April 7, 2023 • 21 mins
Paulie and Tony put an end to the stupid NBA MVP debate and smack down the FOOLS with terrible takes about Embiid vs Jokic. They also explain how the new MLB rules have RUINED BASEBALL. Plus, they bring a young sports nerd on the show and ABSOLUTELY DESTROY HIM.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Today, We're gonna tell you the one thing that'll put
it into the stupid NBA MVP debate. Yeah, rule the intro.
All right, all right, yo yo yoo, Your life from Phillis.
It's the number one rated poly and Tony Foolsco Shaw
Yo Yo Yo always Polly Foolsco here with Tony Fosco
(00:24):
and Tony Yo huge show today. You know, yeah, yeah,
a lot of controversies surrounding the sport of basketball, and
we're gonna clear it all up for you. Are with Tony. Absolutely,
we're gonna help you see the forest in the trees. Yeah,
we're gonna do that. Well. Second, you know, before we
get to adop story. You know, being the most respected
(00:45):
people in all of sports talk, you know a lot
of people that are always coming up to us asking us, Hey, Polly, Tony,
will you let me come on the show. Oh yea god,
will you give me that exposure? Help me boost my
struggling career? Every Yo. We've done that, Tony. You know,
we've helped a lot of rust their career giving them
that exposure. You know, names like Chris Brussad, Dick Wright.
(01:06):
You know, we're unfortunately responsible for some of them. Get well.
Now today, there's this young buck out there. He's hosting
this podcast where he apparently talks basketball. I've never heard it,
you know, but he's asking us. He's been writing us,
you know, hey, can I come on get exposure? You know? Okay,
we thought, hey, we'll give this shortened buck a shot
(01:28):
him out. Ye, he hosts a podcast. As you know,
most people have never heard of it, but it's called
nerd Sesh. What a name like that. I can see
why nobody wants to listen. Never heard of it. With
a name like that, I mean, I forget about it.
No wonder he's begging us for exactly Well, maybe we'll
have to give him some advice, Tonty, But we're gonna
bring this kid on here. He's got some takes on
(01:50):
the NBA MVP race, you know, very cutey. His name
is Carson Breber. And some people have told us this
kid really knows stuff. So hey, we'll give him a
shot here, don't. Okay, Look, we do community service on
this show. That's what we do. Yep, we do. And
just one note before we move on a brief note
(02:10):
of business here. On our last show, we made what
some have deemed negative comments about the restaurant known as Chippotle.
So after receiving a strongly worded letter from the company,
we've decided to do what they call in the business.
It's called a make good. Okay, and you see what
a make good is is you do something for free
(02:32):
to make up for what some people says was wrong,
even though it wasn't. But we're not going to get
into yea anyway. Anyway, here's what we're gonna do. We're
gonna give a free ad right now for Chippotle. Do
you like lots of meat in your tacos? I certainly don't. Yeah,
all that meat is just terrible. You see, what you
(02:52):
want is the minimal amount of meat a human being
can fit into a taco. That's why you want Chipotle.
Order online now and into the promo code too much
meat to get twenty percent more meat removed from your
oil Chippote money. Okay, Well that fixed, We got right done?
Yeah anyway, Yeah, so that that that that's out of
the way. There, it's time for one of our most
(03:14):
popular segments, you know, where we go over everything. We
predicted that we got Bango on the money, as we
always do. So it's time right now for where Polly
and Tony were right, Where Paully and Tony were right,
all right, first out of the game. You know, we
told you before the season even started that Joe Lmbid
(03:35):
would win NBA MVP. H while the vote hasn't taken
place yet, you know we can go ahead and just count.
Doesn't even need Yeah, not only because Mbid dropped fifty
two points on the Celtics Tuesday night. But after the game,
Sixers coach Doc Rivers said this here roll that sound.
The man just scored half our points in the NBA game. Um,
(04:01):
and I'm biased, but the MVP race is over. You
see that there, It's over, straight from the mouth of
a dart. Does as good as over. Yeah, but we
still got some fools in the media out there who
are still claiming that the Denver Nuggets star whatever it is,
that he should be MVP. Yeah. You know why, Yeah,
(04:21):
because we know the media has a pro Serbian bias.
We exposed it already exactly, ye go back and listen,
get educated. Exactly. But you know this is why we've
been saying Nicola Yokiic he shouldn't even be eligible to
win Italy. You know, he's already won the past two.
It's it's boring and terrible for the sport if he
(04:43):
wins again. Why we have a simple solution to all
this message terms term limits. You go, yeah, if presidents
can only serve you know, two terms, Well, why can
a guy win more than two MVPs. There's no makes sense, right, Tony. Absolutely,
And if you want an example, look no further than
(05:04):
Michael Jordan. People don't know this, but the real reason
he retired twice was to let someone else win MVP.
