February 19, 2025 • 39 mins
On this edition of The Midway, Doug and the crew talk about the next face of the NBA. Doug talks about the possibility that Justin Fields plays for the Jets next season. Doug welcomes NFL Analyst Daniel Jeremiah onto the show to talk about Aaron Rodgers, Justin Fields and all of the other major headlines around the NFL. Plus, Monse Bolanos takes Doug through "The Press".
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Speaker 2 (00:47):
In sports, which it's big night from this standpoint, right,
big night because the NBA is in fact back, although
only one game, Lakers taking on the the Hornets, and
we'll see how much Luca plays and how much Lebron plays.
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That's missing the All Star Game in the last game
of the first half of the season. It's a Wednesday,
it's the middle of the show, the middle of the day,
the middle of the week. We get to the midway,
he's not getting.
Speaker 3 (01:19):
It's time for.
Speaker 2 (01:23):
All right, Jay Stu, what's the topic of the midway?
Speaker 4 (01:27):
I saw this.
Speaker 5 (01:27):
Anthony Edwards was on the T n T set this
past weekend and he said this about being the face
of the NBA. He basically doesn't want to be the
face of the NBA.
Speaker 6 (01:43):
And he explains, what, I'm capable of being that guy,
but I don't.
Speaker 2 (01:48):
I don't.
Speaker 6 (01:50):
I don't want to be that guy. Put it like that.
I want to be the guy to just show up
with hoop and just kil dudes and and go home.
Speaker 5 (01:57):
I think the better question is with the the NBA
even want Anthony Edwards to be the face of the
NBA because he's so like immature. You know, was it
Logan Roy from Succession when he calls his offspring they're
not serious people. Yeah, Anthony Edwards is not a serious person,
so he can't really be the face of the league.
Speaker 2 (02:20):
And I think I think he kind of said as much, though, did.
Speaker 5 (02:22):
He Yeah, Yeah, He's like, I don't really need it,
I don't want it. Coach Dakich last hour made a
good point. I agree with this. I don't think it
could be Luca. I don't know if you could put
a foreign born player as the face of the NBA.
But I kind of wanted to just chop it up
amongst the four of us here, who is the next
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face of the NBA. Montzie's excited to talk about this.
Speaker 7 (02:47):
I mean, I don't know.
Speaker 8 (02:47):
If I'm excited. I like how you said that he's unseerious.
That's a good way to put it, Okay, is shake
Gilgess Alexander considered.
Speaker 7 (02:56):
Foreign as well?
Speaker 4 (02:57):
Like Canadian?
Speaker 7 (02:59):
Right, so like.
Speaker 2 (03:01):
They could be they could be our countryman soon, right.
Speaker 8 (03:04):
And so I I don't think there is a clear
answer here, and that's what makes this so interesting.
Speaker 7 (03:10):
But I think SGA does.
Speaker 8 (03:13):
Have the right mentality, a little bit of like I
don't give a you know what about you and not
as immature or you know however you want to put
it as maybe Anthony Edwards.
Speaker 7 (03:25):
I think there's a chance he could be the face
of the NBA. But one that I feel like for
sure it can't be is Jason Tatum. That one is
as clear. They may have tried that for a hot second.
Speaker 8 (03:36):
But no, why I don't you know, Doug, sometimes you
just need an X factor and he just doesn't have.
Speaker 7 (03:45):
The X factor.
Speaker 2 (03:47):
He has X factor.
Speaker 8 (03:47):
As far as what again, I can't it's not it's
not that. No, it's like a like to be a star,
like yeah, like yes, like you. It's it's almost hard
to describe because it has nothing to do with talent,
like he's so good, but at the same time, like
I don't see a star like the X factor, and
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I think you need to have that in order to
be the face of I agree.
Speaker 5 (04:10):
I agree with that one.
Speaker 2 (04:13):
Yeah, certain to what the French say is genes sequa.
So what do you who do you think? Jase two?
Speaker 5 (04:22):
You know what I think. We we chopped this up
towards the end of last year, and my my answer
was Wemby, even though I hate his nickname. I think
it sounds like a sissy name. But I don't think
Wemby could be the face. To be honest, I like
French like seeing him play in his first year and stuff.
I don't know if he quite has that as as
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Manci referred to that gravitas and I don't know.
Speaker 2 (04:48):
It seems like I think he has a little gravitas.
I just think he's he's almost like a circus circus
freak to some people that it does like you can't
really appreciate or understanding. You're just so blown away by
a man that large being able to play basketball and
be that what looks like that skinny and not just
be you know, now just crumple a bunch of bones.
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The base of the NBA. Well, that's hard. I mean,
obviously we're talking about Steph retiring sometime in the next
couple of years. So those are the two. I mean, look,
it's the best players are Luca and he's going to
be in LA and this kind of changes his personal
trajectory if they win in LA and then the American
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born one is Cooper Flag. You know, can Cooper Flag
be that guy? I don't know the answer, But so far,
every level he's played, he's been the best guy. He's
been unbelievable. And he's only eighteen years old.
Speaker 9 (05:46):
So right now we don't have a face to the NBA.
We only have a guy in college who's waiting.
Speaker 2 (05:51):
No, no face. The NBA is still lebron.
Speaker 4 (05:53):
Right, Okay, so the air apparent.
Speaker 2 (05:57):
Yeah, I saw.
Speaker 9 (05:58):
An article and I didn't read they just saw the headline,
just full disclosure that he may Cooper Flag may even
come back to Duke for another year.
Speaker 10 (06:05):
Now.
Speaker 2 (06:05):
They all say that, right, and then they're like, yeah,
you have to do that.
Speaker 8 (06:10):
I'm gonna throw a name at you and I just
because you know, we're looking for someone younger that could
Kate cunning him.
Speaker 7 (06:19):
Does it not work because he's in Detroit? Does it not?
Does he need to move to a different market?
Speaker 4 (06:24):
I think so it needs to be on a better team, right.
Speaker 8 (06:29):
Yeah, because obviously, but he's he's really good in me.
Speaker 2 (06:32):
There's a difference in really good and face the league months, right,
but the only face the league have to be among
the best players in the league is not there. And
I love Kate, but and I don't just love him
because he went to Oklhoma State. I know him, everybody
knows him, likes him, nothing not to like. But there's
a massive there's a chasm between him and like Luca.
Speaker 7 (06:55):
Absolutely absolutely, I.
Speaker 2 (06:57):
Do think Luca could be that guy though. Guys, even
though he's foreigned, just because he was kind of a megastar,
international megastar come to the States and again being with
the Lakers, I do think changes that his dynamic completely.
Speaker 9 (07:11):
He's he's relatable to. He likes to sit down, have
a beer, have a glass of wine. I think he
loves basketball more than a guy than like, you know,
Nikola Jokic, who'd rather be out chariot racing. Basketball for
him is just the way to pay the bills, and
he's really good at it. But he's like, you know,
I don't kind if I win, you know, m VP whatever.
Speaker 8 (07:31):
Luca has also said that he doesn't want to play
as long as Dirk played, so it's also something.
Speaker 7 (07:39):
To keep in mind.
Speaker 9 (07:40):
But yeah, twenty fives for ten years, Yeah he may
he may have second thoughts about that when ten years
from now.
Speaker 7 (07:48):
Sure, and those second thoughts could be I want to
play even less and I want to drink more beer,
and I want to drink more beer.
Speaker 4 (07:58):
No, it's just like your generic easter do that again.
Speaker 2 (08:01):
But they won't do Dre.
Speaker 4 (08:02):
I won't do d Moore beer. This is like me
and if I do An and Luca, it's the same accent.
Speaker 2 (08:09):
Yeah, it's it's just one.
Speaker 5 (08:13):
I love my horses like it's just the Albanian villain
in any movie. That's what that accent is. So the
two of the leading vote edters in this past All
Star game, and I don't think these two guys passed
muster past must Donovan Mitchell and Jalen Brunson out of
the East.
Speaker 2 (08:33):
I love Jalen Brunson, Yeah, and I like two national championships,
and he's he's become mister New York nick. Uh yeah,
not likely. And who is the other one?
Speaker 4 (08:43):
Donovan Mitchell?
Speaker 2 (08:44):
Yeah, again, really bright guy, dynamic player, but no, I
mean he could be, Like he could be. He's you know,
he compares to Dwayne Wade. That's that's who his games like,
that's who he is. He was a great player one
NBA championship, never face Lea.
Speaker 5 (09:01):
I think this kind of goes back to, like, who's
that one player that you like, make sure that you
find if he's playing, you know.
Speaker 4 (09:09):
I don't know. I don't know if there is one
for me.
Speaker 5 (09:12):
I think Luca becomes that just because I'm mentioned to
see how it plays out with the Lakers. But I
think this kind of speaks to why there really isn't
an obvious choice for the next face, because I don't
know how many people. You're gonna go out of your
way to take time and watch if you're not just
an NBA fan, you know, like casual.
Speaker 2 (09:29):
It's true, except for it's easier for casual fans to
watch now than it was when we were kids.
Speaker 5 (09:33):
Easier to find. Yeah, but even being easier to find,
I don't know if there's a player that I want
to tune in to watch.
Speaker 4 (09:41):
What about Jaw?
Speaker 7 (09:44):
I think there was a moment, and in that moment,
Well has left.
Speaker 9 (09:48):
He's twenty five, he's from South Carolina. He had the
gun issue thing, but maybe that was an immaturity thing.
