WEBVTT 1 00:00:19.559 --> 00:00:23.760 Second hour of the program. Welcome to Exus and Bros. I'm the Meyer 2 00:00:23.839 --> 00:00:26.879 Hotline eighty six six eight three eight forty forty three. That's the number you 3 00:00:26.960 --> 00:00:33.280 could call to join in the conversation. We'd left off discussing Nicola Jokic and 4 00:00:33.399 --> 00:00:38.399 just how good he is. Paul likelihood will make his sixth All NBA team 5 00:00:39.119 --> 00:00:44.920 starting won his third MVP in the last four years. And I was reading 6 00:00:44.960 --> 00:00:48.799 about this last night, thinking to myself, when you join the likes of 7 00:00:48.920 --> 00:00:55.079 Jabbar and Malone and Russell and Chamberlain and Jordan and Byrd and Magic Johnson, 8 00:00:55.840 --> 00:01:04.599 guys like that as winners of three MVPs are more Because Jabbar won six, 9 00:01:04.799 --> 00:01:12.560 Russell won five, Chamberlain won four, I think to myself, that's he's 10 00:01:12.560 --> 00:01:18.439 destined to be a Hall of Famer. I'm going to give you some numbers 11 00:01:18.480 --> 00:01:23.560 associated with some of the greatest big men to ever play. Some of them 12 00:01:23.879 --> 00:01:32.000 have to be skewed, and I'll explain here in a minute. Kareem Abdul 13 00:01:32.040 --> 00:01:36.359 Jabbar is the greatest big man to ever play. I know many of you 14 00:01:36.400 --> 00:01:42.079 think it's Shaquille O'Neal. It might be that's your opinion. Kareem Abdul Jabbar 15 00:01:42.079 --> 00:01:45.959 had the shot and no one could stop. He won six titles. He 16 00:01:46.120 --> 00:01:51.040 was an MVP six times. He was All NBA First Team fifteen times. 17 00:01:52.920 --> 00:02:00.159 Bill Russell won eleven titles, five MVPs, all NBA First Team eleven times. 18 00:02:01.319 --> 00:02:05.599 Will Chamberlain won a couple of titles, one in Philly, one in 19 00:02:05.719 --> 00:02:12.039 LA, four time MVP ten times, all the time NBA First Team. 20 00:02:13.360 --> 00:02:23.120 Shack was fourteen times All NBA, four NBA Championships. One MVP agreed, 21 00:02:23.360 --> 00:02:34.000 makes no sense. Ridiculous, whether you liked him or not, because I 22 00:02:34.080 --> 00:02:38.560 remember talking with people way back in the day while he's playing, and they're 23 00:02:38.599 --> 00:02:43.120 like, he's that big, he should dominate inside when you're seven one to 24 00:02:43.120 --> 00:02:49.639 three in a quarter, Yeah, you should dominate. His MVP season. 25 00:02:51.800 --> 00:02:54.319 Forget about the field goal percentages. You're so close to the hoop, right, 26 00:02:55.759 --> 00:03:00.719 But his MVP season he averaged twenty nine point seven will you allow me 27 00:03:00.759 --> 00:03:05.400 to round it up to thirty? Thank you? And thirteen and a half 28 00:03:05.439 --> 00:03:13.280 rebounds. He finished second in the MVP race back in nineteen ninety five. 29 00:03:15.240 --> 00:03:23.400 David Robinson was MVP that year. His loan MVP. You could accept that 30 00:03:23.439 --> 00:03:34.240 couldn't you? Yeah, he finished fourth one year Achem Elijah Won was MVP. 31 00:03:37.120 --> 00:03:40.639 Robinson finished ahead of Shaquille two that year. Could you accept it with 32 00:03:40.800 --> 00:03:46.520 Elijah Wan's loan MVP that year? Absolutely? Look at Elijahan's numbers and I 33 00:03:46.520 --> 00:03:55.759 think Elijau Won's a really underrated player. Loved watching him play because everybody brings 34 00:03:55.840 --> 00:04:02.319 up when Shaquille O'Neal lost the MVP race to Steve Nash. So I've already 35 00:04:02.360 --> 00:04:05.360 told you he's lost one to Robinson, He's lost one to Elijah one, 36 00:04:05.919 --> 00:04:12.759 lost one to Alan Iverson, finished third that year to Allan Iverson, lost 37 00:04:12.800 --> 00:04:16.759 one to Tim Duncan. Jason Kidd finished ahead of him one year or that 38 00:04:16.920 --> 00:04:21.759 same year. But it's the two thousand and five where everyone's like, how 39 00:04:21.839 --> 00:04:28.279 is that possible? How do you lose to Steve Nash who averaged fifteen and 40 00:04:28.360 --> 00:04:32.439 a half points, averaged eleven and a half assists, shot the ball. 41 00:04:32.480 --> 00:04:38.079 Well, Phoenix had a good year. I'm not saying it's right. I'm 42 00:04:38.120 --> 00:04:43.079 just saying people to a certain extent could understand there are other players he finished 43 00:04:43.879 --> 00:04:48.959 behind than just Steve Nash in his career. It's hard to fathom. That 44 00:04:49.000 --> 00:04:56.879 he only had one MVP. It's hard to fathom that certain other players Nikola 45 00:04:56.959 --> 00:05:02.480 Jokic, for example, has compared to checks one. But it's true. 46 00:05:03.079 --> 00:05:05.839 But I was watching this and I'm thinking, Okay, you know, Shaquille 47 00:05:05.839 --> 00:05:10.920 and Neale just mentioned Keim Elijuan had a couple of titles and MVP All NBA 48 00:05:11.040 --> 00:05:16.120 First Team twelve times, Moses Malone All NBA eight times, three MVPs and 49 00:05:16.240 --> 00:05:25.360 a championship, the Championship with Philadelphia, Robinson two titles with the Spurs and 50 00:05:25.519 --> 00:05:34.040 MVP and ten Not that you had to watch those players, because I didn't 51 00:05:34.079 --> 00:05:40.720 really see Bill Russell and Will Chamberlain in his prime play. Those guys. 52 00:05:40.759 --> 00:05:45.839 I mean, is Nicole Yokitchen in that category? Those guys are legends. 