May 24, 2024 • 41 mins
Chris Broussard & Rob Parker talk about Jalen Brunson and why they think he is or is not deserving of being named All-NBA 2nd team.
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the bottom of the hour, Rob, and we will talk
all things NBA with him. This week, the NBA released
Rob It's all NBA teams uh and Jalen Brunson was
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on the second team. Now obviously had a great year
this season for the Knicks, a lot of people talking
about he should have you know he or I'm sorry
that he did emerge and become a superstar. You and
I both disagree with that that he's a star certainly,
(01:39):
but we said not a superstar. Here's the first team
All NBA ROB, and then I'll read the second team
first team guards. Now it's positionless, but it did work
out to basically two guards and three front core players.
Shay Gilgers, Alexander and Luka Doncic the guards, and then
Jason Tatum, Nicola Jokic and Joannis Antetokompo round out the
(02:05):
first team. Second team Jalen Brunson and Anthony Edwards, then
Kawhi Leonard, Kevin Durant and Anthony Davis on the second team.
Just to round it out, we'll give you the third
team Devin Booker, Steph Curry, Tyres Halliburton, Lebron James, and
Demontis Sabonis.
Speaker 5 (02:27):
Rob.
Speaker 4 (02:27):
First of all, do you have any problem. I remember
Jalen Brunson did finish in the top five MVP voting,
Jason Tatum was not in the top five, But do
you have any problem with Jalen Brunson not being first team?
Speaker 1 (02:42):
No, I don't, not with the people who were selected.
I don't. And obviously.
Speaker 2 (02:50):
People will look at his postseason run Chris and say, oh, yeah,
you know, he took another step and that could all
be true.
Speaker 1 (02:57):
But when you're looking at.
Speaker 2 (02:59):
First team in before that fight, before the postseason starts,
so that's a that's a big factor if you know. Obviously,
whatever you see last Chris would change your opinion of somebody,
right if they were playing well. So that's why it
doesn't factor in.
Speaker 4 (03:18):
Stephen A to your point, he said today on First Take,
you know he has an official vote like I do.
He said he voted for Brunson's second team, but now
looking at it, he thinks he should have been first.
And I assume it's because of what.
Speaker 2 (03:33):
You said about what the last you saw of him, right,
but he's not first. Who are you knocking off first team, Chris? Nobody.
Speaker 4 (03:41):
I'm totally with you, who like like I would say, no,
I don't know what you know?
Speaker 1 (03:46):
On first Take, if anybody would have said, well who
you who? You were moving from there?
Speaker 4 (03:50):
What they did? Because yah, now Kendrick Perkins and all
these guys are friends of the show, uh and our
friends personally, but Kendrick Perkins. Rob said that Jalen Brunson
was the best player in the Eastern Conference this year,
which I and he didn't get a lot of pushback
or if any. J Williams pushed back a little bit.
(04:14):
He didn't think he thought second team was where he
should have been. But Rob, I'm sorry, he wasn't better
than Yannis Yanni's average. These are Jannis's numbers, Rob, thirty
points a game, you could join sixty percent shooting.
Speaker 1 (04:29):
You can stop right there.
Speaker 4 (04:30):
I mean Jalen was in fairness, Jalen was like twenty
eight point seven, So he's basically a point and a
half behind him, thirty point four to twenty eight point seven.
But Yannis, Rob also gave you eleven and a half
rebounds and six and a half assist. He darn near
equaled Jalen Brunson and assists Jalen Brunson's six point seven
assists and obviously not as many rebounds only three. What
(04:54):
do we? What are we doing? How we saying he's
better than Yannis this year? He wasn't. And I don't
even think he was better than Jason Tatum. Now some
people say he had more help than Jason Tatum. But
I think Jason Tatum could have put up those numbers
if he's the show, right, And so I'm with you.
(05:15):
I agree. In fact, my ballot, I think is exactly
like the first two teams. That was my Those first two.
Speaker 1 (05:23):
Teams were exactly Was that your ballot? Yeah?
Speaker 4 (05:27):
I mean that was yeah. The third team I didn't
have Haller Burton on it. I had Donovan Mitchell instead
of him, But I think the rest was the same.
But I'm with you. Look, second team for Jalen Brunson
is phenomenal, and I just think it's prisoner of the
moment Rob to say he should have been from I
just can't say.
Speaker 1 (05:45):
I don't see who you're taking off a first team.
Speaker 4 (05:48):
Tatum helped this scene win sixty four games and won
sixty four game because that's that's supposed to be nothing, right,
And he's a better defender than Brunson, So what are
you talking about? Better rebounder? All that. So here's the
second part of my question for you, Rob, and it's
a big one. So Jalen Brunson, who we know is underpaid, right,
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he is on a four year, one hundred and seven
million dollar deal, he's got.
Speaker 2 (06:15):
Two years, was overpaid by the Mavericks standard to right.
Speaker 4 (06:19):
They want to give you five years fifty five right?
Can you imagine they could have had him for that?
But he's got two years fifty million left on his
deal and the last year is a player option, so
he's really got one year left where he's locked in.
He can sign Rob this summer with the Knicks a
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four year, one hundred and fifty six million dollar contract extension,
or he can wait until next summer, next offseason and
sign a five year, two hundred and seventy million dollar extension.
Speaker 1 (07:01):
So what's the difference in the two years?
Speaker 4 (07:03):
What is it? The first year? This year, he could
sign for four years one fifty six next year, it's
one hundred and twenty one hundred and fourteen million dollars difference.
It's one extra year. So let's say he played, just
hypothetically speaking, he signed a four year deal now, and
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then he plays a fifth year. You know, he gets
another contract after that. I mean it's probably by that time, Rob,
it might be starting at seventy million. I mean, just
real talk. You know, if he's a max guy, So
so he still would get what would that be about
two hundred and twenty million. You still talk about thirty
million dollars and I'm just throwing that out there. Who knows,
(07:47):
he might not get another MAX, but it's right now.
It's like an extra year and one hundred and fourteen
million dollar difference.
Speaker 1 (07:57):
Well, I mean, this is what you need to do.
Speaker 2 (08:00):
I would wait, Chris, but I understand you want to
strike when the iron's hot. What if you don't have
the same kind of year Julius Randall comes back, you
know what I mean? And no, three and six right, yeah,
it might not be the same exact thing, but one
hundred and fourteen is a lot.
Speaker 1 (08:19):
If it was fifty, maybe we could talk about it.
I gotta wait for the win.
Speaker 4 (08:23):
And he's already been underpaid, do you know?
Speaker 1 (08:25):
Am I right? Well, don't when you wait. I just
gotta wait. I gotta I gotta.
Speaker 2 (08:29):
Believe that people in New York, we've we've moved the needle.
People love me in New York. They want me to
be a part of this thing, and people will be
mad to fan base if they don't take care of me.
Like that's what I'm hoping now.
Speaker 1 (08:44):
I feel you.
Speaker 4 (08:44):
I'm gonna throw out a few things though. One there's always,
of course injury. Now in his six year career, Rob,
he's played seventy or more games three times, so he
hasn't been injury prone. But you know he's had some
knicks here and there. And we all remember Isaiah Thomas.
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Isaiah Thomas had a year, not the legend Isaiah Thomas,
but the one that played in Boston. Robbie had a
year very similar and some people might even argue better
even than Jalen Brunson. Not the playoff run, but Rob,
he was top five MVP voting, just like Isaiah Thomas,
I'm sorry, just like Jalen Brunson. He led the Celtics
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to the Eastern Conference finals, right, and Robbie was a phenomena.
I think he averaged twenty eight points that year.
Speaker 1 (09:40):
Rob, he got hurt.
Speaker 4 (09:42):
Do you know? Now he was in line for a
max or near max extension, right? Do you know that
over the remainder of his career, which was six or
seven years, guess how much money he made total? Rob total? Now,
he was gonna get over a hund dred million dollar contract,
and that might be putting it gently. So he's gonna
(10:04):
get over one hundred million dollar contract. But because he
got hurt, he and over the last six or seven
years of his career, give me what you think he
made in total?
Speaker 1 (10:17):
Say he made three million dollars?
Speaker 4 (10:21):
Wow, you trump me. I mean that, I'm shocked you
went that loan.
Speaker 2 (10:24):
No, he made eleven million, Okay, I just I know,
I just I was going way down because I know
he lost a lot and trying to get back, Chris.
Speaker 4 (10:34):
I mean, eleven don't sound bad and compared to three.
Speaker 2 (10:37):
But but I know what I'm saying, But I knowed
some million, right to go down to eleven and then
remember eleventh, Chris his career, now, you know, and eleven
is five and a half after Uncle Sam. You know
what I mean, right, great, exactly five.
Speaker 4 (10:52):
So he made like six million a year after he
got hurt, and then from there on Robbie was like
two million or one ain't something for the rest of
his career. And so remember Andrew Biden a Robin Philly.
He they wanted to give him like an eighty million
dollar extension. He waited, got hurt, never played again, and
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never got that much.
