Kyrie & LeBron: Don't Know What You Have 'Till it's Gone

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course former NBA coaching GM long time guy that worked
with the league. Robbed you covered him. I covered him.
He was a coaching coach of New York New York Knicks.
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We've had him on a few times. He's always been
good right now, He's very forthcoming and obviously worked in
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maybe Levion Bell's marketability and all that stuff. So we
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and many topics Kyrie Irving, Lebron James Zion Williamson, and
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To feel yourself over there? Robin, I think you're getting
a little soul. Brother. What is that on your head?
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That is what they call a hat. But that that's
not a cooufy. That's not that's not a coufy. What
is this skull cap? It's a skull cat skull cap?

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You just got your hair cut? You don't like it?
He just got your hair cut. I know, the same guy,
justin man. Let me tell you something. He did a
good job. We gotta say this. We've been waiting for
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get a hair cut. It's not always that easy. Well,
you've had trouble with your yeah, you know that I

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have I cut my hair. I've been refused service refused
serious Yeah, oh yeah, because yeah, I remember I told
you that, right, yeah? So, but no, he was a
cool guy. I got tired of cutting my own hair.
It's tiring. And he did a nice job, good job.
Didn't do I want this style? I told him this

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how I wanted it. So I have to decide do
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so you didn't know how it looked like, but I knew,
you know a little. I didn't want to too much
taken off. But he did a really good job. Bottom line, Alice,
I can't wait one day you let me and Chris
cut your hair live on the show. All right, When
I'm ready to cut it, I'll donate the rest of
it and you guys can cut it. You like your hair?

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You as long as I've ever had my hair. You're
feeling your hair right now, as as long as I've
ever had it. See you look like one of those
guys like David Cassidy from Departure David cass haircut, not
the face, but the hair, that long hair. He had
long hair. You know what I'm talking about oh yeah, yeah,
and if you don't know, google it. All right, let's
get to it. So we go. Speaking of Google, why

(04:43):
don't you google this? Kyrie Irving apologizes to Lebron James
non story. It's not a non story. Kyrie even said,
this is a big deal to me because I had
to call Bron, not Lebron, not Lebron James, not my
former team mate. I had to call Brian even. That

(05:03):
is some love. You know what's great? A right, Kyrie
throwing love? All right, here's the sound. I tell you
one thing, and obviously this is something that it was
a big deal for me because I had to call Bron,
you know, and tell him, like, you know, I apologize
for being that young player that wanted to everything at
his you know, at his fingertips, and I wanted everything

(05:24):
to be at you know, my threshold. I wanted to
be the guy that led us to championship. I wanted
to be the leader. I wanted to be all that
and you know, the responsibility of being the best player
in the world and leading a team, it's something that's
not meant for many people. And Brown was one of
those guys that came to Cleveland and tried to really
show show us what it's like to win a championship,
and it was hard for him and sometimes getting the

(05:45):
most out of the group. It's not the easy, easiest
thing in the world. Oh did you hear that? Did
you listen to that? Rod Parker? Let me hit hit
on a few things and then I'm gonna give you
the floor because I know you you want to rant
Number one. That was a message to Kyrie's young teammates

(06:05):
that he said aren't ready to win. It was a
message of hey, guys, I was where you at. I
get it. I understand you think you know everything. You
think you don't have to listen to the older guy.
So he's trying to get them to listen to him
because I don't think they appreciated him calling them out.

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Jalen Brown even said as much when he came out
the next day and was like, Hey, it's all of us,
It's not just the young guys. And here's the other
thing that Kyrie asked, the battle in that locker room.
Don't tell me that in the backs, if not the
middle or the front of their minds in that Celtics
locker room, they're not thinking yo, Kyrie we know you

(06:49):
the man, we know you got crazy handles, and you're
the best player on this team individually, without question. But bruh,
we came within one game of the of the NBA
Finals without you. We played better without you. The ball
was moving better without you. So don't tell us we

(07:10):
don't know how to win, because all of us are learning,
including you. And so that was the first thing. The
second thing is what was not even considered a remote
possibility two days ago, three days ago, a reunion with

(07:31):
Lebron James and Kyrie ever wasn't even on anyone's radar.
And I'm not saying it's gonna happen. Don't get me wrong.
Don't go out there and say, oh, Chris Bruce are
said Kyrie is going to the Lakers. I'm not saying that.
But what I am saying is it is now a possibility.
What three days ago was not a remote possibility is

(07:53):
now within the realm of possibility, and I think it
actually could make a lot of sense. Rob Parker, I
know you don't agree. I could not disagree more because
it's not even a possibility. Because he didn't say I
regret asking for a trade away from Lebron, if you

(08:15):
know how to get no. No. What he said was
talking to the younger players who had a little pushback,
got their panties in a bunch because he called them out.
So this was a way to show them that he
was once one of those guys and he didn't always
get it, and that it was a very mature thing
to do. It really was because through apologize to Calebron

(08:39):
Calebron no, and I'm told it is it's very mature.
I'm told from good sources that it was genuine. No,
it's a mature because it's a mature thing. So I
like that. But why did he do it? But but
because maybe he was trying to soften the blow, especially
when those guys really got worked up over what he

(09:00):
was saying to them. And I think he was saying,
I was once one of you guys when he came
to Cleveland, do you know what I mean? And he
was trying to get things so it all fits. I
get that. I really think that it tells you a
lot about how deep and real uh Kyrie is because
because you don't have to do that, you don't have
to make it publicly hed the thing though, you see

(09:23):
you you don't want to even entertain the possibility. No,
because I don't think I'm playing again. I don't believe
that at all. I think this is this is this
is the NBA media hype machine. No matter saying it,
I'm saying, just hear me out, no matter who comes
becomes available, that everybody is going to play with Lebron,

(09:45):
no matter this is Chris Kyrie. Oh wait a minute,
san Antonio's dumb. He's going to the Lakers anyway, so
they might as well trade him. Why don't they trade
him there? Then it's like, okay, uh uh, Jimmy Butler's
name comes up. Well, whoever, whoever, Anthony Davis, whoever comes
available or says anything, is automatically linked to Lebron because

(10:06):
everybody knows he can't win by himself, so that she
has win by himself. I mean, anybody went by, tell
what I'm saying, that he can't win with the team
that he has, so everybody's always trying to find his suitor.
I got news for you. Kyrie couldn't win with Lebron either.
The last two times they lost eight out of nine.
Last one time, No, they lost eight out of nine

(10:28):
games to the Warrior. The last four Kyrie was gone
win right, they lost four out of five, and that
they may have. Look, could they beat first of all
if he went and we didn't weigh ahead? They lost
twice with Kyrie, and my other thing is no, but
the first time Kyrie was hurt. Right, but they have
won that series, but they lost two. One week without

(10:50):
Kevin Love and Kyrie, Kyrie averaged twenty eight points on
Lebron average, a triple double, and they lost four games
to one. I'm talking about right. They argue this supporting
cast in LA might be better than what they the
Knicks and the Cavaliers. I'm not buying it. I just
don't believe that Kyrie is gonna play with him. What

(11:12):
what what Kyrie went through and you noticed Chris. What
bothered him the most is after they want a title,
he wanted to bring Chris Paul. I don't know that.
I never heard. This is what I heard. That's what
I heard that. First of all, Lebron and Kyrie never
had a big argument or blow up themselves. Kyrie used

(11:34):
to help Lebron in drills work on his handle. Lebron
Kyrie would be at Lebron's house on occasion at least
once talking about business, you know, learning from Lebron about
your businesses off the court, and now Kyrie is trying
to put together a media company. Okay, So their relationship
was Okay, I'm not gonna pay anything like it was

(11:55):
great because Kyrie in Cleveland was to himself. He's like
coming in play and ball and then pretty much with
his own people. Okay. So I'm not trying to paint
that they were best friends, but they never had a
blow out. Blow up. One of the things there's many,
but one of the things that happened was Kyrie got
wind that they were there was a three way trade

(12:17):
when involving Paul George, where Kyrie would have got shipped
to Phoenix, Paul George would have went to the calves,
and some Phoenix would have sent a draft lottery pick
and somebody else to Indiana. And he looked at it like,
hold on, there's no way this is being discussed and
Lebron doesn't know about it. So Kyrie jumped to the conclusion.

(12:41):
Now Lebron denies that he had anything, he knew anything
about it. You think they're making deals without Lebron. I
think it was a deal I think it was talk,
but now I think there's talk without Lebron And I
think if maybe, if if it gets not maybe, if
it gets to a point where we're gonna do it,
then you go to list to me. I don't think.
I definitely don't think Lebron. I was sitting there with

(13:01):
David Griffin when you're talking about trade possibility and the
other thing. That to me, let me finish the story.
Kyrie jumped to an inclusion that Lebron had to be
involved in it. Didn't go to Lebron and say, yo,
what's up? He just went to Griffin and said, getting
me out of here. That was you're telling me he's
spending time at his house. They're they're going over stuff,
but he doesn't feel compelled to ask lebrono on what's

(13:23):
going on? Well that wasn't the same day as that.
No, no no, no, But I'm just saying, yeah, that's what.
But that doesn't make that doesn't make sense to me
that you don't have a relationship. Just to even ask
if they told me that they were gonna bring in
Doug god Leave to be on the odd couple, I
would say, Chris, uh, that's you and me I agree
he should have went to Lebron. That doesn't make ship.

(13:46):
I'm not saying it was like I said, I didn't
have a good relationshiphip. I understand, but it was never
like you know what I mean when you when you
go in and you demand to get out and you
tell them people if you don't do it, I'm gonna
have surgery. So I won't play. That's a guy who
desperately wanted to get away from Lebron. I do not
n ot see any circumstance where he's coming back. Why

(14:08):
would he have to say I apologized. He didn't. He didn't.
He said about being a young player who didn't accept
maybe his guidance early. That's what he said. He didn't
say apologized for leaving. That never even came up. I
am with you in that, I don't. I'm not saying
Kyrie is coming to LA. What I am saying is

(14:31):
it's a possibility. Now, That's all I'm saying. I don't
think he will, but it is within the realm of possibility.
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(14:55):
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to fight in the studio right now, we'll fight you.
Don't you think Kyree would fight us? Are fighting worst?
You think Kyrie and Lebron would out of me? And
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throwing it out to you. Would you like to see
a Kyrie Lebron reunion? Do you think it's even possible.

