April 19, 2025 • 41 mins
On tonight’s edition of The Jason Smith Show with Mike Harmon, Steve DeSaegher fills in for Mike Harmon as the guys react to Luka Dončić’s response to what Nico Harrison said about the trade—and how Luka broke his phone after finding out about it. Then, College Football Analyst Pete Fiutak joins the show to break down everything NFL Draft with the big event just around the corner. Finally, the crew keeps guessing who will be announcing each team’s pick in the first round of the draft. Don’t miss Hour 2 for all that and so much more!
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So things, I would say a little closer with Memphis
and Dallas like a little Mosmatically it is a little
closer in me, not quite the twenty six point lead
that was at one point, but Memphis leads Dallas sixty
eight to fifty three early in the third quarter. You
had ad show up and have a huge first half
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that I can't even say kept within shouting distance. It
kept him down by twenty in stead down by thirty,
but clearly the Mavericks real staying just on the edge
of contention in this game. It has been all Memphis
the entire game.
Speaker 3 (01:26):
Memphis should win this game. I think if we just
look at the rosters before they tipped off, yes, and
their home and John Moran's playing, that was the question
mark all day. We saw his legitimate sprained ankle from
the earlier playing game earlier this week. Memphis lost Tuesday
at Golden State. He's playing. They got a great start
to this game. They were up fifteen at the end
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of the first quarter, but it was a larger lead.
It was twenty twenty two, as you say, in the
first quarter against the MAVs. I don't see how the
MAVs are gonna come back and take it unless Klay
Thompson just goes off and has the type of game
he used to have and the type of game he
rarely has anymore at this point of his career. I
know they're chipping away. It's down to ten sixty eight
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fifty eight Grizzlies. It's early third quarter still, but I'd
be surprised if Dallas comes all the way back to
win My Mavericks.
Speaker 1 (02:15):
Though, come on, Mike, come on, don't make people back when.
Speaker 3 (02:18):
You say make Look when you say my Mavericks, it
makes it sound like he's picking him to win it.
Oklahoma City? What is?
Speaker 1 (02:24):
What is no my Mavericks until like tonight, like that said,
but as I say this, Anthony Davis has cut the
lead to ten. All of a sudden, Hey, we got
a ballgame here.
Speaker 3 (02:36):
Man, Anthony Davis has half the points for his team
tonight he has twenty nine. The rest of the MAVs
combined have twenty nine points. And again we're just starting
the third quarter. Let's be realistic. Two things have occurred.
It's a great comeback so far, point number two. They're
still down double digits at Memphis.
Speaker 1 (02:56):
But here's the thing, and let me because this maybe
the last time. You know, Hey, like Nicholson has said
in the movies, what if this is as good as
it gets. This may be as good as it gets
for Anthony Davis. But he was the reason that I said, Hey,
Mavericks are coming out of the plane. Right here's a surprise.
Team ten seed has never come out. Mavericks are coming
out because they have the most at stake this week.
(03:16):
Clear they want to flip the narrative from the Luka
Doncicch trade, and this is the way to do it,
the way to.
Speaker 3 (03:23):
And attend see Miami did advance.
Speaker 1 (03:25):
And you know, to hit zero and say okay, maybe
we're gonna be okay when Kyrie gets back next year.
Here's Anthony Davis dominating. They're not sharing the stage with anyone.
The Lakers aren't playing. No, this is where ad can
show up and have a couple of monster games and
lead them into the plays. Don't need to win in
the playoffs, just need to get into the play round
and then on maybe we can move past the Luca trade.
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And here he is tonight, single handedly keeping them and
getting them back in this game.
Speaker 3 (03:51):
The starting five for Memphis is just better, I don't
know how else more simply to put it, better than
the starting five Dallas or what's left of the starting
five of Dallas. Remember when Derek Lively, just twelve short
months ago was talked about in very great terms like, oh,
this is a sneaky, great addition, a third or fourth
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guy that can really turn a game or help you
with that nine to one run. To flip things, and
he's doing nothing tonight and he's barely been on the court.
In fact, as we mentioned in the first hour of
this show, the bulk of the starters are doing nothing
for Dallas. So congrats on this little run. It's gonna
make the third quarter interesting.
Speaker 1 (04:28):
Ad A my ad look at ad go. So we'll
keep you updated on this again. A huge comeback so
far the third quarter for the Mavericks, My Dallas Mavericks. Meanwhile,
I say they weren't, you know, sharing the spotlight this
week because hey, hey, look at the mat, Hey we're
peel pretty good. Then you watch Luca play with the
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Lakers and you can realize, oh man, yeah, great, we
don't have them. Uh luka. Doncic did an interview with
ESPN today that's starting to get a lot of attention
ahead of the first round series with the minute So
to Timberwolves. Now, all we heard all week is, hey,
can't wait to go up against Rudy Gobert. Is gonna
be awesome. He loves the rivalry. Everything is great. But
he answered a couple of big questions about the trade
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and while Nico Harrison had his I can't even say
press conference because it was We'll sit down at a
table and nothing can record me. He spoke with reporters
about the doncig trade and reiterated that defense wins championships.
Defense wins championships, That's why they traded Luca. Here's Luca
who was asked about Nico's words and what he is
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saying about why they traded Luca Doncic and boy did
Luca have the perfect comeback for everything he's heard or
heard about why he was dealt away by the Mavericks.
Here's Luca from the ESPN.
Speaker 4 (05:46):
Interview general manager Nico Harrison of the Dallas Mavericks. He
had this closed door, no cameras meeting with reporters. The
reporter said, you didn't believe that the team that went
to the finals last year with Luca as a centerpiece
could contend and content you to contend for championships, and
Nico Harrison said, I'll say this again, defense wins championships.
Speaker 2 (06:06):
What do you say to that it is said and
the way he's talking right now, I never say anything
bad about him, and I just want to move on.
The fans my ex teammates always keep it hard.
Speaker 5 (06:15):
It's time too for me to move on from that Harrison.
Speaker 1 (06:19):
Since you left Alice. That's a great thing. It's just
sad by the way, Jason is bad.
Speaker 3 (06:24):
Not only was the original GM's news conference not allowed
to be recorded, this could not only be recorded.
Speaker 1 (06:29):
There was a full orchestra in the back. Oh yeah,
we had everything going on. Yeah, we had the La
Philharmonic come in andto Gustavo Dudamel came in and just
was able to hey a little lower in the audio
levels in the back.
Speaker 3 (06:40):
Just because here he's waving the wand and everything and
there was no video.
Speaker 1 (06:43):
It was just the audio. But okay, go ahead, I'll
go on camera and actually let you record this, right,
So advantage Luca.
Speaker 3 (06:50):
But the the word is sad that he used.
Speaker 1 (06:52):
Yes, I mean, that's the best comment. It's just sad.
Now let's be fair here for a second. Nico's done
a pretty good job not saying what he could have said,
or what he wanted to say or about, or what
the reasons were why he was dealt. Nico's done a
pretty good job as a GM to take all the arrows,
which again, I tell you, I know that everybody's blaming Nico,
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but everybody's on board with the Luca trade. Right, everybody.
The Adelsons are on board, the Dumonts are on board.
They're on board with this trade. This is not happening
unless everybody wants to trade him. And it's all about
the fact that, hey, here he is leading the Mavericks
to the finals a year ago and he's not healthy,
he's out of shape, and he comes back out of
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shape and gets hurt this year. Right, the Adelson's and
the Dumonts are new owners of the team. It's not
Mark Cuban. Wait, we got to give this guy three
hundred and fifty million dollars at the end of the summer.
We're not doing it, So let's move on. Okay, Nico
make a trade, and Nico Harrison made the best trade
he could because he got an All NBA player in
return for him and Anthony Davis, who is in All NBI.
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I don't know who everybody was. If you trade Luke,
you gotta get a star. Nobody is trading for Luca
and trading a star player back. It doesn't help them.
Why am I giving you a start? No, we are
getting a star because we think this is gonna help
us win, and we'll give you whatever you need maybe.
Speaker 3 (08:10):
Like when there were roommates in rumors years they've gonna
go better Gobe bad trade out of LA and then
he realized, oh wait a minute, they're gonna trade all
the stars back and I'm going to an empty run.
Speaker 1 (08:18):
No no, no, no, no, I don't want to do that. This
is how trades like this are made. They got the
best player, the best individual player they could in Anthony Davis, right,
and they got picks and they freed up money. So yeah,
But so Nico has done a pretty good job of
not saying anything. But and it's hard because they've been
getting all the criticism that you could possibly imagine. So
here's Nico who agrees to finally talk to reporters and
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still doesn't say anything other than defense wins championships. Do
you have which? Now you know why Nico doesn't talk
to the press a lot, because Nico's not good at it. Like,
all he's got to say is, hey, we love the
defensive dominance of Anthony Davis. You know, we felt this
trade was gonna be big for us, and so we
made it. And you can be criticis it, But then
you can say something without sounding stupid, like oh, defense.
(09:03):
What does that mean? What do you mean Luca doesn't
play defense, doesn't do that? I mean, Luca doesn't play defense.
But like, he's just not good at talking to the reporters,
So I get why he doesn't talk. But it's been
a pretty good time for him. Actually, just hey, I'm
gonna just say the bare minimum. And Luca at the
same time has been filled with a lot of class.
