December 30, 2025 • 38 mins
Rob and Kelvin argue over whether college basketball coaches like John Calipari are being hypocrites for voicing their displeasure over professional (non-NBA) players coming back to play in college, and tell us why they have no problem with Nikola Jokic potentially being excluded from MVP and All-NBA consideration if he doesn’t meet the league’s 65-game minimum threshold.
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to get to last call, a lot of stuff to
get to get into. It was there was big.
Speaker 3 (01:25):
News right today. Earlier you talk about the Diggs brothers man.
Speaker 4 (01:29):
Maybe they've had a date, you got one getting cut
obviously Trayvon Diggs didn't cut from the Cowboys. Then you
got Stefan Diggs facing charges of felony strangulation and assault
of Earlier in the day when the news came out,
they didn't really have all the details and they didn't
want to share certain things a prosecutor, you know, the prosecutors,
I should say, But now they got the information out.
It's a strangulation or suffocation and misdemeanor assault and battery
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pertaining to an alleged incident that happened on December second,
involving his private chef, which was a woman. And so
he had his most hearing today in Massachusetts District Court
and has a raiment of schedule for January twenty third,
which is two days after the AFC Championship game.
Speaker 3 (02:08):
So a lot of people obviously concerned, what are we
gonna do? Well, how's it going to play out? The football?
Speaker 4 (02:12):
So we'll obviously tracking that, we'll keep you updated on it.
But man, it's top date for the Diggs brothers obviously,
just as far as all the breaking news. But we'll
keep you updated on that as more information comes along,
no doubt. Well, real quick just to add for those
who according to the report, if he tried to choke
her using the crook of his elbow around her neck.
That's what she claims, and she had trouble breathing and
(02:34):
felt that she could have blacked out.
Speaker 3 (02:36):
So who knows what is what?
Speaker 4 (02:38):
We will have to see his according to his incident report,
he said it his lies, him and his lawyers saying
it's lies. So we'll keep you updated on that. I
want to make sure I was fair on both sides there. Yeah,
rob g speaking of fair. Uh, some college coaches saying
it ain't really fair. What's going on in college right now?
Speaker 5 (02:56):
Yeah, this is the gift that keeps on giving in
the world of college sports.
Speaker 3 (02:59):
It's all kind of start.
Speaker 5 (03:00):
Well, it started years ago over be honest, but this
really has hit a crest in the last week and
a half. And that is because on Christmas Eve, Baylor
announced that they would be signing the thirty first pick
in the twenty twenty three NBA draft, a young man
by the name of James Naji, to their active roster.
The reason why this is important is because even though
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nag was drafted thirty first overall, he played in the
NBA Summer League. In fact, he was part of the
Karl Anthony Towns trade that sent him to the Knicks.
He never actually played in an NBA game, and he
spent the last five years instead playing in the EuroLeague,
which means, in a roundabout way, because he never actually
played in the NBA, he is eligible maintains his eligibility
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to play in college. This has led a number of
college coaches to get real up in arms about it.
Last week it was Tom Izzo. Earlier today it was
John Calipari. Take a listen to coach cal on the sub.
Speaker 6 (04:01):
Well, look, I don't blame coaches. You know, I've got
friends that are playing with twenty seven year olds and
they feel bad. I said, don't feel bad. We don't
have any rules. Why should you feel bad? But let
me give you this, real simple. The rules bees the rules.
So if you put your name in the draft, I
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don't care if you're from Russia and you stay in
the draft, you can't play college basketball. Well that's only
for American kids. What if your name is in that
draft and you got drafted, you can't play cup because
that's our rule. Yeah, but that's only for American kids. Okay, Okay,
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now here's the next lawsuit. Well, we don't have a
say over European players. You do if they're playing in
college basketball. So that means you don't have a say
over high school kids. So whatever a high school kid
does before he comes here, don't you do one thing
because there's a suit, Because what you're saying is if
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he's in Europe, we don't have the same rules.
Speaker 3 (05:10):
All right, Rob, do you have an update from the Yeah.
Speaker 5 (05:12):
So this clip obviously went viral. We'll get to here
in a second. But in the wake of this, the
nc DOUBLEA has released a statement with regards to the
whole situation. NCAA President Charlie Baker says, in part quote,
the NCUABLEA has not and will not grant eligibility to
any prospective or returning student athletes who have signed an
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NBA contract. This includes a two way contract. Somehow, some way,
Nagi's in the gray area where he got neither, so
he's eligible.
Speaker 1 (05:41):
Okay, And I'm gonna say this, Kelvin. These coaches are
such hypocrites, they really are.
Speaker 3 (05:48):
And what they used to do.
Speaker 1 (05:49):
To kids was they used to punish kids who wanted
to enter the draft even if they didn't have an agent,
or even if they didn't get drafted. You know what
they used to tell the kids, tough luck. You cannot
come back to college basketball.
Speaker 3 (06:04):
Why not?
Speaker 1 (06:07):
They didn't have an agent and they weren't drafted. They
thought their stuck was higher. They didn't get drafted. Why
shouldn't you be able to come back. It was punishment.
It was trying to scare the kids from trying to
better themselves and taking a chance in life. And now
the whole idea is to punish. This kid hasn't played.
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You could play around the NBA. When you go look
in the NBA stats and ask a guy, is he
get an NBA pension? Does he get an NBA pension?
Speaker 3 (06:39):
I would assume not.
Speaker 4 (06:40):
No, he hasn't played in the NBA. There's a lot
of guys who played in summer league and they wore uniform.
They didn't play in the league. I hate to break
it to you, I don't remember these guys, Tom Izzo
and all these other people coaches doing all the stuff
that they do, all the money that they made.
Speaker 3 (07:03):
I don't I don't remember.
Speaker 1 (07:05):
John Caler Perry being so worked up that Rick Patino
School had prostitutes in the dorm and all that other stuff,
and all the other penalties and punishment for them. I
don't remember those press conferences. I don't remember them coming
out and saying this is awful. The reason that college
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for college basketball is where they are is because of greed.
They never wanted to share with the players. They used
to penalize players who penalizes as a kid who wants
to go back to college, he wasn't drafted. Oh don't
know you? How dare you put yourself in the draft?
Speaker 2 (07:48):
Right?
Speaker 1 (07:50):
How dare you? You're not coming back here? That's that's
education that we're denying kids a chance to come back
to college.
Speaker 3 (07:58):
I'm sorry.
Speaker 4 (07:59):
That's why I understand this, and I and the NCAAA,
they would have a problem, especially with nil and money
now that they give people to deny this kid a
chance to play, they would lose because he hadn't signed
an NBA contract.
Speaker 1 (08:15):
And that's what the rules say. That this is not
before where if you just he's talking about old rules,
those were the old rules.
Speaker 3 (08:24):
So I don't have an issue with it.
Speaker 1 (08:26):
The NCAA, I think if they finally got it right
and they understand where they are, this is not amateur
sports anymore.
Speaker 4 (08:32):
Anybody who thinks so, you're your kid and yourself, which
is why we were talking here. I wrote down n
cuaa's days are numbered. Their days are numbers. They're already.
You talk about the phrase on the clock, they're a
big time on the clock because a broke clock is
right twice a day. And John Caler Perry, well, I
disagree with some things over his tenure that he said
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or done this time. I think some of what he
was saying was right. So first of all, Robersie, what's
the kid's name again? That's kind of in the midst
of all of.
Speaker 5 (08:59):
This as Naji Nagi Nagy.
Speaker 4 (09:03):
You can't come back, rob, I totally disagree. It's one thing.
The first point you made, I get put my name
in the draft. Just want to see where I am.
Just see what's okay cool. I'm straight. I'm staying.
Speaker 3 (09:12):
You never really left. You leave, you've been going five years.
Speaker 4 (09:17):
Get you gonna play pro overseas, you get in a
G League, part of a trade in the NBA. You
are a gone officially. You cannot come back to college.
Speaker 3 (09:25):
We are now.
Speaker 4 (09:26):
I watched March Madness this past last year and I
saw more dudes on those courts that I'm looking like,
did I go to high school with him? And I'm
twenty some years older than most of those players. That's
how old some of these kids look. That part of
it's gone too far. He brought up a great point
as well. If you're kind of saying, well, that's over there,
that's overseas, then you gotta keep your hands out of
high school. You know how many kids cannot go to
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college because under Armour and Nike sent them a bunch
of clothes and stuff to wear. I can be a
billboard for you, Rob, but what I can't do is
have five hundred pair of shoes that you sent me
over a couple of years. You know what I can't do.
I can't one measly pair because now I'm ineligible. Like
that's crazy. The NC double A rule here, no rule there.
Transfer here, but don't transfer there. Go overseas and play,
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but what you can come back? Don't go but get
an agent. You can't come back. The NC DOUBLEA does
not know what they're doing, and it is becausing chaos
and it is hurting the game. And you and I
were talking off the air a little bit, dude. I
remember watching games and you knew the teams they were
replaying because of uh, they were replaying Duke recently, the
Christian Late everybody hates Christian later dot And you saw
(10:29):
him and Bobby Hurley and Grant Hill all these years
and you knew it, you loved it. You saw him
losing the UNLV that came back, they bounced back, and
it's losing that luster. So I'm happy do what you
want to get paid to the players. I'm not knocking
that portion of it. But the NC DOUBLEA, by overcompensating,
has created this concept by never playing players. It's not
over compensating, it says, it's states. You can't sign a contract.
(10:51):
He didn't sign a car. Project to make sure I'm correct,
he didn't sign a car. Did you tell me that
man was part of a trade for Carl Anthony.
Speaker 5 (10:58):
Town He's draft rights, his rights.
