April 5, 2024 • 39 mins
Chris Broussard and Rob Parker react to the news that Bronny James has declared for the NBA Draft. Would LeBron leave LA to join Bronny on a contender that drafts him? Plus, the guys debate if Paige Bueckers is actually a better player than Caitlin Clark.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
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Speaker 2 (01:33):
With that said, let me welcome in my partner Rob Parker.
What's up?
Speaker 1 (01:37):
Man?
Speaker 2 (01:37):
Happened? What's happening? Mister Christy? You sound like your drop? Yeah? No,
I know.
Speaker 1 (01:48):
How are you on the East coast with the earthquake
in the New York, New Jersey?
Speaker 2 (01:52):
Did you feel it?
Speaker 3 (01:53):
Christ You know, I've been getting so many texts and
people are asking me about it and calls.
Speaker 2 (01:58):
I know, but I didn't feel it.
Speaker 3 (02:01):
So you didn't feel it because everybody else seemed to
feel it, but I didn't.
Speaker 2 (02:06):
I mean maybe I felt something and I didn't think
anythink about it.
Speaker 1 (02:10):
Yeah, because Glabor Torres was up taking BP for the
Yankees Chris during it and just kept swinging.
Speaker 2 (02:17):
Did they show did they show it? Like, did you
see anything? It was hard? Yeah, it was hard to
really see.
Speaker 1 (02:22):
It wasn't like it was you know, like a massive
swinging back and forth. Yeah, they said it was right
then during his time.
Speaker 3 (02:31):
I mean it was a four point seven on the
Richter four point eight. Wow, So you know that's significant,
but especially for the East Coast though, you know what
I mean.
Speaker 2 (02:40):
Look, I was out today.
Speaker 3 (02:42):
We didn't have first things first, so I went out
to eat with somebody for lunch, like everything is normal. Yeah, no,
so I didn't feel it, but Robert, I wanted to
make an announcement.
Speaker 2 (02:55):
Tomorrow I will get this. You'll be surprised.
Speaker 3 (02:59):
I'm speaking at the Princeton Theological Seminary and you know
at the Ivy League Princeton School.
Speaker 2 (03:06):
Yes, yes, thank you Mary Mary.
Speaker 3 (03:09):
So it is a part of a panel discussion on
a documentary I was in called Unspoken, which unearths the
substantial history and contributions that African people have made to
the religion of Christianity, not here in America but in Africa,
you know where. Ethiopia is one of the oldest Christian
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nations in the world and some of the founding many
of the founding members out after Christ, but many of
the most prominent theologians were Christian were African. So that's
what the documentary is about. And I'll be on a
panel discussion for it. It's called Examining Christianity and the
Black American Experience.
Speaker 2 (03:53):
So send your folks.
Speaker 3 (03:54):
Rob yes to go see you tomorrow one pm at
Princeton Theological Seminary. What other sports writers are speaking at Theological.
Speaker 2 (04:04):
Zero zero you know this.
Speaker 1 (04:08):
We almost wrote we wrote the story about you get
leaving the business in Oscar and Oscar remember that.
Speaker 2 (04:15):
You know who wrote the story in Oscar. You won't
even believe this. Who wrote stephen A. Didn't I say
to you have a freelance article.
Speaker 3 (04:21):
Well, I mean I think you have a lot of
big time peopeople where they ended up being big time.
Speaker 2 (04:28):
Yep, you know what I mean.
Speaker 3 (04:29):
I wrote an article there I think you did. I
can't remember who I wrote it, but I wrote one.
Did you write one about Mike Freeman? Who wrote there's
an article called Mike Freeman who was at the time that.
Speaker 2 (04:38):
I don't think you wrote that, but you don't wrote one. Yeah,
that's crazy, ain't it?
Speaker 1 (04:42):
Though?
Speaker 2 (04:43):
That's still it was a good idea. You know, it
was a good idea at the time. We didn't have
anything so right, all right? All right? Well the Eye
Couple crew on the ones and twos?
Speaker 1 (04:55):
Mary, Mary, why you bug You know why she's bugging.
She's bugging because she's twenty one years old and she's
got a big party playing the mall.
Speaker 2 (05:06):
Oh really, yes, I do? Oh wow? Where is it at?
Speaker 3 (05:10):
It's gonna be at my place at your place, oh,
new place, living large, twenty one.
Speaker 2 (05:17):
This is a struggle. No, alright, alright, you know what
is Rob gonna be there? I said I might have
Rob likes hanging out with twenty something. That's how we'll
put No, no, no, you are gonna be there. No,
I'm not going trying to get me in trouble. I'm
not going on the updates.
Speaker 3 (05:41):
You heard him, the loquations mister Brian Finley, on the
social media, the great Elijah Sabuna and on the guy
running things he's in for the super producer, Rob g
our Man, Ryan Bershinger.
Speaker 2 (05:54):
All right, Rob, let's get right to it. Enough fooling around.
Speaker 3 (05:58):
Big news today, big news, not that it's a shocker
to everybody, but it's still, you know, big news. Bronnie James,
the son of the great Lebron James, is entering the
NBA Draft. Now he's entering the draft, Rob, but he
also is entering the NCAA portal, so he's keeping his
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eligibility to still play in college. So the plan is
that they will, you know, have workouts and interviews with
various NBA teams and depending on if any of them,
you know, what they say about Brianni.
Speaker 2 (06:41):
Do they want him on their team? Would they drafting
and Rob?
Speaker 3 (06:46):
Do they have any type of developmental plan where they
would put him through that would help him become.
Speaker 2 (06:54):
A better player, a better NBA type player.
Speaker 3 (06:58):
And if they don't get the end which to say,
like they want, then a parent looks like he will
remain in college, transfer to some other school, but play
another year at least in college. So I'm gonna say this.
When I first heard it Rob this morning, I was
like what, And again we all knew that it was
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a possibility, think that he still thought he was going
to do right.
Speaker 2 (07:25):
I still think he's gonna wind up in the NBA
with Lebron. Yeah, I think the Lakers will.
Speaker 3 (07:32):
I think the Lakers will draft him if he stays
in the draft and le Bron wants to stay there
and they draft him.
Speaker 2 (07:39):
But I thought he's not ready.
Speaker 3 (07:44):
From what we saw in USC average well four or
five points didn't start.
Speaker 2 (07:48):
The team wasn't very.
Speaker 3 (07:49):
Good, and I thought, I know Lebron's got the pull
to get him in, but I don't. I'm not sure
this is best for you know what. But when I
looked at the further plan as I just explained, like,
he's still he's just gonna see our team's willing to
develop him, and could he improve more in the NBA
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with a team working with him.
Speaker 2 (08:14):
Than he could in college.
Speaker 3 (08:16):
You're gonna at least look at it and be interviewed
and see what teams think. Then I started to feel
better about it. So I look Lebron and his you know,
his guys, Rich Paul Mavricard, Randy Mims. They've been very
smart about the things throughout Lebron's career obviously, and to me, now,
Rob this is another smart move. If he declares, I mean,
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I guess that would mean a team is willing to
really work with him and see if he can improve.
But I think it's a good move because it gives
you options. And I like it more when I heard
the full play.
Speaker 1 (08:54):
I think it's I've always been I think that it's
the only move for Bronnie.
Speaker 2 (09:00):
Really.
Speaker 1 (09:00):
Yeah, And from from this standpoint, Chris, unfortunately he had
you know, the cardiac arrest, and he was able to
get back on the court and play, and he didn't.
Speaker 2 (09:13):
He didn't play well.
Speaker 1 (09:14):
Anybody else with four points in college, you know, you
wouldn't be talking about this okay, but he can't afford
to go back to college and not play well, like
I like, I don't, so he has a built in
excuse of why maybe Chris he wasn't as good as
maybe people thought, which.
Speaker 2 (09:33):
There is legitimate, so it could be.
Speaker 1 (09:35):
But I say, month, but would you agree, like like
you could use that as a reason why you can't
use that if he goes back for a second year
and averages four or five points in college.
Speaker 2 (09:47):
Right, okay, if he's healthy.
Speaker 1 (09:50):
So I don't think you want I'm not so sure
they want anymore Brownni in college stuff.
Speaker 2 (09:57):
Hey he you know, like like this is.
Speaker 1 (10:00):
I truly believe Chris he will be with the Lakers
next like like like without question.
Speaker 3 (10:09):
Well, and that gues's been reports that they would draft him.
