March 13, 2025 • 40 mins
Jason and Mike react to MIKAL BRIDGES game-winning bucket for the Knicks at the buzzer. The guys debate if there is a legit landing spot for Russell Wilson. Plus, a silver lining about LeBron James injury!
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a long way in the last half hour now mckelibridges,
take as many minutes as you want. Off you're upset,
nick starters are playing too many minutes. Take as many
minutes it's off as you want. Next game. In celebration
of three at the buzzer wins it for the Knicks
over the Blazers. As the officials tried to give the
game look at you. But Bridges, with three seconds left
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gets the inbounds, hits a three nix win. They escape
with a one point victory.
Speaker 3 (01:18):
You sound like Chris Collins earlier today when he was
talking about the Sweat Lodge. They had the Northwestern Wildcats
in with no air conditioning in their hotel.
Speaker 1 (01:27):
Was there any five degrees? The conference hates us, But
I also you wait your getting You really are getting more.
Frank Stanz up every time you do that. The conference
hates us. Rocket front off. We gotta get Kaylea Williams.
Go get Klea Williams. They said we have to leave.
We have to beat the traffic.
Speaker 3 (01:46):
I've been told I need to yell more more outrageous
thing hot take nonsense. That logic and the cohesive arguments
I've been making for years are only gonna get me
so far in this business.
Speaker 1 (01:56):
What the hell is that supposed to be?
Speaker 3 (01:59):
Exactly so what I did immediately after you tweeted about
Michael Bridges saying take whatever time you want, I wrote
our guy, Rick Buker, who joined us last hours, go
see what I deal with.
Speaker 1 (02:10):
See what I deal with, and he immediately liked it.
Speaker 3 (02:12):
I don't think it was on the page for more
than twenty five seconds.
Speaker 1 (02:16):
Before I got yeah, yeah, I got here. So there
you go. We are a family. But I don't know.
Speaker 3 (02:21):
Uh, I can't even relate to people how you reacted
to the shot being made because Alex would have to
a hit the dump button or just hit a bunch
of bleeps.
Speaker 1 (02:33):
I'll tell you what.
Speaker 4 (02:33):
So I was very barely barely barely, barely, barely, barely barely.
Speaker 1 (02:39):
Beat the Blazers, and you lost your mind. Look, the Blazers,
led by three officials, nearly pulled the upset of the
next Wow. Every play in the last minute was a
Was the Blazers going to the free throw line? Well,
you were tired and you were reaching. That's what happens
when you play heavy minute every fifty to fifty. No,
it's going to the Blazer's ridiculu. Let's call the Josh
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Hart turnover in bounds. Uh a walk, a clear walk. Note,
we're gonna go that carry and let the Blazers go
to the free throw line. Like, the officials did everything
they could in this game to give that game to
the Blazers broadcast.
Speaker 3 (03:16):
He even did the slow motion replay in that going. Well,
what are we gonna call it? It really was like
it was I don't I don't know that it was three.
I think it might have been. You know, it wasn't
even quite the euro step like it was. Wow, that's
that's like four steps. But if something else he also
turned the blake did the complete carry start again?
Speaker 1 (03:35):
Stop, take two steps ridiculous, then start again like that
was insane.
Speaker 4 (03:39):
We should really hear if they mentioned it in the
final call. Uh, you know what, we should hear the
final call. Let's hear the final call.
Speaker 5 (03:45):
Rebound Brunson Knicks want to push, don't have numbers nor cross.
Speaker 1 (03:48):
Over anyway in the paint foul call That block.
Speaker 5 (03:51):
By Jamimes Throws who just continues throwing his body at
these Laker defenders, and this one's gonna hurt. He fell
down hard along the base on his back and now
rolling over in team underneath to our left.
Speaker 1 (04:06):
Table for one in hell Frostburg. I have your table
right here, it's ready to go there. Come on, man,
I mean, didn't happen. He's didn't wishing on. I mean,
come on, you're gonna sit down at that table. It's
gonna be on fire. Your chair is on fire. They're
gonna say, would you like water, Yeah, we don't serve
that here.
Speaker 4 (04:24):
Sorry, you need ten miracles and Jesus to barely beat
the Blazers.
Speaker 1 (04:28):
Dude, you lost. You lost to the Nets last night.
The Nets, the Nets who didn't have KD really good
right now, didn't have anybody. You lost to the Nets
last night. No, look, and this is look this show's
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and and look. Bridges has played well since Jalen Brunson's injury.
It's not not the greatest of optics that he says,
you know, our starters need less minutes, which they do,
but he's not the guy to say that. But what
we saw tonight. Look the Knicks. Yes, they escape with
a win over the Blazers, who were terrible, but this
still underscores this is what happens to the Knicks at
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the end of every game. They rely on Jalen Brunson
to it some kind of shot, and the offense goes stagnant,
and when they get into the final minute with a
five point lead, it's like other teams going into the
final minute with a game tied. Because the Knicks they
don't have any creative offensive sets for the final ends
of games, and they wind up missing four shots. Other
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teams are able to score because look, the Knicks defense
isn't what it was, and like tonight, that's exactly right.
The Knicks had a five point lead with forty five
seconds left, but even no bruntson no creativity missshots, the
Blazer are able to tie the game and send it
to overtime. This is why when I think about the
Knicks and the playoffs, I go, Yeah, after the first round,
you're not gonna close against the Celtics like this, which
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is who they're gonna wind up getting. You're not gonna
close against, or it could be the Cavaliers. You're not
gonna close against either team like this? Like what are
we doing? You know? Like you have to find some
way at the end to run your offense and not
just rely on Hey, Jalen brunt is gonna do something.
Oh okay, great, And and look, there's not a guy
in the league I think that has made more pressure
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shots in the final minute of games than Jalen Brunson
or has led some status. It's either he's made more
shots or his plays have led to direct baskets. Nobody's
done that more than Brunson this year. And but that's
not You're not gonna be to survive like that in
the playoffs. And here the Knicks offense is still the same.
You figure, okay, no Brunson. Here at the end, they'll
go low to cat, they'll fake Nope, Nope, it's bad shots.
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It's Josh Hart and and and and here, all of
a sudden we go to overtime and the same thing.
The Knicks have a couple point lead down the stretch.
They can't keep the ball in bounds. The official will
make a couple of calls, and the Knicks have to
rely on the on this three Now, I'm happy as hell.
I love the fact they won. I love how they won.
It was awesome. But still, the apparently is that the
Knicks have are evident and and against against the you know,
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the the two best teams in the East. That's not
going away. You know, well, you.
Speaker 3 (07:01):
Don't have any depth the loss of Brunson. We watched it,
even in that final minute of the Lakers game. Well,
the guy's just looking at each other like, all right,
who's supposed to take the shot? I was waiting for
you to have an expletive complying out of your mouth
right there.
Speaker 1 (07:18):
Smith But all of that to say.
Speaker 3 (07:21):
Bridges made his statement, or at least that's the word traveling,
that he was the guy to stand up and raising
it because he's played forty three minutes a night now,
Yeah right, with no bruntson, with no bench. Someone had
to say it because we watched it in the defense.
Forget about the officials for a second. I know you
want to make them the focal point, and they certainly
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are on the metal stand, no question about it. But
you see tired legs, and we watched the Knicks over
the course of the you know, this is not your
defensive Tom Thibodeau work of brilliance that we've become accustomed to.
This is you're winning in spite of it. You know
they're in spite of their defensive woes. Cat has been exposed.
It was time and time again, inasmuch as we can
plain and kind to mock at times, you know, the
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individual efforts of a Luca or Lebron taking defensive steps off.
We've seen that from the Nicks a bunch and towards
the end of the game, what do you got tired legs? Like,
all right, I gotta follow the give, take the fall
instead of point defense, like, all right, I'm gonna kind
of reach it. Maybe I get the ball, Maybe I don't.
We saw that a number of times down the stretch,
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and you would have torn out whatever hair would have
been on your head out. I'll tell you, I think
you plucked your eyebrows. I might think he did one
of those things you might have like in what was
it the Internship they had that nervous guy that kept
pulling out his oh eyelashes.
Speaker 1 (08:38):
Yeah, yeah, yeah, I'm plucking my eyebrows. No to tell
you what, I tell you what I did. I was
so upset at the officials, and it was upset at
Josh Hart who trying to and this is what led
to the go ahead basket is that he didn't he
brain cramped that I can't run along the baseline and
he tried to run along the baseline to endbound the
ball and the officials blew the whistle. I'm like, okay,
well that's on him. Wellion, but oh count and distance?
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So mad right, and and I'm mad but they allow
the walk that the travel and the carry uh okay,
And I'm mad. And then I'm telling you and I'm
saying they're doing all they can to give them this game.
The Blazers getting every single call, They're getting every touch
foul down there. It's ridiculous. They keep sending players to
the free throw school. Henderson is going to the free
throw line like he's Kobe in his prime center the
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free throw line. I thought I wish I had a
blood pressure that moment. And then Bridges makes the show
we're watching here in the studio while Martin Wis is
doing the update. We're watching the studio. Bridges makes the
shot and I'll tell you, I yell, blank you blank
you blank you?
Speaker 4 (09:40):
Yeah, eat it?
Speaker 1 (09:41):
Blank you blank you. That's exact scept I wasn't saying.
Speaker 3 (09:44):
I think at the end you got a good shotting
but you're double birds.
Speaker 1 (09:48):
You're flying around. What the hell? Just that screen was
so small? You thought the Blazers won.
Speaker 4 (09:55):
Well, yeah, there was a big thing with NBA TV.
I do want to bring that up for a second.
Why are the Knicks games blacked out in Los Angeles?
