April 27, 2024 • 37 mins
Chris and Rob explain why Nikola Jokic compares favorably to all-time great players like Magic Johnson, Larry Bird and Shaquille O'Neal (all for different reasons) and discuss Caleb Williams’ plans to become ‘immortal’ as a member of the Chicago Bears. Plus, the guys go head-to-head in a very special Atlanta Falcons-themed edition of Teichert’s Tower of Trivia with Mary Mac.
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So let's move from football to a little NBA and Luka,
Doncic is back playing. Like I said, probably just bump
knees or it even fell landed on his knee, and
you know usually that's that's actually the least of your
worries when that happens. You know, you get bumped or
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his bruised or something, so thankfully he's back in the game.
But Rob, last night, for all intents and purposes, the
Denver Nuggets eliminated the Los Angeles Lakers.
Speaker 3 (01:28):
They're up three to zero.
Speaker 1 (01:29):
No team has ever come back from a three to
zero deficit to win a playoff series. Rob g checked
that out, but I believe I'm right. I know in
the broadcast last night they said teams when you're up
three to oh, teams are one p fifty one and zero.
Speaker 4 (01:47):
Wow.
Speaker 3 (01:47):
Yeah, so yeah so. And obviously.
Speaker 1 (01:52):
That's because Rob, when you go up three to oho,
there's a reason you're generally the better team, right, And
clearly Denver is the better team. Not only are they
the better team, Rob, but they are a nightmarish matchup
for the Lakers.
Speaker 4 (02:09):
I don't necessarily know why.
Speaker 1 (02:11):
I mean, I have said the teams that have given
Lebron James the most trouble in his career have been
teams like really balanced teams, smart teams. They moved the ball,
they play five man basketball rather than one or two
(02:31):
man basketball where one or two guys you know, controls
and dominates the ball and sets everybody up. And that
I go the Boston Celtics of the Big Three when
Lebron was in Cleveland, the San Antonio Spurs, even at
Tim Duncan's advanced age late in his career, gave Miami
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all that wonted beat him in one finals, crushed them
in one finals, and almost beat them in another. And
that's when Lebron was at the height of his powers,
with Dwayne Wade and Chris Bosh beside him, and then
Golden State of course, and now Denver.
Speaker 3 (03:09):
Rob.
Speaker 4 (03:10):
And here's what I want to say about last night.
Speaker 1 (03:15):
There's a lot I could say, but I want to
focus on Nikola Jokic, Rob, And I know you do too.
For all those young people out there who didn't see
Magic Johnson and Larry Bird play, and you know you
might see a little bit on YouTube or stuff like that,
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but you really you didn't see their careers. This is
what it was like, because Rob, last night, I thought
Nikola Jokic dominated that game without scoring or taking shots.
Speaker 3 (03:55):
And I know he ended up with twenty four points.
Speaker 1 (03:57):
But he was he only took thirteen shots, Rob, like,
he was not looking to score, looking for his own,
you know shots, But.
Speaker 3 (04:10):
He controlled that game.
Speaker 1 (04:13):
And that's how Larry Bird and Magic Johnson were they
could control the game and be the best player on
the floor without scoring or scoring a lot. And people
might look at Magic Johnson's stats today and say, oh,
he only averaged nineteen points a game. You know, he
obviously has the highest career average and assists with eleven.
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But they might look at that and say, was he
is he really? Is he really a top five player?
They might look at Larry Bird? Larry Bird never led
the league in scoring? Was he really one of the
greatest scorers ever? Come on, I hear about birds jumper
and are you really?
Speaker 3 (04:51):
Yes? Really?
Speaker 1 (04:53):
And so they were able. They were great passors role.
Larry Bird, as you know, was a phenomenal passer. Magic
was the best passer ever by a mile. Don't give
me this Lebron or Mark Jackson or Steve.
Speaker 3 (05:09):
Nash or Johnson.
Speaker 1 (05:10):
Nobody could pass the ball like Magic Johnson.
Speaker 5 (05:14):
I always remember him coming down fast break, just no
look like he was rob He did real, no looks
where he's really looking.
Speaker 1 (05:25):
To a lot of times, guys, you know, they'll look
away as they're passing it, or they'll you know, or
even after they've passed it.
Speaker 4 (05:32):
No, he would be looking the opposite.
Speaker 1 (05:34):
Way the whole time down and pass it to somebody
the other way. So that's this is what they did.
Speaker 4 (05:42):
And Rob, here's the second part of that.
Speaker 1 (05:46):
Everybody, all their teammates, all of Jokic's teammates, are able
to be the best version of themselves. Aaron Gordon has
never been this good. He is able to be exact
the absolute best he can be. Michael Porter Junior, catch
and shoot, baby, that's what I want to do.
Speaker 4 (06:07):
He's able to be the best version he can be.
Speaker 3 (06:09):
Now.
Speaker 1 (06:10):
Maybe he would go somewhere else and get more shots
and average more points, but he wouldn't play better than
he's playing now. He has not had to say, oh,
I gotta take that part of my game out of
it because we got Jogics. I can't do this. No,
and Jamal Murray obviously able to be the best version
of himself now, Rob. That's what happened with Magic and
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Bird James Worthy, Kareem abdul Jabbar Byron Scott. They didn't
have to take away some of any of their game
for Magic. They were able to excel and do exactly
what they do best because he was the unselfish playmaker
making sure they got fed and same with Larry Bird,
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Kevin McHale, Robert Parrish, Dennis Johnson. They could do what
they do and you see very few players like that.
Lebron is not like that, Jordan wasn't like that, Dwayne Wade, iverson,
a lot of most players are not like that. That's
what makes these three so special, and so that's why
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the Lakers can't touch them because their main guy is
about getting everybody to play their best and everybody involved.
Speaker 4 (07:31):
And then when they.
Speaker 1 (07:32):
Don't have it going, guess what, I will put forty
on your head. So that's what I see from it.
Speaker 5 (07:39):
You know what I see, Chris, and I hear you
all the way. What I see is has the Joker
entered the shack space? Chris? When the Lakers won the
three in a row and Shaq was almost it was
unstoppable in the postseason and put up ridiculous. Now it's
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a different game. Don't get me wrong. I'm not saying
he's playing the same game right or you know what
I mean, or the same way. But Shaq was unstoppable
every night. What are you doing? How do you stop
the Joker?
Speaker 3 (08:15):
Chris? What is going?
Speaker 5 (08:17):
Who is going to be the guy to stop him
and stop this team for maybe winning three in a row,
like like when Shaq and Kobe did it for real,
and it's even more impressive because he don't have a Kobe, right, No,
you're right, do.
Speaker 1 (08:29):
You know what I mean, he don't have that, and
we if he rib if he wins this championship and
maybe another one, whether it's a three peter or just
you know.
Speaker 4 (08:38):
Whatever.
Speaker 1 (08:39):
Yeah, like when we start debating where he ranks the
fact that he didn't have a Kobe, and and quite,
I mean, he didn't have what Magic had.
Speaker 5 (08:50):
And no, you know Kareem had when he had four
Hall of Famers on that Celtics team, at least three, right.
Speaker 4 (08:57):
And look, and let's keep it real.
Speaker 1 (08:59):
If they they do go on some type of dynastic run,
then a lot of these guys, you know, a couple
like Jamal will definitely make the Hall of Fame. Yeah,
you know, I mean, let's just keep it. Michael Cooper
just got in, so but Gordon probably could make it
if they keep winning. Michael, you know who knows, But no,
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you're right, he doesn't. And that's like that is this
is a team. And that's why Robin I said this
before you know, a lot of people look at the
nineties and say, oh, teams only had one or two stars.
Speaker 3 (09:31):
Back then, it was widered down. No, they played team basketball.
Speaker 4 (09:35):
This is a great example for you.
Speaker 1 (09:38):
They got one two stars, although Murray's never made an
All Star team, and they're running through the league because
it's about playing together. When you've got talent and you
play together and every man can be his best man,
that's that's tough to beat. As far as Shaq, I
think that's fair. I mean, obviously, like you said, they're
(10:00):
completely different players.