Speaker 2 (11:14):
That That's always the thing, Chris, And that's that is
the danger in not striking while you're hot, not trying
to take advantage of you know what I mean, Like,
you just don't know what's gonna happen, and a lot
of things can happen.
Speaker 4 (11:31):
I'll throw one more that got lucky.
Speaker 2 (11:33):
You remember that that guy going out there without a
contract and he got lucky.
Speaker 4 (11:37):
I'll throw one more thing at you. You play for TIBs. Now.
In fairness to Tims, he's since in the two years
Brunson's been there, he's only played thirty five minutes a
game in the regular season, but that's gone up to
forty rob in the playoffs. And we know, fairly fair
or not, TIBs reputation is that he runs guys into
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the ground. So that that is all. Those are all
the things I think you have to wigh, Rob, if
you're Jalen Brunson, Okay, all of that said. If I
were Jalen Brunson, I'm with you. I would wait, that
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is so much more money. And look, yes he's set
for life regardless, but that's nifties. That's a ton. Hey,
it's a good chance he doesn't get another Max deal.
Speaker 6 (12:29):
Rob.
Speaker 4 (12:29):
I mean he's a small player, twenty seven, you know,
like is he gonna be the same player or better
you know, five six years from now, So I would
wait until next season better on myself and go get
the five year, two hundred seventy million dollars extension. So
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it's a it's a tough decision for him. So we're
gonna throw it out to you guys eight seven, seven
ninety nine on Fox. If you were Jalen Brunson, would
you go ahead and sign a four year, one hundred
and fifty six million dollar contract extension this year this
summer with the Knicks, or would you play next year
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and wait until the following off season to sign a
five year, two hundred and seventy million dollar extension. Your
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There fifty two thirty seven seven fourteen left Anthony Edwards
and Mike Conley with ten points a piece, but nas
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Reid off the bench has twelve. He's leading them. Luca's
playing well with fourteen, but Kyrie Quiet just four points
in the early going eight, seven, seven ninety nine on
Fox You're turning the way in. Jalen Brunson's got a
huge decision to make. Should he sign now for one
hundred and fifty six million or wait until next off
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season and sign for two hundred and seventy million your thoughts?
Speaker 2 (15:21):
All right, Let's kick it off Chris with Charlie in Washington.
Speaker 1 (15:25):
You're on the couple of Fox Sports Radio. What's up, Charlie.
Speaker 6 (15:29):
How are you guys doing?
Speaker 1 (15:29):
Fellas doing great here? Great?
Speaker 4 (15:31):
Man?
Speaker 6 (15:31):
How are you good? Good?
Speaker 7 (15:33):
First off, I'd like to give you guys a shout out.
I think your show was amazing. It's my drive home
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Speaker 4 (15:44):
Why thank you, brother, We appreciate that.
Speaker 6 (15:46):
Yes, thank you, Yeah, yes, sir. And to get straight
to the point, number.
Speaker 7 (15:51):
One, I'm a die hard Knicks fan from back in
the day. So to see my Knicks make it as
far they did, I mean it was disappointed at the end,
but just to see them actually, you know, go forward
and prove that franchise was amazing. And the main reason
for that was Jalen Brunton now I know you guys
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think it's hard to kick somebody off that you know
all in the NBA.
Speaker 1 (16:17):
Yes, tell me who you would kick off.
Speaker 6 (16:20):
See.
Speaker 7 (16:21):
I don't have a response for that, because all those
players are amazing, But Jalen Brunson should have been like NBA.
Speaker 6 (16:29):
One A.
Speaker 1 (16:30):
Stop it, stop it.
Speaker 4 (16:32):
We're not making up anything new for Jalen Brunson or
any player for this show, right, Chris, we don't. We
don't try it. Come on, stop you second. You know
what's one A second team? Exactly? There's no such thing.
When they made numbers in ancient Greece. Uh, there were
no Chris, there were no letters next to him.
Speaker 1 (16:51):
Right. I love how we put one eight.
Speaker 7 (16:55):
One A right anyway, Twellers, Look, you gotta strake while
the iron's hot. I mean all those examples, you guys game,
Isaiah Thomas, Andrew, I forgot andrewbody even played for the city.
Speaker 1 (17:08):
Yeah remember that he barely did.
Speaker 4 (17:10):
But you're right. Yeah, so you're saying you would.
Speaker 7 (17:13):
Sign, now, I would sign now get that money, and
look you do another amazing thing like that. There'll be
another contract after that.
Speaker 6 (17:21):
You know we're gonna keep JAB in New York. The
rest of his career. He keeps playing that way, you
know what I.
Speaker 4 (17:26):
Mean, New York is loyal to their guys. I mean,
who knows it's Look, I ain't mad at you. I
mean I get it that Rob he could get hurt
next year and maybe never be the same player, and
it doesn't get that huge deal. But I would risk
it on my bet on myself. But look, I'm not
mad at you.
Speaker 6 (17:47):
And this is my second point.
Speaker 7 (17:48):
Look, he brought magic back to Madison Square Garden. I mean,
you guys saw a celebrity row.
Speaker 6 (17:54):
You saw the crowd. Every Knicks fan in the nation
was standing up. But we haven't been able to stand
up for a long time. You know what I'm saying.
Oh yeah, look, sign him, give him his money.
Speaker 7 (18:07):
Let him do a thing, bring some people around him.
We gotta get og back, you know, we gotta get
Rando back once we got that crew going.
Speaker 4 (18:18):
Man the second round, second rounds in the second round.
Speaker 1 (18:26):
Again, that's what it sound like.
Speaker 6 (18:28):
I think we could push that envelope.
Speaker 4 (18:33):
Well, who knows an MBI if he'll be healthy, but
they might sign Paul George or somebody, and then Milwaukee
is gonna be healthy.
Speaker 7 (18:40):
If I Leon Rose, if I was Leon Rose, I'd
be pushing those trades for those picks.
Speaker 6 (18:46):
Let's make a deal with Brooklyn. I know that would
be pretty much.
Speaker 7 (18:52):
Yeah, absolutely, bring the note for Knicks back.
Speaker 4 (18:56):
Well, they never carried him in the playoffs this year,
that's for sure.
Speaker 2 (18:59):
All right, appreciate it, Chris, Speaking of Leon Rose, can.
Speaker 1 (19:09):
You believe this? He's declined to request the whole the
end of season media availability.
Speaker 2 (19:18):
No high ranking Nick executive has spoken on the record
to independent media since September.
Speaker 1 (19:25):
Twenty twenty one.
Speaker 2 (19:28):
Roses yet to do Chris a solo press conference since
taking over the Knicks in twenty twenty. How I do
believe that's terrible.
Speaker 4 (19:38):
I will say this, Rob. You know I covered the
Cavaliers and as a beat writer and the Nets before
I covered the Knicks. And when I covered the Knicks,
Dave Checketts was president, Ernie Grenfeld was g if I
was Ernie. No, I don't think it was Ernie. It
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wasn't Ernie. It was Scott Layton, but something Scott Layton
was Jim and Rob. I came away saying other teams
around the league because I talked to guys gms on
the phone too, right or in other teams. They were
like flesh and blood. It was a human being. You
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could put, you know, a face to it and talk
to people and all that. The Knicks were like a machine,
a soulless machine in that you couldn't just talk to
Dave check Its. You couldn't just I mean, Scott Layton
was just said nothing like he would be there obviously
it's a GM and talk to us regularly, but he
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never said anything. And check Its would talk once a year,
maybe twice a season, maybe I mean more often than not.
It was once. And then Rob Leon Rose now Donnie Walsh,
remember he took over it. He and he changed. He
would talk Isaiah talked fairly regularly when Isaiah Thomas was
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with the Knicks. Leon Rose Rob when he was an agent,
and I will credit him. He didn't play favorites like
there are some agent. You know. You developed relationships with
agents and they'll talk to you and you got a
good relationship, they give you stuff all that. Leon Rose
Rob talked to no one. Now you would if you
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saw him at a game or an event, all Star
Weekend something. He was the nicest guy. He was nice.
He was you know how your family. But like nice guy,
but as far as like, hey, let's shoot the breeze
off the record, or talk about your team or other teams,
like or well he was an agent, but you know
some of your players or teams, Rob he he gave nothing.
Speaker 1 (21:49):
Yeah but that, but that and so to see.
Speaker 4 (21:51):
I mean, I'm not saying it's right. I'm just saying
I do get understand it because that's you know, the
Knicks man, you know what. I don't know what they
were like when you covered him, but the Knicks man,
they are not media friendly to a large degree.
Speaker 2 (22:05):
And I get it because they've been so awful for
so long, so they got you know what I mean,
like they always feel like everybody's out to get them.
Speaker 1 (22:13):
You just haven't won a championship since the seventies.
Speaker 4 (22:15):
I mean, what do you expect seventy three?
Speaker 3 (22:18):
Right?
Speaker 4 (22:18):
I mean, come on, like one of the flagship franchises
of the league, and I mean, if top my hair raped,
the only one of the who are the flagship teams
the Lakers, Celtics, Sixers, maybe you know, but the Knicks is.
