Brian Noe and George Wrighster talk Kawhi, the NFL Draft, and QBs!

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Speaker 1 (00:01):
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Speaker 2 (00:04):
Oh what's going on everybody? I hope you're enjoying your
Sunday over here. Legacies on the line as the Golden
State Warriors try to keep their season alive. We will
keep you updated on what's going on right now in
Game four as the Kings have a seven point lead

(00:24):
as the second half begins. George, Pleasant Sunday, greetings to you.
Everything fine, sir, Everything good in your world?

Speaker 1 (00:32):
Yeah, man, everything's great.

Speaker 3 (00:34):
Man.

Speaker 1 (00:34):
Just need these Warriors to get this dub right now
and we gooch.

Speaker 2 (00:39):
You you think that's gonna happen?

Speaker 1 (00:42):
Yes, yes, bro. Listen, the Warriors are the Warriors they are.
I mean, there are people who've tried to bury them
after the Draymond suspension. Listen, that, in no way, shape,
form or fashion is a death since this is a

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team that is absolutely has so much fight they do
not quit now. I would not be mad at Steve
Kerr of putting Drakemond on a bitch, though.

Speaker 2 (01:14):
Maybe pull a Julius Randall like Tom Thibodeau did with
the Knicks a little bit earlier. You know, Julius Randall
didn't have it working, only seven points and he rode
some pine down the stretch.

Speaker 1 (01:27):
Hey, a win is a win. If you can get
the win, it does not matter how you do it.

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I want to throw this at you, George. I want
to see what you feel about this, because if you

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look at the Knicks, the Knicks have a three to
one stranglehold old lead on their first round series against
the Cavs. Shout out Jalen Brunson, he was fantastic today
twenty nine points. And RJ Barrett they had the chance
going in the garden and everything twenty six points for him.
The Knicks take Game four. And what stands out to

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me is as much flack as Tom Thibodeaux catches for
playing his starters huge minutes and it's ah, he runs
them into the ground. Coach Tibbs, here we go again, YadA, YadA, YadA.
It's overwhelmingly negative. What's funny is his guys are ready
to go for the playoffs. Meanwhile, you look at a
team like the Clippers, and widely it's just rose pedals

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and red carpets, and oh, look at this, just progressive thinking.
Take nights off, load management, get ready for the playoffs,
and then just ramp it up at the end there
and look at them now, no Kawhi, no Paul George,
no big guns for the playoffs. Russell Westbrook was carrying
them in Game four against the Suns, but they still fell.

(03:03):
Isn't it kind of funny to you? I don't think
that's a coincidence. Where the Knicks are just grind, grind, grind,
they play real defense. The Clippers are like.

Speaker 4 (03:13):
Let's ease in, let let's let's think about.

Speaker 2 (03:16):
The big picture over here, and then when they try
to ramp it up they can't. That is not a
coincidence to me at all.

Speaker 1 (03:22):
No, man load management is stupid. It doesn't work. And
what is the actual point in load management? There is
no point in it, Like if you are going to
be in a situation to where I like, it doesn't
guarantee that people are gonna be available. And I've heard
people people say, oh, well, well these these injuries. You

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can't predict them, you know John Morant's hand, And that's
exactly why you shouldn't load manage it. It It serves
no purpose. Like it does not guarantee that you are
gonna get a chance that your players are gonna be
available in the playoffs. So what you do is do
the right thing by the fans and have the stars

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available more often in the regular season. It's stupid to
do anything else other than that. And I when you
look at jah Yannis, any of those, what would have
been the point in load managing them. None. It served

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It has not prevented injuries at all. It doesn't do
anything to further your team's goals because real injuries cannot
be then accounted for. So of course people are gonna
sprain ankles, they're gonna pull hamstrings, they're gonna somebody's gonna

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fall into their knee, all weird. Something is gonna happen.
So just go out and play basketball. That's what the
fans want. And if you're not gonna do right by
the fans, then what are you doing this for? Because
it's a reciprocal relationship between the fans and the players
that the fans pay their money, they show up, they

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give their time and attention, and you go out there
and play ball.

Speaker 2 (05:16):
Yeah. I think a couple of things here, George, which
is if you look at load management, I'm not gonna
sit here and say, hey, every injury in the playoffs
is because some of these stars they went the load
management route during the regular season, Right Like, sometimes injuries
just occur. You brought up to Ja Morant hand injury

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that has nothing to do with load management. So I'm
not gonna place everything at the feet of load management.
By the same token, I'm not gonna blame every injury
in the regular season because stars weren't load managing, you
know what I mean. It's case by case. Sometimes it
matters what the specific injury is. What I'm really getting

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at if you look at the Clippers specifically, I look
at it like a treadmill. Okay. If the regular season,
you're just easing into that treadmill, like you're you put
it on the speed of seven every now and then,
and then you take a few days off, and then
the playoffs roll around and you try to ramp that
up to ten on a consistent basis. That's going to

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be a shock to your body and don't be surprised
if your body doesn't respond to that. That's what I
come with. And stan Van Gundy has talked about this
quite a bit, where teams used to practice a lot
harder back in the day, they played back to backs
and there were less injuries than there are today. That
is not a coincidence. So well, I just think.

Speaker 1 (06:43):
The lack about it. No, Like when you look at pitching,
right there are new found well there were new found
thoughts about pitching and how much people should pitch and
they off and all of this, but it actually turns
out that the more you throw, the better, the better

(07:06):
shape that your arm is in and not and not
necessarily throwing at your full pitching, but on your off
days you should be throwing, You should be doing like
you should not just park yourself. That active rest is
actually more important and better for your recovery and long
term ability than just sitting then just stopping and then starting.

(07:31):
And you are one hundred percent right about that. Let's
ramp it up in the playoffs. Let's go from playing
you know, three out of five games or yeah, yeah,
three out of five games or five out of seven
games and then and playing a certain amount of minutes
to ramping it all the way up. No, there is

(07:51):
a math equation for this. If if a player is
playing because so the most players at the top of
the list is year, we're playing thirty seven minutes a game.
Then you have guys playing thirty six, thirty thirty five.
So if you take those guys that are playing thirty
six close to thirty six, like these are the stars
that are playing thirty six down to thirty five, except

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for Giannis who plays like thirty two minutes a game
and then averages thirty one points. But everybody else is
playing big minutes. If you take five minutes a game off,
five minutes a game off their every day load, that
means that that'll save them eight game, eight full games,

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just by playing five less minutes. And then people would say, well, George,
they're they're trying to get their stats and their totals
and all of that. Well, the thing is if you
make the scoring title based upon total points instead of average,
now everybody's happy.

Speaker 2 (08:53):
Yeah, yeah, I like that. That's a great idea, and
we should get out of this average way of doing
it and look at total points because you're getting more
in the totality of things than just the average on
a nightly basis. I love that. It's a great idea,
but yeah, it's just one of these deals where you're

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asking your body. You're asking a lot of your body
to just ramp it up when you're taking days off
consistently throughout the season. I do a show on Saturdays
with Jared Smith and Rich Ornberger, and Jared I'll give
him credit. He made a great point yesterday where he said,
how many times has Kawhi Leonard played sixteen straight games
during the regular season? And think about that? That would

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be like if the Clippers swept everybody in the playoffs.
It's a minimum of sixteen games to win a championship. Like,
we know that's not going to happen, So you're talking
in the area of twenty five to thirty ish games.
Who knows how many games it would take in the entire.

Speaker 1 (09:53):
Play at least twenty five, we'll call.

Speaker 2 (09:56):
It twenty five. How many times has Kawhi played twenty
five straight game in the regular season. It hasn't happened.
It hasn't come close to happening. He always sits out
in one of the two back.

Speaker 1 (10:07):
To backs in his whole career see But now the
only caveat to that though is with the current playoff system,
they they never have a back to back, so that
so that actually lends itself to players being able to
play more often because you're not playing back to back.

Speaker 2 (10:27):
Absolutely it does, but still with the intensity ratcheting up
and these games are harder fought, certainly than the regular
season games are. It's something to just keep in mind of.
If Kawhi isn't even playing anywhere close to twenty five
games straight in the regular season, why on earth would
we think he'd be able to play twenty five straight

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playoff games even if you have days of rest in
between and you don't have back to backs. That's just
not going to be realistic. And Kawhi this, this is
the thing with him man sensational player drop thirty eight
in game one, but he is the poster child for
if I'm not one hundred percent, I'm not playing, and
it begs the question, then what are you doing this for?

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If you're not willing to gut it out when you're hurt,
not injured, when you're hurt, you could get out there
and you could give it a go, but you're unwilling to.
Then why are you doing this? What what's your motivation?
Why are you out here? Is it just to extend
your career and get more pass Yes.

Speaker 1 (11:32):
Here, they're more worried about legacy. Legacy. You do not
get a legacy without without playing. And and I remember
when Anthony Davis on Paul George's I don't mean Paul George,
Paul Gasol's night that he got put up in the
rafters for the Lakers, he said, I want to be

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one of these players one day, like I I want
to be remembered like Paul George, I mean like Paul Gasol.
And it's funny. The only way that you get remembered
like that is playing is playing. Because Paul had to
play through injuries. Paul had to play through through through
tough times and all of that. And fans appreciate you

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even more when you play hurt. They appreciate everything that
you do. And and Anthony Davis like Lakers fans are
finally starting to give him some love right now because
the end of the season he was out there balling
and he was playing more. And then you're like, oh, okay,

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I can rock with this dude a little bit.

Speaker 2 (12:43):
Yeah, absolutely, And that is something else that's interesting. I
never even really thought about it like this, and shame
on me. But if you look at I'm just thinking
about the garden and how electric it was for that
Knicks game today. Can you imagine if Kawhi Leonard played
for the Knicks and his knee wasn't one hundred and
he just said no, I'm not going to play today,
they would be crushing all that guy. It would be

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the absolute villain. But with the Clippers it's not nearly as.

Speaker 1 (13:11):
He was with the Lakers. Imagine if he were with
with with the Lakers. It like think about how Lakers
fans sometimes treat Lebron and treat a d when stuff
goes wrong, Imagine how they would treat Kawhi Leonard. They

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would hate him, sure they would. They'd be like, get
this bomb away from here. And the reality is is
that Kawhi Leonard when when he's on the floor in
the playoffs, you're like, bro, this might be one of
the top fifteen ten to fifteen playoff performers that we've
ever seen. Like he is electric in the playoffs. But

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then you're like, we don't get enough of it.

Speaker 2 (14:01):
I know, it.

Speaker 1 (14:02):
It's such a small sample size that that that all
you're doing is just wetting, wetting, wet your whistle all
the time. And as soon as you're like, yeah, let's go, nope.
You know. But the other question I'll ask you, I
got a question for you don't know? Okay, when is
the last time that that Kawhi Leonard? And And mind you,

(14:22):
I am not because he's clearly work works hard. He
you know, he's otherwise you can't play that well if
you don't work hard rehabbing all of that stuff. But
when was the last time note that we actually saw
him get hurt in a in a in a game
at like limping or something somethingbody fall into his leg

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or something like that. And we're and we were just like, okay,
it's always this mystery. Oh yeah he got he got hurt,
And you're like, when I know.

Speaker 2 (14:52):
And then it's Chris Haynes reporting, well he's got some
swelling and it wasn't his decision if he could go
or not. And it's like, what is going on over here?
The clippers just carrying the water for this guy. It
reminds me of what the Pelicans are doing with Zion,
you know, It's like the players have gotten to a
point where they they have so much power and if

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you don't cater to them. The Clippers know that Kawhi
is just gonna pull what he did with the Spurs
if they don't, if they don't carry out his wishes,
you know what I mean. Like, but I hear you
like instead of Kawhi like being carried off the court
like Victor Oladipot yesterday or something like that. You're right,
it's always one of their question welled up. Yeah, yeah,

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Like there was no.

Speaker 1 (15:39):
Question whether Victor olad Depot was was a hurt. There
was no question you know, when when le Bronze ankle
was hurt and they fell into his ankle.

Speaker 2 (15:48):
John's wrist or Giannis's back or yeah all that. Yeah,
that's a good point, absolutely, all right, come it up. Next,
we get to how George might be rooting against his
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Shout out to your Lake show there, George. Give credit
where credit's due. They beat the Grizzlies by ten points

(17:38):
last night, win Game three. Lakers lead the series to one.
How about the first quarter? The Lakers outscored the grizz
thirty five to nine. Memphis had none points in the
first quarter.

Speaker 1 (17:51):
That was right, That was incredible. I was like, what
is going on? I mean, that was one of them.
If you're the Lakers, as long as you don't absolutely
fall apart in a quarter, you are in great shape.
Hear me. Yeah, as long as you don't have like
a twenty point loss in a quarter, you're good. You're

(18:13):
in pretty good shape. Or you don't lose a quarter
by like twelve points, you're a good All you gotta
do is play even from there. If you could play
even even at a slight deficit, you could lose The
next quarter is by five points apiece, and you're still fine.

Speaker 2 (18:32):
Yeah. The Lakers led after one quarter by twenty six.
That ties a record in the NBA. Playoffs for the
largest first quarter lead, Like, think about that in the
history of the NBA playoffs. That ties a record for
the largest lead after the first quarter in playoffs.

Speaker 1 (18:48):
Think about this. And then they lost the second quarter
by ten points, won the third quarter by four points,
and then lost the fourth quarter by ten points.

Speaker 2 (18:58):
Yeah, and still won the game by ten Yeah. Aftery're
all that, yeah, I know, it's crazy a game that
Ja Morant dropped forty five He didn't want.

Speaker 1 (19:10):
Only reason why the game was even relatively close.