53 00:05:46.160 --> 00:05:49.120 Those are legendary centers, man, And if you never had a chance to 54 00:05:49.160 --> 00:05:55.319 watch any of those guys play, it's really too bad, because they were 55 00:05:56.720 --> 00:06:01.199 it was beautiful to watch. I have Dull Jabbar. It's not that I'm 56 00:06:01.199 --> 00:06:06.600 a huge fan. I just really appreciate he is. He was really enjoyable 57 00:06:06.600 --> 00:06:11.920 to watch. He was very graceful, like Keim Elijahan was incredibly athletic. 58 00:06:15.120 --> 00:06:20.240 Anyway, congratulations to Nikola Jokic, it is not. It was a little 59 00:06:20.279 --> 00:06:25.040 bit of a surprise to me, not super surprising, and look, you're 60 00:06:25.040 --> 00:06:30.519 in the running. How surprising can you be? But yeah, really really 61 00:06:30.600 --> 00:06:34.759 impressive season for him, even though his team's down to Minnesota. NHL Florida 62 00:06:34.759 --> 00:06:41.040 blows out Boston six to one. Bruins allowed twelve goals total in the first 63 00:06:41.079 --> 00:06:46.480 round series against Toronto and that win seven games. They allowed six in Game 64 00:06:46.519 --> 00:06:54.079 two. Boston won Game one five to one. Florida wins Game two six 65 00:06:54.120 --> 00:06:58.000 to one. But remember it's a little misleading. In the first game, 66 00:06:58.800 --> 00:07:01.399 despite losing five to one, Florida still had thirty nine shots. This one 67 00:07:01.439 --> 00:07:09.480 was kind of a blowout, and the fights in the third were super intense. 68 00:07:11.160 --> 00:07:20.079 How much of that was Boston making a quote unquote statement for game three 69 00:07:20.360 --> 00:07:27.399 when it goes to Boston because that game was in Miami last night. How 70 00:07:27.480 --> 00:07:33.639 much of that is just that, I don't know. Good for them, 71 00:07:35.199 --> 00:07:42.079 stand your ground, I'm okay with that, But Florida made sure they fought 72 00:07:42.160 --> 00:07:48.480 back. Thirteen penalties on the night for Boston, ten penalties on the night 73 00:07:48.959 --> 00:08:01.519 for Florida. Plenty of fighting taking place, including Brandon mont tour and Brad 74 00:08:01.560 --> 00:08:09.120 Marshan and David Pasternak and Matthew Kachuk In the third Monteur Scores had to go 75 00:08:09.199 --> 00:08:18.439 into his says, turns and basically gets in Marshan's face and he wasn't going 76 00:08:18.519 --> 00:08:22.000 to take any of that. That was more of a wrestling match than it 77 00:08:22.040 --> 00:08:28.079 was a fight. Heavy punches thrown in the Kachuk and Pastrnak, who you 78 00:08:28.120 --> 00:08:31.200 would not have thought would be willing to drop the gloves, but he did 79 00:08:31.200 --> 00:08:35.000 because I mean, those are two elite offensive players. Ka Chuck's more of 80 00:08:35.039 --> 00:08:41.080 a tough guy. It's hard not to like him. But there was plenty 81 00:08:41.120 --> 00:08:48.279 of spillover. Some undisciplined, sure, but there were plenty of fisticuffs taking 82 00:08:48.320 --> 00:08:52.799 place, not just in the third either early on. Here's what the coach 83 00:08:52.879 --> 00:08:58.080 had to say about it. I think it's a good thing. The two 84 00:08:58.360 --> 00:09:03.240 elite off defensive players and the Chuck is one hundred point guy all day long. 85 00:09:03.159 --> 00:09:07.679 Master Knacks just this brilliant player. But it's playoffs and they each have 86 00:09:07.799 --> 00:09:13.440 their team, right, They got their brothers in the room, gets a 87 00:09:13.440 --> 00:09:16.840 little spicy out there and they want to go. I think it was awesome. 88 00:09:18.919 --> 00:09:20.440 Well, I don't think there's gonna be any spill over into the next 89 00:09:20.480 --> 00:09:26.000 game. You know, these are two teams that are rivals, you know 90 00:09:26.240 --> 00:09:28.360 with you know, we played each other last year, playing each other this 91 00:09:28.440 --> 00:09:31.720 year, and it's going to be a series. And what I'm really proud 92 00:09:31.759 --> 00:09:37.799 of I'm proud of Pasta because there's so many guys out there pushing after whistle 93 00:09:37.799 --> 00:09:39.799 when the linesmen are there, Boston could chuck. They just went out there 94 00:09:39.799 --> 00:09:45.120 and fought. That's what you like. You like your hockey players to be 95 00:09:45.240 --> 00:09:50.360 competitors. I love that man. That was Paul mal Reice the first part 96 00:09:50.360 --> 00:09:52.840 of the cut, and then Jim Montgomery, the head coach of Boston the 97 00:09:52.879 --> 00:09:58.279 second. It's funny, I was thinking the exact same thing sometimes the beat 98 00:09:58.320 --> 00:10:01.960 of the playoffs, if you don't have your team in there, there's no 99 00:10:01.039 --> 00:10:05.320 dog in the fight, quote unquote. You can watch it with an open 100 00:10:05.399 --> 00:10:11.960 mind and you can just enjoy it. I think eventually everybody has there's there's 101 00:10:11.000 --> 00:10:15.919 some type of lean one way or the other. But the beauty of that 102 00:10:16.080 --> 00:10:22.360 last night is I'm right there with Jim Montgomery. Too many guys, too 103 00:10:22.360 --> 00:10:24.840 many times you see guys chirping a little bit and they're waiting for the linesmen 104 00:10:24.919 --> 00:10:31.120 to come in. Those guys who weren't waiting for anybody. They wanted to 105 00:10:31.159 --> 00:10:33.919 go after one another. They wanted to make a statement. They wanted to 106 00:10:33.960 --> 00:10:39.000 show their teammates. 