The Kings blew a 4-goal lead but still beat the Oilers to take Game 1. The Clippers got a big effort from Kawhi Leonard in their Game 2 win over Denver. The Dodgers begin a 2 game set in Chicago against the Cubs while the Lakers need a win in Game 2 against the T-Wolves tonight.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Oh, here we go, fred Rogan Rodney Pete on a
five to seventy LA Sports, A big one hour show today, Rodney,
it is a sprint. So we're in the blocks and
ready to go.
Speaker 2 (00:09):
Are you ready?
Speaker 3 (00:10):
Oh ready? Am I ready? Am I ready?
Speaker 2 (00:15):
Man?
Speaker 3 (00:16):
We had a great night of sports last night, fred
I was thinking about you.
Speaker 1 (00:22):
I was worried about you, Freddy. I was worried about you, Rodney.
When I watch games, here's the thing. When the team
I'm rooting for is up for whatever reason, be it
the Dodgers hit a home run, the Lakers hit a
big shot, I start laughing. It's just in my nature.
It's like I knew this was going to happen as
I watch. If you ever watch a game with me,
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you'll see that. I get really happy, like you're predicting it. Yeah,
and I start laughing like, ah, we got this with
no problem. Absolutely. So the Kings are playing last night
against Edmonton. You know, the dirty Edmonton Oilers. They are
dirty anyway, They're playing against Edmonton last night and they
jump out to that quick lead.
Speaker 3 (01:01):
Yeah, they are four nothing. I'm thinking, Okay, it's good.
We got them going. All right, We're blowing them out
at home. This is what we expected. This is what
Freddy said. This is what Freddy said was gonna happen,
blowing them out game one, blowing them out, some dirty
ass Edmonton Oilers come on.
Speaker 2 (01:16):
So all right, yeah, y yeah, So all right.
Speaker 1 (01:18):
They go up one nothing, and I don't start laughing
yet because I think, you know, this is the playoffs
and we don't know what the Earlers are gonna do.
So now they go up to nothing, and now I
am laughing. They go up three nothing, and I'm like hysterical.
They go up four nothing. I'm laughing so hard, I'm crying.
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I'm watching this code. Oh my god, this is it.
Thank God, they're gonna win at home. I knew they'd
win at home. I knew this is the game they
had to win and they would win it. And I
thought about Connor McDavid saying we've been waiting for this
moment for a year, not to play the Kings, but
to get back on the road to the Stanley Cup final.
Speaker 2 (02:01):
Okay, so I'm thinking about you.
Speaker 3 (02:03):
When he scored late to tie it up, it's too much.
Speaker 2 (02:07):
I was like, of all of all.
Speaker 3 (02:11):
People to score that goal late, it had to be
Connor McDavid and he ties it up and I'm going
I was. I immediately was thinking, oh my god, Fred
is going crazy right now, I mean being up for nothing.
Uh and then you know, stand on pace with him
and then to let him tie it up with what
eighty seconds as something seconds.
Speaker 2 (02:30):
Left beyond the game pulled the goal.
Speaker 3 (02:33):
Yeah, they had to pull the goalie, all of that,
and they tie it up. I'm like, oh, Fred, don't
oh man, this could be a bad day to day
if if they pull this off and the Kings don't
come back and win this thing.
Speaker 2 (02:44):
But they did.
Speaker 1 (02:45):
They did, So it was at that moment where they
tied it now I wasn't laughing.
Speaker 2 (02:55):
Quite frankly, I'm.
Speaker 1 (02:56):
Like, oh my god, oh my god, if they can
will lose this game. And I really was thinking this
at that point. If they lose this game, I mean,
you can try to put a happy face on whatever
you want to put.
Speaker 2 (03:07):
They're done.
Speaker 1 (03:08):
If they lose after having that lead, they're finished. And
I also thought, if I'm to be one hundred percent
honest with you, if they go into overtime, they're dead.
So now look at where we're at. There's not a
lot of time left. They've blown this enormous lead, and
I'm thinking, if they go into overtime, they're dead. So
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I'm not laughing anymore now. Now I've got a decidedly
different look on my face, and I'm just sitting there thinking, please,
Dear God, if they go into overtime, the Kings have
got to come out strong. I'm already thinking about overtime.
I'm not even thinking about the rest of the game.
And then somehow, some way, Philip to know channeled his
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great Charlie huff and hit a knuckle puck, a knuckle
puck that went in and they won, And I thought, Okay,
all's well, that ends well, and you know what, that
will determine that they won the series right there, that
they were.
Speaker 3 (04:14):
That's what happened right there, Yeah, because it wasn't like
a eight hundred mile an hour slap shot that he
scored with.
Speaker 2 (04:20):
It was.
Speaker 3 (04:21):
It was kind of like a knuckle that probably threw
them off because it was so slow and kind of
quirky the way it went in.
Speaker 2 (04:28):
But what'd you think?
Speaker 3 (04:28):
They scored two goals like in the last what two
minutes of the match, and you had to have been
going crazy, though.
Speaker 1 (04:36):
I'm trying to block that out of my memory. It's
like I didn't see that. It didn't happen.
Speaker 3 (04:41):
Five to three and what okay, it's you know, a
minute and a half to go, two minutes ago.
Speaker 2 (04:45):
We're good, we're good. Bang bang two goals, I know.
Speaker 1 (04:50):
And that McDavid goal, Oh god, that was just and
the way he moved and he just kind of slipped
it in and then he started skating down the ice
real fast. I was hoping somebody to come off the
King's bench and just take him out, just take him out.
Speaker 2 (05:05):
I'd finish up. I know you did.
Speaker 3 (05:09):
What an incredible atmosphere it was there though you weren't
there though, Bro, you didn't go last night. And here's
what I was told. The Rogan family was there. Of course,
of course, Missus Rogan doesn't miss a King's game. She
does not.
Speaker 2 (05:28):
I love it.
Speaker 1 (05:28):
She stays down there. She doesn't even come out to
the desert when the Kings are playing. If she would
tell you she's in season, she's in season, so.
Speaker 2 (05:39):
Which is terrific.
Speaker 3 (05:40):
If you stay downtown, you know, you to hang out there,
go to have some dinner right ranging out around La
Live and.
Speaker 2 (05:47):
It's a good time. I don't blame her. I wouldn't
go home either.
Speaker 1 (05:50):
Well you know what, I would you blame her for
this because not only was she there, but she bought
tickets for the boys, my son's fiance, my son's girlfriend,
my son's friend. She bought tickets for everybody to go.
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We had like seven people there. And let me tell
you this, let me just be abundantly clear, and Rodney,
I think you will agree. Yeah, we do get access
to tickets in what we do, but we pay for them. Yes,
we pay for the tickets. So when you say, oh,
I saw you at the game, must be nice. Yeah,
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it's nice that we bought the tickets. We don't get
them for free. So I think she took seven people
to the game and everybody had a great time. I'll
tell you that.
Speaker 3 (06:48):
They must have had a good time because it was
rocking and it jumped off the screen, you know. And oftentimes,
and I was with some folks last night, and you know,
we're watching the Clipper, watching the hockey game, and oftentimes,
you know, unless you're listening to Bob Miller, but sometimes
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hockey doesn't translate to TV. And I always tell people,
like they just want to dog hockey out. Like before
you do that, just actually go see a game live,
Go see a King's game live, go see a hockey
game live, and you will change your tune. But last
night it jumped off the screen more so than I
you know, other than maybe you know, Olympic hockey year
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where there's a big time playoff tournament play. But last
night that crowd was rocks and rocking and you could
feel it from the screen.
Speaker 1 (07:41):
Well interesting because normally when Edmondton is town in town
and I talked about this, there are a good number
of people from Edmonton there and they really make it
a terrible experience. They just do I mean, these are
not people that you'd want to hang out with, but
you know, to each their own. Last night, there were
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very few Edmonton people there, which was surprising because it
was the playoffs. Very few and the as you pointed out,
the atmosphere, the electricity just reverberated off the screen. And
I watched a little of the Dallas Colorado game and
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Dallas won late and that game was in Dallas, I
thought the entire building was going to explode the way
those people reacted. And as I watched that and again,
hockey is if a passion of mine, my families, and
we don't talk about it in an awful lot. But
you said it earlier and I've said it a thousand times.
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The best sport to watch in person is hockey. By
far doesn't usually translate on TV as well as it
does in person. It is great. I mean it has
action packed, super fast. But watching that last night and
then seeing what happened in Dallas and the King's crowd.
When you watch a playoff game, NBA crowds do not
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seem that way, and they're loud and they're excited. I'm
not denying that, but those hockey crowds are crazy, especially
in the playoffs. It was a great watch. It really was.
Speaker 3 (09:18):
Yeah, it really was. If you were look like you
just talked about. If you're a Kings fan, you're probably
pulling your hair out because got out to that early lead.
You thought you can cruise. Hey, I'm gonna sit back,
eat some popcorn, just really relax and enjoy this moment.
And then they started to make their comeback and end
up tying it up and you had to win late,
so you're probably nervous. But if you're a casual or
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you just you know, you didn't have a dog in
that fight last night with Edmonton or La. You had
to be kind of like, this is this is amazing.