Speaker 2 (19:13):
It really was. But if you didn't watch the game
and someone said, oh, yeah, Jah dropped forty five points
and then said, hey, what do you think the score
was after the first quarter, I wouldn't have said thirty
five to nine Lake show, But that's exactly what it was.
And Jaw twenty two straight points scored in the fourth quarter.
He was absolutely cooking. So a strange game, but in

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any events, the Lakers still have a two to one lead.

Speaker 1 (19:37):
That's exactly why the Grizzlies are when when when they
won a game without Jaw, people were like, oh see,
and I was like, yes, they are better defensively and
offensively without Jaw, they are better defensively and offensively how

(19:58):
well in terms of like a efficiency statistics and all
of that, And I'm air quoting those things. I yes,
the numbers say it. But the difference is is that
with all of that, when you get in a jam,
that's where Joh matters. When you get in a jam,
Who's gonna come save you? Jow's coming to come save you.

Speaker 2 (20:20):
And that's the difference between You're not playing the Lakers
in a best of seven series without Jaw in the
regular season, you know what I mean, right, Like, you
could be playing against the Hornets, so you could be
playing against the Bucks, you could be playing against some
dog teams, you could be playing against some of the
best teams in the league. But it's the regular season,

(20:41):
you know what I'm saying, Like, you gotta be careful
about comparing efficiency numbers with the Grizz and the regular
season without Jaw versus the Grizz in the playoffs without Job,
it's a completely different animal.

Speaker 1 (20:55):
Oh yeah, Oh yeah, I mean, because how many times
do we see teams they'll sweep one team in the
in the regular season and then everybody's like, oh see,
look they got their number in the playoffs. You're like,
slow down bro Lebron's on that team, or or slow
down Kawhi's on that team. Well, assuming that Kawhi played,

(21:16):
but or or some other star that you're just like
slow down that that does not matter. Like if you
beat the Bucks three out of four times in the
regular season, like the like the Celtics did. Yeah, like
what does that matter right now?

Speaker 2 (21:33):
It really doesn't. It really does not. Yeah, it's a
playoff intensity. It matters. It absolutely matters.

Speaker 1 (21:40):
By the way, separate games. It's separate seasons literally, y yes,
I mean it's two separate seasons. That's why James Harden
melts in the playoffs because when when he was relied
upon to be the main score he he was not
willing to like when he was when he was the

(22:00):
main scorer. It was such a problem because at that
point in time, he would not like switch up his
game to be trying to go score baskets. He was
still trying to just draw fouls and that doesn't work.

Speaker 2 (22:18):
No, what does work, though, George, every single freaking time,
that would be Monsy Blos with the.

Speaker 1 (22:25):
Same going on. Let's talk to you Monty.

Speaker 6 (22:31):
Olay, Georgie. That video you sent in our group message.
I could not stop laughing. I had to show it
to everybody that I was with. I was like, okay,
so this guy just told me that he feels bad
for me because the clippers, and then he send me
this video.

Speaker 4 (22:46):
I could not stop laughing. It was so accurate.

Speaker 1 (22:53):
How would you describe it? How would you describe Yeah?

Speaker 6 (22:55):
Yeah, what's weird Georgie is that bo didn't get it
in his on his side and makes me think, Brian,
you didn't get it either.

Speaker 1 (23:02):
No, I got it, Oh you.

Speaker 4 (23:03):
Did get it. Okay, it just was I just felt like.

Speaker 6 (23:07):
It wasn't It wasn't George, but I felt it was him.

Speaker 4 (23:10):
I was like, this is exactly how he feels.

Speaker 1 (23:12):
Exactly what you know.

Speaker 2 (23:16):
What was funny is I showed my girl because there's
like a big play button over the most of the
guy's face, and I said, oh, this is the Sunday
group chat. This is actually George, who I do the
show with. And then I hit play and I'm like,
this isn't George at all, but I actually thought it
was George. But yeah, oh it was.

Speaker 6 (23:36):
So I'm still laughing, like I still I could not
stop laughing about it.

Speaker 4 (23:41):
It was so good. It was just so accurate and
so good.

Speaker 6 (23:46):
And then when he drops that f off, it's even better.
I could not stop laughing. It was so good. I
you know, I am still.

Speaker 4 (23:53):
Crying laughing being a Clipper fan.

Speaker 6 (23:55):
But whatever, whatever, guys, I'll survive because it's just absolutely ridiculous.
But let's talk about the players who are playing right now,
the Kings and the Warriors. The Warriors are up ninety
nine to ninety one thirty seconds to go in the
third quarter. Step Curry leading the Warriors. He's got twenty
two points and four assists. But it's d Aaron Fox
who's leading all scores. He's got twenty five points, five

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rebounds and five assists for the King Sacramento does lead
this series two to one. It's the Knicks, though, who
have taken a commanding three to one lead over the Cavaliers.
They beat them earlier today in their game four one
o two to ninety three was the final score. Jayalen
Brunson led the way twenty nine points, five three pointers,
six rebounds, and six assists.

Speaker 4 (24:33):
This is what he had to say after the game.

Speaker 7 (24:34):
It's not over, not even close to being older. We
continue to just keep focusing on one day at a time.
You know, there's nothing to celebrate, there's nothing to be
truly happy about. Obviously, be one tonight, we're one step closer.
But if I continue to have that same mindset, mentality,

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and if you have over past couple.

Speaker 6 (24:58):
Games, one game away from advancing to the next round.
Donovan Mitchell was no buenal. He was five of eighteen
from the field. He only scored two points in the
second half. That's it. You can't do that.

Speaker 4 (25:12):
You can't do that. He ended with eleven points. Uh,
let's talk a little hockey action.

Speaker 6 (25:17):
The Bruins are holding on to a one goal lead
over the Panthers, two to one.

Speaker 4 (25:21):
They just ended the second period.

Speaker 6 (25:22):
Earlier today, it was the Hurricanes who beat the Islanders,
so now they lead that series three to one. The
final score was five to two. A little Major League
Baseball action. The Padres are scoring a lot ever since
they reinstated Fernando tatteas junior. They're currently beating the Diamondbacks
four to one. Bottom up, the fourth inning, Cardinals and
Mariners were tied.

Speaker 4 (25:40):
Not anymore.

Speaker 6 (25:40):
Saint Louis is on top sixty three. They're about to
start the fifth inning, Royals and Angels were tied. Not anymore,
Royals on top two to one. They're about to start
the bottom of the sixth inning. Max Munsey of the
Dodgers hit his major league leading eleventh home run, and
the Dodgers beat the Cup seven to three. In Chicago,
the Red Sox they beat the Verse twelve to five,
but Masa Taka Yoshida hit two home runs in the

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eighth inning.

Speaker 4 (26:03):
One of them was a Grand Slam. If you don't
do that every day.

Speaker 2 (26:07):
Back to you, guys, I didn't know George was a
big Chicago White Sox fan over there. It must have
been the Golden State Warriors with Clay hitting a three at.

Speaker 4 (26:15):
The buzzer right there was about the Dodgers.

Speaker 2 (26:18):
No, the Dodgers.

Speaker 1 (26:19):
Yes, it was the Dodgers and and the Warriors both
at the same time, the same Now, now I'm going
to be in and Manzi, hold on a second, because
I am going to be in in a tough pickle
in the in the second round of the playoffs. You
know what, Warriors, Warriors versus Lakers.

Speaker 2 (26:41):
Little little little premature there, George. But if that's the matchup,
you know, I've got some.

Speaker 1 (26:48):
Gotta go Lakers. But but yes, but I will say,
but but I wanted to ask MANSI for for for
you Clippers fans, right yeah, uh, the the who is
your most beloved player at this point? Is it Kawhi,
Paul George or Russell Westbrook?

Speaker 4 (27:11):
I mean right now? Yeah, right now, obviously it's Russell Westbrook.

Speaker 1 (27:16):
He's been there thirty minutes. Nor we would not speak
to I agree. That speaks to what I was saying
about people actually playing and then playing hard. Like the
fans resonate with with that. So if fans had to choose,
if you ask Clippers fans, do we want to keep

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what would we rather trade Russell Westbrook, trade Kawhi Leonard
or trade Paul George. Russell Westbrook would be last on
that list because they're because they're like, he plays hard,
he's playing well, and these dudes are unreliable.

Speaker 8 (27:52):
Yep, that's why they super max in the off season.

Speaker 4 (27:55):
See, that's what I don't want to do.

Speaker 2 (27:57):
Russ had not a body experience from yaking.

Speaker 4 (28:01):
He was so good.

Speaker 6 (28:03):
I noticed a in Game one there were so many
shots that Westbrook was missing, like close shots where he
was just shooting.

Speaker 4 (28:10):
It so hard.

Speaker 6 (28:10):
And I was like, dude, you need a softer touch,
And I swear in game two and three there was
a softer touch in those close shots.

Speaker 1 (28:19):
It's a good point.

Speaker 2 (28:19):
If Russ was a quarterback and his receiver was like
five yards away, he would throw the ball through the receiver.
You know what I'm saying, Like, he just doesn't.

Speaker 6 (28:28):
Have that, Yeah, Hutch, but he I swear I saw
a difference from game one to game two and three.

Speaker 2 (28:35):
Yeah. Oh he was electric. Thirty seven points. Yeah, and
for KD and Booker and for him to get his
roses that was cool. No, I agree, I agree overwhelmingly negative.

Speaker 4 (28:44):
Then should be embarrassed.

Speaker 6 (28:45):
You had your starters all the way to the end
of both games with our b squad.

Speaker 4 (28:49):
Yeah, this is embarrassed.

Speaker 8 (28:51):
Isn't that kind of patronizing though? Like I think what
you're talking about, Brian, like the Suns players after the game,
like coming to Russ's defense after they just beat him.

Speaker 2 (29:00):
I think it's it's easier to do that when you
put a dub. You know, you put a dub on them,
and if you're winning that I think it's easier to
give them PA.

Speaker 8 (29:08):
I would have waited till the end of the series
and not after they get well.

Speaker 2 (29:11):
I think it just shows you how much of a
rap it is. I hear you bo, but they know
it's over, they know it's absolutely over. Like, think of
that's a great point to bring up.

Speaker 1 (29:21):
How often do.

Speaker 2 (29:22):
You hear athletes still in a series it's three to
one Phoenix, but giving roses to the opposing player, Like,
that's what KD and Booker just did with Westbrook.

Speaker 8 (29:33):
And it's not like there's a guarantee that the Suns
are going to go out on Monday or Tuesday whenever
they play next in like win by forty and in
the series, like they haven't been able to put the Clippers.
Oh way, yeah at all. So I thought that was
really weird.

Speaker 1 (29:44):
Credit is the right thing to do. It's like the
man in the arena thing. He's balling out and he
deserves so much credit and people appreciate the like his
competitive spirit, how much he plays, how hard he plays.
Everybody like the other players respect Russell Westbrook.

Speaker 2 (30:06):
And that's the other thing George too, is compare Westbrook
to Kawhi. If Westbrook had the exact same not only
injury right now, the sprain knee that Kawhi has, but
also the same injury history. Let's say that he's had
a torn ACL with the same knee. Let's make it
as even as possible to what Kawhi has experienced. If

(30:27):
Westbrook had a torn ACL like Kawhi in the past,
and now Westbrook has a sprained knee, he's got a
little bit of knee swelling. He's freaking playing like there's
no doubt in my mind.

Speaker 1 (30:39):
Yeah, and unless why, I just is it willing to
do that? Unless his knee is getting ready to fall off. Yeah,
he's out there like to where to where like Lamar Jackson,
where his PCL is torn, which you make tear something else.
If it's just a little bit of swelling, Oh, you
can count Russ of Westbrook in. I mean, if you

(31:02):
notice Steph Steph Curry on his right knee, he's had
a he's had a a band aid on that right
knee each of each of the games. Do you know
what that probably is? Maybe like what they're probably it. Yeah,
they're probably draining that thing before the games.

Speaker 2 (31:25):
I'm just saying, well that to me, it comes down
to that largely is if you are hurt, do you
get out there and right now, Kawhi Leonard is hurt.
He is not injured. He is not like no chance
know how torn acl he can't even you don't even
think about going out there. You're telling me that every
single player in the NBA with the exact same issue

(31:47):
that Kawhi is dealing with right now wouldn't be out
there everybody. I don't buy it for a second. Like
it's just Kawhi. He's like, if I'm not one hundred percent,
I'm not out there, it's weak. I can't respect it.

Speaker 1 (32:01):
Now. See. The one thing I don't want to do,
because I do think it's dangerous, is to just assume
that that he doesn't have something significant going on with
his knee. But there there's something going on though. I mean,
either either he is really really hurt and he probably

(32:23):
should be counting his days in the in the NBA,
or you know, I mean, it's either that bad luck,
something something, something's in there. Bro.

Speaker 2 (32:37):
The only thing is that if it's much more severe
than they're letting on, Okay, that's a different story. But
when you've got Chris Haynes with a report as positive
as it can possibly be, which is he's dealing with
some knee swelling. The a c L is fine like that,
that's the report, But the swelling is there. This wasn't

(32:59):
even his decision and he was ruled out. YadA, YadA,
YadA YadA. I just can't for a second believe every
other player we just talked about Westbrook, same exact position,
and he's in street clothes on the sideline. I don't
buy it for a minute. I just don't think that
would be the case at all. So, yeah, if we're
talking about a little bit of Nie swelling and he

(33:20):
could get out there and could gut it out, but
he's not willing to do so, I cannot respect that.

Speaker 1 (33:24):
Man.

Speaker 2 (33:25):
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(33:45):
right around the corner. By the way, King's getting closer, George.
We just started the fourth quarter a nice little run
by the King seven to oh to start the quarter,
Warriors are up by three one two to ninety nine.
So you still have the Warriors evening the series, right, George,
you gotta you got Golden State in this one, bro, Yes, yes, yes.