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What his assessment over 123 00:12:37.320 --> 00:12:43.519 the first thirty seven games are strengths, weaknesses. See how on target we 124 00:12:43.679 --> 00:12:50.000 may be with what we've witnessed and what you and I have talked about on 125 00:12:50.200 --> 00:12:54.519 Xes and Bros. Throughout the great state of Michigan Monday through Friday from six 126 00:12:54.159 --> 00:12:58.440 until nine, the Meyer hotlines open for you eight six, six, eight 127 00:12:58.440 --> 00:13:01.519 three, eighty eight to forty three. You could text Sports Radio to twenty 128 00:13:01.519 --> 00:13:05.559 one thousand. My good friend Dennis Fithian will be in this chair tomorrow. 129 00:13:07.440 --> 00:13:13.120 Got to wait, got to head out to a destination wedding. Oh those 130 00:13:13.159 --> 00:13:18.840 things? What is it? What is it today? With I mean, 131 00:13:20.000 --> 00:13:22.440 there's a lot of young people who they just they love the destination wedding. 132 00:13:22.440 --> 00:13:26.919 You got to go someplace else? Aren't you from here? Yes? Is 133 00:13:26.960 --> 00:13:31.279 she from here? Yes? But where we go? Oh? Everybody. 134 00:13:31.840 --> 00:13:33.639 Pretty much everybody who's going to the wedding is from here. But you're gonna 135 00:13:33.639 --> 00:13:37.759 go someplace else, all right, Thanks a lot anyway, that's where we're 136 00:13:37.759 --> 00:13:41.039 headed. Those are the things that happened. By the way, The one 137 00:13:41.120 --> 00:13:46.960 thing I did not get to is the uh the other NHL score from last 138 00:13:48.039 --> 00:13:50.480 night, and that's Vancouver coming from three goals down to beat Edmitt in five 139 00:13:50.480 --> 00:13:54.679 to four. They scored three goals in five and a half minutes. Connor 140 00:13:54.720 --> 00:13:58.440 Garland had the game winner. You know, I started watching this game, 141 00:13:58.440 --> 00:14:01.480 couldn't stay for the whole thing. Started watching this game. I'm thinking thinking, 142 00:14:01.559 --> 00:14:07.879 man, Edmonton is skating all over Vancouver and then boom they come back. 143 00:14:07.120 --> 00:14:13.360 What happened the other day against Colorado. Colorado comes from the Greek of 144 00:14:13.360 --> 00:14:22.639 three goals down and beats Dallas. You never know, it keeps you in 145 00:14:22.679 --> 00:14:26.559 there, keeps you hanging on there, don't you think? I've read this 146 00:14:26.720 --> 00:14:31.600 the other day and it at some point I'm going to let it go. 147 00:14:31.720 --> 00:14:35.679 When it is, I don't know, but I've got to let it go. 148 00:14:37.320 --> 00:14:43.879 Think about it. The nineteen ninety two Olympic men's basketball team nineteen ninety 149 00:14:43.879 --> 00:14:48.240 two, some of you weren't even born that it's thirty two years ago, 150 00:14:48.480 --> 00:14:54.679 right, Why does it bother me still? I don't know, man, 151 00:14:54.159 --> 00:15:00.159 It just there's something in me that has a hard time letting this one to 152 00:15:00.200 --> 00:15:07.039 go. And it's brought up pretty regularly. Isaiah Thomas was left off that 153 00:15:07.120 --> 00:15:11.240 team. It's known as the Dream Team. I'm sure you know who was 154 00:15:11.279 --> 00:15:15.519 on that team, you know, with Magic Johnson and Larry Byrd and David 155 00:15:15.639 --> 00:15:20.960 Robinson, John Paxston and Carl Malone and Charles Barkley and Michael Jordan, blah 156 00:15:20.000 --> 00:15:24.080 blah blah, Scottie Pippen, go on and on that, Patrick Ewing, 157 00:15:24.879 --> 00:15:30.120 Christian Layner. Ah. But anyway, Isaiah Thomas was left off that team. 158 00:15:30.200 --> 00:15:35.480 Charles Barkley appeared on a podcast of Shannon Sharp's the other day and Sharp 159 00:15:35.559 --> 00:15:46.840 asked him. Barkley basically said, it's because Michael Jordan didn't want him on 160 00:15:46.879 --> 00:15:54.759 the team. He was left Isaiah Thomas left off the team because Michael Jordan 161 00:15:54.799 --> 00:16:00.879 didn't want to play with him. And he also admits that Isaiah Thomas was 162 00:16:00.919 --> 00:16:04.120 the best little man of all time. He has said that in a different 163 00:16:04.159 --> 00:16:08.919 interview. Steph Curry's right there, but he said, if I had, 164 00:16:10.080 --> 00:16:12.080 if I had to win one game with a little guy, one of the 165 00:16:12.080 --> 00:16:17.399 younger, smaller guys in the league, it'd be Isaiah Thomas. Cut your 166 00:16:17.399 --> 00:16:32.440 heart out, mad respect for his ability and his fight to win. Now, 167 00:16:32.480 --> 00:16:37.519 we would remind you it doesn't make him a great human being. A 168 00:16:37.519 --> 00:16:42.200 lot of people didn't trust him. I get it. We're talking about your 169 00:16:42.240 --> 00:16:49.360 ability to play the game of basketball, and he was one of the best 170 00:16:49.360 --> 00:16:55.840 players in the world at the time, but Michael Jordan ruled the roost. 171 00:16:56.240 --> 00:17:00.720 I've said this a nauseam, so I apologize if I'm We've heard it before. 