WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.120 --> 00:00:03.560 Here we go, Fred, Rogan, Rodney Pete in five seventy LA Sports 2 00:00:03.720 --> 00:00:08.039 Big three hours show today A lot to get to How big Fred? How 3 00:00:08.039 --> 00:00:10.400 big? Oh? This is big? This is big? You know why? 4 00:00:11.039 --> 00:00:14.279 You know why the show was so big because I was walking through the 5 00:00:14.279 --> 00:00:17.960 hall here today. Yeah, you're walking through the halls I was, and 6 00:00:18.079 --> 00:00:21.480 uh you know, you know where you walk down by Dave Weeese and Blackamo 7 00:00:22.199 --> 00:00:25.640 and then you make a turn by Don Martin's office and you head on in 8 00:00:25.679 --> 00:00:28.239 here. Yeah, yeah, yeah, Don Martin. I don't know who 9 00:00:28.239 --> 00:00:31.320 he's talking to. He's on some zoom call. And to think about it 10 00:00:31.359 --> 00:00:33.880 is and if you know, don you know if he's on a zoom call, 11 00:00:33.920 --> 00:00:36.479 I mean we could hear him here in the studio and it sound prooved. 12 00:00:37.119 --> 00:00:39.880 It goes down the other side of the building. Correct. Okay, 13 00:00:40.119 --> 00:00:45.479 So I'm walking by you know, I hear uh oh Fred and Rodney. 14 00:00:46.200 --> 00:00:50.880 I hear it the name. So your ears perk up because you hear it. 15 00:00:51.079 --> 00:00:54.479 Right, here's somebody talking about us. So I'm walking a little slower 16 00:00:54.520 --> 00:00:58.520 now, just a little slower, checking it out right. I don't know 17 00:00:58.520 --> 00:01:00.880 who's yeah, drop a little bit. I had to. I heard our 18 00:01:00.960 --> 00:01:03.359 names. Of course, you don't know what's going to happen here. No, 19 00:01:03.439 --> 00:01:07.000 you don't. You don't want to get on somebody's bad side. Oh 20 00:01:07.040 --> 00:01:10.439 So, anyway, I'm walking down the hall, I hear our names. 21 00:01:10.480 --> 00:01:15.480 I slow down a little bit, and then I hear Fred Rodney. I 22 00:01:15.519 --> 00:01:19.480 can't really hear what the other person is saying, but then I hear don 23 00:01:19.519 --> 00:01:25.319 say this. They're killing it. They're killing it. They're killing it. 24 00:01:25.400 --> 00:01:30.840 I heard it try. I think he said if there was any way possible, 25 00:01:32.519 --> 00:01:37.040 we would put them on for five hours. M. So I don't 26 00:01:37.040 --> 00:01:38.159 know what they were talking about, what they were thinking, what it means 27 00:01:38.159 --> 00:01:42.439 for anybody else, But I did hear him say, A, they're killing 28 00:01:42.480 --> 00:01:47.519 it, and B if there was any way possible, we'd put them on 29 00:01:47.560 --> 00:01:55.599 for five hours. M M. Yeah, I hear that. I hear 30 00:01:55.680 --> 00:01:59.280 that. I think we don't want to be on five because you gotta give 31 00:01:59.319 --> 00:02:01.920 him. You gotta keep them coming back and wanting more. Yeah, you 32 00:02:01.920 --> 00:02:06.599 know what I'm saying. So three is perfect because that is just the amount 33 00:02:06.640 --> 00:02:07.800 of time of pupley. Oh no, you guys don't go off yet. 34 00:02:07.879 --> 00:02:12.919 We need more and we come back tomorrow, right right back to I don't 35 00:02:12.960 --> 00:02:15.159 know what was going on, but I thought I would share that off the 36 00:02:15.159 --> 00:02:16.520 top. Appreciate that. Yeah, it's good to know. That's good to 37 00:02:16.560 --> 00:02:21.240 know, all right. I mean I knew it, but you've verified it, 38 00:02:21.560 --> 00:02:24.280 and I like that. Yeah you've heard the whispers. Yeah yeah, 39 00:02:25.319 --> 00:02:29.719 yes, yeah, yes, yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah. You know. 40 00:02:29.840 --> 00:02:34.439 Anyway, I guess it's confirmed now and we'll take that. We will take 41 00:02:34.479 --> 00:02:38.560 it, all right, let's go uh interesting. So you know when the 42 00:02:38.599 --> 00:02:42.080 Lakers were in New York and they were playing the next and we had the 43 00:02:42.080 --> 00:02:46.520 hour Glass tweet from lebron and you know, and he's wearing a Knicks towel 44 00:02:46.560 --> 00:02:49.400 and everybody's going, well, what could this lead to? What could this 45 00:02:49.479 --> 00:02:53.719 mean? I think we all know what it means. But whatever mark Stein 46 00:02:54.000 --> 00:03:00.520 writes today, there are a couple of teams that think lebron what out and 47 00:03:00.560 --> 00:03:06.680 take less money to sign with them if they draft Bronny. So that brings 48 00:03:06.680 --> 00:03:09.680 to mind, this is Bronnie ready to be drafted into the NBA right off 49 00:03:09.680 --> 00:03:15.719 the bat. I don't know if he is. I don't know if he's 50 00:03:15.719 --> 00:03:20.599 a one and done. So it leads to that, is he ready to 51 00:03:20.599 --> 00:03:24.360 be drafted into the NBA and then for Mark Stine to say, yeah, 52 00:03:24.360 --> 00:03:29.199 there are a couple of teams that think he would leave money on the table 53 00:03:30.039 --> 00:03:32.919 to go and do that. Okay, Rodney, right off the bat, 54 00:03:34.120 --> 00:03:37.360 what are your thoughts on the report? Do you think Lebron would do that? 55 00:03:37.919 --> 00:03:40.680 He would leave the Lakers. Some speculate he might leave money on the 56 00:03:40.719 --> 00:03:46.759 table to ensure he could play with his son. Do I think as a 57 00:03:46.800 --> 00:03:51.560 possibility, Absolutely, yeah, I do. I mean it's a kind of 58 00:03:51.560 --> 00:03:58.879 a once in a generational lifetime, multiple lifetime opportunity if it were to present 59 00:03:58.919 --> 00:04:02.039 itself. I think a few years back, there was a question of whether 60 00:04:02.080 --> 00:04:08.719 or not Lebron would be I guess healthy enough at his age at the time 61 00:04:08.759 --> 00:04:14.080 Bronni was ready to be drafted. Could Lebron hang on long enough? Well, 62 00:04:14.159 --> 00:04:16.639 I think that question has been answered. That Lebron's got at least two 63 00:04:16.720 --> 00:04:20.639 three four more years left in him, if not more, based on the 64 00:04:20.639 --> 00:04:26.279 way he's played this year. And I'm with you, I'm not sure. 65 00:04:27.240 --> 00:04:32.439 I'm not sure Bronni is ready ready for to be drafted. But then again, 66 00:04:33.000 --> 00:04:36.639 outside of two or three guys coming out of college, who's really ready 67 00:04:38.360 --> 00:04:44.879 to join the NBA. Certainly, part of joining the NBA is understanding the 68 00:04:45.040 --> 00:04:48.560 NBA more so than the physical part, because once you understand that you're pro 69 00:04:48.639 --> 00:04:53.240 and you're hanging around guys that are thirty and thirty five years old, and 70 00:04:53.279 --> 00:04:58.600 the lifestyle and the money that comes with it and all these things, that 71 00:04:58.759 --> 00:05:01.120 is a culture shock for or a young kid that is nineteen years old. 72 00:05:01.560 --> 00:05:05.040 Well, Bronnie's in a different category because he grew up around it. He's 73 00:05:05.079 --> 00:05:09.959 not in awe of the NBA's in. He's not gonna be in awe of 74 00:05:10.199 --> 00:05:12.879 Oh my god, I'm playing with so and so over here, you know, 75 00:05:13.120 --> 00:05:15.360 let alone my dad. But I'm playing. Let's just say it's the 76 00:05:15.480 --> 00:05:17.319 Lakers, right, I'm playing with Anthony Davis. I'm playing you know, 77 00:05:17.560 --> 00:05:20.600 oh my goodness, Spencer did with he just we just I'm playing with these 78 00:05:20.600 --> 00:05:24.720 guys that I've been watching. No, he's not gonna have that because he's 79 00:05:24.759 --> 00:05:29.879 been around it his whole life, So that all factor's gone. And then 80 00:05:29.879 --> 00:05:32.800 the money factor that you're coming at me, he's already making it. He's 81 00:05:32.839 --> 00:05:39.639 already making it because Nil and what he's making right now, I want to 82 00:05:39.639 --> 00:05:43.040 say, his equivalent to the NBA, salaries. But it's close. It's 83 00:05:43.079 --> 00:05:50.439 close. Yeah, Bronnie is close. So in that respect, I could 84 00:05:50.560 --> 00:05:55.639 see it happening. Do I believe it's gonna happen? And no, because 85 00:05:55.680 --> 00:06:01.120 I do think that Bronnie I'll be going to have to take another year in 86 00:06:01.240 --> 00:06:05.360 college and then go. Yeah, and when he comes out of college, 87 00:06:05.399 --> 00:06:11.360 there's no guarantee that he is going to be a starting player making a huge 88 00:06:11.399 --> 00:06:14.879 difference and if you just use one but that's not the point for Lebron. 