April 18, 2025 • 61 mins
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We also talked Braves, Hawks, The Masters and more!!
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Tripple Pass, thro Catch Slide, respect around, Hey, you know
say always you you're listening to Around the at L
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and Jordans on Sports Visions ninety two to one.
Speaker 2 (00:31):
Welcome Mary one to the fifth episode of Around the
atl on Sports Visions ninety two to one FM. Very
excited to be here again today thanks to those listening
on the tune in app. Good evening everyone. This is
Chris on Around the at L on Sports Visions ninety
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Strong and go ahead get my local shout outs to
(01:36):
Josh Martevius, Deja, Tyreeq, Sakoya, Cherry Hallie and of course
Lily and Sierra who never really listening by giving them
a shout out anyway. I want to shout out to
my co host Jordan Jackson. He's not able to make
it tonight by going to include him in tonight's show
because it's a very very special show. Tonight we have
a very special guest. As a college athlete Kentucky Wildcats,
(02:01):
she was a SEC Rookie of the Year All SEC
several times over her four year career in college SEC
Player of the Year as a junior and a senior.
As a professional, she's the first player in the Professional
Volleyball Federation to score seven hundred points. She led the
league in scoring in her first year in the league.
(02:22):
She became the first ever MVP in the league in history.
In twenty twenty four and this season, she has helped
her team to a sixteen and eight records so far.
Tonight we have Leah Edmond joining us. Leah, how you
doing tonight?
Speaker 3 (02:39):
I'm doing great.
Speaker 4 (02:40):
Thanks for having me, no problem.
Speaker 2 (02:42):
Let me go ahead and throw this in there, I
said I will, So that being said, I want to
go ahead and get right into it because I know
You're time is precious. But again, thank you for being
on the show this evening. Okay, so my very first
(03:05):
question to you. As much as volleyball is a team sport,
you have definitely stood out in both college and as
a professional. What do you believe has led you to
being one of the best into sports so far.
Speaker 5 (03:21):
I mean, it's like you said, it's a team sport,
and so being around people who push me to be
my best every day I think.
Speaker 3 (03:27):
Has been super important.
Speaker 5 (03:29):
And I've just been blessed to be in programmers and
have coaches that have challenged me to be my best
and to look for excellence and everything that I'm doing.
So I think that's a big part of it. My
parents my family are really big supporters of everything I'm
doing and just allowing me to play the sport at
the highest level and doing whatever they need to make
sure that I can do it the best. My ability,
I think has been the big thing, but it definitely
(03:50):
has to do with my teammates. I mean, I've been
playing with Olympic hopefuls, national champions, I mean, pro champions,
like anything you could possibly imagine, anyone that wins at
the high level I've been able to play with. I
think being around those types of people every single day
have definitely made me the player that I am.
Speaker 2 (04:05):
And you already brought up something I'm gonna ask later.
I'm glad you mentioned that I'm gonna get to keep
it a secret. So my second question, could you educate
us myself the audience who might be watching right now.
Shout out to everyone watching on IMT and Worldwide Radio
and those listening on the tune in out for Sports
Visions ninety two one fl volleyball itself, because there's some
(04:29):
who are still not familiar with the sport really, especially
on the professional side. So could you kind of give
us a brief education in regards to terms like digs
and kills and blocks and aces and assists, how those
how those kind of quantify into winning a natural volleyball match.
Speaker 5 (04:46):
Yeah, So basic basics is that you get three touches
on your side, so three times to touch the ball
before it has to go back over to the other
side of the net. And those things that you mentioned
are basically are like what we can do. So digging
is when someone hits the ball from the other side
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of the net and you get it up. Of course,
a block is when you were trying to stop the
person attacking from getting across the net. So if you
do that and the ball isn't they're not able to
get the ball up or it's not able to come
back across the net, that's a block.
Speaker 3 (05:21):
A kill is an attack, so any type of swinging
motion that either.
Speaker 5 (05:25):
Hits the ground or someone's unable to play it as
like the second touch, those are considered kills. An ace
is when somebody's serving, so that's when you see someone
at like the back back line, when the rep initially
blows the whistle and then they put the ball in
the play.
Speaker 3 (05:40):
When you get an ace, it means that either the
ball hit the.
Speaker 5 (05:42):
Ground or somebody wasn't able to get that second or
third touch. So usually most of the skills and volleyball
is somebody couldn't get the ball back up, couldn't get
the ball back.
Speaker 3 (05:54):
Up, couldn't get the ball back over.
Speaker 5 (05:56):
And that's usually how you get those types of stats
on the stat sheet, And that just kind of depends
on what level of what you take seriously the most.
So like in the professional world, you're passing, so that
first contact after someone serves is a stat that would
look at a lot more than you kind of do
in college college, trying to keeps it a little bit
more basic.
Speaker 3 (06:16):
Pro you kind of are more concerned about.
Speaker 5 (06:18):
How many overall points you're getting, not necessarily Okay, you
have twenty kills, but you only got twenty kills.
Speaker 3 (06:24):
How many points did you score? Like in points are kills.
Speaker 5 (06:28):
Aces and blocks, So anytime that you're able to put
a point on the board, that counts the point, So
digs don't go towards your points, but overall stats.
Speaker 3 (06:35):
So that's kind of like the basics. I guess in.
Speaker 5 (06:38):
Terms of terms, it can get really tactical, and there's
just so.
Speaker 3 (06:41):
Much more I can get into, but we don't want
to confuse everyone. I want to read you know, the basics.
Speaker 2 (06:44):
That leave well, that's why I threw it to you
on that end because it can get pretty Because I've
been going through it, and one of the things I've
been doing week after week as I've been covering the
Atlanta Vibe on around the atl is mentioning not just yourself,
but some of your teammates in regards to some of
the things that they've been doing, whether it be Diggs, kills,
assists especially of course points and things of that nature.
Speaker 4 (07:06):
So whether it be I believe her name is Mia Timor.
Speaker 2 (07:11):
And others see I remember some and others I make
sure because it is a team sport, this is one
of the biggest, the biggest team sports that everyone really
has to play as a team to be successful. So
that's why I wanted you to kind of explain that
for the audience in real time.
Speaker 4 (07:27):
I appreciate that.
Speaker 2 (07:29):
That being said, I should skip this question to the last. Yeah,
I'm gonna skip that question for right now. The Vibe
have qualified for the playoffs again after last year, though,
how do you feel about advancing through this year's playoffs?
Is it too early for you to be thinking about that.
The season isn't completely over yet, but how do you
(07:49):
feel about the playoffs this year as opposed to last year,
and do you feel better about pursuing a championship this
year for Atlanta?
Speaker 3 (07:59):
I think the year we've.
Speaker 5 (08:00):
Kind of struggled a little bit more throughout the season
than we did last year. I mean, last year we
only lost six games combined, and we've definitely lost more
than that this year, and so I think that's been
a blessing though, because now going into April, we only
have four games left, which is crazy in the regular season,
but we've kind of hit a stride.
Speaker 3 (08:17):
We know what we need to do.