Speaker 1 (10:13):
Yeah, you know what I mean, whatever they can make
I've said it from Jump and Lebron. Let's be honest,
he can't. He can't keep waiting. We talked about it
before Chris. First of all, that would be what is
this year twenty and next year will be twenty one,
So say if he waited, then Bronni went to college,
you're talking about year twenty two. There's also a chance
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at his age, something could happen, he could get hurt
and then and then he never even gets that chance
because Bronni went back, went to college for another year,
and then Lebron gets hurt and then he's gonna miss
a year. I'm just saying, speculator only, I disagree with there.
Speaker 3 (10:49):
I don't think the priority should be that Lebron and
Brownie played.
Speaker 2 (10:53):
No, I agree. I agree with I think it be
what's best for bron.
Speaker 3 (10:56):
You make a good point. Now here's the there's the
counter argument to that. If he goes back next year
and doesn't play wells he averages nine points, you know,
he's okay. He starts, you know, on a mediocre team,
he's fine, but not certainly not looking like an NBA
prospect Lebron. Now, you're right, I guess if Lebron got hurt,
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but you would think Lebron, and of course he's combined
with Rich Paul, who's one of the most powerful agents
in the league, they still could probably get Briani drafted.
Speaker 2 (11:31):
I would you agree with that.
Speaker 1 (11:32):
I'm not saying that it's impossible, but the scrutiny and
then it would be like, oh, he's a charity case.
Speaker 2 (11:39):
That's gonna be there. That's gonna be there because I
think he has.
Speaker 1 (11:43):
What you said, some of it is legit about him
being uh you know, the cardiac arrest and missing time like.
Speaker 3 (11:50):
You could you it wasn't he wasn't a definite. I
know NBA prospect like you know what I mean. I
see I say in bad year or so, no, then
I agree. Would it would make it look worse, That's all.
Speaker 2 (12:05):
That's all.
Speaker 1 (12:05):
It would look like, oh wow, okay, this is right.
They're just doing this for Lebron and he's not even
he shouldn't even be.
Speaker 2 (12:11):
In the league.
Speaker 3 (12:12):
But see, I do think that that there's going to
be some sentiment of that anyway.
Speaker 2 (12:18):
Like let's say you're right, he goes to the Lakers
this year.
Speaker 3 (12:22):
People are gonna be kind and people are gonna be
respectful because of Lebron, at least publicly, but players in
the league, maybe in the locker room if he's taking
the guys.
Speaker 2 (12:34):
Because here's the thing.
Speaker 3 (12:35):
If Lebron can get him drafted, I can't he get
him minutes now. I don't think you know, I would
assume Lebron he's not playing much if he's on the
Lakers next year. So I think I think the plan
would be when he's practicing, like because Lebron said it
on his podcast with JJ Reddick. He questioned how much
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the college game prepares you.
Speaker 2 (12:58):
For the NBA game today?
Speaker 3 (13:00):
So I think that's part of thinking too, is Bron
He's not really gonna get prepared in college, So let's
get him in the NBA, get him working with the coaches,
learning what he needs to learn. And I think that
would be what would happen Rob if he plays with
the Lakers. I don't think you've seen much in the games,
but if you did see him in the games, I
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just think there's always that possibility that guys are gonna think, Rob, oh,
he's just here because of his dad. Remember when Austin
Rivers said that was the case with him with Doctor.
Speaker 1 (13:32):
No, It's just it's a tough spot to be and
you know that and we see it. We've seen it
in our business, you know what I mean. There's guys,
and then you got to make your own way, Chris,
and be your own dog, you know what I mean.
As far as play by play, guys, mostly you see
a lot.
Speaker 2 (13:49):
I'm glad you brought that up well. Play by play.
Speaker 3 (13:51):
Guys, are right, you know what I mean. That's from
what I'm about to say, because you're right. I mean nepotism,
and you could classify this as some of some form
of that is rampant rob you know in the sports industry.
Speaker 2 (14:04):
How many I mean we talked.
Speaker 3 (14:06):
About Bill Belichick's son who was the coach for the Chiefs.
Speaker 2 (14:10):
Todd Hayley, like playing golf in college.
Speaker 3 (14:15):
Yeah, I mean their guys last night, the Nuggets and
kids that Michael Malone got ejected last night from the
Nuggets game, and and the assistant who replaced him was
from his dad was a coach like Adaman.
Speaker 2 (14:34):
It was David Adelman.
Speaker 3 (14:36):
Yeah, and of course Malone is Brenda Malone.
Speaker 2 (14:40):
Bring them alone with the Pistons. It's all over the league.
Speaker 3 (14:43):
This is the one thing I would say though, that
makes it a little different because someone saying, hey, especially
as an African American, yo, white people been using this
nepotism all throughout American history to get their kids into
these great jobs and things like that. I'm not gonna
be mad at a brother for doing it, which I'm
I'm with that, But the difference is your average person
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in the corporate world Rob, who gets the nepotism. No,
everybody's not seeing his performances.
Speaker 2 (15:17):
Totally different, right.
Speaker 3 (15:18):
Yeah, Like if you're a player and it's nepotism, I
mean they're gonna see.
Speaker 2 (15:23):
But we talked.
Speaker 1 (15:24):
We talked about this with Urban Meyer and uh t
t Bow. You remember that, like when he tried to
get Tea on the team, and you gotta remember Chris.
The problem with that is you're taking some other players job. Now,
players know money, The players know who belongs and who doesn't.
You know what I mean, Like like he's a coach
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or GM or in the front office. But this dude
can't play. Like we're like, we know he can't. He
don't deserve a spot on the team. That's the different part.
Speaker 3 (15:55):
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Speaker 2 (17:24):
For the men's and women's final fours.
Speaker 3 (17:28):
Now South Carolina of course up thirty two thirty one
at the half within the State Tonight Huge nightcap Rob
u Can with Paige Becker's in Iowa with Caitlin Clark
and I.
Speaker 2 (17:41):
Can't wait to see this one. Yeah.
Speaker 1 (17:44):
Actually, oh my gosh. Hopefully we'll have a good game, Chris.
You know, on both sides and somebody go home crying.
That means that it was a great game. No, I'm
just that means that it's a great game. Seriously, you
know what I mean, because if you get blown out sometimes,
of course your but it's harder to take if you
lose at the end.
Speaker 2 (18:03):
Like it's just it's tough. It's tough. So we will
we will see. But let me say this quickly. I did.
Speaker 1 (18:10):
I didn't see it yet, but they have video, Chris,
of the Statue of Liberty shaken during the during the
real quake. I want to see that, Brian Finley, have
you seen it yet?
Speaker 2 (18:21):
Well, look, it was a four point eight, so it
was powerful.
Speaker 3 (18:24):
I don't know how I didn't feel it, Like I said,
I may have felt something. And obviously you're here, you're
not thinking it's an earthquake, Rob. I remember remember they
had the big earthquake in La a few years ago.
And you know, I'm not from La, so I had
never you know, I'm not used to experienceake. So I
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was laying in my bed at my aunt's house in
south central LA. And the it was the earthquake happened,
and I was like, what the heck is It felt
like somebody was like shaking the house back and forth,
like underneath me. And that's was the thought that came around. Wow,
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Like I did not think earthquake. I just thought, Wow,
what is going on? The house is shaken like from
side to side, you know. But it turned out to
be an earthquake, and that was when I really felt
so Yes, earthquake in New Jersey. You know what that means, Rob,
earthquake in New Jersey? Get right with the Lord?
Speaker 2 (19:30):
Is that what it means? Yes? Who you sound like?
What your name Marjorie?
Speaker 1 (19:34):
That's what she said, the same thing, you know, like,
this is just a warning to the country.
Speaker 2 (19:40):
Oh my gosh, earthquake in New Jersey. Next thing, you know,
it's gonna be a snowstorm in LA you know, Hawaii?
Speaker 3 (19:48):
Right If it's maybe I might pay attention. All right, Rob,
let's stick with the story of today. That's Briannie James
going to the NBA. We're gonna speak hypothetically. We don't
know exactly what he's gonna do. He might go back
to college, right, he's keeping that option open. But let
me throw this out there. You've said you think the
Lakers will draft him. I tend to agree. And if
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Lebron likes what the Lakers say as far as a
plan to develop Bronni, then maybe you know they'll go
ahead and co sign it and le BRONI will.
Speaker 2 (20:22):
Enter the NBA as a Laker. But let's say.
Speaker 3 (20:27):
Lebron is really intent on playing with Bronni and another
team or other teams are willing to draft Bronni to
get Lebron. And let's even say now some teams, like
a Philadelphia rob they'd have enough money to give Lebron
the max. But let's not even limit.
Speaker 2 (20:48):
It to that.