Not saying anything about the trade. You've not there's not
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been any back and forth about why I even today
I was here. We would We'll probably get that in
the off season. We'll get to here's behind what was
going on, Here's behind what was going on. But the
reason we haven't gotten more stories out of Dallas is
because Luca has not said anything. And boy, if Dallas
just says bad things about Luca, that's just gonna upset
the fan base even more. And Luca could have gone
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on says I just want to move on. They're the
fan base is not gonna hear that right now. They're
not gonna hear Oh, hey, Luca too much, drinking, too much,
too much hookah, whatever it was. We didn't know if
we could sign him. This was all about they didn't
know if they wanted to give him three hundred and
fifty million dollar. That's all this was for. And now
you can argue yes or no, but that's why the
trade was made. So all of the I get you
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want to be angry at somebody, and Nico's taking all
the arrows. He's been as close to class as you
can be. Luca has been all class all the way.
But when you hear him say it's just sad, it's like,
I just feel bad for the Mavericks, like there's still
no matter what, they can't get out from under this
trade and anything else coming from it at all.
Speaker 3 (10:25):
You mentioned what a future contract for Luca in Dallas
would be. I don't think you can underestimate how that
was a part of this whole thing coming down. Because
the NBA, in order to keep things competitive, be it
small market or major market teams purposely wanting to be
different than Baseball, which is a no salary cap league.
The NBA has rules that you can essentially go over
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the cap, you can go extra to pay and re
sign your own star. They love that because then, like
years ago, Glenn Robinson could potentially stay in the same
market even though it wasn't New York, Chicago or la
et cetera, and so Lukat Tonsich would have been eligible
to stay in Dallas, eligible for what's called a supermax contract,
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which he's no longer eligible for he has left Dallas.
That contract would have been, as you say, five years
and almost three hundred and fifty million dollars on the extension.
I think if you had asked Dallas, do you want
to keep him for the next few years at similar money,
similar what we've been paying him similar years, I think
they I think they would have gone through that door.
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But when you have the supermax contract this summer facing you,
you really really have to taste stock as a front
office and an ownership group and saying, are we going
to be married to this guy, because that's what the
superma contract would mean. And their answer was no, we're divorcing.
Now we're trading and getting in this case Davis. By
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the way, Davis is still playing well for Dallas tonight.
It's thirty one points now mid third quarter, still a
ten point men lead, seventy eight sixty.
Speaker 1 (12:01):
Eight a d A d AD. Now. The other big
thing that Lucas said was he was asked, do you
want to stay with the Lakers, and he said, yeah, yeah,
like this is where I want to stay. This is
where I want to stay long term. And obviously, hey,
being there a cup, being here a couple of months,
he sees what it's like to you put on as
you know, as Kobe Bryant once said when he came
on with us at Fox Sports Radio, once you put
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on that purple and gold armor, it's really hard to
go someplace else. And same thing here he is. Now
he sees how much the town loves him, and he
sees the future with him in the number two market
in the country. I'm telling you, man, this is they've
They've found a way. And Rob Polinka got a contract
extension today, which I don't think is any coincidence. Like
he's found a way to make big trades when the
Lakers have needed them, whether it was ad for the
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first time win a title, Luka Doncic, now it really
has been the last few months have really been something.
But going forward, I'm telling you, I'm bullish on both
of the futures of the Lakers and the Mavericks. I'm
bullish on Luca because if he wasn't gonna do the
things that the Mavericks wanted him to do. Sometimes when
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you get pushed out and a change of scenery and
you go someplace else, well, now I know I got
a straighten up and fly right because my conditioning is
going to be front and center. Andy I want to
sign a big contract, and being in shape is going
to be there. Now, I gotta be more accountable because
this is a new team and new people. I have
to impress. Whereas with the Mavericks it was I'm gonna
do whatever the hell I want to. And yeah, this
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is not a new thing with the Mavericks and Luca
where they weren't thrilled with him and off the court
and being in shape and staying healthy. So yeah, for
the Mavericks to make a move, I get it, and
I get that their future is a solid one too,
because they're gonna add another player in the offseason. They're
gonna add another star, whether it's Trey Young, Joel Embiid,
there's gonna be a lot of stars available they will
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add because they're not paying Luca three hundred and fifty
million dollars, so they have the money. They're gonna add
a third star. And then when Kyrie gets back. It's
Kyrie ad And look at the Mavericks. The Lakers and
the Mavericks. I'll tell you this next Ye'll get you a
Bowl prediction. They will both be top four teams in
the West next year.
Speaker 3 (14:01):
By the way to the Lakers have no negotiations needed
this summer for Luka donsis because he was traded without
his contract expiring. It's Dallas that made this decision to
move him now in advance of Oh, we're not going
to pay.
Speaker 1 (14:15):
That down the road.
Speaker 3 (14:16):
No, so A, he's not going to get a supermax
deal from the Lakers. B. He's going to get whatever
money was in his current deal he signed a few
years ago with Dallas. And what he can do is
opt out in a year and then maybe sign something
shorter term, not five years, and wait till he's a
ten year vested veteran, and then he can get the
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type of salary that takes up a third of your
salary cap. He's Lukadonsich. He's not gonna be hurting for cash.
He's going to have ridiculous nine figure contracts down the line.
But the Lakers are not facing right now what Dallas
decided right now.
Speaker 1 (14:52):
Oh, it's hard to not do. Well. Wow, you just
lost over one hundred million dollars in this trade, potentially, yeah,
bryon dollars. I'm telling you, sunny side up, you hot
take both Lakers and the Mavericks top four teams in
the West next year, and that assumes health.
Speaker 3 (15:07):
Sure, sure, well, you always used to say that about
the Lakers. Now we're gonna have to say that about
Dallas because Kyrie injury, ad injury. That's I mean, that
will be kind of like when I said last hour,
you mean Super Bowl champion Kenny Picken. That's gotta always
be attached to the name of this team in this
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case is assuming they're healthy. Yeah, Dallas could make her
run that type of thing.
Speaker 1 (15:33):
Jason Smith Steve Desager live from the tire rack dot
Com studios tell hot take, but watch out telling you
I love the Mavericks for next year and maybe the
rest of this game.
Speaker 3 (15:42):
And they're down fifteen.
Speaker 1 (15:43):
But coming up. You know, it was great Steve, until
you decided to say all that stuff. Maybe you're a jinx.
Speaker 3 (15:48):
Just stealing cool facts. We're at the newest desk here.
Speaker 1 (15:51):
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Speaker 6 (18:33):
Fine, I'll crowdsource this year. Now? Is there less of
a buzz this year for some reason? Like last year
you had the court, it was gonna be Caleb, it
was gonna be Drake May, it was gonna be Jade
danielsad Bone, like you ever have monster quarterbacks. It was
just it was just jumping last year. This year it's
kind of like, right, I guess Cam Moore goes to
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Tennessee Titans or something. Okay, fine, it just doesn't seem
like there's that lift this year like there was last year.
Speaker 1 (19:00):
Is that just me? No, No, because now it's it's
all become about the quarterbacks. Think about the recent drafts
in the last ten years where we saw four or
five quarterbacks going in the first round who are all
allegedly going to be good. Those are all the hot drafts.
I mean, we've become about the first round. Hey when
it's not a great quarterback draft, Okay, yeah, it's kind
of it's kind of the draft. And so that's kind
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of where we've been for the last few weeks.
Speaker 6 (19:22):
And last year they hit it is last year in
two years ago were the only times that they've ever hit.
If you ever want to just look at the wasteland
a first round draft picks quarterback over the last like ever.
It is amazing how many interesting names are on there.
Like I remember arguing over Jake Walker, you know, like, oh,
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speaking of great Titans history, and so I'm like, yo,
blame Gevarts, and you know, there's just so many names
on there that are just like, oh my gosh, that
really really didn't work and everyone was so hot on them.
But now it seems like people have figured out better.
I think the science of finding a real quarterback actually
works a little bit better. Now.
Speaker 1 (20:05):
Well, I tried to make Kyle McCord happen, but I
can only do so much, Bete, and as I can
only just well, let's go.
Speaker 6 (20:11):
You got your your Syracuse guys gonna step up. Now
you gotta try coming out.
Speaker 1 (20:17):
Oh you know, no excited, no excited as hell. Man,
If the Jets can get Kyle McCord, I'll be happy.
But when it comes, when it comes to the draft, right,
like I think the last three days, I think now
we know how the first three picks are going to go.
Tennessee will go with cam Ward one, Browns will go
Travis Hunter. Two, Giants with Abdual Carter. Three. Agree or disagree,
maybe flip that around.
Speaker 6 (20:37):
I will still argue I don't get the Travis Hunter thing.
I mean, like, what is he going to be. He's
not going to be a corner and a wide receiver,
so like he's either going to be one and kind
of dabble on the other or put that around, So like,
is he really worth more than at Duel Carter at
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the at the number two as a corner? Eh, he's good.
I mean as a receiver in this class, yes, because
it's a bad class of wide receivers, but all right,
maybe a little more explosive Stefan Diggs, which isn't bad
to be sure, but is that worth the number two?