This was a great night of hockey because it was
very exciting to watch.
Speaker 2 (09:57):
Well.
Speaker 1 (09:57):
Game two is going to be tomorrow night at the Crypt,
and if the Kings win that again, one of the
best teams in the league at home, they go up
to Edmonton, the Kings win tomorrow night.
Speaker 2 (10:08):
It's over.
Speaker 3 (10:09):
Yeah, it's you said it was already over. It's really
over the goal at the end. You said that that
moment it's all over now. Yeah, but this will be
the stake in their heart.
Speaker 2 (10:20):
Okay. Yeah.
Speaker 1 (10:21):
It's kind of like if you're producing a show in Hollywood.
You may or may not understand this, but if you
go to a studio or a company and they agree
that they're going to produce your show, the first thing
they give you is a go. You get a go, right,
and you're going, all right, let's start putting this thing together.
They start funding it, you start putting it together, you're
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hiring people. It's a go. But don't confuse that with
the firm go. You see the firm go is now
you can really do it the go is it gets started,
but that's not the firm go. So you have to
know the difference between the go and the firm go.
So with the Kings, it's a go tomorrow, it's the
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firm go. That's how I look at it.
Speaker 2 (11:10):
Wellrow's a firm go.
Speaker 3 (11:12):
Yeah, and if they happen to get beat and it's
a split. Going back to Edmonton, what are you feeling.
Speaker 1 (11:20):
I'm feeling the Kings still win because they have home
iice advantage and they're very difficult to beat at home.
The Kings will win the series. They will win the series.
Speaker 2 (11:30):
If they had.
Speaker 1 (11:31):
Lost last night, I would have sat here today and
told you they will win the series, but not be
very convincing. But they did win last night, so they
will win the series. I set it and I'm sticking
to it. So at the same time I'm watching the Kings,
were you doing this too, I'm watching the Clippers at
the same time.
Speaker 2 (11:49):
Yeah, exactly, Yeah.
Speaker 3 (11:53):
I was watching that game and uh, kind of you know,
kind of same thing, kind of a nail by nel bider.
I didn't realize, well, you could feel like there was
a lot of chippiness in that game with the Kings
I mean with the Clippers and the Nuggets, and maybe
because it's you know, Westbrook's on that team, and there's
always gonna be some chippiness when he, you know, played
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somebody used to play for but there were a lot
of it and big shots made. But man, say what
you want about him, but that playoff. Kawhi Leonard is
a special player still when he's healthy and he wants
to do it and he wants to go and put
the team on his back, he can certainly do that.
It's just he can't be healthy all the time. And
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that's a shame because he is a tremendous talent. Friend,
he's he's he's really unstoppable when he's when he's at
full strength and full health.
Speaker 1 (12:45):
Uh, you know, and and you know, if you say something,
you got to stick by it and then you have
to own it. And I remember saying, oh my god,
why would you resign Kawhi? He's always heard it's Paul George,
that's the guy. Well, of course no, it was the opposite.
So the Clippers did make the right move. And I
have to acknowledge anything. Everybody acknowledges that they knew it.
Speaker 2 (13:06):
Why was he good?
Speaker 1 (13:08):
I mean, he he easily was the best player on
the court. He made guys look silly. Yeah, and he
could accelerate even with the knee.
Speaker 2 (13:19):
He was quick and Mike God, can he shoot? Oh why? Yeah,
it didn't matter. Pure, it's pure.
Speaker 3 (13:30):
When he hit right before the half and then and
then you know, and and also he's also guarding everyone.
There were times when he was guarding the Joker, you know,
and they put him on him they you know, they
put him on Murray, They put him on different people
throughout that game. And he still got it when it
comes to being a defender. But man, offensively, he was
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unstoppable last night. And if they can get that kind
of play out of him, you know, and and uh,
you know, Zuba plays with the same kind of energy
and James Harden hit some big shots. I mean, it's
The Clippers are a team you better look out for.
If they can get past this first round, they get
past the Nuggets, they will become a very dangerous team
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for someone to play.
Speaker 1 (14:16):
And watching them against the Nuggets, just sitting there watching
to me, watching the two teams, the Clippers are.
Speaker 2 (14:24):
The better team.
Speaker 1 (14:25):
Yeah, the Clippers are the better team.
Speaker 3 (14:28):
Did you feel like me? They feel like something's off
with the Nuggets. You know, I'm letna say fired Malone.
It just doesn't feel they don't feel like the team
that they've been the last couple of years. And obviously
because you know, he's not there anymore, but still, it
just doesn't feel like they are in sync as much
as they've been, you know, when he was coaching them.
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And maybe there's that fallout of losing your coach right
before the playoffs starts, but man, they they did not
feel like the same team. And I'm not taking anything
away the Clippers because they went out and earned that win,
but they don't seem right. I mean, he saw the
jokers yelling at folks and he's on his teammates and
it just seemed like they're a little bit in disarray.
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But yeah, I just I don't Again, I don't know
how you do that unless it was something so egregious
that you fire a coach that won you a title
a couple of years ago, you fire him four games
before the playoffs start.
Speaker 1 (15:25):
Here's I think the problem. They didn't seem cohesive, you
said out of sink. Yeah, they didn't seem smooth.
Speaker 2 (15:32):
No, they didn't.
Speaker 1 (15:33):
They didn't seem confident. You know that you can tell
a team that feels it. The Clippers felt it last
night Minnesota felted against the Lakers. Yeah, and you can
see when the team doesn't feel it. There are a
step out of sink, there are steps slow defensively, they
start pointing fingers at each other. But you have to understand, Rodney,
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that the reason they made that move is because the
Nuggets had been doing that. It had evaporated to that
point during the season. They weren't in sync, they weren't cohesive,
they weren't happy. So they made the move hoping, you know,
you waved the magic wand and everybody's back to the
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way they were. But they weren't, and you could see it.
And the Clippers had to earn that. I mean, even
all of this being said, it could have gone either way,
all of this being said, the Clippers had to earn it.
I would say if Denver was playing as Denver has
in the past, they could have won the game. But
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to me, there was no question that the Clippers were
far superior. Norman Paul got into it with Jamal Murray. Yeah, right,
Clippers weren't backing down the Clippers were the aggressors. They
weren't backing down, and I think it kind of threw Denver.
It's like, are you stepping to us.
Speaker 2 (16:59):
Our build?
Speaker 1 (17:01):
What are you doing? What are you doing? It's kind
of like what And remember, the Clippers would have won
the first game they hadn't turned the ball over twenty
times four and overtime, and Denver turned the ball over
last night. Denver committed to turnovers last night, and that
was a function of the Clippers aggressiveness on defense and
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also Denver being out of sink. So as they head
back here now, I'll tell you I thought the Clippers
would win the series before it began. I am more
convinced now they are the better team of those two.
Speaker 2 (17:36):
Yeah, I agree. I agree. It's just the way they're playing.
Speaker 3 (17:41):
And again it's still going to you know, Kawhi hopefully
he stays healthy. But they got to get that same
kind of performance out of James Harden, you know, and
Norman Powell. But I'd think that game Fred is going
to be a pivotal point because you're right, they played
with a lot of edge in that game and they
want it and sometimes that carries over going Okay, we're
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not gonna be bullied by these guys, and we're not
afraid of these guys, and now they're coming to our place.
But we needed a game like that where it was
physical or it was intense, where we had each other's
back and we came in there building and we won it.
Now that is going to catapult us the rest of
the series and possibly the rest of the playoffs. But
I think that was a statement game for the Clippers
for sure.
Speaker 1 (18:24):
And I'm sure you have been on teams throughout your
career where those games have occurred where it was that
moment where everybody looked at each other and said, Okay,
now we're together, We're ready.
Speaker 2 (18:37):
You know.
Speaker 1 (18:37):
Yeah, I'm sure that there have been moments games that
you have played in where after that game, with the
adversity you may have dealt with or the physical nature
of it, you all looked at each other and then
you went on a run because something clicked.
Speaker 3 (18:53):
Yeah, yeah, I mean, I you know, top of my head,
I can't think of it. I do think of one.
We had a tough game actually playing the Rams in Detroit,
and one of our guys got hurt. Mike Utley got
hurt and and turned out he was on the field
for like thirty minutes and ended.
Speaker 2 (19:09):
Up being you know, paralyzed, and.
Speaker 3 (19:14):
It was you know, the game was already chippy, but
we ended up winning that game and then rattled off
like sixth straight after that and went to the playoffs.
But but there has been several times where you found
out moments. You know, we almost remember back at SCE
we almost got beat by Arizona team that wasn't very
good and we were pointing fingers in the first half
because we couldn't get everything right. And then the second
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in the last like two minutes a game, we had
to go for a long drive to go win it,
and we all just came together and did that, and
then we rattled off.
Speaker 2 (19:46):
Four straight and beat us LA and went to the
Rose Bowl.
Speaker 3 (19:49):
So yeah, there are moments that that you look back
going that was the moment, that was the time that
we came together and this might be it for the
Clippers the right.
