WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.160 --> 00:00:04.719 Ellie continue on Fred Rogan Rodney Peete on five seventy LA Sports. Uh, 2 00:00:04.759 --> 00:00:09.519 don't forget give it away Fontaine. You're getting the two nights data the luxury 3 00:00:09.519 --> 00:00:14.839 resort in Vegas that everybody wants to be at. You will have an opportunity 4 00:00:15.240 --> 00:00:20.800 sometime between now and three o'clock Rodney, let's do it, found Blue. 5 00:00:20.839 --> 00:00:22.679 I've been there, Fred, I told you I was there at Super Bowl. 6 00:00:22.760 --> 00:00:26.719 It's a great, great new hotel in Vegas. You are going to 7 00:00:26.920 --> 00:00:30.879 enjoy it. Enjoy it. Yeah, it's going to be the best. 8 00:00:30.920 --> 00:00:33.840 We want you to be a part of it. So please keep listening. 9 00:00:34.159 --> 00:00:39.079 You'll have an opportunity to go. All right, Now, we've got the 10 00:00:39.200 --> 00:00:42.159 NBA Finals set, we have Laker news we must discuss, and there is 11 00:00:42.200 --> 00:00:46.439 only one man we can do that with, the esteemed Dan Wiki, our 12 00:00:46.479 --> 00:00:52.280 insider from the LA Times. Dan, how are you today? I'm feeling 13 00:00:52.359 --> 00:00:56.520 very esteemed, you know, I think you should. It's like one of 14 00:00:56.520 --> 00:01:00.320 those like kind of like nice this this is like my favorite climate day. 15 00:01:00.320 --> 00:01:02.960 I'm sitting outside of a coffee shopping long beach of your year, some traffic 16 00:01:03.120 --> 00:01:07.280 and it's like it's I can wear like like warm clothes on top and like 17 00:01:07.319 --> 00:01:11.519 shorts on the bottom. I love that. It's my favorite's top of the 18 00:01:11.599 --> 00:01:15.159 shorts on the bottom. Huh, that's crazy. That's the look we're going 19 00:01:15.200 --> 00:01:23.159 for, like early morning tea time yet I have that cool. Yeah, 20 00:01:23.200 --> 00:01:25.560 you gotta be warm in the morning, but so you can take it off 21 00:01:25.640 --> 00:01:27.719 in the afternoon. Yeah, you gotta be ready. You gotta be ready. 22 00:01:29.439 --> 00:01:33.280 Look at that man. All right, Dan, let's get started with 23 00:01:33.319 --> 00:01:38.519 the NBA Finals first. I understand it's television driven. We've all done this 24 00:01:38.599 --> 00:01:42.760 for one hundred years. Don't you think this is a little absurd this many 25 00:01:42.879 --> 00:01:47.159 days off before they actually start playing the finals? Yeah, I mean it 26 00:01:47.319 --> 00:01:52.040 is not ideal, right, Like I think on one hand, right, 27 00:01:52.079 --> 00:01:56.480 like ultimately, like it should help the oncourt product, right, like Christap 28 00:01:56.480 --> 00:02:00.159 Sporzingis, it's an extra time for him to get healthy, different things like 29 00:02:00.200 --> 00:02:02.239 that. But no, I want to like keep it going, right like 30 00:02:02.239 --> 00:02:07.199 like these games. It's been kind of an interesting playoffs, guys. A 31 00:02:07.199 --> 00:02:10.960 lot of blowouts, but a lot of like really like kind of like fun 32 00:02:12.360 --> 00:02:17.520 performances too, in like really interesting series and interesting games. I will want 33 00:02:17.560 --> 00:02:22.319 to see these two teams play, you know, And I would also like 34 00:02:22.400 --> 00:02:27.479 to just officially close the book on like the previous seas that move on to 35 00:02:27.520 --> 00:02:30.400 what's next, and the NBA is kind of like, nah, see you 36 00:02:30.520 --> 00:02:36.560 June sixth, see you in a week, which and then this is just 37 00:02:36.639 --> 00:02:38.599 you have to do it because it's not just TV though to Fred it's I 38 00:02:38.599 --> 00:02:43.280 mean, it's buildings, right, and it's like you have to like you 39 00:02:43.280 --> 00:02:46.840 have to lock in these dates to make sure that like you know, like 40 00:02:46.560 --> 00:02:51.039 BTS isn't coming through town or somebody like that, you know what I mean, 41 00:02:51.080 --> 00:02:55.800 you have to really no, absolutely, like you'll get K Pop right 42 00:02:55.840 --> 00:02:59.800 out of it. You'll be playing you'll be playing at Marist instead of the 43 00:02:59.800 --> 00:03:01.719 Guard. So like, yeah, I mean I think that's that's why you 44 00:03:01.759 --> 00:03:05.479 lock all this stuff in and you fix it to dates. And it's just 45 00:03:05.560 --> 00:03:09.120 like you know, in a perfect world, your conference finals are more competitive 46 00:03:09.479 --> 00:03:14.199 and they go deeper. Does this does this hurt Dan? Though? I 47 00:03:14.199 --> 00:03:16.800 mean, uh, first, we'll get your take on the on the teams, 48 00:03:16.800 --> 00:03:23.360 but but does this hurt the the average fan or not even the kind 49 00:03:23.400 --> 00:03:27.240 of lukewarm fan. I know you and I are fans. We're fans of 50 00:03:27.240 --> 00:03:30.280 the NBA. We're gonna watch. Yeah, like you just said, but 51 00:03:30.319 --> 00:03:34.759 that that general person that's out there, the fact that it's this much time 52 00:03:34.840 --> 00:03:38.879 off, is it gonna hurt that fan base. That's just like I thought 53 00:03:38.879 --> 00:03:39.960 it was over. Now I'm not even gonna win. When does it start 54 00:03:40.000 --> 00:03:45.840 again? I can't catch up with it? Yeah, I don't think so. 55 00:03:46.360 --> 00:03:51.319 I mean if there was maybe like you know, just like a plethora 56 00:03:51.360 --> 00:03:54.039 of like other stuff going on, you know right now, like if it 57 00:03:54.080 --> 00:03:58.360 was like, oh, I'm gonna lose myself in college football or I'm gonna 58 00:03:58.360 --> 00:04:00.439 lose myself in this, you know, but like we're still so early in 59 00:04:00.439 --> 00:04:06.159 the baseball season, right, Like, I mean, what is it OTAs 60 00:04:06.360 --> 00:04:10.439 are going to distract the average trand from the NBA Finals? I think like 61 00:04:10.439 --> 00:04:14.520 if you're watching the finals, you're watching the finals probably either way. I 62 00:04:14.639 --> 00:04:17.240 just think it's more of a momentum thing, you know, like like in 63 00:04:17.279 --> 00:04:19.800 a way like you know, is this good for the league? And the 64 00:04:19.800 --> 00:04:24.680 way that you know that extra week between the Super Bowl and the conference championships 65 00:04:24.680 --> 00:04:27.680 at times can be good for the NFL where you're just like you have to 66 00:04:27.680 --> 00:04:30.920 fill the time. So you just talk about like you know, we're going 67 00:04:30.000 --> 00:04:33.160 to talk a lot about Kyrie irving over the next week, and about a 68 00:04:33.199 --> 00:04:38.319 time in Boston and kind of the trade that's the Dallas in this image and 69 00:04:38.360 --> 00:04:41.439 all of this stuff. And it's like, is that good? Does that 70 00:04:41.519 --> 00:04:46.759 drum up interest or does that cause fatigue? I don't know. I think 71 00:04:46.079 --> 00:04:48.800 generally three. I think the average fanne'l find it one way or the other. 72 00:04:49.120 --> 00:04:53.600 Right, like the finals or the finals, like it's gonna be something 73 00:04:53.600 --> 00:04:56.920 you you're probably either gonna watch or you weren't gonna watch. And if it 74 00:04:56.959 --> 00:05:00.199 was on it started on Saturday, you'd be there. And if it starts 75 00:05:00.199 --> 00:05:03.879 a week from Saturday, you'll probably be there. Then two, Dan wi 76 00:05:04.199 --> 00:05:06.879 is with, uh, all right, Dan, let's move to the Lakers 77 00:05:06.879 --> 00:05:12.199 now, you know, And I love this the reporting. And it's funny 78 00:05:12.439 --> 00:05:15.240 when you've done this as long as we all have and you hear the same 79 00:05:15.319 --> 00:05:19.720 thing every year, it just makes you go insane to to trains of thought. 80 00:05:19.759 --> 00:05:23.319 First, here's what we gotta do. We're gonna go out and we're 81 00:05:23.319 --> 00:05:26.439 gonna find a third star. We're gonna get a Tray Younger, a Donovan 82 00:05:26.480 --> 00:05:31.839 Mitchell, and we're gonna do that. Or or the reporting we need depth 83 00:05:32.160 --> 00:05:35.759 we can't fool around with a third star, And in the reporting, Lebron 84 00:05:35.839 --> 00:05:40.480 seems to indicate he would rather have a team with depth than a third star. 85 00:05:41.439 --> 00:05:46.319 I think from what we have gone through, we know depth is more 86 00:05:46.360 --> 00:05:50.399 important than the third star. So if that's the case, why are we 87 00:05:50.439 --> 00:05:58.319 agonizing over this? Well, so I think I think Fred, generally speaking, 88 00:05:58.319 --> 00:06:01.439 you're right. I think if we look around the league and look at 89 00:06:01.600 --> 00:06:06.040 teams that have had success, and look, Boston has three stars, I 90 00:06:06.040 --> 00:06:13.160 mean they really have, I mean four, you know they Minnesota certainly has 91 00:06:13.399 --> 00:06:18.160 three stars. Uh yeah, yeah, Dallas has I mean Dallas, Dallas 92 00:06:18.199 --> 00:06:21.839 has two. Right, Like they're a little bit of an outlier in that 93 00:06:21.920 --> 00:06:27.759 sense. But look like not all stars are created equal to right, Like, 94 00:06:28.800 --> 00:06:31.600 when you're paying these guys max money where they are at what stage in 95 00:06:31.639 --> 00:06:35.680 their career, without like going like way down the salary cap hole. I 96 00:06:35.720 --> 00:06:41.120 mean, like there's just a difference between paying Jason Tatum at twenty seven and 97 00:06:41.199 --> 00:06:45.800 Lebron James at thirty seven, Like a significant financial difference between those two numbers. 