I think that he's kind of a shiny object pick
because you can do so much of them. He's such
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a generational, freakish talent and good guy. You want him
on your team and stuff. But I'm just not sold
it at the two. That's a little bit rich.
Speaker 3 (21:29):
Well, Pete, I'm Steve, and I must say I'm going
off the board with this question. I'll say it in advance.
I'm glad you mentioned the Jake Locker name because it
references what I'm going to talk about that people argue about.
For example, top ten selections, assuming they will hit cam Ward.
Was he not a essentially zero star prospect out of
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high school? Can you discuss a step back being a
college football writer? A step back not the draft coming
into college, the amount of pub or lack of pub
that people get, and what it's worth exactly.
Speaker 6 (22:05):
So sometimes these guys come from it. Remember, let's take
it even a whole other level from that. First of all,
back to your cam Warton thing, he kind of made
it through the whole tat the Trials and Tribulations at
Incarnate Word. He played in this offense where he just
threw a million times. It was a statistical superstar. And
then he went to the perfect type of offense for
that Washington State grew up and then at Miami looked apart. So, uh,
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he just he's experienced, veteran guy who knows how to
play the position, because you know, when when you get
four or five years into this thing, you get mature
guys who can, you know, step up and fly right away.
But like to your point, I mean, remember Joe Burrow
was just a guy, you know, he was He was
just okay. And then even when he was coming out
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after those monster season, it's like, okay, yeah, he's gonna
probably be number one just as a quarterback. But he
also had one of the greatest receiving cores of all
time to throw too. Uh so okay, but he stepped up.
He was not going to be a first round draft pick.
He's gonna be like a fourth dish. Before his monster year,
remember Cam Newton was nowhere to be seen on the radar,
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and then he all of a sudden became the number
one guy. So it's an inexact science all the way around.
In general, my rule of thumb is just assume the
quarterback's not going to work, because again, if you go
by the numbers, it's not, and then go from there
and see if you can hopefully find something. But look,
who are the best quarterbacks in the NFL right now?
You know they had to trade up to get Mahomes,
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but he was a ten you know, Josh Allen when
I believe seventh Jalen hurt for the second rounder. Lamark
Jackson was at the end of the first round. You know,
you'll have a whole lot number one, two, three picks
that really crushed.
Speaker 1 (23:44):
Pete feutech College Football Insider with US Jason Smith, Steve
de seger in from Mike Harmon. All right, so Pete,
first of all, I want to say, do you have
your tickets? Where are you sitting tomorrow for the jersey
retirement ceremony of Travis Hunter and Shudor Sanders.
Speaker 6 (23:57):
I there will be no Sanders Flander here. Literally, there
is a There is a Dion Sanders jersey from about
twenty five acting more than Matt Godd thirty years ago.
I was like my favorite player ever. So well, the
fun fact is Dion you know he's his little statements today, Well,
jersey retired everywhere I've been. Well, if it turns out no,
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he hasn't. He's never had his jersey retired. But look,
here's here's where we stand on this. If you are
a Heisman Trophy winner, you should automatically go to the
College Football Hall of Fame. No, you know, trial period.
That means you're one of the greatest players of all time.
And if you want to get your jersey retired, fine,
I think the whole thing's kind of stilly and shouldn't happen.
But okay, I will buy Travis Hunter getting his jersey retired. Now.
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I am a Shudur Sanders believer. I think he is
the best quarterback in this draft and he should not
be having that number two retired at ball because, like, again,
what did he win? He had a couple of nice games,
but absolutely face planted in the Bowl. They didn't get
to a big championship. I'm not exactly sure while Shadur
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is getting his jersey retired out of than dad making
it happen.
Speaker 3 (25:06):
For forty degrees for that tomorrow.
Speaker 1 (25:08):
Yeah, it's gonna be. It doesn't matter, doesn't matter. No,
he's getting his jersey retired because it's embarrassing for Dionna
and Shadour if you're retiring another player's jersey that's not
his son. So hey, I got it. We're going to
retire the jersey. That's exactly what it's happening. Thank you.
Speaker 6 (25:21):
Put un figures now if you retire his number two
jersey de dion figures sure?
Speaker 1 (25:28):
All right. So if I said to you, Pete, give
me the give me your top four quarterbacks in order,
top four quarterbacks in the draft that you like the most,
what you've seen in college, everything you've seen, what they
put on tape. Who would be your top four? Obviously
Shador Sanders number one. Where do you go after that? Yeah?
Speaker 6 (25:44):
As I said before, Schudur Manning, he's number one overall.
It's just it's they're looking for reasons not to like him.
But on the field, he's the best of the bunch.
Ward is good. I'll put him number two. I really
do kind of like Quinn ears as a is a
just a just a solid starter. He's not gonna be
anything special, but I think he's gonna be one of
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those guys who could just step in and and just
start for you and be just fine. And I kind
of I kind of like you guy, I kind of
like Kyle. I kind of think I am not really
buying into the Jackson Dark thing. And that's the scuttle buttons.
He's the number two guy off the board a lot
of parts of the system there. I'm still, you know,
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enjoying the Matt Corral era when everyone was trying to
think he was the number one overall pick.
Speaker 1 (26:31):
Uh.
Speaker 6 (26:31):
So I'm not quite buying into Jackson Dark at all.
But remember, sometimes if you get look at the history
of the quarterbacks being taken the NFL draft, sometimes the
answer is just none of the above. There's guys who
you Okay, fine, you're gonna you need a quarterback in Tennessee,
go for it. Take camp. If you meet a quarterback
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somewhere in there, take your door. Maybe even take your
Jackson Dark, take a flyer. I'm not the biggest fan
Jalen Milroe a pro, loved him in college, but don't
think it's gonna quite work. But again, Kenny Pickett, you
know those types of drafts, sometimes the answer just is nah,
it's just it's.
Speaker 3 (27:10):
Not there, which brings me to the guy I'm most
intrigued to see in the Thursday night first round, the
Boise State running back Ashton Genty. Does he go as
high as say the Raiders in the top ten. Does
he miss the top ten entirely? What do you think
for gent.
Speaker 6 (27:24):
I think the feeling is yes, the feeling is that
he is. The Raiders desperately need running back if he
has to go there. The Broncos desperately need a running back.
I still don't buy that you need the position. I
know that you know Derrick Henry this year and saekuon
Barkley and all that, but they also traded for him, like,
let someone else develop your running back. At this point,
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you don't really need to take a running back that early.
Marion Hampton from North Carolina is not terribly far behind.
I like Kunjan Jenkins Judkindoves out of Ohio State. There
are very good backs in this draft. Often, as always,
you don't really need those guys, especially this year where
what did we see in the Super Bowl. Yeah, Barkley's great.
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Barkley certainly had an epic year, but it was that
pass rush that just destroyed everyone. When it was time
for the Eagles to shine, and the edge rushers are
the stars of this draft. There are so many good
edge rushers. Those are good guys are gonna be flying
off the board in the first round.
Speaker 1 (28:25):
He's on Twitter at Pete feu Tech. That is at
petefeu Tech college Footballnews dot com. You're one stop shopping
for everything college football. You up for a couple of
hits with us next week pre end post draft.
Speaker 2 (28:36):
You good.
Speaker 6 (28:37):
I will do whatever you tell me to do.
Speaker 1 (28:41):
Just keep pumping up Kyle McCord. You couldn't get him
an extra year at Syracuse. Keep pumping them up for
the draft. That's all.
Speaker 6 (28:47):
By the way, I'm really quick. I think there's gonna
be some ruling that says, yes, you can be around
college forever. Now three they're gonna take away the five
year limits. So yeah, you can might get Kyle McCord back.
Speaker 1 (28:58):
Great. Oh man, it's a little bit too late, Pete.
It's a little too late. May thanks a bunch of money.
We'll talk to you next week.
Speaker 3 (29:08):
I went to a guy with college like that way.
How long have you been on campus? It's my seventh year.
Speaker 1 (29:14):
Oh yeah, what what huh? I've been in the school
for seven years now. I'm no, dummy, you just want
to don't want to begin adult life. No, I just
want to stay in school, man. I want to have
a Thursday night meeting. Nights at the bar with pictures
of beer, are two fifty and we talk about wife.
Speaker 3 (29:33):
Two hots and a cat, and you got a student
union building and freepool and ping pong.
Speaker 1 (29:37):
I'm working on my PhD. And what well we got
table tennis over here? We got this. I just want
to just like go to the Thursday pig every Thursday
and hanging out in me Yeah, how old are you?
I'm thirty four years old that I'm working on my thesis. Yes,
it takes a long time, but just don't know what
it is. And if it's a post college college. You know,
I remember going, and I there was never a thought
(29:59):
where I said, if I could stay five years, I
would stay. Forget about the money, first of all. But
like all my friends are graduating, why would I want
to stay? Why would I want to stay at college
another year? Wanted to start life. Yeah, I'm the only
male member of my family that's done college in four years.
Every other male member has done college in five years
or more. Even my extended family Pam's family. Of the
(30:22):
relatives now that are alive now, rather I'm the only one.
I'm like four years, man, I had four Listen, you
talk to me. You want advice, I'll tell you about
four years.
Speaker 3 (30:31):
Well, it's not going to be four minutes for the Dallas.