Speaker 1 (34:09):
All right, we'll keep tabs on that.

Speaker 2 (34:10):
According to Monzi, coming up, I'm Brian though, he's George Reister.
This is Fox Sports Radio. I'm Brian. No, he's George
Reister here on Fox Sports Radio. Back and forth week
go between the Warriors and the Kings. Kings just took
the lead, and now the Warriors are up by four points,
eight thirty three to go in the fourth corner. It

(34:31):
is a barn burner. We'll keep you updated. We gotta
dive into this though. Right now, let's do it.

Speaker 1 (34:37):
Corin and now it's time.

Speaker 4 (34:40):
For absolutely that's it's not gonna be.

Speaker 5 (34:43):
Prat according to Monsey.

Speaker 2 (34:45):
All right. According to Monsey, Kawhi, Leonard is not the
superstar you want on your team. O.

Speaker 6 (34:54):
Guys, listen, I I'm so angry, but that song was
a great song, Sam, so thank you put me in
a better mood. Based on his history, I don't believe
that Leonard is injured. I think he's hurt something's tweaked,
he doesn't feel one hundred percent sure.

Speaker 4 (35:08):
I agree with you, Brian.

Speaker 6 (35:10):
He is the face of if I'm not one hundred percent,
then I'm not playing. And I don't understand that mentality. Literally,
my brothers and my dad were like, well can you walk?
Oh good, You're gonna play like I never missed a
game at all. I don't care if they needed to,
you know, wrap my ankle, if my hand.

Speaker 4 (35:26):
One time I hurt.

Speaker 6 (35:27):
I broke almost my pinky finger and my volleyball coach
was like, oh, but that's your left hand. You can
still serve, you can still pass the ball. It was like, no,
I broke my finger. They're like, no, but you could.
I still played, no joke. I just don't get it.
Leonard literally showed us that he could be the best
player in the NBA right now if he wanted to.

Speaker 4 (35:44):
Games one and two. He scored any time he wanted to.
He scored. And it wasn't flashy, it was fundamental. He
was patient. Three guys were on him. He would just
wait until he either passed the ball or scored. And
if he doesn't want to play, he doesn't play. I
don't get that. This is one of the most frustrating
things as a Clippers Maan, I'm angry. It's impossible not
to be.

Speaker 6 (36:03):
But I think as an NBA fan, you gotta be
frustrated and annoyed that you can't see the claw go
at it with Katie and Devin Booker. He is a superstar,
but he's not the one you want on your team.
With all his load management all season, the team lacks chemistry,
They lack consistency because he's not on the court every day.
What's the damn point. You didn't play all season. You
told us you were gonna be fine for the playoffs.

(36:25):
You didn't build up any endurance, and here we are.
What's the damn point? It's like an annoying or dumb
hot girl. What's the point? How can you trust him?
You play? We're paying you millions, Well, not me.

Speaker 4 (36:37):
Steve Lahmer is paying you millions of.

Speaker 6 (36:38):
Dollars to play basketball full time, not part time.

Speaker 4 (36:44):
That's not what you want in a leader.

Speaker 6 (36:46):
Leonard is gonna be owed more than forty five million
next year.

Speaker 4 (36:49):
If I were Steve Lahmer.

Speaker 6 (36:50):
And there was a trade option, I would one hundred
percent jump on that. Because the Clippers have a good team.
They're showing that they have a solid team. They don't
need to blow it up up. They just need a
star who is available and wants to actually play through
it all. I can't, guys, According to Monsey, I can't.

Speaker 1 (37:13):
According to Manzi, the NFL needs to make gambling policies
black and white and not fifty shades of great.

Speaker 4 (37:21):
I mean, come on, guys.

Speaker 6 (37:22):
I had to like look into this because I was like, wait,
what players are not allowed to camble are on NFL games,
but they're allowed to gamble.

Speaker 4 (37:30):
On non NFL games as long as they're not in
the teams facilities. That includes transportation or a team hotel.

Speaker 1 (37:35):
What who knew you couldn't gamble on a bus?

Speaker 4 (37:39):
But like what, just don't let them gamble. Just say
you cannot gamble. Make it really easy for everybody.

Speaker 6 (37:45):
Not everybody reads the fine details, not everybody pays attention
to their emails. Make it really clear you cannot bet
during the season on anything.

Speaker 4 (37:54):
I just think the NFL comes out stupid in this.

Speaker 6 (37:57):
Like we know that the biggest player that was suspended
for six game was line star wide receiver Jamison Williams,
and his people came out with the statement, and they
said he didn't intentionally jeopardize anything. It was just that
there was a technical rule regarding the actual location of
which the bet was placed at.

Speaker 4 (38:12):
Like okay, And then the NFL's came out and was like,
oh yeah, no.

Speaker 6 (38:15):
Evidence indicated that any inside information was used or that
any game was compromising anyway. What's the point then, NFL
just say either they can or they can't. None of
this is like, well, if you can't do it, as
long as you're not here and you're not doing it
this way, you can do it.

Speaker 4 (38:30):
Why complicate it? Just say they can't bet on anything.
Keep it simple. Nobody reads the fine print.

Speaker 2 (38:36):
Right, that's very reasonable, Right, I would say, either if
it's the NFL, hey players, you cannot bet on sports,
or you can bet on sports except for the NFL.
It's one of those two.

Speaker 6 (38:48):
What exactly, Like, why is it? I don't get that?
And again, nobody reads the fine print, you know what
I'm saying, Like it's too I think it just says
that the NFL you look stupid.

Speaker 4 (38:57):
What's the point?

Speaker 8 (38:58):
According to Monson, all right, according to Monsey, the home
team needs to wear white uniforms in the NBA.

Speaker 6 (39:06):
No I have given wrong information on my updates because
I glanced at the TV and I think it's the
home team that.

Speaker 4 (39:10):
Just scored, but it's not because they're wearing black.

Speaker 6 (39:13):
I can't when did this change, and there's no consistency. Yesterday,
the Clippers wore black, the Lakers wore their white color jerseys.

Speaker 4 (39:21):
Right now, the Warriors are wearing.

Speaker 6 (39:22):
White earlier to I just can't have always been so
used to the home team wearing the light color.

Speaker 4 (39:28):
And sometimes I'm giving an update and I glance.

Speaker 6 (39:30):
At the TV and I literally have given wrong information
and there's no rhyme or reason.

Speaker 4 (39:34):
It's whatever they want. Why why you're confusing me? Stop it?

Speaker 1 (39:37):
Why?

Speaker 4 (39:38):
Why should be the home team? That's it? What's the point?

Speaker 1 (39:42):
Wow, I didn't know about that right there? What are
I'm thinking of the NFL?

Speaker 4 (39:48):
The NFL is.

Speaker 6 (39:49):
Different because there's only so many games, right, and I
do think that the NFL, the home team wears like
their colors well.

Speaker 1 (39:56):
Mostly see what happens in the NFL is well Dallas
Dallas white, yeah, yeah with the pants, yeah, in hot
places that those teams like to like to wear white.

Speaker 4 (40:10):
And that makes perfect sense, perfect sense.

Speaker 2 (40:13):
In the basketball, no.

Speaker 4 (40:14):
Absolutely not we're white at home. We're white at home.
I'm given wrong information on air because of it.

Speaker 2 (40:20):
Yeah, yeah, well, hey, I like the last one. I
like all of those stances.

Speaker 1 (40:25):
Thank you.

Speaker 2 (40:27):
We'll get more into that coming up here. Also, did
George accidentally bet against his favorite team? We'll have details next. Oh,
what's going on everybody. We are witnessing some high level
hoops right now. Typically it's pivotal Game five, it's pivotal
Game four. Right now, we'll have the latest on the

(40:48):
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I'll tell you what, man, Things can't happen really really

(41:09):
fast in sports, where if you look at a Super
Bowl team, like say the Rams, Rams won it all
two seasons ago. This past season, they're five to twelve.
You know, you take the Tampa Bay Bucks is a
little bit slower with them. But Tampa Bay won a
championship next year. Lost in the playoffs to the Rams
this past season. They're an eight to nine football team

(41:31):
that was won and done. I think the Golden State
Warriors are the Tampa Bay Bucks of the NBA. I
think the end is near, George, the end is near,
and they better pray that they can pull out Game
four because if they don't, this series is an absolute rap.
And even if they do pull this game out, they
still got to win a game on the road, and

(41:52):
they suck on the road eleven thirty on the regular season.

Speaker 1 (41:55):
They sucked on the road prior to Georgia to Wiggins
and Gary Payton the second coming back, they sucked on
the road at that point, So you can't like they
were missing two of their most important defenders on the team.
So yes, of course your team is nowhere near as

(42:16):
good on defense. Like it's like everybody forgot about that
part of things.

Speaker 2 (42:20):
Well that's fair, But I'm looking at the score right now.
Sacramento has one seventeen with over four minutes to play,
and Wiggins and GP two are out there. They're playing today,
you know, And I'm not saying a.

Speaker 1 (42:34):
Whole lot of seen the amount of I mean, if
we're being real, right, if we're being really real, and
I'm not the conspiracy theory guy. However, what we're seeing
is pretty damn bad with the amount of foul calls?
Would you not agree with this in this series? Are
just in general in this game in particular, in.

Speaker 2 (42:54):
This game in particular, just what like tiki tac files
being called.

Speaker 1 (42:58):
Yes on the Warriors, it's bad, like the amount of
foul calls like they and the amount of foul calls
that the Warriors should be getting as what this and
people like, well, look look at the free throws. The
Warriors have shot the most free throws.

Speaker 2 (43:12):
Listen, uh, King's conspiracy theory, Georgia, you're saying that they
want the Kings.

Speaker 1 (43:18):
To No, no, no, no, no no. I'm just saying
it's bad officiating. I am in no way saying that
this is nefarious, because no smart NBA person would ever
want the Kings to beat the Golden State rewards. I
mean that's actually I mean that that's actually the problem

(43:39):
with Sacramento's potential long term success. It's the fact that
the that the Warriors, well, it's the fact that, first
of all, it's gonna be hard for them to keep
free agents because who wants to live in cal Town.
And then the second part is if they are able
to keep free free as well. Well, it's that even

(44:04):
if they can keep their own free agents, how do
you attract free agents there? And because it is so
difficult to make All Star games from Sacramento?

Speaker 2 (44:16):
Yeah, well yeah, that's where the uphill battle is.

Speaker 1 (44:19):
I mean, how many? How many games? How many times
did you watch a Sacramento Kings game this year and
they weren't playing against Actually, first thing is how many
Sacramento Kings games did you watch this year? Anyway? Oh?

Speaker 2 (44:33):
I watched a decent amount. They're a fun team to watch.

Speaker 1 (44:35):
Okay, Like, give me the approximate number.

Speaker 2 (44:40):
Oh, I might have no idea, George somewhere in the twenties.

Speaker 1 (44:45):
Okay, okay, so let's say twenty five, right, How many
of those games were not against the Warriors, the Lakers
or they? And what damn channel were you watching the games?
The league?

Speaker 2 (44:59):
Fast man, get it on your tablet. I stream all
the NBA?

Speaker 1 (45:03):
So were you watching them play to Indiana Pacers? No? No,
you you were watching to see them play against the
good teams. Listen, and they just judged you were tuning
in to watch the Warriors and they just happen to
be playing.

Speaker 2 (45:18):
Let me open your mind a little bit here. I'm
a gambler, okay, So I don't necessarily need to watch
the Kings against the top teams. That's more of an entertainment.
Just I want to watch a good game type thing.
If I'm gambling on a game, bro, I can gamble
on anything. I had Moncey's Clippers. I'll give you a

(45:39):
great story. I had Moncey's Clippers. That's when Paul George
was playing. I can't remember if Kawhi was playing this
game or not. Probably not, But the Clippers were down
on the road in Sacramento by about ten and it
was late and they were like the Warriors were seventeen
to one. It was like plus seventeen hundred for them
to win the game, outright, Like, I don't know that

(46:01):
they're gonna win, but the odds shouldn't be that long.
I'm gonna take the Clippers to win this game, outright, George.
They had the lead at the end of the game
and they were trying to move the ball past half court.
They got to stop Westbrook. Little miscommunication airmails it and
they turn the ball over. They go on to lose.

(46:22):
But the whole point of this.

Speaker 1 (46:23):
Story that was an airmail pass. That was a foul.
They should have called on Devin Booker that he was
trying to take a foul in the middle of.

Speaker 2 (46:31):
The George George, George Sacramento and the Clippers.

Speaker 1 (46:35):
Oh okay, okay, okay, I thought you were talking about
the last game, bro.

Speaker 2 (46:38):
No, no, no, I'm talking about the regular season, just
a random I don't know, it could have been a
random Wednesday evening or whatever. I'm like, you know what,
I'm taking the Clippers to make a monstrous comeback and
win this game outright, and they were George and I
lash away from doing it. It didn't work out. But look, man,
I'll watch the Kings against the Hornets. You know, I

(47:00):
might bet an over in the first half point total
or what happened to I watch all this stuff, so
it's not necessarily the Kings against the top teams. This
is what I'm telling you.

Speaker 1 (47:13):
Yeah, yeah, it's okay. Well, then then you are in
degenerate territory. Yeah you could.

Speaker 2 (47:23):
I mean some might say degenerates, might say sharp angles,
you know, Okay, just racking up piles of cash over here,
It depends on how you would describe it necessarily, you
know what, speaking of piles of cash over here, not
the case, but maybe.

Speaker 1 (47:41):
Piles of steaks.