98 00:06:46.439 --> 00:06:50.480 And when you're paying older max players, it's just like fiscally, it's 99 00:06:50.480 --> 00:06:54.399 harder to add a third one to that group, right, Like, it 100 00:06:54.439 --> 00:06:57.199 puts you up against things like the second Apron. It limits your ability to 101 00:06:57.319 --> 00:07:00.600 use exceptions. You know, you unbalanced your roster. I think, like 102 00:07:01.160 --> 00:07:05.079 look at Phoenix, there's like a really good example, you know, and 103 00:07:05.120 --> 00:07:09.639 it's just you end up playing three quote unquote stars and then you know, 104 00:07:09.759 --> 00:07:13.120 largely like a bunch of minimum players, and it's just it's a really hard 105 00:07:13.120 --> 00:07:16.480 way to win. The Lakers couldn't do it with Russell Westbrook, Anthony Davis, 106 00:07:16.480 --> 00:07:20.639 and Lebron James. That all being said, Fred, if the right 107 00:07:20.720 --> 00:07:26.040 star was available, yeah, at a cost, the Lakers felt that was 108 00:07:26.120 --> 00:07:29.720 palatable. Uh, there's no doubt in my mind that that's the road they 109 00:07:29.720 --> 00:07:33.639 would go down. I don't think that. I don't think that guy totally 110 00:07:33.720 --> 00:07:41.240 exists. So it is like a really so basically right, like, what 111 00:07:41.240 --> 00:07:46.040 what that would look like is the Lakers trading like their best offer, their 112 00:07:46.120 --> 00:07:48.720 best offer they can put out on the table and sort of a fun thought 113 00:07:48.720 --> 00:07:55.360 exercises like you can trade Austin Reeves, you can trade your number seventeen pick 114 00:07:55.680 --> 00:07:59.720 this year's draft, Dan Stop. They can't do that. They're gonna use 115 00:07:59.720 --> 00:08:03.079 that for James? Easy, Okay, you can trade your seventeen pick in 116 00:08:03.199 --> 00:08:09.600 this year. Fred, you can trade glad you made yourself laugh on that. 117 00:08:11.000 --> 00:08:16.279 You can trade you can trade number twenty nine, I'm sorry, not 118 00:08:16.279 --> 00:08:18.319 twenty nine. You can trade twenty twenty nine your first round pick, and 119 00:08:18.560 --> 00:08:22.560 on draft night you can trade your twenty thirty one first round pick. Now, 120 00:08:22.680 --> 00:08:26.800 the caveat of those things is like those picks. If you're going to 121 00:08:26.879 --> 00:08:30.720 put both of those picks into a trade, you pretty much have to unprotect 122 00:08:30.720 --> 00:08:33.720 them. You can't really, you can't give yourself a lot of wiggle room 123 00:08:33.759 --> 00:08:37.840 because of rules that you know they would have to convey the second round picks. 124 00:08:37.879 --> 00:08:41.480 It gets it gets up, so like basically it's two unprotected first round 125 00:08:41.519 --> 00:08:45.120 picks. You're seventeen in this year. Austin reaveson, if you want, 126 00:08:45.159 --> 00:08:48.720 you can throw some swaps into there, that's your best offer. I don't 127 00:08:50.279 --> 00:08:56.120 is Donovan Mitchell good enough to necessitate that offer. I'm I'm willing to talk 128 00:08:56.159 --> 00:09:00.360 about it. I'm not totally sure that I think it is. But it's 129 00:09:00.840 --> 00:09:03.759 on the flip side of that, it's Cleveland taking that offer. I mean, 130 00:09:03.799 --> 00:09:07.320 I know there's no guarantee that you know, they make it more uh, 131 00:09:07.679 --> 00:09:11.120 you know, so, like so is Trey Young worth that I don't 132 00:09:11.120 --> 00:09:16.600 believe. So, you know what I mean, if Devin Booker was available, 133 00:09:18.080 --> 00:09:20.480 and I'm not saying he is, but if Devin Booker was available, 134 00:09:20.519 --> 00:09:24.399 sure, like you talk about it, you know, I think it's just 135 00:09:24.720 --> 00:09:31.039 a tier up of player right now than like what they the means they have. 136 00:09:31.279 --> 00:09:33.399 So I think we can talk about this as an option, you know, 137 00:09:33.440 --> 00:09:37.679 for the Lakers, like really choosing a path. But I also kind 138 00:09:37.720 --> 00:09:41.919 of believe the market will choose it for them too, if that makes sense. 139 00:09:43.720 --> 00:09:48.240 Yeah, what what do you because of? You know, Vincent didn't 140 00:09:48.240 --> 00:09:52.120 play at all? You know they they did, you know they they lost, 141 00:09:52.200 --> 00:09:56.840 right, but you know the close games? How far off do you 142 00:09:56.879 --> 00:10:00.360 really think they are? And do you think that that if they word to 143 00:10:00.440 --> 00:10:03.159 keep you know, the nucleus of this team, can they compete next year? 144 00:10:05.320 --> 00:10:07.600 I mean, I think it's reasonable, Ronnie to think that, like 145 00:10:07.720 --> 00:10:09.720 Lebron James will be slightly worse next year than he was this year. But 146 00:10:09.879 --> 00:10:13.960 that's just like a time thing, And I think it's reasonable to think that, 147 00:10:15.480 --> 00:10:18.000 you know, Anthony Davis may deal with some sort of injury that he 148 00:10:18.039 --> 00:10:22.120 didn't deal with this year, because that's sort of a history thing, right, 149 00:10:22.080 --> 00:10:24.159 So if you put those two things into account, like yeah, no, 150 00:10:24.200 --> 00:10:26.200 I mean, they're going to be further off next year than they are 151 00:10:26.200 --> 00:10:31.600 this year. But I think they feel like getting Gay Vincent Jared Vanderbilt back 152 00:10:31.639 --> 00:10:35.120 will will boost a lot of what they want to do. Defensively, they 153 00:10:35.120 --> 00:10:37.200 think they're going to be upgrading at a head coach, you know, and 154 00:10:37.240 --> 00:10:41.480 I think that they're going to be aggressive in other ways to try to get 155 00:10:41.480 --> 00:10:45.480 better, you know. Plus you add in things like, you know, 156 00:10:45.480 --> 00:10:48.600 does Austin Reeves have a better season? Does he does he develop more? 157 00:10:48.759 --> 00:10:52.200 Does is there a pathway from Max Christie? And does he matter on your 158 00:10:52.240 --> 00:10:56.480 team? And different things like that with like young players. So those things 159 00:10:56.519 --> 00:11:03.200 I think may negate some of the regression you might expect from from your top 160 00:11:03.200 --> 00:11:09.000 two guys. But look, man, you look around the West and it's 161 00:11:09.080 --> 00:11:11.639 just like, I mean, it's Denver. I mean, I'm sorry, 162 00:11:11.679 --> 00:11:16.519 it's Dallas this year. There's five other teams that could be there next year. 163 00:11:16.759 --> 00:11:18.600 There are five teams that could have been there this year if things have 164 00:11:18.679 --> 00:11:22.360 broken slightly different, Like it's it's gonna be hard, and you're gonna have 165 00:11:22.399 --> 00:11:24.159 to be good and the Lakers are gonna have to win on the margins, 166 00:11:24.200 --> 00:11:28.639 and they're gonna have to do it in a way that they haven't really done 167 00:11:28.639 --> 00:11:31.480 as much, and certainly didn't do this year. You know, they missed 168 00:11:31.840 --> 00:11:35.600 on a lot of their free agency signings, whether it be for injury, 169 00:11:35.639 --> 00:11:39.039 because of fit or whatever. They didn't have a great off season. They 170 00:11:39.200 --> 00:11:45.240 need to have a great off season like they do, and it's gonna be 171 00:11:45.240 --> 00:11:46.799 a challenge. It's not a great free agency class. I'm writing about this 172 00:11:46.840 --> 00:11:52.440 actually right now, I'm staring at my computer. You know, it's not 173 00:11:52.519 --> 00:11:56.360 a great free agency class. There's gonna be a lot of competition on the 174 00:11:56.360 --> 00:12:01.600 trade market, and so you have to really like I guess, like you 175 00:12:01.600 --> 00:12:05.200 know, you have to like mine for diamonds out there in a way that 176 00:12:05.679 --> 00:12:07.519 you look around. I mean, the thing and I'm writing this is what 177 00:12:07.519 --> 00:12:11.080 I wrote about in the lead of my story, is like look at Derrick 178 00:12:11.159 --> 00:12:16.159 Jones for Dallas. You know, a guy that's there on a minimum contract, 179 00:12:16.639 --> 00:12:20.440 never really been considered like this, like key cog winning piece, put 180 00:12:20.440 --> 00:12:22.960 into the right situation on the right team, and you know, he walked 181 00:12:24.000 --> 00:12:26.639 up the court a Conference champion. He's still a young player in the league 182 00:12:26.639 --> 00:12:31.799 despite being experienced, and you know, like the Lakers should be on the 183 00:12:31.840 --> 00:12:37.039 hunt for these kinds of guys. Yeah, and Dan does this speak to 184 00:12:37.279 --> 00:12:39.279 also, And we talk about this another sport, especially baseball, as we 185 00:12:39.440 --> 00:12:43.000 looked at, you know, teams in the Dodgers, everybody thinking they should 186 00:12:43.000 --> 00:12:46.639 win it every single year. But it's really about the team that gets hot. 187 00:12:46.679 --> 00:12:50.240 Arizona got hot last year in the playoffs at the right time and they 188 00:12:50.279 --> 00:12:54.600 went to the World Series. Dallas gets hot right at the end of the 189 00:12:54.679 --> 00:12:58.120 year. I don't I don't think most people wouldn't have picked Dallas to be 190 00:12:58.159 --> 00:13:01.679 in the finals. It's a long shot maybe, but not picking them be 191 00:13:01.679 --> 00:13:05.759 in the finals. Everybody had Denver going and they had somebody, you know, 192 00:13:05.960 --> 00:13:09.240 maybe somebody else care but Dallas. No, But they got hot. 193 00:13:09.320 --> 00:13:13.600 Kyrie and Luca figured it out where they play off each other better than anybody 194 00:13:13.639 --> 00:13:16.799 right now, and they are just the hottest. Their role players fed into 195 00:13:16.799 --> 00:13:22.440 that as well, got hot with them. So it doesn't always just mean 196 00:13:22.480 --> 00:13:24.759 that you got to have the three stars, you got to have all the 197 00:13:24.759 --> 00:13:28.240 stars. It's really about who gets hot at the right time. Now, 198 00:13:28.240 --> 00:13:31.720 the Celtics are a good team and ben Aga team all year long. They're 199 00:13:31.759 --> 00:13:35.559 kind of the the opposite of what I'm saying. But doesn't it always come 200 00:13:35.639 --> 00:13:39.440 up to a team that happens to get hot at the right time. Well, 201 00:13:39.480 --> 00:13:43.080 I think you need a window, right Rodney. And and when you're 202 00:13:43.120 --> 00:13:46.519 assessing your team, you need to assess sort of like how wide your championship 203 