Speaker 2 (22:32):
My But it's disgraceful, Chris, because it's just slapping the
face to the fans. I say, it all the it's
not about us. It still a slapping face of the
media too. No, I know, but I'm just saying, but
it's their fan base. It's their fan base who's not
getting to hear from the GM and you know what
I mean, I mean or the president or the front
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office executives. I just think it's bad business. They get
away with it because people show up there, Chris and
have been showing up for forty years without any any championship,
so they feel like they can just do whatever they want.
You know that the Knicks are in a very fortunate
situation in that, for all their existence, while the Yankees
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and Mets had to split fans, and the Jets and
Giants had to split fans, Chris and the Rangers and
the Islanders had to split fans, they never.
Speaker 4 (23:21):
Had to right, right, right, So that's oil. I'm totally
with you. And now twenty that's shocking. I mean, basically
since he took over the team, they've never talked like
publicly like that. That is incredible and darn near unheard of.
But knowing Leon, knowing the way the Knicks tend to operate,
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I mean, what were they like when you covered him?
Were they more assessedible?
Speaker 1 (23:47):
I was better.
Speaker 2 (23:48):
Albi Yankee was a general manager when I first and
John Sirillo.
Speaker 1 (23:53):
Of course with the.
Speaker 2 (23:54):
PR guy, we were able to get them. Talk to
Albiyanke who was the GM, Chris every time we went,
when he took a road trip with the team, the GM,
he would take all the writers out. I'll never forget
out there for dinner. We would go out to the best.
Speaker 4 (24:09):
Stay good stories.
Speaker 1 (24:10):
Huh, yeah, you know what I mean, good cover.
Speaker 2 (24:13):
I'm just wa but no, but but but but he
would you know what I mean, like he respected the
media and what we had.
Speaker 4 (24:18):
To do well. And that's what I'm talking. We'll go ahead.
I'm sorry.
Speaker 2 (24:21):
And the only thing I was going to say is
what I always loved about Albiaking The quote that I
took away from his whole tenure as nixt GM is
he used to say at dinner all the time that
Golf and Western who used to own the Knicks, Chris,
Golf and Western. He used to say, Golf and Western
has four billion dollars in cash, and I'm going to
spend some of it while I'm here.
Speaker 4 (24:45):
Said cool, But Robert, that's that's kind of what I mean.
When you say he respected the media, That's what That's
what I'm like. These guys are just doing their jobs,
and their jobs help you. If the New York aly
News and the New York Times, and I know ESPN doesn't,
well they might even have a beat writer now or
(25:06):
something close right ESPN dot com. If they decided not
to write about you, guess what, You're not gonna be
as popular. And it's just disrespectful to you know, not
not even give these guys a time of day. Rob,
It really is. And that's what I mean. It's like
you said, it's disrespectful to the fans because they want
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to hear from you, but also to the media. All Right,
it's the odd couple because of Rob. Here is Steve
de Seger with the update.
Speaker 8 (25:36):
Steve, Well, a huge lead in Minnesota for the Timberwolves
fifty eight to forty over the Dallas Mavericks with about
three minutes to go. First hand, they cover that six
and a half. Well, yeah, that's the question America is asking,
isn't it right?
Speaker 1 (25:48):
Good?
Speaker 4 (25:48):
I don't cry out? Well.
Speaker 8 (25:50):
Game two of the NBA's West Final going on and
a huge first half for the home team, even though
Anthony Edwards is three of ten shooting from the floor,
and Karl Anthony Towns is three of eleven, but nas
Reed has twelve points off the bench, another three serve.
Speaker 3 (26:07):
He's four p four pro long range, three of them
have come from that right.
Speaker 8 (26:11):
Corner Timberwolves Radio Network Cafe and one hundred point three
big lead for the Timberwolves now fifty eight forty two
over Dallas late in the first half. Luka Donzig fourteen
points first half for the MAVs. Kyrie irving two of
eight shooting five points. Mavericks took the opener of the
best of seven. Dallas will host Game three on Sunday night.
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In the East, Celtics lead two games to none, with
Game three at the Pacers on Saturday night. Indiana star
guard Tyrese Haliburton is questionable for tomorrow with a sore
hamstring he left in the third quarter last night. Boston's
Christaps Porzingis is out again. Bullsguard Lonzo Ball after knee surgeries.
Plural says he expects to suit up for opening night
in October. He's had both a cartilage transplant and a
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miniscus transplant. Ball has been out for two and a
half years, half an hour away from the one WNBA
game Tonight zero and five Indiana at LA in the
NHL's East Final. The Rangers went ten minutes without a
shot there, still tied one one with Florida mid second period.
Panthers took the opener Game two of the West Final
tomorrow night. Davis Riley leads by two strokes at Colonial,
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play resumed after it was suspended by bad weather. Scottie
Scheffler shot sixty five to move up into the top twenty.
NASCAR's Coca Cola six hundred is this Sunday night on
Fox TV from Charlotte to Major League Baseball, Kansas City
won at seventh straight game, eight to one at Tampa Bay.
Speaker 4 (27:31):
Which is lost five in a row.
Speaker 8 (27:33):
The Red's Jonathan India with a grand Slam against the Dodgers.
Cincinnati ahead of LA nine to five in the bottom
of the seventh. Brewers lead at Boston sixt to two
in the bottom of the eighth, trying to break the
Red Sox four game winning streak. The Rangers have lost
four in a row, and they're losing three to two
at Minnesota tonight in the bottom of the eighth. Still
a rain delay at the start at Saint Louis. Cardinals
(27:54):
are due to host the Cubs tonight. Wins for Pittsburgh
and Washington at home and for Detroit right the Tigers
end of a five game losing streak, beating Toronto six
to two.
Speaker 4 (28:03):
Back to you, all right, thank you, Steve, having a
great weekend.
Speaker 6 (28:07):
Man.
Speaker 4 (28:08):
We're lying from the tyreck dot com studios. It, of
course is the Eye. A couple of Chris and Rob
our Next guest Fox Sports Radio NBA Insider. Where's the
theme music? He won't come on unless we play the
theme music, and I don't blame it, we want to
(28:28):
play it. It is none other than Mark Funky Cole Madina. Mark.
What's up?
Speaker 9 (28:37):
Rob? Hey, Well, let me make it clear. I'll always
come on regardless, but the theme music is always welcome.
Speaker 4 (28:43):
There you bring me, Yeah, we guarantee you a plus
game with the theme music.
Speaker 1 (28:47):
I know doubt.
Speaker 4 (28:49):
Let's start here. You saw the report today that JJ
Reddick is the front runner for the Lakers coaching job.
What are your thoughts on that?
Speaker 9 (29:00):
Yeah, I not surprised. I mean that's been the same
message that has been conveyed to me the people around
the league that JJ Redick has been the favorite. But
and this is a huge butt. There's two things. There's
an expectation the Lakers aren't going to actually make the
higher official until shortly before the NBA Draft, So I
would expect that once the finals are over, we'll start
(29:22):
hearing some official news about that. And then secondly, I
think even though that JJ Redick is the favorite, the
Lakers are trying to sort out other possible candids, whether
it's Sam to Sell, James Barrego, and some other assistants
around the league. And I think that ideally what the
Lakers are trying to do is find what combination of
(29:45):
this coaching staff can they assemble of good veteran coaches
that can be assistant coaches, good player development coaches. But
I think even though they're keeping their open mind and
taking their time, ultimately JJ, we'll get the job.
Speaker 7 (30:01):
Wow.
Speaker 2 (30:03):
Wow, all right, So JJ will get the job. Bronni's
going to be drafted, right, Well, if.
Speaker 1 (30:10):
You're at all, Robert, I mean, what else is there?
Speaker 9 (30:14):
I mean I don't know, right though, Let's see, I.
Speaker 1 (30:19):
Mean you would you be surprised? I mean, well, what
do you what do you think?
Speaker 2 (30:22):
Don't you think Ronnie's going to be drafted by in
the second round by the Lakers or whatever.
Speaker 9 (30:27):
How about this, Rob, I think it's going to happen,
But I don't think it's going to be because, oh,
they got to do it to play Kate Lebron or
they're really enamored with them. I think that they're going
to do it because they have a fifty fifth pick
and he'll probably be available at that point for either.
Speaker 2 (30:44):
But they're not doing it because of that. They're doing
it to play Kate Lebron. I mean, let's be honest,
come on, But to.
Speaker 9 (30:49):
Be clear, they're not going to move having an earth
to make it happen. I think that they're going to
do it because it's convenient.
Speaker 4 (30:55):
Well, they would have.
Speaker 2 (30:56):
I think that they would have done it under any
circumstance to make happy. They've already turned the franchise over
to him and Clutch at this point, if you're gonna
stay dancing with Lebron the next two years, how in
the world are you gonna not do it and then
expect him to be all in with the organization and
they're over a barrel.
Speaker 9 (31:16):
But hear me out, Rob, They're gonna do it, But
They're not like they're gonna trade furiously higher up in
the draft in the second round.
Speaker 2 (31:23):
You're not gonna do that for a guy with four
and a half points. I mean, everybody in the league
will gladly let you draft him there, well gladly.