Speaker 2 (47:42):
With the bets that we have, George went into the
archives here to sort things out because there was a
there's a bit of I don't know, you could say
there was a disagreement about what the exact terms of
our Warriors bet were.

Speaker 1 (47:58):
Good, Okay, all right.

Speaker 2 (48:01):
I said Warriors would not make the Western Conference finals,
and you thought it was just this first round series.
So let's go on the hot tub time machine here
and let's play a little bit of that from a
couple of weeks ago here.

Speaker 1 (48:13):
That's very nice.

Speaker 2 (48:14):
You know what they are. They are a team that
has a reputation that is much better than the current
reality that's the Warriors.

Speaker 1 (48:22):
Okay. All I know is is when they get there,
is that when Andrew Wiggins and Gary Payton a second
are in the lineup. Uh huh, it's going to be
a problem.

Speaker 2 (48:34):
To the problem of to what how far are they
going to advance in the playoffs?

Speaker 1 (48:38):
Here, George, worst case, in a worst case scenario.

Speaker 2 (48:41):
Worst cass, no way, they're not going to make it.
What's the bet. What do you want to put on it?
They're not making the Western Conference Finals.

Speaker 1 (48:48):
I need a stake cup out of you. Homie.

Speaker 2 (48:50):
There it is George.

Speaker 1 (48:52):
Okay, hold on, hold on, hold on toime out? What
what bo Benson? What was the date that that was said?

Speaker 2 (49:00):
Two weeks ago? I'll give you the exact date. It
was four to nine three, it was Oh.

Speaker 1 (49:05):
So that was before the playoff seating was actually set.
Oh so, I didn't know that they were not going
to be able to play.

Speaker 2 (49:13):
Hold on, No, I didn't know that they were Warriors Kings.
Noely knew it was Warriors.

Speaker 1 (49:18):
No no, no, no, no, no, we knew it was Warriors Kings.
But at that point we didn't know what seed. No no,
we didn't know what seed the Lakers were going.

Speaker 2 (49:26):
To be anah. Okay, so you might not necessarily be
betting against your favorite team, correct.

Speaker 1 (49:31):
That's fine.

Speaker 2 (49:32):
But either case, the bet is, do the Warriors make
the conference finals?

Speaker 1 (49:37):
I say no, you say yes.

Speaker 2 (49:40):
So if it is Warriors Lakers next round, you've got
a steak on the wrong team. You've got a steak
on a team that you don't root for.

Speaker 1 (49:50):
No, hey, hey, I love the Warriors. Though, I mean
I need, I would much rather my Lakers win, but
I could not. Like there's no more aside from the Lakers,
there is no team that I like watching play basketball
more than the Warriors.

Speaker 2 (50:08):
Okay, how about this too, we go back to the
hot tub time machine. I'll explain in a second this
from two weeks ago. George, here you go.

Speaker 1 (50:17):
How much are these steaks you're talking about?

Speaker 2 (50:19):
Because you're mister Rolex over there, how crazy are we
talking here with the steaks A.

Speaker 1 (50:24):
Nice voting rabbi for about sixty nine?

Speaker 2 (50:29):
Oh, that's what you're on? Absolutely on make it. I
give you two steaks, you know, Warriors. That's how confident.
I'll give you two steaks to my one steak. I'm
crazy Waks.

Speaker 1 (50:41):
But they won't get out of this series against.

Speaker 2 (50:43):
The Warriors are not making the Western Conference It is
at no.

Speaker 1 (50:47):
The Western Conference finals, George.

Speaker 2 (50:49):
So I've got If the Warriors make it to the
Western Conference Finals, which they won't, I'll give you two steaks.
If they don't make it to the Western Conference Finals,
which they won't, you owe me one steak.

Speaker 1 (51:00):
Hey, Hey, do you know what the great part about
that is? What's that I win either way, because if
the Warriors don't make the Western Conference Finals, the Lakers
are in the Western Conference.

Speaker 2 (51:12):
Well, I mean that's a lot, George, No, it's not.
We are we're assuming a ton. You know the Lakers
are gonna lose Game four. Do you know that they
only have one game off? They only have one day off.
It's today. They're back at it tomorrow. They're not winning
game for tomorrow night?

Speaker 1 (51:28):
You are you? George?

Speaker 2 (51:30):
I hate to break it to you. They're not winning
Game four tomorrow night.

Speaker 1 (51:33):
Place a place another bet. No, you want to anything
that makes you uncomfortable.

Speaker 2 (51:39):
Wow, listen to you.

Speaker 1 (51:40):
Okay, anything that makes you uncomfortable, put it on the wood.
Don't don't sit up here and talk all this talk.

Speaker 2 (51:51):
No, the Lakers are four and a half point favorites
to Why do you think they will George, George, that.

Speaker 1 (52:00):
Is free money.

Speaker 2 (52:02):
Scoop those four and a half and take the Grizzlies
all freaking day.

Speaker 1 (52:06):
You kidd me?

Speaker 2 (52:07):
One day off and the Lakers just gonna run it back. Please,
Lakers are not winning the game by five. Okay, you
want to put a steak on.

Speaker 1 (52:16):
That, listen, listen. I'm just I will. I want the
money line.

Speaker 2 (52:21):
So with the money line.

Speaker 1 (52:22):
Yeah, so, okay, I don't care how much they win,
win win by They can win by one or they
can win by fifty. I don't care. Fine, you know
what you're automatic.

Speaker 2 (52:31):
I'll back up what I said. Grizzlies are winning tomorrow night,
so put the point spread, take those points and shove them.
We're just talking out right. You got yourself a bet, George,
I got the Grizzly game four, You've got the Lake Show.

Speaker 1 (52:46):
Okay, cool, yes, okay, Wait, hold on, what the hell?
How did this free throw happen?

Speaker 2 (52:54):
For what?

Speaker 1 (52:55):
Well?

Speaker 8 (52:56):
While George was proclaiming how much fun the Worries are
to watch, Steph Curry pulled a Chris Weber and called
time out when the Worriors didn't have any So that
gave possession to the Kings with the.

Speaker 1 (53:07):
One point trains at three.

Speaker 2 (53:12):
Okay, oh okay, So the scenario is King's ball down
by one, ten seconds to play. Oh gosh, George, all
this stuff about the war. They might not even get
out of the first round. Do you realize that they're
clinging on by the skin of their teeth to win
a home game knowing that they can't win consistently on

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the road. My goodness, this team is such fools. Gold
I couldn't be more right about this. They are way
more reputation what's happened in the past than where they
are currently. That is the Warriors to a freaking tea
to a t George.

Speaker 1 (53:48):
It's okay, bro, don't worry. We're good.

Speaker 2 (53:53):
Okay, we have we have one more while we're waiting
for the outcome of this game. Here's one more steak bet.
We've got steak bet Skalore, George. This is on your
Lakers here. Check this out. Just we're all on the
same page here. The Lakers were unconscious from three. They're
not gonna shoot forty three from three again if they had, George, Yes,

(54:14):
they're not shooting forty three percent from distance again in
this series, guaranteed.

Speaker 1 (54:20):
Take a bet. Take a bet? No io was Sam?

Speaker 2 (54:23):
Can you make sure you're rolling on this all right?
What's the bet, George? I want documented proof here, just
in case you switch things around. What do you want
the bet to be? The Lakers will not shoot forty
three percent again from distance? You want to put a
steak on it? Yep, yep, I'll come put a steak
on it done.

Speaker 1 (54:38):
Steak on it. This is gonna be fun.

Speaker 2 (54:40):
Every time they miss, I'm gonna text you, George. So
there we go. We got the Lakers, and man, they've
been crushing it from three point range after they're out
of body experience in game one. So game two, uh
just under twenty seven percent last night twenty five percent
yep from distance.

Speaker 1 (55:00):
That means hey, hey in a in a in a
huge win. So you know what's happening next?

Speaker 2 (55:06):
Mmmmmm what forty happening tomorrow night?

Speaker 1 (55:09):
Strike up, Strike up the band? Three to one?

Speaker 2 (55:12):
Okay, all right, we're down to the wire here with
the Kings. A couple of seconds left. They got a
shot at the end. It's gonna be the former Warrior
Harrison Barnes misses from three. The Warriors win the game
by one. They pull it out.

Speaker 1 (55:32):
Wow, man, sorry, sacrament told no light the beam. They
gonna be so sad when they go back down to Sacramento.
They light the beam and they're all gonna be prancing
out of the out of the stadium all sad like,
Oh we are who we thought we were.

Speaker 2 (55:51):
We thought this was no George, here's the thing that
I know you're having fun at the King's expense. That's fine,
no worries with that. But uh, this game did a
her in Golden State, you know what I mean? This
was in the what's the exact location, is it Santa Clara?
I don't know where. They are a ritzy part of
town over there. Not in Oakland anymore, but it's in
northern California, not in Sacramento. This was in Golden State's backyard,

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you know. So when you go on the road, things
mysteriously change for the Warriors, who have a hard time
defending and rebounding over.

Speaker 1 (56:25):
There in row they are see just the fact that
this series is tied to two, uh huh, this shows
you what this team is built out of. Bro they
are they are. I'm serious. They are built out of
all the best. They are built out of championships. They
are built out of championships.

Speaker 2 (56:45):
Yeah, they built out of championships. And Andrew Wiggins was missing.
They've been go ahead every game one, they have Draymonds
stopping the bonus, you know, and they're losing game two.

Speaker 1 (56:56):
Like that's the same team, that's not. Everybody was sitting here, Oh,
this series is over since straight Man got some Yeah,
now I agree with that.

Speaker 2 (57:07):
That's disrespectful to say it's over after the home team
held serve. That was premature. But the Warriors got to
win on the road, George, and they haven't been able to.
They have not been able to this regular season or
this postseason. They are what eleven and thirty two combined.

Speaker 1 (57:27):
Keep counting them out, Keep counting them out.

Speaker 2 (57:29):
Go ahead, eleven and thirty two gots to win on
the road at least one of these. All right, we
got a lot to do over here coming up next.
How much did these scores matter? I'm Brian know, he's
George Reister. It's Fox Sports Radio. I'm Brian No, he's
George Reister here on Fox Sports Radio. Were coming to

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you live from the Tireraq dot com studios. Who the
Warriors survive to fight another day? Their season was on
the line, win by one point against the Sacramento Kings.
And how about it?

Speaker 1 (58:05):
Where did you expect anything else?

Speaker 2 (58:08):
The door was open for a for a for a
Warriors collapse down the stretch in a King's road wind.
It was right there, right there for the taking. You've
got Steph Curry pulling a Chris Weber calling time out
when they didn't have one. You had Steph Curry missing
a shot with about ten seconds to go when they
could have burned a little bit more time. So it

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was right there, and they're gonna be applauded. This is
just championship medal. This is championship fight. This is championship
experience by the Warriors. It really was. They left the
door wide open and Harrison Barnes missed a shot. That's
really all it was.

Speaker 1 (58:46):
Okay, all right, Yeah, I mean.

Speaker 2 (58:49):
Like to think about Game one for a second.

Speaker 1 (58:51):
Joey, that's who they wanted to shoot the basketball. They
did not want Fox, who made that insane that's three pointer, yeah,
to shoot that shot.

Speaker 2 (59:00):
And they got the ball out of his hands. Y'all,
you're right about that. But think about this too. Think
about Game one when Andrew Wiggins missed a shot with
about ten seconds to go would have given the Warriors
the lead. Was a corner three. He missed it, and
we didn't say, Oh, it's the Sacramento Kings.

Speaker 1 (59:18):
It's their resilience. It's just the pressure.

Speaker 2 (59:21):
It's like, we didn't go soliloquy mode, you know what
I mean. But people be prone to do that when
it comes to the Warriors because they have a past,
they have a decorated past. The Warriors don't. But if
you look at how Game one ended, Andrew Wiggins missed
an open three. If you look at how Game four ended,
Harrison Barnes missed a contested three, that's really it. Two
games came down to the wire just like that.

Speaker 1 (59:43):
Yep, yep, And if I had now you know, if
that shot goes in for the Warriors, this series is
I mean, it's this series is a burrito. And now
it is two to two and the war Years have
the advantage. And I talked about this though, is that

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is that how much playoff experience matters? Because the Kings
are the best defensive team in the I mean offensive
team in the league in terms of points per game
and one of the worst defensively in terms of points
giving up per game, and they don't have playoff experience
at their top tier players. And I will ask you,

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does Domatis Sabonis look like an MVP candidate or or
one of the best players in the league right now? Well,
I mean listen in this, you know what I'm saying
in this in this series, so does he look like
a good player or does he look like a great player.

Speaker 2 (01:00:45):
No, he looks good, but listen, from game to game,
it can happen like that. Listen, dearon Fox went for
thirty eight points today, he went.

Speaker 1 (01:00:53):
He's been sensational. He is a he is on the
way to becoming a superstar in this league.

Speaker 2 (01:00:59):
Yeah, absolutely he is. But from game to game, yeah,
a guy. Look at Julius Randall with the Knicks today.
He was really a no show. He only had seven points,
got benched at the end.

Speaker 1 (01:01:10):
But he's not a superstar anyway.

Speaker 2 (01:01:11):
Like I know Donovan Mitchell better example, Donovan Mitchell is
a star and he was freaking awful against the Knicks today.

Speaker 1 (01:01:19):
Yeah, but you can have one one bad game because
the rest of the series, the other three games, yeah,
he would light he was lighting it up. And the
bonus has had twelve and sixteen. Yes, the sixteen rebounds
is nice, but the you gotta put the ball in
the and he had four turnovers, and then he had
twenty one and nine in the Game two, which they won,

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and then game three fifteen point sixteen rebounds, six turnovers,
and then today fourteen and eight. That I'm fourteen and seven.
That ain't what you need out of your guy that
was in the All Star Game.