Speaker 3 (10:59):
Tad right, draft rights.
Speaker 4 (11:01):
You're not what I'm saying it, and I'm not rob
I'm saying once you get part of draft rights, No,
once you're part of the G League at summer leagues,
what do we look at it?
Speaker 3 (11:11):
Look up his name on all time NBA players in
the NBA. I hear what you're saying.
Speaker 4 (11:16):
If you looked at disagree, it's not listed. But I
didn't play in the league. He didn't play one minute
in the NBA. You go to the G League if
you're part of trades rights and we have rights over
and you go play overseas and the pro anks. You
can't come back to them. You can come back and get
education because college is for anybody. We got seventy year
olds of going back. You don't got to play on
my team. Rob jam On back.
Speaker 3 (11:36):
How old was Chris Wink when he won the Highs
twenty six.
Speaker 4 (11:41):
No.
Speaker 3 (11:41):
Twenty eight?
Speaker 1 (11:43):
He was twenty eight years old playing college football? Stop
it twenty eight? You you on my point? I just said,
we've said too many old people.
Speaker 4 (11:53):
Know what My point is that it doesn't matter this
Chris Winky did play. It doesn't matter. But this kid did.
That's what this kid did not play in the n
b A. He plays the eligibility league. It doesn't matter. NBA,
that's their league. College players play with pro players all
the time and this l come hop with this, But
that's that's the same league.
Speaker 3 (12:14):
I don't mind.
Speaker 4 (12:14):
It's the same exact thing, because none of the stats count.
None of it counts. None of it count You are
on the r in the n b A.
Speaker 3 (12:24):
It's the summer league.
Speaker 4 (12:25):
Is there?
Speaker 5 (12:25):
Are you in the n b A when you play
in the summer I'm asking you.
Speaker 3 (12:28):
I'm really saying that. No answer. No, Kelvin Man, you
are dude.
Speaker 4 (12:33):
If I have my own thing, players we've invited to
come to this thing where intigate league.
Speaker 3 (12:40):
He has the n b A PSNB. Right, he has
the NBA. He's in the NBA. Why not you said
he's in the league.
Speaker 4 (12:45):
He's in the league. He's not in the league. He
is he is because he's no longer an amateur college.
He's not in the league.
Speaker 3 (12:52):
To me, that's an easy no. It says if you
signed a contract, you can't play.
Speaker 4 (12:55):
And I also real simp and also a right the
transfer he talked to we didn't really play that much
on the clip.
Speaker 3 (13:02):
He talked about you get one free transfer.
Speaker 4 (13:04):
No, you know't why and as coaches as long as
it's the same thing with coaches, meaning you can't sign
a four or five year deal and then leave a
year or two. I got a question for you. I'm
not even gonna ask you. I want to ask, Bob G.
Do the players transfer themselves to other teams or the
coaches accept them? You keep right, the coaches accept them.
Speaker 3 (13:28):
No, but it ain't that.
Speaker 4 (13:30):
If you coaches don't want it, don't go take transfers.
If that's if you have an issue with it. He
literally just said, your seat. I got coaches feeling back
that they're playing twenty seven years.
Speaker 3 (13:41):
That's the rule. That's what I mean. That's what he said.
But you don't have to accept the transfer. And what
world are we are something whatever? I'm not blaming the kids.
Speaker 4 (13:50):
I'm not blaming them saying here's my new rule. Tell
the kids not to tell the coaches not to take them.
They won't be able to because here's my new rule. Terrible,
you get a trans otherwise you can transfer again, Rob,
you can these coaches get up on these players. All
I just said, as long as the coaches the same thing, yeah,
good luck, good then then then it stays the same.
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These kids have a right the coaches or they I'm
with you, and they lie to them, they say, oh yeah,
come on, you're gonna be our quarterback. And then he
got bringing two other five stars and I'm not gonna
play I'm gonna stick around. Eight No, I'm gonna stick
around for telling me a dude sing around straight draft rights,
played in the summer league, played overseas for five years,
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and then gets to come back to college.
Speaker 3 (14:34):
That's correct, that's crazy, absolutely crazy.
Speaker 4 (14:38):
Nod eight seven seven ninety college player who never did
think any go back to high school? Well, they never
played me. I never stepped foot on the college court.
Can I go back to high school? Could you stop?
Speaker 3 (14:47):
Come on?
Speaker 4 (14:48):
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we're talking about John Keller party, Tom Izzo talking about
the chaos and the wild wild West, if you will,
of college basketball. Rob believes there is some hypocrisy. Definitely
agree with coaches. Coaches say all that and then they
(16:53):
do whatever they want. I completely agree with that, but
also think you can't be gone from basketball seven years
and come on back or whatever it is.
Speaker 3 (17:00):
Uh and thanks Chris Winky. Chris him too. If I
was on the radio with you back then. What I'm
just saying he won the Heisman at twenty eight.
Speaker 4 (17:07):
Nobody said how could have twenty eight year old played
against Okay?
Speaker 3 (17:11):
But he did win?
Speaker 4 (17:12):
Eight seven, seven ninety nine On Fox, Who we got
Chili Chims in Atlanta. You're on the couple of Fox
Sports Radio.
Speaker 3 (17:18):
What's up? Chile?
Speaker 8 (17:20):
Ain't what up? Kevin? Happy New Year to you, Happy
New Year, piece and blessings to you both.
Speaker 3 (17:27):
Brother.
Speaker 8 (17:27):
Appreciate you h a couple with things so ro When
you were talking about coaches, I remember Dean Smith was
one of the few coaches that when guys were you know,
he would check their draft that is out, He would
talk to executives and he would actually come back and
tell us, guy, you know you gotta go.
Speaker 3 (17:43):
Yep, right, that's what he should do.
Speaker 8 (17:45):
Like that anymore, Yeah, you don't get those coaches anymore.
But I was asking around, gee, aren't European players considered professional?
So I think I guess what I'm asking is just
for clarification. Is it just for NBA players or professional players?
Speaker 3 (18:01):
That's what he was saying.
Speaker 8 (18:02):
They don't players, then they can't come back because and
so I just want to try to see.
Speaker 3 (18:08):
It and see n b A.
Speaker 4 (18:11):
If you signed an NBA contract, you can not play
college basketball.
Speaker 8 (18:15):
Yeah, so if that's it, if it's not a professional contract, yeah,
he should be able to come back to players.
Speaker 3 (18:19):
That's what I'm saying. They know what the rule is.
I'm talking about the n c A.
Speaker 9 (18:24):
A Y they do.
Speaker 3 (18:25):
They're starting the rules. That's ridiculous him.
Speaker 5 (18:28):
He did not play in an NBA game, So you
can never go and be like, yo, I was in
the league.
Speaker 3 (18:33):
No, you were not. We were strongly allowed to play.
Speaker 4 (18:38):
Man that man was in summer leagues. Part of draft,
trade rights and all that you know and go to
play overseas as a pro. Come on, that's crazy, y'all.
Come on, Chile, Thanks Chile, appreciated.
Speaker 3 (18:47):
Happy New Year.
Speaker 2 (18:48):
Greg.
Speaker 3 (18:49):
In Michigan, you're on the couple of Fox Sports Radio.
What's up? Greg?
Speaker 10 (18:54):
Hey, what's up?
Speaker 4 (18:55):
Guys?
Speaker 8 (18:55):
Enjoy the show, Thank you, thank.
Speaker 10 (18:57):
You every Tuesday night. Love listenings that you guys appreciate.
Speaker 3 (19:01):
That out there too. I know the Michigan roads are crazy,
Yes they are.
Speaker 9 (19:08):
Here's my thoughts.
Speaker 10 (19:09):
Is a guy at thirty years old comes back into college.
Why is he coming back? Well, there's money there, right,
He's had a shot. He tried to make the NBA,
he couldn't make it. Now coming back to college, what's.
Speaker 11 (19:22):
He going to do?
Speaker 10 (19:23):
He's taking a slot away from a high school kid
that has dreams and ambitions for a guy that no
longer has dreams and ambitions are making the NBA. But
one of those slots now is gone. In my mind,
once you've done the G League, you've done those things.
Speaker 8 (19:40):
Don't come back to college.
Speaker 10 (19:41):
Shouldn't come back to college. Leave it for the guys
who still have a dream.
Speaker 8 (19:45):
That's it.
Speaker 3 (19:45):
What can I you? Greg? Greg Greg, Are you there?
Speaker 8 (19:50):
Yeah?
Speaker 1 (19:50):
Do you remember when J R. Smith went back to
college to play golf? Do you remember that an NBA
player went He went to play golf. You know why
because he had golf eligible. But he didn't play golf
in college.
Speaker 3 (20:03):
Hello?
Speaker 5 (20:04):
Is it is this on?
Speaker 11 (20:05):
Right?
Speaker 6 (20:06):
Right?
Speaker 3 (20:06):
But we're talking about no sport?
Speaker 10 (20:07):
No, but I'm trying to tell you switch sports.
Speaker 3 (20:10):
No, no, no, no, no, he was talking to He
was never went to college. He went straight from high school.
Speaker 1 (20:16):
He was a professional. And the point is he was
able to go and play in college. Okay, because he
never played golf professionally period.
Speaker 3 (20:26):
No, yes, he switched complete sports. Don't remember. It doesn't matter.
Speaker 4 (20:34):
Just as I tell you, it's talking with birthday now
you want to bring golf back up in it? MJ
in New Orleans joined the couple of Fox Sports Radio.
What's up, MJ?
Speaker 9 (20:43):
What's going on?
Speaker 10 (20:43):
Man?
Speaker 12 (20:44):
Piece the smother Chabbich and Black Eyed p Man? Happy
New Year's Eve?
