Does Giannis have GOAT potential?

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great NBA game last night with the Clippers and the Rockets,
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do a great job and I'm excited to have you usually,
You're right, I'm doing it from New York. I've done
it from New York. I've done it from Atlanta. I
believe with you and and maybe even Hugh want so
is it is great to be side by side. So
let's welcome in the Eye Couple crew. Of course, on
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I always say he's digging in the crate. But I've
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I definitely want that one. But then otherwise I want
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on the updates, and of course Elijah Zike on the
social media us get right into it, all right. Big
game last night, As I said, the Lakers, not the Lakers,
the Clippers, just I believe VJ sent a message. They
sent a message to the rest of the NBA that

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we are as good as advertised. We are serious. Now.
We were taking our time early in the season getting healthy.
We knew that the last month and a half and
then April, May and June were what it's really all about.
And we are letting y'all know that when we are

(04:38):
have our full compliment of players, nobody can mess with us.
Because the Houston Rockets were running rough shot through the
league and they're small ball. They had beaten the Lakers,
they had beating several other good teams, and the Clippers
just went in there punched them in the mouth from
the beginning, beat them to a pulp in Houston, and uh,

(05:01):
I think, I look, I got the Clippers winn it
at all, and I feel awfully good about my pick.
I can't wait till Sunday. I'll be at that game
with the Lakers. But we're gonna stick to last night.
The Clippers looked awesome, and I think they send a
message VJ that they are certainly the best in the
West and probably the best in the league. I'm not

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sure if they send the message, because I thought the
message was already there that when they're healthy, they got Doc,
you got the Claw, you got PG, you got Pat Bath,
you got Montrez, and then you got lou Will. Okay,
then they bring in the Morris brother, did you bring
it Reggie Jackson after his buyout from the Pistons, which
gives you some scoring power and a veteran that's been
there before can and can get things done and get

(05:43):
his own shot when he wants to get his own shots.
So I'm not sure if the message was sent. I
just think that when games like that happened and then
the Rockets go U, you know, horribly from the three
point like what three or twenty something three or thirty
something the first three quarters of the twenty straight. That's
the question why they shot sixteen percent from three? You
you know why they heard footsteps? Why does the receiver

(06:07):
drop the ball going across the middle because Ronnie Lott
is waiting for him. That's why. And I'm gonna tell
you. You You play basketball when the speed is a little
bit faster, when the team is a little bit more aggressive,
when the hands are in your face a little bit
more than usual. Now when you are open, you're thinking,

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and you know you gotta shoot quicker. All right, I've
been there, and the game is faster now. I don't
have time to take my time like I did in
most games. Now, I gotta shoot it a little quicker,
and that's enough to get you off and make you miss.
And I think that's where I don't think they Okay,
some of it's they were just off, but I think
a lot of it is what the Clippers did to them. Yeah,

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but we've seen the Rockets do this before. Though. We've
seen the Rockets in the Game seven of the Western
Conference Finals one other time that was a good defensive
too true, But they've had times where they go through
these dry spells hard. It has times where he goes
through these dry spells. Westbrook isn't a great three point shooter.
Tucker is pretty much money from the corners. He's average
everywhere else. So I just think games like this happened,

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and in the beginning of March, we could chalk it
up to footsteps. But like I said, I don't think
they were footsteps. I think we already see the Clippers,
especially you do. You're picking them to win it all.
We see the Clippers as the dominant, best team and
that's gonna win it in the league. So a game
like that's the last night, in my opinion, should have happened.
They should have gone in there. If you're if you're
a title contender, why and you're great because that's what

(07:35):
greats are, title contender, that's what great. Well, hold on,
we're gonna get to that because I remember, if you
remember last July, I picked them to go to the
Western Conference finals on the Show with You, Yeah, Well,
on the Show with You go back. No, I'm not
gonna no, no, I'm not gonna tell I'm not gonna
take hold on, no, no, hold on, stop, stop the presses,
the rockets are getting to the Western Conference time. Well,

(07:56):
hold on, let me explain right now, right right now,
they're they're they're with in shot it's called a backtrack. No,
this is not a backtrack. They're with this shot of
a two seed. They're with this shot of still being
a two. But they can also be in a seed.
They can fall that far. Okay, it could go. It
could go either way. If they're a negative one seed. Yeah,
but in all seven games or they not beating the

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Lakers or the Clippers. No, well, we don't know that.
You don't. You don't know what the No, you don't.
You know, just like we don't know if we're gonna
wake up in the morning. But I mean, practically speaking,
we know. No, I just I just don't. I think
I think the small ball works for them. I don't
know if it would work for a lot of other
NBA teams. I think it works for them, and I do.

(08:40):
We've seen Brody come in here, man on that Laker
team you're talking about, and hang forty plus on him
twice this year, like he's done it to them twice.
He's coming here, Yes, Brody, it ain't that he won't
get his And I agree with you that the small
ball is best for their roster right now. Yeah, it's
And they are sex see, they're fun to watch there

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must see TV. They're a hoot. They're probably the fourth
best team in the NBA, behind the two wins in
LA and Milwaukee. If you want to argue Boston, we
can argue that. But they're not good enough. No, they're
not good enough to win the championship. That's that's all
there is to it. I agree with you that I

(09:23):
have them in the Western Conference finals. I don't think
they're winning the championship. Which LA team where they beat him.
I think they could beat the Lakers in the seven
game series. Could yeah, yeah, yeah, like I think they could.
Puncher's chance. No, not a punchers chance, not a punch
of chance. The Lakers don't have a deep bench. They
don't shoot that well. Um, you can have. You know
you're gonna get LEBRONI. You know you're gonna get a

(09:44):
d after that. You have no idea which you're gonna gets. Well,
he will, Yeah, he has for the Spurs and for
the Raptors a little bit. But he hasn't done it yet.
He hasn't done it yet, right, ain't no playoff ROUNDA.
No, No No, there's no playoff ROUNDO that round argo. Yeah,

(10:05):
it was two three years ago, but two or three
years is a long time when you're creeping into your
mid thirties in the NBA. Three years ago, two years
ago is a long time when you're your mid third protection.
With Westbrook, he gonna have like last night, they they
had trouble finishing against the Clippers. They're not gonna have
trouble finishing against a D. The White and JaVale McGee.
Maybe maybe a D. I'm gonna give you a D,

(10:26):
but I think the White and JaVale at some point
this this magical type of defensive you know, showing that
they had over runs this season. At some point it's
gotta it's gotta get him in foul trouble. And if
they're either one of those guys, get in foul trouble
and a playoff series. Now you're asking more out of
a D. You're asking more out of Lebron on the defense.

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And we know Lebron likes to go stand down on
a block on defense. Now he'll get out on the perimeter,
you know, to be showy when they're up ten points,
in front, run like he likes to do. Guard a
smaller guy, talk some track quick. No, y'all, I think
Rod Parker's and Lebron hater. Oh my, come on, man,
this man listen Rob, He's skip Shannon sharp, proud Lebron.

(11:09):
I'm proud. I'm a proud Lebron hater, and I'm very valid.
Though I don't he's a great player. He's one of
the best I've ever seen, one of my own eyes.
I just don't think he stands up to Mike and Kobe.
That's just my opinion though. That's all I'm saying. But
you know, I just think that when when it comes
down to a playoff series, I don't like the Lakers
bench and I don't like a seven game series that
gets the team that likes the running get up and

(11:30):
down and shoot a lot of threes and attack the
rim the way Russell Westbrook does. He will get those
guys in foul trouble. And if he does, they can
find themselves in a two two matchup. You know where
a pivotal Game five can be there, and we know
game fives can go anyway and the playoff series, So
you pick in Houston over the Lakers. Yes to the
Western Conference Finals. My Western Conference Finals are the Clippers
in the in the Rockets, and I'm gonna stick with that,

(11:51):
all right, So we're gonna put some wings on that. Yeah,
coocker barrel. Oh if I win, If I win, yet,
you gotta come get to cucker Borough. Yeah. When I
was last, they've been the outback in a decade. Okay,
all right, when I went, and I didn't think my
next time the outback would be for winning. Yeah, I
will do it for you, but it's not gonna matter

(12:13):
because I'm gonna win that bad. Okay. Well, look at Houston.
They're nice, They're They're a nice, little cute team. Yeah.
One other thing too. The injury bug has hit a
lot of the better teams. Watching Golden State and the
Raptors last night, I had no idea the Raptors had
that many players missed double digit game twenty eighteen, fourteen fourteen,
I was like, wow, and they're still being able to

(12:35):
keep it together. The Lakers have been able to avoid
the big injury bug. They're only one growing, one slip,
one ankle from that team, looking like even if it's
a base exactly, and they what I'm saying is they
haven't had that yet. If something like that were to happen,
we could really be looking at this Laker team saying,
you know, hey, this this could get real, real dangerous

(12:57):
as far as you know myself. Lebron haters or whatever
come out after the Lakers or come after them. But
if something like that were to happen to even one
of those big guys you just mentioned, you know, you
let the White or you let Javelle pull something and
they gotta sit eight or nine games, they could be
in a lot of trouble on the defensive ent. Well,
if they lose Lebron or a D two an end course,
I mean, that's that's I'm keep saying. Yeah, I'm keeping

(13:18):
them out of I'm taking them forward to lose another.
I mean, it wouldn't be great, But they still beat
the Rockets, Okay, whoa world. Hopefully they'll match up in
the playoffs and you and I got wings on it.
If I win, I want google Borough all right, eight
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(13:39):
how confident are you in the Rockets ability to beat
the Lakers or the Clippers in the playoffs. I can't
believe I'm even asking this question. I mean, but VJ.
Husky got the Rockets in the conference Finally, my goodness,
I thought Rob had some ridiculous takes. Why is it
got to be ridiculous? Clearly the Lakers and the Clippers

(14:00):
three championship contenders Lakers, Clippers, Bucks. But I'm not calling them.
I'm not calling them a championship contender, big bro. I'm
just basically saying that they're going to the conference They're
going to the conference finals. They gotta be one of
those teams to get there, and we're not doing it.
All right? What do you think though? Eighty seven seven
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A seven seven nine nine six sixty three sixty nine.
Can the Rockets beat one of the LA teams to
get to the conference finals. Let's start with Trevor and Sacramento. Trevor,
you are with the Eye couple. What's going on, guys?
What's happening for some caller? Thank? Thank you? Thank you? Hey. Yeah. So,
I mean I'm with you on this one, Chris. I

(15:30):
don't see anyway that the Rockets can beat the Lakers.
And the main piece of Vja's argument that I kind
of have an issue with is him saying that the
Lakers aren't good of a shooting team. I mean, you
compare them to the Rockets shooting wise. They're shooting forty
nine percent from the field, and the Rockets are shooting
forty five and from three, the Lakers are shooting about
thirty six and the Rockets are shooting thirty five. Rockets
more threes, but they shooted better. Yeah. Right, So my

(15:54):
thing is at the end d of the day, I mean,
you know, shooting wise, Lakers are about the same, have
a slight edge, and then if you look get defensively,
they're better and they're just bigger down low. So I
think that small ball line up just doesn't have a chance. Yeah,
I'm with you. I think those are good points and
look a puncher's chance. Sure. I mean, you know, I
do think before the trade and they went small, I

(16:14):
thought they had a better chance of beating the Clippers
than the Lakers. Now since the trade, since they've gone small,
I think they have a better chance of beating the Lakers.
But I don't think they'll beat either. Let's go to
cars in Lancaster, California. Cars. You're on with the Eye Couple. Hey, Chris,
what's going on? I can't even believe he even thinks

(16:34):
that used to con beat him. I mean, it's just
like I'm sending you laughing. I've never called him a
first time caller. I said, I gotta take this call.
But yeah, I just believe that we can run a
zone on them and UM and and just defend the
perimeter because Javite McGee and UM and Dwight Howard, I'm
gonna gonna take care of paint. You're gonna kill them.