Speaker 5 (10:01):
I'm just talking about the dominance in the postseason and
nobody could stop Shock and I'm waiting for somebody to
stop the joker. That's that's my only point. Nothing else
do they have in common? You got it? That's all
I'm saying.
Speaker 4 (10:16):
Yeah, nobody's stopping him.
Speaker 3 (10:19):
Who's stopping him?
Speaker 6 (10:20):
Yeah?
Speaker 4 (10:20):
I mean who's coming along?
Speaker 3 (10:21):
This time?
Speaker 2 (10:21):
And again?
Speaker 4 (10:22):
He let me say that, how do you stop him?
Speaker 1 (10:24):
You might hold him the nineteen or he might only
score nineteen or twenty one, but that means he's getting
everybody else involved.
Speaker 3 (10:32):
How about this.
Speaker 5 (10:33):
Ad is playing great and it doesn't matter. Chris AD's
playing great, doesn't matter he's going forty.
Speaker 1 (10:40):
Showing up in the fourth quarters for whatever reason, at
least the last two games.
Speaker 4 (10:44):
But yeah, no he I mean you can't.
Speaker 1 (10:47):
Yes, we can look at that and oh look he
does have to be better than the fourth he does.
But his numbers going on but a big numbers overall
are great. Lebron's numbers are well. Lebron was last night.
It was interesting. I don't know if he was worn out,
rob he had his little spurts, but he really didn't.
(11:09):
You know, he didn't put any type of fingerprint on
that game last night or imprint on that game, and
and didn't seem to be you know, he just.
Speaker 4 (11:20):
Like I said, I don't know if he was gassed.
Speaker 1 (11:22):
Or worn down or what, but you know, he didn't
play poorly, but certainly didn't put an imprint on the game.
Speaker 4 (11:31):
But now I think I don't know.
Speaker 1 (11:35):
Look, I will say this, it is not going to
be a cakewalk.
Speaker 4 (11:42):
I don't think for the Nuggets.
Speaker 3 (11:44):
No, I'm not saying that. Right.
Speaker 1 (11:46):
They got they got Minnesota or Phoenix Necks, and both
of those teams beat him in the regular seas.
Speaker 3 (11:53):
I'm not saying a cakewalk.
Speaker 5 (11:54):
But I like him, man, No, I mean, they're my pick,
and then and they battle tested. They have a lot
of things going for him. I mean, and to me,
Mike Wilow's the top coach. He's a tremendous coach. And
here's the other thing too, Jamal Murray, Chris he could
join in at any time because he hadn't been he
hadn't shopped the ball one no, right, And that's that's
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against Lebron and Ad.
Speaker 4 (12:18):
Hey, here's here's the question I have, Robert, and we won't.
Speaker 1 (12:21):
It won't be answered because I have said and I
don't know if I said it on our show, I
said it on first things First, I think the winner
of which I thought, I got you, the winner of
this series, which I picked to beat Denver. I felt
like the winner of this series would become in my mind.
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I know, not most people's the favorite to win the championship,
So I thought if the Lakers had won this, they
would have been my favorite. I don't think most people
would have said there are a lot of people wouldn't
have said it, But I think I think they're a
very good team and this is a bad match them
for whatever reason. But I think that I'm gonna be
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honest and say, I don't know what it is.
Speaker 4 (13:08):
Are they.
Speaker 3 (13:11):
As they can?
Speaker 1 (13:12):
They play with Minnesota and OKC and Phoenix, Like in
a seven game series Dallas the Clippers, how would they fare.
I've thought in my mind that they could beat those teams,
But maybe not.
Speaker 4 (13:27):
Maybe they are Rob what their record says they are,
which is a seventh.
Speaker 5 (13:32):
Seed, right, no matter what their talent is, Chris, They're
a seventh seed. That's what they are. That's what they
played all year, That's who they are.
Speaker 4 (13:41):
Yeah, I mean they came on strong second half of
the season.
Speaker 3 (13:44):
They ran it was great.
Speaker 4 (13:45):
But yeah, I mean, look, everybody else must have played well.
Speaker 1 (13:49):
Too, Like there's a lot of good teams out West,
and they still finished seventh as well as they played.
Speaker 4 (13:56):
As many games as they won in these various streaks.
Speaker 1 (13:59):
So all right, A seven seven ninety nine on Fox,
Rob and I just saying that Kola Jokic just praises.
I compared him to Bird and Magic. Rob compared him
to Shock. Where you at on Nikola Jokic?
Speaker 4 (14:14):
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Speaker 5 (15:45):
All right, Chris, let's kick it off. Frank in Denver.
You're on the EYD couple Fox Sports Radio. What's up, Frank?
Speaker 6 (15:54):
How's it going?
Speaker 8 (15:55):
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But think since you guys first almost six years ago.
Speaker 3 (16:01):
My man, we appreciate that, Frank for real.
Speaker 8 (16:06):
So Nicola Jokic is really his averages are eerily summer
to Larry Bird or prime Larry Bird, about twenty five
points a game. You know, we'll over six assists, and
of course you've got the twelve plus rebounds, forty fifty
ninety splits. His footwork is impeccable, and nobody plays the
brand of basketball that he plays in the league. How
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you know, Chris always has the knock on Joel Andbi
where of course he's got the great mid range jump shot,
but he doesn't really bang in the post. The reason
why you can't stop Nikola Joki is because he's willing
to get those easy buckets. Yeah, that nobody else was
really willing to get. So that's all I wanted to
say love the show as you guys, a great one.
Speaker 4 (16:44):
That's exactly right.
Speaker 1 (16:45):
You see him playing the majority of time at the
free throw line. He can shoot the three, but Rob
you see, when it's time, he will back you down
and score on you. And that's all I'm asking of
MB and some of these other bigs when it's time, right,
put it in your arsenal.
Speaker 5 (17:06):
Anthony Davis, all right, Rick and Tucson, you're on the
couple of Fox Sports Radio.
Speaker 6 (17:12):
What's up, Rick, Well, good afternoon. Jens.
Speaker 1 (17:16):
Hello.
Speaker 9 (17:17):
One of the things I really appreciated about Yoking, and
I'm dating myself a little bit. Back in the sixties
the NBA was always take delaid. But one of the
great things he reminds me a little actually a lot
about like Bill Russell. Bill Russell could score, but he
was a great passer. I think people underestimated that. And
(17:41):
Wilk Chamberlain learned to be a better passer when he
left the seventies six Ers and finally went to the Lakers,
and he surrounded and he didn't have to dominate the
way he did in the early late fifties early sixties,
and then generationally, as you move on, Kareem Abdul Jabbar.
He became a much better passer when he was with
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Magic because he understood the concept of teen baal. He
didn't have to do it all all the time. And
that's what makes to me. I think the eighties basketball era,
to me is still the most exciting era of basketball
that I've ever watched. And like I said, I've been
around a while so and the Ceoga he's got that
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old school mentality. And I think there's another credit that
needs to go to the coaching staff. I think they've
done a great job of making sure that this is
how we're going to play. We're going to play t ball.
We have no heroes on this team. Everybody's a hero,
and I think that they're going to prove to win
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the championship this year. So appreciate your show and appreciate
your time.
Speaker 3 (18:51):
Jess, thank you, Thank you.
Speaker 5 (18:53):
Appreciate that. Rick from Tucson. Yeah, how about Leo from
New York City? Chris, our guy, Leo, you're in the
odd couple of Fox Sports Radio.
Speaker 3 (19:01):
What's up, buddy, guys?
Speaker 6 (19:04):
Watch show? Is this the playoff draft? I mean, we
watched poetic about everybody now, is that what we're doing?
Prisoner of the moment. Guys, the guy has one good
Poston and now he's shocked. Okay, if if you get
bits in the second round, are we resaving his shock
like Dominus? Now, Rob Parker, I mean, come on, let's
(19:26):
wait until he mixed the final again before we started watching.
Speaker 5 (19:29):
Guys, I'm just looking at it as as this here
they got another chance to sweep A D and Lebron
and the Lakers for a second straight year. That's all
I'm I'm not I said I know, but Chris, all
I'm saying is I haven't seen anybody be able to
stop him yet.