Speaker 5 (08:18):
We've played every team at least three times, so we
definitely know how to play everyone because we're gonna sadly
have to play someone five times to get to that championship.
And so I think we're just like in a great place.
I think that's the blessing of our organization is that
we've gotten such great players that we're able to qualify
super early. So like last year, around this time, we
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already knew that we were going to be in playoffs,
and the same thing right now, and I think that
kind of takes off a little bit more pressure for
these last four games. It's a let's go out there
and we're competing and we're having fun and we're not
really worried about trying to get into playoffs or how
many games you have to win to make sure that
we're there. It's kind of like, Okay, we got to
that goal, so now what can we clean up these
next four games? What can we still improve on so
(08:58):
that when we get to playoff there's no worry about, oh,
this is still something that we have to fix, or
we're just happy we got here, like we barely scraped through.
Speaker 3 (09:08):
So I think it's great.
Speaker 5 (09:09):
I think the blessing also of our league is that
you only signed one year contracts bus the time, so
this year's team and last year's team are completely different,
and I think that's super cool that we went through
completely different challenges this year do you get to this
point and we use what we did last year in
order to help the new people that are here with
us this year.
Speaker 3 (09:27):
But I think each year has been so cool to
kind of get to the same ending.
Speaker 5 (09:32):
Of course, hopefully this year we'll get way better ending
and end up with the championship, but just we knew
how to get to that playoffs, We knew what it
took to get to that and to be able to
do it two years in a row is really cool
and I'm really excited.
Speaker 2 (09:43):
I am too, and I'm glad you mentioned that because
the nearer, well, let's say a month ago, it was
hit or miss a little bit, right, And I mentioned,
you know, as we're going through week to week and
we're talking about the records, we're talking about different matches,
and then all of a sudden, like you say, you
hit your stride and like you also said.
Speaker 4 (10:03):
Moho, moho, don't play moho a lot, don't y'all?
Speaker 2 (10:06):
You know so, But keeping that in mind, it is
more difficult to play a team multiple times to go
through a regular season, then the playoffs, then a possible championship,
and you might have to literally play one of these
teams like five times. But you're prepared for that and
you don't have the anxiety of wondering if you are
going to make the playoffs or not. So I definitely
(10:26):
could appreciate that. So now I'm gonna ask a question
I just skipped. What is it like being a professional
athlete in Atlanta, Leah, That's.
Speaker 3 (10:37):
A great question. I think it's been fun.
Speaker 5 (10:40):
I enjoy it, and Leanna as a city in general,
like just culture, wise, just how big it is. I'm
from Kentucky, so definitely different size of cities for sure.
Speaker 3 (10:52):
I think it's just super cool.
Speaker 5 (10:54):
There's so many sports teams here, and I think that's
like the coolest part about it is that there's just
so many people doing so many amazing things and their
respective sports at such a high level, and you get
to see that, and I think that's so good for
especially the younger generation, to see so many different sports
in front of them and having something to aspire to.
Speaker 3 (11:12):
So you have both women and men's basketball, you have baseball.
Speaker 5 (11:16):
And hockey and lacrosse and all in football and everything
you have going on here, that you have children here
that can be like I grew up wanting to be
just like them, and I could see them in my
own city, and I think that's super cool. And I
love just how much the city embraces sports, and I
love the more entertainment aspect of how we treat sports here.
I think that's cool too, especially because I went to
Kentucky so like sports is like anything and everything there
(11:38):
and just to see a different side of it a
little bit, I think is super cool. And being able
to build a fan base from scratch I think has
been so amazing too. And even from like first year
to second year, people who know about us now I
think is super cool. Like we go into the airport
and we'd be like, oh, yeah, we played pro volleyball
and they're like, oh, that's cool. And then now this
year we go in the airport and they're like, we
know what that is. Like you see the logo on
(11:58):
our shirts and our jack you know what it is.
And I think that's been so cool to watch that build.
But Atlanta is amazing. It's a great city for just
about anything.
Speaker 3 (12:07):
And so just being here.
Speaker 5 (12:08):
I only here for like six months out of the year,
but just being here for that six months, it's like
really fun and I truly enjoy it and I'm sad
when I have to go back home every week. Club
Gas South Arena, you gotta go.
Speaker 4 (12:20):
Are you what are you waiting for?
Speaker 3 (12:21):
Now?
Speaker 2 (12:21):
It's time to get your playoff tickets right. So definitely
Atlanta is a sports city. It has been knocked at
for decades, and now that we have another professional team,
very exciting to have you as a part of that.
Now I actually do have a bonus question. Then I'm
gonna ask Jordan's question the Olympics m what would that mean? Well,
(12:44):
let me let me backtrack. Will the Olympics be something
that you will be able to participate in? Is it
something that you see in the future, see something that
you be able to be a part of. If so,
give me, give me a little bit about the Olympics
and your in, your in regards to the possibility and
what would mean if you were to be on that
next team.
Speaker 5 (13:06):
Well, for volleyball, it's a little bit different, I guess
compared to like we see track and swimming and she's like,
you hit a time, you win the race, you get
to go. Volleyball is a little bit longer of a process,
and it really takes almost the whole four years in
between Olympics to really choose.
Speaker 3 (13:21):
A team, and it really depends on the year.
Speaker 5 (13:23):
They can ask up to sixty girls to come train
in the gym, and some of those girls will make
it past the year, some won't. And so that's kind
of the hard thing with that is that you kind
of never know. It's just kind of like an invitation
of come train in gym, you might play, and the
qualifying tournaments we need to get to the Olympics, you
might not. You might be here for a week and
you might not. So that's been a little bit hard
to kind of figure out. If I got the opportunity
(13:46):
to be in train in that gym and be able
to push towards that, I would love it.
Speaker 3 (13:49):
But also at the.
Speaker 5 (13:50):
Same time, I have goals that I'm doing with in
volleyball right now that I think are very impactful as well,
and just as a black woman, just being a face
for other little black girls can He's just the biggest
deal to me, and that's the big goal I have
in general. So if I'm able to do that from
the Olympic stage, fantastic. If me playing professional volleyball at
Atlina Vibe is the highest level volleyball that I played,
(14:11):
I'm okay with that too, because I want to make
that as great as possibly can. So I'm kind of
back and forth to me. I'm just like, I have
goals that I'm doing. If that gets you checked off
the list, fantastic. If it doesn't, I hope that other
things that I'm doing make just much of an impact
as well.
Speaker 2 (14:26):
That is a great answer to that question, and you
have options as well. Obviously, that's a good thing. But
you gave me the perfect segue to this final question
before I let you go, My co host Jordan Jackson
says that a good friend of his, his daughter named
Madison Armstrong, who is a freshman volleyball prayer at Chouan University,
(14:47):
is a big fan of yours. So what advice would
you give young ladies such as her to help them
reach their full potential as a volleyball player.
