2025-04-17 EAVES

Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
Welcome back to Eve Sports Radio. It is April. That's seventeenth,
twenty twenty five. It's Thursday in the louisvervi Arey. If
you did not know it, nice morning. It was a
nice one. When I turn my sprinkler on the water,
the grass that I have to regrow from the two
trees that it died in the front of my home.
I was out and it was chilly, but it was

(00:21):
a nice morning. I'm not gonna lie to you. It
was quiet and peaceful, a little crisp. So make sure
you get out, get out on time. Be safe today
it's gonna be a wonderful day. Secondly, I got my
younger son, Anthony E's I didn't kill him. Yes, yeah,
I didn't kill him. I did not kill my son.
Trust me. If people are like you, gotta be easier
on your side. I didn't kill it, Anthony. Tell everybody
you're okay.

Speaker 2 (00:44):
I'm in shambles right now.

Speaker 1 (00:49):
George, George, welcome to the show. Anthony waiting for the
one and only George Williams. He's calling in today. We're
running the best stuff tomorrow. Yes, I'm taking a three
day weekend. I do those things at sixty six at least,
I'm honest and tell you, oh, yes, dang Shannon and

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the other guy's on, Anthony. Let me tell you something.
When you have a press conference, you have every media
outlet there, everyone, and there's a person on the front
row that's heckling you, Anthony. And I mean there was
a person on the front row heckling me. I told
Reverend Cosby, can we have him removed from the building?

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And he says and says, no. Guess who that was, Anthony.
We both know who that was. Hey, George, Hey, Hey,
what's going on?

Speaker 3 (01:45):
Great press confidence, great, great press conference, bau God was wonderful.

Speaker 1 (01:50):
You know. I agree. I enjoyed it. I'm not lying
with you, George.

Speaker 4 (01:54):
I had a great time.

Speaker 3 (01:56):
Well, I'm going to tell you away from one of
the friends and one of the people I brought to
the conference. He said it was so good to him.
He said it was almost a tear jerk moment for him,
he said, and that, you know, and that's coming from
a man, you know what I mean. He said that
he enjoyed it, and he watched it and he was
so you know, like I said, it was so exciting
for me because Jerry, you know when you I watched

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the Wine grow up as a child, you know what
I mean, in five fifty and Derek and then play
together and watch them grow and then and watch the
success he's heaving and to become the man. I tell
you the funny thing I told him after the meeting, though, Jerry,
because a lot of people don't know, the Wine is
probably one of the most quietest people I've ever met
in my life. I said, the wine out in my life,
I said, the wine, I said, beside him in Bridgewater. Yeah,

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I said the one. I said. You know what, the
most amazing thing about this I didn't think they baby
get that many words at you. He did a wonderful job.
You did a wonderful job. But it was fantastic. Coach
Houston was there. It was it was wonderful. Jay, you
did a great job and a great hut. I must
say that not only did you do a great job,
I think the Wine would do great things. I watched
him in high school and he's built himself up. He

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came from high school, became assistant coach, and now he's
a head coach. And you know, and you did the
things I think we always talked about Jerry. You opened
the door and you gave him an opportunity, and I
want to salute you for doing that. Also, thank you, George.

Speaker 1 (03:16):
No, I appreciate you, George, really truly, Anthony, I was
showing Anthony, George, I sent it to you on the
front stage of the Career Journal, and I want to
let everyone know all the media outlets that I reached
out to, I appreciate the coverage that you all have
given Simmons College of Kentucky and the notoriety that you
all have given to Reverend Cosby and my program. I

(03:37):
really do. Everyone showed up. I mean the representation was
all over the news yesterday. And I want people to
know one thing I put on the social media X
whatever that is don I put on X that he
earned this position high school, worked his way up through
the ranks where kids out, worked with Wiley Brown and
I used Southeast for four seasons learn from wild exactly.

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I mean, you just he earned it, was not given.
The one earned this position, and I was just happy
to be able to give him the opportunity to be
a college head coach. Georgia is a big deal. It is.

Speaker 3 (04:13):
It is, and he expected it and Jared, can I
say one of the things that I thought that was
prempted to the UH is so good for what he said,
just that all the things he said, this is what
I took from it the most. He told your players
when he came in, he said, guys, I'm gonna make
y'all gonna have to make a sacrifice. I told everybody
that's gonna play for me, he said, it's about sacrificing

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for the other players. It's about you may be the star,
but if you're not having a great game, you got
to stand up and chair for other people. But this
is what I loved the most about what he said, Jerry,
he said, you know I had to make sacrifices. He said,
I was playing in uh where Finnish career. I think
it was Mexico. He said. I was playing. The general
manager ownership called me in and they looked at me
and they said, the wine we like to make you

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head coach of this scene. And the wine said, I
thought about my children. I thought about raising my children.
I thought about this would be a fantastic opportunity, and
this is what I love about. The money would be great,
he said, but I thought the most important thing to me,
and the sacrifice. He said. I wanted that job, but
he said the most important thing to me was to

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be able to see my children grow up and to
see him play sports, and to be a dad to them.
He said. So my sacrifice was, although I could be
a much richer man, I wanted to come back and
watch them grow and be the father to be with them,
he said. And so that was the sacrifice I made.
He said. Everybody on this team is going to have
to make sacrifices. I thought that was so profound, you know,

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I mean, and that's what I took most from that journey.
How he wanted to show that you points be a
family man. He showed what you're about, being educated, getting
a degree, coming back and making a difference in society.
And then these are the sacrifices everybody must make in life.