Speaker 8 (20:48):
Man?
Speaker 3 (20:49):
What's some smother chicken too? Will be good?
Speaker 2 (20:51):
Man?
Speaker 3 (20:51):
It's New Year's Eve tomorrow, ain't it?
Speaker 11 (20:53):
Hey? Man?
Speaker 12 (20:54):
He's coming up on it. I can't happen New Year's
that's two.
Speaker 3 (20:57):
Days, okay, I got you. We appreciate that.
Speaker 12 (21:00):
Yes, Professor Rob on this one, man, the pair is
back and the rules are on his side. Therefore the
standard is the standard. Caler Perry Man. I wish John
sand was still alive to address this.
Speaker 8 (21:12):
Man.
Speaker 12 (21:12):
I'm so tired they'll be strapping coaches. Man man came
out threaten the prescott exactly.
Speaker 3 (21:20):
He should choke him out.
Speaker 4 (21:22):
John Caliperi and Tom Mizzo MJ and who's the and
Dick Vtel dropped the tweet today.
Speaker 3 (21:28):
They they don't. But but when the coaches do, you
don't see them say anything. I don't stand.
Speaker 1 (21:35):
Or condemn any of those guys, Like I don't even understand.
I can't take them seriously because I don't know the coaches. Yeah,
because when it comes to the coaches, they got nothing
to say, and all they do is dump.
Speaker 3 (21:47):
On the play that part. They made millions of dollars
off these kids backs that they continue to do.
Speaker 4 (21:53):
That's why I said they should be the same rule
for them. All right, you leave once, you got to
honor your contract the next two three whatever.
Speaker 9 (22:00):
Yeah, it should be.
Speaker 12 (22:01):
But hey, if this was but McCrae, like on a
blue chips and they had a chance to get that guy,
they wouldn't be speaking in this particular way.
Speaker 3 (22:08):
Blue Chips.
Speaker 12 (22:09):
I can't take him seriously. Man, come on, man, have
a great one. Man, y'all close out Grave Man, y'all
gonna ring in twenty twenty six, back on top man.
Speaker 4 (22:18):
God's heer mouth to God's here. Appreciate you what you say,
Rob g got something's got some questions for you guys.
Speaker 5 (22:23):
Specifically relates to John Calipark because he's the one who're
talking about today. What's worse having a semi professional player
come back to play in college or having your star
big man have his wins vacated because he expected about
thirty thousand dollars in in permission will get thank.
Speaker 3 (22:39):
You, But that's that's John caliperriy who's trying to be righteous?
Speaker 5 (22:44):
Or is it worse to have your star point guard
when they went overall in the draft, have fraudulent SAT
scores to get into college and final four?
Speaker 4 (22:52):
But yes, but he's worried about a kid who did
not play an the NBA coming back.
Speaker 3 (22:58):
This is what this is my issue. Why say he's
a hypocrite.
Speaker 1 (23:01):
Because he's not worried about those things everywhere he's been,
they've taken down banners and dishonored everything that he's put together.
Speaker 5 (23:09):
The coach in college basketball history to have two different
Final Four appearances vacated tu Yeah.
Speaker 4 (23:15):
That's why I said a broke clock is broke, a
broken clock is right twice a day meeting. I don't
agree with a lot of his stuff, but I do
agree with a couple of those points he made on this.
Speaker 5 (23:23):
And this is a real small one. People. You remember
this one Eric Bledsoe in twenty ten, he was part
of that that class of that all five started six
roun so Yeah, but all five of the starters. He
was the backup got drafted in the first round. Very coincidentally,
had his high school algebra grade changed from A seed
to an A to get eligible to play at Kentucky.
That first.
Speaker 3 (23:41):
I wonder how that happened. Hey, how you doing? It's
coach Ky, I got this kid. He's a good kid, right,
don't you want them go to a good year?
Speaker 5 (23:47):
I draw the line that guy's coming back from Europe
to play basketball.
Speaker 1 (23:50):
But this is this is this was my big issue,
just the whole idea that they used to like, even
if you didn't get drafted.
Speaker 3 (24:00):
That you out to college. That wass and I thought
that was like like a kid he did.
Speaker 4 (24:05):
Marcus Taylor, remember him from Michigan State. He didn't go
as high as and he tried to ruin his Yeah,
we ain't see him anymore. But you know what I mean,
there's no reason why that kid could not have gone
back to college.
Speaker 3 (24:15):
That's why I'm glad they changed. Dude. I'm just throwing
my name in.
Speaker 4 (24:17):
See what what see how if it doesn't work, come back,
but not also playing in summer league and draft trade
right in the NBA, playing five years overseas.
Speaker 3 (24:26):
If you if he will, you want that rule.
Speaker 5 (24:28):
If you get your rights traded, you are no longer
eligible for college.
Speaker 3 (24:33):
Stuff. It's crazy.
Speaker 5 (24:35):
You got to avoid the Cat trade because he had
an ineligible player get traded.
Speaker 4 (24:39):
Now he's going back to college. That trade didn't count.
You gotta go back to Minnesota. Cat, You're onto it.
So those are right onto. The third eye is open.
Get the red phone. I need to put the gift
the bat phone. He need to call Adam Silver. Cat
gotta go back to Minnesota. See if see if Steve
can make that happen. Steve the Sacred Now on What's
Shouldn't He?
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Speaker 3 (25:09):
Stee, thank you, have a great night.
Speaker 4 (25:10):
It's Deiankaba Robin Kevin on a trash talking Tuesday and
coming up again.
Speaker 3 (25:16):
We got last call as well.
Speaker 4 (25:17):
We're talking a little bit more too about just all
the issues going on with Stefan Diggs, his brother Diggs.
Trayvon Diggs had another story as well being released, So
a lot going on with the Diggs brothers. We'll get
to that a little bit later on as well.
Speaker 5 (25:28):
Rob g.
Speaker 4 (25:28):
We were talking a little bit earlier with Antonio Daniels
about YO kids and obviously being out there saying it
could be four weeks or so.
Speaker 3 (25:35):
They're gonna you know, it's.
Speaker 5 (25:36):
A it's a minimum of four week minimum four We're
not even gonna be reevaluated till after four weeks.
Speaker 4 (25:40):
Yeah, So obviously we'll see where that has him out.
That's gonna have him out a lot of games, and
it brings in the rule the whole sixty five days. God,
he wasn't you know, like, oh, it look bad. It
looked really bad. His reaction looked real.
Speaker 3 (25:51):
It looked like he would have been out, you know.
Speaker 5 (25:52):
And then ye, yeah, So he's gonna be reevaluating about
four weeks hyper extending nee they're calling it. If he
missed this is exactly a month of the coming schedule.
It's probably be more than that. Exactly a month though,
is sixteen games, which means to be able to miss
one more game the rest of the season in order
to be eligible for the MVP, All NBA, so on
(26:15):
and so forth. This is gonna be the first time
this sea that now that this new rule is really
shaking up any kind.
Speaker 3 (26:21):
Of didis wants?
Speaker 5 (26:24):
I mean at this Yoga was the front runner for
the MVP like this is. This is a unique situation
because not only was he the favorite, he was gonna
he's putting up historic numbers. He's averaging twenty nine and
a half twelve point two rebounds eleven assists per game.
The only other player in ABI history to average at
least awlve rebounds eleven system or full season was Oscar Robertson.
(26:46):
Not only that is a big leading the league in
rebounds and assists. He's shooting a career best forty three
and a half percent from three and as a true
shooting percentage of over seventy one. This is the one
of the greatest offensive seasons we've ever seen, doubt and the.
Speaker 4 (27:00):
Other one got he got jack from uh, which was
that in beats when it be won it You remember
that because everybody was banging the drum that they didn't
want to give him three in a row because he
hadn't won to fight he ain't and.
Speaker 3 (27:13):
Then and then he wanted the final. That yeah, well,
and that's what your point, Robergie. He probably is not
gonna get it.
Speaker 4 (27:18):
Looks like he's gonna miss the minimum games needed at
sixty five, which, to be honest with you, as much
as it sucks for him, and it sucks just you know,
because he's playing incredible and he's deserving of an MVP
as how he's been playing, I think a non story.
If he doesn't get the games, I'm with you, then
then he doesn't get the games. And there's no you
can't as great as he is and all that's going on,
(27:38):
those are just it. I just gave you the baseball
played appearances. You don't get enough, you don't qualify.
Speaker 1 (27:44):
You can't go out there and have one hundred at
bats and you and you're batting seven fifty and one
hundred that batch and you win the batting title.
Speaker 3 (27:52):
No, you got to play a certain amount, so you
know what the number is.
Speaker 4 (27:56):
It's unfortunate and that this season will get wiped out
as far him being able to but he also has
a chance to come back and get his team and
maybe they beat OKAYC and get a champion and.
Speaker 3 (28:06):
Get a finals.
Speaker 4 (28:07):
Right. And by the way, you got to go back
a little bit too to the origin is the origin
of this wasn't to be mean and keep guys out.
It was because guys weren't playing. Fans were disgruntled guys
like you're talking about it. Where why are guys playing?
Watching you know what's going on? And load management this
load management that. So the NBA was trying to do
something to say, man, we want to incentivize guys to play.
(28:29):
You can't win unless you have these minimum amounts of
games you know that you played in. So to me,
I don't want to change the rule now because one
of the league's favorites you know, is out.
Speaker 3 (28:37):
It sucks, but the rule was a rule for a reason,
and you know, and it happens.
Speaker 4 (28:43):
Guys are gonna get injured next year, could be anybody else,
and it's an unfortunate situation. But I do wouldn't want
to change the rule simply because of that. Right You're
you're trying to say, hey man, you gotta play, you
gotta be there. You can't have a guy have an
amazing fifty games and just you know.