Speaker 5 (14:58):
The big thing I always say is being well rounded. So, yes,
like you have a specific position you play, like I'm
an outside hitter. There are things that are very specific
to my position, but I need to be able to
do well, but I also need to be able to
just play volleyball as a whole well. And I think
sometimes with the younger generation, we're very quick to say, Okay,
you're gonna play this position. You're only going to practice
the things that this is needs, instead of being able
to play every single skill and do every single skill
(15:20):
as well as you possibly can. And I think just
being able to do that, like you don't have to
do every skill perfect, you don't have to do every
skill to the highest level possible, but being able to
do it at a level that you can maintain and
that makes a difference and that can be helpful to
your team.
Speaker 3 (15:33):
I think is really important.
Speaker 5 (15:35):
Being able to play multiple positions if you can't, I
think is super important. I also think it's really important
to have a life outside of volleyball, and I am
a big advocate for that of I work for the
first eight hours of the day. I practice in the
morning and waits and after that volleyball does not come
out my mouth, and not talk about volleyball. I don't
do anything about volleyball. I have life outside of volleyball,
and I think that's what makes it so easy to
(15:56):
continue playing. I mean, this is like eighteenth year playing
volleyball in a row, and so being able to sustain
that meant I had to have a life outside of it.
Speaker 3 (16:05):
I do not make it my entire life.
Speaker 5 (16:06):
It's not my identity, it's not my personality, because at
some point it will end, like I'm not going to
play volleyball until I'm eighty ninety years old.
Speaker 3 (16:13):
That's just not possible. And so being able to have
a life outside of that that.
Speaker 5 (16:17):
I find joy in that there are things that still
bring value to my life that aren't just a sport
I think is super important. And so then when I
get to do volleyball, when I get to play, when
I get to compete for that short amount of time,
it's more impactful.
Speaker 3 (16:30):
I put more into it because I only get to
do it for a short amount of time.
Speaker 2 (16:34):
Yeah, And I appreciate that because I think that's an
aspect that a lot of people forget about in regards
to athletes in general, is that they do have lots too, right, So.
Speaker 4 (16:43):
You want there is a is a very fine line sometimes.
Speaker 2 (16:47):
But I appreciate that answer very much, and hopefully it's
Madison appreciate that too.
Speaker 4 (16:52):
So Leah, as we as we bid you.
Speaker 2 (16:55):
Farewell, I just want to say again, thank you for
just taking a little bit of your schedule out with
around the atl tonight on Sports Visions ninety two onefl
shout out to the Atlanta Vibe for making this possible.
And I hope to be able to visit Atlanta. I
haven't been in a while. I used to live there,
but I haven't been to a match yet myself, So
hopefully I'll be able to come up myself and Jory
(17:16):
we'll come up to watch y'all, hopefully in the playoffs.
That's what we're gonna probably plan to the playoffs, the playoffs,
the playoffs, championship, right, so we'll be able to come
and join you and watch you continue your success as
an Atlanta Vibe. And oh, if you could tell the
audience where they can find not the only yourself, but
the Atlanta Vibe on the web, so that way they
can keep up with the team.
Speaker 3 (17:37):
Oh yeah, so on all social media.
Speaker 5 (17:40):
I'm Leah Edmund thirteen and then Atlanta Vibe is Atlanta
Capital at Atlanta and Vibe and you can find them
on everything, Facebook, Twitter, if you look it up, they
will be there.
Speaker 4 (17:51):
They've done a great job this season on that end.
Speaker 2 (17:54):
Well again, Lee, I'm gonna let you go for now,
but again, thank you for being on around the atl
has been a pleasure and hope to see you again
real soon and good luck for the rest of this
season as well.
Speaker 3 (18:03):
Thank you so much.
Speaker 4 (18:04):
You take care.
Speaker 3 (18:09):
And that.
Speaker 2 (18:18):
It was a great interview by miss Leah m and
of the Atlanta Vibe. They play at Gas South Arena.
You need to get the tickets. They're qualified for the
playoffs again, they're aiming for a championship. But hopefully you
appreciate some of the answers to her questions in regards
to just what volleyball is being a professional in the
city of Atlanta, her personal I should say personal vibe
(18:43):
in regards to volleyball as well, because she does have
a personal life on top of being a professional volleyball player.
And it was just an enjoyable interview. So that was
a great first half of the show. We're going to
record the second half of the show, so those who
get to watch on IMT and Worldwide Radio on YouTube
continue to watch. Those who are listening on tune in,
(19:04):
stay tuned for the second half of the show.
Speaker 4 (19:06):
Till next time. We'll be right back.
Speaker 5 (19:11):
You're listening to Around the atl with Chris and Jordan.
Speaker 3 (19:15):
We'll be right back with more Atlanta sports talk.
Speaker 4 (19:27):
So come on and we are back.
Speaker 2 (19:45):
Thanks for everyone listening to Around the atl on Sports
Visions ninety two to one. That was a great interview
with miss Leah Edmund from the Atlanta Vibe. Can't wait
to meet her in person one of these days.
Speaker 4 (19:56):
So Jordan, let's talk to some Braids baseball man. What's
going on for the Braids lately?
Speaker 6 (20:01):
Well, unfortunately, Chris, the Braves have been continuing continuing to struggle.
They are currently seven games under five hundred and have
only won one series this year. I live enough against
the Philadelphia Phillies, but you got to give a quick
shout out to Sean Murphy who has four home runs
in six games.
Speaker 7 (20:21):
Which is tied for the team leading an eight RBI
which is.
Speaker 6 (20:25):
Third on the team. He's been one of the few
bright spots with the team so far.
Speaker 2 (20:29):
Chris definitely need the output from him. How about allowing
to you noted where are they.
Speaker 4 (20:34):
Up to lately?
Speaker 6 (20:36):
Well, more bad news, Chris. I'm glad of United fell
this past Saturday, losing one zero to the New England Revolution.
The controversial thing about that game was Miguel L. Morone
had a first half goal just allowed on a penalty,
and Atlanta never scored from there, only four shots on
(20:57):
goal to New England seven. That loss dropped the Five
Strips to just two wins, three ties, and three losses
on the.
Speaker 7 (21:08):
Season so far.
Speaker 2 (21:09):
That's a struggle right there. Hopefully, hopefully they can bounce
back the Masters. I try to do my CBS voice, Jordan,
I can't do it right now. Look who won the
green jacket?
Speaker 3 (21:19):
Man A tradition.
Speaker 6 (21:22):
Unlike in the other Yes, Lauryn McElroy won the Masters.
He defeated Justin Rose in a playoff to bring home
the title. That completed the career Grand Slam for him,
So congratulations to him on that, and his final total
was minus eleven. I was actually in Augusta this weekend
(21:43):
and it's quite incredible the way the Masters just transforms
that place. All the restaurants are full, the shops are
busy with people. I saw more private jets at the
air airport than I've ever seen in my entire life.
Speaker 7 (21:58):
So shout out to Augusta.
Speaker 6 (21:59):
But putting on a great tournament once again, it is
absolutely the greatest golf tournament in this entire world.