He felt so bad for keeping his friend Charles Barkley
from winning that he went to David Stern and demanded
the rule changes. And when David Stern said no, Michael
Jordan had no choice but to retire and play baseball
(05:28):
just now. Absolutely, if Nicola Yokik had any decency, he
would retire today just to avoid any unfast scenario like that. Again,
tremendous points and historical insight, Tony. When Paul and Don
were right. We told you these stupid new MLB rules
(05:49):
would ruin the game of baseball. And sure, run off.
Look at what's going on right here in Philly. The
Phillies off to a one in four start there were
start ever, and it's clear why the game is just
moving too fast. Now it's not fair, It's not fair
at all. You know, I turned out a game the
other day. You got balls flying all over the place
(06:10):
all the time. Now, you know, this is supposed to
be baseball, not high al. You know, Baseball is supposed
to be a game of strategy. You know, it's like chess,
a thinking man's game strategy. You gotta give people time
to think. And you know this is clearly throwing off
the true baseball. Vet's like the Phillies. It's just terrible,
isn't it don't It's terrible, and it's terrible for fans
(06:32):
watching the game. You know, what I used to love
about baseball is that after a pitch was thrown I
could go make myself a sandwich and then go to
the bathroom and then call my mother, all before the
next pitch was thrown. And now I can't do that anymore.
It's ruining what the game used to be all about.
So well said and just so tragic, Tony were right,
(06:57):
all right? Finally some blowback to our last episode we
have to address. You know, people are coming up to
us and saying Donty made some sort of misstep or
whatever when he presented a top five all time movies
list last week and didn't have Rocky or any of
the Rocky movies on the list. People always say the
first Rocky, Oh, it's one of the best movies of
(07:18):
all time. And I never understood why Rocky loses in
that movie. I left the theater disappointed, and frankly I
wanted my money back. And Rocky two, three, and four, well,
they don't stand alone. You need to watch the first
Rocky to understand them. So if Sylvester Stallone had made
Rocky one through four all as one long movie, of
(07:42):
course that would have been number one, easy. But he didn't.
So that's why the list stands as is. And also
because he made Rocky five, which is literally the most
terrible movie ever made. You certainly won't get any blowback
on that Dike that Donty anyway. Yeah, we'd love to
discuss this more, but I see our guest he's coming
on the line. Yeah, let's go ahead and get him
(08:04):
on the Fusco Satellite Network. Satellite Okay, our guest today,
you know he's an up and come trying to make
it in this business, you know, like so many people
who are hoping to reach the statue you know that
we have you know, you know, you know there was
a time Tony when we were like him, you know,
just stopped out. Of course, that time didn't last long
(08:27):
before our meteoric rise. Yeah, you know that maybe lasted
a day at two before we totally explode. Anyway, it's
probably taking this young kid, you know, much longer anyway,
So we're gonna help him out today. He hosts a podcast,
as you can see, is trying to promote it behind him.
It's called nerd Sesh, which is just a terrible title
for learn to Fix that. Okay. You know he's been
(08:50):
begging us to come on the show and get exposure.
So yeah, we're gonna help this young buck out. Carson Breber,
Welcome to the show. Easily the biggest audience you've ever
You're going with an alternate pronunciation. It's the Philly accent.
Maybe I would say it forever. That's well, I'm not,
That's just that's how it would be pronounced correctly. Rule
(09:12):
of radio and television. You're young, you may not know this.
You never correct the host never, never, you know, so
maybe on your show, I tell everyone what to do,
but he and the host repect it's okay, It's okay, bibo,
whatever the hell your name? Yeah, we'll bring it back.