Speaker 3 (28:56):
Win something. It doesn't. It just doesn't. The numbers are
there to have them. I don't have a problem with it.
And if we don't have that, yeah, I just can't.
Speaker 4 (29:03):
I'm not changing them just for one guy, as great
as he is, and the great is the season it
has been so far, it's just not going to happen.
And that's okay. And he's you know who doesn't cares.
I'm sure it's things a little bit Jokic. He's trying
to win a championship. Hurry up, get that done so
he can go play with his horses, so he can
go ahead and race the horses. He don't give a dang. Seriously,
(29:27):
I guess who doesn't want to be a VP. But
if I'll get to the finals, winning finals MVP and
get back to my family.
Speaker 3 (29:32):
Holt. He hasn't won. I mean, it's his career. The
war chest is kind of crazy.
Speaker 1 (29:36):
His career is cemented already, and there could be a
couple more down the road, and maybe he wins another championship.
I mean, the only one in Denver. That postseason was
a postseason to remember historic, and he got a couple
of MVPs. He could win a couple more if he's
able to stay healthy.
Speaker 4 (29:54):
It's just disappointing that so many great players are now,
you know, on the sideline.
Speaker 3 (30:00):
I think that's the only thing.
Speaker 5 (30:01):
You guys are crazy. Wow, you guys are crazy. Nikola Jokic,
Yannis Wemby, Luca none of them will be eligible for
these postseason wars. That's four of the top five or
six players in the week.
Speaker 9 (30:19):
But you got.
Speaker 3 (30:21):
To tell me that, Rob Park, I'm a reporter.
Speaker 5 (30:25):
Are you can't trust your media brethren to be objective
enough to say, I know that Jokic only played fifty
five games, but damn if there was four guys better
than him that I don't see it.
Speaker 3 (30:35):
No, I can't.
Speaker 5 (30:36):
They can't view with their own eyes because these players
are better.
Speaker 3 (30:41):
You mean to tell a lifetime achievement. Warren Jackson Junior
is gonna make it.
Speaker 5 (30:46):
He's not him because he's miss too many games, But
a guy like him is gonna make an All NBA team.
And Giannis is not because Jannis will played sixty two games.
But that is stupid.
Speaker 1 (30:54):
But there has to be some sort of way of
why ballot, because otherwise somebody could play a great thirty
games and you go.
Speaker 5 (31:05):
Then that's up to the reporters. I'm trusting you can
make this one. If you can't be objective and saying
this got thirty five games? More here, why this guy
played seventy here? That's why it matters, because availability is
a bar. Why can't they bake that into the voting
because they can't.
Speaker 4 (31:23):
You don't trust the voters because you think these these
reporters are too stupid the voters. This is about the players, Yes,
this is the voters who vote on these awards.
Speaker 3 (31:32):
We don't know how.
Speaker 1 (31:33):
They don't know about if you missed twenty five games
that you were gonna play this well the rest of
the year, Rob g it ain't automatic that I'm just
gonna say, oh yeah, well, if it wasn't for that
what if you had a bad stretch, What if somebody
had a hot stretch and they didn't get to play?
Speaker 3 (31:48):
Yes, so you've used discretion.
Speaker 5 (31:49):
No you can't. There's a lot of great and this
is not a black and white situation. And I think
that it's it's making the guys who do these voting the.
Speaker 3 (31:59):
Votes.
Speaker 5 (32:00):
Do you think Christmas RT is too stupid to figure
out that a guy who plays fifty games is more
or less impactful than a guy who.
Speaker 3 (32:05):
Played So that's a large amount of games missing Roger thirty.
Speaker 5 (32:09):
Chris makes that decision.
Speaker 3 (32:10):
No, no, no, no, but your key putting on the voters.
Speaker 4 (32:12):
This is about the players saying, hey, players, if you
set out a bunch of games, you're not gonna win you.
Speaker 3 (32:16):
So, so just just what you're talking about.
Speaker 1 (32:19):
Okay, So another player is not hurt and just decides
I'm going to miss the last ten games, sure to
keep my scoring average up, Sure and and all this.
Speaker 3 (32:29):
You don't have the highest field goal percent and all that.
Speaker 1 (32:32):
He should he should be allowed to do that and
win because his numbers are better than everybody.
Speaker 5 (32:37):
But that's a different No, the award system is different
than than the scoring title.
Speaker 4 (32:41):
That's a different What I'm saying, that's part of the
whole idea. You just part of the m v P
would be that your numbers were so bad, right numbers,
and then the discretion of the voters. No, because it's
my league and I have to have some sim.
Speaker 3 (32:56):
Minimum. I can't wait to.
Speaker 5 (32:57):
See Draymond Green be thirteen all NBA for a four
do you win team?
Speaker 3 (33:00):
Okay?
Speaker 5 (33:01):
Yeah, you excited about that, Ron, I'm not. And some
of the guys you excited for James Harden to be
twenty and sixty two and NB.
Speaker 4 (33:07):
Seven of the guys you mentioned may may pushed through
that threshold. I know that's trending early, but it's early.
So Luca might actually make it, you know, Giannis might.
I don't know exactly what, but I'm saying some.
Speaker 5 (33:18):
Already right there because of the hyper exits.
Speaker 3 (33:20):
Well yeah, but say some of those guys are gonna
make it.
Speaker 4 (33:22):
I'll give you summer art got some of those guys
was just by the hair and the chinny chin chin,
and then they'll be eligible.
Speaker 3 (33:28):
Simple?
Speaker 6 (33:28):
Is that?
Speaker 3 (33:28):
Oh?
Speaker 5 (33:29):
Crazy?
Speaker 3 (33:29):
All right?
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I know you said we were downsizing, but you didn't
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That's right, thanks TC Roger in the Ozarks. I was
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Speaker 9 (35:56):
Hey, I appreciate you, guys. I always enjoy your round. Parker.
You're the only guy I've seen that can keep our
local boy Nick right in check.
Speaker 3 (36:05):
Thank you, my man, Thank.
Speaker 9 (36:06):
You the floor with him. I appreciate that he needs it.
Speaker 3 (36:10):
Once in a while, every a nothing.
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Wow, Nick wrong at George Longs.
Speaker 9 (36:19):
Yes, it's really strange in Missouri right now as a
Chiefs fan and going into twenty twenty six, happy New
Year's Eve, do you guys? You put on a great
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Hey, Aaron Roger, let me ask you up seriously, real quick.
I know we don't have a lot of time.
Speaker 3 (36:37):
Yes, sir, them moving to Kansas? Does that bother you? Question? Seriously?
How much does that bother you? Because I tell you.
Speaker 9 (36:44):
I'm a diehard Jackson County and uh and we got
we got a few troubles with our local government right now, Rob,
So it really doesn't bother me at all. Okay, we've
been Jackson County been footing the bill for a long
long time. Since night teen seventy two when the Truman
sports complex opened up. That's over fifty years. So Kansas
(37:06):
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money for it. Let them have it.
Speaker 10 (37:12):
Let them have it.
Speaker 9 (37:13):
I got a shot.
Speaker 3 (37:13):
Okay, I hear you.
Speaker 9 (37:15):
But hey, I'm really gonna miss my guy, Travis Kelsey.
Speaker 11 (37:18):
You know.
Speaker 9 (37:19):
Cut out all the pomp and circumstance with Taylor Swift
and all that. Travis Kelse won hell of a football.
Speaker 3 (37:27):
It's time. No, it's time. Thank you, Roger. Happy New
Year to you and all the people of Missouri.
Speaker 1 (37:34):
And no doubt when I went to Missou, I went
to Missoo for a multicultural management program.
Speaker 3 (37:39):
Okay, I had an awesome time. Was this number eight college?
I got it?
Speaker 5 (37:45):
It did not stick. By the way, what multi cultural
management ron? What's the name of the website you run?
What's that? What's the name of the website you run?
Speaker 3 (37:54):
MLB?
Speaker 5 (37:55):
Bro?
Speaker 3 (37:55):
Yeah, how many multi going on there?
Speaker 5 (37:59):
Go look up my website and see what the singles
on that website?
Speaker 3 (38:04):
Robed. Yes, there are some people on there. Because Alex
is man.
Speaker 5 (38:08):
He can't there's one white that morning, one white Gods.
Alex is upset about it. He's got a big box.
Speaker 3 (38:14):
What's up with that.
Speaker 5 (38:16):
He's a manager. WHOA, what that was crazy? Crazy?
Speaker 3 (38:21):
They come on my neck every night?
Speaker 6 (38:22):
What that was?
Speaker 5 (38:25):
Can Marcella's break it down or that? I'm just I
was just waiting.
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There are you?
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Speaker 3 (01:25):
News right today. Earlier you talk about the Diggs brothers man.
Speaker 4 (01:29):
Maybe they've had a date, you got one getting cut
obviously Trayvon Diggs didn't cut from the Cowboys. Then you
got Stefan Diggs facing charges of felony strangulation and assault
of Earlier in the day when the news came out,
they didn't really have all the details and they didn't
want to share certain things a prosecutor, you know, the prosecutors,
I should say, But now they got the information out.
It's a strangulation or suffocation and misdemeanor assault and battery
(01:52):
pertaining to an alleged incident that happened on December second,
involving his private chef, which was a woman. And so
he had his most hearing today in Massachusetts District Court
and has a raiment of schedule for January twenty third,
which is two days after the AFC Championship game.
Speaker 3 (02:08):
So a lot of people obviously concerned, what are we
gonna do? Well, how's it going to play out? The football?
Speaker 4 (02:12):
So we'll obviously tracking that, we'll keep you updated on it.
