S&P's Why Not Us?!: Episode #2

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Welcome to S and P's.

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Why not us? The podcast that can do the math of 12 mets losses in a row, and two nick playoff defeats by a single point and somehow still keep coming back with an optimistic take.

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I'm your co-host, Scott Greenhut, and on the other side of the bike, someone I met in 1973, which is incidentally the last time the Knicks won the title, Peter oic.

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Hello, great to be here.

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Oh, do hear some new fans.

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It's great to have them as well.

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Thank you.

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Welcome fans.

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And not sure if you know this, today is actually National Telephone Day.

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Wow.

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Yeah.

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It's a day for everything.

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I was kind of some fun research there.

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What, what does National Telephone Day mean to you? Telephone invented 150 years ago, and it's still wildly common to ask.

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Can you hear me now? Alexander Graham Bell probably rolls over in his grave each time he hears that, which is a lot of rolling.

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Here's my fun fact on telephone day by 2007, Americans actually texted more than they used the phone for phones, if you know what I'm saying.

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Yeah.

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And I know you're fairly traditional old school when it comes to technology, but I think you'll be able to answer this basic quiz question.

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Oh, no.

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What happened in 2007 that changed the game? 2007.

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Mm-hmm.

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New product came out.

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It's a big deal.

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iPhone.

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Yeah.

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Nice.

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Bam.

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All right.

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Well, I'm glad I got the iPhone question right.

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I had just a couple of things on National Telephone Day for me.

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First of all.

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Fourth grade book report, Alexander Graham Bell.

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Ah, I would love to be able to unearth that one.

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Maybe it's still around like the Viking ship.

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Right, right.

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That one I have, this one I'd, I'd love to have, but that's definitely true.

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And the second thing is the Snoopy phone.

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My, my treasured Snoopy phone that I actually took a picture of, just because apparently on eBay you can get quite a few of these things.

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I saw it in the closet a couple years ago.

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Took it out, cleaned it up, got the dust off, put it back in.

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It's still there.

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But I was thinking since I was, am a huge Snoopy fan, I thought maybe sometime this summer we might have some fun and do a little ps ode to Snoopy, ode to Peanuts, Charles M.

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Schultz have some fun with it.

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So yeah, those are my two thoughts.

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It's fantastic.

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And I actually recommend you.

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Making it work, getting a landline attached to it.

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I can help you with that.

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Okay, that sounds like a fun project.

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There you go.

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Alright, and with that, let's get into some of the sports stuff.

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So on today's episode, we'll drop in on the first round of the NBA playoffs.

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We'll gonna pick our favorite non nick, NBA player growing up, but we're kicking things off today with the spectacle that is the NFL draft.

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Wow.

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What a fun, exciting Thursday night it was across the league, our teams as well, and into last night, Friday.

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And as the draft rounds out today, what, how do you wanna start in turn In NFL draft? Yeah, I wanna start here.

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Ty Simpson.

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Yeah.

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Turned down $6.5

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million to stay in college.

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That's what Miami was gonna pay him.

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He'd do the portal.

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Yeah, he was gonna portal over.

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Reportedly that was what he was going to get.

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Instead, he walked away, came out early despite an injury plague 2025.

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And needless to say, this gamble paid off going 13 to the Rams.

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He's gonna start off on the sideline and learn some things and then, we'll see how he does.

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But number 13, quite impressive.

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Well, since you started off with Ty, just one thing on that, uh, on the coverage, pretty astute cut in by ESPN, literally as they were going to break with sort of showing Ty in the green room there.

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Uh, smiling, happy.

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He did not know about this ahead of time and that's been sort of reported and told afterwards.

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But he did seem extremely content, so I would say a nice job by ESPN, with the actual shocking news, literally right after the break.

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And also to your point, you know, having Matthew Stafford, what could be a better position for this quarterback, um, in terms of two dage over the next year.

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Or two.

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So yeah.

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Great spot to, to Simpson.

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And then for me, my other take from, day one of the draft, Jordan Tyson, quiet, big story.

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He came in with the injury questions, missed multiple games in each of his four college seasons, but teams couldn't ignore the talent, so his grade went up significantly.

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Ended up going to the Saints.

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It was quite emotional.

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Any thoughts on, on Jordan or or other day one? Yeah, no, just another kind of, just another, um, TV coverage thing from day one two in division trades.

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This is amazing.

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Dallas and Philly making a trade, which has then Mackay, lemon wide receiver from USC.

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Philly jumps up to make this deal while he's on the phone with Pittsburgh, who had no idea, didn't expect that since Dallas was gonna be going defensive, this would be an issue.

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And then that happens and he goes to Philly and then the Pats and the bills.

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Also make an in, you know, a right, it's division trade and all the unwritten laws.

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You can't do this.

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I'm pretty sure the Jets and the pats will not be making a draft day deal anytime in the future.

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But if and when that does happen, uh, yeah, you'll know what kind of broke the seal.

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Yeah, so that was, that was from the first night.

