April 12, 2022 • 39 mins
Chris and Rob tell us if the allegations that Daniel Snyder was hiding money from the NFL are true then he should be forced to sell the Washington Commanders, and discuss the pros and cons of the Milwaukee Bucks 'ducking' the Brooklyn Nets in the first round of the NBA Playoffs. Plus, FS1 producer Martin Weiss checks in to host Trollin' or Rollin', and the Odd Couple Callers deliver another award-winning edition of Trash Talk.
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and Rob. The nets haven't pulled away. They're up ten
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eighty seven seventy seven. It was about ten minutes, just
under ten minutes left to play. So the nets, you
know they got them, you know they got a comfortable lead,
but you know they want a little more cushion. I'm
sure in the last I don't know who's in right now,
but yeah, they will definitely. I think they'll still win
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by ten. That was my original their favorite by what nine?
Nine and a half. I think they'll win about because
she went by about ten. All right, it's seven right
now after Darius Garland just drains the three. So look,
let's see what Kyrie and KD do. You got a
little adversity, be good for them. Every team makes a run,
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you know the NBA, they're gonna make. You're not gonna normally,
not in the playoffs. That's gonna be a run and
h and how they respond to it. So the Cleveland
Cavalism made a run cut at the seven. Let's see
where they go from here. Yeah, all right, it is
the odd couple, and we're gonna go to football Rob
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And we're talking about Gil Brand and some of his comments,
but that pales in comparison to what is going on
in Washington with the Commanders. They just get a new name,
and now that name is being associated with all types
of nonsense. The late and I remember, this is a
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team that has been investigated for sexual harassment, a team
that in that investigation, the NFL said they would not
release the findings. It would just be oral oral, right,
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which is which is absolutely ludicrous. And because of that,
Rob Congress opened up an investigation, and in the process
of doing that investigation, they found some financial issues. That's
why people settled things a lot of times because they
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don't want you to dig through their records and discovery
and examining things and email all kinds of stuff you
will find so much. And now the commanders are in trouble.
John Gruten lost his job and his reputation as part
of the Washington investigation. Right, he had nothing to do
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with it, you know, like why they were investigating all that, Right,
He just happened to be sending email to the general
manager of watching his football team at that time using
the GM's business email. And there wasn't a personal chain.
There was a couple of guys on that, Chris, but
it was their work emails, which you do not own.
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For anybody out there in the business. You don't own that.
When you work for a company. You gotta understand that
same thing. If you have a company, Chris, cell Phone,
whose records are those right, right, that's the company owns that, right, right,
So Anyway, in the process of that investigation by Congress Rob,
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what they found is that the Washington commanders, what they're
saying is they engaged in unlawful financial conduct. Here's what
they did. NFL teams share the ticket revenue, so visiting
teams get a share right of the ticket revenue for
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the stadium they're playing in with the own team. They
gave false reports to the other teams about their ticket revenue,
so they said it was less than it was, so
they had to give those teams less than they should have.
And then they also didn't tell their season ticket holders
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about the refundable ticket deposits that were available to them. So, Rob,
we have Dan Schneider the owner and his owner organization
one defrauding other owners and fans, which is the biggest
sin right there, because you could really stop there. But
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having a toxic work environment that is so full of
sexual harassment allegedly that one woman says she was harassed
fifty to one hundred times at work. Another estimated she
was harassed more than two hundred times. Another estimated rob
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that she was harassed approximately five hundred and fifteen times,
and another one said every day for eight years. Wow.
Why does he still have a team. That's a good question.
This is this is this is cutting dry. I don't
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think he's gonna have a team and open Yeah. I
think now we are, Chris. We're there now because the
owners are going to be more apt to do something, Chris,
because what it's financial. He tried to cheat them, right,
And you also get in trouble with the government when
you try to defraud people, the public of their money, Chris,
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when you don't allow them to get their refunds that
they were Yeah, oh yeah, because this is not this
is not just an NFL thing. This is this is uh.
You know, as a company, you could pay a fine,
you could be you could take you have your business
license revote, Chris. There's all kinds of damage that can
be done to a company when they don't do wipe
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by the consumer. You know that, And if there's a
class action suited, might cost you even more money. Here's
a quote, Rob. The committee said, emails, documents, and statements
made by former employees indicate that team executives and owner
Dan Schneider engaged in a quote troubling, long running, and
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potentially unlawful pattern of financial Again, look, he got to
lose the team. I'm sorry. Like there's no if, stays
or buts about it. And I'm not one for just
taking people's teams. But like I said, the owners, the
fans and the women that work there. What else is there? Bite,
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And I think you're right that this won't be something
you'll be able to wiggle out of. Like he was
able to wiggle himself out of the investigation, Chris, because
he wasn't named in it, right, that oral investigation, So
he was good there. We know there was always flack
about that franchise's name. He got away with that until
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advertiser said exactly, But until advertisers Chris again, he would
have to fight to the death. But financially, when the
money stopped, or the threat of money being stopped, that
changed everything. And this is financial Chris. You will get
movement when money is at stake. And NFL owners, remember
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it's a club, it's not a birthright. You have to
be voted in. Anybody can't own a team normally in business, Chris,
anybody who has enough money could just buy the business. Right,
the business worth two hundred thousand dollars. I'm gonna give
you a million here, you you could have it. No,
don't work. You still gotta get seventy five percent of
the owners to vote you in in order to be
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able to be an owner. Right, So I look, I
don't know what the process will be, but I don't
see any other potential outcome for this. They remember they
took was it what was the name, Jerry Richardson, the
owner of the airline of Panthers, for getting like massages
and or not that he was right, but from what
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came out right, he was getting massages and making little
comments and it was the same kind of uncomfortable atmosphere. Right,
But that wasn't all of this, And I'm not excusing
what he did. That was wrong too. No, I know us,
you know what I mean? So what are we what
are we talking about? And so yeah, we'll see how
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this goes down. But we got some NBA to get into,
and there were some some fish something fishy going on.
A few day days ago. Milwaukee Bucks could have moved
up to the number two seed, might ended up playing
Brooklyn in the first round. So they sat they're stars
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and they don't have to worry about Brooklyn now, at
least until the second round. If then we'll get into
that next. Was that the right thing to do? I Couple?
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I Couple. I'm Chris, he's Rob. We're live from the
Fox Sports excuse me radio studios and uh NBA Brooklyn
up one h three ninety three with about three minutes
left to play. They should win this game, but Cleveland's
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making a little bit uncomfortable for them. Good for the
Calves not giving up playing with a lot of heart. JB.
Bickerstaff to coach there has done a great job. So
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All right, Rob, we're talking about the Nets. If they
win this game, they will be the seventh seed and
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face Boston. Boston has been one of the best teams
in the league for the calendar year of twenty twenty.