(17:29):
Let's start with the White in Kentucky, the White Welcome
to the Eye Couple. Hey, how y'all doing? Man, Good
to talk to you again. Hey, what's up? Hey? I
got three quick little points, and I think I think yes,
I'd love to see them play again together. And I
think Kyrie already set the foundation by making the apology.
And also, if you notice in his apology, he kind
of mentioned to Lebron he was sorry for light trying

(17:52):
to take over the alpha dog spot before it was
his time. Secondly, with Boston, I think Boston has too
many of the same type of players, so they could
have Kyree. And then the third one is one to
the point you make Chris about the business questions. He
was asking Lebron, you can not tell me he's not
sit back, and that's watching Lebrin's business opportunities like quadruple
since he moved to La that's a strong car yeah,

(18:15):
but I's a good point. I don't buy any of them.
I just don't. I mean, I just think that at
some point you do your own thing, and I get it.
I just told you it was a very mature thing
for him to do that, because a lot of people
can't say apologize to people, you know that, even family members,
They just can't bring themselves to do that. So when
you do it in public, that's a big man. It

(18:35):
takes a big man. I once had Lupernella apologized to
me in front of the media core in Cincinnati, and
it was it took a big man. He's the manager
of the team. You know, he could easily pulled me
aside Chris and he apologized to me. And so it
takes a big man. And I appreciate that. But I
think this is so overblown that Kyrie is getting back

(18:57):
to Lebron coming to Lady. I mean, nobody you don't say,
definitely happening. Stephen A. Smith brought it up to as
only thing. The only thing I'm saying is, again, it
was not even a remote possibility in people's minds three
days ago. Now, let's put Kyrie on that list of
free agents that maybe maybe could join Lebron. I just

(19:20):
don't see it. I would I would bet against it
if I had to. But I'm just saying now the
caller is right, the foundation is set. Now they would
have to sit down, have a talk and all that,
but the foundation has been set. That's all I'm saying.
Him and Baker's Field, California, you're on the odd couple
of Fox Sports Radio. What's up him? Hey, what's going on? Fellers?
I got a couple of comments. First of all, I

(19:40):
don't want to see Kyrie in LA. Why would you
want to bring an injury prone player and have two
of your starters injured? Number one, number two. It almost
sounds like Kyrie was begging Lebron to take them back
with that apology. No freaking way, I don't want to
see you. You wouldn't want you're saying. For look, I

(20:01):
know this for a fact, Lebron would definitely take Kyrie back.
But you're saying you don't think that'd be a good
idea on Lebron's part. No, no, no, I think Kyrie
is injury prone. He's gonna get hurt two or later,
and then when you need him in the playoffs, when
you need him in the long run. No way, you're
gonna be wasting your money, all right. Interesting, he's been
injured throughout his career, obviously, I was talking about in

(20:23):
twenty fifteen. He missed those finals entirely after Game one.
I made a big shot to put win the finals.
Let's go to Diver in North Carolina. Diver, Welcome to
the Eye A couple you're with, Chris and Rob. What's
up y'all? Love the show? Thank you, buddy. Hey, I
just want to say, there's no way in heck Kyle
ree is going back over there. And I just think
it's the middle of the season. We board, we want

(20:44):
something to talk about. But I mean, he just got
from underneath this guy's shadow. Why go back when he
can win a championship of Boston. I mean it's gonna
be a long shot, straight up and down. But Dick,
run to La. You're you're in at the same story
as Lebroun. Well, all you had to do was running
that coach sails nobody. You're not good enough on your
own exactly, don't. It doesn't help his now And this

(21:05):
is where I hurts far Kyrie ain't leading the team
to a championship as great as he is, how do
you know? Because he's not good enough? So you don't
think they could come out of the East and go
to the finals. Getting to the finals isn't winning the championship.
I'm asking you. You can't win the championship. They can't.
You sure you know that for sure that the Warriors
who wants there have been two six footage type guards

(21:29):
and his soul doesn't happened in history Steph Curry and
Isaiah Thomas from Detroit that land teams to championships. That's it.
It's not happening, and it's no shame of Kyrie and
being the bar of a duo with Lebron doesn't hurt
your legacy. It didn't hurt Dwayne Wade's legacy and didn't
hand no, but what Dwayne Wade had already won without you,

(21:52):
But it's not the same. But if Dwayne Wade has
spent two thousand and seven to two thousand and sixteen
going out in the first round or second every year,
which is what he was doing, but that wasn't you
see he had already won a chimp, it wouldn't It
wouldn't have been what it is. One Chip. Dirk won
one chip, he would have been a Hall of Famer.
Don't get me wrong, but three championships and being part

(22:14):
of a tremendous duo of Lebron and Wade is definitely
better than one championship and then you're out in the
first round. You but you don't know he would be
I mean, they weren't that good. They would have been
another player, though what they were never gonna I never
gonna get another player. I did. But if he wasn't there,
then you don't get hypothetically you're thinking hypothetic. I'm telling

(22:37):
you what was that? Because every year if they don't
get it, but if they don't get Lebron Chris, what
they're gonna fold off their tense and not get another player?
Whateverdence doesn't make any evidence. Did you see from oh
seven until before Lebron got there? That way would have
led anybody out of the first round. But but my
only point is if they had the money to sign

(22:59):
Wade and Boss, they would have been able to sign
somebody else. If they didn't have Lebron. You're automatically saying
if it wasn't Lebron, he would have gotten if as
good as Lebron. It doesn't matter, doesn't have to be.
Somebody as good weighted already won without Lebron. Shack, he
won without Lebron. All I'm saying is those two titles
enhanced his chance, his legacy. I think that great legacy anyway.

(23:21):
I'm not saying he would have been chopped Liver. I'm
just saying they enhanced it. Pipping, when Jordan pipping, begging
Jordan to come back, it enhanced his legacy. Nobody looks
at Pipping as a dog or you needed Jordan. There's
nothing wrong with being a part of a iconic duo,
which is what Kyrie would be. And if anything, to me,
Lebron didn't and Lebron people know, especially you, Lebron needs

(23:43):
Kyrie too. No, he needs more, Come on, it does,
all right. Lebron's when who came to La trying to
win something. He's the one who needs Lebron's titles. You
and I got losses. Where is he ranked among all
time players? To you, he's in the top five? Said
he's second, all right, I said the top five. You've
always said second. I said, what's wrong with that legacy?

(24:05):
It's the same nothing when you already second, all right,
there's an epidemic that sweet man me and yeah we
get into for NBA coach dude Jackson. We'll tell you
all about it next, but first let's get the damn
Carson for the latestness. Where's dad? Will you talk some sense?
He's my partner? Goodness? Hey, I think it took a
big man for whatever his motivation was. I thought it

(24:28):
took a big band of publicly for for Kirried to
speak out like that and essentially apologize or tell the
world that he is apologized. I think it's a possibility.
Do I think it's a possibility, He joins Lebron at
the Lakers. Um, I think that opened the door for it.
I don't know that. I think it's his motivation though,
right I'm with you on that. I'm just because he
seems like a good guy. Three days ago, it wasn't

(24:48):
even no. No, right now, we're waiting for the day
that Chris apologizes to me and then we can move
worlds with mediocre When then we could move on. Yes,
you were saying, it's okay, No, it's one of the
top ten shows of all times, top ten stopping All right,
we should go ahead. I don't agree. That isn't no.

(25:09):
I don't think it was in at then of the
top ten of all time. What do you say, hundred?
It was a good show, it wasn't top ten. It
was a great show. It wasn't good. It was great.
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(27:15):
what they're talking about. When you are trying to say no,
I'm not saying anything about you. All right, We're talking
about former NBA coach and general manager and now a
Turner Sports NBA analyst is none other than Stu Jackson
Stu Wills to the eye couple. Hey, guys, thanks so
much for having me man, long time listener, first time

(27:38):
and let me you know what Stuh coach to Knicks.
I was one of the be writers back then in
those days. Stu. Remember Stu? How how how was he?
How did you did he get on your nerves? I'm
sure he did. No, No, he didn't get on my nerves.
He was very professional, very knowledgeable, and he killed me.
Oh that's what he did. That's what I'm saying. Like

(28:00):
somebody they Stu always motto, if I'm writing, I'm ripping.
That's well, stud, let let's get right to it. I
saw your tweet last night, breaking news. I'm reading it now,
breaking news. Three bound the Brooklyn Nets and Houston Rockets
have just collectively attempted one hundred three point shots in

(28:22):
the game. This three point shooting epidemic needs a cure.
Hashtag competition Committee, hashtag NBA, hashtag based basketball caretakers. I'm
with you, but tell me what you meant, Like, what
sparked you to send out that tweet? Well, actually, you know, Chris, I,

(28:43):
it's something I've you know, talked about on air, talked
about it on my podcast, and last night set me
over the edge. You know, when you had two teams
combined with over one hundred three point shooting attempts and
in half of it all the shots taken in the game.
Understanding it wasn't overtime games. It's getting to be too much.

(29:05):
And I feel from a basketball standpoint, purely as a
three point shot as it relates to the game, is
at a tipping point. And I say that, no, and
I say that, you know, because I don't want to
sound like I'm talking out of both sides by mouth. Listen,
scoring is up four points a game over last year,

(29:25):
and it's the highest jump in a one one year
jump in twenty years. Okay, the NBA is in this
Golden Years, fan support enthusiasm and is all time high.
It's an exciting shot. I get all that, but we've
really lost a major parts of the game of basketball.

(29:45):
I agree with you as the game is hard for
me to watch and current state there's not a lot
of defense going on, and then stude there are something
when you talking about fan support and whatnot. Where we've
seen the ratings and sometimes has been blamed Lebron moving
to the West, but the TNT waitings are down twenty
ESPN's ratings are down. Are people I know people still

(30:08):
come to the games, but are they enjoying these high scoring,
lack of defense games. Well, you know, I think the
proof will be as we go forward here, Rob, I mean,
we'll see. But I think it's incoming upon the NBA
to be proactive from a rule standpoint to maybe to
try to alter the way the game is played. And

(30:30):
what you're alluding to is that are we not watching
a game it's very homogeneous. Everyone plays the same way
except for maybe, you know, Memphis, except for maybe San
Antonio at times. But every team, every offensive scheme seems
to be the same. It's handoff, it's cut, it's pick

(30:53):
and roll after pick and roll, or in the case
of Houston, a lot of unassisted threes where we just
dribble in the three point shots. And I just wonder,
from a spacing standpoint, from the aesthetics, from the number
of variety of players that usually occur in the game,
if we're just not seeing something that's the same all

(31:14):
all the way around with every team. And that's my issue.
I mean, look, the three point shot is a great shot,
it's exciting, but do we have to have it the
entire game? And my suggestion has been, why not do
one of two things. Cut the three point line off
at the corners, just have an arc at twenty three
nine across the court and you have no corner three.

(31:37):
Or and or just make the three point shot of
scoring three at certain parts of the game, Chris rob
Maybe at the last two minutes of each quarter, maybe
at the last two minutes of each half in the overtime.
But something to bring some variety back into the game
of basketball. I love your first point is something I've

(31:57):
been saying as well. Basically, eliminate that corner three, and
I think what that would do Stu for the listeners
out there who might not be thinking about it. That
would necessitate the return of post play and the mid
range shot because you wouldn't be able to plant four
guys on the three point line because it would only
be so long, right, So you would have a variety

(32:19):
of offenses and ways to score now correct, And I
still think even with the arc, the spacing would still
be the same. In other words, you'd still get a
space floor that's available for cutting and driving and penetrating
and dishing. But at least it would add that not
only the low post game, but give some credibility to

(32:42):
a mid range game as well. And you know, not
being able to shoot that corner three, right, it's the
eye couple. We're joined by former NBA coach and general
manager and also longtime worked for the NBA in the
front office of the league, Stu Jackson. Check out his
pieodcast on iTunes. It is called Everything Basketball, Everything Basketball, Stu?

(33:07):
Are there other people, you know, as you said, caretakers
of the game. I don't want you to name names necessarily,
but are there other people as concerned about this as
you are? Because, like you saying ratings, I guess maybe
ratings are a little down, but the game as popular
as ever. I mean, it's just growing by leaps and bounds.