Speaker 2 (22:06):
Chris and I got to watch that last round. It
was pretty exciting, I will have to admit. Last, but
not least, let's talk about the Atlanta Hawks. The playing
tournament is on. Unfortunately, the Atlanta Hawks fall to the
Orlando Magic one twin to ninety five, and already somehow
Trey Young is being blamed. When Zach scored seven, Diyson
had seven, or Congo eleven, Mogi had twelve, and the
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Yang had fifteen off the bench and that was pretty
much it off the bench because Lavert and Man didn't.
Speaker 4 (22:33):
Help at all. So Jordan, where do we stand now?
What happens next to this playing tournament?
Speaker 6 (22:39):
Well, what happens next, Chris is we've watched the Bulls
versus the Heat and to see who emerges.
Speaker 7 (22:46):
As our opponent next. That game will be in Atlanta, and.
Speaker 6 (22:50):
Despite the disappointment of the game against Orlando, I do
expect the Hawks to win that ball game in Atlanta
and advance to the playoffs to be the eight seed
and take on to Cleveland Cavil. It's just unfortunately, though,
that we were able to come back from down twenty
two against Orlando and cut the lead all the way
down to three, but we just could not get over
the humps, sir, And.
Speaker 2 (23:11):
This was on the road as well, so you always
have that advent. So let me ask you this, between
Miami and the Heat, do you have a preference on
who to play in this last play in game.
Speaker 7 (23:23):
I really don't have a preference, Chris. I feel like
we match up well against either team.
Speaker 6 (23:28):
I feel like Dyson Daniels will not let Kobe White
go for forty two points if we played them like
the Jonte did also feel like you can slow down
Tyler Hero as well.
Speaker 7 (23:39):
I think both teams are.
Speaker 6 (23:40):
Much better matchup for the Hawks than the Orlando Magic
or just longer, taller, able to beat us on the boards,
and they don't really have a place that kind of
high trade. They have guards, they can attack trade. I
feel like Miami North Chicago has the overall elements bill Orlando.
Speaker 2 (24:00):
Well, let me just point this out. The Orlando Magic
bench is what beat the Atlanta Hawks. Anthony Black had
sixteen and Cole Anthony had twenty six. Cole Anthony averages
like eight points a game for the season, and he
had twenty six to in twenty minutes off the bench.
So who was guarding him and who's guarding Anthony Black
Because the rest of the lineup Wendell Carter had nineteen,
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Franz Wagner had thirteen and thirteen, and Ben Caro had
an ugly seventeen. Paul wolle Pope had five, and Corey
Joseph had nine. So again, how is all this Trey
Young's fault when he's not guarding all five players plus
the two people off the bench.
Speaker 4 (24:38):
I don't understand it. It's silly to me, but people
can have that if they want to.
Speaker 2 (24:43):
Now, since we believe that the Hawks will win their
playing game against either the Heat or Chicago, that goes
into Cleveland, So what are your thoughts in regards to
possibly meeting Cleveland in the playoff series, Jordan, I.
Speaker 6 (24:58):
Like the batch up against Cleveland than I like the
potential matchup against the Celtics. Celtics have Drew Holliday and
Derrick White, excellent defensive players that they can throw at trade.
Cleveland does not really have a real trade defender. Now,
Cleveland does have better rim protection with Evan Mobley and
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with Jared Allen, but Bustin also has Orsenia super protect
the rim and a federer And now hawtend is not
a rim protector, but just knows how to play the game.
And the one thing is Cleveland just does not have
a track record of playoffs success like the defending champion
Boston Celtics do. But the kid is, we're gonna have
to shoot the basketball better than we shot the ball
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against Orlando. Only shooting nineteen percent from three point range
is not gonna cut it. Only thirty eight percent.
Speaker 7 (25:49):
From the bild is not gonna cut it. And we
just can't afford to have five guys not shoot the ball.
Speaker 2 (25:54):
Well like what happened against Orlando, and that that is
really what I'm looking at, is the inconsistencies, because again,
all season we've had some great games and then you
have games like this, and again it's a matter of
the support part of it. If you can't hit shots,
it's gonna be hard to win. That's basketball, right, But
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again it's a matter of when someone passes you the
ball you're not hitting your shot, where do you again
to continue to align that fault at a certain point
when you're looking up and down the lineup and nobody
is scoring the ball. So yeah, against Cleveland especially, we
can't have a game where we're basically zeroing out. And
I will mention this, and I mentioned this before the
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show started, that I was encouraged for at a certain
point in time, we weren't chucking up threes just for
the sake of chucking up threes. We didn't have fifty
attempts out there tonight, and that was one of the
reasons we were able to come back in the game,
because again, you don't know what the other team's gonna
do or they gonna keep hitting shots too. Maybe not,
especially if you actually play some defense. Right, So, I
think the Hawks definitely have a better chance against Cleveland,
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probably again rather than the Boston Celtics defending world champions.
I'm hoping for the best because we really need to
have a show and we really need to be in
the playoffs this year.
Speaker 7 (27:12):
We really do.
Speaker 2 (27:14):
Jordan, any other final thoughts on any of our sports
for tonight, last one, I think.
Speaker 6 (27:20):
Being able to be competitive on the boards, it's going
to be crucial in the next playing game as well
as going into the playoffs. If my prediction comes true,
we got crushed on the boards by Lando by twelve.
Even if we don't win the rebound the battle, we
cannot get you by double digits on the boards.
Speaker 7 (27:37):
Christ exactly well.
Speaker 2 (27:39):
I hope everyone appreciated our thirteenth episode of Around the
atil here on Sports Vision Is ninety two to one FM,
and again shout out to miss Leah Edmund, the most
Valuable player of the Professional Volleyball Federation and of the
Atlanta v for joining us earlier. It was a great
interview and hope to again look forward to seeing her
in the playoffs this year. Please tell others about around
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Any final word, sir.
Speaker 6 (28:33):
Yes, I quick shout out to my mom who's been
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Pay men out there. He passed away through the complication
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So that was a great first half of the show,
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this is gonna be this right here that if you're watching,
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get her interview on Around.
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Big moment for us as a sports show for sure.
That was really cool.
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As think we got nine minutes, so.
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Speaker 2 (00:31):
Welcome Mary one to the fifth episode of Around the
atl on Sports Visions ninety two to one FM. Very
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my co host Jordan Jackson. He's not able to make
it tonight by going to include him in tonight's show
because it's a very very special show. Tonight we have
a very special guest. As a college athlete Kentucky Wildcats,
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she was a SEC Rookie of the Year All SEC
several times over her four year career in college SEC
Player of the Year as a junior and a senior.
As a professional, she's the first player in the Professional
Volleyball Federation to score seven hundred points. She led the
league in scoring in her first year in the league.
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She became the first ever MVP in the league in history.
In twenty twenty four and this season, she has helped
her team to a sixteen and eight records so far.
Tonight we have Leah Edmond joining us. Leah, how you
doing tonight?
Speaker 3 (02:39):
I'm doing great.
Speaker 4 (02:40):
Thanks for having me, no problem.
