June 25, 2024 • 40 mins
Jason, Mike and Mark Medina give you the big takeaways from JJ Redick’s intro press conference. And Connor McDavid waited for all his teammates after the Game 7 loss!
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Mark Medina coming up with us in about twenty minutes.
Sasuys I already have stories about the JJ Reddick hiring.
I remember he joined us last week and said he
would be the number one person to undermine JJ Reddick
in the JJ Reddick Yeah, that doesn't age very well.
That that took all of three days for him to
want to follow up on that. So, well, if we're
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don't you normally let that jest state and lie in
the weeds a little bit longer than if you're under
your undermining from the beginning. Look, the underminer came out
right away at the end of The Incredibles. I'm the undermined.
But he's been waiting in behind the scenes eleven times.
Decided this is where I'm gonna know twenty four hours,
well or four hours two days before I'm going six hours,
I will undermine JJ Reddick.
Speaker 2 (01:38):
Do you guys believe for one second that even talked
to Lebron about it?
Speaker 1 (01:42):
No, I didn't talk to him about coaching it all.
And then I finally talked to him for fifteen Jason.
Speaker 2 (01:48):
We actually have JJ Reddick being asked about him talking
to Lebron James about the coaching high we do.
Speaker 1 (01:54):
Oh, yeah, well, let's hear it. So this is Lebron
talking to Doc.
Speaker 2 (01:57):
Oh, this is JJ Reddick being asked if Lebron had
anything to do with Jetty Higher.
Speaker 1 (02:03):
Okay, go ahead, let's hear it. He said, we had
George Jason Smith in the back. George, will you be
running an offense that is similar to what was run
last year? Will you defensively? Will you be running something
that is different from what Darvin ham did. Curious George,
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head coach of the Lakers, with worse ideas. Now, wait
a minute, there have been worse ideas. Here's the thing
we talked earlier, the keeper of the Cup hate you.
You were in the middle of telling that story. And
the way our studio is situated to pull the screen
the curtain back a little bit. We got four giant monitors,
almost as if he were the uh well, the eyes
of God over your right shoulder. Certainly there was an
(02:46):
image of Oral Herscheizer, who we know hate you. Yeah,
there's two. And now comparing new coach JJ Reddick with
the coaching stylings of Curious George. He's gonna hate you too. Yeah,
but that's okay, that's tua falls. Lakers be just as
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good if Curious George coach the team. The man with
the yellow hat has the clipboard drawn the plays up, George,
does he actually draw a play? That was one of
the criticisms of Darvin Hands the doorman that brings He's
sitting next to Jack Nicholson, the doorman with Honley the
(03:35):
Best and George, I have those plays you wanted drawn up,
and then he picks up his clipboard. But there's a
whole punch to it because George did something and goes, George,
what was the name of the dude that owned the store?
Speaker 2 (03:47):
Charkey?
Speaker 1 (03:48):
Yeah, yeah, Charkey's Yeah, Charky was the other dog. Dude,
you know he's the other dog. No no, no, no no,
the guy that owned the on the restaurant.
Speaker 3 (03:57):
No, no, no no.
Speaker 1 (03:57):
But the cat that with Linguini, the cat Linguini. Immediately
you well, that was the guy, right, Linguini was the cat. Right,
This is who runs the Lakers now the cast of
Curious George Garfield for dinner. Nonok Yoki? Not yok is
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a cat's name. Cat's name is Nioki. Yes, that's what
it is.
Speaker 2 (04:23):
Is a Linguini. That's the kid's name. From rat to Tui.
Speaker 1 (04:26):
Yes, yeah that's right. Yes, different movie about rats who
make food in France. Yeah. You know what the rats
won today? The rats that yes they didnts need to eat?
Uh yeah listen, rats eating pretty good in Florida right now. Well, again,
we'll have more on JJ Reddick and the Lakers coming
up in about about ten minutes or so. But you
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have to hear the finalist, Chef Pisketti. That's for skettyist,
voiced by Jim Cummings. Really yeah, who did Who did
the voice of Nioki? I don't think pnoke's May William
A trick question. Trick question was Debbie dry Berry. That's
someone really, Debbie dry Berry. Her last name is dry Berry.
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Do you see it? Okay, see it on my screen?
All right, all right, very good, there you go. Alright. Also,
d Bradley Baker was the second the uh, the Panthers
win the Stanley Cup tonight they beat Edmonton. We talked
about it last hour. Look, the game winning goal is
something that uh skinner skin is gonna think about for
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a long time. But there is nothing quite like the
final calls of both of these teams calling the last
ten seconds of the Panthers win. Now, the game ends
with the puck in the corner. The Panthers are able
to keep the puck in the corner where the flood,
where the Oilers can't get it out, and there's enough
movementto the puck where the referee doesn't blow the whistle
for a face off. So the clock ticks out with
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the puck in the corner in the Panthers zone. Here's
what it is. Let's listen to the Edmonton Oilers and
think about a comedian doing an impression of Harry Carry
when you hear the final call from the oiler side
seven seconds Florida two and it's a one, Oilers pulling
two seconds? What second? The season is over? The Florida Panthers.
Speaker 4 (06:18):
Have you want this? Stanley Cup?
Speaker 1 (06:20):
Two?
Speaker 4 (06:21):
One? Hid date seven?
Speaker 1 (06:25):
So I'm drinking tequila in this greasy spoon, Sandberg hitting
the head, both benches empty, and this guy tells me
I should do a shot with a warm innute. No,
he's bleeding from the temples. It doesn't look good. But
the but the Panthers win the Stanley Cup. See, I
keep going back to Jack Klampus. I gotta pay to
fix your Cadillac. Yeah, it was definite side fell down
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in Del Boca Vista. Holy God. But this is definitely
the guy at the very end, like you can almost
feel like the world is ending behind him like that,
like that big the big explosions happening on scarf at
the end of Rogue one and they're GINNERSO and Cassie
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andor there and they know it's coming. There just sitting
there waiting for it. Like you can feel it behind him.
I feel like the world is ending. And he knows this,
and these are the last words he's ever gonna get
to say before the world ends. No, that's all right.
It's all burning. Yeah, no, And you have the little
guy in for the fire. It tastes like burning. So
there's your Edmonton oilers.
Speaker 4 (07:31):
But now he.
Speaker 1 (07:34):
Here's the best part, because now we have it from
the Florida Panthers side, and it's a call that you
would expect to hear. Please take one step back from
your radio as you listen to the Florida Panthers called
the first Stanley Cup championship in the team says.
Speaker 5 (07:49):
Ten seconds left two what Panthers, I swan thirty.
Speaker 1 (07:55):
Years the.
Speaker 6 (07:58):
Florida Pitthers go, but Stanley Cup Rod, Stanley's coming.
Speaker 1 (08:05):
You always have the President of Florida.
Speaker 5 (08:09):
Birl the pillar bon the Stanley Cupp for the first
time nic history.
Speaker 1 (08:20):
Start the celebration South Florida. The Panthers have done it.
Speaker 6 (08:24):
Stanley top shedy.
Speaker 1 (08:29):
So that's Bill Lindsay yelling in the background, and I'm
picturing this whole time, Bill Murray, I'm thinking about four
and twenty yards and a hole. You can use it
before iron in this one. Uh So I'm picturing the call.
And every announcer always knows what they're gonna say when
the team wins the Stanley Cup tonight. What am I
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gonna say when the clock takes down towards zero? What's
my call gonna be. It's gotta be something that sounds
off the cuff. It can't be too long, but it's
got to be something that captures the moment. Right, So
here you are, you're saying it, and then Bill Lindsay
in the background, former Panthers player, just decides to start screaming.
You've been waiting your entire life to say this, right,
this is this is gonna be your dark side of
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the moon. I was the play by play guy and
I got to call the Stanley Cup Championship, the Stanley
Cup coming to South Floor, all that, and I had
the call ready and Bill Lindsay just started screaming. I'm
picturing him talking and like leaning over like pushing him,
going stop, but you stop, just stop, like the whole time.
He's got his whole line all he's got to do
is say a thirty year wait is over and instead
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bill in, she comes in. He's one of those little
clubs like you would keep behind a bar, like you
shot by club. Listen, listen, play one more time, ten
seconds left, right, here comes here. I got hit th
I got it my moment thirty.
Speaker 6 (09:50):
Years the Mids, the real the Thors.
Speaker 1 (09:55):
Come on the Stanley Cup.
Speaker 6 (09:58):
What Sammy has come in? You always haven't, President of Florida.
Speaker 5 (10:07):
The Pithers have won the Stanley Cup for the first
time night history.
Speaker 1 (10:16):
Start the celebration, South Florida. The Panthers have done it, stan.
Speaker 2 (10:20):
Will we get the hell pro footage tomorrow? We better
see a fist fight.
Speaker 1 (10:23):
Yeah, just shut up, just let me talk. Just I'll
let you say whatever the hell you want to say.
Someone else took a rag like a rally towel and
shoved it in his mouth.
Speaker 2 (10:35):
Shut off.
Speaker 1 (10:36):
He's more excited than the players who actually played in
the game. So, I mean, Plagans has been there. This
is his eighth year, oh man, and Lindsay's been with
the team in some capacity for a very long time
as a player a broadcaster. But just the idea of
all right, I'm counting this down. We've had this ready.