That's you're not taking any notes. I noticed you're not
(09:33):
taking You should be taking notes, right, Well, what I
take them on my computer is what I do, so
you guys wouldn't notice. But yes, I am trust me
everything can guys say, I'm taking it all in. Okay, Okay,
let's get to talk to about that title of a
show you got there, Nerds. Sessh, what were you thinking
when you came up with that title? Do you think
anyone would want to be caught dead listening to a
(09:55):
show with such a terrible title? It's hard. It's supposed
to be sports talk. Yeah, right, Well, I think when
you guys were probably in your early twenties, right, maybe
around the eighty three six ers, title nerd had a
certain connotation that was very negative, right, you had whatever,
who stop, let's stop down, let's get this side. I
(10:15):
think he just threw an old joke at us. That
was not a joke. That was a guess. I thought
Nerds was supposed to be good at math. Yeah, I
apologize if I've offended you. We're not that well. How
old are you? Yeah? What are you? Twelve? I'm closer
to twelve than uh than you guys are to me,
that's for sure. You know, we give you this, We
(10:37):
give you this opportunity. I'm getting out. You're right. I
I don't know where I where I got off the thought. Yeah,
there you go, walk it back there you go anyway,
all right, cousin, We're gonna lead you through this. Heah
help you, you know. Yeah, We're gonna do now is
We're gonna ask you for your take. Okay, Yeah, So
we're gonna set you up. That's what they do on
these shows. All right, We're gonna give you what they
(10:57):
call a softball question. Yeah, make it easy. You know,
base hit right, Okay. So Joel Embiid, you know he
plays for the sixes CENTA. Okay, he's eating the NBA
in every important statistical categoria way and the other night,
his coach Doc Rivers said the MVP race is over
(11:19):
and that Embiid is the winners. So don't you agree
that Embiid is the slam dunk pick for MVP. I
would have to disagree. I would have embiad as an
honorable Bronze medalist for all this. I actually think that
the MVP right now would be honest, which is not
going to happen because the narrative has totally shifted towards
its EMI. And also, nobody's that dumb, but okay, keeping
(11:41):
also people watch basketball, No it's MBID but yeah, keep going. Well, yeah,
let me compel you guys here. So if you're looking
at the mbiad case, it's right, great score, good defender
on a very good team. But I think that if
you're looking at Jannis right he they're forty seven and
sixteen significantly better. Well I am because I'm I'm watching
(12:02):
the entire NBA, not just the Sixers. Uh, they're twenty
seven and nine with him, even without Chris Middleton, who
I don't know if you guys are familiar, it's a
star level player. And we can call these guys equal
on offense, right Yannis is the playmaking edge and beats
the scoring edge. Jannie is clearly the better defender on
the team that has been significantly better when he plays
hold on, hold on way too fast. Yeah. Yeah, First
(12:25):
of all, you're talking way too fast, you know it
just it sounds like someone sped up the tape. You're
just going on. Yeah, you gotta slowest sound. Number two,
the audience concerned. Number two. We're gonna give you an
education at Tony, and Tony knows this. When you're evaluating
an NBA player, Tony, what is the most important metric
for an NBA player by far? Free throw percentage? There
(12:48):
you go. If you can't hit an open shot nine,
then you shouldn't even be called good at basketball. So yeah,
so I'm do you guys have JJ reddick all time? Well,
hold on, we're steering the I'm just saying, yeah, yeah,
I'm just trying to learn. You're trying to interrupt, is
what you're trying to do't and you gotta wait for us. Yeah,
get to your JJ reddick. Hold on, tell us, tell
(13:13):
us if you do your research, young man, what is
yan This is a free free throw percentage place? Yeah,
it's somewhere in the mid sixties this year, I think.
Not good? Yeah, not right, yeah, mid sixties. Like the
amount of sperm you have in your body right now? Yeah? Okay,
Well I don't know. My father is a famously high
(13:34):
sperm count so I think maybe I've had that passed
down to me. Very strange that you know that but
don't he brags about it. He's an odd guy. But
I was like, if he had you then you know.
But you know, he's just on that note. You know
a doctor and Doc Rivers said that then beads the
the MVP. Why is this with you? What do you
know more than Doc Rivers? Well, I think almost everybody
(13:55):
knows more than Doc Rivers. I'm not sure what he's
done to suggest that he's any good at his job.
Just a moment, Tony. This is the rudeness that comes
from this young generation. Don't even know who Doc Rivers is? Yeah,
you were negative forty four at that point. What, yeah,
do you not tell us? Doc Rivers was a solid
NBA point guard, mostly for the Hawks in the eighties
(14:16):
and since then he coached the Celtics to the O
eight title, and now he coaches the consistently underachieving Sixers.
Coach the Magic before then Temac in his early years.
I know who Doc Rivers is, very raspy voice. You know,
you consistently bad. So there's a hole or some great
years for the Knicks. Yeah, you don't know. I think
(14:39):
you're thinking of Mark Jackson. No, so where's the Nicola
Jokic or whatever? And you're so called analysis here? Yeah,
I would have Nikola Yoki at number two, barely above MBID.
The Nuggets are significantly better with Yokis than the Sixers
are with MBIAD. Are you insane? Well? Are you familiar
with the metric winds Tony where the Nuggets are forty
(15:01):
eight and twenty with Yokich, the Sixers are forty three
and twenty two with MBIAD despite having all MBA guard
James Harden, great third and fourth options, Tyrese Maxi, Dubias
Harris better depth than the Nuggets. Again, just talking too
fast again? You know you gotta all right, I didn't
hear anything. It's like Charlie Brown's teacher. Yeah, I couldn't.