Speaker 1 (10:02):
Okay, Knick games, they had a problem, like NBA TV
had a huge problem with its Uh I know they're
not good, but that bad no, no, no, like like
and anybody trying to watch games tonight, like you can
only watch on the mix because the NBA there was
something wrong at least what we had here in our
area where there was something wrong with the with the
This has never happened before. I've never seen something like
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this where you can't watch a game. Never. Yeah, where
there was only the mix was what we had to
watch the games on tonight. That was like half a mix.
Yeah yeah, I mean the Knicks. The Knicks were on
half of the time. Well, that's the thing. The other
game was long over. Well you can't show that's the thing.
I know. They can't put it up to a whole full.
I know. I know this from from when I did
Fantasy Zone at Direct TV, is that once there's only
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one game left, you can't go to it full. You
have to do some kind of about how about you
just squeeze it an inch or two on the on
the right now. Well now, we've never had that issue ever,
but we but tonight, And I don't know how many
people dealt with this issue. I think it might have
been all but the NBA, you know, trying to watch
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local games out of markets not you couldn't do it.
You had to watch it on the mix. And there's
like six games on the screen. Like I can't see this.
I'm barely I'm fifty four. I'm trying to go. This
is on half of a TV. I'm standing like eight
inches in front of the television watching it, Like how
do I lie? I'm like rain Man when he gets
all the way close up to stufftree. I'm there, you go, Okay,
I gotta be this close to see what's happening, because
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how is this only on half a television? Really was unconscidable?
But you got your w and you got your final call.
Unless you didn't, it's all good. No, no, we got
I mean we're never gonna hear it, obviously, but it's okay.
I mean I got, I got to hear Brunsons. It
doesn't matter. Frostburg's going to hell. It's okay. Yeah, but
hadn't you decided that, like ten what at this point
(11:47):
I have time share? Yeah, but I think it's at
certain points, like it's like the Statue of Limits. He's
got a club set. Okay, Well, look Frostburg, what you
did there eight years ago? Now the statue is up
and now he's got new things coming. Then, well, I
love how the criminal brings up a statue of limited
keep keeping him in hell.
Speaker 3 (12:01):
He's always looking at the laws and how they are
refined and revised through the years.
Speaker 1 (12:06):
To make sure at some point he'll be scott free.
Speaker 3 (12:10):
Instead, he goes by Jason Smith instead of Mason Frostburg.
Speaker 1 (12:14):
You are a sports criminal because you rob at least
I'm not a federal criminal. You rob people from what
they want to hear every single night.
Speaker 4 (12:21):
Really, you think one person out there wanted to hear
that nixt final call barely barely, barely, barely, barely barely
beating Blazers barely.
Speaker 1 (12:30):
How did you did you barely barely barely, barely, barely,
barely barely beat the nets last night? Oh no you didn't.
You lost? Sorry? Sorry? What say that? How's the view
when we when we when we talk about teams losing
the teams you really shouldn't lose to Let let's talk
about that.
Speaker 4 (12:44):
Get bounced in the first round. You're gonna want to
call me, hey, hey, second, you know what I'm gonna do?
Speaker 1 (12:49):
Hey, get it right? Second round when they get nicks
were given.
Speaker 6 (12:53):
Four and a half.
Speaker 1 (12:55):
Hang a banner for that. We made it to the
second round? Yeah, two years in a row absolutely two
years old. The second round of the playoffs, that goes
right over whatever Taylor Swift batter of they have an
MS whoa right, then they take that down and go yeah,
error tour selling out. Hey, two straight second round appearances
for the Nicks, and the play person to ask for
that final call will be the first. Mort and Weiss
played it. Mort Weiss got to play in his other
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art and Wiss entertains the nation. You decided really really okay?
All right, just okay, see where we're at. Okay, all right,
just make sure that everybody heard Hell for Frostburg gets
a little bit bigger right now. But that's a long time.
That's okay. You lost to the Nets, It's okay. Just
let me know. Am I going to get my mail
in hell? You're you're upset? Not if I'm delivering it. No,
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not if I'm not. You know what you're gonna you
know what in hell? You only get Knicks games. You
are only going to get in You're only going to
take it all back now you're getting on a small
screen mini NBA TV two is what You're gonna get
Knicks games on exit out bout a Fresca exit swollen
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Speaker 5 (15:38):
The ball high nixt two have one sign out into
heart that the Bridges, but two three for the win
top of the.
Speaker 6 (15:43):
Key, got it, got it, Michale Bridges, the game won,
are at a Horn and the Knicks escape pull on
overtime win in Portland.
Speaker 1 (15:53):
Jason, you cried fore you got anything to say? Hmm,
I guess last time I played that highlight.
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Speaker 1 (16:15):
That was from the way back machine. Certainly, Jason, that's
back when the Knicks were good.
Speaker 4 (16:19):
Ah up, not that far back.
Speaker 1 (16:23):
That's got to be back when insanity was going on. Yeah,
I dinna need a copy of that. By the way,
I got you just pre coach at that Fox Sports
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just got Robin the Landlord Marvin, so be careful saying
that too loudly though he just said it.
Speaker 3 (16:46):
He shouted to the world and was in the song.
Speaker 1 (16:51):
So we are waiting kind of a bit of a
letdown today, or I thought for sure. Okay, Monday we
had Sam Darnol and Justin Fields. Tuesday we add Daniel Jones.
Today we're gonna get Aaron Rodgers and Russell Wilson. We didn't, okay,
if they want. If the NFL had it in the
script that the guys are going to sign later in
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the week, we have one day of wondering. Aaron Rodgers
let go today by the Jets officially, still waiting to
find the destinations for Rogers and Wilson. Now, we talked
about Rogers a few minutes ago in that Hey, look
it's the Steelers the Giants. Maybe he's trying to make
the Vikings happen. But for Russell Wilson, we have to
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start coming around to the fact that we may have
seen him play his last down in the NFL. Unless
he wants to be a backup somewhere. He's okay with that,
which doesn't happen to Hall of Fame players, it doesn't.
But the only two landing spots for him are the
Steelers and the Giants, right, and that's it. Right for Rogers.
We're talking maybe a couple of teams, but these are
the teams. Everybody else is quarterback in the draft somewhere else. Yeah.
Speaker 3 (17:57):
Dulac of the Pittsburgh Post is at says that Steelers
have made an offer to Rogers and he's quote mulling it.
Speaker 1 (18:04):
Yeah. So for for Wilson, you know, this is it
because these are the two teams. If the Steelers wanted
Russell Wilson, they would have signed him, right, they would
have signed But they're waiting. So you know, as much
as Mike Tomlin wants saying, oh, look, how they understand
we had to move on from him, So if they
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wanted him, they would have signed him. The Giants also
could have signed him by now, but instead they wanted
to make a move form Matthew Stafford. Look elsewhere. If
they wanted Russell Wilson, they would go after him, right
they would. They would sign him because Aaron Rodgers is
not really a fit with the Giants if not talked
to him. So where else are you gonna go for
your quarterback? If you're the Giants, You're gonna wait until
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the draft and hope that well at three, we like
Shador Sanders enough to take him, because cam Ward will
certainly go, and you hope that maybe the quarterbacks don't
go one two. But the Giants hold the key to everything,
and if the Giants want Russell Wilson, they could have
had him. Not only that, they could sign Russell Wilson
and still get their quarterback at three if they want to.
They could still go Russell Wilson and Shador Sanders at
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three if he's there, They could go Russell Wilson and
coming back around early part of the second round for
Jalen Milroe or Quinn Ewers or Kyle McCord or one
of those guys. They could do that, so it's not
like Russell Wilson and the decision is keeping them from
deciding what their quarterback plans are for this year. So
again I default to if the Giants wanted Russell Wilson,
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they would have had him already, they would have signed him.
So where does he go? I mean, really and Hall
of Fame guys. Look, we talked about it last night.
It's sad that Rogers and Russell Wilson are sitting here
and the desperation is oozing out of every pore of
their body. It's oozing off of Aaron Rodgers mustache. I
want to keep playing, dude, you're done. The league is
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telling you you're done. Okay, let's see. But for Wilson especially,
it's I don't know that there's a landing spot for him,
and they're it is more heat on Rogers because he
closed the season well right the last eight to ten
games he was pretty good, whereas Wilson had a few
good games in the middle of the season when he
took over. Because Mike Tomlin was adamant that I'm going
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to Russell Wilson as soon as soon as I can,
so I'm going he didn't have to, but he still
went there. He had a couple of nice games, and
then the end of the season was terrible and the
Steelers realize we have to move on from him. The
rest of the NFL realizes, Okay, maybe Russell Wilson's at
the end. So I don't know that there's a fit.
I don't know that there's a fit. And when it
comes to Wilson, it's the case of other teams are saying,
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all right, Wilson's near the end? Is he absolutely at
the end? Because last year might have been the last
death cry he had as a quarterback where he really
has fallen off the last couple of years, and maybe
that five or six game run in the middle of
the season before the bad five or six games at
the end, maybe that five or six game run was it.
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Because we don't want to get him a year too late,
which is what's gonna happen getting Rodgers, or too late
too But this is about Russell Wilson. So other teams
are saying, yeah, if we were confident Wilson was gonna
be even the guy from two years ago, we could
go in on him for a year and he can
be someone that is a bridge quarterback to our next guy.
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But we're not gonna go to Wilson if he's completely
and totally washed and he's that close, because if we
only got five or six, if the steel has only
got five or six games out of him last year
before he fell off the cliff, is he really gonna
play better this year? Is he? Or is he just done?