Speaker 2 (02:42):
Let me go ahead and throw this in there, I
said I will, So that being said, I want to
go ahead and get right into it because I know
You're time is precious. But again, thank you for being
on the show this evening. Okay, so my very first
(03:05):
question to you. As much as volleyball is a team sport,
you have definitely stood out in both college and as
a professional. What do you believe has led you to
being one of the best into sports so far.
Speaker 5 (03:21):
I mean, it's like you said, it's a team sport,
and so being around people who push me to be
my best every day I think.
Speaker 3 (03:27):
Has been super important.
Speaker 5 (03:29):
And I've just been blessed to be in programmers and
have coaches that have challenged me to be my best
and to look for excellence and everything that I'm doing.
So I think that's a big part of it. My
parents my family are really big supporters of everything I'm
doing and just allowing me to play the sport at
the highest level and doing whatever they need to make
sure that I can do it the best. My ability,
I think has been the big thing, but it definitely
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has to do with my teammates. I mean, I've been
playing with Olympic hopefuls, national champions, I mean, pro champions,
like anything you could possibly imagine, anyone that wins at
the high level I've been able to play with. I
think being around those types of people every single day
have definitely made me the player that I am.
Speaker 2 (04:05):
And you already brought up something I'm gonna ask later.
I'm glad you mentioned that I'm gonna get to keep
it a secret. So my second question, could you educate
us myself the audience who might be watching right now.
Shout out to everyone watching on IMT and Worldwide Radio
and those listening on the tune in out for Sports
Visions ninety two one fl volleyball itself, because there's some
(04:29):
who are still not familiar with the sport really, especially
on the professional side. So could you kind of give
us a brief education in regards to terms like digs
and kills and blocks and aces and assists, how those
how those kind of quantify into winning a natural volleyball match.
Speaker 5 (04:46):
Yeah, So basic basics is that you get three touches
on your side, so three times to touch the ball
before it has to go back over to the other
side of the net. And those things that you mentioned
are basically are like what we can do. So digging
is when someone hits the ball from the other side
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of the net and you get it up. Of course,
a block is when you were trying to stop the
person attacking from getting across the net. So if you
do that and the ball isn't they're not able to
get the ball up or it's not able to come
back across the net, that's a block.
Speaker 3 (05:21):
A kill is an attack, so any type of swinging
motion that either.
Speaker 5 (05:25):
Hits the ground or someone's unable to play it as
like the second touch, those are considered kills. An ace
is when somebody's serving, so that's when you see someone
at like the back back line, when the rep initially
blows the whistle and then they put the ball in
the play.
Speaker 3 (05:40):
When you get an ace, it means that either the
ball hit the.
Speaker 5 (05:42):
Ground or somebody wasn't able to get that second or
third touch. So usually most of the skills and volleyball
is somebody couldn't get the ball back up, couldn't get
the ball back.
Speaker 3 (05:54):
Up, couldn't get the ball back over.
Speaker 5 (05:56):
And that's usually how you get those types of stats
on the stat sheet, And that just kind of depends
on what level of what you take seriously the most.
So like in the professional world, you're passing, so that
first contact after someone serves is a stat that would
look at a lot more than you kind of do
in college college, trying to keeps it a little bit
more basic.
Speaker 3 (06:16):
Pro you kind of are more concerned about.
Speaker 5 (06:18):
How many overall points you're getting, not necessarily Okay, you
have twenty kills, but you only got twenty kills.
Speaker 3 (06:24):
How many points did you score? Like in points are kills.
Speaker 5 (06:28):
Aces and blocks, So anytime that you're able to put
a point on the board, that counts the point, So
digs don't go towards your points, but overall stats.
Speaker 3 (06:35):
So that's kind of like the basics. I guess in.
Speaker 5 (06:38):
Terms of terms, it can get really tactical, and there's
just so.
Speaker 3 (06:41):
Much more I can get into, but we don't want
to confuse everyone. I want to read you know, the basics.
Speaker 2 (06:44):
That leave well, that's why I threw it to you
on that end because it can get pretty Because I've
been going through it, and one of the things I've
been doing week after week as I've been covering the
Atlanta Vibe on around the atl is mentioning not just yourself,
but some of your teammates in regards to some of
the things that they've been doing, whether it be Diggs, kills,
assists especially of course points and things of that nature.
Speaker 4 (07:06):
So whether it be I believe her name is Mia Timor.
Speaker 2 (07:11):
And others see I remember some and others I make
sure because it is a team sport, this is one
of the biggest, the biggest team sports that everyone really
has to play as a team to be successful. So
that's why I wanted you to kind of explain that
for the audience in real time.
Speaker 4 (07:27):
I appreciate that.
Speaker 2 (07:29):
That being said, I should skip this question to the last. Yeah,
I'm gonna skip that question for right now. The Vibe
have qualified for the playoffs again after last year, though,
how do you feel about advancing through this year's playoffs?
Is it too early for you to be thinking about that.
The season isn't completely over yet, but how do you
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feel about the playoffs this year as opposed to last year,
and do you feel better about pursuing a championship this
year for Atlanta?
Speaker 3 (07:59):
I think the year we've.
Speaker 5 (08:00):
Kind of struggled a little bit more throughout the season
than we did last year. I mean, last year we
only lost six games combined, and we've definitely lost more
than that this year, and so I think that's been
a blessing though, because now going into April, we only
have four games left, which is crazy in the regular season,
but we've kind of hit a stride.
Speaker 3 (08:17):
We know what we need to do.
Speaker 5 (08:18):
We've played every team at least three times, so we
definitely know how to play everyone because we're gonna sadly
have to play someone five times to get to that championship.
And so I think we're just like in a great place.
I think that's the blessing of our organization is that
we've gotten such great players that we're able to qualify
super early. So like last year, around this time, we
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already knew that we were going to be in playoffs,
and the same thing right now, and I think that
kind of takes off a little bit more pressure for
these last four games. It's a let's go out there
and we're competing and we're having fun and we're not
really worried about trying to get into playoffs or how
many games you have to win to make sure that
we're there. It's kind of like, Okay, we got to
that goal, so now what can we clean up these
next four games? What can we still improve on so
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that when we get to playoff there's no worry about, oh,
this is still something that we have to fix, or
we're just happy we got here, like we barely scraped through.
Speaker 3 (09:08):
So I think it's great.
Speaker 5 (09:09):
I think the blessing also of our league is that
you only signed one year contracts bus the time, so
this year's team and last year's team are completely different,
and I think that's super cool that we went through
completely different challenges this year do you get to this
point and we use what we did last year in
order to help the new people that are here with
us this year.
Speaker 3 (09:27):
But I think each year has been so cool to
kind of get to the same ending.
Speaker 5 (09:32):
Of course, hopefully this year we'll get way better ending
and end up with the championship, but just we knew
how to get to that playoffs, We knew what it
took to get to that and to be able to
do it two years in a row is really cool
and I'm really excited.
Speaker 2 (09:43):
I am too, and I'm glad you mentioned that because
the nearer, well, let's say a month ago, it was
hit or miss a little bit, right, And I mentioned,
you know, as we're going through week to week and
we're talking about the records, we're talking about different matches,
and then all of a sudden, like you say, you
hit your stride and like you also said.