Speaker 1 (20:03):
That concludes our conversation about what happened last night. We
must look forward now. Lakers and Tea Wolves tonight at
the Crypt in Game two, Dodgers play the Cubs again
for the two hundredth time, first of a two game
set in Chicago. And that's why we're only on for
an hour. We're back, that's right, Roddy Fred Rogan on
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a Tuesday.
Speaker 3 (20:29):
It is a sprint today as the Dodgers are in
the Windy City, Chicago, playing the Clubs as Fredminton for
the seven hundred and fiftieth time this year. But in reality,
this will be the last time they played the Clubs.
This is the last series they have with them, barring
if they might see them in the playoffs, but this
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will be the last regular season matchup with the Cubs
back in Chicago.
Speaker 1 (20:56):
Yeah, it's only two games left, two games left with
the Cubs, which is sad because just when you get
to know everybody, then the season series will be over.
Because God knows, they played the Cubs. They know the Cubs.
We know the Cubs are. Cups are rolling a little bit.
Cups are hot.
Speaker 3 (21:15):
You know. Councils got Krans, Council's got him playing. My boy,
Pete craw Armstrong is killing it right now. He's on
a groove. And Ian Happ is killing the ball as well.
So Cubs are The Cubs are doing that thing. No,
Cubs are playing well. Imanaga goes for the Cubs today
and Dustiny for the Dodgers, and it's supposed to be
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kind of cold and overcast in Chicago.
Speaker 2 (21:39):
Shocker.
Speaker 1 (21:40):
Yeah, however that plays into it. We'll talk more about
that in a second.
Speaker 2 (21:44):
All right.
Speaker 1 (21:45):
So Lakers tonight at home against Minnesota. So in the
first game, Timberwolves came out we said it yesterday and
just punched the Lakers right in the face. It's like,
oh my god, what a wake up call. I didn't
even know that would happened. I should have had a
V eight. Remember the old commercials back in the day. Yeah,
pow and you're like, oh, okay, now we're awake. Well,
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we weren't really ready for this. Now we're awake. And
that may be the case, but that was a very
troubling statement for everyone to make. Now we're we didn't
even know. We never thought that would happen. We never
expected them to be that aggressive. Oh really, in the playoffs,
you didn't expect that to be that aggressive. Somebody came
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up to me yesterday and said, how do you think
the Lakers stopped Anthony Edwards? I said, I got a
better question. They said, what's that? How do you think
the Lakers stopped Minnesota. Maybe that's how we should look
at this. Well, we got to shut down Anthony Edwards. Well,
according to that first game, you got a lot of
people to shut down. It's not Anthony Edwards you have
to worry about specifically. How about we take this approach.
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Maybe we just need to show up and play. Maybe
we need to come out and be aggressive. Maybe we
need to come out and take the game to them.
Then it won't matter who covers Anthony Edwards, will it.
But the Lakers looked like they were in a malaise.
They just couldn't focus. It's sort of like you woke
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up and you know some of those days were for
whatever reason, your your iv your vision's a little foggy,
takes your while, just as you kind of get the
sleep out of them. Well, they never got to sleep
out of their eyes. That was the issue, Anthony Edwards.
They got much bigger problems than Anthony Edwards. Right now,
they need to show up, Rodney, Yeah.
Speaker 2 (23:36):
They do need to show up. And you're right, it's
like they weren't.
Speaker 3 (23:41):
They weren't ready for what hit them, and they did
get hitting them out and they couldn't recover and it's
like they were playing ketchup the whole game and in
the playoffs, and you got to believe that Minnesota was
hearing all of it. Oh watch out for the Lakers,
the Lakers and Luca. They got new new life. Luc
and Lebron. They're gonna take the Lakers back to the championship.
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Lakers are the favorite, Lakers are the team to beat.
No one wants to play the Lakers. I'm sure they
were hearing this all leading up to that Game one,
and they came in town just quiet about their business,
and they put it on the Lakers and before the
Lakers even knew what hit them.
Speaker 2 (24:21):
And so you know, this is a he I don't know.
Speaker 3 (24:26):
I always like to say must wins or anything like that,
but this is a big time game for the Lakers.
They cannot get out and go back to Minnesota down two.
Speaker 2 (24:37):
Fred.
Speaker 3 (24:38):
They have to find a way to win this game
otherwise than all of the pressure, I mean, all of
the pressure becomes on the Lakers. And I'm not talking
just on the court. I'm talking about external pressure too.
I'm talking about all the pressure on Luca and Lebron.
Speaker 2 (24:55):
Can Lebron still do it?
Speaker 3 (24:56):
Lebron passed his prime, he can't handle the playoffs, and
Luca was the trade, right. You know, everybody made fun
of Dallas, but look, the Lakers got bounced in the
first round. It is I mean, the narratives go on
and on and on. If the Lakers don't close this
deal against Minnesota in this first series.
Speaker 1 (25:15):
I think every team in the league probably has heard
what Minnesota has heard. Every player in the league knows
that when the Lakers acquired Luka Doncic, that was it.
The Lakers were the team. Everybody knew it. Everybody heard it,
everybody talked about it, everybody. So it doesn't matter who
the Lakers play, every single team has heard that. Yeah,
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every coach, every player, every GM, every fan. When Luca
came to the Lakers, the Lakers became the team. Whether
they're the team or not, they became that team. But
everybody looked at it that way. I think as for pressure,
and again, I look at it differently. I think more
people look at it like you do than I do.
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I look at it like this, Anything that happens this
year is a bonus. And I swear to you, I
really look at it that way. You didn't expect the
Lakers to be the third seat, nor did you expect
them to be in the position they're in, And we
certainly didn't expect them to have Luca. So whatever happens,
people will still be excited for the future because they
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have Luca and Lebron. So this year to me is
a bonus. Now, you don't want to go out and
get swept, but moreover, you don't want to go out
and play like you did the other night. And who
do you point the finger at if you have to
point it at somebody, Well, sure you can point it
at the players. They're the ones on the court. But
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if you are not prepared, if you are out played
like that, I have to say you weren't properly prepared,
either mentally or physically. And that's not sure. The players
bear some of the responsibility, but you just weren't ready.
You were not ready for what was coming. And if
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you were not ready for what was coming, then you
weren't prepared properly. I don't know what the Lakers preparation was.
I'm not an expert on that. I couldn't tell you.
I can only tell you what I see, and what
I saw was they did not look ready prepared for
what Minnesota did. That's on the coaching staff. You've got
to get those guys ready. Now, I'm not saying you
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have to get out there and be the old Newt
Rockney speech and go win one for the gipper. I'm
not saying that. But you've got to have those guys
ready to play so they feel confident. You know, as
a coach in the NBA, really the thing you do
is put your guys in the best position to win,
because the players are going to win or lose the game.
Speaker 2 (27:47):
If you've done.
Speaker 1 (27:48):
Your job, if they're prepared properly, if they're not fooled
by what's coming, and you have put them in their
best position to win and you have better players, you
should win. To me, it's pretty simple. So Rodney, I
don't know what they did. I read Austin Reeves said
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they really had a hard practice the other day to
get ready. You played a whole season. You need a
hard practice to get ready for the playoffs. To me,
there's a disconnect here and I just can't figure it out.
Speaker 3 (28:25):
Well, first of all, it's one game and that happened.
You get beat get beat ugly, or you win big
and you think you did everything right, but you don't
play twenty years in the league, make fifty million dollars,
or play eight seven years in the league, multiple all stars,
(28:49):
you know, about to sign a big max contract, the
superstar from the time you were fifteen years old, and
then coming over to the league and taking over the
league by storm, and then or play for the Lakers
for five six years and really elevate your game to
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where the people are calling it the Big Three. Now
if you're Austin Reeves, Ruey Hot Chamorro played you know.
So it is not on the coaches. It is on
the players. It is on the players. If you can't
get yourself ready for the playoffs at this stage, this
time of year, then it is one hundred percent on
the players. It is up to the players to get themselves,
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get themselves ready. And to me, they just they look sluggish.
They look like they were not ready to play. They
look like they put on that Laker jersey and said
we're going to roll through the Timberwolf and and we're
going to get through it because we've got the purple
and Gold and we're playing at the Crypt and all
is good and everybody believes that we're going to make
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it to the Western Conference finals. So all we got
to do is show up, and they showed up and
got shown out by I will not at this point
of the year, you know, if it's game one or
first week of the season and guys are not on
the same page. Yeah, I say the coaches got it,
you know, got some work to do. But at this point,
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game eighty three, the first game of the playoffs, and you're.
Speaker 2 (30:18):
Not ready to play.
Speaker 3 (30:19):
That is on the players not getting themselves ready to play. Okay,
what do you think this has anything to do with it?
Speaker 1 (30:27):
The fact that the Lakers went with a small lineup
and it didn't work. Do you think that has anything
to do with it? Minnesota is gigantic.
Speaker 3 (30:38):
Maybe maybe, But but there's a reason why they did that.
Speaker 2 (30:42):
You know, there's a reason there.
Speaker 3 (30:43):
There there are studies, there are analytics, there's film, there's
reasons why they look at it and go, well, this team,
that team had success going with a smaller lineup. So
that's something that maybe we you know, we were going
with that type of strategy against them, or they looked
at them, this is how we played them, had to
success with them early in the season, and that's what
we're going to do. And let's face it, Minnesota made shots.