(15:22):
I couldn't. I don't think anyone in our audience, they're
probably all tune it out right now, which isn't to
strike it all right, But look here we're gonna get
We're gonna throw something at you here. You know you
don't want to give mvpay to someone who's already won.
It's just not interesting. Yoki Jannie, they've already won. Yeah,
don't you think we should have time limits for m
v pays? You know, you can only win though, that's
(15:43):
mats and then you're out. Yeah, that's a really interesting thought,
and we sort of historically have without making it official.
I mean, we haven't had a three peat for MVP
since Bird eighty four to eighty six. So that, honestly,
I think is the only reason that embiad is now
the front runner is because people have started to hold on.
Is Yokis deserve three straight even though I think within
the scope of this season, like the last two seasons,
(16:06):
he has a stronger case than MBID. Are you saying
it's a charity vote? Is that what he's saying? I
do actually feel that, Yeah, it is. On this day.
We're doing charity right now. But PAULI, didn't you just
propose this new legislation, this term limit idea. How is
that anything but charity? That's democracy. It's the opposite that
(16:26):
people aren't deciding anymore. Oh, you don't know how your
country works, son, term limits? You only have presidents twice
in this country. Yeah, yeah, I know you haven't graduated
middle school yet, but that's how this works. Yeah, Well,
I think that Yokis is the best offensive player in basketball.
He doesn't have another All Star on his team, and
yet there's still consistently the best team out West this
(16:46):
entire year because of how great they are offensively, and
he's producing at a level we've never seen. I'm gonna
throw a number out there, you guys, I probably have
no idea what it means, but trueting percentage, what he's
up at, seventy true shooting percentage, it's really the best
measure of players scoring efficiency. Explain what true shooting percentage
is for our audience who doesn't really, But shooting percentage
(17:06):
is basically your points per per shot, and then free
throw attempts, so it's weighted so that it's it's your
points per attempt basically, So if you make forty percent
of your threes, that's worth sixty percent of your twos, right,
because three's are worth one and a half. So it
sacked me up when it's done. Free throws into all
of it. Yeah, you know, I'm starting to think nerd
(17:29):
sesh was actually a perfect title. Yeah, nerd sesh is
actually a perfect name for you. Take back. Yeah, we'd
like to apologize to you, Nerd Sesh, Well, apology accepted.
We watch basketball. He's watching an Excel sheet, cousin. I
think the only thing to do to save your career
from peril is to just apologize for your performance over
(17:51):
the last you know, ten minutes, however it's been feels
like eighty and just tell our audience you'll do better
next time. Come on, Yeah, no, I have no intention
to doing that, you know, guys, I want to make
one more point here. I have one more point. Though
you're off the show, you're better than both of you, guys.
Don't reach that somewhere around session. You guys are good
(18:13):
this day when I'm running a sports media world, you're
going nowhere to accept off the shof this shot? Is
he off the line? Jay, hang up the phone. You
know you're try and do something good in this business,
and now that's what happens right there? Yeah he Breba
not call us ever again? Good one, Ton, Well, let's
(18:35):
not let don ruin what was a bangout terrific show
because we want to thank God friends now at your boat,
Lea than wait wait, wait, hold on, Oh if it's
somebody I Breba not want to hear from ever in
my life again, produce a Jay What what corrections? Guy's corrections? What?
Hurry up? What number one? You said that baseball is
(18:59):
a game of strategy like chess, and that's why they
shouldn't use clocks. Yeah, bro, yeah, thinking man's game. Yeah,
you do realize they use clocks and chess. That's to
keep the matches from going on too long. Oh yeah, well,
on the subject of going on too long, you yeah,
(19:21):
you remind me of a game of chess. Slow and boring.
Let's go, let's get out of here. We're done, said
the Phillies. One in four start was their worst start ever. Yeah,
it was lood embarrassing. Yeah, in nineteen thirty four they
started oh and seven. So this isn't their worst start ever.
It's it's not even close. No, the worst start ever
(19:45):
is when you start talking. Yeah, and it's gonna be
not even close. When you try to run away from
my car, Yeah, exactly, gonna run him over. He's done,
nor you, said Charles Barkley, only one MVP because Michael
Jordan retired. Yeah, look it up. Yeah it's true. No,
(20:06):
that's not true. Barkley was the ninety two ninety three MVP.
Michael Jordan wasn't out of the league. You're still playing
at that point. Oh yeah, well I've got a point.
I'd like to see you at gunpoint. Yeah. You know
who's out of your league? Every single woman on the planet.