Speaker 3 (19:48):
That's all. That's all I'm saying.
Speaker 6 (19:50):
All I'm all I'm saying is let's wait until he
mixed the second final.
Speaker 5 (19:53):
But you know what, let me say this so Leo,
we have a radio show every night. We can't wait
for him to do before we could talk about do
you get me. I understand what you're saying. I'm not
crowning him anything, but we can't go on everybody's career. Well,
let's let him play out his thirteen years and then
we'll reassess them. That's all I'm saying.
Speaker 6 (20:15):
To soon.
Speaker 5 (20:16):
Rob, all right, you'll call back when you call back up,
they won the championship.
Speaker 3 (20:23):
All right, Hey, rob G, what you got rob?
Speaker 10 (20:25):
I think that your analysis comparing him to Shack. I
know some people might be taking the back because I
well remember a Shack Diesel the most dominant.
Speaker 3 (20:32):
Player in NBA history. Right, But Nikola Jokic, You're not
too far off. All right.
Speaker 10 (20:37):
I'm looking at here in Basketball Reference, and they have
something that's called the game score, which is just a
general measurement as how well you perform in that game.
Anything over like eighteen is considered very good. Okay, Right,
he has game scores in the forties, in the high thirties.
But here, just to give you some context, all right,
(20:59):
Nikola Jokic in the last two playoffs last year, in
this year, has only had two games with the game
score below twenty.
Speaker 3 (21:08):
Okay.
Speaker 10 (21:09):
In one of those games it was eighteen. He had
twenty four, eight and six in a win against the
Lakers to put him down three to zero last year.
Speaker 3 (21:18):
The lowest game score he ever.
Speaker 10 (21:20):
Had in this entire run in this last year and
a half, it was Game one against Minnesota. He only
had thirteen points, fourteen rebound, six assists. Well, you know,
why rob because he fouled out and they won by
thirty So did he really have to put in the
work because they were already blowing him out anyways, like
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Nikola jokicch we're in the midst of it's too early
to say dynasty. But there is no one out there
right now that matches up with him out of vision.
Speaker 5 (21:55):
I don't see who it is. I don't see it is.
That doesn't mean they're gonna win every year. No, the
MVP every year, none of that, because we.
Speaker 10 (22:03):
Because we've seen him so far, even in this brief run,
go up against the quote unquote best defenders in the
league at center right, Anthony Davis, for my money's the
best defender. He's been getting cooked, right at least at
least defensively, Like Jokic is still getting whatever he wants
(22:24):
against ad last year and this year in the finals
he had bad Adebayo batm Adebayo is a finalist again
for Defensive Player of the Year. Oh nothing, just you know,
forty one and eleven, thirty two to twenty one and ten,
twenty eight, fifteen and sixteen. Right then Rudy Gobert, who's
gonna win his fourth Defensive Player of the Year. He
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had him last year again in the first round five games.
Here's some of the average of the games he had yep,
twenty eight, seventeen and twelve, forty three, eleven and six.
Oh my ho hum, twenty eleven and twelve, twenty seven nine,
and like, you put your favorite big man defender out
there and it doesn't matter.
Speaker 3 (23:05):
And he still does.
Speaker 10 (23:06):
When Shaq was running through the league, remember when they
played the Sixers to Kimi Mtumba was defensive Player of
the Year and Shaq put him in the basket repeatedly
over and oh it doesn't matter. There's no one out
there right now, individually or even collectively.
Speaker 3 (23:22):
Who can stop or slow him down.
Speaker 5 (23:24):
That's what I'm saying. That's all I'm saying. All right,
it is the odd couple. And you know what, let's
get it. Let's get you caught up.
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Speaker 3 (23:47):
That's right, it is tie Shirts Tower of Trivia.
Speaker 10 (23:49):
The segment and proves you even gotta like sports to
work in sports media. The star of this segment normally
is our resident d d Alex Titshirt, and we were
thinking about scrapping the segment until I started talking to me.
I was like, you know what, I should do anything
about sports either, So filling in for the great Alex
Teischer none other than our new resident DJ Mary.
Speaker 4 (24:09):
Mac Yeah, mag noise, mag noise.
Speaker 10 (24:14):
All right, now, Mary, I don't know if you played
this segment before, but how it works is you got
to get up the Tower of Sports Trivia. Rob and
myself will give you one word clues to help you
get there to get the correct answer. And it's pretty easy.
The rules are quite simple. It's got to be a
real word, cannot rhyme and uh. It has to be
in English, no foreign languages. Rob Parker A man, we've
(24:36):
seen Man, I know your tricks. Just because I'm the
home team here, Rob, I'm gonna let you get question
number one.
Speaker 3 (24:45):
Ah, that's fair. This is the Atlanta Falcons edition because
they are the talk of the NFL Draft. All right,
let's do it Question one. BA.
Speaker 10 (25:00):
In the nineties, former Falcons wide receiver Andre Risen famously
had his house burn nineties by his then girlfriend pop
star Lisa Blank I Lopez.
Speaker 3 (25:12):
Rom All right, Mary, are you ready?
Speaker 11 (25:15):
Yeah? Can I can I just answer tho?
Speaker 3 (25:17):
No, No, he has to give you a clue. Just
hang over.
Speaker 11 (25:22):
You guys know music is music is my thing.
Speaker 3 (25:25):
Hang on, let me give you the clue. Okay, here
we go. I want a show off. Right, does even
Steve knew what you're gonna do?
Speaker 12 (25:34):
Oh my gosh, can I answer?
Speaker 3 (25:39):
Yeses? Is it Lisa?
Speaker 6 (25:41):
Yes?
Speaker 3 (25:43):
There you go on ten points for Rob. She said
she's a pro already better than Alex.
Speaker 10 (25:49):
All right, here we go level number two and that's
my turn. All right, Dion Sanders is arguably the greatest
player in Falcon's history, and now he's the head football
coach at the universe city of Blank. Okay, the clue
I'm gonna give you is Denver, Oh Colorado.
Speaker 3 (26:08):
That is correct. Ten points. I'm on the bory.
Speaker 12 (26:11):
Better than now you guys. I just graduated high school.
I so, like you know, there's still fresh on my mind.
Speaker 10 (26:17):
All right, here we go, Rob Parker Level number three
Titus Tower Trivia the Falcons Edition Rob fun Fact. Brett
Favre was drafted by the Falcons in ninety one before
being traded to the Blank Bay Packers.
Speaker 3 (26:31):
The very next season.
Speaker 5 (26:35):
Hmm okay, here we go.
Speaker 3 (26:39):
No tom foolery, Rob.
Speaker 5 (26:40):
No, no, no, I'm trying to figure it out without giving
you tom foolery. Um, all right, are you ready married?
Speaker 11 (26:49):
I think so?
Speaker 3 (26:50):
Okay, okay, let me give you Jonas Knox is warming up?
Speaker 5 (26:56):
All right? All right, My goodness, gracious, I'm trying to
get something that's going.
Speaker 3 (27:00):
All right, here we go. You say here we go
day night. That is incorrect. All right, My chance is steal.
Don't you said your new music?
Speaker 10 (27:14):
That's a clue. Thank you, Rob, I appreciate that. Okay,
we're looking for the Blank Bay Packers.
Speaker 11 (27:24):
Mmm.
Speaker 3 (27:25):
Uh the word that I will.
Speaker 5 (27:27):
Use any day now, Ben Mallow warming up.
Speaker 3 (27:33):
Eggs?
Speaker 11 (27:37):
The heck?
Speaker 3 (27:40):
Come on, Maryas, that is incorrect. The Toast Bay Packers.
All right, right, come on, s Mary, we no more?
Speaker 2 (27:50):
Hint?
Speaker 3 (27:50):
Okay for eight points, Rob Parker. Another clue from Mary, Rob,
G did you already say I did? Okay? That didn't work?
Didn't work? Okay, all right, here we go card.
Speaker 12 (28:12):
Oh my god, green, dang it, dang okay.
Speaker 3 (28:18):
My mom would be so disappointed.
Speaker 10 (28:19):
A level number four, Rob up eighteen to ten. But
it's my turn. It's where the comeback starts.