And it would be we don't want to get on
the hook for a guy who that six game stretch
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might have been his last shining moment, and now we're
gonna get a guy who's completely done.
Speaker 3 (21:43):
Yeah, I wonder when it comes down to it, if
this Dulac report is there and he's been there forever right,
it was him and.
Speaker 1 (21:50):
Ed Bouchette for all those years.
Speaker 3 (21:52):
But it becomes the question of if if Rogers decides
not to whatever else is on the table, whether he's
pondering television, podcasting, wandering the earth, maybe the Giants, maybe
the Browns, like all of these things, there's still a
couple of landing spots. The Russell Wilson thing back to
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Pittsburgh from a football standpoint just makes too much sense
after DK Metcalf comes over, because that's all he does
well at this point, has put the ball up for grabs,
and what do Pickens and DK do best go get
the balls that have been put up for grab downfield.
But he can't get along with Arthur Smith and they've
already you know, put his his space and he's not
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going anywhere.
Speaker 1 (22:36):
So for Mike Tomlin, what are you doing?
Speaker 3 (22:39):
Like there's reports that reaching out to Mason Rudolph to
bring him back.
Speaker 1 (22:43):
That's the answer. Come on.
Speaker 3 (22:45):
So for the Steelers, they gotta get on there. I'm
going to Pittsburgh this weekend. I might just show up
and start knocking on doors and trying to get some
I need some answers. This makes no sense because you
get again we talked earlier in the show. Listen to
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love you forever. All of those things with Captain Kirk
(23:07):
Cousins kind of being in the mix as well of
what are the Falcons.
Speaker 1 (23:11):
Really doing there?
Speaker 3 (23:12):
Are they just waiting for some market conditions whereby it's
easy to move him and they come to some agreement
on the money with him another team and they get
out of that business. So you got these veteran quarterbacks
hanging around. It's the recognize that not everybody's Tom Brady
moment for I think a lot of these guys is
that you don't get to go out with a glory
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bound run.
Speaker 5 (23:36):
Right.
Speaker 3 (23:36):
How many guys really get to go out quote on
top where they're not physically absolutely decimated which forces them?
Speaker 1 (23:44):
Right?
Speaker 3 (23:44):
John Elway tell me that guy wouldn't have signed up
for another year if his body wasn't defeated.
Speaker 1 (23:49):
And look, Drew Brees at forty already couldn't throw the
balmore than you are. And Brady knew. Brady went out
on as much of a high note as possible, and
the fact that he did tells me he knew that. Okay,
next year is not going to be but it's not
going to be him right right there? This is there's
version to me. I was this year. Russell Wilson's not
going to be him next year. Neither is Aaron Rodgers.
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And as much as you want to think you can play,
I always default to this. I'm the rest of my life.
I'm going to say. The story is that you know
you can want to play, but you have to understand
when when you're at the end, and not only that,
when the rest of the league is telling you you're done, right,
Because I remember I still remember interviewing Ron Darling a
bunch of years ago, and we were talking about retiring.
Someone was retiring, and I said, well, how did you
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know when it was time to retire, he goes, I didn't.
I was in spring training. I the hitters told me
it was time to retire the hit or that when
I couldn't get anybody out, I knew it was time.
That shit.
Speaker 3 (24:44):
You might feel great physically, you may be in a
good mental space thinking, all right, I'm in command, I'm
not favoring any part of my body, all those things.
But if you got no movement on your ball, right,
you're done.
Speaker 1 (24:56):
And this is the same philosophy of This is the
NFL telling Aaron Rodgers and Russell Wilson, you guys are done.
And maybe because the Steelers want to continue to shop
in the bargain basement section of the store for a
quarterback because for some reason they didn't want to go
in on anybody else this offseat didn't want to invest
in the quarterback position, which is crazy. But this is
the only reason why even one of them has any heat.
(25:19):
But the rest of the rest of the league is saying, yeah,
we think you guys are done. We think we think
you're finished, and Russell Wilson specifically, we think you're finished.
And like I said, it's sad to see this when
when these guys who were you know, Rogers going to
the Hall of Fame and Russell Wilson's probably gonna be
a Hall of Famer too, But to end your career
where I'm so desperate to stay in because I don't
(25:40):
know how you control the narrative after this, right, I
don't know how if you're Russell Wilson you decide I'm retiring, Well, dude,
they retire. You weren't getting it, You're getting a gig.
How does Aaron Rodgers do it if nobody else wants him? Right?
How does he go from I've had a I'm going
on a darkness retreat and I'm coming out and telling
everybody I'm retired, Like, you can't control the narrative.
Speaker 3 (26:01):
Well, but at least with him, like either his agent
got du like to say this, Hey, there's an offer
out there, because I think this is where we'd start
hearing the protestation of these Steelers.
Speaker 1 (26:14):
Or now we don't don't have an offer out there.
Speaker 3 (26:16):
Again, So if he's legitimately got an offer, he could
at least say, you know what, I decided I'm done.
Speaker 1 (26:23):
Russell Wilson doesn't have that luxury. But think about the
last two years. Both of these guys teams eight a tremendous.
Speaker 3 (26:31):
Amount of money to just say, you know what, we're
out of that business.
Speaker 1 (26:34):
Yeah we saw enough. Now you mentioned the Jerry Dulac report.
Let me not that I'm doubting it, but let me
just let me just throw this at you. Is that
if you were Aaron Rodgers and you have an offer
from the Steelers, nobody else is going to sign you.
You're not going to get in a better situation, no
(26:54):
than quarterback in the Steelers this year because this is
a playoff caliber team. You're coming in with Pickins, Metcalf
and Jalen Warren's going to be the number one and
you know, Gainwell just signed. He's a pretty good third
down back. You have a great defense. You know you
have it already. If that offers out there, what are
you waiting for? Like, what's what are you It's not
gonna I fail to see where. Oh I want people
(27:17):
to think about what I'm gonna do. I want to
hold the NFL hostage. You have an offer from the Steelers.
Why have you're not said?
Speaker 4 (27:23):
He?
Speaker 3 (27:23):
Maybe the NFL decided that they needed to wait more
college basket, you know, at games tomorrow. Wait another day,
wait for it. Maybe he waits another week. Hey waity,
it's March madness. Oh no, we're tipping off now we're not.
And they do it like the Joker in the nineteen
eighty nine classic Batman, and they shove the mayor off
the screen. In this case the NZAA tournament.
Speaker 1 (27:45):
Oh, I thought we were gonna get an Aaron Rodgers' announcement,
but instead Saint Francis won last night and they're sixteen
and seventeen and going to the NCAA tournament. So we
need to make sure we talk about that. Oh yeah,
let's wait another day, wait a day for for Aaron
Rodgers to come to Pittsburgh. Like, really is if if
you have that offer, you don't say yes, don't you
get a HOGI don't you don't you want to say
(28:06):
calling him eight right now? Uh? Don't you don't you
seize the narrative and say yes, I'm ready, I'm coming
to play this. It would seem that you'd go attack
that moment with all the money means. He seemed more
more pumped up about staying with the Jets, then it
would be going to sign with the Steelers, like come on, man.
Speaker 3 (28:24):
Really, I really thought he was gonna go do the
whole Broadway tour again, like all of those things when
he was on the ferry and coming towards.
Speaker 1 (28:31):
Yell Statue would be great.
Speaker 3 (28:34):
Gone to Alan Town, a plate Alan Town, come along
and listen to all the byes of Broadway.
Speaker 1 (28:44):
It's Aaron Rodgers in Hades Town. Where did you hear
that song? Where did you hear that song? I was
running on the road. I was running up from Hell,
and I looked back to see if Russell Wilson was
behind me, and I turned around, and there he goes.
There it goes, bro.
Speaker 3 (28:59):
I don't have to be faster than the bear or
the devil.
Speaker 1 (29:02):
I just have to be faster than him. Only one
of us made it out. I'm sorry for Sephonie. I'm
sorry sorry Russell Wilson. I turned around to see if
you were there, and they go down Now I would
have to say if I'm if I'm making a prediction
for tomorrow, if I'm thinking tomorrow, if this is true,
(29:22):
Aaron Rodgers signs tomorrow. We hear about Rogers with the
Steelers tomorrow, but again, why would you not sign tonight?
But okay, is that we get Rogers to the Steelers tomorrow,
and then everything comes down to the Giants because the Giants.
When I say the Giants control everything, it's not just
Russell Wilson, they control quarterbacks in the draft. Because if
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the Giants signed Russell Wilson, potentially that takes them out
from Shador Sanders to three because they have a quarterback
for this year, right does it necessarily? But that could
take them out for a quarterback at three, which means
Shador Sanders would then slide potentially to the Saints at nine.
And if the Saints don't take him at nine, because
you know they're paying Derek Carf for the next ten years,
and suddenly it's the Steelers at twenty one and the
(30:07):
Rams at twenty six. So there's the next two teams
that could get quarterbacks. So Shador Sanders could fall all
the way through the draft. Conversely, if the Giants don't
sign Russell Wilson, then they know they're pretty confident they're
getting Shador Sanders or cam Ward in the top three
in the draft. So you know that because they're not
just gonna walk in and say, yeah, we're gonna run
it back with Tommy Cutletz again. They can't do that, right,
(30:28):
So you know that that if that happens, then you
know where the quarterbacks are going in the draft, because
there's no way they sit there with a quarterback sitting
there at three and say nope, say yeah Travis Hunter instead, wait,
really okay, and then they have to tell Shador Sanders, oh,
we're gonna have you come sit in the commissioner's room,
and you're not gonna have you sit in and show
you on camera as you slide down the draft. Now
we're gonna wait and go over here. So the Giants
(30:50):
really they hold the key to everything. So after the
Steelers will be the first domino with Rogers to fall,
then it's gonna be Wilson. And I'm telling you the
Giants arena in the mix for Aaron Rodgers. They're not.