(20:28):
Ye slam dunk and he said anyway about even dead
to finish, get this, Tony just booked. I just gotta
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(20:48):
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Today, We're gonna tell you the one thing that'll put
it into the stupid NBA MVP debate. Yeah, rule the intro.
All right, all right, yo yo yoo, Your life from Phillis.
It's the number one rated poly and Tony Foolsco Shaw
Yo Yo Yo always Polly Foolsco here with Tony Fosco
(00:24):
and Tony Yo huge show today. You know, yeah, yeah,
a lot of controversies surrounding the sport of basketball, and
we're gonna clear it all up for you. Are with Tony. Absolutely,
we're gonna help you see the forest in the trees. Yeah,
we're gonna do that. Well. Second, you know, before we
get to adop story. You know, being the most respected
(00:45):
people in all of sports talk, you know a lot
of people that are always coming up to us asking us, Hey, Polly, Tony,
will you let me come on the show. Oh yea god,
will you give me that exposure? Help me boost my
struggling career? Every Yo. We've done that, Tony. You know,
we've helped a lot of rust their career giving them
that exposure. You know, names like Chris Brussad, Dick Wright.
(01:06):
You know, we're unfortunately responsible for some of them. Get well.
Now today, there's this young buck out there. He's hosting
this podcast where he apparently talks basketball. I've never heard it,
you know, but he's asking us. He's been writing us,
you know, hey, can I come on get exposure? You know? Okay,
we thought, hey, we'll give this shortened buck a shot
(01:28):
him out. Ye, he hosts a podcast. As you know,
most people have never heard of it, but it's called
nerd Sesh. What a name like that. I can see
why nobody wants to listen. Never heard of it. With
a name like that, I mean, I forget about it.
No wonder he's begging us for exactly Well, maybe we'll
have to give him some advice, Tonty, But we're gonna
bring this kid on here. He's got some takes on
(01:50):
the NBA MVP race, you know, very cutey. His name
is Carson Breber. And some people have told us this
kid really knows stuff. So hey, we'll give him a
shot here, don't. Okay, Look, we do community service on
this show. That's what we do. Yep, we do. And
just one note before we move on a brief note
(02:10):
of business here. On our last show, we made what
some have deemed negative comments about the restaurant known as Chippotle.
So after receiving a strongly worded letter from the company,
we've decided to do what they call in the business.
It's called a make good. Okay, and you see what
a make good is is you do something for free
(02:32):
to make up for what some people says was wrong,
even though it wasn't. But we're not going to get
into yea anyway. Anyway, here's what we're gonna do. We're
gonna give a free ad right now for Chippotle. Do
you like lots of meat in your tacos? I certainly don't. Yeah,
all that meat is just terrible. You see, what you
(02:52):
want is the minimal amount of meat a human being
can fit into a taco. That's why you want Chipotle.
Order online now and into the promo code too much
meat to get twenty percent more meat removed from your
oil Chippote money. Okay, Well that fixed, We got right done?
Yeah anyway, Yeah, so that that that that's out of
the way. There, it's time for one of our most
(03:14):
popular segments, you know, where we go over everything. We
predicted that we got Bango on the money, as we
always do. So it's time right now for where Polly
and Tony were right, Where Paully and Tony were right,
all right, first out of the game. You know, we
told you before the season even started that Joe Lmbid
(03:35):
would win NBA MVP. H while the vote hasn't taken
place yet, you know we can go ahead and just count.
Doesn't even need Yeah, not only because Mbid dropped fifty
two points on the Celtics Tuesday night. But after the game,
Sixers coach Doc Rivers said this here roll that sound.
The man just scored half our points in the NBA game. Um,
(04:01):
and I'm biased, but the MVP race is over. You
see that there, It's over, straight from the mouth of
a dart. Does as good as over. Yeah, but we
still got some fools in the media out there who
are still claiming that the Denver Nuggets star whatever it is,
that he should be MVP. Yeah. You know why, Yeah,
(04:21):
because we know the media has a pro Serbian bias.
We exposed it already exactly, ye go back and listen,
get educated. Exactly. But you know this is why we've
been saying Nicola Yokiic he shouldn't even be eligible to
win Italy. You know, he's already won the past two.
It's it's boring and terrible for the sport if he
(04:43):
wins again. Why we have a simple solution to all
this message terms term limits. You go, yeah, if presidents
can only serve you know, two terms, Well, why can
a guy win more than two MVPs. There's no makes sense, right, Tony. Absolutely,
And if you want an example, look no further than
(05:04):
Michael Jordan. People don't know this, but the real reason
he retired twice was to let someone else win MVP.