00:13:46.559 --> 00:13:52.120 window is. Boston has a very wide championship window, right, Like they 204 00:13:52.159 --> 00:13:58.159 have really young players that are under contract. They have you know, it 205 00:13:58.240 --> 00:14:03.799 is their time right now, right to go for it and be in the 206 00:14:03.799 --> 00:14:07.639 mix. Every season, Dallas made that push. You know, they assessed 207 00:14:07.679 --> 00:14:11.960 their situation and they saw window at the trade deadline and they pushed their chips 208 00:14:11.960 --> 00:14:16.399 in and two trades that at the time people wondered if they were giving up 209 00:14:16.399 --> 00:14:18.279 too much, you know, to kind of go all in on PJ. 210 00:14:18.480 --> 00:14:24.519 Washington and Daniel Gafford, And those have been highly impactful trades, you know, 211 00:14:24.639 --> 00:14:30.000 for for for Dallas, and a massive reason why that they are, 212 00:14:30.120 --> 00:14:33.879 why they're in the position they're in. They assess their window properly. I 213 00:14:33.919 --> 00:14:37.279 mean, I think with the Lakers, it's fair to say that the window 214 00:14:37.399 --> 00:14:41.840 is closing to some degree unless they do something or find way or find ways 215 00:14:41.399 --> 00:14:48.120 to drop it open a little more. And I think that's you know, 216 00:14:48.240 --> 00:14:50.879 look, you can't control getting hot like that just kind of happens. Injuries 217 00:14:50.879 --> 00:14:52.480 are a part of this. You got to be healthy, You got to 218 00:14:52.519 --> 00:14:56.960 be lucky. It's really really hard to win, right, it's really really 219 00:14:56.039 --> 00:15:01.120 difficult. But you need to put yourself in the as possible positions. And 220 00:15:01.159 --> 00:15:05.720 that's where I think again, like you know, hitting hitting in free agency, 221 00:15:07.200 --> 00:15:09.759 uh, making sure that the guys you sign and the guys you invest 222 00:15:09.799 --> 00:15:13.200 in are available and on the floor, that you hire the right coach, 223 00:15:13.320 --> 00:15:15.759 like I mean for the Lakers, like a lot of the stuff just had 224 00:15:15.879 --> 00:15:18.399 like like this isn't a this isn't really a summer I think where they can 225 00:15:18.399 --> 00:15:22.960 afford to go two for three or three for four even right, like this 226 00:15:22.039 --> 00:15:26.200 has to be a four for four summer. You know, they gotta do 227 00:15:26.240 --> 00:15:28.480 They got they got to use the pick, right, They've got to hire 228 00:15:28.519 --> 00:15:31.320 the right coach. They've got to keep their guys healthy and getting like their 229 00:15:31.360 --> 00:15:35.840 younger players improving, and then they need to improve the roster. Like like 230 00:15:35.320 --> 00:15:39.879 now that sounds like a lot it's because it is. But if they do 231 00:15:39.000 --> 00:15:43.440 it, you know, sure they could be in the next chair. Of 232 00:15:43.440 --> 00:15:46.000 course. Well that you said, hire the right coat, who's the right 233 00:15:46.000 --> 00:15:48.399 coach? Yeah, that's what I'd like to know, Dan, because in 234 00:15:48.519 --> 00:15:52.960 your reporting, uh, sources inside tell you you know, we're hey, 235 00:15:54.000 --> 00:15:56.639 don't believe the noise from outside. We still got a long way to go 236 00:15:56.960 --> 00:16:03.279 thing, All right? Do you buy that? Uh? Maybe a little? 237 00:16:06.639 --> 00:16:10.080 You know. I look, I think they're going to ultimately land on 238 00:16:10.159 --> 00:16:15.279 JJ Redick. I think that seems like the momentum is moving in that direction, 239 00:16:15.919 --> 00:16:18.919 and it has been for a long time. I can say that James 240 00:16:18.919 --> 00:16:22.000 Brago impressed a lot of people this week. I can also say that I 241 00:16:22.039 --> 00:16:26.639 think, you know, should JJ Reddick get the head coaching job, the 242 00:16:26.759 --> 00:16:30.200 Lakers will have significant sorry about those guys, the Lakers will have significant interest 243 00:16:32.159 --> 00:16:38.399 in trying to glure Jj Barrego for a top assistant position. So it's a 244 00:16:38.440 --> 00:16:41.120 Frank Bogel model, Dan, It's a Frank Bogel model. I mean, 245 00:16:41.120 --> 00:16:45.120 I mean, it really is right, Like I think they're looking at it 246 00:16:45.159 --> 00:16:47.879 that way where they are they are looking. I mean, I've I've done 247 00:16:47.879 --> 00:16:51.639 some reporting, you know, I mean, they're talking about assistant coaches both 248 00:16:51.679 --> 00:16:55.720 internally and externally, you know, with candidates and stuff like that. You 249 00:16:55.759 --> 00:16:59.159 know, Scott Brooks is a name I've heard. James Brago's a name I've 250 00:16:59.240 --> 00:17:03.200 heard. Jared Dudley is a guy that you know, uh has real close 251 00:17:03.279 --> 00:17:07.640 Lebron James ties and has obviously done a really good job in Dallas. You 252 00:17:07.680 --> 00:17:12.200 know, Jean Rondo is a name that I reported this week. They got 253 00:17:12.200 --> 00:17:18.039 a people in a tizzy a little bit on the internets as as a player 254 00:17:18.039 --> 00:17:21.839 that they could look to add to their to a coaching staff. You know, 255 00:17:21.880 --> 00:17:25.440 Greg Saint Gene worked for them when they won the title in twenty twenty. 