Speaker 3 (20:49):
And it's not gonna be all thirty teams, but they're
only a handful that will meet this criteria. But let's
even open it up to teams you know where, because
there's been tal with Lebron. Would Lebron play for the minimum?
I mean, obviously he doesn't need money. Would he play
for the minimum to play with Brinnie and have a
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chance to win a championship? So first thing I want
to say to you, Rob is and let's take family
out of it. Because you and I always preface this
stuff with, Look, whatever the God wants to do, right,
if his family is set up in this city, then
if that's what he wants to do, by all means,
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God bless.
Speaker 2 (21:30):
Him and do it.
Speaker 3 (21:31):
So if Lebron is like, man, my home is La,
my family's here, I'm not I've built businesses here.
Speaker 2 (21:37):
I'm not leaving good We're cool with that.
Speaker 3 (21:40):
But for this sake of discussion, let's make it keep
it to basketball. And I want to ask you, Rob,
should Lebron be open or willing to leave the Lakers
to go somewhere where he'd have a better chance of
winning the championship and that team is willing to take Bronnie,
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I'll throw out a few Philadelphia and he wouldn't even
have to take a pake like they got max Rue
Philadelphia with Tyres, Maxie, Lebron and Embeid and they'll take
Brownie the Calves. I don't know financially, but just again,
throwing that out Cleveland, I'm gonna throw out Milwaukee.
Speaker 2 (22:29):
That would be too much, don't you think.
Speaker 3 (22:31):
Well, I'm just gonna throw a few teas to you,
then you go give us a so Philly Milwaukee, Cleveland,
New York, and Miami.
Speaker 1 (22:41):
I say no on Miami, not going back that route.
I don't believe that. I agree with I just I
think that's done. I'm just looking at it. But don't
you agree with me that I don't think he's going
to Miami. Yeah, he wouldn't go back there.
Speaker 2 (22:55):
I don't think he go to New York. You don't.
Speaker 1 (22:57):
I'm almost gonna rule out the Knicks to Crew because
that would be such a pipe dream. Those guys, while
they're while they're good, are they would they be even
with a uh, you know, forty year old Lebron, would
they be title contenders? Nah?
Speaker 2 (23:13):
I don't think something. I don't know that they would either.
So so the other ones.
Speaker 1 (23:20):
Yeah, I mean, if you're Lebron and that's what you're
what you really want to do. And I do think
he feels like he needs to win another championship just
to somehow close the gap, whether whether it.
Speaker 2 (23:32):
Moves some people or not. Some people will not be.
Speaker 1 (23:34):
Moved regardless, because he's got the four losses. Forget about
the right, well, six six losses, I'm sorry, I forget about.
Speaker 3 (23:41):
And especially in some like Philly, he wouldn't be the
best player Milwaukee, he wouldn't be the best player. Now,
he can still be a great player, but he wouldn't
be the best. You're battling against Jordan. Yeah, it's who's
the best. And then it would be like, no, that's
Giannis's championship. Lebron was on you know what I mean?
Then what do you see?
Speaker 2 (24:00):
Here's like no, I totally see what.
Speaker 3 (24:03):
Here's what I say, though, Let's start with Milwaukee, and
there's actually Robert maybe a chance of this.
Speaker 1 (24:10):
Well they got going on anyway there in Milwaukee, right, brothers.
Speaker 2 (24:16):
Oh yeah, yeah, I mean I'm just saying, no, that's true.
That's true.
Speaker 3 (24:19):
They have Yeah, they be a family because they'd be
taking up.
Speaker 2 (24:25):
They can't say nothing. The players wouldn't be mad about it,
I think. Right, But here here's the thing.
Speaker 3 (24:33):
What if Milwaukee rib and again, this looks possible if
they go out in the first round. Let's say they
played Miami in the first round this year, get beat,
and then Lebron goes there.
Speaker 2 (24:49):
Now I get it. Ganis is still the best player,
Dame is a great player.
Speaker 3 (24:54):
It would be stacked on paper, but it would be
a situation where you can say, oh, well they were
awesome without Lebron, you know what I mean, Like if
he went there and helped them get a championship. While
you might say Giannis was the best player, you can't
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really poo poo that title for Lebron.
Speaker 2 (25:18):
Is that fair? I think you couldn't poop poo it.
I think that would be fair.
Speaker 3 (25:24):
Whether it would move he man at George, like you said,
who knows the people who won't Chris regardless, Like he
could have six and there'll be people.
Speaker 2 (25:32):
Just they're gonna look at Dallas and say no, you know.
Speaker 1 (25:35):
Right, They just they don't be able to get past it, right,
to get past it?
Speaker 2 (25:40):
Uh yeah, would he move to do that?
Speaker 3 (25:44):
I think. I think I'm throwing out them. I doubt
he's going to middle I agree. I think he loves
to be here in LA.
Speaker 2 (25:52):
But I think Chris because.
Speaker 1 (25:54):
Of what he's trying to do, and I think it
would be important for him. I do. If you know,
I was able to get my son in the league,
you know what I mean, and I was a star
and all that, and play with my son right because
nobody else has done it correct right like that?
Speaker 2 (26:12):
Oh no, no, no, no, that'd be a first.
Speaker 1 (26:14):
Right, absolutely play with their son in the NBA. We
know it's done.
Speaker 3 (26:19):
Look out Old, I mean Lebron will be forty right,
I mean just think of that, Like most players don't
play that long. So that's but I'm and here's the
other thing we're talking about, whether it would.
Speaker 2 (26:31):
Move you ahead of Jordans at some level.
Speaker 3 (26:34):
And I think Lebron is at this level where you
just want to win, even if it's not gonna move
me ahead of Michael Jordan.
Speaker 2 (26:42):
If I'm playing, I want to win.
Speaker 1 (26:45):
Absolutely, you know. You know, because we talked about it.
The longer you play and don't win, Chris, it looks
worse for you.
Speaker 3 (26:51):
It's a lot of years, am I right, it's a
lot of years you didn't win it now and also Rob,
you notice all these.
Speaker 2 (26:57):
Teams I said are in the East.
Speaker 3 (27:00):
Yeah, out of the West, because the West is I
mean right now, if the Lakers were in the East,
they be viewed as a team that could get to.
Speaker 1 (27:07):
The finals, right, but not right not much as now.
Speaker 2 (27:12):
Cleveland.
Speaker 3 (27:12):
Rob obviously a place he could go and live that
could make a little sense to me. I mean, I
know three times going there, that's that's a lot. But
it's home, you know, what I mean. So that's a
situation where and they would I'm sure they would embrace
Bronnie everybody, they would love the I mean, they're a
(27:34):
good team now, but he could take them to the
next level. And then here's the kicker rob Philadelphia. That's
the thing and they need something.
Speaker 2 (27:45):
Well, let me flip it.
Speaker 3 (27:46):
If you're Philly and you know Daryl Morey there, g
I mean Darryl, he needs to get a championship. He's
he's been viewed as a great front office person for
a long time, but he hadn't won any.
Speaker 2 (27:58):
Rings that won.
Speaker 3 (27:59):
Jack come on and like, so if you're him, Oh,
you like that would be a good move.
Speaker 2 (28:06):
You would roll the dice. I'm with you on that.
Speaker 3 (28:09):
And I think it would fit because MB is clearly
your best player. MAXI is good like lebron would fit
with them. I don't think he goes there and makes
everything change.
Speaker 2 (28:20):
I think he.
Speaker 3 (28:21):
Goes there, fits in, still gives them twenty four to
twenty five a night. But that's something I mean again,
I don't I think he's gonna stay in La right.
I think he loves But I'm just throwing it out.
Speaker 1 (28:34):
Yeah, and he'll wind up the Lakers will do what
they can for him, do you know what? Like I
just I just think that they're going to make Lebron
happy to stay here for the next couple of years,
and then once it's done, it's done.
Speaker 2 (28:47):
But they've already committed to him. Yeah, nah, I agree
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Speaker 3 (29:14):
Let's go to We saw South Carolina routed NC State.
It was a close game, one point game.
Speaker 2 (29:20):
It happened, it was Yeah, what happened in the second
I don't know. I'll tell you what.
Speaker 3 (29:25):
Don Staley put put her foot up somebody's backside and
got them going.
Speaker 2 (29:31):
So they came out and ended up winning by about twenty.
Speaker 3 (29:34):
But let's go to the night cap and rob this
is the game everybody's gonna be watching. It'll be interesting
to see if this does more than the twelve point
three million that LSU Iowa did. I think that might
say no, I would think no, But I'll say, this
is a Friday night, so people don't have to go
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to work in the morning.