Speaker 1 (30:33):
I didn't go to half my classes. I went to
about have my buddy.
Speaker 3 (30:38):
College is still a good It's so cold, though, Steve was, Yeah,
that is a different thing. It was so cold because
you went to Colorado.
Speaker 1 (30:44):
No Syracuse. Speaking of cold. Sorry, the Dallas Mavericks, go ahead.
Speaker 3 (30:48):
And cold shooting, go ahead, roll the music, because the
Dallas mav season might be ending tonight at Memphis under
nine minutes to go in the play in Tournament the
NBA is held this way. Grazzley's leading one to three
eighty eight against the MAVs, even though Anthony Davis has
thirty eight points and nine rebounds again, thirty eight for him,
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fifty for the rest of the team combined, including a
couple of starters, have combined a zero for seven so far. PJ.
Washington and Derek livelu So not looking good for the MAVs, who,
let's be honest, we're a sub five hundred team anyway.
John Morandi is playing despite the sprained ankle earlier this week.
Eighteen points for him in twenty six minutes on the
court for Memphis. Tonight's winner goes to Oklahoma City for
(31:33):
Game one of a best of seven on Sunday. Miami
goes to Cleveland in the East for a Game one
on Sunday night. In overtime, the Heat eliminated the Hawks
in Atlanta one twenty three one fourteen, Tyler Herro with
thirty points, Trey Young in defeat twenty nine points eleven assists.
The playoffs first round starts Saturday. There are some games tomorrow,
(31:55):
including Indiana against the Bucks, who won eight straight. Their
Game one will start the the NBA postseason schedule officially Saturday,
one pm Eastern Time. Clippers will be playing tomorrow, Lakers
will be playing tomorrow. In fact, the Lakers today gave
general manager Rob Polenka an extension. He's now also president
of basketball operations. In the first round in the West,
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Lakers versus Minnesota starts Saturday night. Stanley Cup playoffs begin
with a couple of games on Saturday. We were talking
about NFL sixteen pro prospects are due to be attending
the NFL Draft in Green Bay Thursday. You can hear
our coverage for the entire first round Thursday, and as usual,
Jason comes on right as soon as the first round concludes.
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It's a great, great night here. Quarterbacks cam Ward and
Jalen Milroe are still due to be in attendance. Or reminder,
NASCAR's Cup Series is off this Sunday for Easter. It'll
be on Fox TV the next Sunday. The baseball Washington
at Colorado rained out. They'll play a doubleheader on Sunday.
Rockies have a three to fifteen record. They've lost six
in a row. There's one late game tonight in Anaheim.
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The Angels, who've lost fo in a row, are still
shutting out the Giants two nothing top of the eighth,
even though the Giant starter tonight, Logan Webb, had twelve
strikeouts in his six innings of work. The Mets won
on a solo homer bottom of the ninth by Francisco Lindor,
five to four over Saint Louis. The Cards had just
homered in the top of the ninth at Boston Trevor
(33:17):
Story two three run homers since the Red Sox beat
the White Sox ten three. The White Sox are zh
to seven on the road, Atlanta scored five runs in
the bottom of the eighth to win six' four Over
minnesota And braves Dh Marcelo zuna returned after hip inflammation this.
Week he had a walk and a run. Scored The
dodgers won three nothing At texas and a great pictures
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lead off. Homer in, fact he had three. Hits the
rest of The dodgers went two for twenty. Six still
get the w And Shoeo tani is back In la
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by the, Way Boston's Alex bregman returned tonight after a
brief paternity. Leave he had a couple walks couple runs
scored in That Red sox And houston Beat San diego
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six to, four Cam smith two. Homers milwaukee eventually closed
out The a's five to, Three Christian yelich with three.
RBIs and today At, wrigley what a final three. Innings
this Was cubs thirteen eleven Over. Arizona The diamondbacks scored
ten times in the top of the eighth and then
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memphis up by twenty at home.
Speaker 1 (34:29):
And ad is on the sideline. Stretching he's grimacing in.
Pain they're looking at his right leg and.
Speaker 3 (34:34):
They're only down twenty with seven and a half beats to.
Go your, Time i'm sure the season will continue for The.
Bads back to, You thank, You.
Speaker 1 (34:41):
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Speaker 1 (37:21):
Flair so we are six days away from THE. Nfl
let us celebrate here on a Positivity friday BECAUSE i
watched The mavericks go down in. Flames, uh it has
come out WHAT nfl legends will be announcing the picks
in the second and third round for their, teams, Right
(37:41):
Adam schefter had to list out a few hours. Ago
so we're going to play a game called Real, Legends Fake.
PICKS i give you the name of a team. Legend
you tell me if they are making the pick or
IF i made it up playing As Steve Sager shay
ty shirt you, guys, ready all? Right that was worn
ready for The Cleveland. Browns cleveland Will Johnny manziel be
(38:05):
announcing the second round pick for The. Browns Johnny manzel
will walk, on walk on the stage making the money.
Sign Johnny.
Speaker 3 (38:15):
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NO i don't see, That.
Speaker 1 (38:20):
Okay all, right all, Right Shay Johnny.
Speaker 5 (38:22):
Manziel, No, no, OKAY i know this Because i'm A
browns fan.
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ALREADY i know he's doing. It oh, well, spoiler don't say.
That i'm gonna, say come, on, Harmon let other people
have a. Chance alex didn't. Listen, no he doesn't even. Know,
no he doesn't. Know. Uh Johnny manziel announcing The brown
second round.
Speaker 5 (38:43):
Pick yeah, see, well first, Off shay just lied there
BECAUSE i haven't decided yet WHO i want. There, Okay,
NO i don't want him. Either he was a little
too you, know Like sceni for.
Speaker 1 (38:51):
Me he also wasn't very. Good, WELL i don't. MIND
i can look past. That Johnny manziel will not be
announcing The brown second round Pick Joe, thomas who most
famously didn't go to the draft when he got. Drafted
we'll be here to announce their second round.
Speaker 3 (39:07):
Pick you don't have to go if you're gonna have
that kind of.
Speaker 1 (39:09):
Career, no that's. True, yeah, Hey i'm, good, Right, okay that's.
Speaker 5 (39:13):
Good.
Speaker 1 (39:13):
Perfect Will Mark sanchez be announcing The jets' second round
pick this, year.
Speaker 3 (39:22):
And then he will reenact the butt fumble running into
the microphone?
Speaker 1 (39:28):
Play oh, no, yeah, yeah, yeah Well, mark say, Well
fox Analyst Mark sanchez be announcing The jets second round.
Speaker 3 (39:40):
Pick he Should, okay.
Speaker 1 (39:44):
Well he.
Speaker 3 (39:45):
SHOULD i, Okay i'll say yes just because he.
Speaker 1 (39:48):
Should, okay all, right very, Good. Shay will The sanchez
be announcing The jets.
Speaker 5 (39:53):
Pick, see this is another one that's like so out,
there but you know it's a joke, too so it's
maybe you're trying to be funny.
Speaker 1 (39:59):
Here SO i think, No i'm gonna go, no, okay all, Right,
jason BECAUSE i know you so.
Speaker 5 (40:05):
Well AND i would also hope that he would come
out with a football maybe attached to him in some.
Speaker 1 (40:10):
Way so, yeah he's gonna be. There Mark, Sanchez i'd love.
It will not be announcing The jets pick in the
second and third. Round it will Be John, abraham former
defensive ends selected in two. Thousand Abraham lincoln's, great, great
great great. Grass yes he, will he will, say he will,
say four score and seven, Picks, ago good for. Him
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Will Melvin gordon be announcing The chargers pick in the second?
Round Former chargers legend who wanted more money and found
his way out of Uh San. Diego Will Melvin gordon
be announcing The charger's second round?
Speaker 3 (40:48):
Pick CAN i just say the term legend is being loosely?
Speaker 1 (40:52):
Dude all? Right Melvin?
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Gordon Ryan matthews not?
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Available maybe?
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Right we're gonna go yeah on that ty Shirt San
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So things, I would say a little closer with Memphis
and Dallas like a little Mosmatically it is a little
closer in me, not quite the twenty six point lead
that was at one point, but Memphis leads Dallas sixty
eight to fifty three early in the third quarter. You
had ad show up and have a huge first half
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that I can't even say kept within shouting distance. It
kept him down by twenty in stead down by thirty,
but clearly the Mavericks real staying just on the edge
of contention in this game. It has been all Memphis
the entire game.
Speaker 3 (01:26):
Memphis should win this game. I think if we just
look at the rosters before they tipped off, yes, and
their home and John Moran's playing, that was the question
mark all day. We saw his legitimate sprained ankle from
the earlier playing game earlier this week. Memphis lost Tuesday
at Golden State. He's playing. They got a great start
to this game. They were up fifteen at the end
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of the first quarter, but it was a larger lead.
It was twenty twenty two, as you say, in the
first quarter against the MAVs. I don't see how the
MAVs are gonna come back and take it unless Klay
Thompson just goes off and has the type of game
he used to have and the type of game he
rarely has anymore at this point of his career. I
know they're chipping away. It's down to ten sixty eight
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fifty eight Grizzlies. It's early third quarter still, but I'd
be surprised if Dallas comes all the way back to
win My Mavericks.