Speaker 2 (31:07):
Too, so.
Speaker 3 (31:09):
You know, I it just to me, it was less
about strategy and less about x's and o's as it
was about energy, hustle and just being ready to play
and have the intensity level that matched Minnesota's and the
Lakers did not have that. Well, I think you're right,
(31:31):
got to win tonight. You might say this must now going.
I mean this game especially, you think it's a must
win for them.
Speaker 2 (31:39):
Yeah, they got to win tonight.
Speaker 1 (31:41):
You got to get one at home, and especially after
you played in the first game, you got to come
out you have to uh imposure, Well, you have to
let them know that. Okay, you pushes around night one,
you got us hunn off night. Now now you're going
to find out what we're about and we're going to
emphasize that. So when you think about when you get home,
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things will change. They really won't psychologically, Rodney, I mean,
can that happen to a team if the Lakers come
out and punish them tonight, does that knock them back
on their heels a little bit and think, wait a minute,
wait a minute, these guys are for real.
Speaker 2 (32:18):
Yeah, it will work both ways.
Speaker 3 (32:20):
They they if they if you know, if it's a
close game, then Minnesota will still feel good.
Speaker 2 (32:25):
Going back tied one to one and getting one in LA.
Speaker 3 (32:29):
But if they do get blown out, they have to
rethink their win in game one, going maybe.
Speaker 2 (32:35):
That was a fluke.
Speaker 3 (32:36):
You know, these guys are as good as as advertised,
and they came out and showed us because game one
they weren't ready to play.
Speaker 2 (32:43):
We took advantage of it.
Speaker 3 (32:45):
But now we've got a uphill battle because the real
Laker team showed up and blew us out. So there's
you know, there's a different psyche depending on how the
game shapes up and how it ends. But if the
Lakers don't win, then all of a sudden confidence meter
goes through the roof for Minnesota. Now they're gonna start
to feel it like we can beat these guys. Not
(33:08):
only can we beat these guys, we can sweep these guys,
you know, because if they go back home and get
game three after you know, taking two here, man, that
it becomes a wrap there.
Speaker 2 (33:20):
So this is this is critical.
Speaker 3 (33:21):
This is definitely critical going back to Minnesota for the
Lakers to win.
Speaker 1 (33:32):
Well in our very quick sprint. Today, we are back
to wrap things up and we'll get your set for
the Dodgers tonight.
Speaker 2 (33:40):
Come on.
Speaker 3 (33:42):
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Speaker 1 (34:47):
You know the Cubs have lost ten games, They've only
lost ten games. Dodgers have lost seven.
Speaker 2 (34:52):
Yeah, my god. Look at the National League right, and
you look at the National League West. Look at the
National League West.
Speaker 1 (34:58):
I mean the Mets are six and seven, the Padres
are sixteen and seven, the Dodgers are sixteen and seven,
the Giants are fifteen and eight, the Diamondbacks are thirteen
and nine.
Speaker 2 (35:11):
There you go, Yeah, there it is. I mean, Phillies
have lost ten games as well, but I mean, good lord.
Speaker 3 (35:20):
Basically yeah, basically the West they all have the same record,
you know, with you know, the Giants being one game behind,
and then the Diamondbacks, you know, not far behind, the
Colorado's Colorado.
Speaker 2 (35:34):
You know, they all kind of always bring up the rear.
Speaker 3 (35:36):
But yeah, the Mets are good, the Phillies are good,
and you got to believe at some point Atlanta's gonna
get it going, right, Oh yeah, I think Atlanta's too
good not to get it going. And then you know
the cub Milwaukee's you know, year and in, year out,
has been pretty good themselves. And so we'll see there
would probably be a surprise team in there. Cincinnati might
(35:57):
be that surprise team that kind of jumps at you, Terry, Yeah, Terry.
Frank ConA known for turning teams around and getting the
most out of his players. I mean, they did score
twenty four runs. The other day, someone was gonna Cincinnati.
The Bengals didn't score twenty four once against the Baltimore
Ravens in any game in the last three years, and
(36:20):
the and the and the Reds beat the Orioles, you know,
twenty four to two.
Speaker 2 (36:24):
Whatever. But yeah, no, it's gonna be competitive.
Speaker 3 (36:27):
It's gonna be very, very competitive, especially if it keeps
going like this down to stretch. Now, are you are
you of the mindset because we said this earlier, we
were looking analyzing the the NLS and talking about, yeah,
you know, there'd be the Dodgers and the Padres. We
all believe that the Diamondbacks will be there somewhere because
they've got you know, pitching, This has helped them. But
(36:48):
are you a believer now that the Giants are going
to be in the mix long term or you think
they're gonna fall off?
Speaker 1 (36:54):
I think they No, No, No, it's fool's goal right now.
Speaker 2 (36:59):
Yeah, I think so.
Speaker 1 (37:00):
A good start, exciting start, that's good.
Speaker 2 (37:04):
But no, I don't think they're there. No.
Speaker 1 (37:07):
I mean the Diamondbacks, the Padres, the Dodgers, they're battle tested.
Speaker 2 (37:13):
They know what it takes. So does buster posey?
Speaker 1 (37:17):
Okay, but what position is he playing and Robbie Ray
and Verlander? Okay, no, if Verlander's healthy and Verlander can
stay healthy, or maybe even put his wife in Kate
Upton and Buster Posey knows what he's doing.
Speaker 2 (37:29):
What's he hitting fourth? Yeah he might insert himself.
Speaker 1 (37:33):
Yeah, he's gonna put himself back in the lineup. He's
sitting upstairs watching. No, it's a great starting. The fan
should be happy. I don't see him. I don't see
him there at the end, but I do see the Dodgers,
Padres and Diamondbacks that I do. I think that Central
is going to be a battle with Milwaukee and the Cubs,
and the East is tough.
Speaker 2 (37:50):
I mean, mess is tough. Mets, Philly's Atlanta.
Speaker 3 (37:54):
I mean, I don't want to even talk about Miami
because they're not gonna be able to last because you know,
there's like half a dozen teams out there that just
really have no hope. And it's not just because they
got the lowest payroll and lowest attendants all over there.
But you just can't see in this day and age,
a team like Miami Pittsburgh, you know, are ever going
(38:20):
to be really in the mix until they you know,
they were yelling already. It's early in the season. They
were yelling in Pittsburgh. Sell the team, Sell the team,
Sell the team. You know, it's just when you look
up and you see what those other teams are doing,
you know, Dodgers, Padres, Yankees, Mets, Braves, Phillies. You see
(38:41):
what those teams are doing. And you're sitting in Pittsburgh
and you're looking at and you got, you know, one
superstar and Paul Skins knowing that as soon as his
contract is up, as soon as he's a free agent,
he's out of Pittsburgh. I mean, it's just got to
be the more likes and in Pittsburgh is one of
the it's one of the great sports towns there is
(39:01):
in the country, if not the world, especially baseball. They
love their baseball there, but they are not putting a
product on the field that the fans could be excited about.
Speaker 1 (39:10):
Stadium's beautiful, great place to watch a game.
Speaker 2 (39:13):
Uh huh.
Speaker 1 (39:13):
City's great too. I mean, you know, you don't hear
a lot about Pittsburgh. Pittsburgh's a nice place. Yeah, the
way it's situated, it's beautiful. You come through that tunnel
and see the three rivers and the two stadiums.
Speaker 2 (39:25):
Back to back right there in downtown.
Speaker 3 (39:27):
It's a beautiful city, beautiful city. But they have no
chance for it. No, but that's just the way it is.
And that's on them. Oh, the Dodgers have all the money,
so obviously that's why they went. No, that's on them because.
Speaker 1 (39:42):
If they don't have a chance, they get a higher
draft pick, they can build their minor league system. Instead
of not reinvesting millions and millions of dollars in the
major league roster, invest in the minor league system because
then when those players come around, make sure you're picking
the right guys, make sure you're making the right moves.
But when those guys come around, all of a sudden,
your entire roster is cost controlled. And now look at you.
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Now you've got a shot. But you see, and that's
a problem when when you look at major league teams
and you go, god, they're terrible. They're terrible. Okay, maybe
they are, and you only have so much money to spend.
I get it. Put that money in the minors, put
that money in scouting and development, start building a roster
so as they come up, because you have made the
(40:25):
right call, all of a sudden. You have a cost
controlled roster that is very competitive. Look at Baltimore, Look
at see how Baltimore did it. Will they win it?
Probably not. Could they use a big money guy. Probably
could let carbon Burns walk because they don't want to
pay them.
Speaker 2 (40:44):
That's okay.
Speaker 1 (40:45):
They're in the conversation. They're a threat. They're there. If
you go to the stadium, you feel like you're getting
value that you've paid for because they've got a shot.
But that's how they did it. Yeah, everybody can do that.
They just choose not to. All Right, Dodgers Cubs later
this afternoon, we're on for an hour, Ronnie, Thank you, Kevin.
(41:06):
Great work. Looks like they'll get the game in in Chicago.