We've had a number of false starts wide because we
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were up three bleeping games to up, and here we are.
It's a game seven. Everybody loves a game seven. Everybody's
watching a game seven counting it down? Dare you? I
mean really? He sounded like if Frank the Tank was
calling the end, and really, I think that should be
a thing now, Frank the Tank should call the end
of every team that wins a championship. Like it sounded like, what,
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that's what Frank, That's what he would say if he
was calling the end of the Mets winning the war.
Frank the Tank is the Joe Pesh goodfellas. Just up
and register a little bit with well, I've been the
cursings the same. He's also Jason's Brother's not related to
Frank the time? I No, not related to Frank. No, No,
(11:41):
let's do it on that history What what's that one
that's on PBS. We can find out baseball, we can
find out that you're related, like you know, twenty three
and meters more or less fraggle rock. But it's one
of those things where you always say, oh, I didn't
realize I was related to this guy and the river
(12:01):
Bottom river Bottom Gang. Harmon can't even speak right now
playing the river Bottom Gang. You gotta have come on.
That's going snake playing as a bad joke, sure, man,
but that's a full left turn. It's one thing to
tell me about different folks that are gonna try to
(12:22):
sell me for four hundred bucks. I'm gonna get the CD.
Not a sign CD, just a CD, just get the dirt.
But no, but this is I really I feel so
bad because like this is a moment that we should
have been but instead the guys just screaming like Frank
the Tank and houses that they've never won the cup.
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How can it come home? They've never won the cup.
He's coming home. It's just like Frank the Tank and
also screaming, screaming, and then he like bites down on
the towel or whatever. So that's what it sounds like,
the muffled thing where you know, you might also interpret
it as you your main host and play by play
man trying to drown you.
Speaker 2 (13:04):
No, we do postgame sound from Connor McDavid. Guys, we do.
I know Edmonton's dying to hear it.
Speaker 1 (13:11):
Let's hear it all right, the loss.
Speaker 2 (13:14):
You guys ready for this?
Speaker 1 (13:14):
Yeah, go ahead. He was happy when the con smyth
is m VP. That's what I heard, playoff MVP Connor
David forty two. See this is an adjacent Tatum Jalen
(13:35):
Brown thing where Okay, you can keep your finals MVP.
I'm stealing the O'Brien. I'm walking off with it. Oh
he's got is an MVP trophy and a lot of
people pointing fingers at him. Exit out about a fresca
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Let's say, Bob, both of those calls are just so good.
But the fact of one guy, I Nope, I can't
shut up. I'm gonna start screaming while you're talking. I'm
asking wolf.
Speaker 4 (14:08):
Oh.
Speaker 1 (14:09):
No, eight people got that, and I'm one of them,
and that is awesome. I love the wolf Lee seeing
frag Two of my favorite guys coming up next, Lakers
insider Mark Medema stops by all the latest on JJ Reddick.
Is he the answer? What kind of stories does he
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us that dry Sidle's got to take some whear too. Yeah, look, yeah,
he had three assists in the series one hundred and
six points during the year, so he was pretty quiet
as well. But your name's not Hotter mcgam Mike, say
(15:36):
it again.
Speaker 2 (15:36):
You can cry the whole plane ride home, not your two.
Speaker 1 (15:39):
Thousand and five hundred and forty six miles. Do you
think they go straight back home or no, they stop over.
They stop over in in Oregon to go to the
Nike store and then they fly to Edmonton.
Speaker 2 (15:48):
Five hundred miles. What do you live in North Carolina?
Speaker 1 (15:51):
Well, okay, okay, it's like twenty twenty five hundred miles.
I don't two thousand, five hundred miles to twenty five
forty six or something like that. It was the number
they kept getting. Do they stay in South Beach stego? Party? Hey,
we lost the cup, let's go party. No, hey, you
gotta shake it off, man, Well let's shake it off
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right now. As we talk about the big NBA news
of the day, JJ Reddick introduced as a Lakers new
head coach, four year deal and with US now Lakers Insider.
He's on Twitter at Mark g Underscore Medina, Mark Medina,
who has already admitted he will do all he can
to undermine the JJ Reddick era with the Lakers. Mark
(16:37):
good luck.
Speaker 4 (16:37):
How was day one, Jason? Well, here's a few nuggets
sun packed here as far as the undermining campaign goes.
Speaker 1 (16:45):
Okay.
Speaker 4 (16:46):
JJ Redick was asked about, you know, his coaching staff.
He said, no names yet, but if he wants to
have experienced candidates. I can neither confirm nor deny that
I'm on the staff. But take that for what it is.
The other thing. You all heard the F bomb, right,
you all heard my laugh. I can never neither conform
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nor deny that I set himself up for that thinking
making him think it would be good for him to
drop some profanity. I'm playing to the crowd getting I'm going.
But really, if you see Rob Plinka's facial expressions, he
seemed little uncomfortable there.
Speaker 1 (17:24):
Well look because here here's JJ Reddick, who has come
in already with an attitude right like, I'm here and
I'm giving some kind of I have to give some
kind of image, some kind of optic of what kind
of head coach I'm going to be, because now I
go from hey, I'm on TV, I've been thrown around
hot takes to the last few years and that's kind
of what I've been doing. And now I go from
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being a fourth grade volunteer coach and head coach of
the Lakers. I have to come in and I have
to look authoritative. And that's what I said in the
beginning was going to be a difficult thing for him.
Because he's got to come in and try to set
a culture and are people going to listen to him? No,
But he's kind of a hard ass and that's the
guy that he's going to be, and that's not going
to work. So I mean, look, there's a couple of
things I like that I think he can bring to
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the team, But overall, is he going to come in
and really set a new culture? A guy's going to
buy in like that. That's like he coming back to Mark.
I'm like, yeah, okay, JJ Reddick's a coach. How much
is it going to change?
Speaker 4 (18:18):
Okay, Well, there's two things here as far as like
the winning the press conference and giving the good sound bites.
I mean, some people liked the F bomb, some thought
it was unnecessary or you know, hide the children vibes.
But what's ironic is he won the press conference. Everywhere
else where he said all the right things. He had
self awareness, he's an ego. Wasn't hurt because Rob the
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Lincoln decided to talk to Dan Hurley and preferred him.
He's stressed about the need to be adaptable. He talked about,
you know what, how can Lebron James take his game
to the next level. Take more three, same thing with
Julia Chamora talking about how Anthony Davis could have a
bigger role defensively and offensively, and he was talking about
how now he's already been in touch with a lot
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of the young players, Like the message was hitting on, Hey,
it's all about starts out, but it's also about having
good roster depth. And he's going to be that grinder
and and you know a guy that just tackles everything
with enthusiasm. But I think to the broader point that
you're talking about, he's inheriting such unique challenge because the
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Lakers have so many goals that are almost contradictory. The
main thing or the three buckets are trying to maximize
Lebron James's final years, make Anthony Davis the face of
the franchise, develop their young players and role players, while
Rob Polenka tries to improve on the margins or maybe
make a major deal. And it's all under the guys
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that we're the Lakers, so we are still in championship contention,
and that's just a hard recipe to jump in, especially
as a first year head coach. So I think JJ
Reddick bombs are not can be successful as a head coach.
This isn't the gig that you start out on, so
it's going to be wild and turbulent, to say the least.
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And I will say this, I think this is the
first of many f bombs that JJ Reddick will be
here up him.
Speaker 1 (20:12):
Yeah, I mean he went pull DiCaprio, Wolf of ball Street.
That's good, but in the end, like still trying to
sell me that he hadn't really talked to Lebron about
the coaching thing and then had a fifteen minute conversation.
He's already a practiced liar. So this is going to
be good.
Speaker 4 (20:27):
How about this? I think JJ Reddick and Rob Polinka
were telling the truth. I think when you look at
the letter of the law of Lebron James wasn't involved
with the coach in search. Here's the letter of the law.
Lebron James has not been telling Rob Polinka and Jennie
Buss about candidates who he likes, who he doesn't like.
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I believe JJ Reddick that, even though they recorded nine
podcasts together beforehand, that they didn't have conversations once Starvenham
was fired. But I think that's the letter to the wall,
the spirit of the wall Is that the Lakers know
how Lebron James feels about JJ Reddick and everything else,
and they knew if they were going to hire Dan Early,
Lebron liked it because he was singing Dan Early's praises
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on JJ Redick's podcast. Well, they knew if they were
going to hire JJ Redick, Lebron would like it because
he was on JJ Redick's podcast. So like, they didn't
need to talk to him directly to know how he
feels well.
Speaker 1 (21:22):
And I'm sure Rich Paul was sending plenty of notes
through the messaging as well, because they're starting to look
at the offseason and contract negotiations. It all flows together.
Lebron doesn't actually have to be the mouthies.