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We should, we should definitely take a quick touch on our, our teams from the first night.

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So of course the Jets were on the clock from the get go.

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David Bailey goes too.

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As I think I mentioned when we first talked about the draft a month or so ago, I was perfectly happy with kind of either way that, that we would go at, mm-hmm.

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You know, at deep, at edge or edge linebacker.

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And then that works its way to Rve for you.

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So what was that like as the draft played out there? Yeah, so that one became the no-brainer pick.

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I think it was just a matter of which of those guys fell.

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And so that seemed easy, although with the Giants over the last decade, nothing seems easy.

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So happy they got that one right.

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Mixed feelings on 10.

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Francis Maui Manoa.

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I believe that's, I did my best.

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I did a YouTube thing.

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There's a guy from Hawaii, anyway.

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I think he goes by Cece.

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I think I heard on the top that would be even easier.

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But, we do the line, which look, I'm always about the both sides of the line.

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Sure.

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I'm consistent on that point.

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And at the same time, Caleb Downs.

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The Camp, miss Safety, uh, I kind of wanted him, giants Defense was abysmal last year, and the fact that he ended up going to the, rival Cowboys Hertz even a little more, but I'm not gonna crush them on this pick.

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And they, they did a secondary thing, shortly after.

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So, all in all, quite happy with, Ram One.

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Listen as a Jets fan, and I imagine as fellow Jets fans would really have to say this.

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Was a great couple of days, for my team.

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You know, the, starting with David Bailey getting a very athletic, you know, tight end Kenyon Sadique.

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So that's where it's sort of the potential over the production.

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The first pick was production over potential Omar Cooper, Jr.

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Indiana.

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We've all seen his catch and, you know, it's just a, a great person to have in the wide receiver room.

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And then of course, the second round pick an undersized cornerback.

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Aaron, this is absolutely Aaron Glenn's guy, DeAngelo Pond.

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So certainly looking forward to kind of seeing us build him up and have him be a key part of the team, even into the fourth round as we move up.

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Defensive tackle, and then, you know, a quarterback, project in Cade Clubnick from Clemson.

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So, big picture, this team got a lot better in the last two days or so, which sort of leads me into.

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I thought we would do a couple of wishes today, and I just wanted to preface it by saying realistic wishes.

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You, you have a little lantern trinket by you.

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Yeah.

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Let me give it the proper,, rub.

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I think that's required.

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I think if you also, if you just open it, I think that might Well, I, I'm gonna rub and now I'm opening.

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Okay.

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Great.

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All right, so now we're ready for, again.

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Two realistic wishes and we'll start with football.

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For the Jets, mine is extremely simple.

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I'd like to see at least seven wins next year.

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I wanna see this team actually starting to win football games, have a winning mindset.

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The roster got a lot better and work our way to actually having a functional positive locker room fan base, the whole thing.

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The arrows really do seem to be pointing up.

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There is no reason not even with me going through the schedule, which I didn't do to get at least seven wins.

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And let a, uh, podcast record reflect you are sporting your jets.

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T today? Absolutely.

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I think in, in support of, of your team.

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My giants wish I'm cheating and doing two.

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Sorry.

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It's okay.,

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But I think it, it's, it's symmetrical.

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So wish one is that the defense or front lives up to its potential.

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Okay, now we took this guy Reese, at five.

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We've got Thibodaux who's not going anywhere.

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We, we have Abdul Carter, we've got, we've got the guys.

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Um, even, even with Sexy Dexy moving on, I think they, they're stacked.

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They just need to live up to their potential and harassed quarterback.

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And then on the other side of the ball,, my wish is that Bki Fields.

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Who we moved up at Receiver.

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Yep.

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Saw that to take number three.

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We did a couple trades to, to get into better position.

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Gives Jackson Dart and Malik Nabors enough ammo to raise the level of the offense combined, of course with the,, draft pick that we took to solidify the line.

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That sounds fair.

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That sounds fair.

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I thought.

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All right.

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So those wishes are both realistic, I think.

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I think it's realistic.

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You had, you had two, but they were both realistic, so it's fine.

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Thank you.

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So I thought we would just zoom out a little bit on the draft.

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You know, when you watch it on TV and you sort of just see it's been in Pittsburgh, which has just been great to look at the crowd.

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It's a pure spectacle now, you know, um, Peter Schrager from ESPN said the other day, it's reality TV at its finest.

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I thought that was, I thought that was a good line.

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Yes.

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But I also was Did you hear the numbers? Yeah.

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So we basically have, uh, Thursday and Friday we're over 570,000 people.

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The places was packed.

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Last year, I think the whole thing in Green Bay was over 600,000.

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So they're gonna blow by that.

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They're gonna blow by that.

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They blew by day one 300 for the stats that I saw.

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It doesn't matter, right? Who cares? But like 320,000 fans versus, and the two 50 I saw last night, so there you go.

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Right.

