June 26, 2024 • 35 mins
Jim Schlossnagle bolts for Texas one day after losing the National Championship. Jason can't believe the Nets actually traded Mikal Bridges to his NY Knicks. And the guys tell you exactly where they think Bronny James is going in the NBA Draft!
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Speaker 1 (00:29):
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Speaker 3 (00:51):
Well.
Speaker 1 (00:52):
One thing, we're getting a lot of response on Mike again,
I can never always tell.
Speaker 3 (00:55):
It's kind of fun to see what people respond to.
Speaker 1 (00:57):
No sure, trying to figure out what the plural of
grimaces that's good, Grimaces is it?
Speaker 3 (01:04):
Grimaci? Is it?
Speaker 4 (01:05):
Is?
Speaker 3 (01:05):
It?
Speaker 4 (01:06):
Is it?
Speaker 3 (01:06):
Grimsis? Like? What what would the plural of grimace be?
I don't know. I don't think it can be Grimaces.
Speaker 4 (01:13):
But no, crimicize the the Grimaci I think that works, Okay, Grimaces,
San Diego's.
Speaker 1 (01:23):
Grimacians, Grimacy Owens Grama, Yeah, the Grimacios or whatever.
Speaker 5 (01:29):
I mean.
Speaker 4 (01:29):
It's either six man tag team in the w w
F back when they embraced. Hey, what nation are you from? Cool,
you're gonna you're gonna come in as mobsters. You're the
Grimacios or.
Speaker 1 (01:44):
They all have mustaches and stuff here from Brooklyn, New York,
part of the Five Families.
Speaker 3 (01:51):
The All right, So what you're saying is Grimoci is
the winner.
Speaker 5 (01:57):
That's the best one.
Speaker 3 (01:58):
Okay, you think grimicize the winner grim I know I'm
with you on that.
Speaker 1 (02:01):
I think Grimocide is pretty good because eventually, you know,
with the Mets they have mister Met Missus Mett, you're
gonna need Grimace and Missus Grimace. Right, You're gonna have
to have a Missus Grimace at some point.
Speaker 5 (02:11):
Well, there is one, isn't there.
Speaker 3 (02:12):
I don't think there's a missus.
Speaker 1 (02:19):
He's running after Missus Met with a forking knife. Hey,
come back here.
Speaker 4 (02:25):
Things I never thought I would type into a Google search.
Does Grimace have a family.
Speaker 3 (02:33):
That Grimace had a family. Come on, whoa whoa, whoa whoa.
Speaker 4 (02:36):
Grimace Island, including Grandma Winkie, aunts, Million Tillian, uncle, Oh,
Grimacy uncle. Oh Grimacy. Yeah wait, Grimacy or Grimacy. I'm
gonna say Grimacy Grimacy, okaycause I don't think Grimacy would.
Speaker 3 (02:53):
That wouldn't make sense.
Speaker 5 (02:53):
No, but but either either way.
Speaker 3 (02:55):
Yeah, so he's not a whole family island.
Speaker 4 (02:59):
Grimmy was the guy that brought shamrock shakes on Saint
Patrick's Day.
Speaker 5 (03:06):
For the drink for a while.
Speaker 6 (03:08):
It's really uh Staten Island.
Speaker 1 (03:12):
Dude, there's a lot of great McDonald's on Staten Island.
You watch where you're going.
Speaker 4 (03:15):
I'm just saying, going down the lore of all these
old McDonald's characters, it's pretty trippy, man. There's a lot
of stuff going on. Grimace is like rich, like he's
like mom and me, He's like donnae. He lives on
an island. Like what the hell?
Speaker 5 (03:27):
Man, there you go.
Speaker 6 (03:30):
And McDonald's in the same sentence.
Speaker 1 (03:32):
Yeah, dude, McDonald's is great. McDonald's mascots are great. Even
Mayor Officer Big Mac. We gotta gotta dust him off.
Maybe the Rockies could dust off like Officer Big Mack
or something. Hey, any of the McDonald's characters haven't been used.
It's what we're gonna get right here.
Speaker 4 (03:46):
Everything we can remember when you used to go out
on trick or treating and sometimes you'd get him certificate
for apple pie or hamburger.
Speaker 3 (03:58):
I got a rock.
Speaker 4 (03:59):
Now, Hey, I gotta get someone to take me to McDonald's,
so I gotta think for a burger. And then your
uncle or someone would just steal said coupon for the
murder and you never see it again.
Speaker 1 (04:10):
I don't see, you say, and then your family, someone
in your family does this, and I go, no one
my family does that. You must have had some kind
of special up break where your uncle is stealing your
McDonald's coupon books when you would get that for people Christmas,
the McDonald's coupon books, Oh the best ones, buy one
big bag and get a freeway, And you're using McDonald's
coupon books every time you went to McDonald's.
Speaker 4 (04:31):
We did have that on occasion, and like I said,
some of those coupons would be missing, and your uncle
would My uncle's not here to defend himself harmon.
Speaker 6 (04:40):
St together like it was a flip book.
Speaker 1 (04:44):
Scary times, man, I tell you buy your McDonald's coupons
five dollars for the entire book. It's twenty five dollars
worth of coupons, and Harmon's uncle is just stuff in
his pocketsmith it I gotta go. I'm sorry, I can't
stay for dinner. Why no, I gotta go, nod go, gotta.
Speaker 4 (04:58):
Go, look to go to another fast food join in
the news. I mean, the biggest thing for him was
always the Army's five for five, oh.
Speaker 3 (05:05):
Man, because he would come with two satchels. Yeah, but
you told me he would steal. He would steal your
McDonald's coupon books. I mean, that's no idead.
Speaker 5 (05:12):
But but now it's it's about the five for five
since you.
Speaker 1 (05:15):
Know it's not, dude, it's still about it's still about
your still about your uncle walking around stealing coupon books.
Speaker 3 (05:20):
On the way out of that.
Speaker 4 (05:21):
But then he would do the five for five Armys
and he'd give a satchel and kind of throw it
out like for everybody that was there, and then he'd
sit and eat the five the other bag of five
for five bucks.
Speaker 3 (05:31):
Oh.
Speaker 1 (05:31):
So he was like Robin Hood, you know, I'll steal
some time. There's something for you, okay, yeah, and.
Speaker 6 (05:36):
Then he would give you a five fingerace.
Speaker 4 (05:39):
Nextally done whenever we can get a victorious reference in
and Ariana Grande sing and you're good.
Speaker 1 (05:44):
Hey, speaking of someone who was at chall show, you
want to get to a five finger in the face.
This was going to be the lead story tonight until
the huge NBA trade goes down and the Knicks are
gonna win the finals next year, which we'll get to.
Last night, we watched the College World Series finally and
it was over. No matter how many games there were,
(06:06):
was the end. Last night, Tennessee holds off Texas A
and M by a run. They win at six to five,
the best of three series, thrilling series, and Tennessee wins
their first national championship.
Speaker 3 (06:17):
Okay, great now. One of the side plots to this movie, uh,
to this movie.
Speaker 5 (06:22):
One of the side plots to this movie.
Speaker 1 (06:24):
We're doing Hallmark movies, that's what it is. One of
the side plots to this tournament was Jim schloss Nagle,
the head coach at Texas A and M. Again, it's
weird they call them head coaches in colleges baseball you're
a manager.
Speaker 3 (06:37):
But whatever.
Speaker 1 (06:39):
Was he going to leave A and M for the
head job at Texas now? Texas is obviously a big
step up in baseball. Texas a huge baseball tradition, and
Schlosnagles done phenomenal work at A and M. Look, got
them all the way here to the championship game, and
you know, the last three years have been great for them.
Speaker 3 (06:56):
So after the loss, you know he's going.
Speaker 1 (06:58):
To get the question, Ay, so we're here in This
is kind of how it goes when when coach X
brings a Cinderella ish type program really far. Hey, the
other big schools are all interested and want to hire them.
So you get questions are you talking to this school
or you talk to them? And everybody finds a way
to their way around the answer, whether they're talking to
a different school or not.
Speaker 3 (07:19):
But I'm pretty sure.
Speaker 1 (07:20):
This what you're gonna hear from schlas Nagel is the
exact worst thing you could possibly say. And he sounds
like a complete jackass, especially since today he took the
head coaching job at Texas.
Speaker 3 (07:32):
Now.
Speaker 1 (07:32):
This is last night after the game, eighteen hours before
he leaves Texas A and M for Texas. This is
the last question the press conference. He gets, someone says, hey, coach,
just wanted to ask you going on the deal, the
rumors that maybe you could be leaving Texas A and
M for Texas. You know, what do you have to
say to something like that? And this is schlas Nagel's response.
Speaker 7 (07:56):
Yeah, I mean, I think he's pretty selfish. Asked me
that question. To be honest with you, but I left
my family to be the coach at Texas A and M.
I took the job at Texas A and M to
never take another job again, and that hasn't changed in
my mind. That's unfair to talk about something like that.
(08:18):
They'd be like you asking Montgomery if he's gonna sign
in the draft. But I understand you got to ask
the question. But I gave up a big part of
my life to come take this job, and I've poured
every ounce of my soul in this job, and I've
given this job every single ounce I can possibly give.
It's right there.
Speaker 1 (08:36):
Oh wow, Okay, so he could have answered this any
way possible. Hey, let's not talk about that right now.