Speaker 1 (29:56):
Yeah, but people might be going out on Friday night.
Sunday was different. Chris, Right, that's true. I just think
you had.
Speaker 3 (30:02):
A bigger I I don't think it will, but it's
actually if this is a game.
Speaker 1 (30:08):
But but l s U, there's a there's a factor there.
There the bad guys coach, you know what I mean. Right,
there's a rivalry. There's a couple of things that made
people want because there were people wanted to see UHL.
Speaker 2 (30:24):
And her lose. They're like, you know what I mean?
There were people some people wanted her to win. Some
people polarizing.
Speaker 3 (30:31):
She's polarizing and that's always good for rating. So yeah,
we'll see. But I actually, Rob, there is a big
there's a few big storylines here. One and this isn't
the biggest to me, but one is that u Kon
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did not recruit Caitlyn Clark.
Speaker 2 (30:56):
Think about that route.
Speaker 3 (30:57):
She was a top five player in the country and
she wanted to play for Yukon, like probably most a
lot of girls that grow up right basketball, that's that's
like North Carolina.
Speaker 1 (31:09):
Or Duke for like all the girls. That's all they
know about all those players. Yep, championships. I know they
haven't won of late. Chris, we talked about it, what
twenty fifteen.
Speaker 2 (31:19):
Yeah, something like that. It's been eight or nine years.
Speaker 3 (31:21):
But they didn't recruit her, so she probably you know,
you see players all the time memorize what players were
drafted in front of them or what teams passed them over.
You gotta believe, I mean, Gino rim a rob. It
don't get any more legendary than that. You gotta believe
(31:45):
she is like remembers that and has used that for motivation. Oh,
the best coach in women's college basketball history didn't want me.
Speaker 2 (31:58):
Okay, you went forty. It went out of its way though,
to talk about how great she is. Now. Yeah, now
somebody should have said, well, why didn't you when she there?
Speaker 1 (32:10):
You go, come on, Chris, you don't think I want
to ask that.
Speaker 2 (32:16):
You like you're telling all us how great she is?
How come she wanted to go to Yukon? How come recruiter?
Like right right?
Speaker 3 (32:25):
That thinking was her attitude, body language on the court, attitude.
Speaker 2 (32:29):
You know, that's why that's one thing I will say. Now,
people can say.
Speaker 3 (32:33):
Angel Reves got an attitude, she talks trash, blah blah blah, and.
Speaker 2 (32:37):
Y'all know, I like Caitlyn Clark.
Speaker 3 (32:39):
We went to the same high school and I like her,
But she got an attitude on the court. Her body
language can be bad. I don't think Angel Reach's body
languages is bad. She might talk more trash, but they
both talk trash too, So let's keep it real.
Speaker 2 (32:56):
And not act like that was some racism on that
last year. All right.
Speaker 3 (33:00):
But the other storyline, Rob, is that everybody's talking about
Caitlyn Clark, and I do think she's the best player
in the country, you know, college women's college basketball. But
there's something that might make the argument for Yukon's best player.
Speaker 2 (33:20):
Who will face Caitlyn Clark tonight Paige Becker's.
Speaker 3 (33:24):
And let me, Rob, I remember seeing and I'm going
to admit I don't watch a ton of women's college basketball.
Speaker 2 (33:31):
Join the right exactly.
Speaker 1 (33:36):
Like watching some of these games, well, I haven't.
Speaker 3 (33:40):
I watched them a little this year now South Carolina
l s U those four watch I didn't see much
of Juju to the tournament.
Speaker 1 (33:47):
Now I saw Juju highlights because at USC we do
a sports show every Wednesday, so I've seen her a
lot on the highlights that the kids, you know, do
the sports cast.
Speaker 2 (33:59):
You is great and going to be greater.
Speaker 3 (34:05):
Right now. It's no shame she's a freshman. She's not
as good as Beckers and Clark watching her, I don't
think so. She's more athletic, but she's not as polished
as they are.
Speaker 2 (34:20):
Now she may become that.
Speaker 3 (34:23):
But here's the point about Becker's rob that Gino said
like a week or two ago that he's got the
best player.
Speaker 2 (34:31):
He said, I got the best player in the world.
Speaker 3 (34:33):
And then he came after Caitlyn Clark dropped forty one
in twelve on LSU and that's when he said, oh,
she's the best player. He strike that right, right, right,
right right. But Becker's robbed. They're the same class now,
Beckers is you know she got She was injured for
a whole year and then only played seventeen games another year.
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But when they were freshman, rob and Caitlyn Clark put
up terrific numbers twenty six and seven, seven assists, page
Beckers twenty points, six assists, almost five rebounds a game,
was the Player of the Year, and not only that,
(35:16):
rob she became the first freshman ever to suite the
player of the Year awards. She won every Player of
the Year award possible, first time ever. And then she
got hurt. She had some knee injuries, and then you know,
she's just recovering and now you're starting to see her
(35:36):
at the height of her powers again. So I mean
for somebody to say, Yo, everybody talking about Kaitlyn Clark,
but Beckers is right there with it at the same size.
I remember seeing Beckers as the freshman and being like, oh,
this this.
Speaker 1 (35:52):
Girl, but watch her, don't don't don't we like it's
the street the logo Chris is, I mean, and she's
a wonderful passer. She is right right once you have
the last game twelve twelve assists assistance. No, she she
can pass the basketball. But it's the logo threes that
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everyone's in love with. That's the game that we all
watch now in the NBA. Chris is all about the threes.
So she's playing a men's game style game, like an
NBA game, and I think that's what has attracted so
many people to you know, you're talking about women's basketball
because I covered a couple of w NBA games in
(36:34):
my you know, columnist career in New York The Liberty,
and you actually were, yeah, I did. I were like
about two or three of them in my career because
you know how it is like, why don't you go
out there to watch?
Speaker 2 (36:46):
You go out there? You need something about today?
Speaker 1 (36:48):
Yeah, And I was like, really, I'll go, you know,
And and it wasn't that entertaining to me.
Speaker 3 (36:55):
I'm just being real, like, I don't watch w I
will see maybe. Will I watch it next year with
Kaylen Clark?
Speaker 2 (37:03):
Maybe?
Speaker 1 (37:04):
But you know, the style of play just didn't move me.
And I think what's moved people? H on Kaitlin.
Speaker 2 (37:12):
It's just it's the star power with the threes.
Speaker 3 (37:15):
I mean a lot of times you see people and
this goes for men and women. You know, you see
more men that do this, but you see a lot
of men and women that they they're catching.
Speaker 2 (37:25):
Shoot three point shooters.
Speaker 3 (37:28):
Caitlyn Clark is dribbling into threes, faking you out taking
a step back or dribble here three. I mean the
player's gardener giving her a couple of feet because she
can go buy you. But just three, pull up a
three like it's like Steph. I mean really, right now,
I'm not.
Speaker 2 (37:48):
Saying she's as good as Steph Curry.
Speaker 3 (37:51):
Obviously she's not as good as him, but even relative,
you know, let's see what she does at the next level.
Speaker 2 (37:56):
But her game looks like FS. It really does.
Speaker 3 (38:02):
The way she'll pull up for three, the way she
creates the space for the three, the way she'll just
be dribbling and then just all of a sudden throw
up a quick three and it'll go in.
Speaker 2 (38:12):
So I agree with you.
Speaker 3 (38:13):
That the way she plays, the style, the way it looks,
is a thing that attracts us in to her as well.
Speaker 2 (38:22):
And Rob, I'm gonna keep it real.
Speaker 3 (38:25):
The way a game, somebody's game looks can come into
play in the who you think is better. I genuinely
think Michael Jordan is better than Lebron, but Michael, part
of it might be might be. And Rob, Michael Jordan,
to me, had the best looking game in the history
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of basketball, do you.
Speaker 1 (38:49):
I mean, doctor j Ky. Everything everything that Mike did
it just looked good.
Speaker 2 (38:57):
It just it did look good. Could do was good.
The shot was good, the.
Speaker 1 (39:02):
Way he dunked, like the way he you know the
air Jordan like through the air, like like there's.
Speaker 3 (39:08):
A ween his legs and then he dunk from the
fire and waving the ball. I put it like this,
Rob there are people you could teach people, and there
obviously are.
Speaker 2 (39:19):
People that could do Michael Jackson's dance.
Speaker 3 (39:22):
Moves, the moon walk and you know all that stuff,
but Mike, but you can't.
Speaker 2 (39:27):
It looks better where he did it, and he was
you know what I mean.