And let's say next five to seven years. I mean,
I'm thinking of a player if you're gonna be to
face the NBA, people search for you on Twitter for
whether it's for good or bad reasons, and you also
come up in highlight packages. You're you have a you
have a a personality that's engaging. I think he checks
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all those boxes. He's a great basketball player. Maybe yeah,
I mean he he what did he say? He's like
I don't want to dunk anymore? I mean that got
some headlines and I mean he's just super athletic.
Speaker 4 (10:21):
Is he?
Speaker 7 (10:22):
Could he be the guy I feel like I'm telling you,
at one point.
Speaker 4 (10:25):
Does the market he plays and it hurt him?
Speaker 2 (10:27):
No? No, not as much with market stuff.
Speaker 9 (10:30):
Yeah, well being a Laker certainly helps.
Speaker 2 (10:34):
Sorry, go ahead, Mons, you want to say something.
Speaker 4 (10:36):
Being a nick helps?
Speaker 7 (10:37):
Being a Nick helps.
Speaker 8 (10:38):
I really do feel like Jaw was on that trajectory
and for some reason all of the things you've mentioned,
but then beyond it just kind of like it all
it deflated, it all just deflated with him.
Speaker 4 (10:50):
Is that or is that ship Pardy sale?
Speaker 5 (10:52):
Though?
Speaker 4 (10:52):
I mean that's how I feel all his career in
front of him.
Speaker 2 (10:55):
I mean, listen, can can he Can he get back
because people love John Rant?
Speaker 4 (10:58):
Yes?
Speaker 2 (10:59):
Can he get back in people's good graces? And say,
how was young and matures surrounded by the wrong people
was in Memphis and I didn't cut the Yeah, of course,
but to be the face of the league, Like, that's
hard one, It's hard one really be such a much
better shooter. But he is an absolute freak. Yep.
Speaker 5 (11:13):
I think the best answer in this entire last ten
minutes has been Cooper Flogg. I'm gonna I'm gonna choose
Cooper flag Clug.
Speaker 9 (11:20):
Did and I'm gonna say, Anthony Edwards, whether whether he
wants to be or not, I don't think you choose.
Speaker 4 (11:24):
You're not just like I'm gonna be the face.
Speaker 2 (11:26):
It's like, yeah, it's like a nickname. You can't give
it to yourself.
Speaker 9 (11:29):
You can't and and you know you can be the
most popular guy.
Speaker 4 (11:34):
And it's just it's a whole lot of things.
Speaker 9 (11:36):
It's how marketable you are, it's how good you are,
what your Anthony Edwards has a fun, affable personality, and
know he's like, oh, I'm not I'm not serious enough
for that.
Speaker 4 (11:44):
I don't think you need to be. I don't think
you need to be.
Speaker 9 (11:47):
In the NFL, it's fierce, it's ferocious, it's you know,
smart quarterback play. In the NBA, I think it's a
little different.
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Live Stug Gottlieb Show here on Fox Sports Radio ESPN.
Jeremy Fowler report this week on The Sports Center that
the Jets are sleeper option for Justin Fields in free agency. Look,
I think the thing about Justin Fields is, you know,
now he has experiences starting for two different teams, but
he's also established himself as a very capable spot starter
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and likely mostly backup. So I just you know, when
we think of the Jets and if you're not going
to retain Aaron Rodgers and you're kicking the tires on
Justin Fields, that signifies you're going to draft somebody and
then the meantime while you develop them, you got Justin
Fields if need be. Justin Fields a need to be
(13:03):
because he didn't really develop this year with Pittsburgh's fine,
but when Pittsburgh moved him off the field and put
Russell Wilson in, and some of that is as I
told you when Russell Wilson signed, I don't think they
signed Russell Wilson less. He was told unequivocally, if you're healthy,
you are the starter, and they had to live up
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to that. Now neither are likely to be back. But
I you know, the Steelers wouldn't have started him unless
one they had told me, and two there was a
discernible difference between the two. And if he's better than
Justin Fields, well you don't want Justin Fields to be
your full time starter, especially considering where Russell Wilson is
in his career. You know, the Bears moved off from
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the Steelers moved off him. He is everything you think.
He is, good runner, no issues off the field, just
very limited and a spot starter. It's my guess, how
old is Venus william forty four? She's forty four?
Speaker 7 (14:01):
Forty four?
Speaker 2 (14:03):
That's I feel like the oldest. It's that's one of
those things where you you do feel old yourself, but
then you just can't believe, Jason, I know how how
much you hate like, I can't believe where time flew by?
But Venus Williams is forty four years old? Jason, how
old do we feel like? I remember, you know when
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she when she came on the scene, she was like
in eighteen nineteen years old, right, and she had all
the beads in her hair. They like took the tennis
world by storm. How'd that happen?
Speaker 7 (14:35):
Life?
Speaker 9 (14:37):
It is you're only a few years old, older than her,
and so you know, eating so she when she gets older,
it's a reminder of your mortality.
Speaker 2 (14:43):
Yes, totally. It doesn't seem possible though. Do you guys
feel as old as you are?
Speaker 7 (14:50):
No, no way, not even a little bit.
Speaker 2 (14:52):
This morning I did. I had one of those flights
from at Double Chopsticks last night. You know, he's like,
there's a there's this, there's a snowstorm in you know,
coming into where I was in the Southwest, and so
you know, it flew to Atlanta, Atlanta to Appleton, which
is the other airport. It's like thirty minutes south of
Green Bay, and I can I just be the voice
(15:17):
of reason for all passengers. I know it was a
Delta plane, so simply landing upright was a wind. Oh man, Okay,
but I was scary this, It was scary. They all survived.
That's crazy, that's crazy. Yes, I would keep my seat
called fire. I listen. Imagine if somebody had a trade
table down. Okay, how bad that could have got. But
(15:39):
but I mean this. You know, it was cold we landed.
It was like minus ten outside, but it was also
one hundred and thirty degrees inside. The airplane. What is
the deal with why cannot they judge the I understand
we got to have the heat on because it's cold
outside and we're flying and it's like negative fifty where
you're flying, But it was so hot inside the cab.
(16:00):
H I had one was there was the internet didn't work,
baby crying and I was, you know, I was, you know,
I was in coach. It's like, not that big a deal,
but the gentleman next to me was a little bigger
than he should have been for the seat. And it
was one hundred and thirty five degrees in there. I mean,
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the good news is I started doing yoga in the
ioway because it was like hot yoga. The bad news
is it was so hot. Did I mention it was
hot in there? Dania Jeremiah joins us here on the
Doug Gottlieb Show on Fox Sports Radio. DJ thanks so
much for taking time. Justin Fields perennial backup spot starter
or can he be a starter for somebody's team.
Speaker 11 (16:43):
I think he's gonna get an opportunity to be a
starter just because of, you know, some of the openings
that are going to be out there, and I don't
know how many you know how many of these guys
in the draft are going to be able to fill them,
So that to me, it leads to him getting another
crack at it. And look, it wasn't an explosive performance
with him last year when he was starting in Pittsburgh,
(17:03):
but you know they were winning games and he was
using his legs. He wasn't, you know, turned the ball over.
So yeah, that's uh, that's a formula. I think we'll
be attracted to some people in a year where we
don't have a ton of good quarterbacks. By the way,
it is at double hockey sticks, not at double chopsticks.
Come on, Doug, come on now, we're better than that.
Speaker 2 (17:21):
Why can't it be a chopstick.
Speaker 11 (17:24):
That's not the same. That's not the same chopsticks.
Speaker 2 (17:26):
L's they look like they look like the under the
You're right, I'm wrong, I'm you know what, I'm gonna
be wrong. You're gonna be right.
Speaker 11 (17:32):
Yeah. See, that's what I love about you. You just
raise your hand and you take it and hey, we'll
be better and we'll move on.
Speaker 2 (17:39):
We will be better and we'll we'll move on. I'm smart,
You're stupid. What was it? I'm not so good looking.
Dania Jeremiah is our guest here on the Doug Gottlieb
Show on Fox Sports Radio. Aaron Rodgers. We've discussed this
a lot. There wasn't a lot of suitors last time.
Does he have to be a West Coast guy? Can
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it be a McVeigh system guy, because that's what they
ran when he was in Green Bay? Like, what are
the actual reasonable options for him?
Speaker 11 (18:09):
I think the Rams one's interesting, you know, I you know,
I do think Aaron was pretty beat up last year.
I remember I think it was his hamstring that he
played through, which again, at that age, you're going to
be beat up as you go through a season. But
you know, at the uh, you know, I would rather
have Matthew Stafford than Aaron Rodgers. But if Matthew Stafford wants,
you know, a huge, huge, huge number and you you
(18:32):
need to kind of get a bridge to the next person,
I think Aaron Rodgers would probably take really low money
to get a chance to go to Los Angeles and
play for that team. So you know, you could use
the saving stupgrade the rest of your roster and and
get on with trying to find your your quarterback of
the future. So of the different landing spots for him.
I think that would be the most uh uh, that
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would be the most interesting one from both his perspective
as well as you know, from the rams just from
the standpoint if if you could convince him to come
on a really really low number.
Speaker 2 (19:04):
Cincinnati wants to find a way to keep you know,
there are three biggest spending free agents, and you know,
I just what's what's the actual viability in that.