It's the last question to Prescott. Let's not talk about
that right now. My thoughts are with these players, all
this stuff, but he goes out of his way, and
this is why he looks like a complete jackass, because
he goes out of his way to berate the reporter
(08:58):
and say all these things that turned out to be
not true. Okay, first of all, I went to Texas
A and M so I wouldn't take another job. Ever,
I mean, come on, man, really, you didn't know you
were taking this job or everything was so new that
you took the job eighteen hours later. I mean even
took Danny Hurley a day to think about why he
wanted to say no to the Lakers. So really, this
(09:18):
is all something that came up, and no one knew
anything even though this was there was smoke about this
story and they were reports, Oh oh, I took this
job so I would take another job, and then eighteen
hours later you were with Texas. Really, and and for
a guy who says I left my family to coach
this team to say that you're selfish? Question, Wow, man,
that's game recognized game. But I don't understand how he
(09:41):
goes on this diatribe and thinks he looks good when
he had to know that the next day, I'm taking
the job at Texas, and he looks awful with this,
and I don't know that he's got any cachet anywhere.
He should apologize to the reporter. Really, I mean, I
don't think he should leave Austin forever long. He's gonna
coach the rest of his career, because boy, anywhere else
(10:02):
he goes, people are gonna go, Oh, there's the guy
who wanted to get all upset and get all haughty
about how dare you ask me a question about taking
another job? And eighteen hours later he had taken another job.
Like I really, I don't know what was going through
his head where he thought, this is a good idea,
not just for me to take on the reporter saying this,
but for me to really go to the wall that's
(10:24):
I left my family and this is the job I
never want to have to leave again. And it's like
asking other guys that they're going to the draft right
the I mean, like, how did you think this is
a good idea? That this is going to wind up
looking good in retrospect? All it took was eighteen hours
for this milk to spoil.
Speaker 4 (10:39):
Yeah, I thought the part that you just brought up
there was the key right, the next couple of lines,
I bet you go and ask him about the dress, like, well, yeah,
the season's over.
Speaker 5 (10:50):
That's the next part of the story here, skip right.
Speaker 4 (10:54):
As soon as a guy's finishing his last start, have
you not already recruited his replacement? Have you not already
figured out how quickly you could change out his locker,
like you're at the end of Friday night Lights and
dropping his name tag into a bucket?
Speaker 5 (11:10):
I mean, come on, man, And and yes.
Speaker 4 (11:13):
The the the whole you know my family for this,
Like I don't pretend to know the ins and outs
of what all went down with his family, but yes,
he got divorced and kind.
Speaker 5 (11:24):
Of lays that out a little bit there. And look
what I gave up for this job. Oh, by the way,
I'm out the door.
Speaker 4 (11:30):
So the righteous indignation, the finger wagging, I mean, this
is Rafiel Paul Marrow in the Senate. Hey hey, hey,
I didn't really Okay, sure, and then you leave?
Speaker 5 (11:43):
What do you go for?
Speaker 4 (11:44):
Us?
Speaker 6 (11:44):
Claus Nagel is a jackass? So what does that make
Texas University?
Speaker 3 (11:49):
Oh?
Speaker 1 (11:49):
Man, I mean I don't think they knew he was
gonna say really yeah, oh.
Speaker 6 (11:54):
No, Well plotting this before the game started.
Speaker 3 (11:57):
I'm sure they. I don't well know.
Speaker 4 (11:59):
I mean, that was ir No, It's all just a
matter of him going, hey, I would never do that.
I would never turn my back on this university for
whom I have sacrificed so much. Maybe he hadn't negotiated
whatever was the buyout yet and that's why he got
Hautie like, oh damn it. Twenty four hours later, that's
all done.
Speaker 1 (12:20):
This reminds me of when Nick Saban was getting courted
by Alabama when he was the head coach of the Dolphins.
He kept saying no, no, and he goes, guys, I
don't know what to tell you, I'm not going to Alabama,
And two weeks later he was in Alabama.
Speaker 3 (12:31):
He guess what.
Speaker 1 (12:32):
Now worked out for him, obviously, because he became the
greatest college football head coach that any of us have
ever seen and just retired last year. But I mean,
I mean, I don't know, why do you really get
that upset over a question that you feel the need
to embarrass yourself Because all he's done is completely embarrass
himself and ruined the brand of himself as a great coach.
Because now I look at him and go, boy, the
(12:54):
guy just sounds petty and he's and he sounds like
someone who just I just want to bully this reporter
and sayreiculous things to bring to bring up my family,
like I left my family. Oh oh oh, yes, you're
out of line by asking you a quest because I'm
bringing up how I left my family and then and
then he left Texas A and M for a job
the next day. So I guess the pecking order goes
(13:15):
Texas is greater than equal to Texas, A and M,
greater than equal to family, greater than are equal to
the reporter who asked the question.
Speaker 3 (13:22):
I think that's how it goes.
Speaker 4 (13:23):
I just like the determination of selfish Okay, was that
supposed to go to a pool reporter because someone's gonna
ask that question?
Speaker 3 (13:31):
Right?
Speaker 4 (13:31):
It was out there, It was swirling in the midst
of the three game final. And just just so you know, Jason, yes,
the College World Series is in fact, but it's been
swirling out there and someone had to ask the questions,
like you know years ago, you know the remember remember
(13:52):
the uh what was the dear Antler spray stuff with
ray Lewis? Oh sure, like someone had to ask it
is dumb as it might have sounded. And knowing that
he was going to start preaching for twenty minutes about
the grace of God and whatever else and again preach
on your beliefs, have at it, but he was going
to avoid actually answering said question.
Speaker 5 (14:11):
We knew that was going to happen.
Speaker 4 (14:13):
So our guy, Victor brick Jacobs from AM five to
seventy LA Sports, did a little thing right. He's wearing
his uh, his rabbit hat or whatever, and a couple
of yucks there, uh, And then the guy next to
me taps me.
Speaker 5 (14:26):
He goes, yeah, you don't have to do that. He
already hates me. Let me ask it.
Speaker 4 (14:30):
And and you could see Ray Lewis's countenance as soon
as guy raises his hand to ask the next question,
like all right, you you're not getting an answer, And
he started to fill a buster. So he started going
down that and and I decided to go do one
on ones with the rest of the team, like I'm
out here, I got a colleather jack.
Speaker 6 (14:50):
By Texas University. That even McConaughey is saying, all right,
all right.
Speaker 1 (14:54):
Oh wow, maybe he's the one that made it happen.
Speaker 8 (14:58):
I listen, all right, it's gonna happen here. So you're
gonna wind up coming here to Texas and we're gonna
we're gonna make it work for you, all right. Just
don't say anything stupid like uh uh uh you know
you left your family for the job or something, or
just don't do that, okay, just just just be.
Speaker 1 (15:12):
Smart when you say it. I mean, look, Texas is saying, okay,
we got our guy. We don't care and it was
A and he and he and he thumbed his nose
at A and M on the way out. Okay, all right,
I mean we're I just I don't get coaches who
just can't answer questions. I'm sorry, you know you're getting
the questions. If you're gonna go someplace else, they're gonna
ask you. Just answer it like a pro. Don't answer
(15:35):
it like him like a like a like a jackass.
Like I just keep coming back to that, because like what,
don't answer it like that, don't make it all he didn't.
And nobody looks good coming out of this, but specifically himself.
I mean, this is one of the you know, Justin's right,
this is one of those all time awful moves by
a guy who's now I can't wait for his first
press conference with because you know what's gonna come up.
Speaker 3 (15:54):
I can wait to hear what he says. Hopefully he apologize, hopefully.
Speaker 4 (15:57):
Reaches out to coaching that three game series. You think
you want to go back to the fifth inning of
game two of the series.
Speaker 3 (16:06):
Would you have.
Speaker 1 (16:06):
Scored one or two more runs in the championship game
if you weren't thinking about this?
Speaker 3 (16:10):
Just answer whatever you want to say.
Speaker 5 (16:11):
I mean, game three was that on your mind?
Speaker 4 (16:14):
You know when when you had this opportunity, and you know,
and you you know, you left the picture in a
little bit too long.
Speaker 5 (16:20):
I'll hang up and listen to your response.
Speaker 1 (16:22):
Hey, when you were thinking about bringing in relievers, were
you thinking of guys on your team or who you'd
have a Texas next year?
Speaker 4 (16:27):
He did you had you already contacted the moving company?
Speaker 3 (16:32):
How many? How many?
Speaker 1 (16:33):
How many recruits texted you during the championship game and
you said, Hey, this is gonna be us next year
at Texas?
Speaker 4 (16:39):
Did you say I need a guy with a mustache like.
Speaker 3 (16:47):
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Today be known as the day the Knicks won the
NBA Championship. For next year, a year from now, it's
gonna be Jalen Brunson holding up the Larry O'Brien trump.
(18:16):
It'll be all the Nova Knicks, everybody. It's gonna be
Brunton with a hand on the trophy and Dividcenzo and
Hart Bridge which.
Speaker 5 (18:23):
Guys which guy?
Speaker 4 (18:24):
Well, but which guy's stealing the O'Brien to take it
in the back because he's pissed he didn't win the finals, MVP.
Speaker 3 (18:31):
Oh who is the probably Josh Hart Notice how.
Speaker 5 (18:34):
I indulged you in your fantasy lands.
Speaker 4 (18:36):
Yeah for a moment, all the way I mean, ELOI
from Compton wrote us about an hour ago. Man, all
this Knicks, Mets and Jet talk is truly blankety blankety
blanky annoying.
Speaker 3 (18:50):
Bro talked about the Jets tonight.