Speaker 9 (31:30):
And another thing is that, yes, they do take Lebron's temperature.
They have dialogue. To say he doesn't have any influences
is overstating it. But then for Russell Westbrook trade, the
Lakers have marched to the beat of their own drum.
Even though both trade deadlines Lebron's wanted them to go
all in. They've gone a different course here. Last summer
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they want want them to get Kyrie Irving, they decided
continuities to play. So yes, you know they're not going
to just do things just to make Lebron upset, But
they're also not going to walk around eggshells and warrio.
Oh what is lebron book?
Speaker 4 (32:08):
You mentioned going all in that Lebron had pushed them
to do that at the trade deadline, So what moves
do you think they would like to make or we'll
try to make this summer.
Speaker 9 (32:19):
Yeah, I think there's more of a willingness to do
it this summer than last trade deadline. They definitely were
trying to do it, but they just didn't have really
enough assets and they concluded that it wasn't worth what
they had that they would get enough of a deal
that would thrust them into a higher championship level echelon.
So this summer there's more optimism they can't pull something
(32:41):
off because they'll have three draft picks on draft night.
I want to be surprised they go after Donovan, Mitchell
or Trey but I think as part of the Russell
Westbrook trade, one of the lessons the Lakers have learned
is that Lebron James Anthony Davis. While this won't guarantee
them a championship, they'll be most effective if they have
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good roster depths. So I think they'll try to get
a third star. They would love Mitchell or Young because
if they're star players, they're good point guards and that's
the need. But I think they're going to try to
thread the needle of making sure they still have enough
roster depth. The problem is Atlanta's going to win a
lot will Cleveland, so it's going to be a challenging offseason.
Speaker 2 (33:24):
I don't have the stats in front of me, Anthony Edwards.
Has he hit a wall, complained about being tired in
game one? He's twenty two years old, scored less than
twenty points in four of his last six games coming
into tonight.
Speaker 1 (33:36):
Has he hit some sort of wall?
Speaker 9 (33:40):
I think so. I mean, clearly, this would have never
happened to Michael Jordan. So these comparisons are terrible, right,
you know, even though I thought that that was very premature,
even though we did see parallels as far as like
mannerisms and examples of how em j played, Clearly Anthony
Edwards is not at that level yet. So I think
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he's come back down to earth. The one thing I
will give him credit for, even though the being tired
and that doesn't make any sense. He's twenty two years old.
He does have a resiliency in an old school mentality
as far as like bouncing back, and so I think
that he's had some four performances, but I think that
he will rectify them moving forward. But the good thing
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for Minnesota is that even though they need it to
play as well as he can, they do have a
good supporting cast. They have Carl Anthony Towns that that's
been their calling card. When one guy's been down, the
other's been up, and that's allowed them to get all
the way so far to the West Finals.
Speaker 4 (34:40):
Mark before you go, and got about a minute for
your answer. Are you here much talk? We see Tyre's
Halliburton go down yesterday? I mean, obviously has been a
ton of star players to get hurt during or before
these playoffs and they didn't play at all. Are you
hearing much from people around them league about this and
(35:02):
kind of what are they saying they think is the cause,
or that they think something might be done by the
league or anything like that. No.
Speaker 9 (35:10):
I think you know, when you talk to people around
the league, they'll chalk this up that this is normal
trends of any season. But one thing the league has
been really adamant is that this idea that load management
would help guys stay healthier, and they've concluded that's almost
been the opposite, because there hasn't been enough of guys
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being in a rhythm and having enough of a ramp
up period before they come back to play. I think,
you know, when you're looking at the playoffs specifically this year,
you know, obviously Kawhi Leonard has his own injury history,
but I think everyone else it's mostly circumstantial. And I
think with tyresee Aliburn's case, Like I talked with the
trainer Drew Handlin earlier this week, and he made it
(35:53):
clear that he wasn't even fully one hundred percent from
his back spasm. So you know, I guess technically nothing's
out for him, but he is. He's dealing with a
lot of stuff, and you know him, I can't see
how Indiana they don't have a chance again.
Speaker 4 (36:08):
Awesome, right, I mean, I'll tell you what, Mark, if
the if the league concludes that low management doesn't help,
then that's a good thing. Maybe they'll get back to
you know, playing close to eighty two games or something
like that. Hopefully that if that came out of all
these injuries, that'd be great.
Speaker 9 (36:27):
Yeah, I mean, knock on wood, I'd love it.
Speaker 6 (36:29):
Now.
Speaker 9 (36:29):
On the other side of the Quinn, some of the
players are not like in the sixty five game rule
for the you know, all NBA selections and all that,
and they said some have said, oh, well, this has
made guys come back to early.
Speaker 4 (36:40):
But that's what they think with Halliburn.
Speaker 9 (36:43):
Right, well, that's earlier in the season.
Speaker 1 (36:46):
Yeah, right, all right.
Speaker 4 (36:48):
That's our man, Mark Funky Cole Medina Fu great clubs
always man, have a great week.
Speaker 9 (36:53):
Appreciate you guys. Hear the best.
Speaker 4 (36:55):
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was good. But I mean once gangster rap came in.
Speaker 2 (38:13):
People they were they were too bubble gum.
Speaker 4 (38:17):
And remember when they first came out. They were great
dancers and they had some.
Speaker 2 (38:24):
James, even mc hammer, as big as he was, felt
like pushed out Friday. He had a Saturday Morning cartoon.
That song Can't You Can't Touch? This was the Cincinnati read.
Speaker 1 (38:35):
The same song.
Speaker 4 (38:36):
All that song was everywhere, and and then he felt
like he had to go thug. Remember that I forgot
what that album was called.
Speaker 1 (38:44):
It was not good. Yeah, it was just like, come
on man, like that's.
Speaker 2 (38:48):
Not you were your balloon pants and other stuff.
Speaker 1 (38:52):
I mean, christ, did you have a pairandoles dance with.
Speaker 4 (38:55):
Your pants sagging like that?
Speaker 1 (38:58):
Be honest.
Speaker 4 (38:59):
I don't know if you know the parachute like those
big white yeah, I mean I had baggies. I ain't
had none that bagging.
Speaker 1 (39:07):
Okay, I don't. I was like, what what is it?
Speaker 9 (39:11):
That was?
Speaker 4 (39:11):
That was?
Speaker 1 (39:12):
But I do remember when people wore the oversize clothes.
My nephew Alvin, who you've met, he had he.
Speaker 2 (39:19):
Used to wear when he was a kid four x
T shirts. I used to say, well, what are you doing? Well,
Alan Iverson was doing that. But you know, like I mean,
but I think that stuff is kind of coming married.
Speaker 4 (39:32):
It's coming back here and all that you have.
Speaker 10 (39:37):
See I've come into the studio with like super huge
pair of shorts and like like a tease, like oversized
is coming back.
Speaker 7 (39:47):
You know.
Speaker 2 (39:47):
I thought that Mary, I thought that was a sheet
you had on your lap.
Speaker 1 (39:50):
I didn't know that was all right.
Speaker 10 (39:52):
See, we're not gonna do this because you're gonna be
upset if I come back at you the way harder.
Speaker 4 (39:58):
Like I.
Speaker 1 (40:00):
And remember I see you in studio.
Speaker 4 (40:06):
I mean, fashion rob usually does come back around every
twenty years, and so it don't feel like that long
now though as you get older, I mean, it doesn't
feel like that long ago. Guys were wearing baggy clothes
like that, but think about that, that was twenty while ago.
I mean, I kind of be glad. I mean, slim
(40:27):
fit suits are still kind of instop but barely you know, Yeah,
they're going out and back. I kind of be glad
with that. Rode.
Speaker 2 (40:34):
Yeah, you know, see the kids going to the prom, Chris,
they got small as pants. I'm talking about the slim
suits at their ankles, like.
Speaker 4 (40:45):
But that's starting to go out of style again. And
the bag you remember when we were like covering the NBA,
the bag ears suits were and the slim fit suits
just leave no room for error, like a big eat,
a big meal one day and you can't button your suit,
you know. And so that's why I'll be glad when
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the roomier suits come back and style, because it's I mean,
I like the way they look, you know, but it'll
be easier to wear. The bagger was roped quickly. What
we got, how how long we got? Don't even want
to go into this. I was going as you Caleb Williams.
Rob reports that he struggled yesterday in Ota. It's okay,
(41:28):
Uh only completed four passes, was sacked five times.
Speaker 1 (41:32):
Well you need some help nothing the defensive line.
Speaker 4 (41:36):
Yeah, two guys route and Roma Dunes and Keenan Allen.
Speaker 1 (41:41):
Route five times sacked and.
Speaker 4 (41:43):
He's gonna have some worried about it. All right, we
all have a great weekend.