Speaker 11 (19:16):
I mean, I don't think, you know, I don't think
Higans is going anywhere. I think they're going to keep
those receivers together, and I think that's what that's what
he wants as well. You know, with him switching agents
get the same agent, it's Chase. It sounds like they're
going to kind of, you know, go together and try
and get both those deals done. And they want to
stay together with their quarterbacks. So I think that's I
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think that's a real possibility. The one I'd be curious
about is, you know, this is a defense that was
so terrible last year, but the bright spot has Ben
Hendrickson and he's you know, adamant about you know, wanting
a big number. So that's the one I would be
maybe less confident about of the bunch.
Speaker 2 (19:54):
Steut Gottlieb Show here on Fox Sports Radio, Dana Jeremiah
is in fact our guest. Okay, what about Kansas City?
What's that roster look like next year?
Speaker 11 (20:04):
Well, I mean, obviously the elephant in the room is
they've got to address the tackle position, and I don't
know what the guys they have. I know they took
you know, a high pick last year, second round pick
on Kingley Sua Matia. You didn't have to make a
drastic improvement to earn that job. And you know, it'll
be interest to see what they do. Did they go
out free agency and try and and go get a
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veteran That would seem to be the likely option, just
because for where they're picking, it's it's going to be
tricky to get one in the draft. So I would
keep an eye on a guy like Ronnie Stanley that
feels like it could be an interesting play for the Chiefs.
But that is, without question, the area that needs to
be addressed.
Speaker 2 (20:43):
Yeah, I think there's no question. But what does the
does Kelsey retire?
Speaker 11 (20:52):
I don't know, you know, you could definitely say that
it's slowed down. He's still I mean he's still a functional,
good player, He's nowhere near where he was previously, So
I don't know that's the way he wanted to finish it,
but man, it's with the way the AFC is right now.
I know they've ran the conference for the last six years,
but it just seems like that's going to be more difficult,
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you know, year after year to try and get back there. So,
you know, to me, it feels like you're right off,
right off in the sunset type deal here. But you know,
I think I'm sure he's going to take his time
before he decides what to do.
Speaker 2 (21:27):
Stug Gottlieb show here on Fox Sports Trader, you mentioned
la Okay, so do Stafford retire? Is that is that
the expectation?
Speaker 11 (21:34):
No, everybody in the league, you know, he's going to play.
It's just a matter of whether that's what the rams
or that's you know, going somewhere else. And the rumor's
just been floating around talking to people on the league
for a long time now about the Giants, is you know,
a potential landing spot now, you know, who knows if
it ever gets across the finished life that ever ends
up happening. But usually when there's that much smoke and
(21:56):
that much chatter. There's at least something to it. But
everybody expects you is going to play next year is
no matter where.
Speaker 2 (22:02):
Yeah, it's what's the issue with la.
Speaker 11 (22:07):
You know, I think it's probably contract related with the
number that he would be seeking. And then them they're
in a little bit of a tricky spot because they've
got so many good young players and you're gonna have
to start paying some of them. You want to get
ahead out a little bit that's on the horizon, but
you also want to get a quarterback in place to
be able to capitalize on the prime of all these
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young guys you've got coming up. And it's you know, Stafford.
You have to decide is that, you know, does he
work within that window with what you're going to have
to pay him, or is it worth it to try
and you know, get somebody else that's cheaper on the
veteran front and then be in the process of trying
to find your next guy. It's a it's kind of
a tricky spot.
Speaker 2 (22:48):
Yeah, it's a really tricky spot. What's the latest on
Sam Darnold?
Speaker 11 (22:53):
Well, I mean you hear different things on different days,
you know, like Oh, Minnesota, would you know, would definitely
like to keep him and see if they can work
something out there. The Raiders seem to be a team
that's connected with him quite often. I can just say
from you know, if they ask for my opinion and
I'm in Sam Darnold's camp, I would take I don't
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know what constitutes significantly. I would take less money to
stay in Minnesota where I'm just coming off of a
huge year and know all the pieces they have in place,
both on the field and the guy that's in my
ear during the game. I just I wouldn't want to
leave that I'd played a long game, and if I
need to make you know, eight million dollars less a year,
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I would do it knowing that I could potentially have
that thing for quite some time.
Speaker 2 (23:39):
Is Tyreek Hill and Miami starting next season?
Speaker 11 (23:44):
Yeah, I mean I don't know who's you know, he's look,
he's still very very talented. I just with with where
the money will be and what he'll want out of
not only the financial side of it, but also in
the touches side of it. If he's not half be
in Miami, which is a home for him, with everything
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being geared around him, and paying them what they're paying him.
I'd be a little bit leery of of doing that.
If I'm another team.
Speaker 2 (24:13):
I would too. But again, you know, he just the
talent is still there. And you know we see in
the NBA, no matter how much there's de client talent,
somebody will take a contract or a bad contract or whatever,
take it off, take it off of their hands. I
just wonder if if Miami has gotten to the point
like this is not this is not working.
Speaker 11 (24:30):
That's kind of the identity of their team though, too.
I mean like they are a track team. They're a
that's what Toua needs, you know, for you pay to
and for two to be successful, you have to put
a track team around him who can run after the catch.
And that's you know, even with his you know, maybe
not quite what he was, that's still pretty elite trait
that he possesses.
Speaker 2 (24:50):
Stug Gottlieb Show here on Fox Sports Radio. Okay, so
you start to dig in get ready for the draft, right,
how many first round created quarterbacks are there?
Speaker 11 (25:04):
First round quarterbacks. I'm gonna say that we're gonna we're
gonna have two. You know, there's people will try and
find the third. I don't think we end up getting
a third, but I do think cam Ord is going
to go feel pretty confident. He's going to go really
high and then it's just a matter of chaduur where
it's a little more polarising around the league. You know.
Speaker 2 (25:25):
So one of the the pros to accuracy, yep, and intelligence.
The negatives are what arm strength.
Speaker 11 (25:33):
And it doesn't have yet. It doesn't have you know,
ideal size arm strength or you know, twitch explosion, athleticism
like those are not like he's not a super traitsy guy,
but he sees the field well. You know, we used
to always talk about the three you know, the three
things you look at with quarterbacks where accuracy poisoned decision making.
And he's you know, in his his credit, those are
(25:54):
three pluses for him. So it's just a matter of
to me being in the right spot. I don't don't
love him, you know, playing in New York with you know,
the weather and the wind and all that stuff. I
just think you want somebody probably a little bigger and
stronger in that environment.
Speaker 4 (26:09):
You know.
Speaker 11 (26:09):
Camp Ward is not you know, he's not six five,
but he just got a lot more juice, a lot
more armed that I think would play better in a
place like that. But Shad Or you know, you look
at at the Raiders, you look at the Saints, you know,
I could definitely see him sitting in there.
Speaker 2 (26:24):
It's the Saints is a place obviously with playing indoors,
and usually they they they draft a fast team on
a fast track, and he's he's a guy that Also,
you're gonna want guys that run after the catch because
doesn't have a doesn't doesn't have the points to have
a huge, huge arm. What's Tennessee going to do?
Speaker 11 (26:42):
I don't know on that one. I just came some
people buddies around the league that the feedback I got was, Man,
you're in your your first year there, new GM, new
new person really in the president's role. Yes, you know
you need your quarterback, but do you feel like you've
(27:03):
got a sure thing there? Do you feel like the
ceiling is worth it? Or you just say, we're so
many players away and so far away. The likelihood is
we're going to be picking back up here in the
top five again next year. So let's just go ahead
and get you know, Abdul Carter or Travis Hunter and
get an elite player at another person and then I'll
kind of make do with what we have to do here,
you know, going into next year. So some people push
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back on the ah, you're up there, you have to
take them, and I'm like, I go through a history
and show you a lot of teams that have decided
against that, and it's worked out for him. And that's Houston,
that's the Bengals, that's you know, the Bears did it.
You know, there's a lot of teams that have done
that over the last ten years that have said, nah,
we don't quite love this quarterback, We're going to wait
a year and it ended up working out.
Speaker 2 (27:44):
What do people say about what the Lions are going
to look like now with with so much change the
top their coaching.
Speaker 11 (27:50):
Staff, I think that's I mean, I think the roster
is so talented they'll be an adjustment period. But it's
kind of along the lines of what you were just
saying earlier. It's right, talent over everything. Yep, they've got
They've got so much talent. I just they'll find a way.
They'll figure it out. And Dan Campbell is kind of
the He is the culture. I mean, he said, he
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sets the tone there and you know, having him as
is the captain of the ship. I think they'll be okay.
The plays are going to be different, maybe not quite
as loose as Ben Johnson was and fun and creative,
but you know, they still have a really good offensive line,
and they have a ton of speed, and they've got
an accurate quarterback. I think they'll be okay.
Speaker 2 (28:30):
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Draft expert. You can see him on the NFL Network
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of money again this offseason. Who should you blame? You'll
find out next.
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like to come. That's from Ferris Bueller's Day Off?
Speaker 4 (29:37):
Right, good call.
Speaker 2 (29:45):
How many John Hughes movies? Can you name? Sam?
Speaker 4 (29:49):
Okay?
Speaker 9 (29:49):
Uh? Planes, trains and automobiles? Sure, sixteen candles yep, what's
the way one with them?
Speaker 3 (29:58):
Oh?
Speaker 4 (29:58):
Breakfast Club yep. Ferris Speeler's Day Off? Yeh see John
Johnny is John Hughes?
Speaker 5 (30:05):
I know?
Speaker 4 (30:05):
Weird science yep? Is that one of them? Okay? Real genius?
Speaker 11 (30:09):
Is that one of them?
