WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.120 --> 00:00:03.720 All right, let's go Bred Rogan Rodney peak not Ay five seventy la sports 2 00:00:03.799 --> 00:00:07.519 Rodney. How you doing today? I'm doing pretty good, Fred, pretty 3 00:00:07.559 --> 00:00:12.320 good, pretty good, pretty pretty good. I had a good night's sleep 4 00:00:12.400 --> 00:00:15.839 last night for first time in a while. All right, what's a good 5 00:00:15.919 --> 00:00:18.519 night's sleep? How many how many hours of good night? I got a 6 00:00:18.559 --> 00:00:21.920 good eight in? I got a good eight? My god, yeah, 7 00:00:22.000 --> 00:00:25.519 I got a good eight. I was in bed at ten, up at 8 00:00:25.559 --> 00:00:29.320 six. I was, uh and wide awake at six, which was good. 9 00:00:30.239 --> 00:00:33.439 It wasn't that groggy feeling when you wake up. You know, no 10 00:00:33.520 --> 00:00:39.799 one answers either. It was just I was tired and and laid it down. 11 00:00:40.200 --> 00:00:43.359 When I say no one answers, no sleep meds or anything like that. 12 00:00:44.640 --> 00:00:49.520 I put on some nice relaxing zen music and fell out naturally, Fred 13 00:00:49.520 --> 00:00:55.359 And got up once in the middle of the night, got up one time, 14 00:00:55.960 --> 00:01:00.719 and then was right back and uh, six o'clock rolled around, and 15 00:01:00.759 --> 00:01:03.280 man, the uh. I actually beat the alarm, you know, I 16 00:01:03.400 --> 00:01:08.200 beat the alarm. And you know, usually Monday, Wednesday, Friday, 17 00:01:08.200 --> 00:01:12.760 I get up a little earlier because at a session, but I don't usually 18 00:01:12.799 --> 00:01:17.760 set the alarm. But today I did and I, uh, you know, 19 00:01:17.799 --> 00:01:19.640 when you beat the alarm by five minutes, I was pretty proud of 20 00:01:19.680 --> 00:01:25.319 myself. Can I tell you something? Can I tell you something? First 21 00:01:25.319 --> 00:01:29.159 of all, you know, if you know anything about health, you realize 22 00:01:29.159 --> 00:01:32.760 sleep is critical. And if you can get eight hours of sleep, that's 23 00:01:32.799 --> 00:01:40.280 that's what's recommended. Do you know in the last I would say forty five 24 00:01:40.359 --> 00:01:45.439 years, I have not slept eight hours one time when I was at Channel 25 00:01:45.519 --> 00:01:49.239 four. Wow. When I was at Channel four, and I am not 26 00:01:49.439 --> 00:01:55.439 lying to you, I would sleep like four hours and forty five minutes a 27 00:01:55.599 --> 00:02:00.959 night. That's it, that's it. And now now I can get up 28 00:02:00.959 --> 00:02:05.680 to and I feel great today because I slept six hours. If I can 29 00:02:05.760 --> 00:02:08.719 hit six hours, that's like eight hours. But here's the problem. If 30 00:02:08.719 --> 00:02:12.599 you're only sleeping four and a half hours a night, five hours a night, 31 00:02:13.080 --> 00:02:15.960 that's not good for your health. No, it takes its toll on 32 00:02:15.000 --> 00:02:19.599 you, and I mean you will pay the price for it down the road. 33 00:02:19.639 --> 00:02:22.759 And I did everything I could. I just maybe my mind wouldn't stop. 34 00:02:22.759 --> 00:02:25.080 I don't know. I could not sleep, and of course I drank 35 00:02:25.120 --> 00:02:28.599 like a fish. I don't know if that was a problem, but uh, 36 00:02:28.719 --> 00:02:30.240 maybe that'll do it. You know, I thought it would help me. 37 00:02:30.319 --> 00:02:35.000 Okay, well maybe it did, but not for long periods of time. 38 00:02:35.240 --> 00:02:37.400 So if you got eight hours of sleep, that's pretty good. Yeah, 39 00:02:37.560 --> 00:02:43.800 and that's rare. That's rare because usually it's six at most. I'm 40 00:02:44.199 --> 00:02:47.159 yeah, I'm tossing and turning or something distracting me, or I'm up or 41 00:02:47.199 --> 00:02:51.560 whatever. I can't fall back asleep once I get up. I mean, 42 00:02:51.639 --> 00:02:55.159 it's not consistently all the way through, and last night was, but it 43 00:02:55.240 --> 00:02:59.199 is so important. So you've been on you on four and a half hours 44 00:02:59.240 --> 00:03:01.639 sleep on a regular Now that's that's your time. Well, no, I'm 45 00:03:01.719 --> 00:03:05.439 up. Do you get up? Or do you do you slay there? 46 00:03:05.479 --> 00:03:07.719 Try to go back to sleep? I mean that's the question is like what 47 00:03:07.719 --> 00:03:12.680 do you do if you're if you're not sleeping, do you feel like, 48 00:03:12.800 --> 00:03:14.879 okay, it's time to get up or do you feel like I need to 49 00:03:14.879 --> 00:03:17.159 get another two hours in? Man? If I'm up, I can't go 50 00:03:17.240 --> 00:03:22.280 back to sleep. And that's the problem. So now now I'm getting six 51 00:03:22.319 --> 00:03:24.599 hours, and I feel different than I did, And I actually think it 52 00:03:24.599 --> 00:03:28.120 has to do with not doing the eleven o'clock news anymore. I still get 53 00:03:28.199 --> 00:03:30.879 up early, but it's going to bed a little earlier now, giving me 54 00:03:30.919 --> 00:03:35.520 that extra time. Yeah, but that is tough. I mean, I'll 55 00:03:35.520 --> 00:03:39.039 tell you who doesn't sleep, Kevin, Kevin doesn not sleep. How many 56 00:03:39.080 --> 00:03:43.000 hours a night is fix o'clock in the morning, four o'clock in the morning. 57 00:03:43.120 --> 00:03:45.479 Yeah, I mean I try to get at least six and a half 58 00:03:45.520 --> 00:03:49.000 to seven. The key word is try. I say I'm successful. They 59 00:03:49.039 --> 00:03:52.319 are probably about sixty five seventy percent of the time. But what time do 60 00:03:52.360 --> 00:03:54.919 you go to sleep, Kevin? On irregular you're trying to do it. 61 00:03:54.919 --> 00:04:00.719 It can vary anywhere between ten and eleven anywhere within that spectrum wanted general basis, 62 00:04:00.719 --> 00:04:03.039 sometimes it's later. Sometimes if I'm really just dog tired, which will 63 00:04:03.039 --> 00:04:05.800 happen a lot of times during football season because that's just a grind between what 64 00:04:05.840 --> 00:04:09.360 I do here and what I do on weekends, sometimes I might go to 65 00:04:09.360 --> 00:04:12.039 bed a little bit earlier, but generally i'd say it's between ten o'clock and 66 00:04:12.039 --> 00:04:16.680 eleven o'clock, and I'm usually up anywhere between four and five thirty. Yeah. 67 00:04:17.279 --> 00:04:21.759 Seeing my problem, Rodney is that Kevin will attest to this, It'll 68 00:04:21.759 --> 00:04:27.600 be one am and I'll be seven sending Kevin ideas. Absolutely, yeah, 69 00:04:27.720 --> 00:04:30.160 yeah, you know, It'll be eleven thirty at night and I'll be sending 70 00:04:30.240 --> 00:04:34.879 Kevin ideas. That's the problem. I can't. Your mind won't turn off. 71 00:04:35.079 --> 00:04:40.639 My mind won't turn off. If I'm watching the game, I will 72 00:04:40.680 --> 00:04:44.000 sit there and watch stuff and if something. And Kevin told me to stop 73 00:04:44.000 --> 00:04:46.800 texting him because I texted him like six thousand times one day and he goes, 74 00:04:46.879 --> 00:04:48.800 just email me, just put them all in one email and then when 75 00:04:48.839 --> 00:04:51.839 you're gone, just send it to me. Yeah, right, because I 76 00:04:51.920 --> 00:04:56.240 just start writing stuff down the whole time. I can't. I don't know 77 00:04:56.240 --> 00:04:58.879 what it is. All notes, just notes, notes, notes, notes, 78 00:04:58.879 --> 00:05:02.399 this is that you know, nine thirty ten, fifteen, eleven oh 79 00:05:02.439 --> 00:05:06.240 two. Just put the notes in it in one big mass email. That's 80 00:05:06.240 --> 00:05:09.879 what I started doing because he held at me and he said stop doing that. 81 00:05:10.920 --> 00:05:14.040 Every time I looked up and go, I look at the you know, 82 00:05:14.600 --> 00:05:17.199 the timestamp of the of the notes that Kevin sends us notes every day, 83 00:05:17.759 --> 00:05:21.639 and I look at the timestamps. Sometimes those timestamps are like five thirteen 84 00:05:21.720 --> 00:05:28.639 am. Yeah, you know, yeah, I forty Kevin, you do 85 00:05:28.800 --> 00:05:31.240 you said a timer for the night before to send it down at five forty 86 00:05:31.240 --> 00:05:35.360 five and nope, no, he just he's up those alive. Yeah, 87 00:05:35.480 --> 00:05:41.160 you guys track your sleep. I have that on my watch where it tracks 88 00:05:41.199 --> 00:05:43.319 my sleep, so now I know how many hours I sleep. And it's 89 00:05:43.319 --> 00:05:46.800 funny. If it says I slept six hours, Psychologically I tell myself, 90 00:05:46.800 --> 00:05:49.439 man, I'm doing great. But if I slept five hours and forty minutes, 91 00:05:49.480 --> 00:05:53.399 I say, man, I'm screwed all day. And I don't even 92 00:05:53.399 --> 00:05:56.439 know if there's a difference, quite frankly, but when I see it, 93 00:05:57.279 --> 00:05:59.600 that's the first thing I do. I look at that phone, I go 94 00:05:59.680 --> 00:06:01.480 tell me it's six hours. If it's six hours, I feel great. 