June 19, 2023 • 38 mins
Ben Maller talks about the Wizards trading Bradley Beal to the Phoenix Suns and who won the trade, how Beal will fit in Phoenix, the Clippers interest in CP3, MLB Pick'em, and much more!
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Hello and welcome. It's our numb Bird one, our one
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original shows on Friday Saturday at the Mailbag on Sunday.
But here in hour number one, a mega trade in
the NBA, the Phoenix Suns pulling it off with the
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Washington Wizards, who won the Bradley Beal trade, the sons
of the Wizards. How will Bradley Beal fit in with Phoenix?
And what do you make of the Clippers bird dogging
Chris Paul, who for now has been traded to Washington.
We'll talk about that and much more right now in
an NBA heavy our number one, including a conspiracy theory
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involving the Suns and Bradley Beal's agent. We'll get to
all that. We'll do it right now here. It is
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I played a freeway bingo, almost got in about seven
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is much better with me being here. God forbid, I
was not here. So happy to be here. It really
means a lot. It means a lot that they want
me to be here inside the studio. But anyway, we've
got a big night ahead, big night ahead here of
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bloviation through the overnight hours. And I was gonna start
in my head. I said, you know what, I'm gonna
do some golf. I'm gonna do some golf. Why not.
There was a major tournament just down the street from
where we do the show from. And then I learned
someone named Wyndham Clark one, and I said, there's no way,
there's no way, on God's green Earth, there's anything compelling
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about Wyndham Clark.
Speaker 2 (02:59):
No.
Speaker 1 (03:00):
But we did get a trade, and that perked up
my ears a little bit. When I saw the trade,
I was like, now we got something. Now we got something.
We got a trade, and it did in pro bouncy
so our league does come from pro bouncy ball. The
NBA Draft is just a few days away. I know
you're very excited about that, unless you are not, unless
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you are not excited about that. But the first trade
domino has come tumbling down like a tree out in
the forest. Timber Bradley Beal has been traded. He has
been excommunicated from the Beltway, no longer part of the
Washington Wizards, although it's not official official. If you haven't
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heard yet, and perhaps you actually disengage over the weekend,
so maybe you missed it. If you did we have
been told the Washington Wizards have put a spell together
and they are sending and finalizing a trade of Bradley
Beal to the Suns in exchange for the rotting carcass
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of Chris Paul his contract Landry Shammitt. Yes, and multiple
not first round picks, second round picks, and a pick swap,
which is always my favorite. I like when we swap picks.
So nice to swap picksack at lunch. I used to
swap my tuna fish sandwich for peanut butter and jelly.
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Sometimes I'd make that swap, and I do that at
lunch sometimes, back in elementary school. So Washington is not
expected to keep Chris Paul. Why would they. He's not
very good anymore and he's old, and they're expected to
buy him out. They're trying to work out some kind
of trade. The math on that is fuzzy. There's some
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fuzzy math on that, and much to my dismay, much
to my heartburn, the Clippers have prominently been mention mentioned
in that as a possibility. But don't bear the leave
my man. It's all about Bradley Beal going to the Suns,
and so let's discuss who won the Bradley Beal trade.
The Sons are the Wizards, all right, So I have
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on my Malor report card the Sons get a B
plus and the Wizards in F minus. What I know,
the mayor in Washington back in the day used to
smoke crack. Are the Wizards front office executives doing that
as well? That's the pack of dog pool you got
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back for Bradley Beal. Is he missing his right leg?
Maybe his ankle is bent the wrong way? I must
not have seen that. I must not have gotten that memo,
My goodness. So I've got AirPod, greyhound bus, and three
martini lunch and we will combine all of these things
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together and we are going to make a nice smooth
landing at Sky Harbor Airport in Phoenix for Bradley Beal.
So a Bradley Beal is the quintessential good player on
a bad team, but you don't really know what. You
don't know whether or not that will translate on a
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good team. You think you know, but you don't know.
And we've seen examples over the years of guys that
put up great stats, and Bradley bial was averaging over
thirty points a game at one stretch in his time
in Washington, and then you go to a different situation
and all of a sudden, wow, not so good there,
But he does escape the sorcerer's workshop in Washington, and
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now a super team who the Denver Nuggets not a superteam.
The Miami Heat not a super team played for the
NBA Finals. But now these Sons are like, not on that,
We're all in. We're all in on this. So you're
gonna have Kevin Durant on one side, Devin Booker on
the other, and then Bradley Beal and for now DeAndre
Ayton is also in the mix. And so you've got
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that inverted triangle of a roster in Phoenix and they
think this is the way to salvation in Arizona, only
to watch it blow up in their face. Do the
Sons are gonna be the gambling favorite to win the championship?
But are they really? Are they? Do you really trust
Kevin Durant or Devin Booker who's vanished in elimination games
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back to back years. A coach killer in Devin Booker
in close out game situations, my goodness, and Bradley Billy.
You don't know for sure that this guy will be
able to get it done. But it's you look at
the Sun's roster now and they they're the ultimate AirPod
shaped club. There's a lot up top, right, there's a
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lot up the airpot, a lot up top. You've got Booker, Durant, Beale,
and Ayton at one hund and sixty three million, and
then below those guys will be the players at the
soup kitchen. If you were playing Monopoly, the Suns would
have Boardwalk and park Place, but they'd also have Intermingling
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on the board they have. They'd have Baltic and Mediterranean
avenues on your Monopoly board, so they'd combine all those
together and hope it works out. But the Suns they're
gonna have four unless they get rid of Aayton, which
is still in play here. It's early on. This is
a big week for trades. But at this moment we
can do the show in the moment. The Suns at
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this time have four max contracts and the Collective Bargaining
Agreement the CREBA, they limit the number of max contests
you can have. And then they just kick in the
nuts over and over again, and they poke you in
the eyes if you go over the threshold. There's aprons,
kind of like in a kitchen, there's different aprons, and
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the Suns this point would be above the second apron,
which means they will literally have no one else on
the team other than those four guys. They will be
having auditions. If you would like to play for the Suns,
you might want to send your resume in. You'll have
to wash the jerseys and probably mop the court, but
you could do it to fill out the Sun's roster.
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Are we gonna hear about the Sons culture? Are they
gonna go get a bunch of guys like the Miami
Heat undrafted players? They're gonna have to It would appear
based on what I've seen now as we continue this
diatribe here, how will Bradley beal fit with Arizona and
the team in Arizona, Suns in Phoenix? How's he gonna
fit in his new environment and all that stuff? So
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how does Bradley beal do in Phoenix? That is the
great unknown. I am not as optimistic as many of
the NBA pundits that I have seen opining on this.
I am skeptical. He is gonna have to get acclimated
to his new environment. That's standard operating procedure. But from
the Wizard side of things, also, what a terrible trade
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you just gave away Bradley bial And I think Bradley
Beal's got some he doesn't play defense, he has three
point shooting's gone down the last couple of years. But
he's gotta be worth more than Landry Shaman and a
couple of second round picks and a pick swap. Is
that is that where we are and Chris Paul that
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contract to make any sense? I mean, from the Sun
side of things, you make the trade because you're giving
up nothing. You're giving up absolutely nothing, and you're getting
somebody that can at least play it scor some points
for you if nothing else. Will see how the bland works.
But that concoction of players in Phoenix. I gave the
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Sons a B plus because on the male report card,
I am not as confident that this guy is going
to sit in the back of the Greyhound bus while
Kevin Durant and Devin Booker ride the bus in the
front seat. They're driving the bus and he's in the back.