Speaker 5 (28:24):
All right.
Speaker 10 (28:25):
Back in the day running Back, Jamal Anderson had an
iconic touchdown celebration friend of the Show Jamal Anderson. That
touchdown celebration was called the blank Bird. My clue is clean.
Speaker 11 (28:44):
Oh my god, I actually clean.
Speaker 4 (28:51):
Clean.
Speaker 5 (28:52):
Just guess.
Speaker 11 (28:59):
I want to say, rap is incorrect?
Speaker 3 (29:02):
Come on, no, not take it correct?
Speaker 10 (29:04):
I know.
Speaker 5 (29:06):
All right, here we go. Pornography. No, I don't know
nothink about the clues.
Speaker 3 (29:17):
He just gave you one. I gave you one.
Speaker 11 (29:23):
I'm so lost, I really am blank.
Speaker 10 (29:25):
Just throw a word out there. Please give me a
chance with the time to tie it up here.
Speaker 11 (29:29):
Okay, okay, ca, ca ca? What was the question again?
Speaker 3 (29:34):
The touchdown celebration called the blank bird.
Speaker 12 (29:37):
The blank bird, pornography clean, I don't even I don't
even know.
Speaker 4 (29:46):
Addiction addicted bird.
Speaker 10 (29:48):
That is incorrect. Okay, remember the previous clues.
Speaker 5 (29:53):
Mary.
Speaker 10 (29:54):
We're driving in. We're driving in, Robs, the high end automobile.
Stop it just crew in along, getting into your mind
right now, your passions, Aguilera.
Speaker 13 (30:09):
Oh Christian, Chris, I think correct, Oh my god, the
Christina bird is Come on, all right, Rob, last.
Speaker 5 (30:21):
Here we go filthy, filthy, Oh.
Speaker 12 (30:27):
My god, dirty, yes, dirty bird. Oh Christina aguile? Right, Rob,
just a girl. You get this next one, Rob, it's over.
Rob's currently winning twenty five to ten. It's not my fault, though,
it's Mary's fault.
Speaker 3 (30:46):
All right, Here we go.
Speaker 10 (30:47):
The Falcons famously blew a twenty eight to three lead
in the Super Bowl to the Patriots that were then
led by their quarterback Tom Blank.
Speaker 12 (30:58):
I feel like I should know this already dead air
is great for our Rady, come on, what are we doing?
Speaker 3 (31:11):
It is your turn?
Speaker 5 (31:12):
It's yes. Oh I thought it was. I'm sorry, chees
we go, here we go, Here we go.
Speaker 11 (31:21):
Bunch, you say, bunch, bunch.
Speaker 3 (31:25):
I know you've never seen this show. I'm sorry.
Speaker 4 (31:27):
Oh oh, Brady cheating.
Speaker 3 (31:31):
This is under protest.
Speaker 9 (31:34):
Brady.
Speaker 12 (31:35):
Wait wait, wait, no, I know I got that one.
Speaker 4 (31:38):
I got that.
Speaker 12 (31:38):
You guys give me that. You guys have to give
me that one. You guys have to give me that one.
Speaker 3 (31:44):
Even having an.
Speaker 10 (31:49):
Just watching you blatantly cheat right now, You're lucky work
against it with the clock.
Speaker 3 (31:57):
This is ridiculous.
Speaker 11 (31:59):
Don't hate because you're not me. I won don't hate.
That's hating.
Speaker 5 (32:05):
All right, We made it happen, all right, Odd Couple,
We wrap up this bad boy next right here on
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Speaker 3 (32:14):
Stick and stay us of a.
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a haisa. I just want to make sure we get
it right. Rob Parker and Rob G wrapping up this
Friday edition of the Odd Couple. As the NFL Draft continues,
We're watching NBA playoffs. The Clippers can't make a basket.
By god, I think they've made one out of fifteen
(33:38):
shots or something like that. They're down big. It looks
like that game's over. We had a great game. We
saw earlier Rob G with Milwaukee and the Pacers. The
Pacers win that game in overtime. Incredible. Chris Middleton had
two three pointers to tie the game at the end
of regulation and in overtime, but not come up with
(34:00):
the third one and the Pacers go up two to
one in that But Rob G, let's talk about the
NFL Draft, which is going on in Detroit mob scene there.
Caleb Williams became the number one pick out of USC
like most expected the Bears to do. I think they
made the right choice. It might not work out, Rob G.
(34:23):
But if I'm the Bears, he's gonna have to prove
to me that he can't play. I'm not trying to
outthink myself and take somebody else and have that guy
become the franchise quarterback that they haven't had since the fifties.
But he has some stuff to say, Rob G. After
being drafted by the Bears.
Speaker 10 (34:39):
Yeah, he was speaking to ESPN dot com and they
asked him what he foresees in his future as the
new face of the Chicago Bears, and he gave a
long answer, but he closed it with this year, appreciate this,
Rob My last goal is immortality. The only way to
reach that is winning championships. That's big for me and
something that is the reasons I play the game. So
(35:01):
I'm excited.
Speaker 5 (35:03):
Yeah, I mean immortality. I get it. Everybody wants to
win a championship if you're playing, especially I don't have
a big problem with a rob G Did you did
that bother you or you know? And like you said,
it was a long answer. It wasn't like he said
I'm gonna be the greatest.
Speaker 2 (35:20):
No.
Speaker 10 (35:21):
Yeah, he talked about being consistent and leading guys, and
that was definitely something that you'd expect from a quarterback.
I was a little shocked at the word immortal or
the immortality only because the Chicago Bears, like Caleb Williams,
was five years old, the last that may even played
in the Super Bowl. Since then, they have reached the
(35:41):
playoffs six times and they've had sixteen years at five
hundred or worse. Wow, during Caleb's lifetime.
Speaker 3 (35:49):
It has it has been bad.
Speaker 10 (35:51):
And even beyond that, the Bears have never had a
four thousand yard passer, They've never had a quarterback throw
thirty touchdowns.
Speaker 5 (35:57):
Theyven had a Sid Luckman there last never seriously like
their franchise ZDA back.
Speaker 10 (36:03):
Right, And so again I don't want to nail this
one specific phrase, but it's like, look, man, you got
a long way to go. Like you, your first thing
should be like, hey, I want to come in and
make this a winning franchise.
Speaker 5 (36:15):
But that wasn't the first thing. He said.
Speaker 10 (36:18):
To be the greatest me able to at the table,
you put dreams and goals in front of you, for
I'm able to reach them.
Speaker 3 (36:22):
And he even said the last thing, did you say that?
Speaker 10 (36:24):
Yeah, you have to consistently not get tired with consistency.
So we said a lot of great things. Like I said,
I don't mean a nitpick, but that word immortal was
stuck out to me a little bit.
Speaker 5 (36:32):
Whenever you hear that, it does sound lofty. But but again,
all that stuff comes in when you win. If you
win play well, you are consistent, you can get there.
Speaker 10 (36:46):
I just got one quick question for you, Kayler Williams.
When it's all said and done, who will have been
in more Hall of Fames? Kayler Williams of Rob Parker, Well,
I got to, you got to.
Speaker 3 (36:57):
I got to. I don't.
Speaker 10 (36:58):
As far as I know, I'm gonna say that it's
me but.
Speaker 3 (37:06):
I know, I know, Mary, I don't. I don't know.
Speaker 5 (37:09):
I think I think that I'm gonna be on the
side to think that he's gonna be a good quarterback.
Speaker 3 (37:15):
I think I do.
Speaker 5 (37:17):
I really do, rob G. I'm just not sitting here.
I think people have nitpicked and picked him apart for
a long time because he's going to be the first
pick for a long time. I'm just not in that camp.
Speaker 3 (37:27):
Yea.
Speaker 10 (37:27):
And credit to the Bears for onz building a cohesive
team around him and start off with that's it. He's
off to a great start so far on paper in Chicago.
Speaker 3 (37:35):
No doubt.
Speaker 5 (37:35):
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show post it right after we get off the air, Rob.