Speaker 4 (21:38):
And here's the thing that's so ironic. I think, unlike
the Cleveland years where he's holding the team, you know,
kind of in a vulnerable positions, there's all those one
year contracts and he's still playing a high level. Even
though Lebron's still playing a high level, the Lakers haven't
operated as if, oh we're walking on eykeshells, we got
to make Lebron happy. I think they've been singing his
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praises publicly and not gin into like the passive aggressiveness
that Lebron might have on social media with our glass
emojis or eye rolls or anything like that, and they
just for better for worse since the Russell Westbrook Trade,
have made moves that they feel are the best. You
can agree with them or not, but if you look
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at what they have and haven't done, it's very much
against what Lebron's wanted. And I think the reason for
that is one, they learn their lesson with the west Brookshire,
but two, I think that Lebron, for all his posturing,
is not going to do anything other than just resign
with the team. And so it's a lot of fun
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content for us. But I think the Lakers have just decided,
you know what, we're just going to do our thing
and we'll not arehead and smile when there are those,
you know, social media cues to try to decipher.
Speaker 1 (22:54):
So Mark one of the things that I'm skeptical of
the JJ Redick era. We've talked about this one thing
I can say, all right, I want to see if
he can do this, because the Lakers clearly they need
an influx of talent. We know that they're they're far away.
It's been difficult for them to try to get talent
to come in, whether it was because of playing with
Lebron or because they didn't have money. You know, Lebron's
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not gonna take less money this time around. But can
jj Reddick. Does he have that cachet with players that
he can get them interested in coming and they can
make moves Because we've seen Colin Sexton's name come up today,
is potentially a guy you know, we've heard Zach Levine's name.
Can he be that kind of pied piper where, hey,
these players respect JJ Reddick, they like what's going on.
So suddenly the Lakers can become a destination and maybe
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they can move in with some of these new players.
Speaker 4 (23:41):
That could happen. And the other thing that we have
to chieve of mine is the Lakers have more opportunity
to make a move because they have free draft picks
now to work with start own draft. I on Wednesday,
but when I was sitting there at the introductory press conference,
it seemed very clear to me that the Lakers feel
that their path is to improve from within and improve
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on the margins. And that might sound weird because it's
the Lakers and they have a lot of things to address,
but they are mindful of, you know, the limitations when
you're not below the second apron, that you can't really
construct a ronster together. And I think they're also mindful
that if they're going to sacrifice potential role players and
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draft picks, it's going to diminish their you know, depth
for whatever they have. I think it's also telling that
the Lakers are also in a vulnerable position because the
draft picks. They have draft picks, but this draft class
isn't considered that robust, and the role players that they have,
they're considered they're okay, but they're not going to move
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the needle. And so I think that the market almost
limits them because of what they don't have. And so
to answer your question, can JJ Reddick be this recruiter
for free agents? I don't think in the short term.
I think that his cache is going to be about
how much better are his rotations and in game adjustments
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compared to Darvin Ham. And look, I think that that
can be a huge net upgrade because for as much
as the Lakers aren't blameless with their roster construction, and
the fact that Darvin Ham, especially his first year, his
you know, voice and the way he managed personalities did
play a factor in them game in the Western Conference
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Finals last season. He didn't make adjustments well, he boggled
the rotations, and JJ Reddick, for all his inexperience, seems
like a guy that can at least tap into that.
And you know what, that could be just low hanging
fruit of games that are within a possession or two away.
And that could also be low hanging fruit from having
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some marginal guys improve incrementally. And yeah, I mean that's
not that's not sexy for the Lakers standards, but it
could be at least it's a starting point. But the
bottom line, that might just get lost in the thick
of things because it's the Lakers, it's Lebron, and they're
still on that championship mentality.
Speaker 1 (26:10):
Vanderbilt, vincent Redish, others missed a ton of time. Meanwhile, Lebron,
James and Ad played seventy plus So there's part of
the internalization. So what happens at seventeen.
Speaker 4 (26:24):
I think that based off of kind of the coded
language that Rob Polinka shared, they use that pick to
actually select a player.
Speaker 1 (26:32):
Ronny Ronnie.
Speaker 4 (26:36):
Ronnie will be selected. But I think it's going to
be at number fifty five. The only reason I think
the Lakers select Bronnie is because they have that pick
and it's convenient, but he'll play mostly in the G League.
I don't know who they're going to select at seventeen,
but I would be very surprised they use that seventeenth
pick in a deal. I thought it was telling, and
he basically tipped his hat that when Rob was saying that.
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One of the things that really gave me a good
impression about JJ Reddick is you know, they're speaking the
same language about the importance of like player development and
things like that. And I think for all the scrutiny
that the Lakers rightfully have had, they've done a good
job with drafting players as well as developing players. What's
been challenging has been enertaining those players like an Alex Caruso,
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for example, And so I think when he's talking about that,
I think that's the route that they're going to take.
In addition to the fact that when he draft a rookie,
these contracts are very much team friendly and that allows
them to be below that second apron.
Speaker 1 (27:40):
All right, Marx, let's end with this, then, JJ Reddick's
on board. We know some of the relationships that he has.
We talk about what they could be doing. If I
said to you, fill in the blank, the player I
expect the Lakers to get in this offseason is who
whether it's trade, free agency, man, it could be honest,
it could be Julius Randall. But if you Siff, I
(28:02):
said to you, who's the player you expect the Lakers,
you have to put money on this in Vegas that
the Lakers will come away from the offseason with this player.
Who is the guy I could.
Speaker 4 (28:11):
See Trey Young because think about this, D'Angelo Russell's going
to likely opt out of his contract. And I think
that the Hawks have finally moved past the idea that
Trey Young is air a franchise player. He's a great player,
but after that playoff run in twenty twenty one, just
hasn't led it consistent basketball. And I think that while
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Dejontay Murray wouldn't it be untouchable, I think that they're
leaning more toward having him be the pillar as well
as whatever they do with the number one pick. So
I wouldn't be surprised if Trey Young's are future point guard.
Speaker 1 (28:46):
There it is the underminer Mark Medina. Check him out
on Twitter at Mark g Underscore Medina, NBA Insider, Lakers
insider Marcus always appreciate it, my friend, thanks so much
and we'll talk to you soon.
Speaker 4 (28:58):
I appreciate you guys. You know what, I will take
ownership when Trayn comes to the Lakers. I'll do my
best to develop them.
Speaker 1 (29:03):
There we go, right there, you go a do a
podcast with him. It'll be fine. That's all I gotta do,
all right, Hey, next steps, Yeah, look there there's other
players that we have talked about. Look, we talked about
sex and being mentioned today and but really what you
have to look at if you are the Lakers, if
you are any team that need that shows the need
to really improve in the offseason, you have to prey
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on the weakness of the teams that that say we're
ready to move on from the nucleus that we thought
we were building. And that's the Hawks, that's the probably
the Wizards. We saw their names are selling everybody agents.
Rosen's not coming back. But you been shopped to everybody
under the sun to come and run and get us
(29:46):
coffee if the price is right. Hey, listen, here's what
I like. Give me an extra shot of espresso. Okay,
but but that's where you need to go to look
at for trade. It's always the teams that have said,
this has been what we tried to make it work with.
It's not working. We got to get out from under
these deals. He's just still really talented players. But we
need to move on. It's just like in fantasy pray
on weakness when someone who we got to make a move.
(30:06):
I need this, I need this. Well, I gotta get
rid of this guy. That's what you have to do.
It's like in draft day. I mean, come on, we're
coming up on draft day. Just go back to the
you know, the young kid down in Jacksonville. He didn't
know what he's doing. And then you talk about the
message boards when you go back to the table with Seattle.
I've been reading him. You know, the wolves are at
the door, all of that kind of thing. But Mark Steiner,
(30:28):
who joins this right, he said that maybe the Spurs
are gonna jump up to one to pair someone with Wemby.
I may come on, let's go. It's Jeff Carson, the
rookie GM the Jeff Carson. Nicely done what's that kid's
name down there? It's a rookie GM. They got the Jeff.
I get him on the phone, Sonny. I'm screwed, man.
They took my pick. That's my backup. What do I do?
Like that actually happens in the Anti Guy. Yeah, Joe
(30:50):
Douglass is screaming, Oh, they just took my guy. They
trade them for prop powers. I don't know what to do.
Speaker 3 (30:55):
What do I do?
Speaker 1 (30:55):
I'm screwed here, I'm screwed. I can't take my guy.
What would you do? Don't lie to me, don't lie
to me. What do you know, Sonny? What do you know?
Let me tell you time out to find out what's
trending to the guy who lost the role of the
Seahawks GM. To Chime McBride, it is Steve Desager. It'll
frend salary Carole sour grapes. I know it sounds like,
(31:16):
but I didn't want it. You would have been pretty good.
All you do is say, would have solved our salary
cap problems. That's all you need. It got nothing to
do with that.
Speaker 2 (31:23):
You have been a salary cap league. Don't thank you.
Speaker 1 (31:26):
I want to be a non salary cast. Yes. Actually,
while we're talking NBA.
Speaker 8 (31:31):
By the way, Yes, the Lakers introduced JJ Reddick as
head coach with a reported four year deal. The Cleveland
Cavaliers new coach is due to be Golden State assistant
Kenny Atkinson. He's a former NETS head coach. Minnesota gave
coach Chris Finch an extension through twenty twenty eight. The
Raptors will reportedly give All star Scottie Barnes a five
year MAX extension.