95 00:06:02.399 --> 00:06:06.160 If it's five hours and fifty nine minutes, I'm screwed for the entire day. 96 00:06:08.000 --> 00:06:10.240 But sometimes as soon as you see it, he put you in a 97 00:06:10.279 --> 00:06:14.439 mood. I see you're like, you didn't reach the goal you're under the 98 00:06:14.480 --> 00:06:17.639 time that you wanted to sleep. It automatically triggers something in your brain and 99 00:06:17.680 --> 00:06:21.160 your emotions that you're screwed for the rest of the day. Yeah, And 100 00:06:21.199 --> 00:06:25.360 there will be times during the day where I'm doing this or I'm doing the 101 00:06:25.360 --> 00:06:29.079 TV show here, or I'll just start to get tired. But I don't 102 00:06:29.079 --> 00:06:31.439 even know if I am tired. I think my mind is telling me I'm 103 00:06:31.480 --> 00:06:36.639 tired because I didn't sleep six hours today, I'll fly through everything. Nap. 104 00:06:38.800 --> 00:06:42.360 Are you a napper? Can you nap? When I was at NBC? 105 00:06:43.360 --> 00:06:47.480 Truly, when I was at NBC, there were areas. We had 106 00:06:47.480 --> 00:06:50.399 an office that had a couch in it. If you came in at a 107 00:06:50.399 --> 00:06:56.079 certain point in time, I would be sound asleep, and I slept for 108 00:06:56.120 --> 00:06:59.720 fifteen minutes. It was always fifteen minutes. If I got fifteen minutes at 109 00:06:59.759 --> 00:07:02.800 some point in the day, then I was fine. It's all it took. 110 00:07:02.839 --> 00:07:05.360 Fifteen all it took. Or if i'd go home for dinner at six 111 00:07:05.519 --> 00:07:10.519 thirty, I would sit in this chair and close my eyes fifteen minutes and 112 00:07:10.560 --> 00:07:13.720 I was ready to go for the eleven. That's all I needed was fifteen 113 00:07:13.759 --> 00:07:17.720 minutes just to kind of recharge. And I didn't send an alarm or anything. 114 00:07:17.720 --> 00:07:21.680 It would be fifteen minutes every time. Every time fifteen minutes you felt 115 00:07:21.680 --> 00:07:25.160 that, you know, your body clock would tell you it's fifteen minutes. 116 00:07:25.199 --> 00:07:28.560 Time to get up. Yeah, And when I wake up too, you 117 00:07:28.560 --> 00:07:30.879 know you said you go back to sleep. When I wake up, I 118 00:07:30.920 --> 00:07:35.959 am up, shoot out of bed, I'm up, boom done. The 119 00:07:36.079 --> 00:07:40.720 minute I open my eyes, I'm up. I cannot go back to sleep. 120 00:07:44.439 --> 00:07:48.480 It depends from me. It depends like if it's early, if it's 121 00:07:48.480 --> 00:07:51.639 like a I'm trying to get up at six and I get up at four, 122 00:07:53.240 --> 00:07:57.319 you know, like we do at a certain age, have to go 123 00:07:57.360 --> 00:08:03.319 to the bathroom, and I know I've got you know, a couple more 124 00:08:03.360 --> 00:08:07.639 hours. If I can get that in that then it becomes tough. But 125 00:08:07.680 --> 00:08:11.399 if it's early in the night, like if it's two am, I can 126 00:08:11.439 --> 00:08:16.120 get back to sleep. But that last two hours, which is usually the 127 00:08:16.160 --> 00:08:20.319 best part, is like the good sleep when you get that that last you 128 00:08:20.319 --> 00:08:24.279 know, four to six, whatever it may be, or three to five. 129 00:08:24.000 --> 00:08:28.240 That last two hours is great. But if I get up, you 130 00:08:28.279 --> 00:08:31.120 know, around in that time, I can't go back. I can't go 131 00:08:31.199 --> 00:08:33.720 back to sleep good. How many hours? If we ask our listeners, 132 00:08:33.840 --> 00:08:37.200 how many hours an I do use sleep? Okay, percentage wise? How 133 00:08:37.200 --> 00:08:43.679 many do you think would say eight? Eight hours? Percentage wise? I 134 00:08:43.679 --> 00:08:48.440 think that'd be a low percentage. So why so to why okay? So 135 00:08:48.519 --> 00:08:54.559 what do you think the average would be for our listeners six? Yeah, 136 00:08:54.039 --> 00:08:58.480 I think so. I think you're right. What's s six? I mean 137 00:08:58.519 --> 00:09:01.879 a lot of our listeners are on the road, right, truck drivers, 138 00:09:01.200 --> 00:09:07.559 delivery people. There's a few fair amount people in the office. But yeah, 139 00:09:07.559 --> 00:09:13.000 I would say six hours, six hours. Now you're trying to get 140 00:09:13.000 --> 00:09:15.960 eight, but I would say it on average people will get get six. 141 00:09:16.639 --> 00:09:20.279 Yeah. And here's the other thing. So some people go to bed earlier. 142 00:09:20.679 --> 00:09:22.559 Right, if you go to bed at ten eleven? Now I know 143 00:09:22.639 --> 00:09:26.039 that because pardon me? Can you do that? Like? You know? 144 00:09:26.039 --> 00:09:28.519 I know that you're off the eleven? Now you're off the eleven. Can 145 00:09:28.519 --> 00:09:31.679 you can your body clock tail you eight? Be? Yeah, I'm I'm 146 00:09:31.720 --> 00:09:35.039 out by eleven now as opposed to be it out by twelve. No, 147 00:09:35.159 --> 00:09:37.720 I'm definitely out by eleven. I used to I used to fall asleep by 148 00:09:37.720 --> 00:09:43.759 twelve forty. Yeah, so I'm probably a sleep times ten thirty. So 149 00:09:43.799 --> 00:09:46.960 if the Dodgers or Lakers are playing, right, yeah, you watch the 150 00:09:48.000 --> 00:09:50.279 game, think about it for a minute, then I go to sleep, 151 00:09:50.759 --> 00:09:54.159 and it's much healthier. It's a much better way to work. And I 152 00:09:54.159 --> 00:09:58.399 can tell you from doing the news at eleven o'clock at Channel four. That 153 00:09:58.000 --> 00:10:03.120 more people operate like that now than ever before they go to bed before eleven 154 00:10:03.120 --> 00:10:07.679 o'clock at night. Right, I'll bet you if we took the average time 155 00:10:07.720 --> 00:10:11.799 people go to bed, it's between ten and eleven. Yeah, I agree, 156 00:10:13.039 --> 00:10:15.759 I agree at least that's the goal. But I think, yeah, 157 00:10:15.759 --> 00:10:18.879 I think most people try to get to bed by eleven, which is to 158 00:10:20.080 --> 00:10:24.320 your overall point about where the where we are as a as a you know, 159 00:10:24.480 --> 00:10:28.840 entertainment watching the news kind of thing. It used to be definitely after 160 00:10:28.879 --> 00:10:31.120 that, I'm not going to bed before the news is over least I'm up 161 00:10:31.159 --> 00:10:35.919 at least still eleven thirty, you know, whereas now it's not, as 162 00:10:37.120 --> 00:10:39.080 you know, it's instant gratification, so you don't people don't stay up just 163 00:10:39.120 --> 00:10:43.000 to watch the news anymore. So they're out. But when you were working 164 00:10:43.519 --> 00:10:48.840 at Channel four and you did the eleven o'clock, what time would you go 165 00:10:48.919 --> 00:10:54.000 to sleep then? Would it be midnight? Twelve thirty, twelve forty twelve 166 00:10:54.080 --> 00:10:56.559 forty And could your body shut down? Yeah, there's a lot of times 167 00:10:56.559 --> 00:11:01.519 that you know, after doing something like that, the adrenaline's still there and 168 00:11:01.360 --> 00:11:05.159 your body can't shut down for a period of time. It became routine for 169 00:11:05.240 --> 00:11:09.639 me after a while, so I was just kind of an autopilot. And 170 00:11:11.080 --> 00:11:13.320 when I got home after the eleven and I laid down, I could go 171 00:11:13.360 --> 00:11:18.279 to sleep, but I didn't sleep soundly. So then it was like four 172 00:11:18.279 --> 00:11:22.080 hours and forty five minutes. And it's interesting because when I started doing the 173 00:11:22.080 --> 00:11:26.080 eleven o'clock News at Channel four, and that was, you know, forty 174 00:11:26.120 --> 00:11:30.000 four years ago. TV was different, Our worlds were different, and that 175 00:11:30.120 --> 00:11:33.000 was the show of record. If you did what I did for a living, 176 00:11:33.120 --> 00:11:35.080 that's the only show you wanted to be on, was the eleven o'clock 177 00:11:35.120 --> 00:11:41.080 News. If you were there, you had made it. Well, you 178 00:11:41.159 --> 00:11:46.120 know, times changed and people change, technology changed our world. And now 179 00:11:46.159 --> 00:11:48.279 the eleven o'clock News. And by the way, it was the biggest profit 180 00:11:48.320 --> 00:11:54.320 center at the TV station, the biggest profit center. It was like thirty 181 00:11:54.360 --> 00:11:58.519 five percent of your yearly revenue came from that thirty minutes at eleven o'clock. 