Speaker 4 (10:03):
Moho, moho, don't play moho a lot, don't y'all?
Speaker 2 (10:06):
You know so, But keeping that in mind, it is
more difficult to play a team multiple times to go
through a regular season, then the playoffs, then a possible championship,
and you might have to literally play one of these
teams like five times. But you're prepared for that and
you don't have the anxiety of wondering if you are
going to make the playoffs or not. So I definitely
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could appreciate that. So now I'm gonna ask a question
I just skipped. What is it like being a professional
athlete in Atlanta, Leah, That's.
Speaker 3 (10:37):
A great question. I think it's been fun.
Speaker 5 (10:40):
I enjoy it, and Leanna as a city in general,
like just culture, wise, just how big it is. I'm
from Kentucky, so definitely different size of cities for sure.
Speaker 3 (10:52):
I think it's just super cool.
Speaker 5 (10:54):
There's so many sports teams here, and I think that's
like the coolest part about it is that there's just
so many people doing so many amazing things and their
respective sports at such a high level, and you get
to see that, and I think that's so good for
especially the younger generation, to see so many different sports
in front of them and having something to aspire to.
Speaker 3 (11:12):
So you have both women and men's basketball, you have baseball.
Speaker 5 (11:16):
And hockey and lacrosse and all in football and everything
you have going on here, that you have children here
that can be like I grew up wanting to be
just like them, and I could see them in my
own city, and I think that's super cool. And I
love just how much the city embraces sports, and I
love the more entertainment aspect of how we treat sports here.
I think that's cool too, especially because I went to
Kentucky so like sports is like anything and everything there
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and just to see a different side of it a
little bit, I think is super cool. And being able
to build a fan base from scratch I think has
been so amazing too. And even from like first year
to second year, people who know about us now I
think is super cool. Like we go into the airport
and we'd be like, oh, yeah, we played pro volleyball
and they're like, oh, that's cool. And then now this
year we go in the airport and they're like, we
know what that is. Like you see the logo on
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our shirts and our jack you know what it is.
And I think that's been so cool to watch that build.
But Atlanta is amazing. It's a great city for just
about anything.
Speaker 3 (12:07):
And so just being here.
Speaker 5 (12:08):
I only here for like six months out of the year,
but just being here for that six months, it's like
really fun and I truly enjoy it and I'm sad
when I have to go back home every week. Club
Gas South Arena, you gotta go.
Speaker 4 (12:20):
Are you what are you waiting for?
Speaker 3 (12:21):
Now?
Speaker 2 (12:21):
It's time to get your playoff tickets right. So definitely
Atlanta is a sports city. It has been knocked at
for decades, and now that we have another professional team,
very exciting to have you as a part of that.
Now I actually do have a bonus question. Then I'm
gonna ask Jordan's question the Olympics m what would that mean? Well,
(12:44):
let me let me backtrack. Will the Olympics be something
that you will be able to participate in? Is it
something that you see in the future, see something that
you be able to be a part of. If so,
give me, give me a little bit about the Olympics
and your in, your in regards to the possibility and
what would mean if you were to be on that
next team.
Speaker 5 (13:06):
Well, for volleyball, it's a little bit different, I guess
compared to like we see track and swimming and she's like,
you hit a time, you win the race, you get
to go. Volleyball is a little bit longer of a process,
and it really takes almost the whole four years in
between Olympics to really choose.
Speaker 3 (13:21):
A team, and it really depends on the year.
Speaker 5 (13:23):
They can ask up to sixty girls to come train
in the gym, and some of those girls will make
it past the year, some won't. And so that's kind
of the hard thing with that is that you kind
of never know. It's just kind of like an invitation
of come train in gym, you might play, and the
qualifying tournaments we need to get to the Olympics, you
might not. You might be here for a week and
you might not. So that's been a little bit hard
to kind of figure out. If I got the opportunity
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to be in train in that gym and be able
to push towards that, I would love it.
Speaker 3 (13:49):
But also at the.
Speaker 5 (13:50):
Same time, I have goals that I'm doing with in
volleyball right now that I think are very impactful as well,
and just as a black woman, just being a face
for other little black girls can He's just the biggest
deal to me, and that's the big goal I have
in general. So if I'm able to do that from
the Olympic stage, fantastic. If me playing professional volleyball at
Atlina Vibe is the highest level volleyball that I played,
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I'm okay with that too, because I want to make
that as great as possibly can. So I'm kind of
back and forth to me. I'm just like, I have
goals that I'm doing. If that gets you checked off
the list, fantastic. If it doesn't, I hope that other
things that I'm doing make just much of an impact
as well.
Speaker 2 (14:26):
That is a great answer to that question, and you
have options as well. Obviously, that's a good thing. But
you gave me the perfect segue to this final question
before I let you go, My co host Jordan Jackson
says that a good friend of his, his daughter named
Madison Armstrong, who is a freshman volleyball prayer at Chouan University,
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is a big fan of yours. So what advice would
you give young ladies such as her to help them
reach their full potential as a volleyball player.
Speaker 5 (14:58):
The big thing I always say is being well rounded. So, yes,
like you have a specific position you play, like I'm
an outside hitter. There are things that are very specific
to my position, but I need to be able to
do well, but I also need to be able to
just play volleyball as a whole well. And I think
sometimes with the younger generation, we're very quick to say, Okay,
you're gonna play this position. You're only going to practice
the things that this is needs, instead of being able
to play every single skill and do every single skill
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as well as you possibly can. And I think just
being able to do that, like you don't have to
do every skill perfect, you don't have to do every
skill to the highest level possible, but being able to
do it at a level that you can maintain and
that makes a difference and that can be helpful to
your team.
Speaker 3 (15:33):
I think is really important.
Speaker 5 (15:35):
Being able to play multiple positions if you can't, I
think is super important. I also think it's really important
to have a life outside of volleyball, and I am
a big advocate for that of I work for the
first eight hours of the day. I practice in the
morning and waits and after that volleyball does not come
out my mouth, and not talk about volleyball. I don't
do anything about volleyball. I have life outside of volleyball,
and I think that's what makes it so easy to
(15:56):
continue playing. I mean, this is like eighteenth year playing
volleyball in a row, and so being able to sustain
that meant I had to have a life outside of it.
Speaker 3 (16:05):
I do not make it my entire life.
Speaker 5 (16:06):
It's not my identity, it's not my personality, because at
some point it will end, like I'm not going to
play volleyball until I'm eighty ninety years old.
Speaker 3 (16:13):
That's just not possible. And so being able to have
a life outside of that that.
Speaker 5 (16:17):
I find joy in that there are things that still
bring value to my life that aren't just a sport
I think is super important. And so then when I
get to do volleyball, when I get to play, when
I get to compete for that short amount of time,
it's more impactful.
Speaker 3 (16:30):
I put more into it because I only get to
do it for a short amount of time.
Speaker 2 (16:34):
Yeah, And I appreciate that because I think that's an
aspect that a lot of people forget about in regards
to athletes in general, is that they do have lots too, right, So.