Speaker 2 (01:01:59):
Okay, that's fine, you need more, that's fine, you need
a little bit more from Sabonis. Okay, but I don't
know that.

Speaker 1 (01:02:05):
You're saying the points and I'm saying he averaged nineteen
points on the season nineteen and he's pulling a Bam
out of Bio right now where where every time that
you like, pretty much every single year in the playoffs, Bam,
who's an All Star everything else, you're like, yeah, this

(01:02:26):
is the year that Bam turns the corner. His averages
and all that go down. He's averaging sixteen points per
game sixteen.

Speaker 2 (01:02:37):
Well, I hear you, listen, So you're not saying he's
a no show. You're just saying you need more that
basically it.

Speaker 1 (01:02:43):
Yes, yeah, that's fair.

Speaker 2 (01:02:45):
I don't have any beef with that. Need a little
bit more from Sabonis. You can say that about a lot.

Speaker 1 (01:02:50):
Of rebounds are down slightly, his assists are down. You
can't be down in every statistical category and and everybody
just be like, oh, okay, yeah, it's just normal. Nope, Nope,
not not not from the All Star man.

Speaker 2 (01:03:07):
Draymond Green had fourteen shots today that is Traymond was.

Speaker 1 (01:03:13):
Three for fourteen. He had to so he missed like
five layup point bank blank layups today. Yeah, bro, work
on your layup game. That was atrocious. Like the Kings
are happy as hell. He shot fourteen times.

Speaker 2 (01:03:27):
M hmm, yeah right, that three for fourteen, the the
Draymond angle. All right, we got to get to uh
scores here, not basketball related in a minute. First though,
Moncey Bologos with the latest.

Speaker 1 (01:03:40):
What's going on?

Speaker 2 (01:03:41):
Manci?

Speaker 6 (01:03:42):
Well, I was annoyed with you, Brian, because you were watching.

Speaker 2 (01:03:47):
I was ahead, you were ahead, and.

Speaker 6 (01:03:49):
You kept saying it, and I was like, we're looking
at ball through I.

Speaker 1 (01:03:52):
Was doing the same thing.

Speaker 2 (01:03:54):
I was like, what the hell is he watching? I
would have gone straight to lay by his lab. You
wish we could, like legally we can't. So I'm giving you,
just like Pat Summer all like very very brief to.

Speaker 6 (01:04:07):
Say, no, you're not you give me damn sure what
happened before I saw it?

Speaker 2 (01:04:11):
I know, I'm sorry about that, but I'm just telling you.
I wish I could have gone in full play by
play mode. I wish I could have done that, but
I could.

Speaker 1 (01:04:18):
You were like you were like ten seconds ahead, Yes
he is. He in the arena.

Speaker 6 (01:04:24):
I know when he was like, oh they missed the
three games over, I was like.

Speaker 1 (01:04:27):
What yet?

Speaker 2 (01:04:30):
Oh my, I about that? Sorry, sorry about you.

Speaker 1 (01:04:34):
I was like, I can' That was how I found
out that a four point game went to a one
point game. So so when so when when he said
that the airon Fox made the three? Porter Harrison Barnes
was shooting a three pointer and I was like, did
he say the wrong name? And then it missed and
I was like, what the hell is going on?

Speaker 4 (01:04:53):
Yeah?

Speaker 6 (01:04:54):
I quickly realized he was ahead and by a chunk
everything you said had.

Speaker 2 (01:04:58):
It happened the future.

Speaker 4 (01:05:02):
I literally was like, Brian, shut up, I live myself.

Speaker 1 (01:05:07):
Shut up.

Speaker 6 (01:05:08):
But yes, the Warriors survived. Brian told us all before
we got to see it. One twenty five was the
final score. So this series is tied at to a piece.
It's gonna get real interesting. I think the Warriors are
gonna win it. I think so, but it's gonna be
real interesting. A lot of these games have really come
down to, like a final possession that other gay where

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Wiggins missed the three and then Curry missed the three
and they could have won it. Really has come down
to the like last possession, which is awesome.

Speaker 4 (01:05:37):
If this goes to a game seven.

Speaker 6 (01:05:39):
The Knicks, oh, they just totally are gonna win this
and a gentleman's sweep. I think they won Game four
today against the Cavaliers. One O two to ninety three
was the final score, so New York leads that series
three to one. Jalen Brentson twenty nine points, six rebounds
and six assists.

Speaker 4 (01:05:53):
Let's move on to Major League Baseball.

Speaker 6 (01:05:56):
The Angels just beat the Royals four to three, but
they head back to back to back home.

Speaker 4 (01:06:00):
Runs in the sixth inning.

Speaker 6 (01:06:01):
First it was Taylor Ward, then Mike Trout, then show
Hey Otani with a four hundred and fifteen foot homer,
and they came out on top four to three. The
Orioles walked it off against the Tigers on a wild pitch.
Two to one was the final score. The Twins with
the three to one victory over the Nationals. It was
the Ashos who beat the Braves five to two. Red
Sox they beat the Brewers twelve to five. Masataka Yoshida

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two home runs in the eighth inning, including a grand slam.

Speaker 4 (01:06:26):
You go Dodgers, defeated the Cup seven to three.

Speaker 6 (01:06:28):
Max Months he hit his major league leading eleventh homer
of the season. Also victories for the Guardians, the Phillies,
the Blue Jays, who beat the Yankees in the Bronx,
the Rays, the Pirates. And we've got two current games
going on in Major League Baseball with the Padres scoring again.
They're beating the Diamondbacks seven to three, bottom of the
seventh inning, Cardinals up on the Mariners seven to three.

Speaker 4 (01:06:48):
As well, top of the eighth inning.

Speaker 6 (01:06:49):
And of course, the Stanley Cup playoffs continue. The Bruins,
who are favored to win the Stanley Cup, have scored again.
They're beating the Panthers five to two, three minutes to
go in the third pier. Boston leads that series two
to one. Earlier today, the Hurricanes took down the Islanders
five to three. Carolina now leads that series three to one.

Speaker 2 (01:07:08):
Back to you guys, thank you so much, Manzi.

Speaker 4 (01:07:14):
I don't like you.

Speaker 2 (01:07:14):
Wow. Listen to you, yes, Wow. You know it's called karma.

Speaker 1 (01:07:19):
George.

Speaker 2 (01:07:20):
You know you gotta steak that on your Lakers in
Game four tomorrow night. So talk and talk more trash
about Monzi's Clippers I think it gives my Game four
grizz a better chance.

Speaker 6 (01:07:29):
Clippers literally played their fourth game before the Lakers started
their third game.

Speaker 4 (01:07:34):
So you tell me who's being helped out here.

Speaker 1 (01:07:39):
What if you're if your series was a little bit
longer than you guys.

Speaker 4 (01:07:46):
What are you about to say? You have nothing to say.

Speaker 1 (01:07:48):
No, you guys are gonna get one of those long
breaks too. We just got it after.

Speaker 4 (01:07:53):
You just got it immediately.

Speaker 1 (01:07:55):
Yeah, we got it after game.

Speaker 4 (01:07:56):
When it matters.

Speaker 6 (01:07:57):
I would assume it matters now, not in the potential
future when we don't know what's gonna happen.

Speaker 1 (01:08:01):
Yeah. So you guys played yesterday.

Speaker 4 (01:08:03):
Right, we played game one on the same day.

Speaker 1 (01:08:06):
Yes, no, no, no, no, no, no. You guys played
on Saturday, right, that was our Game four? Yep. And
then you played games hold, hold On, hold on, and
today's what Sunday? Okay? Are you? Are you playing today? No?

Speaker 4 (01:08:19):
Obviously?

Speaker 1 (01:08:19):
Okay? Are you playing tomorrow? No?

Speaker 4 (01:08:21):
Thank goodness?

Speaker 1 (01:08:22):
Oh who plays?

Speaker 4 (01:08:23):
It doesn't matter.

Speaker 6 (01:08:27):
We played game four before you even played Game three,
and we played game one on the same day.

Speaker 1 (01:08:31):
Do you know what you get though, now? Is what
you guys don't play again until Tuesday after playing on Saturday.
And do you know what that does? That gives Kawhi
Leonard's knee an extra day.

Speaker 6 (01:08:44):
Oh you know what, if I would have had the
same schedule you did, maybe his knee wouldn't have been messed.

Speaker 8 (01:08:48):
So I don't want to hear that. After the Clippers
got their eleventh straight win over the Lakers in the
regular season, and everyone pointed out the scheduling disaster, Yeah, no,
I the schedule is a schedule, check ball.

Speaker 4 (01:09:00):
It is the schedule.

Speaker 6 (01:09:05):
That we played our fourth game before you played the third.

Speaker 4 (01:09:07):
You're right, that's the schedule fact.

Speaker 2 (01:09:10):
Draymond Green was saying this on his podcast. He was
saying the same thing, Monzi. But that's the that's the
thing is it's a good point by you, George. It's
a good point where you only get one day off
in between games three and four for the Lakers. You
know what this really has to do with It's not
the Clippers having to play with only one game in

(01:09:31):
between because the Lakers with Lebron or a bigger draw,
and that's because that that that changes the TV schedule
and all of that. It's that Kawhi Leonard is unwilling
to play unless he's one hundred. That's what's really at
the heart of the matter here.

Speaker 1 (01:09:46):
Yeah, facts, that seems it seems that way, and and
it hurts me to say that, dude, because we don't
because we're not in this dude's skin. But at the
same time, you're just like, bro, how are we supposed
to make sense of this? Yeah?

Speaker 2 (01:10:04):
Yeah, you know. That's the thing is I thought about
what you were talking about, George, with not seeing Kawhi
enough in the playoffs, and a random name popped into
my head. Now, you're gonna have to give me a
little grace here because it's not an exact comparison. But
remember to Rell Davis, the Denver Broncos running back.

Speaker 1 (01:10:23):
Yeah for sure.

Speaker 2 (01:10:24):
Yeah, he had four great years, ended up in the
Pro Football Hall of Fame, but he walked away from
football because of a torn acl He couldn't get his
knee right. He just wasn't the same running back and
his career ended very, very early. Yeah, he walked away
because of a torn acl like Kawhi Leonard is walking
away from playoff games where they have a legitimate chance

(01:10:46):
to not only beat the Suns, but represent the West.
They're a legitimate title contender. He's walking away from that
not because of a torn acl because of knee swelling,
because of a sprained knee like that. Just I don't know, man,
I think it's completely different.

Speaker 1 (01:11:04):
See. It just sucks because the dude is so freaking
good man. I know he's I know good. And it's
hard because you want to believe that he wants to
play right because I don't, because you can't criticize his
work ethic because he clearly works hard. Otherwise he wouldn't

(01:11:29):
be this good right first, Yeah, yeah, but then you're saying,
how do we get here? Like why are we here?

Speaker 2 (01:11:38):
Yeah? No, I think that's a hard part. Yeah, I
think that's completely fair. And I'd love to know if
this stems from some fear or it's like we do
things in life for reasons, it doesn't just come from nowhere.
Like a good example Stephen A. Smith, A lot of
people talk about him working non stop, and he said

(01:12:00):
one time he works so much because when he was
growing up, his mom worked three jobs at the same time,
and he thought she died at an earlier age because
she was working so much, and he felt really bad
that he wasn't able to ascend quickly enough to earn

(01:12:21):
enough money where she wouldn't have to work as much. Like,
that's where it comes from a lot of that, just working, working, grinding, grinding.
It comes from a very serious place. So with Kawhi,
I really wonder where it stems from. Where some knee
swelling would cause him to say, oh, not a hundred percent,
we're gonna have to sit out games three and four
over here. It might come from something very serious. George,

(01:12:43):
I have no idea.

Speaker 1 (01:12:45):
Yeah, man, it's it's just tough because the dude is
so good and we're just like, as fans, we just
want to see it. Yeah, that's where That's where, that's
where the frustration grows, because you all you want to
do is a fan, is just see it, Like like
show me, show me that greatness that we've been yearning

(01:13:09):
and longing to us see.

Speaker 2 (01:13:11):
I know it, and you saw that in game one,
thirty eight points. You saw greatness. And then it's like
that's kind of all you get, you know what I mean, Like, yeah,
we saw games one and two, and then it's like
we saw street close. From that point on, it's wild
all right coming up next. Some teams are all about
this other teams don't care at all. We'll let you

(01:13:34):
know about that. I'm Brian though he's George Reister. Keep
it locked right here on Fox Sports Radio.

Speaker 1 (01:13:39):
I don't care.

Speaker 2 (01:13:40):
I'm Brian though he's George Reister here on Fox Sports Radio,
coming to you live from the tyraq dot com studios.

Speaker 1 (01:13:48):
So George. A lot of talk about.

Speaker 2 (01:13:50):
This S two test when it comes to NFL prospects here.
NFL Draft were less than a week away Thursday night,
Round one, and the results have been leaked. Slash reported.
There's some pushback about how accurate the results are with

(01:14:12):
some of the results here, with some of the reports,
I should say Bob McGinn, he's covered the NFL for
a long time, particularly the Packers. He put this out
this week where Bryce Young apparently scored a ninety eight
percent on this test, the S two test, it's a
cognition test. It's testing your cognitive skills, like how quickly

(01:14:33):
you process information. You have a gaming screen and it
might show a diamond and like the top is missing
on one of the sides and you have to push
the right button and we're talking like milliseconds over how
quickly do you process stuff? So when it comes to
the quarterback position. Very important to process things quickly. Bryce

(01:14:55):
Young off the charts ninety eight percent. Top score is
ninety nine percent on this test. Here Will Levis the
Kentucky quarterback ninety three percent, very very very fast, scrolling
all the way down. CJ. Stroud from Ohio State eighteen
percent reportedly on this test, George, So first things first,

(01:15:16):
how much stock do you put into this? There are
fifteen teams in the NFL. They use S two data.
They use these results and they factor it into the
evaluation of players. The other teams they don't care. It's
a mixed bag right now, but it is gaining momentum.
Where do you stand on this test, George? You put

(01:15:36):
stock into it?