Speaker 1 (41:47):
Purs
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is the way sports talk radio should be. We got
our friend Mark funk he Cole Madina coming up at
the bottom of the hour, Rob, and we will talk
all things NBA with him. This week, the NBA released
Rob It's all NBA teams uh and Jalen Brunson was
(01:19):
on the second team. Now obviously had a great year
this season for the Knicks, a lot of people talking
about he should have you know he or I'm sorry
that he did emerge and become a superstar. You and
I both disagree with that that he's a star certainly,
(01:39):
but we said not a superstar. Here's the first team
All NBA ROB, and then I'll read the second team
first team guards. Now it's positionless, but it did work
out to basically two guards and three front core players.
Shay Gilgers, Alexander and Luka Doncic the guards, and then
Jason Tatum, Nicola Jokic and Joannis Antetokompo round out the
(02:05):
first team. Second team Jalen Brunson and Anthony Edwards, then
Kawhi Leonard, Kevin Durant and Anthony Davis on the second team.
Just to round it out, we'll give you the third
team Devin Booker, Steph Curry, Tyres Halliburton, Lebron James, and
Demontis Sabonis.
Speaker 5 (02:27):
Rob.
Speaker 4 (02:27):
First of all, do you have any problem. I remember
Jalen Brunson did finish in the top five MVP voting,
Jason Tatum was not in the top five, But do
you have any problem with Jalen Brunson not being first team?
Speaker 1 (02:42):
No, I don't, not with the people who were selected.
I don't. And obviously.
Speaker 2 (02:50):
People will look at his postseason run Chris and say, oh, yeah,
you know, he took another step and that could all
be true.
Speaker 1 (02:57):
But when you're looking at.
Speaker 2 (02:59):
First team in before that fight, before the postseason starts,
so that's a that's a big factor if you know. Obviously,
whatever you see last Chris would change your opinion of somebody,
right if they were playing well. So that's why it
doesn't factor in.
Speaker 4 (03:18):
Stephen A to your point, he said today on First Take,
you know he has an official vote like I do.
He said he voted for Brunson's second team, but now
looking at it, he thinks he should have been first.
And I assume it's because of what.
Speaker 2 (03:33):
You said about what the last you saw of him, right,
but he's not first. Who are you knocking off first team, Chris? Nobody.
Speaker 4 (03:41):
I'm totally with you, who like like I would say, no,
I don't know what you know?
Speaker 1 (03:46):
On first Take, if anybody would have said, well who
you who? You were moving from there?
Speaker 4 (03:50):
What they did? Because yah, now Kendrick Perkins and all
these guys are friends of the show, uh and our
friends personally, but Kendrick Perkins. Rob said that Jalen Brunson
was the best player in the Eastern Conference this year,
which I and he didn't get a lot of pushback
or if any. J Williams pushed back a little bit.
(04:14):
He didn't think he thought second team was where he
should have been. But Rob, I'm sorry, he wasn't better
than Yannis Yanni's average. These are Jannis's numbers, Rob, thirty
points a game, you could join sixty percent shooting.
Speaker 1 (04:29):
You can stop right there.
Speaker 4 (04:30):
I mean Jalen was in fairness, Jalen was like twenty
eight point seven, So he's basically a point and a
half behind him, thirty point four to twenty eight point seven.
But Yannis, Rob also gave you eleven and a half
rebounds and six and a half assist. He darn near
equaled Jalen Brunson and assists Jalen Brunson's six point seven
assists and obviously not as many rebounds only three. What
(04:54):
do we? What are we doing? How we saying he's
better than Yannis this year? He wasn't. And I don't
even think he was better than Jason Tatum. Now some
people say he had more help than Jason Tatum. But
I think Jason Tatum could have put up those numbers
if he's the show, right, And so I'm with you.
(05:15):
I agree. In fact, my ballot, I think is exactly
like the first two teams. That was my Those first two.
Speaker 1 (05:23):
Teams were exactly Was that your ballot? Yeah?
Speaker 4 (05:27):
I mean that was yeah. The third team I didn't
have Haller Burton on it. I had Donovan Mitchell instead
of him, But I think the rest was the same.
But I'm with you. Look, second team for Jalen Brunson
is phenomenal, and I just think it's prisoner of the
moment Rob to say he should have been from I
just can't say.
Speaker 1 (05:45):
I don't see who you're taking off a first team.
Speaker 4 (05:48):
Tatum helped this scene win sixty four games and won
sixty four game because that's that's supposed to be nothing, right,
And he's a better defender than Brunson, So what are
you talking about? Better rebounder? All that. So here's the
second part of my question for you, Rob, and it's
a big one. So Jalen Brunson, who we know is underpaid, right,
(06:08):
he is on a four year, one hundred and seven
million dollar deal, he's got.
Speaker 2 (06:15):
Two years, was overpaid by the Mavericks standard to right.
Speaker 4 (06:19):
They want to give you five years fifty five right?
Can you imagine they could have had him for that?
But he's got two years fifty million left on his
deal and the last year is a player option, so
he's really got one year left where he's locked in.
He can sign Rob this summer with the Knicks a
(06:41):
four year, one hundred and fifty six million dollar contract extension,
or he can wait until next summer, next offseason and
sign a five year, two hundred and seventy million dollar extension.
Speaker 1 (07:01):
So what's the difference in the two years?
Speaker 4 (07:03):
What is it? The first year? This year, he could
sign for four years one fifty six next year, it's
one hundred and twenty one hundred and fourteen million dollars difference.
It's one extra year. So let's say he played, just
hypothetically speaking, he signed a four year deal now, and
(07:26):
then he plays a fifth year. You know, he gets
another contract after that. I mean it's probably by that time, Rob,
it might be starting at seventy million. I mean, just
real talk. You know, if he's a max guy, So
so he still would get what would that be about
two hundred and twenty million. You still talk about thirty
million dollars and I'm just throwing that out there. Who knows,
(07:47):
he might not get another MAX, but it's right now.
It's like an extra year and one hundred and fourteen
million dollar difference.
Speaker 1 (07:57):
Well, I mean, this is what you need to do.
Speaker 2 (08:00):
I would wait, Chris, but I understand you want to
strike when the iron's hot. What if you don't have
the same kind of year Julius Randall comes back, you
know what I mean? And no, three and six right, yeah,
it might not be the same exact thing, but one
hundred and fourteen is a lot.
Speaker 1 (08:19):
If it was fifty, maybe we could talk about it.
I gotta wait for the win.
Speaker 4 (08:23):
And he's already been underpaid, do you know?
Speaker 1 (08:25):
Am I right? Well, don't when you wait. I just
gotta wait. I gotta I gotta.
Speaker 2 (08:29):
Believe that people in New York, we've we've moved the needle.
People love me in New York. They want me to
be a part of this thing, and people will be
mad to fan base if they don't take care of me.
Like that's what I'm hoping now.
Speaker 1 (08:44):
I feel you.
Speaker 4 (08:44):
I'm gonna throw out a few things though. One there's always,
of course injury. Now in his six year career, Rob,
he's played seventy or more games three times, so he
hasn't been injury prone. But you know he's had some
knicks here and there. And we all remember Isaiah Thomas.
(09:08):
Isaiah Thomas had a year, not the legend Isaiah Thomas,
but the one that played in Boston. Robbie had a
year very similar and some people might even argue better
even than Jalen Brunson. Not the playoff run, but Rob,
he was top five MVP voting, just like Isaiah Thomas,
I'm sorry, just like Jalen Brunson. He led the Celtics
(09:31):
to the Eastern Conference finals, right, and Robbie was a phenomena.
I think he averaged twenty eight points that year.
Speaker 1 (09:40):
Rob, he got hurt.
Speaker 4 (09:42):
Do you know? Now he was in line for a
max or near max extension, right? Do you know that
over the remainder of his career, which was six or
seven years, guess how much money he made total? Rob total? Now,
he was gonna get over a hund dred million dollar contract,
and that might be putting it gently. So he's gonna
(10:04):
get over one hundred million dollar contract. But because he
got hurt, he and over the last six or seven
years of his career, give me what you think he
made in total?
Speaker 1 (10:17):
Say he made three million dollars?
Speaker 4 (10:21):
Wow, you trump me. I mean that, I'm shocked you
went that loan.
Speaker 2 (10:24):
No, he made eleven million, Okay, I just I know,
I just I was going way down because I know
he lost a lot and trying to get back, Chris.
Speaker 4 (10:34):
I mean, eleven don't sound bad and compared to three.
Speaker 2 (10:37):
But but I know what I'm saying, But I knowed
some million, right to go down to eleven and then
remember eleventh, Chris his career, now, you know, and eleven
is five and a half after Uncle Sam. You know
what I mean, right, great, exactly five.
Speaker 4 (10:52):
So he made like six million a year after he
got hurt, and then from there on Robbie was like
two million or one ain't something for the rest of
his career. And so remember Andrew Biden a Robin Philly.
He they wanted to give him like an eighty million
dollar extension. He waited, got hurt, never played again, and
(11:14):
never got that much.
Speaker 2 (11:14):
That That's always the thing, Chris, And that's that is
the danger in not striking while you're hot, not trying
to take advantage of you know what I mean, Like,
you just don't know what's gonna happen, and a lot
of things can happen.
Speaker 4 (11:31):
I'll throw one more that got lucky.
Speaker 2 (11:33):
You remember that that guy going out there without a
contract and he got lucky.