256 00:17:26.240 --> 00:17:29.880 These are some of the names that I'm hearing right now. Obviously, 257 00:17:30.200 --> 00:17:33.319 we'll see what happens when they hire a coach, but I think the front 258 00:17:33.359 --> 00:17:37.119 office is going to be more involved in staffing than they were when they with 259 00:17:37.200 --> 00:17:41.599 Darvin Ham, and it seems like they're going to have They're gonna put more 260 00:17:41.599 --> 00:17:48.240 resources behind it financially too. Yeah, I didn't answer a question. I 261 00:17:48.319 --> 00:17:51.160 don't know who the right coach is though it's a fred It is a it 262 00:17:51.279 --> 00:17:55.279 is a very hard job head coach of the Lakers is always a hard job. 263 00:17:55.519 --> 00:17:59.880 Yeah, this version of it is a very difficult job. Fair, 264 00:18:00.440 --> 00:18:03.519 But again we're we're kind of circling back to where we were. Here comes 265 00:18:03.599 --> 00:18:07.279 Frank Vogel. And by the way, we're picking your assistance, or at 266 00:18:07.359 --> 00:18:11.240 least one of them, and it's going to be Jason Kidd. Okay, 267 00:18:11.559 --> 00:18:14.839 Darvin hand comes in. All right, Darvin, you you get your own 268 00:18:15.240 --> 00:18:17.799 You get your own assistance. You got it, you got it. Okay. 269 00:18:18.319 --> 00:18:22.359 Now we go to a new coach and we're back to you're the coach 270 00:18:22.720 --> 00:18:26.079 and meet your staff. Yeah. I mean, look, I think if 271 00:18:26.119 --> 00:18:30.519 you're going to hire, particularly like in the case of JJ Reddick, right, 272 00:18:30.599 --> 00:18:33.240 Like, if you're hiring a guy who hasn't been in this position before, 273 00:18:33.160 --> 00:18:38.799 you're going to have the ability. Should you want it to have a 274 00:18:38.960 --> 00:18:44.319 very strong opinion on coaching staff? Like that's just the reality of it. 275 00:18:44.279 --> 00:18:48.599 It's like the Lakers, if you're the Lakers, if you're the Lakers, 276 00:18:48.680 --> 00:18:52.480 right, I mean, look, should And I mean I think it worked 277 00:18:52.480 --> 00:18:57.079 with Frank Vogel. Like the issues with Frank Vogel weren't coaching staff related, 278 00:18:59.200 --> 00:19:02.160 right, you know, and a lot of the you know, the fear 279 00:19:02.200 --> 00:19:06.599 about Jason Kidd and Tranqule. Those two have a tremendous relationship, you know, 280 00:19:06.640 --> 00:19:08.920 and and then that worked out, you know, incredibly. Well, 281 00:19:08.960 --> 00:19:17.279 I think that's you know, but that's the Lakers default to their past success 282 00:19:17.359 --> 00:19:22.400 a lot. And so so that's kind of the that's kind of where we're 283 00:19:22.440 --> 00:19:27.119 at on that. You know, I think they're looking back at what's worked 284 00:19:27.119 --> 00:19:30.599 for them in the past, and that'll be you know, the place where 285 00:19:30.599 --> 00:19:34.920 they correct. They do tend to kind of react to their mistakes by by 286 00:19:36.559 --> 00:19:38.960 doing some version of the opposite. And I know in this case, I 287 00:19:38.960 --> 00:19:44.559 would point to perhaps hiring a more experience coach that doesn't those guys really aren't 288 00:19:44.559 --> 00:19:48.039 out there in mass on this market. So maybe this is one of the 289 00:19:48.039 --> 00:19:49.440 ways where they correct, you know, what they view to be a mistake, 290 00:19:49.480 --> 00:19:53.240 which was you know, not having a bigger voice, not not ensuring 291 00:19:55.279 --> 00:20:00.920 that there was more experience, more head former head coaching experience, Darnham staff, 292 00:20:02.359 --> 00:20:06.440 you know then than the last the last round. Yeah, I mean, 293 00:20:06.480 --> 00:20:07.960 and you mentioned Frank Vogue at work. It didn't work because he's gone 294 00:20:08.079 --> 00:20:11.599 and it was gone in two years, I mean, and and and then 295 00:20:11.200 --> 00:20:15.039 yes, they won a title. But I think it it just I think 296 00:20:15.799 --> 00:20:22.240 three years it undermines that head coach. And and if you're Frank Vogel, 297 00:20:22.279 --> 00:20:26.039 you don't think Frank Vogel, who's been around and coached in the league before, 298 00:20:26.400 --> 00:20:29.119 he doesn't know who's a good assistant and not a good assistant. J. 299 00:20:29.240 --> 00:20:30.920 J. Reddick has been around basketball even though he's you know, he's 300 00:20:30.960 --> 00:20:34.359 a broadcaster. Now, he knows who's who, he knows what catches up. 301 00:20:34.519 --> 00:20:37.119 Yeah, I mean, I mean, I think it's just that his 302 00:20:37.200 --> 00:20:41.880 hands. I just think it's a bad recipe for any head coach, as 303 00:20:41.880 --> 00:20:45.759 friendly as they can be, it's a bad recipe. Yeah, Runnie. 