I'm not convinced that he's that guy that's gonna be
willing to do that and be marginalized and floundering is
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the third option there. And Beal is getting paid top
dollar and he's supposed to take a tertiary role in Phoenix.
What could possibly go wrong? Now? The good news is
all these guys are hurt, including Bradley Beal. So even
though it looks great, you know, Durant' missed half the season.
He always does these days. Devin Booker's not missed reliable anymore.
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And Bradley Beal has missed almost thirty five percent of
the Washington Wizards games, almost thirty five percent of the
Wizards games in the last four years. Last four years,
he's not been there, dependable and all that. He's missed
one hundred and one regular season games with injuries, some
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of them real, some of them load management, fugazy up
andrews a right now the last word here. A number
of you were busting my chops as this trade has
been bouncing around the echo chamber. You're very excited about
this because the other leg of the trade is that
the Wizards acquired the contract of the rotting Chris Paul
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and that they're gonna flip him to the Clippers. Because
the Wizards gm is a former Clipper executive. So my perspective,
what do you make of the Clippers being very interested
in bringing back Chris Paul. Now, I wouldn't trade Clipper
Darryl for Chris Paul. Okay, I would rather have Clipper Daryl.
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I know, and the man can take a punch. I
don't know about Chris Paul. So I'd rather have Clipper
Daryl than Chris Paul. So we'll start with that. But
if you can get him as a buyout find But
the whole Chris Paul thing is illogical and tells me
the Clippers are still suffering from neuroses. There's still some
issues there in the front of Chris Paul at this
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point is contaminating. You got the best years of Chris
Paul's career back in the Lob City days, and it
wasn't good enough. You got the greatness of Chris Paul
and it still failed when you had that high falutant
team with those hammered dunks from Blake Griffin and DeAndre Jordan.
And to think that you're gonna bring him in at
this point at age thirty eight, and you're gonna add
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the old gangster and everything will be fine here. There'll
be no snap crackle pop. I mean, think about what
the Clippers would be if they add Chrispall. I don't
think they're going to trade for MS. Let's say they
just get him in a salary contract buyout and he
comes to the Clippers. There's this blind spot that I
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look at and I'm like, what are you doing. It's
like the kryptonites right there. You know you're allergic to it,
and you're still grabbing at the cryptonite. With Chris Paul,
the man can no longer shoot. He can't he's shot.
During the seven playoff games he played against the Clippers
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and also the Denver Nuggets for Chris Paul, he got
forty one percent from the floor, thirty two from three
point range. He struggled to even make foul shots, and
during the regular season his numbers were down. In the
regular season, you look at points, assists, steals, rebounds, all
the numbers down, and you drop Chris Paul in his
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late thirties into the Clipper locker room. And what are
they planning for the playoffs? Are they going to call
their playoff run next year? The three martini lunch because
Kawhi Leonard and Paul George and CP three, we'll all
get together. They'll have Martiniz and watch the playoffs on
television while the other players play while they're all out
with some kind of injury. Because we know Kawhi Leonard,
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if you sneeze on him, he'll be back at his
resort Style Mancher, his casa in San Diego, having a
grand old time. Paul George George, if you look at
him the wrong way, you can't play. And CP three
gets out of bed at this point and his legs
starts acting up. So that's what you've got. It is
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hour four we'll have the Mallord Militia feud and random
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Mallard Palooza, which is coming up here. It is the
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It's on this show. Nobody else has at the Mallard Palooza.
We'll tell you about that, how you can enter into that.
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And we'll have more details on that coming up here
in a little bit. And straight ahead is Draymond Green
about to exit the Bay Area. Could the end be
near for Draymon with the Warriors. We'll get to that
and we will do it next.
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Speaker 1 (16:52):
He says, the Suns are building a bully and a
championship squad in this league. Bull crap on a video game,
I would agree with you, But in reality, when Kevin
Durant misses two months and Devin Booker hurts his leg
and can't play, and Bradley Beal misses a month, and
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then they take turns getting hurt in the playoffs, that's
what you're gonna get. I've learned my lesson. I've been
burned too many times, too many times, too many times.
Who else do we have? Page down? Let's hear Pete
the Machina says the Sons acquiring Bradley Beal just turns
them in to the twenty twenty two Brooklyn nets west
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Now they have a defensive minded coach and Frank Vogel
with three big players that don't like to play defense.
That will implode in no time. There you go. Who
else do you have to see? Page down? Can't read that.
The Burner account rights and says, don't bear the lead.
Speaker 4 (17:52):
My man.
Speaker 1 (17:52):
Imagine a world with Russell Westbrook and Chris Weekend at
Bernie's Paul on the same team. The content will be gold.
Please let this happen. There you go, and he says,
by the way, the answer for the who am I
game is TECO's ice ice baby Tacos. I think you
mean Tito's not Tecos, but you were close. Yes, you're
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a little close to that, But that's fine. Ferg Dog
rights and says ben I would like like it either.
I would not. I don't like it either. But you
gotta give Balmer credit for bringing CP three back. No,
he hasn't brought it back yet, he says, when nobody
else wants him, as the Clippers poem says, give me.
You're tired, You're poor, you're huddled masses. You're earning to
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breathe free the wretched refuse of your teeming shore. So
he says, Bradley Beal, big trade. There's also a Bradley
Beal conspiracy theory, because you can't have anything without some
kind of conspiracy theory. And this one does smell a
little funky. This smells a little funky. We'll get to
that coming up in a couple of minutes, and Draymond
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Green will do that right now. Reports of Miami say
that the Heat are going to put a full court
press on wooing woo Draymondri to have him leave the
Golden State Warriors and take his talents to Miami Miami.
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Miami Miami and the Miami Heat have been linked to
Draymond Green. They did not seem all that interested in
Bradley Beal, although it would appear that that was an
inside job. The Bradley Beal trade will explain what that's about.
Let's go to the phones, though, and Andre is back
from the Commonwealth in the common with Hello, Andre, What
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who going on? Ben?
Speaker 5 (19:44):
Yes, I'm back. Fool is out for the summer. Wool
is out forever forever.
Speaker 1 (19:52):
You're never going back. That's it.
Speaker 5 (19:53):
You've quit, Andre, No, No, that was that was a
great August. But for the foreseeable future. I'm back looking
to move up the ranks of the Malor militia. That's
going to be at the top of my priority list
as we set sail in the early days now, the
tours have not defended upon us just yet here here
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on the Cape. So I got about two weeks a
week and a half really, once we get into July,
all bets are off. We got to run for the hills.
These tours coming in, you know, We got to maximize the.
Speaker 1 (20:22):
Dollars, don't you have to? Are you gonna leave there
and then price gouge the people that want to stay
at your place? Are you gonna rent out your place
and make more money that way?
Speaker 5 (20:30):
I'm gonna do what Duncan Dornuts does.
Speaker 1 (20:32):
Man.
Speaker 5 (20:32):
I'm gonna rent out a corner like they can get
like a closet at my residence and it's gonna be
like a thousand dollars a week, and I know that
it'll sell out, you know what I mean? Perfect there
you go take over every establishment. But then to the
point the suns, I'm on board with you. I'm skeptical
of these super teams.
Speaker 2 (20:48):
Right.
Speaker 5 (20:48):
What happened when Scottie Pippen and Charles Barkley and a
chem Elija one teamed up, you know what I mean
to get that championship. It was an outright disaster, right
and what they did they got bounced in the first
round of the second round whatever it was. And I
don't think Charles Barkley and Scottie Pippen are talking to
themselves to this day. So yes on paper in Vegas,
might you know pump the suns up, you know, to
get that, you know quick, you know, sensational dollar. But
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the Devi Nuggets are still there, still a favorites in
the Western Conference far as I'm concerned. Not only do
they have the core roster, but they also will attract
players that want to get in the championship conversation. You know,
you look at how kind of uh interesting that Miami's
talking about Draymond Green coming there. I look at what
they got out of Kevin Love and like, uh freaking uh,
what did.