They've got a big two of their own. Not it's
not durant Irie, but Jason Tatum, who may very well
make first team All NBA. He was on my second team,
but he's been phenomenal. And Jaylen Brown is also a
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very good player who's been an All Star. So that's
gonna be a good matchup. But very well, Rob could
have been Milwaukee and Brooklyn. And I don't know if
the Bucks were avoiding Brooklyn, but their last game they
faced Cleveland and they sat out Jannis and Chris Middleton,
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and so some people do think and Drew and Drew
Holiday as well. So some people think that they, you know,
didn't want to play Brooklyn in the first round. What
are your thoughts on is do you think that they tanked?
And if so, would that like, would that bother you
if you were a Bucks fan and they did that.
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I don't know. I mean, I know people are looking
for the best matchups and why play a great team
in the first round, but you have to beat them eventually,
whether it's first round or second round, I don't know.
I mean if if they if they played them and
got them out of the way, maybe your ride is easier.
As Brooklyn is trying to get there, like the second round, Chris,
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they could be a well oiled machine. You know, it's
a good point. I mean it's a good point, like
like they've been disjointed all year, so you're giving them
a chance for those guys to get you know, play
well and get feeling good. And I don't know what
if they'd be Boston in four or five and they're
playing great and they feel good, then it's different. Whereas, Okay,
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they had a grueling they had to play a playing game.
I'm not saying grueling, but play a playing game and
then and then, uh, they're still not there yet or
they're still trying to get it. So that's the only
reason why I wouldn't play a round with that stuff,
trying to figure out which way is better. And it
just looked like that because they could have moved up
to second Chris, and they didn't play anybody. I think
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only Drew Holliday was the only starter who played. Well, no,
he didn't even play. He is listed you're right in
the box score. He got a play right away. I
don't know came out what. Yeah, he hadn't even listed
as playing a minute, but he does have one file.
What happened, Roger, Yeah, he had a bonus tied to
his playing in the season, so he went out for
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eight seconds, made a foul and made like two hundred
fifty thousand dollars in extra money. Okay, okay, that's that's
good at them, the Bucks to to uh hook their
man up like that. But um, yeah, I look, I
get it, Robed. Um, if if I'm Milwaukee, now, Milwaukee's
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different because they they're clicking. I mean, they got their
guys right. They they're Middleton and Holiday and Yannis for
the most part, have been healthy all year for the
most part, and m brook Lopez just got back so
and they of course on it last year. I could
see a Brooklyn like, if I'm Brooklyn, rob I would
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rather face Milwaukee in the second round because to your point,
that gives me time. Right, we're new, A lot of
us are new Kyrie just started playing full time. Right, Well,
we don't know if Ben Simmons will be back or not. Um,
but we could get better over time. Um, we we
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by the second round, if we went that far, we
should be clicking certainly better than we did in the
first round. That's that's the scary part. That's why I'm
I'm not so sure that was the right strategy, Chris. Right,
So if you're if you're right, and if you're Milwaukee, yeah,
you make a good point. You want to get Brooklyn
while they're still a bit disjointed and not together. So
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I hear you. I'm not convinced that they did tank. Um.
I think obviously the league was probably happy that, you
know that they get these two in the second round,
if they get them at all, because that would be
a huge first round. And then, right, and you can
have the potential of losing one of them. You might say,
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Milwaukee loss the defending champs out in the first round.
I mean, that's not what you want, right, and so, uh, yeah,
it's an interesting situation. But I agree that you don't like,
you don't like it's like tanking, Rob. You don't like
bringing that attitude into your building. No, like, we're good enough,
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we could beat anybody. We don't write, we don't need
to play around with the with with the standings and
oh no, we didn't want to face them, but well
you might have to face them to get to the championship.
Remember last year, my Milwaukee was in the same position,
and they could have avoided Miami, which had beating them
the year before in the playoffs, and they said, nah,
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we you know, we were just gonna play it out
and be ready to play whoever it is. And they
ended up getting Miami and they beat them, and obviously
the rest is history. They ran to a championship. So
that's why I am not certain that they did tank out.
I mean, I think they may have just wanted to
legitimately give their guys arrest. You're all right that they
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have something to play for it, But I do think
if you're a team and the choices be healthy and
well rested and playing well, versus have home court advantage.
But maybe it's not clicking. I think every team Rode
would would take playing well, and I know it doesn't
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always have to be one or the other, but I
just think, yeah, I don't know how much they're concerned
about having to have home court advantage because they'll still
have it obviously if they meet New Brooklyn in the
second round, they will have home court advantage and so um,
but you know, we'll see that's gonna man, that will
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be a heck of a matchup in Brooklyn. Rob now
up one oh nine. I'm a little behind, but I
got one oh nine, one oh one with twenty seconds left,
Rob G is that one on nine one oh four?
I think fifteen seconds left? Kadi at the line. So
the next like they're gonna win, But more importantly, Rob
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Parker's gonna lose the shee. They were up by eight
most of it, they were up big, and then I
thought Rob G to be up by eight and then
they make a few free throws at the end, right Yeah,
but they're conceding lay right now because they're not they
don't want to give up a three. So Cleveland has
just had a layup line the last minute or so.
But they're not That's what happened. They're not cutting into
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the lead. There's the problem. Right. Um. I tell you what.
Darius Garland, he's nice, he's nice. He's played a nice
game to night, and he's he's really been the guy
to keep Cleveland in it. We know he made their
All Star team, but thirty two points. He did have
six turnovers, but thirty two points, five assists. Nice he played.
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He played a strong game. And of course the rookie
Evan Mobley seventeen points, seven boards. Cleveland got a nice
future character. What Durant and I know how much time
he's left? Rob? You now is a fourteen seconds? Durant
hits some huge shot shots. I know it's quarter right,
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he's got twenty four right now? Um correct? Yeah, one eleven,
one h four. You can kiss that money goodbye. Rob. No, No,
I'm just you need you need a miss shot and
then a three point Nope is not gonna happen. Now
that's them five and it's not on your side, Rob,
right yeah and again text right now, Lamar Mitchell says,
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looking forward as heeing robbed this sekend. Yeah, we can
start the penthouse. Hello, I bet they are right? Absolutely
thanks Rob, fight as well, just dump is you might
as well just walk through the casino and give out
your debit card number, your pen like God, leave all right?
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a Pro Bowl season. Trying to get me right, it's
trolling or rolland that's right, it's trolling rolling. I'm Martin
Wish and I'll bring it down for you real quick.
This is case just the first time you've heard this.
If Rob and Chris liked the story that I read,
you hear the roll sound, see me? And if they
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don't like, I can't believe Rob Parker gave out that
nets as his pick of the day at home against
the spread. You hear the troll sound? Oh man, hey, hey, hey, hey, yeah,
when they went down by twenty, you weren't thinking of that,
you know that. In fact, let me tell you what
I actually did when they were down twenty. I went
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in bet on Cleveland plus fifty and a half because
I knew it was it will be the twenty point blowout.