172 00:17:02.120 --> 00:17:03.920 Sure, I'm pissed off at Michael Jordan for that. I'm just as 173 00:17:03.960 --> 00:17:07.400 pissed off Chuck Daily and Magic Johnson. Magic Johnson was supposed to be his 174 00:17:07.480 --> 00:17:14.400 buddy, Chuck Daily was his coach, and neither one of them had the 175 00:17:14.480 --> 00:17:19.000 guts to say anything. But we do get now. Do I think Michael 176 00:17:19.079 --> 00:17:22.599 Jordan owes him a public apology like Isiah Thomas has asked for? No? 177 00:17:26.920 --> 00:17:33.160 But I truly believe and I've said it forever, back in the time I 178 00:17:33.200 --> 00:17:41.359 was working Detroit radio in nineteen ninety two, and yes, I said the 179 00:17:41.400 --> 00:17:47.559 same thing. Jordan kept him off. What I didn't know until years later 180 00:17:48.119 --> 00:17:53.559 is that Dali and Johnson went along with it just as troubling. I'd like 181 00:17:53.599 --> 00:17:56.599 to see somebody interview Magic Johnson and say, if you were supposed to be 182 00:17:56.680 --> 00:18:00.440 his best friend or one of his best friends, guys med at center Cordon 183 00:18:00.519 --> 00:18:03.960 back in nineteen eighty eight, in nineteen eighty nine, and you kissed each 184 00:18:03.960 --> 00:18:07.680 other on the cheek, and you know, you called each other, you 185 00:18:07.759 --> 00:18:10.799 know, hung out with one another. Why didn't you do something about it? 186 00:18:11.279 --> 00:18:15.079 Why is it always Michael Jordan who's the bad guy in the situation, 187 00:18:15.440 --> 00:18:18.880 and nobody else who actually stood up and said, you know what, he's 188 00:18:18.920 --> 00:18:25.720 one of the best players in the world. He should be on this team. 189 00:18:25.839 --> 00:18:30.519 Am I being hypocritical because I think there is something to team chemistry? 190 00:18:30.640 --> 00:18:37.839 Maybe I'll admit that one hundred percent because he was a Piston, because he 191 00:18:37.880 --> 00:18:48.279 was representing my team, my state, my city. Yes, if it 192 00:18:48.279 --> 00:18:51.880 were somebody else, if it were Scottie Pippen, and I said, hey, 193 00:18:51.920 --> 00:18:56.319 man, players got to trust one another, Players have to appreciate one 194 00:18:56.319 --> 00:19:02.359 another, players have to believe in that guy. There's something to harmony, 195 00:19:02.440 --> 00:19:10.200 There's something to chemistry. Okay, I'll open myself up. Absolutely. I 196 00:19:10.240 --> 00:19:15.880 could be seen as being a hypocrite here. I didn't think Scottie Pippen was 197 00:19:15.920 --> 00:19:21.960 in that category with Isaiah Thomas. But if you wanted to use that example, 198 00:19:22.400 --> 00:19:27.839 you would win the argument. Charles Barkley is the latest to confirm what 199 00:19:27.920 --> 00:19:33.839 we have all felt for a while. The bothersome thing about it is that 200 00:19:33.880 --> 00:19:40.599 nobody ever asked Magic Johnson about that, or Jordan himself. And now so 201 00:19:40.680 --> 00:19:45.720 much time has elapsed thirty two years, who really cares? Meyer? Hotline 202 00:19:45.720 --> 00:19:48.119 eight sixty six eight three, eight forty eight forty three. Let's go to 203 00:19:48.119 --> 00:19:49.720 the lines, Ben, who's waiting for us? Yeah, we got Jake 204 00:19:49.759 --> 00:19:53.359 and Grand Rapids. Hi Jake, Good morning to you. How are you? 205 00:19:55.960 --> 00:20:00.400 I'm very well, long time listener of you listen to when you were 206 00:20:00.519 --> 00:20:04.400 back with Michigan basketball. Just had a couple of thoughts on what coach Montgomery 207 00:20:04.400 --> 00:20:08.400 said about the Pasta and kit Chuck fight. Yeah. I think it's kind 208 00:20:08.400 --> 00:20:12.359 of just kind of bogus that he said it's not going to bleed over into 209 00:20:12.359 --> 00:20:15.839 Game three. You know, this is playoff hockey, Like that's like saying 210 00:20:15.880 --> 00:20:22.359 that Lemieux and McCarty back in the late nineties, you know when they had 211 00:20:22.400 --> 00:20:26.000 their scuffles that they just didn't know when they were on the ice together, 212 00:20:26.200 --> 00:20:30.200 Like k Chuck's that guy. He's going to be out there a thorn in 213 00:20:30.279 --> 00:20:33.599 the side of Pasta and Marshaan. He's going to be looking for those guys 214 00:20:33.640 --> 00:20:37.680 when they're on the ice together. I think it's, you know, complete 215 00:20:37.720 --> 00:20:40.319 bogus for two rival teams like that, like, oh, it's not going 216 00:20:40.359 --> 00:20:41.599 to bleed over, We're just going to go on to the next game, 217 00:20:41.680 --> 00:20:45.759 get it out of the way. I think it's the complete opposite. I 218 00:20:45.759 --> 00:20:51.240 think, especially since uh Ko Chuck gave him the two pretty good shots to 219 00:20:51.279 --> 00:20:55.039 the head when Pasta is already on the ground, I think, you know, 220 00:20:55.400 --> 00:20:57.200 it's going to put something in the back of Pasta's mind always looking out 221 00:20:57.240 --> 00:21:03.039 to make sure Kit Chuck's not on the ice. Then, Yeah, I 222 00:21:03.039 --> 00:21:04.880 don't disagree with that at all. I didn't say it wouldn't bleed over, 223 00:21:04.960 --> 00:21:08.480 Jim Montgomery, and that was the sound bite that he played. Yeah, 224 00:21:08.839 --> 