89 00:06:14.920 --> 00:06:16.480 It's just wanted to be on the same team, right, But there's but 90 00:06:16.560 --> 00:06:21.680 there's also, you know, the point that he might not make a huge 91 00:06:21.680 --> 00:06:27.439 difference, and as you said, he's probably not ready. Probably not ready. 92 00:06:27.480 --> 00:06:29.879 I don't care what his last name is, he's probably not ready. 93 00:06:30.600 --> 00:06:34.680 Okay, Right, So now that would lead to this, do you think 94 00:06:34.839 --> 00:06:45.800 the Lakers would draft Bronni to ensure that Lebron would stay? Like, I 95 00:06:45.800 --> 00:06:49.079 don't know the Lakers draft status what it is off the top of my head. 96 00:06:49.480 --> 00:06:53.680 But if there's a if there's a second round pick out there, is 97 00:06:53.680 --> 00:06:58.959 that what he's saying, Yeah, not necessarily wasting a first round, but 98 00:06:59.000 --> 00:07:00.399 if there's a second, if they've got a second round? They do? 99 00:07:00.439 --> 00:07:04.399 They do? They say, they picked you know, twenty fourth, right, 100 00:07:05.439 --> 00:07:09.000 in both rounds, they picked twenty fourth, twenty I don't know what 101 00:07:09.000 --> 00:07:11.079 it is in the first round, and then what it is in the second 102 00:07:11.120 --> 00:07:15.079 round, twenty fourth? And say, can I see them drafting Bronni in 103 00:07:15.120 --> 00:07:19.839 the second round to sign him keep Lebron as a Laker? Yeah, I 104 00:07:19.839 --> 00:07:27.720 can see that. I can see that. Could you see that? I 105 00:07:27.759 --> 00:07:30.879 could see it. But my question would be, are they drafting him to 106 00:07:30.879 --> 00:07:34.199 hold on to Lebron or are they drafting him because they believe that he is 107 00:07:34.199 --> 00:07:38.079 going to be a good player. Because I gotta be honest with you, 108 00:07:38.480 --> 00:07:42.000 I mean, there's a lot of hypes arounding Bronni because he's Bronnie, and 109 00:07:42.040 --> 00:07:44.920 he's a very talented kid, and he overcame, and oh my god, 110 00:07:44.959 --> 00:07:47.319 what he overcame. He's already won the game. He's already won. No 111 00:07:47.319 --> 00:07:51.279 matter what happens, he's already won. Give him what he overcame. But 112 00:07:53.079 --> 00:07:56.399 I don't know how good of a pro he's going to be. I don't 113 00:07:56.480 --> 00:07:58.639 know, if you know. I mean, how do we know how good 114 00:07:58.639 --> 00:08:03.160 he's going to those? No one knows. And at the college can he 115 00:08:03.199 --> 00:08:05.759 play, Can he play with some of the guys in the pro level, 116 00:08:05.759 --> 00:08:11.040 Well, let's try this at the collegiate level. Right now. I think 117 00:08:11.040 --> 00:08:18.399 he's a nice player. I don't think he is h exploding. I think 118 00:08:18.399 --> 00:08:22.199 he's a nice player. He's a solid player. There are a lot of 119 00:08:22.360 --> 00:08:26.399 solid players in college that never even get to the NBA. Right But I 120 00:08:26.439 --> 00:08:31.960 think you got to look at him more so as this year is this is 121 00:08:33.039 --> 00:08:37.320 a like a recovery bonus bonus year is right a recovery year. The fact 122 00:08:37.360 --> 00:08:41.480 that he's on the court is a miracle in itself. The fact that he's 123 00:08:41.519 --> 00:08:43.440 even playing as a miracle self. So I don't think people are looking at 124 00:08:43.519 --> 00:08:48.000 him how he plays at USC, and USC is not a very good basketball 125 00:08:48.000 --> 00:08:52.960 team right now, looking at him and how he plays this year as this 126 00:08:54.120 --> 00:08:58.000 is this is the ceiling for Brownie. He's not gonna get I think they're 127 00:08:58.000 --> 00:09:03.679 looking at it like and evaluating him. Does he have the potential to continue 128 00:09:03.720 --> 00:09:07.600 to grow and become a really good player. And if that's the case, 129 00:09:07.639 --> 00:09:11.679 then yeah, I think somebody takes a chance on him and drafts him. 130 00:09:11.320 --> 00:09:18.039 But I think right now we're not seeing how good Ronnie can be because I 131 00:09:18.039 --> 00:09:20.279 think he's just he is. Like I said, it's a miracle that he's 132 00:09:20.279 --> 00:09:24.840 playing, and this is more of a recovery year after suffering the cardiac arrest 133 00:09:24.879 --> 00:09:28.080 and then coming back. No nobody thought he was gonna even play this year 134 00:09:28.600 --> 00:09:33.440 and he's playing. So I don't think people are looking at Oh, well, 135 00:09:33.919 --> 00:09:37.759 he's only scoring six eight points a game, he's not playing a whole 136 00:09:37.759 --> 00:09:39.759 lot of minutes. Us, he's not a very good team. I don't 137 00:09:39.799 --> 00:09:43.639 think they're evaluating him that. I think they're looking at him. Does this 138 00:09:43.720 --> 00:09:46.200 kid have the potential to be getted to be pretty good? And we don't 139 00:09:46.240 --> 00:09:50.720 know outside of every year two three guys, Okay, that guy's gonna be 140 00:09:50.759 --> 00:09:54.519 a star in the league. We don't really know. We don't And there's 141 00:09:54.519 --> 00:09:58.519 guy's been guys been drafted number one that turned out to be horrible, and 142 00:09:58.600 --> 00:10:01.480 guys that or a second round and not even drafted, and I'll be pretty 143 00:10:01.480 --> 00:10:11.480 good. So I just I could see it happening with the Lakers, not 144 00:10:11.480 --> 00:10:15.159 necessarily a first round, but a second round pick and say, okay, 145 00:10:15.240 --> 00:10:18.080 yeah, yeah, we'll draft him, keep you here, Lebron for another 146 00:10:18.080 --> 00:10:22.039 four years. Yeah we'll draft him. Absolutely, So the question becomes, 147 00:10:22.039 --> 00:10:26.600 when would that happen? And uh, you know, from what we're saying, 148 00:10:26.360 --> 00:10:30.279 this year might be a little soon. He probably needs another year of 149 00:10:30.320 --> 00:10:35.840 college basketball, one more year, get him. Who what other team you 150 00:10:35.879 --> 00:10:39.960 think is gonna draft him, not knowing for sure that Lebron's gonna come. 151 00:10:39.000 --> 00:10:43.080 If they draft him, is that a guarantee? No, I mean it's 152 00:10:43.120 --> 00:10:46.919 a pretty good idea that he may. Yeah, but here's who's gonna roll 153 00:10:46.919 --> 00:10:48.000 that dice. If you're the other team, Well, here's the thing. 154 00:10:48.519 --> 00:10:52.279 If you're gonna roll that dice, you better be pretty damn sure that Bronni 155 00:10:52.360 --> 00:10:54.440 can play. Let's just put it like that. If you're gonna use a 156 00:10:54.519 --> 00:11:00.320 pick on Bronni with the expectation that Lebron may show up and give us another 157 00:11:00.320 --> 00:11:05.080 one hour Glass tweets, you don't know. You simply don't know. You've 158 00:11:05.080 --> 00:11:09.240 got to draft Bronnie because you think he can play, right, all right? 159 00:11:09.360 --> 00:11:13.360 If Lebron comes to what a nice bonus, what an incredible bonus bonus? 