He felt so bad for keeping his friend Charles Barkley
from winning that he went to David Stern and demanded
the rule changes. And when David Stern said no, Michael
Jordan had no choice but to retire and play baseball
(05:28):
just now. Absolutely, if Nicola Yokik had any decency, he
would retire today just to avoid any unfast scenario like that. Again,
tremendous points and historical insight, Tony. When Paul and Don
were right. We told you these stupid new MLB rules
(05:49):
would ruin the game of baseball. And sure, run off.
Look at what's going on right here in Philly. The
Phillies off to a one in four start there were
start ever, and it's clear why the game is just
moving too fast. Now it's not fair, It's not fair
at all. You know, I turned out a game the
other day. You got balls flying all over the place
(06:10):
all the time. Now, you know, this is supposed to
be baseball, not high al. You know, Baseball is supposed
to be a game of strategy. You know, it's like chess,
a thinking man's game strategy. You gotta give people time
to think. And you know this is clearly throwing off
the true baseball. Vet's like the Phillies. It's just terrible,
isn't it don't It's terrible, and it's terrible for fans
(06:32):
watching the game. You know, what I used to love
about baseball is that after a pitch was thrown I
could go make myself a sandwich and then go to
the bathroom and then call my mother, all before the
next pitch was thrown. And now I can't do that anymore.
It's ruining what the game used to be all about.
So well said and just so tragic, Tony were right,
(06:57):
all right? Finally some blowback to our last episode we
have to address. You know, people are coming up to
us and saying Donty made some sort of misstep or
whatever when he presented a top five all time movies
list last week and didn't have Rocky or any of
the Rocky movies on the list. People always say the
first Rocky, Oh, it's one of the best movies of
(07:18):
all time. And I never understood why Rocky loses in
that movie. I left the theater disappointed, and frankly I
wanted my money back. And Rocky two, three, and four, well,
they don't stand alone. You need to watch the first
Rocky to understand them. So if Sylvester Stallone had made
Rocky one through four all as one long movie, of
(07:42):
course that would have been number one, easy. But he didn't.
So that's why the list stands as is. And also
because he made Rocky five, which is literally the most
terrible movie ever made. You certainly won't get any blowback
on that Dike that Donty anyway. Yeah, we'd love to
discuss this more, but I see our guest he's coming
on the line. Yeah, let's go ahead and get him
(08:04):
on the Fusco Satellite Network. Satellite Okay, our guest today,
you know he's an up and come trying to make
it in this business, you know, like so many people
who are hoping to reach the statue you know that
we have you know, you know, you know there was
a time Tony when we were like him, you know,
just stopped out. Of course, that time didn't last long
(08:27):
before our meteoric rise. Yeah, you know that maybe lasted
a day at two before we totally explode. Anyway, it's
probably taking this young kid, you know, much longer anyway,
So we're gonna help him out today. He hosts a podcast,
as you can see, is trying to promote it behind him.
It's called nerd Sesh, which is just a terrible title
for learn to Fix that. Okay. You know he's been
(08:50):
begging us to come on the show and get exposure.
So yeah, we're gonna help this young buck out. Carson Breber,
Welcome to the show. Easily the biggest audience you've ever
You're going with an alternate pronunciation. It's the Philly accent.
Maybe I would say it forever. That's well, I'm not,
That's just that's how it would be pronounced correctly. Rule
(09:12):
of radio and television. You're young, you may not know this.
You never correct the host never, never, you know, so
maybe on your show, I tell everyone what to do,
but he and the host repect it's okay, It's okay, bibo,
whatever the hell your name? Yeah, we'll bring it back.