So let's move from football to a little NBA and Luka,
Doncic is back playing. Like I said, probably just bump
knees or it even fell landed on his knee, and
you know usually that's that's actually the least of your
worries when that happens. You know, you get bumped or
(01:14):
his bruised or something, so thankfully he's back in the game.
But Rob, last night, for all intents and purposes, the
Denver Nuggets eliminated the Los Angeles Lakers.
Speaker 3 (01:28):
They're up three to zero.
Speaker 1 (01:29):
No team has ever come back from a three to
zero deficit to win a playoff series. Rob g checked
that out, but I believe I'm right. I know in
the broadcast last night they said teams when you're up
three to oh, teams are one p fifty one and zero.
Speaker 4 (01:47):
Wow.
Speaker 3 (01:47):
Yeah, so yeah so. And obviously.
Speaker 1 (01:52):
That's because Rob, when you go up three to oho,
there's a reason you're generally the better team, right, And
clearly Denver is the better team. Not only are they
the better team, Rob, but they are a nightmarish matchup
for the Lakers.
Speaker 4 (02:09):
I don't necessarily know why.
Speaker 1 (02:11):
I mean, I have said the teams that have given
Lebron James the most trouble in his career have been
teams like really balanced teams, smart teams. They moved the ball,
they play five man basketball rather than one or two
(02:31):
man basketball where one or two guys you know, controls
and dominates the ball and sets everybody up. And that
I go the Boston Celtics of the Big Three when
Lebron was in Cleveland, the San Antonio Spurs, even at
Tim Duncan's advanced age late in his career, gave Miami
(02:54):
all that wonted beat him in one finals, crushed them
in one finals, and almost beat them in another. And
that's when Lebron was at the height of his powers,
with Dwayne Wade and Chris Bosh beside him, and then
Golden State of course, and now Denver.
Speaker 3 (03:09):
Rob.
Speaker 4 (03:10):
And here's what I want to say about last night.
Speaker 1 (03:15):
There's a lot I could say, but I want to
focus on Nikola Jokic, Rob, And I know you do too.
For all those young people out there who didn't see
Magic Johnson and Larry Bird play, and you know you
might see a little bit on YouTube or stuff like that,
(03:37):
but you really you didn't see their careers. This is
what it was like, because Rob, last night, I thought
Nikola Jokic dominated that game without scoring or taking shots.
Speaker 3 (03:55):
And I know he ended up with twenty four points.
Speaker 1 (03:57):
But he was he only took thirteen shots, Rob, like,
he was not looking to score, looking for his own,
you know shots, But.
Speaker 3 (04:10):
He controlled that game.
Speaker 1 (04:13):
And that's how Larry Bird and Magic Johnson were they
could control the game and be the best player on
the floor without scoring or scoring a lot. And people
might look at Magic Johnson's stats today and say, oh,
he only averaged nineteen points a game. You know, he
obviously has the highest career average and assists with eleven.
(04:34):
But they might look at that and say, was he
is he really? Is he really a top five player?
They might look at Larry Bird? Larry Bird never led
the league in scoring? Was he really one of the
greatest scorers ever? Come on, I hear about birds jumper
and are you really?
Speaker 3 (04:51):
Yes? Really?
Speaker 1 (04:53):
And so they were able. They were great passors role.
Larry Bird, as you know, was a phenomenal passer. Magic
was the best passer ever by a mile. Don't give
me this Lebron or Mark Jackson or Steve.
Speaker 3 (05:09):
Nash or Johnson.
Speaker 1 (05:10):
Nobody could pass the ball like Magic Johnson.
Speaker 5 (05:14):
I always remember him coming down fast break, just no
look like he was rob He did real, no looks
where he's really looking.
Speaker 1 (05:25):
To a lot of times, guys, you know, they'll look
away as they're passing it, or they'll you know, or
even after they've passed it.
Speaker 4 (05:32):
No, he would be looking the opposite.
Speaker 1 (05:34):
Way the whole time down and pass it to somebody
the other way. So that's this is what they did.
Speaker 4 (05:42):
And Rob, here's the second part of that.
Speaker 1 (05:46):
Everybody, all their teammates, all of Jokic's teammates, are able
to be the best version of themselves. Aaron Gordon has
never been this good. He is able to be exact
the absolute best he can be. Michael Porter Junior, catch
and shoot, baby, that's what I want to do.
Speaker 4 (06:07):
He's able to be the best version he can be.
Speaker 3 (06:09):
Now.
Speaker 1 (06:10):
Maybe he would go somewhere else and get more shots
and average more points, but he wouldn't play better than
he's playing now. He has not had to say, oh,
I gotta take that part of my game out of
it because we got Jogics. I can't do this. No,
and Jamal Murray obviously able to be the best version
of himself now, Rob. That's what happened with Magic and
(06:32):
Bird James Worthy, Kareem abdul Jabbar Byron Scott. They didn't
have to take away some of any of their game
for Magic. They were able to excel and do exactly
what they do best because he was the unselfish playmaker
making sure they got fed and same with Larry Bird,
(06:54):
Kevin McHale, Robert Parrish, Dennis Johnson. They could do what
they do and you see very few players like that.
Lebron is not like that, Jordan wasn't like that, Dwayne Wade, iverson,
a lot of most players are not like that. That's
what makes these three so special, and so that's why
(07:21):
the Lakers can't touch them because their main guy is
about getting everybody to play their best and everybody involved.
Speaker 4 (07:31):
And then when they.
Speaker 1 (07:32):
Don't have it going, guess what, I will put forty
on your head. So that's what I see from it.
Speaker 5 (07:39):
You know what I see, Chris, and I hear you
all the way. What I see is has the Joker
entered the shack space? Chris? When the Lakers won the
three in a row and Shaq was almost it was
unstoppable in the postseason and put up ridiculous. Now it's
(08:01):
a different game. Don't get me wrong. I'm not saying
he's playing the same game right or you know what
I mean, or the same way. But Shaq was unstoppable
every night. What are you doing? How do you stop
the Joker?
Speaker 3 (08:15):
Chris? What is going?
Speaker 5 (08:17):
Who is going to be the guy to stop him
and stop this team for maybe winning three in a row,
like like when Shaq and Kobe did it for real,
and it's even more impressive because he don't have a Kobe, right, No,
you're right, do.
Speaker 1 (08:29):
You know what I mean, he don't have that, and
we if he rib if he wins this championship and
maybe another one, whether it's a three peter or just
you know.
Speaker 4 (08:38):
Whatever.
Speaker 1 (08:39):
Yeah, like when we start debating where he ranks the
fact that he didn't have a Kobe, and and quite,
I mean, he didn't have what Magic had.
Speaker 5 (08:50):
And no, you know Kareem had when he had four
Hall of Famers on that Celtics team, at least three, right.
Speaker 4 (08:57):
And look, and let's keep it real.
Speaker 1 (08:59):
If they they do go on some type of dynastic run,
then a lot of these guys, you know, a couple
like Jamal will definitely make the Hall of Fame. Yeah,
you know, I mean, let's just keep it. Michael Cooper
just got in, so but Gordon probably could make it
if they keep winning. Michael, you know who knows, But no,
(09:20):
you're right, he doesn't. And that's like that is this
is a team. And that's why Robin I said this
before you know, a lot of people look at the
nineties and say, oh, teams only had one or two stars.
Speaker 3 (09:31):
Back then, it was widered down. No, they played team basketball.
Speaker 4 (09:35):
This is a great example for you.
Speaker 1 (09:38):
They got one two stars, although Murray's never made an
All Star team, and they're running through the league because
it's about playing together. When you've got talent and you
play together and every man can be his best man,
that's that's tough to beat. As far as Shaq, I
think that's fair. I mean, obviously, like you said, they're
(10:00):
completely different players.
Speaker 5 (10:01):
I'm just talking about the dominance in the postseason and
nobody could stop Shock and I'm waiting for somebody to
stop the joker. That's that's my only point. Nothing else
do they have in common? You got it? That's all
I'm saying.
Speaker 4 (10:16):
Yeah, nobody's stopping him.
Speaker 3 (10:19):
Who's stopping him?
Speaker 6 (10:20):
Yeah?
Speaker 4 (10:20):
I mean who's coming along?