160 00:11:13.600 --> 00:11:16.799 Yeah, but still still, you know what, but you you're you're 161 00:11:16.799 --> 00:11:22.519 probably not drafting him this year unless you know Lebron's coming, right, And 162 00:11:22.600 --> 00:11:24.679 I don't think Lebron will leave. I think he'll stay here another year. 163 00:11:26.759 --> 00:11:28.840 I don't think he wants on leave period, to be quite honest with you, 164 00:11:28.879 --> 00:11:30.360 No, I don't think so. I think this is not a lot 165 00:11:30.399 --> 00:11:33.200 of huffing and puffing, and I don't think he's going anywhere. Yeah, 166 00:11:33.320 --> 00:11:39.039 I don't think so either. Yeah. Plashki wrote interesting, uh that when 167 00:11:39.039 --> 00:11:41.000 the Lakers didn't make that deal with the trade deadline, Yes, they sire 168 00:11:41.159 --> 00:11:46.279 they signed Spencer Dinwiddie you know afterwards, but with any way, I think 169 00:11:46.279 --> 00:11:48.960 it's we're going to talk about that. But I think that's a big, 170 00:11:50.039 --> 00:11:52.960 big signing. I really do, by the way, and that's the guy 171 00:11:54.000 --> 00:11:58.080 they wanted. Yeah, and why any that name thrown around last couple of 172 00:11:58.159 --> 00:12:01.720 years, right, Yeah? And when your Fred your friend, Buddy Heal, 173 00:12:03.360 --> 00:12:07.120 Buddy Heal, Buddy Heill. He may be here next year. You 174 00:12:07.159 --> 00:12:09.440 never know what, Buddy Hill, He's everywhere. Spencer Dinwoode was a guy 175 00:12:09.480 --> 00:12:13.200 they wanted, and you know they got him in the buyout marker, which 176 00:12:13.240 --> 00:12:16.759 is even better. Here's a question. He was sitting at the game with 177 00:12:16.879 --> 00:12:18.720 Rob Polinka. They were watching, you know, and everybody said, oh, 178 00:12:18.759 --> 00:12:22.639 there they are together, and boom, they sign them. Why does 179 00:12:22.720 --> 00:12:26.399 Rob Polinka always look so miserable? Every time you see Rob Polink on the 180 00:12:26.399 --> 00:12:31.600 crowd, he looks miserable. I never see him smiling. Even when he 181 00:12:31.639 --> 00:12:35.279 was sitting with Spencer Dinwiddie, it looked like they were talking about going to 182 00:12:35.320 --> 00:12:39.240 a funeral. I don't understand why Rob Polinka, who is everywhere. I've 183 00:12:39.320 --> 00:12:43.279 never seen a general manager be shown as much as Rob Polinka. Why does 184 00:12:43.279 --> 00:12:48.600 he ever smile? I think it's one of those jobs, and there are 185 00:12:48.600 --> 00:12:52.159 a few of them in sports, but certainly GM of the Lakers is definitely 186 00:12:52.200 --> 00:12:58.919 one of them. Well, you can't ever relax, You can't ever relax 187 00:12:58.000 --> 00:13:03.679 because the the spotlight is always on you, especially if you're not in the 188 00:13:03.720 --> 00:13:11.080 conversation of winning championships. Everybody's looking at you, blaming you. And I 189 00:13:11.080 --> 00:13:16.480 think it's it's it's it's the stress of the job I really do, and 190 00:13:16.720 --> 00:13:22.519 it's not going away. That's why he always looks unhappy. I don't know 191 00:13:22.559 --> 00:13:26.360 if he's, you know, not unhavvy. I'm sure he's enjoyed himself, 192 00:13:26.399 --> 00:13:30.919 but it's certainly not not not smiling and laughing and joking as much as he 193 00:13:31.000 --> 00:13:35.200 was as an agent. Yeah, many times you've seen much stressful as a 194 00:13:35.440 --> 00:13:37.759 GM than an agent. How many times you've seen Brian Cashman yucking it up 195 00:13:37.759 --> 00:13:41.519 and smiling at a game? I mean there's a pressure any lesson Rob than 196 00:13:41.559 --> 00:13:43.879 it is on a situation like that. It's the same thing, right, 197 00:13:45.320 --> 00:13:50.639 Yeah, exactly, your mind is always working, yucking it up. Yeah 198 00:13:50.720 --> 00:13:54.200 you ever see you ever see less need in the box during the game. 199 00:13:54.320 --> 00:14:01.080 Right, So they got Spencer dinwddie. But Bill Plaski wrote that in one 200 00:14:01.080 --> 00:14:03.879 way or now, that the Lakers actually stood up to Lebron. I found 201 00:14:03.879 --> 00:14:09.919 this interesting. He wrote that at the trade deadline he wanted de Jonte Murray 202 00:14:11.320 --> 00:14:13.919 and had spoken to the Lakers about it. That's no surprise, and we 203 00:14:15.000 --> 00:14:18.480 already knew that they would talk to Lebron and Ad and those guys would offer 204 00:14:18.559 --> 00:14:22.720 up suggestions. He said that when the Lakers would not give Atlanta what they 205 00:14:22.799 --> 00:14:28.960 wanted, day in essence had told Lebron, we can't do that. We're 206 00:14:28.000 --> 00:14:31.320 just not going to mortgage the future. Sort of like if you think back 207 00:14:31.360 --> 00:14:35.759 to when he went to Miami and he wanted Eric Spolster fire and pat Riley 208 00:14:35.759 --> 00:14:39.639 said, we're not doing that well, this is kind of what Bill acquaints 209 00:14:39.639 --> 00:14:43.960 it to. That's a lot different. Well, the point is, the 210 00:14:43.000 --> 00:14:46.200 point is no, no, no, The point is Rodney Lebron asked for 211 00:14:46.320 --> 00:14:50.360 something and didn't get it. That's the point. And that's what Plaski said. 212 00:14:50.720 --> 00:14:54.200 I'd not heard that by it. I don't know Plaski was in those 213 00:14:54.240 --> 00:14:58.080 meetings with Lebron and Palinka. I didn't know that was an open door meeting 214 00:14:58.519 --> 00:15:03.720 that they had discussing Atlanta and trading situation. I didn't know that. Let 215 00:15:03.759 --> 00:15:07.039 me know when that article comes out that who else was in that meeting with 216 00:15:07.120 --> 00:15:09.639 them? Yeah, well when that or when that meeting took place For him 217 00:15:09.679 --> 00:15:13.279 to write that, I don't think he would fabricate it. And actually it's 218 00:15:13.279 --> 00:15:18.519 the kind of thing that I think somebody fed him. Now he'll never admit 219 00:15:18.559 --> 00:15:22.279 that, but I think somebody fed him that. Who I don't know and 220 00:15:22.320 --> 00:15:24.600 why, I have no clue. But to me, it's again I'll go 221 00:15:24.679 --> 00:15:33.360 back to why are we Why are we blaming Lebron on every bad situation that 222 00:15:33.440 --> 00:15:35.960 happens? Well, I don't think is Lebron getting blamed here? I don't 223 00:15:35.000 --> 00:15:39.480 think so. You just did wahaa haaha Lebron, you didn't get your way. 224 00:15:39.840 --> 00:15:46.519 Ha ha. Laker said, no, tell Lebron, really, I 225 00:15:46.559 --> 00:15:50.480 don't think I said it like that. No, but Plaski didn't, so 226 00:15:50.200 --> 00:15:54.600 yeah, yeah he did. Laker said, no, you could see it 227 00:15:54.639 --> 00:15:56.320 if he if it was a voice over that article, it would be just 228 00:15:56.399 --> 00:16:03.799 like that, just like that. Again, it goes to I don't know 229 00:16:03.960 --> 00:16:12.120 what superstar is not involved and conversations about trade guys around the league. Who 230 00:16:12.159 --> 00:16:15.720 would you like to play with? You think this guy is a good fit. 231 00:16:15.799 --> 00:16:19.679 I don't know who is not involved. And the only one I would 232 00:16:19.720 --> 00:16:23.240 say of a superstar of that magnitude that probably is not involved or doesn't care, 233 00:16:23.320 --> 00:16:27.440 it's Kawhi Leonard. You just I'll play with anybody who just put him 234 00:16:27.440 --> 00:16:30.600 on the court, I'll play. I just want to play basketball. But 235 00:16:30.679 --> 00:16:36.399 everybody else who's a superstar. You don't think Kevin Durant had anything to do 236 00:16:36.440 --> 00:16:41.200 with Bradley Beal ended up in Phoenix. I mean, I don't. I 237 00:16:41.200 --> 00:16:44.399 don't get why this is like, oh my god, this is a this 238 00:16:44.440 --> 00:16:48.919 is an anomaly. Lebron. Lebron got shut down because he wanted Jontay Murray. 239 00:16:49.799 --> 00:16:56.080 Oh, Lebron, you don't get your way. Really really, it's 240 00:16:56.120 --> 00:17:00.320 so ridiculous to me, it's ridiculous. And then we're just gonna sit there. 241 00:17:00.440 --> 00:17:03.759 If things go well, they went, they reached the Western Conference championship, 242 00:17:03.799 --> 00:17:07.720 and everybody believes that it was turned around after the trade deadline last year 243 00:17:07.319 --> 00:17:11.920 and all of a sudden, Rob Polinka should be Executive of the year. 244 00:17:11.839 --> 00:17:17.599 Executive of the year, No mention of Lebron having any end and constructing the 245 00:17:17.640 --> 00:17:26.319 team. Yet there were Lebron constructing the team rumors and hatred to start the 246 00:17:26.359 --> 00:17:29.599 season last year when they started with one in ten or whatever they started. 247 00:17:30.759 --> 00:17:34.599 Lebron better do something, Lebron better do something, not Rob a Linka Lebron. 