But man, it's top date for the Diggs brothers obviously,
just as far as all the breaking news. But we'll
keep you updated on that as more information comes along,
no doubt. Well, real quick just to add for those
who according to the report, if he tried to choke
her using the crook of his elbow around her neck.
That's what she claims, and she had trouble breathing and
(02:34):
felt that she could have blacked out.
Speaker 3 (02:36):
So who knows what is what?
Speaker 4 (02:38):
We will have to see his according to his incident report,
he said it his lies, him and his lawyers saying
it's lies. So we'll keep you updated on that. I
want to make sure I was fair on both sides there. Yeah,
rob g speaking of fair. Uh, some college coaches saying
it ain't really fair. What's going on in college right now?
Speaker 5 (02:56):
Yeah, this is the gift that keeps on giving in
the world of college sports.
Speaker 3 (02:59):
It's all kind of start.
Speaker 5 (03:00):
Well, it started years ago over be honest, but this
really has hit a crest in the last week and
a half. And that is because on Christmas Eve, Baylor
announced that they would be signing the thirty first pick
in the twenty twenty three NBA draft, a young man
by the name of James Naji, to their active roster.
The reason why this is important is because even though
(03:23):
nag was drafted thirty first overall, he played in the
NBA Summer League. In fact, he was part of the
Karl Anthony Towns trade that sent him to the Knicks.
He never actually played in an NBA game, and he
spent the last five years instead playing in the EuroLeague,
which means, in a roundabout way, because he never actually
played in the NBA, he is eligible maintains his eligibility
(03:47):
to play in college. This has led a number of
college coaches to get real up in arms about it.
Last week it was Tom Izzo. Earlier today it was
John Calipari. Take a listen to coach cal on the sub.
Speaker 6 (04:01):
Well, look, I don't blame coaches. You know, I've got
friends that are playing with twenty seven year olds and
they feel bad. I said, don't feel bad. We don't
have any rules. Why should you feel bad? But let
me give you this, real simple. The rules bees the rules.
So if you put your name in the draft, I
(04:23):
don't care if you're from Russia and you stay in
the draft, you can't play college basketball. Well that's only
for American kids. What if your name is in that
draft and you got drafted, you can't play cup because
that's our rule. Yeah, but that's only for American kids. Okay, Okay,
(04:45):
now here's the next lawsuit. Well, we don't have a
say over European players. You do if they're playing in
college basketball. So that means you don't have a say
over high school kids. So whatever a high school kid
does before he comes here, don't you do one thing
because there's a suit, Because what you're saying is if
(05:06):
he's in Europe, we don't have the same rules.
Speaker 3 (05:10):
All right, Rob, do you have an update from the Yeah.
Speaker 5 (05:12):
So this clip obviously went viral. We'll get to here
in a second. But in the wake of this, the
nc DOUBLEA has released a statement with regards to the
whole situation. NCAA President Charlie Baker says, in part quote,
the NCUABLEA has not and will not grant eligibility to
any prospective or returning student athletes who have signed an
(05:33):
NBA contract. This includes a two way contract. Somehow, some way,
Nagi's in the gray area where he got neither, so
he's eligible.
Speaker 1 (05:41):
Okay, And I'm gonna say this, Kelvin. These coaches are
such hypocrites, they really are.
Speaker 3 (05:48):
And what they used to do.
Speaker 1 (05:49):
To kids was they used to punish kids who wanted
to enter the draft even if they didn't have an agent,
or even if they didn't get drafted. You know what
they used to tell the kids, tough luck. You cannot
come back to college basketball.
Speaker 3 (06:04):
Why not?
Speaker 1 (06:07):
They didn't have an agent and they weren't drafted. They
thought their stuck was higher. They didn't get drafted. Why
shouldn't you be able to come back. It was punishment.
It was trying to scare the kids from trying to
better themselves and taking a chance in life. And now
the whole idea is to punish. This kid hasn't played.
(06:29):
You could play around the NBA. When you go look
in the NBA stats and ask a guy, is he
get an NBA pension? Does he get an NBA pension?
Speaker 3 (06:39):
I would assume not.
Speaker 4 (06:40):
No, he hasn't played in the NBA. There's a lot
of guys who played in summer league and they wore uniform.
They didn't play in the league. I hate to break
it to you, I don't remember these guys, Tom Izzo
and all these other people coaches doing all the stuff
that they do, all the money that they made.
Speaker 3 (07:03):
I don't I don't remember.
Speaker 1 (07:05):
John Caler Perry being so worked up that Rick Patino
School had prostitutes in the dorm and all that other stuff,
and all the other penalties and punishment for them. I
don't remember those press conferences. I don't remember them coming
out and saying this is awful. The reason that college
(07:26):
for college basketball is where they are is because of greed.
They never wanted to share with the players. They used
to penalize players who penalizes as a kid who wants
to go back to college, he wasn't drafted. Oh don't
know you? How dare you put yourself in the draft?
Speaker 2 (07:48):
Right?
Speaker 1 (07:50):
How dare you? You're not coming back here? That's that's
education that we're denying kids a chance to come back
to college.
Speaker 3 (07:58):
I'm sorry.
Speaker 4 (07:59):
That's why I understand this, and I and the NCAAA,
they would have a problem, especially with nil and money
now that they give people to deny this kid a
chance to play, they would lose because he hadn't signed
an NBA contract.
Speaker 1 (08:15):
And that's what the rules say. That this is not
before where if you just he's talking about old rules,
those were the old rules.
Speaker 3 (08:24):
So I don't have an issue with it.
Speaker 1 (08:26):
The NCAA, I think if they finally got it right
and they understand where they are, this is not amateur
sports anymore.
Speaker 4 (08:32):
Anybody who thinks so, you're your kid and yourself, which
is why we were talking here. I wrote down n
cuaa's days are numbered. Their days are numbers. They're already.
You talk about the phrase on the clock, they're a
big time on the clock because a broke clock is
right twice a day. And John Caler Perry, well, I
disagree with some things over his tenure that he said
(08:53):
or done this time. I think some of what he
was saying was right. So first of all, Robersie, what's
the kid's name again? That's kind of in the midst
of all of.
Speaker 5 (08:59):
This as Naji Nagi Nagy.
Speaker 4 (09:03):
You can't come back, rob, I totally disagree. It's one thing.
The first point you made, I get put my name
in the draft. Just want to see where I am.
Just see what's okay cool. I'm straight. I'm staying.
Speaker 3 (09:12):
You never really left. You leave, you've been going five years.
Speaker 4 (09:17):
Get you gonna play pro overseas, you get in a
G League, part of a trade in the NBA. You
are a gone officially. You cannot come back to college.
Speaker 3 (09:25):
We are now.
Speaker 4 (09:26):
I watched March Madness this past last year and I
saw more dudes on those courts that I'm looking like,
did I go to high school with him? And I'm
twenty some years older than most of those players. That's
how old some of these kids look. That part of
it's gone too far. He brought up a great point
as well. If you're kind of saying, well, that's over there,
that's overseas, then you gotta keep your hands out of
high school. You know how many kids cannot go to
(09:47):
college because under Armour and Nike sent them a bunch
of clothes and stuff to wear. I can be a
billboard for you, Rob, but what I can't do is
have five hundred pair of shoes that you sent me
over a couple of years. You know what I can't do.
I can't one measly pair because now I'm ineligible. Like
that's crazy. The NC double A rule here, no rule there.
Transfer here, but don't transfer there. Go overseas and play,
(10:09):
but what you can come back? Don't go but get
an agent. You can't come back. The NC DOUBLEA does
not know what they're doing, and it is becausing chaos
and it is hurting the game. And you and I
were talking off the air a little bit, dude. I
remember watching games and you knew the teams they were
replaying because of uh, they were replaying Duke recently, the
Christian Late everybody hates Christian later dot And you saw
(10:29):
him and Bobby Hurley and Grant Hill all these years
and you knew it, you loved it. You saw him
losing the UNLV that came back, they bounced back, and
it's losing that luster. So I'm happy do what you
want to get paid to the players. I'm not knocking
that portion of it. But the NC DOUBLEA, by overcompensating,
has created this concept by never playing players. It's not
over compensating, it says, it's states. You can't sign a contract.
(10:51):
He didn't sign a car. Project to make sure I'm correct,
he didn't sign a car. Did you tell me that
man was part of a trade for Carl Anthony.
Speaker 5 (10:58):
Town He's draft rights, his rights.
Speaker 3 (10:59):
Tad right, draft rights.
Speaker 4 (11:01):
You're not what I'm saying it, and I'm not rob
I'm saying once you get part of draft rights, No,
once you're part of the G League at summer leagues,
what do we look at it?
Speaker 3 (11:11):
Look up his name on all time NBA players in
the NBA. I hear what you're saying.
Speaker 4 (11:16):
If you looked at disagree, it's not listed. But I
didn't play in the league. He didn't play one minute
in the NBA. You go to the G League if
you're part of trades rights and we have rights over
and you go play overseas and the pro anks. You
can't come back to them. You can come back and get
education because college is for anybody. We got seventy year
olds of going back. You don't got to play on
my team. Rob jam On back.
Speaker 3 (11:36):
How old was Chris Wink when he won the Highs
twenty six.
Speaker 4 (11:41):
No.
Speaker 3 (11:41):
Twenty eight?
Speaker 1 (11:43):
He was twenty eight years old playing college football? Stop
it twenty eight? You you on my point? I just said,
we've said too many old people.
Speaker 4 (11:53):
Know what My point is that it doesn't matter this
Chris Winky did play. It doesn't matter. But this kid did.