Speaker 1 (02:15):
Though, come on, Mike, come on, don't make people back when.
Speaker 3 (02:18):
You say make Look when you say my Mavericks, it
makes it sound like he's picking him to win it.
Oklahoma City? What is?
Speaker 1 (02:24):
What is no my Mavericks until like tonight, like that said,
but as I say this, Anthony Davis has cut the
lead to ten. All of a sudden, Hey, we got
a ballgame here.
Speaker 3 (02:36):
Man, Anthony Davis has half the points for his team
tonight he has twenty nine. The rest of the MAVs
combined have twenty nine points. And again we're just starting
the third quarter. Let's be realistic. Two things have occurred.
It's a great comeback so far, point number two. They're
still down double digits at Memphis.
Speaker 1 (02:56):
But here's the thing, and let me because this maybe
the last time. You know, Hey, like Nicholson has said
in the movies, what if this is as good as
it gets. This may be as good as it gets
for Anthony Davis. But he was the reason that I said, Hey,
Mavericks are coming out of the plane. Right here's a surprise.
Team ten seed has never come out. Mavericks are coming
out because they have the most at stake this week.
(03:16):
Clear they want to flip the narrative from the Luka
Doncicch trade, and this is the way to do it,
the way to.
Speaker 3 (03:23):
And attend see Miami did advance.
Speaker 1 (03:25):
And you know, to hit zero and say okay, maybe
we're gonna be okay when Kyrie gets back next year.
Here's Anthony Davis dominating. They're not sharing the stage with anyone.
The Lakers aren't playing. No, this is where ad can
show up and have a couple of monster games and
lead them into the plays. Don't need to win in
the playoffs, just need to get into the play round
and then on maybe we can move past the Luca trade.
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And here he is tonight, single handedly keeping them and
getting them back in this game.
Speaker 3 (03:51):
The starting five for Memphis is just better, I don't
know how else more simply to put it, better than
the starting five Dallas or what's left of the starting
five of Dallas. Remember when Derek Lively, just twelve short
months ago was talked about in very great terms like, oh,
this is a sneaky, great addition, a third or fourth
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guy that can really turn a game or help you
with that nine to one run. To flip things, and
he's doing nothing tonight and he's barely been on the court.
In fact, as we mentioned in the first hour of
this show, the bulk of the starters are doing nothing
for Dallas. So congrats on this little run. It's gonna
make the third quarter interesting.
Speaker 1 (04:28):
Ad A my ad look at ad go. So we'll
keep you updated on this again. A huge comeback so
far the third quarter for the Mavericks, My Dallas Mavericks. Meanwhile,
I say they weren't, you know, sharing the spotlight this
week because hey, hey, look at the mat, Hey we're
peel pretty good. Then you watch Luca play with the
(04:50):
Lakers and you can realize, oh man, yeah, great, we
don't have them. Uh luka. Doncic did an interview with
ESPN today that's starting to get a lot of attention
ahead of the first round series with the minute So
to Timberwolves. Now, all we heard all week is, hey,
can't wait to go up against Rudy Gobert. Is gonna
be awesome. He loves the rivalry. Everything is great. But
he answered a couple of big questions about the trade
(05:11):
and while Nico Harrison had his I can't even say
press conference because it was We'll sit down at a
table and nothing can record me. He spoke with reporters
about the doncig trade and reiterated that defense wins championships.
Defense wins championships, That's why they traded Luca. Here's Luca
who was asked about Nico's words and what he is
(05:34):
saying about why they traded Luca Doncic and boy did
Luca have the perfect comeback for everything he's heard or
heard about why he was dealt away by the Mavericks.
Here's Luca from the ESPN.
Speaker 4 (05:46):
Interview general manager Nico Harrison of the Dallas Mavericks. He
had this closed door, no cameras meeting with reporters. The
reporter said, you didn't believe that the team that went
to the finals last year with Luca as a centerpiece
could contend and content you to contend for championships, and
Nico Harrison said, I'll say this again, defense wins championships.
Speaker 2 (06:06):
What do you say to that it is said and
the way he's talking right now, I never say anything
bad about him, and I just want to move on.
The fans my ex teammates always keep it hard.
Speaker 5 (06:15):
It's time too for me to move on from that Harrison.
Speaker 1 (06:19):
Since you left Alice. That's a great thing. It's just
sad by the way, Jason is bad.
Speaker 3 (06:24):
Not only was the original GM's news conference not allowed
to be recorded, this could not only be recorded.
Speaker 1 (06:29):
There was a full orchestra in the back. Oh yeah,
we had everything going on. Yeah, we had the La
Philharmonic come in andto Gustavo Dudamel came in and just
was able to hey a little lower in the audio
levels in the back.
Speaker 3 (06:40):
Just because here he's waving the wand and everything and
there was no video.
Speaker 1 (06:43):
It was just the audio. But okay, go ahead, I'll
go on camera and actually let you record this, right,
So advantage Luca.
Speaker 3 (06:50):
But the the word is sad that he used.
Speaker 1 (06:52):
Yes, I mean, that's the best comment. It's just sad.
Now let's be fair here for a second. Nico's done
a pretty good job not saying what he could have said,
or what he wanted to say or about, or what
the reasons were why he was dealt. Nico's done a
pretty good job as a GM to take all the arrows,
which again, I tell you, I know that everybody's blaming Nico,
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but everybody's on board with the Luca trade. Right, everybody.
The Adelsons are on board, the Dumonts are on board.
They're on board with this trade. This is not happening
unless everybody wants to trade him. And it's all about
the fact that, hey, here he is leading the Mavericks
to the finals a year ago and he's not healthy,
he's out of shape, and he comes back out of
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shape and gets hurt this year. Right, the Adelson's and
the Dumonts are new owners of the team. It's not
Mark Cuban. Wait, we got to give this guy three
hundred and fifty million dollars at the end of the summer.
We're not doing it, So let's move on. Okay, Nico
make a trade, and Nico Harrison made the best trade
he could because he got an All NBA player in
return for him and Anthony Davis, who is in All NBI.
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I don't know who everybody was. If you trade Luke,
you gotta get a star. Nobody is trading for Luca
and trading a star player back. It doesn't help them.
Why am I giving you a start? No, we are
getting a star because we think this is gonna help
us win, and we'll give you whatever you need maybe.
Speaker 3 (08:10):
Like when there were roommates in rumors years they've gonna
go better Gobe bad trade out of LA and then
he realized, oh wait a minute, they're gonna trade all
the stars back and I'm going to an empty run.
Speaker 1 (08:18):
No no, no, no, no, I don't want to do that. This
is how trades like this are made. They got the
best player, the best individual player they could in Anthony Davis, right,
and they got picks and they freed up money. So yeah,
But so Nico has done a pretty good job of
not saying anything. But and it's hard because they've been
getting all the criticism that you could possibly imagine. So
here's Nico who agrees to finally talk to reporters and
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still doesn't say anything other than defense wins championships. Do
you have which? Now you know why Nico doesn't talk
to the press a lot, because Nico's not good at it. Like,
all he's got to say is, hey, we love the
defensive dominance of Anthony Davis. You know, we felt this
trade was gonna be big for us, and so we
made it. And you can be criticis it, But then
you can say something without sounding stupid, like oh, defense.
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What does that mean? What do you mean Luca doesn't
play defense, doesn't do that? I mean, Luca doesn't play defense.
But like, he's just not good at talking to the reporters,
So I get why he doesn't talk. But it's been
a pretty good time for him. Actually, just hey, I'm
gonna just say the bare minimum. And Luca at the
same time has been filled with a lot of class.
Not saying anything about the trade. You've not there's not
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been any back and forth about why I even today
I was here. We would We'll probably get that in
the off season. We'll get to here's behind what was
going on, Here's behind what was going on. But the
reason we haven't gotten more stories out of Dallas is
because Luca has not said anything. And boy, if Dallas
just says bad things about Luca, that's just gonna upset
the fan base even more. And Luca could have gone
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on says I just want to move on. They're the
fan base is not gonna hear that right now. They're
not gonna hear Oh, hey, Luca too much, drinking, too much,
too much hookah, whatever it was. We didn't know if
we could sign him. This was all about they didn't
know if they wanted to give him three hundred and
fifty million dollar. That's all this was for. And now
you can argue yes or no, but that's why the
trade was made. So all of the I get you
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want to be angry at somebody, and Nico's taking all
the arrows. He's been as close to class as you
can be. Luca has been all class all the way.
But when you hear him say it's just sad, it's like,
I just feel bad for the Mavericks, like there's still
no matter what, they can't get out from under this
trade and anything else coming from it at all.
Speaker 3 (10:25):
You mentioned what a future contract for Luca in Dallas
would be. I don't think you can underestimate how that
was a part of this whole thing coming down. Because
the NBA, in order to keep things competitive, be it
small market or major market teams purposely wanting to be
different than Baseball, which is a no salary cap league.
The NBA has rules that you can essentially go over
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the cap, you can go extra to pay and re
sign your own star. They love that because then, like
years ago, Glenn Robinson could potentially stay in the same
market even though it wasn't New York, Chicago or la
et cetera, and so Lukat Tonsich would have been eligible
to stay in Dallas, eligible for what's called a supermax contract,
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which he's no longer eligible for he has left Dallas.