Speaker 3 (10:21):
This time?
Speaker 2 (10:21):
And again?
Speaker 4 (10:22):
He let me say that, how do you stop him?
Speaker 1 (10:24):
You might hold him the nineteen or he might only
score nineteen or twenty one, but that means he's getting
everybody else involved.
Speaker 3 (10:32):
How about this.
Speaker 5 (10:33):
Ad is playing great and it doesn't matter. Chris AD's
playing great, doesn't matter he's going forty.
Speaker 1 (10:40):
Showing up in the fourth quarters for whatever reason, at
least the last two games.
Speaker 4 (10:44):
But yeah, no he I mean you can't.
Speaker 1 (10:47):
Yes, we can look at that and oh look he
does have to be better than the fourth he does.
But his numbers going on but a big numbers overall
are great. Lebron's numbers are well. Lebron was last night.
It was interesting. I don't know if he was worn out,
rob he had his little spurts, but he really didn't.
(11:09):
You know, he didn't put any type of fingerprint on
that game last night or imprint on that game, and
and didn't seem to be you know, he just.
Speaker 4 (11:20):
Like I said, I don't know if he was gassed.
Speaker 1 (11:22):
Or worn down or what, but you know, he didn't
play poorly, but certainly didn't put an imprint on the game.
Speaker 4 (11:31):
But now I think I don't know.
Speaker 1 (11:35):
Look, I will say this, it is not going to
be a cakewalk.
Speaker 4 (11:42):
I don't think for the Nuggets.
Speaker 3 (11:44):
No, I'm not saying that. Right.
Speaker 1 (11:46):
They got they got Minnesota or Phoenix Necks, and both
of those teams beat him in the regular seas.
Speaker 3 (11:53):
I'm not saying a cakewalk.
Speaker 5 (11:54):
But I like him, man, No, I mean, they're my pick,
and then and they battle tested. They have a lot
of things going for him. I mean, and to me,
Mike Wilow's the top coach. He's a tremendous coach. And
here's the other thing too, Jamal Murray, Chris he could
join in at any time because he hadn't been he
hadn't shopped the ball one no, right, And that's that's
(12:15):
against Lebron and Ad.
Speaker 4 (12:18):
Hey, here's here's the question I have, Robert, and we won't.
Speaker 1 (12:21):
It won't be answered because I have said and I
don't know if I said it on our show, I
said it on first things First, I think the winner
of which I thought, I got you, the winner of
this series, which I picked to beat Denver. I felt
like the winner of this series would become in my mind.
(12:43):
I know, not most people's the favorite to win the championship,
So I thought if the Lakers had won this, they
would have been my favorite. I don't think most people
would have said there are a lot of people wouldn't
have said it, But I think I think they're a
very good team and this is a bad match them
for whatever reason. But I think that I'm gonna be
(13:05):
honest and say, I don't know what it is.
Speaker 4 (13:08):
Are they.
Speaker 3 (13:11):
As they can?
Speaker 1 (13:12):
They play with Minnesota and OKC and Phoenix, Like in
a seven game series Dallas the Clippers, how would they fare.
I've thought in my mind that they could beat those teams,
But maybe not.
Speaker 4 (13:27):
Maybe they are Rob what their record says they are,
which is a seventh.
Speaker 5 (13:32):
Seed, right, no matter what their talent is, Chris, They're
a seventh seed. That's what they are. That's what they
played all year, That's who they are.
Speaker 4 (13:41):
Yeah, I mean they came on strong second half of
the season.
Speaker 3 (13:44):
They ran it was great.
Speaker 4 (13:45):
But yeah, I mean, look, everybody else must have played well.
Speaker 1 (13:49):
Too, Like there's a lot of good teams out West,
and they still finished seventh as well as they played.
Speaker 4 (13:56):
As many games as they won in these various streaks.
Speaker 1 (13:59):
So all right, A seven seven ninety nine on Fox,
Rob and I just saying that Kola Jokic just praises.
I compared him to Bird and Magic. Rob compared him
to Shock. Where you at on Nikola Jokic?
Speaker 4 (14:14):
How good is he? Eight seven, seven ninety nine on Fox?
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Speaker 5 (15:45):
All right, Chris, let's kick it off. Frank in Denver.
You're on the EYD couple Fox Sports Radio. What's up, Frank?
Speaker 6 (15:54):
How's it going?
Speaker 8 (15:55):
Chris love this show, watching it. I've been watching it.
But think since you guys first almost six years ago.
Speaker 3 (16:01):
My man, we appreciate that, Frank for real.
Speaker 8 (16:06):
So Nicola Jokic is really his averages are eerily summer
to Larry Bird or prime Larry Bird, about twenty five
points a game. You know, we'll over six assists, and
of course you've got the twelve plus rebounds, forty fifty
ninety splits. His footwork is impeccable, and nobody plays the
brand of basketball that he plays in the league. How
(16:26):
you know, Chris always has the knock on Joel Andbi
where of course he's got the great mid range jump shot,
but he doesn't really bang in the post. The reason
why you can't stop Nikola Joki is because he's willing
to get those easy buckets. Yeah, that nobody else was
really willing to get. So that's all I wanted to
say love the show as you guys, a great one.
Speaker 4 (16:44):
That's exactly right.
Speaker 1 (16:45):
You see him playing the majority of time at the
free throw line. He can shoot the three, but Rob
you see, when it's time, he will back you down
and score on you. And that's all I'm asking of
MB and some of these other bigs when it's time, right,
put it in your arsenal.
Speaker 5 (17:06):
Anthony Davis, all right, Rick and Tucson, you're on the
couple of Fox Sports Radio.
Speaker 6 (17:12):
What's up, Rick, Well, good afternoon. Jens.
Speaker 1 (17:16):
Hello.
Speaker 9 (17:17):
One of the things I really appreciated about Yoking, and
I'm dating myself a little bit. Back in the sixties
the NBA was always take delaid. But one of the
great things he reminds me a little actually a lot
about like Bill Russell. Bill Russell could score, but he
was a great passer. I think people underestimated that. And
(17:41):
Wilk Chamberlain learned to be a better passer when he
left the seventies six Ers and finally went to the Lakers,
and he surrounded and he didn't have to dominate the
way he did in the early late fifties early sixties,
and then generationally, as you move on, Kareem Abdul Jabbar.
He became a much better passer when he was with
(18:02):
Magic because he understood the concept of teen baal. He
didn't have to do it all all the time. And
that's what makes to me. I think the eighties basketball era,
to me is still the most exciting era of basketball
that I've ever watched. And like I said, I've been
around a while so and the Ceoga he's got that
(18:25):
old school mentality. And I think there's another credit that
needs to go to the coaching staff. I think they've
done a great job of making sure that this is
how we're going to play. We're going to play t ball.
We have no heroes on this team. Everybody's a hero,
and I think that they're going to prove to win
(18:46):
the championship this year. So appreciate your show and appreciate
your time.
Speaker 3 (18:51):
Jess, thank you, Thank you.
Speaker 5 (18:53):
Appreciate that. Rick from Tucson. Yeah, how about Leo from
New York City? Chris, our guy, Leo, you're in the
odd couple of Fox Sports Radio.
Speaker 3 (19:01):
What's up, buddy, guys?
Speaker 6 (19:04):
Watch show? Is this the playoff draft? I mean, we
watched poetic about everybody now, is that what we're doing?
Prisoner of the moment. Guys, the guy has one good
Poston and now he's shocked. Okay, if if you get
bits in the second round, are we resaving his shock
like Dominus? Now, Rob Parker, I mean, come on, let's
(19:26):
wait until he mixed the final again before we started watching.
Speaker 5 (19:29):
Guys, I'm just looking at it as as this here
they got another chance to sweep A D and Lebron
and the Lakers for a second straight year. That's all
I'm I'm not I said I know, but Chris, all
I'm saying is I haven't seen anybody be able to
stop him yet.
Speaker 3 (19:48):
That's all. That's all I'm saying.
Speaker 6 (19:50):
All I'm all I'm saying is let's wait until he
mixed the second final.