That's you're not taking any notes. I noticed you're not
(09:33):
taking You should be taking notes, right, Well, what I
take them on my computer is what I do, so
you guys wouldn't notice. But yes, I am trust me
everything can guys say, I'm taking it all in. Okay, Okay,
let's get to talk to about that title of a
show you got there, Nerds. Sessh, what were you thinking
when you came up with that title? Do you think
anyone would want to be caught dead listening to a
(09:55):
show with such a terrible title? It's hard. It's supposed
to be sports talk. Yeah, right, Well, I think when
you guys were probably in your early twenties, right, maybe
around the eighty three six ers, title nerd had a
certain connotation that was very negative, right, you had whatever,
who stop, let's stop down, let's get this side. I
(10:15):
think he just threw an old joke at us. That
was not a joke. That was a guess. I thought
Nerds was supposed to be good at math. Yeah, I
apologize if I've offended you. We're not that well. How
old are you? Yeah? What are you? Twelve? I'm closer
to twelve than uh than you guys are to me,
that's for sure. You know, we give you this, We
(10:37):
give you this opportunity. I'm getting out. You're right. I
I don't know where I where I got off the thought. Yeah,
there you go, walk it back there you go anyway,
all right, cousin, We're gonna lead you through this. Heah
help you, you know. Yeah, We're gonna do now is
We're gonna ask you for your take. Okay, Yeah, So
we're gonna set you up. That's what they do on
these shows. All right, We're gonna give you what they
(10:57):
call a softball question. Yeah, make it easy. You know,
base hit right, Okay. So Joel Embiid, you know he
plays for the sixes CENTA. Okay, he's eating the NBA
in every important statistical categoria way and the other night,
his coach Doc Rivers said the MVP race is over
(11:19):
and that Embiid is the winners. So don't you agree
that Embiid is the slam dunk pick for MVP. I
would have to disagree. I would have embiad as an
honorable Bronze medalist for all this. I actually think that
the MVP right now would be honest, which is not
going to happen because the narrative has totally shifted towards
its EMI. And also, nobody's that dumb, but okay, keeping
(11:41):
also people watch basketball, No it's MBID but yeah, keep going. Well, yeah,
let me compel you guys here. So if you're looking
at the mbiad case, it's right, great score, good defender
on a very good team. But I think that if
you're looking at Jannis right he they're forty seven and
sixteen significantly better. Well I am because I'm I'm watching
(12:02):
the entire NBA, not just the Sixers. Uh, they're twenty
seven and nine with him, even without Chris Middleton, who
I don't know if you guys are familiar, it's a
star level player. And we can call these guys equal
on offense, right Yannis is the playmaking edge and beats
the scoring edge. Jannie is clearly the better defender on
the team that has been significantly better when he plays
hold on, hold on way too fast. Yeah. Yeah, First
(12:25):
of all, you're talking way too fast, you know it
just it sounds like someone sped up the tape. You're
just going on. Yeah, you gotta slowest sound. Number two,
the audience concerned. Number two. We're gonna give you an
education at Tony, and Tony knows this. When you're evaluating
an NBA player, Tony, what is the most important metric
for an NBA player by far? Free throw percentage? There
(12:48):
you go. If you can't hit an open shot nine,
then you shouldn't even be called good at basketball. So yeah,
so I'm do you guys have JJ reddick all time? Well,
hold on, we're steering the I'm just saying, yeah, yeah,
I'm just trying to learn. You're trying to interrupt, is
what you're trying to do't and you gotta wait for us. Yeah,
get to your JJ reddick. Hold on, tell us, tell
(13:13):
us if you do your research, young man, what is
yan This is a free free throw percentage place? Yeah,
it's somewhere in the mid sixties this year, I think.
Not good? Yeah, not right, yeah, mid sixties. Like the
amount of sperm you have in your body right now? Yeah? Okay,
Well I don't know. My father is a famously high
(13:34):
sperm count so I think maybe I've had that passed
down to me. Very strange that you know that but
don't he brags about it. He's an odd guy. But
I was like, if he had you then you know.
But you know, he's just on that note. You know
a doctor and Doc Rivers said that then beads the
the MVP. Why is this with you? What do you
know more than Doc Rivers? Well, I think almost everybody
(13:55):
knows more than Doc Rivers. I'm not sure what he's
done to suggest that he's any good at his job.
Just a moment, Tony. This is the rudeness that comes
from this young generation. Don't even know who Doc Rivers is? Yeah,
you were negative forty four at that point. What, yeah,
do you not tell us? Doc Rivers was a solid
NBA point guard, mostly for the Hawks in the eighties
(14:16):
and since then he coached the Celtics to the O
eight title, and now he coaches the consistently underachieving Sixers.
Coach the Magic before then Temac in his early years.
I know who Doc Rivers is, very raspy voice. You know,
you consistently bad. So there's a hole or some great
years for the Knicks. Yeah, you don't know. I think
(14:39):
you're thinking of Mark Jackson. No, so where's the Nicola
Jokic or whatever? And you're so called analysis here? Yeah,
I would have Nikola Yoki at number two, barely above MBID.
The Nuggets are significantly better with Yokis than the Sixers
are with MBIAD. Are you insane? Well? Are you familiar
with the metric winds Tony where the Nuggets are forty
(15:01):
eight and twenty with Yokich, the Sixers are forty three
and twenty two with MBIAD despite having all MBA guard
James Harden, great third and fourth options, Tyrese Maxi, Dubias
Harris better depth than the Nuggets. Again, just talking too
fast again? You know you gotta all right, I didn't
hear anything. It's like Charlie Brown's teacher. Yeah, I couldn't.
(15:22):
I couldn't. I don't think anyone in our audience, they're
probably all tune it out right now, which isn't to
strike it all right, But look here we're gonna get
We're gonna throw something at you here. You know you
don't want to give mvpay to someone who's already won.