248 00:17:34.759 --> 00:17:37.160 How many times we heard Rob a Linka said, I make the decision 249 00:17:37.240 --> 00:17:41.440 on this scene. We're not taking him at his word? Well, sure 250 00:17:41.480 --> 00:17:45.799 we are. We're certainly we're taking them as his word right now. According 251 00:17:45.839 --> 00:17:48.839 to the what Bill Plashki wrote, we are. I'm making the decisions. 252 00:17:49.599 --> 00:17:53.880 You came, you've chatted, we looked at it, we evaluated, and 253 00:17:53.920 --> 00:17:57.480 we decided we're not doing that. Why is that? Why is that any 254 00:17:57.559 --> 00:18:02.119 different though than any other No, I'm just responding to who's making the decisions. 255 00:18:03.200 --> 00:18:07.480 I think there it is. I think Rob Polinka would get tagged for 256 00:18:07.519 --> 00:18:15.559 this, not Lebron. Ah what why is that really? Really? Yeah? 257 00:18:15.599 --> 00:18:19.799 But then why didn't Lebron get the credit for last year of constructing the 258 00:18:19.839 --> 00:18:23.400 team, not playing, but constructing the team. And we're gonna put him 259 00:18:23.400 --> 00:18:27.519 in that GM sea when things are bad and he didn't get his way and 260 00:18:27.559 --> 00:18:32.039 he didn't do anything, why can't we say, after the trade dead, 261 00:18:32.200 --> 00:18:37.519 where was Plaski's article last year? What great moves by Lebron? He wanted 262 00:18:37.559 --> 00:18:41.559 these guys here, he got Hotch and Morrow, he got these guys here, 263 00:18:41.000 --> 00:18:44.079 and look what a difference they made. They't made it all the way 264 00:18:44.119 --> 00:18:47.519 to where's that praise? Where's that? Show me that article? I can't 265 00:18:47.559 --> 00:18:51.799 find it exactly. I can't find that article exactly. I can only find 266 00:18:51.799 --> 00:18:55.160 this one. So until you find me that one, I don't read this 267 00:18:55.200 --> 00:18:56.799 one. Oh right, Well, are we gonna try to get Plashki on 268 00:18:56.880 --> 00:19:00.359 this week? Kevin? We are. We tried to get him today and 269 00:19:00.359 --> 00:19:02.519 he wasn't available, so we're trying to give him another day this week? 270 00:19:02.559 --> 00:19:04.559 All right? Yeah, come on, Platsky, he went on an article 271 00:19:04.599 --> 00:19:08.240 where you praised where you praised Lebron for any kind of construction of the team. 272 00:19:08.839 --> 00:19:12.799 Okay, well we'll bring him on this week. Yeah, we have 273 00:19:12.880 --> 00:19:17.440 Dylan Hernandez. Later he'll come out and blow somebody up. But what he 274 00:19:17.440 --> 00:19:21.640 can be an issue, of course he will. That won't even be a 275 00:19:21.720 --> 00:19:25.559 question of last week. That's right, that's right. Mookie doesn't care about 276 00:19:25.599 --> 00:19:27.400 baseball. Yeah, so I didn't care about winning and playing in the playoffs. 277 00:19:27.400 --> 00:19:30.599 That's right. Yeah, Dente will be here. We'll take care of 278 00:19:30.640 --> 00:19:34.640 that then, bottom of the hour. Let him know your squad squad today 279 00:19:34.839 --> 00:19:38.240 is the Lakers. We'll give you a cue to call uh and when we 280 00:19:38.279 --> 00:19:44.599 come back. You know the gondola from Union Station to Dodger Stadium. Some 281 00:19:44.680 --> 00:19:48.160 love it, some hate it. Everybody should stop worrying about it because I 282 00:19:48.160 --> 00:19:53.519 think I know what's going to happen to it. We'll have that. Come 283 00:19:53.519 --> 00:20:00.240 out, Come out, Roddy Pete, Fred Rogan on a Tuesday, Big 284 00:20:00.359 --> 00:20:08.200 show, Big show. Let's go all right, So are you excited about 285 00:20:08.200 --> 00:20:12.960 the gondola, the Frank McCart gondola. They would build it at Union Station. 286 00:20:14.680 --> 00:20:18.680 It would take you into Dodgers Stadium and ultimately what they would do is 287 00:20:18.759 --> 00:20:22.240 build an entertainment area. That's the ultimate plan, even if they're not seeing 288 00:20:22.319 --> 00:20:26.720 it in the parking lot, ballpark village in Saint Louis. What they're doing 289 00:20:26.759 --> 00:20:34.519 at Wrigley Field an entertainment area with restaurants and bars around the stadium. So 290 00:20:34.640 --> 00:20:38.319 basically, the land in the parking lot would be used three hundred and sixty 291 00:20:38.319 --> 00:20:42.920 five days a year and there would be a reason to go to Dodger Stadium 292 00:20:44.240 --> 00:20:47.119 now and at one point they were even thinking about building condos out there. 293 00:20:47.960 --> 00:20:52.839 All right, Now, if you really look at the ccnrs of the gondola 294 00:20:52.920 --> 00:20:56.640 project, that's kind of what they're laying out. But first you have to 295 00:20:56.640 --> 00:21:02.559 build the giant gondola. So we know that there are people in this city. 296 00:21:03.519 --> 00:21:07.920 Frank mccourtz company doing it, his Soun's running it. They want the 297 00:21:07.920 --> 00:21:11.519 gondola, and they are trying to drum up the kind of support and necessary 298 00:21:11.519 --> 00:21:15.519 to get this thing passed. It's the metro board. First City of Los 299 00:21:15.559 --> 00:21:19.359 Angeles will weigh in as well. But now you have people in Koreatown who 300 00:21:19.359 --> 00:21:22.400 are going, we don't want the gondola. I don't want this enormous five 301 00:21:23.880 --> 00:21:30.480 ton thing driving by my window or over the top of my house. I 302 00:21:30.480 --> 00:21:33.759 don't want it. And really what it is is posturing now, you know, 303 00:21:33.799 --> 00:21:37.400 manipulating the public into what side should you be on. So when you 304 00:21:37.440 --> 00:21:41.119 read articles when it's positive, okay, well that got there for a reason. 305 00:21:41.400 --> 00:21:45.039 But then you turn around and read something else it's negative, Well that 306 00:21:45.119 --> 00:21:51.920 got there for a reason too. Everybody's posturing now and trying to gain support 307 00:21:52.559 --> 00:21:56.920 or deny support for the gondola. So I know what's going to happen with 308 00:21:56.960 --> 00:22:03.039 the gondola? Uh oh oh, I have the answer. He's got his 309 00:22:03.160 --> 00:22:07.079 relocation Rogan hat On, he's got his what's happening around the city had On. 310 00:22:07.960 --> 00:22:11.039 Let's go. You want to know what's gonna happen with the gondola. 311 00:22:11.559 --> 00:22:15.240 Yeah, all right, here's what's gonna happen. There's not going to be 312 00:22:15.240 --> 00:22:21.160 a gondola. That's what's gonna be. Gondla. No, that's what's gonna 313 00:22:21.160 --> 00:22:25.920 happen. There's not going to be the gondola. And here's why. At 314 00:22:25.920 --> 00:22:30.359 one point, the city of Los Angeles will kill it and that will be 315 00:22:30.400 --> 00:22:32.759 the end of it. And you go, well, why would they do 316 00:22:32.799 --> 00:22:37.759 that? Why would they kill the gondola. All right, So if you 317 00:22:37.920 --> 00:22:44.799 have this enormous thing now flying over the top of your house, what does 318 00:22:44.839 --> 00:22:48.880 that do to property values? How does it opt right? How does that 319 00:22:48.920 --> 00:22:55.400 affect the people below? Well, you know, my property was worth seven 320 00:22:55.480 --> 00:23:00.000 hundred thousand dollars now it's worth one hundred and fifty thousand. No one's putting 321 00:23:00.079 --> 00:23:03.480 up with that. No one is doing that. At the end of the 322 00:23:03.599 --> 00:23:08.759 day, they will look at what it will do to property values and that's 323 00:23:08.839 --> 00:23:17.200 what ultimately will kill it. So start walking from Union station. You're not 324 00:23:17.200 --> 00:23:19.640 taking Why are we going down this road? Then? Fred? Why are 325 00:23:19.720 --> 00:23:25.720 we wasting all this time, effort, energy, money to have this this 326 00:23:25.920 --> 00:23:30.000 vote? And then there's all this speculation that you know, McCord has got 327 00:23:30.079 --> 00:23:36.119 some some new figures on his side, some opponents have now come around. 