Speaker 1 (01:15:39):
Not yet?

Speaker 2 (01:15:40):
Not yet?

Speaker 1 (01:15:41):
And the reason why I say not yet is because
I will find more about of this S two test
pretty pretty soon, because I want to find more information
about it. So I'm actually going to have my sons,
one of them's eleven because they have a younger one,
and then one of them who's seventeen. They both play quarterback,
going to have them take the S two tests and

(01:16:03):
then give a you know, and a couple other kids
and then just see what I think about the results.
I like that.

Speaker 2 (01:16:11):
Now, not to ruin this whole conversation. If your sons
are ever in the Doctor Pepper halftime challenge throwing a
football into that big can, they're throwing it overhand instead
of like a basketball chess pass, right, George.

Speaker 1 (01:16:26):
They probably will because they are because they literally I mean, like,
my son should should be able to as a quarterback
throw the ball ten yards away and throw it in
in that hole eight times out of ten.

Speaker 2 (01:16:46):
Oh, he'd better be able to do that. That's like
the Grand Canyon over there and that oversized Doctor Pepper can.
But so like, think of it like this, Here's how
I think of it. I take the S two results
in to account, absolutely I do. But what I really
take into account is what were you surrounded by in college?

(01:17:08):
Because if I look at CJ. Stroud and Will Levis
in particular, I hear a lot of things like, oh,
c J. Stroud, he just processes things very quickly on
the football field, and I'm like, yeah, it helps when
you've got first round wide receivers all over the freaking place. Meanwhile,
I hear the opposite with Will Levis, which is a
little bit slow to dissect defenses and read coverage and

(01:17:32):
backside pressure. And look, man, a lot of that has
either with the lack of talent around him.

Speaker 1 (01:17:38):
No, no, that has absolutelys because if you look at
Bryce Young who played at Alabama, this was out of
the last few Alabama quarterbacks, this is by far their
worst offensive line and their worst group of wideouts. True, true, true,
And you saw him processing at a unbelievable level, unbelievable

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level quick did.

Speaker 2 (01:18:03):
But you also saw his numbers go down. He had
fifteen fewer touchdown passes last season compared to the year
prior when he had John Matchi and Jamison Williams. So
who you're surrounded by.

Speaker 1 (01:18:15):
Yes, oh no, no, no, no, no, it definitely does.
But also he did miss time as well this season.

Speaker 2 (01:18:21):
So he missed a game, he missed one game.

Speaker 1 (01:18:24):
And part of a game. So then yeah, so that
that's another five touchdowns right there, buddy.

Speaker 2 (01:18:30):
Okay, we're not getting to fifteen with a game and
a half on the sideline.

Speaker 1 (01:18:34):
You never know.

Speaker 2 (01:18:36):
I do know that much. I do know he's not
get into fifteen in a game and a half. But
but I mean, come on, if you look at c. J. Stroud,
this is why I am not buying CJ. Stroud at all, George.
If you look at the talent this dude had around him,
you think about having Garrett Wilson, who was the offensive
Rookie of the year. This is who he had two

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seasons ago, Garrett Wilson off defensive Rookie of the Year
with the Jets, fantastic rookie season as a wide receiver.
He also had Chris Olave who had a really good
season for the Saints this past year over a thousand
yards receiving. He also had Jackson Smith and Jigba. He
had those three guys with him two seasons ago at
Ohio State. In this past season, Marvin Harrison Junior a Mecca,

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a BUCA. He's got a first and a second round
offensive lineman. Like that's he's not gonna be surrounded by
half that talent in the NFL.

Speaker 1 (01:19:31):
Now, that is very true, especially if he goes to
like Houston or what other teams. Now. Now, the thing
that makes me laugh a little bit is the Houston Texans.
And there are so many mock drafts out that don't
have them taken a quarterback at number two or number twelve.

Speaker 2 (01:19:49):
That's rich is like, oh.

Speaker 1 (01:19:51):
Okay, okay, all right, guys good.

Speaker 2 (01:19:53):
I mean there is something to be said about deferring
to the second half, if you will, George, I'm looking
at maybe Caleb Williams next year, Drake May next year.

Speaker 1 (01:20:03):
Oh bruh, that was that was supposed to be this year.

Speaker 2 (01:20:07):
I don't know. We'll circle back and talk about that
draft stuff galore and what is the NFL doing with
their rules?

Speaker 1 (01:20:15):
Here?

Speaker 2 (01:20:15):
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some betting odds that might might make your eyes bug
out over here? Huh? We're looking at the NFL Draft
right less than a week away, gonna be Thursday night,
Round one, and the odds for the second overall pick,

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which you'll like to know who is leading the charge
right now as we speak, Will Levis. That is absolutely correct.
Will Levis out of Kentucky. He is the favorite right
now to be the number two overall pick. He's a
big favorite minus one forty, meaning you'd have to risk
one hundred and forty dollars to win one hundred, so

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he's a pretty healthy favorite. The next guy up is
Tyree Wilson from Texas Tech plus two fifty, so if
you risked one hundred dollars, you would win two hundred
and fifty. So that's a pretty big gap in between,
followed by Will Anderson who's about four to one.

Speaker 1 (01:21:40):
CJ.

Speaker 2 (01:21:41):
Shroud roughly five to one.

Speaker 1 (01:21:44):
How about that?

Speaker 2 (01:21:45):
What do you think about Will Levis maybe going number
two overall?

Speaker 1 (01:21:47):
George to the now, depending on if a team trades
up now. I don't see him as the second best
prospect in this draft. And when we talk about the
NFL Draft, we we have to be honest, and a
lot of people don't want to have honest conversations around
it because it is much more palatable and presentable to say,

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oh my gosh, these kids are great. All of them
like that. They're all like that. This guy can be
a franchise guy. This guy could be a franchise guy.
They are going to be five quarterbacks drafted in the
first round. There is a zero percent chance all of
them paying out for whatever reason. Could be injuries, could

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be you know, coaching is poor. Could you know, could
have a situation like Ryan Leaf talked about with him,
or you could have a situation like the Jets who
Jack Wilson gets banged on where I didn't think he
was that good, but as good as everybody else thought
in terms of an NFL talent. But then the team

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set them up for failure by not having any body
on that roster that had thrown an NFL pass that season,
So of course he screws up with leadership and all that.
So there are so many reasons why players don't pan out,
but not all of them. There's no way that all
five of those guys end up being NFL starters or

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even playing well. The more likely scenario is two.

Speaker 2 (01:23:22):
Well, I hear you. The thing that's interesting to me
is that, like, what the heck are the Texans gonna do?

Speaker 1 (01:23:29):
Yeah?

Speaker 2 (01:23:30):
Number two? Overall, are they taking a quarterback? Are they
taking an about.

Speaker 1 (01:23:35):
It appears they're not gonna take a quarterback. And then
if they don't take a quarterback at twelve either, what
are they going to do? They're gonna run it back
with Davis Mills.

Speaker 2 (01:23:45):
Well maybe for a year. He's their stopgap guy. Oh
that is this makes sense, whatever that may tell you. Hey, Ben,
if you aren't sold on these quarterbacks, assuming Bryce Young
goes number one overall to Carolina, all right, well let's
put ourselves in the shoes of the Texans brass over here, right, Okay,
so Bryce Young goes number one to Carolina, and if

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you're not, let's play the f game. If you're not
sold on CJ. Stroud, will Levis, Anthony Richardson for one
reason or another, it doesn't make any sense in your
mind to say, hey, we got a couple of stud
quarterbacks next season, and Caleb Williams and drap May my god,
might be.

Speaker 1 (01:24:25):
Better than any of them. No, big, you gotta do
it right now, because to get Caleb Williams, you have
to be the number one that you're gonna have to
be the worst team in the league. And yeah, so
you're gonna have to be the worst team in the league.
You were trying to be bad this year and what

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and what happened? You won one too many games? Control control?
How bad? Yeah?

Speaker 2 (01:24:52):
That was the lovely Smith like the dens of revenge.

Speaker 1 (01:24:54):
You can do this to me.

Speaker 2 (01:24:56):
That was the training day they get the end right there.

Speaker 1 (01:24:59):
I'll put I put cases on y'all. So shoot program.
You can't guarantee and like, you can't guarantee that that
is going to be available. But here, here's what you
can guarantee is that at the number two overall pick,
there are like you have infinite options minus one. Okay,

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infinity minus one. You have every single player available in
the draft to you except for Bryce Shaw. So within
that group, there is at least one other quarterback who
can be successful in the in the NFL. One you
just got to pick them.

Speaker 2 (01:25:44):
That's not the easiest thing to do, George.

Speaker 1 (01:25:46):
I'm not I'm not saying it's the easiest thing to do.
But punting to next draft when when when you haven't
even fully evaluated those guys yet and they may not
turn out to be as good as you think they
are either.

Speaker 2 (01:26:00):
Think about this, George, think about this. Think about the
Seattle Seahawks. Okay, there were mock drafts last year. There
were people who believed that with the ninth overall pick,
the Seahawks, who needed a quarterback, would take Malik Willis
out of Liberty. They did not do that. Malik Willis
was a third round pick, went to the Titans and

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did not have a good rookie season, so much so
that they signed Joshua Dobbs off the street like less
than two weeks before. He was starting crucial games at
the end of their season. Right, But the point is
this Seattle last year, who needed a quarterback, they said, nah,
we're not sold on this group right here, We're gonna

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go with a couple of offensive lining they want to take.

Speaker 1 (01:26:45):
There's a difference. There is a difference in not having
a first round grade on a guy. Okay, there's no
way that they don't have first round grades on five quarterbacks.

Speaker 8 (01:27:00):
A sigh.

Speaker 1 (01:27:01):
Yeah. So so that's the issue is that last year
was a was like an outlier NFL draft season.

Speaker 2 (01:27:11):
That's fine, but think about this too, George, where if
you don't have a number two overall grade on a quarterback,
let's just say they've got these guys rated lower. I
mean this varies from.

Speaker 1 (01:27:22):
Well, then well then if if if you have them.
That's that's where position matters, because you can have it.
So let's say that your quarterback, you have him ranked
as the eighth best core at the eighth best player available. Okay,

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but you're drafting number two. You gotta draft him number two.
I mean, because it's such a premium position and there's
no way to get back up to that spot.

Speaker 2 (01:27:58):
Hey man, I hear I hear you loud and clear.

Speaker 1 (01:28:01):
It's definite. If you have him as the twenty fifth
graded player in your draft in second that's fine.

Speaker 2 (01:28:08):
And we see this all the time. We see that
just because of the importance of the quarterback position. If
you look at your own team's big board and you say,
we've actually got this guy ranked tenth overall, but we
need a QB and we're picking fourth, so he's gonna
be our draft pick. I totally understand that. But I'm
just telling you, just because you need a quarterback doesn't

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mean you're making the right decision by saying, let's just
go with this guy and he's got some ability, and
you just start talking yourself into it as if what
as if it's gonna play out in your favor just
because you need a guy. I think you gotta be
brutally honest with yourself in that process.

Speaker 1 (01:28:48):
Yeah, you do have to be brutally honest. And I
am not a favor in favor of people saying, well,
we need a quarterback, so let's just draft any old guy.
I am not in favor of that. But when you
have the second overall pick, I think you're in a
different position.

Speaker 2 (01:29:06):
If you aver to overall George, you're the Houston Texans,
You're on the clock. Let's say Bryce Young goes number
one to Carolina, what do you do?

Speaker 1 (01:29:15):
Okay, so I got a chance to. I watched pretty
much all of their games last last year, and I'm
dead serious because I had a family member playing plan
for them. So I watched every single game. And this
is a dysfunctional franchise in terms of scouting, in terms of,

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you know, the way that they run it. They're trying
to do things the Patriot way, and the Patriot way
don't work. The only reason why the Patriot way worked
is because of Tom Brady. He made the Patriot Way
and because he covered up for a lot of deficiencies.
And then this organization try to, you know, build with

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all these dudes with one year contracts and all of this.
Now they are in a situation where they're now they're
trying to grow and get better, and you need a
offensive line, which is crucial, which is where I would
probably focus first, like how do I feel about my
offensive line? And then how do I feel about And

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I'm not going running back, I'm not going wide receiver.
I care about the defensive and offensive lines and quarterback.
Those are the three positions that I'm focusing on. So
at the number two overall pick, I am If I
have a quarterback that's ranked in the top ten of
my players available, he is getting picked at number two.

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So who is that?

Speaker 2 (01:30:50):
That was a lot of you know, a lot of
stalling right there. Who's the pick? It's time to turn
in the card. You're the Texans.

Speaker 1 (01:30:56):
Who's the guy I am picking with my second overall pick?
And mind you, what they have on the roster matters. Okay, sure,
if this were a team that had if this were
the Carolina Panthers with Andy Dalton, I would I might
be tempted to draft Anthony Richardson, but I would draft

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Will Levis. I'm no, I'm sorry, Lord Mercy, will Will
Anderson charge and for a second, Will Anderson number two,
and then at number twelve, I'm picking Hndon Hooker.

Speaker 2 (01:31:31):
Wow, So that is the path, Okay, Will Anderson.

Speaker 1 (01:31:35):
If I am the Houston Texans, that's what I do
because I need an adult in the room and I
need somebody mobile, like I need an adult in the room.
I'm not going with another stiff because that's what That's
what the quarterback that they have out of Stanford now is,
which is and everybody was praising Tanner McKee him and

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Davis Mill are the exact same human.