Speaker 1 (05:53):
He was fantastic.

Speaker 3 (05:55):
No thing was fantastic.

Speaker 1 (05:57):
How y'all were, and Anthony and all, here's the deal,
except for you know that you're somebody always. I love
to be that one. George is always one brother.

Speaker 3 (06:11):
You will you don't know, you don't know your boss
up by to the bus day.

Speaker 1 (06:16):
Listen, I tell Adrian I too, everybody of the buses.

Speaker 4 (06:18):
I noticed that. You'll you, George Williams.

Speaker 1 (06:23):
We're going to the Kentucky Derby two years ago and
doing the show Ms. Gwyn and I from the front
side right now at the backs that where we always
do it. When George, of course you know, there was
a tag along. His name was Martin Dunbar.

Speaker 3 (06:38):
George, mister Dunbar, mischle Dunbar.

Speaker 1 (06:41):
Derby week on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. Security is keen. Well,
we break Martin through three of the four security gates.
We break him in the fourth one. The lady finally
calls us out and says, where's your past? So we
all kind of look a little funny. She looked at
me and says, mister, it's always at one group. I said,

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it is always that one. She said, it is cute.
I said, you gotta give me a break. We broke
Martin in. Oh man, there's always one. George has to
be you.

Speaker 3 (07:16):
It's normally you. You right, I agree with that, but
your character, do you know what I mean? But yeah,
that was wonderful. Yeah, great job, great hug. I think
the only thing Brown Jay, You're gonna have to get
more room at your gym. Though, I know the line's
gonna bring his own crowd question.

Speaker 1 (07:34):
So Anthony, let me tell you what. Here's the part
that I was gonna bust you, George Williams. Don't you
see a word this? Everything I'm telling you all is legitimate.
A gentleman named Jim Price walks into the back of
the press conference. Anthony, Jim is your second cousin, okay.
Jim was Coach Crumb's first superstar player to gie him

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to the Final four. Jim senior year. Jim was an
NBA ABA player, NBA All Star. Anthony eleven year pro
was very very good, Anthony. He comes back to the
University of Louiso in nineteen eighty one. We had won
it in the eighty Anthony. The team was struggling. The
story is one hundred percent factual. The team, Anthony was

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two and seven, and people are hitting half court buzzer
beaters to beat us. It's not like we're playing poorly, Anthony,
but teams just I mean, we were the national Champson.
They were waiting for us, Anthony. We were playing tough
teams on the road. Coach Crumb duck no one. We're
not playing. You know, I'm not saying Morehead Eastern Western,
That's not who we were playing. We're going to Kansas.
We're going to Kansas State. Kansas State hit a shot

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at the buzzer. No, Oklahoma State hit a shot at
the buzzer in December to beat us, just like us.
Reid had done the march before. Jim comes back and says, Jerry,
do you want to be a good player? And Anthony
the one thing he told the truth to everyone, That's
all they had to say to me. I said, of
course I do. He says, if you give me thirty

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to forty five minutes a day, I'll have you there
in two weeks. So you know, I mean if most
people would say that, you'd go ay in a way.
He says, Jerry, you're really close. And Anthony, at the time,
I was probably averaging ten ten and a half a game.
Got me and I was the second leading scorer on
the team. Derek was probably a twelve. But we were
trying to find ourselves. No, Darryl Griffith didn't know where

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the shots were going to come from, who was gonna
shoot it, what was supposed to happen. We were all
trying to find ourself. Scooter mccraig, pro, Ridney mccrai, pro,
Derek Smith, pro Jerry's Frow. I mean we were good, Anthony.
We were just trying to find our way. It happens.
That's why I told people all the time, I don't
want to hear about you got beat, Anthony. I had
six pros on our team week at play and we
were two and seven. I said, sure, a dude, Jim,

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without a doubt, I'll stay after practice with in two
weeks Anthony. He took me from nine, ten eleven a
game to where I averaged nineteen and a half a game, Anthony,
for nineteen straight games, we won eighteen in a row.
We went to Marquette Anthony, Derek Smith and I. I
missed one shot, had twenty six. Derek had twenty seven
and didn't miss a shot. That's doc rivers, Anthony. I'm

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not talking about chopped liver. I'm talking about real pros.
We were just destroying people. And that's the year. I
went to Virginia Tech, George at twenty at halftime, I
didn't miss a shot. Jim Price, in twenty to thirty
five minutes a day, put my game together to where
that's why I played an NBA. That's a god's on

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this truth and twenty to thirty five minutes a day.
And I went to him as a pro Anthony my
before my rookie season. He second team aul rookie. That
man could teach offense, I am telling you. And he
was just the best guy in the world, George, I thought,
And here's the why I got to kill George on
But Georgie, I want you to talk on the serious side.