328 00:23:36.160 --> 00:23:38.279 I mean, why are we going through all of this if at the end 329 00:23:38.279 --> 00:23:45.160 of the day it is about property value and folks in the area concerned about 330 00:23:45.160 --> 00:23:51.240 their value being dropped, which is what's going to kill it. Why are 331 00:23:51.279 --> 00:23:55.039 we going down this road? Because it seems very simple that if you pose 332 00:23:55.079 --> 00:24:00.799 it to the city la and city council superintendent and all of those folks and 333 00:24:00.799 --> 00:24:07.680 they look at it and the issue of property value comes up. I don't 334 00:24:07.680 --> 00:24:10.920 know how you can argue that it goes down. So when that happens, 335 00:24:10.920 --> 00:24:14.599 why does it not just get killed before there's even a vote? For the 336 00:24:14.640 --> 00:24:19.119 same reason. For about a year, people really believed that the Chargers and 337 00:24:19.160 --> 00:24:23.039 the Raiders would be in a new football stadium in Carson for the very same 338 00:24:23.119 --> 00:24:27.559 reason, because what you want to do is get your message out and try 339 00:24:27.559 --> 00:24:32.039 to convince people. And if you pelt them with it and they hear it 340 00:24:32.119 --> 00:24:34.880 often enough and then you're throwing a little sprinkle here and there, you go, 341 00:24:34.920 --> 00:24:37.279 oh, oh the god, all is a great idea. It's like 342 00:24:37.319 --> 00:24:41.039 the Chargers and Raiders are going to Carson, which they was never happening, 343 00:24:41.559 --> 00:24:48.440 not for one second, no, never, never was it happening. And 344 00:24:48.480 --> 00:24:52.359 I've told the story. When they had that vote in Houston, Dean Spano 345 00:24:52.440 --> 00:24:56.079 sat in the room and when they announced it with the Rams, it's like 346 00:24:56.119 --> 00:24:59.640 he'd seen a ghost. He couldn't believe it. He couldn't believe it because 347 00:24:59.680 --> 00:25:03.559 the guy he hired did such a good job of trying to convince people that 348 00:25:03.680 --> 00:25:08.400 he even convinced Dean Spanos. Yeah, and Dean Also he got uh, 349 00:25:10.720 --> 00:25:15.640 I guess led astray by Jerry Richardson, who believed it was going to happen, 350 00:25:15.720 --> 00:25:18.759 who told him he had the inside track and he knew the votes, 351 00:25:18.799 --> 00:25:21.920 and he knew how the other owners were going to vote, and that he 352 00:25:22.039 --> 00:25:23.880 had all you know, he had a number of owners on his side. 353 00:25:25.200 --> 00:25:29.160 Jerry Richardson being the late owner of the Carolina Panthers that at the time carried 354 00:25:29.160 --> 00:25:32.039 a lot of weight around the league. He was very respected around the league 355 00:25:32.079 --> 00:25:37.559 until he had his issues off the field. But he and Dean Spanels were 356 00:25:37.920 --> 00:25:42.319 together on this deal in Carson and he told he told Dean and the hey, 357 00:25:42.759 --> 00:25:45.759 we're gonna get this thing. This is gonna happen. I got good, 358 00:25:45.880 --> 00:25:49.359 good evidence that this is gonna happen. And they totally went one h 359 00:25:51.680 --> 00:25:53.960 against what Jerry Richard thought was gonna happen, the people, the owners that 360 00:25:55.039 --> 00:25:57.400 he thought he had in his pocket. When that vote came down, it 361 00:25:57.599 --> 00:26:03.680 was a thirty one to one. Mark Davis actually voted for the Rams, 362 00:26:04.039 --> 00:26:07.319 Yes, exactly. Well, Mark knew he was going to Vegas at that 363 00:26:07.359 --> 00:26:11.440 point, but he voted for the Rams. That was hilarious. Yeah, 364 00:26:11.640 --> 00:26:17.279 yeah, yeah, so crazy So for the same reason that the people in 365 00:26:17.319 --> 00:26:22.039 this city believed, oh the churches and raiders are going to Carson to play 366 00:26:22.079 --> 00:26:27.160 on a toxic waste dump, that's the same reason people think there'll be a 367 00:26:27.160 --> 00:26:33.079 gondola. Yeah, but if you just no chance, Well, when you 368 00:26:33.119 --> 00:26:34.920 hear that, okay, here's why it's not going to happen. Just tell 369 00:26:34.960 --> 00:26:40.519 me it's going to ruin people's property values. Okay, So not happening. 370 00:26:40.640 --> 00:26:42.880 Soon as you say that, and you know, you get an analyst to 371 00:26:42.920 --> 00:26:45.279 come and look at it and say, okay, well, this is this 372 00:26:45.359 --> 00:26:49.839 going to add to the property value or decrease diminish the property value, And 373 00:26:51.480 --> 00:26:53.839 every one of them, one hundred percent would say I can tell you, 374 00:26:53.960 --> 00:27:00.960 based on my years of experience that the probably did value surrounding this gondola is 375 00:27:02.000 --> 00:27:04.880 going to decrease. Right, So would you say in the story, Yeah, 376 00:27:04.920 --> 00:27:07.279 I mean, you know, here, good news, Rodney. They're 377 00:27:07.279 --> 00:27:12.279 building a gondola from where you're at right now to Dodger Stadium and the best 378 00:27:12.319 --> 00:27:15.039 news of all and it'll be great for you because you'd like to go to 379 00:27:15.039 --> 00:27:22.359 Dodger games. Yeah, the gondola will go directly over your house. What's 380 00:27:22.359 --> 00:27:25.960 that going to do your property value exactly what is it gonna do? And 381 00:27:26.039 --> 00:27:29.279 let me ask you this from just a fan perspective, if the gondola was 382 00:27:29.319 --> 00:27:33.440 in effect, would you drive to Union Station from your house to catch the 383 00:27:33.440 --> 00:27:37.319 gondola or just continue to drive to Dodger Stadium to go to games. I'm 384 00:27:37.319 --> 00:27:44.920 going to Dodger Stadium right right, So unless you're i mean really like kind 385 00:27:44.960 --> 00:27:48.720 of close by and walking distance or something. You know, you work downtown 386 00:27:48.759 --> 00:27:52.119 and you just want to hop over there real quick and jump on the gondola. 387 00:27:52.559 --> 00:27:59.480 Who's coming from the west side or driving from the valley like you normally 388 00:27:59.559 --> 00:28:03.240 go to Dodge the games. Who's gonna stake that stop and Union Station to 389 00:28:03.359 --> 00:28:06.599 catch the gondola to go to the game. The reason they want to build 390 00:28:06.599 --> 00:28:08.720 it, as we learned, I mean, yes, to take you to 391 00:28:08.759 --> 00:28:14.359 Dodger Stadium for games. No, to take you to the Dodger Stadium entertainment 392 00:28:14.440 --> 00:28:18.400 area. That's why they wanted to build it. Once we got that up, 393 00:28:18.200 --> 00:28:22.079 now we're ready to go. We're just gonna put restaurants over here and 394 00:28:22.200 --> 00:28:26.000 bars in the parking lot and it'll be a destination. Three hundred and sixty 395 00:28:26.000 --> 00:28:30.599 five days a year. That's what it was. That's what it was. 396 00:28:32.440 --> 00:28:36.039 Pretty simple when you dig a little deeper into everything, that was the plan. 397 00:28:36.640 --> 00:28:38.240 But I don't think the Gondala is gonna happen. I think it's done. 398 00:28:40.880 --> 00:28:44.359 You think so, I think so normal. I just saw this in 399 00:28:44.400 --> 00:28:45.559 our notes, Fred, did you know this? I think you probably mentioned 400 00:28:45.559 --> 00:28:49.240 this yesterday because we we were on with Eric, so we had a lot 401 00:28:49.279 --> 00:28:55.720 to get to that that this was the most watched super Bowl ever. Yeah. 402 00:28:56.359 --> 00:29:00.119 Yeah, one hundred and twenty three something million people. Yeah, and 403 00:29:00.160 --> 00:29:04.839 watch it. That's pretty incredible. You think what do you think it was 404 00:29:04.920 --> 00:29:07.119 Vegas? Do you think it was the matchup? Do you think it was 405 00:29:07.400 --> 00:29:11.079 forty nine Ers fans? People love forty nine Ers and Chiefs to see if 406 00:29:11.079 --> 00:29:14.920 they can win back to back, and they like Mahomes and that whole story 407 00:29:14.960 --> 00:29:18.599 and Taylor Swift kind of coming through the whole thing. What do you think 408 00:29:18.720 --> 00:29:23.079 added to the to the fact that it became the highest watch most watched super 409 00:29:23.079 --> 00:29:26.680 Bowl ever? I think all of that contributes. Uh, And I also 410 00:29:26.759 --> 00:29:30.079 think it's the way you can consume it now. You can see it on 411 00:29:30.119 --> 00:29:34.319 network TV. They had it on Nickelodeon, stream it through Paramount Plus, 412 00:29:34.559 --> 00:29:38.000 stream it through Paramount Plus. There are more ways to see it, more 413 00:29:38.039 --> 00:29:42.039 places to see it. And really the super Bowl and it's we didn't do 414 00:29:42.039 --> 00:29:45.519 it yesterday, you know there were still the stories. Well, the Monday 415 00:29:45.559 --> 00:29:48.160 after the super Bowl should be a holiday because we've had such a big day 416 00:29:48.599 --> 00:29:52.680 and we're all so hungover. You know. My feeling is, get your 417 00:29:52.720 --> 00:29:56.160 ass up and go to work. Get up and go to work. We 418 00:29:56.240 --> 00:29:59.279 all have to work. Go to work. You don't get to work it 419 00:29:59.319 --> 00:30:03.119 out individual with your employer. You can work that out individually, work it 420 00:30:03.160 --> 00:30:06.000 out, but that it doesn't need to be a national holiway, I mean, 421 00:30:06.119 --> 00:30:08.279 right, right, So, no, the I thought the numbers. 