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And the draft theater hit capacity by 8:00 PM so the fans had to spill over to what was Heinz Field and then Point State Park.

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Very nice.

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They had to impromptu that I heard.

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Very nice.

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And I would just say, as I'm thinking from a fan.

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This is the perfect weekend getaway for a fan.

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A group of fans, you know, it's a fandom melting pot.

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You see all their uniforms, every team is represented, and they're all optimistic.

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Your team hasn't lost.

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You could go into a establishment and over a cold one.

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Enjoy each other's conversation, needle, whatever.

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But there's no loss at the end of the weekend.

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This is, and it's reasonable, you know, as opposed to following your team to go to a playoff game or something where it could just be, you know, um, expenses could be cumbersome.

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This, this is what my thought was over the last couple days, watching what a wonderful thing and rot rotate in rotating cities.

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By the way, since 2017, rotational cities, starting with Chicago 15 and 16, it was in New York forever.

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But the NFL, no surprise, just a great job on making this a spectacle.

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Yes.

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And just one last comment, which I thought was hilarious.,

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Hees gave the 57th overall pick Logan Jones from the Bears.

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A lifetime supply of ketchup.

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Doug give Mr.

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57, gave him a customized jacket.

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So I love that best draft moment.

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I think that's,, gone a little bit under the radar.

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Good job Heinz.

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Love that.

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All right, so we're gonna take a little bit of a transition and move from the league to the association.

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What do you got in terms of round one NBA? Yeah.

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Observations? Yeah, so I just wanted to start out Wes for a little bit.

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Um, Nicola Yoki, the, you know, first of all, his season this year, he, he, he led the league in rebounds and assists.

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That actually hasn't happened, since, since Wilt days in terms of, you know, from an average perspective.

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So he easily, in any other year, could be an MVP and a deserving MVP, and he's in the top three, and he'll either be two or three.

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Yeah.

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All that said so far in the, in the series, which you had actually pegged, Minnesota as, as the winner in this one.

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It's a down series for him so far.

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Uh, Rudy Gobert is doing a pretty nice job.

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I haven't been able to see too much.

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Like I will watch tonight, 40% overall from the field, 20% from three.

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These are not yoki like stats, so I am very curious to see in terms of, adjustments, however you like.

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As this series keeps going on, it'll probably be a long one how this continues to play out because, you know, he's, he's still at the top of his game.

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Yeah, absolutely.

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I think, you know, for me, I, I was kind of the guy hopping straight to OKC, San Antonio, OKC looks like that, that should work.

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Um, everything's going great for them.

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The San Antonio piece with weby concussion, I mean, just concussions worry me a lot.

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Obviously I'm a huge hockey fan and like they're like, and I'm a base and I'm a baseball dad, so I've seen a lot.

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So there you go.

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Like that's the hidden thing.

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Like, and you can't Fake.

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Obviously there's protocol number one, but also like number two, it's like you, when you're dizzy and disoriented, you're just not the same person.

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So, you know, here's hope and he, he comes back.

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'cause then I, I'd love to see that series with everyone going, at full, at full steam.

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Maybe we can flip over to the east and I guess for me.

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Cleveland, Cleveland's a team.

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Nobody, you know, was that much talking about as the playoffs started and Mitchell Hart and Mobley all shooting over 50% from the field.

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In game two, their steamrolling Toronto, the round mound of rebound, Charles Barkley actually predicts them to go to the finals.

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When did he say that? He said it on a recent show.

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Okay.

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You know, with Ernie and the boys.

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Okay.

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Okay.

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Yeah.

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Um, now a, what Harden does in the playoffs as always is, is interesting, you know, theater, so that that team is definitely, could be competitive if they get their best performance.

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I think specifically from him in the east.

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My eyes are on Jason Tatum.

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Mm, I can't believe that.

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It still hasn't been a year.

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It's like two weeks or so until it's a year from the Achilles tear against the Nicks last year and just watching some of the highlights from last night.

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This version of Jason Tatum is pretty much the version that is an MVP caliber player.

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So all of the work that he obviously has done from the rehab and it's been talked about, but still to play over 40 minutes in the playoffs, which is a whole other level of, yeah, of energy and the work that it takes and what goes on in the game.

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I am extremely impressed by Jason Tatum, and we will see as we, you know, touch on our Knicks in a second, you know, whether, uh, we see him up close in that matchup on the Knicks.

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Yeah.

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Let, I'll let you go on the Knicks.

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Lemme just start by saying, here's a stat that tends to come up after, uh, game threes.

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So, do you know the percentage I do.

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Yeah.

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So 74% of the time, right? The team that wins game three in a seven game series across all NBA playoffs.

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So that's a pretty big sample size Yeah.

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Goes on to win the series, right? So, the Knicks are on the wrong end of that.

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Um, as we head into, tonight's, tonight's game four.

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And I will just, I'll jump into my wish.

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I, I wanted to do two wishes today.

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I thought three would be greedy.

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Oh yeah.

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So here is my, my second wish.