Then that's they're twenty three and four now against the
spread at home, Rob Parker, you need to do your
homework before you telling America what's the bet on? Come
on now, yeah, you're making money. That's why you're doing
trolling or rolling on our show because you're so good
at picking game. You got some nerve. Why now this
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is let's let's let's go ahead. What an attack? I
was medicated? God, I mean, jeez, Louise, I'm trolling that.
By the way. Oh hey, hey, So, first of all,
the guy we just watched on television, Kevin Durant, he's
been playing incredibly, but not in the MVP conversation. We
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haven't be conversations has been limited to pretty much two
guys and Bead and Yoki and while KD just balled
out of control, not covering the spread. Unfortunately for Rob Parker,
are you Chris trolling or rolling? Because dad said that
Joel MB deserves the MVP, I'm trolling at oh Man, Hey,
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I voted, I'm an official voter, and I voted for Yannis.
I had him b second. I was rocking with him,
beat his MVP up until a few weeks ago. And look,
those two and Yokas are so close that if either
one of them wins, I'm not gonna have a hissy fit.
But I thought it came down to a few MVP
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moments and then guided had him. Was Yannis on the
road at Philly, he blocks the shot to make the
game winning play, not only blocks it, but blocks the
shot attempt by the other MVP candidate, Joe LMB. And
then two days later he goes to Brooklyn, hits the
three to force overtime, and then two free throws to
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win the game. Not so in a very closest race
I've ever voted for in the MVP, and I've been
doing it for twenty some our years and I went
with Yannis. I'm rolling with it. I could understand why
he feels that way. I mean, he saw him be
kind of keep that team together, hang in with it,
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you know, considering that, um uh, he didn't have Ben Simmons,
and he kept that together early on in the season
when he was the only guy there and he won
the scoring title. He did a lot of stuff on
his own, and James Harden was good for the beginning,
but Embad had an all around great season without a
lot of supporting casts and a lot of other stars
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with him. So I think that's a fair to say
if if Durrant wants to pick him, I don't think
that's outrageous troll Theron. A couple of Fox Sports Radio
and other Packers locked up Aaron Rodgers this offseason, but
they're still holding on to backup quarterback Jordan Love. The
CEO of the Packers, said today he believes Gordon Loved
can be good, but we haven't seen enough to know yet.
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Chris trolling or rolling the I could should have traded
god Love. Uh, I'm trolling that. Oh man, Hey, hey, hey,
I mean I wouldn't have killed him if they trade him,
But I mean, no, no problem with keeping him. You
need a backup, and so you know, he can be
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your backup. I get the contract situation when a guy's
on a rookie scale and all that. At some point
you gonna have to pay him, but nobody's giving him
huge money. You know, when it deals up, it's not
like people are gonna be breaking down the door to
sign him. So, um, yeah, I have no problem whatsoever
with keeping him. You need a backup and he can
be that. So you roll with it that they kept
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him or no. I trolled that they Yeah, so I'm
gonna get it right. But you get what I'm saying.
So I'm I'm rolling with it right because I think
they should have traded him. I just think that it
doesn't make any sense to hold on to that guy.
Go get your regular backup, get something for him. Uh,
somebody needs a quarterback. A young guy's never gonna play there.
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I can't because at some point you gotta pay the guy,
and Aaron Rodgers is there at least for the next
three years. So it just seems like a wasted space
to have a guy was a first round pickle you
moved up and traded for not to play. It doesn't
make any sense trolling rolling a couple of Fox Sports
Radio now. Chris Paul has been a part of five
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different NBA franchises, and four of them said the franchise
record for wins in a single season when he was
the point guard, including this season with the Phoenix Suns.
His head coach, though Minnie Williams is ahead as a
front runner for Coach of the Year, Chris trolling or rolling,
Chris Paul has a bigger impact on the Sun's success
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than Monty Williams. Wow, uh who I will roll with that?
And I think mine Williams is terrific. He was just
voted Coach of the Year by the Coaches Association for
the second straight year. I had him second on my
ballot behind memphisis Taylor Jenkins. I thought, yeah, I go
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with the players. I go with a player, and they're
both great. Like if it wasn't as great a player
as Chris Paul, I might say Monty, but this is
a truly great player. Their their culture turned around with
him as well as Monty. So that's a really good question.
But I'm gonna grow with Chris Paul because he's out
on the court. Yeah, I'm rolling with it. Rolling with
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the NBA is a player's league, and you could be
a great coach, Chris with no players, and that's what
you're not gonna win. And that doesn't take anything away
from Monty Williams and and what he's able to do, Chris,
but I just think players move the needle in the
in the NBA, and Chris Paul has been that guy
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for them. And to that point, of the five different franchisees,
who's a part of he said four franchise records right,
the fifth one Oklahoma City, which obviously the franchise record
would have been said with Kevin Durant, Russell Westbrook and
James Harden most likely, but the only time they slipped
the playoffs in recent memory was when Chris Paul was
a point guard. Yeah, no, that's a great point. I mean,
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you know, Westbrook got him into the playoffs obviously, But yeah,
Chris Paul, there's no doubt. I mean you mentioned Oklahoma City.
You see what happened in Phoenix. Remember, Houston may have
very well beaten Golden State had he not gotten hurt
back in what twenty seven, twenty eighteen, So he's he's
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a tremendous point guard and we'll see. You know, this
is a year where he's got a great shot to
win his first championship. It might be his best shot.
He's gonna turn thirty seven soon, and so Rob he's
got to get it done. I think this year. If
he doesn't get it this year, he may never get
it done. Yeah, Chris Paul, And remember they were up
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to old last year and everybody was crowning them. And
I'm with you, Chris. The windows not gonna stay open forever.
Uh and uh, I think that you're right, the Suns
probably need to win. Yeah, real quick, I want to
know if Rob is trolling the rolling with the playing
tournament now that the Clippers, Clippers are in it a
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shot at upsetting No Sun. Uh No, I've still not
into the play. They would have made it anyway, right
because what were they seventh? They were the AC A C.
They would have made it under the regular terms. So
I'm cool with that. And I think the Clippers. Uh,
I do think the Clippers are gonna win tonight. I do, Yeah,
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I Um, I like the play in I think the
play in has added excitement. I think you know, teams
were you know it was they were playing hard at
the end, not only to make the play in, but
jockeying for position to avoid the seventh seed or you
know where they want to wind up, you know, in
the seeding. Martin, how you feel about the play and
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I like it. I love it. I love it, and
I think that we might have a war view of
it because in years in the future, I doubt that
we'll have two top ten players of all time in
these games like we have Lebron, we had staff was
at KD. I think it's just been up and down
with the injury. Going forward, we're not gonna see it's
gonna be more along the lines where we saw in
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the bubble where John Morant kind of had his first
NBA moment in the playing game. I think that's what
it's gonna be. More for teams like this Cavalier team
where Darius Garland and when you start having the bad
teams playing, and it won't be nearly as uh, it
won't be nearly as enticing as it is now. I
agree with that. See, Martin, you finally got something right tonight.