422 00:30:10.359 --> 00:30:15.759 I thought the numbers were great, which is good. And also the game 423 00:30:15.799 --> 00:30:18.880 goes into overtime. So even if you're not watching the game, if you're 424 00:30:18.920 --> 00:30:23.640 one of the people that is not watching but you hear the game goes into 425 00:30:23.680 --> 00:30:29.759 overtime and you're near some sort of device where you can see it, there's 426 00:30:29.799 --> 00:30:32.640 a good chance you'll turn it on, kind of like an NBA game, 427 00:30:32.720 --> 00:30:34.119 right, click it over. Yeah, you get those alerts, Hey, 428 00:30:34.119 --> 00:30:37.920 this game is in two minutes left and it's tight, right, you go, 429 00:30:37.720 --> 00:30:41.359 you go and watch it, right, So those numbers increase at the 430 00:30:41.440 --> 00:30:45.599 end as well. They they escalate because people are probably going, oh my 431 00:30:45.640 --> 00:30:47.960 god, the super bowls in overtime. Well I want to see that, 432 00:30:48.880 --> 00:30:52.799 right. I mean, it happened to all those people that were gonna boycott 433 00:30:52.839 --> 00:30:55.799 and not watch the super Bowl in the NFL. That's the way it always 434 00:30:55.799 --> 00:30:57.759 wore years back. I told you the story, very adamant about it. 435 00:30:57.799 --> 00:31:00.799 Oh, never watch, That's not the way it works. I mean, 436 00:31:00.839 --> 00:31:03.920 I told the story. We did a thing out on the TV show them 437 00:31:03.960 --> 00:31:07.799 Palm Springs that upset everybody. I brought this guy on and he just blew 438 00:31:07.839 --> 00:31:11.440 the show up one night, just blew it up and started saying stuff. 439 00:31:11.519 --> 00:31:18.359 People are incensed. They're writing these terrible emails attacking him, attacking me and 440 00:31:18.400 --> 00:31:22.640 you. I'll never watch again. I will never That is it for me. 441 00:31:23.000 --> 00:31:29.720 I am so finished with you and the station and this guy. I'll 442 00:31:29.759 --> 00:31:33.240 never watch again. Okay, So the next night I go on and I'd 443 00:31:33.240 --> 00:31:37.279 read all those emails. I just read them, read them on air. 444 00:31:37.799 --> 00:31:41.960 Yeah you know this guy said this and I'm an ass. I mean somebody 445 00:31:41.960 --> 00:31:44.920 called me an ass. I read that. I didn't care because there I'm 446 00:31:44.920 --> 00:31:48.599 just trying different stuff. So I just read them all from the people that 447 00:31:48.640 --> 00:31:52.519 would never watch again. Know what happened after I read those they all emailed 448 00:31:52.519 --> 00:31:56.640 me thank you for reading my email. Well, how in the world would 449 00:31:56.680 --> 00:32:01.119 you know I read it unless you were watching. I'll never watch again. 450 00:32:01.200 --> 00:32:05.720 Okay, you'll never watch again. It's like funny people here. I'll never 451 00:32:05.759 --> 00:32:08.880 listen to you guys again. We get that sometimes, Yeah, we get 452 00:32:08.920 --> 00:32:13.640 that. You guys. I hate you. I'll never listen to you again. 453 00:32:13.920 --> 00:32:15.200 Right, and you read a tweet? Yeah, two days listen to 454 00:32:15.279 --> 00:32:19.240 you guys? You got You're terrible. You're wrong. I mean, it's 455 00:32:19.319 --> 00:32:22.839 so wrong, you Lebron lover. What's wrong with you? I know? 456 00:32:23.119 --> 00:32:28.039 Yeah, you're not You're not listening anymore. You're done. That's why when 457 00:32:28.079 --> 00:32:30.160 people say that to me, I always go, Okay, don't. We 458 00:32:30.200 --> 00:32:34.039 don't want to upset you. We want your life to be happier. If 459 00:32:34.079 --> 00:32:37.039 we're contributing to unhappiness in your life, please don't listen. It's fine, 460 00:32:37.160 --> 00:32:42.720 Please don't watch. Don't watch. It's good bye me. I should play 461 00:32:42.720 --> 00:32:45.319 you. I'm not gonna do it. I should play you. The four 462 00:32:45.440 --> 00:32:52.640 minute story I did on somebody on the TV showing palm springs. Kevin, 463 00:32:52.640 --> 00:32:55.400 I don't even think I showed this to you. No, I haven't seen 464 00:32:55.400 --> 00:32:59.559 I don't even know what you're talking about. Okay, So somebody, somebody 465 00:32:59.599 --> 00:33:07.240 writes to me and calls me an entitled white person, an ass tells me 466 00:33:07.759 --> 00:33:15.359 that all of my friends are white, that I don't understand anything, that 467 00:33:15.519 --> 00:33:17.759 I don't know anything. I mean, it was this manifesto, Rodney. 468 00:33:17.759 --> 00:33:21.880 It was four pages long, and I was trying to wrote you a four 469 00:33:22.000 --> 00:33:24.920 page yeah, and I was trying to think think about what I was going 470 00:33:25.000 --> 00:33:28.000 to do with it, because I was going to turn it into a comedy 471 00:33:28.039 --> 00:33:30.920 bit. I've got to have an eight year old kid stand there and read 472 00:33:30.960 --> 00:33:34.839 it with music behind going there in ass. I didn't do that, then, 473 00:33:34.839 --> 00:33:37.480 I was going to ask you and Kevin because I had no black friends 474 00:33:37.039 --> 00:33:39.319 to go No, I'm his friend and I'm black. I was going to 475 00:33:39.400 --> 00:33:45.480 do that, hacks. All three of my best friends are black, right. 476 00:33:45.480 --> 00:33:47.359 I mean, I was really trying to figure out what I was going 477 00:33:47.400 --> 00:33:52.640 to do. So I went back and forth with this person and found out 478 00:33:52.759 --> 00:33:57.359 something that I had realized many years ago. In Austin, Texas, and 479 00:33:57.400 --> 00:34:00.000 I think I told the story of the person that sent me a postcard in 480 00:34:00.119 --> 00:34:05.480 Austin, and it was blistering and it was scathing, and I had gone 481 00:34:05.519 --> 00:34:08.199 on. I was like nineteen years old on TV and I picked University Texas 482 00:34:08.199 --> 00:34:10.320 to beat Notre Dame. I lived in Austin, and I knew that was 483 00:34:10.360 --> 00:34:15.360 the thing to do. Right, this guy sends me a postcard, call 484 00:34:15.559 --> 00:34:17.400 me nay. I can't even use the language. I can't even say it. 485 00:34:17.440 --> 00:34:20.800 I mean, we'll get thrown off the air. We will get thrown 486 00:34:20.840 --> 00:34:22.960 off the air. But back in the day, I was young, and 487 00:34:23.000 --> 00:34:24.840 I thought, well, you know, if somebody has a complaint, I'd 488 00:34:24.840 --> 00:34:30.960 like to figure out why. So on the postcard they had the return address. 