Speaker 4 (30:10):
Maybe an under I don't think so. I don't know
about the Yeah. I think that's it. That's all I
can rattle off right now.
Speaker 2 (30:16):
Uh you missed pretty and pink was okay? Yeah? Home alone?
Oh yeah you say Uncle Buck? Uh?
Speaker 9 (30:24):
No, I said, because I was thinking of John Candy,
and I said, playing trains automobiles.
Speaker 2 (30:27):
Uncle Buck, Yeah, Uncle Buck.
Speaker 4 (30:30):
Mister mom is one of his underrated ones. Beethoven, Love
Beethoven with John Gruden, Right, John Gruden, Charles Grodin, Charles
is that a Freudian slip? Not John Gruden.
Speaker 2 (30:42):
All of the hom alones, which apparently there was a
home alone four, I had no idea.
Speaker 4 (30:46):
Well he didn't do though, he did like the first two. Right, No,
he did all them, all of them.
Speaker 2 (30:51):
Yeah, he gets credit for all of them. Okay, Dutch,
you guys remember Dutch. Dutched a good movie.
Speaker 4 (30:57):
Dutch was an Ed O'Neill and like a kid actor.
Speaker 2 (31:00):
Yeah.
Speaker 4 (31:00):
I don't know who.
Speaker 9 (31:01):
I can't remember who the kid was. H Flubber flubber Yeah,
that was okay, Robin Williams.
Speaker 2 (31:08):
It was fun, I believe now I don't. He did
Vacation and European Vacation.
Speaker 4 (31:13):
Oh, he did the vacation movies.
Speaker 2 (31:15):
I don't know if he did Christmas Vacation. Yeah, he
did Christmas Vacation as well.
Speaker 11 (31:18):
Wow.
Speaker 2 (31:20):
He he like literally all of your favorite movies from
that era from the eighties and nineties and nineties, most
of them were Johnny's and he Hunter one Dalmatians.
Speaker 4 (31:34):
Yeah, I don't remember that one so well. Was was
that Glenn Close in that one?
Speaker 2 (31:39):
Yeah?
Speaker 4 (31:39):
Yeah, a kid's movie, but he.
Speaker 2 (31:42):
Win Dalmatians is a kids movie. He used to be
a cartoon from Disney.
Speaker 5 (31:45):
Carol l How about this Cruela Deville don't go after
nineteen ninety that's pretty much when he stopped making the hits, right,
you're talking about a bunch of kids.
Speaker 2 (31:55):
Home Alone was ninety two?
Speaker 5 (31:58):
Yeah, I don't know.
Speaker 9 (32:00):
Eighties, eighties was the Wheelhouse he you know, he passed
away only fifty nine. In two thousand and nine, he'd
still be directing.
Speaker 4 (32:06):
I'm sure.
Speaker 9 (32:06):
I mean he did not get his full full directorial,
you know, Scope just saying gone too soon. John Hughes, there.
Speaker 2 (32:16):
You go, lrip, poor little liquor. Let's get to Let's
get to the press, the press. Mante Blanias, would you
got my friend?
Speaker 7 (32:26):
I got lots of stuff for you, coach.
Speaker 8 (32:29):
We're going to start with Rob Manfred, who was speaking
during a spring training media event, and obviously a big
topic of conversation has been.
Speaker 7 (32:38):
The Dodgers and they're spending this offseason. Here's a little
about what he had to say.
Speaker 10 (32:43):
The Dodgers have gone out and done everything possible, always
within the rules that currently exist, to put the best
possible team on the field, and I think that's a
great thing for the game. That type of competitive spirit
is what people want to see. I said this at
the owner's meetings. I'll say it again. It's clear that
(33:04):
we have fans in some markets that are concerned about
the ability of the team in their market to compete
with the financial resources of the Dodgers. And I think
if we've been consistent on one point, it is we
try to listen to our fans on topics like this,
and I have heard people on this, believe me.
Speaker 7 (33:24):
So obviously he's hearing it from the fans.
Speaker 8 (33:27):
He does go on to say, when I say I
can't be critical about the Dodgers, They're doing what the
system allows. If I'm going to be critical of somebody,
it's not going to be the Dodgers, is going to
be the system.
Speaker 2 (33:40):
Yeah, it makes sense. Yeah, I'm the same like I have.
I believe he has echoed everything that I have said,
not just Sam, but obviously Jason, you heard me, which
is I'm not a Dodger fan, but what have they
done wrong rather than find the rules final polls and.
Speaker 8 (34:01):
Explain them, Yeah, totally, you're being a real logical baseball
fan their coach.
Speaker 5 (34:08):
And when, by the way, when Manfred says to blame
the system, he is paid by the owners and he's
saying blame the players association. The players union is the
one union in sports that actually has leverage over the
owners somehow. And if they want to fix the financial system,
the players need to do it because the owners would
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love a cap. Yeah, they would like a ceiling and
a floor, and they would want to play with these rules.
But the players want to allow that.
Speaker 7 (34:38):
He ain't wrong.
Speaker 8 (34:39):
So the league is going to be testing the automated
ball strike challenge system during spring training that they have
used in minor league baseball. And in case you don't
know how it's going to work, each team is going
to start with two challenges and they will only lose
their challenge if the umpire's call is confirmed. Only the batter, pitcher,
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or catcher can challenge the call. They have to like
tip their cap or their helmet to the umpire to
signal that they want to challenge. There's no additional challenges
in extra innings. And a hawk eye view will be
shown during the review.
Speaker 4 (35:12):
This is gonna be Yeah, this is happening.
Speaker 2 (35:15):
Wait when is this right?
Speaker 7 (35:18):
During spring training they're going to test it for the
first time.
Speaker 2 (35:21):
I don't understand why they need to test it. They
haven't the minor leaguers networks just use it.
Speaker 7 (35:26):
You're right, here's like you have tried it. What are
you talking about? But now, yes, they're gonna tested during
spring training.
Speaker 2 (35:32):
Just during spring training. Yeah, it's so easy too, it is.
Speaker 7 (35:37):
Yeah, get in there, yes, exactly.
Speaker 8 (35:41):
So today one NBA game, it was a postpone game
that's going to be between the Hornets and the Lakers.
Speaker 7 (35:48):
JJ Riddick, coach of the Lakers, says that.
Speaker 8 (35:50):
He expects Luka Doncic won't have any minutes restriction moving forward.
Lebron James yesterday was listened as questionable with that ankle injury.
Speaker 7 (35:59):
The status has not changed.
Speaker 8 (36:01):
Mark Williams apparently has rejoined the Hornets. He is probable
to play and was asked about that trade that was rescinded.
Speaker 7 (36:10):
There's no sound, but I have the quote and this
is what he said. Quote. I didn't think I had
failed my physical. It didn't even.
Speaker 8 (36:17):
Cross my mind that night I got traded. I played
hell of minutes. I didn't think in any world that
was possible. Since I've been back at the start of
the year, I've played games with a lot of minutes.
I feel like every injury I've had has been well
documented and I've recovered and been one hundred percent since.
Speaker 7 (36:33):
So I don't know what went into that decision. I
think that's up to them.
Speaker 2 (36:38):
Yeah, a lot of people saying the Lakers backed out
of it, which again I can't say you're wrong. It
just makes it super awkward, right right, Like, yeah, it
didn't trade you. I mean, that's what led to the
end of laro otom with the team. It was the
Chris Paul trade didn't go through, and then he just
lost his mind.
Speaker 8 (36:58):
Yeah, it's I'm interested to see if Mark how Mark
Williams placed today, because he had been separated from the
team too. He just apparently rejoined us sticking here with
the NBA. So Drew Hill is a Grizzlies reporter and
he has this on his Twitter page that he reached
out to the Grizzlies GM because there has been speculation.
Speaker 7 (37:19):
Around John Morant maybe being.
Speaker 8 (37:21):
Traded, So he asked him about it, and the GM
responded with the quote that I think MAVs fans would
have wanted Nico to say.
Speaker 7 (37:30):
This is what he said.
Speaker 8 (37:31):
I can't blame other executives for fantasizing about us trading Jaw,
but it's just that a fantasy.
Speaker 7 (37:38):
We are not trading Jaw.
Speaker 8 (37:40):
Continue to underestimate Jaw, this team in this city, and
we will let our performance on the floor speak for itself.
Speaker 7 (37:47):
I'm not going to give this nonsense.
Speaker 8 (37:48):
Further oxygen and look forward to getting back to basketball.
Speaker 2 (37:54):
Okay, So trading not trading Jaw. That's a perfect response
to and it's a perfect respond Then tell everybody exactly otherwise,
you know, and I do think that teams do that.
They'll plant the seed in the media and then all
of a sudden it's like, whoa wait, are you really trading?
Like who told you that? Well, we heard in the media, right, you.
Speaker 8 (38:13):
Know, it's a way, a perfect way to shut it
down immediately, yes, like stop it, stop it just because
And I understand you know, now, with this Luca trade,
I feel like anything is possible, right, Like everyone's probably
thinking that, even some of the players have been commenting, Hey,
Luca got traded. Anything's possible, but Grizzly is standing firm.
Jah Morant ain't going nowhere. And that's the press.
Speaker 2 (38:36):
Get out there and pressed.
Speaker 3 (38:37):
That was the press.
Speaker 5 (38:38):
All right.
Speaker 2 (38:39):
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the press. Get you ready for the night.
Speaker 2 (00:47):
In sports, which it's big night from this standpoint, right,
big night because the NBA is in fact back, although
only one game, Lakers taking on the the Hornets, and
we'll see how much Luca plays and how much Lebron plays.