Wilson tried to go visit a couple of teams visited
with So it's the So it's really the Giants are
nothing for him. So so again, I'd come back to
(31:11):
the beginning of the conversation. If the Giants wanted him,
they would have had him by Now. Nothing's gonna happen
with Aaron Rodgers. That's gonna make them say, oh, now
we're gonna go get Russell Wilson.
Speaker 3 (31:22):
Well, maybe Shane's kid isn't finished simulating the season.
Speaker 1 (31:25):
Oh, you might be Oh, it could be right, Okay,
didn't think about that telling where we needed to go get.
Speaker 3 (31:30):
Also, everybody might just be afraid when in this scenario,
when you talk about the Pittsburgh quarterback slot, they might
be afraid of Super Bowl champion Kenny Pickett now running
amuck in Cleveland. Since we're at Pittsburgh, just give me
thirty seconds real quick. We lost a legend, Craig Wolfley,
great football family. He and his brother oh broadcast per
(31:50):
years right, part of our Fox family like the Deep Pipes.
While he and Tounch Jilkin, who passed away a couple
of years ago, they had their show in Pittsburgh. They
were the one of the first ever really welcomed me
on as a regular contributor there in Pittsburgh. Broke my
heart to see the news of his passing away. Circus
killer that yeah, Syracuse killer of the You know, the
(32:11):
Pittsburgh community did a lot of outreach, a lot.
Speaker 1 (32:13):
Of great things.
Speaker 3 (32:14):
His brother Ron had announced he was stepping away from
the Cardinals later this year, so we you know, good
thoughts to the family there, all the y Insers, the
Pittsburgh folks, because they were always so welcoming to me
that I would be remiss if we were talking about
the Steelers this much and not giving a nod to
a guy who was part of that team, part of
(32:35):
their organization for forty years.
Speaker 1 (32:37):
Exit out about a Fresca exit Swallen Dome. Jason Smith
Mike Harmon live from the Tirech dot Com studio as well,
said my friend coming up next could where possibly be
even better news for Lebron James and the Lakers than
we thought when it comes to his injury. That and
the express pros pro of the week coming your way
next right here, Jason.
Speaker 2 (32:55):
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soble Domination. Smith has good news for the Lakers and
Lebron James and a silver lining to his injury. According
to many reports, Lebron James returning to Los Angeles for
(33:48):
treatment on his groin injury right. Initially was supposed to
be out two weeks, and it looks like that's what
it's gonna be, and Lebron is back. Everything looks good
and potentially he could be back right at the beginning
of next week, which would be two weeks. Right, So
it's all good news. And when this injury happened, it
was all doom and glooming and chicken little running around
(34:11):
the sky of Holly. And I saw this, I said,
you kinda see this a little bit more with a
little bit more nuanced. It's not a serious injury, and
we were never from the beginning, this never seemed like
it was a serious injury. And Lebron Okay, yes, he's
gonna be out a little bit. But number one, was
(34:33):
this really a two week injury or was this like
it's a week injury. But we can get Lebron a
break for a couple of weeks because this is where
the silver line and this injury comes in as long
as it's not serious. Hey, you're relying on Lebron to
get you through to the Western Conference finals at least
with Luca this year, and you know he gets banged
(34:56):
up and you know he's gonna be running on empty
at some point. You I want to postpone that this
is the perfect time for two weeks off for him
to be able to rest, recuperate and then come back
with It's not too close to the end of the
season where you're worried about him getting you know that
he's rusty, or it's way too long before the playoffs start. No,
you're gonna have a nice ten twelve ish games for
(35:18):
him to get back in the swing and be ready
to go. And let's face it. Do he and Luca
really need time to mesh. No, they hit the ground
running right away, right, So we told right away, watch
watch how well their games mesh with each other. It's
gonna be like when the Lakers went and got Paalgasol
and they just started winning every single game. So when
this injury happened, as long as it wasn't, oh, it's
doom and gloom and he's done. I saw this from
(35:40):
This is gonna be something that the Lakers. Really it's
gonna wind up being a being a boon for them.
You know, we're still eight months away from the playoffs
so much. Yeah, so this is gonna be a boon
for them and a silver lining that. Okay, in the end,
it's Lebron getting a two week break. Now, you want
to think that it's gonna be with teams that you
can handle. Have been able to beat the Nets even
(36:01):
without Lebron, you couldn't. You want to try to finish
second in the West, but look, anybody can finish anywhere
now between two and seven in the West, right, still
a long way to go. So as long as Lebron's
coming back for the final ten to twelve games, okay,
that's me make your final push, and maybe he's gonna
be fresher when he returns. This was not the doom
and gloom part of the season for the Lakers that
(36:22):
we thought it was gonna be. I'm like, Okay, yeah,
he'll be back, and watch him come back. I'll make
a big book. Watch him come back two weeks after
he got hurt. What he'll be back two weeks after
he got hurt.
Speaker 3 (36:33):
Either that or he comes back early and he's a
hero because look out, quickly he heals.
Speaker 1 (36:37):
He's a cyborg.
Speaker 3 (36:39):
And it's all the hero returns and everything else, you know,
part of it. As you made your argument him sitting
there going load management. I'll let you choose your own
movie gift adventure. Is it the Denzel Denzel Washington sitting
back in the chair, go and see when he throws
his hand out, Or is it the Leonardo DiCaprio sitting
there in the barca lounger with the cigarette pointing at you.
Speaker 1 (37:03):
You could choose either one of those.
Speaker 3 (37:05):
But all of that to say, you know, for Lebron,
it's also a all right, you want Luca, you know,
you see how great lucas all right, he gets he
gets this rough patch, because remember he did post that
on social media. That's what gives us some bad optics
in terms of the timing of all of this is
Lebron had posted, Hey, we got those six games in
eight days, and look at the Juggernauts. We got to
(37:27):
play a couple of games against Denver, mixed in there
a couple of other heavyweights.
Speaker 1 (37:31):
So the out Do you think he was doing that
saying oh, no, I'm not saying we're pointing out these games.
I'm saying, yeah, I'm not playing these I'm not gonna
be here. I'm not gonna be here for that. Tell
little Johnny and Little Susie, we're not buying the three
hundred levels for this one. I'm booking out. I'll be
back after the six.
Speaker 3 (37:46):
But then you do the over you know, under promise,
over deliver, like you would do for an earnings report.
It's like, well, this deal may come in in Q three,
maybe a Q four. No, let's push it off. And
then it comes in. You're like, oh, we beat our arnings.
Look at us, We're heavyweight champions the world in the
finance world. Same thing for Lebron two weeks, maybe a
little longer want to be careful here. He is back
(38:07):
for one of those big nationally televised games playing the hero.
Speaker 1 (38:11):
Yeah. Look, the schedule goes like this, right, you're talking
about Tomorrow and Friday Milwaukee and Denver back to back,
then Sunday against Phoenix, back to back Monday against San Antonio. Right,
so you have back to back Thursday, Friday, back to
back Sunday Monday, and then back to back Wednesday and Thursday. Yeah.
I think after that back to back Wednesday Thursday of
(38:32):
next week, that's when we gonna feel pretty good. I
feel spry after that. I think Saturday at home against
the Bulls, I think that's when that's when you expect
to see him pretty good. Spot. I'm expecting that one.
Speaker 3 (38:43):
Either that or he's coming back to La early at
the urging of JJ Reddick to come have words with
you and me.
Speaker 1 (38:49):
That could be it as well. That could be it
as well. Who hates two more? Does JJ Reddick hate
me more? Or does Lebron hate stephen A. Smith Moore?
Or does Frostburg hate the next more? I mean that's scene,
there's no question that's see. But I'm glad we mentioned
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the week. And well, when you hit a big three
(39:30):
with no time left to walk off after you say, hey, coach,
everybody on our team needs to play less minutes, well,
Mical Bridges, you get to be the pro of the week.
Speaker 5 (39:39):
Three point four to go, Bridges holds the ball high
next to have one sign out into heart back to Bridges,
but two three for the win, top of.
Speaker 6 (39:45):
The key, Got it, got it, Michale Bridges.
Speaker 1 (39:48):
The game won.
Speaker 6 (39:49):
Are at the Horde Heat the Knicks Escape pull on
overtime when.
Speaker 1 (39:54):
In Portland's Escape Radio Networks on the call, Yeah, okay, Escape,
that's skate We No, we don't have Jalen Brunson, how
but however we need to. We want to. That's all
I know. I know how I missed him. Do you
want to go to hell by playing the Brunton injury again? May? Really? Yeah?
I talk about Hades Town. That's you, man, That's gonna
be all the way down. Great highlight. Now it's not
(40:15):
a great highlight. You're celebrated, not for you. You're celebrating
a guy getting hurt.
Speaker 3 (40:19):
We really did show off our musical theater chops today though,
yes we left no stone unturned.
Speaker 1 (40:24):
Well, I'm living here in Hades. That's a billy Joelden
the music for Hades down.
Speaker 4 (40:30):
Well, there is a beach of joh He may miss
the playoffs, but he's gonna be fin stop stop stop.
Speaker 1 (40:35):
I bet you we see Jalen Brunston before we see
Lebron James. How about that? Yeah? Yeah, exit out about
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a long way in the last half hour now mckelibridges,
take as many minutes as you want. Off you're upset,
nick starters are playing too many minutes. Take as many
minutes it's off as you want. Next game. In celebration
of three at the buzzer wins it for the Knicks
over the Blazers. As the officials tried to give the
game look at you. But Bridges, with three seconds left
(01:14):
gets the inbounds, hits a three nix win. They escape
with a one point victory.