Petros and Money or next Rodney
Oh, here we go, fred Rogan Rodney Pete on a
five to seventy LA Sports, A big one hour show today, Rodney,
it is a sprint. So we're in the blocks and
ready to go.
Speaker 2 (00:09):
Are you ready?
Speaker 3 (00:10):
Oh ready? Am I ready? Am I ready?
Speaker 2 (00:15):
Man?
Speaker 3 (00:16):
We had a great night of sports last night, fred
I was thinking about you.
Speaker 1 (00:22):
I was worried about you, Freddy. I was worried about you, Rodney.
When I watch games, here's the thing. When the team
I'm rooting for is up for whatever reason, be it
the Dodgers hit a home run, the Lakers hit a
big shot, I start laughing. It's just in my nature.
It's like I knew this was going to happen as
I watch. If you ever watch a game with me,
(00:42):
you'll see that. I get really happy, like you're predicting it. Yeah,
and I start laughing like, ah, we got this with
no problem. Absolutely. So the Kings are playing last night
against Edmonton. You know, the dirty Edmonton Oilers. They are
dirty anyway, They're playing against Edmonton last night and they
jump out to that quick lead.
Speaker 3 (01:01):
Yeah, they are four nothing. I'm thinking, Okay, it's good.
We got them going. All right, We're blowing them out
at home. This is what we expected. This is what
Freddy said. This is what Freddy said was gonna happen,
blowing them out game one, blowing them out, some dirty
ass Edmonton Oilers come on.
Speaker 2 (01:16):
So all right, yeah, y yeah, So all right.
Speaker 1 (01:18):
They go up one nothing, and I don't start laughing
yet because I think, you know, this is the playoffs
and we don't know what the Earlers are gonna do.
So now they go up to nothing, and now I
am laughing. They go up three nothing, and I'm like hysterical.
They go up four nothing. I'm laughing so hard, I'm crying.
(01:39):
I'm watching this code. Oh my god, this is it.
Thank God, they're gonna win at home. I knew they'd
win at home. I knew this is the game they
had to win and they would win it. And I
thought about Connor McDavid saying we've been waiting for this
moment for a year, not to play the Kings, but
to get back on the road to the Stanley Cup final.
Speaker 2 (02:01):
Okay, so I'm thinking about you.
Speaker 3 (02:03):
When he scored late to tie it up, it's too much.
Speaker 2 (02:07):
I was like, of all of all.
Speaker 3 (02:11):
People to score that goal late, it had to be
Connor McDavid and he ties it up and I'm going
I was. I immediately was thinking, oh my god, Fred
is going crazy right now, I mean being up for nothing.
Uh and then you know, stand on pace with him
and then to let him tie it up with what
eighty seconds as something seconds.
Speaker 2 (02:30):
Left beyond the game pulled the goal.
Speaker 3 (02:33):
Yeah, they had to pull the goalie, all of that,
and they tie it up. I'm like, oh, Fred, don't
oh man, this could be a bad day to day
if if they pull this off and the Kings don't
come back and win this thing.
Speaker 2 (02:44):
But they did.
Speaker 1 (02:45):
They did, So it was at that moment where they
tied it now I wasn't laughing.
Speaker 2 (02:55):
Quite frankly, I'm.
Speaker 1 (02:56):
Like, oh my god, oh my god, if they can
will lose this game. And I really was thinking this
at that point. If they lose this game, I mean,
you can try to put a happy face on whatever
you want to put.
Speaker 2 (03:07):
They're done.
Speaker 1 (03:08):
If they lose after having that lead, they're finished. And
I also thought, if I'm to be one hundred percent
honest with you, if they go into overtime, they're dead.
So now look at where we're at. There's not a
lot of time left. They've blown this enormous lead, and
I'm thinking, if they go into overtime, they're dead. So
(03:31):
I'm not laughing anymore now. Now I've got a decidedly
different look on my face, and I'm just sitting there thinking, please,
Dear God, if they go into overtime, the Kings have
got to come out strong. I'm already thinking about overtime.
I'm not even thinking about the rest of the game.
And then somehow, some way, Philip to know channeled his
(03:55):
great Charlie huff and hit a knuckle puck, a knuckle
puck that went in and they won, And I thought, Okay,
all's well, that ends well, and you know what, that
will determine that they won the series right there, that
they were.
Speaker 3 (04:14):
That's what happened right there, Yeah, because it wasn't like
a eight hundred mile an hour slap shot that he
scored with.
Speaker 2 (04:20):
It was.
Speaker 3 (04:21):
It was kind of like a knuckle that probably threw
them off because it was so slow and kind of
quirky the way it went in.
Speaker 2 (04:28):
But what'd you think?
Speaker 3 (04:28):
They scored two goals like in the last what two
minutes of the match, and you had to have been
going crazy, though.
Speaker 1 (04:36):
I'm trying to block that out of my memory. It's
like I didn't see that. It didn't happen.
Speaker 3 (04:41):
Five to three and what okay, it's you know, a
minute and a half to go, two minutes ago.
Speaker 2 (04:45):
We're good, we're good. Bang bang two goals, I know.
Speaker 1 (04:50):
And that McDavid goal, Oh god, that was just and
the way he moved and he just kind of slipped
it in and then he started skating down the ice
real fast. I was hoping somebody to come off the
King's bench and just take him out, just take him out.
Speaker 2 (05:05):
I'd finish up. I know you did.
Speaker 3 (05:09):
What an incredible atmosphere it was there though you weren't
there though, Bro, you didn't go last night. And here's
what I was told. The Rogan family was there. Of course,
of course, Missus Rogan doesn't miss a King's game. She
does not.
Speaker 2 (05:28):
I love it.
Speaker 1 (05:28):
She stays down there. She doesn't even come out to
the desert when the Kings are playing. If she would
tell you she's in season, she's in season, so.
Speaker 2 (05:39):
Which is terrific.
Speaker 3 (05:40):
If you stay downtown, you know, you to hang out there,
go to have some dinner right ranging out around La
Live and.
Speaker 2 (05:47):
It's a good time. I don't blame her. I wouldn't
go home either.
Speaker 1 (05:50):
Well you know what, I would you blame her for
this because not only was she there, but she bought
tickets for the boys, my son's fiance, my son's girlfriend,
my son's friend. She bought tickets for everybody to go.
(06:13):
We had like seven people there. And let me tell
you this, let me just be abundantly clear, and Rodney,
I think you will agree. Yeah, we do get access
to tickets in what we do, but we pay for them. Yes,
we pay for the tickets. So when you say, oh,
I saw you at the game, must be nice. Yeah,
(06:33):
it's nice that we bought the tickets. We don't get
them for free. So I think she took seven people
to the game and everybody had a great time. I'll
tell you that.
Speaker 3 (06:48):
They must have had a good time because it was
rocking and it jumped off the screen, you know. And oftentimes,
and I was with some folks last night, and you know,
we're watching the Clipper, watching the hockey game, and oftentimes,
you know, unless you're listening to Bob Miller, but sometimes
(07:09):
hockey doesn't translate to TV. And I always tell people,
like they just want to dog hockey out. Like before
you do that, just actually go see a game live,
Go see a King's game live, go see a hockey
game live, and you will change your tune. But last
night it jumped off the screen more so than I
you know, other than maybe you know, Olympic hockey year
(07:32):
where there's a big time playoff tournament play. But last
night that crowd was rocks and rocking and you could
feel it from the screen.
Speaker 1 (07:41):
Well interesting because normally when Edmondton is town in town
and I talked about this, there are a good number
of people from Edmonton there and they really make it
a terrible experience. They just do I mean, these are
not people that you'd want to hang out with, but
you know, to each their own. Last night, there were
(08:01):
very few Edmonton people there, which was surprising because it
was the playoffs. Very few and the as you pointed out,
the atmosphere, the electricity just reverberated off the screen. And
I watched a little of the Dallas Colorado game and
(08:21):
Dallas won late and that game was in Dallas, I
thought the entire building was going to explode the way
those people reacted. And as I watched that and again,
hockey is if a passion of mine, my families, and
we don't talk about it in an awful lot. But
you said it earlier and I've said it a thousand times.
(08:42):
The best sport to watch in person is hockey. By
far doesn't usually translate on TV as well as it
does in person. It is great. I mean it has
action packed, super fast. But watching that last night and
then seeing what happened in Dallas and the King's crowd.
When you watch a playoff game, NBA crowds do not
(09:04):
seem that way, and they're loud and they're excited. I'm
not denying that, but those hockey crowds are crazy, especially
in the playoffs. It was a great watch. It really was.
Speaker 3 (09:18):
Yeah, it really was. If you were look like you
just talked about. If you're a Kings fan, you're probably
pulling your hair out because got out to that early lead.
You thought you can cruise. Hey, I'm gonna sit back,
eat some popcorn, just really relax and enjoy this moment.
And then they started to make their comeback and end
up tying it up and you had to win late,
so you're probably nervous. But if you're a casual or
(09:39):
you just you know, you didn't have a dog in
that fight last night with Edmonton or La. You had
to be kind of like, this is this is amazing.
This was a great night of hockey because it was
very exciting to watch.
Speaker 2 (09:57):
Well.