Speaker 4 (11:37):
I'll throw one more thing at you. You play for TIBs. Now.
In fairness to Tims, he's since in the two years
Brunson's been there, he's only played thirty five minutes a
game in the regular season, but that's gone up to
forty rob in the playoffs. And we know, fairly fair
or not, TIBs reputation is that he runs guys into
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the ground. So that that is all. Those are all
the things I think you have to wigh, Rob, if
you're Jalen Brunson, Okay, all of that said. If I
were Jalen Brunson, I'm with you. I would wait, that
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is so much more money. And look, yes he's set
for life regardless, but that's nifties. That's a ton. Hey,
it's a good chance he doesn't get another Max deal.
Speaker 6 (12:29):
Rob.
Speaker 4 (12:29):
I mean he's a small player, twenty seven, you know,
like is he gonna be the same player or better
you know, five six years from now, So I would
wait until next season better on myself and go get
the five year, two hundred seventy million dollars extension. So
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it's a it's a tough decision for him. So we're
gonna throw it out to you guys eight seven, seven
ninety nine on Fox. If you were Jalen Brunson, would
you go ahead and sign a four year, one hundred
and fifty six million dollar contract extension this year this
summer with the Knicks, or would you play next year
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and wait until the following off season to sign a
five year, two hundred and seventy million dollar extension. Your
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Yeah, all right, it's the odd Couple Chris and Rob
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Minnesota Timbrels early on really putting it on the Dallas Mavericks.
There fifty two thirty seven seven fourteen left Anthony Edwards
and Mike Conley with ten points a piece, but nas
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Reid off the bench has twelve. He's leading them. Luca's
playing well with fourteen, but Kyrie Quiet just four points
in the early going eight, seven, seven ninety nine on
Fox You're turning the way in. Jalen Brunson's got a
huge decision to make. Should he sign now for one
hundred and fifty six million or wait until next off
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season and sign for two hundred and seventy million your thoughts?
Speaker 2 (15:21):
All right, Let's kick it off Chris with Charlie in Washington.
Speaker 1 (15:25):
You're on the couple of Fox Sports Radio. What's up, Charlie.
Speaker 6 (15:29):
How are you guys doing?
Speaker 1 (15:29):
Fellas doing great here? Great?
Speaker 4 (15:31):
Man?
Speaker 6 (15:31):
How are you good? Good?
Speaker 7 (15:33):
First off, I'd like to give you guys a shout out.
I think your show was amazing. It's my drive home
and I love listening to you guys. You guys bring
entertainment to the radio industry for sure.
Speaker 4 (15:44):
Why thank you, brother, We appreciate that.
Speaker 6 (15:46):
Yes, thank you, Yeah, yes, sir. And to get straight
to the point, number.
Speaker 7 (15:51):
One, I'm a die hard Knicks fan from back in
the day. So to see my Knicks make it as
far they did, I mean it was disappointed at the end,
but just to see them actually, you know, go forward
and prove that franchise was amazing. And the main reason
for that was Jalen Brunton now I know you guys
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think it's hard to kick somebody off that you know
all in the NBA.
Speaker 1 (16:17):
Yes, tell me who you would kick off.
Speaker 6 (16:20):
See.
Speaker 7 (16:21):
I don't have a response for that, because all those
players are amazing, But Jalen Brunson should have been like NBA.
Speaker 6 (16:29):
One A.
Speaker 1 (16:30):
Stop it, stop it.
Speaker 4 (16:32):
We're not making up anything new for Jalen Brunson or
any player for this show, right, Chris, we don't. We
don't try it. Come on, stop you second. You know
what's one A second team? Exactly? There's no such thing.
When they made numbers in ancient Greece. Uh, there were
no Chris, there were no letters next to him.
Speaker 1 (16:51):
Right. I love how we put one eight.
Speaker 7 (16:55):
One A right anyway, Twellers, Look, you gotta strake while
the iron's hot. I mean all those examples, you guys game,
Isaiah Thomas, Andrew, I forgot andrewbody even played for the city.
Speaker 1 (17:08):
Yeah remember that he barely did.
Speaker 4 (17:10):
But you're right. Yeah, so you're saying you would.
Speaker 7 (17:13):
Sign, now, I would sign now get that money, and
look you do another amazing thing like that. There'll be
another contract after that.
Speaker 6 (17:21):
You know we're gonna keep JAB in New York. The
rest of his career. He keeps playing that way, you
know what I.
Speaker 4 (17:26):
Mean, New York is loyal to their guys. I mean,
who knows it's Look, I ain't mad at you. I
mean I get it that Rob he could get hurt
next year and maybe never be the same player, and
it doesn't get that huge deal. But I would risk
it on my bet on myself. But look, I'm not
mad at you.
Speaker 6 (17:47):
And this is my second point.
Speaker 7 (17:48):
Look, he brought magic back to Madison Square Garden. I mean,
you guys saw a celebrity row.
Speaker 6 (17:54):
You saw the crowd. Every Knicks fan in the nation
was standing up. But we haven't been able to stand
up for a long time. You know what I'm saying.
Oh yeah, look, sign him, give him his money.
Speaker 7 (18:07):
Let him do a thing, bring some people around him.
We gotta get og back, you know, we gotta get
Rando back once we got that crew going.
Speaker 4 (18:18):
Man the second round, second rounds in the second round.
Speaker 1 (18:26):
Again, that's what it sound like.
Speaker 6 (18:28):
I think we could push that envelope.
Speaker 4 (18:33):
Well, who knows an MBI if he'll be healthy, but
they might sign Paul George or somebody, and then Milwaukee
is gonna be healthy.
Speaker 7 (18:40):
If I Leon Rose, if I was Leon Rose, I'd
be pushing those trades for those picks.
Speaker 6 (18:46):
Let's make a deal with Brooklyn. I know that would
be pretty much.
Speaker 7 (18:52):
Yeah, absolutely, bring the note for Knicks back.
Speaker 4 (18:56):
Well, they never carried him in the playoffs this year,
that's for sure.
Speaker 2 (18:59):
All right, appreciate it, Chris, Speaking of Leon Rose, can.
Speaker 1 (19:09):
You believe this? He's declined to request the whole the
end of season media availability.
Speaker 2 (19:18):
No high ranking Nick executive has spoken on the record
to independent media since September.
Speaker 1 (19:25):
Twenty twenty one.
Speaker 2 (19:28):
Roses yet to do Chris a solo press conference since
taking over the Knicks in twenty twenty. How I do
believe that's terrible.
Speaker 4 (19:38):
I will say this, Rob. You know I covered the
Cavaliers and as a beat writer and the Nets before
I covered the Knicks. And when I covered the Knicks,
Dave Checketts was president, Ernie Grenfeld was g if I
was Ernie. No, I don't think it was Ernie. It
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wasn't Ernie. It was Scott Layton, but something Scott Layton
was Jim and Rob. I came away saying other teams
around the league because I talked to guys gms on
the phone too, right or in other teams. They were
like flesh and blood. It was a human being. You
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could put, you know, a face to it and talk
to people and all that. The Knicks were like a machine,
a soulless machine in that you couldn't just talk to
Dave check Its. You couldn't just I mean, Scott Layton
was just said nothing like he would be there obviously
it's a GM and talk to us regularly, but he
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never said anything. And check Its would talk once a year,
maybe twice a season, maybe I mean more often than not.
It was once. And then Rob Leon Rose now Donnie Walsh,
remember he took over it. He and he changed. He
would talk Isaiah talked fairly regularly when Isaiah Thomas was
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with the Knicks. Leon Rose Rob when he was an agent,
and I will credit him. He didn't play favorites like
there are some agent. You know. You developed relationships with
agents and they'll talk to you and you got a
good relationship, they give you stuff all that. Leon Rose
Rob talked to no one. Now you would if you
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saw him at a game or an event, all Star
Weekend something. He was the nicest guy. He was nice.
He was you know how your family. But like nice guy,
but as far as like, hey, let's shoot the breeze
off the record, or talk about your team or other teams,
like or well he was an agent, but you know
some of your players or teams, Rob he he gave nothing.
Speaker 1 (21:49):
Yeah but that, but that and so to see.
Speaker 4 (21:51):
I mean, I'm not saying it's right. I'm just saying
I do get understand it because that's you know, the
Knicks man, you know what. I don't know what they
were like when you covered him, but the Knicks man,
they are not media friendly to a large degree.
Speaker 2 (22:05):
And I get it because they've been so awful for
so long, so they got you know what I mean,
like they always feel like everybody's out to get them.
Speaker 1 (22:13):
You just haven't won a championship since the seventies.
Speaker 4 (22:15):
I mean, what do you expect seventy three?
Speaker 3 (22:18):
Right?
Speaker 4 (22:18):
I mean, come on, like one of the flagship franchises
of the league, and I mean, if top my hair raped,
the only one of the who are the flagship teams
the Lakers, Celtics, Sixers, maybe you know, but the Knicks is.