Speaker 1 (31:51):
The w NBA was off tonight.
Speaker 8 (31:53):
Game seven of the Stanley Cup Final at Florida went
to the Panthers two to one over Edmonton. The playoff
MVP Edmonton's Connor McDavid. In fact, in hockey history, he
has the record now most playoff points for a guy
who did not win the Cup. He had forty two
points in the twenty five playoff games. Panthers had lost
three straight in the series. They won Game seven at
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home tonight. They had never won the Cup before, and
their franchise started in nineteen ninety three. They lost the
final just last year, as well as in nineteen ninety six.
Edmonton's last Stanley Cup came in nineteen ninety and in fact,
a Canadian team still has not won the Cup since
nineteen ninety three. In fact, zho to seven in the
final since then, including five losses. Now in game seven's
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in the final.
Speaker 1 (32:37):
You want that illegal stick, Canadians, It's gonna cost you
thirty years of your life. Goes back to Montreal beating
LA in ninety three. These oilers.
Speaker 8 (32:46):
These oilers began this season two and nine, plus an
overtime loss. The five points in the standings the fewest
through twelve games in NHL history by a team that
eventually went on to play in the final. Now, the
Hockey Hall of James class of twenty twenty four will
be voted on and revealed tomorrow by an eighteen member committee.
Among the first year eligible players, Pavelo dot Suk of Detroit,
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Patrick Marlow, San Jose also from Nashville, Shay Weber, and
Pecorine up for the Hall. In Copa America action on
FS one tonight in La sixty seven thousand fans on hand,
but Brazil played to a zero zero tie against Costa
Rica despite seventy four percent of the possession and Brazil
out shooting him nineteen to two. The US plays Panama
(33:29):
Thursday in Atlanta. At the Euro Soccer Tournament. Italy advanced
with the last second goal. Spain's now three to zero.
After winning again tomorrow on Fox TV France versus Poland
noon Eastern Time, then England versus Slovenia, the Tennessee Volunteers
rank number one, took the College World Series Finals. They
stayed alive winning yesterday, got the Goheed homer in the seventh.
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They held on to win tonight. It was six to
one in the eighth six ' five Tennessee the final
over Texas A and M. Tennessee finishes sixty and thirteen
and the volspe come the first number one national seed
to win the title since Miami in nineteen ninety nine.
Speaker 1 (34:05):
It's over now, right, the World Series is over. There's
no more Super Regional. It's over, okay, It's.
Speaker 8 (34:10):
Just a best of three, not thirty three. Mets closer
Edwin Diaz was suspended ten games. He was thrown out
last night due to a foreign substance on his hand.
San Francisco, with three runs bottom of the ninth, beat
the Cubs in the late game tonight five to four.
Giants had trailed four to nothing in the fifth and
everyone in San Francisco on the field was wearing number
twenty four tonight, honoring the late Willie Mays. San Diego
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with four runs bottom of the tenth edge Washington seven
to six. Today, the Padres plays Fernando Tatist Junior on
the ale with a leg injury. Angels pitcher Patrick Sandoval
needs Tommy John surgery. Halo's beat Oakland five to one.
Milwaukee got a grand slam in the six from Rehyese
Hoskins and defeated Texas six to three. Kansas City with
three solo homers and a four to one win over Miami,
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the Dodgers won three to nothing at the White Sox.
Clayton Kershaw of LA, with a sore shoulder, was shut
down for at least a week, so no minor league
rehabs start tomorrow as was scheduled. Wins for Cincinnati and
for Saint Louis, which is one four straight. Boston with
four in the eighth, one and the ninth edge Toronto
seven to six. The Blue Jays have lost seven in
a row. Tampa Bay got three in the bottom of
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the eighth to beat Seattle four to three, and Mariners
starting pitcher Brian wu left with a hamstring tightness. They
say Cleveland won at six straight, three to two at
Baltimore and it was Philadelphia eight one over Detroit.
Speaker 1 (35:25):
Back to you, thank you, Steve O. Coming up next,
you want to talk about what it means to be
a captain and a leader. When did we tell you
something about what happened tonight? That's next, Jason and Mike Fox.
I am the captain. Now.
Speaker 3 (35:39):
Be sure to catch live editions of The Jason Smith
Show with Mike Harmon weekdays at ten pm Eastern, seven
pm Pacific Fox Sports Radio.
Speaker 1 (35:47):
It is the Jason Smith Show with my best friend
Mike Harmon. We're live at the Tiger Rac dot tire
rack dot com studios, the Tiger rackra. So you heard
Steve de Sager bring us the stat of the Steve
Stat of the Night earlier in the show, and and
Frostburg's got a little bit more on that now. The
stat was an American team has won the Great Cup,
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you know, the Canadian Football League Trophy more recently than
a Canadian team has won the Stanley Cup. You go
back to ninety five for when Baltimore, remember the Baltimore
played AFL, and back to ninety three when the Canadians
won the Stanley Cup beating the Kings. But Frostburg, you
have you have more on this, not on My stat's
way better than Steve's. It's better. So this could be
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this is trick.
Speaker 2 (36:33):
Might use it next week when he's back.
Speaker 4 (36:34):
Wow.
Speaker 1 (36:35):
Okay, so so so the super regional and now the
super duper regional stat of the day. Okay level stuff
right there?
Speaker 2 (36:42):
All right, what do you got after the Panthers won
the Cup tonight, It'll be the first time ever the
name Evan is engraved on the Stanley Cup.
Speaker 1 (36:50):
Can you believe that no one named Evan?
Speaker 2 (36:53):
No one ever named Evan? Wow?
Speaker 1 (36:55):
You think now?
Speaker 2 (36:55):
Wow?
Speaker 3 (36:56):
Wow?
Speaker 1 (36:58):
Okay, Now Rodriguez he was a catcher for the for
the Rangers. He's a lot small as Rodriguez. Oh side show,
bob oh, I got it, Evange. Evan has never been
on the Stanley Cup.
Speaker 2 (37:11):
The word Evan. The best part about this is you
know they're gonna spell it wrong.
Speaker 1 (37:15):
Hevy I n oh, what's that?
Speaker 5 (37:17):
Yeah?
Speaker 1 (37:17):
Evan Evan? Evan got it. That's what it is about this.
Speaker 2 (37:20):
I'm thinking about it.
Speaker 1 (37:21):
It's that's nuts. One out of every five hundred and
eighty three baby boys. One out of every nineteen seven
hundred and seventy two girls were born in twenty twenty
one were named Evan. And there's more than five hundred
names on the cup. You're talking about twenty some odd
names on each let. I mean that's got to be
their first time. Evan's gonna be Wow, it's pretty crazy.
Speaker 2 (37:40):
I kind of dig that where it's Steve.
Speaker 4 (37:42):
Uh, the.
Speaker 1 (37:45):
Guy the singer's in his car right now going home,
going No. I love that statu. But you want to
talk about what it means to be a captain and
what it means to be a leader.
Speaker 6 (37:54):
Uh.
Speaker 1 (37:55):
Connor McDavid wins the Consmith Trophy as playoff MVP. Remember
it's not the finals MVP. It's not the final, it
is the overall playoff MVP, which he had forty two
points and twenty five games. It was insane. But you
want to talk about what it means to be a
leader and to be a captain in a game in
which he did not play particularly well, did not score.
When the best player doesn't score, you know it's going
to be an offseason and maybe the rest of his career.
(38:16):
Thinking had I scored a goal, I could have done
it well and back to back games. Yeah, it's been tough,
but they won the last one, so okay. While the
Panthers were celebrating the Stanley Cup, McDavid stood at the
exit to the ice entrance to the dressing room, waiting
for every other Oilers player to exit the ice before
(38:40):
he left. He stood there with other somewhere, some were watching,
some were watching. He waited for every Oilers player. He
congratulated them, and then here's the best part. When Skinner
comes off. He's the last player. McDavid goes off the
ice before Skinners, so Skinner could be the last person
going off the ice. He waits for everybody, congratulate everybody,
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hugs a couple of people, everything. But then Skinner, the goalie,
is the last one to come off the ice and
McDavid leaves before him. That's a pretty cool thing, man.
You wait for everybody and then you let the goalie
come off last. That's a pretty big leadership thing to do.
And I've seen it now a couple of times on
my timeline. I'm like, you know, forty two points and
twenty five games is incredibly impressive. But when you lose,
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and you lose on the biggest stage. You lose in
an unbelievable, gut wrenching way. To be able to have
to finish with that kind of class, that's a pretty cool. See.
A cynical guy would say, I respect all of you.
You lost this scheme. I'm leaving. Everybody on the way
off said you couldn't get a goal, couldn't get a goal,
couldn't get a goal, couldn't get a goal, couldn't get
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a goal, couldn't get one goal. Oh no, him him
on Skinner comes off at the end. You get me
one more goal, get off the ice. I'm leaving now.
Now big big moments, and you know, pageantry at the
end of a hockey series. About as good as he gets.
Exit out about a Fresca exit. Swallen down the Jason
Smith Show with my best friend Mike Carmen coming up
(40:02):
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Let's give this.