Speaker 1 (21:29):
They get out of Kevin Love? He was he didn't
do anything for them? What did they get out of him?
They got the service with come on, maybe a dead
body out there. They've flopping him around as the mannequin
Kevin Love.
Speaker 5 (21:41):
But he got them too, I don't.
Speaker 1 (21:44):
I watched almost every every Miami Heat playoff game. I
think there were maybe two moments where Kevin Love did
something that's worth noting in the entire pres important.
Speaker 5 (21:53):
Those were important moments, yea, like Boston and conclusion, Ben
thrilled to be back. Okay Loving being on board with
the Mala Malissa Phoenix Suns. You have a long way
to go because, as you mentioned, mentioned with this new CBA,
it's could be very difficult for them to get the
depth on the bench that they need to make a
deep run the playoffs.
Speaker 1 (22:11):
All right, there, he goes, I know CJ in Washington's
very happy. He randomly called up last week CJ and
said that's one of his favorites. Right, He's a big
fan of the call of and the call a while
from Andre loves he does. Yeah. So, Bradley Beal the
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last couple of years is his injury report has just
lit up here. Now. I don't know how much of
this is embellished because he needed extra time off, or
how much of this is legit. That's up to the
discretion of those that examined the injuries. But we do know.
In the last couple of years, Bradley Beal has had
a rotator cuff injury that cost him the rest of
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the season. That was an injury a couple years ago.
He also has missed time with a bad left knee,
bruised right hip. He had surgery on his left wrist,
straight and hamstring, left foot problem. Other than that, everything
is great. Now, what is the conspiracy theories? Big trade here?
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Bradley Beal goes from Washington to the Suns it's not
official official, but it's only partially official. But what is
behind it? There's a conspiracy.
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Speaker 2 (24:12):
Yeah.
Speaker 3 (24:13):
Sometimes I like to mention things on our Sunday into
Monday show here on the West Coast. You know that
people don't see things all the time over the weekend,
but I did want to mention for those who may
have missed it on our show, we did get the
Friday news dump that we expected. Yeah, John Morant. News
did come down that a little bit earlier in the day.
Speaker 1 (24:31):
Still, I think East Coast time, Yeast Coast time, Ptario
at work, people get off work on Friday, they don't
go and they look at the new They go out
and drink. They go and have your time.
Speaker 3 (24:42):
If you missed it, Memphis Grizzly start John Morant twenty
five games suspension for conduct detrimental to the leam, which
is less than I thought it was gonna be.
Speaker 1 (24:50):
Yeah, it's less than I thought too, And I lowered
my number. I even lowered my number original number. I
think I said he's going to miss half the season,
and then he would they would allow him to come back.
But and then then I switched it to thirty five.
I was still too high. So I lose the showcase showdown,
which is unfortunate. Now, my guy in Pennsylvania, the Fried Daddy,
he claims that Adam Silver changed the punishment that originally
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the punishment was going to be a little bit more,
and he changed it. But he just made that up.
Speaker 4 (25:19):
I don't know if he has any informations.
Speaker 1 (25:23):
Remember that we move on, you know, don't. We don't
talk about past shows. We don't. We forget about whatever
happened last week. We forget about In fact, I forgot
what I talked about five minutes ago. That's the truth,
all right, Thank you for that. Eddie. Is the Ben
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with the Miami Heat for not a acquiring or even
making a strong push to get Bradley Beal. People have
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taken some shots at pat Riley. But there is a
conspiracy that would indicate that the Miami Heat had no chance,
zero chance to acquire Bradley Beial. In fact, the Boston
Celtics had no chance. The Knicks, Nobody, Golden State, nobody
else other than the Sons had the inside track to
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acquire Bradley Beal. Why well, is it true this was
an inside job that Bradley Beal's agent, Mark Bartelstein, is
the father of the Sons general manager Josh, and that
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on Father's Day they agreed to a sweet, hard deal
that sends Bradley Beal from Washington to Phoenix for not
even not even one for first round pick. Hmm. Things
that make you go hmmm.
Speaker 3 (27:05):
Doesn't he have like a full no trade clause though?
Speaker 1 (27:07):
Yet he has a no trade clause. He's already agreed
to wave the no trade clause.
Speaker 3 (27:11):
No what I'm saying. So he got to basically pick
where he wanted to go.
Speaker 1 (27:14):
No, but there were no other options. There were no
other options. The agent for Bradley Beal's son is the
general manager in Phoenix. This is not a fair trade.
If the NBA had a commissioner with balls like David
Stern back in the day, this trade would be vetoed.
You're trading a contract in Chris Paul. The Wizards are
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likely going to buy out Landry Shamant, who's a dime
a dozen in the NBA, and some second round picks
and a pick swap. This is a giveaway. That's the
kind of trade that should be voided by a real
legitimate commissioner. But everyone's in to take It's like professional wrestling. Wait,
what's at the NBA? What's the relationship the agent for
Bradley Beal who negotiated the trade with his son who's
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the general manager of the Suns, and they gave up nothing.
Speaker 4 (28:02):
But yeah, but what does that have to do with
the Wizards?
Speaker 1 (28:04):
The Wiz I'm telling you, Oh my god, do I
have to you not listening? Coop?
Speaker 4 (28:08):
I am listening.
Speaker 1 (28:09):
It's an inside job? How is it an inside Because
of the agent, the Wizards want to trade Bradley Beal,
so they were desperately trying to get rid of him.
He would have gone to my He could have gone
to Miami Phoenix. Go it doesn't he would have gone
to Miami Zoo. So he would have gone to Miami.
I could give you an agent and Bradley Beal's would say, no,
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I want to go to the Phoenix. This is what
I'm talking about. This nonsense.
Speaker 3 (28:35):
The guy that's why I said I brought it up agent.
Speaker 1 (28:40):
First of all, he was he would have gone to
Miami too. But the agent, yes, he told me that
he texted me text. Yeah, he showed me the text.
He also said a middle finger to you is what
he said. Yeah, no, Mark, Mark's gonna be double fishing
cookies tomorrow. There's what Mark's gonna be doing here. But
(29:00):
this is this is why the NB gets away with
his crap, because guy's like, you're a boll. See the
agent who negotiated wasn't the Wizards in negotiated the trade.
The agent negotiated the trade with his son. And you
don't think anything's unusual about that. You don't think there's
anything odd about the agent negotiating with his son, who's
the general manager of an NBA team, to complete a trade.
Do you think there's nothing odd about that?
Speaker 3 (29:22):
This is a guy if his son was the GM
of the Thunder, would he be going there?
Speaker 1 (29:27):
Yes, he would absolutely. Let's go to the phones. Jeff
is in Scottsdale. My god, hello Jeff, there's a conspiracy.
The guy don't even get the conspiracy, Jeff.
Speaker 8 (29:42):
So everyone who's hating on the field edition in Phoenix, Plumber,
remind you this past week the Sons were about to
release him, but now we flipped them for a three
time All Star.
Speaker 1 (29:54):
You're sorry, you're talking about Chris Paul. You flipped him
because the agent was in cohoots with your You're an
inside job, Jeff, you got inside trading. You know you
go to jail if you do that, You're like Martha Stewart.
The Sons are like Martha Stewart, inside trading.