That contract would have been, as you say, five years
and almost three hundred and fifty million dollars on the extension.
I think if you had asked Dallas, do you want
to keep him for the next few years at similar money,
similar what we've been paying him similar years, I think
they I think they would have gone through that door.
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But when you have the supermax contract this summer facing you,
you really really have to taste stock as a front
office and an ownership group and saying, are we going
to be married to this guy, because that's what the
superma contract would mean. And their answer was no, we're divorcing.
Now we're trading and getting in this case Davis. By
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the way, Davis is still playing well for Dallas tonight.
It's thirty one points now mid third quarter, still a
ten point men lead, seventy eight sixty.
Speaker 1 (12:01):
Eight a d A d AD. Now. The other big
thing that Lucas said was he was asked, do you
want to stay with the Lakers, and he said, yeah, yeah,
like this is where I want to stay. This is
where I want to stay long term. And obviously, hey,
being there a cup, being here a couple of months,
he sees what it's like to you put on as
you know, as Kobe Bryant once said when he came
on with us at Fox Sports Radio, once you put
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on that purple and gold armor, it's really hard to
go someplace else. And same thing here he is. Now
he sees how much the town loves him, and he
sees the future with him in the number two market
in the country. I'm telling you, man, this is they've
They've found a way. And Rob Polinka got a contract
extension today, which I don't think is any coincidence. Like
he's found a way to make big trades when the
Lakers have needed them, whether it was ad for the
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first time win a title, Luka Doncic, now it really
has been the last few months have really been something.
But going forward, I'm telling you, I'm bullish on both
of the futures of the Lakers and the Mavericks. I'm
bullish on Luca because if he wasn't gonna do the
things that the Mavericks wanted him to do. Sometimes when
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you get pushed out and a change of scenery and
you go someplace else, well, now I know I got
a straighten up and fly right because my conditioning is
going to be front and center. Andy I want to
sign a big contract, and being in shape is going
to be there. Now, I gotta be more accountable because
this is a new team and new people. I have
to impress. Whereas with the Mavericks it was I'm gonna
do whatever the hell I want to. And yeah, this
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is not a new thing with the Mavericks and Luca
where they weren't thrilled with him and off the court
and being in shape and staying healthy. So yeah, for
the Mavericks to make a move, I get it, and
I get that their future is a solid one too,
because they're gonna add another player in the offseason. They're
gonna add another star, whether it's Trey Young, Joel Embiid,
there's gonna be a lot of stars available they will
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add because they're not paying Luca three hundred and fifty
million dollars, so they have the money. They're gonna add
a third star. And then when Kyrie gets back. It's
Kyrie ad And look at the Mavericks. The Lakers and
the Mavericks. I'll tell you this next Ye'll get you a
Bowl prediction. They will both be top four teams in
the West next year.
Speaker 3 (14:01):
By the way to the Lakers have no negotiations needed
this summer for Luka donsis because he was traded without
his contract expiring. It's Dallas that made this decision to
move him now in advance of Oh, we're not going
to pay.
Speaker 1 (14:15):
That down the road.
Speaker 3 (14:16):
No, so A, he's not going to get a supermax
deal from the Lakers. B. He's going to get whatever
money was in his current deal he signed a few
years ago with Dallas. And what he can do is
opt out in a year and then maybe sign something
shorter term, not five years, and wait till he's a
ten year vested veteran, and then he can get the
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type of salary that takes up a third of your
salary cap. He's Lukadonsich. He's not gonna be hurting for cash.
He's going to have ridiculous nine figure contracts down the line.
But the Lakers are not facing right now what Dallas
decided right now.
Speaker 1 (14:52):
Oh, it's hard to not do. Well. Wow, you just
lost over one hundred million dollars in this trade, potentially, yeah,
bryon dollars. I'm telling you, sunny side up, you hot
take both Lakers and the Mavericks top four teams in
the West next year, and that assumes health.
Speaker 3 (15:07):
Sure, sure, well, you always used to say that about
the Lakers. Now we're gonna have to say that about
Dallas because Kyrie injury, ad injury. That's I mean, that
will be kind of like when I said last hour,
you mean Super Bowl champion Kenny Picken. That's gotta always
be attached to the name of this team in this
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case is assuming they're healthy. Yeah, Dallas could make her
run that type of thing.
Speaker 1 (15:33):
Jason Smith Steve Desager live from the tire rack dot
Com studios tell hot take, but watch out telling you
I love the Mavericks for next year and maybe the
rest of this game.
Speaker 3 (15:42):
And they're down fifteen.
Speaker 1 (15:43):
But coming up. You know, it was great Steve, until
you decided to say all that stuff. Maybe you're a jinx.
Speaker 3 (15:48):
Just stealing cool facts. We're at the newest desk here.
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is proud Wisconsin alum, Pete feutech Pete. What's happening, man,
I'm doing this.
Speaker 6 (18:33):
Fine, I'll crowdsource this year. Now? Is there less of
a buzz this year for some reason? Like last year
you had the court, it was gonna be Caleb, it
was gonna be Drake May, it was gonna be Jade
danielsad Bone, like you ever have monster quarterbacks. It was
just it was just jumping last year. This year it's
kind of like, right, I guess Cam Moore goes to
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Tennessee Titans or something. Okay, fine, it just doesn't seem
like there's that lift this year like there was last year.
Speaker 1 (19:00):
Is that just me? No, No, because now it's it's
all become about the quarterbacks. Think about the recent drafts
in the last ten years where we saw four or
five quarterbacks going in the first round who are all
allegedly going to be good. Those are all the hot drafts.
I mean, we've become about the first round. Hey when
it's not a great quarterback draft, Okay, yeah, it's kind
of it's kind of the draft. And so that's kind
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of where we've been for the last few weeks.
Speaker 6 (19:22):
And last year they hit it is last year in
two years ago were the only times that they've ever hit.
If you ever want to just look at the wasteland
a first round draft picks quarterback over the last like ever.
It is amazing how many interesting names are on there.
Like I remember arguing over Jake Walker, you know, like, oh,
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speaking of great Titans history, and so I'm like, yo,
blame Gevarts, and you know, there's just so many names
on there that are just like, oh my gosh, that
really really didn't work and everyone was so hot on them.
But now it seems like people have figured out better.
I think the science of finding a real quarterback actually
works a little bit better. Now.
Speaker 1 (20:05):
Well, I tried to make Kyle McCord happen, but I
can only do so much, Bete, and as I can
only just well, let's go.
Speaker 6 (20:11):
You got your your Syracuse guys gonna step up. Now
you gotta try coming out.
Speaker 1 (20:17):
Oh you know, no excited, no excited as hell. Man,
If the Jets can get Kyle McCord, I'll be happy.
But when it comes, when it comes to the draft, right,
like I think the last three days, I think now
we know how the first three picks are going to go.
Tennessee will go with cam Ward one, Browns will go
Travis Hunter. Two, Giants with Abdual Carter. Three. Agree or disagree,
maybe flip that around.
Speaker 6 (20:37):
I will still argue I don't get the Travis Hunter thing.
I mean, like, what is he going to be. He's
not going to be a corner and a wide receiver,
so like he's either going to be one and kind
of dabble on the other or put that around, So like,
is he really worth more than at Duel Carter at
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the at the number two as a corner? Eh, he's good.
I mean as a receiver in this class, yes, because
it's a bad class of wide receivers, but all right,
maybe a little more explosive Stefan Diggs, which isn't bad
to be sure, but is that worth the number two?
I think that he's kind of a shiny object pick
because you can do so much of them. He's such
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a generational, freakish talent and good guy. You want him
on your team and stuff. But I'm just not sold
it at the two. That's a little bit rich.
Speaker 3 (21:29):
Well, Pete, I'm Steve, and I must say I'm going
off the board with this question. I'll say it in advance.
I'm glad you mentioned the Jake Locker name because it
references what I'm going to talk about that people argue about.
For example, top ten selections, assuming they will hit cam Ward.
Was he not a essentially zero star prospect out of
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high school? Can you discuss a step back being a
college football writer? A step back not the draft coming
into college, the amount of pub or lack of pub
that people get, and what it's worth exactly.
Speaker 6 (22:05):
So sometimes these guys come from it. Remember, let's take
it even a whole other level from that. First of all,
back to your cam Warton thing, he kind of made
it through the whole tat the Trials and Tribulations at
Incarnate Word. He played in this offense where he just
threw a million times. It was a statistical superstar. And
then he went to the perfect type of offense for
that Washington State grew up and then at Miami looked apart. So, uh,
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he just he's experienced, veteran guy who knows how to
play the position, because you know, when when you get
four or five years into this thing, you get mature
guys who can, you know, step up and fly right away.
But like to your point, I mean, remember Joe Burrow
was just a guy, you know, he was He was
just okay. And then even when he was coming out
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after those monster season, it's like, okay, yeah, he's gonna
probably be number one just as a quarterback. But he
also had one of the greatest receiving cores of all
time to throw too. Uh so okay, but he stepped up.
He was not going to be a first round draft pick.
He's gonna be like a fourth dish. Before his monster year,
remember Cam Newton was nowhere to be seen on the radar,
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and then he all of a sudden became the number
one guy. So it's an inexact science all the way around.