(33:28):
Are they just happy with that or are there really
people that feel like, look, we have to keep an
eye on this and maybe make some changes. You know, Listen,
I don't think listen. You know, anytime the NBA, and
I know that's from experience, makes a strategic move with
respect of the game, there has to be a business
reason connected with it, and right now, there's no business

(33:51):
reason to get rid of the three point shots for
all the reasons we just talked about. It's exciting, the
ratings are up, you know, the stands are being filled.
But I just am trying to, you know, alert people
that we got to get out ahead of this because
I love the NBA basketball. We're in a great time
in the game. But at some point do fans, educated

(34:15):
fans get to point where they go you know, it's
the same thing. You know, they're jacking up threes, they're
running around, they don't the perception is no defenses being played.
They take a fast break and instead of going to
the rim, they step back to the corner. I don't
know if that's the best thing for the game the game.
As a fan, I would say that, so right now,

(34:35):
it's not an issue. I'm just saying, as someone who
loves the game, do you get out ahead of this
and maybe do something a little bit more strategic and
interesting in terms of adjusting the rules. And we know
how it goes in sports. All these leagues are copycat leagues. Okay,
so the Warriors have success, they see it, everybody decides,
But everybody doesn't have a Steph Curry or Clay Thompson, right,

(34:56):
everybody didn't have those players, but yet they still play
like that. Whereas before you would have the Knicks had
a different style, and the Pistons had a different style,
and the Phoenix songs played differently. You know what I mean,
You played with what you had and that's what you right, Stu.
We don't see that anymore, and it stinks, it does.

(35:17):
And the guys, I mean, let's let's you know, you
bring up a good point. Let's switch sports. I mean,
tell me you don't watch the NFL right now and think, man,
everybody just throw the ball up and they throw the
ball every down, right. I mean for me, now, I'm
I don't know football. I'm a casual football fan, and
I sit there and I go man, this is kind

(35:39):
of born. Man. Everybody does the same thing, and I
don't want to see that happen to NBA or collegiate basketball. Yeah,
and you mentioned baseball like they it's all home runs
and strikeout. Nobody is the analytics, right, The analytics have
really uh altered sports now because things that they used

(36:00):
to do steal in basis in baseball, I'm bunting people over,
they won't do it. It's totally it's a whole run
or nothing. Yeah, but here, you know, and the lids
are great. I think they're great at proving a point
or just proving a point. But you know, Steve Kerr
said it, the best guys with respect to the three
point shot is that, yes, I'm an offensive efficiency standpoint,
the three point shot is a more efficient shot. But

(36:23):
he said, look, the more twos that you score, In
other words, when you shoot a higher percentage, that just
means you don't have to defend the fast break as much.
With three ds, you're shooting a much less a much
lower percentage, and now defensively you're defending the fast break more.
But if you shoot a higher percentage shot, you're defending

(36:46):
the fast break less and he said. His preference is
to defend less less fast break and that's why the Warriors,
as much as they shoot the three, they're one of
the best mid range games excuse me, mid range teams
in the league. I was gonna say, I'm glad you
brought up the Warriors because people think they just hoist
threes like Houston. No, they get backdoor layups, they shoot

(37:07):
mid range shots. They don't shoot the three nearly as
much as people seem to think they do. No, it's perception,
there is not the reality, right right. Well, Stu, great,
we really appreciate it, and I'm with you. I think
the league has to really keep an eye on this
and uh, get out in front of it. So great job.
I appreciate it. And still, you know, you were very

(37:29):
lucky that you didn't have Chris Bussard as a beat
writer when you were coaching, so I wouldn't have ripped
you as much as Rob. I tell you that much,
all right, Stup, And remember Chris, I never got a
public public apology from Rob. It's apologies are in the air,
ye go ahead, go ahead, all right, Stu. I'm sorry

(37:51):
that I ripped you when I was writing because usually
when I'm writing, I'm all right. Thanks to remember to
check out this podcast Everything Basketball. You can download it
on iTunes. Thanks to you. Got it all right? Bye
with Kyrie, really consider linking up again with Lebron James.
We'll continue our conversation with you. Next. It's the Eye

(38:13):
Couple of Fox Sports Radio. Like we're falling on one,
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(38:33):
Don't miss the Farmers Insurance opening. It's happening next week
at Tory Pines in San Diego. And for the record,
this was a much better show than Golden Girls. You
will admit that, right, No, it was funny, though. We
should throw it down to callers. At some point, Seinfeld
was all right, yeah, we'll do that. All right, let's
get to you guys. I know you want to weigh

(38:53):
in on Kyrie and Lebron. Let's start with Vashan in
North Carolina. Vashan, you're on with Chris and Rob end
turn your radio down. I think you're okay, go ahead,
go ahead, Okay, Yeah, I think, Um honestly, I think
I don't know if it's guaranteed, but I think he
could go to LA and I think if he does
do that, that's gonna open the way for you know what,

(39:13):
I'm saying, a big trade for Anthony Davis, because you'd
have to get rid of Alonzo at that point ingram
probably hard, maybe even you know what I'm saying, You're
you're really wishing it. We should be interesting because Boston
wouldn't want to part with as many as their young
players if they lost Kyrie. Now, they still would, they
would do it to get answer? Is this icon in Atlanta?

(39:34):
You're on the couple of Fox Sports Radio? Icon? Yeah? Yes,
it is how y'all doing Man game Icon? Definitely nickname
they call me icon ekay like my own Alve podcast
on Facebook. What I use? Nice? Go ahead? Oh? Anyway,
First of all, I will tell Rob that that Lebron
is one and one eight with Jordan. Ain't stop that.

(39:58):
Oh anyway, anyway, as far as the Kyrie, Irvin and
Lebron situation, I think Kyrie realized that the grass wasn't
green on the other side, I think he realized that
that uh he heavy as the head that wears a crown.
And I think it would be great because if you
listen back when Shaq said that if him and Penny
would have stayed together, they could have won three or four,
if him and Kobe would have won to stay together,

(40:20):
they could have passed won five or see. No, they
couldn't because the Pistons beat him in two. That's a
good point. That's a good point. Yeah, that's a good point.
That's a good point of role. I'm just saying. Overall,
and if they get back together, I think it's confidence
they could maybe win back to back and some subflitan
system um and stamped both of their um their you know,

(40:42):
their legacy. Yeah, man, y'all, y'all are just dreaming. I
can't thank you. Let's go to Ronnie and Ohio. Ronnie,
go ahead, stop it. Yeah, I just changed my name
to hashtags. All right? Nice? Go ahead, Christ you need
to up your phone, your cell phone right now, dial

(41:03):
Rob Parker's number and apologize. Man, that's right for Golden
Girls really so so, because like he was telling my story,
about Loup. No, you've been very dismissive. Dude, I heard you.
I try to hear the story, Chris, I hear Christ's back. H.
He didn't want to hear it. He didn't want to
hear nothing about stir It's a great story. Did you
hear that about who Lupinella? Did you hear me rushing you? No?

(41:26):
I didn't. I Hey, it was a great story, NY
stirring stuff up? Hey, yeah I did. I wouldn't. I wouldn't.
I was glad you brought that up. No, but it happened,
you know what I mean? And he apologize. I wouldn't.
I had no problem with that. Sweet Lose the Eye
Couple of Fox Sports Radio keeper Locked the Eye Couple
is back. It is Chris and Rob and we're coming
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(41:48):
Fifteen minutes could save you fifteen percent or more in
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rate quote. We're gonna switch UH lane's a little bit
and go from the NBA onto the NFL. Of course,
huge weekend championship weekend coming up with the UH conference

(42:08):
title games, and of course all of us can't wait
to see those Uh the New England Patriots for the
first time. I read this first time since two thousand
and fifteen. Correct me if I'm wrong, robg that they
are the underdogs at this time in the playoffs since
twenty fourteen. But they should be that they are the

(42:31):
underdogs right on paper. Obviously you've got to go out
and play. I don't think Vegas is fudging it or
trying to get people. It's incredible that they haven't been
underdogs since then. You know, like, this is unbelievable year.
You're you're you go five years without being an underdog.
That's unbelievable. But anyway, Uh, now the Patriots, um, they're

(42:56):
gonna have to overcome that. And you know they're talking
about out how everybody hates them and nobody thinks they
can win, and you know, Julian Edelman is selling bet
against them, against us, against us. But so some people
would say that they're the most hated team in sports.
But DeMarcus Cousins, who will make his season debut in

(43:17):
Golden State tomorrow night, he says that, no, Patriots aren't
the most hated team, it's us, the Golden State Warriors,
here's the sound were the most hated team in sports.
So you think you're the most hated team in sports.
I would say that that there are a lot of
people in this country who love to hate the Yankees
or the Cowboys. Put us up there. I would say

(43:40):
the Warriors. I for sure. You know they hate Kevin,
they hate me. I think only how they really like it. Steph.
They may hate him as well, they hate Draymond, But
I mean it is what it is, So I can't
I can't worry about that. That was courtesy of ESPN.
The Marcus Cousins, who again making his season debut tomorrow

(44:03):
in the starting lineup for the Golden State Warriors as
they play the Clippers tomorrow night. He told that to
Rachel Nichols, if you had to make no way that
the Golden State Warriors are the most hated team in sports. No,
people don't like what what went on and what how
do you know what they what they did when they
put that team together. But Chris, if you had to

(44:23):
put together a list, I got four names or teams
that are above them or no, just four. I have
them include to have them as number four. I have
three other teams ahead of them that I think people
hate more. Okay, So and if you wanted to you
all right, so when we give you my list, or
you want to write them down and you know they're

(44:43):
the same, so go ahead write here. You know what
three I'm talking about, right, So write them down, and
I might put Notre Dame as number five, no like
nationally maybe all right? So you also want to put
now like current It could beam could be all right.
So we got the four Warriors. We're both saying, write
a number four, right, Okay, give me your other three? Dallas,

(45:06):
what is it in quarter? But New England Dallas and
the New York Games, New England Patriots, Dallas Cowboys, New
York Games. Absolutely absolutely those teams are ahead. And I'll
say currently, I think the Patriots are the most hated
team in the country. Really. I think historically you would
say the Dallas Cowboys are the most beloved and the

(45:29):
most hated at the same time in the NFL. But
right now, oh, it's definitely the New England Patriots. I
think the New England Patriots are not only the most
hated team in the NFL, most hated team in sport.
And I think the Yankees fell off, they still hated.
Don't get me wrong, did you know that? But they
got like Judge and some players that are cool and aren't,

(45:49):
do you know what I mean? Like, Also, they haven't
won since two thousand and nine, right, and it's been
a while. They haven't in the last nineteen years. They've
won and been to one World Series nineteen nineteen year.
Their last one was two thousand and one. They won
when they won a three out of five, three out
of four, right was three year? Yeah, three out of
they went back and lost and lost. Right, they lost

(46:10):
in two thousand and two. Okay, so but then but
since oh yeah, yeah, yeah, they haven't won any other
World Series. Yeah, so so you have That's what you
have to understand. Like you got the Cowboys having one
since we know ninety five, so you have a whole
a nother generation that's like, why do I don't think
that much about the Cowboys because they're never in the

(46:32):
playoffs and they don't win, right, Yeah, I mean teams
the Cowboys, there's teams that win a lot when you
just go like and that was the same thing I
tell people all time, Like there's a revisionist history. When
people think about the bulls. Everybody wasn't on Michael Jordan's
bandwagon when that was going on, did they. I do
think I was covering during that time. Yeah, I heard

(46:55):
covering til nineties five. Okay, I covered during the time
early on, and there was a lot of people that
hated Michael Jordan, the bulls, and also just then you
were you in Detroit. No, obviously in Detroit, but I
was in New York and in New York too, right,
But there was another because they were in the way, right.
But I just remember that it wasn't all the love.