(16:55):
I'm a Laker fan. Just so you know, Oh, surprise,
surprise you. They made him look like a kim Eli
Joan last night. If your biggest athletic enough to stick
with their smalls, which Zubatch was and Javelle is and
Dwight Howard is, Jubach wasn't no no zue boxes. But

(17:16):
Dwight Howard and Javelle McGee are not quick enough, and
many minutes of game they are quick. Dwight Howard him
may get in foul trouble. That's a long reach. I
don't think enough. I don't even think they could be different.
I do think they're the third best team in the West.

(17:37):
But you know, we'll see Denver Utah. They they've handled
Utah a couple of times, I believe, since they've gone
small and lost to them on the last second shot.
Let's go to Mark. It's Sacramento. Mark, Welcome to the
eye couple. What's going on, gentlemen, what's I agree? I
agree with your co host. I think it can happen.
I'll tell you why. J. Let me just tell you

(17:58):
some vj's relative typically new to the show. That's not
a good sign. I don't know if he's ever been right.
Go ahead, he's on. He's onto something that I'll tell
you why. It's because the key here would be Russell Westbrook.
He stopped shooting threes. He's penetrating. That's why they got
rid of Capella. And if you notice that dude breaks
down defense Mary anybody. When he gets the defense of Rebrown,

(18:19):
he's gonna take that ball and go all the way
and put more pressure or one of those two teams
that they play. And they've already beaten the Clippers twice,
and he's taught forty on the Lakers twice, so I
think they have a chance. And if they're hitting the
shots to go three for thirty seven like they did
last night, there's your key. No look, I think this
is the best way for them to play, and I do.
I don't think it's any coincidence that Westbrook is playing

(18:42):
tremendous basketball now that they've opened up the paint. He
doesn't that that's why not taking threes. He only took
two last night. But he's great. But that by itself
is not gonna beat the Lakers or the Clippers. That's
all I'm saying. Let's go to Matt and saying, Jose, Matt,
you're on with Chris and VJ. All right, what's that
in and fellas, I'm gonna go with your call host

(19:03):
today and the name is Mac and may c k Okay,
give something straight here first and foremost. You guys are
got predictions already for the Western Conference finally in early March. Yeah,
that's our job. Yeah, I know that's your job. You
said and had a meeting for it too. Okay, we'll
check it out. Actually, I don't know what you mean

(19:24):
by that. Ye may just pick in July. Brother, go ahead,
now you grab me last, first and foremost. I'm gonna
Laker friend since like nineteen sixty seven when I saw
Archie Clarke and Jerry West in the black cart LA
Sports Arena. I'm saying this about my beloved Lakers. It's
not gonna happen while Lebron James is the Laker uniform

(19:45):
it's not gonna happen. So will they lose to the Rockets.
They're gonna lose this. They might even make it gat
for wait wait wait wait they might not may make it.
Put it out. Chris may be the first round. Hold,
I'm saying that if New Orleans or who is the

(20:07):
number one top defensive player on this Laker defense? Okay,
I'm waiting. I mean they got they got rim protectors.
They don't have one fantastic defender, but they got a
good team defense. Hey that shit. Now I've been watching Lake.
What Lea got there? What a seed is beating the Lakers?

(20:32):
My goodness, No, no, no no, I don't know. Yeah yeah,
yeah he was Wow. I agree. I appreciate the agreeance
with the cost, but the other stuff was wild meat.
All right, we know at least one person who wants
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The only hard part it's figuring out which way is easier.
It's time for celebrity corners. God, I know for the
odd couple celebrity corners. All right. You can catch our
celebrity weeknights at eleven pm on the Daily Show with

(21:39):
Trevor Noah on Comedy Central. You can also go to
his website, roywood Junior dot com for his upcoming stand
up comic tour dates. Here is our man, roy Wood Junior.
Welcome to Celebrity Corps. Everybody was the greatest. I loved.

(22:06):
It's great to have you on, man. And you might
know something we don't know because you're so excited. I
know you you want Tim Brady out of the AFC East.
Is that why you're so excited because you think he's
headed out of there? No, because if he go to Oakland,
he's still gonna dishrad Us in the playoffs and be

(22:26):
in the Miami Dolphins. That's your team. The Bills are
starting to come together. Everybody at like the Patriots was
just dominating this year. The Patriots, they were twelve and four.
That's that's still nowhere near where the Dolphins could be.
So right, could be? Right? When the last time you're like,

(22:49):
y'all haven't won twelve games? Was there? I don't think?
Hey respect the wildcat year? Yeah, well Wildcat year was
eleven and five? Right, Yeah, we won the division? Right,
you're a Dolphins fane. I'm bet a Dolphin fan all
my life. I am a huge, major Dolphin fan. Absolutely,
what up, Big Roy? How are you doing? Their? Brother? Man?

(23:12):
I'm good man. I think Flores the one thing he
was able to get out of his players was effort.
So I do agree the Dolphins could easily easily nine
wins with whatever they get in the draft. Yeah right now,
number one blind nine minimum, nine minimal, And now are
you in LA because we might have to bring you in. Uh,
we might have to do a wing beat. That's what

(23:33):
we do on the eye couple, and we might have
to bring you into the studio one day to settle
that nine. I'm New York closeted. But I'm in LA
once every three weeks, so yeah, all right, we could
do that. But I'm on a blind ten. And since
we're talking about the Dolphins, a fellow comedian myself, I
can I bring you a quarterback question. Man, we got

(23:55):
the number five pick and the draft this year. Do
you look at one of these college kids? Or do
you try to kick the tires on a free agent
guy like a Teddy Bridgewater. Maybe call Carolinas if they're
done with Cam Newton. Maybe see if we could call Atlanta,
see if we can move to these first round picks,
one this year, one next year for maybe a Mattie
Ice or something like that. Where would you go if
you were the GM at the Dolphins at the quarterback position. Roy,

(24:17):
if from GM right now, if I got something good
at five, I take it. I don't trade up, don't
give away picks at all whatsoever. If it was gone,
then maybe you try and dance and get Bridgewater. I'm
still having flashbacks of the whole Dante Colepepper versus Drew
Brees fiasco. Yeah, from what was at oh five, four
oh five, somewhere in there oh five is that the

(24:38):
Ricky Williams. I that we lost Ricky Williams. I think.
I think what the NFL has shown us over the
last couple of years is that you can have success.
You may not, you may not go all the way
deep in the playoff, but you can have success. Do
you have a quarterback that just don't mess up? And
I think Bridgewater could be that. All we need for
use two twenty and the touchdown don't throw no picks

(24:58):
there it is Roy Wood, Junior of The Danley Show
is joining the Eye Couple. Now, you're also a Cubs fan,
so you seem like a big baseball football guy. You're
in the basketball as well. I'm a casual Hornets fan,
but when the Hornets moved to New Orleans, that's when
I just kind of became a fan of the league.

(25:19):
And then when the podcast came, I was like, cool,
I'm gonna support black Fish, but podcast like a black listener.
I was like, Bob Johnson, Baby, Well, I gotta ask you, Okay,
hold on, you're from Alabama and your teams are the
Chicago Cubs, the Charlotte Hornets, and the Miami Dolphins. How

(25:42):
do you pick your clubs because none of them win?
And none of them are in the same geographical area.
They all in the same cable package. You wouldn't you
were in Alabama with no professional teams you root for,
will come on TV. The Cubs came on during the day.
Everybody think you watched your Braves on TBS, but we
only had now you just those school here and back

(26:03):
in my day, only one, only one TV in the
house had had the cable by Yeah, so at night
when the Braves came on, my pops wasn't coming about
the remote because he watching the Hunter in the A
team and all that nonsense. The only time I go
watch baseball was during the day football regional coverage. Back
in the day you only got two games, early game AFC,

(26:24):
late game NFC. The only good football team in the
eighties in the South was the Dolphins. The Oilers were
so suck. Everybody else was trash, Saints, Buck South, all trash. Right, Okay,
it's a good explanation. No, I'm sure that's what it was.
It's scause you showed me where you show now you
if you're an adult in New York and in LA,

(26:46):
you got options. Now, come on, I'm not gonna portray
my tring childhood. Thank you jumping somebody jumping ship after
the age of eighteen us the chump just be a
fan of the sport. Are you fight Lee? Like days?
Giving him issues and he's still like, I'm gonna be
right back there in my orange and blue next year.
That's how you are, because orange Blue would be there

(27:08):
longer than Doling. And the only exception I'll get to
that rule is if an expansion team set up shopping
your town, then fine, you can pivot. Okay, Okay, if
you used to be a Falcon fam but then the
Titans game in Nashville, cool pivot. But I think you
have to stay true to whatever it was, like what
you just gotta Yeah, pick a team, man, and whatever
you're rooting for when you lose your virginity them your team. Yeah,

(27:33):
Roy VJ. Verner Husky here again for your man question
for you. I know you're an HBCU guy. I'm a
huge HBCU guy, got HBCU blood all through my family
from the Meakin and all the other conferences in the conference.
And I know you went to FAM, and I got
a bunch of friends that also went to FAM. Dion
Sanders recently said that he was gonna put together a

(27:54):
combine for the HBCU kids alone to come out and
perform for the team, for the NFL franchise and stuff
like that. You being the HBCU graduate, do you ever
think that it would come to a point that they
could recruit one of the bigger known players in basketball
or football to kind of change the tide from the
other big schools having all the great black talents and

(28:16):
maybe some of these HBCU schools getting some of this
talent and changing the narrative a little bit. I've always
said if you had two or three Blue trippers to
go from high school straight to an HBCU, it would
change the competitive dynamics of Division one in Division two athletics,
I just don't know how you can convince one kid
to be The problem is that the first group of

(28:37):
kids to do that, they're the ones that are going
to make the sacrifice in terms of preparedness, the equipment,
the level of competition, which is what they judge you
on when it's time for the combine. And remember this
year you had a couple guys visit, Howard mccore maker
and basketball and Josh Christopher. I don't know that anyone
will end up there, but that was at least a

(28:57):
step in the right direction. Let me tell you about
a family, your brother, that I covered when I was
writing to the state for back in the day. Jacquaid
not only Jacquaidon not only was at Florida and m
in the late nineties. He broke Jerry Rice's receiving record
in terms of perceptions. Not y'all, it's not touchdown, but
as time's touching the ball, broke Jerry's record. That Jerry

(29:18):
hann over in Mississippi, right, Jacquoi, I don't even think
I don't think he ever suited up for an NFL squad.
I can't speak to whether or not he even got
invited to the combine. And that's because a lot of
teams felt like you was catching the ball against a
bunch of scrubs. So we're not even sure if you're good.
Even Steve McNairy was questioning absolutely out of alcohol, and
you mentioned Jerry Rice. He went missus mc Valley State HBCU.

(29:40):
Shannon Sharp went to an HBCU. You have had some
great players come out, But yeah, Roy, let me ask
you this before we let you go vj as he said,
he is a comedian. My partner who's not here today,
who's Vj's filling in for Rob Parker is an aspiring medians.