182 00:11:58.559 --> 00:12:01.799 Think that, yeah, we're still than the five o'clock, six o'clock hour. 183 00:12:01.879 --> 00:12:07.559 Huh oh yeah wow. Yeah. So now if you look at it, 184 00:12:07.679 --> 00:12:11.600 the eleven o'clock news broadcasts across all stations and across the country, there 185 00:12:11.600 --> 00:12:18.480 are blips on the radar screen very few people watch. So in Los Angeles, 186 00:12:18.519 --> 00:12:22.960 for example, maybe three thousand would watch the Channel four news at eleven 187 00:12:24.159 --> 00:12:28.240 out of sixteen million people. Think about that. And right now, the 188 00:12:30.120 --> 00:12:35.120 area where people do watch local news is the afternoon block five and six. 189 00:12:35.120 --> 00:12:41.440 Because our worlds have changed time and I'm sure the demographics too will tell you 190 00:12:41.480 --> 00:12:46.360 something about the eleven o'clock news now too, right that demographic is what do 191 00:12:46.399 --> 00:12:50.480 you think that? I mean, I don't have any idea, but what 192 00:12:50.519 --> 00:12:54.440 the demographic? What is the demographic you think of the the viewership of the 193 00:12:54.480 --> 00:12:58.600 eleven o'clock news. Well, remember this that when the rating system was created 194 00:12:58.639 --> 00:13:03.600 back in fifties, it was twenty five to fifty four adults. So what 195 00:13:03.639 --> 00:13:07.399 does that mean? That means that was the target area to sell in You 196 00:13:07.480 --> 00:13:13.159 wanted to attract an audience critically of twenty five to fifty four year old adults. 197 00:13:13.559 --> 00:13:15.879 Sure, if you could get younger people, fined, but that wasn't 198 00:13:15.919 --> 00:13:20.720 the primary sales area twenty five fifty four adults. And when ratings come out, 199 00:13:20.720 --> 00:13:24.679 they also come with demographics, so you can see who's watching. And 200 00:13:24.720 --> 00:13:28.399 it's imprecise science, but it's the only science, all right. So when 201 00:13:28.440 --> 00:13:33.840 you and why was fifty four the end of it? Why? Because when 202 00:13:33.840 --> 00:13:37.720 they created the rating system, people died at fifty five. That's how many 203 00:13:37.759 --> 00:13:43.679 years ago it was, and they never changed it. So theoretically, if 204 00:13:43.720 --> 00:13:48.240 you are older than fifty four, we like to say in our business, 205 00:13:48.679 --> 00:13:54.000 you have demoed out. We love you, we need you, we want 206 00:13:54.039 --> 00:13:58.240 you to listen to us, we want you to watch the shows on TV. 207 00:13:58.360 --> 00:14:03.720 But we sell it differently for whatever reason in this country. And it's 208 00:14:03.720 --> 00:14:07.919 funny. I talked about this on the air here last night. Older people 209 00:14:07.000 --> 00:14:13.080 do not receive the kind of respect they do in other countries. You hit 210 00:14:13.120 --> 00:14:16.919 a point and they go a year old, Yeah we don't care, Yeah 211 00:14:16.960 --> 00:14:20.039 we don't care. Yeah he's old. But no, in other countries it's 212 00:14:20.080 --> 00:14:26.600 not like that people are respected for their wisdom and their experience. Here you 213 00:14:26.639 --> 00:14:31.799 can be cast aside. So also here now, unlike when they created the 214 00:14:31.879 --> 00:14:37.120 rating system, people at fifty five years old have what we like to call 215 00:14:37.200 --> 00:14:41.600 in sales disposable income. You can afford things, sure not everybody, and 216 00:14:41.639 --> 00:14:46.960 some of us live check to check but there are other people at this time, 217 00:14:46.519 --> 00:14:52.600 in that age bracket sixty that have some money and can go out and 218 00:14:52.639 --> 00:14:56.600 buy things. And that's why people advertise, because they expect you to hear 219 00:14:56.639 --> 00:15:01.080 the spot and go, I need that, but you can also afford it. 220 00:15:01.480 --> 00:15:07.120 That's never been taken into account. So here the demo, and we 221 00:15:07.240 --> 00:15:11.639 just got this yesterday. It was great. Fifty five plus. It's Palm 222 00:15:11.720 --> 00:15:16.399 Springs, it's the Coachella Valley. People come here when they're older to retire 223 00:15:16.279 --> 00:15:20.039 fifty five plus. And I was telling somebody, you know what, you 224 00:15:20.039 --> 00:15:22.840 don't understand because I'm killing it out here. I'm killing it, and they 225 00:15:22.879 --> 00:15:26.080 go, I said, yeah, the audience is fifty five plus. I 226 00:15:26.120 --> 00:15:28.720 got to check on them every day to make sure they'll be there tomorrow. 227 00:15:31.080 --> 00:15:37.159 But yet they are thriving. They are thriving and they still have productive lives. 228 00:15:37.559 --> 00:15:41.159 I see out here, Rodney, and it's funny people seventy years old. 229 00:15:41.240 --> 00:15:46.279 Now in Los Angeles, if you go somebody seventy, they gough, 230 00:15:46.879 --> 00:15:48.399 well, you know, you know how close they are to the end. 231 00:15:50.399 --> 00:15:56.799 Here I see people seventy and they look like they're fifty. Yeah. Second 232 00:15:56.879 --> 00:16:00.879 chapter of their life. Yeah. And enjoying it active, yeah, and 233 00:16:00.039 --> 00:16:06.440 enjoying it. But what we do find is, and we're an exception here 234 00:16:06.559 --> 00:16:14.320 in radio because actually our audience should skew older because you know, it's it's 235 00:16:14.440 --> 00:16:18.759 terrestrial AM radio. And sure we have people over fifty four listening, but 236 00:16:18.799 --> 00:16:22.759 we have younger people too, So that's a bit of an anomaly because that 237 00:16:22.799 --> 00:16:29.240 doesn't usually happen. It's a bit of an anomaly. But on broadcast TV, 238 00:16:29.759 --> 00:16:32.840 the audience is older, and that's why. You know what you see 239 00:16:32.840 --> 00:16:37.639 the spots are for stool softener and blood pressure medication, right, don't you 240 00:16:37.759 --> 00:16:41.519 that's what you say. Yeah, they're all there. Yeah, at that 241 00:16:41.720 --> 00:16:45.320 time of night. Absolutely, you know, side effects may include and then 242 00:16:45.360 --> 00:16:48.879 they go through a litany of things that you think I'll never take that because 243 00:16:48.879 --> 00:16:52.559 it's going to give any Are you having this, Yeah, all of those. 244 00:16:52.919 --> 00:16:56.200 That's why those spots are there, because the audience is older. That's 245 00:16:56.200 --> 00:17:06.240 why. And the point is, and the reason our audience here is mixed 246 00:17:06.279 --> 00:17:11.319 and we have young people listening is because we're on the app and we podcast, 247 00:17:11.279 --> 00:17:15.359 so you can access the content any way you want. And that's how 248 00:17:15.400 --> 00:17:18.759 younger people function. When we were growing up it was you had to make 249 00:17:18.759 --> 00:17:23.119 an appointment right on a TV show eight o'clock Thursday night. You had to 250 00:17:23.160 --> 00:17:26.920 be there or you'd miss it. Yeah, there's no tap in it, 251 00:17:26.960 --> 00:17:30.880 there's no watch nothing. You know. Hey, I want to why I 252 00:17:30.960 --> 00:17:33.440 missed it last night. I'm'n watch it in the morning or I can't see 253 00:17:33.440 --> 00:17:36.359 it last night. So I'm gonna just yeah, I just watched it in 254 00:17:36.440 --> 00:17:38.039 the morning when I wake up. Yeah, there was none of that, 255 00:17:38.400 --> 00:17:44.279 right, But that's how this generation grew up, where you could access whatever 256 00:17:44.359 --> 00:17:48.920 you wanted when you wanted it. So for us, we have people that 257 00:17:48.000 --> 00:17:52.319 listen to the show on the app more and more stream the show wherever you 258 00:17:52.440 --> 00:17:57.079 go, you take it with you. And we also now have the ability 259 00:17:57.160 --> 00:18:00.759 if you missed anything, you can go back and listen to it. It's 260 00:18:00.799 --> 00:18:06.519 available to you when you want it. Because you are in control now, 261 00:18:07.119 --> 00:18:11.559 you make those decisions. And that's why our group of people listening to us, 262 00:18:11.880 --> 00:18:15.720 Yes we have people older than fifty four, but we have people twenty 263 00:18:15.759 --> 00:18:21.799 seven, and we have women listening to us as well, which is not 264 00:18:22.319 --> 00:18:27.680 a huge demo in sports radio. So I mean, that's just how it 265 00:18:27.759 --> 00:18:30.640 is. I don't even know how we got started on this. I'm just 266 00:18:32.240 --> 00:18:36.599 sleep. Did you get a good night's sleep? And I yeah, I 267 00:18:36.680 --> 00:18:38.880 did. I got one last night and it's rare. So I had to 268 00:18:38.920 --> 00:18:41.920 share that I got a good night's sleep. Now what that means for me 269 00:18:42.000 --> 00:18:45.759 the rest of the day, I don't know, fred but I just know 270 00:18:45.839 --> 00:18:52.359 this, I got a good night sleep last night. Hey, don't forget 271 00:18:52.839 --> 00:18:57.119 this Friday. We will be at Crony Sports Bar in Newbury Park. It'll 272 00:18:57.119 --> 00:19:00.880 be a live broadcast noon to three March Madness on. You'll enjoy the great 273 00:19:00.880 --> 00:19:04.400 food and drinks and you'll find out why Crony Sports Bar is the best sports 274 00:19:04.440 --> 00:19:08.920 grill and Ventura County. Details at a five seventy LA sports dot Com with 275 00:19:10.039 --> 00:19:12.799 the real Lakers please stand up. Well, everybody hopes last night they were 276 00:19:12.839 --> 00:19:17.880 the real Lakers, and we'll talk to Dan Waking next. Let's go. 277 00:19:18.039 --> 00:19:22.000 Let's go, let's keep it moving on a full eight hours of sleep. 