(47:17):
People used to say, Hey, Michael Jordan, he's only a dunker.
He doesn't make anybody batance before he right, That's what
I'm saying. Once he started winning, Yeah, I didn't feel that,
and I would here's this is my opinion. Now, I
want to hear yours to your response to it. In
New York, of course, because the Knicks were good with Patrick, right,
and the bulls kept beating them. And in Detroit where

(47:39):
they kept beating the bulls, but then, of course Jordan
they finally broke them. He was very much hated, hated,
But I would say in most of the country, the
bulls and Jordan were beloved. I don't, I don't know.
There were people I think they wanted to see And
this is what I used to always say Madison Square
Garden covering those games. Nick fans wanted to see Michael

(48:04):
Jordan's show out. They did, but they wanted the Knicks
to win the game. They wanted Michael to have a
big night dunks, but they wanted the Knicks to win.
There was never like they're cheering for the Bulls to
win the game. Well, and I think it was probably
like that in most, if not all NBA reads, Like
you know, diehard fans are gonna pull for their team, right,

(48:25):
and when they went to see him playing Phoenix, I'm
sure they wanted him to go ahead and get forty
and do his thing, but the Suns win. Yeah, but
I'm kind of talking about you know, I don't, I
don't know, I know if it's and we didn't and
we didn't name them in there, So I agree that
they didn't fit into where when we're talking about right
history historically, because but I will say the Warriors are
up there, um even more so than the Bulls during

(48:47):
that time. But definitely it's the Patriots and it's the Patriots,
not just you know people in Boston awe and yell.
It's because we win all the time. And it's not
just that, because I think there's a part of it
that people can't also get past of the cheating scandals.
That's part of it. It's not like you're not good

(49:08):
enough just to win, because I always say Tom Brady
should be like Derek Jeter. Derek Jeter won five championships,
Crystal played twenty years with the Yankees at a crystal
clear record. Tom Brady doesn't have that, and I think
that that's the part that people look at it. That's
why you can't fully embrace them. There's something that doesn't

(49:29):
feel right about the Patriots. I look, I don't the
cheating doesn't really come into my thinking when I have
to think about the Patriots, but and I do think
it does for a lot of people. So I agree,
it's not just the winning obviously bothers people right after.
It's also the cheat. It is. It's a combination, There's
no question about it. They're kind of like they're I mean,

(49:53):
we've said it. They're the Spurs of the NFL, and
the Spurs. I don't know if they're hated. They've got
a little more color than the Spurs. The Spurs were
so now because they were so vanilla and vanilla right,
and the big stars wearing sandals, and they were were
adult team. And they never won two in a row,
which also, like when you talk about dynasty, you can't

(50:15):
be it. You gotta win at least two back to
back or three in a row for somebody to be it,
or two out of three or three out of four
or something like that. Why do you think, and we
want to open it up to you eight seven, seven
ninety nine on Fox eight seven seven nine nine six
sixty three sixty nine. Who do you think is the
most hated team in sports? Or is it the Warriors?

(50:36):
Give us a call, but why do you think the
Warriors are definitely the most hated team right now in basketball?
Part of me, I gotta be honest, Rob, part of
me feels like hated is actually a little strong. I
would say most disliked. I don't feel like they're hated.
I think everybody in the league. There are teams that
players that don't like steph you know, uh, there there

(50:58):
are the teams I obviously are envious of their success
I feel like hated is a little strong. Um maybe,
but there's a there's a big dislike, like there are
people who don't want to see the Warriors whin, you know,
like like the end of the like when they got
I remember so many fans on social media were going

(51:21):
crazy when they picked up Boogie Cousins. Oh they're ah,
I'm done with the NBA. I don't want to watch
this anymore, you know what I mean. I don't think
they've become more hated since Boogie because the key thing
was obviously Duran. Yeah, no that they don't, no doubt
about it. But they haven't seen Boogie with them yet.
You don't even know. The good point comes in a row.

(51:42):
People will be like, oh, this is ridiculous. I can't
stand this team. I can't believe they picked up Boogie
because we haven't seen him with them. That's a great point.
You're right. If he comes and they come see him
perfectly and they just are red it goause, Look if
he fits in perfectly, there's no stop, there's no stop,
a run through everybody. You're right, that's a great point
that I think they would be more hated than. Like

(52:06):
I said, I think they're disliked. Okay, I don't feel
like because I think a look a lot of people
there are those that don't like Steph, but a lot
of that as people in the league. And I don't
know if they I wouldn't say they don't like it,
but you know, they a lot of players feel like, look,
he doesn't play d he doesn't. It's not only that
he's not a good defender because Damian Lillard, a lot

(52:30):
of these big time point guards aren't good defenders, hardened,
but Steph, they a lot of them feel like he
doesn't even take up the challenge of guarding the opposing
point guard. If he's a really good point right, Kyrie's
gonna guard you, you're gonna get but he's out there, right.
But so that's why a lot of people feel But

(52:50):
I think the general fandom, they're so fun to watch.
They are fun to watch, they're exciting. Steph is fun
to watch, not only because of the threes but the handle.
Um yeah, yeah, exactly. I feel disliked, but not hate it.
But age seven, seven ninety nine on Fox, Let's go
to Kevin in Wisconsin. You're on with Christ and Rob Hey,

(53:13):
how you know? And Christ and Rob. I gotta say
that I agree with Chris that the Lawyers are the
most hated team. Um as far as the Patriots goal,
I think that a lot of that is East Coast
thinking because they teach it on the East Coast and
the same team with the whole Michael Georgel, the whole

(53:35):
country loved him. You know, nobody hated them except for
the Knicks because average fifty points against them. And as
far as Brady goes, you know, I mean, I think
Writers is the best quarterback, but we respect him because
he's a competitor. He has a lot of heart. But
the most hated team is sports with the Warriors, because
people feel like it's a foregone conclusion, so why even

(53:56):
watch it? But I think my bucks will have something
to say about that this year. Well thanks, that's just
one element that the Warriors. Right, No, even as many
people hate the Patriots and the Yankees and the Cowboys,
they don't feel like it's a foregone conclusion and it's
not competitive. So that that was a good That was it? Hey,

(54:16):
Jason and Maine, you're on the odd couple of Fox
Sports Radio. What you got Jason? Hey, Hey, I'm thinking, Yeah,
people love to hate teams, but I think it's a
lot to do with the fans. When the fans started
gloating and this and that about you know, we're the best,
and that's where the hatred really comes out, as more

(54:37):
towards the fans and not as much towards the teams.
So who do you think, who do you think is
the most need? Yeah, that's hards me. I'm in Maine.
I mean I hate the Yankees, right, No, I get it, right,
I get you, I get it, you would hate the Yankees.
I'm red Sox Yankees. There's a real deal. Thanks a lot,

(55:00):
Thanks Jason. Let's stay in Maine. Let's go to David.
You're on with the Eye couple. David, did Jason just God? Yeah?
Did he just hand you the phone? Jason? Yeah, I
don't know. I don't think both of those things. Like, hey, look,
I'm a diehard Pats fan, but I don't necessarily we're
the most hated team and all of any sports here,
it's just it's not a pass thing. It's about winning,

(55:21):
and people want to see a variety. You know, it
gives no other chance for any other stand base. Look
at look at Alabama. I like I'm not even a
college football fan. I like it, hearing man, but I
mean I hate I just root for cleansing, just stuff
to watch it, just because I know that Alabama just
keeps winning, keeps winning. David admit this, though. The cheating
does play a role. It's not just the wind. Yes, no, no, no, no, no,

(55:44):
let me have see this. Okay, this is completely impartial.
As a fan, I think that it is completely fair
to say that the Patriots just took the fall for
something that there are two other teams do do. Well.
We don't know that. We don't know that. I don't know,
but David don't, right, we know. And the other thing
is they got caught, they got draft picks taken away.
Let's not act like it did. Tom Brady got suspended

(56:05):
for four games. Other quarterbacks haven't been suspended for four
games for that. Thanks for the phone. I don't hold
it against the pat but I'm just saying, but you can't,
you can't take it. It's happening. Let's just look. Do
I think other teams do spy and use film like that? Yeah,
but right now all we know about is the Patriots. Oh,
it is what it is. Let's go to stay in

(56:26):
Los Angeles staying you're on with the Eye couple. Hey,
what's going on. I've been a fan for a while,
thank you. Of course I'm a Lakers fan, so we
got you kind of glossed over the Spurs. Man. We
hate the Spurs out here. We hated them for a while,
especially in the Holy you know to late thousands. We
built up that, you know, but that's the that's the light. Right.

(56:49):
We're just talking about nationally, who is the everybody hates
their right? Yeah, yeah, okay, I get it, I get it. Um,
but I think it's the Warriors. Um, you know, nationwide,
the LA people can't stand the Warriors. East people can't
more sold than New England. Wow, yeah, I think I

(57:10):
mean Wars ruined. They ruined. No, Lebron ruined basketball. Stop
saying that stand Lebron. Yeah, you know what, Lebron started
turn it over. Lebron started my Space and the Warriors
started Facebook. That's what happened. And at least they heat
were beatable though, man like the Warriors. Nobody could beat

(57:31):
this team, especially when you're at Cousins. We'll see how
they turn out. Uh, but yeah, I think it's the
wounded is right now. All right, buddy, thanks for the car.
Good call. All right? Would any team give up a
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Rob you're a little older for this one. I ain't
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(58:59):
You only four or five years older than my whole
don't get a ration behind you five years. Ain't no
generation a different generation, No you don't. I'm more hip
and swaggy p than you when this came out, I
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(59:19):
could see my box hanging, my shoelaces weren't tied, and
I was working for the Daily Dason didn't even wear
sa hip I was I like run dmc. No. But
this was a good show. Oh yeah, absolutely, And look
I'm gonna be I liked it better than the Golden Girls.
I'll tell you this. I'm not saying it was a

(59:40):
classic or anything. I like, I like, I thought Will
Smith was a way better actor than Martin Lawrence. Like
like like I thought Martin over acted you. You're talking
about the sitcom Martin where not that it wasn't funny,
but it was a willy show. But Will was really,
I mean, like a really good actor. I agree you
remember some of those scenes where that one where Ben

(01:00:02):
Vereen his dad, Why why don't he want me remember that?
And he's obviously shown that since all right, Martin Lawrence
is more like was just being himself. And you know,
but I always a funny show. But I thought he overacted,
you know, like it was like it was like over
the top. Not that it wasn't funny. I'm not saying
it's not funny. But if you would have asked me

(01:00:23):
to pick one of those two shows, I would have taken.
That's a good question. I don't know which one because
Martin was funny, but Fresh Prince was a better show.
Was it was like more put together, but Martin was
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(01:01:07):
information and knowledge. It's Mark Dominic, the former NFL general
manager and now serious XM NFL radio analyst. Mark. What's
happening to the eye couple? Yeah? I just want you
guys to know that Martin the better. I mean, Martin
was so funny, it was it was hilarious. Fresh Prince
was clever and it was, like, you know, uniquely itself.