Speaker 3 (01:18):
You sound like Chris Collins earlier today when he was
talking about the Sweat Lodge. They had the Northwestern Wildcats
in with no air conditioning in their hotel.
Speaker 1 (01:27):
Was there any five degrees? The conference hates us, But
I also you wait your getting You really are getting more.
Frank Stanz up every time you do that. The conference
hates us. Rocket front off. We gotta get Kaylea Williams.
Go get Klea Williams. They said we have to leave.
We have to beat the traffic.
Speaker 3 (01:46):
I've been told I need to yell more more outrageous
thing hot take nonsense. That logic and the cohesive arguments
I've been making for years are only gonna get me
so far in this business.
Speaker 1 (01:56):
What the hell is that supposed to be?
Speaker 3 (01:59):
Exactly so what I did immediately after you tweeted about
Michael Bridges saying take whatever time you want, I wrote
our guy, Rick Buker, who joined us last hours, go
see what I deal with.
Speaker 1 (02:10):
See what I deal with, and he immediately liked it.
Speaker 3 (02:12):
I don't think it was on the page for more
than twenty five seconds.
Speaker 1 (02:16):
Before I got yeah, yeah, I got here. So there
you go. We are a family. But I don't know.
Speaker 3 (02:21):
Uh, I can't even relate to people how you reacted
to the shot being made because Alex would have to
a hit the dump button or just hit a bunch
of bleeps.
Speaker 1 (02:33):
I'll tell you what.
Speaker 4 (02:33):
So I was very barely barely barely, barely, barely, barely barely.
Speaker 1 (02:39):
Beat the Blazers, and you lost your mind. Look, the Blazers,
led by three officials, nearly pulled the upset of the
next Wow. Every play in the last minute was a
Was the Blazers going to the free throw line? Well,
you were tired and you were reaching. That's what happens
when you play heavy minute every fifty to fifty. No,
it's going to the Blazer's ridiculu. Let's call the Josh
(03:01):
Hart turnover in bounds. Uh a walk, a clear walk. Note,
we're gonna go that carry and let the Blazers go
to the free throw line. Like, the officials did everything
they could in this game to give that game to
the Blazers broadcast.
Speaker 3 (03:16):
He even did the slow motion replay in that going. Well,
what are we gonna call it? It really was like
it was I don't I don't know that it was three.
I think it might have been. You know, it wasn't
even quite the euro step like it was. Wow, that's
that's like four steps. But if something else he also
turned the blake did the complete carry start again?
Speaker 1 (03:35):
Stop, take two steps ridiculous, then start again like that
was insane.
Speaker 4 (03:39):
We should really hear if they mentioned it in the
final call. Uh, you know what, we should hear the
final call. Let's hear the final call.
Speaker 5 (03:45):
Rebound Brunson Knicks want to push, don't have numbers nor cross.
Speaker 1 (03:48):
Over anyway in the paint foul call That block.
Speaker 5 (03:51):
By Jamimes Throws who just continues throwing his body at
these Laker defenders, and this one's gonna hurt. He fell
down hard along the base on his back and now
rolling over in team underneath to our left.
Speaker 1 (04:06):
Table for one in hell Frostburg. I have your table
right here, it's ready to go there. Come on, man,
I mean, didn't happen. He's didn't wishing on. I mean,
come on, you're gonna sit down at that table. It's
gonna be on fire. Your chair is on fire. They're
gonna say, would you like water, Yeah, we don't serve
that here.
Speaker 4 (04:24):
Sorry, you need ten miracles and Jesus to barely beat
the Blazers.
Speaker 1 (04:28):
Dude, you lost. You lost to the Nets last night.
The Nets, the Nets who didn't have KD really good
right now, didn't have anybody. You lost to the Nets
last night. No, look, and this is look this show's
(04:50):
and and look. Bridges has played well since Jalen Brunson's injury.
It's not not the greatest of optics that he says,
you know, our starters need less minutes, which they do,
but he's not the guy to say that. But what
we saw tonight. Look the Knicks. Yes, they escape with
a win over the Blazers, who were terrible, but this
still underscores this is what happens to the Knicks at
(05:11):
the end of every game. They rely on Jalen Brunson
to it some kind of shot, and the offense goes stagnant,
and when they get into the final minute with a
five point lead, it's like other teams going into the
final minute with a game tied. Because the Knicks they
don't have any creative offensive sets for the final ends
of games, and they wind up missing four shots. Other
(05:32):
teams are able to score because look, the Knicks defense
isn't what it was, and like tonight, that's exactly right.
The Knicks had a five point lead with forty five
seconds left, but even no bruntson no creativity missshots, the
Blazer are able to tie the game and send it
to overtime. This is why when I think about the
Knicks and the playoffs, I go, Yeah, after the first round,
you're not gonna close against the Celtics like this, which
(05:52):
is who they're gonna wind up getting. You're not gonna
close against, or it could be the Cavaliers. You're not
gonna close against either team like this? Like what are
we doing? You know? Like you have to find some
way at the end to run your offense and not
just rely on Hey, Jalen brunt is gonna do something.
Oh okay, great, And and look, there's not a guy
in the league I think that has made more pressure
(06:13):
shots in the final minute of games than Jalen Brunson
or has led some status. It's either he's made more
shots or his plays have led to direct baskets. Nobody's
done that more than Brunson this year. And but that's
not You're not gonna be to survive like that in
the playoffs. And here the Knicks offense is still the same.
You figure, okay, no Brunson. Here at the end, they'll
go low to cat, they'll fake Nope, Nope, it's bad shots.
(06:35):
It's Josh Hart and and and and here, all of
a sudden we go to overtime and the same thing.
The Knicks have a couple point lead down the stretch.
They can't keep the ball in bounds. The official will
make a couple of calls, and the Knicks have to
rely on the on this three Now, I'm happy as hell.
I love the fact they won. I love how they won.
It was awesome. But still, the apparently is that the
Knicks have are evident and and against against the you know,
(06:57):
the the two best teams in the East. That's not
going away. You know, well, you.
Speaker 3 (07:01):
Don't have any depth the loss of Brunson. We watched it,
even in that final minute of the Lakers game. Well,
the guy's just looking at each other like, all right,
who's supposed to take the shot? I was waiting for
you to have an expletive complying out of your mouth
right there.
Speaker 1 (07:18):
Smith But all of that to say.
Speaker 3 (07:21):
Bridges made his statement, or at least that's the word traveling,
that he was the guy to stand up and raising
it because he's played forty three minutes a night now,
Yeah right, with no bruntson, with no bench. Someone had
to say it because we watched it in the defense.
Forget about the officials for a second. I know you
want to make them the focal point, and they certainly
(07:42):
are on the metal stand, no question about it. But
you see tired legs, and we watched the Knicks over
the course of the you know, this is not your
defensive Tom Thibodeau work of brilliance that we've become accustomed to.
This is you're winning in spite of it. You know
they're in spite of their defensive woes. Cat has been exposed.
It was time and time again, inasmuch as we can
plain and kind to mock at times, you know, the
(08:05):
individual efforts of a Luca or Lebron taking defensive steps off.
We've seen that from the Nicks a bunch and towards
the end of the game, what do you got tired legs? Like,
all right, I gotta follow the give, take the fall
instead of point defense, like, all right, I'm gonna kind
of reach it. Maybe I get the ball, Maybe I don't.
We saw that a number of times down the stretch,
(08:25):
and you would have torn out whatever hair would have
been on your head out. I'll tell you, I think
you plucked your eyebrows. I might think he did one
of those things you might have like in what was
it the Internship they had that nervous guy that kept
pulling out his oh eyelashes.
Speaker 1 (08:38):
Yeah, yeah, yeah, I'm plucking my eyebrows. No to tell
you what, I tell you what I did. I was
so upset at the officials, and it was upset at
Josh Hart who trying to and this is what led
to the go ahead basket is that he didn't he
brain cramped that I can't run along the baseline and
he tried to run along the baseline to endbound the
ball and the officials blew the whistle. I'm like, okay,
well that's on him. Wellion, but oh count and distance?
(08:59):
So mad right, and and I'm mad but they allow
the walk that the travel and the carry uh okay,
And I'm mad. And then I'm telling you and I'm
saying they're doing all they can to give them this game.
The Blazers getting every single call, They're getting every touch
foul down there. It's ridiculous. They keep sending players to
the free throw school. Henderson is going to the free
throw line like he's Kobe in his prime center the
(09:23):
free throw line. I thought I wish I had a
blood pressure that moment. And then Bridges makes the show
we're watching here in the studio while Martin Wis is
doing the update. We're watching the studio. Bridges makes the
shot and I'll tell you, I yell, blank you blank
you blank you?
Speaker 4 (09:40):
Yeah, eat it?
Speaker 1 (09:41):
Blank you blank you. That's exact scept I wasn't saying.
Speaker 3 (09:44):
I think at the end you got a good shotting
but you're double birds.
Speaker 1 (09:48):
You're flying around. What the hell? Just that screen was
so small? You thought the Blazers won.
Speaker 4 (09:55):
Well, yeah, there was a big thing with NBA TV.
I do want to bring that up for a second.
Why are the Knicks games blacked out in Los Angeles?
Speaker 1 (10:02):
Okay, Knick games, they had a problem, like NBA TV
had a huge problem with its Uh I know they're
not good, but that bad no, no, no, like like
and anybody trying to watch games tonight, like you can
only watch on the mix because the NBA there was
something wrong at least what we had here in our
area where there was something wrong with the with the
This has never happened before. I've never seen something like
(10:23):
this where you can't watch a game. Never. Yeah, where
there was only the mix was what we had to
watch the games on tonight. That was like half a mix.