(30:01):
What advice? Rob's got one problem? Everything else is great.
He's just not funny. That's that's the only problem. But
what advice would you give these guys to get to
that next level without seeing a Rob. I'm very familiar
with robbing his work from watching him on the show.
Rob seems like the type that if a joke don't work,
he's just gonna start becaussing at the crowd. Yeah. Yeah,

(30:24):
and they don't work. They generally don't work. He's right.
Comedy is a conversation. Don't overthink it. Yeah, okay, it's
funny in the barbershop, is funny on stage. Thank you
say it with confidence. That's the biggest thing is that
it already has to be funny to you. And if
they don't laugh, then make them feel like it's something wrong.
But the way they were they were raised. I hear you, brother,

(30:47):
and thank you for that advice. Thank you for joining us.
You drop some gems and again we're serious about getting
you in the studio. We had Arnie Spears, We've had
several guys in leon that we were at. Actors, athletes,
comedians have all been in here, so we'd love to
get you here on the I Couple Studio, it's again,
it's Roy Wood Junior. You can catch him weeknights at

(31:09):
eleven pm on the Daily Show with Trevor Noah that's
on Comedy Central, and for his upcoming stand up tour dates,
go to Roywood Junior dot com, Roywood Jayard dot com.
All right, my man, we are prom the time. All right,
chicken wings on that Roy I'm going ten. I'm going blind.
I'm going blind ten. We should have had seven year,

(31:32):
We should have had seven this year. They actually I
am with you on floors. Floors is a good cop,
a great coach, no question? All right, thank you, Roy
YEA one team in the NBA is starting to remind
me of a modern day version of the Jordan Pipping Bulls.
That's right, I said it. I'll explain. Next Couple with VJ.
Husky And for Rob Parker Fox Sports Radio. Be sure

(31:53):
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I Man, look at Alex He over there smiling like, Yeah,
you wanted something, you wanted some funk. I'll bring your funk.
It's the Eye Couple. I'm Chris Bruce, Arry my Man, VJ.

(32:16):
Husky and for Rob Parker and uh VJ. I know
you're not as high on the Clippers as I am.
That's not true. With Kawai and Paul George and their
cast of defenders who are role players, they remind me,

(32:37):
I'm not saying overall, but defensively, they kind of remind
me of the Jordan Pipping Bulls. I'm gonna I'm agree
with you, right. I could call Montres Harold a little
kind of a little bit like Dennis Robin, real tough,
very good rebounder, obviously scores way more than Robman ever did.
Horse could he could be kind of a great He

(32:59):
could be like a Horse Grants. Yeah, Um, Patrick Beverley,
I mean they had Ron Harper, Randy Brown or some
of their defenders. Um, but their ability, their length, their
athleticism and that great perimeter defense reminds me of those Bulls. Well,
if you remember Paxson, could you know Patson can get

(33:20):
down and pull the shorts up and play m d
BJ was pretty good on the perimeter. Scott Williams. That
that big guys you can bring off of Scott Williams
off the bench, that uh, Cliff Limeston they can bring
off the bitch, a big, bulky kind of guy, just
to take up some space eight nine minutes a game.
Cause a little rockets down there in the paint like
nineties ball used to be. No, that's good when you

(33:40):
when you did the t's going into the break, I
was really sitting here when I'm like, who's he talking about?
But now that you break it down defensively, Yeah, and
a lot of us coming off of last night, I
do have to touch on that. I don't disagree with
you that they're the championship contenders. I do think they're
gonna win it all. I do think the Clippers. But
I'm just saying it wouldn't surprised me. As I said
before the show, it wouldn't not surprise me if just

(34:01):
something freakish happened. This has been a really weird NBA season.
Think about it. No Staff, no Durant, Kyrie's done, no Clay.
It's been a kind of a really weird NBA season
where all the attentions on two teams, it's just Lakers Clippers,
Lakers Clippers, Lakers Clippers. And then you're splashing raps, she's
splashing bucks, She's splashing I. That doesn't matter. I don't

(34:25):
trust him there there West. They're not going to the finals.
Oh really? No? No, I love listening. I love Yannis.
I think Yannis is going to be the best player
in the league over the next four to five years.
There's as soon as he gets this jumper together, there's
nobody that's gonna stop him. But when I look at
the team as a whole, I just don't look at
that team as a team that can win a championship.

(34:45):
Can they go to the Eastern Conference finals? And if
you keep Jannis, if you just kind of formed this
wall and you say, okay, yeah, Chris Middleton, you'll have
a good game too. You'll have a good game five.
You're not gonna have seven good games. Well, Middleton struggled
mightily against the Raptors. I think, yeah, fifteen points or
something like that, or his best game was fifteen points
something like that. In this series, I think they're the

(35:06):
favorites in the East, but Boston, I think it's very tough.
With Jason Tatum emerging Toronto I like. I think Boston
is the second best team. I like Toronto, I like Philly,
But there's too many ifs, too many ifs. First of all,
if they're healthy number one? And then even if they're healthy,
can they get their mind right because they're horrible on

(35:27):
the road, And is are they gonna be able to
forget getting the best out of Mbid and Simmons together
just when they get the best or close to the
best out of those two at the same time. And
so I do think the Bucks are the heavy favorites
in the East. I'm not saying there's no chance they

(35:47):
could get beat, but I would be surprised if they
didn't reach the finals. Well, they were the heavy favorites
last year too, even though Toronto had Kawai, the Bucks
were the heavy favorites. They had home court advantage. They
started the Eastern confer the finals off too oh and
then got swept quite expeditiously in four straight games. Two
things real quick, Jason Tatum, I don't know if you
remembered us, but the day of the draft when he

(36:09):
was drafted, you did my show for me on another network.
And remember you and I both said that we would
have Tooken. We would have taken him over Lonzo Ball.
We would have Tooken him probably one or two because
markul Folks is the other other guard, the other pick
in that draft. That point, and I think Boston is
a team. I agree with you. They could come out
of the East Philly though I have no confidence in

(36:30):
Philly even getting out of the second round. I said
two three years ago, I don't think Embiid and Simmons matched.
They're not gonna play past twenty twenty one together. The
franchise is gonna move one of those guys. You have to.
They don't match. I don't care what the flash looks like.
I look at the bottom line. You gotta move one
of those guys this offseason. Well, I think what I

(36:52):
do before I moved one of them. Assuming they go
out earlier than expect it and then they wanted to
in the playoffs, I would get a new coach, but
I would get a new coach that I that I
believe can maximize those two together at least give it
one more shot, and then if he can't get it done,
I love him, Mark Jackson. I don't know if they
was about I was about to say that name. I

(37:13):
was about to go there. He'd be a guy that
I want to bring in. Um, but I would before
I traded MBA or Simmons, UM. I would try to
get a coach in there that I think can maximize them,
and then if it doesn't work in a year or so,
then I'd move on. Well, it wasn't to fire him
last year. They wanted to fire they want Why didn't
they They gave him an extension. Yeah, Well because I

(37:34):
don't think they supt Montie Williams. It was the perfect
Everything was lining up perfectly for it. Yeah, and I
think they give him the extension so you don't make
him a lame duck coach and give him one year
like Houston's doing with Dan Tony. But Mark Jackson, do
let me actually, because you're in the know a lot better,
a lot deeper than most basketball people on the planet.
Just Mark really want a coach because he seems very comfortable.
He wants to making that money he making. Just call

(37:56):
him any job, but he wants to get back to coach. Okay,
all right, he's been blackball though, yeah, yeah, yeah, you
have to, all right, I couple two hours left. VJ
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(38:38):
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(38:59):
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let's uh move from the NBA to the NFL. VJ
and Patrick mahomes the best quarterback in the NFL Super

(39:20):
Bowl champion already been in MVP, all of that in
just two years as a starter. It's unbelievable. His agent
was talking, and Mahomes actually talked about this, Rob Do
we have audio of any of this? Okay, but I'm
gonna yeah, I'm gonna ask Rob g to read it
and kind of give us the context. I think it's

(39:41):
very interesting stuff, especially in light of what's going on
with Dak Prescott as well. That's right, Chris, Now earlier
might have been late last week. Actually, Pat mahomes agent
Lee Steinberg was asked by our reporters say, hey, you know,
this is probably going to be the easiest negotiation he
ever had with Pat Mahomes. You know, just whatever, forty
million plus science, he'll deliver it. Well, he kind of

(40:04):
wasn't so sure about it, He responded, saying, you know what,
He's gonna get the deal done, you know, but we
got to make sure that the Chiefs have a good
roster because quote, quarterback greatness is judged by Super Bowls
and quotes. So that's what he said. Now today, Pat
Mahomes spoke to Terres Payler of Yahoo Sports, is a
very good NFL writer, and one of the quotes that
he had in the article about his contract was this

(40:26):
from Pat Mahomes quote, Obviously, I want to get a contract.
Obviously I want to provide for my family for a
long time to everything like that. But I want to
make sure I do it the smart way, do it
the right way. So I don't know exactly what that
is yet, but I know that I want that my
people and the chiefs people will talk about it, will
do it at the right time and for the betterment

(40:47):
of the team. Quote. Well, it sounds like Patrick Mahomes
is a lot like me, all right. Patrick Mahomes is
just saying I'm gonna get paid. Ye, I'm gonna get
my money, But if I need to for the betterment

(41:08):
of the team, if it means we get to keep
Travis Kelsey or lose Travis Kelsey, then I'll take a
little bit of a haircut. So if I could get
forty three million a year, but we'd lose Travis Kelsey
then and I take forty million and we get to
keep him, then I'll take forty and keep him. Now,

(41:30):
the situation is this VJ. Patrick Mahomes is fortunate, they're
not in a position where that's the situation. They already
got Travis Kelsey locked up. They already got Tyreek Hill
locked up in under contract. They already got Damian Williams,
the running back who played great in the Super Bowl,
locked up, so he doesn't have to. And I'm not

(41:50):
and I think Mahomes might be like this too. I'm
not saying I'm just gonna do the franchise a favor.
You know that that they they they want they I
want forty three million. They only want to give me
forty We're not gonna lose players, good players. If I
take forty three. They can afford it. Give me forty three.

(42:12):
You're a billionaire. Give me my money. But I would
take a little bit less if it meant I could
keep a critical part of the team together, because it's
as Lee Steinberger's agent said, it's about rings. Yeah, Patrick
Mahomes wants to go down as the goat. I have
said it. I was one of the first people mocked me,

(42:35):
especially the guy that usually is in your seat. I know,
and he said, I'm crazy for saying Patrick Mahomes has
goat potential. He does. But the way he's gonna realize
that potential is to win more Super Bowls. I like
his attitude where you at, I love his attitude. This
is just another example of how to another bros in

(42:56):
sports winning. They knowledge, we smart, we know we're doing
exactly because he's a Vanulo brother too, and this is
just super smart. Not only that he has so it's
a different world. They got so many endorsements, they make
money so many other ways. And I've always said this
to people, I would love one hundred and fifty million dollars,
would also love two hundred million dollars. Cool. But if

(43:18):
the two hundred million dollars is going to affect my
long longevity of what's gonna happen to me and happen
in my situation, and the one fifty makes things more
concrete and more solid, I'm okay without that other fifty million,
because I'm not going out doing frivolous spending and stupid
spending and buying things that depreciate the minute you purchase them.