Speaker 1 (39:30):
That's why he was an ultimate entertainer, you know, dancer,
and and
Speaker 3 (39:34):
That's why I say with Jordan's somebody could do a
move or a dunk he did, but it looked better
when he did it, so that could have come into play.
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Speaker 2 (01:33):
With that said, let me welcome in my partner Rob Parker.
What's up?
Speaker 1 (01:37):
Man?
Speaker 2 (01:37):
Happened? What's happening? Mister Christy? You sound like your drop? Yeah? No,
I know.
Speaker 1 (01:48):
How are you on the East coast with the earthquake
in the New York, New Jersey?
Speaker 2 (01:52):
Did you feel it?
Speaker 3 (01:53):
Christ You know, I've been getting so many texts and
people are asking me about it and calls.
Speaker 2 (01:58):
I know, but I didn't feel it.
Speaker 3 (02:01):
So you didn't feel it because everybody else seemed to
feel it, but I didn't.
Speaker 2 (02:06):
I mean maybe I felt something and I didn't think
anythink about it.
Speaker 1 (02:10):
Yeah, because Glabor Torres was up taking BP for the
Yankees Chris during it and just kept swinging.
Speaker 2 (02:17):
Did they show did they show it? Like, did you
see anything? It was hard? Yeah, it was hard to
really see.
Speaker 1 (02:22):
It wasn't like it was you know, like a massive
swinging back and forth. Yeah, they said it was right
then during his time.
Speaker 3 (02:31):
I mean it was a four point seven on the
Richter four point eight. Wow, So you know that's significant,
but especially for the East Coast though, you know what
I mean.
Speaker 2 (02:40):
Look, I was out today.
Speaker 3 (02:42):
We didn't have first things first, so I went out
to eat with somebody for lunch, like everything is normal. Yeah, no,
so I didn't feel it, but Robert, I wanted to
make an announcement.
Speaker 2 (02:55):
Tomorrow I will get this. You'll be surprised.
Speaker 3 (02:59):
I'm speaking at the Princeton Theological Seminary and you know
at the Ivy League Princeton School.
Speaker 2 (03:06):
Yes, yes, thank you Mary Mary.
Speaker 3 (03:09):
So it is a part of a panel discussion on
a documentary I was in called Unspoken, which unearths the
substantial history and contributions that African people have made to
the religion of Christianity, not here in America but in Africa,
you know where. Ethiopia is one of the oldest Christian
(03:31):
nations in the world and some of the founding many
of the founding members out after Christ, but many of
the most prominent theologians were Christian were African. So that's
what the documentary is about. And I'll be on a
panel discussion for it. It's called Examining Christianity and the
Black American Experience.
Speaker 2 (03:53):
So send your folks.
Speaker 3 (03:54):
Rob yes to go see you tomorrow one pm at
Princeton Theological Seminary. What other sports writers are speaking at Theological.
Speaker 2 (04:04):
Zero zero you know this.
Speaker 1 (04:08):
We almost wrote we wrote the story about you get
leaving the business in Oscar and Oscar remember that.
Speaker 2 (04:15):
You know who wrote the story in Oscar. You won't
even believe this. Who wrote stephen A. Didn't I say
to you have a freelance article.
Speaker 3 (04:21):
Well, I mean I think you have a lot of
big time peopeople where they ended up being big time.
Speaker 2 (04:28):
Yep, you know what I mean.
Speaker 3 (04:29):
I wrote an article there I think you did. I
can't remember who I wrote it, but I wrote one.
Did you write one about Mike Freeman? Who wrote there's
an article called Mike Freeman who was at the time that.
Speaker 2 (04:38):
I don't think you wrote that, but you don't wrote one. Yeah,
that's crazy, ain't it?
Speaker 1 (04:42):
Though?
Speaker 2 (04:43):
That's still it was a good idea. You know, it
was a good idea at the time. We didn't have
anything so right, all right? All right? Well the Eye
Couple crew on the ones and twos?
Speaker 1 (04:55):
Mary, Mary, why you bug You know why she's bugging.
She's bugging because she's twenty one years old and she's
got a big party playing the mall.
Speaker 2 (05:06):
Oh really, yes, I do? Oh wow? Where is it at?
Speaker 3 (05:10):
It's gonna be at my place at your place, oh,
new place, living large, twenty one.
Speaker 2 (05:17):
This is a struggle. No, alright, alright, you know what
is Rob gonna be there? I said I might have
Rob likes hanging out with twenty something. That's how we'll
put No, no, no, you are gonna be there. No,
I'm not going trying to get me in trouble. I'm
not going on the updates.
Speaker 3 (05:41):
You heard him, the loquations mister Brian Finley, on the
social media, the great Elijah Sabuna and on the guy
running things he's in for the super producer, Rob g
our Man, Ryan Bershinger.
Speaker 2 (05:54):
All right, Rob, let's get right to it. Enough fooling around.
Speaker 3 (05:58):
Big news today, big news, not that it's a shocker
to everybody, but it's still, you know, big news. Bronnie James,
the son of the great Lebron James, is entering the
NBA Draft. Now he's entering the draft, Rob, but he
also is entering the NCAA portal, so he's keeping his
(06:22):
eligibility to still play in college. So the plan is
that they will, you know, have workouts and interviews with
various NBA teams and depending on if any of them,
you know, what they say about Brianni.
Speaker 2 (06:41):
Do they want him on their team? Would they drafting
and Rob?
Speaker 3 (06:46):
Do they have any type of developmental plan where they
would put him through that would help him become.
Speaker 2 (06:54):
A better player, a better NBA type player.
Speaker 3 (06:58):
And if they don't get the end which to say,
like they want, then a parent looks like he will
remain in college, transfer to some other school, but play
another year at least in college. So I'm gonna say this.
When I first heard it Rob this morning, I was
like what, And again we all knew that it was
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a possibility, think that he still thought he was going
to do right.
Speaker 2 (07:25):
I still think he's gonna wind up in the NBA
with Lebron. Yeah, I think the Lakers will.
Speaker 3 (07:32):
I think the Lakers will draft him if he stays
in the draft and le Bron wants to stay there
and they draft him.
Speaker 2 (07:39):
But I thought he's not ready.
Speaker 3 (07:44):
From what we saw in USC average well four or
five points didn't start.
Speaker 2 (07:48):
The team wasn't very.
Speaker 3 (07:49):
Good, and I thought, I know Lebron's got the pull
to get him in, but I don't. I'm not sure
this is best for you know what. But when I
looked at the further plan as I just explained, like,
he's still he's just gonna see our team's willing to
develop him, and could he improve more in the NBA
(08:12):
with a team working with him.
Speaker 2 (08:14):
Than he could in college.
Speaker 3 (08:16):
You're gonna at least look at it and be interviewed
and see what teams think. Then I started to feel
better about it. So I look Lebron and his you know,
his guys, Rich Paul Mavricard, Randy Mims. They've been very
smart about the things throughout Lebron's career obviously, and to me, now,
Rob this is another smart move. If he declares, I mean,
(08:40):
I guess that would mean a team is willing to
really work with him and see if he can improve.
But I think it's a good move because it gives
you options. And I like it more when I heard
the full play.
Speaker 1 (08:54):
I think it's I've always been I think that it's
the only move for Bronnie.
Speaker 2 (09:00):
Really.
Speaker 1 (09:00):
Yeah, And from from this standpoint, Chris, unfortunately he had
you know, the cardiac arrest, and he was able to
get back on the court and play, and he didn't.
Speaker 2 (09:13):
He didn't play well.
Speaker 1 (09:14):
Anybody else with four points in college, you know, you
wouldn't be talking about this okay, but he can't afford
to go back to college and not play well, like
I like, I don't, so he has a built in
excuse of why maybe Chris he wasn't as good as
maybe people thought, which.
Speaker 2 (09:33):
There is legitimate, so it could be.
Speaker 1 (09:35):
But I say, month, but would you agree, like like
you could use that as a reason why you can't
use that if he goes back for a second year
and averages four or five points in college.
Speaker 2 (09:47):
Right, okay, if he's healthy.
Speaker 1 (09:50):
So I don't think you want I'm not so sure
they want anymore Brownni in college stuff.
Speaker 2 (09:57):
Hey he you know, like like this is.
Speaker 1 (10:00):
I truly believe Chris he will be with the Lakers
next like like like without question.
Speaker 3 (10:09):
Well, and that gues's been reports that they would draft him.