(01:07):
That's missing the All Star Game in the last game
of the first half of the season. It's a Wednesday,
it's the middle of the show, the middle of the day,
the middle of the week. We get to the midway,
he's not getting.
Speaker 3 (01:19):
It's time for.
Speaker 2 (01:23):
All right, Jay Stu, what's the topic of the midway?
Speaker 4 (01:27):
I saw this.
Speaker 5 (01:27):
Anthony Edwards was on the T n T set this
past weekend and he said this about being the face
of the NBA. He basically doesn't want to be the
face of the NBA.
Speaker 6 (01:43):
And he explains, what, I'm capable of being that guy,
but I don't.
Speaker 2 (01:48):
I don't.
Speaker 6 (01:50):
I don't want to be that guy. Put it like that.
I want to be the guy to just show up
with hoop and just kil dudes and and go home.
Speaker 5 (01:57):
I think the better question is with the the NBA
even want Anthony Edwards to be the face of the
NBA because he's so like immature. You know, was it
Logan Roy from Succession when he calls his offspring they're
not serious people. Yeah, Anthony Edwards is not a serious person,
so he can't really be the face of the league.
Speaker 2 (02:20):
And I think I think he kind of said as much, though, did.
Speaker 5 (02:22):
He Yeah, Yeah, He's like, I don't really need it,
I don't want it. Coach Dakich last hour made a
good point. I agree with this. I don't think it
could be Luca. I don't know if you could put
a foreign born player as the face of the NBA.
But I kind of wanted to just chop it up
amongst the four of us here, who is the next
(02:43):
face of the NBA. Montzie's excited to talk about this.
Speaker 7 (02:47):
I mean, I don't know.
Speaker 8 (02:47):
If I'm excited. I like how you said that he's unseerious.
That's a good way to put it, Okay, is shake
Gilgess Alexander considered.
Speaker 7 (02:56):
Foreign as well?
Speaker 4 (02:57):
Like Canadian?
Speaker 7 (02:59):
Right, so like.
Speaker 2 (03:01):
They could be they could be our countryman soon, right.
Speaker 8 (03:04):
And so I I don't think there is a clear
answer here, and that's what makes this so interesting.
Speaker 7 (03:10):
But I think SGA does.
Speaker 8 (03:13):
Have the right mentality, a little bit of like I
don't give a you know what about you and not
as immature or you know however you want to put
it as maybe Anthony Edwards.
Speaker 7 (03:25):
I think there's a chance he could be the face
of the NBA. But one that I feel like for
sure it can't be is Jason Tatum. That one is
as clear. They may have tried that for a hot second.
Speaker 8 (03:36):
But no, why I don't you know, Doug, sometimes you
just need an X factor and he just doesn't have.
Speaker 7 (03:45):
The X factor.
Speaker 2 (03:47):
He has X factor.
Speaker 8 (03:47):
As far as what again, I can't it's not it's
not that. No, it's like a like to be a star,
like yeah, like yes, like you. It's it's almost hard
to describe because it has nothing to do with talent,
like he's so good, but at the same time, like
I don't see a star like the X factor, and
(04:08):
I think you need to have that in order to
be the face of I agree.
Speaker 5 (04:10):
I agree with that one.
Speaker 2 (04:13):
Yeah, certain to what the French say is genes sequa.
So what do you who do you think? Jase two?
Speaker 5 (04:22):
You know what I think. We we chopped this up
towards the end of last year, and my my answer
was Wemby, even though I hate his nickname. I think
it sounds like a sissy name. But I don't think
Wemby could be the face. To be honest, I like
French like seeing him play in his first year and stuff.
I don't know if he quite has that as as
(04:44):
Manci referred to that gravitas and I don't know.
Speaker 2 (04:48):
It seems like I think he has a little gravitas.
I just think he's he's almost like a circus circus
freak to some people that it does like you can't
really appreciate or understanding. You're just so blown away by
a man that large being able to play basketball and
be that what looks like that skinny and not just
be you know, now just crumple a bunch of bones.
(05:10):
The base of the NBA. Well, that's hard. I mean,
obviously we're talking about Steph retiring sometime in the next
couple of years. So those are the two. I mean, look,
it's the best players are Luca and he's going to
be in LA and this kind of changes his personal
trajectory if they win in LA and then the American
(05:30):
born one is Cooper Flag. You know, can Cooper Flag
be that guy? I don't know the answer, But so far,
every level he's played, he's been the best guy. He's
been unbelievable. And he's only eighteen years old.
Speaker 9 (05:46):
So right now we don't have a face to the NBA.
We only have a guy in college who's waiting.
Speaker 2 (05:51):
No, no face. The NBA is still lebron.
Speaker 4 (05:53):
Right, Okay, so the air apparent.
Speaker 2 (05:57):
Yeah, I saw.
Speaker 9 (05:58):
An article and I didn't read they just saw the headline,
just full disclosure that he may Cooper Flag may even
come back to Duke for another year.
Speaker 10 (06:05):
Now.
Speaker 2 (06:05):
They all say that, right, and then they're like, yeah,
you have to do that.
Speaker 8 (06:10):
I'm gonna throw a name at you and I just
because you know, we're looking for someone younger that could
Kate cunning him.
Speaker 7 (06:19):
Does it not work because he's in Detroit? Does it not?
Does he need to move to a different market?
Speaker 4 (06:24):
I think so it needs to be on a better team, right.
Speaker 8 (06:29):
Yeah, because obviously, but he's he's really good in me.
Speaker 2 (06:32):
There's a difference in really good and face the league months, right,
but the only face the league have to be among
the best players in the league is not there. And
I love Kate, but and I don't just love him
because he went to Oklhoma State. I know him, everybody
knows him, likes him, nothing not to like. But there's
a massive there's a chasm between him and like Luca.
Speaker 7 (06:55):
Absolutely absolutely, I.
Speaker 2 (06:57):
Do think Luca could be that guy though. Guys, even
though he's foreigned, just because he was kind of a megastar,
international megastar come to the States and again being with
the Lakers, I do think changes that his dynamic completely.
Speaker 9 (07:11):
He's he's relatable to. He likes to sit down, have
a beer, have a glass of wine. I think he
loves basketball more than a guy than like, you know,
Nikola Jokic, who'd rather be out chariot racing. Basketball for
him is just the way to pay the bills, and
he's really good at it. But he's like, you know,
I don't kind if I win, you know, m VP whatever.
Speaker 8 (07:31):
Luca has also said that he doesn't want to play
as long as Dirk played, so it's also something.
Speaker 7 (07:39):
To keep in mind.
Speaker 9 (07:40):
But yeah, twenty fives for ten years, Yeah he may
he may have second thoughts about that when ten years
from now.
Speaker 7 (07:48):
Sure, and those second thoughts could be I want to
play even less and I want to drink more beer,
and I want to drink more beer.
Speaker 4 (07:58):
No, it's just like your generic easter do that again.
Speaker 2 (08:01):
But they won't do Dre.
Speaker 4 (08:02):
I won't do d Moore beer. This is like me
and if I do An and Luca, it's the same accent.
Speaker 2 (08:09):
Yeah, it's it's just one.
Speaker 5 (08:13):
I love my horses like it's just the Albanian villain
in any movie. That's what that accent is. So the
two of the leading vote edters in this past All
Star game, and I don't think these two guys passed
muster past must Donovan Mitchell and Jalen Brunson out of
the East.
Speaker 2 (08:33):
I love Jalen Brunson, Yeah, and I like two national championships,
and he's he's become mister New York nick. Uh yeah,
not likely. And who is the other one?
Speaker 4 (08:43):
Donovan Mitchell?
Speaker 2 (08:44):
Yeah, again, really bright guy, dynamic player, but no, I
mean he could be, Like he could be. He's you know,
he compares to Dwayne Wade. That's that's who his games like,
that's who he is. He was a great player one
NBA championship, never face Lea.
Speaker 5 (09:01):
I think this kind of goes back to, like, who's
that one player that you like, make sure that you
find if he's playing, you know.
Speaker 4 (09:09):
I don't know. I don't know if there is one
for me.
Speaker 5 (09:12):
I think Luca becomes that just because I'm mentioned to
see how it plays out with the Lakers. But I
think this kind of speaks to why there really isn't
an obvious choice for the next face, because I don't
know how many people. You're gonna go out of your
way to take time and watch if you're not just
an NBA fan, you know, like casual.
Speaker 2 (09:29):
It's true, except for it's easier for casual fans to
watch now than it was when we were kids.
Speaker 5 (09:33):
Easier to find. Yeah, but even being easier to find,
I don't know if there's a player that I want
to tune in to watch.
Speaker 4 (09:41):
What about Jaw?
Speaker 7 (09:44):
I think there was a moment, and in that moment,
Well has left.
Speaker 9 (09:48):
He's twenty five, he's from South Carolina. He had the
gun issue thing, but maybe that was an immaturity thing.
And let's say next five to seven years. I mean,
I'm thinking of a player if you're gonna be to
face the NBA, people search for you on Twitter for
whether it's for good or bad reasons, and you also
come up in highlight packages. You're you have a you
have a a personality that's engaging. I think he checks
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all those boxes. He's a great basketball player. Maybe yeah,
I mean he he what did he say? He's like
I don't want to dunk anymore? I mean that got
some headlines and I mean he's just super athletic.
Speaker 4 (10:21):
Is he?