Speaker 2 (01:32:03):
Well, hey man, we know Davis Mills is not going
to be a difference maker. It sure doesn't seem like that.

Speaker 1 (01:32:09):
Now.

Speaker 2 (01:32:10):
Granted, you were talking about Stam Darnold not having great
weapons with the New York Jets, which is absolutely true.
Not like, oh, d Mills has had a who's who
of receivers over there with He had Brandon Cooks who
they traded away, John Metchie, he was on the shelf
due to his health status where you know, he was

(01:32:32):
dealing with you know, cancer, which was incredibly unfortunate. But listen,
it doesn't seem like Davis Mills is the quarterback of
the future and going to be a franchise difference maker
going forward, So you gotta go QB. You know, listen, George,
I don't think it's the craziest thing in the world
to me. The two options are this, we go with

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we go to the defensive route. We either go Will
Anderson or we go Tyree Wilson. I would personally go
with Anderson junior myself, and we look to next year's
draft potentially for a quarterback. I know you don't want
to hear that, but when you've got two studs in
Kayleb Williams Drake May, if you aren't sold on these

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guys outside of Bryce Young, let's say he's the number
one overall pick. I don't think it's crazy to wait
until next season. So that's route number one. Path one
is Will Anderson junior quarterback next season. Path two is
Will Levis number two overall. I know he gets a
bad raping. Oh no, not this guy, hell yuck, anybody

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but Will Levis. Will Levis was surrounded by trash at Kentucky.
He had three fifths of his offensive line that was
different last Okay, so two years ago.

Speaker 1 (01:33:45):
Yes, I get that, but how can you just throw
out an entire season where everybody's like, yeah, forget about
his twenty twenty two season, only focused on his twenty
twenty one season. When that was scared the hell out
of me.

Speaker 2 (01:33:59):
No, I hear you, I not thrown anything, just be like, yeah,
let's forget about that even happening. Like, no, I'm not
throwing that away at all, but I am putting it
into context where you have your offensive coordinator leave to
go to the Rams, you lost a second round wide
receiver and won Dale Robinson, you're banged up. There are
a lot of quarterbacks that wouldn't have continued to play.

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They would have gone the Kawhi Leonard route and said, no,
I'm good, I'll just sit on out over here, like
all that stuff matters. So I'm not gonna just throw
out the twenty twenty two season, but I will consider
the context of everything that happened. And when you look
at this guy, I keep on hearing about being pro ready, CJ.
Stroud is way more pro ready than Will Levis. It's like,

(01:34:41):
maybe in terms of polish and footwork and some of
those type of things. Fine, what he brings to the table.
How is CJ. Stroud surrounded by All star talent galore
at Ohio State. How is he more pro ready to
be the Texans quarterback? More so than will Levin? Will
Levis is way more pro ready in terms of not

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having a great supporting cast, which is what you're gonna
have in the top five as a draft pick.

Speaker 1 (01:35:08):
And and and how was he bummy? He was not good.
So it would be different if he were playing well
with without a good supporting cast. But you're trying to
tell me he that he had a good supporting cast
the previous year and he played well, and then now
he doesn't have one, and he and he was he

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was not good.

Speaker 2 (01:35:31):
Look, Okay, he didn't have George. There's a difference. He didn't.

Speaker 1 (01:35:34):
I just want you to make it.

Speaker 2 (01:35:35):
No, listen, listen, I'm making plenty of sense. You got
to listen here. He didn't have Okay, go back two
seasons ago. It's not like he had Garrett Wilson and
Chris Olave and Jackson Smith and Jigbye. He didn't have that.
At Kentucky, he had won Dale Robinson and a bit
of a better offensive line, and he was much better.

(01:35:57):
Like he he didn't go from All Stars our talent
two seasons ago to bear cupboard. Last season. He went
from a bit better of a supporting cast two seasons
ago and was noticeably better. So we don't have to
recreate what CJ. Stroud had at Ohio State for will
Levis to have some success. He proved that two seasons ago.

Speaker 1 (01:36:23):
If you do it once, it's an accident. If you
do it twice, you can really do it.

Speaker 2 (01:36:29):
Okay, So one year was just it was a fluke.
It was a fluke two seasons ago.

Speaker 1 (01:36:34):
No, No, I'm saying it could or it could not
not be. I'm saying that if you do something once,
then it could be an accident. If you do it twice,
you can really do it. Well.

Speaker 2 (01:36:47):
I do know this. There's gonna be a major curve
ball at the top of the draft. And when you're
just looking at mock draft after mock draft after mock draft,
people fall into this trap. Every single year. There's a
normal order here, and you get used to the normal
order and you start thinking this is close to the gospel.

(01:37:07):
And then the real draft rolls around and you're like,
what the Houston Texans just took Derek Stingley Junior. I
haven't seen that in mock drafts. That I've been reading
the last few months. You but you hadn't seen that. No,
but Will levis going number No, I hadn't seen that.
That was something that broke right up before the draft.

Speaker 1 (01:37:28):
That was not a common thing. That didn't surprise me
at all.

Speaker 2 (01:37:31):
Bro Okay, fine, well you're a clearvoyant and I'm stupid whatever, But.

Speaker 1 (01:37:35):
Wow, No, Derek Stingley was a guy that everybody had
been talking about for an entire two years since he
was a freshman.

Speaker 2 (01:37:45):
They didn't have him typically in the mock drafts. Go
back like February March last year, you didn't have Derek
Stingley typically at number three overall. He ascended quickly right
up before the draft. But the point is this, if
Will lev this goes number two overall, that would be
a major curveball compared to what you've typically been seeing
in these mock drafts. And I'm just telling you, curveballs

(01:38:09):
like that happen a lot. They happen a ton. All Right,
we got a lot to do coming up next. These
players need to do a lot better, but the league
needs to do a lot better.

Speaker 1 (01:38:17):
Also.

Speaker 2 (01:38:17):
I'm Brian, No, he's George Reister. Keep it locked, right,
here on Fox Sports Radio. I'm Brian. No, he's George
Reister here on Fox Sports Radio. We're coming to you
live from the tire dot Com studios.

Speaker 1 (01:38:28):
George.

Speaker 2 (01:38:28):
If you like offense, Celtics Hawks game four might be
the game for you over here. Thirty three points so far,
We got a minute left to play in the first quarter.
Here for the Celtics, Boston is up thirty three to
twenty two. As it is an offensive display, a lot
of pace, a lot of shot making thus far, very

(01:38:49):
much unlike what the game three a couple of days ago,
where the Knicks held the Calves to seventy nine points.

Speaker 1 (01:38:58):
In the entire game. Yeah, that was wild.

Speaker 2 (01:39:02):
That was crazy. You're not going to see that tonight
in Celtics Hawks. But the Celtics are off to a
great start. Man, it's crazy what the injury issues are
doing to the playoffs over here, George, where Man, you
think about the box and the uncertainty with Giannis. Is
he coming back? What's the deal with the back?

Speaker 1 (01:39:19):
He might be now with the fact that he's been
out so long, that scares me because he might be hurt. Hurt. Yeah, no,
I'm sorry, he might be injured, right not not hurt.

Speaker 2 (01:39:31):
Yeah, yeah, possibly. It was nice to see John Moran.
I know you're a Lakers guy, George, but.

Speaker 1 (01:39:38):
I was happy that John Morant was out there. And
that brings up and that brings up a question. No,
it is I had this this conversation with somebody about
being a fan, right, particularly in playoff games. Now, which
team do you like? Now?

Speaker 2 (01:39:57):
Again? Hold your laughter, George the chicag I go Bulls.

Speaker 1 (01:40:02):
Okay, all right, so all right, so would you rather?
Would you rather when when you're watching games, right, do
you like your team to just blow people out? Or
do you like them to or do you like to

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see a close competitive game even though you may have
to sweat it out.

Speaker 2 (01:40:30):
When it's my particular team, I just want them to win.
I would rather win comfortably than win a nail bier
if it's my particular team. But I'll take a win
however I can get it.

Speaker 1 (01:40:42):
Okay. See in college football, I like us to blow
the doors off of people, right, But when in the
big games, though, I actually don't mind them being close
as long as you win, you know what I mean.

Speaker 2 (01:40:55):
I don't know that in the third quarter, you know, I.

Speaker 1 (01:40:57):
Mean, I know, but but when you do end the
winning like. Those are character building things, and those are
the things that actually make seasons that much more fun.

Speaker 2 (01:41:07):
And it's so much sweeter when you have to sweat
it out and they pull it. Yes, very sure, it's
much sweeter that way, but way less stressful when they
just blow the doors up.

Speaker 1 (01:41:17):
Oh for sure it is. But I don't I don't
like that as much.

Speaker 2 (01:41:20):
But I also think, yeah, if you go back to
the injury thing, I would much rather. Here's a real question.
Would you rather beat an injured team or risk losing
to a fully healthy team? That's an honest question.

Speaker 1 (01:41:41):
Okay, I and you're asking to a guy who wanted
John Morant to come back. Yeah, partially because I think
that the Lakers have a better chance of beating them
with John Morant.

Speaker 2 (01:41:53):
But oh wow, he did score twenty two straight last
night in the fourth quarter, which was incredible.

Speaker 1 (01:42:01):
So, uh, he's gotten that out the way. Won't be
doing that again, I don't think. But but that's what
I mean. He's on the Would you would you consider
John Morant a superstar right now or just a star?

Speaker 2 (01:42:14):
Because superstar?

Speaker 1 (01:42:16):
Yeah? Yeah, because he's done it enough times in the playoffs.
Because I think that you have to do it in
the playoffs, like I think Jason Tatum became a superstar
last year.

Speaker 2 (01:42:25):
But think about this. Remember those uh, those low down,
dirty scoundrel Raptor fans a couple of seasons ago when
Kevin Durant went down and they were a.

Speaker 1 (01:42:36):
Play Oh my god, dude, they were celebrating like they
they were like, yes, see, we're the best, we're the chance. Yes,
yes you are the champs. But don't sit there and
act like had the Warriors had Kevin Durant and Klay Thompson,
mind you, even if Klay Thompson had just been healthy,
they were gonna win that game.

Speaker 2 (01:42:56):
Right right, Yeah, Clay missed Game three with what an ankle,
and then he had the torn acl at the end
of Game six and no KD except for twelve minutes
in that entire series, and they win that. Think that
is asterisks he.

Speaker 1 (01:43:12):
Had come in that Oh god, in that series healthy, bro,
they were it was going to.

Speaker 2 (01:43:17):
Be even if KD played from Game five on. Yeah,
I say, Warriors, But that's a great example of would
you rather be the Raptors and win a ring that
way against a ravaged by injury Warriors? Squad, or would
you rather face the Warriors fully healthy, knowing that your

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odds of winning a championship aren't nearly as good.

Speaker 1 (01:43:41):
Oh I'm a knee. I'm an win up about you?
You really? Oh God, yeah, yeah, I'm gonna I'm gonn
I'm gonna need to win. Your your problems, your injury
problems are my are not my concern, man.

Speaker 2 (01:43:57):
I appreciate the honesty. And the thing is, it's not
up to us. It's just sports. It's it might play
out that way one way or the other. It's not
in our control. But what I would prefer I would
prefer to face the best at their best, at their healthiest,
knowing that there's a better chance my team doesn't win.

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But I don't have to hear about all this. Oh
if this guy was healthy and you wouldn't have won, Like,
I hate hearing any of that.

Speaker 3 (01:44:25):
End he talk to you, pastor that's fine, But hey, man,
even if you've played I'm like, if you've played at
one of the lowest level, you just played high school,
you just played grade school.

Speaker 2 (01:44:38):
You know what goes into it. I don't see how
you could ever root for injury. I just don't understand
that mentality at all. How do you do that? How
do you root for someone to get injured just so
your chances are better? I just think that's so weak.

Speaker 1 (01:44:56):
Yeah, it's super lay, it's super lay. I can't do that. No,
I have no respect for that. Oh you're going to
root for somebody to to be injured. You are a scoundrel,
that's right, absolutely right, all right?

Speaker 2 (01:45:12):
Someone who is not a scoundrel? Moncey Bolanos, who's got
the latest for us? What's going on months?

Speaker 4 (01:45:18):
Scoundrel?

Speaker 6 (01:45:19):
That's a word, such a good word.

Speaker 1 (01:45:25):
Yeah.

Speaker 6 (01:45:25):
I mean I want to play the best team and
beat the best team, right, yeah, that's how you want it.

Speaker 1 (01:45:31):
No, I want to play the best team. But if
you're hurt, I'm not gonna feel bad.

Speaker 6 (01:45:37):
Oh yeah, no, no, I agree with you, right, that's yes.
But I never wish injury upon anyone like ever. But
you know, obviously, the sweetest victory is if your team
is fully stacked against the fully stacked team and you win.
That's the best. That is the sweetest victory. If you're
gonna talk smack, that's how you want it to be.
That's how it should be. So Georgie, don't come at

(01:45:57):
me with my with my broken clip. They're all broken,
every single one of.

Speaker 2 (01:46:03):
It except for Westbrook.

Speaker 6 (01:46:05):
Except for Westbrook. I literally I was at the game yesterday.
I went with my girlfriend because I was like, girl,
I don't know if we're going to play another game
in La. We gotta go to this game. We just
got to do it. So we bought tickets last minute
and we went. And when Westbrook, I don't know what
three he made, he had drained another one and I
was like, am I really about to buy a Westbrook
Clipper jersey?

Speaker 4 (01:46:23):
I'm skipping a step.

Speaker 6 (01:46:25):
Away from doing it because of how we played yesterday,
but I didn't.