278 00:19:22.119 --> 00:19:25.960 Baby, we talked about it. I got the full eight Freddy, I'm 279 00:19:25.960 --> 00:19:30.079 ready to go right. Keep it on a Tuesday. Come on, all 280 00:19:30.160 --> 00:19:33.319 right? Uh, well, last night did we see the real Lakers? 281 00:19:33.480 --> 00:19:36.079 Well, they were playing at Land. Did we see the real Lakers. 282 00:19:36.359 --> 00:19:40.559 Hey, but find out what the team beat the Clippers at the crypt well 283 00:19:40.559 --> 00:19:45.640 at team right, Yeah, but the Clippers don't have an identity. Oh 284 00:19:45.640 --> 00:19:48.039 that's right. Yeah, it's ty Tyler's fault. They don't have an identity, 285 00:19:48.079 --> 00:19:52.319 rdy, that's the problem. Yeah, yeah, I forgot about that. 286 00:19:52.680 --> 00:19:56.240 Yeah, but apparently the Lakers last night did. And let's bring on 287 00:19:56.319 --> 00:19:59.839 our insider from the La Times, Dan Waking. Dan, thanks for jumping 288 00:19:59.839 --> 00:20:03.599 on. Thank you for having me. I'm very in demand today. And 289 00:20:03.599 --> 00:20:08.359 why is that because you asked a million dollar question last night? Apparently, 290 00:20:08.440 --> 00:20:15.720 So it's funny. Can I toot my harm for two seconds? This is 291 00:20:15.720 --> 00:20:18.559 not the type of thing I normally would do. So yesterday it was an 292 00:20:18.559 --> 00:20:22.640 interesting day. So in the morning I happened to win a Professional Basketball Writers 293 00:20:22.680 --> 00:20:26.400 Association award, which is very nice for the show. Ron James, thank 294 00:20:26.440 --> 00:20:30.079 you guys, yeah for I mean, all it took was Lebron James breaking, 295 00:20:30.119 --> 00:20:33.160 you know, basketball's most hollowood record to put me in a position to 296 00:20:33.200 --> 00:20:36.920 do it. So really I did the light work. That being said, 297 00:20:37.000 --> 00:20:40.400 so, you know, postgame, Austin Reeves gets stunted down. I asked 298 00:20:40.440 --> 00:20:44.480 him a question he says, you know, everybody saw what happened, and 299 00:20:44.519 --> 00:20:47.519 I reminded him that, but no one saw it quite like he did. 300 00:20:48.240 --> 00:20:53.279 And people today have been like, this is your best work ever. It's 301 00:20:53.400 --> 00:20:59.920 just like, well it's important to remember what people care about. Listen, 302 00:21:02.279 --> 00:21:06.799 Yeah I could, I can out a thank really quickly. Yeah, Dan, 303 00:21:07.000 --> 00:21:11.119 was there no no thought otherwise that you you were going to ask him 304 00:21:11.160 --> 00:21:14.359 that question? You had to get that out of him. Well, somebody 305 00:21:14.400 --> 00:21:18.039 had to ask him. I mean I think like that's you know, I 306 00:21:18.079 --> 00:21:21.480 mean, that's kind of the job, you know what I mean, And 307 00:21:21.480 --> 00:21:26.680 and and so you know, look I asked, uh, we asked about 308 00:21:27.480 --> 00:21:32.000 who tried Anthony Davis. Oh, Anthony Edwards, Like we asked Anthony Davis 309 00:21:32.000 --> 00:21:34.680 about that, you know what I mean, Like we like you just that's 310 00:21:34.759 --> 00:21:40.359 kind of what you do. And I mean I think like knowing Austin as 311 00:21:40.359 --> 00:21:44.160 well as I do, like I had a pretty good feeling he would be 312 00:21:45.519 --> 00:21:51.519 good spirited about it. I didn't realize it would be such a funny exchange. 313 00:21:52.599 --> 00:21:53.640 Yeah, well that's part of it, right. You got to know 314 00:21:53.680 --> 00:21:57.119 who you can really ask that question, who you can need ale and who 315 00:21:57.160 --> 00:22:00.480 you can needle a little bit on the way back on it, you know 316 00:22:00.519 --> 00:22:03.079 what I mean. And I think, like, you know, luckily the 317 00:22:03.160 --> 00:22:10.519 Laker locker room. I think like especially like the players that we generally talked 318 00:22:10.480 --> 00:22:15.839 to on the night of the basis are all like smart enough players that like 319 00:22:15.000 --> 00:22:19.799 they understand when they're on like the wrong side of a meme, you know, 320 00:22:19.920 --> 00:22:22.799 Like I mean, look, Austin's been in a bunch of them too, 321 00:22:23.039 --> 00:22:26.880 write like this is sort of old had for him at this point, 322 00:22:26.920 --> 00:22:29.839 Like he hasn't necessarily been dunk doown like you pointed out. But like you 323 00:22:29.880 --> 00:22:32.759 know, there was the players rookie season where he stood next to Lebron and 324 00:22:32.839 --> 00:22:37.279 Lebron's explaining something to him and he looks like Lebron is speaking Portuguese or something 325 00:22:37.319 --> 00:22:40.839 and he makes that like kind of funny face. And then there was you 326 00:22:40.839 --> 00:22:42.440 know, like lash in the playoffs, people are comparing him to like the 327 00:22:42.480 --> 00:22:48.519 weird artsy kid from the wedding crashers and stuff like that at the podium like 328 00:22:48.519 --> 00:22:49.880 like, so, I mean, he this is you know, this is 329 00:22:49.920 --> 00:22:53.000 he's very comfortable. This is a very comfortable place for him, like it 330 00:22:53.079 --> 00:23:02.160 or not, right, right, Dan D'Angelo, Russell d Angelo Russell has 331 00:23:02.880 --> 00:23:07.799 I mean, he has played I think as well as we could expect. 332 00:23:07.880 --> 00:23:11.880 I think, you know, his inconsistency his former time here with the Lakers, 333 00:23:12.319 --> 00:23:17.000 the trade talks. I think he's used that as motivation, but not 334 00:23:17.240 --> 00:23:19.759 just for a period of time, but he's continued it, and he is 335 00:23:21.240 --> 00:23:26.039 an extremely important piece for the Lakers. Of the players out there that are 336 00:23:26.079 --> 00:23:32.119 not named Anthony Davis or Lebron James, where do you rank him in terms 337 00:23:32.160 --> 00:23:37.960 of the importance for Lakers success? I mean, I think he's probably, 338 00:23:37.920 --> 00:23:41.480 you know, on any given night, somewhere between like three and five, 339 00:23:41.599 --> 00:23:45.880 but like more often than not third, I think, just because like what 340 00:23:47.000 --> 00:23:48.559 he so. So what I think is kind of interesting in the Lakers, 341 00:23:48.640 --> 00:23:52.920 right, Rodney, is that, like you know, when we talk about 342 00:23:52.079 --> 00:23:56.279 these types of players, so like I'll just say, like those guys that 343 00:23:56.359 --> 00:24:00.160 I would put in like that top tier of like sort of mattering, right, 344 00:24:00.839 --> 00:24:06.559 are you know, D'Angel Russell, Austin Reeves, Ruyjachimura, Healthy, 345 00:24:06.599 --> 00:24:10.240 Jared Vanderbilt, And then probably say like Spencer Dinwiddie right now, right, 346 00:24:10.279 --> 00:24:15.680 who's become like kind of this like plus minus savant for this team? Right? 347 00:24:15.240 --> 00:24:18.000 So those are those are like the guys that like on a nice night 348 00:24:18.000 --> 00:24:22.640 basis like really really matter, right, So I think the thing that Delo 349 00:24:22.720 --> 00:24:26.519 does that none of those other guys do is that he gets their three point 350 00:24:26.599 --> 00:24:30.200 volume up, you know. And I think, like the assists are great 351 00:24:30.799 --> 00:24:33.319 last night. You know, he got to the line is cutting all that 352 00:24:33.359 --> 00:24:37.640 stuff really matters. But like, you know, the way the Lakers play 353 00:24:38.480 --> 00:24:44.839 just sort of by the product of having Anthony Davis not really be a flour 354 00:24:44.960 --> 00:24:47.599 spacer. I know, he made a three last night, you know, 355 00:24:47.640 --> 00:24:51.960 and Lebron James still like that's not really like he's been terrific this year, 356 00:24:51.960 --> 00:24:55.839 but that's not like that's not the main event with Lebron James. Like they 357 00:24:55.920 --> 00:24:59.039 just need to shoot threes. It's it's a math problem every night. You 358 00:24:59.039 --> 00:25:03.039 know, if the other team shoots twenty more threason than they do, you 359 00:25:03.079 --> 00:25:06.359 know, they're gonna be uphill and you're gonna be relying on things like making 360 00:25:06.440 --> 00:25:08.759 up that difference at the free throw line and at the rim and so nice 361 00:25:08.759 --> 00:25:11.599 to get those listles. Some nice you don't. So I mean, like, 362 00:25:11.960 --> 00:25:12.799 you know, I think like last night, like Danzel West, I 363 00:25:12.839 --> 00:25:18.200 think with six for ten from three right, and the six makes are incredible. 