00:21:11.039 I believe. I believe it a bleed over. I don't know what. 225 00:21:12.960 --> 00:21:17.279 I absolutely I think it will bleed over. Yeah, I think so. 226 00:21:17.480 --> 00:21:22.200 I think, Look, it's Paul Maurice said it during that SoundBite. These 227 00:21:22.240 --> 00:21:26.960 are two they've become rivals now because of a playoff series a year ago and 228 00:21:26.000 --> 00:21:29.559 now this year. And thanks for the phone call. Sorry, we're up 229 00:21:29.559 --> 00:21:33.279 against the break. Appreciate the call and great insight. Yeah. Absolutely, 230 00:21:33.400 --> 00:21:37.559 I mean, obviously a huge hockey fan. You and I are both watching 231 00:21:37.599 --> 00:21:40.039 it last night. I believe it. Now. Will it be in the 232 00:21:40.039 --> 00:21:42.759 first period right away at first shift? 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I do believe there is 262 00:24:15.079 --> 00:24:19.400 carry over. They said it during the broadcast. I forget which one, 263 00:24:19.519 --> 00:24:23.519 but I'm pretty sure it was during the Boston Florida game. Hockey players have 264 00:24:23.559 --> 00:24:30.079 long memories. It was phrased by saying they don't have short ones. They 265 00:24:30.079 --> 00:24:37.960 have long memories. They know what's going on. So Scott, really appreciate 266 00:24:37.000 --> 00:24:41.079 that phone call. Love the passion. You can hear it in your voice. 267 00:24:41.960 --> 00:24:45.480 Call anytime. Really enjoyed that brief conversation. Wish it could go a 268 00:24:45.480 --> 00:24:48.519 little bit longer, speaking of hockey real quick. And then we're going to 269 00:24:48.599 --> 00:24:56.079 get to something related to the Lions and football. I had mentioned yesterday the 270 00:24:56.200 --> 00:25:03.319 finalists for the Heart Trophy Nathan McKinnon Colorado, who I think is going to 271 00:25:03.359 --> 00:25:06.640 win. Of course, I thought Donjits would win MVP in the NBA, 272 00:25:06.680 --> 00:25:17.000 and I was wrong. Connor McDavid and Nikita Kucheroff of Tampa. Kucharovs already 273 00:25:17.000 --> 00:25:21.920 won it twice. McDavid's won it three times. McKinnon has not won it 274 00:25:22.039 --> 00:25:26.680 yet. He's had an unbelievable year. Colorado has had a really good year. 275 00:25:26.480 --> 00:25:32.680 I think he's going to win it, but it wouldn't necessarily surprise me 276 00:25:32.720 --> 00:25:41.519 if Kutcherov wins it either. I lamented that Austin Matthews is not a finalist. 277 00:25:41.599 --> 00:25:45.720 He scored sixty nine goals. He's not a finalist. What's interesting is 278 00:25:47.079 --> 00:25:52.039 the NHL Players Association has named their three finals for the Ted Lindsay Award. 279 00:25:56.400 --> 00:26:06.880 Matthews is on that it's a player year. Players in the NHL vote for 280 00:26:06.920 --> 00:26:14.640 this going stut standing player in the NHL. What means more that or writers 281 00:26:14.720 --> 00:26:21.119 voting? What do you think would be more prestigious? You're voted amongst your 282 00:26:21.119 --> 00:26:23.400 peers. I would guess that means a little bit more to you. And 283 00:26:23.480 --> 00:26:30.079 Matthews has won that before. Kucharoff has won it as well. Here are 284 00:26:30.200 --> 00:26:37.920 the three Matthews, McKinnon. Kucheroff as good as Nathan McKinnon is, and 285 00:26:37.960 --> 00:26:41.720 he's one of the greatest players in the world. To say he's a top 286 00:26:41.759 --> 00:26:51.119 five player in the world, Nathan McKinnon, he's never won it, he's 287 00:26:51.160 --> 00:27:00.359 never won the Heart, and he's never won the Ted Lindsay Matthews to win 288 00:27:00.720 --> 00:27:03.440 this, he's not even up for the Heart. And I bet you, 289 00:27:06.240 --> 00:27:11.240 I'll bet you players look at that as a huge slight. It's hard to 290 00:27:11.319 --> 00:27:18.240 narrow it down to three guys. How good the NHL is. But I 291 00:27:18.279 --> 00:27:22.000 think what's gonna happen is he's gonna He's gonna win the Ted Lindsay Award. 292 00:27:23.599 --> 00:27:30.119 Sixty nine goals, one hundred and seven points, tenth player in NHL history 293 00:27:30.160 --> 00:27:38.240 to have six or more hat tricks in a season. McKinnon wins the Heart, 294 00:27:40.279 --> 00:27:45.880 Matthews wins the Ted Lindsay. Just my opinion could be off base there, 295 00:27:45.480 --> 00:27:49.720 but I'm gonna call that shot. I don't want to be you know 296 00:27:51.759 --> 00:27:55.640 the guy on MLB network who said, watch, we're gonna have no hit 297 00:27:55.680 --> 00:28:00.920 alert and then like first batter in guy hits a home run. I don't 298 00:28:00.920 --> 00:28:02.640 want to do I don't want to be that I don't want to be that 299 00:28:02.640 --> 00:28:06.279 guy and have that type of reputation. I'm just giving you my thoughts. 300 00:28:06.640 --> 00:28:12.599 Okay, all right, NFL. When the Lions were able to move up 301 00:28:12.880 --> 00:28:18.400 and draft Terry on Arnold out of Alabama, many people were a little surprised. 302 00:28:18.519 --> 00:28:23.039 They were surprised because they didn't think he would be there. I think 303 00:28:23.079 --> 00:28:26.799 they might be a little surprised that the Lions would give up a third to 304 00:28:26.839 --> 00:28:32.640 get to him, probably more surprised that they drafted Brakestraw on the second. 