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All right, this guy, all right, the couple. I am Chris,
he is Robbed and uh he is Martin White's great job. Brothers.
Always we appreciate you. Don't come on the show attacking me.
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Chris and Rob eight seven seven ninety ninety nine on
Fox sixty I know right, eight seven seven nine nine
six sixty three sixty nine. Trash Talking Tuesday is now.
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We're talking about trash talking Tuesday. It's your teeth, Reggy.
I don't know whether to smile. Let's you a kick
a field goal man, all right, Chris, let's kick it
off with Jeff in Maine. You're on the odd couple
Fox Sports Radio. Hey, Jeff, who you trash? I'm trashing
(32:21):
this whole play in tournament. I get where you guys
are coming from with the excitement and all that, But
when you got a team that thirty games out of
first place, eight games behind a normal eight seed in
the playoffs, and in a couple of one games, you
can upset a season over after eighty two, finishing thirty
games back eight games back of the next normal playoff
contender before the playing like, that's just crapped. I mean,
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you could record one game record season on a one
game playoff. A team could have an injury that maybe
they'll get him back at the end of a long
first round or second round, but they won't get that
chance after having earned a normal eight seed playoff for
a team that didn't show up all year. But Mike,
get in a one game and cause an upset, you know,
in the two games if they're the ten sees, and
cause an upset at the right time, but you've basically
(33:08):
sucked the entire season. I just think that's an awful
way to do it. I think the NBA has got
a bigger problem with trying to incentivize players. I think
they're planned midseason tournament is just another way to do
the same thing you're you're finding a way to get
me and are interested in earning their money. There you go.
I'm with you on the play, and I'm with you
one hundred percent. Me and Chris disagree. Tim in Detroit,
(33:30):
you're on the odd couple Fox Sports Radio. Hey, Tim,
who you're trashing? Good evening, gentlemen. I'm trashing that guy
Wiss who was talking bad about my friend Rob because
I tune into this show to hear Robin Chris, not
some guy named Wiss. Thank you very much. Like John Wade,
(33:53):
I know what a great radio boys, right, he should
be coming on after us. You're on Fox Sports Radio.
Oh I'm sorry, Jason, And then how about I'm sorry.
Angel in Stockton, California, you're on the a couple of
Fox Sports Radio. Who'd get trashing? I'm trashing the one
and only mister Woozy woo woo Rob Parker, straight up.
(34:17):
I can't believe it. Rob, year and a half, a
year and a half listening to this radio show. You
got me into baseball. I always I never liked baseball,
and you got me into baseball, and now I love baseball.
I'm a giant fan now, Rob. And I go on
Instagram on one of your pictures and you're looking though,
you're looking flashy. But I just bought one joke, only
(34:38):
a joke, the only a real fan can understand. I said,
Rob Parker, you're just ugly. And now I'm blocked. Oh,
I'm blocked, and now I'm here. I've been calling and
calling and calling, and I never got called. I never
got picked up in here. I am now saying it. Rob,
How are you trying to be a comedian? You can't
take a joke? Wow? Wow? You know what sometimes when
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somebody says something about block, you know that song could play?
You know what I'm saying, it's block blah blah blah blah,
you block. If I got a question, why are you
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always behind when you sing that? I don't know if
it's a feed, I don't it's something Alex. Isn't the
field slow down a little bit in these days? Parker? Yeah,
it never fails. He's always like a step behind. Just
start singing before the words rock right before He's like
it's like Chris watching his streaming. It's always a will
(35:47):
in Wisconsin. You're on the odd couple of Park Sports
Radio who you're trashing And you know what if somebody
hits you up on your social media and called you ugly?
Am I do? I know that's a joke? You know what, Rob?
You know, if they haven't been around you to have
a conversation, they can't call your other right, I don't
know that a good ros I don't either. I'm definitely
(36:11):
not owning the show. But you know I was gonna
trash Adam Schefter, but there's not enough that because unspent
about that some trash and Dan Snyder, Rob and Chris.
This guy's a he's like the butt of an old
cat Williams joke. You remember that joke. You know, if
your if people keep saying the same thing about you
over and over again, eventually something that's got to be true.
And it's not just the stuff with the sexual harassment
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or the fact that his team hasn't been competitive since
those days of RG three. Really, I mean Kirk Cousins
and all of that and all that they weren't really
competitive after that, But this guy is always around when
there's anything to do with like, you know, just bad information.
Look at what happened in between former coach Gruden and
that his name was attached to that, whether it being
(36:53):
an email or revealing of the email. But the league
has got to do right by those players and that
new team and this, you know what, it would be
the perfect the perfect opportunity to maybe find a minority
owner or some other owner there to really change that
team's direction. All right, appreciate that, you guys will in Wisconsin. Yep,
(37:13):
let's go to Joseph in Indiana, You're in the odd couple.
Fox Sports Radio. I'm trashing I Indiana. Who's your basketball fans?
Ad An? I you who you're basketball fans? The AYU
fans have two highest standards that Bobby Knights spent because
after if every not every coach is gonna win and
(37:36):
see the away title. And you guys got to realize
the day that Bobby Knight are over. Woodson is not
a bad coach, but the problem is he's old enough
to be the wild those players as grandpa. And are
you you shouldn't got rid of Dame five, Dame five
with your future coach. Now you're gonna go back to
(37:56):
Michigan State and gonna gonna rock you guys for the
next ten years. All right, that's our man, Joseph. All right, Rob,
who you're trashing? Well, I trish gil Brandt and I
(38:17):
did that on Dead Spend earlier today, Chris, but maybe
today I know the play in. I'm just not a
playing guy, like like the Lakers were in the play
in despite like their terrible season up until the last
two games of the year, and they had a terrible season.
I know it's worked out and they've been big names
(38:37):
and teams because of injury. But I think what that guy,
one of the callers, Chris said is right? Is that
or was that Martin? That eventually it's going to get
back where you know, the good teams will be at
the top and you'll just have bad teams, and it'll
be interesting to see when people aren't watching the two
worst teams or two teams that really aren't good playing
(38:59):
the playing games, and how that will affect whether or
not they continue or not. All Right, I'm trashing Daniel
Schneider all right and the Washington Commanders. This is just ridiculous,
and we'll see what happens. But I think his team
should be taken from him. So it is the Y
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and Rob. The nets haven't pulled away. They're up ten
(01:15):
eighty seven seventy seven. It was about ten minutes, just
under ten minutes left to play. So the nets, you
know they got them, you know they got a comfortable lead,
but you know they want a little more cushion. I'm
sure in the last I don't know who's in right now,
but yeah, they will definitely. I think they'll still win
(01:36):
by ten. That was my original their favorite by what nine?