(01:01:28):
But if you told me if I had to go
watch a show, I'd watch Martin because I'd be laughing harder. No,
I agree with its more slopstick, but I just thought
that it was deeper. Well, the Fresh Prince is better
produced than all that. Right, all right, but I agree
with you on that, Mark, Real quick, real quick? What
you say it was the Golden Girls or Timefeld. Yeah,
I think that's an easy We did that. He didn't

(01:01:52):
have to think about it. Hang up on, Mark, what
are you talking about? Rob is one of these He's
in love with the Golden Girls. Golden Girls really really,
I love it's so it was mediocre? Well it was okay,
all right, all right, let's get the F I guess
you liked MA too. I stop, you did? I did? Like?
All right, let's get to the football mark. Although it

(01:02:15):
sounded like you enjoy talking SITCOMSMS, all right, um, Antonio Brown,
It's just it's starting to look like there is absolutely
no way he returns to the Pittsburgh Steelers. One are
we wrong about that? And two if they do trade him,
what he what's his marketability? Like? What you know? What's

(01:02:37):
his value on the trade market? No, you're right, So
it's tricky, right So, I think this is one of
those um spots where he's angry right now. Anybody who
says anything to right now, he's ready to respond because
he's in a bad spot. And I think you have
to respect that right now, as executive or anybody's asked
the question about him, thinking to step back a little
bit and understand that, you know, just there's no reason

(01:03:00):
that you have to be talking about Antonio Brown right now.
And even if a question comes up to you about
what Antonio Brown? What have you heard? You know? I
don't know. So I think that here's what I think.
I think that if you're an NFL executive or general manager,
head coach and you're thinking about Antonio Brown. What I
would be doing right now is I'm doing background research
on him, even though you're technically not supposed to. I'm

(01:03:22):
calling guys that I know in the league, in terms
of players of the team, in terms of coaches that
have been around him, and just see what's up, Like,
what's going on? What's set this thing off so bad?
And then I'm looking at my team and looking at
my cap and saying, what do I need here? Can
I fit him in? Because look, he's still a top
three receiver in the National Football League, and as long

(01:03:43):
as I can get an okay understanding of why he
got sideways and what's going on with him in the team,
you have to pursue a player of this magnitude. And
that's why I keep connecting the DUTs to Kyle Shanahan
and John Lynch. These guys obviously went out and got
Jimmy Garoppolo. They were in Clail Mac. They have lots
of capram and they got to start winning there. They

(01:04:05):
have to in their receiving corps is probably one of
the least talented as an overall group in the Nation
Football League. So if I'm Lynch, if I'm Martin Mayhew,
I'm coach Shanahan. I'm digging as much as I can
because I can afford to take the contract on. But
I don't think you're gonna have to give up a
lot to go get him. I've wondered, because obviously we've
heard the forty nine ers name out there. I've wondered

(01:04:27):
if with a young guy like Garoppolo, who you know,
hasn't really proven a lot, even though he was great
in the six he had six or seven games, right right,
if Antonio would kind of walk over a guy like that,
like does he need more of a veteran who's established
to respect him? Is that would that be a concern
of yours? Not so much. I think Antonio, I think

(01:04:47):
wants to be the guy again. I think part of
Antonio and I don't know, so I gotta be really
careful about stepping on people's shows shoes because you're not
quite sure. But Juju obviously came through and became a
legit number one in Pittsburgh as well, and so when
you saw the way he performed there and Tonio Brown
and just kind of the frustration, I just wonder if

(01:05:08):
more of like it's a big dog on campus and
he needs to be a big tuns. Not that he's
gonna sit there and say I can't work with Sam
Donald because he's just a rookie. I think that with
Jimmy Garoppolo, you know they're getting a guy that if
you could stay on the field, is accurate, completes balls,
and could throw the balls at three levels of the field,
you're gonna get the production and you're gonna be the man.
And so I think I wouldn't be as worried about that.

(01:05:30):
I might be more worried about a you know, again
to Sam Darnald because he's such a younger quarterback that
it may not be the ideal fit. But I think
Antonio Brown my gun instinct is, look, I think I'm
not sure, but I think Drew Rosenhouse represent him. I'd
have talks with the droom what's going on, what's happening,
and kind of get a sense of what are you
looking for and just kind of put the pieces together

(01:05:52):
before you make a big decision on this one. Hey, Mark,
I want to ask you about Kyler Murray. Obviously, he
entered the NFL draft, and you know he already had
gotten almost five million dollars from the A's and you know,
the back and forth. The one thing I thought was
really interesting was some of the players who wound up,

(01:06:13):
you know, having h NFL careers, like Dion Sanders, who
and Russell Wilson and Brian Jordan who we had on
this show. All three of them said that he should
play baseball, that if if, if they would, if they
were in his shoes, he should play baseball. Dude, are
they saying that because they don't think it's going to
transfer over, you know, the height of him as a

(01:06:35):
quarterback in that league? Why why why would Dion who's
a Hall of Famer, you know, like think that baseball
would be like he would take the baseball option over
being a star and a football player from day one,
Gartney baby right. I mean again, Kyler is not the
tallest dude, No trick. And I think the trick you're
going to run into with Kyler is you want to

(01:06:58):
back the way I see it from my perspective, if
he went to Billy Bean in the Oakland A's and
said I'm playing baseball, I'm in I'm gonna do this,
and what do they do. They take the ninth pick
in the ten Major League Baseball Draft and say, we'll
taking Kyler Murley. What did you come around to do now?
Just about a week ago or whatever, four or five
days ago. You know, I'm not sure. I think it
may play football well as a GM, as a former

(01:07:19):
GM in the Nation Football League, I'm not sure I
trust to what he's gonna say to me. So then,
now where do you put him on the board. It's
not like it's a Charlie Ward old school, like, you know,
I got to play basketball, and I don't think the
league was ready for Charlie Ward when he came through.
But you kind of kind of look at it that way.
It's like, well, if he's not going to commit fully
and I'm not sure he's gonna come, then I gotta

(01:07:40):
take him off the first round or maybe the second round.
Now i'm talking third rounds. And so if you get
to the third round with Kyler Murray, well the money
is so different from what he's going to be making
in baseball to football that becomes the problem. And that's
where I think he goes back to baseball because I'm
playing baseball and I'm not so also sure personally that
he's not using NFL football as a leverage to get
you a better deal from the age. Yeah, you know,

(01:08:02):
there's a lot of things that are you going to
really dig into. My gun instinct is I think it's
a leverage play versus major League Baseball to get him
on the fast track to get to the major league
so you don't have to spend a year in single
lay or Double A. They could be a triple layer
to the big leagues right away, and it's kind of
a big guarantee that they can still you know, work through.
And I get worried that you could be getting used

(01:08:23):
here because I think he wants to play baseball worse. Interesting. Interesting, Yeah,
that's a good take because I think that you're partially
right there. It's the odd couple we're on with former
NFL general manager Mark Dominic. Mark, we know Levian Bell
is going to be out there on the market now, um,
and look, there's no question he's a tremendous talent. But
when I look at C. J. Anderson just coming out

(01:08:45):
of nowhere, I mean, cut by three teams, right, who
knows what he was doing? A few more we go,
and you know, he obviously is now a huge part
for the Rams. Chris Carson, Marlon Mack, Philip lindsay, like
guys coming out of nowhere that are being productive. I'm
not saying they're as good as Levion Bell. But if

(01:09:06):
I'm a GM, and I'm thinking, okay, Levion may be
an A. But if I can get a B plus
four a quarter or half of the price, why I
paid this guy fifteen sixteen million and I off one
that Or do you think Levion will get the big money? Well,
I think it's all played against Levion Bell. This entire
season's gone everything against what he was hoping would happen. Right,

(01:09:29):
Connor comes in and looks like all pro plays great
all season long when he's on the football field and
puts up good numbers and catches the ball in the
backfields well too. And he's not Leveon Bell. Leveon Belle
is a better player. But to your point, is Connor
a B plus A B or B plus type of
player and Bell's A? Is that mean he's worth fourteen
million dollars more than what Connor getting paid? Or like

(01:09:50):
you said, Chris, you know who played well or Mac
those guys? So he put himself in a spot where look,
I respected the fact that he was worried about getting hurt.
I lost my opinion of this whole play when he
didn't come back after the bye because I left. You
can never earn that money back. And I just think

(01:10:11):
that he misplayed this thing. And I think I can't
say a d Supercari, who I've worked with and known
for years as un deals with. I don't know who's
the final say here, but I think it's been this played.
Can he get the big deal steal or hopefully get
a big guarantee. He's got to hopefully have something in
his back pocket where he's gonna have four for sixty
with forty million guaranteed. To even think that the whole

(01:10:32):
you know, sitting this whole season out was worth it.
I get you know, you want to sit out a
couple of games, or you want to make a point
up to the buye, but I think at this point
too many people performed well and it hurt his value overall.
I still think you're gonna wind up with the Cults
or Jets or whatever. But hey, how about the New
England Patriots playing the Woe was Me? Where the underdogs,

(01:10:55):
oh go ahead? What was it bet against us that Julian, Yeah,
what do you get. I mean, on paper, they should
be the underdogs. Are used to surprised that Vegas has
them underdogs. No, I'm not fully surprised. You know, this
is to me a pick on game. Look, that started
my career in Kansas City, and that stadium rocks really good.

(01:11:15):
It doesn't matter if it's fifteen degrees or sixty degrees.
It's a very awesome crowd, and it's a very good
home field advantage, and so you can see where that
would come into play with it. The experience that obviously
the Patriots have is tremendous. You look at the injury
re port, like, honestly, guys, when is the last time
you saw a Patriot injury report where no one was listed?
I cannot think or remember one. I mean it used

(01:11:37):
to be like sixteen guys right every week. And so
you know, this team's coming in and I think Belichick
did that for a purpose. I think it's an intimidation factor.
He knows how to play these games. He's like, this
is a helping We've been all year and we're going
in there, go win the game. And I can just
hear his voice having been around practices and joint practices.
When we were, you know, playing the Patriots or being

(01:11:58):
in the game. I can hear his boy say, Okay,
we're underdogs. These people don't think you can win. You know,
I could just see him challenging his team. But I'm
not surprised or underdogs. Uh. You know, it's so hard
to you know, match the Chiefs offense is a different
skill set. But I think it's a pick him game.
And you tell me who wins. You know, watch the
game and I'm looking forward to it. Yeah, can't Patriots win.

(01:12:20):
I'd get it to Chiefs win, I'd get it. Yeah.
I lean a little bit towards the Patriots because of
all that experience we got about thirty seconds or minute,
a little less than a minute. Uh. Is this a
big game for Andy Weid? Because you know, as much
success as Andy Weid has had, he hasn't won the
big game. He lost a lot of playoff games at home.
This is one of those moments if their favorite they

(01:12:42):
got all the weapons, everything you're supposed to have. Can
he afford to lose his game? You don't want him
to lose the game. He won a big game last week.
You know, Andy Reids one of the elite coaches and
nash Football League. I was there with Shot and there
basically you can't win a championship, and Marty was one
of the best coaches I've ever been around in my life.
And I've been around Mike Tomlin, Tony Dungee, John Gruden.