305 00:28:32.680 --> 00:28:41.759 But whatever. Here's the question that many people wondered. What had to happen 306 00:28:42.000 --> 00:28:45.680 in order for him to be there. One of the things that had to 307 00:28:45.720 --> 00:28:53.799 happen was that the Raiders had to pass on him. The Raiders, choosing 308 00:28:53.880 --> 00:29:00.440 thirteenth, selected brock Bowers, the tight end out of Georgia, who is 309 00:29:00.480 --> 00:29:06.400 a difference maker. He's going to help at O'Connell or who's ever under under 310 00:29:06.440 --> 00:29:15.000 center for the Raiders. Terry on Arnold was on a podcast recently, and 311 00:29:15.680 --> 00:29:22.319 here's what he had to say on what the Raiders told him on why he 312 00:29:22.359 --> 00:29:26.640 would eventually be available for the Lions. At twenty four and the Lions picked 313 00:29:26.680 --> 00:29:30.440 you. For you to get that moment on the stage with those Detroit fans 314 00:29:30.640 --> 00:29:33.559 was incredible to watch. I can only imagine how great it was for you. 315 00:29:36.079 --> 00:29:40.920 Amazing. I mean, all my team, they like Terry On would 316 00:29:40.960 --> 00:29:44.240 be the one to get drafted. What a draft is? Yeah, I 317 00:29:44.279 --> 00:29:47.799 mean how much conversation did you have with Brad Holmes and with Dan Campbell and 318 00:29:47.839 --> 00:29:52.559 with that organization. I went on to visit there. Obviously they told me, 319 00:29:52.559 --> 00:29:53.799 they said, you're one of those guys who had to trade at the 320 00:29:53.799 --> 00:29:59.119 gate, but our past may cross. We don't think we'll be able to 321 00:29:59.160 --> 00:30:03.000 get you. And my agent, Nicole Shard a very great job, but 322 00:30:03.160 --> 00:30:07.440 just she actually texted them that following morning and said, hey, you know 323 00:30:07.519 --> 00:30:11.240 it's a heavy old line receiver, quarterback, heavy, y'all pens some draft 324 00:30:11.240 --> 00:30:15.039 class man, y'all, y'all might have a chance. And then just from 325 00:30:15.039 --> 00:30:19.359 going back and talking to him, they they knew that the Raiders it pos 326 00:30:19.759 --> 00:30:22.920 They took me, and actually the Raiders coach they called me after the drift 327 00:30:23.440 --> 00:30:26.000 they were like, you know, we actually had a coin toss between you 328 00:30:26.079 --> 00:30:29.960 and brought Bowers and man it on him. I was like, oh wow. 329 00:30:30.480 --> 00:30:33.240 And then after the Raiders passed, they said, okay, we got 330 00:30:33.279 --> 00:30:37.200 to get up there before Jacksonville. So actually, Brad was they were trying 331 00:30:37.200 --> 00:30:41.440 to trade all the way up the fifteen sixteen to get them. So it's 332 00:30:41.519 --> 00:30:45.119 just one of those things where you go where you wanted and that right there, 333 00:30:45.200 --> 00:30:47.799 man, that fit. And as far as how the fans are, 334 00:30:48.319 --> 00:30:52.119 schemes that they run, and just even being around guys like James Jamir especially 335 00:30:52.160 --> 00:30:56.119 Brian like, man, it was a dream come true for me. So 336 00:30:56.240 --> 00:31:03.640 Terry on Arnold, they're on the Next Round Pot podcast saying that the Raiders 337 00:31:03.720 --> 00:31:11.279 told him that it actually had a coin toss between him and Bowers and it 338 00:31:11.400 --> 00:31:15.160 landed on him. So he was like, oh wow. Now the Raiders 339 00:31:15.160 --> 00:31:21.039 would not confirm that. Of course they're not going to admit to that. 340 00:31:21.720 --> 00:31:26.079 Do you think that's a figure of speech? A common phrase used. It 341 00:31:26.119 --> 00:31:30.319 was a coin flip between you two guys and we went with Bowers or in 342 00:31:30.440 --> 00:31:34.400 you laws or do you think they truly flipped a coin? Now? Immediately 343 00:31:34.400 --> 00:31:40.119 my thought was, wait a minute. The general manager, Champ Kelly, 344 00:31:41.200 --> 00:31:45.599 was asked about this, according to ESPN, and he said he can't confirm 345 00:31:45.680 --> 00:31:53.960 that at all. Do you think there's not much clarification there? But do 346 00:31:55.039 --> 00:32:00.319 you think the Raiders are going on a coin flip? Hell no, that's 347 00:32:00.359 --> 00:32:02.279 got to be a figure of speech. And the reason he's not going to 348 00:32:02.359 --> 00:32:07.720 confirm it is because of what he wants to make sure brock Bauers feels good 349 00:32:07.720 --> 00:32:15.599 about himself as a Raider. He's not going to say we determine our draft 350 00:32:15.640 --> 00:32:22.160 picks when we have two guys rated highly based on a coin flip. Brock 351 00:32:22.240 --> 00:32:30.440 Bauers your heads, Terry on Arnold your tails. No, that's not how 352 00:32:30.480 --> 00:32:35.359 it works. There's no way that's what they did. This is not Matt 353 00:32:35.400 --> 00:32:38.839 Millen running the front office. Now. Was I surprised? Yeah, I 354 00:32:38.880 --> 00:32:44.119 was a little surprised because they used a second round pick a year ago on 355 00:32:44.240 --> 00:32:52.880 Michael Mayer. He's not necessarily viewed as the a pure tight end. He's 356 00:32:52.880 --> 00:32:58.200 an offensive weapon. He's a really good pass catcher. He's a big, 357 00:32:58.359 --> 00:33:05.480 huge body, no doubt at it. But Bowers does everything. It's a 358 00:33:05.519 --> 00:33:12.920 good blocker, you can flex him. He's a mismatch of a cover. 