Speaker 5 (18:52):
Yeah you got You've gotten some Aaron Rodgers in So.
Speaker 1 (18:55):
What a great day it is like the Knicks get
Michel Bridges, the Mets beat the Yankees, and Aaron Roddy
does not do an interview of any kind.
Speaker 3 (19:02):
Today was a big win.
Speaker 5 (19:04):
What a wonderful day is it? Bro?
Speaker 4 (19:08):
Your teams suck? I know it's the Jason Smith Show,
but damn, nobody gives a damn about your teams. Season
just ended and you're talking Knicks dude, dude, and wait
wait wait wait last one. He's got a trophy there
and then he says no to drugs.
Speaker 5 (19:27):
Thanks for hanging with us.
Speaker 1 (19:29):
I am sorry that the Knicks made the biggest move
of the offseason so far.
Speaker 3 (19:32):
They made the move is going to bring them the
title next year.
Speaker 6 (19:35):
That's what happened to get to that finals. When you
can't get past the Pacers.
Speaker 3 (19:38):
Though, show just stop. You know how hurt we were.
Speaker 6 (19:41):
No, you have to beat teams in the East to
get to the finals, right, dude, you.
Speaker 3 (19:45):
Know the Lakers. You have to win around in the playoffs, right,
You don't have to win around and.
Speaker 6 (19:49):
Talking about the Lakers.
Speaker 3 (19:50):
You know what I'm saying is you.
Speaker 6 (19:51):
Talking about the Knicks and they exactly.
Speaker 3 (19:54):
I'm sorry. I'm sorry.
Speaker 1 (19:56):
Your move yesterday was JJ Redick in my move today
was Michel b I'm sorry about that.
Speaker 6 (20:01):
But you're acting like you guys got Dominique Wilkins in
his prime.
Speaker 1 (20:05):
Dude, we kind of did, man, except you know he
can't dunk like Dominique but look, this is why this
is such a big trade.
Speaker 3 (20:12):
The Knicks get Michel Bridges.
Speaker 1 (20:13):
They give up up to five first round picks to
get Bridges from the Nets. Now, look, I never thought
this would happen because the Nets and the Knicks they
don't make trades. But this is what the Nets have done.
They I'm sure the Knicks came over the top that
they were getting maybe three first round picks from other teams.
So if you're the Knicks, you can't just better it
by hey, here's three first.
Speaker 3 (20:32):
And a second.
Speaker 1 (20:33):
No, you gotta go over the top if you're going
to make a trade that could come back to haunt
you within the same city. So I'm sure the Knicks
went over the.
Speaker 3 (20:39):
Top for it. But it's not about making a move.
It's about making the right move.
Speaker 1 (20:45):
And three nights ago I told you next year the
Knicks and the Thunder are playing for the NBA title.
Speaker 3 (20:51):
Right they were my friend.
Speaker 1 (20:52):
Right after the season ended that Celtics won, I gave
you my pick Nicks and the Thunder. Why because these
are two teams that are already really good, and they
have what you need to get better in the offset money.
Speaker 3 (21:05):
They have money, and they have picks, right, But I'm
not am I.
Speaker 1 (21:08):
The Knicks finished second in the conference this year, and
if they didn't have seventeen injuries, maybe if they had
had only fourteen injuries, they would have been able to
win and make.
Speaker 4 (21:17):
It to the Eastern Conference. Remember, and what was the
old phrasing? And at the risk of offending folks, who
was the old you know, land of the blind? In
a larger sense, the guy that can see his king.
Speaker 1 (21:30):
A one eyed man is king in the land of
yes exactly.
Speaker 5 (21:33):
But that's that's what I'm saying here.
Speaker 4 (21:35):
You got up to second because the well, the conference
kind of stunck.
Speaker 3 (21:39):
But look you, yes, injuries are part of it.
Speaker 1 (21:42):
But can you count on four injuries knocking out four
of your top eight guys.
Speaker 3 (21:47):
That's a little bit much, right, that's a little much.
Speaker 2 (21:49):
Give Tim's time.
Speaker 3 (21:51):
Then listen.
Speaker 1 (21:51):
What the Knicks did today was they went out and
got the right guy right and the thunder too.
Speaker 3 (21:57):
Right.
Speaker 1 (21:57):
That's why I picked them both because both good teams.
They have the money and they have the draft picks
to get what they need. The Knicks title window is
open down for the next two years. The Knicks title
window is wide bleep and open, right, They went out
and got a guy.
Speaker 3 (22:10):
Who was a really good score.
Speaker 1 (22:11):
And I told you the beginning of the beginning of
the playoffs. The Knicks can't rely that. Hey, yes they
struck something with the Nova Knicks, but de Vincenzo's not
gonna score thirty in a game all the time.
Speaker 3 (22:22):
Josh Hart's not gonna do that.
Speaker 1 (22:23):
They did it for a very short period of time
in the playoffs when they had a great moment together,
but they needed another score.
Speaker 3 (22:29):
And not only his bridges a great score. He's a
terrific defender.
Speaker 1 (22:33):
Not a great year last year defender, I understand, but
he also was on a bad team. He's on a
team that prioritizes defense. He's playing with guys that he's
played with early in college.
Speaker 3 (22:43):
I mean, this is this is the Nova Knicks that
are together.
Speaker 1 (22:46):
So you got a guy that is seamlessly going to
drop into the rotation and be terrific.
Speaker 3 (22:52):
And that's a thing.
Speaker 1 (22:53):
It's not going out and getting a guy that, Hey,
let's get a talented guy and see what happens. Look,
the Knicks went out and got somebody who's gonna slop
right in the thunder, went out and got Alex Caruso.
He's gonna slot right in right, former two time first
team All NBA defender. Guy that's gonna hit some threes.
Very sought after player. Two of the most sought after
players in the offseason so far have already gone on
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the I've already been moved, and they've been to the
two teams that I told you're gonna win before the
trades happened. Right, they had the money, they had the
the the picks and the cachet, and they've already made
big moves to make it happen. Right, this is why
I picked both of these teams, and so far they're
coming through. Good luck playing the Thunder next year when
they got three guards who can really defend well and
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now Caruso's over the top guy. Good luck playing the
Knicks because now with Bridges coming in, they're gonna be
just as good defensively whether they re sign Andwnobi or not.
And there'd be better offensively because he's a better player
than Ananobe is on offense. The Knicks got incredibly better
today and it didn't cost them anything from their team.
It cost them ramp picks and Bogdanovich, who was someone
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who they got at the deadline who could barely dent
the rotation in the end, So they didn't get any
anybody off the team from last year they really needed.
They lost nothing. They got him in and everything is fine.
Knicks are going to the finals and they're gonna win
next year. And it's the Nova, the Nova Nicks with
the holding all with their hands on the lario'brian Trophy's
gonna my Twitter avatar forever a year from now after
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this happens.
Speaker 4 (24:18):
I like that You've you've got yourself into this dream
like state, almost as if you've just ingested another big
Mac with special extra sauce and and and all the
stuff that you do there.
Speaker 3 (24:30):
And actually, I may go have a big Mac to
celebrate this.
Speaker 1 (24:33):
I may, I may say, I gotta go have a
big mac to celebrate this.
Speaker 4 (24:36):
But I just have to say, I mean, while you
lay that all out, and I like it. I like
the cut of your jib. Bridges doesn't come free. Uh,
he still has two years and about what forty eight
million dollars left on his deal, so two year window
to make this work. So in two years, let's see
how much tread's left on the tires.
Speaker 5 (24:55):
But in that time. Uh, Tom Tibbau is gonna run
these guys ragged, which is great.
Speaker 4 (24:59):
You the buy in, the camaraderie, the history, all of
these things. I sent you guys the clip from just
about two weeks ago when there was the back and
forth and Bridges and Jalen Brunson going after it talking
about the size of Brunson's head. I mean, pretty funny stuff,
you know, and heady stuff as it were. But again,
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eventually you got to pay the piper. So Ananobi opted out.
He's gonna make like forty million a years, so he's
gonna be gone. And remember remember there was a long
stretch where just like Grimace, same effect for the Knicks
when he played unbeatable, when when he didn't.
Speaker 5 (25:40):
Not so much. So you got that going.
Speaker 4 (25:42):
You got Mitchell Robinson, Julius Randall, all their deals and whatever,
and that one of them might not be back either,
and likewise Hartenstein, you know, Hart and sold the team
still there, still coming off the bench as a bit
player that he's been for so long. Another guy that's
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probably gonna get a massive contract offer somewhere else. But
I also do have to to point out the obvious
for both the Thunder and the Knicks, and by extension,
you and your prediction to this, you embrace bullying. You
embrace bullying because what they did is they went after
the week, the inept and the directionless squads of the
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NBA and the Bulls and the Nets.
Speaker 1 (26:29):
No, no, no, dude, that's how you. I call that making
a trade? Man, I don't know how great was that?
Speaker 5 (26:34):
Though?
Speaker 4 (26:35):
You want to talk about hot take theater with my
backwards baseball gap on.
Speaker 5 (26:39):
Let's go. Your teams were bullies making a trade?
Speaker 1 (26:43):
No, look and look, but that's how you have to
do it, right, whether it's fantasy football or the NBA.
When you want to make a trade, you can't just
try to make a trade, try to jar someone loose
from a team. It's not gonna happen. You have to
talk to a team that's motivated and is ready to
give up. Right, the Bulls are giving up on the
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invention and incarnation of the team they had, right, Hey,
the big three they brought in Caruso.
Speaker 3 (27:09):
No, they're giving up on that. Right.