Speaker 3 (00:23):
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Speaker 1 (00:28):
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Speaker 2 (00:29):
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Speaker 1 (00:31):
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(00:54):
Mark Medina coming up with us in about twenty minutes.
Sasuys I already have stories about the JJ Reddick hiring.
I remember he joined us last week and said he
would be the number one person to undermine JJ Reddick
in the JJ Reddick Yeah, that doesn't age very well.
That that took all of three days for him to
want to follow up on that. So, well, if we're
(01:16):
don't you normally let that jest state and lie in
the weeds a little bit longer than if you're under
your undermining from the beginning. Look, the underminer came out
right away at the end of The Incredibles. I'm the undermined.
But he's been waiting in behind the scenes eleven times.
Decided this is where I'm gonna know twenty four hours,
well or four hours two days before I'm going six hours,
I will undermine JJ Reddick.
Speaker 2 (01:38):
Do you guys believe for one second that even talked
to Lebron about it?
Speaker 1 (01:42):
No, I didn't talk to him about coaching it all.
And then I finally talked to him for fifteen Jason.
Speaker 2 (01:48):
We actually have JJ Reddick being asked about him talking
to Lebron James about the coaching high we do.
Speaker 1 (01:54):
Oh, yeah, well, let's hear it. So this is Lebron
talking to Doc.
Speaker 2 (01:57):
Oh, this is JJ Reddick being asked if Lebron had
anything to do with Jetty Higher.
Speaker 1 (02:03):
Okay, go ahead, let's hear it. He said, we had
George Jason Smith in the back. George, will you be
running an offense that is similar to what was run
last year? Will you defensively? Will you be running something
that is different from what Darvin ham did. Curious George,
(02:23):
head coach of the Lakers, with worse ideas. Now, wait
a minute, there have been worse ideas. Here's the thing
we talked earlier, the keeper of the Cup hate you.
You were in the middle of telling that story. And
the way our studio is situated to pull the screen
the curtain back a little bit. We got four giant monitors,
almost as if he were the uh well, the eyes
of God over your right shoulder. Certainly there was an
(02:46):
image of Oral Herscheizer, who we know hate you. Yeah,
there's two. And now comparing new coach JJ Reddick with
the coaching stylings of Curious George. He's gonna hate you too. Yeah,
but that's okay, that's tua falls. Lakers be just as
(03:08):
good if Curious George coach the team. The man with
the yellow hat has the clipboard drawn the plays up, George,
does he actually draw a play? That was one of
the criticisms of Darvin Hands the doorman that brings He's
sitting next to Jack Nicholson, the doorman with Honley the
(03:35):
Best and George, I have those plays you wanted drawn up,
and then he picks up his clipboard. But there's a
whole punch to it because George did something and goes, George,
what was the name of the dude that owned the store?
Speaker 2 (03:47):
Charkey?
Speaker 1 (03:48):
Yeah, yeah, Charkey's Yeah, Charky was the other dog. Dude,
you know he's the other dog. No no, no, no no,
the guy that owned the on the restaurant.
Speaker 3 (03:57):
No, no, no no.
Speaker 1 (03:57):
But the cat that with Linguini, the cat Linguini. Immediately
you well, that was the guy, right, Linguini was the cat. Right,
This is who runs the Lakers now the cast of
Curious George Garfield for dinner. Nonok Yoki? Not yok is
(04:19):
a cat's name. Cat's name is Nioki. Yes, that's what
it is.
Speaker 2 (04:23):
Is a Linguini. That's the kid's name. From rat to Tui.
Speaker 1 (04:26):
Yes, yeah that's right. Yes, different movie about rats who
make food in France. Yeah. You know what the rats
won today? The rats that yes they didnts need to eat?
Uh yeah listen, rats eating pretty good in Florida right now. Well, again,
we'll have more on JJ Reddick and the Lakers coming
up in about about ten minutes or so. But you
(04:47):
have to hear the finalist, Chef Pisketti. That's for skettyist,
voiced by Jim Cummings. Really yeah, who did Who did
the voice of Nioki? I don't think pnoke's May William
A trick question. Trick question was Debbie dry Berry. That's
someone really, Debbie dry Berry. Her last name is dry Berry.
(05:10):
Do you see it? Okay, see it on my screen?
All right, all right, very good, there you go. Alright. Also,
d Bradley Baker was the second the uh, the Panthers
win the Stanley Cup tonight they beat Edmonton. We talked
about it last hour. Look, the game winning goal is
something that uh skinner skin is gonna think about for
(05:31):
a long time. But there is nothing quite like the
final calls of both of these teams calling the last
ten seconds of the Panthers win. Now, the game ends
with the puck in the corner. The Panthers are able
to keep the puck in the corner where the flood,
where the Oilers can't get it out, and there's enough
movementto the puck where the referee doesn't blow the whistle
for a face off. So the clock ticks out with
(05:53):
the puck in the corner in the Panthers zone. Here's
what it is. Let's listen to the Edmonton Oilers and
think about a comedian doing an impression of Harry Carry
when you hear the final call from the oiler side
seven seconds Florida two and it's a one, Oilers pulling
two seconds? What second? The season is over? The Florida Panthers.
Speaker 4 (06:18):
Have you want this? Stanley Cup?
Speaker 1 (06:20):
Two?
Speaker 4 (06:21):
One? Hid date seven?
Speaker 1 (06:25):
So I'm drinking tequila in this greasy spoon, Sandberg hitting
the head, both benches empty, and this guy tells me
I should do a shot with a warm innute. No,
he's bleeding from the temples. It doesn't look good. But
the but the Panthers win the Stanley Cup. See, I
keep going back to Jack Klampus. I gotta pay to
fix your Cadillac. Yeah, it was definite side fell down
(06:50):
in Del Boca Vista. Holy God. But this is definitely
the guy at the very end, like you can almost
feel like the world is ending behind him like that,
like that big the big explosions happening on scarf at
the end of Rogue one and they're GINNERSO and Cassie
(07:11):
andor there and they know it's coming. There just sitting
there waiting for it. Like you can feel it behind him.
I feel like the world is ending. And he knows this,
and these are the last words he's ever gonna get
to say before the world ends. No, that's all right.
It's all burning. Yeah, no, And you have the little
guy in for the fire. It tastes like burning. So
there's your Edmonton oilers.
Speaker 4 (07:31):
But now he.
Speaker 1 (07:34):
Here's the best part, because now we have it from
the Florida Panthers side, and it's a call that you
would expect to hear. Please take one step back from
your radio as you listen to the Florida Panthers called
the first Stanley Cup championship in the team says.
Speaker 5 (07:49):
Ten seconds left two what Panthers, I swan thirty.
Speaker 1 (07:55):
Years the.
Speaker 6 (07:58):
Florida Pitthers go, but Stanley Cup Rod, Stanley's coming.
Speaker 1 (08:05):
You always have the President of Florida.
Speaker 5 (08:09):
Birl the pillar bon the Stanley Cupp for the first
time nic history.
Speaker 1 (08:20):
Start the celebration South Florida. The Panthers have done it.
Speaker 6 (08:24):
Stanley top shedy.
Speaker 1 (08:29):
So that's Bill Lindsay yelling in the background, and I'm
picturing this whole time, Bill Murray, I'm thinking about four
and twenty yards and a hole. You can use it
before iron in this one. Uh So I'm picturing the call.
And every announcer always knows what they're gonna say when
the team wins the Stanley Cup tonight. What am I
(08:49):
gonna say when the clock takes down towards zero? What's
my call gonna be. It's gotta be something that sounds
off the cuff. It can't be too long, but it's
got to be something that captures the moment. Right, So
here you are, you're saying it, and then Bill Lindsay
in the background, former Panthers player, just decides to start screaming.
You've been waiting your entire life to say this, right,
this is this is gonna be your dark side of
(09:10):
the moon. I was the play by play guy and
I got to call the Stanley Cup Championship, the Stanley
Cup coming to South Floor, all that, and I had
the call ready and Bill Lindsay just started screaming. I'm
picturing him talking and like leaning over like pushing him,
going stop, but you stop, just stop, like the whole time.
He's got his whole line all he's got to do
is say a thirty year wait is over and instead
(09:31):
bill in, she comes in. He's one of those little
clubs like you would keep behind a bar, like you
shot by club. Listen, listen, play one more time, ten
seconds left, right, here comes here. I got hit th
I got it my moment thirty.
Speaker 6 (09:50):
Years the Mids, the real the Thors.
Speaker 1 (09:55):
Come on the Stanley Cup.
Speaker 6 (09:58):
What Sammy has come in? You always haven't, President of Florida.
Speaker 5 (10:07):
The Pithers have won the Stanley Cup for the first
time night history.
Speaker 1 (10:16):
Start the celebration, South Florida. The Panthers have done it, stan.
Speaker 2 (10:20):
Will we get the hell pro footage tomorrow? We better
see a fist fight.
Speaker 1 (10:23):
Yeah, just shut up, just let me talk. Just I'll
let you say whatever the hell you want to say.
Someone else took a rag like a rally towel and
shoved it in his mouth.
Speaker 2 (10:35):
Shut off.