359 00:33:14.519 --> 00:33:24.200 So I was slightly surprised that Bowers landed there. But yeah, it's a 360 00:33:24.240 --> 00:33:28.799 coin flip. I think it's just a phrase. That's what I mean, 361 00:33:28.880 --> 00:33:30.279 because that's what everybody was saying. I mean, they're they're freaking out about 362 00:33:30.279 --> 00:33:32.720 this. They're going, oh my gosh, the Raiders. You know, 363 00:33:34.359 --> 00:33:37.039 they're not using a coin flip to say, Okay, this is how it 364 00:33:37.119 --> 00:33:45.640 works. Sorry, it's a figure of speech. CBS Sports came out with 365 00:33:45.759 --> 00:33:52.559 a recent article and I immediately thought disrespect. Sometimes I think that word is 366 00:33:52.559 --> 00:34:00.160 overused in sports, but I immediately thought disrespect. They ranked the quarterbacks in 367 00:34:00.200 --> 00:34:08.679 the NFL. Ben. If I asked you to name the top three quarterbacks 368 00:34:08.719 --> 00:34:15.599 in the NFL, who would you say? Lamar Jackson, Patrick Mahomes, 369 00:34:15.719 --> 00:34:24.519 and probably Josh Allen Good Okay, I would say Patrick Mahomes one. I'd 370 00:34:24.559 --> 00:34:34.480 probably say Josh Allen two and Joe Burrow three. Lamar Jackson, yeah, 371 00:34:34.559 --> 00:34:37.000 yeah, probably up there. Brock Perty doesn't get much love, does he 372 00:34:37.760 --> 00:34:44.039 from people. They think he's a system quarterback. They think he manages the 373 00:34:44.119 --> 00:34:52.679 game two years too, OBFC title games, a super Bowl. I don't 374 00:34:52.679 --> 00:34:55.400 know what the guy's got to do. Anyway, CBS ranks them this way, 375 00:34:57.199 --> 00:35:00.440 and you'll understand my point when it comes to the disrespect in a moment. 376 00:35:00.039 --> 00:35:06.119 Patrick Mahomes won. Brock Pirty two, Josh Allen three, Joe Burrow 377 00:35:06.280 --> 00:35:13.119 four, CJ. Stroud five, Lamar Jackson six. Lamar Jackson wins the 378 00:35:13.280 --> 00:35:17.320 MVP for the second time in his career, and he's behind a guy who 379 00:35:17.400 --> 00:35:29.760 is one year deep into his NFL career? What Jalen Hurts seven? Dak 380 00:35:29.800 --> 00:35:38.440 Prescott eight, Justin Herbert nine, Jordan Love ten. If I'm Justin Herbert, 381 00:35:40.239 --> 00:35:44.960 If I'm Jalen Hurts, you got CJ. Stroud ahead of me. 382 00:35:45.400 --> 00:35:47.880 Doesn't a guy have to prove a little bit more than one year? Maybe 383 00:35:47.920 --> 00:35:58.440 not? Where do you think they rank Jared Goff? Where does Jared Goff 384 00:35:58.559 --> 00:36:07.800 stand amongst stars quarterbacks in the NFL? They only ranked thirty two. Where 385 00:36:07.800 --> 00:36:17.679 do you think Jared Goff lies? Jared Goff is ranked thirteenth? Here's what 386 00:36:17.719 --> 00:36:23.159 they write. Perhaps no signal caller has done more to restore respect in recent 387 00:36:23.280 --> 00:36:30.679 years, rewriting his reputation as a gutsy figurehead for the Lions return to relevance. 388 00:36:30.400 --> 00:36:35.000 Now comes another chance to prove himself. Fresh off a bid for a 389 00:36:35.079 --> 00:36:40.519 Super Bowl appearance that painfully fell short. Now keep in mind. This is 390 00:36:40.559 --> 00:36:50.519 a guy who's already led one team to a Super Bowl rams and has turned 391 00:36:50.559 --> 00:36:55.280 around or helped turn around, because it's not all him helped turn around a 392 00:36:55.440 --> 00:37:08.480 failing franchise into an NFC contender. He's ranked thirteenth. Besides the ten ahead 393 00:37:08.480 --> 00:37:14.760 of him, Aaron Rodgers to a tongue of Aloa are ahead of him as 394 00:37:14.760 --> 00:37:22.800 well. If you don't believe that he's thirteenth, if you believe he should 395 00:37:22.840 --> 00:37:25.880 be higher. The reason I bring up the other names is who should he 396 00:37:25.960 --> 00:37:31.320 be in front of? And then it lends this question, is he a 397 00:37:31.400 --> 00:37:35.440 top ten quarterback? By the way, Matthew Stafford, I'm sure some of 398 00:37:35.480 --> 00:37:38.800 you are wondering they got him ranked sixteenth behind Kirk Cousins and Trevor Lawrence. 399 00:37:40.280 --> 00:37:45.559 Maybe that tells you something about the poll or the rankings. Let's go to 400 00:37:45.559 --> 00:37:47.599 the phone lines, the Meyer hotline eight sixty six eight three, eight forty 401 00:37:47.639 --> 00:37:51.119 eight forty three. Who do we got next? Ben? We had David 402 00:37:51.159 --> 00:37:54.079 Hudsonville, Hi, Dave, how are you this morning? Good morning? 