364 00:25:18.599 --> 00:25:22.880 I kind of think they almost need the ten attempts more in some ways, 365 00:25:22.759 --> 00:25:26.279 you know, just to like kind of keep defenses honest, like it 366 00:25:26.480 --> 00:25:30.759 really really matters on this team. I mean, I think there are nice 367 00:25:30.759 --> 00:25:32.920 when all of those guys, like, you know, I think that the 368 00:25:33.039 --> 00:25:36.599 connective things that Austin Reeves does is sort of like a figured out player, 369 00:25:37.960 --> 00:25:40.480 you know, really kind of stands alone. I think, you know, 370 00:25:40.599 --> 00:25:44.519 Ruey Hotchimer's ability to hunt a mismatch and catch and shoot, you know, 371 00:25:44.759 --> 00:25:48.079 is like it's been sort of his superpower with the starters and then and then 372 00:25:48.160 --> 00:25:51.440 like I said, like I mentioned, you know, we'll see when if 373 00:25:51.519 --> 00:25:55.000 Jared Vanderbilt gets back kind of the defense of hom f he can provide. 374 00:25:55.039 --> 00:26:00.119 And you know Spencer Dinwidy has done some of that too for them. So 375 00:26:00.440 --> 00:26:03.599 is that why when I say, well the real Lakers please show up, 376 00:26:03.400 --> 00:26:07.960 it's a it's a math problem. You know, sometimes are out shot from 377 00:26:07.079 --> 00:26:11.640 three and and that's the issue. Sure, because you see them play against 378 00:26:11.680 --> 00:26:14.519 atlant you go, Okay, they're going to be fine. You see him 379 00:26:14.519 --> 00:26:15.880 play against Golden State, you go, ooh, I'm not so sure they're 380 00:26:15.920 --> 00:26:21.720 going to get out of the plane. Warriors. Yeah, Fred was that, 381 00:26:21.839 --> 00:26:25.640 Like so I thought the obviously, like you know, I mean I 382 00:26:25.680 --> 00:26:29.000 looked at that Warriors game and I just saw a team that just can't win 383 00:26:29.039 --> 00:26:33.160 without Anthony Davis, right Like, I mean, that's just sort of that's 384 00:26:33.200 --> 00:26:36.880 just sort of a rule for them, right, Like they're plus six in 385 00:26:36.880 --> 00:26:40.599 the first corner when he's playing, they're run off the floor, you know, 386 00:26:40.839 --> 00:26:42.799 functionally when he's at and like, you know, they fought, and 387 00:26:44.640 --> 00:26:48.079 you know, if if if they get that call on Lebron James corner three 388 00:26:48.920 --> 00:26:52.519 instead of him being out of boundary's inbounds when it's a three point game or 389 00:26:52.559 --> 00:26:57.400 a four point game at that time. You know, I understand that if 390 00:26:57.480 --> 00:27:00.039 if Sinans were pots and pan right, like, the world will be a 391 00:27:00.079 --> 00:27:06.599 kitchen. Like I get that part of it. The thing of it that 392 00:27:06.640 --> 00:27:10.079 I I that's just for me is sort of I think to me, like 393 00:27:10.119 --> 00:27:14.880 the more sort of compelling like what are the Lakers kind of questions are sort 394 00:27:14.920 --> 00:27:18.680 of like, you know, just why why have they been so like meandering 395 00:27:19.039 --> 00:27:22.839 against sort of the middle middle of the pack against the league, you know, 396 00:27:22.920 --> 00:27:25.519 like they get up to play the thunder they play hard against the timb 397 00:27:25.519 --> 00:27:27.359 Wolves, they're in these tight games with you know, they played Denver, 398 00:27:27.559 --> 00:27:32.039 like at least they're tough in the last couple of games, like, you 399 00:27:32.079 --> 00:27:37.440 know, Sacramento definitely has their number. But the Clippers, you know, 400 00:27:37.480 --> 00:27:40.319 you know, they've beaten a lot of really good teams this season, so 401 00:27:40.440 --> 00:27:45.519 like, why can't they beat like the pretty good teams? And I just 402 00:27:45.559 --> 00:27:48.240 think it speaks honestly, Fred And I've said this on the show and I'll 403 00:27:48.319 --> 00:27:51.680 say it again. I just don't think they throw their fastball out of that. 404 00:27:51.799 --> 00:27:57.039 I don't think they can. I just I just think that why you 405 00:27:57.039 --> 00:28:03.039 don't think they can because they're because because they're best player is a thirty nine 406 00:28:03.079 --> 00:28:06.759 year old or their second best players a thirty nine year old. Then he 407 00:28:07.359 --> 00:28:14.000 doesn't have like the what would you say, the I'm trying to get the 408 00:28:14.000 --> 00:28:18.079 way that put the Yeah, I mean I was I was gonna say the 409 00:28:18.359 --> 00:28:25.519 like the hood, the blank to the wall sort of like ability to play 410 00:28:25.599 --> 00:28:29.559 like break neck defense every night. It's like very much a pick your spots 411 00:28:29.599 --> 00:28:33.039 thing, and it's very much like you that's just the reality of it. 412 00:28:33.119 --> 00:28:37.839 Right, He's got a bum ankle that he's playing through he's trying to manage 413 00:28:37.839 --> 00:28:41.680 an eighty two game season. He's been incredibly available this year, as has 414 00:28:41.720 --> 00:28:48.440 Anthony Davis. But like that's the the reality. So if you're a Lakers 415 00:28:48.440 --> 00:28:51.319 optimist, what you're holding on to is like you look at where they are 416 00:28:51.359 --> 00:28:53.920 when it was like Hubber meets the road time. I'm just throwing all sorts 417 00:28:53.960 --> 00:29:00.000 of cliches out there today. You know, when in the end season turned 418 00:29:00.440 --> 00:29:07.079 against the thunder you know in Golden State, Uh, a classic game earlier 419 00:29:07.119 --> 00:29:10.000 this year, Like when when like it's just like go full on, go 420 00:29:10.119 --> 00:29:15.240 time they have it now, it's a little concerning then, like that when 421 00:29:15.240 --> 00:29:17.920 they've gone to flip that switch against Denver, when they went to flip it 422 00:29:17.920 --> 00:29:22.200 against Sacramento, they couldn't get over the hump. Like that to me is 423 00:29:22.279 --> 00:29:25.720 like kind of the big question. But but yeah, I mean I think 424 00:29:25.720 --> 00:29:29.440 they're fred to your point. You know, there are nights they don't look 425 00:29:29.480 --> 00:29:30.960 like they're gonna get out of the plane, and I think there are knights 426 00:29:30.960 --> 00:29:34.039 where it looks like they can get back to the conference finals. It's I 427 00:29:34.079 --> 00:29:38.519 think that's just gonna be kind of how it is with them. Yeah, 428 00:29:38.640 --> 00:29:45.640 is that scary. It should be that they can't win without without Anthony Davis, 429 00:29:45.680 --> 00:29:49.119 and when he went out against Golden State, it was all the air 430 00:29:49.200 --> 00:29:52.880 went out of the building. And they have running and they have a hard 431 00:29:52.880 --> 00:30:00.200 time winnyone, Like they don't have Lebron playing like really hard defense, really 432 00:30:00.200 --> 00:30:03.359 hard end defense. Like that's just like and he just I mean, it's 433 00:30:03.400 --> 00:30:07.480 just that's the reality of it. It's not I don't think it's like a 434 00:30:07.559 --> 00:30:10.440 hostile thing. I think it is very much so a picker spots thing. 435 00:30:11.480 --> 00:30:15.000 You know that that makes me think, Dan, if that's the issue, 436 00:30:15.119 --> 00:30:18.519 and maybe they just don't have enough gas every night, how are they gonna 437 00:30:18.559 --> 00:30:22.920 win a seven game series? Uh so, I mean here would be the 438 00:30:22.240 --> 00:30:26.759 again, like the optimist argument for this, right, the playoffs are different. 439 00:30:26.759 --> 00:30:30.880 The game slows down like it is harder. It is like they like 440 00:30:30.640 --> 00:30:33.680 the general kind of way that people describe it. It's like sort of like 441 00:30:33.839 --> 00:30:37.559 one and a half times the mileage. So if you play forty minutes in 442 00:30:37.599 --> 00:30:38.640 the regular season, you play forty minutes the plaoffs, it sort of feels 443 00:30:38.680 --> 00:30:44.279 like you played sixty if that makes sense. Yeah, but you're not traveling 444 00:30:44.319 --> 00:30:51.319 as much. But on the same team, it's more mental and you know, 445 00:30:51.359 --> 00:30:53.759 it wasn't like he was twenty three last year in the playoffs like he 446 00:30:53.960 --> 00:30:59.680 was, you know, thirty eight and even more hurt, and they like 447 00:30:59.720 --> 00:31:03.839 they figured it out right. So I think that would be sort of the 448 00:31:03.839 --> 00:31:07.440 optimistic reed. I'm the Lakers now. The pessimistic creed is is exactly what 449 00:31:07.480 --> 00:31:11.119 you said. I mean, like it only gets harder. You look at 450 00:31:11.119 --> 00:31:15.839 the Western Conference, it's a minefield. You know, how are they going 451 00:31:15.920 --> 00:31:19.599 to stop Luka Danci in the seven game series should they need to? How 452 00:31:19.640 --> 00:31:25.160 would they stop or in a one game playing. The same goes for Phoenix. 