Yeah yeah, I mean the Knicks. The Knicks were on
half of the time. Well, that's the thing. The other
game was long over. Well you can't show that's the thing.
I know. They can't put it up to a whole full.
I know. I know this from from when I did
Fantasy Zone at Direct TV, is that once there's only
(10:44):
one game left, you can't go to it full. You
have to do some kind of about how about you
just squeeze it an inch or two on the on
the right now. Well now, we've never had that issue ever,
but we but tonight, And I don't know how many
people dealt with this issue. I think it might have
been all but the NBA, you know, trying to watch
(11:04):
local games out of markets not you couldn't do it.
You had to watch it on the mix. And there's
like six games on the screen. Like I can't see this.
I'm barely I'm fifty four. I'm trying to go. This
is on half of a TV. I'm standing like eight
inches in front of the television watching it, Like how
do I lie? I'm like rain Man when he gets
all the way close up to stufftree. I'm there, you go, Okay,
I gotta be this close to see what's happening, because
(11:25):
how is this only on half a television? Really was unconscidable?
But you got your w and you got your final call.
Unless you didn't, it's all good. No, no, we got
I mean we're never gonna hear it, obviously, but it's okay.
I mean I got, I got to hear Brunsons. It
doesn't matter. Frostburg's going to hell. It's okay. Yeah, but
hadn't you decided that, like ten what at this point
(11:47):
I have time share? Yeah, but I think it's at
certain points, like it's like the Statue of Limits. He's
got a club set. Okay, Well, look Frostburg, what you
did there eight years ago? Now the statue is up
and now he's got new things coming. Then, well, I
love how the criminal brings up a statue of limited
keep keeping him in hell.
Speaker 3 (12:01):
He's always looking at the laws and how they are
refined and revised through the years.
Speaker 1 (12:06):
To make sure at some point he'll be scott free.
Speaker 3 (12:10):
Instead, he goes by Jason Smith instead of Mason Frostburg.
Speaker 1 (12:14):
You are a sports criminal because you rob at least
I'm not a federal criminal. You rob people from what
they want to hear every single night.
Speaker 4 (12:21):
Really, you think one person out there wanted to hear
that nixt final call barely barely, barely, barely, barely barely
beating Blazers barely.
Speaker 1 (12:30):
How did you did you barely barely barely, barely, barely,
barely barely beat the nets last night? Oh no you didn't.
You lost? Sorry? Sorry? What say that? How's the view
when we when we when we talk about teams losing
the teams you really shouldn't lose to Let let's talk
about that.
Speaker 4 (12:44):
Get bounced in the first round. You're gonna want to
call me, hey, hey, second, you know what I'm gonna do?
Speaker 1 (12:49):
Hey, get it right? Second round when they get nicks
were given.
Speaker 6 (12:53):
Four and a half.
Speaker 1 (12:55):
Hang a banner for that. We made it to the
second round? Yeah, two years in a row absolutely two
years old. The second round of the playoffs, that goes
right over whatever Taylor Swift batter of they have an
MS whoa right, then they take that down and go yeah,
error tour selling out. Hey, two straight second round appearances
for the Nicks, and the play person to ask for
that final call will be the first. Mort and Weiss
played it. Mort Weiss got to play in his other
(13:17):
art and Wiss entertains the nation. You decided really really okay?
All right, just okay, see where we're at. Okay, all right,
just make sure that everybody heard Hell for Frostburg gets
a little bit bigger right now. But that's a long time.
That's okay. You lost to the Nets, It's okay. Just
let me know. Am I going to get my mail
in hell? You're you're upset? Not if I'm delivering it. No,
(13:39):
not if I'm not. You know what you're gonna you
know what in hell? You only get Knicks games. You
are only going to get in You're only going to
take it all back now you're getting on a small
screen mini NBA TV two is what You're gonna get
Knicks games on exit out bout a Fresca exit swollen
(14:00):
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Speaker 5 (15:38):
The ball high nixt two have one sign out into
heart that the Bridges, but two three for the win
top of the.
Speaker 6 (15:43):
Key, got it, got it, Michale Bridges, the game won,
are at a Horn and the Knicks escape pull on
overtime win in Portland.
Speaker 1 (15:53):
Jason, you cried fore you got anything to say? Hmm,
I guess last time I played that highlight.
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Speaker 1 (16:15):
That was from the way back machine. Certainly, Jason, that's
back when the Knicks were good.
Speaker 4 (16:19):
Ah up, not that far back.
Speaker 1 (16:23):
That's got to be back when insanity was going on. Yeah,
I dinna need a copy of that. By the way,
I got you just pre coach at that Fox Sports
Radio the Jason Smith Show with Mike Harmon live from
the tirerack dot Com studios. So that was great. I
just got Robin the Landlord Marvin, so be careful saying
that too loudly though he just said it.
Speaker 3 (16:46):
He shouted to the world and was in the song.
Speaker 1 (16:51):
So we are waiting kind of a bit of a
letdown today, or I thought for sure. Okay, Monday we
had Sam Darnol and Justin Fields. Tuesday we add Daniel Jones.
Today we're gonna get Aaron Rodgers and Russell Wilson. We didn't, okay,
if they want. If the NFL had it in the
script that the guys are going to sign later in
(17:11):
the week, we have one day of wondering. Aaron Rodgers
let go today by the Jets officially, still waiting to
find the destinations for Rogers and Wilson. Now, we talked
about Rogers a few minutes ago in that Hey, look
it's the Steelers the Giants. Maybe he's trying to make
the Vikings happen. But for Russell Wilson, we have to
(17:34):
start coming around to the fact that we may have
seen him play his last down in the NFL. Unless
he wants to be a backup somewhere. He's okay with that,
which doesn't happen to Hall of Fame players, it doesn't.
But the only two landing spots for him are the
Steelers and the Giants, right, and that's it. Right for Rogers.
We're talking maybe a couple of teams, but these are
the teams. Everybody else is quarterback in the draft somewhere else. Yeah.
Speaker 3 (17:57):
Dulac of the Pittsburgh Post is at says that Steelers
have made an offer to Rogers and he's quote mulling it.
Speaker 1 (18:04):
Yeah. So for for Wilson, you know, this is it
because these are the two teams. If the Steelers wanted
Russell Wilson, they would have signed him, right, they would
have signed But they're waiting. So you know, as much
as Mike Tomlin wants saying, oh, look, how they understand
we had to move on from him, So if they
(18:25):
wanted him, they would have signed him. The Giants also
could have signed him by now, but instead they wanted
to make a move form Matthew Stafford. Look elsewhere. If
they wanted Russell Wilson, they would go after him, right
they would. They would sign him because Aaron Rodgers is
not really a fit with the Giants if not talked
to him. So where else are you gonna go for
your quarterback? If you're the Giants, You're gonna wait until
(18:47):
the draft and hope that well at three, we like
Shador Sanders enough to take him, because cam Ward will
certainly go, and you hope that maybe the quarterbacks don't
go one two. But the Giants hold the key to everything,
and if the Giants want Russell Wilson, they could have
had him. Not only that, they could sign Russell Wilson
and still get their quarterback at three if they want to.
They could still go Russell Wilson and Shador Sanders at
(19:10):
three if he's there, They could go Russell Wilson and
coming back around early part of the second round for
Jalen Milroe or Quinn Ewers or Kyle McCord or one
of those guys. They could do that, so it's not
like Russell Wilson and the decision is keeping them from
deciding what their quarterback plans are for this year. So
again I default to if the Giants wanted Russell Wilson,
(19:32):
they would have had him already, they would have signed him.
So where does he go? I mean, really and Hall
of Fame guys. Look, we talked about it last night.
It's sad that Rogers and Russell Wilson are sitting here
and the desperation is oozing out of every pore of
their body. It's oozing off of Aaron Rodgers mustache. I
want to keep playing, dude, you're done. The league is
(19:52):
telling you you're done. Okay, let's see. But for Wilson especially,
it's I don't know that there's a landing spot for him,
and they're it is more heat on Rogers because he
closed the season well right the last eight to ten
games he was pretty good, whereas Wilson had a few
good games in the middle of the season when he
took over. Because Mike Tomlin was adamant that I'm going
(20:14):
to Russell Wilson as soon as soon as I can,
so I'm going he didn't have to, but he still
went there. He had a couple of nice games, and
then the end of the season was terrible and the
Steelers realize we have to move on from him. The
rest of the NFL realizes, Okay, maybe Russell Wilson's at
the end. So I don't know that there's a fit.
I don't know that there's a fit. And when it
comes to Wilson, it's the case of other teams are saying,
(20:36):
all right, Wilson's near the end? Is he absolutely at
the end? Because last year might have been the last
death cry he had as a quarterback where he really
has fallen off the last couple of years, and maybe
that five or six game run in the middle of
the season before the bad five or six games at
the end, maybe that five or six game run was it.
(20:57):
Because we don't want to get him a year too late,
which is what's gonna happen getting Rodgers, or too late
too But this is about Russell Wilson. So other teams
are saying, yeah, if we were confident Wilson was gonna
be even the guy from two years ago, we could
go in on him for a year and he can
be someone that is a bridge quarterback to our next guy.
(21:17):
But we're not gonna go to Wilson if he's completely
and totally washed and he's that close, because if we
only got five or six, if the steel has only
got five or six games out of him last year
before he fell off the cliff, is he really gonna
play better this year? Is he? Or is he just done?