Speaker 1 (10:36):
He's more excited than the players who actually played in
the game. So, I mean, Plagans has been there. This
is his eighth year, oh man, and Lindsay's been with
the team in some capacity for a very long time
as a player a broadcaster. But just the idea of
all right, I'm counting this down. We've had this ready.
We've had a number of false starts wide because we
(10:57):
were up three bleeping games to up, and here we are.
It's a game seven. Everybody loves a game seven. Everybody's
watching a game seven counting it down? Dare you? I
mean really? He sounded like if Frank the Tank was
calling the end, and really, I think that should be
a thing now, Frank the Tank should call the end
of every team that wins a championship. Like it sounded like, what,
(11:20):
that's what Frank, That's what he would say if he
was calling the end of the Mets winning the war.
Frank the Tank is the Joe Pesh goodfellas. Just up
and register a little bit with well, I've been the
cursings the same. He's also Jason's Brother's not related to
Frank the time? I No, not related to Frank. No, No,
(11:41):
let's do it on that history What what's that one
that's on PBS. We can find out baseball, we can
find out that you're related, like you know, twenty three
and meters more or less fraggle rock. But it's one
of those things where you always say, oh, I didn't
realize I was related to this guy and the river
(12:01):
Bottom river Bottom Gang. Harmon can't even speak right now
playing the river Bottom Gang. You gotta have come on.
That's going snake playing as a bad joke, sure, man,
but that's a full left turn. It's one thing to
tell me about different folks that are gonna try to
(12:22):
sell me for four hundred bucks. I'm gonna get the CD.
Not a sign CD, just a CD, just get the dirt.
But no, but this is I really I feel so
bad because like this is a moment that we should
have been but instead the guys just screaming like Frank
the Tank and houses that they've never won the cup.
(12:44):
How can it come home? They've never won the cup.
He's coming home. It's just like Frank the Tank and
also screaming, screaming, and then he like bites down on
the towel or whatever. So that's what it sounds like,
the muffled thing where you know, you might also interpret
it as you your main host and play by play
man trying to drown you.
Speaker 2 (13:04):
No, we do postgame sound from Connor McDavid. Guys, we do.
I know Edmonton's dying to hear it.
Speaker 1 (13:11):
Let's hear it all right, the loss.
Speaker 2 (13:14):
You guys ready for this?
Speaker 1 (13:14):
Yeah, go ahead. He was happy when the con smyth
is m VP. That's what I heard, playoff MVP Connor
David forty two. See this is an adjacent Tatum Jalen
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Brown thing where Okay, you can keep your finals MVP.
I'm stealing the O'Brien. I'm walking off with it. Oh
he's got is an MVP trophy and a lot of
people pointing fingers at him. Exit out about a fresca
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Let's say, Bob, both of those calls are just so good.
But the fact of one guy, I Nope, I can't
shut up. I'm gonna start screaming while you're talking. I'm
asking wolf.
Speaker 4 (14:08):
Oh.
Speaker 1 (14:09):
No, eight people got that, and I'm one of them,
and that is awesome. I love the wolf Lee seeing
frag Two of my favorite guys coming up next, Lakers
insider Mark Medema stops by all the latest on JJ Reddick.
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Smith Show is my best friend. Mike Harmon, Folks reminding
us that dry Sidle's got to take some whear too. Yeah, look, yeah,
he had three assists in the series one hundred and
six points during the year, so he was pretty quiet
as well. But your name's not Hotter mcgam Mike, say
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it again.
Speaker 2 (15:36):
You can cry the whole plane ride home, not your two.
Speaker 1 (15:39):
Thousand and five hundred and forty six miles. Do you
think they go straight back home or no, they stop over.
They stop over in in Oregon to go to the
Nike store and then they fly to Edmonton.
Speaker 2 (15:48):
Five hundred miles. What do you live in North Carolina?
Speaker 1 (15:51):
Well, okay, okay, it's like twenty twenty five hundred miles.
I don't two thousand, five hundred miles to twenty five
forty six or something like that. It was the number
they kept getting. Do they stay in South Beach stego? Party? Hey,
we lost the cup, let's go party. No, hey, you
gotta shake it off, man, Well let's shake it off
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right now. As we talk about the big NBA news
of the day, JJ Reddick introduced as a Lakers new
head coach, four year deal and with US now Lakers Insider.
He's on Twitter at Mark g Underscore Medina, Mark Medina,
who has already admitted he will do all he can
to undermine the JJ Reddick era with the Lakers. Mark
(16:37):
good luck.
Speaker 4 (16:37):
How was day one, Jason? Well, here's a few nuggets
sun packed here as far as the undermining campaign goes.
Speaker 1 (16:45):
Okay.
Speaker 4 (16:46):
JJ Redick was asked about, you know, his coaching staff.
He said, no names yet, but if he wants to
have experienced candidates. I can neither confirm nor deny that
I'm on the staff. But take that for what it is.
The other thing. You all heard the F bomb, right,
you all heard my laugh. I can never neither conform
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nor deny that I set himself up for that thinking
making him think it would be good for him to
drop some profanity. I'm playing to the crowd getting I'm going.
But really, if you see Rob Plinka's facial expressions, he
seemed little uncomfortable there.
Speaker 1 (17:24):
Well look because here here's JJ Reddick, who has come
in already with an attitude right like, I'm here and
I'm giving some kind of I have to give some
kind of image, some kind of optic of what kind
of head coach I'm going to be, because now I
go from hey, I'm on TV, I've been thrown around
hot takes to the last few years and that's kind
of what I've been doing. And now I go from
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being a fourth grade volunteer coach and head coach of
the Lakers. I have to come in and I have
to look authoritative. And that's what I said in the
beginning was going to be a difficult thing for him.
Because he's got to come in and try to set
a culture and are people going to listen to him? No,
But he's kind of a hard ass and that's the
guy that he's going to be, and that's not going
to work. So I mean, look, there's a couple of
things I like that I think he can bring to
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the team, But overall, is he going to come in
and really set a new culture? A guy's going to
buy in like that. That's like he coming back to Mark.
I'm like, yeah, okay, JJ Reddick's a coach. How much
is it going to change?
Speaker 4 (18:18):
Okay, Well, there's two things here as far as like
the winning the press conference and giving the good sound bites.
I mean, some people liked the F bomb, some thought
it was unnecessary or you know, hide the children vibes.
But what's ironic is he won the press conference. Everywhere
else where he said all the right things. He had
self awareness, he's an ego. Wasn't hurt because Rob the
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Lincoln decided to talk to Dan Hurley and preferred him.
He's stressed about the need to be adaptable. He talked about,
you know what, how can Lebron James take his game
to the next level. Take more three, same thing with
Julia Chamora talking about how Anthony Davis could have a
bigger role defensively and offensively, and he was talking about
how now he's already been in touch with a lot
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of the young players, Like the message was hitting on, Hey,
it's all about starts out, but it's also about having
good roster depth. And he's going to be that grinder
and and you know a guy that just tackles everything
with enthusiasm. But I think to the broader point that
you're talking about, he's inheriting such unique challenge because the
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Lakers have so many goals that are almost contradictory. The
main thing or the three buckets are trying to maximize
Lebron James's final years, make Anthony Davis the face of
the franchise, develop their young players and role players, while
Rob Polenka tries to improve on the margins or maybe
make a major deal. And it's all under the guys
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that we're the Lakers, so we are still in championship contention,
and that's just a hard recipe to jump in, especially
as a first year head coach. So I think JJ
Reddick bombs are not can be successful as a head coach.
This isn't the gig that you start out on, so
it's going to be wild and turbulent, to say the least.
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And I will say this, I think this is the
first of many f bombs that JJ Reddick will be
here up him.
Speaker 1 (20:12):
Yeah, I mean he went pull DiCaprio, Wolf of ball Street.
That's good, but in the end, like still trying to
sell me that he hadn't really talked to Lebron about
the coaching thing and then had a fifteen minute conversation.
He's already a practiced liar. So this is going to
be good.
Speaker 4 (20:27):
How about this? I think JJ Reddick and Rob Polinka
were telling the truth. I think when you look at
the letter of the law of Lebron James wasn't involved
with the coach in search. Here's the letter of the law.
Lebron James has not been telling Rob Polinka and Jennie
Buss about candidates who he likes, who he doesn't like.
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I believe JJ Reddick that, even though they recorded nine
podcasts together beforehand, that they didn't have conversations once Starvenham
was fired. But I think that's the letter to the wall,
the spirit of the wall Is that the Lakers know
how Lebron James feels about JJ Reddick and everything else,
and they knew if they were going to hire Dan Early,
Lebron liked it because he was singing Dan Early's praises
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on JJ Redick's podcast. Well, they knew if they were
going to hire JJ Redick, Lebron would like it because
he was on JJ Redick's podcast. So like, they didn't
need to talk to him directly to know how he
feels well.
Speaker 1 (21:22):
And I'm sure Rich Paul was sending plenty of notes
through the messaging as well, because they're starting to look
at the offseason and contract negotiations. It all flows together.
Lebron doesn't actually have to be the mouthies.