453 00:31:25.920 --> 00:31:27.799 You know, like there's a world in which you know, the playing 454 00:31:29.200 --> 00:31:33.680 Stephen Kurky, you have to beat Stephen Curry to go beat Kevin Durant to 455 00:31:33.799 --> 00:31:37.839 even to go to then to then go play Nicola Jokic. That with how 456 00:31:37.880 --> 00:31:45.039 did they stop Anthony Davis in a how they mean? That's gotta be yeah. 457 00:31:45.079 --> 00:31:51.200 I mean that's that's why they're scary too, you know, I mean 458 00:31:51.240 --> 00:31:55.960 I think it definitely cuts both ways. I mean it's why anybody tells you, 459 00:31:56.000 --> 00:31:59.640 like with any real sort of like outside of like when I talk to 460 00:31:59.640 --> 00:32:01.799 people I had this, had a conversation last night with an assistant coach on 461 00:32:01.839 --> 00:32:06.599 the Hawks, and he's asking me, you know, who I thought would 462 00:32:06.599 --> 00:32:10.079 come out of the West, And like, if you say anything other than 463 00:32:10.160 --> 00:32:15.759 Denver, I think you're just kind of guessing at this point, Like you're 464 00:32:15.880 --> 00:32:20.640 really guessing. Like there's a lot of speculation that goes into anyone but Denver, 465 00:32:21.000 --> 00:32:22.599 at least with Denver, you know, like there's like the proof of 466 00:32:22.680 --> 00:32:30.039 concept is so strong. Yeah, as far as Dan that, you know, 467 00:32:30.519 --> 00:32:35.799 going back to D'Angelo and Austin Reeves and Ruie Hotchimura, does it you 468 00:32:35.799 --> 00:32:37.400 know, we we we've talked all season long. Who's gonna be that third 469 00:32:37.400 --> 00:32:42.559 guy, who's gonna does it matter? It's just it's just they need that 470 00:32:42.640 --> 00:32:46.160 guy every night. They need a third guy every night. Yeah, I 471 00:32:46.519 --> 00:32:50.640 mean I think they need more than a third guy. I mean I think 472 00:32:51.640 --> 00:32:53.720 yeah, they yeah, Yeah, I mean I think that's just kind of 473 00:32:53.720 --> 00:32:57.039 how it is. Is like they need, you know, guys to play 474 00:32:57.079 --> 00:33:00.480 well. They need to be a team that at times is where the sum 475 00:33:00.559 --> 00:33:06.440 is greater than the parts. I mean, I I think doesn't matter who 476 00:33:06.440 --> 00:33:08.279 it is. You know, sometimes you got a big three or you got 477 00:33:08.279 --> 00:33:10.680 four, and you know your big three is going to do this, you 478 00:33:10.720 --> 00:33:15.160 know, yeah, I don't think you d is gonna be Delo is gonna 479 00:33:15.160 --> 00:33:17.079 give you twenty five and you can count on that and bank it because he's 480 00:33:17.119 --> 00:33:22.279 the third guy, Whereas now it's like it could be Delo, could be 481 00:33:22.359 --> 00:33:29.039 RUI yeah, yeah, I mean I think I think Rodney there is an 482 00:33:29.039 --> 00:33:34.400 element of like consistency that's important. And I mean, like I think like 483 00:33:34.480 --> 00:33:37.799 I would point again to Lebron and Anthony Davis and then sort of say, 484 00:33:37.839 --> 00:33:42.799 like, Okay, are those guys there every night in these big spots right 485 00:33:42.880 --> 00:33:45.440 like that? That that the way the Lakers need them to be, Like, 486 00:33:45.759 --> 00:33:50.079 you know, I mean I don't think ad was that was there against 487 00:33:50.079 --> 00:33:52.160 the Kings in that way last week. I think you would tell you the 488 00:33:52.200 --> 00:33:59.799 same. Lebron had a awful game last week against Sacramento. I believe if 489 00:33:59.839 --> 00:34:05.359 I I can't keep totally like disappointing Laker losses straight in my mind, but 490 00:34:05.480 --> 00:34:07.719 I mean, oh yeah, in Sacramento, Lebron had a very bad game, 491 00:34:09.280 --> 00:34:13.440 you know, And on those nights, it doesn't matter if Austin Reeves 492 00:34:13.559 --> 00:34:16.320 scores thirteen points in three minutes like he did to start the game right, 493 00:34:16.360 --> 00:34:19.880 Like, it doesn't matter. It doesn't matter if you has a good game 494 00:34:19.960 --> 00:34:22.159 or a bad game, and he had a bad game too. I just 495 00:34:22.199 --> 00:34:25.320 think that, like they don't have very wide margins. I think they know 496 00:34:25.400 --> 00:34:30.320 that they need to play. They probably need to play closer to like their 497 00:34:30.400 --> 00:34:37.639 A level basketball than some other teams do, just kind of for a variety 498 00:34:37.639 --> 00:34:40.519 of reasons. But I do think they've got the type of depth and they 499 00:34:40.639 --> 00:34:46.480 do create the types of looks and the types of mismatches that you know, 500 00:34:46.559 --> 00:34:52.159 it definitely doesn't feel like all was lost, especially not at I mean, 501 00:34:52.320 --> 00:34:54.360 they beat the Hawks last night, Like that's awesome, the Hawks around the 502 00:34:54.360 --> 00:34:58.199 second I have a back to back, But there is a stretch here, 503 00:34:58.280 --> 00:35:01.599 guys where they're gonna play some pretty winnable games. They're not gonna be easy, 504 00:35:02.199 --> 00:35:06.559 right, Like even though like Philadelphia doesn't have Joel and bid like Tyrese 505 00:35:06.639 --> 00:35:09.320 Maxie is back and like he's a real all star, right, Like the 506 00:35:09.440 --> 00:35:13.320 Indiana they're gonna play Indiana twice, you know, home and the road, 507 00:35:13.360 --> 00:35:16.719 and like Indiana's got you know, two hundred and fifty thousand reasons to be 508 00:35:16.800 --> 00:35:21.400 met at the Lakers from the tournament, right, and they're gonna come after 509 00:35:21.440 --> 00:35:24.400 them, and they had to Pascal Siakam and and then like that team is 510 00:35:24.440 --> 00:35:29.639 like, you know, dangerous, but the Lakers should Like the Lakers will 511 00:35:29.639 --> 00:35:32.559 be favored against Philadelphia, they would be favored against Indiana. They will not 512 00:35:32.599 --> 00:35:36.519 be favored at Milwaukee. But my my gut would tell me that they'll be 513 00:35:36.559 --> 00:35:42.280 favored in Memphis, in Indiana, in Brooklyn, in Toronto, and in 514 00:35:42.400 --> 00:35:47.320 Washington, DC. Like that's their next seven games, right, So to 515 00:35:47.400 --> 00:35:51.039 me, like, I think we'll answer all of these questions like how serious 516 00:35:51.079 --> 00:35:55.760 are they and if they really ratchet up, you know, their sort of 517 00:35:55.840 --> 00:35:59.880 intensity. I think, you know, the census is that they're gonna get 518 00:35:59.880 --> 00:36:01.800 some bodies back here soon. That's kind of the feeling. I know there's 519 00:36:01.800 --> 00:36:05.119 some reporting today that that might not be the case. That's not what I've 520 00:36:05.159 --> 00:36:10.119 heard. I think they're like game. Vincent feels close, Jared Vanderbilt probably 521 00:36:10.119 --> 00:36:15.280 behind him, came Rettish feels close. You know. I think this is 522 00:36:15.360 --> 00:36:20.000 this is where you kind of you take the governor off the engine and like 523 00:36:20.079 --> 00:36:24.440 this is where you kind of let it rip. That's a golf cart. 524 00:36:24.480 --> 00:36:30.320 That's a golf cart. Go before we let you go real quick here because 525 00:36:30.320 --> 00:36:34.760 we're running short on time. Got to ask Clippers, uh seem to be 526 00:36:34.800 --> 00:36:38.719 struggling. Paul George says, we have no identity. Uh tyrone Lew says, 527 00:36:38.719 --> 00:36:42.599 maybe it's my fault. How could you be so good and then find 528 00:36:42.639 --> 00:36:45.880 yourself in this situation? Because eighty two games is a really long season. 529 00:36:46.199 --> 00:36:52.320 And once you kind of establish I think, like like that you're real in 530 00:36:52.400 --> 00:36:58.199 terms of your contendership and the Clippers I think are very real, then you 531 00:36:58.280 --> 00:37:00.840 just kind of have to wait for the playoffs and it's like, again, 532 00:37:00.960 --> 00:37:06.559 perfect world. You would watch this team every night honing, sharpening its craft. 