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So as I'm bringing him up, George is sitting in
front row. Anthony friends George front row. George is like,
here you go with that nepotism stuff. Didn't you say that,
George Williams. Georgie knew who I was bringing up. I
didn't announce him. I said, the man right there in
the back. You come up here, Jim knew I was
speaking with. Jim gets up. He's standing in the city

(11:11):
next to Susan Crumb starts walking up and here's George Williams.
Here you go with that. Never tell George.

Speaker 4 (11:17):
Williams you're sick.

Speaker 1 (11:18):
Well almost put you out of the press conference.

Speaker 4 (11:22):
You from the University of Louisville. Jered, I know how
it works, bro. I'll watch the other day man exactly.

Speaker 1 (11:28):
I want all the cardinal fans said, Hey, Jerry's I
got ties to Louisville before they ever had ties to Louisville.
I don't care what anybody.

Speaker 4 (11:35):
Says, not only that you keep hinding, you keep hiding
Louisville too, you know what I mean.

Speaker 1 (11:40):
Don't say that too loud, George. Don't bring that up, George,
I'm the Louisville hater. Don't bring that up.

Speaker 4 (11:46):
Oh my father, Hey guy Sew, you came, Thank.

Speaker 1 (11:52):
You, George. I want you to speak about what now. Honestly,
what Jim said when he came, when he talked to
the one about one but again about the scripture and
what he talked about Reverend Cosby baptized Jim Price. I'm
telling you that brought tears to my eyes.

Speaker 4 (12:08):
I didn't know that, Georgia.

Speaker 1 (12:09):
I had no idea that Reverend Cosby and Jim Price
knew each other. I didn't even know. Yeah, I had
no idea.

Speaker 3 (12:16):
You know.

Speaker 4 (12:17):
Yeah, I had been knowing your seing cousin for a
lot long, not not longer than you, but you know,
as he was a superstar at the university of Louisville.
You know during his career, I got me and Jim,
we hung out really tough, you know what I'm saying.
And like you say, far as hard work, work ethic,
wanting to be fantastic, Jim is all that. And like
I say, Jim really should be on somebody's said because

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he does a fantastic job, like you said, with young
people and uh motivation, Jim can take you from one
because like you said, Jery, he worked with me also
in my career. So I know everything you say and
how true it is. And you know the one thing
that I like what Jim said. And you talk about
this all the time. You talk about the education factor
that you try to create a Simmons and getting the
young men a building to move. But Jim talks about sacrifice,

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and then he talks about what stardom does for you.
He said, sometimes, you know, you got to put it
in his place. He said, Sometimes you can get possessed back,
he said, sometimes we get possessed by who's the most
outstanding person, who's the greatest person, he said, But you
got to think about who he's gonna be in life.
He said, you can't let that possess you. He said,
you got to take it and put it in his

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right perspective, and he says, what Jerry doing getting the
kids the education, for playing them for life. He said,
that's what you need to do. He said, don't let
basketball possess you. And I thought that that was one
of the great things. And like I said, what you do, Jerry,
trying to get the young men of education, getting them homes,
for playing them for life, being family men. I think
that it is greater than being the number one team

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in the country any day of the week.

Speaker 1 (13:45):
Thank you, George, Anthony. The same that I used to
say to you, expectations. Don't be excited when things go well, George,
that's the truth. It probably was a week or two
into the process with Jim Price my junior year, and
we were at home, George and I truly probably scored
hit four or five shots in a row, Anthony jump shots,

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and I was really excited. Anthony and I went sprinting
to the bench, and you know, I saw Jim standing
right behind the bench. Coach Crumblin allowed Jim Price to
be at practice. He's right behind the bench. I sit down.
I'm feeling good about myself. He leans over in my
ear and says, what's you excited about? Now? Turn around
looking at him puzzled, because Jim, what we're doing is working.

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He said, that's what hard work does. Expect it to work.
I turned back around, Anthony, and that's what I told you.
Never again did you see me super pumped up. You
didn't see me doing all those things. I did them
some not in high school. I expected to score, Anthony,
but as a college player, to go from ten to
eighteen and I did first team All Conference. I don't

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mention All American from nowhere from seven point eight points
a game as a sophomore, Anthony. Jim said, what's wrong
with you? Expected? You're working for it? And that was why, Anthony,
you got all this stuff from me, because Jim gave
it to me in that game. I'll never I want
everybody to understand that's the truth. I looked at that
man and the way he was looking at me, he

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is right. I could have kissed me so close to
my ear. It's a game, it's packed. I turned back around.
I was like, damn, that sounds like my dad. I mean,
one hundred percent, what is wrong with you? Expect good
things to happen when you work hard, period. And I mean, Anthony,
that's why you heard it all the time. You and
Frank You we're up in the morning early. It's gonna

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work for you. You work for it. If you work
for it, it will happen. Guys, we gotta get to
break and we're gonna throw it to you for some
national news when we come back about the NBA. And
then I got questions for you and George. I really
do to where I'm gonna make you all have all
the input. But George, thanks for showing up with the
Louisville Defender again. I want to say I had George
Williams in the front bring you. I had Big Rode

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in the back.

