.
Art imitates life imitates art. Yeah, you got et and
then you've.
Speaker 3 (13:00):
Got Bigsby and and Bigsby's a guy that we've certainly
watched that that could be their number one in Jacksville.
But you have so many other needs to build around
to prove that beyond Brian Thomas that you have a
guy in Trevor Lawrence, right, so you need other assets
and you need to build and build fast. For New England,
(13:20):
h you love what they've done with the roster, but
still work in progress. You're looking at more O line
and infrastructure to help Drake May along. And as you said,
you've got Stevenson you can work through that. For for
the Cowboys, it made a little bit of noise, right,
They've added a couple of running backs to the roster,
but not guys that are world beating by any stretch
(13:43):
of the imagination. When you when you look at you
know what what you've gotten from Javonte Williams in the past.
Speaker 2 (13:50):
Or Miles Sanders is there now right?
Speaker 3 (13:55):
Maybe you liked him when he was an eagle will
hit Sure, sure why not bring those?
Speaker 2 (13:59):
But those are ratam bell.
Speaker 3 (14:01):
But if you can go make the splash, you go
make the splash for Jerry Jones. If you've got a
give up enough capital.
Speaker 1 (14:07):
That's the question, Steven, This is that which one of
your screens is is the Cowboys?
Speaker 2 (14:13):
And which one is your fantasy team?
Speaker 1 (14:15):
Is it one that says Dallas Cowboys or is it
the one that says my dad sucks? Which is which
is the name of the team? To where what do
I gotta look at? Which one? Which one am I
looking at? Why am I looking at a jar of honey?
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Speaker 1 (17:49):
Fox Sports Radio The Jason Smith Show with my best
friend Mike Harmon here and uh, you know, look at
a couple minutes on this because this is a this
kind of hit me today when it happened. Oh, you
probably saw this story. Mike Patrick passed away at the
age of eighty.
Speaker 2 (18:04):
And this is a guy who.
Speaker 1 (18:10):
Was one of the biggest stars ESPN had without being
someone who demanded the screen time and attention that a
lot of people need. He hosted Sunday Night Football play
by play for Sunday Night Football for nearly two decades.
Right then he did a bunch of other big did
big college basketball games, worked his last game until he retired.
(18:32):
I think it was in twenty eighteen. He said about
my career, he said, I've been able to do everything
I wanted to do everything I aspired to. He's so
incredibly happy when he walked away. But like Sunday Night
Football was really was such an it program from eighty seven,
you know, when it first started in the middle of
the eighties, up until the middle of two thousands, right
(18:54):
I remember, you know, Yeah, we had the Thursday Night game,
and then we had the Sunday Night game and then okay,
but the Thursday Night package was only half the year,
and then he also did Thursday Night games ESPN when
they had it Thursday Night Packers usually.
Speaker 2 (19:06):
Half the year.
Speaker 1 (19:07):
Sunday Night Football wasn't always a great matchup, but this,
you know, Sunday Night Football was such a huge changing
moment in sports television where it was, okay, we can
now get past the Sunday, Monday night Sunday all during
the day, Monday night football. Can we do other days
during the week. And ESPN says, we're going to go
Sunday Night football. And this booth was terrific. Right, Paul
(19:30):
McGuire was.
Speaker 2 (19:31):
Such a great guy.
Speaker 1 (19:31):
Look, I couldn't stand Paul McGuire when I was younger
because he would always pick against the Jets.
Speaker 2 (19:36):
And it took me.
Speaker 1 (19:37):
You know, when I'm fifteen, I don't realize his whole
stick was he always picked against the Jets.
Speaker 2 (19:41):
Right, he's a punter for the Buffalo Bills.
Speaker 1 (19:43):
He was so well spoken, he was a great analyst,
but he would always pick against the Jets.
Speaker 2 (19:47):
And I hated him and I hate him he because
he always pick it. Then I realized, oh, it's just
his thing to pick against the Jets. He picked in Jets.
Speaker 1 (19:53):
So with him and Joe Thisman and Mike Patrick in
the booth every week, it was a great broadcast. And
Sunday Night Football was such a institute and still is
an institution. Obviously it's become a much bigger deal. But
like this was something for twenty years. This was the
booth and it was there was not a lot of
upward movement. This was like I think Joe Fismen waited
for years hopefully to get the call from Monday Night.
By that time, other people had come on, other big stars.