(01:13:02):
I was still blown away by who Marty Shottenhammer was.
I think it would it be a great game to win. Yes,
do I sit there and sit there and see the
Chiefs are going to be in this kind of situation
for many years to come. Yep, And I think that
they'll find a way to get over the humps. They
don't this weekend mark great stuff, man, we really appreciate it. Quick,
last quick, I was gonna say, last quick question, what's

(01:13:24):
your favorite sitcom of all times? I was the Cheers
guy people, But I thought just Cheers was just like
dumb funny when they when they got everybody in there.
But you know, um, there's a few that I that
I fell over. But I was a kid that would
grow up and watch some sitcoms more convinient nonsense a
long long time ago. Oh yeah, all that stuff just exactly,

(01:13:46):
even if it was in Boston, all right, did I
say that? I agree? All right, Mark, thanks a lot man,
We appreciate it. More of the Eye couple coming up next,
but first let's get the deab Carson for the latest
in sports. Dam Hey guys, hey, did I mistake our
friend Rob for saying the Patriots are hated for cheating,

(01:14:07):
but the Yankees are hated for winning? Did say? Okay?
So so let's see the names Roger Clements, a Rod,
Robbie Cano, Jason Giambi and he padded even Milkie Cabrera,
Jose Ken Saco Chuck not blocked under those names involved.
Oh I'm just you know, we're talking about hated teams

(01:14:29):
and true warriors are more like number seven on the list. Wow.
But Robbie Cano got busted in Seattle. Okay, so he
only did it there. Well that's where, okay, just want
everybody gets caught. The first time I got Milkie Cabrera
to happen in San Francisco. They did it there, right,
I'm just saying, uh huh, yeah, and a Rod probably

(01:14:52):
that happened in Texas, all right? And where was check
no more else before dropped mob block in Minnesota? Oh? Okay?
Andy Pettett at Houston. All right, hey, let's stick with baseball.
Then that's speaking of the Yankees. Foxes Ken Rosenthal broke
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(01:15:13):
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(01:15:56):
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definitely better than The Golden Girls. Who was a great show.
I'm not gonna say that, but it Who is your

(01:19:32):
favorite character on it? Ah? You know, how could you
not like the Fonds? Yeah, the Fonnds. That was a
big thing. The leather jacket and all that. And I
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we were gonna do this story last week, but we
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bring it around here. Paris has a restaurant called Oh
Natu Ral. It's gonna close on February sixteenth, which isn't
that big of a deal except that it is paris
His first nude restaurant. And the reason they have to close,

(01:21:00):
Get this, they couldn't find enough nude people who wanted
to come visit it. So how long was it open?
By the year? So here's the question, would you go
to a nude restaurant? And are you surprised that this
one's closing? No? And no, I mean who wants to
eat in the nude? And and you know you mean

(01:21:24):
you mean nourishment. Right, I'm gonna leave that one alone. Um,
people probably get the impression that everybody in there would
be a supermodel, but it's gonna be people in there
that that ain't supermodels. Let's just put it that way. Yeah,
that might destroy your appetite. Like really, no, no, I've

(01:21:46):
no desire whatsoever in a restaurant in the nude. So
this leads, uh, this is a new meaning to hair aposta.
Is that what we're talking about? Oh, that's angel hair Posta.
Are you sick? I would be sick. My mom always
told me when I was a kid, don't eating the dark.

(01:22:08):
You know, you can't see what's going on. And then
for people to be nude and you don't know what's
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(01:22:30):
and no. And and by the way, I kind of
think the wrong kind of people might be attracted. Some
nutjob I imagine. And you know, everybody, I'm sorry, everybody
likes to think that they look good in the nude too.
I'm thinking in like broad daylight sitting. You know, you
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(01:22:55):
I'm sorry, I thought that was the French bread. Oh
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let's get back to the Kyrie Irving Lebron James stuff.
Is a reunion in the works. That's a little strong,
but I certainly think it is has gone from being

(01:23:38):
not even a remote possibility to being a possibility. And
let's hear the sound on Kyrie admitting that he called
Lebron and apologized to him just a couple of days ago.
I tell you one thing, and obviously this is something
that it was a big deal for me because I
had to call Bron, you know and tell him, like,

(01:24:01):
you know, I apologize for being that young player that
wanted to everything at his you know, at his fingertips,
and I wanted everything to be at you know, my threshold.
I wanted to be the guy that led us to
champion I wanted to be the leader. I wanted to
be all that and you know, the responsibility of being
the best player in the world and leading a team,
it's something that's not meant for many people. And Brown
was one of those guys that came to Cleveland and

(01:24:22):
tried to really show show us what it's like to
win a championship, and it was hard for him and
sometimes getting the most out of the group. It's not
the easy, easiest thing in the world. You know. It's interesting,
Rob and I didn't bring this up when we talked
about it in the first hour, but when you listen
to that quote, and I like Kyrie, but it sounds

(01:24:43):
like he's coming down again. You're coming down on the
young players. You know. His first comment about, you know,
young guys don't have the experience, they might not know
how to win and all that stuff. Jalen Brown clapped
back at it, you know, and and said, it's not
just the young guys, it's all of us. We need
to work together, blah blah blah. But this even I mean,

(01:25:07):
Kyrie apologized for it, but then this when you really
listen to it, and he's saying, I was one of
those young guys who pushed back, right, And so he's
still saying, these young guys are pushing back. They don't
know I didn't know, and they don't know that that

(01:25:28):
is what he's saying, right, But they his team. I
hope this is in the case. But his teammates in
Boston could take this the wrong way and say, now
you're basically saying the same thing. You're insulting us again.
And this is the point to remember the Celtics now,
Kyrie is by far their best player. Kyrie is legit.

(01:25:49):
He is one of the best players in the world,
without question. But those players sitting there can rightly say, Kyrie,
you say, we don't know about winning, but we were
one game from the NBA Finals without you. They didn't
win though, no, no, but they were. They You don't

(01:26:09):
tell them they can't win games. We're talking about regular
season games right now that they're losing. They won playoff games.
They took the Cleveland Cavaliers the seven games with you know,
a bunch of rookies and young kids and no stars.
But I think he's I think it's more about going
through the process again, that the regular season, some of

(01:26:32):
these games that they should be winning that they're not.
And I think it's just I applaud them for even
making a phone call to Lebron. You know, it takes
a big man. Most people, Chris have a hard time
apologizing to anybody. But did he wasn't He didn't have
to apologe No, no, no he didn't. But but I mean,
that's the thing. It's a message almost a message to

(01:26:53):
who just just the Celtics, yes, to the Celtic players,
not to Lebron anybody else. I think it's to the
Celtic players saying, dude, you guys are pushing back on me.
But I'm trying to tell you I was there, true,
I was there in your position the same when Lebron
was trying to show me and talking tough to me

(01:27:14):
or whatever, and I didn't want to hear it, you
know what I mean. I definitely think that's true. I
do believe that that's where his head is and why
he's did is this. Here's the difference. The Cavaliers were
horrible when Lebron went back. They were horrible when he
was there and he didn't play. They were four and

(01:27:36):
twenty three, and that includes Kyrie playing, and then they
were horrible obviously again when he left. But the Celtics
weren't horrible without Kyrie. No, no, not horrible. I get
that there be not horrible. They were actually really good.
I get I'm not saying they're better without him, but
they played really well without him. So but they also
may be thinking, we don't necessarily like we won without you.

(01:28:01):
I think this is the other part that I think
gets lost a lot. And I get it because what
happened at the end of the year. They started out
with Kyrie one in twenty I mean twenty and one O.
They were great, am I Right? When they first started
the season, they won regular games, they won, but they
wont like it was. It was an unbelievable start. You
remember that it was twenty one, but it was really good.

(01:28:22):
It was great twenty and three or something. They had
a great start and everybody's like, oh my god, Kyrie
and his team and blah blah blah, and then all
of a sudden, you know, it fell back Earth and
I get all that, so I hear what you're saying.
I think that this is a message for the other
players on his team. And he did it, you know,
by doing that and making it public, because again he's

(01:28:44):
the one who offered up the information and sending a
message without directly send it to him. Hey, I just
called Lebron. I didn't figure it out. I didn't realize
what was going on. Blah blah blah blah. And if
you're listening to you're a younger player, he's talking to you.
Let me ask you this because I I said in
the first hour, I'm not predicting or saying Kyrie's going

(01:29:06):
to the Lakers, all right, I don't think that will happen. However,
I'm saying three years ago, I'm sorry, three days ago,
it was not even a remote possibility. Why because you
have a reyear Let me finish of a reunion between
Kyrie and Lebron. In anyone's mind, when when people talked
about all the free agents that might go to the Lakers,

(01:29:29):
might Durant, Kawhi, Klay Thompson, Jimmy Butler, you never heard
Kawhi Leonard, you never heard Kyrie's name even mentioned. I'm
just saying now it is a possibility. Again, not predicting it,
but it's a possibility. So let me ask you this, Rob,

(01:29:50):
if Kyrie did go back to the Lake, whether he
was traded there and stayed, or if he went as
a free agent to the Lakers, how would you feel
about it? First of all, I think there's a zero
percent or one percent, I'll just pick it one percent
chance that he does that. I just don't. I really don't.
Not when you demand and you want out from somewhere.

(01:30:11):
It just doesn't fit anything that he's doing. But a
lot of guys have you know, Shack said, I've interviewed Shack.
He told me, I said, of all the players that
you played with, who was your who was your favorite teammate,
your best teammate, the guy you had the most fun
playing with and would have wanted to keep playing with,

(01:30:32):
He said, Penny Hardaway. He remember, he knows that that
tandem could have been sensational. They wouldn't had great success.
They went and Dwayne and if it wasn't for Nick
Anderson missing, because that dude railed the whole thing, right,
they probably played them in the first game I covered that.
I remember that very vividly, and I was like, why

(01:30:55):
they could win this? And and that Nick Anderson was
never the same. Remember that that change his career, That
changed everything. But my point is that guys realize sometimes
usually after they retire, that boy, the grass isn't always greener.
I had a good thing going. I'm just saying it
has Kyrie already recognize that. I don't know Butt Again,

(01:31:18):
getting to the question, how would you feel about it?
Because you're a big Kyrie fan, I'm not leaving. I'm
I'm not a fan of what I mean, but you
know what I mean, I do like I like that
the guy wanted to do his own thing. I like
that because I think the league is better when you
have other players stretching out other teams and whatnot. But
I would be stunned by it. It would it would

(01:31:41):
lose a lot of luster for me on what he
did the first time in leaving, it wouldn't feel It
would feel like, you know, you doubted yourself, you know
what I mean, and ran back to something that was
safe when when we saw what you could do with
that team, and I'm talking about the start of the
Sea the last year, his first year there and that

(01:32:05):
they did play well together. Things haven't worked out, and
it's been injuries and all this other stuff. But I
think him going there was a good thing for him.
I don't look at it as a bad thing, even
if they don't win, even if he doesn't stay thing,
and again, it could be a good thing that made
him realize because one thing he said in that quote
was leading a team and being the man is not