In general, my rule of thumb is just assume the
quarterback's not going to work, because again, if you go
by the numbers, it's not, and then go from there
and see if you can hopefully find something. But look,
who are the best quarterbacks in the NFL right now?
You know they had to trade up to get Mahomes,
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but he was a ten you know, Josh Allen when
I believe seventh Jalen hurt for the second rounder. Lamark
Jackson was at the end of the first round. You know,
you'll have a whole lot number one, two, three picks
that really crushed.
Speaker 1 (23:44):
Pete feutech College Football Insider with US Jason Smith, Steve
de seger in from Mike Harmon. All right, so Pete,
first of all, I want to say, do you have
your tickets? Where are you sitting tomorrow for the jersey
retirement ceremony of Travis Hunter and Shudor Sanders.
Speaker 6 (23:57):
I there will be no Sanders Flander here. Literally, there
is a There is a Dion Sanders jersey from about
twenty five acting more than Matt Godd thirty years ago.
I was like my favorite player ever. So well, the
fun fact is Dion you know he's his little statements today, Well,
jersey retired everywhere I've been. Well, if it turns out no,
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he hasn't. He's never had his jersey retired. But look,
here's here's where we stand on this. If you are
a Heisman Trophy winner, you should automatically go to the
College Football Hall of Fame. No, you know, trial period.
That means you're one of the greatest players of all time.
And if you want to get your jersey retired, fine,
I think the whole thing's kind of stilly and shouldn't happen.
But okay, I will buy Travis Hunter getting his jersey retired. Now.
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I am a Shudur Sanders believer. I think he is
the best quarterback in this draft and he should not
be having that number two retired at ball because, like, again,
what did he win? He had a couple of nice games,
but absolutely face planted in the Bowl. They didn't get
to a big championship. I'm not exactly sure while Shadur
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is getting his jersey retired out of than dad making
it happen.
Speaker 3 (25:06):
For forty degrees for that tomorrow.
Speaker 1 (25:08):
Yeah, it's gonna be. It doesn't matter, doesn't matter. No,
he's getting his jersey retired because it's embarrassing for Dionna
and Shadour if you're retiring another player's jersey that's not
his son. So hey, I got it. We're going to
retire the jersey. That's exactly what it's happening. Thank you.
Speaker 6 (25:21):
Put un figures now if you retire his number two
jersey de dion figures sure?
Speaker 1 (25:28):
All right. So if I said to you, Pete, give
me the give me your top four quarterbacks in order,
top four quarterbacks in the draft that you like the most,
what you've seen in college, everything you've seen, what they
put on tape. Who would be your top four? Obviously
Shador Sanders number one. Where do you go after that? Yeah?
Speaker 6 (25:44):
As I said before, Schudur Manning, he's number one overall.
It's just it's they're looking for reasons not to like him.
But on the field, he's the best of the bunch.
Ward is good. I'll put him number two. I really
do kind of like Quinn ears as a is a
just a just a solid starter. He's not gonna be
anything special, but I think he's gonna be one of
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those guys who could just step in and and just
start for you and be just fine. And I kind
of I kind of like you guy, I kind of
like Kyle. I kind of think I am not really
buying into the Jackson Dark thing. And that's the scuttle buttons.
He's the number two guy off the board a lot
of parts of the system there. I'm still, you know,
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enjoying the Matt Corral era when everyone was trying to
think he was the number one overall pick.
Speaker 1 (26:31):
Uh.
Speaker 6 (26:31):
So I'm not quite buying into Jackson Dark at all.
But remember, sometimes if you get look at the history
of the quarterbacks being taken the NFL draft, sometimes the
answer is just none of the above. There's guys who
you Okay, fine, you're gonna you need a quarterback in Tennessee,
go for it. Take camp. If you meet a quarterback
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somewhere in there, take your door. Maybe even take your
Jackson Dark, take a flyer. I'm not the biggest fan
Jalen Milroe a pro, loved him in college, but don't
think it's gonna quite work. But again, Kenny Pickett, you
know those types of drafts, sometimes the answer just is nah,
it's just it's.
Speaker 3 (27:10):
Not there, which brings me to the guy I'm most
intrigued to see in the Thursday night first round, the
Boise State running back Ashton Genty. Does he go as
high as say the Raiders in the top ten. Does
he miss the top ten entirely? What do you think
for gent.
Speaker 6 (27:24):
I think the feeling is yes, the feeling is that
he is. The Raiders desperately need running back if he
has to go there. The Broncos desperately need a running back.
I still don't buy that you need the position. I
know that you know Derrick Henry this year and saekuon
Barkley and all that, but they also traded for him, like,
let someone else develop your running back. At this point,
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you don't really need to take a running back that early.
Marion Hampton from North Carolina is not terribly far behind.
I like Kunjan Jenkins Judkindoves out of Ohio State. There
are very good backs in this draft. Often, as always,
you don't really need those guys, especially this year where
what did we see in the Super Bowl. Yeah, Barkley's great.
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Barkley certainly had an epic year, but it was that
pass rush that just destroyed everyone. When it was time
for the Eagles to shine, and the edge rushers are
the stars of this draft. There are so many good
edge rushers. Those are good guys are gonna be flying
off the board in the first round.
Speaker 1 (28:25):
He's on Twitter at Pete feu Tech. That is at
petefeu Tech college Footballnews dot com. You're one stop shopping
for everything college football. You up for a couple of
hits with us next week pre end post draft.
Speaker 2 (28:36):
You good.
Speaker 6 (28:37):
I will do whatever you tell me to do.
Speaker 1 (28:41):
Just keep pumping up Kyle McCord. You couldn't get him
an extra year at Syracuse. Keep pumping them up for
the draft. That's all.
Speaker 6 (28:47):
By the way, I'm really quick. I think there's gonna
be some ruling that says, yes, you can be around
college forever. Now three they're gonna take away the five
year limits. So yeah, you can might get Kyle McCord back.
Speaker 1 (28:58):
Great. Oh man, it's a little bit too late, Pete.
It's a little too late. May thanks a bunch of money.
We'll talk to you next week.
Speaker 3 (29:08):
I went to a guy with college like that way.
How long have you been on campus? It's my seventh year.
Speaker 1 (29:14):
Oh yeah, what what huh? I've been in the school
for seven years now. I'm no, dummy, you just want
to don't want to begin adult life. No, I just
want to stay in school, man. I want to have
a Thursday night meeting. Nights at the bar with pictures
of beer, are two fifty and we talk about wife.
Speaker 3 (29:33):
Two hots and a cat, and you got a student
union building and freepool and ping pong.
Speaker 1 (29:37):
I'm working on my PhD. And what well we got
table tennis over here? We got this. I just want
to just like go to the Thursday pig every Thursday
and hanging out in me Yeah, how old are you?
I'm thirty four years old that I'm working on my thesis. Yes,
it takes a long time, but just don't know what
it is. And if it's a post college college. You know,
I remember going, and I there was never a thought
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where I said, if I could stay five years, I
would stay. Forget about the money, first of all. But
like all my friends are graduating, why would I want
to stay? Why would I want to stay at college
another year? Wanted to start life. Yeah, I'm the only
male member of my family that's done college in four years.
Every other male member has done college in five years
or more. Even my extended family Pam's family. Of the
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relatives now that are alive now, rather I'm the only one.
I'm like four years, man, I had four Listen, you
talk to me. You want advice, I'll tell you about
four years.
Speaker 3 (30:31):
Well, it's not going to be four minutes for the Dallas.
Speaker 1 (30:33):
I didn't go to half my classes. I went to
about have my buddy.
Speaker 3 (30:38):
College is still a good It's so cold, though, Steve was, Yeah,
that is a different thing. It was so cold because
you went to Colorado.
Speaker 1 (30:44):
No Syracuse. Speaking of cold. Sorry, the Dallas Mavericks, go ahead.
Speaker 3 (30:48):
And cold shooting, go ahead, roll the music, because the
Dallas mav season might be ending tonight at Memphis under
nine minutes to go in the play in Tournament the
NBA is held this way. Grazzley's leading one to three
eighty eight against the MAVs, even though Anthony Davis has
thirty eight points and nine rebounds again, thirty eight for him,
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fifty for the rest of the team combined, including a
couple of starters, have combined a zero for seven so far. PJ.
Washington and Derek livelu So not looking good for the MAVs, who,
let's be honest, we're a sub five hundred team anyway.
John Morandi is playing despite the sprained ankle earlier this week.
Eighteen points for him in twenty six minutes on the
court for Memphis. Tonight's winner goes to Oklahoma City for
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Game one of a best of seven on Sunday. Miami
goes to Cleveland in the East for a Game one
on Sunday night. In overtime, the Heat eliminated the Hawks
in Atlanta one twenty three one fourteen, Tyler Herro with
thirty points, Trey Young in defeat twenty nine points eleven assists.