Nine and a half. I think they'll win about because
she went by about ten. All right, it's seven right
now after Darius Garland just drains the three. So look,
let's see what Kyrie and KD do. You got a
little adversity, be good for them. Every team makes a run,
(01:57):
you know the NBA, they're gonna make. You're not gonna normally,
not in the playoffs. That's gonna be a run and
h and how they respond to it. So the Cleveland
Cavalism made a run cut at the seven. Let's see
where they go from here. Yeah, all right, it is
the odd couple, and we're gonna go to football Rob
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And we're talking about Gil Brand and some of his comments,
but that pales in comparison to what is going on
in Washington with the Commanders. They just get a new name,
and now that name is being associated with all types
of nonsense. The late and I remember, this is a
(02:40):
team that has been investigated for sexual harassment, a team
that in that investigation, the NFL said they would not
release the findings. It would just be oral oral, right,
(03:02):
which is which is absolutely ludicrous. And because of that,
Rob Congress opened up an investigation, and in the process
of doing that investigation, they found some financial issues. That's
why people settled things a lot of times because they
(03:25):
don't want you to dig through their records and discovery
and examining things and email all kinds of stuff you
will find so much. And now the commanders are in trouble.
John Gruten lost his job and his reputation as part
of the Washington investigation. Right, he had nothing to do
(03:47):
with it, you know, like why they were investigating all that, Right,
He just happened to be sending email to the general
manager of watching his football team at that time using
the GM's business email. And there wasn't a personal chain.
There was a couple of guys on that, Chris, but
it was their work emails, which you do not own.
(04:10):
For anybody out there in the business. You don't own that.
When you work for a company. You gotta understand that
same thing. If you have a company, Chris, cell Phone,
whose records are those right, right, that's the company owns that, right, right,
So Anyway, in the process of that investigation by Congress Rob,
(04:35):
what they found is that the Washington commanders, what they're
saying is they engaged in unlawful financial conduct. Here's what
they did. NFL teams share the ticket revenue, so visiting
teams get a share right of the ticket revenue for
(04:57):
the stadium they're playing in with the own team. They
gave false reports to the other teams about their ticket revenue,
so they said it was less than it was, so
they had to give those teams less than they should have.
And then they also didn't tell their season ticket holders
(05:22):
about the refundable ticket deposits that were available to them. So, Rob,
we have Dan Schneider the owner and his owner organization
one defrauding other owners and fans, which is the biggest
sin right there, because you could really stop there. But
(05:44):
having a toxic work environment that is so full of
sexual harassment allegedly that one woman says she was harassed
fifty to one hundred times at work. Another estimated she
was harassed more than two hundred times. Another estimated rob
(06:06):
that she was harassed approximately five hundred and fifteen times,
and another one said every day for eight years. Wow.
Why does he still have a team. That's a good question.
This is this is this is cutting dry. I don't
(06:28):
think he's gonna have a team and open Yeah. I
think now we are, Chris. We're there now because the
owners are going to be more apt to do something, Chris,
because what it's financial. He tried to cheat them, right,
And you also get in trouble with the government when
you try to defraud people, the public of their money, Chris,
(06:49):
when you don't allow them to get their refunds that
they were Yeah, oh yeah, because this is not this
is not just an NFL thing. This is this is uh.
You know, as a company, you could pay a fine,
you could be you could take you have your business
license revote, Chris. There's all kinds of damage that can
be done to a company when they don't do wipe
(07:11):
by the consumer. You know that, And if there's a
class action suited, might cost you even more money. Here's
a quote, Rob. The committee said, emails, documents, and statements
made by former employees indicate that team executives and owner
Dan Schneider engaged in a quote troubling, long running, and
(07:35):
potentially unlawful pattern of financial Again, look, he got to
lose the team. I'm sorry. Like there's no if, stays
or buts about it. And I'm not one for just
taking people's teams. But like I said, the owners, the
fans and the women that work there. What else is there? Bite,
(08:00):
And I think you're right that this won't be something
you'll be able to wiggle out of. Like he was
able to wiggle himself out of the investigation, Chris, because
he wasn't named in it, right, that oral investigation, So
he was good there. We know there was always flack
about that franchise's name. He got away with that until
(08:23):
advertiser said exactly, But until advertisers Chris again, he would
have to fight to the death. But financially, when the
money stopped, or the threat of money being stopped, that
changed everything. And this is financial Chris. You will get
movement when money is at stake. And NFL owners, remember
(08:45):
it's a club, it's not a birthright. You have to
be voted in. Anybody can't own a team normally in business, Chris,
anybody who has enough money could just buy the business. Right,
the business worth two hundred thousand dollars. I'm gonna give
you a million here, you you could have it. No,
don't work. You still gotta get seventy five percent of
the owners to vote you in in order to be
(09:06):
able to be an owner. Right, So I look, I
don't know what the process will be, but I don't
see any other potential outcome for this. They remember they
took was it what was the name, Jerry Richardson, the
owner of the airline of Panthers, for getting like massages
and or not that he was right, but from what
(09:27):
came out right, he was getting massages and making little
comments and it was the same kind of uncomfortable atmosphere. Right,
But that wasn't all of this, And I'm not excusing
what he did. That was wrong too. No, I know us,
you know what I mean? So what are we what
are we talking about? And so yeah, we'll see how
(09:48):
this goes down. But we got some NBA to get into,
and there were some some fish something fishy going on.
A few day days ago. Milwaukee Bucks could have moved
up to the number two seed, might ended up playing
Brooklyn in the first round. So they sat they're stars
(10:12):
and they don't have to worry about Brooklyn now, at
least until the second round. If then we'll get into
that next. Was that the right thing to do? I Couple?
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up one h three ninety three with about three minutes
left to play. They should win this game, but Cleveland's
(11:06):
making a little bit uncomfortable for them. Good for the
Calves not giving up playing with a lot of heart. JB.
Bickerstaff to coach there has done a great job. So
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All right, Rob, we're talking about the Nets. If they
win this game, they will be the seventh seed and
(11:49):
face Boston. Boston has been one of the best teams
in the league for the calendar year of twenty twenty.
They've got a big two of their own. Not it's
not durant Irie, but Jason Tatum, who may very well
make first team All NBA. He was on my second team,
but he's been phenomenal. And Jaylen Brown is also a
(12:10):
very good player who's been an All Star. So that's
gonna be a good matchup. But very well, Rob could
have been Milwaukee and Brooklyn. And I don't know if
the Bucks were avoiding Brooklyn, but their last game they
faced Cleveland and they sat out Jannis and Chris Middleton,
(12:34):
and so some people do think and Drew and Drew
Holiday as well. So some people think that they, you know,
didn't want to play Brooklyn in the first round. What
are your thoughts on is do you think that they tanked?