(43:38):
He strikes me as that kind of guy, and he's
thinking that way. And like you said, at the end
of the day, it's about them things that you put
on your fingers, those rings, the numbers and all of
that is cute. That's for fantasy guys like me. But
those rings, that's where you stand at the end of
the day, no question. And here's the thing. Even in
your example, if you were a frivolous spender, it's a

(43:59):
hundred fifty million, I mean, it's still gonna be fine.
And that's my thing. We're not talking about the difference
between him making three hundred and fifty thousand dollars a
year and five million years. We're talking about forty three
and forty or forty and thirty seven. Like you're you're
going to be filthy rich anyway, So make sure you're

(44:21):
in a great position to help your team and help
you win big and I like it. Now that leads
us to what is going on in Dallas with the Cowboys.
The reports are coming out. I don't look I'm not
gonna act like I know their entire cap situation and
all that, but the reports are saying they don't look

(44:42):
like they're going to be able to afford both Dak
Prescott and Amari Cooper. And I'm saying this vj IF
because the reports are that Dallas has offered Amari Cooper
a contract around three thirty three million dollars a year. Correct.
They probably offered that knowing that if we give him this,

(45:03):
we can keep Amar. Yeah. So if he is insisting on, say,
being the highest paid quarterback in the league at thirty
six million a year, and it is going to cost
them Amari Cooper, then I say to Dak Prescott, and
I say it loud and clearly, take the thirty three
and keep a Mary. Because as much as I like

(45:26):
Dak Prescott, you are not to say you're not Pat Mahomes,
You're not Aaron Rodgers, You're not one of these superstar
quarterbacks that can survive without an Amari Cooper type receiver.
I mean, it's tough for the great ones, and it'd
be very tough on him. So I'm just saying, I
don't know if that's the difference, but if it is,

(45:47):
take a little less and keep your number one guy,
or here's the thing, let's go a little deeper. They're
not even gonna be able to keep their number one
corner and Byron Jones right and him, Yeah, Well, I
don't know, because you still need guys that cover in
this league. I played corner in high school, so I
have an infatuation of a love, a quarter, a big cornerback. Well,
I mean this is not this is this is grown man.

(46:07):
More like, listen, listen. First of all, this is the
first of all that I take that asn't an insulting
number one. I don't know. I'm just about number two.
This is this is grown man stuff. Man, we're talking
twenty five years ago when I played corner all conference
corner by the way, and high school. Now this is
all cheese, grids and biscuits and fried chickens, she told me,

(46:29):
was all conference, which I well, I can listen. Well,
I can pull it up up here now listen, Union
in High School, Clinton, North Carolina, nineteen ninety four ninety five.
My junior year, I was an all conference corner. I
led the conference in year my junior year, my senior
my parents are military. My senior year I was back
in Virginia playing at the school called Potoment High School.
So I didn't get a chance to go back there

(46:50):
and and and continue my career at Union High School.
But yes, and led the conference and interceptions that year.
So yes, those are those are all facts. But back
to Dak Prescott. Listen, I listen to you. A rob
a lot. And now listen, you guys go back and
forth on Dotor Prescott. I disagree with a lot that
you both say about Prescott because I feel that Zeke
is so important on that team. I know this is

(47:11):
gonna sound blasphemous, son, I know people are gonna rip
me for receivers do kind of come and go. They
really do in the NFL. And if you have the
best receiver in the league, doesn't mean you're gonna win.
Best receiving earlier year in the league. Last year was
Michael Thomas. Somebody tell me how far the Saints go?
DeAndre Hopkins, Somebody tell me how far the Tightens the
Texans went. You don't have to have that superstar number

(47:32):
one receiver in my opinion, when you have a great
old line and you have a great de running game
as they do. So I would take care of my
quarterback first, and then maybe you got these guys coming
out of college this year. You got a lot of
underclassmanuted receiver coming out next year. We don't know what's
gonna happen with the Bengals and AJ Green next year.
They're gonna franchise them this year, but it will be

(47:54):
free next year. I think you paid Dak now the forty.
You're saying thirty three for what I'm gonna daks he
was forty. I mean the reports about that again, If
if that means I'm gonna lose Amari Cooper, I think
Dak should take less. And I look, I tend to
I agree with your overall point is that if you

(48:14):
don't like having a great receiver doesn't mean you're gonna
win the Super I've seen some of the greatest Julio
Jones is in Atlanta, Michael Thomas, your Randy Moss. We
can go on and on down the line, DeAndre Hopkins,
but usually it's because the quarterback is so good that

(48:35):
he can make more out of mediocre or average receivers.
I like Dak, but that's not that type of guy.
That is not the type of guy that doesn't need
great risks at least one great receiver. He You we
saw the difference between Dak and the Cowboys before and

(48:55):
after Amari Cooper. He needs him like there's no question
then about it. This year, he wasn't throwing for close
to five thousand yards and thirty plus touchdowns without Amari Cooper.
So I think I agree with you in general. If
he were Aaron Rodgers, I'd say, yeah, okay, we could
survive without Amari. But he's not Aaron Rodgers. Okay, so

(49:16):
I think that's the difference. Well, let's take a step deeper.
If you remember when I was on the show with
you before, we talked about Zeke when he had first
got that money, and I said my exact quote on
this show was, ever since Zeke got that money, He'll
never be the same Zeke again. He'll never run that
hard again. He'll never have that passion, that drive, that thrust.
Because we know the running back shelf in the NFL
is very low. And I get and I understand it.

(49:37):
I'm not knocking Zeke for that. But I think if
we had that Zeke, that the maturity, the maturation process
that Dak has gone through. Now we had the first
or the second year Zeke. Now, then I think you
could lose a mar you have gallop, and you can
get something in the draft this year. I don't think that.
I don't think Dak needs the top receiver. I do
think if you put three A minus or we would

(49:59):
have made be a B plus guy and a B
plus minus sign a lot. They got three eight minus guys.
What No, weell gallup to me, gallup, say minus guys.
He drops a lot of ball, he drops. He dropped
some passes. But he's also young and that comes with maturation,
that comes with time. I just like I said, I
just think that if Zeke's running hard, it does take up,
it does mask over other horrible. I don't want to

(50:22):
hear about the arts per carry if that's gonna go,
because it's a it's to me, it's it's such, it's
such almost a hidden worthless stat because because the rookie
year he went four point four and then the last
season he was at four point six. But it wasn't
the same. It wasn't the same Zeke. It wasn't the
same running, It wasn't the same forces end listen, work

(50:44):
will give you that. I don't think he was quite
the same. No, but you're acting like he fell off. No,
you know, by by fifty percent, not fifty percent. But
when you fall off in the running game, even fifteen
to twenty percent, it affects the entire offense. And I
do think that for third in the league and rushing,
that's fine, but guys don't have the yards they like. Okay,

(51:06):
who let the league in Russia last year? Derrick Henry
did right and was sixteen seventeen hundred yards somewhere in that. Okay. So,
but we do come from Chris, you and I are.
We're older guys. We come from an era where there
would be eight or nine guys over fifteen hundred yards. Man,
like the the era of that back that just goes
out regardless of the money he's making and just goes
and get it. We just don't live there. Like. Trust me,

(51:28):
Once Derek Henry get that contract, you'll never see them
numbers again when he gets read up, You'll never see
seventeen hundred yards at of Derek. You you run when
you're running broke or not broke, because none of these
guys are broke. But they're not, you know, twenty million,
I mean because you dudes got pride money, money. I
want to go down. Yeah, once I get my money,
but I want to go down. There's a great running back,

(51:50):
do they all? Though? Man? It takes a special. They
takes a special. And like I said, Zeke wasn't bad.
Fifteen hundred and fifty seven yards four and a half
yards to carry twelve touched house. That second most he's
ever had hundred yard back a year. Never done that.
He's got, but he's never done that. I did best
year's rookie year. He wins sixteen hundred, I'll take sixteen fourteen.

(52:13):
I need sixteen fifty and eleven plus touchdowns out of
him every single year. And I needed in the Progressive
to fill in for Rob Parkers because you're a feelings guy.
See I'm a fat guy. He's You're a feelings guy,
just like Rob. Because sometimes fast this will be your
theme song too. First of all, we're gonna throw it out.

(52:33):
You got eighty seven seven ninety nine or Fox eight
seven seven nine nine six sixty three sixty nine. Should
Patrick Mahomes be willing to take less money to keep
the Chiefs in Super Bowl contention? What's your general philosophy
on this? We'll continue the conversation with you. Next. It
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we threw it out to you. Like you down with
Patrick Mahone's philosophy of taking a little bit less to

(53:41):
keep the team intact and in Super Bowl contention, let's
start with Randy in Seattle. Randy, you're on with the
Eye couple. Hey, what's going on? Chris? What's up? Brother? Hey? So, No,
I think you should absolutely take as much as they're
willing to pay him, and I don't think anybody should
should discourage him from doing that. So the example I

(54:03):
give is my guy that I got out here, Russell
Wilson h and that I think Pat Mahomes is a
step above Russell Wilson. But Russell took a max contract,
and Russell he's a force multiplier. He makes everybody else better. Okay,
how's that working out? Though? So far. How's that working
out so far? Exactly? I mean, they're nice, they're relevant,

(54:23):
they get to the playoffs that they look like they
close to winning the Super Bowl. I do. I think
they were close. I do. I think that we're close.
Everyone thought that after what happened in the Super Bowl
that it was going to be a complete blow up,
and it wasn't a blow up. It wasn't really a rebuild.
I mean, Seattle has still remained competitive every single year
and that's because of Russell Wilson. Right, So I agree,

(54:44):
Pat Mahomes can absolutely do that. Um, you know, and
anybody that says don't don't get your value. You know,
you're the only people that get doing a favor too,
is the owners. I actually, no, you'd be doing it.
You might be. And again he's not in that exact
situation and where they're gonna lose Kelsey Hill or Damian
Williams if he if he you know, takes more money.

(55:06):
But what if they were and he loses Travis Kelly.
You're doing your teammates a favor. You might be able
to keep a Travis Kelsey if you take a couple
million less. I think it's worth something like that. Let's
go to Keith in Virginia. Keith, where are you at
on this? Chris? My man? How are we doing tonight?
Great man? How are you going? Well? Yeah? I agree

(55:27):
with Rob with his take on Patty. You know, I
think I think a lot of people crowning these guys,
these kids a little too soon. And listen, Patty is phenomenal,
and you know, he is lucky to be in the
spot that he is where Tyreek is locked up, Chelsea's
locked up. But you know, as well as I do, Chris,
a lot of these guys anymore, when it comes to,
you know, two years left on their contract, they're looking

(55:49):
for another extension. You know, they want to get paid,
and which brings me to Dak. You know, I think
Jerry and them dropped the ball on Dak. You you
walked away from Romo, Okay, so at that point you're
saying that Dak is your guy, So why didn't you
go ahead and take care of this contract before Wentz
was signed, before you know, all these other contracts came out.

(56:10):
And I think Dak's looking at everybody saying, well, Patty's
going to be around fifty million, which, okay, that's fine.
So now, Dak wants to be somewhere in the forty
forty two range because he knows what Patty's getting ready
to look at. And with what VJ said about Zeke,
I'm with you. I completely disagree Zeke. You have to
feed that locomotive early. So I think last year was

(56:32):
a lot of game planning and schemes where Zeke kind
of got lost in the mix of getting in, getting
Dak going and so forth, and with him getting paid.
I don't think that's true. Where was the Marcus Lawrence
at last year? He got paid, and I would say
that he completely disappeared. I don't want to keep Byron Jones.