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It's Nicks related.

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Again, it's pretty simple.

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I wanna see much stronger winning starts of game, the first six minutes, if you will.

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It's not just, it's not just the other day.

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This has been a, a trend, especially against good teams for, you know, for a good part of the year.

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The talent level is absolutely there to be playing.

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Yeah.

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Not just competitive first quarters, but actual winning first quarters and not being down seven or eight points for six minutes.

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'cause then the mental part comes into it a little bit.

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So it's maddening, you know, to pick a word, uh, of that, that is my, that is my nick wish.

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It's a good wish.

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Makes me, look at our coach a little bit.

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But.

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Yeah.

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Anyway, we won't, let's not go there.

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And, you know, Mikhail Bridges, it would be nice if he showed up just even a little bit.

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For us, I feel like that would've just tilted this whole thing.

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But, let's see what tonight brings, big game.

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Can I just say one thing On IL Bridges, you can say even two if you got it.

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The, this is a player.

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Who has the longest active streak in games played and really takes, it takes his body seriously.

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In the world of lone of load management, these days, this is more impossible than ever.

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So I.

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Always give him such a long rope and I'm so impressed by his ability to do this and be able to manage himself in games.

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Not of course, your point in terms of you'd love to see a little bit more early on, maybe being less passive, having some success, but I am such an overall Mikel Bridges fan for, for that because it is, it's something else.

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So, uh, let's move on to the next segment.

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I think lightning.

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Let's do a little lightning round.

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I have the first one.

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Okay.

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So I want to talk a little bit about Ani, who I touched on.

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I think when we just did our first little bit of the baseball preview on the pitching side of things.

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So on the pitching side of things, so far it has been so far.

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Show very good on his Cy Young Quest.

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He's got four starts.

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His first one was on a Tuesday, then he followed up with three Wednesdays.

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So you sort of see what they've been tracking so far.

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24 innings, one earned run, 25 Ks, six walks.

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So those are the stats.

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But you know, he's come out healthy so far.

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And per his manager, Dave Roberts, who just has such a great pulse of, of that dugout.

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And maybe another time I'll talk a little bit more about Dave Roberts, but just it's gonna be fluid in terms of his hitting on his pitching days.

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Will he still lead off? Will he potentially be moved down in the order? Would he be out of the lineup? He was out of the lineup the last time, so I'm just curious.

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To watch as we talked about, that this is actually important to show Hay this year.

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This has been kind of a goal in Cy Young and he really would need to stay on roughly, you know, a seven to 10 day regular program and stay healthy to be continuing to be in consideration.

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And of course, you know, Paul Skiing doesn't going anywhere.

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He literally had a, uh, perfect game through in, into the fifth, bottom of the fifth last night.

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I think.

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So, yeah, that's my Tani.

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So your lightning is hockey.

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NHL playoffs is also going on as we speak.

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First round you had a couple of Yep.

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Quick hits.

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Players you wanted to highlight.

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Quick hits from hockey one east, one west from the east.

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You got TAs Thompson from the Buffalo Saber Saber's.

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Great story.

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Ended a 14 year playoff drought, which was the longest in NHL history.

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Um, longest current one.

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Thompson scored 40 goals this year.

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He helped team USA win the Olympic gold in Italy, right? He's the emotional engine of the team buffalo currently leading the Bruins two to one in round one out west, um, going more predictable.

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Nathan McKinnon from the Avalanche.

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She led the NHL in goals and points this year.

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Their abs are, are currently, Stanley Cup favorites.

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Yep.

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Um, at plus 300, they're currently dominating the LA Kings on the verge of a sweep and he already has one cup and chasing his second and looking super strong early.

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So keep an eye on Nathan McKinnon's, quest for number two.

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Yep.

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Got it.

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Alright, our last lightning.

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I had a thought this week where I thought it would be fun to look at, to go back to our favorite NBA player that was not a nick growing up, and I will let you, uh, lead off, first of all, I'm happy to lead off.

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It'll also be hilarious if we end up picking the same guy, but probably statistically unlikely.

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Okay.

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Uh, I picked James Worthy, the Ultimate Winners Player three Championships with the Showtime Lakers Finals, MVP in 1988.

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One of those championships was over the Celtics.

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So easy for me to kind of get a little bit on the James worthy, uh, bandwagon since he was out west and not competing directly with the Knicks.

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Uh, never needed to be the guy, just always was the right guy.

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Um, you know, uh, the 85 Celtics win, probably the sweetest of his three and also took down the pistons in 88.

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Big game.

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James wasn't a nickname.

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They gave him, it was one yearned.

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Okay.

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Of, of, of course we're, we're very close, but we're not the same.

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But I won't repeat what you said, but my guy growing up outside of the Knicks was Urban Magic Johnson.

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When I first saw, um, him as a player in terms of.

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Point guard, shooting guard power forward.

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That's how he's actually listed on baseball reference, excuse me, on basketball reference.