Speaker 1 (10:13):
Yeah, you know what I mean, whatever they can make
I've said it from Jump and Lebron. Let's be honest,
he can't. He can't keep waiting. We talked about it
before Chris. First of all, that would be what is
this year twenty and next year will be twenty one,
So say if he waited, then Bronni went to college,
you're talking about year twenty two. There's also a chance
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at his age, something could happen, he could get hurt
and then and then he never even gets that chance
because Bronni went back, went to college for another year,
and then Lebron gets hurt and then he's gonna miss
a year. I'm just saying, speculator only, I disagree with there.
Speaker 3 (10:49):
I don't think the priority should be that Lebron and
Brownie played.
Speaker 2 (10:53):
No, I agree. I agree with I think it be
what's best for bron.
Speaker 3 (10:56):
You make a good point. Now here's the there's the
counter argument to that. If he goes back next year
and doesn't play wells he averages nine points, you know,
he's okay. He starts, you know, on a mediocre team,
he's fine, but not certainly not looking like an NBA
prospect Lebron. Now, you're right, I guess if Lebron got hurt,
(11:18):
but you would think Lebron, and of course he's combined
with Rich Paul, who's one of the most powerful agents
in the league, they still could probably get Briani drafted.
Speaker 2 (11:31):
I would you agree with that.
Speaker 1 (11:32):
I'm not saying that it's impossible, but the scrutiny and
then it would be like, oh, he's a charity case.
Speaker 2 (11:39):
That's gonna be there. That's gonna be there because I
think he has.
Speaker 1 (11:43):
What you said, some of it is legit about him
being uh you know, the cardiac arrest and missing time like.
Speaker 3 (11:50):
You could you it wasn't he wasn't a definite. I
know NBA prospect like you know what I mean. I
see I say in bad year or so, no, then
I agree. Would it would make it look worse, That's all.
Speaker 2 (12:05):
That's all.
Speaker 1 (12:05):
It would look like, oh wow, okay, this is right.
They're just doing this for Lebron and he's not even
he shouldn't even be.
Speaker 2 (12:11):
In the league.
Speaker 3 (12:12):
But see, I do think that that there's going to
be some sentiment of that anyway.
Speaker 2 (12:18):
Like let's say you're right, he goes to the Lakers
this year.
Speaker 3 (12:22):
People are gonna be kind and people are gonna be
respectful because of Lebron, at least publicly, but players in
the league, maybe in the locker room if he's taking
the guys.
Speaker 2 (12:34):
Because here's the thing.
Speaker 3 (12:35):
If Lebron can get him drafted, I can't he get
him minutes now. I don't think you know, I would
assume Lebron he's not playing much if he's on the
Lakers next year. So I think I think the plan
would be when he's practicing, like because Lebron said it
on his podcast with JJ Reddick. He questioned how much
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the college game prepares you.
Speaker 2 (12:58):
For the NBA game today?
Speaker 3 (13:00):
So I think that's part of thinking too, is Bron
He's not really gonna get prepared in college, So let's
get him in the NBA, get him working with the coaches,
learning what he needs to learn. And I think that
would be what would happen Rob if he plays with
the Lakers. I don't think you've seen much in the games,
but if you did see him in the games, I
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just think there's always that possibility that guys are gonna think, Rob, oh,
he's just here because of his dad. Remember when Austin
Rivers said that was the case with him with Doctor.
Speaker 1 (13:32):
No, It's just it's a tough spot to be and
you know that and we see it. We've seen it
in our business, you know what I mean. There's guys,
and then you got to make your own way, Chris,
and be your own dog, you know what I mean.
As far as play by play, guys, mostly you see
a lot.
Speaker 2 (13:49):
I'm glad you brought that up well. Play by play.
Speaker 3 (13:51):
Guys, are right, you know what I mean. That's from
what I'm about to say, because you're right. I mean nepotism,
and you could classify this as some of some form
of that is rampant rob you know in the sports industry.
Speaker 2 (14:04):
How many I mean we talked.
Speaker 3 (14:06):
About Bill Belichick's son who was the coach for the Chiefs.
Speaker 2 (14:10):
Todd Hayley, like playing golf in college.
Speaker 3 (14:15):
Yeah, I mean their guys last night, the Nuggets and
kids that Michael Malone got ejected last night from the
Nuggets game, and and the assistant who replaced him was
from his dad was a coach like Adaman.
Speaker 2 (14:34):
It was David Adelman.
Speaker 3 (14:36):
Yeah, and of course Malone is Brenda Malone.
Speaker 2 (14:40):
Bring them alone with the Pistons. It's all over the league.
Speaker 3 (14:43):
This is the one thing I would say though, that
makes it a little different because someone saying, hey, especially
as an African American, yo, white people been using this
nepotism all throughout American history to get their kids into
these great jobs and things like that. I'm not gonna
be mad at a brother for doing it, which I'm
I'm with that, But the difference is your average person
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in the corporate world Rob, who gets the nepotism. No,
everybody's not seeing his performances.
Speaker 2 (15:17):
Totally different, right.
Speaker 3 (15:18):
Yeah, Like if you're a player and it's nepotism, I
mean they're gonna see.
Speaker 2 (15:23):
But we talked.
Speaker 1 (15:24):
We talked about this with Urban Meyer and uh t
t Bow. You remember that, like when he tried to
get Tea on the team, and you gotta remember Chris.
The problem with that is you're taking some other players job. Now,
players know money, The players know who belongs and who doesn't.
You know what I mean, Like like he's a coach
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or GM or in the front office. But this dude
can't play. Like we're like, we know he can't. He
don't deserve a spot on the team. That's the different part.
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Speaker 2 (17:24):
For the men's and women's final fours.
Speaker 3 (17:28):
Now South Carolina of course up thirty two thirty one
at the half within the State Tonight Huge nightcap Rob
u Can with Paige Becker's in Iowa with Caitlin Clark
and I.
Speaker 2 (17:41):
Can't wait to see this one. Yeah.
Speaker 1 (17:44):
Actually, oh my gosh. Hopefully we'll have a good game, Chris.
You know, on both sides and somebody go home crying.
That means that it was a great game. No, I'm
just that means that it's a great game. Seriously, you
know what I mean, because if you get blown out sometimes,
of course your but it's harder to take if you
lose at the end.
Speaker 2 (18:03):
Like it's just it's tough. It's tough. So we will
we will see. But let me say this quickly. I did.
Speaker 1 (18:10):
I didn't see it yet, but they have video, Chris,
of the Statue of Liberty shaken during the during the
real quake. I want to see that, Brian Finley, have
you seen it yet?
Speaker 2 (18:21):
Well, look, it was a four point eight, so it
was powerful.
Speaker 3 (18:24):
I don't know how I didn't feel it, Like I said,
I may have felt something. And obviously you're here, you're
not thinking it's an earthquake, Rob. I remember remember they
had the big earthquake in La a few years ago.
And you know, I'm not from La, so I had
never you know, I'm not used to experienceake. So I
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was laying in my bed at my aunt's house in
south central LA. And the it was the earthquake happened,
and I was like, what the heck is It felt
like somebody was like shaking the house back and forth,
like underneath me. And that's was the thought that came around. Wow,
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Like I did not think earthquake. I just thought, Wow,
what is going on? The house is shaken like from
side to side, you know. But it turned out to
be an earthquake, and that was when I really felt
so Yes, earthquake in New Jersey. You know what that means, Rob,
earthquake in New Jersey? Get right with the Lord?
Speaker 2 (19:30):
Is that what it means? Yes? Who you sound like?
What your name Marjorie?
Speaker 1 (19:34):
That's what she said, the same thing, you know, like,
this is just a warning to the country.
Speaker 2 (19:40):
Oh my gosh, earthquake in New Jersey. Next thing, you know,
it's gonna be a snowstorm in LA you know, Hawaii?
Speaker 3 (19:48):
Right If it's maybe I might pay attention. All right, Rob,
let's stick with the story of today. That's Briannie James
going to the NBA. We're gonna speak hypothetically. We don't
know exactly what he's gonna do. He might go back
to college, right, he's keeping that option open. But let
me throw this out there. You've said you think the
Lakers will draft him. I tend to agree. And if
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Lebron likes what the Lakers say as far as a
plan to develop Bronni, then maybe you know they'll go
ahead and co sign it and le BRONI will.
Speaker 2 (20:22):
Enter the NBA as a Laker. But let's say.
Speaker 3 (20:27):
Lebron is really intent on playing with Bronni and another
team or other teams are willing to draft Bronni to
get Lebron. And let's even say now some teams, like
a Philadelphia rob they'd have enough money to give Lebron
the max. But let's not even limit.
Speaker 2 (20:48):
It to that.
Speaker 3 (20:49):
And it's not gonna be all thirty teams, but they're
only a handful that will meet this criteria. But let's
even open it up to teams you know where, because
there's been tal with Lebron. Would Lebron play for the minimum?