(56:52):
Byron Jones, I would say has been average to below
average since he's been drafted. And I think that we
have a pick around sixteen or seventeen, I believe, and
I think that that the draft deep enough where we
should keep Da, keep a mari Let, Byron go whether
he goes, I'm fine with Dad. Yeah, I'm fine with
keeping Dak and a mar and losing Byron. I would

(57:15):
like to keep Byron, but if I have to lose him, okay.
But I think they definitely need to keep a mar
Let's go to Jody in a land to Jody, you're
on with the Eye couple. Hey, how you guys doing
to that man? Thanks? Hey, um igue with you, Chris.
I think I think he realizes that how close that
Super Bowl was in that thirty and sixteen, how that

(57:37):
one play changed the whole game, that the defense could
be way better if he took less money. You know
what I mean, he to be played in that situation
with the kind of arms tout me he has and
kind of how cute he has to at a young age.
If he can get less money now and get paid
when he's older like Brady's trying to do, Man, that's
a win win for everybody to city him and his family,
you know what I mean. It could go like this,

(57:59):
if you could make four hundred and twenty million over
the courts of your career and win four super Bowls,
or you could make five hundred million and win one
or two. What I would take the four twenty and
four because then he might be considered to go now.
He can't be considered to go with only four. Really

(58:19):
if he goes ridiculous numbers because Montana and Brady still
have more than that, and either one Montana's got four. Yeah,
but Montana is also undefeated in those Super Bowls. Which
that's what I'm saying. If if he went four and oh,
his numbers are gonna be through the roof. I don't
think he has to get six or more to surpass
Brady because his individual numbers are gonna dwarf Bradys. And

(58:43):
then you if you're four and oh in the Super Bowl, well,
you know me, I'm a situational guy. Yeah, the numbers
made dwarf, But when you put the film on, Brady
still made all the plays, all the throws, all the
drives when it mattered the most mahomes you know, yeah, yeah, mahomes. Yeah.
I mean, I'm We're projective, of course. So I just
don't think it's not like Rings is a part of it.

(59:03):
But Rings isn't all that. It is just a quick question.
You guys are making it sound like that if they
keep Amari, then they are a title continder. You and
I we were like really opposite on this the last
time I was there. With everybody thinks Dallas has this
immense enormous talent. I do not think their roster as
as talented as everybody else think I'm trying to figure

(59:24):
out what roster are you guys looking at, especially on
the defensive end. Now, that's not to have to fix that.
That's not up the dacks. I have to fix that
by taking less money and fix a whole defense. The
money he gonna give up is not the whole team,
But for him, it's critical to have a receiver like Amar.
In my view, let's go to Marty in Kentucky. Marty

(59:46):
on with the eye couple. What's up, fellas, hew y'all doing?
We are great. I'm doing good, you guys. I just
want to say on that last coup man, most of
that's just cowboys fans looking to cowboy goggles. They say
we are lone, but you never hear him say we
haven't been to a conference championship. On this subject, I

(01:00:08):
do believe that that you take a risk in an investment,
and you don't really get to the next level in
anything in life without without taking those risks. And I
think that Pat Mahomes is so good because he could
invest in himself by taking less money, by knowing I'm
so good that I can take less money and I
can have a team around me and I can win

(01:00:29):
a lot of Super Bowls, and I could make a
lot of money winning because you know TB twelve, you
know how many how many guys out there have a brand.
You know, winning makes money. And if Pat Mahomes, I
think would invest in himself by taking less money, now,
no question, that's a good call, Marty. All right, we
will get back to the NBA talk and we'll talk

(01:00:50):
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(01:01:34):
now with Fox Sports radio personality Cotino Mobley, what's our brother?
What's up? Boss? How you feel Man? Gray? It was Gray.
I bumped into my man Catino last night after the
show at a restaurant, and I was like, when we
gotta get him more, Let's get him more and quicker
than you expect it. But I said, let's get him
more for the knowledge. So, Cotino, I don't know if

(01:01:56):
this is gonna hurt because it's your former team, the Rockets.
But are they I think they I don't know if
they got exposed because they are pretty much what I thought.
They were a very good team, but not a legit
championship contender with the Clippers and the Lakers and the Bucks.
Where are you adding the Rockets after what happened last night? Well,

(01:02:17):
I mean, listen, I'm not gonna sway too much over
to one side, whether I love it or not love
it again, it's it's more of a newer situation. And
if you look at like how the Clippers are at
the moment, the Clippers are actually new right, Patrick Revley's healthy, Paul,
George back Clausen is on the floor, all of them

(01:02:37):
all together. So I think now what they've been doing
not saying that it's been some you know, trickery that
was going on the guys or whether they really hurt
kind of thing. But it's more so preserving the guys
for these type of moments. So I think what James
Harden and Russell Westbrook, them being such high IQ individuals

(01:03:00):
and literally beast dogs with inside themselves, I think they'll
just not saying that they will just beat the Clippers
in a seven game series, but it won't be as
bad as it was yesterday. That was a different team
of Clippers and a newer team of Rockets meeting the Clippers.
Continue obly vj Vernon Husky here, Man, I used to

(01:03:21):
love you when you played with the Rockets back in
your day. Man. I always thought you were a great
role player and you were part of taking the Rockets
into the playoffs and some of the other teams you
played with. I was debating with Chris earlier here on
the showing studio. I think they are a Western Conference
finals team. I'm not worried about last night. It's one game.
It's one night. I don't get my opinion doesn't sway

(01:03:43):
off of a March fifth or a March sixth game.
I got him in the Western Conference finals since the
beginning of the season against the against the Clippers. How
far do you see this team going? How far do
you think they'll go this year? Well, again, listen, I'm
not gonna go that far as far as Western conferen finals. Again.
I love Russell, I love James, but we are who

(01:04:03):
we are, right. Russell is a type of personality, is
very strong minded, which made him successful. It's his mindset, right.
So you got to tell somebody who's been playing in
the league plus eleven twelve years to change their concept
of thinking when everything's on the line, right, and whether
it's Russell or James, how do we become better as

(01:04:25):
individuals to make the team get to the next level. Again,
I haven't seen that yet in Russell, and I haven't
seen that in James because the way they played the
regular season the same way they played in the postseason. Listen,
these two guys have played more postseason games than I have. Again,
of course, if they would hear me saying that, oh,

(01:04:46):
you don't know what you're talking about, I guess Sundays
everybody has to like win rings to be able to
have some type of input. And if you do have rings,
You're still a hater. So I mean again, I'm just
going on what I know as a just a a
psychology major, and you know in communications that you know
who you are who you are, right, Like j Russell

(01:05:08):
is going to be who he is when it comes
to April May to be able to wild his team, right,
and then James's going to do the same thing. So
when you're playing in the seven game series in the playoffs,
you gotta think about it. They see you every single day.
What can you do different? Right? Because you're giving him
a steady diet. Everybody's not going to literally digest a
snake a steak every single day, right, It just doesn't work.

(01:05:29):
So and then Tony, we know he doesn't adjust. So
I'm with you on that Coatino Mobley joining the IP.
We got a big game tonight the Bucks and the Lakers,
and then the Lakers played the Clippers on Sunday. Now
the Lakers are owe and two against the Clippers, owe
in one against Milwaukee. How now, maybe it's not important

(01:05:50):
at all, because you know, I've seen teams get dominated
in the regular season, buy an opponent and then beat
him in the playoffs. So I want your honest view,
how important is it for the Lakers to get at
least one of these games this weekend for their psyche
as they head into the postseason. That's a great question now,
and playing in the game itself, right, Like, like again,

(01:06:15):
I want to speak from that psychological perspective, right, So
if you think about it like this, right, everybody comes
to play Lebron James, everybody, don't matter who you are.
I don't care if he's playing for Idaho, you know
what I mean. Like, they're going to literally try to
do that best against Lebron because they have something to prove.
They're playing one of arguably the greatest ever to touch

(01:06:35):
the basketball. Okay, let's go there. That's the first thing.
The second thing is it's like, all right, Lebron doesn't
have to worry about getting the best person because he's
been getting that since he was thirteen years old. It's
about everybody else on the team. He can't. Only thing
he can do is do the best he can do.
So whether it's a d or it's Bradley, or if

(01:06:55):
a screen or is this person to that person, whoever
it is, they have to worry about that. Meeting the
Clippers or the Milwaukee's of the world when it comes
to a series, because Lebron always knows what he could
do right, right, So it's like it's the psyche strong
enough for those individuals on that team, right, because you
can literally psych yourself out of something the more you

(01:07:16):
think about it. Right. So, now, when I'm going to
play Milwaukee in the series, or I'm going to play
the Clippers in the series, in the back of my mind,
I'm like, well, they kicked our ass right through the season.
Oh my god, I missed four shots. This is one
of those games where Lebron's like, oh my god, I
missed four shots. That's what I'm gonna get four or
five assists, some rebounds, get some steals, you know. Miss

(01:07:38):
Sure everybody's okay, and I'm fine because I know the
process of the game. He's been in those wars before,
he has those scars, right continue vj Rner Husky here again,
So speaking that, we do have probably the two MVP candidates,
the two top ones that anybody's thinking about in Yannis
and Lebron James going at it tonight. If you had

(01:07:59):
a vote, or who do you see is in the
front race for that or who do you think I'll
end up with the MVP this year? All right, let
me ask you the guys this. And I was thinking
about this earlier today. Okay, let me ask you guys this.
I say, Lebron Lebron James for the past seventy years
has been MVP every single year. It hasn't even been
a question now because James Harden did what he did

(01:08:20):
last year, historical, because Giannas did what he did last year.
Historical people have to do historical stuff to be able
to get MVP over Lebron James. Now, think about this, Okay,
if you take Giannis off of Milwaukee, they'll still be
a playoff team. Correct. I'm not know about that. What
do you mean? Look at that? What is that record?

(01:08:40):
What is the record without Giannis? Yeah, but that's record
without Kawhi Leonard last year. They did well without Kawhi
last year, seventeen and two. Ye my point. So Milwaukee's
not Bestow's not a bumb Militon is not a bomb.
The low Press Brothers are not bombs. Wesley Matthews is

(01:09:01):
not bombed. They are playoff ready, guys. They can win
games secty in the East. They can get to the playoffs, correct,
I don't think so would be good. They got Anthony Davis, Okay, okay,
non stop, like there now, Giannis had to get Wesley Matthews,

(01:09:22):
he got Lepas another Lopez Um, he had a couple
of guys to do the improve whatever it is. I
don't trust them in the playoffs because of what I've
already seen, even though it was his first out last year.
When when you had, when you had, when you had,
Boston shelled them up, and he he had no answer

(01:09:43):
for it. Right as much as I loved him, and yes,
at twenty five, twenty four years old, yeah, Giannie, you
are amazing. But I'm like a Lebron James at thirty
five years old. Even Lebron Ja's twenty four years old,
is the MDP of the whole league. He's the best
person in the league. Kie, No, he got Lebron. There
is a ground. I got Yannis. But now listen, if

(01:10:05):
Lebron James doesn't play for the Lakers, are they number one?
The toughest conference out of both conferences is the is
the West the Western Conference? Number one? No, no, no, no,
number one. But who's Milwaukee's not number one? Number one?
The Lakes without lebron without let not gonna be here.
We call yeah, but the bus wouldn't be number one

(01:10:27):
in the east. Maybe an eight seed? No, no, no, oh,
I love you, I love Rob. You know how it
works in here. Fina n is yelling at me, go ahead,
saying quickly, let's to this. Is it? Is it d'antonio's
offense to make James Harden amazing or is it just

(01:10:49):
James Harden? Well, it's both. But the offense to the
weekend number, no doubt? Now stop like there, now stop
right there? Is it? Is it booten Hous's office, because
if you did the same thing in Atlanta, they were
number one, they got out. Let's not forget this, and
they didn't have any superstar but joke correct Continuo Yannis

(01:11:10):
has the highest player efficiency rating of all time. Hi,
we gotta get you in the studio. I bring fat
Rob g is now he's now he's cutting his throat.
Now he's looking at me like, okay, I gotta go.
We will get you on again, brother, to continue this
convers Love you my man. Peace al right is our

(01:11:32):
most controversial segment of the week's shop Talk is next,
A short version I couple of Fox Sports Radio. Fox
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(01:11:57):
You know that you Jo whoever? Whatever? Whatever? Yes, sir,
did shot talk to yall? A couple of Fox Sports Raining.
We do this every single Friday at eight forty five
pm eater we discussed something that happened outside of the
world of sports because we got other interests, as you know,
and today's topic. I don't know if you guys knew this,

(01:12:18):
but twenty two years ago today, The Big Lebowski came
to movie theaters. Now, at the time it wasn't received
too well. It was it was kind of hit or miss.
But since then it's become a cult classic and it's
getting one of the most quotable movies of all time.
So it got me thinking, I want to ask you
guys this, what's one thing could be does be a

(01:12:38):
move me? Anything that you were maybe lukewarm on to
start off with, but now you can't get enough of it? Chris,
We'll start with you. This is a tough one because
you just told us the topic like ten seconds ago.
I'm gonna say doing a radio show with Rod Parker

(01:12:58):
that it's grown on me. Um. But there is stuff
I know like that. I just can't come up with something.
You know how Sometimes you go to block a movie,
you want to rent a movie, and there's all these
movies you wanted to see that you didn't get to see,
But then when it's time to rent one, you can't
remember them. That's how I am right now. So I

(01:13:20):
don't know. I'm just gonna say, doing the Eye Couple
with Rod Parker, I got a good one, man, I
ask guy, I got two? Can I can I have too? Yeah? Yeah,
one's really quick. Man. Brussels sprouts. I hated Brussels sprouts
as a kid. Let me tell you something about being
a grown man that's really watching this half now. Oh yes,
yes they do, Yes, they do fried with a little perver.