Speaker 4 (21:38):
And here's the thing that's so ironic. I think, unlike
the Cleveland years where he's holding the team, you know,
kind of in a vulnerable positions, there's all those one
year contracts and he's still playing a high level. Even
though Lebron's still playing a high level, the Lakers haven't
operated as if, oh we're walking on eykeshells, we got
to make Lebron happy. I think they've been singing his
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praises publicly and not gin into like the passive aggressiveness
that Lebron might have on social media with our glass
emojis or eye rolls or anything like that, and they
just for better for worse since the Russell Westbrook Trade,
have made moves that they feel are the best. You
can agree with them or not, but if you look
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at what they have and haven't done, it's very much
against what Lebron's wanted. And I think the reason for
that is one, they learn their lesson with the west Brookshire,
but two, I think that Lebron, for all his posturing,
is not going to do anything other than just resign
with the team. And so it's a lot of fun
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content for us. But I think the Lakers have just decided,
you know what, we're just going to do our thing
and we'll not arehead and smile when there are those,
you know, social media cues to try to decipher.
Speaker 1 (22:54):
So Mark one of the things that I'm skeptical of
the JJ Redick era. We've talked about this one thing
I can say, all right, I want to see if
he can do this, because the Lakers clearly they need
an influx of talent. We know that they're they're far away.
It's been difficult for them to try to get talent
to come in, whether it was because of playing with
Lebron or because they didn't have money. You know, Lebron's
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not gonna take less money this time around. But can
jj Reddick. Does he have that cachet with players that
he can get them interested in coming and they can
make moves Because we've seen Colin Sexton's name come up today,
is potentially a guy you know, we've heard Zach Levine's name.
Can he be that kind of pied piper where, hey,
these players respect JJ Reddick, they like what's going on.
So suddenly the Lakers can become a destination and maybe
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they can move in with some of these new players.
Speaker 4 (23:41):
That could happen. And the other thing that we have
to chieve of mine is the Lakers have more opportunity
to make a move because they have free draft picks
now to work with start own draft. I on Wednesday,
but when I was sitting there at the introductory press conference,
it seemed very clear to me that the Lakers feel
that their path is to improve from within and improve
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on the margins. And that might sound weird because it's
the Lakers and they have a lot of things to address,
but they are mindful of, you know, the limitations when
you're not below the second apron, that you can't really
construct a ronster together. And I think they're also mindful
that if they're going to sacrifice potential role players and
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draft picks, it's going to diminish their you know, depth
for whatever they have. I think it's also telling that
the Lakers are also in a vulnerable position because the
draft picks. They have draft picks, but this draft class
isn't considered that robust, and the role players that they have,
they're considered they're okay, but they're not going to move
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the needle. And so I think that the market almost
limits them because of what they don't have. And so
to answer your question, can JJ Reddick be this recruiter
for free agents? I don't think in the short term.
I think that his cache is going to be about
how much better are his rotations and in game adjustments
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compared to Darvin Ham. And look, I think that that
can be a huge net upgrade because for as much
as the Lakers aren't blameless with their roster construction, and
the fact that Darvin Ham, especially his first year, his
you know, voice and the way he managed personalities did
play a factor in them game in the Western Conference
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Finals last season. He didn't make adjustments well, he boggled
the rotations, and JJ Reddick, for all his inexperience, seems
like a guy that can at least tap into that.
And you know what, that could be just low hanging
fruit of games that are within a possession or two away.
And that could also be low hanging fruit from having
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some marginal guys improve incrementally. And yeah, I mean that's
not that's not sexy for the Lakers standards, but it
could be at least it's a starting point. But the
bottom line, that might just get lost in the thick
of things because it's the Lakers, it's Lebron, and they're
still on that championship mentality.
Speaker 1 (26:10):
Vanderbilt, vincent Redish, others missed a ton of time. Meanwhile, Lebron,
James and Ad played seventy plus So there's part of
the internalization. So what happens at seventeen.
Speaker 4 (26:24):
I think that based off of kind of the coded
language that Rob Polinka shared, they use that pick to
actually select a player.
Speaker 1 (26:32):
Ronny Ronnie.
Speaker 4 (26:36):
Ronnie will be selected. But I think it's going to
be at number fifty five. The only reason I think
the Lakers select Bronnie is because they have that pick
and it's convenient, but he'll play mostly in the G League.
I don't know who they're going to select at seventeen,
but I would be very surprised they use that seventeenth
pick in a deal. I thought it was telling, and
he basically tipped his hat that when Rob was saying that.
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One of the things that really gave me a good
impression about JJ Reddick is you know, they're speaking the
same language about the importance of like player development and
things like that. And I think for all the scrutiny
that the Lakers rightfully have had, they've done a good
job with drafting players as well as developing players. What's
been challenging has been enertaining those players like an Alex Caruso,
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for example, And so I think when he's talking about that,
I think that's the route that they're going to take.
In addition to the fact that when he draft a rookie,
these contracts are very much team friendly and that allows
them to be below that second apron.
Speaker 1 (27:40):
All right, Marx, let's end with this, then, JJ Reddick's
on board. We know some of the relationships that he has.
We talk about what they could be doing. If I
said to you, fill in the blank, the player I
expect the Lakers to get in this offseason is who
whether it's trade, free agency, man, it could be honest,
it could be Julius Randall. But if you Siff, I
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said to you, who's the player you expect the Lakers,
you have to put money on this in Vegas that
the Lakers will come away from the offseason with this player.
Who is the guy I could.
Speaker 4 (28:11):
See Trey Young because think about this, D'Angelo Russell's going
to likely opt out of his contract. And I think
that the Hawks have finally moved past the idea that
Trey Young is air a franchise player. He's a great player,
but after that playoff run in twenty twenty one, just
hasn't led it consistent basketball. And I think that while
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Dejontay Murray wouldn't it be untouchable, I think that they're
leaning more toward having him be the pillar as well
as whatever they do with the number one pick. So
I wouldn't be surprised if Trey Young's are future point guard.
Speaker 1 (28:46):
There it is the underminer Mark Medina. Check him out
on Twitter at Mark g Underscore Medina, NBA Insider, Lakers
insider Marcus always appreciate it, my friend, thanks so much
and we'll talk to you soon.
Speaker 4 (28:58):
I appreciate you guys. You know what, I will take
ownership when Trayn comes to the Lakers. I'll do my
best to develop them.
Speaker 1 (29:03):
There we go, right there, you go a do a
podcast with him. It'll be fine. That's all I gotta do,
all right, Hey, next steps, Yeah, look there there's other
players that we have talked about. Look, we talked about
sex and being mentioned today and but really what you
have to look at if you are the Lakers, if
you are any team that need that shows the need
to really improve in the offseason, you have to prey
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on the weakness of the teams that that say we're
ready to move on from the nucleus that we thought
we were building. And that's the Hawks, that's the probably
the Wizards. We saw their names are selling everybody agents.
Rosen's not coming back. But you been shopped to everybody
under the sun to come and run and get us
(29:46):
coffee if the price is right. Hey, listen, here's what
I like. Give me an extra shot of espresso. Okay,
but but that's where you need to go to look
at for trade. It's always the teams that have said,
this has been what we tried to make it work with.
It's not working. We got to get out from under
these deals. He's just still really talented players. But we
need to move on. It's just like in fantasy pray
on weakness when someone who we got to make a move.
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I need this, I need this. Well, I gotta get
rid of this guy. That's what you have to do.
It's like in draft day. I mean, come on, we're
coming up on draft day. Just go back to the
you know, the young kid down in Jacksonville. He didn't
know what he's doing. And then you talk about the
message boards when you go back to the table with Seattle.
I've been reading him. You know, the wolves are at
the door, all of that kind of thing. But Mark Steiner,
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who joins this right, he said that maybe the Spurs
are gonna jump up to one to pair someone with Wemby.
I may come on, let's go. It's Jeff Carson, the
rookie GM the Jeff Carson. Nicely done what's that kid's
name down there? It's a rookie GM. They got the Jeff.
I get him on the phone, Sonny. I'm screwed, man.
They took my pick. That's my backup. What do I do?
Like that actually happens in the Anti Guy. Yeah, Joe
(30:50):
Douglass is screaming, Oh, they just took my guy. They
trade them for prop powers. I don't know what to do.
Speaker 3 (30:55):
What do I do?
Speaker 1 (30:55):
I'm screwed here, I'm screwed. I can't take my guy.
What would you do? Don't lie to me, don't lie
to me. What do you know, Sonny? What do you know?
Let me tell you time out to find out what's
trending to the guy who lost the role of the
Seahawks GM. To Chime McBride, it is Steve Desager. It'll
frend salary Carole sour grapes. I know it sounds like,
(31:16):
but I didn't want it. You would have been pretty good.
All you do is say, would have solved our salary
cap problems. That's all you need. It got nothing to
do with that.
Speaker 2 (31:23):
You have been a salary cap league. Don't thank you.
Speaker 1 (31:26):
I want to be a non salary cast. Yes. Actually,
while we're talking NBA.
Speaker 8 (31:31):
By the way, Yes, the Lakers introduced JJ Reddick as
head coach with a reported four year deal. The Cleveland
Cavaliers new coach is due to be Golden State assistant
Kenny Atkinson. He's a former NETS head coach. Minnesota gave
coach Chris Finch an extension through twenty twenty eight. The
Raptors will reportedly give All star Scottie Barnes a five
year MAX extension.