Speaker 8 (30:10):
My whole thing is, what do you think there's any
chance that Chris Paul could still come back to the Suns,
and if he did with the NBA after step in that, yes.
Speaker 1 (30:19):
What bring him back? He can't play, he's thirty eight,
he's washed up. Bring him back. I would love to
see him back with the Suns. Why not? The guy's done,
stick a forking and bring him back. Go away. It
is the Ben Malors Show. As we continue on. If
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So time now for the who am I? Game? I
realized he had another one on Sunday, but entering Sunday,
sho heeyo tani over his last eighteen games heading into
Sunday where he hit another homer, but he had twenty
eight hits, eight teen extra base hits, fifteen walks, eleven
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home runs in three stolen bases. I am the only
other Big League player in the modern era to reach
all of those milestones over an eighteen game span. Who Mi,
that's the question. The answer next.
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are okay with absolute corruption. That is true. They both
admitted it. They're perfectly fine with the agent negotiating a
deal with the GM of one team that is clearly
a lopsided trade, a lopsided transaction. Okay, with that, time
now for the who am I? Game entering Sunday. I
know he had another home run on Sunday, but Shohil Tani,
(32:34):
overs eighteen games heading into Sunday with the Angels, had
twenty eight hits, eighteen extra base hits, fifteen walks, eleven
home runs, and three stolen bases. I'm the only other
big league player in the modern era to reach all
of those numbers over an eighteen game span. Who am I?
That is the question? What's the answer? Andy? The comic
(32:55):
book Guy says Dave Roberts, poker face is the answer.
The Garcia earner accounts as Jackie Chan Sweet lou Panela
guest by Larry D. Mister Wright, going with the old
shortstop from Louisville Chicken Wolf as his answer. Energizer Bunny
tossed out by Big Greg in Iowa. Who else do
(33:19):
we have page down. Jerry Kuzman from Robin, Minnesota. The
Grinch in My Closet from Thomas in the five to
one three? Who else do we have? Can't read that?
Speaker 4 (33:29):
On the air?
Speaker 1 (33:31):
Mo Vaughn from Calligan, Tim in Michigan, Miguel on Fire
says Dodger legend Franklin Stubbs is the way to go.
Who else do we have?
Speaker 4 (33:40):
Sewn?
Speaker 1 (33:41):
And Portland got this right? Bad job by him obviously cheating.
Barry Manilow from Cheen in Des Moines. Who else do
we have? Matthew Warrior Rairaise fans, it's someone fortunate enough
to face the Dodgers' bullpen a bunch of times. Cowboy
Killer says it's got to be John Elway. That is
(34:01):
the answer. Ferg Dog going with Cookie Muster. Well, Cookie
Monster has aged since I was a kid. For Dog.
That's a good photo there of the new Cookie Monster.
Danny Tanner guessed by Benito the cowboy fan? Who else
do we have? Paid Dan? I can't read that on
the art the correct answer get to the point please,
The correct answer is not Dan Patrick. Guess by ted
(34:23):
or Uranus Cesspidis from Eke and Rosevil Minnesota. The correct
answer is none other than Lou Garrick, the Iron Horse
nineteen twenty seven Yankees, The iconic nineteen twenty seven Yankees
are the greatest team of all time, so they said
at that time. But June twenty first to July fifth,
(34:46):
Lou Garrick had similar numbers to what shohe Otani has
done the last month, and Otani, following the Aeron Judge guide,
Aaron Judge set the template on how to get a
massive contract. Aaron Judge, the Yankee didn't want to pay him,
and Aaron Judge went out and hit a gazillion home
runs and the Yankees paid him. And now Aaron Judge
(35:07):
has a bad toe and can't play for a month,
but he got paid. He got paid. He set the
Ale record for home runs and all that wonderful stuff.
So Aaron Judge hitting all those home runs and he
hurt his toe and all that stuff, but he got paid.
And it's not like nobody was gonna pay Otani anyway.
But now show Heo Tani is putting up the massive numbers,
(35:29):
and that means that he'll get the massive payday. And
that's how that's going to go. Right now, though we
get into the m LB Pickham Daily Fantasy Baseball. Several
people I did ask Ben last week, they said, how
come you never update the standings? I said, that's a
(35:49):
great point. I don't know why we don't ever up
last week? We almost, but we should do it daily, locue.
People need to know who's winning, who's in ahead?
Speaker 3 (35:57):
There?
Speaker 4 (35:57):
All right, hold on, we have time.
Speaker 1 (35:59):
We have plenty of time. Oh my god, plenty of
I'm gonna go take a nap. We have that much time.
Speaker 4 (36:04):
All right, let's see here we are.
Speaker 1 (36:06):
Who's and talk slowly? When you say, who's in the
first place?
Speaker 4 (36:08):
Go ahead? You and I are actually tied.
Speaker 1 (36:10):
Yeah, I'm behind, I'm ahead, I'm ahead. And I goes
to the host. I'm ahead.
Speaker 4 (36:16):
I mean I'm going to had five?
Speaker 1 (36:17):
So we quit? He quit?
Speaker 4 (36:19):
Does that carry?
Speaker 1 (36:20):
He quit? He quit the show. He's out?
Speaker 4 (36:22):
So no, And then Edie is the last place?
Speaker 1 (36:25):
Last goods, Eddie. That's embarrassing.
Speaker 3 (36:28):
I don't care.
Speaker 1 (36:29):
That's I mean, I know, but at least make an effort, Eddie.
Speaker 3 (36:31):
How could I be in last place? Mark's here? Mark
guess is like Damon Barry Hill.
Speaker 1 (36:36):
Yeah, but Damon Barry. That's a value pick Damon.
Speaker 3 (36:38):
Barry Hill, all these all these other rated rookie, Well,
don't put me on there either. How about that?
Speaker 5 (36:43):
Wow?
Speaker 1 (36:46):
Yeah?
Speaker 8 (36:46):
Is it?
Speaker 1 (36:46):
I'm not winning.
Speaker 3 (36:49):
Because Ben would do?
Speaker 1 (36:50):
I know That's not how I operate. It's cheetah. I'll
get my ven diagram to explain why there's corruption in
the NBA, even though you don't think there's corruption in
the NBA. But I'll do that.
Speaker 3 (36:59):
He just gives himself the first pick all the time,
doesn't check the standings.
Speaker 1 (37:02):
What are you talking about? You? The rule is if
you guys think there is a rule, I said, the rules,
it's the Ben Mountain, I said. And so when you're not,
it's called you.
Speaker 2 (37:14):
Here.
Speaker 1 (37:15):
And there's a different board op than I just I
make my pick. I have the I have the first
pick because I picked Rory McIlroy. Oh yes, and I'm
gonna go with Corbyn Burns. Mister Burns, all right, Uh,
let's see your aenye meanie miney moe. You know what
I'm gonna I have a Well, you have the segment.
Go ahead, dy, go ahead, Michael Waka. It's a terrible pick.
(37:38):
I will take Merrill Kelly of my Arizona Diamondbacks and
Mark back to back Mark, Bill Madlock and Fred McGrath
crime a mad Dog and crime Dog A couple of dogs. Yes,
all right, I go. I'm up. I'll take Corbyn Carrol
of the Diamondbacks go ahead.
Speaker 3 (37:54):
Ed, you've never heard of him, O Dollas Garcia.
Speaker 1 (37:56):
He's not a baseball guy. Cool back to back, Rafael
Devers and bo A shed Eddie justin keep. Brian Hayes
the Pirates more terrible. Oh he got an extra player
even you know what, I'll let you have the extra player.
I'll let you have it.