Speaker 4 (15:53):
Cat fan.

Speaker 1 (15:54):
I don't know, check this out. I gotta say this.
You know what I'm gonna have to just I'm gonna
shoot Rod. I'm in the office talking to Week. We're
getting ready to come down the steps. George. My door
opens quietly steps around the corner. He looked up and said,

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you know I'm here. I was wrong. I said what
up Ron said down and said, Weedie, you know I'm
a cat fan. But boy, that sweet jump shot you
had and then we started talking about Ballard and Mail
and we was like, oh, our tribal, I said, he
doesn't know anything about brewing. George going to say it
to us? Going in the break, brew and Nation?

Speaker 4 (16:41):
Can you help me do? And what did I say, Jerry?
Why isn't the yellow jacket on that stage? What did
I tell you, Jered? Why is that yellow jacket?

Speaker 1 (16:50):
I thought, you just say that it's brilliant Nation. It's
seven two. We'll be back with that. He after the break.
Welcome back to Eve Sports Radio seven six. Yes, hey, Anthony, Yes, quickly.

Speaker 4 (17:07):
George, what you got? Okay? I got? I gotta say this.
I remember yesterday, you know, I would listen to him
give you all the maccolades and almost made me sick.
You say, I'm almost egurgitated up on the up on
the front row, and I was, I had to take myself,
you know what I mean? And then I thought, I said,
my lasting memories of you, Jerry is when we I
used to walk you in too crossor gym, take you

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over to your little chair, give you a groshout so
you can sign the players up. Who's gonna play at next?

Speaker 1 (17:36):
And I told you somes wrong with that? Man, and
some's wrong with that man. But that's all over the SA.
The Lord, I remember you getting Jerry, that's the big
I remember drawing live radio Anthity. So I can't go
where I want to go, Anthony, Anthony, you know I
want to go. I can't go there. It's live.

Speaker 4 (17:54):
That's what I never jer.

Speaker 1 (17:59):
And he tells what in the NBA and National news
last night, George, something's wrong with you boy?

Speaker 4 (18:05):
I cry go ahead at.

Speaker 2 (18:10):
Yep. So on the NBA side, we did have two
of the playing games last night. We did have the
ten play seed play in the East. We had the
Heat defeat the Bulls one O, nine to ninety, and
then the nine to tenth play seed. In the West,
we did have a Mavericks defeat the Kings one six
that will be eliminating the Bulls in the Sacramento Kings
from the playoffs, where this Friday, those two teams that

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did win will be playing for the eight seed games
in the East and the West. So in the East
it will be the Miami Heat versus the Atlanta Hawks
playing at seven o'clock on Friday for the eight seed
plan and it'll be the Mavericks versus the Grizzlies in
the West for the eight seed, playing before they start
getting into actual rounds of the series, which to begin
Saturday at one o'clock. So big, I say it's situational.

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It's a big decision maker on which teams win these
eight seeds because I received most of the one season
favorite obviously okay, season number one and in the West
in Cleveland's number one in the East. So they could
be playing the Atlanta Hawks or the Miami Heat. From
my perspective, I would rather want to play the Hawks.

Speaker 4 (19:13):
No reason why. I say that, no question.

Speaker 2 (19:16):
When it comes to franchise and winning, winning culture and
winning personality. I don't want to play Eric Sposure in
the Miami Heat. I'm just gonna complete it out. Would
they still probably win, Yes, in an overall series, I
think they still win, just skill wise, but it's a
lot of wear and tear and a lot of mental
draining playing the Miami Heat rather than the Atlanta Hawks.

Speaker 4 (19:36):
It's just not even gonna play. They will.

Speaker 1 (19:41):
They're gonna pay.

Speaker 2 (19:42):
They don't forget. They got Andrew Wiggins.

Speaker 1 (19:45):
Too, Yes, Andrew Wigs. They're gonna play you, I mean, Miami.
You don't want Miami's a tough out. They want Atlanta, George,
They want Atlanta, don't you agree, George?

Speaker 4 (19:54):
And with everything out there, Yeah yeah, because that's the
little guard to shoot you out of that.

Speaker 1 (20:02):
Yeah, Tree Young. Oh, George, I'd hit him in his mouth, George,
I'm telling you, George, George, we ran the u c
l A cut just like Louis. I'd have hit him
in his mouth, George. Under I was shot all layups.
I'm being honest. The game was different than George Joan's time.
What I'm saying, Coach, the u c l A offense, guys,

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was a physical offense. It was a post offense. Purpose
Ellison posted at the center, Jerry's and Daryl Griffith posted
at the guard. So did Junior Bridgeman Alan Murphy. People
do not know. Coach Crumb's offense was a physical offense.
We played below the free throw line. Coach Crumb told
us all the time, if everyone remembers, Coach Crumb kind
of fought the three pointer until Dewan Wheat. Now, guys,

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one we hit three hundred threes before, but he kind
of fought it until Dwan Wheaked.