Speaker 2 (22:32):
My But it's disgraceful, Chris, because it's just slapping the
face to the fans. I say, it all the it's
not about us. It still a slapping face of the
media too. No, I know, but I'm just saying, but
it's their fan base. It's their fan base who's not
getting to hear from the GM and you know what
I mean, I mean or the president or the front
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office executives. I just think it's bad business. They get
away with it because people show up there, Chris and
have been showing up for forty years without any any championship,
so they feel like they can just do whatever they want.
You know that the Knicks are in a very fortunate
situation in that, for all their existence, while the Yankees
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and Mets had to split fans, and the Jets and
Giants had to split fans, Chris and the Rangers and
the Islanders had to split fans, they never.
Speaker 4 (23:21):
Had to right, right, right, So that's oil. I'm totally
with you. And now twenty that's shocking. I mean, basically
since he took over the team, they've never talked like
publicly like that. That is incredible and darn near unheard of.
But knowing Leon, knowing the way the Knicks tend to operate,
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I mean, what were they like when you covered him?
Were they more assessedible?
Speaker 1 (23:47):
I was better.
Speaker 2 (23:48):
Albi Yankee was a general manager when I first and
John Sirillo.
Speaker 1 (23:53):
Of course with the.
Speaker 2 (23:54):
PR guy, we were able to get them. Talk to
Albiyanke who was the GM, Chris every time we went,
when he took a road trip with the team, the GM,
he would take all the writers out. I'll never forget
out there for dinner. We would go out to the best.
Speaker 4 (24:09):
Stay good stories.
Speaker 1 (24:10):
Huh, yeah, you know what I mean, good cover.
Speaker 2 (24:13):
I'm just wa but no, but but but but he
would you know what I mean, like he respected the
media and what we had.
Speaker 4 (24:18):
To do well. And that's what I'm talking. We'll go ahead.
I'm sorry.
Speaker 2 (24:21):
And the only thing I was going to say is
what I always loved about Albiaking The quote that I
took away from his whole tenure as nixt GM is
he used to say at dinner all the time that
Golf and Western who used to own the Knicks, Chris,
Golf and Western. He used to say, Golf and Western
has four billion dollars in cash, and I'm going to
spend some of it while I'm here.
Speaker 4 (24:45):
Said cool, But Robert, that's that's kind of what I mean.
When you say he respected the media, That's what That's
what I'm like. These guys are just doing their jobs,
and their jobs help you. If the New York aly
News and the New York Times, and I know ESPN doesn't,
well they might even have a beat writer now or
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something close right ESPN dot com. If they decided not
to write about you, guess what, You're not gonna be
as popular. And it's just disrespectful to you know, not
not even give these guys a time of day. Rob,
It really is. And that's what I mean. It's like
you said, it's disrespectful to the fans because they want
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to hear from you, but also to the media. All Right,
it's the odd couple because of Rob. Here is Steve
de Seger with the update.
Speaker 8 (25:36):
Steve, Well, a huge lead in Minnesota for the Timberwolves
fifty eight to forty over the Dallas Mavericks with about
three minutes to go. First hand, they cover that six
and a half. Well, yeah, that's the question America is asking,
isn't it right?
Speaker 1 (25:48):
Good?
Speaker 4 (25:48):
I don't cry out? Well.
Speaker 8 (25:50):
Game two of the NBA's West Final going on and
a huge first half for the home team, even though
Anthony Edwards is three of ten shooting from the floor,
and Karl Anthony Towns is three of eleven, but nas
Reed has twelve points off the bench, another three serve.
Speaker 3 (26:07):
He's four p four pro long range, three of them
have come from that right.
Speaker 8 (26:11):
Corner Timberwolves Radio Network Cafe and one hundred point three
big lead for the Timberwolves now fifty eight forty two
over Dallas late in the first half. Luka Donzig fourteen
points first half for the MAVs. Kyrie irving two of
eight shooting five points. Mavericks took the opener of the
best of seven. Dallas will host Game three on Sunday night.
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In the East, Celtics lead two games to none, with
Game three at the Pacers on Saturday night. Indiana star
guard Tyrese Haliburton is questionable for tomorrow with a sore
hamstring he left in the third quarter last night. Boston's
Christaps Porzingis is out again. Bullsguard Lonzo Ball after knee surgeries.
Plural says he expects to suit up for opening night
in October. He's had both a cartilage transplant and a
(26:54):
miniscus transplant. Ball has been out for two and a
half years, half an hour away from the one WNBA
game Tonight zero and five Indiana at LA in the
NHL's East Final. The Rangers went ten minutes without a
shot there, still tied one one with Florida mid second period.
Panthers took the opener Game two of the West Final
tomorrow night. Davis Riley leads by two strokes at Colonial,
(27:15):
play resumed after it was suspended by bad weather. Scottie
Scheffler shot sixty five to move up into the top twenty.
NASCAR's Coca Cola six hundred is this Sunday night on
Fox TV from Charlotte to Major League Baseball, Kansas City
won at seventh straight game, eight to one at Tampa Bay.
Speaker 4 (27:31):
Which is lost five in a row.
Speaker 8 (27:33):
The Red's Jonathan India with a grand Slam against the Dodgers.
Cincinnati ahead of LA nine to five in the bottom
of the seventh. Brewers lead at Boston sixt to two
in the bottom of the eighth, trying to break the
Red Sox four game winning streak. The Rangers have lost
four in a row, and they're losing three to two
at Minnesota tonight in the bottom of the eighth. Still
a rain delay at the start at Saint Louis. Cardinals
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are due to host the Cubs tonight. Wins for Pittsburgh
and Washington at home and for Detroit right the Tigers
end of a five game losing streak, beating Toronto six
to two.
Speaker 4 (28:03):
Back to you, all right, thank you, Steve, having a
great weekend.
Speaker 6 (28:07):
Man.
Speaker 4 (28:08):
We're lying from the tyreck dot com studios. It, of
course is the Eye. A couple of Chris and Rob
our Next guest Fox Sports Radio NBA Insider. Where's the
theme music? He won't come on unless we play the
theme music, and I don't blame it, we want to
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play it. It is none other than Mark Funky Cole Madina. Mark.
What's up?
Speaker 9 (28:37):
Rob? Hey, Well, let me make it clear. I'll always
come on regardless, but the theme music is always welcome.
Speaker 4 (28:43):
There you bring me, Yeah, we guarantee you a plus
game with the theme music.
Speaker 1 (28:47):
I know doubt.
Speaker 4 (28:49):
Let's start here. You saw the report today that JJ
Reddick is the front runner for the Lakers coaching job.
What are your thoughts on that?
Speaker 9 (29:00):
Yeah, I not surprised. I mean that's been the same
message that has been conveyed to me the people around
the league that JJ Redick has been the favorite. But
and this is a huge butt. There's two things. There's
an expectation the Lakers aren't going to actually make the
higher official until shortly before the NBA Draft, So I
would expect that once the finals are over, we'll start
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hearing some official news about that. And then secondly, I
think even though that JJ Redick is the favorite, the
Lakers are trying to sort out other possible candids, whether
it's Sam to Sell, James Barrego, and some other assistants
around the league. And I think that ideally what the
Lakers are trying to do is find what combination of
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this coaching staff can they assemble of good veteran coaches
that can be assistant coaches, good player development coaches. But
I think even though they're keeping their open mind and
taking their time, ultimately JJ, we'll get the job.
Speaker 7 (30:01):
Wow.
Speaker 2 (30:03):
Wow, all right, So JJ will get the job. Bronni's
going to be drafted, right, Well, if.
Speaker 1 (30:10):
You're at all, Robert, I mean, what else is there?
Speaker 9 (30:14):
I mean I don't know, right though, Let's see, I.
Speaker 1 (30:19):
Mean you would you be surprised? I mean, well, what
do you what do you think?
Speaker 2 (30:22):
Don't you think Ronnie's going to be drafted by in
the second round by the Lakers or whatever.
Speaker 9 (30:27):
How about this, Rob, I think it's going to happen,
But I don't think it's going to be because, oh,
they got to do it to play Kate Lebron or
they're really enamored with them. I think that they're going
to do it because they have a fifty fifth pick
and he'll probably be available at that point for either.
Speaker 2 (30:44):
But they're not doing it because of that. They're doing
it to play Kate Lebron. I mean, let's be honest,
come on, But to.
Speaker 9 (30:49):
Be clear, they're not going to move having an earth
to make it happen. I think that they're going to
do it because it's convenient.
Speaker 4 (30:55):
Well, they would have.
Speaker 2 (30:56):
I think that they would have done it under any
circumstance to make happy. They've already turned the franchise over
to him and Clutch at this point, if you're gonna
stay dancing with Lebron the next two years, how in
the world are you gonna not do it and then
expect him to be all in with the organization and
they're over a barrel.
Speaker 9 (31:16):
But hear me out, Rob, They're gonna do it, But
They're not like they're gonna trade furiously higher up in
the draft in the second round.
Speaker 2 (31:23):
You're not gonna do that for a guy with four
and a half points. I mean, everybody in the league
will gladly let you draft him there, well gladly.
Speaker 9 (31:30):
And another thing is that, yes, they do take Lebron's temperature.