Hello and welcome. It's our numb Bird one, our one
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But here in hour number one, a mega trade in
the NBA, the Phoenix Suns pulling it off with the
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Washington Wizards, who won the Bradley Beal trade, the sons
of the Wizards. How will Bradley Beal fit in with Phoenix?
And what do you make of the Clippers bird dogging
Chris Paul, who for now has been traded to Washington.
We'll talk about that and much more right now in
an NBA heavy our number one, including a conspiracy theory
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involving the Suns and Bradley Beal's agent. We'll get to
all that. We'll do it right now here. It is
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I'm so happy the company has me come in here.
I played a freeway bingo, almost got in about seven
accidents on the way here. But I think the show
is much better with me being here. God forbid, I
was not here. So happy to be here. It really
means a lot. It means a lot that they want
me to be here inside the studio. But anyway, we've
got a big night ahead, big night ahead here of
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bloviation through the overnight hours. And I was gonna start
in my head. I said, you know what, I'm gonna
do some golf. I'm gonna do some golf. Why not.
There was a major tournament just down the street from
where we do the show from. And then I learned
someone named Wyndham Clark one, and I said, there's no way,
there's no way, on God's green Earth, there's anything compelling
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about Wyndham Clark.
Speaker 2 (02:59):
No.
Speaker 1 (03:00):
But we did get a trade, and that perked up
my ears a little bit. When I saw the trade,
I was like, now we got something. Now we got something.
We got a trade, and it did in pro bouncy
so our league does come from pro bouncy ball. The
NBA Draft is just a few days away. I know
you're very excited about that, unless you are not, unless
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you are not excited about that. But the first trade
domino has come tumbling down like a tree out in
the forest. Timber Bradley Beal has been traded. He has
been excommunicated from the Beltway, no longer part of the
Washington Wizards, although it's not official official. If you haven't
(03:45):
heard yet, and perhaps you actually disengage over the weekend,
so maybe you missed it. If you did we have
been told the Washington Wizards have put a spell together
and they are sending and finalizing a trade of Bradley
Beal to the Suns in exchange for the rotting carcass
(04:09):
of Chris Paul his contract Landry Shammitt. Yes, and multiple
not first round picks, second round picks, and a pick swap,
which is always my favorite. I like when we swap picks.
So nice to swap picksack at lunch. I used to
swap my tuna fish sandwich for peanut butter and jelly.
(04:31):
Sometimes I'd make that swap, and I do that at
lunch sometimes, back in elementary school. So Washington is not
expected to keep Chris Paul. Why would they. He's not
very good anymore and he's old, and they're expected to
buy him out. They're trying to work out some kind
of trade. The math on that is fuzzy. There's some
(04:52):
fuzzy math on that, and much to my dismay, much
to my heartburn, the Clippers have prominently been mention mentioned
in that as a possibility. But don't bear the leave
my man. It's all about Bradley Beal going to the Suns,
and so let's discuss who won the Bradley Beal trade.
The Sons are the Wizards, all right, So I have
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on my Malor report card the Sons get a B
plus and the Wizards in F minus. What I know,
the mayor in Washington back in the day used to
smoke crack. Are the Wizards front office executives doing that
as well? That's the pack of dog pool you got
(05:37):
back for Bradley Beal. Is he missing his right leg?
Maybe his ankle is bent the wrong way? I must
not have seen that. I must not have gotten that memo,
My goodness. So I've got AirPod, greyhound bus, and three
martini lunch and we will combine all of these things
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together and we are going to make a nice smooth
landing at Sky Harbor Airport in Phoenix for Bradley Beal.
So a Bradley Beal is the quintessential good player on
a bad team, but you don't really know what. You
don't know whether or not that will translate on a
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good team. You think you know, but you don't know.
And we've seen examples over the years of guys that
put up great stats, and Bradley bial was averaging over
thirty points a game at one stretch in his time
in Washington, and then you go to a different situation
and all of a sudden, wow, not so good there,
But he does escape the sorcerer's workshop in Washington, and
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now a super team who the Denver Nuggets not a superteam.
The Miami Heat not a super team played for the
NBA Finals. But now these Sons are like, not on that,
We're all in. We're all in on this. So you're
gonna have Kevin Durant on one side, Devin Booker on
the other, and then Bradley Beal and for now DeAndre
Ayton is also in the mix. And so you've got
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that inverted triangle of a roster in Phoenix and they
think this is the way to salvation in Arizona, only
to watch it blow up in their face. Do the
Sons are gonna be the gambling favorite to win the championship?
But are they really? Are they? Do you really trust
Kevin Durant or Devin Booker who's vanished in elimination games
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back to back years. A coach killer in Devin Booker
in close out game situations, my goodness, and Bradley Billy.
You don't know for sure that this guy will be
able to get it done. But it's you look at
the Sun's roster now and they they're the ultimate AirPod
shaped club. There's a lot up top, right, there's a
(07:54):
lot up the airpot, a lot up top. You've got Booker, Durant, Beale,
and Ayton at one hund and sixty three million, and
then below those guys will be the players at the
soup kitchen. If you were playing Monopoly, the Suns would
have Boardwalk and park Place, but they'd also have Intermingling
(08:16):
on the board they have. They'd have Baltic and Mediterranean
avenues on your Monopoly board, so they'd combine all those
together and hope it works out. But the Suns they're
gonna have four unless they get rid of Aayton, which
is still in play here. It's early on. This is
a big week for trades. But at this moment we
can do the show in the moment. The Suns at
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this time have four max contracts and the Collective Bargaining
Agreement the CREBA, they limit the number of max contests
you can have. And then they just kick in the
nuts over and over again, and they poke you in
the eyes if you go over the threshold. There's aprons,
kind of like in a kitchen, there's different aprons, and
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the Suns this point would be above the second apron,
which means they will literally have no one else on
the team other than those four guys. They will be
having auditions. If you would like to play for the Suns,
you might want to send your resume in. You'll have
to wash the jerseys and probably mop the court, but
you could do it to fill out the Sun's roster.
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Are we gonna hear about the Sons culture? Are they
gonna go get a bunch of guys like the Miami
Heat undrafted players? They're gonna have to It would appear
based on what I've seen now as we continue this
diatribe here, how will Bradley beal fit with Arizona and
the team in Arizona, Suns in Phoenix? How's he gonna
fit in his new environment and all that stuff? So
(09:43):
how does Bradley beal do in Phoenix? That is the
great unknown. I am not as optimistic as many of
the NBA pundits that I have seen opining on this.
I am skeptical. He is gonna have to get acclimated
to his new environment. That's standard operating procedure. But from
the Wizard side of things, also, what a terrible trade
(10:06):
you just gave away Bradley bial And I think Bradley
Beal's got some he doesn't play defense, he has three
point shooting's gone down the last couple of years. But
he's gotta be worth more than Landry Shaman and a
couple of second round picks and a pick swap. Is
that is that where we are and Chris Paul that
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contract to make any sense? I mean, from the Sun
side of things, you make the trade because you're giving
up nothing. You're giving up absolutely nothing, and you're getting
somebody that can at least play it scor some points
for you if nothing else. Will see how the bland works.
But that concoction of players in Phoenix. I gave the
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Sons a B plus because on the male report card,
I am not as confident that this guy is going
to sit in the back of the Greyhound bus while
Kevin Durant and Devin Booker ride the bus in the
front seat. They're driving the bus and he's in the back.
I'm not convinced that he's that guy that's gonna be
willing to do that and be marginalized and floundering is
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the third option there. And Beal is getting paid top
dollar and he's supposed to take a tertiary role in Phoenix.