(20:15):
But twenty years and Mike Patrick was a terrific play
by play guy. He had natural excitement to his voice,
and just hearing him do a game, you knew you
were going to get a great broadcast, right, And that's
really underrated now because sometimes you don't know what kind
of broadcast you're going to get, how much you're paying
attention to what's being said. But you knew, hey, Mike
Patrick's on the game, you're gonna get a good broadcame.
Speaker 2 (20:37):
But he wasn't a guy that.
Speaker 3 (20:38):
Was getting pushed in other sports right to where it's
the and he did other work, but the point was
he was Sunday Night football. And it really in reading
the bios and the tributes that started flowing today, like wow,
that's really twenty years ago that that ended, right, I mean,
because I remember him for all those big games and
(21:00):
then certainly for college football for years thereafter. But you
think of that grouping and thiseman for all those years
maguire was you want to hit me for using the term,
but he played the heel very well, right, because he
was the guy in the boot, that was the contrarian
the three and Patrick tried to play referee and and
(21:21):
do all that. But yeah, it was big game because
Sunday Night Football had that cachet and just a fantastic
long career And wasn't the guy that you know, you
don't remember catchphrases, You don't remember any of the pomp
and circumstance that came to be emblematic of so many
other guys in the ESPN family and I think other
(21:43):
broadcasting networks as well. Not to say that that didn't happen,
because certainly with Madden over the years and go on
with Summer All, we remember some of those catchphrases.
Speaker 2 (21:52):
But with Patrick, he just did the job.
Speaker 1 (21:54):
Yeah, there's something to be said for play by play
men and women, for both that it needs to be
an easy listen. Yeah, right, Like there's some there you
can tune in for personalities and people who are rough
and their voices aren't, you know, Like you could tune
in to certain things for that you could turn that
for a radio show at night, you could do this,
(22:15):
but when you're doing play by play, you gotta be
an easy listen and and that falls into so many
different categories. And that's basically just people enjoying turning the
volume up and listening to you broadcast a game, right
Like Sean McDonald was the absolute master at that, Like
you talk about it easy listen.
Speaker 2 (22:32):
Oh my goodness, that guy. He combines the height of.
Speaker 1 (22:35):
A game with this with the seriousness and and and
and and quiet intensity, and I mean he just found
a way to make easy listen, just like you look
it up at the dictionary. And that's and but it's
also Mike Patrick because it's hard to be an easy
listen when you're doing football because you got to get excited.
And his excitement was always very natural. It never sounded
like he was shouting, but you could hear how excited
(22:56):
he was. But you go back and listen to some
of the stuff Mike Patrick did, he was he was
just he was phenomenal. And of course this is around
the time when ESPN had the Three they called him
the Three Patricks. It was Mike Patrick, Dan Patrick, and
Bill Patrick. So it was all the Patricks were playing
Patrick Patrick, Patrick, patt Patrick Patrick, the Patrick Starr.
Speaker 2 (23:13):
Yes, yes, he said we should have been together.
Speaker 3 (23:17):
His broadcasting career began later now, And I'm telling you
I never met Mike Patrick, but we got to work
in and around games that he did, and he was
he just had that level of broadcast excellence that it
was just he was smooth.
Speaker 2 (23:30):
He was so smooth.
Speaker 3 (23:33):
Fantastic career, well remembered in our business, and and certainly
longevity huge.
Speaker 1 (23:39):
Oh yeah, I mean, look when when when Sunday Night
football became, hey, you have it, now, we're going to
take it to the next level. All those guys had
to do something different, right. Paul McGuire tried to do
some college games, but it wasn't quite the same. Mike
Patrick went to college and did a great job. Did
college basketball did I mean it was great. Joe thisman,
you know, found his way around doing different things. But
(24:01):
it was a big breakup of that booth. And because
that really those three had been together for almost twenty years.
Like you think about oh yeah, yeah, you know Joe Bucken,
Trietman the other. Yeah, these guys, three guys together for
almost twenty years doing football, Like, that's a long time to.
Speaker 2 (24:15):
Go thirty five years at ESPN.
Speaker 1 (24:18):
Yeah, wow, what a great voice. Rest in peace. Mike
Patrick passed away earlier today at the age of eighty.
Now we have another big NFL topic to get to
coming up in a couple of seconds. But first we're
gonna find out what's trending in the wide world of sports.