They have dialogue. To say he doesn't have any influences
is overstating it. But then for Russell Westbrook trade, the
Lakers have marched to the beat of their own drum.
Even though both trade deadlines Lebron's wanted them to go
all in. They've gone a different course here. Last summer
(31:53):
they want want them to get Kyrie Irving, they decided
continuities to play. So yes, you know they're not going
to just do things just to make Lebron upset, But
they're also not going to walk around eggshells and warrio.
Oh what is lebron book?
Speaker 4 (32:08):
You mentioned going all in that Lebron had pushed them
to do that at the trade deadline, So what moves
do you think they would like to make or we'll
try to make this summer.
Speaker 9 (32:19):
Yeah, I think there's more of a willingness to do
it this summer than last trade deadline. They definitely were
trying to do it, but they just didn't have really
enough assets and they concluded that it wasn't worth what
they had that they would get enough of a deal
that would thrust them into a higher championship level echelon.
So this summer there's more optimism they can't pull something
(32:41):
off because they'll have three draft picks on draft night.
I want to be surprised they go after Donovan, Mitchell
or Trey but I think as part of the Russell
Westbrook trade, one of the lessons the Lakers have learned
is that Lebron James Anthony Davis. While this won't guarantee
them a championship, they'll be most effective if they have
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good roster depths. So I think they'll try to get
a third star. They would love Mitchell or Young because
if they're star players, they're good point guards and that's
the need. But I think they're going to try to
thread the needle of making sure they still have enough
roster depth. The problem is Atlanta's going to win a
lot will Cleveland, so it's going to be a challenging offseason.
Speaker 2 (33:24):
I don't have the stats in front of me, Anthony Edwards.
Has he hit a wall, complained about being tired in
game one? He's twenty two years old, scored less than
twenty points in four of his last six games coming
into tonight.
Speaker 1 (33:36):
Has he hit some sort of wall?
Speaker 9 (33:40):
I think so. I mean, clearly, this would have never
happened to Michael Jordan. So these comparisons are terrible, right,
you know, even though I thought that that was very premature,
even though we did see parallels as far as like
mannerisms and examples of how em j played, Clearly Anthony
Edwards is not at that level yet. So I think
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he's come back down to earth. The one thing I
will give him credit for, even though the being tired
and that doesn't make any sense. He's twenty two years old.
He does have a resiliency in an old school mentality
as far as like bouncing back, and so I think
that he's had some four performances, but I think that
he will rectify them moving forward. But the good thing
(34:24):
for Minnesota is that even though they need it to
play as well as he can, they do have a
good supporting cast. They have Carl Anthony Towns that that's
been their calling card. When one guy's been down, the
other's been up, and that's allowed them to get all
the way so far to the West Finals.
Speaker 4 (34:40):
Mark before you go, and got about a minute for
your answer. Are you here much talk? We see Tyre's
Halliburton go down yesterday? I mean, obviously has been a
ton of star players to get hurt during or before
these playoffs and they didn't play at all. Are you
hearing much from people around them league about this and
(35:02):
kind of what are they saying they think is the cause,
or that they think something might be done by the
league or anything like that. No.
Speaker 9 (35:10):
I think you know, when you talk to people around
the league, they'll chalk this up that this is normal
trends of any season. But one thing the league has
been really adamant is that this idea that load management
would help guys stay healthier, and they've concluded that's almost
been the opposite, because there hasn't been enough of guys
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being in a rhythm and having enough of a ramp
up period before they come back to play. I think,
you know, when you're looking at the playoffs specifically this year,
you know, obviously Kawhi Leonard has his own injury history,
but I think everyone else it's mostly circumstantial. And I
think with tyresee Aliburn's case, Like I talked with the
trainer Drew Handlin earlier this week, and he made it
(35:53):
clear that he wasn't even fully one hundred percent from
his back spasm. So you know, I guess technically nothing's
out for him, but he is. He's dealing with a
lot of stuff, and you know him, I can't see
how Indiana they don't have a chance again.
Speaker 4 (36:08):
Awesome, right, I mean, I'll tell you what, Mark, if
the if the league concludes that low management doesn't help,
then that's a good thing. Maybe they'll get back to
you know, playing close to eighty two games or something
like that. Hopefully that if that came out of all
these injuries, that'd be great.
Speaker 9 (36:27):
Yeah, I mean, knock on wood, I'd love it.
Speaker 6 (36:29):
Now.
Speaker 9 (36:29):
On the other side of the Quinn, some of the
players are not like in the sixty five game rule
for the you know, all NBA selections and all that,
and they said some have said, oh, well, this has
made guys come back to early.
Speaker 4 (36:40):
But that's what they think with Halliburn.
Speaker 9 (36:43):
Right, well, that's earlier in the season.
Speaker 1 (36:46):
Yeah, right, all right.
Speaker 4 (36:48):
That's our man, Mark Funky Cole Medina Fu great clubs
always man, have a great week.
Speaker 9 (36:53):
Appreciate you guys. Hear the best.
Speaker 4 (36:55):
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Oh Wow, ain't gonna hurt nobody. We're live from the
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after the show this weekend, huh you sick? No?
Speaker 1 (37:37):
That sound you singing?
Speaker 4 (37:40):
Oh you were supposed to say, who sings it?
Speaker 1 (37:43):
I know, I know, I don't want it up.
Speaker 4 (37:46):
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was good. But I mean once gangster rap came in.
Speaker 2 (38:13):
People they were they were too bubble gum.
Speaker 4 (38:17):
And remember when they first came out. They were great
dancers and they had some.
Speaker 2 (38:24):
James, even mc hammer, as big as he was, felt
like pushed out Friday. He had a Saturday Morning cartoon.
That song Can't You Can't Touch? This was the Cincinnati read.
Speaker 1 (38:35):
The same song.
Speaker 4 (38:36):
All that song was everywhere, and and then he felt
like he had to go thug. Remember that I forgot
what that album was called.
Speaker 1 (38:44):
It was not good. Yeah, it was just like, come
on man, like that's.
Speaker 2 (38:48):
Not you were your balloon pants and other stuff.
Speaker 1 (38:52):
I mean, christ, did you have a pairandoles dance with.
Speaker 4 (38:55):
Your pants sagging like that?
Speaker 1 (38:58):
Be honest.
Speaker 4 (38:59):
I don't know if you know the parachute like those
big white yeah, I mean I had baggies. I ain't
had none that bagging.
Speaker 1 (39:07):
Okay, I don't. I was like, what what is it?
Speaker 9 (39:11):
That was?
Speaker 4 (39:11):
That was?
Speaker 1 (39:12):
But I do remember when people wore the oversize clothes.
My nephew Alvin, who you've met, he had he.
Speaker 2 (39:19):
Used to wear when he was a kid four x
T shirts. I used to say, well, what are you doing? Well,
Alan Iverson was doing that. But you know, like I mean,
but I think that stuff is kind of coming married.
Speaker 4 (39:32):
It's coming back here and all that you have.
Speaker 10 (39:37):
See I've come into the studio with like super huge
pair of shorts and like like a tease, like oversized
is coming back.
Speaker 7 (39:47):
You know.
Speaker 2 (39:47):
I thought that Mary, I thought that was a sheet
you had on your lap.
Speaker 1 (39:50):
I didn't know that was all right.
Speaker 10 (39:52):
See, we're not gonna do this because you're gonna be
upset if I come back at you the way harder.
Speaker 4 (39:58):
Like I.
Speaker 1 (40:00):
And remember I see you in studio.
Speaker 4 (40:06):
I mean, fashion rob usually does come back around every
twenty years, and so it don't feel like that long
now though as you get older, I mean, it doesn't
feel like that long ago. Guys were wearing baggy clothes
like that, but think about that, that was twenty while ago.
I mean, I kind of be glad. I mean, slim
(40:27):
fit suits are still kind of instop but barely you know, Yeah,
they're going out and back. I kind of be glad
with that. Rode.
Speaker 2 (40:34):
Yeah, you know, see the kids going to the prom, Chris,
they got small as pants. I'm talking about the slim
suits at their ankles, like.
Speaker 4 (40:45):
But that's starting to go out of style again. And
the bag you remember when we were like covering the NBA,
the bag ears suits were and the slim fit suits
just leave no room for error, like a big eat,
a big meal one day and you can't button your suit,
you know. And so that's why I'll be glad when
(41:05):
the roomier suits come back and style, because it's I mean,
I like the way they look, you know, but it'll
be easier to wear. The bagger was roped quickly. What
we got, how how long we got? Don't even want
to go into this. I was going as you Caleb Williams.
Rob reports that he struggled yesterday in Ota. It's okay,
(41:28):
Uh only completed four passes, was sacked five times.
Speaker 1 (41:32):
Well you need some help nothing the defensive line.
Speaker 4 (41:36):
Yeah, two guys route and Roma Dunes and Keenan Allen.
Speaker 1 (41:41):
Route five times sacked and.
Speaker 4 (41:43):
He's gonna have some worried about it. All right, we
all have a great weekend.
Speaker 1 (41:47):
Purs
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