(01:13:43):
Not chocolate covered, but fried Brussels spots with a little No,
not bad French, Na, not bad. It's just a little
little Chris on the outside. You shave a little cheese
on it. Oh my goodness, that's a dessert. Man. Let
me tell you something. Brussels. I like them, also salte
with a little bit of a Boston mcvinegar, and the
and the skiller. My grandmama's old skiller. So Brussels. You

(01:14:05):
know you're gonna be telling me there's baking on them. No, no, no,
I don't do that, all right. And my another one
is miss Cardi B. When Cardi B first came out,
I thought she would just be just another that would
she would just be just another former reality show woman
with some body augmentations and the rapper and stuff. I
can't tell you two of her songs, but her ig

(01:14:29):
is super entertaining. If you ever watch your ig. There's
something to me about people who just speak in life.
They're not so self image cautious that they gotta watch
every little word and every little move. They just live.
My taking life advice from Cardi No, I'm not taking like, well, listen,
let me tell you something I'll take. I'll take financial
advice from Cardi because she's getting it right now. But yeah,

(01:14:51):
Brussels sprouts and Cardi B. All right, DJ Alex the Vegan,
you know what, CB, I'm gonna have to parlay off
for a man VJ here with the Brussels round and
say vegan is a bro like so three years ago,
I would have slapped and laughed at anybody who would
have told me that you have to go plant base
for a better living, healthier experience, higher consciousness, you have
more cognitive thinking. Yad, YadA, dude, it's true. Like I'm

(01:15:13):
telling you, I wish I started sooner. Hand down there
it is. Maybe we can get Rob g to be
a vegan. No, I can't do America. He wouldn't be
portly anymore. What does that poorly? What's poorly? It's a
step beyond husky. Well really really quick. Mine is Lebron James.

(01:15:37):
I used to hate him. Now he's a Laker. Yeah,
it's the couple. Keep it locked one hour left. Be
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Chris Broussard and Rob Parker weekdays at seven pm Eastern
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NBA this hour as we head into just such an
exciting matchup tonight with the Bucks and the Lakers. I

(01:16:20):
actually think we're gonna get into this in a moment.
But this is I think this is the biggest weekend
of the NBA season, because you got the Lakers and
the Bucks playing tonight, and the Lakers and the Clippers
playing Sunday. And you could even say it started last
night with the Lakers and the Houston Rockets arguably the

(01:16:40):
four best teams in the league playing. If someone argue
the Celtics, you can do that, but I would say
the four best teams in the league playing one another.
So great weekend. We're gonna be joined by one of
the greatest NBA writers out there rights for NBA dot Com,
good friend of mine going way back into the mid nighties,

(01:17:01):
Sean Powell will join us. He's at the Bucks Lakers game,
so we will get to talk with him before that starts.
But let's kick it off with this VJ. Now, you
you came in today and I said earlier you think
Rob Parker is a Lebron James Hayter VJ. Husky When
it comes to Lebron. He makes Rob Parker sound like

(01:17:25):
Shannon Sharp. I mean, that's how much this dude is
off on Lebron. James all right, and he is all
hot and bothered by Lebron's comment that he's not motivated
for MVP awards. He's motivated to be the goat. I'm

(01:17:46):
gonna let you go first, and then I'll respond, but
go ahead, well forget well first of all, because he's lying.
That's why he is lying. I've never seen a pro
athlete who acts like they don't care about certain things
that we clearly know it could see, it could tell
over the length of your career that you care about.
It's okay to say yes, I would like to win

(01:18:08):
a bunch of MVPs. Stop acting like you don't care
about it, Bro, Because when you want to talk trash
and you want a big boy and you want to
and I don't mind Lebron, I kind of like when
Lebron talks a little trash. I kind of like when
Lebron shows off in Hot Dogs. But do it organically.
Stop setting this all up so you can see. Oh no,
I I I me me, me me me, I sound

(01:18:29):
like he said I feel like he's warming up for
the opera. He said, I and me seventeen times and
two questions the other day. I don't, I don't me
me my skill, I don't, I don't. Bro. We know
you're one of the best players to ever play. It's okay.
The whole ghost stuff I let go of. If you
want to call himself to go, at least said he
was the greatest. Tyson said he was the greatest. So
I'm cool with it. Man, I'm not even gonna I'm

(01:18:50):
not me whether I'm not even gonna jump on that
shows that I'm not just an irrational hater. If you
want to call himself to go, he could call himself
to go. But then, but keep it a buck all
the way. True, Man, stop this. I never waited to
a season act like I don't want to. Yes, you do,
Yes you do. We know you do. You're Lebron. Here's
what I was saying. I've never and I would gather

(01:19:12):
anybody sitting in here that played little league or sports
at any level. I never played a little league season
when I didn't want to make the all star team.
I never played a high school season where I didn't
want to be All Conference or All State or whatever.
Our player the conference. It's nothing wrong with wanting individual accolades.

(01:19:33):
So yes, Lebron James is human of courts. He wants
MVP awards. Okay, now here's where I think Lebron why
he said what he said. Lebron James has been the
best player for a decade or so. Would you say
that the best player in the world, whether you think
he is now, he had a run of roughly a decade.

(01:19:55):
I give him seven to eight years. I'm not letting
y'all take, oh six and through old ten from Kobe
like that. I'm not letting y'all do that. Oh he
was better than Kobe at that point. No, he wasn't.
Maybe six seven, No, where he went through the bad
boys Pistons remix Rashid Wallace on the last on their

(01:20:16):
last legs, Chris, No, they were. They were, Yes, they
were not as far as that teams concerned. Four, they
should have Beaten saying that they should in the final,
they should have You're right, and at that time they
were never done. Two years before US four they lost
to Miami with shock and wait, can I say checked out?
Am I allowed to say checked out? Checked? Out that
Detroit Piston team. They checked out at that point, I know,

(01:20:39):
so how they checked out, they up to Lebron showed
this natural behind in Game five, and I give him,
and I've always given Lebron props for that because I
was in amazement and watching That's this that you can
tell Kobe didn't go off on And even with Shock
the two thousand and four they did a good job
against Kobe with shot drawing double and triple team. You know,
you're also talking about a two to three still anyway,

(01:21:03):
y'all not taking eight years whatever? Okay, he knew he
was the best player on the planet, and if you
just literally define most valuable player, he knew he was
the most valuable player to his team than any other
player in the league, and yet he still didn't win

(01:21:23):
MVP every year. So I think Lebron James, I think
it's wise to say I'm not gonna focus on winning
this award. I'm certainly not gonna put it out in
the public that I'm focused on winning this award when
even if I deserve it, even if I play well
enough to deserve it, I may not get it. It's

(01:21:45):
a good chance I won't get it because I've seen
it happen before. That's why I think he's said what
he said. I think that's smart and okay with that angle,
I get it. He has to pick and choose how
he says things now because of all the other stuff
that's bubbled up before, and it's an accumulation of things
to now. But if you never took that that this

(01:22:08):
unorganic route before, you wouldn't have to say this now
because we would know what we're getting, what we're dealing
with from before. That's my bud from before, because before
I was thinking, I'm still gonna get some of these
awards if I if I play well enough, I listen,
I don't buy I put to you like this in
nineteen ninety seven, ninety eight, at thirty five years old,

(01:22:28):
I honestly believe Jordan wanted that third championship for a
second repeat too. But I do honestly believe that Jordan
also wanted that MVP because he felt like that he
had a few of them stolen from him. One Charles
Barkley and another one called him alone. And but it's
okay if you come out and say that I don't
have a beef. Stop the front and Lebron fronts too much.
Did he say that's why I don't like him? Did

(01:22:50):
he say it? Did Jordan say that? No, Jordan didn't
say it. But you know, well, let me never come
out and say he's the go he you you don't
have to. You better believe he thinks he's the goal
I know, but no, he don't have to say though
his six he not front and when he don't say it,
but Lebron is front when he when he don't say it, No, no, no, no,
I said, I don't my Lebron saying he's the goal.
I just know. But if Lebron doesn't say I want

(01:23:13):
MVP awards, you say he's fronting, because we know he
really does exactly. We know Jordan believes he's the goat.
But when he comes out and says, I don't you know,
I don't really get into all that he not fronting?
Who Jordan? Yeah? Nah, nah, not because difference, because the difference. No,
I just explained the difference. I just explained it different. Yes,

(01:23:35):
the accumulation of all the unorganic bull that Lebron has
done before, and now you're trying to be this guy
that says, oh, I never came. You never came into
a season stopped lying, Braid. It's okay to say, it's
okay to say, you know what, maybe when I could
have took this, you know what, when I was younger,
Yeah I thought about it. Yeah I wanted some MVPs,

(01:23:56):
but my career is at a different point right now.
Say like that, then don't sit here and tell Phipps
that you never ever walked into a season saying you
want you didn't want to be the MVP. Well that's
not He may have walked in the seasons every season
thinking I don't know, I'm just saying, but thinking I
want to be the best player in the world. And
part of being the best player in the world, excuse me,

(01:24:17):
is winning MVP awards and championships. But speaking of MVP,
let's move to the guy that I think is the
front runner for the MVP. I don't even think it's
very close. He won it last year. Yannis onto the Kompo.
We said they're playing the Lakers tonight in LA. I'm
throwing this out at you VJ, and I believe Rob

(01:24:40):
G correct me. If you heard somebody saying before me.
I went on Instagram, I went on the eye couple
as saying with my chest that that Patrick Mahomes has
got potential. You did, all right, you did, and I
want that props when when it happens. All right now,

(01:25:03):
I am saying, I'm not saying he's gonna do it.
I'm just saying every generation or so there is a
player or two that we can look at and say,
you know what, he got gold potential. Whether he does
it or not, we'll see. We looked at Lebron in
high school. High school said he's got gold potential. Okayanni

(01:25:26):
vj has goat potential. I disagree, Yeah, yeah, I do.
I disagree, and that's because I haven't seen the jumper
yet and I haven't seen him carry his team over
that threshold at least two finals yet. So I can't
say go at the time we could say that about
Jordan at Lebron. Okay, all right, but heck there was

(01:25:49):
the time. We can say that about Kobe. But Yannis
is not Kobe. Yannis is not Lebron. And even though
I am a valid and very valid and happy, true,
happy Lebron hater, he's not Lebron and he's not Jordan.
He ain't none of them three dudes, Yanni well number one.
All of those guys kind of had something at a
point that you could just see that nobody else had

(01:26:11):
when I watched Jannis. Yannis is a player that is
seven feet tall. He can run, he can jump, he
can dunk, but handle, he can handle. But we've seen
with the jumper. We've seen this is a player. You
might disagree, but I'm gonna go back into the nineties.
I look at Yannis and I go, man, that's probably
what Chris Webber would have looked like if he actually
ran this fat just let it ran in his fat.