From special delivery Steve de Seger. All the drama that
we saw tonight, of course, none bigger than Luis Torrens
(24:40):
is two out, two run single with the bases loaded
in the eighth inning to give the Mets a five
to one lead, which was their final score against the Phillies,
their six win in a row, and now the Mets
and the Padres have the best record in baseball.
Speaker 5 (24:54):
Steve, slightly more drama at Wrigley Field tonight, but not
everything is final. We've still got this hockey playoff in
Vegas tonight. Under five minutes to goo, Minnesota leads four
to two over the Golden Knights, trying to even their
first round series at a game apiece. Florida opened its
best of seven with a win six to two at
Tampa Bay, Toronto three to two over Ottawa and Carolina
(25:15):
three to one over New Jersey, so Toronto and Carolina
each up two games to none in first rounders. In
the NBA playoffs, we had three games capped off by
the one in LA Lakers beat the Timberwolves ninety four
eighty five Luka Doncic with thirty one points, twelve rebounds,
nine assists. Oklahoma City's up two games to none on
Memphis after winning the opener of the series by fifty
(25:36):
one points over the weekend. It was a twenty three
point lead in the second quarter. Tonight eventually thunder one
eighteen to ninety nine, and Indiana, like okse is up
two games to none in a first round series. Pacers
beat the Bucks one twenty three to one fifteen. Damian
Lillard did return at fourteen points he'd missed over a
month after a blood clot Tyrese Halliburton for the winners
(25:58):
twenty one points of assists. Boston's Jason Tatum doubtful for
Wednesday with the bruce wrist the NBA six Man of
the Year as the Celtics Peyton Pritchard Falcons quarterback Kirk
Cousins reported to voluntary workouts, but Bill's running back James
Cook did not attend the start of his team's voluntary
offseason program. Among the late games in Major League Baseball,
(26:20):
Milwaukee got a grand slam from Christian Yelich, winning at
San Francisco eleven to three, the win to Jose Kintana,
who's three to zero for the Brewers ERA zero point
ninety six. Texas won at the A's eight to five,
Arizona five to one winners against Tampa Bay, and Pittsburgh
beat the Angels in Anaheim nine to three, who also
had home wins for Boston and Houston. At Kansas City,
(26:43):
the Royals in eleven innings beat Colorado four to three,
Minnesota four to two over the White Sox, who have
a record of five and eighteen. The Cubs in ten
innings beat the Dodgers eleven to ten, two run homer
in the eighth, solo homer in the ninth to tie.
Saint Louis ended a five game losing streak, winning ten
four at Atlanta by the way Cards. Second baseman Brendan
(27:03):
Donovan was out with a rib injuries, batting over three
point fifty Aaron judge Is batting over four hundred, He
went four for four, but not in a victory at
Cleveland Guardians three two over the Yankees. Cleveland has won
five straight.
Speaker 2 (27:16):
In fact.
Speaker 5 (27:16):
Aside from Judges great night at the plate, the rest
of the Yankees went two for twenty seven combined home
wins for Washington and Miami. Padres won again two nothing
at Detroit. The Tiger offense went three for thirty. The
Mets won their sixth straight, defeating Philadelphia five to one.
Phil starter Christopher Sanchez took the loss. He left early
with a sore arm. This was a two to one
(27:38):
lead in the seventh stee Who has the best record
in baseball? Padres, Francisco Eldor with three hits, Pods and Mets.
He's seventeen got Steve Dodgers now sixteen and eight, Giants
now fifteen and nine.
Speaker 2 (27:52):
Back to you get yourself a hug man. Matt's ye.
So because you know there's the inn in Yang.
Speaker 1 (27:58):
This is a football story that everybody will be happy
about except for me. So obviously, look, the biggest story
in the world the last twenty four hours the death
of Pope Francis at the age of eighty eight. It
was in ill health for a while that took a
real turn suffering a stroke. He woke up, he said
he was feeling good as good as he could be
at eighty eight. I had a visit from JD. Vance,
(28:19):
Vice President a couple of days ago, and things took
a turn for the worse. He passed away at the
age of eighty eight. And then Frostburg sends me something
today that I have since gotten eleven.
Speaker 2 (28:30):
More times from people. Let's get it up to twenty
of fresco in my family.
Speaker 1 (28:35):
When in my family front a couple of people that
I that I usually talked to twice a year usually
when something like this comes up. Oh then texts Jason this, yeah,
hell love that Ah great? How you doing great? How
are you great? I'll talk to him six months with
another embarrassing things comes out of one of my teams
(28:55):
in the NFL, the NBA, Major League Baseball, three Big Sports, NFL, NBA,
Major League.