Speaker 4 (20:51):
No doubt about it.

Speaker 1 (20:52):
We were a physical. We were six eight and under Anthony,
and we went out to beat you up. I'll tell you, George,
when I saw a little Young frustrated holding the ball
from the refs, George, he would have been again, he
wouldn't have played the same way. He would have been
a great player in my era. But George, he would
have got hit in the mouth. That's all there is
to it. There's no question about it.

Speaker 4 (21:15):
And you know he really hurts them because he never
goes below the top of the key. I mean, it's
gotta be something.

Speaker 1 (21:22):
They've been trying to move Trey Young for three years.
Anthony knows they just exactly makes too much. Now you
can't win with him. Anthony didn't tray Young, but go
before Luka Doncis wasn't what was it? I know what
that was? The trade? Who got drafted first? Do you remember, Anthony?

Speaker 2 (21:38):
I think, if I'm not Young, I think I think
Trey Young got drafted either third. He might have got
drafted a third, but the Hogs traded their right to
the Mavericks or the Mavericks or they swapped their picks out.
He might have went to the Math originally, and I
think they traded him for the fourth or fifth taking
the draft, which I mean they're I think there's still

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both good players, very different play styles, obviously different bodies.
They both score offensive, but obviously the both kind of
liabilities on defense. In my opinion, is it really like
one team really missed out by getting one. I think
Luca has a higher ceiling just oh yeah higher, But
what what they've reached in the playoffs wise?

Speaker 4 (22:23):
Right now?

Speaker 2 (22:23):
Obviously Lucas taking the Mavericks a little bit, has done,
has done a pretty decent job in the playoffs. I'm
feel safe for the most mort He's he's pretty efficient.
He gets nubbed a lot in the All Stars. People
don't like him because of the size. Atlanta is always
that team that's always in the cuss line of like

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five hundred. They usually they're usually like forty one and
forty one in their season, they go to the playoffs,
they now if they.

Speaker 5 (22:49):
Play in the Knicks.

Speaker 2 (22:50):
Tray is the best player in the NBA.

Speaker 4 (22:52):
But outside of that, I don't know, you're right he does.
I think the Mills really hurt him. To me, I
think sometimes he could he tried to be a lot
more fancy than than necessarily make a good pass Like
the other day he made a fake pass to the
guy look away and then when he threw it to
the guy, that guy cut the split the lane and
got the ball. Because he doesn't see what you getting

(23:13):
ready to do. You know what I mean. I think
I think he hurts him in his past. I mean,
he's a great passer, but everything has to put Prince
Prince Pacevie on it. He doesn't throw any simple passes.
He's gotta be fancy, like he's a magician, and sometimes
his magic doesn't work.

Speaker 1 (23:27):
No, I agree. His size is the problem guys, and
defensively he is just a liability. And that's why the
Hawks can't go far in the playoffs because guys, the
playoff game slow down and they become more physical. That's
why I'm gonna watch them. Got a playoffs and it's
gonna be physical. It's gonna be good basketball.

Speaker 4 (23:45):
They're gonna play and like you said, Jerry, in a
seven game series, everybody knows everything he's gonna do, so
that's why you know him. They're gonna take trade Young
down low and play him like that. And if he
doesn't hit his three, I don't think he's really valuable.
To any team. You know, when he's hitting that three,
he's a dangerous man. But when he's not, and then
and then in the finals, they're gonna put bigs on

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him all the time. They're not gonna let him have
a jump shot, and he'll be tired by the seventh
game of any series. And I've been hard on.

Speaker 1 (24:13):
Him, yes, but I want people to know that he
did come to Louisville. Frank and Anthony know this. But
he got up and worked out early, at five thirty
in the morning. I give him credit.

Speaker 4 (24:22):
Guys.

Speaker 1 (24:22):
I don't want you all to think that he does
not work on his trade. He does work on his trade,
he really does. But I mean, I think a lot
of people in Atlanta lost their job because Luca doncis
the upside. If Luca will get his body together, if
Lebron can make him just work out, Lebron has worked out,
Lebron does take care of his body. If Luca does that,

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lucas a generational player. Luca could be a top ten
NBA player of all time if he said I want
to really get my body together. Luca's good, guys, but
I would, But I still I didn't mind the trade
I'm still waiting for Kyrie to get healthy. And you
all saw Anny Davis playlist. If Anthony Davis just stays healthy,

(25:03):
I do get mad at anthy because he doesn't stay healthy.
But if he's healthy, he's a bad man. I mean,
Andy Davis is a bad man. If, but that's a
big if. Liability is a key and that's a huge if.
But they can play now, I'm looking for it. Yes, yeah,
I'm looking forward to the Mavericks next year. People are
selling them short. Let Kyrie get healthy. Kyrie Irving can

(25:24):
really play. Guys, won of them championships for Kyrie's now Lebron's.
Kyrie can play. He's a little weird, he's a little.