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But he instantly redefined what a point guard could be at six nine.

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You know, we grew up with so many talented, traditional point guards.

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Uh, smaller great handle assists first, but, but good score.

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But the grace that he had on the court, I mean, that was, that's the word I would use.

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I found him mesmerizing.

361
00:24:03,413.3089857 --> 00:24:05,93.3089857
Um, and as a result.

362
00:24:05,513.3089857 --> 00:24:07,673.3089857
I kind of found the eighties Showtime Lakers.

363
00:24:07,673.3089857 --> 00:24:15,773.3089857
Pretty mesmerizing also to your points about, of course we have a little bit of the Celtics rivalry back in the day and it was, it was a great rivalry with the Knicks.

364
00:24:15,853.3089857 --> 00:24:21,13.3089857
You know, I had forgotten about the 80 NBA finals game six, where magic's a rookie.

365
00:24:21,598.3089857 --> 00:24:25,798.3089857
Kareem is hurt, right? And he's playing center doing hook shots.

366
00:24:25,858.3089857 --> 00:24:30,538.3089857
42 points, 15 boards, seven assists with the hook in the lane.

367
00:24:30,538.3089857 --> 00:24:34,49.2522964
That's, you know, on repeat as it should be all the time.

368
00:24:34,99.2522964 --> 00:24:34,999.2522964
Real fast.

369
00:24:34,999.2522964 --> 00:24:38,509.2522964
I saw a TikTok clip last night while I was walking the dog.

370
00:24:38,809.2522964 --> 00:24:43,969.2522964
It was an old Letterman clip and he had a bird and magic on at the same time.

371
00:24:44,29.2522964 --> 00:24:47,689.2522964
And he just turns to him and goes, turns to Larry, I guess.

372
00:24:47,689.2522964 --> 00:24:52,99.2522964
First he goes, so which of you two were the better basketball player? Yeah.

373
00:24:52,579.2522964 --> 00:24:56,359.2522964
And Bird does a pause and he gives this funny look and he goes, you know.

374
00:24:57,64.2522964 --> 00:25:00,424.2522964
I'm really all about the championships, so I'm gonna have to give it to this guy.

375
00:25:01,654.2522964 --> 00:25:01,954.2522964
Yeah.

376
00:25:01,954.2522964 --> 00:25:07,114.2522964
And the, uh, for anyone who hasn't seen it, the, uh, bird versus Magic, I think that's what it's called.

377
00:25:07,174.2522964 --> 00:25:10,354.2522964
The, um, the docuseries is just incredible.

378
00:25:10,354.2522964 --> 00:25:15,454.2522964
There's all, there's all sorts of good Celtics and Lakers docuseries, if you wanna go down those rabbit holes, but yes.

379
00:25:15,754.2522964 --> 00:25:16,414.2522964
All right.

380
00:25:16,594.2522964 --> 00:25:25,444.2522964
So we're going to, I'm gonna wrap things up with a little PS where we shift gears, step away from the playing field or the arena, and excuse me, I thought this week.

381
00:25:26,134.2522964 --> 00:25:33,994.2522964
We go back to the movies for a triple feature, um, pretty, you know, pretty specific, a few topics.

382
00:25:34,594.2522964 --> 00:25:41,404.2522964
So the first question for you, you can lead us off is your favorite buddy comedy.

383
00:25:41,404.2522964 --> 00:25:44,674.2522964
I don't think we need to give any more parameters around that.

384
00:25:44,704.2522964 --> 00:25:45,184.2522964
Nope.

385
00:25:45,304.2522964 --> 00:25:46,264.2522964
I'll dive right in.

386
00:25:46,294.2522964 --> 00:25:46,594.2522964
Okay.

387
00:25:46,654.2522964 --> 00:25:47,434.2522964
Swingers.

388
00:25:48,514.2522964 --> 00:25:54,244.2522964
Most buddy comedies have a buddy relationship that kind of transforms over the course of the movie.

389
00:25:54,304.2522964 --> 00:25:56,464.2522964
That's kind of the way many of them evolve.

390
00:25:56,464.2522964 --> 00:25:58,534.2522964
Trent and Mike already tight.

391
00:25:58,534.2522964 --> 00:26:01,894.2522964
So the Dynamic isn't born in the movie, it's the foundation.

392
00:26:02,884.2522964 --> 00:26:11,464.2522964
Trent running a one man intervention the entire film because his friend Mikey is paralyzed over, uh, breaking up with his ex-girlfriend.

393
00:26:12,94.2522964 --> 00:26:16,444.2522964
So T-Bones always drag in Mike, somewhere in Los Angeles.

394
00:26:16,444.2522964 --> 00:26:17,134.2522964
It takes him to Vegas.

395
00:26:18,279.2522964 --> 00:26:20,229.2522964
Does whatever he can to cheer him up.

396
00:26:20,259.2522964 --> 00:26:21,819.2522964
And I'll just leave it with this.