Speaker 1 (27:11):
So, hey, you need a player that fits what you
want on your team, Call the Bulls.
Speaker 3 (27:16):
You think Zach Lavine is your guy? Zach Lavine is available.
Speaker 1 (27:19):
Right, the Atlanta Hawks are starting over, right, They're absolutely
starting over.
Speaker 6 (27:23):
Right.
Speaker 3 (27:23):
We've heard Tree Young is available. Maybe Dejontay Murray's available.
Speaker 1 (27:26):
You call the Hawks, you can get one of those players, right,
that's rights, right, absolutely right.
Speaker 3 (27:31):
This is how you have to do it. This is
this is how you have to do it.
Speaker 1 (27:34):
You have to prey on a team that you know
is going to make a trade because those are those
are the ones that happen.
Speaker 3 (27:41):
Because any if you just want to call all, let's let's.
Speaker 1 (27:43):
Try to get this guy, this guy, No, you're gonna
get rebuffed because likely the team is holding onto that
player because they like him.
Speaker 3 (27:49):
We're not gonna move him. You know who's movable. You
know what teams have to get out from under what contracts?
Who wants to.
Speaker 1 (27:56):
Start over, because hey, we tried the last three years
with these three guys are stars and it didn't go well.
That's where you make the trades. Those are the guys
you gotta You gotta find that that soft underbelly of
a team that's ready to Hey, you know we're a
little jittery. We gotta make moves. We need first round picks,
we need different things that's how you did. That's how
it's done.
Speaker 3 (28:15):
Right.
Speaker 1 (28:15):
Maybe was was Michel Bridges, probably the number one name
on the Knicks list. Yeah, but I'm sure they thought, well,
the Nets aren't gonna trade with us because it's the Nets.
But then they found out, hey, we're really ready to
move on, We're really ready to start over again. So
the Dicks, okay, let's give a call. Hey, And they
were ready to they were ready to dump it. They're
ready to move on from a new to a new era.
And they were able to get Bridges from the Nets
because of it.
Speaker 4 (28:35):
Let me give you a pop culture reference here, because
we love to bring our movies in. This is like you,
you know, the Knicks and the Nets or the the
Bulls and the Thunder, and take which effort trade you want.
You're on hawf and and you're flailing. Okay, this is
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and and the person flailing Luke Skywalker is the Nets
or the Bulls. This is Hans Solo, the Nicks or
the Thunder coming along, cutting up that Taunton and then
getting in there for the warmth themselves and letting the
other guy die.
Speaker 1 (29:12):
Boys Empire Strikes Back will be a different movie. If
that's how it went.
Speaker 6 (29:15):
How about that, Jason, you know what Makai Bridges isn't blocking?
Speaker 3 (29:19):
Well, what is he not blocking?
Speaker 6 (29:21):
Shot?
Speaker 1 (29:23):
Calipart and double team shot fucking four them. Heart's gotta
put it up, step back his three putters.
Speaker 4 (29:31):
The heart knocks the three the time out Nicks.
Speaker 3 (29:36):
Every time you play that, people go wow.
Speaker 1 (29:38):
They play a miracle on the air that night every
night on Fox Sports Radio.
Speaker 3 (29:41):
Well, you played that miracle three? That absolutely miracle.
Speaker 5 (29:45):
You know, concert, sporting events or spiritual places.
Speaker 1 (29:48):
So is this show a miracle hit on like the
Knicks sixty nine Mets and and Andrew dem Hard in
Game three of the Eastern Conference semifinals proof that miracles
actually happen.
Speaker 3 (30:01):
That's okay, I'll let I'll let you know. I'll find
a way to get a day.
Speaker 1 (30:04):
With the Larry O'Brien Trophy next year, and you guys
can see it up close to see what it looks like.
Speaker 3 (30:07):
It'll be fun.
Speaker 6 (30:09):
Are you gonna you're gonna dress up as Larry?
Speaker 5 (30:11):
Yeah, you gotta lick it.
Speaker 3 (30:13):
Whoa whoa, whoa whoa, No, wow, that.
Speaker 4 (30:18):
Was yeah, Lario Brian kiss hilario'brian trophy, because actually does
the keeper of the Larium. Wait, wait does the keeper
of the lari O'Brian trophy? Is he gonna hate you
like the guy with the Stanley Cup? That's the question.
Speaker 5 (30:36):
What are you doing?
Speaker 3 (30:37):
Uh?
Speaker 1 (30:38):
Coming up next, speaking of the NBA Draft, you're less
than twenty four hours away, we'll give you our final,
big bold prediction for the biggest story in the NBA Draft.
Speaker 3 (30:48):
That's next right here, Jason and Mike Fox.
Speaker 2 (30:51):
Be sure to catch live editions of The Jason Smith
Show with Mike Harmon weekdays at ten pm Eastern, seven
pm Pacific, Fox.
Speaker 1 (30:58):
Sports Radio The Jason Smith Show with my best friend
Mike car How about home Off? By this time tomorrow night,
first round of the NBA Draft will be in the books.
Speaker 3 (31:09):
What will be the future for Bronnie James? Right?
Speaker 1 (31:14):
The entire lead up to the draft has been about
Bronnie James because well, a lot of the other players.
It's not a star stud a draft. A lot of
names have been played yet maybe you heard of them,
maybe you haven't. Look, you're gonna whoever gets Stefan Castle's
gonna get a gem. He's my favorite player in the draft.
But overall, it's not one of those drafts. But the
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controversy surrounding Bronnie James when he's gonna get drafted, who
will draft him? That's gonna be what pushes everything. So
I'll make my final bold prediction for Bronnie James in
the draft, and I'm sticking with what I had said
from the beginning. The Lakers will get him in the
second round, or he'll go undrafted and sign.
Speaker 3 (31:52):
With the Lakers right away.
Speaker 1 (31:53):
Things have changed a little bit in the last few
weeks to where he's not gonna go undrafted. The Lakers
will draft him at fifty five. That's what's gonna Oh
by the way, yeah, you're Bronnie James number fifty five merchandise.
Speaker 3 (32:06):
What if he picks fifty five to where in the league?
Speaker 1 (32:08):
Oh yeah, hey, as a reminder of where I was
drafted fifty five, the Lakers will draft him at fifty
five because they can without there being any real blowback. Look,
if he was a better prospect, it would be a
different story and there would be more up in arms
about teams where Rich Paul is pushing the narrative in
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the media for where Bronnie James is gonna work out,
who he's gonna work out for This hasn't been as
big a deal because Bronnie James is kind of a
middling prospect. A prospect, right, He's a guy that teams
can either draft or not draft. Second round, you take
chances you could draft a guy he could not draft
a guy, So other teams aren't gonna worry about getting
involved in any clutch difficulty by drafting Bronny when it
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was all we didn't want him to work out here.
We don't think he's a good fit here, So teams
are gonna lay off of him, and it will come
up the Lakers will draft him at fifty five, and
it'll be good for the Lakers because hey, they draft,
they do Lebron a favor and okay, right, they clearly
show they want to keep Lebron, they want to keep
them happy. No Laker is gonna lose playing time to
Bronnie James. Bronnie James isn't even gonna play. The only
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thing you're gonna get this year is the photo opportunities
at practice in the beginning of the year. Maybe they
share the court for a couple of minutes in an
exhibition game, but Bronni's gonna be in the G League,
and he understands that, and Lebron understands that, so be
a little bit of that in the preseason, which will
make everybody happy. And then Bronni goes and spends most
of the year in the G League, and that's how
it's gonna go. But the drafting of Bronni by the
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Lakers is not gonna be a big thing. It's not
gonna cause ripples in the organization, and everybody else is
gonna lay off and allow the Lakers to take him
at fifty five. You know, me, I want chaos in
this one because nobody gets hurt. It just gives us
more fodder.
Speaker 4 (33:49):
You know, some feelings maybe behind the scenes, but you know,
Rich Palla talked about the Mavericks or maybe the Raptors,
is two teams that didn't necessarily need work them out
because they know, you know, the family, you know, coaches, executives,
whatever had been around Brownie in the past. So maybe
he got a little bit of a wild card out there.
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But on the grand scale, yeah, it does seem like it's, uh,
the the noise around it's kind of waned, even with
the draft approaching, which is too bad. You know what,
I mean like it was fast and furious for a while.
It's like, all right, and here's the measurements and all
of these other things coming out of the combine. How
mad people were that he was at the combine, and
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so on and so forth, and and now we're at
this point and it just seems a foregone conclusion. Why
because the NBA scheduled scheduled the second night of the
damn draft.
Speaker 5 (34:40):
That's how That's how much they tipped their hand all
this according to script.
Speaker 3 (34:47):
Are we gonna do it the rest of the time.
Speaker 1 (34:48):
Well, if anybody's kids are gonna get drafted in the
second round, we'll have a second night of the.
Speaker 4 (34:52):
Draft kids getting drafted.
Speaker 3 (34:56):
That's look, Look, it's gonna push everything. That's how it's
to end.
Speaker 1 (35:00):
If I thought for a second another team would say,
we're gonna jump in because we'd love it if Bronnie
was a great prospect, this is an entirely different conversation.
Speaker 3 (35:07):
But it's not.
Speaker 1 (35:08):
Teams can say, yeah, we don't need to take Bronnie James,
and they spend five seconds thinking about just stop man
Frostburg your desperation and just oozes through the microphone.
Speaker 6 (35:21):
You're a next fan you know, desperation and we're gonna.