489 00:34:30.559 --> 00:34:35.239 And in the day, you would call directory assistance with someone's address to 490 00:34:35.239 --> 00:34:38.480 get their phone number. And I got the phone number and I called the 491 00:34:38.519 --> 00:34:42.039 person. I haven't told you this, all right? And I called the 492 00:34:42.079 --> 00:34:45.679 person and the guy answers the phone. He is blustering, he is irate, 493 00:34:45.880 --> 00:34:50.639 he is as rude as he was in the postcard. So I said 494 00:34:50.679 --> 00:34:52.840 to him, look, here's the deal, boy, you really feel strongly 495 00:34:52.840 --> 00:34:59.079 about this, So why don't you send me? I said, I have 496 00:34:59.239 --> 00:35:02.800 your address, and because you feel as strongly as you do, and I'm 497 00:35:02.840 --> 00:35:07.679 sure other people agree, I'm gonna go on TV tonight and put your address 498 00:35:07.679 --> 00:35:09.719 on and tell everybody where you live, so then they can come over and 499 00:35:09.840 --> 00:35:15.239 agree with you, because, after all, everybody has to feel the way 500 00:35:15.280 --> 00:35:19.719 you do. Okay, Now, this big tough guy starts crying, starts 501 00:35:19.760 --> 00:35:23.159 crying. Right, I've told this what are you crying for? He goes, 502 00:35:23.199 --> 00:35:27.599 I'm a war literally crying, crying, crying, Ridney crying. I 503 00:35:27.639 --> 00:35:30.199 said, what are you crying for? I'm a nineteen year old kid. 504 00:35:30.480 --> 00:35:34.039 What are you crying for? I'm a war veteran, I'm a shut in. 505 00:35:35.000 --> 00:35:39.079 I lost both of my legs. No one talks to me. I'm 506 00:35:39.119 --> 00:35:45.400 alone, and I'm miserable, and I'm sorry. Okay, that was forty 507 00:35:45.440 --> 00:35:49.559 six years ago. So I get this thing in Palm Springs from this person, 508 00:35:50.400 --> 00:35:53.280 this manifesto, and I write the person back and I go, hey, 509 00:35:53.280 --> 00:35:55.400 you know what, I'm sure people feel as strongly as you do, 510 00:35:57.400 --> 00:36:00.760 so why don't you send me all of your social media hands and your picture 511 00:36:01.880 --> 00:36:07.960 so when I run this, people will know who you are and be able 512 00:36:07.960 --> 00:36:12.159 to reach out to you, because I'm sure they agree with you. What 513 00:36:12.239 --> 00:36:20.400 was the response, I'm a war veteran, I'm alone. People discard us, 514 00:36:21.119 --> 00:36:25.719 no one talks to us. I'm a nobody. And I went on 515 00:36:25.880 --> 00:36:29.920 and I said, no, everybody's a somebody. And I talked about the 516 00:36:29.960 --> 00:36:32.760 story from forty six years ago, and I said it was wrong forty six 517 00:36:32.800 --> 00:36:36.280 years ago, and it's trong as we sit here today, because you are 518 00:36:36.320 --> 00:36:38.840 discarded and it's unfortunate. You've sacrificed for your country, You've given for this 519 00:36:38.960 --> 00:36:43.079 country, and people don't appreciate you, and you end up alone, and 520 00:36:43.119 --> 00:36:45.360 that's not the thanks you deserve, so I said at the end of it. 521 00:36:45.480 --> 00:36:51.599 So maybe this will shed light on the issue. I appreciate your writing. 522 00:36:52.199 --> 00:36:53.760 And if nobody said this to you today, thank you for your service. 523 00:36:54.679 --> 00:37:02.159 And I always remember stories like that when somebody says, I'll never watch 524 00:37:02.159 --> 00:37:06.159 again, I'll never listen again, I'll never watch the super Bowl again, 525 00:37:06.880 --> 00:37:10.039 I'll never do this again. The truth of the matter is, you're not 526 00:37:10.079 --> 00:37:15.440 really upset with us. We know that you're really not upset with us. 527 00:37:15.480 --> 00:37:19.960 We might say something to upset you, but you're not upset with us. 528 00:37:22.159 --> 00:37:27.159 Then again, you probably have every reason to be mad about your situation. 529 00:37:28.360 --> 00:37:30.719 But we yeah, but we know you're not upset with us. And that's 530 00:37:30.719 --> 00:37:32.679 why when you say, I'll never listen again, Okay, I'll talk to 531 00:37:32.679 --> 00:37:37.599 you tomorrow, No problem, We'll talk to you tomorrow. I'll never watch 532 00:37:37.639 --> 00:37:39.960 again. Okay, I'll see you tomorrow. I'll give it a second thought, 533 00:37:40.000 --> 00:37:45.000 give it a second thought. Okay, We're gonna play Know your Squad 534 00:37:45.039 --> 00:37:47.599 Next Hour, Kevin, I Know your Squad Next Hour? Also next Hour, 535 00:37:47.679 --> 00:37:54.199 Dylan Hernandez at the Times jumps on the phone. Today afternoon Delight is 536 00:37:55.159 --> 00:38:00.599 Dance Alone by Sea. This track is the first single off the singer's fourth 537 00:38:00.679 --> 00:38:07.079 coming album, entitled Reasonable Woman, which will be her first studio album since 538 00:38:07.079 --> 00:38:15.760 twenty and sixteen. While this song features Australian pop legend Kylie Minogue, the 539 00:38:15.880 --> 00:38:22.679 album will also include appearances from Shaka Khan, Paris Hilton, Tierra Wack and 540 00:38:22.840 --> 00:38:35.440 Moore Again. Today's afternoon Delight is Dance Alone by Sea featuring Kylie Minou. 541 00:38:37.039 --> 00:38:42.960 All Right and Now from the Court to the court Room with Jacob em Ronni. 542 00:38:43.280 --> 00:38:45.119 Okay, now our weekly chat with a good friend. Jacob em Ronni 543 00:38:45.159 --> 00:38:50.400 probab partner of the Lakers, and Jacob, how are you I'm doing great. 544 00:38:50.400 --> 00:38:54.159 How are you guys doing well? Jeb tastic, fantastic? Jacob? 545 00:38:55.440 --> 00:39:00.440 Well, you know, Jacob really was that sincere? I mean the dream, 546 00:39:00.519 --> 00:39:04.239 Jacob, live in the dream, Bamon, Jacob, Come on, 547 00:39:04.360 --> 00:39:07.760 Jacob, we can't all be Fred Rogan, but we can try to aspire 548 00:39:07.960 --> 00:39:12.079 to be as close as That is so true, that is so so so, 549 00:39:12.079 --> 00:39:15.480 so so so true. True. Yeah, you know what I'd say, 550 00:39:15.519 --> 00:39:16.679 I'd say, dare to dream something else. You don't want to be 551 00:39:16.760 --> 00:39:20.960 that. You do not want to be there, all right, Jacob a 552 00:39:21.079 --> 00:39:27.000 report, mark Stein said he hears whispers from executives at other NBA teams, 553 00:39:27.280 --> 00:39:30.760 but lebron might opt out if he had the opportunity to play with Bronnie and 554 00:39:30.880 --> 00:39:37.480 somebody else drafted Bronnie. Do you buy that. It's hard for me to 555 00:39:37.639 --> 00:39:40.880 understand that, just because you know, he's got so much invested here. 556 00:39:42.079 --> 00:39:44.239 And actually it's funny. I was talking to the other day and say, 557 00:39:44.800 --> 00:39:49.480 why if lebron wants to play with Bronnie, why is it so important for 558 00:39:49.519 --> 00:39:52.159 Bronnie to even get drafted? Why can't he go to Austin Reeves draft. 559 00:39:52.639 --> 00:39:58.639 Why can't he just tell people, do not draft me and pick whatever team 560 00:39:58.719 --> 00:40:00.559 he wants to go to, which will be the Lakers right here and they'll 561 00:40:00.559 --> 00:40:06.400 play together. It's not like he needs the money, that's what you said. 562 00:40:06.400 --> 00:40:10.480 Yeah, just yeah, don't you don't have to nobody has to really 563 00:40:10.480 --> 00:40:14.960 even waste a pick or anything like that, and just say don't draft me, 564 00:40:15.000 --> 00:40:19.719 because uh, I'm not going I want to be free to pick my 565 00:40:19.840 --> 00:40:22.559 team and I'm picking the Lakers boom. And that's what Austin Reed did. 566 00:40:22.760 --> 00:40:25.599 And yeah, yeah, Austin Reeds told people did not pick him, and 567 00:40:25.719 --> 00:40:29.880 he decided to go to the Lakers, and you know, he he paved 568 00:40:29.880 --> 00:40:31.880 his own you know, he paved his own path. And I think what 569 00:40:32.000 --> 00:40:36.159 I mean, we keep talking about as if he has to get drafted, 570 00:40:36.199 --> 00:40:38.840 he has to go somewhere, you know, if that's really the ultimate goal, 571 00:40:39.000 --> 00:40:43.280 I would think that that may be, especially with as much power as 572 00:40:43.360 --> 00:40:46.199 Lebron and you know, his team have. I'm sure they're you know, 573 00:40:46.440 --> 00:40:51.079 the people that teams are not going to want to ruin their relationship with you 574 00:40:51.079 --> 00:40:54.000 know, Plutch and Lebron and all of them by picking up Ronnie where he 575 00:40:54.039 --> 00:40:59.360 doesn't want to go. You know, everybody makes a big deal about Lebron 576 00:40:59.400 --> 00:41:02.519 wanted to play with son. Let me ask you this, if you were 577 00:41:02.800 --> 00:41:07.639 Bronnie James, would you want your father watching you constantly while you were playing 578 00:41:07.639 --> 00:41:10.320 in the NBA? In other words, Dad, you know, let me 579 00:41:10.360 --> 00:41:13.920 bring a