And if so, would that like, would that bother you
if you were a Bucks fan and they did that.
(12:55):
I don't know. I mean, I know people are looking
for the best matchups and why play a great team
in the first round, but you have to beat them eventually,
whether it's first round or second round, I don't know.
I mean if if they if they played them and
got them out of the way, maybe your ride is easier.
As Brooklyn is trying to get there, like the second round, Chris,
(13:18):
they could be a well oiled machine. You know, it's
a good point. I mean it's a good point, like
like they've been disjointed all year, so you're giving them
a chance for those guys to get you know, play
well and get feeling good. And I don't know what
if they'd be Boston in four or five and they're
playing great and they feel good, then it's different. Whereas, Okay,
(13:40):
they had a grueling they had to play a playing game.
I'm not saying grueling, but play a playing game and
then and then, uh, they're still not there yet or
they're still trying to get it. So that's the only
reason why I wouldn't play a round with that stuff,
trying to figure out which way is better. And it
just looked like that because they could have moved up
to second Chris, and they didn't play anybody. I think
(14:00):
only Drew Holliday was the only starter who played. Well, no,
he didn't even play. He is listed you're right in
the box score. He got a play right away. I
don't know came out what. Yeah, he hadn't even listed
as playing a minute, but he does have one file.
What happened, Roger, Yeah, he had a bonus tied to
his playing in the season, so he went out for
(14:21):
eight seconds, made a foul and made like two hundred
fifty thousand dollars in extra money. Okay, okay, that's that's
good at them, the Bucks to to uh hook their
man up like that. But um, yeah, I look, I
get it, Robed. Um, if if I'm Milwaukee, now, Milwaukee's
(14:43):
different because they they're clicking. I mean, they got their
guys right. They they're Middleton and Holiday and Yannis for
the most part, have been healthy all year for the
most part, and m brook Lopez just got back so
and they of course on it last year. I could
see a Brooklyn like, if I'm Brooklyn, rob I would
(15:05):
rather face Milwaukee in the second round because to your point,
that gives me time. Right, we're new, A lot of
us are new Kyrie just started playing full time. Right, Well,
we don't know if Ben Simmons will be back or not. Um,
but we could get better over time. Um, we we
(15:27):
by the second round, if we went that far, we
should be clicking certainly better than we did in the
first round. That's that's the scary part. That's why I'm
I'm not so sure that was the right strategy, Chris. Right,
So if you're if you're right, and if you're Milwaukee, yeah,
you make a good point. You want to get Brooklyn
while they're still a bit disjointed and not together. So
(15:51):
I hear you. I'm not convinced that they did tank. Um.
I think obviously the league was probably happy that, you
know that they get these two in the second round,
if they get them at all, because that would be
a huge first round. And then, right, and you can
have the potential of losing one of them. You might say,
(16:13):
Milwaukee loss the defending champs out in the first round.
I mean, that's not what you want, right, and so, uh, yeah,
it's an interesting situation. But I agree that you don't like,
you don't like it's like tanking, Rob. You don't like
bringing that attitude into your building. No, like, we're good enough,
(16:33):
we could beat anybody. We don't write, we don't need
to play around with the with with the standings and
oh no, we didn't want to face them, but well
you might have to face them to get to the championship.
Remember last year, my Milwaukee was in the same position,
and they could have avoided Miami, which had beating them
the year before in the playoffs, and they said, nah,
(16:57):
we you know, we were just gonna play it out
and be ready to play whoever it is. And they
ended up getting Miami and they beat them, and obviously
the rest is history. They ran to a championship. So
that's why I am not certain that they did tank out.
I mean, I think they may have just wanted to
legitimately give their guys arrest. You're all right that they
(17:20):
have something to play for it, But I do think
if you're a team and the choices be healthy and
well rested and playing well, versus have home court advantage.
But maybe it's not clicking. I think every team Rode
would would take playing well, and I know it doesn't
(17:41):
always have to be one or the other, but I
just think, yeah, I don't know how much they're concerned
about having to have home court advantage because they'll still
have it obviously if they meet New Brooklyn in the
second round, they will have home court advantage and so um,
but you know, we'll see that's gonna man, that will
(18:04):
be a heck of a matchup in Brooklyn. Rob now
up one oh nine. I'm a little behind, but I
got one oh nine, one oh one with twenty seconds left,
Rob G is that one on nine one oh four?
I think fifteen seconds left? Kadi at the line. So
the next like they're gonna win, But more importantly, Rob
(18:25):
Parker's gonna lose the shee. They were up by eight
most of it, they were up big, and then I
thought Rob G to be up by eight and then
they make a few free throws at the end, right Yeah,
but they're conceding lay right now because they're not they
don't want to give up a three. So Cleveland has
just had a layup line the last minute or so.
But they're not That's what happened. They're not cutting into
(18:45):
the lead. There's the problem. Right. Um. I tell you what.
Darius Garland, he's nice, he's nice. He's played a nice
game to night, and he's he's really been the guy
to keep Cleveland in it. We know he made their
All Star team, but thirty two points. He did have
six turnovers, but thirty two points, five assists. Nice he played.
(19:06):
He played a strong game. And of course the rookie
Evan Mobley seventeen points, seven boards. Cleveland got a nice
future character. What Durant and I know how much time
he's left? Rob? You now is a fourteen seconds? Durant
hits some huge shot shots. I know it's quarter right,
(19:27):
he's got twenty four right now? Um correct? Yeah, one eleven,
one h four. You can kiss that money goodbye. Rob. No, No,
I'm just you need you need a miss shot and
then a three point Nope is not gonna happen. Now
that's them five and it's not on your side, Rob,
right yeah and again text right now, Lamar Mitchell says,
(19:50):
looking forward as heeing robbed this sekend. Yeah, we can
start the penthouse. Hello, I bet they are right? Absolutely
thanks Rob, fight as well, just dump is you might
as well just walk through the casino and give out
your debit card number, your pen like God, leave all right?
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(21:17):
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Wish and I'll bring it down for you real quick.
This is case just the first time you've heard this.
If Rob and Chris liked the story that I read,
you hear the roll sound, see me? And if they
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don't like, I can't believe Rob Parker gave out that
nets as his pick of the day at home against
the spread. You hear the troll sound? Oh man, hey, hey, hey, hey, yeah,
when they went down by twenty, you weren't thinking of that,
you know that. In fact, let me tell you what
I actually did when they were down twenty. I went
(21:58):
in bet on Cleveland plus fifty and a half because
I knew it was it will be the twenty point blowout.