Speaker 4 (16:43):
You want there is a is a very fine line sometimes.
Speaker 2 (16:47):
But I appreciate that answer very much, and hopefully it's
Madison appreciate that too.
Speaker 4 (16:52):
So Leah, as we as we bid you.
Speaker 2 (16:55):
Farewell, I just want to say again, thank you for
just taking a little bit of your schedule out with
around the atl tonight on Sports Visions ninety two onefl
shout out to the Atlanta Vibe for making this possible.
And I hope to be able to visit Atlanta. I
haven't been in a while. I used to live there,
but I haven't been to a match yet myself, So
hopefully I'll be able to come up myself and Jory
(17:16):
we'll come up to watch y'all, hopefully in the playoffs.
That's what we're gonna probably plan to the playoffs, the playoffs,
the playoffs, championship, right, so we'll be able to come
and join you and watch you continue your success as
an Atlanta Vibe. And oh, if you could tell the
audience where they can find not the only yourself, but
the Atlanta Vibe on the web, so that way they
can keep up with the team.
Speaker 3 (17:37):
Oh yeah, so on all social media.
Speaker 5 (17:40):
I'm Leah Edmund thirteen and then Atlanta Vibe is Atlanta
Capital at Atlanta and Vibe and you can find them
on everything, Facebook, Twitter, if you look it up, they
will be there.
Speaker 4 (17:51):
They've done a great job this season on that end.
Speaker 2 (17:54):
Well again, Lee, I'm gonna let you go for now,
but again, thank you for being on around the atl
has been a pleasure and hope to see you again
real soon and good luck for the rest of this
season as well.
Speaker 3 (18:03):
Thank you so much.
Speaker 4 (18:04):
You take care.
Speaker 3 (18:09):
And that.
Speaker 2 (18:18):
It was a great interview by miss Leah m and
of the Atlanta Vibe. They play at Gas South Arena.
You need to get the tickets. They're qualified for the
playoffs again, they're aiming for a championship. But hopefully you
appreciate some of the answers to her questions in regards
to just what volleyball is being a professional in the
city of Atlanta, her personal I should say personal vibe
(18:43):
in regards to volleyball as well, because she does have
a personal life on top of being a professional volleyball player.
And it was just an enjoyable interview. So that was
a great first half of the show. We're going to
record the second half of the show, so those who
get to watch on IMT and Worldwide Radio on YouTube
continue to watch. Those who are listening on tune in,
(19:04):
stay tuned for the second half of the show.
Speaker 4 (19:06):
Till next time. We'll be right back.
Speaker 5 (19:11):
You're listening to Around the atl with Chris and Jordan.
Speaker 3 (19:15):
We'll be right back with more Atlanta sports talk.
Speaker 4 (19:27):
So come on and we are back.
Speaker 2 (19:45):
Thanks for everyone listening to Around the atl on Sports
Visions ninety two to one. That was a great interview
with miss Leah Edmund from the Atlanta Vibe. Can't wait
to meet her in person one of these days.
Speaker 4 (19:56):
So Jordan, let's talk to some Braids baseball man. What's
going on for the Braids lately?
Speaker 6 (20:01):
Well, unfortunately, Chris, the Braves have been continuing continuing to struggle.
They are currently seven games under five hundred and have
only won one series this year. I live enough against
the Philadelphia Phillies, but you got to give a quick
shout out to Sean Murphy who has four home runs
in six games.
Speaker 7 (20:21):
Which is tied for the team leading an eight RBI
which is.
Speaker 6 (20:25):
Third on the team. He's been one of the few
bright spots with the team so far.
Speaker 2 (20:29):
Chris definitely need the output from him. How about allowing
to you noted where are they.
Speaker 4 (20:34):
Up to lately?
Speaker 6 (20:36):
Well, more bad news, Chris. I'm glad of United fell
this past Saturday, losing one zero to the New England Revolution.
The controversial thing about that game was Miguel L. Morone
had a first half goal just allowed on a penalty,
and Atlanta never scored from there, only four shots on
(20:57):
goal to New England seven. That loss dropped the Five
Strips to just two wins, three ties, and three losses
on the.
Speaker 7 (21:08):
Season so far.
Speaker 2 (21:09):
That's a struggle right there. Hopefully, hopefully they can bounce
back the Masters. I try to do my CBS voice, Jordan,
I can't do it right now. Look who won the
green jacket?
Speaker 3 (21:19):
Man A tradition.
Speaker 6 (21:22):
Unlike in the other Yes, Lauryn McElroy won the Masters.
He defeated Justin Rose in a playoff to bring home
the title. That completed the career Grand Slam for him,
So congratulations to him on that, and his final total
was minus eleven. I was actually in Augusta this weekend
(21:43):
and it's quite incredible the way the Masters just transforms
that place. All the restaurants are full, the shops are
busy with people. I saw more private jets at the
air airport than I've ever seen in my entire life.
Speaker 7 (21:58):
So shout out to Augusta.
Speaker 6 (21:59):
But putting on a great tournament once again, it is
absolutely the greatest golf tournament in this entire world.
Speaker 2 (22:06):
Chris and I got to watch that last round. It
was pretty exciting, I will have to admit. Last, but
not least, let's talk about the Atlanta Hawks. The playing
tournament is on. Unfortunately, the Atlanta Hawks fall to the
Orlando Magic one twin to ninety five, and already somehow
Trey Young is being blamed. When Zach scored seven, Diyson
had seven, or Congo eleven, Mogi had twelve, and the
(22:28):
Yang had fifteen off the bench and that was pretty
much it off the bench because Lavert and Man didn't.
Speaker 4 (22:33):
Help at all. So Jordan, where do we stand now?
What happens next to this playing tournament?
Speaker 6 (22:39):
Well, what happens next, Chris is we've watched the Bulls
versus the Heat and to see who emerges.
Speaker 7 (22:46):
As our opponent next. That game will be in Atlanta, and.
Speaker 6 (22:50):
Despite the disappointment of the game against Orlando, I do
expect the Hawks to win that ball game in Atlanta
and advance to the playoffs to be the eight seed
and take on to Cleveland Cavil. It's just unfortunately, though,
that we were able to come back from down twenty
two against Orlando and cut the lead all the way
down to three, but we just could not get over
the humps, sir, And.
Speaker 2 (23:11):
This was on the road as well, so you always
have that advent. So let me ask you this, between
Miami and the Heat, do you have a preference on
who to play in this last play in game.
Speaker 7 (23:23):
I really don't have a preference, Chris. I feel like
we match up well against either team.
Speaker 6 (23:28):
I feel like Dyson Daniels will not let Kobe White
go for forty two points if we played them like
the Jonte did also feel like you can slow down
Tyler Hero as well.
Speaker 7 (23:39):
I think both teams are.
Speaker 6 (23:40):
Much better matchup for the Hawks than the Orlando Magic
or just longer, taller, able to beat us on the boards,
and they don't really have a place that kind of
high trade. They have guards, they can attack trade. I
feel like Miami North Chicago has the overall elements bill Orlando.