397
00:26:21,819.2522964 --> 00:26:27,119.2522964
Most people have several quotes from the film that they, that they'll use a lot.

398
00:26:27,659.2522964 --> 00:26:30,119.2522964
My favorite one requires just a brief setup.

399
00:26:30,179.2522964 --> 00:26:41,579.2522964
Trent and Mike managed to get a double date during their Vegas joint jaunt rather, and during said date, Trent tells a three minute hilarious and unpredictable story about an audition that went wrong.

400
00:26:42,359.2522964 --> 00:26:45,899.2522964
Mikey knows now it's his turn to say something and he can only muster.

401
00:26:46,19.2522964 --> 00:26:47,789.2522964
Well, we all have stories.

402
00:26:50,249.2522964 --> 00:26:50,549.2522964
Yeah.

403
00:26:50,579.2522964 --> 00:26:51,479.2522964
No, that's good.

404
00:26:51,569.2522964 --> 00:26:56,549.2522964
Uh, it's uh, it's definitely on my, on our list together for sure.

405
00:26:57,659.2522964 --> 00:27:03,59.2522964
My buddy Comedy Midnight Run, uh, and knew that would be your pick.

406
00:27:03,149.2522964 --> 00:27:03,509.2522964
Oh.

407
00:27:04,319.2522964 --> 00:27:05,549.2522964
Well, you were correct.

408
00:27:05,609.2522964 --> 00:27:16,889.2522964
This is the perfect chemistry and comedic timing between a playing very against type Robert De Niro as Jack Walsh Bounty Hunter, and Charles Groden.

409
00:27:16,979.2522964 --> 00:27:17,849.2522964
Oh my God.

410
00:27:17,879.2522964 --> 00:27:22,19.2522964
Plays the Duke Jonathan, the Duke Maras Mafia accountant.

411
00:27:22,949.2522964 --> 00:27:24,509.2522964
I'd call it a tour de force.

412
00:27:24,509.2522964 --> 00:27:26,489.2522964
I re-watched it the other night, which is just.

413
00:27:27,89.2522964 --> 00:27:28,289.2522964
Such a pleasure.

414
00:27:28,349.2522964 --> 00:27:42,89.2522964
Um, the, if you gotta embrace a little bit on the rampant cursing and the smoking, but get beyond that and just enjoy the ride, um, it, I could go on and on, but the, uh.

415
00:27:42,149.2522964 --> 00:27:49,589.2522964
Uh, it was wonderful to, to just to go back and enjoy the movie and, uh, I can't recommend it higher, high enough.

416
00:27:49,589.2522964 --> 00:27:49,679.2522964
Yes.

417
00:27:49,709.2522964 --> 00:27:54,299.2522964
I think it probably stands as the iconic, uh, buddy comedy potentially.

418
00:27:54,299.2522964 --> 00:27:59,999.2522964
But, um, let's move it quickly onto number two category, which is Best Ensemble Comedy.

419
00:27:59,999.2522964 --> 00:28:00,449.2522964
Yes.

420
00:28:00,509.2522964 --> 00:28:00,749.2522964
Yeah.

421
00:28:00,749.2522964 --> 00:28:01,799.2522964
Ensemble comedy.

422
00:28:01,859.2522964 --> 00:28:03,359.2522964
Uh, go ahead, kick us off.

423
00:28:03,359.2522964 --> 00:28:03,749.2522964
All right.

424
00:28:03,749.2522964 --> 00:28:06,119.2522964
So I'm gonna kick us off with Best In Show.

425
00:28:06,629.2522964 --> 00:28:08,429.2522964
Best In Show gives you.

426
00:28:08,849.2522964 --> 00:28:13,979.2522964
Just entire worlds that are super rich with tons of characters.

427
00:28:13,979.2522964 --> 00:28:20,199.2522964
So Christopher Guest wrote it and with Eugene Levy, a lot of the movie was improvised.

428
00:28:20,229.2522964 --> 00:28:24,219.2522964
Every performer had to live inside of their character on the spot.

429
00:28:24,219.2522964 --> 00:28:26,889.2522964
But the characters are absolutely ridiculous.

430
00:28:26,889.2522964 --> 00:28:29,189.2522964
But the best part is the movie never mocks them.

431
00:28:29,189.2522964 --> 00:28:30,809.2522964
They take them quite seriously.

432
00:28:30,869.2522964 --> 00:28:33,989.2522964
Uh, and, and it's just hilarious from start to finish.

433
00:28:33,989.2522964 --> 00:28:40,619.2522964
Fred Willard, uh, does cuddle or commentary at the dog show, which is kind of, yeah, the, the big finale scene.

434
00:28:40,979.2522964 --> 00:28:43,49.2522964
He clearly knows nothing about dogs.

435
00:28:43,49.2522964 --> 00:28:47,369.2522964
He gets more and more inappropriate, um, as the broadcast goes on.

436
00:28:47,729.2522964 --> 00:28:51,19.2522964
Finally,, when the bloodhound enters, he wonders aloud.