That's what this kid did not play in the n
b A. He plays the eligibility league. It doesn't matter. NBA,
that's their league. College players play with pro players all
the time and this l come hop with this, But
that's that's the same league.
Speaker 3 (12:14):
I don't mind.
Speaker 4 (12:14):
It's the same exact thing, because none of the stats count.
None of it counts. None of it count You are
on the r in the n b A.
Speaker 3 (12:24):
It's the summer league.
Speaker 4 (12:25):
Is there?
Speaker 5 (12:25):
Are you in the n b A when you play
in the summer I'm asking you.
Speaker 3 (12:28):
I'm really saying that. No answer. No, Kelvin Man, you
are dude.
Speaker 4 (12:33):
If I have my own thing, players we've invited to
come to this thing where intigate league.
Speaker 3 (12:40):
He has the n b A PSNB. Right, he has
the NBA. He's in the NBA. Why not you said
he's in the league.
Speaker 4 (12:45):
He's in the league. He's not in the league. He
is he is because he's no longer an amateur college.
He's not in the league.
Speaker 3 (12:52):
To me, that's an easy no. It says if you
signed a contract, you can't play.
Speaker 4 (12:55):
And I also real simp and also a right the
transfer he talked to we didn't really play that much
on the clip.
Speaker 3 (13:02):
He talked about you get one free transfer.
Speaker 4 (13:04):
No, you know't why and as coaches as long as
it's the same thing with coaches, meaning you can't sign
a four or five year deal and then leave a
year or two. I got a question for you. I'm
not even gonna ask you. I want to ask, Bob G.
Do the players transfer themselves to other teams or the
coaches accept them? You keep right, the coaches accept them.
Speaker 3 (13:28):
No, but it ain't that.
Speaker 4 (13:30):
If you coaches don't want it, don't go take transfers.
If that's if you have an issue with it. He
literally just said, your seat. I got coaches feeling back
that they're playing twenty seven years.
Speaker 3 (13:41):
That's the rule. That's what I mean. That's what he said.
But you don't have to accept the transfer. And what
world are we are something whatever? I'm not blaming the kids.
Speaker 4 (13:50):
I'm not blaming them saying here's my new rule. Tell
the kids not to tell the coaches not to take them.
They won't be able to because here's my new rule. Terrible,
you get a trans otherwise you can transfer again, Rob,
you can these coaches get up on these players. All
I just said, as long as the coaches the same thing, yeah,
good luck, good then then then it stays the same.
(14:11):
These kids have a right the coaches or they I'm
with you, and they lie to them, they say, oh yeah,
come on, you're gonna be our quarterback. And then he
got bringing two other five stars and I'm not gonna
play I'm gonna stick around. Eight No, I'm gonna stick
around for telling me a dude sing around straight draft rights,
played in the summer league, played overseas for five years,
(14:33):
and then gets to come back to college.
Speaker 3 (14:34):
That's correct, that's crazy, absolutely crazy.
Speaker 4 (14:38):
Nod eight seven seven ninety college player who never did
think any go back to high school? Well, they never
played me. I never stepped foot on the college court.
Can I go back to high school? Could you stop?
Speaker 3 (14:47):
Come on?
Speaker 4 (14:48):
Eight seven seven ninety nine on Fox, It is the
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Speaker 3 (14:58):
Or me I had an extra sauce? Is he being on?
It was a group text? That one on a text.
We'll continue this conversation next with you.
Speaker 4 (15:06):
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we're talking about John Keller party, Tom Izzo talking about
the chaos and the wild wild West, if you will,
of college basketball. Rob believes there is some hypocrisy. Definitely
agree with coaches. Coaches say all that and then they
(16:53):
do whatever they want. I completely agree with that, but
also think you can't be gone from basketball seven years
and come on back or whatever it is.
Speaker 3 (17:00):
Uh and thanks Chris Winky. Chris him too. If I
was on the radio with you back then. What I'm
just saying he won the Heisman at twenty eight.
Speaker 4 (17:07):
Nobody said how could have twenty eight year old played
against Okay?
Speaker 3 (17:11):
But he did win?
Speaker 4 (17:12):
Eight seven, seven ninety nine On Fox, Who we got
Chili Chims in Atlanta. You're on the couple of Fox
Sports Radio.
Speaker 3 (17:18):
What's up? Chile?
Speaker 8 (17:20):
Ain't what up? Kevin? Happy New Year to you, Happy
New Year, piece and blessings to you both.
Speaker 3 (17:27):
Brother.
Speaker 8 (17:27):
Appreciate you h a couple with things so ro When
you were talking about coaches, I remember Dean Smith was
one of the few coaches that when guys were you know,
he would check their draft that is out, He would
talk to executives and he would actually come back and
tell us, guy, you know you gotta go.
Speaker 3 (17:43):
Yep, right, that's what he should do.
Speaker 8 (17:45):
Like that anymore, Yeah, you don't get those coaches anymore.
But I was asking around, gee, aren't European players considered professional?
So I think I guess what I'm asking is just
for clarification. Is it just for NBA players or professional players?
Speaker 3 (18:01):
That's what he was saying.
Speaker 8 (18:02):
They don't players, then they can't come back because and
so I just want to try to see.
Speaker 3 (18:08):
It and see n b A.
Speaker 4 (18:11):
If you signed an NBA contract, you can not play
college basketball.
Speaker 8 (18:15):
Yeah, so if that's it, if it's not a professional contract, yeah,
he should be able to come back to players.
Speaker 3 (18:19):
That's what I'm saying. They know what the rule is.
I'm talking about the n c A.
Speaker 9 (18:24):
A Y they do.
Speaker 3 (18:25):
They're starting the rules. That's ridiculous him.
Speaker 5 (18:28):
He did not play in an NBA game, So you
can never go and be like, yo, I was in
the league.
Speaker 3 (18:33):
No, you were not. We were strongly allowed to play.
Speaker 4 (18:38):
Man that man was in summer leagues. Part of draft,
trade rights and all that you know and go to
play overseas as a pro. Come on, that's crazy, y'all.
Come on, Chile, Thanks Chile, appreciated.
Speaker 3 (18:47):
Happy New Year.
Speaker 2 (18:48):
Greg.
Speaker 3 (18:49):
In Michigan, you're on the couple of Fox Sports Radio.
What's up? Greg?
Speaker 10 (18:54):
Hey, what's up?
Speaker 4 (18:55):
Guys?
Speaker 8 (18:55):
Enjoy the show, Thank you, thank.
Speaker 10 (18:57):
You every Tuesday night. Love listenings that you guys appreciate.
Speaker 3 (19:01):
That out there too. I know the Michigan roads are crazy,
Yes they are.
Speaker 9 (19:08):
Here's my thoughts.
Speaker 10 (19:09):
Is a guy at thirty years old comes back into college.
Why is he coming back? Well, there's money there, right,
He's had a shot. He tried to make the NBA,
he couldn't make it. Now coming back to college, what's.
Speaker 11 (19:22):
He going to do?
Speaker 10 (19:23):
He's taking a slot away from a high school kid
that has dreams and ambitions for a guy that no
longer has dreams and ambitions are making the NBA. But
one of those slots now is gone. In my mind,
once you've done the G League, you've done those things.
Speaker 8 (19:40):
Don't come back to college.
Speaker 10 (19:41):
Shouldn't come back to college. Leave it for the guys
who still have a dream.
Speaker 8 (19:45):
That's it.
Speaker 3 (19:45):
What can I you? Greg? Greg Greg, Are you there?
Speaker 8 (19:50):
Yeah?
Speaker 1 (19:50):
Do you remember when J R. Smith went back to
college to play golf? Do you remember that an NBA
player went He went to play golf. You know why
because he had golf eligible. But he didn't play golf
in college.
Speaker 3 (20:03):
Hello?
Speaker 5 (20:04):
Is it is this on?
Speaker 11 (20:05):
Right?
Speaker 6 (20:06):
Right?
Speaker 3 (20:06):
But we're talking about no sport?
Speaker 10 (20:07):
No, but I'm trying to tell you switch sports.
Speaker 3 (20:10):
No, no, no, no, no, he was talking to He
was never went to college. He went straight from high school.
Speaker 1 (20:16):
He was a professional. And the point is he was
able to go and play in college. Okay, because he
never played golf professionally period.
Speaker 3 (20:26):
No, yes, he switched complete sports. Don't remember. It doesn't matter.
Speaker 4 (20:34):
Just as I tell you, it's talking with birthday now
you want to bring golf back up in it? MJ
in New Orleans joined the couple of Fox Sports Radio.
What's up, MJ?
Speaker 9 (20:43):
What's going on?
Speaker 10 (20:43):
Man?
Speaker 12 (20:44):
Piece the smother Chabbich and Black Eyed p Man? Happy
New Year's Eve?
Speaker 8 (20:48):
Man?
Speaker 3 (20:49):
What's some smother chicken too? Will be good?
Speaker 2 (20:51):
Man?
Speaker 3 (20:51):
It's New Year's Eve tomorrow, ain't it?
Speaker 11 (20:53):
Hey? Man?
Speaker 12 (20:54):
He's coming up on it. I can't happen New Year's
that's two.
Speaker 3 (20:57):
Days, okay, I got you. We appreciate that.
Speaker 12 (21:00):
Yes, Professor Rob on this one, man, the pair is
back and the rules are on his side. Therefore the
standard is the standard. Caler Perry Man. I wish John
sand was still alive to address this.
Speaker 8 (21:12):
Man.
Speaker 12 (21:12):
I'm so tired they'll be strapping coaches. Man man came
out threaten the prescott exactly.
Speaker 3 (21:20):
He should choke him out.
Speaker 4 (21:22):
John Caliperi and Tom Mizzo MJ and who's the and
Dick Vtel dropped the tweet today.