It's just not interesting. Yoki Jannie, they've already won. Yeah,
don't you think we should have time limits for m
v pays? You know, you can only win though, that's
(15:43):
mats and then you're out. Yeah, that's a really interesting thought,
and we sort of historically have without making it official.
I mean, we haven't had a three peat for MVP
since Bird eighty four to eighty six. So that, honestly,
I think is the only reason that embiad is now
the front runner is because people have started to hold on.
Is Yokis deserve three straight even though I think within
the scope of this season, like the last two seasons,
(16:06):
he has a stronger case than MBID. Are you saying
it's a charity vote? Is that what he's saying? I
do actually feel that, Yeah, it is. On this day.
We're doing charity right now. But PAULI, didn't you just
propose this new legislation, this term limit idea. How is
that anything but charity? That's democracy. It's the opposite that
(16:26):
people aren't deciding anymore. Oh, you don't know how your
country works, son, term limits? You only have presidents twice
in this country. Yeah, yeah, I know you haven't graduated
middle school yet, but that's how this works. Yeah, Well,
I think that Yokis is the best offensive player in basketball.
He doesn't have another All Star on his team, and
yet there's still consistently the best team out West this
(16:46):
entire year because of how great they are offensively, and
he's producing at a level we've never seen. I'm gonna
throw a number out there, you guys, I probably have
no idea what it means, but trueting percentage, what he's
up at, seventy true shooting percentage, it's really the best
measure of players scoring efficiency. Explain what true shooting percentage
is for our audience who doesn't really, But shooting percentage
(17:06):
is basically your points per per shot, and then free
throw attempts, so it's weighted so that it's it's your
points per attempt basically, So if you make forty percent
of your threes, that's worth sixty percent of your twos, right,
because three's are worth one and a half. So it
sacked me up when it's done. Free throws into all
of it. Yeah, you know, I'm starting to think nerd
(17:29):
sesh was actually a perfect title. Yeah, nerd sesh is
actually a perfect name for you. Take back. Yeah, we'd
like to apologize to you, Nerd Sesh, Well, apology accepted.
We watch basketball. He's watching an Excel sheet, cousin. I
think the only thing to do to save your career
from peril is to just apologize for your performance over
(17:51):
the last you know, ten minutes, however it's been feels
like eighty and just tell our audience you'll do better
next time. Come on, Yeah, no, I have no intention
to doing that, you know, guys, I want to make
one more point here. I have one more point. Though
you're off the show, you're better than both of you, guys.
Don't reach that somewhere around session. You guys are good
(18:13):
this day when I'm running a sports media world, you're
going nowhere to accept off the shof this shot? Is
he off the line? Jay, hang up the phone. You
know you're try and do something good in this business,
and now that's what happens right there? Yeah he Breba
not call us ever again? Good one, Ton, Well, let's
(18:35):
not let don ruin what was a bangout terrific show
because we want to thank God friends now at your boat,
Lea than wait wait, wait, hold on, Oh if it's
somebody I Breba not want to hear from ever in
my life again, produce a Jay What what corrections? Guy's corrections? What?
Hurry up? What number one? You said that baseball is
(18:59):
a game of strategy like chess, and that's why they
shouldn't use clocks. Yeah, bro, yeah, thinking man's game. Yeah,
you do realize they use clocks and chess. That's to
keep the matches from going on too long. Oh yeah, well,
on the subject of going on too long, you yeah,
(19:21):
you remind me of a game of chess. Slow and boring.
Let's go, let's get out of here. We're done, said
the Phillies. One in four start was their worst start ever. Yeah,
it was lood embarrassing. Yeah, in nineteen thirty four they
started oh and seven. So this isn't their worst start ever.
It's it's not even close. No, the worst start ever
(19:45):
is when you start talking. Yeah, and it's gonna be
not even close. When you try to run away from
my car, Yeah, exactly, gonna run him over. He's done,
nor you, said Charles Barkley, only one MVP because Michael
Jordan retired. Yeah, look it up. Yeah it's true. No,
(20:06):
that's not true. Barkley was the ninety two ninety three MVP.
Michael Jordan wasn't out of the league. You're still playing
at that point. Oh yeah, well I've got a point.
I'd like to see you at gunpoint. Yeah. You know
who's out of your league? Every single woman on the planet.
(20:28):
Ye slam dunk and he said anyway about even dead
to finish, get this, Tony just booked. I just gotta
come through on the email for next week super Bowl
legend Nick falls, that's huge, great news in the main time.
(20:48):
Don't forget subscribe on your dope, follow us on ticktoc
and hey don'ty. Great job as always, same to you.
Pay another flawless show. We'll see your people next week.
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