403 00:37:54.760 --> 00:37:58.199 Well, chef, how are you doing? Man? Good good? Thanks 404 00:37:58.199 --> 00:38:02.159 for the call. You know, it's an interesting topic because context matters so 405 00:38:02.320 --> 00:38:07.079 much. Yeah, when you when you just talked about Stafford and when you 406 00:38:07.159 --> 00:38:12.400 talk about Cousins, and I think they're still significantly apart because of Stafford winning 407 00:38:12.400 --> 00:38:15.440 an md oric seeming winning a super Bowl, but we got to see him. 408 00:38:15.480 --> 00:38:20.280 I mean, there's not a tougher quarterback and a guy who's produced with 409 00:38:20.320 --> 00:38:23.559 some real challenging situations in Stafford over the years. And I don't Detroit fans 410 00:38:23.599 --> 00:38:28.880 have mixed feelings, but man, I love Stafford as a rider die Lions 411 00:38:28.880 --> 00:38:30.719 for like, you know, fifty five years because he gave us everything he 412 00:38:30.760 --> 00:38:37.800 had. And if you look at Cousins stats over his career are tremendous, 413 00:38:37.320 --> 00:38:39.920 you know, but he's got a story based on the title. He can't 414 00:38:39.960 --> 00:38:43.079 win in prime time. He doesn't win in this or that. Well, 415 00:38:43.119 --> 00:38:46.440 if you put Kirk Cousins with you know, Shanahan and San Francisco or what 416 00:38:46.599 --> 00:38:50.840 goes on. So I really do think it's almost like to me, when 417 00:38:50.840 --> 00:38:54.440 we think about great Tigers teams and we don't think about our number one pitcher 418 00:38:54.559 --> 00:38:59.199 or number two, but a guy who goes out there like maybe Dan Petrie 419 00:38:59.320 --> 00:39:02.480 or some of the you know, not Jack Morris or not Berlander, but 420 00:39:02.519 --> 00:39:07.360 those guys that are a good fit and they just do their job, you 421 00:39:07.400 --> 00:39:09.199 know, And that's I think the love Purdy gets. But you can't have 422 00:39:09.360 --> 00:39:14.480 Jordan Love in there. Jordan Low hasn't done anything, you know, well, 423 00:39:14.559 --> 00:39:17.360 not of substance. So here's what I try to weigh. And I 424 00:39:17.400 --> 00:39:20.679 don't know the answer to this. Maybe you can help me with it. 425 00:39:21.480 --> 00:39:23.800 If a guy has been around, We'll use Lamar Jackson as an example. 426 00:39:23.840 --> 00:39:28.960 He's been around long enough and he's won two MVPs. Is he not ahead 427 00:39:28.960 --> 00:39:31.360 of c J. Stroud. On the other hand, if you look at 428 00:39:31.400 --> 00:39:35.519 a guy like Aaron Rodgers, he's ranked eleventh. A lot of that is 429 00:39:35.559 --> 00:39:39.719 based on what his past reputation. Should he deserve to be at eleven because 430 00:39:39.840 --> 00:39:44.280 he was hurt all of last year but has a resume that is Hall of 431 00:39:44.280 --> 00:39:47.840 Fame worthy. You know that you nailed it right there, because you can 432 00:39:47.880 --> 00:39:52.280 be prisoner of the moment with CJ. Stroud and you can also say, 433 00:39:52.280 --> 00:39:57.119 oh my gosh, we have such great history with Aaron Rodgers. It's somewhere 434 00:39:57.119 --> 00:39:59.599 in between, you know what I mean, Because at the end of the 435 00:39:59.719 --> 00:40:01.880 day, you know CJ. Strout had a great season, But prove it 436 00:40:01.920 --> 00:40:06.920 over time, like Rogers has or like Stafford has or whatever. Joe Burrow 437 00:40:07.400 --> 00:40:09.079 is that a couple of good, really good seasons, but at the end 438 00:40:09.079 --> 00:40:14.559 of the day create a body of work. You know. It's like in 439 00:40:14.639 --> 00:40:19.920 Major League Baseball they talk about when you get somebody who's been playing for seven 440 00:40:20.280 --> 00:40:22.320 eight years, you pretty much know their stats and what they're going to be 441 00:40:22.400 --> 00:40:25.280 hitting the ball. They know that Darry Sheffield is going to hit this many 442 00:40:25.280 --> 00:40:30.960 home runs or Miguel's going to do this or that until they hit that decline 443 00:40:30.000 --> 00:40:32.639 age. I think it's the same as true as quarterbacks, but we just 444 00:40:32.679 --> 00:40:38.840 get too fascinated with quarterbacks one hundred percent. I mean it's like you wrote 445 00:40:38.840 --> 00:40:43.159 it and I signed my name to it. That's perfectly said. Thanks for 446 00:40:43.199 --> 00:40:45.920 the phone call. Great stuff, man, I mean dead on there. 447 00:40:45.239 --> 00:40:51.400 We are so fascinated with quarterbacks, There's no doubt about that. But there's 448 00:40:51.400 --> 00:40:54.960 a reason for it. And the reason is is because they're touching the football 449 00:40:55.000 --> 00:41:00.039 every single play, and we truly believe that they are difference maker. It's 450 00:41:00.119 --> 00:41:06.719 the most goalie. Those two positions are the most important positions in all of 451 00:41:06.760 --> 00:41:13.079 sports. Point Guards used to be really important. Now you've got point forwards, 452 00:41:13.519 --> 00:41:16.119 you got centers stepping out, hitting threes not so much right, Sure, 453 00:41:16.119 --> 00:41:19.920 a starting pitcher is really important, but there are also as you just 454 00:41:19.960 --> 00:41:22.639 mentioned, you got that number two guy, that number three guy who can 455 00:41:22.679 --> 00:41:28.239 help you in a lot of places, certain rotations. Number four. I 456 00:41:28.280 --> 00:41:31.280 mean, look at Philadelphia, Look a look at the Phillies. You take 457 00:41:31.360 --> 00:41:37.360 Zach Wheeler. Yeah, is he a one or is he a two? 458 00:41:39.360 --> 00:41:43.199 Either way, they got a Phillies got a hell of a one to two 459 00:41:43.280 --> 00:41:45.800 punch. Aaron Nola, which one you want to determine is the two? 460 00:41:46.239 --> 00:41:51.039 In quarterback or in football? You've got to have the quarterback, have to 461 00:41:51.960 --> 00:41:54.280 you got to have the trigger. 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