What could possibly go wrong? Now? The good news is
all these guys are hurt, including Bradley Beal. So even
though it looks great, you know, Durant' missed half the season.
He always does these days. Devin Booker's not missed reliable anymore.
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And Bradley Beal has missed almost thirty five percent of
the Washington Wizards games, almost thirty five percent of the
Wizards games in the last four years. Last four years,
he's not been there, dependable and all that. He's missed
one hundred and one regular season games with injuries, some
(11:56):
of them real, some of them load management, fugazy up
andrews a right now the last word here. A number
of you were busting my chops as this trade has
been bouncing around the echo chamber. You're very excited about
this because the other leg of the trade is that
the Wizards acquired the contract of the rotting Chris Paul
(12:16):
and that they're gonna flip him to the Clippers. Because
the Wizards gm is a former Clipper executive. So my perspective,
what do you make of the Clippers being very interested
in bringing back Chris Paul. Now, I wouldn't trade Clipper
Darryl for Chris Paul. Okay, I would rather have Clipper Daryl.
(12:38):
I know, and the man can take a punch. I
don't know about Chris Paul. So I'd rather have Clipper
Daryl than Chris Paul. So we'll start with that. But
if you can get him as a buyout find But
the whole Chris Paul thing is illogical and tells me
the Clippers are still suffering from neuroses. There's still some
issues there in the front of Chris Paul at this
(12:58):
point is contaminating. You got the best years of Chris
Paul's career back in the Lob City days, and it
wasn't good enough. You got the greatness of Chris Paul
and it still failed when you had that high falutant
team with those hammered dunks from Blake Griffin and DeAndre Jordan.
And to think that you're gonna bring him in at
this point at age thirty eight, and you're gonna add
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the old gangster and everything will be fine here. There'll
be no snap crackle pop. I mean, think about what
the Clippers would be if they add Chrispall. I don't
think they're going to trade for MS. Let's say they
just get him in a salary contract buyout and he
comes to the Clippers. There's this blind spot that I
(13:43):
look at and I'm like, what are you doing. It's
like the kryptonites right there. You know you're allergic to it,
and you're still grabbing at the cryptonite. With Chris Paul,
the man can no longer shoot. He can't he's shot.
During the seven playoff games he played against the Clippers
(14:05):
and also the Denver Nuggets for Chris Paul, he got
forty one percent from the floor, thirty two from three
point range. He struggled to even make foul shots, and
during the regular season his numbers were down. In the
regular season, you look at points, assists, steals, rebounds, all
the numbers down, and you drop Chris Paul in his
(14:28):
late thirties into the Clipper locker room. And what are
they planning for the playoffs? Are they going to call
their playoff run next year? The three martini lunch because
Kawhi Leonard and Paul George and CP three, we'll all
get together. They'll have Martiniz and watch the playoffs on
television while the other players play while they're all out
with some kind of injury. Because we know Kawhi Leonard,
(14:51):
if you sneeze on him, he'll be back at his
resort Style Mancher, his casa in San Diego, having a
grand old time. Paul George George, if you look at
him the wrong way, you can't play. And CP three
gets out of bed at this point and his legs
starts acting up. So that's what you've got. It is
the Ben Mahlor Show. If you'd like to comment on
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He says, the Suns are building a bully and a
championship squad in this league. Bull crap on a video game,
I would agree with you, But in reality, when Kevin
Durant misses two months and Devin Booker hurts his leg
and can't play, and Bradley Beal misses a month, and
(17:14):
then they take turns getting hurt in the playoffs, that's
what you're gonna get. I've learned my lesson. I've been
burned too many times, too many times, too many times.
Who else do we have? Page down? Let's hear Pete
the Machina says the Sons acquiring Bradley Beal just turns
them in to the twenty twenty two Brooklyn nets west
(17:35):
Now they have a defensive minded coach and Frank Vogel
with three big players that don't like to play defense.
That will implode in no time. There you go. Who
else do you have to see? Page down? Can't read that.
The Burner account rights and says, don't bear the lead.
Speaker 4 (17:52):
My man.
Speaker 1 (17:52):
Imagine a world with Russell Westbrook and Chris Weekend at
Bernie's Paul on the same team. The content will be gold.
Please let this happen. There you go, and he says,
by the way, the answer for the who am I
game is TECO's ice ice baby Tacos. I think you
mean Tito's not Tecos, but you were close. Yes, you're
(18:15):
a little close to that, But that's fine. Ferg Dog
rights and says ben I would like like it either.
I would not. I don't like it either. But you
gotta give Balmer credit for bringing CP three back. No,
he hasn't brought it back yet, he says, when nobody
else wants him, as the Clippers poem says, give me.
You're tired, You're poor, you're huddled masses. You're earning to
(18:36):
breathe free the wretched refuse of your teeming shore. So
he says, Bradley Beal, big trade. There's also a Bradley
Beal conspiracy theory, because you can't have anything without some
kind of conspiracy theory. And this one does smell a
little funky. This smells a little funky. We'll get to
that coming up in a couple of minutes, and Draymond
(18:58):
Green will do that right now. Reports of Miami say
that the Heat are going to put a full court
press on wooing woo Draymondri to have him leave the
Golden State Warriors and take his talents to Miami Miami.
(19:19):
Miami Miami and the Miami Heat have been linked to
Draymond Green. They did not seem all that interested in
Bradley Beal, although it would appear that that was an
inside job. The Bradley Beal trade will explain what that's about.
Let's go to the phones, though, and Andre is back
from the Commonwealth in the common with Hello, Andre, What
(19:43):
who going on? Ben?
Speaker 5 (19:44):
Yes, I'm back. Fool is out for the summer. Wool
is out forever forever.
Speaker 1 (19:52):
You're never going back. That's it.
Speaker 5 (19:53):
You've quit, Andre, No, No, that was that was a
great August. But for the foreseeable future. I'm back looking
to move up the ranks of the Malor militia. That's
going to be at the top of my priority list
as we set sail in the early days now, the
tours have not defended upon us just yet here here
(20:14):
on the Cape. So I got about two weeks a
week and a half really, once we get into July,
all bets are off. We got to run for the hills.
These tours coming in, you know, We got to maximize the.
Speaker 1 (20:22):
Dollars, don't you have to? Are you gonna leave there
and then price gouge the people that want to stay
at your place? Are you gonna rent out your place
and make more money that way?
Speaker 5 (20:30):
I'm gonna do what Duncan Dornuts does.
Speaker 1 (20:32):
Man.
Speaker 5 (20:32):
I'm gonna rent out a corner like they can get
like a closet at my residence and it's gonna be
like a thousand dollars a week, and I know that
it'll sell out, you know what I mean? Perfect there
you go take over every establishment. But then to the
point the suns, I'm on board with you. I'm skeptical
of these super teams.
Speaker 2 (20:48):
Right.
Speaker 5 (20:48):
What happened when Scottie Pippen and Charles Barkley and a
chem Elija one teamed up, you know what I mean
to get that championship. It was an outright disaster, right
and what they did they got bounced in the first
round of the second round whatever it was. And I
don't think Charles Barkley and Scottie Pippen are talking to
themselves to this day. So yes on paper in Vegas,
might you know pump the suns up, you know, to
get that, you know quick, you know, sensational dollar. But
(21:09):
the Devi Nuggets are still there, still a favorites in
the Western Conference far as I'm concerned. Not only do
they have the core roster, but they also will attract
players that want to get in the championship conversation. You know,
you look at how kind of uh interesting that Miami's
talking about Draymond Green coming there. I look at what
they got out of Kevin Love and like, uh freaking uh,
what did.