(01:26:33):
But he had a better jumper than Yannis does. Chris
Webber used to be able to take the ball off
the break as a young as a young twenty three
and twenty four year old. You're gonna tell me Chris
Webber couldn't get the rebound and push it up the
court and spin on people and duck on everybody like
he did. The bottom line is he didn't. Chris Weber
didn't have the court vision that Yannis had. Chris Weber
didn't have to pass in the building. What Chris Webber

(01:26:54):
was at his best and Sacramento, he was playing in
the paint well. Then of course he played in the
play because they had shoot days, surrounded it with shooters
in a great point guard when it was at his best.
I look, Chris Webber was a big guy that could
handle something. So with shot, Chris could pass back man,
not like Yannis n give you six times a game here.

(01:27:16):
I just talked recently with two x NBA players who
told me they put it in my head, then Yannis
could be the goal. This dude's jump shot is improving
where because he hits some three from time to time. Yeah, consists.
It's not consistent, though, Chris, but it's getting just from

(01:27:37):
last year that this from two years ago to last year,
the improvement was stark. From last year to this year,
the improvement is stark. This dude. And I one of
his ex teammates, was like, Yo, people don't know it,
but this brother got dog in him. He said he
was he was to slay you, okay. And he also

(01:27:58):
told me yo, because I've been saying I said on
this show, I don't think Yannis when he criticized James
Harden that he knew what he was doing. I think
it was just growing up, not growing up and being
taught to be politically correct. He just spoke his mind
and he didn't know their consequences. This brother told me Yo,
he was a teammate with Yannis in Milwauke. He said, no,

(01:28:20):
trust me, he knew what he was saying. He ain't
got no love for James Harden. I was about to say,
that's how I took it out, holding you out. Yeah.
I didn't take it as young and naive. I took
it in. When I read it, I was like, oh wow, Okay,
we got a hearted than Yannis beat. Yes, we do,
so I should. I'm just saying I'm not saying he's there,
and I'm not saying he'll definitely get there. But seven

(01:28:42):
feet tall shoots the three pretty well? Or okay, well
if he can, if he improves on the jumper and
the three, okay, how are you gonna stop doing well
if he gets that? Did you have a valid point?
But I said, but I think I seed a potential
to get it. I mean cod of potential. That word
it just that work kills me with the potential. Everybody's

(01:29:04):
got potential. How old is he twenty six? Twenty? I
thought he was twenty. I mean, I know and listen,
great points, and you sway me a tiny bit because
I like Yannis. I don't dislike him. I like Yannis.
No no, no, no no, I like Yannis. I just
gotta call it like I like I seen it. You
gotta do it, you gotta really do it like last year.

(01:29:26):
That's what I'm saying. I'm projected. I'm the prophet of
the moment. Rob likes it, sullies it, and caused me
the prisoner of the moment. He called the moment at
the moment he's actually twenty five. Oh yeah, I thought
twenty four twenty five. So if he adds that jumper
to it, and that's what the game is gone. But
in the dog in him, I the dog in him,
I do see. We know who he reached out. So

(01:29:47):
we reached out to the dog of dogs in this era,
Rest in peace, Kobe being mom Black Mama, Brian, that's
the guy he worked with. That's the guy he told,
go get that MVP and then go get yourself a championship.
So oh, there's a novelty thing Star saying he wants
the MVP and went and got the MVP. Pay attention, Lebron.
But if he adds that I go potential if I

(01:30:10):
could let me sway this in a question to you
the go conversation. We have to put a max on
the number of guys in every sport that we talk
about the goal. Like for me quarterback, you get like
three slots. You don't get five guys to talk about.
It depends on what I mean. I just think it
depends on what guys do. But I'm generally with you,

(01:30:30):
I don't have that many guys. Like right now in
the NBA, I got three guys, got three right now,
I got Kareem n exactly. So the name so that
means so so ten years from now, when we're doing
shows together we bump it to each other, you gotta
bump one of those guys out. If Yannis has say
three rings by then and he's got the jumper, and

(01:30:52):
and he's been taking teams to the finals, maybe it
lose one, but he's got three championships. Now I'm gonna go, Okay, So,
who were bumping? We bumping Cat? We bump in? We
always plays? Yeah? Are we are we bumping Mike? We
have to see what we definitely a bumping. We never bump.
We never bump in Mike and just so you know,
Lebron's not my top three. Helpe, you know the Lebron's
not my top three. Come on, man, you know my

(01:31:13):
top three? Man tat Mike and Kat, Mike and Momba. Man,
stop playing y'all gonna stop disrespecting Kobe like this. I'm
not I'm not just basketball world. Just basketball world, man.
You know what I'm saying, Chris, there there are a
lot of things that people forgot that that man did
on the court. Man. And it's not about the recent

(01:31:37):
into this. You know me for years, so you know
I've talked like this before any of that happened. There's
just too many times we forget what Kobe was. And
that's even admitute this about Alan Irison. I think a
lot of times we get caught up in fanhood and
we lose the appreciation for what's in front of. Lebron.
James is clearly one of the best basketball players I
have ever laid my eyes on. I just don't like

(01:31:59):
the guy. I'm allowed to have that, But I'm not
the fan that goes, oh, he can't play, Oh he
needs players. Everybody need players. He can't play. Plenty of
people I can't play. But there's been plenty of people
that go, oh, those are shocks rings. Oh. But he
needed he needed buying him, he needed he needs somebody exactly.

(01:32:20):
Jordan needed pipping, not just pimping. He needed packing, needed
bj need a horse, needed field text winners. Well, I
mean he's a little far, but all right A seven
seven ninety nine Fix eight seven seven nine nine six
sixty three sixty nine. Am I tripping? Or do you
agree with me that Yannis? I'm not saying he's the goat.
I'm not saying he's going to be the goat. I

(01:32:42):
am just saying I see the potential in his body.
I see it in his height, I see it in
his skills. I see it in this killer instinct, his
work ethic. I see it in his potential. He could be.
We'll see eight seven seven ninety nine on Fox eight
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Let's get right to the cause. Don't have much time.
Let's go to andre in Massachusetts. Andre Can Yannis. Does
he have goat potential? Let's say it that way. Thanks
for taking my call. Yannis absolutely positively has a gold potential,
reason being, as you alluded to, Jannis is about the grind,

(01:34:11):
not the shines. Listen, I'm here in Massachusetts. Tom Brady,
who many people consider to go to football, he's known
for saying well done is better than wealth. Said okay.
And because Jannis is in a small market, and because
he's not always flapping his gums I e Joel embiid,
people sleep on a his overall talent, his flat out
ability just because the man is not taking three pointers
from half court. People assume that he can't shoot a

(01:34:33):
he can't shoot. And his five components to basketball defend, dribble, rebound, pass,
and shoot, and on four of those, Jannis is absolutely
off the charts. Plus his junkyard dog mentality, he's in
the gold conversation. Good call. Well, he ain't there yet,
but he could potentially be good. Let's go to Kane
and DC. Kane, you're on with the eye couple, brother

(01:34:55):
Bruce saw bj how y'all for them today? It's all right,
all right? If I could see could Yannis be there
possibly in another fifteen years? That too many guys with
long India careers that did it from star defense and
the top three. I got our team to dream. I
got Kareem and I got Michael, and they would never
build the conversation. Yann is good. We're talking. Go like

(01:35:16):
I said, maybe another fifteen years after about four or
five championships and yall brothers have a good night, all right,
these last two guys Joseph in Indiana. Joseph, you on
with Chris and VJ. What's up? Brother? How are you?
I'm good? I think Jonnith have good potential for watering.
He's European. He could bring a new market. He's the

(01:35:38):
greatest European player. Bust his size and if you would
give give, if he would len maybe seven championships, he'd
definitely be that's top top and all pup scores. I
love Joseph. I'm with you. I if Yannis is up,
it's the all time leading scorer and with seven championship

(01:36:00):
he's gonna be the goal. He's the goal. Oh yeah, yeah,
that's pretty easy. Nah, But I'm with you. Look all
I'm saying, and don't get it twisted. I'm not saying
he is the goat. I'm not saying he's in the
goat conversation. I'm not saying he will be the goal.
I'm just saying every generation there comes around a player
or two that we look at and we say he's

(01:36:22):
got that potential. I think that the three athletes on
the face of the planet in our three major sports,
Mike Trout goat potential, Yanni potential, and Pat Mahomes goat potential.
I give you two of those I got Yes, am
I missing something? Or am I just so in love

(01:36:43):
with the best five two player I ever laid eyes
on was Ken Criefy junior. And I don't think Mike
Trout is even close to Ken Criefy junior. And I
get I get why people kind of say it, but
it's like best player baseball today. Fine, whatever, but the
goal or goat conversational, Oh yeah, he really mad, really
made Hayes. But where I ever saw it was Barry Bonds. Yeah,

(01:37:08):
I mean maybe it was in hand. I mean probably
it was in hand. Yeah, but he I've never seen
a baseball player where every at bat was must steam. Yeah,
well you were doing to see this, dude. He got
one good pitch a game and knocked it out of
the park. Let's go to David in Miami, David Yon
with Chris and VJ. Hey, guys, listen, I love your show,

(01:37:30):
but you've got this all wrong. Michael is not the gold.
Lebron is not the gold. This guy could not be
the goal. There was only one goal. And I'm a
lot older than you, guys, and this is a guy
who was on a team that I could not stand
as a Knick fan growing up. Okay, Bill Russell, you
you absolutely how could anyone say that he is not

(01:37:52):
the greatest of all time eleven championships. One is a
player coach his coach d All Becka. You guys are
a little but at the end of a game, Red
Aubox used to do one thing. Do you know what
that was? Bill? Light up? The light up to keep
him on. I want to ask him, acquit. I want

(01:38:13):
to ask you to David quickly. This is why. And
Bill Russell, all due respect, I mean, the dude is
awesome and an all time great. We know all that,
the greatest winner in American sports history. Here's why I
don't say he's the goat. And despite the eleven rings,
I think I think you have to have the combination

(01:38:33):
because it's not jess rings. It's the combination of individual
statistical dominance and winning. And Jordan has that better than anyone.
Bill Russell averaged fifteen points for his career on forty
four percent shooting. That's why I don't think he will.
Chamberlain was individually better, but he would put forty and

(01:38:54):
thirty on Russell and lose. It's an exaggeration a little bit,
but he would out play in Jenna, but they lose.
So David, what's your answer to that? I'm gonna give
you the answer. Okay, do you know how many championships
they won before Bill got there? You know how better
he made Do you know how many players none? You
know how how he made his players so much better?