And it would be we don't want to get on
the hook for a guy who that six game stretch
(21:38):
might have been his last shining moment, and now we're
gonna get a guy who's completely done.
Speaker 3 (21:43):
Yeah, I wonder when it comes down to it, if
this Dulac report is there and he's been there forever right,
it was him and.
Speaker 1 (21:50):
Ed Bouchette for all those years.
Speaker 3 (21:52):
But it becomes the question of if if Rogers decides
not to whatever else is on the table, whether he's
pondering television, podcasting, wandering the earth, maybe the Giants, maybe
the Browns, like all of these things, there's still a
couple of landing spots. The Russell Wilson thing back to
(22:12):
Pittsburgh from a football standpoint just makes too much sense
after DK Metcalf comes over, because that's all he does
well at this point, has put the ball up for grabs,
and what do Pickens and DK do best go get
the balls that have been put up for grab downfield.
But he can't get along with Arthur Smith and they've
already you know, put his his space and he's not
(22:36):
going anywhere.
Speaker 1 (22:36):
So for Mike Tomlin, what are you doing?
Speaker 3 (22:39):
Like there's reports that reaching out to Mason Rudolph to
bring him back.
Speaker 1 (22:43):
That's the answer. Come on.
Speaker 3 (22:45):
So for the Steelers, they gotta get on there. I'm
going to Pittsburgh this weekend. I might just show up
and start knocking on doors and trying to get some
I need some answers. This makes no sense because you
get again we talked earlier in the show. Listen to
the podcast. It'll go up at the ft the end
of the show. Download to give it five stars. We'll
love you forever. All of those things with Captain Kirk
(23:07):
Cousins kind of being in the mix as well of
what are the Falcons.
Speaker 1 (23:11):
Really doing there?
Speaker 3 (23:12):
Are they just waiting for some market conditions whereby it's
easy to move him and they come to some agreement
on the money with him another team and they get
out of that business. So you got these veteran quarterbacks
hanging around. It's the recognize that not everybody's Tom Brady
moment for I think a lot of these guys is
that you don't get to go out with a glory
(23:35):
bound run.
Speaker 5 (23:36):
Right.
Speaker 3 (23:36):
How many guys really get to go out quote on
top where they're not physically absolutely decimated which forces them?
Speaker 1 (23:44):
Right?
Speaker 3 (23:44):
John Elway tell me that guy wouldn't have signed up
for another year if his body wasn't defeated.
Speaker 1 (23:49):
And look, Drew Brees at forty already couldn't throw the
balmore than you are. And Brady knew. Brady went out
on as much of a high note as possible, and
the fact that he did tells me he knew that. Okay,
next year is not going to be but it's not
going to be him right right there? This is there's
version to me. I was this year. Russell Wilson's not
going to be him next year. Neither is Aaron Rodgers.
(24:12):
And as much as you want to think you can play,
I always default to this. I'm the rest of my life.
I'm going to say. The story is that you know
you can want to play, but you have to understand
when when you're at the end, and not only that,
when the rest of the league is telling you you're done, right,
Because I remember I still remember interviewing Ron Darling a
bunch of years ago, and we were talking about retiring.
Someone was retiring, and I said, well, how did you
(24:34):
know when it was time to retire, he goes, I didn't.
I was in spring training. I the hitters told me
it was time to retire the hit or that when
I couldn't get anybody out, I knew it was time.
That shit.
Speaker 3 (24:44):
You might feel great physically, you may be in a
good mental space thinking, all right, I'm in command, I'm
not favoring any part of my body, all those things.
But if you got no movement on your ball, right,
you're done.
Speaker 1 (24:56):
And this is the same philosophy of This is the
NFL telling Aaron Rodgers and Russell Wilson, you guys are done.
And maybe because the Steelers want to continue to shop
in the bargain basement section of the store for a
quarterback because for some reason they didn't want to go
in on anybody else this offseat didn't want to invest
in the quarterback position, which is crazy. But this is
the only reason why even one of them has any heat.
(25:19):
But the rest of the rest of the league is saying, yeah,
we think you guys are done. We think we think
you're finished, and Russell Wilson specifically, we think you're finished.
And like I said, it's sad to see this when
when these guys who were you know, Rogers going to
the Hall of Fame and Russell Wilson's probably gonna be
a Hall of Famer too, But to end your career
where I'm so desperate to stay in because I don't
(25:40):
know how you control the narrative after this, right, I
don't know how if you're Russell Wilson you decide I'm retiring, Well, dude,
they retire. You weren't getting it, You're getting a gig.
How does Aaron Rodgers do it if nobody else wants him? Right?
How does he go from I've had a I'm going
on a darkness retreat and I'm coming out and telling
everybody I'm retired, Like, you can't control the narrative.
Speaker 3 (26:01):
Well, but at least with him, like either his agent
got du like to say this, Hey, there's an offer
out there, because I think this is where we'd start
hearing the protestation of these Steelers.
Speaker 1 (26:14):
Or now we don't don't have an offer out there.
Speaker 3 (26:16):
Again, So if he's legitimately got an offer, he could
at least say, you know what, I decided I'm done.
Speaker 1 (26:23):
Russell Wilson doesn't have that luxury. But think about the
last two years. Both of these guys teams eight a tremendous.
Speaker 3 (26:31):
Amount of money to just say, you know what, we're
out of that business.
Speaker 1 (26:34):
Yeah we saw enough. Now you mentioned the Jerry Dulac report.
Let me not that I'm doubting it, but let me
just let me just throw this at you. Is that
if you were Aaron Rodgers and you have an offer
from the Steelers, nobody else is going to sign you.
You're not going to get in a better situation, no
(26:54):
than quarterback in the Steelers this year because this is
a playoff caliber team. You're coming in with Pickins, Metcalf
and Jalen Warren's going to be the number one and
you know, Gainwell just signed. He's a pretty good third
down back. You have a great defense. You know you
have it already. If that offers out there, what are
you waiting for? Like, what's what are you It's not
gonna I fail to see where. Oh I want people
(27:17):
to think about what I'm gonna do. I want to
hold the NFL hostage. You have an offer from the Steelers.
Why have you're not said?
Speaker 4 (27:23):
He?
Speaker 3 (27:23):
Maybe the NFL decided that they needed to wait more
college basket, you know, at games tomorrow. Wait another day,
wait for it. Maybe he waits another week. Hey waity,
it's March madness. Oh no, we're tipping off now we're not.
And they do it like the Joker in the nineteen
eighty nine classic Batman, and they shove the mayor off
the screen. In this case the NZAA tournament.
Speaker 1 (27:45):
Oh, I thought we were gonna get an Aaron Rodgers' announcement,
but instead Saint Francis won last night and they're sixteen
and seventeen and going to the NCAA tournament. So we
need to make sure we talk about that. Oh yeah,
let's wait another day, wait a day for for Aaron
Rodgers to come to Pittsburgh. Like, really is if if
you have that offer, you don't say yes, don't you
get a HOGI don't you don't you want to say
(28:06):
calling him eight right now? Uh? Don't you don't you
seize the narrative and say yes, I'm ready, I'm coming
to play this. It would seem that you'd go attack
that moment with all the money means. He seemed more
more pumped up about staying with the Jets, then it
would be going to sign with the Steelers, like come on, man.
Speaker 3 (28:24):
Really, I really thought he was gonna go do the
whole Broadway tour again, like all of those things when
he was on the ferry and coming towards.
Speaker 1 (28:31):
Yell Statue would be great.
Speaker 3 (28:34):
Gone to Alan Town, a plate Alan Town, come along
and listen to all the byes of Broadway.
Speaker 1 (28:44):
It's Aaron Rodgers in Hades Town. Where did you hear
that song? Where did you hear that song? I was
running on the road. I was running up from Hell,
and I looked back to see if Russell Wilson was
behind me, and I turned around, and there he goes.
There it goes, bro.
Speaker 3 (28:59):
I don't have to be faster than the bear or
the devil.
Speaker 1 (29:02):
I just have to be faster than him. Only one
of us made it out. I'm sorry for Sephonie. I'm
sorry sorry Russell Wilson. I turned around to see if
you were there, and they go down Now I would
have to say if I'm if I'm making a prediction
for tomorrow, if I'm thinking tomorrow, if this is true,
(29:22):
Aaron Rodgers signs tomorrow. We hear about Rogers with the
Steelers tomorrow, but again, why would you not sign tonight?
But okay, is that we get Rogers to the Steelers tomorrow,
and then everything comes down to the Giants because the Giants.
When I say the Giants control everything, it's not just
Russell Wilson, they control quarterbacks in the draft. Because if
(29:44):
the Giants signed Russell Wilson, potentially that takes them out
from Shador Sanders to three because they have a quarterback
for this year, right does it necessarily? But that could
take them out for a quarterback at three, which means
Shador Sanders would then slide potentially to the Saints at nine.
And if the Saints don't take him at nine, because
you know they're paying Derek Carf for the next ten years,
and suddenly it's the Steelers at twenty one and the
(30:07):
Rams at twenty six. So there's the next two teams
that could get quarterbacks. So Shador Sanders could fall all
the way through the draft. Conversely, if the Giants don't
sign Russell Wilson, then they know they're pretty confident they're
getting Shador Sanders or cam Ward in the top three
in the draft. So you know that because they're not
just gonna walk in and say, yeah, we're gonna run
it back with Tommy Cutletz again. They can't do that, right,
(30:28):
So you know that that if that happens, then you
know where the quarterbacks are going in the draft, because
there's no way they sit there with a quarterback sitting
there at three and say nope, say yeah Travis Hunter instead, wait,
really okay, and then they have to tell Shador Sanders, oh,
we're gonna have you come sit in the commissioner's room,
and you're not gonna have you sit in and show
you on camera as you slide down the draft. Now
we're gonna wait and go over here. So the Giants
(30:50):
really they hold the key to everything. So after the
Steelers will be the first domino with Rogers to fall,
then it's gonna be Wilson. And I'm telling you the
Giants arena in the mix for Aaron Rodgers. They're not.