Speaker 4 (25:31):
Quirky, but he can play, and he can Jared means everything.

Speaker 1 (25:36):
Oh yes, no, he can play and he can defend you. So, guys,
we're at seven thirty four. When we come back, I
got questions for you and Anthony. I've got some questions
about the quarterback class of twenty twenty three. I've gone
through it a little bit. We know that Nico is
getting all the fly but it was on Sports Center
this morning. Anthony was with me, took a picture of it.

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And out of the twenty twenty three class, five of
the best quarterbacks. Now all of the quarterbacks, but five
of the better quarterbacks Nelson Moore, Arnold Manning, and Niko
four to five of transferred, only Manning has stayed the
course in state at Texas. So we're gonna talk about that.
I'm asking you us some questions about that. It's EVE
Sports Radio. It's seven thirty five. I got Anthony E's,

(26:21):
I got George Williams. We'll be back after the break.
Welcome back to EVE Sports Radio. Seven thirty eight. I
got Anthony E's, I got George Williams. Let me tell
y'all something. Josh Hurd sent me a congratulations on my
new coaching hire. I appreciate that, Josh, And congratulations to you,
Josh on your pay increase. So you know that means, Josh,
I'm calling you for I'm gonna ask you for some

(26:43):
money for Simmons. Everyone knows I have no George with
my advertisers, and I told you I have the best guys.
I don't solicit advertising for Esports Radio. I should. I
did when I got started, but I haven't in five years.
I'm being honest with you. I just have relationships, but
I don't go I don't like asking for money until
it comes to Simmons. George, George, I got no problem

(27:04):
asking for money. Hey, big fellow wrote me a check yesterday.
Wade Houston, I mean, George, but you know when you
reach out for a good reason. My teammate David Stanley
lives up the street from me, makes all the telephone polls,
played with me at ballor Martin and I and David boy,
we we got in trouble together. Just put it that way, George.

(27:24):
We weren't.

Speaker 4 (27:25):
We weren't the best teammates.

Speaker 1 (27:27):
We were the There's always those ones. Martin Dunbar, David Stanley,
jerrys if you ask because a ring leader, he's a
ring He was a ring leader, George. That boy was
a ring leader.

Speaker 4 (27:40):
I'm telling you that ain't what he says. Jerry, ring leader.

Speaker 1 (27:45):
But David Stanley, we're gonna go to Capitol Grille next week.
He's giving me a huge donation. George, when you're asking
for a good cause, I have no problem and people
always I appreciate everything everyone does for Simmons concept Kentuck.
So here's the deal, Anthony and George straight up. There's
been so much about this name, image and likeness and anthony,

(28:05):
and I listened. I don't know if you were listening
to ESPN this morning, but football does have an issue, George,
because there's a young man that is going to be
at two schools in the same year. I never thought
of this. I want people to think of this. I
knew basketball is a dual semester sports, it's more difficult.
I want people to understand. Your players have to stay

(28:27):
eligible both semesters. Stay with me, people, no one plays
that is ineligible in college. They must have a certain
GPA and past a certain amount of hours. I want
everybody done everywhere, okay, which means in basketball, I certify
them before the season starts, just like I do I
would a football program going into the year August, and

(28:50):
then I certify them again December after fall semester. Got me, George, Well,
football players are able to leave. They are a one
semester sport most of the time, unless you count these
new playoff series. But in the old days, football was
done first semester. Only the playoffs push them into only

(29:12):
The teams that are playing in playoff games play in
January and February. The rest are done. So ninety percent
of the players have the opportunity to transfer George in
December to a school and they have they stay during
spring training and spring workouts and may even get a
dollar or two. Like some of my naysayers, they're right

(29:33):
on this. One may get a dollar or two. George.
They can transfer again at the end of the spring semester.
So you've got football players that are going that have
been at two schools in one year. They have to
get a grip They presidents and ads have to get
a grip on this. Rules just have to be applied.
That's all. Money has to be paid and rules have

(29:56):
to be applied. Every professional sports has one. It's professionals sports.
Now there are no more student athletes. Throw that out
the window. They are employees. Call them employees, have them
sign contracts, have them have a work expectation, and make
them meet that. George, it is time because the football thing.
I hadn't ever thought about it, George until this morning,

(30:17):
and they said the young.

Speaker 4 (30:18):
Man's name, guess you have. I told you about the
playing from your veil early in the year that did that.
But go ahead, I'm sorry to cut you off, Okay,
I got you.

Speaker 1 (30:26):
No, no, no. So aunt was sitting with me. So
and in your opinion, you're a young guy. What do
you think about what we heard this morning when Ben
was explaining it to.

Speaker 2 (30:36):
Us, Yeah, he was.

Speaker 5 (30:39):
It was playing a lot.