Speaker 3 (21:28):
They they don't. But but when the coaches do, you
don't see them say anything. I don't stand.
Speaker 1 (21:35):
Or condemn any of those guys, Like I don't even understand.
I can't take them seriously because I don't know the coaches. Yeah,
because when it comes to the coaches, they got nothing
to say, and all they do is dump.
Speaker 3 (21:47):
On the play that part. They made millions of dollars
off these kids backs that they continue to do.
Speaker 4 (21:53):
That's why I said they should be the same rule
for them. All right, you leave once, you got to
honor your contract the next two three whatever.
Speaker 9 (22:00):
Yeah, it should be.
Speaker 12 (22:01):
But hey, if this was but McCrae, like on a
blue chips and they had a chance to get that guy,
they wouldn't be speaking in this particular way.
Speaker 3 (22:08):
Blue Chips.
Speaker 12 (22:09):
I can't take him seriously. Man, come on, man, have
a great one. Man, y'all close out Grave Man, y'all
gonna ring in twenty twenty six, back on top man.
Speaker 4 (22:18):
God's heer mouth to God's here. Appreciate you what you say,
Rob g got something's got some questions for you guys.
Speaker 5 (22:23):
Specifically relates to John Calipark because he's the one who're
talking about today. What's worse having a semi professional player
come back to play in college or having your star
big man have his wins vacated because he expected about
thirty thousand dollars in in permission will get thank.
Speaker 3 (22:39):
You, But that's that's John caliperriy who's trying to be righteous?
Speaker 5 (22:44):
Or is it worse to have your star point guard
when they went overall in the draft, have fraudulent SAT
scores to get into college and final four?
Speaker 4 (22:52):
But yes, but he's worried about a kid who did
not play an the NBA coming back.
Speaker 3 (22:58):
This is what this is my issue. Why say he's
a hypocrite.
Speaker 1 (23:01):
Because he's not worried about those things everywhere he's been,
they've taken down banners and dishonored everything that he's put together.
Speaker 5 (23:09):
The coach in college basketball history to have two different
Final Four appearances vacated tu Yeah.
Speaker 4 (23:15):
That's why I said a broke clock is broke, a
broken clock is right twice a day meeting. I don't
agree with a lot of his stuff, but I do
agree with a couple of those points he made on this.
Speaker 5 (23:23):
And this is a real small one. People. You remember
this one Eric Bledsoe in twenty ten, he was part
of that that class of that all five started six
roun so Yeah, but all five of the starters. He
was the backup got drafted in the first round. Very coincidentally,
had his high school algebra grade changed from A seed
to an A to get eligible to play at Kentucky.
That first.
Speaker 3 (23:41):
I wonder how that happened. Hey, how you doing? It's
coach Ky, I got this kid. He's a good kid, right,
don't you want them go to a good year?
Speaker 5 (23:47):
I draw the line that guy's coming back from Europe
to play basketball.
Speaker 1 (23:50):
But this is this is this was my big issue,
just the whole idea that they used to like, even
if you didn't get drafted.
Speaker 3 (24:00):
That you out to college. That wass and I thought
that was like like a kid he did.
Speaker 4 (24:05):
Marcus Taylor, remember him from Michigan State. He didn't go
as high as and he tried to ruin his Yeah,
we ain't see him anymore. But you know what I mean,
there's no reason why that kid could not have gone
back to college.
Speaker 3 (24:15):
That's why I'm glad they changed. Dude. I'm just throwing
my name in.
Speaker 4 (24:17):
See what what see how if it doesn't work, come back,
but not also playing in summer league and draft trade
right in the NBA, playing five years overseas.
Speaker 3 (24:26):
If you if he will, you want that rule.
Speaker 5 (24:28):
If you get your rights traded, you are no longer
eligible for college.
Speaker 3 (24:33):
Stuff. It's crazy.
Speaker 5 (24:35):
You got to avoid the Cat trade because he had
an ineligible player get traded.
Speaker 4 (24:39):
Now he's going back to college. That trade didn't count.
You gotta go back to Minnesota. Cat, You're onto it.
So those are right onto. The third eye is open.
Get the red phone. I need to put the gift
the bat phone. He need to call Adam Silver. Cat
gotta go back to Minnesota. See if see if Steve
can make that happen. Steve the Sacred Now on What's
Shouldn't He?
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Speaker 3 (25:09):
Stee, thank you, have a great night.
Speaker 4 (25:10):
It's Deiankaba Robin Kevin on a trash talking Tuesday and
coming up again.
Speaker 3 (25:16):
We got last call as well.
Speaker 4 (25:17):
We're talking a little bit more too about just all
the issues going on with Stefan Diggs, his brother Diggs.
Trayvon Diggs had another story as well being released, So
a lot going on with the Diggs brothers. We'll get
to that a little bit later on as well.
Speaker 5 (25:28):
Rob g.
Speaker 4 (25:28):
We were talking a little bit earlier with Antonio Daniels
about YO kids and obviously being out there saying it
could be four weeks or so.
Speaker 3 (25:35):
They're gonna you know, it's.
Speaker 5 (25:36):
A it's a minimum of four week minimum four We're
not even gonna be reevaluated till after four weeks.
Speaker 4 (25:40):
Yeah, So obviously we'll see where that has him out.
That's gonna have him out a lot of games, and
it brings in the rule the whole sixty five days. God,
he wasn't you know, like, oh, it look bad. It
looked really bad. His reaction looked real.
Speaker 3 (25:51):
It looked like he would have been out, you know.
Speaker 5 (25:52):
And then ye, yeah, So he's gonna be reevaluating about
four weeks hyper extending nee they're calling it. If he
missed this is exactly a month of the coming schedule.
It's probably be more than that. Exactly a month though,
is sixteen games, which means to be able to miss
one more game the rest of the season in order
to be eligible for the MVP, All NBA, so on
(26:15):
and so forth. This is gonna be the first time
this sea that now that this new rule is really
shaking up any kind.
Speaker 3 (26:21):
Of didis wants?
Speaker 5 (26:24):
I mean at this Yoga was the front runner for
the MVP like this is. This is a unique situation
because not only was he the favorite, he was gonna
he's putting up historic numbers. He's averaging twenty nine and
a half twelve point two rebounds eleven assists per game.
The only other player in ABI history to average at
least awlve rebounds eleven system or full season was Oscar Robertson.
(26:46):
Not only that is a big leading the league in
rebounds and assists. He's shooting a career best forty three
and a half percent from three and as a true
shooting percentage of over seventy one. This is the one
of the greatest offensive seasons we've ever seen, doubt and the.
Speaker 4 (27:00):
Other one got he got jack from uh, which was
that in beats when it be won it You remember
that because everybody was banging the drum that they didn't
want to give him three in a row because he
hadn't won to fight he ain't and.
Speaker 3 (27:13):
Then and then he wanted the final. That yeah, well,
and that's what your point, Robergie. He probably is not
gonna get it.
Speaker 4 (27:18):
Looks like he's gonna miss the minimum games needed at
sixty five, which, to be honest with you, as much
as it sucks for him, and it sucks just you know,
because he's playing incredible and he's deserving of an MVP
as how he's been playing, I think a non story.
If he doesn't get the games, I'm with you, then
then he doesn't get the games. And there's no you
can't as great as he is and all that's going on,
(27:38):
those are just it. I just gave you the baseball
played appearances. You don't get enough, you don't qualify.
Speaker 1 (27:44):
You can't go out there and have one hundred at
bats and you and you're batting seven fifty and one
hundred that batch and you win the batting title.
Speaker 3 (27:52):
No, you got to play a certain amount, so you
know what the number is.
Speaker 4 (27:56):
It's unfortunate and that this season will get wiped out
as far him being able to but he also has
a chance to come back and get his team and
maybe they beat OKAYC and get a champion and.
Speaker 3 (28:06):
Get a finals.
Speaker 4 (28:07):
Right. And by the way, you got to go back
a little bit too to the origin is the origin
of this wasn't to be mean and keep guys out.
It was because guys weren't playing. Fans were disgruntled guys
like you're talking about it. Where why are guys playing?
Watching you know what's going on? And load management this
load management that. So the NBA was trying to do
something to say, man, we want to incentivize guys to play.
(28:29):
You can't win unless you have these minimum amounts of
games you know that you played in. So to me,
I don't want to change the rule now because one
of the league's favorites you know, is out.
Speaker 3 (28:37):
It sucks, but the rule was a rule for a reason,
and you know, and it happens.
Speaker 4 (28:43):
Guys are gonna get injured next year, could be anybody else,
and it's an unfortunate situation. But I do wouldn't want
to change the rule simply because of that. Right You're
you're trying to say, hey man, you gotta play, you
gotta be there. You can't have a guy have an
amazing fifty games and just you know.
Speaker 3 (28:56):
Win something. It doesn't. It just doesn't. The numbers are
there to have them. I don't have a problem with it.
And if we don't have that, yeah, I just can't.
Speaker 4 (29:03):
I'm not changing them just for one guy, as great
as he is, and the great is the season it
has been so far, it's just not going to happen.
And that's okay. And he's you know who doesn't cares.
I'm sure it's things a little bit Jokic. He's trying
to win a championship. Hurry up, get that done so
he can go play with his horses, so he can
go ahead and race the horses. He don't give a dang. Seriously,
(29:27):
I guess who doesn't want to be a VP. But
if I'll get to the finals, winning finals MVP and
get back to my family.
Speaker 3 (29:32):
Holt. He hasn't won. I mean, it's his career. The
war chest is kind of crazy.
Speaker 1 (29:36):
His career is cemented already, and there could be a
couple more down the road, and maybe he wins another championship.