Speaker 1 (09:57):
Game two is going to be tomorrow night at the Crypt,
and if the Kings win that again, one of the
best teams in the league at home, they go up
to Edmonton, the Kings win tomorrow night.
Speaker 2 (10:08):
It's over.
Speaker 3 (10:09):
Yeah, it's you said it was already over. It's really
over the goal at the end. You said that that
moment it's all over now. Yeah, but this will be
the stake in their heart.
Speaker 2 (10:20):
Okay. Yeah.
Speaker 1 (10:21):
It's kind of like if you're producing a show in Hollywood.
You may or may not understand this, but if you
go to a studio or a company and they agree
that they're going to produce your show, the first thing
they give you is a go. You get a go, right,
and you're going, all right, let's start putting this thing together.
They start funding it, you start putting it together, you're
(10:42):
hiring people. It's a go. But don't confuse that with
the firm go. You see the firm go is now
you can really do it the go is it gets started,
but that's not the firm go. So you have to
know the difference between the go and the firm go.
So with the Kings, it's a go tomorrow, it's the
(11:06):
firm go. That's how I look at it.
Speaker 2 (11:10):
Wellrow's a firm go.
Speaker 3 (11:12):
Yeah, and if they happen to get beat and it's
a split. Going back to Edmonton, what are you feeling.
Speaker 1 (11:20):
I'm feeling the Kings still win because they have home
iice advantage and they're very difficult to beat at home.
The Kings will win the series. They will win the series.
Speaker 2 (11:30):
If they had.
Speaker 1 (11:31):
Lost last night, I would have sat here today and
told you they will win the series, but not be
very convincing. But they did win last night, so they
will win the series. I set it and I'm sticking
to it. So at the same time I'm watching the Kings,
were you doing this too, I'm watching the Clippers at
the same time.
Speaker 2 (11:49):
Yeah, exactly, Yeah.
Speaker 3 (11:53):
I was watching that game and uh, kind of you know,
kind of same thing, kind of a nail by nel bider.
I didn't realize, well, you could feel like there was
a lot of chippiness in that game with the Kings
I mean with the Clippers and the Nuggets, and maybe
because it's you know, Westbrook's on that team, and there's
always gonna be some chippiness when he, you know, played
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somebody used to play for but there were a lot
of it and big shots made. But man, say what
you want about him, but that playoff. Kawhi Leonard is
a special player still when he's healthy and he wants
to do it and he wants to go and put
the team on his back, he can certainly do that.
It's just he can't be healthy all the time. And
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that's a shame because he is a tremendous talent. Friend,
he's he's he's really unstoppable when he's when he's at
full strength and full health.
Speaker 1 (12:45):
Uh, you know, and and you know, if you say something,
you got to stick by it and then you have
to own it. And I remember saying, oh my god,
why would you resign Kawhi? He's always heard it's Paul George,
that's the guy. Well, of course no, it was the opposite.
So the Clippers did make the right move. And I
have to acknowledge anything. Everybody acknowledges that they knew it.
Speaker 2 (13:06):
Why was he good?
Speaker 1 (13:08):
I mean, he he easily was the best player on
the court. He made guys look silly. Yeah, and he
could accelerate even with the knee.
Speaker 2 (13:19):
He was quick and Mike God, can he shoot? Oh why? Yeah,
it didn't matter. Pure, it's pure.
Speaker 3 (13:30):
When he hit right before the half and then and
then you know, and and also he's also guarding everyone.
There were times when he was guarding the Joker, you know,
and they put him on him they you know, they
put him on Murray, They put him on different people
throughout that game. And he still got it when it
comes to being a defender. But man, offensively, he was
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unstoppable last night. And if they can get that kind
of play out of him, you know, and and uh,
you know, Zuba plays with the same kind of energy
and James Harden hit some big shots. I mean, it's
The Clippers are a team you better look out for.
If they can get past this first round, they get
past the Nuggets, they will become a very dangerous team
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for someone to play.
Speaker 1 (14:16):
And watching them against the Nuggets, just sitting there watching
to me, watching the two teams, the Clippers are.
Speaker 2 (14:24):
The better team.
Speaker 1 (14:25):
Yeah, the Clippers are the better team.
Speaker 3 (14:28):
Did you feel like me? They feel like something's off
with the Nuggets. You know, I'm letna say fired Malone.
It just doesn't feel they don't feel like the team
that they've been the last couple of years. And obviously
because you know, he's not there anymore, but still, it
just doesn't feel like they are in sync as much
as they've been, you know, when he was coaching them.
(14:51):
And maybe there's that fallout of losing your coach right
before the playoffs starts, but man, they they did not
feel like the same team. And I'm not taking anything
away the Clippers because they went out and earned that win,
but they don't seem right. I mean, he saw the
jokers yelling at folks and he's on his teammates and
it just seemed like they're a little bit in disarray.
(15:13):
But yeah, I just I don't Again, I don't know
how you do that unless it was something so egregious
that you fire a coach that won you a title
a couple of years ago, you fire him four games
before the playoffs start.
Speaker 1 (15:25):
Here's I think the problem. They didn't seem cohesive, you
said out of sink. Yeah, they didn't seem smooth.
Speaker 2 (15:32):
No, they didn't.
Speaker 1 (15:33):
They didn't seem confident. You know that you can tell
a team that feels it. The Clippers felt it last
night Minnesota felted against the Lakers. Yeah, and you can
see when the team doesn't feel it. There are a
step out of sink, there are steps slow defensively, they
start pointing fingers at each other. But you have to understand, Rodney,
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that the reason they made that move is because the
Nuggets had been doing that. It had evaporated to that
point during the season. They weren't in sync, they weren't cohesive,
they weren't happy. So they made the move hoping, you know,
you waved the magic wand and everybody's back to the
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way they were. But they weren't, and you could see it.
And the Clippers had to earn that. I mean, even
all of this being said, it could have gone either way,
all of this being said, the Clippers had to earn it.
I would say if Denver was playing as Denver has
in the past, they could have won the game. But
(16:38):
to me, there was no question that the Clippers were
far superior. Norman Paul got into it with Jamal Murray. Yeah, right,
Clippers weren't backing down the Clippers were the aggressors. They
weren't backing down, and I think it kind of threw Denver.
It's like, are you stepping to us.
Speaker 2 (16:59):
Our build?
Speaker 1 (17:01):
What are you doing? What are you doing? It's kind
of like what And remember, the Clippers would have won
the first game they hadn't turned the ball over twenty
times four and overtime, and Denver turned the ball over
last night. Denver committed to turnovers last night, and that
was a function of the Clippers aggressiveness on defense and
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also Denver being out of sink. So as they head
back here now, I'll tell you I thought the Clippers
would win the series before it began. I am more
convinced now they are the better team of those two.
Speaker 2 (17:36):
Yeah, I agree. I agree. It's just the way they're playing.
Speaker 3 (17:41):
And again it's still going to you know, Kawhi hopefully
he stays healthy. But they got to get that same
kind of performance out of James Harden, you know, and
Norman Powell. But I'd think that game Fred is going
to be a pivotal point because you're right, they played
with a lot of edge in that game and they
want it and sometimes that carries over going Okay, we're
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not gonna be bullied by these guys, and we're not
afraid of these guys, and now they're coming to our place.
But we needed a game like that where it was
physical or it was intense, where we had each other's
back and we came in there building and we won it.
Now that is going to catapult us the rest of
the series and possibly the rest of the playoffs. But
I think that was a statement game for the Clippers
for sure.
Speaker 1 (18:24):
And I'm sure you have been on teams throughout your
career where those games have occurred where it was that
moment where everybody looked at each other and said, Okay,
now we're together, We're ready.
Speaker 2 (18:37):
You know.
Speaker 1 (18:37):
Yeah, I'm sure that there have been moments games that
you have played in where after that game, with the
adversity you may have dealt with or the physical nature
of it, you all looked at each other and then
you went on a run because something clicked.
Speaker 3 (18:53):
Yeah, yeah, I mean, I you know, top of my head,
I can't think of it. I do think of one.
We had a tough game actually playing the Rams in Detroit,
and one of our guys got hurt. Mike Utley got
hurt and and turned out he was on the field
for like thirty minutes and ended.
Speaker 2 (19:09):
Up being you know, paralyzed, and.
Speaker 3 (19:14):
It was you know, the game was already chippy, but
we ended up winning that game and then rattled off
like sixth straight after that and went to the playoffs.
But but there has been several times where you found
out moments. You know, we almost remember back at SCE
we almost got beat by Arizona team that wasn't very
good and we were pointing fingers in the first half
because we couldn't get everything right. And then the second
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in the last like two minutes a game, we had
to go for a long drive to go win it,
and we all just came together and did that, and
then we rattled off.
Speaker 2 (19:46):
Four straight and beat us LA and went to the
Rose Bowl.
Speaker 3 (19:49):
So yeah, there are moments that that you look back
going that was the moment, that was the time that
we came together and this might be it for the
Clippers the right.
Speaker 1 (20:03):
That concludes our conversation about what happened last night. We
must look forward now. Lakers and Tea Wolves tonight at
the Crypt in Game two, Dodgers play the Cubs again
for the two hundredth time, first of a two game
set in Chicago. And that's why we're only on for
an hour. We're back, that's right, Roddy Fred Rogan on
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a Tuesday.