Speaker 3 (35:24):
Win the title.
Speaker 1 (35:25):
After getting You're like the coach, you know, Desperation to
Laria Brian Trophy next year, Ben Mallers next Fox.
Speaker 3 (35:32):
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Speaker 3 (00:51):
Well.
Speaker 1 (00:52):
One thing, we're getting a lot of response on Mike again,
I can never always tell.
Speaker 3 (00:55):
It's kind of fun to see what people respond to.
Speaker 1 (00:57):
No sure, trying to figure out what the plural of
grimaces that's good, Grimaces is it?
Speaker 3 (01:04):
Grimaci? Is it?
Speaker 4 (01:05):
Is?
Speaker 3 (01:05):
It?
Speaker 4 (01:06):
Is it?
Speaker 3 (01:06):
Grimsis? Like? What what would the plural of grimace be?
I don't know. I don't think it can be Grimaces.
Speaker 4 (01:13):
But no, crimicize the the Grimaci I think that works, Okay, Grimaces,
San Diego's.
Speaker 1 (01:23):
Grimacians, Grimacy Owens Grama, Yeah, the Grimacios or whatever.
Speaker 5 (01:29):
I mean.
Speaker 4 (01:29):
It's either six man tag team in the w w
F back when they embraced. Hey, what nation are you from? Cool,
you're gonna you're gonna come in as mobsters. You're the
Grimacios or.
Speaker 1 (01:44):
They all have mustaches and stuff here from Brooklyn, New York,
part of the Five Families.
Speaker 3 (01:51):
The All right, So what you're saying is Grimoci is
the winner.
Speaker 5 (01:57):
That's the best one.
Speaker 3 (01:58):
Okay, you think grimicize the winner grim I know I'm
with you on that.
Speaker 1 (02:01):
I think Grimocide is pretty good because eventually, you know,
with the Mets they have mister Met Missus Mett, you're
gonna need Grimace and Missus Grimace. Right, You're gonna have
to have a Missus Grimace at some point.
Speaker 5 (02:11):
Well, there is one, isn't there.
Speaker 3 (02:12):
I don't think there's a missus.
Speaker 1 (02:19):
He's running after Missus Met with a forking knife. Hey,
come back here.
Speaker 4 (02:25):
Things I never thought I would type into a Google search.
Does Grimace have a family.
Speaker 3 (02:33):
That Grimace had a family. Come on, whoa whoa, whoa whoa.
Speaker 4 (02:36):
Grimace Island, including Grandma Winkie, aunts, Million Tillian, uncle, Oh,
Grimacy uncle. Oh Grimacy. Yeah wait, Grimacy or Grimacy. I'm
gonna say Grimacy Grimacy, okaycause I don't think Grimacy would.
Speaker 3 (02:53):
That wouldn't make sense.
Speaker 5 (02:53):
No, but but either either way.
Speaker 3 (02:55):
Yeah, so he's not a whole family island.
Speaker 4 (02:59):
Grimmy was the guy that brought shamrock shakes on Saint
Patrick's Day.
Speaker 5 (03:06):
For the drink for a while.
Speaker 6 (03:08):
It's really uh Staten Island.
Speaker 1 (03:12):
Dude, there's a lot of great McDonald's on Staten Island.
You watch where you're going.
Speaker 4 (03:15):
I'm just saying, going down the lore of all these
old McDonald's characters, it's pretty trippy, man. There's a lot
of stuff going on. Grimace is like rich, like he's
like mom and me, He's like donnae. He lives on
an island. Like what the hell?
Speaker 5 (03:27):
Man, there you go.
Speaker 6 (03:30):
And McDonald's in the same sentence.
Speaker 1 (03:32):
Yeah, dude, McDonald's is great. McDonald's mascots are great. Even
Mayor Officer Big Mac. We gotta gotta dust him off.
Maybe the Rockies could dust off like Officer Big Mack
or something. Hey, any of the McDonald's characters haven't been used.
It's what we're gonna get right here.
Speaker 4 (03:46):
Everything we can remember when you used to go out
on trick or treating and sometimes you'd get him certificate
for apple pie or hamburger.
Speaker 3 (03:58):
I got a rock.
Speaker 4 (03:59):
Now, Hey, I gotta get someone to take me to McDonald's,
so I gotta think for a burger. And then your
uncle or someone would just steal said coupon for the
murder and you never see it again.
Speaker 1 (04:10):
I don't see, you say, and then your family, someone
in your family does this, and I go, no one
my family does that. You must have had some kind
of special up break where your uncle is stealing your
McDonald's coupon books when you would get that for people Christmas,
the McDonald's coupon books, Oh the best ones, buy one
big bag and get a freeway, And you're using McDonald's
coupon books every time you went to McDonald's.
Speaker 4 (04:31):
We did have that on occasion, and like I said,
some of those coupons would be missing, and your uncle
would My uncle's not here to defend himself harmon.
Speaker 6 (04:40):
St together like it was a flip book.
Speaker 1 (04:44):
Scary times, man, I tell you buy your McDonald's coupons
five dollars for the entire book. It's twenty five dollars
worth of coupons, and Harmon's uncle is just stuff in
his pocketsmith it I gotta go. I'm sorry, I can't
stay for dinner. Why no, I gotta go, nod go, gotta.
Speaker 4 (04:58):
Go, look to go to another fast food join in
the news. I mean, the biggest thing for him was
always the Army's five for five, oh.
Speaker 3 (05:05):
Man, because he would come with two satchels. Yeah, but
you told me he would steal. He would steal your
McDonald's coupon books. I mean, that's no idead.
Speaker 5 (05:12):
But but now it's it's about the five for five
since you.
Speaker 1 (05:15):
Know it's not, dude, it's still about it's still about
your still about your uncle walking around stealing coupon books.
Speaker 3 (05:20):
On the way out of that.
Speaker 4 (05:21):
But then he would do the five for five Armys
and he'd give a satchel and kind of throw it
out like for everybody that was there, and then he'd
sit and eat the five the other bag of five
for five bucks.
Speaker 3 (05:31):
Oh.
Speaker 1 (05:31):
So he was like Robin Hood, you know, I'll steal
some time. There's something for you, okay, yeah, and.
Speaker 6 (05:36):
Then he would give you a five fingerace.
Speaker 4 (05:39):
Nextally done whenever we can get a victorious reference in
and Ariana Grande sing and you're good.
Speaker 1 (05:44):
Hey, speaking of someone who was at chall show, you
want to get to a five finger in the face.
This was going to be the lead story tonight until
the huge NBA trade goes down and the Knicks are
gonna win the finals next year, which we'll get to.
Last night, we watched the College World Series finally and
it was over. No matter how many games there were,
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was the end. Last night, Tennessee holds off Texas A
and M by a run. They win at six to five,
the best of three series, thrilling series, and Tennessee wins
their first national championship.
Speaker 3 (06:17):
Okay, great now. One of the side plots to this movie, uh,
to this movie.
Speaker 5 (06:22):
One of the side plots to this movie.
Speaker 1 (06:24):
We're doing Hallmark movies, that's what it is. One of
the side plots to this tournament was Jim schloss Nagle,
the head coach at Texas A and M. Again, it's
weird they call them head coaches in colleges baseball you're
a manager.
Speaker 3 (06:37):
But whatever.
Speaker 1 (06:39):
Was he going to leave A and M for the
head job at Texas now? Texas is obviously a big
step up in baseball. Texas a huge baseball tradition, and
Schlosnagles done phenomenal work at A and M. Look, got
them all the way here to the championship game, and
you know, the last three years have been great for them.
Speaker 3 (06:56):
So after the loss, you know he's going.
Speaker 1 (06:58):
To get the question, Ay, so we're here in This
is kind of how it goes when when coach X
brings a Cinderella ish type program really far. Hey, the
other big schools are all interested and want to hire them.
So you get questions are you talking to this school
or you talk to them? And everybody finds a way
to their way around the answer, whether they're talking to
a different school or not.
Speaker 3 (07:19):
But I'm pretty sure.
Speaker 1 (07:20):
This what you're gonna hear from schlas Nagel is the
exact worst thing you could possibly say. And he sounds
like a complete jackass, especially since today he took the
head coaching job at Texas.
Speaker 3 (07:32):
Now.
Speaker 1 (07:32):
This is last night after the game, eighteen hours before
he leaves Texas A and M for Texas. This is
the last question the press conference. He gets, someone says, hey, coach,
just wanted to ask you going on the deal, the
rumors that maybe you could be leaving Texas A and
M for Texas. You know, what do you have to
say to something like that? And this is schlas Nagel's response.
Speaker 7 (07:56):
Yeah, I mean, I think he's pretty selfish. Asked me
that question. To be honest with you, but I left
my family to be the coach at Texas A and M.
I took the job at Texas A and M to
never take another job again, and that hasn't changed in
my mind. That's unfair to talk about something like that.
(08:18):
They'd be like you asking Montgomery if he's gonna sign
in the draft. But I understand you got to ask
the question. But I gave up a big part of
my life to come take this job, and I've poured
every ounce of my soul in this job, and I've
given this job every single ounce I can possibly give.
It's right there.
Speaker 1 (08:36):
Oh wow, Okay, so he could have answered this any
way possible. Hey, let's not talk about that right now.