Speaker 2 (29:02):
It's ninety two team thirty two two teams.
Speaker 1 (29:09):
During the entirety of Pope Francis's reign as Pope okay,
entire rain, tire time he was rain with Pope, every
team in the NFL, the NBA, or Major League Baseball
made the playoffs right, his rain goes back to twenty thirteen.
Speaker 2 (29:27):
Right, didn't have a long rain. But this is kind
of what they did.
Speaker 1 (29:30):
I think the way the pope the pope is elected now,
I mean you gotta watch conclave. I mean, boyd wow,
watch conclave and you see how they're gonna do it
for real?
Speaker 2 (29:39):
Uh?
Speaker 1 (29:40):
Is they like to elect the pope now for shorter
time to continue to get fresh ideas coming in and out.
So you're gonna get an older pope most likely. Uh
It's it's not gonna be John Lithgow. It's not going
to be Ray Fines. It's also not going to be
Stanley Tucci. So the entirety of Pope Francis's reign, every
single team in the NFL, NBA, Major League Baseball made
(30:04):
the playoffs.
Speaker 2 (30:05):
Since March thirteenth, twenty thirteen.
Speaker 1 (30:08):
Except for one team. Who do you think that team is?
The New York Jets. Every single team has made the
playoffs Pope Francis' entire reign. And I think he said
last week, all I want to do is see the
Jets make the playoffs. That's all I want to do.
That they told him the Jets made the playoffs.
Speaker 2 (30:26):
He was excited. But it was the Winnipeg Jets. But
doesn't matter. Jets made the playoffs. Jets are the only team.
Speaker 1 (30:33):
Can't get can't get it right one year to squeak
into the playoffs.
Speaker 2 (30:38):
At least you tried. But did we try? Really did they?
But did we really try? Well? I mean we really try.
Speaker 3 (30:44):
Still a lot of people that put in a lot
of hours. Yeah, I want to give them points for
the effort. My washing machine works hard, but I mean,
you know.
Speaker 2 (30:51):
Does he get the job done?
Speaker 1 (30:52):
It's not gonna be able to sign the right free agents.
Speaker 3 (30:55):
Well, you gotta be careful. You got you got a
special guests and in two days I come run rough shodow.
Speaker 1 (31:04):
I know. Hey, dude, when Joe Douglas comes in here,
I really don't know what I'm gonna do.
Speaker 2 (31:08):
Mustache like you're Bobby Jason Smith. No, No, not me, man, No,
I feel like a baby and give him a big hug.
I'm not gonna do that. Thanks for sauce, Joe. Why
is this guy? Why is this guy with Jason? Why
are you hugging me? Stop hugging me? Stop hugging me?
And then you're gonna hold his hand for five minutes. No,
I'm not gonna talk about it.
Speaker 1 (31:30):
Stop it stop, and then he's gonna beat you over
the head like he's brutus from Papa.
Speaker 2 (31:36):
It's a good reference.
Speaker 1 (31:37):
We're gonna cross paths because he's gonna do the show
in the studio right here and then he him and
Jay Glazer and and Jenny Taft and LeVar Arrington, they're
gonna finish. We're gonna come in and say hi to
everybody and then leave. What am I gonna say to
Joe Douglas.
Speaker 2 (31:51):
Dude, Joe, Joe, d Joe, Joe, thanks for trying by
he tried, man. You gotta give him some credit. You
had that one really great draft. You had that one
really well.
Speaker 1 (32:09):
It was only the last five years, like the years
before two other people who are terrible, but he got
the streak to go.
Speaker 3 (32:17):
Look, Joe Douglas, a couple of those guys are gonna
get second contracts.
Speaker 2 (32:20):
So that's good, Joe Douglas did.
Speaker 1 (32:22):
Look, the Jets have a have a high level of
talent that people aren't thinking about right now because you
see you see the disappointment with Rogers and how they
love but all the guys they've let go this year
have been all the older guys who are either retiring
or somehow signing trying to hang on for one more year.
The Jets have a lot of young talent under twenty seven.