Speaker 7 (10:22):
Could he be the guy I feel like I'm telling you,
at one point.
Speaker 4 (10:25):
Does the market he plays and it hurt him?
Speaker 2 (10:27):
No? No, not as much with market stuff.
Speaker 9 (10:30):
Yeah, well being a Laker certainly helps.
Speaker 2 (10:34):
Sorry, go ahead, Mons, you want to say something.
Speaker 4 (10:36):
Being a nick helps?
Speaker 7 (10:37):
Being a Nick helps.
Speaker 8 (10:38):
I really do feel like Jaw was on that trajectory
and for some reason all of the things you've mentioned,
but then beyond it just kind of like it all
it deflated, it all just deflated with him.
Speaker 4 (10:50):
Is that or is that ship Pardy sale?
Speaker 5 (10:52):
Though?
Speaker 4 (10:52):
I mean that's how I feel all his career in
front of him.
Speaker 2 (10:55):
I mean, listen, can can he Can he get back
because people love John Rant?
Speaker 4 (10:58):
Yes?
Speaker 2 (10:59):
Can he get back in people's good graces? And say,
how was young and matures surrounded by the wrong people
was in Memphis and I didn't cut the Yeah, of course,
but to be the face of the league, Like, that's
hard one, It's hard one really be such a much
better shooter. But he is an absolute freak. Yep.
Speaker 5 (11:13):
I think the best answer in this entire last ten
minutes has been Cooper Flogg. I'm gonna I'm gonna choose
Cooper flag Clug.
Speaker 9 (11:20):
Did and I'm gonna say, Anthony Edwards, whether whether he
wants to be or not, I don't think you choose.
Speaker 4 (11:24):
You're not just like I'm gonna be the face.
Speaker 2 (11:26):
It's like, yeah, it's like a nickname. You can't give
it to yourself.
Speaker 9 (11:29):
You can't and and you know you can be the
most popular guy.
Speaker 4 (11:34):
And it's just it's a whole lot of things.
Speaker 9 (11:36):
It's how marketable you are, it's how good you are,
what your Anthony Edwards has a fun, affable personality, and
know he's like, oh, I'm not I'm not serious enough
for that.
Speaker 4 (11:44):
I don't think you need to be. I don't think
you need to be.
Speaker 9 (11:47):
In the NFL, it's fierce, it's ferocious, it's you know,
smart quarterback play. In the NBA, I think it's a
little different.
Speaker 2 (11:55):
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Live Stug Gottlieb Show here on Fox Sports Radio ESPN.
Jeremy Fowler report this week on The Sports Center that
the Jets are sleeper option for Justin Fields in free agency. Look,
I think the thing about Justin Fields is, you know,
now he has experiences starting for two different teams, but
he's also established himself as a very capable spot starter
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and likely mostly backup. So I just you know, when
we think of the Jets and if you're not going
to retain Aaron Rodgers and you're kicking the tires on
Justin Fields, that signifies you're going to draft somebody and
then the meantime while you develop them, you got Justin
Fields if need be. Justin Fields a need to be
(13:03):
because he didn't really develop this year with Pittsburgh's fine,
but when Pittsburgh moved him off the field and put
Russell Wilson in, and some of that is as I
told you when Russell Wilson signed, I don't think they
signed Russell Wilson less. He was told unequivocally, if you're healthy,
you are the starter, and they had to live up
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to that. Now neither are likely to be back. But
I you know, the Steelers wouldn't have started him unless
one they had told me, and two there was a
discernible difference between the two. And if he's better than
Justin Fields, well you don't want Justin Fields to be
your full time starter, especially considering where Russell Wilson is
in his career. You know, the Bears moved off from
(13:45):
the Steelers moved off him. He is everything you think.
He is, good runner, no issues off the field, just
very limited and a spot starter. It's my guess, how
old is Venus william forty four? She's forty four?
Speaker 7 (14:01):
Forty four?
Speaker 2 (14:03):
That's I feel like the oldest. It's that's one of
those things where you you do feel old yourself, but
then you just can't believe, Jason, I know how how
much you hate like, I can't believe where time flew by?
But Venus Williams is forty four years old? Jason, how
old do we feel like? I remember, you know when
(14:23):
she when she came on the scene, she was like
in eighteen nineteen years old, right, and she had all
the beads in her hair. They like took the tennis
world by storm. How'd that happen?
Speaker 7 (14:35):
Life?
Speaker 9 (14:37):
It is you're only a few years old, older than her,
and so you know, eating so she when she gets older,
it's a reminder of your mortality.
Speaker 2 (14:43):
Yes, totally. It doesn't seem possible though. Do you guys
feel as old as you are?
Speaker 7 (14:50):
No, no way, not even a little bit.
Speaker 2 (14:52):
This morning I did. I had one of those flights
from at Double Chopsticks last night. You know, he's like,
there's a there's this, there's a snowstorm in you know,
coming into where I was in the Southwest, and so
you know, it flew to Atlanta, Atlanta to Appleton, which
is the other airport. It's like thirty minutes south of
Green Bay, and I can I just be the voice
(15:17):
of reason for all passengers. I know it was a
Delta plane, so simply landing upright was a wind. Oh man, Okay,
but I was scary this, It was scary. They all survived.
That's crazy, that's crazy. Yes, I would keep my seat
called fire. I listen. Imagine if somebody had a trade
table down. Okay, how bad that could have got. But
(15:39):
but I mean this. You know, it was cold we landed.
It was like minus ten outside, but it was also
one hundred and thirty degrees inside. The airplane. What is
the deal with why cannot they judge the I understand
we got to have the heat on because it's cold
outside and we're flying and it's like negative fifty where
you're flying, But it was so hot inside the cab.
(16:00):
H I had one was there was the internet didn't work,
baby crying and I was, you know, I was, you know,
I was in coach. It's like, not that big a deal,
but the gentleman next to me was a little bigger
than he should have been for the seat. And it
was one hundred and thirty five degrees in there. I mean,
(16:22):
the good news is I started doing yoga in the
ioway because it was like hot yoga. The bad news
is it was so hot. Did I mention it was
hot in there? Dania Jeremiah joins us here on the
Doug Gottlieb Show on Fox Sports Radio. DJ thanks so
much for taking time. Justin Fields perennial backup spot starter
or can he be a starter for somebody's team.
Speaker 11 (16:43):
I think he's gonna get an opportunity to be a
starter just because of, you know, some of the openings
that are going to be out there, and I don't
know how many you know how many of these guys
in the draft are going to be able to fill them,
So that to me, it leads to him getting another
crack at it. And look, it wasn't an explosive performance
with him last year when he was starting in Pittsburgh,
(17:03):
but you know they were winning games and he was
using his legs. He wasn't, you know, turned the ball over.
So yeah, that's uh, that's a formula. I think we'll
be attracted to some people in a year where we
don't have a ton of good quarterbacks. By the way,
it is at double hockey sticks, not at double chopsticks.
Come on, Doug, come on now, we're better than that.
Speaker 2 (17:21):
Why can't it be a chopstick.
Speaker 11 (17:24):
That's not the same. That's not the same chopsticks.
Speaker 2 (17:26):
L's they look like they look like the under the
You're right, I'm wrong, I'm you know what, I'm gonna
be wrong. You're gonna be right.
Speaker 11 (17:32):
Yeah. See, that's what I love about you. You just
raise your hand and you take it and hey, we'll
be better and we'll move on.
Speaker 2 (17:39):
We will be better and we'll we'll move on. I'm smart,
You're stupid. What was it? I'm not so good looking.
Dania Jeremiah is our guest here on the Doug Gottlieb
Show on Fox Sports Radio. Aaron Rodgers. We've discussed this
a lot. There wasn't a lot of suitors last time.
Does he have to be a West Coast guy? Can
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it be a McVeigh system guy, because that's what they
ran when he was in Green Bay? Like, what are
the actual reasonable options for him?
Speaker 11 (18:09):
I think the Rams one's interesting, you know, I you know,
I do think Aaron was pretty beat up last year.
I remember I think it was his hamstring that he
played through, which again, at that age, you're going to
be beat up as you go through a season. But
you know, at the uh, you know, I would rather
have Matthew Stafford than Aaron Rodgers. But if Matthew Stafford wants,
you know, a huge, huge, huge number and you you
(18:32):
need to kind of get a bridge to the next person,
I think Aaron Rodgers would probably take really low money
to get a chance to go to Los Angeles and
play for that team. So you know, you could use
the saving stupgrade the rest of your roster and and
get on with trying to find your your quarterback of
the future. So of the different landing spots for him.
I think that would be the most uh uh, that
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would be the most interesting one from both his perspective
as well as you know, from the rams just from
the standpoint if if you could convince him to come
on a really really low number.
Speaker 2 (19:04):
Cincinnati wants to find a way to keep you know,
there are three biggest spending free agents, and you know,
I just what's what's the actual viability in that.
Speaker 11 (19:16):
I mean, I don't think, you know, I don't think
Higans is going anywhere. I think they're going to keep
those receivers together, and I think that's what that's what
he wants as well. You know, with him switching agents
get the same agent, it's Chase. It sounds like they're
going to kind of, you know, go together and try
and get both those deals done. And they want to
stay together with their quarterbacks. So I think that's I
(19:37):
think that's a real possibility. The one I'd be curious
about is, you know, this is a defense that was
so terrible last year, but the bright spot has Ben
Hendrickson and he's you know, adamant about you know, wanting
a big number. So that's the one I would be
maybe less confident about of the bunch.