Then that's they're twenty three and four now against the
spread at home, Rob Parker, you need to do your
homework before you telling America what's the bet on? Come
on now, yeah, you're making money. That's why you're doing
trolling or rolling on our show because you're so good
at picking game. You got some nerve. Why now this
(22:21):
is let's let's let's go ahead. What an attack? I
was medicated? God, I mean, jeez, Louise, I'm trolling that.
By the way. Oh hey, hey, So, first of all,
the guy we just watched on television, Kevin Durant, he's
been playing incredibly, but not in the MVP conversation. We
(22:43):
haven't be conversations has been limited to pretty much two
guys and Bead and Yoki and while KD just balled
out of control, not covering the spread. Unfortunately for Rob Parker,
are you Chris trolling or rolling? Because dad said that
Joel MB deserves the MVP, I'm trolling at oh Man, Hey,
(23:06):
I voted, I'm an official voter, and I voted for Yannis.
I had him b second. I was rocking with him,
beat his MVP up until a few weeks ago. And look,
those two and Yokas are so close that if either
one of them wins, I'm not gonna have a hissy fit.
But I thought it came down to a few MVP
(23:27):
moments and then guided had him. Was Yannis on the
road at Philly, he blocks the shot to make the
game winning play, not only blocks it, but blocks the
shot attempt by the other MVP candidate, Joe LMB. And
then two days later he goes to Brooklyn, hits the
three to force overtime, and then two free throws to
(23:49):
win the game. Not so in a very closest race
I've ever voted for in the MVP, and I've been
doing it for twenty some our years and I went
with Yannis. I'm rolling with it. I could understand why
he feels that way. I mean, he saw him be
kind of keep that team together, hang in with it,
(24:13):
you know, considering that, um uh, he didn't have Ben Simmons,
and he kept that together early on in the season
when he was the only guy there and he won
the scoring title. He did a lot of stuff on
his own, and James Harden was good for the beginning,
but Embad had an all around great season without a
lot of supporting casts and a lot of other stars
(24:34):
with him. So I think that's a fair to say
if if Durrant wants to pick him, I don't think
that's outrageous troll Theron. A couple of Fox Sports Radio
and other Packers locked up Aaron Rodgers this offseason, but
they're still holding on to backup quarterback Jordan Love. The
CEO of the Packers, said today he believes Gordon Loved
can be good, but we haven't seen enough to know yet.
(24:57):
Chris trolling or rolling the I could should have traded
god Love. Uh, I'm trolling that. Oh man, Hey, hey, hey,
I mean I wouldn't have killed him if they trade him,
But I mean, no, no problem with keeping him. You
need a backup, and so you know, he can be
(25:17):
your backup. I get the contract situation when a guy's
on a rookie scale and all that. At some point
you gonna have to pay him, but nobody's giving him
huge money. You know, when it deals up, it's not
like people are gonna be breaking down the door to
sign him. So, um, yeah, I have no problem whatsoever
with keeping him. You need a backup and he can
be that. So you roll with it that they kept
(25:39):
him or no. I trolled that they Yeah, so I'm
gonna get it right. But you get what I'm saying.
So I'm I'm rolling with it right because I think
they should have traded him. I just think that it
doesn't make any sense to hold on to that guy.
Go get your regular backup, get something for him. Uh,
somebody needs a quarterback. A young guy's never gonna play there.
(26:02):
I can't because at some point you gotta pay the guy,
and Aaron Rodgers is there at least for the next
three years. So it just seems like a wasted space
to have a guy was a first round pickle you
moved up and traded for not to play. It doesn't
make any sense trolling rolling a couple of Fox Sports
Radio now. Chris Paul has been a part of five
(26:23):
different NBA franchises, and four of them said the franchise
record for wins in a single season when he was
the point guard, including this season with the Phoenix Suns.
His head coach, though Minnie Williams is ahead as a
front runner for Coach of the Year, Chris trolling or rolling,
Chris Paul has a bigger impact on the Sun's success
(26:46):
than Monty Williams. Wow, uh who I will roll with that?
And I think mine Williams is terrific. He was just
voted Coach of the Year by the Coaches Association for
the second straight year. I had him second on my
ballot behind memphisis Taylor Jenkins. I thought, yeah, I go
(27:09):
with the players. I go with a player, and they're
both great. Like if it wasn't as great a player
as Chris Paul, I might say Monty, but this is
a truly great player. Their their culture turned around with
him as well as Monty. So that's a really good question.
But I'm gonna grow with Chris Paul because he's out
on the court. Yeah, I'm rolling with it. Rolling with
(27:32):
the NBA is a player's league, and you could be
a great coach, Chris with no players, and that's what
you're not gonna win. And that doesn't take anything away
from Monty Williams and and what he's able to do, Chris,
but I just think players move the needle in the
in the NBA, and Chris Paul has been that guy
(27:54):
for them. And to that point, of the five different franchisees,
who's a part of he said four franchise records right,
the fifth one Oklahoma City, which obviously the franchise record
would have been said with Kevin Durant, Russell Westbrook and
James Harden most likely, but the only time they slipped
the playoffs in recent memory was when Chris Paul was
a point guard. Yeah, no, that's a great point. I mean,
(28:19):
you know, Westbrook got him into the playoffs obviously, But yeah,
Chris Paul, there's no doubt. I mean you mentioned Oklahoma City.
You see what happened in Phoenix. Remember, Houston may have
very well beaten Golden State had he not gotten hurt
back in what twenty seven, twenty eighteen, So he's he's
(28:42):
a tremendous point guard and we'll see. You know, this
is a year where he's got a great shot to
win his first championship. It might be his best shot.
He's gonna turn thirty seven soon, and so Rob he's
got to get it done. I think this year. If
he doesn't get it this year, he may never get
it done. Yeah, Chris Paul, And remember they were up
(29:03):
to old last year and everybody was crowning them. And
I'm with you, Chris. The windows not gonna stay open forever.
Uh and uh, I think that you're right, the Suns
probably need to win. Yeah, real quick, I want to
know if Rob is trolling the rolling with the playing
tournament now that the Clippers, Clippers are in it a
(29:25):
shot at upsetting No Sun. Uh No, I've still not
into the play. They would have made it anyway, right
because what were they seventh? They were the AC A C.
They would have made it under the regular terms. So
I'm cool with that. And I think the Clippers. Uh,
I do think the Clippers are gonna win tonight. I do, Yeah,
(29:45):
I Um, I like the play in I think the
play in has added excitement. I think you know, teams
were you know it was they were playing hard at
the end, not only to make the play in, but
jockeying for position to avoid the seventh seed or you
know where they want to wind up, you know, in
the seeding. Martin, how you feel about the play and
(30:07):
I like it. I love it. I love it, and
I think that we might have a war view of
it because in years in the future, I doubt that
we'll have two top ten players of all time in
these games like we have Lebron, we had staff was
at KD. I think it's just been up and down
with the injury. Going forward, we're not gonna see it's
gonna be more along the lines where we saw in
(30:28):
the bubble where John Morant kind of had his first
NBA moment in the playing game. I think that's what
it's gonna be. More for teams like this Cavalier team
where Darius Garland and when you start having the bad
teams playing, and it won't be nearly as uh, it
won't be nearly as enticing as it is now. I
agree with that. See, Martin, you finally got something right tonight.