Speaker 3 (20:29):
It is a sprint today as the Dodgers are in
the Windy City, Chicago, playing the Clubs as Fredminton for
the seven hundred and fiftieth time this year. But in reality,
this will be the last time they played the Clubs.
This is the last series they have with them, barring
if they might see them in the playoffs, but this
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will be the last regular season matchup with the Cubs
back in Chicago.
Speaker 1 (20:56):
Yeah, it's only two games left, two games left with
the Cubs, which is sad because just when you get
to know everybody, then the season series will be over.
Because God knows, they played the Cubs. They know the Cubs.
We know the Cubs are. Cups are rolling a little bit.
Cups are hot.
Speaker 3 (21:15):
You know. Councils got Krans, Council's got him playing. My boy,
Pete craw Armstrong is killing it right now. He's on
a groove. And Ian Happ is killing the ball as well.
So Cubs are The Cubs are doing that thing. No,
Cubs are playing well. Imanaga goes for the Cubs today
and Dustiny for the Dodgers, and it's supposed to be
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kind of cold and overcast in Chicago.
Speaker 2 (21:39):
Shocker.
Speaker 1 (21:40):
Yeah, however that plays into it. We'll talk more about
that in a second.
Speaker 2 (21:44):
All right.
Speaker 1 (21:45):
So Lakers tonight at home against Minnesota. So in the
first game, Timberwolves came out we said it yesterday and
just punched the Lakers right in the face. It's like,
oh my god, what a wake up call. I didn't
even know that would happened. I should have had a
V eight. Remember the old commercials back in the day. Yeah,
pow and you're like, oh, okay, now we're awake. Well,
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we weren't really ready for this. Now we're awake. And
that may be the case, but that was a very
troubling statement for everyone to make. Now we're we didn't
even know. We never thought that would happen. We never
expected them to be that aggressive. Oh really, in the playoffs,
you didn't expect that to be that aggressive. Somebody came
(22:32):
up to me yesterday and said, how do you think
the Lakers stopped Anthony Edwards? I said, I got a
better question. They said, what's that? How do you think
the Lakers stopped Minnesota. Maybe that's how we should look
at this. Well, we got to shut down Anthony Edwards. Well,
according to that first game, you got a lot of
people to shut down. It's not Anthony Edwards you have
to worry about specifically. How about we take this approach.
(22:53):
Maybe we just need to show up and play. Maybe
we need to come out and be aggressive. Maybe we
need to come out and take the game to them.
Then it won't matter who covers Anthony Edwards, will it.
But the Lakers looked like they were in a malaise.
They just couldn't focus. It's sort of like you woke
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up and you know some of those days were for
whatever reason, your your iv your vision's a little foggy,
takes your while, just as you kind of get the
sleep out of them. Well, they never got to sleep
out of their eyes. That was the issue, Anthony Edwards.
They got much bigger problems than Anthony Edwards. Right now,
they need to show up, Rodney, Yeah.
Speaker 2 (23:36):
They do need to show up. And you're right, it's
like they weren't.
Speaker 3 (23:41):
They weren't ready for what hit them, and they did
get hitting them out and they couldn't recover and it's
like they were playing ketchup the whole game and in
the playoffs, and you got to believe that Minnesota was
hearing all of it. Oh watch out for the Lakers,
the Lakers and Luca. They got new new life. Luc
and Lebron. They're gonna take the Lakers back to the championship.
(24:05):
Lakers are the favorite, Lakers are the team to beat.
No one wants to play the Lakers. I'm sure they
were hearing this all leading up to that Game one,
and they came in town just quiet about their business,
and they put it on the Lakers and before the
Lakers even knew what hit them.
Speaker 2 (24:21):
And so you know, this is a he I don't know.
Speaker 3 (24:26):
I always like to say must wins or anything like that,
but this is a big time game for the Lakers.
They cannot get out and go back to Minnesota down two.
Speaker 2 (24:37):
Fred.
Speaker 3 (24:38):
They have to find a way to win this game
otherwise than all of the pressure, I mean, all of
the pressure becomes on the Lakers. And I'm not talking
just on the court. I'm talking about external pressure too.
I'm talking about all the pressure on Luca and Lebron.
Speaker 2 (24:55):
Can Lebron still do it?
Speaker 3 (24:56):
Lebron passed his prime, he can't handle the playoffs, and
Luca was the trade, right. You know, everybody made fun
of Dallas, but look, the Lakers got bounced in the
first round. It is I mean, the narratives go on
and on and on. If the Lakers don't close this
deal against Minnesota in this first series.
Speaker 1 (25:15):
I think every team in the league probably has heard
what Minnesota has heard. Every player in the league knows
that when the Lakers acquired Luka Doncic, that was it.
The Lakers were the team. Everybody knew it. Everybody heard it,
everybody talked about it, everybody. So it doesn't matter who
the Lakers play, every single team has heard that. Yeah,
(25:36):
every coach, every player, every GM, every fan. When Luca
came to the Lakers, the Lakers became the team. Whether
they're the team or not, they became that team. But
everybody looked at it that way. I think as for pressure,
and again, I look at it differently. I think more
people look at it like you do than I do.
(25:58):
I look at it like this, Anything that happens this
year is a bonus. And I swear to you, I
really look at it that way. You didn't expect the
Lakers to be the third seat, nor did you expect
them to be in the position they're in, And we
certainly didn't expect them to have Luca. So whatever happens,
people will still be excited for the future because they
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have Luca and Lebron. So this year to me is
a bonus. Now, you don't want to go out and
get swept, but moreover, you don't want to go out
and play like you did the other night. And who
do you point the finger at if you have to
point it at somebody, Well, sure you can point it
at the players. They're the ones on the court. But
(26:45):
if you are not prepared, if you are out played
like that, I have to say you weren't properly prepared,
either mentally or physically. And that's not sure. The players
bear some of the responsibility, but you just weren't ready.
You were not ready for what was coming. And if
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you were not ready for what was coming, then you
weren't prepared properly. I don't know what the Lakers preparation was.
I'm not an expert on that. I couldn't tell you.
I can only tell you what I see, and what
I saw was they did not look ready prepared for
what Minnesota did. That's on the coaching staff. You've got
to get those guys ready. Now, I'm not saying you
(27:27):
have to get out there and be the old Newt
Rockney speech and go win one for the gipper. I'm
not saying that. But you've got to have those guys
ready to play so they feel confident. You know, as
a coach in the NBA, really the thing you do
is put your guys in the best position to win,
because the players are going to win or lose the game.
Speaker 2 (27:47):
If you've done.
Speaker 1 (27:48):
Your job, if they're prepared properly, if they're not fooled
by what's coming, and you have put them in their
best position to win and you have better players, you
should win. To me, it's pretty simple. So Rodney, I
don't know what they did. I read Austin Reeves said
(28:08):
they really had a hard practice the other day to
get ready. You played a whole season. You need a
hard practice to get ready for the playoffs. To me,
there's a disconnect here and I just can't figure it out.
Speaker 3 (28:25):
Well, first of all, it's one game and that happened.
You get beat get beat ugly, or you win big
and you think you did everything right, but you don't
play twenty years in the league, make fifty million dollars,
or play eight seven years in the league, multiple all stars,
(28:49):
you know, about to sign a big max contract, the
superstar from the time you were fifteen years old, and
then coming over to the league and taking over the
league by storm, and then or play for the Lakers
for five six years and really elevate your game to
(29:10):
where the people are calling it the Big Three. Now
if you're Austin Reeves, Ruey Hot Chamorro played you know.
So it is not on the coaches. It is on
the players. It is on the players. If you can't
get yourself ready for the playoffs at this stage, this
time of year, then it is one hundred percent on
the players. It is up to the players to get themselves,
(29:32):
get themselves ready. And to me, they just they look sluggish.
They look like they were not ready to play. They
look like they put on that Laker jersey and said
we're going to roll through the Timberwolf and and we're
going to get through it because we've got the purple
and Gold and we're playing at the Crypt and all
is good and everybody believes that we're going to make
(29:53):
it to the Western Conference finals. So all we got
to do is show up, and they showed up and
got shown out by I will not at this point
of the year, you know, if it's game one or
first week of the season and guys are not on
the same page. Yeah, I say the coaches got it,
you know, got some work to do. But at this point,
(30:14):
game eighty three, the first game of the playoffs, and you're.
Speaker 2 (30:18):
Not ready to play.
Speaker 3 (30:19):
That is on the players not getting themselves ready to play. Okay,
what do you think this has anything to do with it?
Speaker 1 (30:27):
The fact that the Lakers went with a small lineup
and it didn't work. Do you think that has anything
to do with it? Minnesota is gigantic.
Speaker 3 (30:38):
Maybe maybe, But but there's a reason why they did that.
Speaker 2 (30:42):
You know, there's a reason there.
Speaker 3 (30:43):
There there are studies, there are analytics, there's film, there's
reasons why they look at it and go, well, this team,
that team had success going with a smaller lineup. So
that's something that maybe we you know, we were going
with that type of strategy against them, or they looked
at them, this is how we played them, had to
success with them early in the season, and that's what
we're going to do. And let's face it, Minnesota made shots.