Speaker 2 (01:46:28):
By way, by the way, real fast before you get
to the update here much Yes, how crazy are you
at a playoff game involving your favorite team?

Speaker 1 (01:46:39):
Are we talking yelling at full voe? Are you? Yeah?
Curse words? Oh?

Speaker 4 (01:46:44):
I actually did say a bad word and there was
a little little girlfriend me. I was like, oh man,
I'll stop. But then they were in the wrong seat,
so then they moved, so it was fine.

Speaker 1 (01:46:51):
But must be tweeting out wild of about her Clippers
though she sent out a tweet today. I was like, wait, whatday?

Speaker 5 (01:47:00):
What?

Speaker 1 (01:47:01):
I did today, So I didn't know about the eggplant.

Speaker 6 (01:47:06):
Oh yeah, I took it down because people's minds are
in the gutter.

Speaker 1 (01:47:09):
What she what? She tweeted? No is she said. She
said the Clippers lost, but at least I'm still getting eggplant, eggplant, eggplant?

Speaker 6 (01:47:21):
What I was like, damn, I corrected myself. But yes,
mister riche Ornberger is going to make me some eggplant
parmesan because last week he said that the Suns were
going to sweep the Clippers and I was like, absolutely
not it.

Speaker 4 (01:47:37):
That's not gonna happen.

Speaker 1 (01:47:38):
Context matters, Context does matter.

Speaker 4 (01:47:40):
So I did retweet a take two and I think.

Speaker 6 (01:47:46):
I was not whatever. I forgot that that's what that meant.
I'm sorry, okay, let's talk.

Speaker 1 (01:47:53):
About how old are you?

Speaker 6 (01:47:55):
No, I just that's not something I use. I'm not
tweeting that out to mean something else. It's big, blunt whatever, whatever, whatever.

Speaker 1 (01:48:02):
All right, I see the group chat with your girl.
I don't believe I swear.

Speaker 4 (01:48:06):
That's not we use. We just say it, you know
what I'm saying. We don't use the word. The little
Moji's like that.

Speaker 6 (01:48:12):
Okay, kids, listen, the Celtics are beating the Hawks early
in the second quarter. The score is thirty eight to
twenty eight. This is Game four. The Celtics lead this
series two to one, Jason Tatum leading the way. He's
got eleven points for Boston. We had two games already
take That took place in the NBA Playoffs, with the
Warriors surviving against the Kings, coming out on top one
twenty six to twenty five. We mentioned that Steph Curry

(01:48:34):
had that brain fart Chris Weber moment where he called
a timeout when the Warriors didn't have a timeout. Well,
head coach Steve Kurr takes all the blame for it, one.

Speaker 9 (01:48:41):
Hundred percent of my fault. I knew we didn't have
any timeouts left. We took the.

Speaker 8 (01:48:46):
Challenge, and when the challenge.

Speaker 9 (01:48:49):
Was unsuccessful as we were exiting the huddle, that's on me.
I got I've got to remind the guys we're out
of timeout. So I didn't say that, and so Steph
wasn't aware. So that's on me for not making that clear.

Speaker 4 (01:49:04):
I mean, that's precious that he took the responsibility. But Curry,
you should have known. You should have known, right, Yeah,
he should have known.

Speaker 6 (01:49:11):
Even if the challenge didn't work. I feel like he
should have known, but Kurr takes the blame. The Knicks
beat the Cavs, so now they lead that series three
to one. Final score was one of two to ninety three.
We also have Stanley Cup playoffs going on. The Stars
in the Wild are scoreless. They just got going in
the second period. Earlier today was the Hurricanes who beat
the Islanders five to two. Carolina leads that series three

(01:49:31):
to one, and the Bruins took down the Panther six
to two.

Speaker 4 (01:49:34):
Boston leads that series three to one.

Speaker 6 (01:49:36):
One baseball game currently going on, it's the Giants and
the Mets. Giants are up one zero. They're about to
start the bottom of the second inning. Two other things
I'm gonna mention Miami he guard Victor Oladipo suffered a
season ending torn pateller tendon in his left knee. So
tomorrow Miami hosts the Bucks for their Game four. They
lead the series two to one. And how about this.

(01:49:57):
Will Ferrell is set to star in a live golf
inspired sitcom. I read this on Deadline and apparently it's
about a professional golfer who becomes the face of a
controversial new League competing with PGA Georgie.

Speaker 4 (01:50:09):
I know you like golf, Brian, I don't know about you.

Speaker 2 (01:50:12):
I love the majors. Are we into this majors? I mean,
I love Will Ferrell, but this doesn't sound like I'm
gonna rush out and see it right.

Speaker 6 (01:50:20):
I mean either, I feel like, are we trying to
be Ted Lasso here?

Speaker 4 (01:50:24):
I don't know.

Speaker 1 (01:50:25):
I don't know.

Speaker 10 (01:50:25):
Wait, is he trying to be Greg? Is that like
a Greg Norman analog?

Speaker 4 (01:50:29):
I don't I don't know.

Speaker 1 (01:50:31):
I'm sorry, Will.

Speaker 8 (01:50:32):
Will Ferrell in sports movies or shows are always a hit.

Speaker 4 (01:50:36):
That's a good point. Bo, That is a good point.

Speaker 10 (01:50:39):
Well, Will Ferrell is too, is too cool to be
Greg Norman?

Speaker 8 (01:50:42):
I'm sorry?

Speaker 4 (01:50:44):
And it doesn't say if he's him that. It doesn't say.

Speaker 10 (01:50:47):
Yeah, but like that's that's been the face of live
golf is Greg Norman.

Speaker 6 (01:50:51):
So but I mean, I think he's gonna be the
golfer that moves to live golf.

Speaker 4 (01:50:55):
That's what I would assume.

Speaker 2 (01:50:57):
Oh, okay, that'd be way better.

Speaker 6 (01:50:58):
You know what.

Speaker 4 (01:50:59):
That's how I understand the report.

Speaker 2 (01:51:01):
But by the way, Manzy, real fast, how do you
think the steak bets are gonna fare between myself and
George here, So you tell me, yeah, let's.

Speaker 1 (01:51:10):
Run them down real fast.

Speaker 2 (01:51:11):
So I've got the Warriors to not make the Western
Conference finals. Okay, what do you think? Is it advantage
me or George?

Speaker 4 (01:51:18):
I am.

Speaker 2 (01:51:19):
I am gonna lead with George on this mile Moncey
leans George. Okay, of course.

Speaker 1 (01:51:23):
She does because she wants them to beat my Lakers. Okay,
how about that because I made the bet prior to knowings.

Speaker 6 (01:51:32):
I also did think the Warriors had a chance to
go far in the playoffs before all of this started
with the full squad.

Speaker 2 (01:51:38):
Okay, so tomorrow night, I've got the Grizzlies to win
outright game against the Lakers.

Speaker 4 (01:51:43):
I agree with you on that one.

Speaker 2 (01:51:44):
Yes with me.

Speaker 6 (01:51:46):
To no, I already haven't eight plant farmers on coming.

Speaker 4 (01:51:52):
I'm good.

Speaker 2 (01:51:52):
Last one, last one, Moncey, and don't tweet out the
egg plants. I just Lakers will not shoot forty three
percent again from three in this series against the Grizzlies.
That's what I say.

Speaker 8 (01:52:05):
Lead me.

Speaker 4 (01:52:06):
You like that, I like that. I'll take that bet.

Speaker 2 (01:52:09):
She leads me two to one. There, George, Yep.

Speaker 1 (01:52:12):
She's a she's a Clippers fan. She can't be trusted.

Speaker 2 (01:52:18):
Thank you very much. By It's always always fun, no doubt.
All Right, We're coming to you live from the Tyreck
dot Com Studios.

Speaker 1 (01:52:28):
We gotta.

Speaker 2 (01:52:30):
We got uh. Let's see, George, you want to take
any of these back here? You want to revoke some
of these? I feel like I'm going to have like
at least three steaks coming my way here. And for
the people that are just joining us that are like, okay,
you got a steak on it? These are deluxe bone
in Ribi steaks you get from some fancy steak shop

(01:52:50):
over there in La, like sixty nine dollars a piece?
Is what retail value according to you is? What's this place?
Losson's or something?

Speaker 1 (01:52:59):
What is it called Larcens? Yeah, Larsons. Get that out
of Larcens Larsons.

Speaker 2 (01:53:04):
Okay, how am I gonna get my steaks? So you're
just gonna Venmo me, what's gonna happen here?

Speaker 1 (01:53:09):
Wow? Venmo? How you uh come down to La? Some
I got you?

Speaker 2 (01:53:16):
Okay, next time I get to La when I'm just
gonna have a steak weekend, you know, like we go
out Friday, Saturday, Sunday for steaks and you say, hey.

Speaker 1 (01:53:24):
How are you however however you want, or you can
get a gift card to, like, you know, to one
of them spots up in Portland.

Speaker 2 (01:53:33):
I'm not there anymore, man, I've been long gone. There
was a vapor trail out of Portland when.

Speaker 1 (01:53:38):
Oh, oh, where are you? Where are you at now?

Speaker 2 (01:53:41):
No? I am in South Bend, Indiana right now, soon
to be in Champagne, Illinois for three months. My life
is just chaotic right now, George, it would take the
rest of the show.

Speaker 1 (01:53:53):
How dare you want to be? Oh lord, you went
to South Bend where Notre Dame is. Oh God, that's
my home town, George.

Speaker 2 (01:54:01):
Yeah, but yeah, just renting furnished homes with my girlfriend.
We just finished one up a four month tour of
duty here in South Bend, and a three month tour
of duty begins in Champagne, Illinois, May tenth. So right
around the corner. That's just as life on the road
right here, George's life of a radio vagabond right here.

(01:54:24):
You know, that's how we get down all right. We
got a lot to do before we get out of here.
Coming up next. Yeah, the players need to do better,
that's true. But the league absolutely needs to do better
as well. That story on the way. I'm Brian though
he's George Reister. Keep it locked right here on Fox
Sports Radio, Fox dribbles at the loggo spins on runch
of the Draymont pass over to BArch parts for three

(01:54:47):
no good Buglers out, the Warriors escape for the wind.

Speaker 6 (01:54:57):
Final score Golden State w twenty six, Sacramento won twenty five.

Speaker 2 (01:55:08):
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(01:55:28):
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road woes. Can the Warriors get over them? We shall

(01:55:51):
find out here momentarily. By the way, how about this
gambling story in the NFL. So you know me, George,
I'm pro gambling, but you can't break the rules here.
So there were five NFL players who got popped for gambling.
Three of them were gambling on NFL games.

Speaker 1 (01:56:10):
There's no excuse me got for him, got nutting for him.

Speaker 2 (01:56:14):
Nothing for these guys, Cephas and more. They were both
released by the Lions and Shaka Tony who's with the
Washington Commanders. Those guys have been suspended indefinitely. They can
they're eligible for reinstatement after this twenty twenty three season.
We just saw Calvin Ridley get popped for an entire season. Like,

(01:56:35):
there's no excuse for betting on NFL games if you're
an NFL player, not even a little bit. The other
part of this, George, is you have Jamison Williams and
Stanley Berryhill I've never heard of before, but they're both
receivers for the Lions.

Speaker 1 (01:56:51):
Went to Arizona.

Speaker 2 (01:56:53):
Yeah, and he's got one tackle in his career and
no catches as a wide receiver. So fun fact about.

Speaker 1 (01:56:59):
Step excusing special teams a little bit.

Speaker 2 (01:57:01):
He's not doing much as a receiver, which is his
trade over there, you know what I mean. But Jamison
Williams is the twelfth overall pick. That is the big
news because he missed most of the season recovering from
a torn acl but he showed signs at a really
good game at home against the Vikings. So as a
former top twelve pick, that's a big deal. He's gone

(01:57:23):
for six games. He was gambling on college football games,
which is allowed by the way, you can gamble on
sporting events not involving the NFL as an NFL player.
But he did it while on the job. He did
it while at the Lions facility, where I mean, come on, man.

Speaker 1 (01:57:44):
What that doesn't necessarily mean that he did it there,
because because here's the thing here is what I actually know. No,
is that from somebody that I talked to who is
extremely close to the situation, that that is the way
I will phrase it, extracts extra extra extremely Okay, he.

Speaker 2 (01:58:08):
Says close to the situation without being Jamison Williams. Is
what you're telling me.

Speaker 1 (01:58:13):
I'm saying he's as close to this, yes, exactly, yeah. Yeah.
Is that he was betting. Jamison Williams was betting on
college football and NBA games, and that he and from
and that this suppose that these bets supposedly took place

(01:58:34):
on either the team bus, team hotel and in the
facility right right now, nobody knew that that was Like
I've I asked a bunch of players I played with
and current players. Nobody knew that that was an actual
rules And there are a bunch of and there are

(01:58:54):
a bunch of players now that are afraid that they
may end up in that same situation.

Speaker 2 (01:59:01):
Wow, that's really interesting. Well, that's the thing to me, George,
is Look, the team's got to do a better job
of telling the players what are the dues and don'ts.
That's really bad for players to be Like, that's news
to me. I didn't know that was a thing. But
I also think that the NFL, the league, they need
to be more clear about what the policies are. That

(01:59:23):
is just weird that you can bet on other sports
but just not at the facility. I would say, make
it easy to understand. Just bet Yeah, just you can't
bet on other sports, or you can bet on other
sports while also at your training facility, right, you know
what I mean? Like you just got to make it
easier to follow. Hey man, great stuff, George, don't hate

(01:59:45):
me for taking a bunch of steaks off you in
the NBA. As we move forward here, Grizz over the
Lakers tomorrow night, sneak peek, have a good one.

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