(30:51):
All right, this guy, all right, the couple. I am Chris,
he is Robbed and uh he is Martin White's great job. Brothers.
Always we appreciate you. Don't come on the show attacking me.
Right out the game he was ring y'all. That was
getting rough, all right, Speaking of rough, trash Talking Tuesday
is now eight seven seven ninety nine on Fox eight
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seven seven ninety nine six sixty three sixty nine. Your
turn to call in and trash anyone or anything in
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(31:58):
We're talking about trash talking Tuesday. It's your teeth, Reggy.
I don't know whether to smile. Let's you a kick
a field goal man, all right, Chris, let's kick it
off with Jeff in Maine. You're on the odd couple
Fox Sports Radio. Hey, Jeff, who you trash? I'm trashing
(32:21):
this whole play in tournament. I get where you guys
are coming from with the excitement and all that, But
when you got a team that thirty games out of
first place, eight games behind a normal eight seed in
the playoffs, and in a couple of one games, you
can upset a season over after eighty two, finishing thirty
games back eight games back of the next normal playoff
contender before the playing like, that's just crapped. I mean,
(32:45):
you could record one game record season on a one
game playoff. A team could have an injury that maybe
they'll get him back at the end of a long
first round or second round, but they won't get that
chance after having earned a normal eight seed playoff for
a team that didn't show up all year. But Mike,
get in a one game and cause an upset, you know,
in the two games if they're the ten sees, and
cause an upset at the right time, but you've basically
(33:08):
sucked the entire season. I just think that's an awful
way to do it. I think the NBA has got
a bigger problem with trying to incentivize players. I think
they're planned midseason tournament is just another way to do
the same thing you're you're finding a way to get
me and are interested in earning their money. There you go.
I'm with you on the play, and I'm with you
one hundred percent. Me and Chris disagree. Tim in Detroit,
(33:30):
you're on the odd couple Fox Sports Radio. Hey, Tim,
who you're trashing? Good evening, gentlemen. I'm trashing that guy
Wiss who was talking bad about my friend Rob because
I tune into this show to hear Robin Chris, not
some guy named Wiss. Thank you very much. Like John Wade,
(33:53):
I know what a great radio boys, right, he should
be coming on after us. You're on Fox Sports Radio.
Oh I'm sorry, Jason, And then how about I'm sorry.
Angel in Stockton, California, you're on the a couple of
Fox Sports Radio. Who'd get trashing? I'm trashing the one
and only mister Woozy woo woo Rob Parker, straight up.
(34:17):
I can't believe it. Rob, year and a half, a
year and a half listening to this radio show. You
got me into baseball. I always I never liked baseball,
and you got me into baseball, and now I love baseball.
I'm a giant fan now, Rob. And I go on
Instagram on one of your pictures and you're looking though,
you're looking flashy. But I just bought one joke, only
(34:38):
a joke, the only a real fan can understand. I said,
Rob Parker, you're just ugly. And now I'm blocked. Oh,
I'm blocked, and now I'm here. I've been calling and
calling and calling, and I never got called. I never
got picked up in here. I am now saying it. Rob,
How are you trying to be a comedian? You can't
take a joke? Wow? Wow? You know what sometimes when
(35:01):
somebody says something about block, you know that song could play?
You know what I'm saying, it's block blah blah blah blah,
you block. If I got a question, why are you
(35:24):
always behind when you sing that? I don't know if
it's a feed, I don't it's something Alex. Isn't the
field slow down a little bit in these days? Parker? Yeah,
it never fails. He's always like a step behind. Just
start singing before the words rock right before He's like
it's like Chris watching his streaming. It's always a will
(35:47):
in Wisconsin. You're on the odd couple of Park Sports
Radio who you're trashing And you know what if somebody
hits you up on your social media and called you ugly?
Am I do? I know that's a joke? You know what, Rob?
You know, if they haven't been around you to have
a conversation, they can't call your other right, I don't
know that a good ros I don't either. I'm definitely
(36:11):
not owning the show. But you know I was gonna
trash Adam Schefter, but there's not enough that because unspent
about that some trash and Dan Snyder, Rob and Chris.
This guy's a he's like the butt of an old
cat Williams joke. You remember that joke. You know, if
your if people keep saying the same thing about you
over and over again, eventually something that's got to be true.
And it's not just the stuff with the sexual harassment
(36:31):
or the fact that his team hasn't been competitive since
those days of RG three. Really, I mean Kirk Cousins
and all of that and all that they weren't really
competitive after that, But this guy is always around when
there's anything to do with like, you know, just bad information.
Look at what happened in between former coach Gruden and
that his name was attached to that, whether it being
(36:53):
an email or revealing of the email. But the league
has got to do right by those players and that
new team and this, you know what, it would be
the perfect the perfect opportunity to maybe find a minority
owner or some other owner there to really change that
team's direction. All right, appreciate that, you guys will in Wisconsin. Yep,
(37:13):
let's go to Joseph in Indiana, You're in the odd couple.
Fox Sports Radio. I'm trashing I Indiana. Who's your basketball fans?
Ad An? I you who you're basketball fans? The AYU
fans have two highest standards that Bobby Knights spent because
after if every not every coach is gonna win and
(37:36):
see the away title. And you guys got to realize
the day that Bobby Knight are over. Woodson is not
a bad coach, but the problem is he's old enough
to be the wild those players as grandpa. And are
you you shouldn't got rid of Dame five, Dame five
with your future coach. Now you're gonna go back to
(37:56):
Michigan State and gonna gonna rock you guys for the
next ten years. All right, that's our man, Joseph. All right, Rob,
who you're trashing? Well, I trish gil Brandt and I
(38:17):
did that on Dead Spend earlier today, Chris, but maybe
today I know the play in. I'm just not a
playing guy, like like the Lakers were in the play
in despite like their terrible season up until the last
two games of the year, and they had a terrible season.
I know it's worked out and they've been big names
(38:37):
and teams because of injury. But I think what that guy,
one of the callers, Chris said is right? Is that
or was that Martin? That eventually it's going to get
back where you know, the good teams will be at
the top and you'll just have bad teams, and it'll
be interesting to see when people aren't watching the two
worst teams or two teams that really aren't good playing
(38:59):
the playing games, and how that will affect whether or
not they continue or not. All Right, I'm trashing Daniel
Schneider all right and the Washington Commanders. This is just ridiculous,
and we'll see what happens. But I think his team
should be taken from him. So it is the Y
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