437
00:28:51,109.2522964 --> 00:28:56,44.2522964
Why don't they put a Sherlock Holmes hat on him? With a little pipe in his mouth and he keeps going.

438
00:28:56,44.2522964 --> 00:28:58,924.2522964
I don't know if you could make it look like smoke's coming out of the pipe.

439
00:28:59,764.2522964 --> 00:29:03,544.2522964
It's called Commentator who has done dog shows for like 30 years.

440
00:29:03,544.2522964 --> 00:29:04,204.2522964
Says nothing.

441
00:29:05,14.2522964 --> 00:29:06,214.2522964
There is no response.

442
00:29:07,354.2522964 --> 00:29:08,524.2522964
Yes, yes.

443
00:29:08,584.2522964 --> 00:29:10,594.2522964
Uh, wonderful selection.

444
00:29:10,694.2522964 --> 00:29:11,144.2522964
I get it.

445
00:29:11,144.2522964 --> 00:29:17,204.2522964
I'm smiling just thinking about it, and here was another enjoyable watch that I had this week.

446
00:29:17,759.2522964 --> 00:29:19,559.2522964
Monty Python's Holy Grail.

447
00:29:19,589.2522964 --> 00:29:22,19.2522964
It is still wonderfully ludicrous.

448
00:29:22,259.2522964 --> 00:29:23,609.2522964
It's often hilarious.

449
00:29:23,609.2522964 --> 00:29:25,859.2522964
The characters are believable.

450
00:29:26,309.2522964 --> 00:29:33,509.2522964
Um, it was actually re-released last year in 2025 as the 50th anniversary.

451
00:29:33,509.2522964 --> 00:29:38,819.2522964
I saw something, um, where there was a, an interview on BBC.

452
00:29:39,29.2522964 --> 00:29:41,704.2522964
So a couple things from, from the movie.

453
00:29:42,404.2522964 --> 00:29:44,324.2522964
It was independent shoestring.

454
00:29:44,324.2522964 --> 00:29:46,124.2522964
This was of course the TV sketch troop.

455
00:29:46,124.2522964 --> 00:29:52,934.2522964
These guys, um, Monty Pythons, so they couldn't even afford horses in the movie.

456
00:29:52,934.2522964 --> 00:29:53,54.2522964
Oh, wow.

457
00:29:53,54.2522964 --> 00:29:59,234.2522964
What did they do? That's how they came up with the tapping coconut shells to actually represent the horses.

458
00:29:59,294.2522964 --> 00:30:00,44.2522964
That's one.

459
00:30:00,704.2522964 --> 00:30:06,494.2522964
They, they lost permission right at the end, before they were gonna shoot to be at several Scottish castles.

460
00:30:06,974.2522964 --> 00:30:11,654.2522964
So it ended up at just one, it's called Dune Castle, but they shot it from several different angles.

461
00:30:11,654.2522964 --> 00:30:13,964.2522964
You would never know it from watching the movie.

462
00:30:14,444.2522964 --> 00:30:21,974.2522964
It, uh, it holds up really well, um, from the little bunny rabbit at the end with the big teeth and sharp claws.

463
00:30:22,154.2522964 --> 00:30:29,394.2522964
Uh, what I had forgotten actually was that there was a Trojan Rabbit early on, with the, with the big ears as well.

464
00:30:29,394.2522964 --> 00:30:32,694.2522964
Probably not a coincidence, but amazing.

465
00:30:32,964.2522964 --> 00:30:34,494.2522964
Monty Python, holy Grail.

466
00:30:35,484.2522964 --> 00:30:35,784.2522964
All right.

467
00:30:35,784.2522964 --> 00:30:36,414.2522964
One more.

468
00:30:36,419.2522964 --> 00:30:36,559.2522964
Well done.

469
00:30:36,559.2522964 --> 00:30:37,494.2522964
Yeah, well done.

470
00:30:37,554.2522964 --> 00:30:40,824.2522964
Uh, this one I think is just, which one we've seen the most.

471
00:30:40,854.2522964 --> 00:30:42,414.2522964
Partial, partial viewings count.

472
00:30:42,474.2522964 --> 00:30:43,524.2522964
Partial viewings count.

473
00:30:43,524.2522964 --> 00:30:43,704.2522964
Go ahead.

474
00:30:43,704.2522964 --> 00:30:52,14.2522964
So I, I had a couple that I probably have, I'm 50 or more, but the one that just stood out to me was meatballs.

475
00:30:53,214.2522964 --> 00:30:58,644.2522964
I mean constantly on cable, kind of one of the first Bill Murray showcases.

476
00:30:58,704.2522964 --> 00:30:58,914.2522964
Yeah.

477
00:30:59,214.2522964 --> 00:31:02,94.2522964
Um, the plot is literally nothing.

478
00:31:02,554.2522964 --> 00:31:05,804.2522964
You have ragtag, camp versus the rich kid.