533 00:37:07.119 --> 00:37:08.119 But I mean, to me, like they've kind of come out of 534 00:37:08.119 --> 00:37:12.760 the off star break mostly like a team that's just kind of bored. I 535 00:37:12.800 --> 00:37:16.199 do think that the Westbrook injury has hurt them. You know, they've missed 536 00:37:16.239 --> 00:37:19.639 his playmaking, and they've been a little banged up, and they've missed Paul 537 00:37:19.679 --> 00:37:23.559 George sometimes they miss kwhile Leonards some games. You know. But I think, 538 00:37:24.280 --> 00:37:29.800 to me, I kind of still believe in like the overall sort of 539 00:37:29.840 --> 00:37:32.880 packaging on this team, and you know, if it looks like they're headed 540 00:37:32.920 --> 00:37:37.719 for a four or five matchup of New Orleans. Tough series, not an 541 00:37:37.719 --> 00:37:40.079 impossible one, even though I know they just lost the Delicans, Like I 542 00:37:40.079 --> 00:37:45.519 mean, I think that's you know, they're they're they're built for to win 543 00:37:45.920 --> 00:37:51.039 a handful of these. All right, Dan, appreciate the time as always, 544 00:37:51.039 --> 00:37:53.039 thanks for jumping on, and we'll talk to you soon. Guys, 545 00:37:53.320 --> 00:38:00.639 always appreciate you look forward to it, all right. Good stuff and wiki 546 00:38:00.760 --> 00:38:07.599 good stuff always and congratulations again. Yeah, all right, next to our 547 00:38:07.679 --> 00:38:09.440 Dodger fans, we'll open the phone lines, not yet, we'll set it 548 00:38:09.480 --> 00:38:13.920 all up for you when we come back at one o'clock. Uh. And 549 00:38:14.079 --> 00:38:20.960 also at one o'clock we're going to talk about the changing marketplace and Scott Boris 550 00:38:22.360 --> 00:38:28.599 buckle up, buck up, it's time for traffic on AM five seventy LA 551 00:38:28.719 --> 00:39:00.000 Sports. Uh huh. Today afternoon Delight is real Woman at Party next Door. 552 00:39:00.159 --> 00:39:04.199 This is the first single off the upcoming that album, ent titled Party 553 00:39:04.280 --> 00:39:08.519 next Door four, which will be released on April twenty sixth. In a 554 00:39:08.559 --> 00:39:13.920 statement to Bill Pord, Canadian artist said, it's the hardest I've ever worked 555 00:39:13.920 --> 00:39:17.159 on an album. It's the proudest I felt. 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Alright, righty, now our weekly chat with our good 564 00:39:57.199 --> 00:40:01.599 friend Jacob EMROWDI proud partner of L A f C and the Lakers and Jacob, 565 00:40:01.639 --> 00:40:06.480 how are you I'm doing? Did you just call me Jacob and Rob 566 00:40:06.559 --> 00:40:16.440 d No, No, I called you Jacob and a mommy. Oh man, 567 00:40:16.719 --> 00:40:21.760 I knew there was something you'll try to let that kind of slide by 568 00:40:21.800 --> 00:40:23.119 a little bit. Well, No, that was your old commercial. That 569 00:40:23.159 --> 00:40:27.320 was your old commercial, Jacob. So I just went with that. I 570 00:40:27.440 --> 00:40:30.599 figured, I figured, I waved. How are you guys? We're doing? 571 00:40:30.760 --> 00:40:35.880 Where are you? Where? Am I. I actually am in a 572 00:40:35.960 --> 00:40:39.239 conference room sitting with a client of ours, and as soon as you called, 573 00:40:39.400 --> 00:40:44.199 I've stepped up so that I can have a conversation with you and our 574 00:40:44.239 --> 00:40:47.199 birthday boy, mister Rodney, right on, right on, Thank you, 575 00:40:47.280 --> 00:40:51.159 Jacob, thank you, well, good look at you put us at that 576 00:40:51.199 --> 00:40:54.039 in priority. I hope the client is okay with that, Jacob. I 577 00:40:54.039 --> 00:40:58.039 don't want to put you out. Actually, actually, you know what it's 578 00:40:58.360 --> 00:41:00.960 it flowed. It was a very good flow because just finished speaking to him. 579 00:41:01.320 --> 00:41:04.360 You know, we have a client of ours who was involved in an 580 00:41:04.400 --> 00:41:08.519 accident on August second, and then the next day was involved in a second 581 00:41:08.559 --> 00:41:14.119 accident, back to back, and then two weeks later was involved in a 582 00:41:14.159 --> 00:41:17.639 third accident. And it's always so so so complicated trying to you know, 583 00:41:17.800 --> 00:41:22.320 separate all those accidents and whether he was injured from all three of them, 584 00:41:22.519 --> 00:41:27.320 and which body part was injured. So, you know, usually when you 585 00:41:27.320 --> 00:41:30.840 look at these things, people think getting into an accident multiple accidents is actually 586 00:41:30.880 --> 00:41:34.719 a you know, is a good thing for them. They believe that, 587 00:41:34.800 --> 00:41:37.360 oh, well, I have three cases. But unfortunately sometimes you have to 588 00:41:37.400 --> 00:41:43.079 take a lot more time to be able to explain to them that having multiple 589 00:41:43.079 --> 00:41:46.760 accidents number one is not good for anybody because you're injuring yourself. But number 590 00:41:46.800 --> 00:41:51.280 two, it complicates the matter, and as attorneys we have to be able 591 00:41:51.280 --> 00:41:54.440 to navigate through all of the different you know, body parts and injuries and 592 00:41:54.519 --> 00:41:59.320 be able to tell their story to the insurance company. Jacob, do you 593 00:41:59.400 --> 00:42:02.360 need us speak with the client? Yes? Or no? I think we're 594 00:42:02.400 --> 00:42:06.960 good for right now. I think he's good for right and definitely not you 595 00:42:07.079 --> 00:42:10.599 Frid some advice, you know that. I'll be happy to step in if 596 00:42:10.639 --> 00:42:15.960 you need me. My mother wanted me to be an attorney. Oh you 597 00:42:15.000 --> 00:42:19.719 are you are an attorney. You're just an attorney, you know, you 598 00:42:19.719 --> 00:42:22.679 know on radio rather than you know, in the courtroom. All right, 599 00:42:22.760 --> 00:42:24.280 let me ask you this since we're on this, we'll just do this right 600 00:42:24.280 --> 00:42:28.800 now, because I've been wondering, if you're in an accident case, how 601 00:42:28.840 --> 00:42:32.719 long should it take to get this thing resolved? Jacob. Yeah, that's 602 00:42:32.719 --> 00:42:37.840 a great question, and I think, you know, many people misunderstand the 603 00:42:37.880 --> 00:42:42.800 concept of how long it should take. You know, many people watch TV. 604 00:42:43.400 --> 00:42:45.519 They're watching Law and Order. It's a one hour show, you know, 605 00:42:45.559 --> 00:42:50.559 in the fifteenth minute, something occurs and in the seventeenth minute, they're 606 00:42:50.559 --> 00:42:52.960 in a courtroom and they think this is exactly how the legal process works. 607 00:42:53.760 --> 00:42:58.440 But the reality is, you know, when someone's involved in an accident, 608 00:42:59.239 --> 00:43:05.800 it's important to make sure that if your case is one where your injuries have 609 00:43:05.960 --> 00:43:09.639 resolved quickly and you don't need to see any more doctors, then that case 610 00:43:09.719 --> 00:43:15.079 is going to resolve quickly. But it's always interesting when our clients want their 611 00:43:15.119 --> 00:43:20.639 case to be settled in three months, but we're the sixth month and they 612 00:43:20.679 --> 00:43:23.159 still say, my body hurts and I still need to see more doctors. 613 00:43:24.000 --> 00:43:29.000 So what I always explain to people is that every case is different. What 614 00:43:29.119 --> 00:43:34.119 occurred to your cousin or your neighbor, and you know how their case went 615 00:43:34.480 --> 00:43:37.559 and how much they got or how much they didn't get, does not apply 616 00:43:37.679 --> 00:43:43.480 to your case. We look at every single case based on the merits of 617 00:43:43.559 --> 00:43:51.199 that person's injuries. We always encourage our clients not to settle their case immediately 618 00:43:51.800 --> 00:43:57.559 if they're still injured, and if they have the opportunity to continue to work 619 00:43:57.599 --> 00:44:00.159 on their health. You know, at the end of the day, they 620 00:44:00.159 --> 00:44:04.960 I always tell my staff, we are attorneys that tell a story. We 621 00:44:05.079 --> 00:44:08.639 tell the story of a client that the insurance companies trying not to want to 622 00:44:08.679 --> 00:44:13.360 hear. The insurance company's job is to look at every one of these clients 623 00:44:13.400 --> 00:44:16.840 as a number and as a name on a file. But our job is 624 00:44:16.880 --> 00:44:22.599 to bring these clients and their injuries to life, and every one of those 625 00:44:22.639 --> 00:44:27.079 cases has its own, you know, life cycle. We have cases that 626 00:44:27.079 --> 00:44:30.880 are settled in maybe four months, and we have cases that we're now five 627 00:44:30.960 --> 00:44:36.400 years in and we're still battling. And I always tell our clients, do 628 00:44:36.559 --> 00:44:40.079 not rush. This is not a rush against the time, because how am 629 00:44:40.159 --> 00:44:45.760 I supposed