So I'm all in on the Jets being a dark
(32:44):
horse wild card team that hey, it would be a
five hundred team most of the way. And and if
Justin Fields is he's in a position to succeed because
he's in being the number one quarterback. Yeah, I think
the Jets can be that bounce back to have a bed,
to have leadership in here. Now, I can't get into
that with Joe Douglas. Okay, they have a new head
coach in that's going to, you know, potentially have a
(33:05):
big culture shift, which is what Aaron Glenn is trying
to do.
Speaker 2 (33:07):
So I'm all in on that.
Speaker 1 (33:08):
And I give Joe Douglas a lot of credit because
you know, hey, all this is but a lot of
players he drafted Pope Francis twenty thirteen, The white smoke
went up and the Jets didn't make the playoffs.
Speaker 2 (33:19):
Ready for Jets did this the Jets. The Jets did
not do The Jets did not do this to Pope Francis.
They did not.
Speaker 1 (33:26):
They did not to Carl they did it too. To
Carly did they did not do it not. Your odds
to win the division right now are fifteen to one. Oh,
I think you're gonna give me the odds to be
the next Pope? Okay, all right, No, that's the division, okay,
And I'm all right with that. I mean you want
to go AFC title odds? No, no, no, I'm I'm
just talking about plaoffs at this point. Now we're talking
(33:47):
sixty to one. I'd be more than happy with a
fun run and then into the playoffs, like that's that's fine.
I'm okay losing forty five nothing in the playoffs that
we get in. Yeah, but you know, in a couple
of weeks what we're gonna get.
Speaker 3 (33:58):
We get the draft this week, and then we're gonna
get the schedule release, and then we're gonna go through
all seventeen games.
Speaker 1 (34:04):
Uh win loss, the loss, the entire reign of Pope Francis, Boss,
the entire rain good run eighty eight, though not one
playoff appearance, not one appearance s in Pope's run. Ady
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Speaker 2 (36:07):
Three big stories out of the NBA. Are you ready?
Let's go? Number one? My one big fear for the playoffs? Yep,
one big fear.
Speaker 1 (36:19):
As good as the Western Conference is, is it going
to wind up being really boring? Because the thunder are
just gonna beat the crap out of everybody so far.
Speaker 2 (36:29):
You're seeing that again, Memphis, who.
Speaker 1 (36:31):
Has gotta be saying, boy, this is just a different animal.
And when you look at how the rest of the
series are going okay, Eh, Lakers have a little bit
of worry. Nuggets and the Clippers have a little bit
of worry, like no Rockets have worry. Are the Warriors
going to be able to get the Warriors are limited?
A little too limited? Uh, this might be an Oklahoma
(36:53):
City thunder steam roll to the NBA Finals.
Speaker 2 (36:57):
I can see that that would be the concern.
Speaker 3 (37:00):
Young Deep and your MVP, like, all of that together,
played good defense, they got healthy as the season war on,
Sjet reintegrated to the lineup. You've got defensive stalwarts at
the wings. I mean, it's a difficult thing to navigate.
And they don't just beat you, They bludging you and
they don't let you get back up.
Speaker 2 (37:21):
Hi Lakers.
Speaker 1 (37:24):
Now, speaking of story number two, the Lakers. Again, it's
one one and the Lakers did what they needed to do.
But this should have been a walkover game. And again
JJ Reddick had to call a time out in the
middle in the middle of a big run by the
Tea Wolves, where the Lakers came out house of fire.
They're up by twenty. This shouldn't have even been a game.
(37:44):
This should have been like Game one between the Grizzlies
and the thunder, and instead he had to again get
mad at them and get their intensity up.
Speaker 2 (37:52):
You can only do that so many times if a team.
It really it.
Speaker 1 (37:56):
Baffles me that a team can't play with intensity because
it's the easiest thing you can control.
Speaker 2 (38:00):
But yet this is the Lakers. Here we are.
Speaker 1 (38:02):
This is the Lakers' biggest It's the biggest thing that
holds me back from thinking they can go really, really far.
Is that when you still have to do this and
you're in two games in and already the first game
you don't show up for and your your head coach
admits it, Hey, we didn't come into the players with
the intensity you need. You come into game two with intensity. Okay,
that's great, but then you got to remind him in
(38:24):
the middle of game too, like, no, no, you can't
just do it for eighteen minutes. You got to keep
this intensity down. It's got to be the fourth quarter
where Luca and Lebron are the on the sideline, not
worrying about playing heavy minutes, but instead, nope, they got
to be in it all the way to the end,
and Luca's got to dribble out the clock because you
can't put this team away because you give way too
many easy, easy buckets on defense. When you're just standing around,
(38:45):
you go cold from the floor. When your offense has
been moving, you get stagnant. It's it's just it's a
it's a mental thing, and the Lakers simply just can't
master it. And so you can only do that so
many times before you wind up going home. And that's
a huge red flag right now for me.