Speaker 2 (30:39):
It was pretty much going through obviously the inplication. She
talked about a lot of how the players are finally
getting paid now, but obviously kind of in the spectrum
of that they're getting paid, but also at the same time,
a lot of people weren't like super excited they're getting
paid now because it turns more into more of a
professional role than just college athletes when they talking about

(31:00):
that in the spectrum, because everyone's a free agent, everyone
goes into the portal pretty much every year, and everyone
is chasing that bigger dollar amount. It makes it difficult
one for programs. It's a little bit more stress on coaches,
which I mean is certaently five. When your coach is
making five and a half million dollars, you gotta have
some type of stress. I'm just gonna be completely honest
with you. You don't make five half million dollars and

(31:22):
get in your job just a coach ride, which is
what it is, but at the same time it gives
the players the opportunity to explore different aspects in different routes. Now,
it's still kind of funny how Nico's situation with Tennessee
has been kind of exploited and put all over ESPN
and all over the news, even though Nico has never
formally came out and said anything about the altercation with Tennessee.

(31:42):
Not that it's been phenomenal, but it hasn't been the worst.
But there's other quarterbacks in the same class going through
the same situation that are even in the transfer portal.
And the funny thing is I actually found out yesterday
that kids can go into the portal without having to
requested or actually notify it. You can just go through
your own school to ask that you want to transfer
and a withdrawal from the school's university and talk.

Speaker 3 (32:04):
To other schools.

Speaker 2 (32:05):
A lot of people thought that you had to formally
come out, go through paperwork and smith saying that you
want to enter the transfer portal to be able to
have contact with other schools, when that's not the case either.
So a lot of kids can go behind technically closed
doors and reach out to other schools withdraw from that
school and signed to another school within the same day,
and nobody knows.

Speaker 1 (32:25):
About it, Yes, until they until they see that they're leaving.
I agree, George, what do you think.

Speaker 4 (32:31):
Yeah, Jay, Louisville had a player to do that last year,
the wide receiver, wide receiver.

Speaker 3 (32:38):
I do.

Speaker 1 (32:38):
I can't, but I do remember. Yes, I do remember, George, Yes.

Speaker 4 (32:41):
I remember. I told you. He went to South Carolina,
went to the spring practice, played, came back in the
summer time, decided he didn't want to play, came back,
played for Louisville and started, and the coach said, I
will start him when he gets back. So that's not
very unusual to me, Jae. I. I was waiting for
a basketball player do it. That's a big time basketball player,

(33:02):
quit in December and go to another school and have
to win that hip. You can't do it, George. You
can't do it, George. Jerry, No, I don't want to
think about that.

Speaker 1 (33:12):
I don't want to.

Speaker 4 (33:13):
I've been telling people that for a long time, Jared,
I've been talking about that forever. I told you about that.
Last year. When it happened, I said, look what they doing, Jaed.
I could not believe that you could leave a school
one semester playing another school the second semester, you know
what I mean?

Speaker 1 (33:26):
And uh, football, basketball cannot George, It's not gonna happen, George.

Speaker 4 (33:32):
I'm praying that don't Jed. But you know, I never
say never. I never say never, say.

Speaker 1 (33:36):
Never into today's climate, never say never in today's Tell me.

Speaker 4 (33:40):
Jerry, I'm talked about a lot of things I never see,
but you know, but yeah, I've seen it happen, Jerry,
And I think it's it's got to be devastating to
a program. But then you allowed you, you would go
get somebody else's young man. So I don't see why
by other coaches, because if you had the opportunity you
could get a start, you go get Hi. You wouldn't
worry about the other program.

Speaker 1 (33:58):
So you know.

Speaker 4 (34:00):
The post today though there that I thought was very
good though about this nil thing. And ye, the man
was talking and he said something I thought was profound.
He said, if you're going to go to smaller schools
and rob them, they need to get some kind of conversation. Also, Yes,
and I think that really makes good sense.

Speaker 1 (34:17):
Yes, that's I think that's going to be part of
the process. Just so everyone will know before we go
to break. Malachi Nelson was at usc transferred to UTEP
class of twenty twenty three. Dante Moore was at UCLA,
transferred to Oregon. Jackson Arnold was at Oklahoma transferred to
Alburt archer Manning was at Texas, has stayed at Texas

(34:39):
and Nico whatever. His last name is Tennessee, and we're
waiting to find out what his new location is. So
four the five have tried to renegotiate their contracts with
schools or are trying to find a better opportunity to
play so that they can make more money. So it's
just not abnormal anymore. People are moving around. They just
need to stop. George, you should only be able to

(35:02):
move one time, one time, and you should have to
sign two year deals. That's all I said. I don't
mind the money one time signed two year deals.

Speaker 4 (35:11):
You have to stay tire.

Speaker 1 (35:12):
And if you transfer George city year like the old days.
If you just think you go up and run around
every day city year.

Speaker 4 (35:21):
Many kids we don't seen go four years. But I'll
tell you one thing that we got to be really
be fair. But with other young men on this this
transferend like to do. And you brought up Manning. Why
would Manny have to wear about going anyway? Jay, he don't.
He don't even George, I said, he he has.