Speaker 5 (19:53):
But you know what, let me say this so Leo,
we have a radio show every night. We can't wait
for him to do before we could talk about do
you get me. I understand what you're saying. I'm not
crowning him anything, but we can't go on everybody's career. Well,
let's let him play out his thirteen years and then
we'll reassess them. That's all I'm saying.
Speaker 6 (20:15):
To soon.
Speaker 5 (20:16):
Rob, all right, you'll call back when you call back up,
they won the championship.
Speaker 3 (20:23):
All right, Hey, rob G, what you got rob?
Speaker 10 (20:25):
I think that your analysis comparing him to Shack. I
know some people might be taking the back because I
well remember a Shack Diesel the most dominant.
Speaker 3 (20:32):
Player in NBA history. Right, But Nikola Jokic, You're not
too far off. All right.
Speaker 10 (20:37):
I'm looking at here in Basketball Reference, and they have
something that's called the game score, which is just a
general measurement as how well you perform in that game.
Anything over like eighteen is considered very good. Okay, Right,
he has game scores in the forties, in the high thirties.
But here, just to give you some context, all right,
(20:59):
Nikola Jokic in the last two playoffs last year, in
this year, has only had two games with the game
score below twenty.
Speaker 3 (21:08):
Okay.
Speaker 10 (21:09):
In one of those games it was eighteen. He had
twenty four, eight and six in a win against the
Lakers to put him down three to zero last year.
Speaker 3 (21:18):
The lowest game score he ever.
Speaker 10 (21:20):
Had in this entire run in this last year and
a half, it was Game one against Minnesota. He only
had thirteen points, fourteen rebound, six assists. Well, you know,
why rob because he fouled out and they won by
thirty So did he really have to put in the
work because they were already blowing him out anyways, like
(21:43):
Nikola jokicch we're in the midst of it's too early
to say dynasty. But there is no one out there
right now that matches up with him out of vision.
Speaker 5 (21:55):
I don't see who it is. I don't see it is.
That doesn't mean they're gonna win every year. No, the
MVP every year, none of that, because we.
Speaker 10 (22:03):
Because we've seen him so far, even in this brief run,
go up against the quote unquote best defenders in the
league at center right, Anthony Davis, for my money's the
best defender. He's been getting cooked, right at least at
least defensively, Like Jokic is still getting whatever he wants
(22:24):
against ad last year and this year in the finals
he had bad Adebayo batm Adebayo is a finalist again
for Defensive Player of the Year. Oh nothing, just you know,
forty one and eleven, thirty two to twenty one and ten,
twenty eight, fifteen and sixteen. Right then Rudy Gobert, who's
gonna win his fourth Defensive Player of the Year. He
(22:45):
had him last year again in the first round five games.
Here's some of the average of the games he had yep,
twenty eight, seventeen and twelve, forty three, eleven and six.
Oh my ho hum, twenty eleven and twelve, twenty seven nine,
and like, you put your favorite big man defender out
there and it doesn't matter.
Speaker 3 (23:05):
And he still does.
Speaker 10 (23:06):
When Shaq was running through the league, remember when they
played the Sixers to Kimi Mtumba was defensive Player of
the Year and Shaq put him in the basket repeatedly
over and oh it doesn't matter. There's no one out
there right now, individually or even collectively.
Speaker 3 (23:22):
Who can stop or slow him down.
Speaker 5 (23:24):
That's what I'm saying. That's all I'm saying. All right,
it is the odd couple. And you know what, let's
get it. Let's get you caught up.
Speaker 2 (23:34):
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Speaker 3 (23:47):
That's right, it is tie Shirts Tower of Trivia.
Speaker 10 (23:49):
The segment and proves you even gotta like sports to
work in sports media. The star of this segment normally
is our resident d d Alex Titshirt, and we were
thinking about scrapping the segment until I started talking to me.
I was like, you know what, I should do anything
about sports either, So filling in for the great Alex
Teischer none other than our new resident DJ Mary.
Speaker 4 (24:09):
Mac Yeah, mag noise, mag noise.
Speaker 10 (24:14):
All right, now, Mary, I don't know if you played
this segment before, but how it works is you got
to get up the Tower of Sports Trivia. Rob and
myself will give you one word clues to help you
get there to get the correct answer. And it's pretty easy.
The rules are quite simple. It's got to be a
real word, cannot rhyme and uh. It has to be
in English, no foreign languages. Rob Parker A man, we've
(24:36):
seen Man, I know your tricks. Just because I'm the
home team here, Rob, I'm gonna let you get question
number one.
Speaker 3 (24:45):
Ah, that's fair. This is the Atlanta Falcons edition because
they are the talk of the NFL Draft. All right,
let's do it Question one. BA.
Speaker 10 (25:00):
In the nineties, former Falcons wide receiver Andre Risen famously
had his house burn nineties by his then girlfriend pop
star Lisa Blank I Lopez.
Speaker 3 (25:12):
Rom All right, Mary, are you ready?
Speaker 11 (25:15):
Yeah? Can I can I just answer tho?
Speaker 3 (25:17):
No, No, he has to give you a clue. Just
hang over.
Speaker 11 (25:22):
You guys know music is music is my thing.
Speaker 3 (25:25):
Hang on, let me give you the clue. Okay, here
we go. I want a show off. Right, does even
Steve knew what you're gonna do?
Speaker 12 (25:34):
Oh my gosh, can I answer?
Speaker 3 (25:39):
Yeses? Is it Lisa?
Speaker 6 (25:41):
Yes?
Speaker 3 (25:43):
There you go on ten points for Rob. She said
she's a pro already better than Alex.
Speaker 10 (25:49):
All right, here we go level number two and that's
my turn. All right, Dion Sanders is arguably the greatest
player in Falcon's history, and now he's the head football
coach at the universe city of Blank. Okay, the clue
I'm gonna give you is Denver, Oh Colorado.
Speaker 3 (26:08):
That is correct. Ten points. I'm on the bory.
Speaker 12 (26:11):
Better than now you guys. I just graduated high school.
I so, like you know, there's still fresh on my mind.
Speaker 10 (26:17):
All right, here we go, Rob Parker Level number three
Titus Tower Trivia the Falcons Edition Rob fun Fact. Brett
Favre was drafted by the Falcons in ninety one before
being traded to the Blank Bay Packers.
Speaker 3 (26:31):
The very next season.
Speaker 5 (26:35):
Hmm okay, here we go.
Speaker 3 (26:39):
No tom foolery, Rob.
Speaker 5 (26:40):
No, no, no, I'm trying to figure it out without giving
you tom foolery. Um, all right, are you ready married?
Speaker 11 (26:49):
I think so?
Speaker 3 (26:50):
Okay, okay, let me give you Jonas Knox is warming up?
Speaker 5 (26:56):
All right? All right, My goodness, gracious, I'm trying to
get something that's going.
Speaker 3 (27:00):
All right, here we go. You say here we go
day night. That is incorrect. All right, My chance is steal.
Don't you said your new music?
Speaker 10 (27:14):
That's a clue. Thank you, Rob, I appreciate that. Okay,
we're looking for the Blank Bay Packers.
Speaker 11 (27:24):
Mmm.
Speaker 3 (27:25):
Uh the word that I will.
Speaker 5 (27:27):
Use any day now, Ben Mallow warming up.
Speaker 3 (27:33):
Eggs?
Speaker 11 (27:37):
The heck?
Speaker 3 (27:40):
Come on, Maryas, that is incorrect. The Toast Bay Packers.
All right, right, come on, s Mary, we no more?
Speaker 2 (27:50):
Hint?
Speaker 3 (27:50):
Okay for eight points, Rob Parker. Another clue from Mary, Rob,
G did you already say I did? Okay? That didn't work?
Didn't work? Okay, all right, here we go card.
Speaker 12 (28:12):
Oh my god, green, dang it, dang okay.
Speaker 3 (28:18):
My mom would be so disappointed.
Speaker 10 (28:19):
A level number four, Rob up eighteen to ten. But
it's my turn. It's where the comeback starts.
Speaker 5 (28:24):
All right.