304 00:20:45.799 --> 00:20:48.720 I think that it's one of those things like you know it works when it 305 00:20:48.759 --> 00:20:52.400 works, and it doesn't, whant it doesn't. You know it is. 306 00:20:52.759 --> 00:20:56.960 I don't think there's a right or wrong way necessarily do this. I mean, 307 00:20:56.440 --> 00:21:02.000 it's it's probably like hiring coaches, probably most akin to like drafting a 308 00:21:02.079 --> 00:21:07.440 quarterback. It's so difficult. You know, at least when you draft a 309 00:21:07.519 --> 00:21:11.640 quarterback you have much more information available to you. But but it is it's 310 00:21:11.680 --> 00:21:18.440 really really hard to know. So much depends on timing and situation. For 311 00:21:18.599 --> 00:21:22.480 guys and guys that were good coaches before or bad coaches now, or depending 312 00:21:22.480 --> 00:21:26.920 on their roster and the personnel they have, the system they need to run 313 00:21:26.960 --> 00:21:30.039 because of the players they have. You really, in a perfect world, 314 00:21:30.079 --> 00:21:33.839 you want to get everybody aligned, you know, And I think when you 315 00:21:33.839 --> 00:21:36.799 you know, when you do when you're hiring somebody like JJ Reddick who has 316 00:21:36.839 --> 00:21:40.039 not been a head coach, if you're the front office and you want to 317 00:21:40.079 --> 00:21:42.480 have a voice in that, like, there's more opportunity to do it there, 318 00:21:42.519 --> 00:21:48.119 certainly than if you were saying, I don't know, hiring Doc Rivers 319 00:21:48.240 --> 00:21:53.039 or Nick Nurse or somebody like that. All right, well, we appreciate 320 00:21:53.119 --> 00:21:57.759 your insight today, Dan, And what will you do this weekend? That's 321 00:21:57.759 --> 00:22:02.119 a great question. Kind of barbecue a little bit, hang it, hang 322 00:22:02.160 --> 00:22:04.359 a TV outside we're gonna do. We're gonna live my lifelong during a dream 323 00:22:04.400 --> 00:22:08.880 of having an outdoor television, Okay, and uh yeah uh. And then 324 00:22:08.920 --> 00:22:11.079 after that, I guess it's all downhill from there for me. Guys, 325 00:22:11.519 --> 00:22:17.279 I'll reach the mountain top. You're gonna love the outdoor TV. That's a 326 00:22:17.359 --> 00:22:21.000 very cool thing. Yes, I can't wait. I literally take the one 327 00:22:21.000 --> 00:22:22.519 from our bedroom now and bring it outside and like, just like, let 328 00:22:22.559 --> 00:22:26.880 it sit on a table. And I love it. I just love it. 329 00:22:26.359 --> 00:22:33.279 And I was able to do I was obviously so happy, but I 330 00:22:33.319 --> 00:22:40.480 was able to luck my way into a free television of decent size. And 331 00:22:40.519 --> 00:22:41.440 so it's like, you know, let's throw it outside, like am I 332 00:22:41.480 --> 00:22:44.640 worried to throw a cover on it. If it gets wet, it gets 333 00:22:44.640 --> 00:22:47.079 wet, like you know, we'll be all right, all right, we'll 334 00:22:47.200 --> 00:22:51.680 enjoy that TV. Thanks guys, speed up, yay, have a good 335 00:22:51.720 --> 00:22:55.000 weekend. Yeah, you guys, do enjoy your weekend. Let's talk next 336 00:22:55.039 --> 00:22:59.279 week. All right. There was our buddy Dan Woiki. You know, 337 00:22:59.319 --> 00:23:03.200 we do want to mention that our friend Jacob, and we appreciate this very 338 00:23:03.240 --> 00:23:11.279 much thanks to him. He makes this show. 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We don't do that here, Apparently we need to and 356 00:24:25.400 --> 00:24:29.599 we'll figure it out next. That's right. It is Friday. It is 357 00:24:29.640 --> 00:24:32.480 Friday. We've been It's been pretty good this Friday, except the way we 358 00:24:32.519 --> 00:24:36.680 opened the show. Frit Yeah, if you missed that bit of brilliant, 359 00:24:37.759 --> 00:24:40.160 maybe you ought to go back and listen to the podcast. Yeah, you 360 00:24:40.240 --> 00:24:42.359 think Kevin puts that up on the podcast? Are you gonna put it up? 361 00:24:42.400 --> 00:24:48.200 Kevin, it's up. Oh, it happened, and I can check 362 00:24:48.200 --> 00:24:51.200 it out. It's gonna act like it didn't happen. We have some bathroom 363 00:24:51.240 --> 00:24:53.599 knowledge for you. People that didn't didn't get a chance to catch the opening 364 00:24:53.680 --> 00:24:57.000 of the show in a real morning Zoo bathroom talks for the first twenty minutes 365 00:24:57.000 --> 00:25:00.960 of the show. Yeah, so you miss that. You want to go 366 00:25:00.480 --> 00:25:03.079 check out the podcast, trust me, and you know what, I think 367 00:25:03.119 --> 00:25:07.759 it'll be applicable to a lot of people. Yes, sure, yes, 368 00:25:07.039 --> 00:25:11.480 it was unusual to start that way, but it's a topic that most people 369 00:25:11.519 --> 00:25:17.279 talk about. Yes, it's one of my all time favorite coaches. Frank 370 00:25:17.319 --> 00:25:21.079 Ganz used to tell us all the time, give me some information I can 371 00:25:21.200 --> 00:25:26.480 use, Good fella, information I can use. And