(01:32:28):
for everybody. Now, he didn't say it's not for me,
but he didn't say it's for me. You know, you
can read into it what you want. But this is
what I think Kyri needs to think about, and this
is the question he needs to answer, and it will
determine where he decides to play in the future. He

(01:32:49):
needs to say, Okay, it's being the man and the
leader of the team something I want, not being the
best player, because he's clearly the best player, and if
he goes to the Lakers, at some point he would
become better than Lebron because Lebron's getting older and Kyrie's
still in his prime, very much in his prime. But
being the leaders. See, when he was in Cleveland, Kyrie

(01:33:12):
all he had to worry about was playing ball. You
don't have to worry about the egos on the team.
You don't have to make sure the team the keen
chemistry bring you know what I mean, Like just on
the leaders shoulders, and that was on lebron shoulder. It's
a different thing. And then when your role changes and
now you have to take some of that responsibility. But
I really Kyrie has to say if I if he

(01:33:32):
wants that role, it's New York Brooklyn staying in Boston, whatever.
If he wants to just ball and let somebody else
handle that stuff, then maybe it could consider the Lakers.
I just don't. I just don't. I don't think that
that's on his radar. I think that I think that
that's a lot every time a player becomes quote unquote available,

(01:33:54):
Oh he could go play with Lebron. That's just the
knee jerk reaction to the media. Every player that's come available,
he's gonna play with Lebron or or that's who's gonna
be a partner. And I just think that it's you know,
and I get it a minute, three three days ago. No,
you wouldn't even discussing it. And just because you apologize,
you say, oh, there's there's an opening. I get that,

(01:34:16):
but that doesn't mean that they're getting back. I'm not
the only one saying that, you know where a lot
of there are people saying that I don't in the league.
You know, what's a TV theme so on Thursday, But
I don't expect to hear this music at all. Welcome
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(01:34:37):
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(01:34:57):
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your turn. The way in Kyrie Lebron is a reunion
in the works or would you even like to see

(01:36:42):
it or not? All right, let's start with Ryan and Texas. Ryan,
Welcome to the Eye Couple audience. How's it going. We'll
see how you doing having me on tonight. But I
gotta ask who was who was that GM that was
on earlier for the x GM the football player, uh,
the football GM. Stu Jackson was the bast Stu Jackson

(01:37:04):
the basketball ball? Yeah wow, what a genius. I mean
did you listen to him speak? Oh? Yeah, stud students.
A small man. He worked in the league for me.
He was assistant uh commissioner. It wasn't assistant commissioner, but
he yes, he was very high ranking, maybe fourth in

(01:37:24):
charge something like that, third or fourth in charge, but
go ahead. He talked about business, he talked about game planning.
He gave us all a little bit anyone needs to
football a little bit, right. He was great. But but
but I'm telling you about Kyrie and Lebron, like everybody's
talking about. I mean, there was no big fuss, no
big argument when Kyrie left, when they shipped him out

(01:37:46):
of there because of Lebron's wishings and his wishings, and
but nobody came out and said that. They said they
needed a part ways. But I said this since it happened,
that if it didn't happen, Kyrie would have been stuck
there in Cleveland when Lebron left. Well, there are those
they say that was part of Kyrie's thinking that Lebron's

(01:38:08):
gonna leave. And you know, I don't want to be
stuck here by myself, so let me preempt take a
preemptive strike. Yeah no, but that doesn't But that doesn't
make the thing of hey, um not talking to Lebron?
Do you know what I mean? Like like if it
was just about not wanting to be there when all right, Lebron,
what are you doing leaving? Okay, I gotta get out

(01:38:29):
of here because I don't want to right. But but
but he didn't even talk to him. I just want
to say real quick. Uh uh Stut Jackson. He is
the former, uh executive vice president of the n NBA.
All right, Drey and Boston, you're on the odd couple
of Fox Sports Radio. What's up, Dre? What's up? Rob Man? Rob?
What's up? We're good? Have you been to Roxbury's in Boston? Uh? No,

(01:38:54):
I have not that's a right, like the I want
to take you. You don't have a problem with you.
You have a problem with cheatings to get caught. Hey,
you know what I mean. Showed a little bit, a
little bit, but I wanted to worry in about the
Kyree thing. I'm feeling like I'm feeling like making the

(01:39:18):
phone call to to acknowledge that showing was doing something
right is a lot different than making the actual move.
Your phone is breaking up. Yeah, we got to move on, man,
let's go to man. Thanks Boston, he said, Boston loves

(01:39:39):
Rob Parker. Well, that was what I was on the comments,
but I didn't hear him say that with Roxbury. Is
that he's saying he said, Uh, he said, you don't
have a problem with cheaters, just the ones the cheating Boston. Right. Oh, okay,
that's it. Mark from Sacramento, Welcome to the eye couple.
What's going on, gentlemen? What's happening right? Hey? Real quick? Um?

(01:40:03):
I think Kyrie was sending messages, uh, to more than
one person. Okay, you don't Usually when you want to
say your storry to somebody, you don't do it to
the media. At least I don't, and I don't think
you guys would either. So I think when you say
that and you come out and tell the media you
did it, you're sending that maybe one or two people,
one of them might be Danny, that Max counts. Okay,

(01:40:28):
that's that. Well, look, it ain't guarantee he's getting the Max.
That's the thing. Like, that's not even a question. Yeah,
but but it's maybe not a guarantee he's gonna stay there,
you know what I mean. Like he said, I wanted
to hear Mark. Second, I wanted to hear who he thought.
He also was sending the man but but maybe to
the younger players. We both believe that. But I do

(01:40:48):
would have liked to hear her Mark's opinion on that.
All right, what about q En Richmond, Virginia. You're on
the on couple Fox Sports Radio. What's up q something man?
Helf Fellers happening? Man, I'm telling you, man, I've been
talking about this two years ago after they lost that
last championship. I knew Lebron's going to the Lakers when

(01:41:11):
he bought that second million dollar home out in LA
and I knew that when Kyrie and Lebron had their
little mishaps that this is all like a part of
the plan. They had to do the opposite of what
was happening with Chris Paul and Kobe Bryant. And when
David Stern shut all that, damn so to get around
all that, na I mean that, so you saying no,

(01:41:33):
come on, that's way to a level. David Stern didn't
call off the Chris Paul trade because oh this Lakers
would have been so great. They hold the cheat the
league old up that the Pelicans, they love. The league
loves it when the Lakers are great. Remember that the
Lakers flagship friend. The Lakers have been bad for five Yeah,

(01:41:56):
all right, let's go to Derek and Sacker something what
I said, they've been bad for six years, concluding them
one year with Lebron the Laker. Let's go to Derek
and Sacramento. Thank you, thank you, DJ Tisher. Oh man,
the crickets. What's up? Fan? Yeah? How do you guys
doing tonight? Man? You know it, we're on the radio
having fun. Oh well, God bless you both. So I'm

(01:42:19):
gonna start by saying, uh, I don't think it's gonna happen.
I don't even know if I wanted to happen as
a Lakers fan. But I would tell you that the
top three Lakers in Laker history, that mean Magic, Kobe,
and Shaq would all agree that if they could do
it over again, and I'm saying this magic watching from

(01:42:39):
the sidelines, they wouldn't have provisionist history and say I
wish I could go back and put my prime aside
and win more. They both come out and said, man,
we would have been unstoppable for eight seasons. No, they
wouldn't have because the two thousand and four Pistons beat them. Yeah,
but that was because there was in it wasn't better,

(01:43:02):
was old and injured. That was a five game sweep.
Stop it? Why you pray? Guy? The ultimate, the ultimate slip, guys,
would be if Kyrie demanded a trade to LA but
had it conveniently leaked. What's it happened that he did
it to veil Lebron out because he knew he needed

(01:43:23):
to help. That would be the ultimate slip on the hall.
I'm tired of him. Dad to me, I don't want
to be I don't want to be the little kid
of Lebron. That. Yeah, but why would he why would
he go to play with Lebron sign a long term
deal to play there and then have something leaked that
was gonna upset Lebron. You know what I mean, like,
if you're gonna go there, if you're gonna not if

(01:43:47):
you upset Lebronn and Derek, he made Lebron look bad
way that he didn't want to play with him. Do
you remember we don't even talked to Lebron. Don't tell
me that that that was the plan. That doesn't even
make any sense. All right, t J and Maryland. You're

(01:44:08):
on with Chris and Rob. How you guys doing great?
Before we start? My best sitcom is single? Get that out? Okay?
Which one? Living single? Single? It was good. I mean
that's a little high for it. I think that ranking
is a little hot. But that was a takeoff. That
was a takeoff on the Golden Girls. No, that's the one.

(01:44:30):
How Yeah, it was not even remotely. It was single
women living together and it was more like a black
version of friends. Yeah, that's what really, the black friends exactly.
Maybe it was because you're right, I didn't think I
was thinking more of the guys too. They had two

(01:44:51):
guys I can't remember, k Yeah, okay, but yeah, TJ. Man,
you gotta watch a few more sitcoms. Yes, it was good,
let me single was good, but girls, it's not mediocre.
Thank you, thank you. Okay, No, it's not okay, it's
very good. Thank you. All right, TJ. What's the way

(01:45:15):
I don't think Kyrie and Lebron because Kyrie left Cleveland
to you know, not play with lebar He didn't want
to be le bron second fiddle. He wanted to be,
you know, the guy to lead his right so and
he wanted to, you know, go to Boston. But it
was weird. You know who who doesn't want to who
leaves Lebron James? Who doesn't want to play with Lebron?

(01:45:35):
He's gonna go down as one of the greatest plays
in in the NBA. And you know, so, yeah, that's
my take on it, all right, TJ. We appreciate it.
Thanks for all the support and for the call. All right,
just because it makes sense doesn't make it a good idea.
We'll explain next, but first let's bring in Dab Carson
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(01:45:57):
You're disap What did I do? How could you turn
your back on the Golden Girls and not think that
they had the greatest show ever. I think they're a
great show. I think they're far from being the greatest
show though. You think the Golden Girls is greater than
I know. We've talked about Good Times. Good Time was
a great show, you think, but no it wasn't. What
what come on, You're gonna lose your ghetto? I get

(01:46:23):
some yeah, roll through, Dev's getting some street crab, get
some street for sure. Awesome. Yeah, Golden Girls better than
Good Time. No, No, it's a great show, but it's
not a top ten. I don't think it's you're talking
about TV shows of all times, of all timecomes, Yes, drama, sitcoms, sitcoms.

(01:46:46):
Golden Girls is better than Everybody Loves Raymond. Yes, Golden
Girls is better than Happy Days. Yes it hays fell King. Queen.
We're gonna have one of your days. We're gonna do
like a tournament, like sixty shows. We'll do this this summer.
Let's do that. That'll be fun. Yeah, we gotta see
if Golden Girls even makes the cup. Whatever, it's only

(01:47:06):
gonna be sixty four. We're gonna start if Golden Girls
were making Okay, you know, what we'll start pulling our
pool of sixty four. That yes, all right, awesome, right,
they're bubble. They're gonna have to do a play in
those teams play. They used to call him the first
round games. It's like, no, that's not the first round
play in game. Hey, Gladys Knight is going to perform

(01:47:27):
the national anthem at the Super Bowl. I was excited
to hear about that. Wow, I'm gonna sing. We already
knew that the halftime show is going to be Maroon
five and outcast big Boy Travis Scott. They're gonna be
performing what we did learn today that Gladdys Knight. We'll
be singing there. And let me say this, and I again,
I'm on a record. I support Colin Kaepernick. Him or
his girlfriend better not come out this Gladdus Knight. No

(01:47:50):
they came out this, well he didn't, but his girlfriend this,
Travis Scott, they better not this Gladdus Knight. Well, I
think if they know what's good for they're saying that
they can't disagree with. I'm not saying. Addition, the guys
Night is a legend. I know they should leave her.
Just keep her name out of your mouth exactly what
do you think the NFL felt compelled to have a
black performer performer know, I'm saying for the National Land.