Speaker 10 (28:25):
Back in the day running Back, Jamal Anderson had an
iconic touchdown celebration friend of the Show Jamal Anderson. That
touchdown celebration was called the blank Bird. My clue is clean.
Speaker 11 (28:44):
Oh my god, I actually clean.
Speaker 4 (28:51):
Clean.
Speaker 5 (28:52):
Just guess.
Speaker 11 (28:59):
I want to say, rap is incorrect?
Speaker 3 (29:02):
Come on, no, not take it correct?
Speaker 10 (29:04):
I know.
Speaker 5 (29:06):
All right, here we go. Pornography. No, I don't know
nothink about the clues.
Speaker 3 (29:17):
He just gave you one. I gave you one.
Speaker 11 (29:23):
I'm so lost, I really am blank.
Speaker 10 (29:25):
Just throw a word out there. Please give me a
chance with the time to tie it up here.
Speaker 11 (29:29):
Okay, okay, ca, ca ca? What was the question again?
Speaker 3 (29:34):
The touchdown celebration called the blank bird.
Speaker 12 (29:37):
The blank bird, pornography clean, I don't even I don't
even know.
Speaker 4 (29:46):
Addiction addicted bird.
Speaker 10 (29:48):
That is incorrect. Okay, remember the previous clues.
Speaker 5 (29:53):
Mary.
Speaker 10 (29:54):
We're driving in. We're driving in, Robs, the high end automobile.
Stop it just crew in along, getting into your mind
right now, your passions, Aguilera.
Speaker 13 (30:09):
Oh Christian, Chris, I think correct, Oh my god, the
Christina bird is Come on, all right, Rob, last.
Speaker 5 (30:21):
Here we go filthy, filthy, Oh.
Speaker 12 (30:27):
My god, dirty, yes, dirty bird. Oh Christina aguile? Right, Rob,
just a girl. You get this next one, Rob, it's over.
Rob's currently winning twenty five to ten. It's not my fault, though,
it's Mary's fault.
Speaker 3 (30:46):
All right, Here we go.
Speaker 10 (30:47):
The Falcons famously blew a twenty eight to three lead
in the Super Bowl to the Patriots that were then
led by their quarterback Tom Blank.
Speaker 12 (30:58):
I feel like I should know this already dead air
is great for our Rady, come on, what are we doing?
Speaker 3 (31:11):
It is your turn?
Speaker 5 (31:12):
It's yes. Oh I thought it was. I'm sorry, chees
we go, here we go, Here we go.
Speaker 11 (31:21):
Bunch, you say, bunch, bunch.
Speaker 3 (31:25):
I know you've never seen this show. I'm sorry.
Speaker 4 (31:27):
Oh oh, Brady cheating.
Speaker 3 (31:31):
This is under protest.
Speaker 9 (31:34):
Brady.
Speaker 12 (31:35):
Wait wait, wait, no, I know I got that one.
Speaker 4 (31:38):
I got that.
Speaker 12 (31:38):
You guys give me that. You guys have to give
me that one. You guys have to give me that one.
Speaker 3 (31:44):
Even having an.
Speaker 10 (31:49):
Just watching you blatantly cheat right now, You're lucky work
against it with the clock.
Speaker 3 (31:57):
This is ridiculous.
Speaker 11 (31:59):
Don't hate because you're not me. I won don't hate.
That's hating.
Speaker 5 (32:05):
All right, We made it happen, all right, Odd Couple,
We wrap up this bad boy next right here on
Fox Sports Radio.
Speaker 3 (32:14):
Stick and stay us of a.
Speaker 2 (32:21):
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Speaker 5 (32:33):
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That Safety Runs First dot com. Heisa, Rob G is
(33:17):
a haisa. I just want to make sure we get
it right. Rob Parker and Rob G wrapping up this
Friday edition of the Odd Couple. As the NFL Draft continues,
We're watching NBA playoffs. The Clippers can't make a basket.
By god, I think they've made one out of fifteen
(33:38):
shots or something like that. They're down big. It looks
like that game's over. We had a great game. We
saw earlier Rob G with Milwaukee and the Pacers. The
Pacers win that game in overtime. Incredible. Chris Middleton had
two three pointers to tie the game at the end
of regulation and in overtime, but not come up with
(34:00):
the third one and the Pacers go up two to
one in that But Rob G, let's talk about the
NFL Draft, which is going on in Detroit mob scene there.
Caleb Williams became the number one pick out of USC
like most expected the Bears to do. I think they
made the right choice. It might not work out, Rob G.
(34:23):
But if I'm the Bears, he's gonna have to prove
to me that he can't play. I'm not trying to
outthink myself and take somebody else and have that guy
become the franchise quarterback that they haven't had since the fifties.
But he has some stuff to say, Rob G. After
being drafted by the Bears.
Speaker 10 (34:39):
Yeah, he was speaking to ESPN dot com and they
asked him what he foresees in his future as the
new face of the Chicago Bears, and he gave a
long answer, but he closed it with this year, appreciate this,
Rob My last goal is immortality. The only way to
reach that is winning championships. That's big for me and
something that is the reasons I play the game. So
(35:01):
I'm excited.
Speaker 5 (35:03):
Yeah, I mean immortality. I get it. Everybody wants to
win a championship if you're playing, especially I don't have
a big problem with a rob G Did you did
that bother you or you know? And like you said,
it was a long answer. It wasn't like he said
I'm gonna be the greatest.
Speaker 2 (35:20):
No.
Speaker 10 (35:21):
Yeah, he talked about being consistent and leading guys, and
that was definitely something that you'd expect from a quarterback.
I was a little shocked at the word immortal or
the immortality only because the Chicago Bears, like Caleb Williams,
was five years old, the last that may even played
in the Super Bowl. Since then, they have reached the
(35:41):
playoffs six times and they've had sixteen years at five
hundred or worse. Wow, during Caleb's lifetime.
Speaker 3 (35:49):
It has it has been bad.
Speaker 10 (35:51):
And even beyond that, the Bears have never had a
four thousand yard passer, They've never had a quarterback throw
thirty touchdowns.
Speaker 5 (35:57):
Theyven had a Sid Luckman there last never seriously like
their franchise ZDA back.
Speaker 10 (36:03):
Right, And so again I don't want to nail this
one specific phrase, but it's like, look, man, you got
a long way to go. Like you, your first thing
should be like, hey, I want to come in and
make this a winning franchise.
Speaker 5 (36:15):
But that wasn't the first thing. He said.
Speaker 10 (36:18):
To be the greatest me able to at the table,
you put dreams and goals in front of you, for
I'm able to reach them.
Speaker 3 (36:22):
And he even said the last thing, did you say that?
Speaker 10 (36:24):
Yeah, you have to consistently not get tired with consistency.
So we said a lot of great things. Like I said,
I don't mean a nitpick, but that word immortal was
stuck out to me a little bit.
Speaker 5 (36:32):
Whenever you hear that, it does sound lofty. But but again,
all that stuff comes in when you win. If you
win play well, you are consistent, you can get there.
Speaker 10 (36:46):
I just got one quick question for you, Kayler Williams.
When it's all said and done, who will have been
in more Hall of Fames? Kayler Williams of Rob Parker, Well,
I got to, you got to.
Speaker 3 (36:57):
I got to. I don't.
Speaker 10 (36:58):
As far as I know, I'm gonna say that it's
me but.
Speaker 3 (37:06):
I know, I know, Mary, I don't. I don't know.
Speaker 5 (37:09):
I think I think that I'm gonna be on the
side to think that he's gonna be a good quarterback.
Speaker 3 (37:15):
I think I do.
Speaker 5 (37:17):
I really do, rob G. I'm just not sitting here.
I think people have nitpicked and picked him apart for
a long time because he's going to be the first
pick for a long time. I'm just not in that camp.
Speaker 3 (37:27):
Yea.
Speaker 10 (37:27):
And credit to the Bears for onz building a cohesive
team around him and start off with that's it. He's
off to a great start so far on paper in Chicago.
Speaker 3 (37:35):
No doubt.
Speaker 5 (37:35):
All Right, odd couple, Jason Smith Mike Harmon are coming
up next. Have a great weekend, and we'll see you
again on Monday, Fox Sports Radio
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