The playoffs first round starts Saturday. There are some games tomorrow,
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including Indiana against the Bucks, who won eight straight. Their
Game one will start the the NBA postseason schedule officially Saturday,
one pm Eastern Time. Clippers will be playing tomorrow, Lakers
will be playing tomorrow. In fact, the Lakers today gave
general manager Rob Polenka an extension. He's now also president
of basketball operations. In the first round in the West,
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Lakers versus Minnesota starts Saturday night. Stanley Cup playoffs begin
with a couple of games on Saturday. We were talking
about NFL sixteen pro prospects are due to be attending
the NFL Draft in Green Bay Thursday. You can hear
our coverage for the entire first round Thursday, and as usual,
Jason comes on right as soon as the first round concludes.
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It's a great, great night here. Quarterbacks cam Ward and
Jalen Milroe are still due to be in attendance. Or reminder,
NASCAR's Cup Series is off this Sunday for Easter. It'll
be on Fox TV the next Sunday. The baseball Washington
at Colorado rained out. They'll play a doubleheader on Sunday.
Rockies have a three to fifteen record. They've lost six
in a row. There's one late game tonight in Anaheim.
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The Angels, who've lost fo in a row, are still
shutting out the Giants two nothing top of the eighth,
even though the Giant starter tonight, Logan Webb, had twelve
strikeouts in his six innings of work. The Mets won
on a solo homer bottom of the ninth by Francisco Lindor,
five to four over Saint Louis. The Cards had just
homered in the top of the ninth at Boston Trevor
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Story two three run homers since the Red Sox beat
the White Sox ten three. The White Sox are zh
to seven on the road, Atlanta scored five runs in
the bottom of the eighth to win six' four Over
minnesota And braves Dh Marcelo zuna returned after hip inflammation this.
Week he had a walk and a run. Scored The
dodgers won three nothing At texas and a great pictures
Duel Yoshinobu yamamoto Over jacob De Grom Tommy edmund a
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lead off. Homer in, fact he had three. Hits the
rest of The dodgers went two for twenty. Six still
get the w And Shoeo tani is back In la
on paternity. Leave his wife is expecting their first. Child
by the, Way Boston's Alex bregman returned tonight after a
brief paternity. Leave he had a couple walks couple runs
scored in That Red sox And houston Beat San diego
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six to, four Cam smith two. Homers milwaukee eventually closed
out The a's five to, Three Christian yelich with three.
RBIs and today At, wrigley what a final three. Innings
this Was cubs thirteen eleven Over. Arizona The diamondbacks scored
ten times in the top of the eighth and then
allowed six runs in the bottom of the eighth and.
Lost updating the, basketball it is one eight eighty, Eight
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memphis up by twenty at home.
Speaker 1 (34:29):
And ad is on the sideline. Stretching he's grimacing in.
Pain they're looking at his right leg and.
Speaker 3 (34:34):
They're only down twenty with seven and a half beats to.
Go your, Time i'm sure the season will continue for The.
Bads back to, You thank, You.
Speaker 1 (34:41):
Steve coming up, Next, hey great stuff From pete Feu.
Tech as, Always we're gonna celebrate THE Nfl draft being
a week away the best way we know how it
is fun on a Positivity, friday play the BEST Nfl
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Here Jason smith deep to say your and for, harmon
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Com be sure to catch live editions Of The Jason
Smith show With Mike harmon weekdays at ten Pm eastern
than Pm, Pacific Fox.
Speaker 1 (36:02):
Sports Radio The Jason Smith show a special Delivery steve to,
saying are in For Mike harmon a lot of the
tire rag dot com.
Speaker 5 (36:09):
Studio, Jason, yes you, know like for cosplaying, stuff, which
by the, way you send me an anime thing THAT
i still want to talk to. About, okay but do
you Think harmon cosplayed is like his favorite wrestler.
Speaker 1 (36:20):
Oh At WrestleMania. Tonight OH i could see. That, YEAH
i could See harmon cosplaying like as The.
Speaker 5 (36:26):
Undertaker what about his famorite his favorite female. Wrestler who's her?
Speaker 1 (36:30):
Name? Uh oh Oh Becky. Lynch do you think he cosplated?
Speaker 5 (36:33):
Her?
Speaker 1 (36:34):
Oh, no he thinks those names you, say, cosplated, cosplayed he, said.
COSPLAY i don't know if he's.
Speaker 3 (36:40):
DONE i, Know, NO i.
Speaker 1 (36:43):
DON'T i. DON'T i don't. KNOW i don't.
Speaker 3 (36:44):
Think so you got The, Cavs, yeah, No sich family, There,
yeah his brothers are.
Speaker 1 (36:49):
There, yeah, no he's not there at the you, know
the other. Rest he might Like Charlotte. FLAIR i think
he Likes Charlotte flair more than Than Becky, Lynch flair's. Daughter.
Yeah really, yeah, yeah keep in the. Family in, fact
he sent me a picture today of him at the
airport that someone was holding up a sign for a
limo or a car and it said flare fl e
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a H. R like whoever was didn't know how to spell,
it and he was, like, no that's that's for one
of the. Flares i'm, like how the hell do you
spell flair that? Way? La how do you do?
Speaker 2 (37:19):
THAT a?
Speaker 1 (37:21):
Flair so we are six days away from THE. Nfl
let us celebrate here on a Positivity friday BECAUSE i
watched The mavericks go down in. Flames, uh it has
come out WHAT nfl legends will be announcing the picks
in the second and third round for their, teams, Right
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Adam schefter had to list out a few hours. Ago
so we're going to play a game called Real, Legends Fake.
PICKS i give you the name of a team. Legend
you tell me if they are making the pick or
IF i made it up playing As Steve Sager shay
ty shirt you, guys, ready all? Right that was worn
ready for The Cleveland. Browns cleveland Will Johnny manziel be
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announcing the second round pick for The. Browns Johnny manzel
will walk, on walk on the stage making the money.
Sign Johnny.
Speaker 3 (38:15):
Manziel that's right from all THE nfl teams he stole. From,
NO i don't see, That.
Speaker 1 (38:20):
Okay all, right all, Right Shay Johnny.
Speaker 5 (38:22):
Manziel, No, no, OKAY i know this Because i'm A
browns fan.
Speaker 1 (38:26):
ALREADY i know he's doing. It oh, well, spoiler don't say.
That i'm gonna, say come, on, Harmon let other people
have a. Chance alex didn't. Listen, no he doesn't even. Know,
no he doesn't. Know. Uh Johnny manziel announcing The brown
second round.
Speaker 5 (38:43):
Pick yeah, see, well first, Off shay just lied there
BECAUSE i haven't decided yet WHO i want. There, Okay,
NO i don't want him. Either he was a little
too you, know Like sceni for.
Speaker 1 (38:51):
Me he also wasn't very. Good, WELL i don't. MIND
i can look past. That Johnny manziel will not be
announcing The brown second round Pick Joe, thomas who most
famously didn't go to the draft when he got. Drafted
we'll be here to announce their second round.
Speaker 3 (39:07):
Pick you don't have to go if you're gonna have
that kind of.
Speaker 1 (39:09):
Career, no that's. True, yeah, Hey i'm, good, Right, okay that's.
Speaker 5 (39:13):
Good.
Speaker 1 (39:13):
Perfect Will Mark sanchez be announcing The jets' second round
pick this, year.
Speaker 3 (39:22):
And then he will reenact the butt fumble running into
the microphone?
Speaker 1 (39:28):
Play oh, no, yeah, yeah, yeah Well, mark say, Well
fox Analyst Mark sanchez be announcing The jets second round.
Speaker 3 (39:40):
Pick he Should, okay.
Speaker 1 (39:44):
Well he.
Speaker 3 (39:45):
SHOULD i, Okay i'll say yes just because he.
Speaker 1 (39:48):
Should, okay all, right very, Good. Shay will The sanchez
be announcing The jets.
Speaker 5 (39:53):
Pick, see this is another one that's like so out,
there but you know it's a joke, too so it's
maybe you're trying to be funny.
Speaker 1 (39:59):
Here SO i think, No i'm gonna go, no, okay all, Right,
jason BECAUSE i know you so.
Speaker 5 (40:05):
Well AND i would also hope that he would come
out with a football maybe attached to him in some.
Speaker 1 (40:10):
Way so, yeah he's gonna be. There Mark, Sanchez i'd love.
It will not be announcing The jets pick in the
second and third. Round it will Be John, abraham former
defensive ends selected in two. Thousand Abraham lincoln's, great, great
great great. Grass yes he, will he will, say he will,
say four score and seven, Picks, ago good for. Him
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Will Melvin gordon be announcing The chargers pick in the second?
Round Former chargers legend who wanted more money and found
his way out of Uh San. Diego Will Melvin gordon
be announcing The charger's second round?
Speaker 3 (40:48):
Pick CAN i just say the term legend is being loosely?
Speaker 1 (40:52):
Dude all? Right Melvin?
Speaker 3 (40:54):
Gordon Ryan matthews not?
Speaker 1 (40:56):
Available maybe?
Speaker 3 (40:57):
Not oh, well wait a, minute the drag tis In Green.
Speaker 1 (41:00):
Bay, absolutely, yes, okay all, Right Melvin, Gordon, shay If
Chubba hubbard's doing, it, Okay Melvin gordon's gotta be all.
Speaker 5 (41:09):
Right we're gonna go yeah on that ty Shirt San
Diego charger. Legend, Yes Melvin gordon will be announcing the.
Charge we got more from THE nfl and a big
hot take from THE. Nba keep it right, Here, Fox
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