Speaker 1 (21:29):
They get out of Kevin Love? He was he didn't
do anything for them? What did they get out of him?
They got the service with come on, maybe a dead
body out there. They've flopping him around as the mannequin
Kevin Love.
Speaker 5 (21:41):
But he got them too, I don't.
Speaker 1 (21:44):
I watched almost every every Miami Heat playoff game. I
think there were maybe two moments where Kevin Love did
something that's worth noting in the entire pres important.
Speaker 5 (21:53):
Those were important moments, yea, like Boston and conclusion, Ben
thrilled to be back. Okay Loving being on board with
the Mala Malissa Phoenix Suns. You have a long way
to go because, as you mentioned, mentioned with this new CBA,
it's could be very difficult for them to get the
depth on the bench that they need to make a
deep run the playoffs.
Speaker 1 (22:11):
All right, there, he goes, I know CJ in Washington's
very happy. He randomly called up last week CJ and
said that's one of his favorites. Right, He's a big
fan of the call of and the call a while
from Andre loves he does. Yeah. So, Bradley Beal the
(22:32):
last couple of years is his injury report has just
lit up here. Now. I don't know how much of
this is embellished because he needed extra time off, or
how much of this is legit. That's up to the
discretion of those that examined the injuries. But we do know.
In the last couple of years, Bradley Beal has had
a rotator cuff injury that cost him the rest of
(22:55):
the season. That was an injury a couple years ago.
He also has missed time with a bad left knee,
bruised right hip. He had surgery on his left wrist,
straight and hamstring, left foot problem. Other than that, everything
is great. Now, what is the conspiracy theories? Big trade here?
(23:17):
Bradley Beal goes from Washington to the Suns it's not
official official, but it's only partially official. But what is
behind it? There's a conspiracy.
Speaker 2 (23:26):
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Speaker 8 (24:10):
And Rich give me the hell.
Speaker 2 (24:12):
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Speaker 3 (24:13):
Sometimes I like to mention things on our Sunday into
Monday show here on the West Coast. You know that
people don't see things all the time over the weekend,
but I did want to mention for those who may
have missed it on our show, we did get the
Friday news dump that we expected. Yeah, John Morant. News
did come down that a little bit earlier in the day.
Speaker 1 (24:31):
Still, I think East Coast time, Yeast Coast time, Ptario
at work, people get off work on Friday, they don't
go and they look at the new They go out
and drink. They go and have your time.
Speaker 3 (24:42):
If you missed it, Memphis Grizzly start John Morant twenty
five games suspension for conduct detrimental to the leam, which
is less than I thought it was gonna be.
Speaker 1 (24:50):
Yeah, it's less than I thought too, And I lowered
my number. I even lowered my number original number. I
think I said he's going to miss half the season,
and then he would they would allow him to come back.
But and then then I switched it to thirty five.
I was still too high. So I lose the showcase showdown,
which is unfortunate. Now, my guy in Pennsylvania, the Fried Daddy,
he claims that Adam Silver changed the punishment that originally
(25:14):
the punishment was going to be a little bit more,
and he changed it. But he just made that up.
Speaker 4 (25:19):
I don't know if he has any informations.
Speaker 1 (25:23):
Remember that we move on, you know, don't. We don't
talk about past shows. We don't. We forget about whatever
happened last week. We forget about In fact, I forgot
what I talked about five minutes ago. That's the truth,
all right, Thank you for that. Eddie. Is the Ben
Malors Show, as we continue on through these overnight hours.
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with the Miami Heat for not a acquiring or even
making a strong push to get Bradley Beal. People have
(26:05):
taken some shots at pat Riley. But there is a
conspiracy that would indicate that the Miami Heat had no chance,
zero chance to acquire Bradley Beial. In fact, the Boston
Celtics had no chance. The Knicks, Nobody, Golden State, nobody
else other than the Sons had the inside track to
(26:26):
acquire Bradley Beal. Why well, is it true this was
an inside job that Bradley Beal's agent, Mark Bartelstein, is
the father of the Sons general manager Josh, and that
(26:47):
on Father's Day they agreed to a sweet, hard deal
that sends Bradley Beal from Washington to Phoenix for not
even not even one for first round pick. Hmm. Things
that make you go hmmm.
Speaker 3 (27:05):
Doesn't he have like a full no trade clause though?
Speaker 1 (27:07):
Yet he has a no trade clause. He's already agreed
to wave the no trade clause.
Speaker 3 (27:11):
No what I'm saying. So he got to basically pick
where he wanted to go.
Speaker 1 (27:14):
No, but there were no other options. There were no
other options. The agent for Bradley Beal's son is the
general manager in Phoenix. This is not a fair trade.
If the NBA had a commissioner with balls like David
Stern back in the day, this trade would be vetoed.
You're trading a contract in Chris Paul. The Wizards are
(27:35):
likely going to buy out Landry Shamant, who's a dime
a dozen in the NBA, and some second round picks
and a pick swap. This is a giveaway. That's the
kind of trade that should be voided by a real
legitimate commissioner. But everyone's in to take It's like professional wrestling. Wait,
what's at the NBA? What's the relationship the agent for
Bradley Beal who negotiated the trade with his son who's
(27:58):
the general manager of the Suns, and they gave up nothing.
Speaker 4 (28:02):
But yeah, but what does that have to do with
the Wizards?
Speaker 1 (28:04):
The Wiz I'm telling you, Oh my god, do I
have to you not listening? Coop?
Speaker 4 (28:08):
I am listening.
Speaker 1 (28:09):
It's an inside job? How is it an inside Because
of the agent, the Wizards want to trade Bradley Beal,
so they were desperately trying to get rid of him.
He would have gone to my He could have gone
to Miami Phoenix. Go it doesn't he would have gone
to Miami Zoo. So he would have gone to Miami.
I could give you an agent and Bradley Beal's would say, no,
(28:31):
I want to go to the Phoenix. This is what
I'm talking about. This nonsense.
Speaker 3 (28:35):
The guy that's why I said I brought it up agent.
Speaker 1 (28:40):
First of all, he was he would have gone to
Miami too. But the agent, yes, he told me that
he texted me text. Yeah, he showed me the text.
He also said a middle finger to you is what
he said. Yeah, no, Mark, Mark's gonna be double fishing
cookies tomorrow. There's what Mark's gonna be doing here. But
(29:00):
this is this is why the NB gets away with
his crap, because guy's like, you're a boll. See the
agent who negotiated wasn't the Wizards in negotiated the trade.
The agent negotiated the trade with his son. And you
don't think anything's unusual about that. You don't think there's
anything odd about the agent negotiating with his son, who's
the general manager of an NBA team, to complete a trade.
Do you think there's nothing odd about that?
Speaker 3 (29:22):
This is a guy if his son was the GM
of the Thunder, would he be going there?
Speaker 1 (29:27):
Yes, he would absolutely. Let's go to the phones. Jeff
is in Scottsdale. My god, hello Jeff, there's a conspiracy.
The guy don't even get the conspiracy, Jeff.
Speaker 8 (29:42):
So everyone who's hating on the field edition in Phoenix, Plumber,
remind you this past week the Sons were about to
release him, but now we flipped them for a three
time All Star.
Speaker 1 (29:54):
You're sorry, you're talking about Chris Paul. You flipped him
because the agent was in cohoots with your You're an
inside job, Jeff, you got inside trading. You know you
go to jail if you do that, You're like Martha Stewart.
The Sons are like Martha Stewart, inside trading.
Speaker 8 (30:10):
My whole thing is, what do you think there's any
chance that Chris Paul could still come back to the Suns,
and if he did with the NBA after step in that, yes.