I mean, the only one in Denver. That postseason was
a postseason to remember historic, and he got a couple
of MVPs. He could win a couple more if he's
able to stay healthy.
Speaker 4 (29:54):
It's just disappointing that so many great players are now,
you know, on the sideline.
Speaker 3 (30:00):
I think that's the only thing.
Speaker 5 (30:01):
You guys are crazy. Wow, you guys are crazy. Nikola Jokic,
Yannis Wemby, Luca none of them will be eligible for
these postseason wars. That's four of the top five or
six players in the week.
Speaker 9 (30:19):
But you got.
Speaker 3 (30:21):
To tell me that, Rob Park, I'm a reporter.
Speaker 5 (30:25):
Are you can't trust your media brethren to be objective
enough to say, I know that Jokic only played fifty
five games, but damn if there was four guys better
than him that I don't see it.
Speaker 3 (30:35):
No, I can't.
Speaker 5 (30:36):
They can't view with their own eyes because these players
are better.
Speaker 3 (30:41):
You mean to tell a lifetime achievement. Warren Jackson Junior
is gonna make it.
Speaker 5 (30:46):
He's not him because he's miss too many games, But
a guy like him is gonna make an All NBA team.
And Giannis is not because Jannis will played sixty two games.
But that is stupid.
Speaker 1 (30:54):
But there has to be some sort of way of
why ballot, because otherwise somebody could play a great thirty
games and you go.
Speaker 5 (31:05):
Then that's up to the reporters. I'm trusting you can
make this one. If you can't be objective and saying
this got thirty five games? More here, why this guy
played seventy here? That's why it matters, because availability is
a bar. Why can't they bake that into the voting
because they can't.
Speaker 4 (31:23):
You don't trust the voters because you think these these
reporters are too stupid the voters. This is about the players, Yes,
this is the voters who vote on these awards.
Speaker 3 (31:32):
We don't know how.
Speaker 1 (31:33):
They don't know about if you missed twenty five games
that you were gonna play this well the rest of
the year, Rob g it ain't automatic that I'm just
gonna say, oh yeah, well, if it wasn't for that
what if you had a bad stretch, What if somebody
had a hot stretch and they didn't get to play?
Speaker 3 (31:48):
Yes, so you've used discretion.
Speaker 5 (31:49):
No you can't. There's a lot of great and this
is not a black and white situation. And I think
that it's it's making the guys who do these voting the.
Speaker 3 (31:59):
Votes.
Speaker 5 (32:00):
Do you think Christmas RT is too stupid to figure
out that a guy who plays fifty games is more
or less impactful than a guy who.
Speaker 3 (32:05):
Played So that's a large amount of games missing Roger thirty.
Speaker 5 (32:09):
Chris makes that decision.
Speaker 3 (32:10):
No, no, no, no, but your key putting on the voters.
Speaker 4 (32:12):
This is about the players saying, hey, players, if you
set out a bunch of games, you're not gonna win you.
Speaker 3 (32:16):
So, so just just what you're talking about.
Speaker 1 (32:19):
Okay, So another player is not hurt and just decides
I'm going to miss the last ten games, sure to
keep my scoring average up, Sure and and all this.
Speaker 3 (32:29):
You don't have the highest field goal percent and all that.
Speaker 1 (32:32):
He should he should be allowed to do that and
win because his numbers are better than everybody.
Speaker 5 (32:37):
But that's a different No, the award system is different
than than the scoring title.
Speaker 4 (32:41):
That's a different What I'm saying, that's part of the
whole idea. You just part of the m v P
would be that your numbers were so bad, right numbers,
and then the discretion of the voters. No, because it's
my league and I have to have some sim.
Speaker 3 (32:56):
Minimum. I can't wait to.
Speaker 5 (32:57):
See Draymond Green be thirteen all NBA for a four
do you win team?
Speaker 3 (33:00):
Okay?
Speaker 5 (33:01):
Yeah, you excited about that, Ron, I'm not. And some
of the guys you excited for James Harden to be
twenty and sixty two and NB.
Speaker 4 (33:07):
Seven of the guys you mentioned may may pushed through
that threshold. I know that's trending early, but it's early.
So Luca might actually make it, you know, Giannis might.
I don't know exactly what, but I'm saying some.
Speaker 5 (33:18):
Already right there because of the hyper exits.
Speaker 3 (33:20):
Well yeah, but say some of those guys are gonna
make it.
Speaker 4 (33:22):
I'll give you summer art got some of those guys
was just by the hair and the chinny chin chin,
and then they'll be eligible.
Speaker 3 (33:28):
Simple?
Speaker 6 (33:28):
Is that?
Speaker 3 (33:28):
Oh?
Speaker 5 (33:29):
Crazy?
Speaker 3 (33:29):
All right?
Speaker 4 (33:29):
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Speaker 3 (33:34):
Your last chance to get in with the Odd Couple
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Speaker 2 (33:38):
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Speaker 11 (33:39):
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Speaker 2 (33:40):
If you had to take and couldn't get in a
whole show, where's your chain?
Speaker 11 (33:43):
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Speaker 4 (34:04):
Rob Fox Sports Radio. I Couple, Yes him, Rob Parker
covin washingtonchallenge down for I don't think you could be down.
Tell me I know what was down, but it wasn't you.
Nobody nobody saw that. Well, don't maybe tell them the
(34:25):
time stanp Rob my pants? Yeah, did you see my
sweat pant? Thought you're gonna start losing weight too? After
Super Bowl?
Speaker 3 (34:32):
No, I don't know what happened.
Speaker 5 (34:33):
I know you said we were downsizing, but you didn't
have to do the wardrobe.
Speaker 3 (34:35):
Is that I'm just saying my pants slipped down. I'm
glad nobody saw. I told you.
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I went to see Janet Jackson last night. I didn't
need your wardrobe malfunction. I wasn't looking for that man
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Speaker 3 (35:26):
It's not tie four. Last call. Let's listen, last car,
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Speaker 8 (35:37):
Call time on the.
Speaker 1 (35:42):
That's right, thanks TC Roger in the Ozarks. I was
I've been to the Ozarks in Missouri. Roger on Netflix,
you are the last call here on the couple. Fox
Sports Radio. What's up, Roger.
Speaker 9 (35:56):
Hey, I appreciate you, guys. I always enjoy your round. Parker.
You're the only guy I've seen that can keep our
local boy Nick right in check.
Speaker 3 (36:05):
Thank you, my man, Thank.
Speaker 9 (36:06):
You the floor with him. I appreciate that he needs it.
Speaker 3 (36:10):
Once in a while, every a nothing.
Speaker 4 (36:12):
Hey, every once in a while, you know Nick wrong
has to be called out on a carpet.
Speaker 3 (36:16):
Wow, Nick wrong at George Longs.
Speaker 9 (36:19):
Yes, it's really strange in Missouri right now as a
Chiefs fan and going into twenty twenty six, happy New
Year's Eve, do you guys? You put on a great
show you driving across Missouri.
Speaker 1 (36:32):
Hey, Aaron Roger, let me ask you up seriously, real quick.
I know we don't have a lot of time.
Speaker 3 (36:37):
Yes, sir, them moving to Kansas? Does that bother you? Question? Seriously?
How much does that bother you? Because I tell you.
Speaker 9 (36:44):
I'm a diehard Jackson County and uh and we got
we got a few troubles with our local government right now, Rob,
So it really doesn't bother me at all. Okay, we've
been Jackson County been footing the bill for a long
long time. Since night teen seventy two when the Truman
sports complex opened up. That's over fifty years. So Kansas
(37:06):
want to pay one point eight million dollars of their
money for it. Let them have it.
Speaker 10 (37:12):
Let them have it.
Speaker 9 (37:13):
I got a shot.
Speaker 3 (37:13):
Okay, I hear you.
Speaker 9 (37:15):
But hey, I'm really gonna miss my guy, Travis Kelsey.
Speaker 11 (37:18):
You know.
Speaker 9 (37:19):
Cut out all the pomp and circumstance with Taylor Swift
and all that. Travis Kelse won hell of a football.
Speaker 3 (37:27):
It's time. No, it's time. Thank you, Roger. Happy New
Year to you and all the people of Missouri.
Speaker 1 (37:34):
And no doubt when I went to Missou, I went
to Missoo for a multicultural management program.
Speaker 3 (37:39):
Okay, I had an awesome time. Was this number eight college?
I got it?
Speaker 5 (37:45):
It did not stick. By the way, what multi cultural
management ron? What's the name of the website you run?
What's that? What's the name of the website you run?
Speaker 3 (37:54):
MLB?
Speaker 5 (37:55):
Bro?
Speaker 3 (37:55):
Yeah, how many multi going on there?
Speaker 5 (37:59):
Go look up my website and see what the singles
on that website?
Speaker 3 (38:04):
Robed. Yes, there are some people on there. Because Alex
is man.
Speaker 5 (38:08):
He can't there's one white that morning, one white Gods.
Alex is upset about it. He's got a big box.
Speaker 3 (38:14):
What's up with that.
Speaker 5 (38:16):
He's a manager. WHOA, what that was crazy? Crazy?
Speaker 3 (38:21):
They come on my neck every night?
Speaker 6 (38:22):
What that was?
Speaker 5 (38:25):
Can Marcella's break it down or that? I'm just I
was just waiting.
Speaker 3 (38:29):
There are you?
Speaker 4 (38:31):
He came to church with us, talk about it, break
it down for you. Come on gott to bring your
butt to church. To the Jason Smith Show with Mike
Harmon is coming up next.
Speaker 2 (38:43):
I never missed your radio show.
Speaker 3 (38:45):
I never hear it, so I never miss it. Did
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