I mean, obviously he doesn't need money. Would he play
for the minimum to play with Brinnie and have a
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chance to win a championship? So first thing I want
to say to you, Rob is and let's take family
out of it. Because you and I always preface this
stuff with, Look, whatever the God wants to do, right,
if his family is set up in this city, then
if that's what he wants to do, by all means,
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God bless.
Speaker 2 (21:30):
Him and do it.
Speaker 3 (21:31):
So if Lebron is like, man, my home is La,
my family's here, I'm not I've built businesses here.
Speaker 2 (21:37):
I'm not leaving good We're cool with that.
Speaker 3 (21:40):
But for this sake of discussion, let's make it keep
it to basketball. And I want to ask you, Rob,
should Lebron be open or willing to leave the Lakers
to go somewhere where he'd have a better chance of
winning the championship and that team is willing to take Bronnie,
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I'll throw out a few Philadelphia and he wouldn't even
have to take a pake like they got max Rue
Philadelphia with Tyres, Maxie, Lebron and Embeid and they'll take
Brownie the Calves. I don't know financially, but just again,
throwing that out Cleveland, I'm gonna throw out Milwaukee.
Speaker 2 (22:29):
That would be too much, don't you think.
Speaker 3 (22:31):
Well, I'm just gonna throw a few teas to you,
then you go give us a so Philly Milwaukee, Cleveland,
New York, and Miami.
Speaker 1 (22:41):
I say no on Miami, not going back that route.
I don't believe that. I agree with I just I
think that's done. I'm just looking at it. But don't
you agree with me that I don't think he's going
to Miami. Yeah, he wouldn't go back there.
Speaker 2 (22:55):
I don't think he go to New York. You don't.
Speaker 1 (22:57):
I'm almost gonna rule out the Knicks to Crew because
that would be such a pipe dream. Those guys, while
they're while they're good, are they would they be even
with a uh, you know, forty year old Lebron, would
they be title contenders? Nah?
Speaker 2 (23:13):
I don't think something. I don't know that they would either.
So so the other ones.
Speaker 1 (23:20):
Yeah, I mean, if you're Lebron and that's what you're
what you really want to do. And I do think
he feels like he needs to win another championship just
to somehow close the gap, whether whether it.
Speaker 2 (23:32):
Moves some people or not. Some people will not be.
Speaker 1 (23:34):
Moved regardless, because he's got the four losses. Forget about
the right, well, six six losses, I'm sorry, I forget about.
Speaker 3 (23:41):
And especially in some like Philly, he wouldn't be the
best player Milwaukee, he wouldn't be the best player. Now,
he can still be a great player, but he wouldn't
be the best. You're battling against Jordan. Yeah, it's who's
the best. And then it would be like, no, that's
Giannis's championship. Lebron was on you know what I mean?
Then what do you see?
Speaker 2 (24:00):
Here's like no, I totally see what.
Speaker 3 (24:03):
Here's what I say, though, Let's start with Milwaukee, and
there's actually Robert maybe a chance of this.
Speaker 1 (24:10):
Well they got going on anyway there in Milwaukee, right, brothers.
Speaker 2 (24:16):
Oh yeah, yeah, I mean I'm just saying, no, that's true.
That's true.
Speaker 3 (24:19):
They have Yeah, they be a family because they'd be
taking up.
Speaker 2 (24:25):
They can't say nothing. The players wouldn't be mad about it,
I think. Right, But here here's the thing.
Speaker 3 (24:33):
What if Milwaukee rib and again, this looks possible if
they go out in the first round. Let's say they
played Miami in the first round this year, get beat,
and then Lebron goes there.
Speaker 2 (24:49):
Now I get it. Ganis is still the best player,
Dame is a great player.
Speaker 3 (24:54):
It would be stacked on paper, but it would be
a situation where you can say, oh, well they were
awesome without Lebron, you know what I mean, Like if
he went there and helped them get a championship. While
you might say Giannis was the best player, you can't
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really poo poo that title for Lebron.
Speaker 2 (25:18):
Is that fair? I think you couldn't poop poo it.
I think that would be fair.
Speaker 3 (25:24):
Whether it would move he man at George, like you said,
who knows the people who won't Chris regardless, Like he
could have six and there'll be people.
Speaker 2 (25:32):
Just they're gonna look at Dallas and say no, you know.
Speaker 1 (25:35):
Right, They just they don't be able to get past it, right,
to get past it?
Speaker 2 (25:40):
Uh yeah, would he move to do that?
Speaker 3 (25:44):
I think. I think I'm throwing out them. I doubt
he's going to middle I agree. I think he loves
to be here in LA.
Speaker 2 (25:52):
But I think Chris because.
Speaker 1 (25:54):
Of what he's trying to do, and I think it
would be important for him. I do. If you know,
I was able to get my son in the league,
you know what I mean, and I was a star
and all that, and play with my son right because
nobody else has done it correct right like that?
Speaker 2 (26:12):
Oh no, no, no, no, that'd be a first.
Speaker 1 (26:14):
Right, absolutely play with their son in the NBA. We
know it's done.
Speaker 3 (26:19):
Look out Old, I mean Lebron will be forty right,
I mean just think of that, Like most players don't
play that long. So that's but I'm and here's the
other thing we're talking about, whether it would.
Speaker 2 (26:31):
Move you ahead of Jordans at some level.
Speaker 3 (26:34):
And I think Lebron is at this level where you
just want to win, even if it's not gonna move
me ahead of Michael Jordan.
Speaker 2 (26:42):
If I'm playing, I want to win.
Speaker 1 (26:45):
Absolutely, you know. You know, because we talked about it.
The longer you play and don't win, Chris, it looks
worse for you.
Speaker 3 (26:51):
It's a lot of years, am I right, it's a
lot of years you didn't win it now and also Rob,
you notice all these.
Speaker 2 (26:57):
Teams I said are in the East.
Speaker 3 (27:00):
Yeah, out of the West, because the West is I
mean right now, if the Lakers were in the East,
they be viewed as a team that could get to.
Speaker 1 (27:07):
The finals, right, but not right not much as now.
Speaker 2 (27:12):
Cleveland.
Speaker 3 (27:12):
Rob obviously a place he could go and live that
could make a little sense to me. I mean, I
know three times going there, that's that's a lot. But
it's home, you know, what I mean. So that's a
situation where and they would I'm sure they would embrace
Bronnie everybody, they would love the I mean, they're a
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good team now, but he could take them to the
next level. And then here's the kicker rob Philadelphia. That's
the thing and they need something.
Speaker 2 (27:45):
Well, let me flip it.
Speaker 3 (27:46):
If you're Philly and you know Daryl Morey there, g
I mean Darryl, he needs to get a championship. He's
he's been viewed as a great front office person for
a long time, but he hadn't won any.
Speaker 2 (27:58):
Rings that won.
Speaker 3 (27:59):
Jack come on and like, so if you're him, Oh,
you like that would be a good move.
Speaker 2 (28:06):
You would roll the dice. I'm with you on that.
Speaker 3 (28:09):
And I think it would fit because MB is clearly
your best player. MAXI is good like lebron would fit
with them. I don't think he goes there and makes
everything change.
Speaker 2 (28:20):
I think he.
Speaker 3 (28:21):
Goes there, fits in, still gives them twenty four to
twenty five a night. But that's something I mean again,
I don't I think he's gonna stay in La right.
I think he loves But I'm just throwing it out.
Speaker 1 (28:34):
Yeah, and he'll wind up the Lakers will do what
they can for him, do you know what? Like I
just I just think that they're going to make Lebron
happy to stay here for the next couple of years,
and then once it's done, it's done.
Speaker 2 (28:47):
But they've already committed to him. Yeah, nah, I agree
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Speaker 3 (29:14):
Let's go to We saw South Carolina routed NC State.
It was a close game, one point game.
Speaker 2 (29:20):
It happened, it was Yeah, what happened in the second
I don't know. I'll tell you what.
Speaker 3 (29:25):
Don Staley put put her foot up somebody's backside and
got them going.
Speaker 2 (29:31):
So they came out and ended up winning by about twenty.
Speaker 3 (29:34):
But let's go to the night cap and rob this
is the game everybody's gonna be watching. It'll be interesting
to see if this does more than the twelve point
three million that LSU Iowa did. I think that might
say no, I would think no, But I'll say, this
is a Friday night, so people don't have to go
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to work in the morning.
Speaker 1 (29:56):
Yeah, but people might be going out on Friday night.
Sunday was different. Chris, Right, that's true. I just think
you had.