Speaker 2 (19:54):
Steut Gottlieb Show here on Fox Sports Radio, Dana Jeremiah
is in fact our guest. Okay, what about Kansas City?
What's that roster look like next year?
Speaker 11 (20:04):
Well, I mean, obviously the elephant in the room is
they've got to address the tackle position, and I don't
know what the guys they have. I know they took
you know, a high pick last year, second round pick
on Kingley Sua Matia. You didn't have to make a
drastic improvement to earn that job. And you know, it'll
be interest to see what they do. Did they go
out free agency and try and and go get a
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veteran That would seem to be the likely option, just
because for where they're picking, it's it's going to be
tricky to get one in the draft. So I would
keep an eye on a guy like Ronnie Stanley that
feels like it could be an interesting play for the Chiefs.
But that is, without question, the area that needs to
be addressed.
Speaker 2 (20:43):
Yeah, I think there's no question. But what does the
does Kelsey retire?
Speaker 11 (20:52):
I don't know, you know, you could definitely say that
it's slowed down. He's still I mean he's still a functional,
good player, He's nowhere near where he was previously, So
I don't know that's the way he wanted to finish it,
but man, it's with the way the AFC is right now.
I know they've ran the conference for the last six years,
but it just seems like that's going to be more difficult,
(21:14):
you know, year after year to try and get back there. So,
you know, to me, it feels like you're right off,
right off in the sunset type deal here. But you know,
I think I'm sure he's going to take his time
before he decides what to do.
Speaker 2 (21:27):
Stug Gottlieb show here on Fox Sports Trader, you mentioned
la Okay, so do Stafford retire? Is that is that
the expectation?
Speaker 11 (21:34):
No, everybody in the league, you know, he's going to play.
It's just a matter of whether that's what the rams
or that's you know, going somewhere else. And the rumor's
just been floating around talking to people on the league
for a long time now about the Giants, is you know,
a potential landing spot now, you know, who knows if
it ever gets across the finished life that ever ends
up happening. But usually when there's that much smoke and
(21:56):
that much chatter. There's at least something to it. But
everybody expects you is going to play next year is
no matter where.
Speaker 2 (22:02):
Yeah, it's what's the issue with la.
Speaker 11 (22:07):
You know, I think it's probably contract related with the
number that he would be seeking. And then them they're
in a little bit of a tricky spot because they've
got so many good young players and you're gonna have
to start paying some of them. You want to get
ahead out a little bit that's on the horizon, but
you also want to get a quarterback in place to
be able to capitalize on the prime of all these
(22:29):
young guys you've got coming up. And it's you know, Stafford.
You have to decide is that, you know, does he
work within that window with what you're going to have
to pay him, or is it worth it to try
and you know, get somebody else that's cheaper on the
veteran front and then be in the process of trying
to find your next guy. It's a it's kind of
a tricky spot.
Speaker 2 (22:48):
Yeah, it's a really tricky spot. What's the latest on
Sam Darnold?
Speaker 11 (22:53):
Well, I mean you hear different things on different days,
you know, like Oh, Minnesota, would you know, would definitely
like to keep him and see if they can work
something out there. The Raiders seem to be a team
that's connected with him quite often. I can just say
from you know, if they ask for my opinion and
I'm in Sam Darnold's camp, I would take I don't
(23:14):
know what constitutes significantly. I would take less money to
stay in Minnesota where I'm just coming off of a
huge year and know all the pieces they have in place,
both on the field and the guy that's in my
ear during the game. I just I wouldn't want to
leave that I'd played a long game, and if I
need to make you know, eight million dollars less a year,
(23:34):
I would do it knowing that I could potentially have
that thing for quite some time.
Speaker 2 (23:39):
Is Tyreek Hill and Miami starting next season?
Speaker 11 (23:44):
Yeah, I mean I don't know who's you know, he's look,
he's still very very talented. I just with with where
the money will be and what he'll want out of
not only the financial side of it, but also in
the touches side of it. If he's not half be
in Miami, which is a home for him, with everything
(24:05):
being geared around him, and paying them what they're paying him.
I'd be a little bit leery of of doing that.
If I'm another team.
Speaker 2 (24:13):
I would too. But again, you know, he just the
talent is still there. And you know we see in
the NBA, no matter how much there's de client talent,
somebody will take a contract or a bad contract or whatever,
take it off, take it off of their hands. I
just wonder if if Miami has gotten to the point
like this is not this is not working.
Speaker 11 (24:30):
That's kind of the identity of their team though, too.
I mean like they are a track team. They're a
that's what Toua needs, you know, for you pay to
and for two to be successful, you have to put
a track team around him who can run after the catch.
And that's you know, even with his you know, maybe
not quite what he was, that's still pretty elite trait
that he possesses.
Speaker 2 (24:50):
Stug Gottlieb Show here on Fox Sports Radio. Okay, so
you start to dig in get ready for the draft, right,
how many first round created quarterbacks are there?
Speaker 11 (25:04):
First round quarterbacks. I'm gonna say that we're gonna we're
gonna have two. You know, there's people will try and
find the third. I don't think we end up getting
a third, but I do think cam Ord is going
to go feel pretty confident. He's going to go really
high and then it's just a matter of chaduur where
it's a little more polarising around the league. You know.
Speaker 2 (25:25):
So one of the the pros to accuracy, yep, and intelligence.
The negatives are what arm strength.
Speaker 11 (25:33):
And it doesn't have yet. It doesn't have you know,
ideal size arm strength or you know, twitch explosion, athleticism
like those are not like he's not a super traitsy guy,
but he sees the field well. You know, we used
to always talk about the three you know, the three
things you look at with quarterbacks where accuracy poisoned decision making.
And he's you know, in his his credit, those are
(25:54):
three pluses for him. So it's just a matter of
to me being in the right spot. I don't don't
love him, you know, playing in New York with you know,
the weather and the wind and all that stuff. I
just think you want somebody probably a little bigger and
stronger in that environment.
Speaker 4 (26:09):
You know.
Speaker 11 (26:09):
Camp Ward is not you know, he's not six five,
but he just got a lot more juice, a lot
more armed that I think would play better in a
place like that. But Shad Or you know, you look
at at the Raiders, you look at the Saints, you know,
I could definitely see him sitting in there.
Speaker 2 (26:24):
It's the Saints is a place obviously with playing indoors,
and usually they they they draft a fast team on
a fast track, and he's he's a guy that Also,
you're gonna want guys that run after the catch because
doesn't have a doesn't doesn't have the points to have
a huge, huge arm. What's Tennessee going to do?
Speaker 11 (26:42):
I don't know on that one. I just came some
people buddies around the league that the feedback I got was, Man,
you're in your your first year there, new GM, new
new person really in the president's role. Yes, you know
you need your quarterback, but do you feel like you've
(27:03):
got a sure thing there? Do you feel like the
ceiling is worth it? Or you just say, we're so
many players away and so far away. The likelihood is
we're going to be picking back up here in the
top five again next year. So let's just go ahead
and get you know, Abdul Carter or Travis Hunter and
get an elite player at another person and then I'll
kind of make do with what we have to do here,
you know, going into next year. So some people push
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back on the ah, you're up there, you have to
take them, and I'm like, I go through a history
and show you a lot of teams that have decided
against that, and it's worked out for him. And that's Houston,
that's the Bengals, that's you know, the Bears did it.
You know, there's a lot of teams that have done
that over the last ten years that have said, nah,
we don't quite love this quarterback, We're going to wait
a year and it ended up working out.
Speaker 2 (27:44):
What do people say about what the Lions are going
to look like now with with so much change the
top their coaching.
Speaker 11 (27:50):
Staff, I think that's I mean, I think the roster
is so talented they'll be an adjustment period. But it's
kind of along the lines of what you were just
saying earlier. It's right, talent over everything. Yep, they've got
They've got so much talent. I just they'll find a way.
They'll figure it out. And Dan Campbell is kind of
the He is the culture. I mean, he said, he
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sets the tone there and you know, having him as
is the captain of the ship. I think they'll be okay.
The plays are going to be different, maybe not quite
as loose as Ben Johnson was and fun and creative,
but you know, they still have a really good offensive line,
and they have a ton of speed, and they've got
an accurate quarterback. I think they'll be okay.
Speaker 2 (28:30):
That's Dandon Jeremiah. He's an NFL analyst. He's a Jennifer
Draft expert. You can see him on the NFL Network
and of course download his podcast Move the Sticks DJ.
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like to come. That's from Ferris Bueller's Day Off?
Speaker 4 (29:37):
Right, good call.
Speaker 2 (29:45):
How many John Hughes movies? Can you name? Sam?
Speaker 4 (29:49):
Okay?
Speaker 9 (29:49):
Uh? Planes, trains and automobiles? Sure, sixteen candles yep, what's
the way one with them?
Speaker 3 (29:58):
Oh?
Speaker 4 (29:58):
Breakfast Club yep. Ferris Speeler's Day Off? Yeh see John
Johnny is John Hughes?
Speaker 5 (30:05):
I know?
Speaker 4 (30:05):
Weird science yep? Is that one of them? Okay? Real genius?
Speaker 11 (30:09):
Is that one of them?
Speaker 4 (30:10):
Maybe an under I don't think so. I don't know
about the Yeah. I think that's it. That's all I
can rattle off right now.
Speaker 2 (30:16):
Uh you missed pretty and pink was okay? Yeah? Home alone?
Oh yeah you say Uncle Buck? Uh?