Speaker 2 (24:00):
Well, let me just point this out. The Orlando Magic
bench is what beat the Atlanta Hawks. Anthony Black had
sixteen and Cole Anthony had twenty six. Cole Anthony averages
like eight points a game for the season, and he
had twenty six to in twenty minutes off the bench.
So who was guarding him and who's guarding Anthony Black
Because the rest of the lineup Wendell Carter had nineteen,
(24:22):
Franz Wagner had thirteen and thirteen, and Ben Caro had
an ugly seventeen. Paul wolle Pope had five, and Corey
Joseph had nine. So again, how is all this Trey
Young's fault when he's not guarding all five players plus
the two people off the bench.
Speaker 4 (24:38):
I don't understand it. It's silly to me, but people
can have that if they want to.
Speaker 2 (24:43):
Now, since we believe that the Hawks will win their
playing game against either the Heat or Chicago, that goes
into Cleveland, So what are your thoughts in regards to
possibly meeting Cleveland in the playoff series, Jordan, I.
Speaker 6 (24:58):
Like the batch up against Cleveland than I like the
potential matchup against the Celtics. Celtics have Drew Holliday and
Derrick White, excellent defensive players that they can throw at trade.
Cleveland does not really have a real trade defender. Now,
Cleveland does have better rim protection with Evan Mobley and
(25:19):
with Jared Allen, but Bustin also has Orsenia super protect
the rim and a federer And now hawtend is not
a rim protector, but just knows how to play the game.
And the one thing is Cleveland just does not have
a track record of playoffs success like the defending champion
Boston Celtics do. But the kid is, we're gonna have
to shoot the basketball better than we shot the ball
(25:42):
against Orlando. Only shooting nineteen percent from three point range
is not gonna cut it. Only thirty eight percent.
Speaker 7 (25:49):
From the bild is not gonna cut it. And we
just can't afford to have five guys not shoot the ball.
Speaker 2 (25:54):
Well like what happened against Orlando, and that that is
really what I'm looking at, is the inconsistencies, because again,
all season we've had some great games and then you
have games like this, and again it's a matter of
the support part of it. If you can't hit shots,
it's gonna be hard to win. That's basketball, right, But
(26:18):
again it's a matter of when someone passes you the
ball you're not hitting your shot, where do you again
to continue to align that fault at a certain point
when you're looking up and down the lineup and nobody
is scoring the ball. So yeah, against Cleveland especially, we
can't have a game where we're basically zeroing out. And
I will mention this, and I mentioned this before the
(26:39):
show started, that I was encouraged for at a certain
point in time, we weren't chucking up threes just for
the sake of chucking up threes. We didn't have fifty
attempts out there tonight, and that was one of the
reasons we were able to come back in the game,
because again, you don't know what the other team's gonna
do or they gonna keep hitting shots too. Maybe not,
especially if you actually play some defense. Right, So, I
think the Hawks definitely have a better chance against Cleveland,
(27:01):
probably again rather than the Boston Celtics defending world champions.
I'm hoping for the best because we really need to
have a show and we really need to be in
the playoffs this year.
Speaker 7 (27:12):
We really do.
Speaker 2 (27:14):
Jordan, any other final thoughts on any of our sports
for tonight, last one, I think.
Speaker 6 (27:20):
Being able to be competitive on the boards, it's going
to be crucial in the next playing game as well
as going into the playoffs. If my prediction comes true,
we got crushed on the boards by Lando by twelve.
Even if we don't win the rebound the battle, we
cannot get you by double digits on the boards.
Speaker 7 (27:37):
Christ exactly well.
Speaker 2 (27:39):
I hope everyone appreciated our thirteenth episode of Around the
atil here on Sports Vision Is ninety two to one FM,
and again shout out to miss Leah Edmund, the most
Valuable player of the Professional Volleyball Federation and of the
Atlanta v for joining us earlier. It was a great
interview and hope to again look forward to seeing her
in the playoffs this year. Please tell others about around
(28:00):
the atl whether or not you're in Atlanta, Columbus, Texas, Australia, London,
wherever you might be listening from, especially London. We have
some London listeners out there now.
Speaker 4 (28:10):
Of course.
Speaker 2 (28:10):
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Speaker 4 (28:30):
Any final word, sir.
Speaker 6 (28:33):
Yes, I quick shout out to my mom who's been
going through cancer treatments. I want to say R and
P to a friend of mine, hire them done away
who passed away and a quick.
Speaker 7 (28:42):
Pay men out there. He passed away through the complication
from hypertension which.
Speaker 6 (28:48):
Let the kid get failure.
Speaker 7 (28:49):
Tell us go get checked.
Speaker 6 (28:50):
A lot of times we have eights and pains and things,
and we avoid going to see a doctor. But ignoring
a potential problem is not going to make make it
go away. Actually addressing that potential problem early could very
well save your save your life. So please fellas, don't
get checked out. That's but not at least I want
(29:11):
to thank God for give me this breath that I
bring you talk.
Speaker 7 (29:13):
About these alammies, George sports that I love be timed out.
Speaker 2 (29:17):
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Speaker 4 (29:26):
Show on IMT and Worldwide Radio YouTube channel until next week.
Always be watching, always be listening. Around the ATL, y'all,
take care of Hey, you've been listening to Around the ATL.
Speaker 1 (29:41):
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Speaker 3 (29:46):
This is Sports Visions ninety two to one.
Speaker 2 (59:16):
So that was a great first half of the show,
great interview. We're going to end the show now because
this is gonna be this right here that if you're watching,
you get to watch this part live. You won't see
(59:37):
this in the actual version probably that's going to be
created later on in the week for Thursday's airing. But
we had to do a little radio this morgas Borg
of things to make this episode happen tonight. So those
of you who got to watch this live, I appreciate
y'all joining if you get a chance to watch before
(59:57):
the change. It will be interesting. But thanks again for
everybody joining in, Thanks for the support. Watching Leah Edmond
get her interview on Around.
Speaker 7 (01:00:05):
The h L.
Speaker 4 (01:00:06):
Big moment for us as a sports show for sure.
That was really cool.
Speaker 2 (01:00:12):
Until next time, We're gonna go ahead and get out
of here, though, always be watching, always be listening.
Speaker 4 (01:00:17):
To Around the a t L.
Speaker 3 (01:00:23):
Slide like the.
Speaker 4 (01:01:12):
Hey how the test alcohol?
Speaker 3 (01:01:19):
How do you think of test?
Speaker 1 (01:01:24):
So just finish?
Speaker 3 (01:01:26):
Uh man.
Speaker 4 (01:01:29):
As think we got nine minutes, so.
Speaker 2 (01:01:36):
I got the old questions.
Speaker 7 (01:01:39):
I added your question like I said, I actually an
uh because.
Speaker 3 (01:01:43):
He actually gave a good.
Speaker 4 (01:01:44):
Safe way for me to be able to do your
question after there again h So that's what she asked.
What she did that she did a good job. I
answered the question job on that question.
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