It's the last question to Prescott. Let's not talk about
that right now. My thoughts are with these players, all
this stuff, but he goes out of his way, and
this is why he looks like a complete jackass, because
he goes out of his way to berate the reporter
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and say all these things that turned out to be
not true. Okay, first of all, I went to Texas
A and M so I wouldn't take another job. Ever,
I mean, come on, man, really, you didn't know you
were taking this job or everything was so new that
you took the job eighteen hours later. I mean even
took Danny Hurley a day to think about why he
wanted to say no to the Lakers. So really, this
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is all something that came up, and no one knew
anything even though this was there was smoke about this
story and they were reports, Oh oh, I took this
job so I would take another job, and then eighteen
hours later you were with Texas. Really, and and for
a guy who says I left my family to coach
this team to say that you're selfish? Question, Wow, man,
that's game recognized game. But I don't understand how he
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goes on this diatribe and thinks he looks good when
he had to know that the next day, I'm taking
the job at Texas, and he looks awful with this,
and I don't know that he's got any cachet anywhere.
He should apologize to the reporter. Really, I mean, I
don't think he should leave Austin forever long. He's gonna
coach the rest of his career, because boy, anywhere else
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he goes, people are gonna go, Oh, there's the guy
who wanted to get all upset and get all haughty
about how dare you ask me a question about taking
another job? And eighteen hours later he had taken another job.
Like I really, I don't know what was going through
his head where he thought, this is a good idea,
not just for me to take on the reporter saying this,
but for me to really go to the wall that's
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I left my family and this is the job I
never want to have to leave again. And it's like
asking other guys that they're going to the draft right
the I mean, like, how did you think this is
a good idea? That this is going to wind up
looking good in retrospect? All it took was eighteen hours
for this milk to spoil.
Speaker 4 (10:39):
Yeah, I thought the part that you just brought up
there was the key right, the next couple of lines,
I bet you go and ask him about the dress, like, well, yeah,
the season's over.
Speaker 5 (10:50):
That's the next part of the story here, skip right.
Speaker 4 (10:54):
As soon as a guy's finishing his last start, have
you not already recruited his replacement? Have you not already
figured out how quickly you could change out his locker,
like you're at the end of Friday night Lights and
dropping his name tag into a bucket?
Speaker 5 (11:10):
I mean, come on, man, And and yes.
Speaker 4 (11:13):
The the the whole you know my family for this,
Like I don't pretend to know the ins and outs
of what all went down with his family, but yes,
he got divorced and kind.
Speaker 5 (11:24):
Of lays that out a little bit there. And look
what I gave up for this job. Oh, by the way,
I'm out the door.
Speaker 4 (11:30):
So the righteous indignation, the finger wagging, I mean, this
is Rafiel Paul Marrow in the Senate. Hey hey, hey,
I didn't really Okay, sure, and then you leave?
Speaker 5 (11:43):
What do you go for?
Speaker 4 (11:44):
Us?
Speaker 6 (11:44):
Claus Nagel is a jackass? So what does that make
Texas University?
Speaker 3 (11:49):
Oh?
Speaker 1 (11:49):
Man, I mean I don't think they knew he was
gonna say really yeah, oh.
Speaker 6 (11:54):
No, Well plotting this before the game started.
Speaker 3 (11:57):
I'm sure they. I don't well know.
Speaker 4 (11:59):
I mean, that was ir No, It's all just a
matter of him going, hey, I would never do that.
I would never turn my back on this university for
whom I have sacrificed so much. Maybe he hadn't negotiated
whatever was the buyout yet and that's why he got
Hautie like, oh damn it. Twenty four hours later, that's
all done.
Speaker 1 (12:20):
This reminds me of when Nick Saban was getting courted
by Alabama when he was the head coach of the Dolphins.
He kept saying no, no, and he goes, guys, I
don't know what to tell you, I'm not going to Alabama,
And two weeks later he was in Alabama.
Speaker 3 (12:31):
He guess what.
Speaker 1 (12:32):
Now worked out for him, obviously, because he became the
greatest college football head coach that any of us have
ever seen and just retired last year. But I mean,
I mean, I don't know, why do you really get
that upset over a question that you feel the need
to embarrass yourself Because all he's done is completely embarrass
himself and ruined the brand of himself as a great coach.
Because now I look at him and go, boy, the
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guy just sounds petty and he's and he sounds like
someone who just I just want to bully this reporter
and sayreiculous things to bring to bring up my family,
like I left my family. Oh oh oh, yes, you're
out of line by asking you a quest because I'm
bringing up how I left my family and then and
then he left Texas A and M for a job
the next day. So I guess the pecking order goes
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Texas is greater than equal to Texas, A and M,
greater than equal to family, greater than are equal to
the reporter who asked the question.
Speaker 3 (13:22):
I think that's how it goes.
Speaker 4 (13:23):
I just like the determination of selfish Okay, was that
supposed to go to a pool reporter because someone's gonna
ask that question?
Speaker 3 (13:31):
Right?
Speaker 4 (13:31):
It was out there, It was swirling in the midst
of the three game final. And just just so you know, Jason, yes,
the College World Series is in fact, but it's been
swirling out there and someone had to ask the questions,
like you know years ago, you know the remember remember
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the uh what was the dear Antler spray stuff with
ray Lewis? Oh sure, like someone had to ask it
is dumb as it might have sounded. And knowing that
he was going to start preaching for twenty minutes about
the grace of God and whatever else and again preach
on your beliefs, have at it, but he was going
to avoid actually answering said question.
Speaker 5 (14:11):
We knew that was going to happen.
Speaker 4 (14:13):
So our guy, Victor brick Jacobs from AM five to
seventy LA Sports, did a little thing right. He's wearing
his uh, his rabbit hat or whatever, and a couple
of yucks there, uh, And then the guy next to
me taps me.
Speaker 5 (14:26):
He goes, yeah, you don't have to do that. He
already hates me. Let me ask it.
Speaker 4 (14:30):
And and you could see Ray Lewis's countenance as soon
as guy raises his hand to ask the next question,
like all right, you you're not getting an answer, And
he started to fill a buster. So he started going
down that and and I decided to go do one
on ones with the rest of the team, like I'm
out here, I got a colleather jack.
Speaker 6 (14:50):
By Texas University. That even McConaughey is saying, all right,
all right.
Speaker 1 (14:54):
Oh wow, maybe he's the one that made it happen.
Speaker 8 (14:58):
I listen, all right, it's gonna happen here. So you're
gonna wind up coming here to Texas and we're gonna
we're gonna make it work for you, all right. Just
don't say anything stupid like uh uh uh you know
you left your family for the job or something, or
just don't do that, okay, just just just be.
Speaker 1 (15:12):
Smart when you say it. I mean, look, Texas is saying, okay,
we got our guy. We don't care and it was
A and he and he and he thumbed his nose
at A and M on the way out. Okay, all right,
I mean we're I just I don't get coaches who
just can't answer questions. I'm sorry, you know you're getting
the questions. If you're gonna go someplace else, they're gonna
ask you. Just answer it like a pro. Don't answer
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it like him like a like a like a jackass.
Like I just keep coming back to that, because like what,
don't answer it like that, don't make it all he didn't.
And nobody looks good coming out of this, but specifically himself.
I mean, this is one of the you know, Justin's right,
this is one of those all time awful moves by
a guy who's now I can't wait for his first
press conference with because you know what's gonna come up.
Speaker 3 (15:54):
I can wait to hear what he says. Hopefully he apologize, hopefully.
Speaker 4 (15:57):
Reaches out to coaching that three game series. You think
you want to go back to the fifth inning of
game two of the series.
Speaker 3 (16:06):
Would you have.
Speaker 1 (16:06):
Scored one or two more runs in the championship game
if you weren't thinking about this?
Speaker 3 (16:10):
Just answer whatever you want to say.
Speaker 5 (16:11):
I mean, game three was that on your mind?
Speaker 4 (16:14):
You know when when you had this opportunity, and you know,
and you you know, you left the picture in a
little bit too long.
Speaker 5 (16:20):
I'll hang up and listen to your response.
Speaker 1 (16:22):
Hey, when you were thinking about bringing in relievers, were
you thinking of guys on your team or who you'd
have a Texas next year?
Speaker 4 (16:27):
He did you had you already contacted the moving company?
Speaker 3 (16:32):
How many? How many?
Speaker 1 (16:33):
How many recruits texted you during the championship game and
you said, Hey, this is gonna be us next year
at Texas?
Speaker 4 (16:39):
Did you say I need a guy with a mustache like.
Speaker 3 (16:47):
Exit out a bout of Fresco exit swollen?
Speaker 1 (16:49):
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Today be known as the day the Knicks won the
NBA Championship. For next year, a year from now, it's
gonna be Jalen Brunson holding up the Larry O'Brien trump.
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It'll be all the Nova Knicks, everybody. It's gonna be
Brunton with a hand on the trophy and Dividcenzo and
Hart Bridge which.
Speaker 5 (18:23):
Guys which guy?
Speaker 4 (18:24):
Well, but which guy's stealing the O'Brien to take it
in the back because he's pissed he didn't win the finals, MVP.
Speaker 3 (18:31):
Oh who is the probably Josh Hart Notice how.
Speaker 5 (18:34):
I indulged you in your fantasy lands.
Speaker 4 (18:36):
Yeah for a moment, all the way I mean, ELOI
from Compton wrote us about an hour ago. Man, all
this Knicks, Mets and Jet talk is truly blankety blankety
blanky annoying.
Speaker 3 (18:50):
Bro talked about the Jets tonight.
Speaker 5 (18:52):
Yeah you got You've gotten some Aaron Rodgers in So.
Speaker 1 (18:55):
What a great day it is like the Knicks get
Michel Bridges, the Mets beat the Yankees, and Aaron Roddy
does not do an interview of any kind.