Speaker 9 (30:24):
No, I said, because I was thinking of John Candy,
and I said, playing trains automobiles.
Speaker 2 (30:27):
Uncle Buck, Yeah, Uncle Buck.
Speaker 4 (30:30):
Mister mom is one of his underrated ones. Beethoven, Love
Beethoven with John Gruden, Right, John Gruden, Charles Grodin, Charles
is that a Freudian slip? Not John Gruden.
Speaker 2 (30:42):
All of the hom alones, which apparently there was a
home alone four, I had no idea.
Speaker 4 (30:46):
Well he didn't do though, he did like the first two. Right, No,
he did all them, all of them.
Speaker 2 (30:51):
Yeah, he gets credit for all of them. Okay, Dutch,
you guys remember Dutch. Dutched a good movie.
Speaker 4 (30:57):
Dutch was an Ed O'Neill and like a kid actor.
Speaker 2 (31:00):
Yeah.
Speaker 4 (31:00):
I don't know who.
Speaker 9 (31:01):
I can't remember who the kid was. H Flubber flubber Yeah,
that was okay, Robin Williams.
Speaker 2 (31:08):
It was fun, I believe now I don't. He did
Vacation and European Vacation.
Speaker 4 (31:13):
Oh, he did the vacation movies.
Speaker 2 (31:15):
I don't know if he did Christmas Vacation. Yeah, he
did Christmas Vacation as well.
Speaker 11 (31:18):
Wow.
Speaker 2 (31:20):
He he like literally all of your favorite movies from
that era from the eighties and nineties and nineties, most
of them were Johnny's and he Hunter one Dalmatians.
Speaker 4 (31:34):
Yeah, I don't remember that one so well. Was was
that Glenn Close in that one?
Speaker 2 (31:39):
Yeah?
Speaker 4 (31:39):
Yeah, a kid's movie, but he.
Speaker 2 (31:42):
Win Dalmatians is a kids movie. He used to be
a cartoon from Disney.
Speaker 5 (31:45):
Carol l How about this Cruela Deville don't go after
nineteen ninety that's pretty much when he stopped making the hits, right,
you're talking about a bunch of kids.
Speaker 2 (31:55):
Home Alone was ninety two?
Speaker 5 (31:58):
Yeah, I don't know.
Speaker 9 (32:00):
Eighties, eighties was the Wheelhouse he you know, he passed
away only fifty nine. In two thousand and nine, he'd
still be directing.
Speaker 4 (32:06):
I'm sure.
Speaker 9 (32:06):
I mean he did not get his full full directorial,
you know, Scope just saying gone too soon. John Hughes, there.
Speaker 2 (32:16):
You go, lrip, poor little liquor. Let's get to Let's
get to the press, the press. Mante Blanias, would you
got my friend?
Speaker 7 (32:26):
I got lots of stuff for you, coach.
Speaker 8 (32:29):
We're going to start with Rob Manfred, who was speaking
during a spring training media event, and obviously a big
topic of conversation has been.
Speaker 7 (32:38):
The Dodgers and they're spending this offseason. Here's a little
about what he had to say.
Speaker 10 (32:43):
The Dodgers have gone out and done everything possible, always
within the rules that currently exist, to put the best
possible team on the field, and I think that's a
great thing for the game. That type of competitive spirit
is what people want to see. I said this at
the owner's meetings. I'll say it again. It's clear that
(33:04):
we have fans in some markets that are concerned about
the ability of the team in their market to compete
with the financial resources of the Dodgers. And I think
if we've been consistent on one point, it is we
try to listen to our fans on topics like this,
and I have heard people on this, believe me.
Speaker 7 (33:24):
So obviously he's hearing it from the fans.
Speaker 8 (33:27):
He does go on to say, when I say I
can't be critical about the Dodgers, They're doing what the
system allows. If I'm going to be critical of somebody,
it's not going to be the Dodgers, is going to
be the system.
Speaker 2 (33:40):
Yeah, it makes sense. Yeah, I'm the same like I have.
I believe he has echoed everything that I have said,
not just Sam, but obviously Jason, you heard me, which
is I'm not a Dodger fan, but what have they
done wrong rather than find the rules final polls and.
Speaker 8 (34:01):
Explain them, Yeah, totally, you're being a real logical baseball
fan their coach.
Speaker 5 (34:08):
And when, by the way, when Manfred says to blame
the system, he is paid by the owners and he's
saying blame the players association. The players union is the
one union in sports that actually has leverage over the
owners somehow. And if they want to fix the financial system,
the players need to do it because the owners would
(34:30):
love a cap. Yeah, they would like a ceiling and
a floor, and they would want to play with these rules.
But the players want to allow that.
Speaker 7 (34:38):
He ain't wrong.
Speaker 8 (34:39):
So the league is going to be testing the automated
ball strike challenge system during spring training that they have
used in minor league baseball. And in case you don't
know how it's going to work, each team is going
to start with two challenges and they will only lose
their challenge if the umpire's call is confirmed. Only the batter, pitcher,
(34:59):
or catcher can challenge the call. They have to like
tip their cap or their helmet to the umpire to
signal that they want to challenge. There's no additional challenges
in extra innings. And a hawk eye view will be
shown during the review.
Speaker 4 (35:12):
This is gonna be Yeah, this is happening.
Speaker 2 (35:15):
Wait when is this right?
Speaker 7 (35:18):
During spring training they're going to test it for the
first time.
Speaker 2 (35:21):
I don't understand why they need to test it. They
haven't the minor leaguers networks just use it.
Speaker 7 (35:26):
You're right, here's like you have tried it. What are
you talking about? But now, yes, they're gonna tested during
spring training.
Speaker 2 (35:32):
Just during spring training. Yeah, it's so easy too, it is.
Speaker 7 (35:37):
Yeah, get in there, yes, exactly.
Speaker 8 (35:41):
So today one NBA game, it was a postpone game
that's going to be between the Hornets and the Lakers.
Speaker 7 (35:48):
JJ Riddick, coach of the Lakers, says that.
Speaker 8 (35:50):
He expects Luka Doncic won't have any minutes restriction moving forward.
Lebron James yesterday was listened as questionable with that ankle injury.
Speaker 7 (35:59):
The status has not changed.
Speaker 8 (36:01):
Mark Williams apparently has rejoined the Hornets. He is probable
to play and was asked about that trade that was rescinded.
Speaker 7 (36:10):
There's no sound, but I have the quote and this
is what he said. Quote. I didn't think I had
failed my physical. It didn't even.
Speaker 8 (36:17):
Cross my mind that night I got traded. I played
hell of minutes. I didn't think in any world that
was possible. Since I've been back at the start of
the year, I've played games with a lot of minutes.
I feel like every injury I've had has been well
documented and I've recovered and been one hundred percent since.
Speaker 7 (36:33):
So I don't know what went into that decision. I
think that's up to them.
Speaker 2 (36:38):
Yeah, a lot of people saying the Lakers backed out
of it, which again I can't say you're wrong. It
just makes it super awkward, right right, Like, yeah, it
didn't trade you. I mean, that's what led to the
end of laro otom with the team. It was the
Chris Paul trade didn't go through, and then he just
lost his mind.
Speaker 8 (36:58):
Yeah, it's I'm interested to see if Mark how Mark
Williams placed today, because he had been separated from the
team too. He just apparently rejoined us sticking here with
the NBA. So Drew Hill is a Grizzlies reporter and
he has this on his Twitter page that he reached
out to the Grizzlies GM because there has been speculation.
Speaker 7 (37:19):
Around John Morant maybe being.
Speaker 8 (37:21):
Traded, So he asked him about it, and the GM
responded with the quote that I think MAVs fans would
have wanted Nico to say.
Speaker 7 (37:30):
This is what he said.
Speaker 8 (37:31):
I can't blame other executives for fantasizing about us trading Jaw,
but it's just that a fantasy.
Speaker 7 (37:38):
We are not trading Jaw.
Speaker 8 (37:40):
Continue to underestimate Jaw, this team in this city, and
we will let our performance on the floor speak for itself.
Speaker 7 (37:47):
I'm not going to give this nonsense.
Speaker 8 (37:48):
Further oxygen and look forward to getting back to basketball.
Speaker 2 (37:54):
Okay, So trading not trading Jaw. That's a perfect response
to and it's a perfect respond Then tell everybody exactly otherwise,
you know, and I do think that teams do that.
They'll plant the seed in the media and then all
of a sudden it's like, whoa wait, are you really trading?
Like who told you that? Well, we heard in the media, right, you.
Speaker 8 (38:13):
Know, it's a way, a perfect way to shut it
down immediately, yes, like stop it, stop it just because
And I understand you know, now, with this Luca trade,
I feel like anything is possible, right, Like everyone's probably
thinking that, even some of the players have been commenting, Hey,
Luca got traded. Anything's possible, but Grizzly is standing firm.
Jah Morant ain't going nowhere. And that's the press.
Speaker 2 (38:36):
Get out there and pressed.
Speaker 3 (38:37):
That was the press.
Speaker 5 (38:38):
All right.
Speaker 2 (38:39):
That's the Doug Gottlieb Show on Fox Sports. Trade Reminder,
the podcast will be up here top of the hour.
We'll get into what Kevin Durant had to say about
leaving his team and whether or not we buy it.
So in the meantime, download that podcast, download any of
the podcast. Just type in Doug Gottlieberg your podcast. You
can check it out, all right for monts Milanyos and
Jason Stewart. Tomorrow we'll be guest hosting The Herd with
(39:02):
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