Speaker 1 (35:38):
His name is a brand. You're a hundred percent correct.
He is not like everyone else. That's all there is
to it. He is different. He has sat on the
bench and I guarantee he's made more than any of
these players. Also, but his name, it is what it is.
George Manning's have earned it. His granddaddy deserved it, his
daddy and brother uncle has deserved it. Now he's a

(35:58):
great player, George. Any name is of any name, there's
no reason not.

Speaker 4 (36:03):
And that put him on the march make as much
as he does.

Speaker 1 (36:05):
He's Workie, he absolutely he they earned it. So George's
seven forty eight. We're gonna get to break for our
last one. We come out, come back. We're just gonna
talk about a little bit. I sent it to you
George's NBA pre draft and a name that's not on
the list. I just cannot believe. It's the Sports Radio.
We'll talk to you all in a second. Welcome back

(36:26):
to sports Radio. Yes it is.

Speaker 4 (36:30):
It's Thursday.

Speaker 1 (36:31):
If you did not know it. And it's seven fifty two.
You should be close to arriving at work for eight o'clock.
There are no more passes. The NCAA is over. The
seventeenth of April. George Anthony, I got the guy who's
been waiting for both of you all and he said
he's gonna come after you. So I'm gonna give him
his time. I have to. I have to favor bring

(36:52):
on the one and only.

Speaker 4 (36:53):
A cys going. I'm bad man, I got that vine money.

Speaker 5 (37:03):
Well, you know I'm doing good. You know the show
is running. Any guys are running about to end the show,
so I don't want to make it longer.

Speaker 4 (37:11):
Here's the thing that show is.

Speaker 5 (37:12):
Let me pronounce that name, Nicole am I Laiva. He's
a somo one, sir. You gotta learn to pronounce your name, yes, sir, absolutely.

Speaker 1 (37:22):
Because again do it again for me one more time.

Speaker 5 (37:28):
The gentleman is a small one. His name is Nicole
am I Leava.

Speaker 1 (37:35):
Thank you.

Speaker 5 (37:35):
See yeah, I know it's pronounced, but absolutely, when you
are when you have to bring like an Einstein, like
a c I could bribe about it. I'm mister a.
I'm gonna hang up. By I'm gonna hang up by
saying this. I don't address the haters because you know
they love me. However, I have the Boston Celtics to

(37:59):
win back to back championship. However, I'm gonna make a
bold prediction. You ready for this, Boston Celtics. Boston Celtics,
they are not going to play a single game seven.
It's not a prediction, it's a spoiler, hollow.

Speaker 4 (38:21):
Well, you didn't sign forgetting bond money out for He
didn't think he did.

Speaker 1 (38:26):
He left out alone. He's in in Malayva. But he
sure didn't talk about that bond money.

Speaker 4 (38:31):
Yeah. I kind of hurt, Jed. I'm kind of hurt, Anthony.

Speaker 1 (38:35):
He kind of left that alone. So guys, here we
are though, and I'm talking about this name agine likeness,
and congratulations to Charlie Ward taking over the FAMU Florida
any and basketball job Heisman Trophy. One of the first
Trophy football players to take a college basketball job. Charlie
Ward played Allen Houston with the Knicks and is a

(38:55):
great person. But guys, Anthony, I sent you a list
and it was the draft picks. And all I'm telling
people is I know that this mock draft. I did it.
I did it for a living for seven years in
the draft room. And no, we didn't tell these draft
predictors who we were going to draft. But George, I

(39:19):
sent something to Anthony and you got it too. I think, George, Anthony,
tell them you don't know that Clayton is not even
in the first round of what I just said it?
And am I seeing that writer? Am I losing my mind? Anthony? Honestly,
the younger was not in the first round.

Speaker 2 (39:37):
The probably bas off a off of age too.

Speaker 4 (39:42):
He's funny.

Speaker 2 (39:43):
The only reason why that's the only reason why he
can't be he's not projected in the first round is because.

Speaker 1 (39:50):
Okay, now, George, I mean I sent it, Anthony, can
you even believe that we've got Cooper Flagg, We've got
Dylan Harper, We've got Bailey, We've got Edgecomb, we've got Johnson,
Trade Johnson.

Speaker 4 (40:01):
I like these people.

Speaker 1 (40:02):
We've got fears from Okay, I understand, canopul we have
all these players, I know them, George, we do not
have We do not have the one and only Clayton Jr.
Get away from me. What come on, George, what's happened? Man?
What's happened.

Speaker 4 (40:22):
It may be something that we don't know, Jed, but
you know, I just think I would bading just because
of the people that would come to the game to
see him. You know, the NBA is big on that also.
So I have no clue why that boy is not
up because if he's not a champion, you know what
I mean. I don't know.

Speaker 1 (40:38):
Maybe I just picked a bad I went to that.
I think I went to ESPN Mark Draft twenty twenty five,
but maybe I did not. Maybe I got a joke.

Speaker 4 (40:47):
A comedy is something like that April Fools.

Speaker 1 (40:53):
But it's way late, guys, We've got twenty seconds. Appreciate you,
Love you, George any great job, guys, God willing. I'll
be back on Monday. Love you, family, hug em for me.
Eastwards Radio, We're out.