(01:39:17):
He revolutionized the game, guys and read all back, became
the genius coach. When when a drafted Bill Russell, Okay,
that's that's fair, like Bill, Look, I can't I was
about to say, I don't, but I don't think he's
to go. I don't have a beef with with I
don't have a great call, by the way, but I

(01:39:38):
don't have a beef with that because I get where
they're coming from. What I thought he was gonna say
was he didn't care about stats. Because when I do
talk to ogs, I got uncles and older relatives, and
they'll tell me the same thing. When I first moved
out here, a lot of a lot of ogs that
I know. I hear the Laker fans will tell you
Elgin was that guy. They don't even say magic. They
don't say it ain't Shock, it ain't Kobe, it ain't
it ain't, it ain't Lebron. The O will be like

(01:40:02):
exactly if winning also too is just so subjective in
Sports because I'm a firm believer Dan Marino is the
best pure quarterback I ever saw. But I understand montannas
four no pay to win the game, all right? What
are the chances that Lebron tight tries to send a

(01:40:23):
message to Jannis and the rest of the NBA tonight
at the Staples Center in La, the house that Kobe
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and I say that in all sincerity rights for NBA
dot Com. Been a good friend of mine and a
colleague for decades. Now, Sean Poal, what's up, man? How
are you hey? I'm doing okay, man, I'm just sitting
here and going to see what Jannis and Lebron's gonna
have in store for me tonight. Right you are at
the Staples Center, correct, Absolutely, I wouldn't miss it for
the world. I mean, I think this is an interesting

(01:41:27):
forty eight hour, two games stretch for Lebron getting be honest,
a guy who's the biggest strett for the MVP Award
one game, and then getting Kawhi, who's the biggest threat
for the NBA Championships, in the next game. I totally
agree with you. What do you so stating what you
just did? What do you expect to see from Lebron

(01:41:49):
and the Lakers and how critical is it that they
win one or both of these games in your mind? Well,
I think the game they have to get for their own,
you know, just mental psychological well being would have to
be Sunday against the Clippers, only because they've lost the
only two meetings this season with the Clippers and one

(01:42:10):
of the games Paul George didn't even play. And also
just how Kawhi Leonard nixed the idea of signing with
Lebron and Anthony Davison went to the Clippers instead with
the idea of beating Lebron or at least denying Lebron
a chance to go to the championships. So I would
think that, you know, look, the regular season is all

(01:42:31):
about trying to send little messages here and there which
may which may or may not, you know, be a
big deal come playoff time. But this is one of
those checkpoints in the season that I think Lebron really
wants to not only look good but obviously help his
team win. And I agree with that too, mat Sean
Politics for having coming on with us mat vj Vernon

(01:42:52):
Husky here. You mentioned that game Sunday, and I'm with you.
I think that's so pivotal. Tonight is just a superstar
possible MVP, the guy that's the man now against the
guy that a lot of people project is going to
be the man over the next decade. But I agree
with you to focus is on Sunday. Take all the
numbers away, take all the stats away, just go with
the eye tests here for me, Sean, for a second,

(01:43:13):
when you watch the Lakers and you watch the Clippers,
which team is better than you and which team is
more suited to win the championship? Right now. Well, I'm
gonna say the Clippers, and here's why I say that.
I just think they simply have more upside. And the
reason why I say they have markside, there's two reasons.
Number One, they haven't really been the whole this season

(01:43:34):
because Kawai's missed some game, Paul George has miss some game.
Pat Beverley's miss some game. That's one reason. The other
reason is that they've added some important pieces. Got you know,
Marcus Morris, You've got Reddy Jackson, and now Joe Kim
Noah is coming in again. Joe Kim knows probably a
guy's going to going to play ten minutes or whatever
like that, he's not going to be on the floor
when it counts. But we haven't seen the best of

(01:43:57):
the Clippers. I think we pretty much we pretty much
to know who the Lakers are because there are no
more surprises. You know that they've been healthy for most
of the season. Lebron James and Anthony Davis have jailed.
I don't think they can play any better together than
they have been, and that's a credit to them and
how rapidly they developed that chemistry. And of course they're

(01:44:19):
leading the Western Conference but I would throw out there
if the Clippers have been hauled from the start, I
would say maybe it wouldn't be so outrage to say
the Clippers wouldn't be leading the West right now. Sean,
there's a lot of talk. Look, I'm a voter for
the NBA, you know, regular season awards. I think Jannie

(01:44:39):
is the clear cut MVP at this point. There seems
to be a ground swell of support, well ingen up though,
for Lebron James to win it. Where are you at
on the MVP Award at this point? Well, Chris, I've
always said, you know, define MVP first, what does it mean?
Everybody throws in their own definition, and so when they

(01:45:00):
hand out the ballot, they don't tell you, well, a
players got to meet this guyline that guyline. And so
all of a sudden, we start making our own rules.
We start canceling players, for example, who don't play on
winning teams. Okay, you know didn't do in the seventies.
You know that, well, kareem up, do jabbar. Absolutely. Also,

(01:45:22):
we start penalizing players if they played with a fellow superstar. Wow,
you know Lebron's got Anthony Davis, so you know that, Hey,
that's why he's good, you know, And then we start
rewarding players who don't play with superstar like with Jannis.
So again, I think, and I know I'm not trying
to make this sound like a cop out or anything,

(01:45:44):
but I think we need a clear cut definition of
what exactly is an MVP, okay, And until we decide
what that is, then we have a much clearer definition
of who should win the MVP now, because you vote,
I did me to vote the last two years, and
I don't know if I would get a vote this year.

(01:46:04):
But if you're asking me about MBC this year, you know,
I've never seen Yannis have a bad stretch. I've had,
you know, I saw him have a social game like
he did the other night, But I've never seen him
and had a bad stretch. And not only that, with Yannis,
he plays well against the best teams and the best players.
The last time he played against the Lakers, he had

(01:46:26):
a tremendous game in his team one. So I do
think it's closer than a lot of people say. I'm
not going to give Lebron some brownie points because of
a sentiment because he's thirty five years old, he's simply
playing very well. So I think it's close. I would
I would like to see where they stand by the
end of this month, and then I would give you

(01:46:49):
my answer. But I would say right here and now
I would give it to Yannis Sean. Great stuff, man,
we appreciate it, and you probably be there Sunday. I'm guessing, well,
you know, I think I'm really really obligate to be
here Sunday. I think that's just one of those games
this season. I don't think anyone really wants to be right.
I'll be there. I'll see you there, man, Thanks for

(01:47:09):
joining us, Thanks for the knowledge. I'll see you Sunday anytime.
We'll see it. Two of the biggest trash talkers in
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I missed my man Rob, be glad to see him
on Monday. But I've had some great partners this week,
finalized by my man VJ. Husky filling in the day.
Thanks man, Nah, I thank y'all. I appreciate it. Man.
It's been a lot of fun. And we got one
more strong segment for you. And uh, it's based on

(01:48:12):
Draymond Greed. I guess Draymond and Barkley now are beefing.
So Barkley has been kind of mocking Draymond. We know
they've beef over the years, but Barkley is kind of
mocked Draymond this year for averaging a triple single, which
is funny. It is very funny. And Draymond, I don't know.

(01:48:34):
He must have been asked about what Barkley said or something,
but his response was classic here it is Barkley should
stop it far I gonna take his job, though I
can do that well too. He already make enough money
playing so he needed that job. He shouldn't stop talking
to me. I like to you know, Tennessee and people,

(01:48:55):
so he should stop. I take his job if he keeps. Uh,
you I'll take it, so so only things. Man, he
probably should be quiet. He also can't talk aboutsketball more,
not smart enough, I'm not qualified. No rings casting at
this time? Album he hit him wear her. Well, let

(01:49:18):
me say a few things quickly. One, Draymond is absolutely
great behind the microphone and if he wants it, will
have a great career in TV. But he can't take
Barkley's drib. Nobody can take Charles Barkley's job. Well, no,
that's been profun period. That dude is right. Nobody can

(01:49:39):
take Charles Barkley's drop number one, number two because he
brought up the rings. I'm gonna throw this at v Jack, Okay,
this question whose career would you rather have Draymond Greens?
And I'm even gonna I'm even going to spice it

(01:49:59):
up a little because Draymond obviously still playing it, still
got some years left. I don't even say, say Golden
State wins one more ring, just one more, just one more,
so I would give him four. So I would give
him four rings. But he's still, you know, a pretty
good player, but obviously not a superstar. Whose career would
you rather have Draymond Greens or Charles Barkley's. You asked

(01:50:19):
me this when I first came in today, and it
stuck me. And I don't get stuck quickly that easy.
But I thought about it, and I would take Draymond's.
And the reason is yeah, yeah, And the reason the
reason is this, if you're Barkley, and I was a
Barkley fan, Like when I was a kid man, they
called me Barkley in school and I was kind of
built like them, and I played like them. I loved
Charles Barkley. The first NBA game I ever went to,

(01:50:41):
my stepdad took me to the old Capitol Center and
landover Maryland. It was the Bullets against the six Ers.
I saw Barkley playing person. I was a big Barkley fan.
But what is Barkley like ever really known? Four? And
that's not having that ring. You could say whatever you
want to say about Draymond, but Draymond's gonna have a
four championships if you give him another one. Memories that

(01:51:02):
will last forever and ever that nobody can ever take
away from you. And Barkley will still be that guy
with Malone and with Stockton and with Eweing and t
Mac and a bunch of other great guys that did
not have the ring I want. I want the rings
over the longevity. You can have the stats, but we
know Drayma's not gonna get them stats anyway, So why

(01:51:23):
not shock, why not stock up on rings? I would
rather have Barkley's career or any of those guys you mentioned,
Stockton Malone, Patrick Eweing, Charles Barkley's known is one of
the all time greatest players ever, one of the top
twenty five players of all time, one of the greatest
rebounders of all times. Barkley was phenomenal, phenomenal. And my

(01:51:43):
thing is this, if you've got superstar ability, then you
want to be a superstar. Like if Charles Barkley and
I'm not gonna poop poo it, but if you're a
guy with Charles Barkley's ability and you can average twenty
six points a game or good teams, I ain't talking
about being on bad teams, missing the playoffs every year,

(01:52:06):
going out in the first round every year. I'm talking
about you get to the finals, you get to the
conference finals, you get to the second round consistently, and
you drop twenty six and thirteen on people every year.
Then you want to do that. You don't want to
go to a team in average fourteen points and seven
rebounds but win rings. I know, I was a role

(01:52:28):
player in college and I was fine with just being
the defensive hound and you know, passing the ball and
things like that. But when you got star potential, oh,
you want to play. You want to leave it all
on the court. So I if I'm a player like
Draymond who I can't go anywhere and drop twenty five

(01:52:49):
a night. I can't leave my own team, then I'm
I'm haptickled pink in my role as a role player
on the championship team. I'm not sure. But if I
can drop twenty six its a night, I want to
be able to do it. That's fine and dandy. But
I also do remember Draymond Green was also the Nate
Smith Player of the Year in college. He was national kid.
Does he have superstar ability? Stop it? I didn't say.

(01:53:12):
You didn't even let me answer this year. I didn't
say what that team is? Bad man, This is kind
of a break. Give me some numbers. This is somebody
put up numbers on This is a this is a
break year. And he put up numbers. Is he a superstar. No,
does he have superstar as far as twenty five at night?
Okay no, But at the end of the day, I
do think that if he had to lead a team,

(01:53:32):
he could be a nineteen and ten guys, Yeah, I
think he could. There's no that, well, no evidence wasever
that all right? You know, well I can run a
four two forty V we just all potential in all
that fake Yeah, yeah, and I'm gonna put that on
a tour within five steps. I like Draymond. I do
think Draymond could be a Hall of Famer. But yeah, no,

(01:53:55):
not a superstar. And he ain't about to go nowhere
in the average nineteen and ten this was his chain.
If he could do that, he'd have done it this year.
I mean, seriously, somebody gotta put up numbers on a
bad team and he didn't even do that. Can I
shout out my son? Now shot him out? Cameron? What's up, homie?
I know you off home? What's up? Shot up? Two
months old? Man? I love you, shout Woodson, I love you, baby.

(01:54:17):
Rest in peace on me, yes, my man. VJ Husky,
great job, brother, appreciate it. No, No, I love you.
Next week, buz.

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