479
00:31:05,894.2522964 --> 00:31:09,584.2522964
Um, been done a million times, but not with Bill Murray.

480
00:31:09,644.2522964 --> 00:31:12,374.2522964
Bill Murray has the iconic, it just doesn't matter.

481
00:31:12,374.2522964 --> 00:31:13,154.2522964
Speech.

482
00:31:13,914.2522964 --> 00:31:17,214.2522964
And you know, I, I, I'll close with this one.

483
00:31:17,294.2522964 --> 00:31:18,644.2522964
Nice throwaway line.

484
00:31:18,674.2522964 --> 00:31:21,364.2522964
Bill Murray over the camp loudspeaker.

485
00:31:21,414.2522964 --> 00:31:23,214.2522964
As everyone is leaving the mess hall.

486
00:31:23,724.2522964 --> 00:31:26,544.2522964
Here is an update on tonight's dinner.

487
00:31:26,904.2522964 --> 00:31:27,954.2522964
It was veal.

488
00:31:28,434.2522964 --> 00:31:35,994.2522964
I repeat veal and the winner of tonight's mystery meat contest is Jeffrey Corbin, who gets some kind of beef.

489
00:31:37,494.2522964 --> 00:31:45,854.2522964
I, uh, I have to add, and I think you probably know this one, as I'm thinking about that, of course one of my favorite lines comes from that when, uh, I guess it's.

490
00:31:45,969.2522964 --> 00:31:46,409.2522964
parents visiting day.

491
00:31:46,409.2522964 --> 00:31:49,204.2522964
You know, the dad is there with the car and the son is helping him back it up.

492
00:31:49,254.2522964 --> 00:31:50,94.2522964
Plenty of room, dad.

493
00:31:50,94.2522964 --> 00:31:50,694.2522964
Plenty of room.

494
00:31:50,694.2522964 --> 00:31:51,24.2522964
Dad.

495
00:31:51,384.2522964 --> 00:31:52,284.2522964
Bang, bang.

496
00:31:52,284.2522964 --> 00:31:52,614.2522964
Sorry dad.

497
00:31:52,644.2522964 --> 00:31:53,394.2522964
Sorry dad.

498
00:31:53,814.2522964 --> 00:31:54,594.2522964
So there you go.

499
00:31:54,654.2522964 --> 00:32:02,904.2522964
Um, my most repeated viewings, of course, it's Shawshank, Shawshank Redemption, Tim Robbins, Morgan Freeman.

500
00:32:04,54.2522964 --> 00:32:14,944.2522964
You know, every time that I walk into it, and it hasn't been too much lately, but of course if you're just still rolling on TBS and TNT, I'm sure they're doing, you know, uh, yeah.

501
00:32:14,974.2522964 --> 00:32:16,474.2522964
Repeated viewings, et cetera.

502
00:32:16,474.2522964 --> 00:32:16,534.2522964
Yeah.

503
00:32:16,534.2522964 --> 00:32:17,524.2522964
It's, it's on cable for sure.

504
00:32:17,524.2522964 --> 00:32:28,414.2522964
So, you know, now when I watch it, you know, I kind of just look at particular scenes like, like the library scene with, which was for Brooks when he had it, he, it went over to, to Andy.

505
00:32:29,644.2522964 --> 00:32:31,324.2522964
Jake, the pet bird.

506
00:32:31,384.2522964 --> 00:32:31,984.2522964
Um.

507
00:32:32,929.2522964 --> 00:32:42,499.2522964
Just every scene, you just feel as though that you're, you know, you're watching something that is, uh, it's important.

508
00:32:42,889.2522964 --> 00:32:46,909.2522964
And of course this is almost like the buddy drama as I was thinking about it.

509
00:32:46,909.2522964 --> 00:32:53,809.2522964
So this may very well be my favorite buddy drama between the relationship between Andy Dufrene and Red.

510
00:32:54,169.2522964 --> 00:33:01,819.2522964
And of course you talked about, um, hope, I think it was last week, where hope is certainly not a strategy when it comes to sports.

511
00:33:02,194.2522964 --> 00:33:04,774.2522964
But I would say hope is a wonderful thing.

512
00:33:04,834.2522964 --> 00:33:11,224.2522964
Um, and that is something that is, you know, always in the back of my mind when I think about Shawshank.

513
00:33:11,614.2522964 --> 00:33:12,784.2522964
Well put, well put.

514
00:33:13,744.2522964 --> 00:33:17,434.2522964
So with that, that's actually it for today.

515
00:33:17,944.2522964 --> 00:33:19,54.2522964
Thank you for listening.

516
00:33:19,624.2522964 --> 00:33:20,764.2522964
Until the next time.

517
00:33:21,304.2522964 --> 00:33:22,324.2522964
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518
00:33:23,44.2522964 --> 00:33:24,334.2522964
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519
00:33:24,514.2522964 --> 00:33:26,314.2522964
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520
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521
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522
00:33:36,184.2522964 --> 00:33:39,839.2522964
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