to prove that you're going to be suffering from this shoulder injury two 630 00:44:45.840 --> 00:44:50.599 years down the line. If after two months you want your case to be 631 00:44:50.639 --> 00:44:53.280 settled, and when you explain that, they understand that this is really not 632 00:44:53.400 --> 00:44:57.440 a rush, you know, to settle your case. It's really more of 633 00:44:57.480 --> 00:45:00.760 a rush for you to get better. And the client that we have that 634 00:45:00.880 --> 00:45:04.800 actually care about their health, which is a type of clients we try to 635 00:45:05.280 --> 00:45:08.840 you know, we try to represent, then it's easier to tell their story 636 00:45:08.960 --> 00:45:13.719 and they don't care whether the case settles in three months, five months, 637 00:45:13.840 --> 00:45:19.400 or five years, as long as their story is told. And how difficult 638 00:45:19.519 --> 00:45:22.599 is that, Jacob, for someone to be patient, I mean, even 639 00:45:22.719 --> 00:45:25.760 with your expertise and people that look, I just this is going on too 640 00:45:25.800 --> 00:45:29.280 long. I need my money. I need to get this done with. 641 00:45:29.800 --> 00:45:34.599 How difficult is that for your your clients and you to convey that to your 642 00:45:34.639 --> 00:45:38.039 clients. Extremely difficult. And I think you just hit it, you know, 643 00:45:38.119 --> 00:45:44.960 on the head. I think if an individual's focus is I need to 644 00:45:45.000 --> 00:45:49.440 get my money, and then it makes our job much much more difficult because 645 00:45:49.480 --> 00:45:52.679 in order to get just this you have to allow, you know, this 646 00:45:52.800 --> 00:45:58.079 story to play itself out. If somebody looks, you know, to have 647 00:45:58.119 --> 00:46:01.719 a case and have a quick cat payout, they're the ones that the insurance 648 00:46:01.760 --> 00:46:07.960 company loves because the insurance company takes advantage of them, dangles a couple of 649 00:46:08.039 --> 00:46:10.280 you know, a couple of thousand bucks or a couple of hundred bucks in 650 00:46:10.320 --> 00:46:15.360 front of and if they're in it for the money, they're settling it immediately. 651 00:46:15.719 --> 00:46:17.440 When I use the word money, is that you know, when you're 652 00:46:17.039 --> 00:46:21.599 injured in any kind of an accident, you have the right to payment suffering 653 00:46:21.639 --> 00:46:24.199 money. So we understand that if you file a civil action, which we 654 00:46:24.280 --> 00:46:30.440 do you're going to get paid, you know, a financial you know, 655 00:46:30.480 --> 00:46:34.360 what you would call a retribution or a financial payout based on your injuries. 656 00:46:34.880 --> 00:46:37.800 But I think communication around me is the most important part. And you know, 657 00:46:37.840 --> 00:46:42.159 there's only so many hours in a day. But when you sit with 658 00:46:42.199 --> 00:46:45.480 your client and you explain to them if they're in financial need, then of 659 00:46:45.519 --> 00:46:50.320 course they're going to push to get their case settled as quickly as possible, 660 00:46:50.320 --> 00:46:53.360 because don't forget, many people who are injured, they can't work, they 661 00:46:53.400 --> 00:46:57.599 lose their car, they don't have the money. You know, if they 662 00:46:57.599 --> 00:47:01.159 can't work, they can't pay their bills. Sometimes unfortunately they can't allow their 663 00:47:01.159 --> 00:47:05.519 case to sit around. And if those are the people, then it's their 664 00:47:05.599 --> 00:47:07.920 case. They tell us what to do and we will do the best for 665 00:47:08.000 --> 00:47:13.800 them. But usually you have to allow your you know, your attorney to 666 00:47:13.880 --> 00:47:17.079 protect you and allow your case to you know, play itself out. All 667 00:47:17.159 --> 00:47:21.239 right, Jacob, before we let you go a Laker thing because you are 668 00:47:21.840 --> 00:47:24.719 a proud partner of the Lakers. We're chopping this up with Dan wiki earlier. 669 00:47:25.800 --> 00:47:30.119 You know, the Lakers are so up and down and and Dan believes 670 00:47:30.159 --> 00:47:32.440 here's the issue. If you cut to the chase. They just don't have 671 00:47:32.559 --> 00:47:36.920 enough gas in the tank to do it every single night. So that led 672 00:47:37.000 --> 00:47:39.840 me to ask him, do they have enough gas in the tank to do 673 00:47:39.880 --> 00:47:45.239 it in a seven game series in the playoffs? What do you think I 674 00:47:45.239 --> 00:47:46.920 think they do. I think, you know, still, you know, 675 00:47:47.000 --> 00:47:52.440 having Lebron James on your team. I don't think anybody wants to go up 676 00:47:52.480 --> 00:47:54.880 against the Lakers while they got Lebron on the team. I think another thing 677 00:47:54.920 --> 00:48:00.960 we have to take into consideration is they've been playing some really good teams back 678 00:48:00.039 --> 00:48:06.079 to back to back, and overall, I think they've played well. I 679 00:48:06.119 --> 00:48:09.840 think the record shows that they can play and match up against anybody in the 680 00:48:09.920 --> 00:48:15.239 league. I think what's going to be important is are we going to get 681 00:48:15.280 --> 00:48:19.039 some of those guys that are right now injured back for the playoffs so they 682 00:48:19.039 --> 00:48:21.960 could be deeper. Is Vando going to be back? You know? Is 683 00:48:22.000 --> 00:48:24.400 Gabe Vincent going to ever play again? Right? These are the things. 684 00:48:24.440 --> 00:48:29.000 I mean, we just lost Christian Wood and it appears he's going to be 685 00:48:29.039 --> 00:48:31.159 gone for a long time. But I think, you know, the likes 686 00:48:31.199 --> 00:48:36.800 of somebody like Van Dooh is really important because you don't have too many six 687 00:48:36.880 --> 00:48:40.280 for ten. You know, basketball players that can guard the best player on 688 00:48:40.320 --> 00:48:44.320 the other team, or can play defense, or even can bring the ball 689 00:48:44.400 --> 00:48:45.599 up. So I think it's going to be all about, you know, 690 00:48:45.639 --> 00:48:50.079 attrition. I think it's going to be how healthy they'll be. And I 691 00:48:50.159 --> 00:48:52.440 still don't think anybody would like to play it, you know, against the 692 00:48:52.559 --> 00:48:57.119 Lakers in a seven game series, and even that game that they lost, 693 00:48:57.679 --> 00:49:00.360 you know, to the Warriors. I think, you know, losing Anthony 694 00:49:00.440 --> 00:49:04.719 Davis is a big, big loss in a game like that, and I 695 00:49:04.760 --> 00:49:07.960 know we ended up losing that game, but you know, the health of 696 00:49:07.000 --> 00:49:12.159 Anthony Davis, health of Lebron James, and you know, they're hitting these 697 00:49:12.199 --> 00:49:15.440 three pointers. Early in the season, they were taking really really crappy three 698 00:49:15.480 --> 00:49:20.000 pointers. Now they're taking good three pointers. You got d Loo, you 699 00:49:20.039 --> 00:49:23.239 know, just tie the record and he'll know break it hopefully Friday night. 700 00:49:23.360 --> 00:49:27.480 I mean, there's some guys that are you know, that are doing things 701 00:49:27.480 --> 00:49:30.920 for us that we've not had in the past three or four years. So 702 00:49:30.079 --> 00:49:34.400 you know, I'm optimistic about what they can do as long as they just 703 00:49:34.920 --> 00:49:37.840 you know, hopefully get into the top eight. Hopefully they don't have to 704 00:49:37.880 --> 00:49:39.679 be a nine or a ten, and I think right now there I think 705 00:49:39.800 --> 00:49:43.400 one and a half or two and a half games out of the eighth place, 706 00:49:43.559 --> 00:49:46.719 so it's still still pretty close and hopefully you know they can make that 707 00:49:46.800 --> 00:49:52.119 run at the end. All right, well, Jacob, thanks for jumping 708 00:49:52.159 --> 00:49:55.360 on walking out on your client again. If you need us, we are 709 00:49:55.440 --> 00:50:00.800 available, and no, I will be taking you guys up on that, 710 00:50:01.119 --> 00:50:05.280 you know, on that favor, I will definitely do it. I think 711 00:50:05.360 --> 00:50:08.719 sometimes maybe talking to you will probably make them feel better than talking to me. 712 00:50:10.760 --> 00:50:14.760 All right, Jacob, have a good week. Thanks you guys, 713 00:50:14.760 --> 00:50:17.719 take care, bye bye. All right, later this hour, this upcoming 714 00:50:17.800 --> 00:50:21.920 hour, we'll open the phone lines and we'll explain what we're going to do 715 00:50:21.960 --> 00:50:24.079 as we get a little closer. When we come back, Blake Snell has 716 00:50:24.119 --> 00:50:29.280 signed a deal with the Giants, not the deal he wanted. Why we'll 717 00:50:29.280 --> 00:50:29.880 get into it.