Speaker 3 (19:02):
Today was a big win.
Speaker 5 (19:04):
What a wonderful day is it? Bro?
Speaker 4 (19:08):
Your teams suck? I know it's the Jason Smith Show,
but damn, nobody gives a damn about your teams. Season
just ended and you're talking Knicks dude, dude, and wait
wait wait wait last one. He's got a trophy there
and then he says no to drugs.
Speaker 5 (19:27):
Thanks for hanging with us.
Speaker 1 (19:29):
I am sorry that the Knicks made the biggest move
of the offseason so far.
Speaker 3 (19:32):
They made the move is going to bring them the
title next year.
Speaker 6 (19:35):
That's what happened to get to that finals. When you
can't get past the Pacers.
Speaker 3 (19:38):
Though, show just stop. You know how hurt we were.
Speaker 6 (19:41):
No, you have to beat teams in the East to
get to the finals, right, dude, you.
Speaker 3 (19:45):
Know the Lakers. You have to win around in the playoffs, right,
You don't have to win around and.
Speaker 6 (19:49):
Talking about the Lakers.
Speaker 3 (19:50):
You know what I'm saying is you.
Speaker 6 (19:51):
Talking about the Knicks and they exactly.
Speaker 3 (19:54):
I'm sorry. I'm sorry.
Speaker 1 (19:56):
Your move yesterday was JJ Redick in my move today
was Michel b I'm sorry about that.
Speaker 6 (20:01):
But you're acting like you guys got Dominique Wilkins in
his prime.
Speaker 1 (20:05):
Dude, we kind of did, man, except you know he
can't dunk like Dominique but look, this is why this
is such a big trade.
Speaker 3 (20:12):
The Knicks get Michel Bridges.
Speaker 1 (20:13):
They give up up to five first round picks to
get Bridges from the Nets. Now, look, I never thought
this would happen because the Nets and the Knicks they
don't make trades. But this is what the Nets have done.
They I'm sure the Knicks came over the top that
they were getting maybe three first round picks from other teams.
So if you're the Knicks, you can't just better it
by hey, here's three first.
Speaker 3 (20:32):
And a second.
Speaker 1 (20:33):
No, you gotta go over the top if you're going
to make a trade that could come back to haunt
you within the same city. So I'm sure the Knicks
went over the.
Speaker 3 (20:39):
Top for it. But it's not about making a move.
It's about making the right move.
Speaker 1 (20:45):
And three nights ago I told you next year the
Knicks and the Thunder are playing for the NBA title.
Speaker 3 (20:51):
Right they were my friend.
Speaker 1 (20:52):
Right after the season ended that Celtics won, I gave
you my pick Nicks and the Thunder. Why because these
are two teams that are already really good, and they
have what you need to get better in the offset money.
Speaker 3 (21:05):
They have money, and they have picks, right, But I'm
not am I.
Speaker 1 (21:08):
The Knicks finished second in the conference this year, and
if they didn't have seventeen injuries, maybe if they had
had only fourteen injuries, they would have been able to
win and make.
Speaker 4 (21:17):
It to the Eastern Conference. Remember, and what was the
old phrasing? And at the risk of offending folks, who
was the old you know, land of the blind? In
a larger sense, the guy that can see his king.
Speaker 1 (21:30):
A one eyed man is king in the land of
yes exactly.
Speaker 5 (21:33):
But that's that's what I'm saying here.
Speaker 4 (21:35):
You got up to second because the well, the conference
kind of stunck.
Speaker 3 (21:39):
But look you, yes, injuries are part of it.
Speaker 1 (21:42):
But can you count on four injuries knocking out four
of your top eight guys.
Speaker 3 (21:47):
That's a little bit much, right, that's a little much.
Speaker 2 (21:49):
Give Tim's time.
Speaker 3 (21:51):
Then listen.
Speaker 1 (21:51):
What the Knicks did today was they went out and
got the right guy right and the thunder too.
Speaker 3 (21:57):
Right.
Speaker 1 (21:57):
That's why I picked them both because both good teams.
They have the money and they have the draft picks
to get what they need. The Knicks title window is
open down for the next two years. The Knicks title
window is wide bleep and open, right, They went out
and got a guy.
Speaker 3 (22:10):
Who was a really good score.
Speaker 1 (22:11):
And I told you the beginning of the beginning of
the playoffs. The Knicks can't rely that. Hey, yes they
struck something with the Nova Knicks, but de Vincenzo's not
gonna score thirty in a game all the time.
Speaker 3 (22:22):
Josh Hart's not gonna do that.
Speaker 1 (22:23):
They did it for a very short period of time
in the playoffs when they had a great moment together,
but they needed another score.
Speaker 3 (22:29):
And not only his bridges a great score. He's a
terrific defender.
Speaker 1 (22:33):
Not a great year last year defender, I understand, but
he also was on a bad team. He's on a
team that prioritizes defense. He's playing with guys that he's
played with early in college.
Speaker 3 (22:43):
I mean, this is this is the Nova Knicks that
are together.
Speaker 1 (22:46):
So you got a guy that is seamlessly going to
drop into the rotation and be terrific.
Speaker 3 (22:52):
And that's a thing.
Speaker 1 (22:53):
It's not going out and getting a guy that, Hey,
let's get a talented guy and see what happens. Look,
the Knicks went out and got somebody who's gonna slop
right in the thunder, went out and got Alex Caruso.
He's gonna slot right in right, former two time first
team All NBA defender. Guy that's gonna hit some threes.
Very sought after player. Two of the most sought after
players in the offseason so far have already gone on
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the I've already been moved, and they've been to the
two teams that I told you're gonna win before the
trades happened. Right, they had the money, they had the
the the picks and the cachet, and they've already made
big moves to make it happen. Right, this is why
I picked both of these teams, and so far they're
coming through. Good luck playing the Thunder next year when
they got three guards who can really defend well and
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now Caruso's over the top guy. Good luck playing the
Knicks because now with Bridges coming in, they're gonna be
just as good defensively whether they re sign Andwnobi or not.
And there'd be better offensively because he's a better player
than Ananobe is on offense. The Knicks got incredibly better
today and it didn't cost them anything from their team.
It cost them ramp picks and Bogdanovich, who was someone
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who they got at the deadline who could barely dent
the rotation in the end, So they didn't get any
anybody off the team from last year they really needed.
They lost nothing. They got him in and everything is fine.
Knicks are going to the finals and they're gonna win
next year. And it's the Nova, the Nova Nicks with
the holding all with their hands on the lario'brian Trophy's
gonna my Twitter avatar forever a year from now after
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this happens.
Speaker 4 (24:18):
I like that You've you've got yourself into this dream
like state, almost as if you've just ingested another big
Mac with special extra sauce and and and all the
stuff that you do there.
Speaker 3 (24:30):
And actually, I may go have a big Mac to
celebrate this.
Speaker 1 (24:33):
I may, I may say, I gotta go have a
big mac to celebrate this.
Speaker 4 (24:36):
But I just have to say, I mean, while you
lay that all out, and I like it. I like
the cut of your jib. Bridges doesn't come free. Uh,
he still has two years and about what forty eight
million dollars left on his deal, so two year window
to make this work. So in two years, let's see
how much tread's left on the tires.
Speaker 5 (24:55):
But in that time. Uh, Tom Tibbau is gonna run
these guys ragged, which is great.
Speaker 4 (24:59):
You the buy in, the camaraderie, the history, all of
these things. I sent you guys the clip from just
about two weeks ago when there was the back and
forth and Bridges and Jalen Brunson going after it talking
about the size of Brunson's head. I mean, pretty funny stuff,
you know, and heady stuff as it were. But again,
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eventually you got to pay the piper. So Ananobi opted out.
He's gonna make like forty million a years, so he's
gonna be gone. And remember remember there was a long
stretch where just like Grimace, same effect for the Knicks
when he played unbeatable, when when he didn't.
Speaker 5 (25:40):
Not so much. So you got that going.
Speaker 4 (25:42):
You got Mitchell Robinson, Julius Randall, all their deals and whatever,
and that one of them might not be back either,
and likewise Hartenstein, you know, Hart and sold the team
still there, still coming off the bench as a bit
player that he's been for so long. Another guy that's
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probably gonna get a massive contract offer somewhere else. But
I also do have to to point out the obvious
for both the Thunder and the Knicks, and by extension,
you and your prediction to this, you embrace bullying. You
embrace bullying because what they did is they went after
the week, the inept and the directionless squads of the
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NBA and the Bulls and the Nets.
Speaker 1 (26:29):
No, no, no, dude, that's how you. I call that making
a trade? Man, I don't know how great was that?
Speaker 5 (26:34):
Though?
Speaker 4 (26:35):
You want to talk about hot take theater with my
backwards baseball gap on.
Speaker 5 (26:39):
Let's go. Your teams were bullies making a trade?
Speaker 1 (26:43):
No, look and look, but that's how you have to
do it, right, whether it's fantasy football or the NBA.
When you want to make a trade, you can't just
try to make a trade, try to jar someone loose
from a team. It's not gonna happen. You have to
talk to a team that's motivated and is ready to
give up. Right, the Bulls are giving up on the
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invention and incarnation of the team they had, right, Hey,
the big three they brought in Caruso.
Speaker 3 (27:09):
No, they're giving up on that. Right.
Speaker 1 (27:11):
So, hey, you need a player that fits what you
want on your team, Call the Bulls.