Speaker 1 (30:19):
What bring him back? He can't play, he's thirty eight,
he's washed up. Bring him back. I would love to
see him back with the Suns. Why not? The guy's done,
stick a forking and bring him back. Go away. It
is the Ben Malors Show. As we continue on. If
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(30:42):
eight seven seven nine nine six six three six nine.
So time now for the who am I? Game? I
realized he had another one on Sunday, but entering Sunday,
sho heeyo tani over his last eighteen games heading into
Sunday where he hit another homer, but he had twenty
eight hits, eight teen extra base hits, fifteen walks, eleven
(31:02):
home runs in three stolen bases. I am the only
other Big League player in the modern era to reach
all of those milestones over an eighteen game span. Who Mi,
that's the question. The answer next.
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Speaker 1 (31:50):
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Houston astros of radio game show contestants Eddie and Coop
(32:14):
are okay with absolute corruption. That is true. They both
admitted it. They're perfectly fine with the agent negotiating a
deal with the GM of one team that is clearly
a lopsided trade, a lopsided transaction. Okay, with that, time
now for the who am I? Game entering Sunday. I
know he had another home run on Sunday, but Shohil Tani,
(32:34):
overs eighteen games heading into Sunday with the Angels, had
twenty eight hits, eighteen extra base hits, fifteen walks, eleven
home runs, and three stolen bases. I'm the only other
big league player in the modern era to reach all
of those numbers over an eighteen game span. Who am I?
That is the question? What's the answer? Andy? The comic
(32:55):
book Guy says Dave Roberts, poker face is the answer.
The Garcia earner accounts as Jackie Chan Sweet lou Panela
guest by Larry D. Mister Wright, going with the old
shortstop from Louisville Chicken Wolf as his answer. Energizer Bunny
tossed out by Big Greg in Iowa. Who else do
(33:19):
we have page down. Jerry Kuzman from Robin, Minnesota. The
Grinch in My Closet from Thomas in the five to
one three? Who else do we have? Can't read that?
Speaker 4 (33:29):
On the air?
Speaker 1 (33:31):
Mo Vaughn from Calligan, Tim in Michigan, Miguel on Fire
says Dodger legend Franklin Stubbs is the way to go.
Who else do we have?
Speaker 4 (33:40):
Sewn?
Speaker 1 (33:41):
And Portland got this right? Bad job by him obviously cheating.
Barry Manilow from Cheen in Des Moines. Who else do
we have? Matthew Warrior Rairaise fans, it's someone fortunate enough
to face the Dodgers' bullpen a bunch of times. Cowboy
Killer says it's got to be John Elway. That is
(34:01):
the answer. Ferg Dog going with Cookie Muster. Well, Cookie
Monster has aged since I was a kid. For Dog.
That's a good photo there of the new Cookie Monster.
Danny Tanner guessed by Benito the cowboy fan? Who else
do we have? Paid Dan? I can't read that on
the art the correct answer get to the point please,
The correct answer is not Dan Patrick. Guess by ted
(34:23):
or Uranus Cesspidis from Eke and Rosevil Minnesota. The correct
answer is none other than Lou Garrick, the Iron Horse
nineteen twenty seven Yankees, The iconic nineteen twenty seven Yankees
are the greatest team of all time, so they said
at that time. But June twenty first to July fifth,
(34:46):
Lou Garrick had similar numbers to what shohe Otani has
done the last month, and Otani, following the Aeron Judge guide,
Aaron Judge set the template on how to get a
massive contract. Aaron Judge, the Yankee didn't want to pay him,
and Aaron Judge went out and hit a gazillion home
runs and the Yankees paid him. And now Aaron Judge
(35:07):
has a bad toe and can't play for a month,
but he got paid. He got paid. He set the
Ale record for home runs and all that wonderful stuff.
So Aaron Judge hitting all those home runs and he
hurt his toe and all that stuff, but he got paid.
And it's not like nobody was gonna pay Otani anyway.
But now show Heo Tani is putting up the massive numbers,
(35:29):
and that means that he'll get the massive payday. And
that's how that's going to go. Right now, though we
get into the m LB Pickham Daily Fantasy Baseball. Several
people I did ask Ben last week, they said, how
come you never update the standings? I said, that's a
(35:49):
great point. I don't know why we don't ever up
last week? We almost, but we should do it daily, locue.
People need to know who's winning, who's in ahead?
Speaker 3 (35:57):
There?
Speaker 4 (35:57):
All right, hold on, we have time.
Speaker 1 (35:59):
We have plenty of time. Oh my god, plenty of
I'm gonna go take a nap. We have that much time.
Speaker 4 (36:04):
All right, let's see here we are.
Speaker 1 (36:06):
Who's and talk slowly? When you say, who's in the
first place?
Speaker 4 (36:08):
Go ahead? You and I are actually tied.
Speaker 1 (36:10):
Yeah, I'm behind, I'm ahead, I'm ahead. And I goes
to the host. I'm ahead.
Speaker 4 (36:16):
I mean I'm going to had five?
Speaker 1 (36:17):
So we quit? He quit?
Speaker 4 (36:19):
Does that carry?
Speaker 1 (36:20):
He quit? He quit the show. He's out?
Speaker 4 (36:22):
So no, And then Edie is the last place?
Speaker 1 (36:25):
Last goods, Eddie. That's embarrassing.
Speaker 3 (36:28):
I don't care.
Speaker 1 (36:29):
That's I mean, I know, but at least make an effort, Eddie.
Speaker 3 (36:31):
How could I be in last place? Mark's here? Mark
guess is like Damon Barry Hill.
Speaker 1 (36:36):
Yeah, but Damon Barry. That's a value pick Damon.
Speaker 3 (36:38):
Barry Hill, all these all these other rated rookie, Well,
don't put me on there either. How about that?
Speaker 5 (36:43):
Wow?
Speaker 1 (36:46):
Yeah?
Speaker 8 (36:46):
Is it?
Speaker 1 (36:46):
I'm not winning.
Speaker 3 (36:49):
Because Ben would do?
Speaker 1 (36:50):
I know That's not how I operate. It's cheetah. I'll
get my ven diagram to explain why there's corruption in
the NBA, even though you don't think there's corruption in
the NBA. But I'll do that.
Speaker 3 (36:59):
He just gives himself the first pick all the time,
doesn't check the standings.
Speaker 1 (37:02):
What are you talking about? You? The rule is if
you guys think there is a rule, I said, the rules,
it's the Ben Mountain, I said. And so when you're not,
it's called you.
Speaker 2 (37:14):
Here.
Speaker 1 (37:15):
And there's a different board op than I just I
make my pick. I have the I have the first
pick because I picked Rory McIlroy. Oh yes, and I'm
gonna go with Corbyn Burns. Mister Burns, all right, Uh,
let's see your aenye meanie miney moe. You know what
I'm gonna I have a Well, you have the segment.
Go ahead, dy, go ahead, Michael Waka. It's a terrible pick.
(37:38):
I will take Merrill Kelly of my Arizona Diamondbacks and
Mark back to back Mark, Bill Madlock and Fred McGrath
crime a mad Dog and crime Dog A couple of dogs. Yes,
all right, I go. I'm up. I'll take Corbyn Carrol
of the Diamondbacks go ahead.
Speaker 3 (37:54):
Ed, you've never heard of him, O Dollas Garcia.
Speaker 1 (37:56):
He's not a baseball guy. Cool back to back, Rafael
Devers and bo A shed Eddie justin keep. Brian Hayes
the Pirates more terrible. Oh he got an extra player
even you know what, I'll let you have the extra player.
I'll let you have it.
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