Speaker 1 (31:51):
The w NBA was off tonight.
Speaker 8 (31:53):
Game seven of the Stanley Cup Final at Florida went
to the Panthers two to one over Edmonton. The playoff
MVP Edmonton's Connor McDavid. In fact, in hockey history, he
has the record now most playoff points for a guy
who did not win the Cup. He had forty two
points in the twenty five playoff games. Panthers had lost
three straight in the series. They won Game seven at
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home tonight. They had never won the Cup before, and
their franchise started in nineteen ninety three. They lost the
final just last year, as well as in nineteen ninety six.
Edmonton's last Stanley Cup came in nineteen ninety and in fact,
a Canadian team still has not won the Cup since
nineteen ninety three. In fact, zho to seven in the
final since then, including five losses. Now in game seven's
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in the final.
Speaker 1 (32:37):
You want that illegal stick, Canadians, It's gonna cost you
thirty years of your life. Goes back to Montreal beating
LA in ninety three. These oilers.
Speaker 8 (32:46):
These oilers began this season two and nine, plus an
overtime loss. The five points in the standings the fewest
through twelve games in NHL history by a team that
eventually went on to play in the final. Now, the
Hockey Hall of James class of twenty twenty four will
be voted on and revealed tomorrow by an eighteen member committee.
Among the first year eligible players, Pavelo dot Suk of Detroit,
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Patrick Marlow, San Jose also from Nashville, Shay Weber, and
Pecorine up for the Hall. In Copa America action on
FS one tonight in La sixty seven thousand fans on hand,
but Brazil played to a zero zero tie against Costa
Rica despite seventy four percent of the possession and Brazil
out shooting him nineteen to two. The US plays Panama
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Thursday in Atlanta. At the Euro Soccer Tournament. Italy advanced
with the last second goal. Spain's now three to zero.
After winning again tomorrow on Fox TV France versus Poland
noon Eastern Time, then England versus Slovenia, the Tennessee Volunteers
rank number one, took the College World Series Finals. They
stayed alive winning yesterday, got the Goheed homer in the seventh.
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They held on to win tonight. It was six to
one in the eighth six ' five Tennessee the final
over Texas A and M. Tennessee finishes sixty and thirteen
and the volspe come the first number one national seed
to win the title since Miami in nineteen ninety nine.
Speaker 1 (34:05):
It's over now, right, the World Series is over. There's
no more Super Regional. It's over, okay, It's.
Speaker 8 (34:10):
Just a best of three, not thirty three. Mets closer
Edwin Diaz was suspended ten games. He was thrown out
last night due to a foreign substance on his hand.
San Francisco, with three runs bottom of the ninth, beat
the Cubs in the late game tonight five to four.
Giants had trailed four to nothing in the fifth and
everyone in San Francisco on the field was wearing number
twenty four tonight, honoring the late Willie Mays. San Diego
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with four runs bottom of the tenth edge Washington seven
to six. Today, the Padres plays Fernando Tatist Junior on
the ale with a leg injury. Angels pitcher Patrick Sandoval
needs Tommy John surgery. Halo's beat Oakland five to one.
Milwaukee got a grand slam in the six from Rehyese
Hoskins and defeated Texas six to three. Kansas City with
three solo homers and a four to one win over Miami,
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the Dodgers won three to nothing at the White Sox.
Clayton Kershaw of LA, with a sore shoulder, was shut
down for at least a week, so no minor league
rehabs start tomorrow as was scheduled. Wins for Cincinnati and
for Saint Louis, which is one four straight. Boston with
four in the eighth, one and the ninth edge Toronto
seven to six. The Blue Jays have lost seven in
a row. Tampa Bay got three in the bottom of
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the eighth to beat Seattle four to three, and Mariners
starting pitcher Brian wu left with a hamstring tightness. They
say Cleveland won at six straight, three to two at
Baltimore and it was Philadelphia eight one over Detroit.
Speaker 1 (35:25):
Back to you, thank you, Steve O. Coming up next,
you want to talk about what it means to be
a captain and a leader. When did we tell you
something about what happened tonight? That's next, Jason and Mike Fox.
I am the captain. Now.
Speaker 3 (35:39):
Be sure to catch live editions of The Jason Smith
Show with Mike Harmon weekdays at ten pm Eastern, seven
pm Pacific Fox Sports Radio.
Speaker 1 (35:47):
It is the Jason Smith Show with my best friend
Mike Harmon. We're live at the Tiger Rac dot tire
rack dot com studios, the Tiger rackra. So you heard
Steve de Sager bring us the stat of the Steve
Stat of the Night earlier in the show, and and
Frostburg's got a little bit more on that now. The
stat was an American team has won the Great Cup,
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you know, the Canadian Football League Trophy more recently than
a Canadian team has won the Stanley Cup. You go
back to ninety five for when Baltimore, remember the Baltimore
played AFL, and back to ninety three when the Canadians
won the Stanley Cup beating the Kings. But Frostburg, you
have you have more on this, not on My stat's
way better than Steve's. It's better. So this could be
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this is trick.
Speaker 2 (36:33):
Might use it next week when he's back.
Speaker 4 (36:34):
Wow.
Speaker 1 (36:35):
Okay, so so so the super regional and now the
super duper regional stat of the day. Okay level stuff
right there?
Speaker 2 (36:42):
All right, what do you got after the Panthers won
the Cup tonight, It'll be the first time ever the
name Evan is engraved on the Stanley Cup.
Speaker 1 (36:50):
Can you believe that no one named Evan?
Speaker 2 (36:53):
No one ever named Evan? Wow?
Speaker 1 (36:55):
You think now?
Speaker 2 (36:55):
Wow?
Speaker 3 (36:56):
Wow?
Speaker 1 (36:58):
Okay, Now Rodriguez he was a catcher for the for
the Rangers. He's a lot small as Rodriguez. Oh side show,
bob oh, I got it, Evange. Evan has never been
on the Stanley Cup.
Speaker 2 (37:11):
The word Evan. The best part about this is you
know they're gonna spell it wrong.
Speaker 1 (37:15):
Hevy I n oh, what's that?
Speaker 5 (37:17):
Yeah?
Speaker 1 (37:17):
Evan Evan? Evan got it. That's what it is about this.
Speaker 2 (37:20):
I'm thinking about it.
Speaker 1 (37:21):
It's that's nuts. One out of every five hundred and
eighty three baby boys. One out of every nineteen seven
hundred and seventy two girls were born in twenty twenty
one were named Evan. And there's more than five hundred
names on the cup. You're talking about twenty some odd
names on each let. I mean that's got to be
their first time. Evan's gonna be Wow, it's pretty crazy.
Speaker 2 (37:40):
I kind of dig that where it's Steve.
Speaker 4 (37:42):
Uh, the.
Speaker 1 (37:45):
Guy the singer's in his car right now going home,
going No. I love that statu. But you want to
talk about what it means to be a captain and
what it means to be a leader.
Speaker 6 (37:54):
Uh.
Speaker 1 (37:55):
Connor McDavid wins the Consmith Trophy as playoff MVP. Remember
it's not the finals MVP. It's not the final, it
is the overall playoff MVP, which he had forty two
points and twenty five games. It was insane. But you
want to talk about what it means to be a
leader and to be a captain in a game in
which he did not play particularly well, did not score.
When the best player doesn't score, you know it's going
to be an offseason and maybe the rest of his career.
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Thinking had I scored a goal, I could have done
it well and back to back games. Yeah, it's been tough,
but they won the last one, so okay. While the
Panthers were celebrating the Stanley Cup, McDavid stood at the
exit to the ice entrance to the dressing room, waiting
for every other Oilers player to exit the ice before
(38:40):
he left. He stood there with other somewhere, some were watching,
some were watching. He waited for every Oilers player. He
congratulated them, and then here's the best part. When Skinner
comes off. He's the last player. McDavid goes off the
ice before Skinners, so Skinner could be the last person
going off the ice. He waits for everybody, congratulate everybody,
(39:00):
hugs a couple of people, everything. But then Skinner, the goalie,
is the last one to come off the ice and
McDavid leaves before him. That's a pretty cool thing, man.
You wait for everybody and then you let the goalie
come off last. That's a pretty big leadership thing to do.
And I've seen it now a couple of times on
my timeline. I'm like, you know, forty two points and
twenty five games is incredibly impressive. But when you lose,
(39:21):
and you lose on the biggest stage. You lose in
an unbelievable, gut wrenching way. To be able to have
to finish with that kind of class, that's a pretty cool. See.
A cynical guy would say, I respect all of you.
You lost this scheme. I'm leaving. Everybody on the way
off said you couldn't get a goal, couldn't get a goal,
couldn't get a goal, couldn't get a goal, couldn't get
(39:41):
a goal, couldn't get one goal. Oh no, him him
on Skinner comes off at the end. You get me
one more goal, get off the ice. I'm leaving now.
Now big big moments, and you know, pageantry at the
end of a hockey series. About as good as he gets.
Exit out about a Fresca exit. Swallen down the Jason
Smith Show with my best friend Mike Carmen coming up
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