Speaker 2 (31:07):
Too, so.
Speaker 3 (31:09):
You know, I it just to me, it was less
about strategy and less about x's and o's as it
was about energy, hustle and just being ready to play
and have the intensity level that matched Minnesota's and the
Lakers did not have that. Well, I think you're right,
(31:31):
got to win tonight. You might say this must now going.
I mean this game especially, you think it's a must
win for them.
Speaker 2 (31:39):
Yeah, they got to win tonight.
Speaker 1 (31:41):
You got to get one at home, and especially after
you played in the first game, you got to come
out you have to uh imposure, Well, you have to
let them know that. Okay, you pushes around night one,
you got us hunn off night. Now now you're going
to find out what we're about and we're going to
emphasize that. So when you think about when you get home,
(32:02):
things will change. They really won't psychologically, Rodney, I mean,
can that happen to a team if the Lakers come
out and punish them tonight, does that knock them back
on their heels a little bit and think, wait a minute,
wait a minute, these guys are for real.
Speaker 2 (32:18):
Yeah, it will work both ways.
Speaker 3 (32:20):
They they if they if you know, if it's a
close game, then Minnesota will still feel good.
Speaker 2 (32:25):
Going back tied one to one and getting one in LA.
Speaker 3 (32:29):
But if they do get blown out, they have to
rethink their win in game one, going maybe.
Speaker 2 (32:35):
That was a fluke.
Speaker 3 (32:36):
You know, these guys are as good as as advertised,
and they came out and showed us because game one
they weren't ready to play.
Speaker 2 (32:43):
We took advantage of it.
Speaker 3 (32:45):
But now we've got a uphill battle because the real
Laker team showed up and blew us out. So there's
you know, there's a different psyche depending on how the
game shapes up and how it ends. But if the
Lakers don't win, then all of a sudden confidence meter
goes through the roof for Minnesota. Now they're gonna start
to feel it like we can beat these guys. Not
(33:08):
only can we beat these guys, we can sweep these guys,
you know, because if they go back home and get
game three after you know, taking two here, man, that
it becomes a wrap there.
Speaker 2 (33:20):
So this is this is critical.
Speaker 3 (33:21):
This is definitely critical going back to Minnesota for the
Lakers to win.
Speaker 1 (33:32):
Well in our very quick sprint. Today, we are back
to wrap things up and we'll get your set for
the Dodgers tonight.
Speaker 2 (33:40):
Come on.
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Speaker 1 (34:47):
You know the Cubs have lost ten games, They've only
lost ten games. Dodgers have lost seven.
Speaker 2 (34:52):
Yeah, my god. Look at the National League right, and
you look at the National League West. Look at the
National League West.
Speaker 1 (34:58):
I mean the Mets are six and seven, the Padres
are sixteen and seven, the Dodgers are sixteen and seven,
the Giants are fifteen and eight, the Diamondbacks are thirteen
and nine.
Speaker 2 (35:11):
There you go, Yeah, there it is. I mean, Phillies
have lost ten games as well, but I mean, good lord.
Speaker 3 (35:20):
Basically yeah, basically the West they all have the same record,
you know, with you know, the Giants being one game behind,
and then the Diamondbacks, you know, not far behind, the
Colorado's Colorado.
Speaker 2 (35:34):
You know, they all kind of always bring up the rear.
Speaker 3 (35:36):
But yeah, the Mets are good, the Phillies are good,
and you got to believe at some point Atlanta's gonna
get it going, right, Oh yeah, I think Atlanta's too
good not to get it going. And then you know
the cub Milwaukee's you know, year and in, year out,
has been pretty good themselves. And so we'll see there
would probably be a surprise team in there. Cincinnati might
(35:57):
be that surprise team that kind of jumps at you, Terry, Yeah, Terry.
Frank ConA known for turning teams around and getting the
most out of his players. I mean, they did score
twenty four runs. The other day, someone was gonna Cincinnati.
The Bengals didn't score twenty four once against the Baltimore
Ravens in any game in the last three years, and
(36:20):
the and the and the Reds beat the Orioles, you know,
twenty four to two.
Speaker 2 (36:24):
Whatever. But yeah, no, it's gonna be competitive.
Speaker 3 (36:27):
It's gonna be very, very competitive, especially if it keeps
going like this down to stretch. Now, are you are
you of the mindset because we said this earlier, we
were looking analyzing the the NLS and talking about, yeah,
you know, there'd be the Dodgers and the Padres. We
all believe that the Diamondbacks will be there somewhere because
they've got you know, pitching, This has helped them. But
(36:48):
are you a believer now that the Giants are going
to be in the mix long term or you think
they're gonna fall off?
Speaker 1 (36:54):
I think they No, No, No, it's fool's goal right now.
Speaker 2 (36:59):
Yeah, I think so.
Speaker 1 (37:00):
A good start, exciting start, that's good.
Speaker 2 (37:04):
But no, I don't think they're there. No.
Speaker 1 (37:07):
I mean the Diamondbacks, the Padres, the Dodgers, they're battle tested.
Speaker 2 (37:13):
They know what it takes. So does buster posey?
Speaker 1 (37:17):
Okay, but what position is he playing and Robbie Ray
and Verlander? Okay, no, if Verlander's healthy and Verlander can
stay healthy, or maybe even put his wife in Kate
Upton and Buster Posey knows what he's doing.
Speaker 2 (37:29):
What's he hitting fourth? Yeah he might insert himself.
Speaker 1 (37:33):
Yeah, he's gonna put himself back in the lineup. He's
sitting upstairs watching. No, it's a great starting. The fan
should be happy. I don't see him. I don't see
him there at the end, but I do see the Dodgers,
Padres and Diamondbacks that I do. I think that Central
is going to be a battle with Milwaukee and the Cubs,
and the East is tough.
Speaker 2 (37:50):
I mean, mess is tough. Mets, Philly's Atlanta.
Speaker 3 (37:54):
I mean, I don't want to even talk about Miami
because they're not gonna be able to last because you know,
there's like half a dozen teams out there that just
really have no hope. And it's not just because they
got the lowest payroll and lowest attendants all over there.
But you just can't see in this day and age,
a team like Miami Pittsburgh, you know, are ever going
(38:20):
to be really in the mix until they you know,
they were yelling already. It's early in the season. They
were yelling in Pittsburgh. Sell the team, Sell the team,
Sell the team. You know, it's just when you look
up and you see what those other teams are doing,
you know, Dodgers, Padres, Yankees, Mets, Braves, Phillies. You see
(38:41):
what those teams are doing. And you're sitting in Pittsburgh
and you're looking at and you got, you know, one
superstar and Paul Skins knowing that as soon as his
contract is up, as soon as he's a free agent,
he's out of Pittsburgh. I mean, it's just got to
be the more likes and in Pittsburgh is one of
the it's one of the great sports towns there is
(39:01):
in the country, if not the world, especially baseball. They
love their baseball there, but they are not putting a
product on the field that the fans could be excited about.
Speaker 1 (39:10):
Stadium's beautiful, great place to watch a game.
Speaker 2 (39:13):
Uh huh.
Speaker 1 (39:13):
City's great too. I mean, you know, you don't hear
a lot about Pittsburgh. Pittsburgh's a nice place. Yeah, the
way it's situated, it's beautiful. You come through that tunnel
and see the three rivers and the two stadiums.
Speaker 2 (39:25):
Back to back right there in downtown.
Speaker 3 (39:27):
It's a beautiful city, beautiful city. But they have no
chance for it. No, but that's just the way it is.
And that's on them. Oh, the Dodgers have all the money,
so obviously that's why they went. No, that's on them because.
Speaker 1 (39:42):
If they don't have a chance, they get a higher
draft pick, they can build their minor league system. Instead
of not reinvesting millions and millions of dollars in the
major league roster, invest in the minor league system because
then when those players come around, make sure you're picking
the right guys, make sure you're making the right moves.
But when those guys come around, all of a sudden,
your entire roster is cost controlled. And now look at you.
(40:04):
Now you've got a shot. But you see, and that's
a problem when when you look at major league teams
and you go, god, they're terrible. They're terrible. Okay, maybe
they are, and you only have so much money to spend.
I get it. Put that money in the minors, put
that money in scouting and development, start building a roster
so as they come up, because you have made the
(40:25):
right call, all of a sudden. You have a cost
controlled roster that is very competitive. Look at Baltimore, Look
at see how Baltimore did it. Will they win it?
Probably not. Could they use a big money guy. Probably
could let carbon Burns walk because they don't want to
pay them.
Speaker 2 (40:44):
That's okay.
Speaker 1 (40:45):
They're in the conversation. They're a threat. They're there. If
you go to the stadium, you feel like you're getting
value that you've paid for because they've got a shot.
But that's how they did it. Yeah, everybody can do that.
They just choose not to. All Right, Dodgers Cubs later
this afternoon, we're on for an hour, Ronnie, Thank you, Kevin.
(41:06):
Great work. Looks like they'll get the game in in Chicago.
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