Speaker 3 (30:02):
A bigger I I don't think it will, but it's
actually if this is a game.
Speaker 1 (30:08):
But but l s U, there's a there's a factor there.
There the bad guys coach, you know what I mean. Right,
there's a rivalry. There's a couple of things that made
people want because there were people wanted to see UHL.
Speaker 2 (30:24):
And her lose. They're like, you know what I mean?
There were people some people wanted her to win. Some
people polarizing.
Speaker 3 (30:31):
She's polarizing and that's always good for rating. So yeah,
we'll see. But I actually, Rob, there is a big
there's a few big storylines here. One and this isn't
the biggest to me, but one is that u Kon
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did not recruit Caitlyn Clark.
Speaker 2 (30:56):
Think about that route.
Speaker 3 (30:57):
She was a top five player in the country and
she wanted to play for Yukon, like probably most a
lot of girls that grow up right basketball, that's that's
like North Carolina.
Speaker 1 (31:09):
Or Duke for like all the girls. That's all they
know about all those players. Yep, championships. I know they
haven't won of late. Chris, we talked about it, what
twenty fifteen.
Speaker 2 (31:19):
Yeah, something like that. It's been eight or nine years.
Speaker 3 (31:21):
But they didn't recruit her, so she probably you know,
you see players all the time memorize what players were
drafted in front of them or what teams passed them over.
You gotta believe, I mean, Gino rim a rob. It
don't get any more legendary than that. You gotta believe
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she is like remembers that and has used that for motivation. Oh,
the best coach in women's college basketball history didn't want me.
Speaker 2 (31:58):
Okay, you went forty. It went out of its way though,
to talk about how great she is. Now. Yeah, now
somebody should have said, well, why didn't you when she there?
Speaker 1 (32:10):
You go, come on, Chris, you don't think I want
to ask that.
Speaker 2 (32:16):
You like you're telling all us how great she is?
How come she wanted to go to Yukon? How come recruiter?
Like right right?
Speaker 3 (32:25):
That thinking was her attitude, body language on the court, attitude.
Speaker 2 (32:29):
You know, that's why that's one thing I will say. Now,
people can say.
Speaker 3 (32:33):
Angel Reves got an attitude, she talks trash, blah blah blah, and.
Speaker 2 (32:37):
Y'all know, I like Caitlyn Clark.
Speaker 3 (32:39):
We went to the same high school and I like her,
But she got an attitude on the court. Her body
language can be bad. I don't think Angel Reach's body
languages is bad. She might talk more trash, but they
both talk trash too, So let's keep it real.
Speaker 2 (32:56):
And not act like that was some racism on that
last year. All right.
Speaker 3 (33:00):
But the other storyline, Rob, is that everybody's talking about
Caitlyn Clark, and I do think she's the best player
in the country, you know, college women's college basketball. But
there's something that might make the argument for Yukon's best player.
Speaker 2 (33:20):
Who will face Caitlyn Clark tonight Paige Becker's.
Speaker 3 (33:24):
And let me, Rob, I remember seeing and I'm going
to admit I don't watch a ton of women's college basketball.
Speaker 2 (33:31):
Join the right exactly.
Speaker 1 (33:36):
Like watching some of these games, well, I haven't.
Speaker 3 (33:40):
I watched them a little this year now South Carolina
l s U those four watch I didn't see much
of Juju to the tournament.
Speaker 1 (33:47):
Now I saw Juju highlights because at USC we do
a sports show every Wednesday, so I've seen her a
lot on the highlights that the kids, you know, do
the sports cast.
Speaker 2 (33:59):
You is great and going to be greater.
Speaker 3 (34:05):
Right now. It's no shame she's a freshman. She's not
as good as Beckers and Clark watching her, I don't
think so. She's more athletic, but she's not as polished
as they are.
Speaker 2 (34:20):
Now she may become that.
Speaker 3 (34:23):
But here's the point about Becker's rob that Gino said
like a week or two ago that he's got the
best player.
Speaker 2 (34:31):
He said, I got the best player in the world.
Speaker 3 (34:33):
And then he came after Caitlyn Clark dropped forty one
in twelve on LSU and that's when he said, oh,
she's the best player. He strike that right, right, right,
right right. But Becker's robbed. They're the same class now,
Beckers is you know she got She was injured for
a whole year and then only played seventeen games another year.
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But when they were freshman, rob and Caitlyn Clark put
up terrific numbers twenty six and seven, seven assists, page
Beckers twenty points, six assists, almost five rebounds a game,
was the Player of the Year, and not only that,
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rob she became the first freshman ever to suite the
player of the Year awards. She won every Player of
the Year award possible, first time ever. And then she
got hurt. She had some knee injuries, and then you know,
she's just recovering and now you're starting to see her
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at the height of her powers again. So I mean
for somebody to say, Yo, everybody talking about Kaitlyn Clark,
but Beckers is right there with it at the same size.
I remember seeing Beckers as the freshman and being like, oh,
this this.
Speaker 1 (35:52):
Girl, but watch her, don't don't don't we like it's
the street the logo Chris is, I mean, and she's
a wonderful passer. She is right right once you have
the last game twelve twelve assists assistance. No, she she
can pass the basketball. But it's the logo threes that
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everyone's in love with. That's the game that we all
watch now in the NBA. Chris is all about the threes.
So she's playing a men's game style game, like an
NBA game, and I think that's what has attracted so
many people to you know, you're talking about women's basketball
because I covered a couple of w NBA games in
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my you know, columnist career in New York The Liberty,
and you actually were, yeah, I did. I were like
about two or three of them in my career because
you know how it is like, why don't you go
out there to watch?
Speaker 2 (36:46):
You go out there? You need something about today?
Speaker 1 (36:48):
Yeah, And I was like, really, I'll go, you know,
And and it wasn't that entertaining to me.
Speaker 3 (36:55):
I'm just being real, like, I don't watch w I
will see maybe. Will I watch it next year with
Kaylen Clark?
Speaker 2 (37:03):
Maybe?
Speaker 1 (37:04):
But you know, the style of play just didn't move me.
And I think what's moved people? H on Kaitlin.
Speaker 2 (37:12):
It's just it's the star power with the threes.
Speaker 3 (37:15):
I mean a lot of times you see people and
this goes for men and women. You know, you see
more men that do this, but you see a lot
of men and women that they they're catching.
Speaker 2 (37:25):
Shoot three point shooters.
Speaker 3 (37:28):
Caitlyn Clark is dribbling into threes, faking you out taking
a step back or dribble here three. I mean the
player's gardener giving her a couple of feet because she
can go buy you. But just three, pull up a
three like it's like Steph. I mean really, right now,
I'm not.
Speaker 2 (37:48):
Saying she's as good as Steph Curry.
Speaker 3 (37:51):
Obviously she's not as good as him, but even relative,
you know, let's see what she does at the next level.
Speaker 2 (37:56):
But her game looks like FS. It really does.
Speaker 3 (38:02):
The way she'll pull up for three, the way she
creates the space for the three, the way she'll just
be dribbling and then just all of a sudden throw
up a quick three and it'll go in.
Speaker 2 (38:12):
So I agree with you.
Speaker 3 (38:13):
That the way she plays, the style, the way it looks,
is a thing that attracts us in to her as well.
Speaker 2 (38:22):
And Rob, I'm gonna keep it real.
Speaker 3 (38:25):
The way a game, somebody's game looks can come into
play in the who you think is better. I genuinely
think Michael Jordan is better than Lebron, but Michael, part
of it might be might be. And Rob, Michael Jordan,
to me, had the best looking game in the history
(38:46):
of basketball, do you.
Speaker 1 (38:49):
I mean, doctor j Ky. Everything everything that Mike did
it just looked good.
Speaker 2 (38:57):
It just it did look good. Could do was good.
The shot was good, the.
Speaker 1 (39:02):
Way he dunked, like the way he you know the
air Jordan like through the air, like like there's.
Speaker 3 (39:08):
A ween his legs and then he dunk from the
fire and waving the ball. I put it like this,
Rob there are people you could teach people, and there
obviously are.
Speaker 2 (39:19):
People that could do Michael Jackson's dance.
Speaker 3 (39:22):
Moves, the moon walk and you know all that stuff,
but Mike, but you can't.
Speaker 2 (39:27):
It looks better where he did it, and he was
you know what I mean.
Speaker 1 (39:30):
That's why he was an ultimate entertainer, you know, dancer,
and and
Speaker 3 (39:34):
That's why I say with Jordan's somebody could do a
move or a dunk he did, but it looked better
when he did it, so that could have come into play.
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