Speaker 3 (27:16):
You think Zach Lavine is your guy? Zach Lavine is available.
Speaker 1 (27:19):
Right, the Atlanta Hawks are starting over, right, They're absolutely
starting over.
Speaker 6 (27:23):
Right.
Speaker 3 (27:23):
We've heard Tree Young is available. Maybe Dejontay Murray's available.
Speaker 1 (27:26):
You call the Hawks, you can get one of those players, right,
that's rights, right, absolutely right.
Speaker 3 (27:31):
This is how you have to do it. This is
this is how you have to do it.
Speaker 1 (27:34):
You have to prey on a team that you know
is going to make a trade because those are those
are the ones that happen.
Speaker 3 (27:41):
Because any if you just want to call all, let's let's.
Speaker 1 (27:43):
Try to get this guy, this guy, No, you're gonna
get rebuffed because likely the team is holding onto that
player because they like him.
Speaker 3 (27:49):
We're not gonna move him. You know who's movable. You
know what teams have to get out from under what contracts?
Who wants to.
Speaker 1 (27:56):
Start over, because hey, we tried the last three years
with these three guys are stars and it didn't go well.
That's where you make the trades. Those are the guys
you gotta You gotta find that that soft underbelly of
a team that's ready to Hey, you know we're a
little jittery. We gotta make moves. We need first round picks,
we need different things that's how you did. That's how
it's done.
Speaker 3 (28:15):
Right.
Speaker 1 (28:15):
Maybe was was Michel Bridges, probably the number one name
on the Knicks list. Yeah, but I'm sure they thought, well,
the Nets aren't gonna trade with us because it's the Nets.
But then they found out, hey, we're really ready to
move on, We're really ready to start over again. So
the Dicks, okay, let's give a call. Hey, And they
were ready to they were ready to dump it. They're
ready to move on from a new to a new era.
And they were able to get Bridges from the Nets
because of it.
Speaker 4 (28:35):
Let me give you a pop culture reference here, because
we love to bring our movies in. This is like you,
you know, the Knicks and the Nets or the the
Bulls and the Thunder, and take which effort trade you want.
You're on hawf and and you're flailing. Okay, this is
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and and the person flailing Luke Skywalker is the Nets
or the Bulls. This is Hans Solo, the Nicks or
the Thunder coming along, cutting up that Taunton and then
getting in there for the warmth themselves and letting the
other guy die.
Speaker 1 (29:12):
Boys Empire Strikes Back will be a different movie. If
that's how it went.
Speaker 6 (29:15):
How about that, Jason, you know what Makai Bridges isn't blocking?
Speaker 3 (29:19):
Well, what is he not blocking?
Speaker 6 (29:21):
Shot?
Speaker 1 (29:23):
Calipart and double team shot fucking four them. Heart's gotta
put it up, step back his three putters.
Speaker 4 (29:31):
The heart knocks the three the time out Nicks.
Speaker 3 (29:36):
Every time you play that, people go wow.
Speaker 1 (29:38):
They play a miracle on the air that night every
night on Fox Sports Radio.
Speaker 3 (29:41):
Well, you played that miracle three? That absolutely miracle.
Speaker 5 (29:45):
You know, concert, sporting events or spiritual places.
Speaker 1 (29:48):
So is this show a miracle hit on like the
Knicks sixty nine Mets and and Andrew dem Hard in
Game three of the Eastern Conference semifinals proof that miracles
actually happen.
Speaker 3 (30:01):
That's okay, I'll let I'll let you know. I'll find
a way to get a day.
Speaker 1 (30:04):
With the Larry O'Brien Trophy next year, and you guys
can see it up close to see what it looks like.
Speaker 3 (30:07):
It'll be fun.
Speaker 6 (30:09):
Are you gonna you're gonna dress up as Larry?
Speaker 5 (30:11):
Yeah, you gotta lick it.
Speaker 3 (30:13):
Whoa whoa, whoa whoa, No, wow, that.
Speaker 4 (30:18):
Was yeah, Lario Brian kiss hilario'brian trophy, because actually does
the keeper of the Larium. Wait, wait does the keeper
of the lari O'Brian trophy? Is he gonna hate you
like the guy with the Stanley Cup? That's the question.
Speaker 5 (30:36):
What are you doing?
Speaker 3 (30:37):
Uh?
Speaker 1 (30:38):
Coming up next, speaking of the NBA Draft, you're less
than twenty four hours away, we'll give you our final,
big bold prediction for the biggest story in the NBA Draft.
Speaker 3 (30:48):
That's next right here, Jason and Mike Fox.
Speaker 2 (30:51):
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Speaker 1 (30:58):
Sports Radio The Jason Smith Show with my best friend
Mike car How about home Off? By this time tomorrow night,
first round of the NBA Draft will be in the books.
Speaker 3 (31:09):
What will be the future for Bronnie James? Right?
Speaker 1 (31:14):
The entire lead up to the draft has been about
Bronnie James because well, a lot of the other players.
It's not a star stud a draft. A lot of
names have been played yet maybe you heard of them,
maybe you haven't. Look, you're gonna whoever gets Stefan Castle's
gonna get a gem. He's my favorite player in the draft.
But overall, it's not one of those drafts. But the
(31:34):
controversy surrounding Bronnie James when he's gonna get drafted, who
will draft him? That's gonna be what pushes everything. So
I'll make my final bold prediction for Bronnie James in
the draft, and I'm sticking with what I had said
from the beginning. The Lakers will get him in the
second round, or he'll go undrafted and sign.
Speaker 3 (31:52):
With the Lakers right away.
Speaker 1 (31:53):
Things have changed a little bit in the last few
weeks to where he's not gonna go undrafted. The Lakers
will draft him at fifty five. That's what's gonna Oh
by the way, yeah, you're Bronnie James number fifty five merchandise.
Speaker 3 (32:06):
What if he picks fifty five to where in the league?
Speaker 1 (32:08):
Oh yeah, hey, as a reminder of where I was
drafted fifty five, the Lakers will draft him at fifty
five because they can without there being any real blowback. Look,
if he was a better prospect, it would be a
different story and there would be more up in arms
about teams where Rich Paul is pushing the narrative in
(32:28):
the media for where Bronnie James is gonna work out,
who he's gonna work out for This hasn't been as
big a deal because Bronnie James is kind of a
middling prospect. A prospect, right, He's a guy that teams
can either draft or not draft. Second round, you take
chances you could draft a guy he could not draft
a guy, So other teams aren't gonna worry about getting
involved in any clutch difficulty by drafting Bronny when it
(32:52):
was all we didn't want him to work out here.
We don't think he's a good fit here, So teams
are gonna lay off of him, and it will come
up the Lakers will draft him at fifty five, and
it'll be good for the Lakers because hey, they draft,
they do Lebron a favor and okay, right, they clearly
show they want to keep Lebron, they want to keep
them happy. No Laker is gonna lose playing time to
Bronnie James. Bronnie James isn't even gonna play. The only
(33:14):
thing you're gonna get this year is the photo opportunities
at practice in the beginning of the year. Maybe they
share the court for a couple of minutes in an
exhibition game, but Bronni's gonna be in the G League,
and he understands that, and Lebron understands that, so be
a little bit of that in the preseason, which will
make everybody happy. And then Bronni goes and spends most
of the year in the G League, and that's how
it's gonna go. But the drafting of Bronni by the
(33:36):
Lakers is not gonna be a big thing. It's not
gonna cause ripples in the organization, and everybody else is
gonna lay off and allow the Lakers to take him
at fifty five. You know, me, I want chaos in
this one because nobody gets hurt. It just gives us
more fodder.
Speaker 4 (33:49):
You know, some feelings maybe behind the scenes, but you know,
Rich Palla talked about the Mavericks or maybe the Raptors,
is two teams that didn't necessarily need work them out
because they know, you know, the family, you know, coaches, executives,
whatever had been around Brownie in the past. So maybe
he got a little bit of a wild card out there.
(34:10):
But on the grand scale, yeah, it does seem like it's, uh,
the the noise around it's kind of waned, even with
the draft approaching, which is too bad. You know what,
I mean like it was fast and furious for a while.
It's like, all right, and here's the measurements and all
of these other things coming out of the combine. How
mad people were that he was at the combine, and
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so on and so forth, and and now we're at
this point and it just seems a foregone conclusion. Why
because the NBA scheduled scheduled the second night of the
damn draft.
Speaker 5 (34:40):
That's how That's how much they tipped their hand all
this according to script.
Speaker 3 (34:47):
Are we gonna do it the rest of the time.
Speaker 1 (34:48):
Well, if anybody's kids are gonna get drafted in the
second round, we'll have a second night of the.
Speaker 4 (34:52):
Draft kids getting drafted.
Speaker 3 (34:56):
That's look, Look, it's gonna push everything. That's how it's
to end.
Speaker 1 (35:00):
If I thought for a second another team would say,
we're gonna jump in because we'd love it if Bronnie
was a great prospect, this is an entirely different conversation.
Speaker 3 (35:07):
But it's not.
Speaker 1 (35:08):
Teams can say, yeah, we don't need to take Bronnie James,
and they spend five seconds thinking about just stop man
Frostburg your desperation and just oozes through the microphone.
Speaker 6 (35:21):
You're a next fan you know, desperation and we're gonna.
Speaker 3 (35:24):
Win the title.
Speaker 1 (35:25):
After getting You're like the coach, you know, Desperation to
Laria Brian Trophy next year, Ben Mallers next Fox.
Speaker 3 (35:32):
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