Wilson tried to go visit a couple of teams visited
with So it's the So it's really the Giants are
nothing for him. So so again, I'd come back to
(31:11):
the beginning of the conversation. If the Giants wanted him,
they would have had him by Now. Nothing's gonna happen
with Aaron Rodgers. That's gonna make them say, oh, now
we're gonna go get Russell Wilson.
Speaker 3 (31:22):
Well, maybe Shane's kid isn't finished simulating the season.
Speaker 1 (31:25):
Oh, you might be Oh, it could be right, Okay,
didn't think about that telling where we needed to go get.
Speaker 3 (31:30):
Also, everybody might just be afraid when in this scenario,
when you talk about the Pittsburgh quarterback slot, they might
be afraid of Super Bowl champion Kenny Pickett now running
amuck in Cleveland. Since we're at Pittsburgh, just give me
thirty seconds real quick. We lost a legend, Craig Wolfley,
great football family. He and his brother oh broadcast per
(31:50):
years right, part of our Fox family like the Deep Pipes.
While he and Tounch Jilkin, who passed away a couple
of years ago, they had their show in Pittsburgh. They
were the one of the first ever really welcomed me
on as a regular contributor there in Pittsburgh. Broke my
heart to see the news of his passing away. Circus
killer that yeah, Syracuse killer of the You know, the
(32:11):
Pittsburgh community did a lot of outreach, a lot.
Speaker 1 (32:13):
Of great things.
Speaker 3 (32:14):
His brother Ron had announced he was stepping away from
the Cardinals later this year, so we you know, good
thoughts to the family there, all the y Insers, the
Pittsburgh folks, because they were always so welcoming to me
that I would be remiss if we were talking about
the Steelers this much and not giving a nod to
a guy who was part of that team, part of
(32:35):
their organization for forty years.
Speaker 1 (32:37):
Exit out about a Fresca exit Swallen Dome. Jason Smith
Mike Harmon live from the Tirech dot Com studio as well,
said my friend coming up next could where possibly be
even better news for Lebron James and the Lakers than
we thought when it comes to his injury. That and
the express pros pro of the week coming your way
next right here, Jason.
Speaker 2 (32:55):
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soble Domination. Smith has good news for the Lakers and
Lebron James and a silver lining to his injury. According
to many reports, Lebron James returning to Los Angeles for
(33:48):
treatment on his groin injury right. Initially was supposed to
be out two weeks, and it looks like that's what
it's gonna be, and Lebron is back. Everything looks good
and potentially he could be back right at the beginning
of next week, which would be two weeks. Right, So
it's all good news. And when this injury happened, it
was all doom and glooming and chicken little running around
(34:11):
the sky of Holly. And I saw this, I said,
you kinda see this a little bit more with a
little bit more nuanced. It's not a serious injury, and
we were never from the beginning, this never seemed like
it was a serious injury. And Lebron Okay, yes, he's
gonna be out a little bit. But number one, was
(34:33):
this really a two week injury or was this like
it's a week injury. But we can get Lebron a
break for a couple of weeks because this is where
the silver line and this injury comes in as long
as it's not serious. Hey, you're relying on Lebron to
get you through to the Western Conference finals at least
with Luca this year, and you know he gets banged
(34:56):
up and you know he's gonna be running on empty
at some point. You I want to postpone that this
is the perfect time for two weeks off for him
to be able to rest, recuperate and then come back
with It's not too close to the end of the
season where you're worried about him getting you know that
he's rusty, or it's way too long before the playoffs start. No,
you're gonna have a nice ten twelve ish games for
(35:18):
him to get back in the swing and be ready
to go. And let's face it. Do he and Luca
really need time to mesh. No, they hit the ground
running right away, right, So we told right away, watch
watch how well their games mesh with each other. It's
gonna be like when the Lakers went and got Paalgasol
and they just started winning every single game. So when
this injury happened, as long as it wasn't, oh, it's
doom and gloom and he's done. I saw this from
(35:40):
This is gonna be something that the Lakers. Really it's
gonna wind up being a being a boon for them.
You know, we're still eight months away from the playoffs
so much. Yeah, so this is gonna be a boon
for them and a silver lining that. Okay, in the end,
it's Lebron getting a two week break. Now, you want
to think that it's gonna be with teams that you
can handle. Have been able to beat the Nets even
(36:01):
without Lebron, you couldn't. You want to try to finish
second in the West, but look, anybody can finish anywhere
now between two and seven in the West, right, still
a long way to go. So as long as Lebron's
coming back for the final ten to twelve games, okay,
that's me make your final push, and maybe he's gonna
be fresher when he returns. This was not the doom
and gloom part of the season for the Lakers that
(36:22):
we thought it was gonna be. I'm like, Okay, yeah,
he'll be back, and watch him come back. I'll make
a big book. Watch him come back two weeks after
he got hurt. What he'll be back two weeks after
he got hurt.
Speaker 3 (36:33):
Either that or he comes back early and he's a
hero because look out, quickly he heals.
Speaker 1 (36:37):
He's a cyborg.
Speaker 3 (36:39):
And it's all the hero returns and everything else, you know,
part of it. As you made your argument him sitting
there going load management. I'll let you choose your own
movie gift adventure. Is it the Denzel Denzel Washington sitting
back in the chair, go and see when he throws
his hand out, Or is it the Leonardo DiCaprio sitting
there in the barca lounger with the cigarette pointing at you.
Speaker 1 (37:03):
You could choose either one of those.
Speaker 3 (37:05):
But all of that to say, you know, for Lebron,
it's also a all right, you want Luca, you know,
you see how great lucas all right, he gets he
gets this rough patch, because remember he did post that
on social media. That's what gives us some bad optics
in terms of the timing of all of this is
Lebron had posted, Hey, we got those six games in
eight days, and look at the Juggernauts. We got to
(37:27):
play a couple of games against Denver, mixed in there
a couple of other heavyweights.
Speaker 1 (37:31):
So the out Do you think he was doing that
saying oh, no, I'm not saying we're pointing out these games.
I'm saying, yeah, I'm not playing these I'm not gonna
be here. I'm not gonna be here for that. Tell
little Johnny and Little Susie, we're not buying the three
hundred levels for this one. I'm booking out. I'll be
back after the six.
Speaker 3 (37:46):
But then you do the over you know, under promise,
over deliver, like you would do for an earnings report.
It's like, well, this deal may come in in Q three,
maybe a Q four. No, let's push it off. And
then it comes in. You're like, oh, we beat our arnings.
Look at us, We're heavyweight champions the world in the
finance world. Same thing for Lebron two weeks, maybe a
little longer want to be careful here. He is back
(38:07):
for one of those big nationally televised games playing the hero.
Speaker 1 (38:11):
Yeah. Look, the schedule goes like this, right, you're talking
about Tomorrow and Friday Milwaukee and Denver back to back,
then Sunday against Phoenix, back to back Monday against San Antonio. Right,
so you have back to back Thursday, Friday, back to
back Sunday Monday, and then back to back Wednesday and Thursday. Yeah.
I think after that back to back Wednesday Thursday of
(38:32):
next week, that's when we gonna feel pretty good. I
feel spry after that. I think Saturday at home against
the Bulls, I think that's when that's when you expect
to see him pretty good. Spot. I'm expecting that one.
Speaker 3 (38:43):
Either that or he's coming back to La early at
the urging of JJ Reddick to come have words with
you and me.
Speaker 1 (38:49):
That could be it as well. That could be it
as well. Who hates two more? Does JJ Reddick hate
me more? Or does Lebron hate stephen A. Smith Moore?
Or does Frostburg hate the next more? I mean that's scene,
there's no question that's see. But I'm glad we mentioned
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(39:30):
with no time left to walk off after you say, hey, coach,
everybody on our team needs to play less minutes, well,
Mical Bridges, you get to be the pro of the week.
Speaker 5 (39:39):
Three point four to go, Bridges holds the ball high
next to have one sign out into heart back to Bridges,
but two three for the win, top of.
Speaker 6 (39:45):
The key, Got it, got it, Michale Bridges.
Speaker 1 (39:48):
The game won.
Speaker 6 (39:49):
Are at the Horde Heat the Knicks Escape pull on
overtime when.
Speaker 1 (39:54):
In Portland's Escape Radio Networks on the call, Yeah, okay, Escape,
that's skate We No, we don't have Jalen Brunson, how
but however we need to. We want to. That's all
I know. I know how I missed him. Do you
want to go to hell by playing the Brunton injury again? May? Really? Yeah?
I talk about Hades Town. That's you, man, That's gonna
be all the way down. Great highlight. Now it's not
(40:15):
a great highlight. You're celebrated, not for you. You're celebrating
a guy getting hurt.
Speaker 3 (40:19):
We really did show off our musical theater chops today though,
yes we left no stone unturned.
Speaker 1 (40:24):
Well, I'm living here in Hades. That's a billy Joelden
the music for Hades down.
Speaker 4 (40:30):
Well, there is a beach of joh He may miss
the playoffs, but he's gonna be fin stop stop stop.
Speaker 1 (40:35):
I bet you we see Jalen Brunston before we see
Lebron James. How about that? Yeah? Yeah, exit out about
a Fresca exit swollen down. The Jason Smith Show with
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