(01:48:13):
But she's well, first of all, she's brilliant, and she's
affiliated with Georgia. I mean, she's leaving on the midnight
train of Georgia and it's an oh my god it
But consider all. You're right, that's that's a good point.
At Land is a good point. But also I think
Rod makes a good point that you know, they're still
in the black community. It's anthem. You know, it's still
an issue, and so they I don't doubt that that

(01:48:34):
was some of the some of the thought behind it. Yeah, okay,
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figuring out which way is easier. We're gonna stay with basketball,
but look at the NC Double A, and we all

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know that Zion Williamson is tearing things up. This guy,
Robie I got one stat that is going to absolutely
blow your mind. But his numbers twenty one points, nine
rebounds and only twenty six minutes a game. Sixty six
percent from the field. Now is three point shooting only

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twenty seven percent. Nobody on their team really shoots it
that well, but I've talked to people around the league,
and the people I've talked to about it say he's
clearly the number one pick in the draft, like it's
not even with it's not even a question. He's been
compared to Charles Barkley, Larry Johnson. I do think he's
kind of like a new age version of Charles Barkley.

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And here's the stat that's gonna kill you, Rob His
peer I read today his peer player efficiency rating is
forty one. Forty one is best in the nation by far.
The NBA leader, I believe is Anthony Davis. Check this
for me, Rob G. I might be wrong, but I

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think the NBA leader in PR is whoever it is.
It's like thirty if that it might be twenty nine,
but I think it's okay. It's Anthony Davis at thirty one, okay,
And this guy's peer is forty one, So that shows
you how much he's dominating the nc DOUBLEA and obviously

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Duke with him and two other studs R J. Barrett
and Cam Reddish, they all they could theoretically be the
top three picks in the draft. They could definitely go
in the top five. But anyway, because Zion has played
so well and clearly emerged as the top pick in
the draft or if if things go Haywire, certainly a

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top two three pick. Scottie Pippen and Tracy McGrady had
a really unique idea as to what he should do.
Here's Scottie Pippen. I think he's locked up the biggest
shoe deal. I think he's definitely going to be the
number one pick. I mean, I think he's done enough

(01:52:58):
for basketball college basketball. Of that, it's it's more about
him personal personally now. And I think for him as
a young player that I would shut it down. H
shut it down. I'll just say this my first reaction.
I don't want to how old is he eighteen? I

(01:53:19):
don't want an eighteen year old kid who doesn't want
to play basketball. And I'm not this is in football
where you can really seriously be hurt on every plane.
I'm not saying you can't get hurt in basketball. Before
an eighteen you went to cop then why did you
even go? Like you didn't have to go. You could
have just had a stop? Did rise? Now it was
high but they still but it wasn't like this. But

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people knew he was a good player. It was like
this people A lot of people thought he was overrated
if he's just a dunker. But if he quits and
doesn't want to play and say no, I'm just gonna
hold out for the draft. I'm just saying. I'm not
saying he's not gonna be a good player. That would
bother me as a GM or even as an owner
that an eighteen year old kid doesn't want to play basket,

(01:54:00):
that you're you're already so focused. So now I got
a guy who's already uh prima Donna, who already realizes
that he's gonna be the first pick. So I'm gonna
shut my team. I'm gonna termine. I'm not gonna play
for my teammates. I'm not trying to win a national championship,
all those other things that fall in line. All I
care about is I don't need to do anything else.

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I'm a first round pick, screw everybody else, and I'm
just waiting to go to the NBA. I don't want
that guy. I hear you. I hear you. I don't
want that guy, not at eighteen. So if he's shut
it down, you wouldn't draft him. I would have a heart.
I'd have a hard problem. I'd have to really think
about it, because there's something you talk about intangibles Chris
all the time. That's an intangible thing when you talk

(01:54:44):
about does he really love the game? Is he a
dog who likes to get after it, he wants to
be the best he can be. Or is he just
about life? Uh, pers perseverance, you know what I mean? Like, yeah,
is he just about that? I agree with you that
he should not shut it down. I think I would
be disappointed. I don't think it's the right thing to do.

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I don't think you live life that way. Like, I mean,
you could get hurt. We you know it's cliche, but
walking across the street, anything can always happen. You can't
go out on the basketball court or the football field,
baseball diamond, whatever worrying about what could happen, worried about
getting injured. So I don't think he should shut it down.

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I think he should play. I think he should try
to win a national championship and you know, continue to excel. However,
I get what Pippin and McGrady are saying, and I
would not hold it against this kid if he decided
to sit out because of what's at stake, Like, I

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wouldn't take it as, oh, he don't want to play.
He doesn't have that dog, he doesn't have that love
for the game. Look at the way he plays when
he hustles, and I mean he's one of the hardest
playing guys in the in college basketball. He clearly loves
the game. But when you look at what is at stake, again,
I wouldn't do it myself. But if he did it,

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I would not kill him. And I wouldn't look at
it as oh, he doesn't love the game. I would
look at it like, man, he made a business decision.
Get it nothing. He gains nothing tangible. He gains intangible things. Oh,
if I win a championship, that's great. If I and
you don't want to national championship with that team he

(01:56:35):
gave it is if he it's about I get it.
And like I said, I would stay and play. But
I wouldn't hold it against him. If he decided, Man,
it's not worth the risk. I don't think it would
be a I don't think it would say he doesn't
love basketball. I think it would say, man, I got

(01:56:58):
if he had a serious injury, and I'm not rushing
yourself back to play for Duke. I get that, Chris
where I'm not gonna I'm not going to be Isaiah
Thomas who rushes itself back. That's that I would totally agree.
But this wasn't an injury, like, oh my god, not
an injury. I mean, he just got that. That's what
I'm saying in my game. I'm just saying that. I

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don't think the injury had anything to do with what
Pippin was saying. I think he was just saying, look,
he's established himself as the clear cut number one? Why
continue playing? And again, I wouldn't do it. I would
not advise him to do it, but I get it,
I get it right. I mean, look out, what if
he I mean, who knows what can happen? You can

(01:57:40):
always get hurt, and I don't want him going out
there thinking that way. But I just I'm all I'm
saying is I wouldn't kill him. I wouldn't look down
on him if he decided him. Booie broke his leg
a couple times in Kentucky and still got and still
got picked over it. But no, he never was the same.
But that's not my but he never was the same.
He still got picked over Michael Jordan. That's all I'm
gonna say. And that's the knowing is one of the

(01:58:02):
greatest mistakes in Nay, no, but the trivia answer to
the trivia. But my point was it did it didn't
like the rail his career, No, he did. He was
never the same player. No, but it didn't hurt him.
I'm talking about draft wise. This kid hurt his career though.
As far as him being different, you got hurt. What's different?

(01:58:24):
Focus like twice. I'm just saying, I don't buy an
eighteen year old doesn't want to play basketball. I'm sorry.
It's not that he nobody. I don't think it would
be anything about him not wanting to play. I think
it maybe what if he sat down with his family
and they're like, Zion this, and I don't know his
family situation. I don't know if he comes from, you know,
poverty or what he might be upper class might yeah,

(01:58:46):
I don't know what his family background is. But that's
something that you would take into consideration too. I'm just
saying I get it. I wouldn't do it, but I
get it. Okay, all right, you wouldn't want to play
I know, I wouldn't want to know. I would definitely play,
and I would if I could talk to him, I
would say, man, play you would be like, you can't
live like that. That's a terrible way to live. Otherwise

(01:59:09):
we'd all be at home and stay at home and
never leave to drive your car. Don't, don't get on
a plane. Don't. Don't you know like you can't live
like that. I'm just saying, I understand. What was the
Chris rock he said? I didn't even go tell it? Don't.
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(02:00:28):
obviously that's the Brady Bunch real quick, No, Tom Brady
Ken real quick. First husband and wife to share a
bed on television. Everybody thinks it's a Brady Bunch husband
and wife sleeping in the same bed. Nope, that's separate beds. No, no, no,
it was the Monsters. They slept in the same bed.

(02:00:50):
That's the first. And that was in the early sixties.
All the other shows were separate beds, twin beds did it,
but was by design that they didn't want people to
see them in bed together. No, yeah, that's how it was. Yeah,
it was it was I no right crazy all right?
Uh so, Chris, I'm gonna ask, let's let's get everybody's

(02:01:11):
take your your top three. We're gonna end with TV
TV theme song Thursday. Of course, your top three all
time sitcoms. Hey, Deb, let's get started with you. Okay.
I am going to go number three The Office, the
American version, British version. I will go number two Seinfeld okay,

(02:01:34):
and number one Good Times. Wow, Deb, that's your favorite
all time show? I love good Times. You can definitely
walk through this now, Rob all right, rob Gee, what
you got? All right? Number three I have a modern family,
which is still on right now, okay, Number two I

(02:01:55):
have friends. Number one fresh Prince of bel Air. Wow, wow,
the one Prince you know what? Okay, Alex, what you got? Wow?
Him and me don't differ much. My three would be fresh, Prince.
Two would be friends, and number one would be Seinfeld. Wow,
that's my favorite, because I'm I'm let me go and
then you do that. Okay, all right, let me go.

(02:02:15):
My three, uh, Number three would be time Felt. Number
two would be the Odd Couple. A number one would
be Golden Those are my show your hood passages revoked.
Gimme that you didn't have one. I'm I'm I'm so

(02:02:36):
upset you didn't. You didn't. That doesn't mean that I'm
so distraught by your saying. The Golden Girls is a
top ten sitcom of all times. All right, I'm not
even gonna get my favorite three. It's hard for me
to pick my give me, give me a three. Just
don't give you ten that are better than Golden Girls.

(02:02:57):
That's what I'm gonna say, all right, No, No, or
King of Queens cheers. The Jeffersons, The Cosby Show, Martin,
the fresh Prince of bel Air, leave it to Beaver,
what happy days, good times, a different world? And Seinfeld,
now look at you and I could have given many more.

(02:03:19):
Go ahead. I'd like to add all in the family
was my ole mention? That would be number that would
be number four. I agree with that. That was good,
That was very so you got Wait a minute, how
many you got? Nine out of ten Black shows? On? Here? On? No? No, no, no,
you know I got how many Black shows? One? I
see a pattern going on here? Four or five? See?
I did have no what a death when your light skin?

(02:03:40):
He has to compensate and let everybody know that he
watched Black Show. Not at all, not at all. I'm
bronze kid. One three. You gave me ten nine, I don't.
I'm starting to think that under in your top ten
a couple of Fox Sports. Rady, I'll see you tomorrow.

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