Speaker 3 (39:02):
With LA we had that stretch of scorelessness. They finished
with thirteen points in the fourth quarter and aided by
a couple of huge plays that Lebron James steal and
lay up that ended a huge draws at ten straight
field goal misses that you had a big charge Austin
Reeves stepped in. It was about a minute and a
half left when it could have been cut to a
(39:25):
six point lead, like all that. Like I struggled with
the as we were watching it unfolded, like is this
one of those the final score is not indicative of
how the game was played kind of moments or did
they open the door And I'm more of the belief
that they opened the door for the aggressive thunder too.
I'm sorry the now I got the thunder on the
(39:46):
brain for the tea Wolves to come back and make
that charge that they did in the fourth quarter, which
is is a dangerous proposition because you did everything that
by the book you were supposed to do right. You
limited the outside shooting five of twenty lamited, then the
thirty eight percent shooting for the night. He got the
w but you still walk into the night side. I
(40:06):
thought this was the intensity. Lebron gave them the speech,
and he was in all the sessions and was telling
them how they needed forty eight minutes of great basketball.
Speaker 1 (40:15):
Sometimes sometimes the game gets too long, and that happens
with teams that are a little bit older, and the
game got too it. Lakers were out like Gangbosters for
the front. But again then slowly Minnesota started a realment
a little bit, and you needed that, Lebron. James Steele
of Anthony Edwards with about two and a half minutes
left to go, that would have cut the game to seven,
and that would have been WHOA, Now suddenly, after all
(40:37):
you did, it's a seven point lead.
Speaker 2 (40:38):
And said, but what a great play by Lebron. I mean,
come on, he picks it.
Speaker 1 (40:41):
Anthony Edwards pocket just outside the arc, goes in for
a contested layup to two defenders pushes the lead back
to eleven, and the Lakers wind up winning the game.
But that play, I'm watching it, I'm going he's flying
into the hoop and it's a seven point lead. But
a great, great play by Lebron. Now the third thing
is this, You're gonna think I'm crazy again. It just
does not the Cowboys and ashing genty.
Speaker 2 (41:01):
There's a lot of things that we normally ascribed that to.
But go ahead.
Speaker 1 (41:05):
I know after last night, after last night, I know
all the Knicks, Jason, lots of the Pistons, and my family,
my wife's family is going nuts, all kinds of crazy stuff.
Speaker 2 (41:14):
I'm fine, and I'm not lying to you.
Speaker 1 (41:16):
I'm fine because I have zero expectations for the Knicks
in this playoffs.
Speaker 2 (41:21):
I have zero x You know though, justin this is zero.
Speaker 3 (41:24):
He's got this played perfectly now though, because if the
Knicks fail, he gets to say, well, I told you
they were gonna go out tib Andau is gonna get fired.
Speaker 2 (41:32):
Three years early on the Piston.
Speaker 1 (41:33):
No, exactly, so either way, right, no, no, no, I know,
but look, this roster isn't coming together the way you
thought it was it's a great collection. Told you it's
the best starting five talent wise in the game. But
they just don't play off each other, and MICKL. Bridges
still struggles to impact games and he had a horrible
game in Game one. Like if they like if they
(41:55):
lose in the first round, we talked about Tims being fired.
Not only that is that gonna happen, but mckel Bridges
will likely get dealt because that's the only way they
can bring in new personnel because they've given away all
their first round picks.
Speaker 2 (42:06):
They went all in on this. They're gonna need to
make a move.
Speaker 1 (42:09):
And Bridges is the one guy of the starting five
that yeah, he brings a lot of value and he
really doesn't fit with what's going on because brunts and
soball dominant and Karl Anthony Towns is dominant in the
low post.
Speaker 2 (42:20):
That's what it is. Man, some things wouldn't happen.
Speaker 1 (42:23):
At last, you have the Mets, that's right now. I
have expectation. Now, so I have expectation. Oh, by the way,
they're tied with the Padres. The Mets have the best
record in baseball, tie with the Padres. That's how good
they are. My buddy Ben Maller is next Fox.
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