little bit here. Dad. It's like you're keeping an eye on 580 00:41:13.960 --> 00:41:15.079 me the whole time. Yeah, but I don't think it's you know, 581 00:41:15.199 --> 00:41:19.159 if it does indeed happen, it's not going to be like, oh, 582 00:41:19.159 --> 00:41:22.960 they're gonna play this fifteen year career together, right. It is for a 583 00:41:22.039 --> 00:41:27.000 moment, you know, a moment in time where they can do do something 584 00:41:27.199 --> 00:41:30.960 historical. You know, Ken Griffy and his dad, you know they played 585 00:41:30.000 --> 00:41:35.199 together that believe that one year and it was historical. They got to be 586 00:41:35.239 --> 00:41:38.400 in the same outfield for a season and then it was over. So I 587 00:41:39.039 --> 00:41:43.639 don't look at this like, oh, this is something where he's got to, 588 00:41:43.960 --> 00:41:45.840 you know, go through practice with Lebron for the next ten years, 589 00:41:45.840 --> 00:41:49.719 and he's gonna be looking over his shoulder and treating him like a son while 590 00:41:49.719 --> 00:41:52.440 he's at practice and blah blah blah. Now it's just a moment in time. 591 00:41:52.519 --> 00:41:59.159 That is a could be a very historical and cool thing to put on 592 00:42:00.440 --> 00:42:05.280 your family resume at the end of the day. No word in that, 593 00:42:05.280 --> 00:42:09.320 that's right, Jacob Any concerns where the Lakers are right now, I mean 594 00:42:09.360 --> 00:42:15.559 they're they're treading water here. You know, I'm not concerned because I mean 595 00:42:15.559 --> 00:42:17.239 I was hearing rumors about the fact that they wanted to change, you know, 596 00:42:17.280 --> 00:42:21.119 they were going to move Delo to New Jersey just so they could get 597 00:42:21.159 --> 00:42:24.079 Dian Witty. They ended up picking up Dan Witty, you know, basically 598 00:42:24.239 --> 00:42:29.920 for nothing. So they got them for free. And you know, we 599 00:42:29.920 --> 00:42:34.400 were talking right before the deadline and we said, no trade is better than 600 00:42:34.400 --> 00:42:37.400 a bad trade, or basically just making a trade to make a trade. 601 00:42:37.440 --> 00:42:42.360 And if you know, if the conversations are right, that they are actually 602 00:42:42.400 --> 00:42:46.519 concentrating on what's coming up in the summer when they're you know, their opportunities 603 00:42:47.480 --> 00:42:51.360 we're going after other stars, you know, is going to be higher, 604 00:42:51.440 --> 00:42:54.280 especially because I guess now they only have one first round pick to offer, 605 00:42:54.360 --> 00:42:59.920 but in the summer they'd have three first round picks to offer. So if 606 00:43:00.119 --> 00:43:06.639 that's where the management is going, I was completely okay with no activity during 607 00:43:06.880 --> 00:43:10.079 the trade deadline, because I honestly didn't see anybody that was going to make 608 00:43:10.519 --> 00:43:14.960 a difference for us. It's just this team has to play better and maybe, 609 00:43:14.960 --> 00:43:16.840 you know, bringing in another scoring guard like Dinwid he can help. 610 00:43:17.119 --> 00:43:20.360 And there's other guys that are going to be on the buyout market, and 611 00:43:20.400 --> 00:43:22.320 if they feel like somebody else can help, then I'm sure you know, 612 00:43:22.360 --> 00:43:25.679 they have enough room that they can let somebody go at the end of the 613 00:43:25.719 --> 00:43:30.280 bench and bring them in. Yeah, I liked it Dinwiddy move. I 614 00:43:30.280 --> 00:43:34.679 think he's gonna he's gonna help the Lakers just in scoring and then on the 615 00:43:34.719 --> 00:43:37.679 other end of the court as well. What do you feel about the move 616 00:43:37.719 --> 00:43:40.800 getting signing him. I liked it. I liked it a lot. And 617 00:43:40.920 --> 00:43:45.320 I think you know, we've seen him play. You know, he's a 618 00:43:45.360 --> 00:43:49.559 guy who can get his own shot. You know, he's another guard and 619 00:43:49.599 --> 00:43:52.800 that's good to have. You know, I don't know how great he is 620 00:43:52.840 --> 00:43:55.519 on defense, but you know, if you can get another scorer on the 621 00:43:55.559 --> 00:44:00.159 floor, I think that would help a lot. And I think you just 622 00:44:00.239 --> 00:44:04.199 want this team to play together. And this is the time, I mean, 623 00:44:04.239 --> 00:44:07.239 the All Star breaker is right around the corner and as long as they 624 00:44:07.280 --> 00:44:08.599 start to be, you know, playing more as a team, get some 625 00:44:08.639 --> 00:44:12.400 of the injured guys back. I think you have a good team, and 626 00:44:12.440 --> 00:44:15.239 you just, you know, hope that they go into the playoffs and they 627 00:44:15.239 --> 00:44:19.440 make some noise. Jacob Our listeners love when you do this. I have 628 00:44:19.480 --> 00:44:22.880 a question. It's Valentine's Day tomorrow and it's a time where you want to 629 00:44:22.880 --> 00:44:25.960 take care of your loved ones. So how can you do that when it 630 00:44:27.000 --> 00:44:30.719 comes to insurance? Yeah, you know, the biggest thing here is that 631 00:44:31.039 --> 00:44:37.320 I cannot tell you how often I get people who can afford good insurance, 632 00:44:37.880 --> 00:44:42.199 but they have the worst insurance. I don't think people realize how important it 633 00:44:42.239 --> 00:44:45.559 is to have good car insurance until they're involved in an accident. And you 634 00:44:45.599 --> 00:44:49.519 know, I would say one of the things that would be a great gift 635 00:44:49.719 --> 00:44:54.000 is to make sure that you get your loved ones could car insurance, because 636 00:44:54.039 --> 00:44:58.480 god forbid, if they're ever involved in an accident and they're driving around with 637 00:44:58.679 --> 00:45:05.119 just your basic fifteen thousand dollars liability, you will realize how much the expenses 638 00:45:05.199 --> 00:45:08.039 are going to suck up that fifteen thousand dollars and there's not much you can 639 00:45:08.079 --> 00:45:13.440 do. I was just on the phone right before we got on with a 640 00:45:13.480 --> 00:45:16.480 client who was involved in an accident. Her and two of her friends were 641 00:45:16.480 --> 00:45:20.840 in the car, and not only was she injured, but she ended up 642 00:45:20.880 --> 00:45:24.559 losing about four months of work, which costs her about twenty five grand. 643 00:45:25.280 --> 00:45:30.039 But the person who hit him only had a fifteen thousand dollar policy, and 644 00:45:30.079 --> 00:45:32.119 I asked her, I said, did you buy any coverage on your own? 645 00:45:32.239 --> 00:45:35.599 Did you buy an insured motorists, He says, at that time, 646 00:45:35.639 --> 00:45:38.599 I had the worst insurance. I bought the California minimum. I didn't want 647 00:45:38.639 --> 00:45:43.039 to spend a lot of money on insurance, But now that I realized one 648 00:45:43.079 --> 00:45:46.639 accident cost me almost thirty forty grand just out of my pocket, and because 649 00:45:46.679 --> 00:45:51.639 the person who hit him only had fifteen thousand, couldn't even pay that back, 650 00:45:52.000 --> 00:45:54.280 she says, now I went and bought the best insurance. Obviously it's 651 00:45:54.280 --> 00:45:58.440 not going to help her in the accident. We're helping her in But those 652 00:45:58.480 --> 00:46:04.400 are unfortunately the less that people actually learn after the facts, and when we 653 00:46:04.440 --> 00:46:07.360 talk about these things, I'm hoping that our listeners are going to go out 654 00:46:07.360 --> 00:46:10.880 there and protect themselves and their loved ones with gas good insurance because it really 655 00:46:10.920 --> 00:46:15.599 doesn't cost much to protect yourself. All right, great advice, Jacob, 656 00:46:15.639 --> 00:46:19.880 Thanks for coming on. I always appreciate it and look forward to it. 657 00:46:20.079 --> 00:46:22.960 My pleasure. Guys, have a great rest of your day. This hour, 658 00:46:22.000 --> 00:46:25.519 Delan Hernandez is a camelback ranch with the Dodgers. He will join us, 659 00:46:27.239 --> 00:46:30.760 and when we come back, let's talk about Yamamoto and what he's doing there.