that's information that people 372 00:25:26.559 --> 00:25:29.680 can use that we gave them. Fred, that's right. You know what. 373 00:25:29.799 --> 00:25:33.039 We're here for the kids, and we're here for the community, and 374 00:25:33.039 --> 00:25:37.119 that's what we do every day. We're like public servants, so we're here 375 00:25:37.119 --> 00:25:41.799 to help you and share things with you that will enhance your life. And 376 00:25:41.839 --> 00:25:44.880 that's what we did in the first segment, if you listen to the podcast, 377 00:25:45.279 --> 00:25:49.079 do not forget. How can you We're giving away Fountain Blue the hotel 378 00:25:49.119 --> 00:25:52.359 in Vegas. Oh you went French on me, You wit Fritz, Look 379 00:25:52.400 --> 00:26:00.640 at you? Thank you. That's right. We we between now and three, 380 00:26:02.920 --> 00:26:07.599 we're giving away Fountain Bier from the strip in Las Vegas. It's the 381 00:26:07.640 --> 00:26:10.720 Two Nights Day. It's what everybody wants. Only one person can have it, 382 00:26:10.960 --> 00:26:12.799 and that person could be you. So please stay with us for that. 383 00:26:14.759 --> 00:26:19.359 All right. So here's the problem. USC goes to the Big ten 384 00:26:21.200 --> 00:26:25.279 and it's gonna be tough in a Big ten. Now, Lincoln Riley and 385 00:26:25.359 --> 00:26:30.319 everybody at USC has one goal that is to win a national championship. So 386 00:26:30.359 --> 00:26:33.680 that means every game is precious and every game counts. So when you're playing 387 00:26:33.680 --> 00:26:37.240 a very difficult college schedule. I'm not saying the pack wasn't difficult, but 388 00:26:37.279 --> 00:26:41.319 it's not a Big ten. When you're playing a Big ten schedule, you 389 00:26:41.400 --> 00:26:48.480 really get no weeks off, no little sisters of the poor. Every week 390 00:26:48.559 --> 00:26:53.119 is tough. So in your non conference games, many schools around the country 391 00:26:53.160 --> 00:26:56.799 you've heard of this, you know, you know, we'll just line up 392 00:26:56.839 --> 00:27:02.079 cream Puff Tech and we'll play them one week and one other week we'll play 393 00:27:02.119 --> 00:27:07.000 somebody else that you've never heard of. Alabama Junior South Lincoln, we'll put 394 00:27:07.079 --> 00:27:11.880 we'll put them in there and we'll run them over, and we won't put 395 00:27:11.920 --> 00:27:15.279 ourselves in a position to lose a game when we are looking at who's going 396 00:27:15.319 --> 00:27:19.079 to be in the national Championship. Yeah, I believe. I believe this 397 00:27:19.240 --> 00:27:23.720 year USC opens with l s U. Yes, in vas right, that's 398 00:27:23.759 --> 00:27:26.839 no, little sister. That is what we do. Though. You know, 399 00:27:26.960 --> 00:27:33.480 we never played I believe in a hundred years, played in like a 400 00:27:33.519 --> 00:27:37.400 cream puff like that. And the one time we did, we got them 401 00:27:37.440 --> 00:27:42.160 off the schedule. I think it was. You see, but we we've 402 00:27:42.160 --> 00:27:49.119 played LSU and Auburn and gone back to Ohio State and played uh, you 403 00:27:49.160 --> 00:27:52.759 know every year. You see though Alabama does it every year. They've they've 404 00:27:52.759 --> 00:27:56.200 got two or two teams at least one to two teams that they played that 405 00:27:56.400 --> 00:28:03.359 are Alabama State or or you know, Michigan plays Appalachian State. Remember they 406 00:28:03.400 --> 00:28:06.680 got beat by on one they did, matter of fact, yep. So 407 00:28:06.799 --> 00:28:10.440 they schedule those teams so you know, it's when you're entering the Big ten 408 00:28:10.480 --> 00:28:11.759 and I get it. You know, like you just said, Fred, 409 00:28:11.799 --> 00:28:15.079 it's gonna be murderer's row. Every team you play, it's gonna be difficult. 410 00:28:15.079 --> 00:28:18.640 Even you know, it's not just the teams at the top of Ohio 411 00:28:18.720 --> 00:28:22.880 State, in Michigan and Penn State. You gotta face Wisconsin, you gotta 412 00:28:22.880 --> 00:28:26.240 face Iowa. You know those those are gonna be tough matchups on a weekly 413 00:28:26.279 --> 00:28:30.400 basis. And you don't want to look up and you have a hiccup against 414 00:28:30.400 --> 00:28:33.000 the team that you probably should have beaten because you didn't get up for that 415 00:28:33.079 --> 00:28:37.680 game. So, I mean, I understand it, but that's just not 416 00:28:37.720 --> 00:28:41.599 who we've been. Okay, well maybe you should be that. Let to 417 00:28:41.680 --> 00:28:45.440 talk about eliminating Notre Dame too a little bit. I think they wanted to 418 00:28:45.480 --> 00:28:49.000 go to you know, only playing them every every couple of years instead of 419 00:28:49.119 --> 00:28:55.279 could you imagine that? I can't now that right? That is troubling to 420 00:28:55.319 --> 00:28:57.559 me. That's troubling. I didn't go to us, So you did boy 421 00:28:57.799 --> 00:29:03.319 to play Notre Dame like every couple of years because they're going to be too 422 00:29:03.400 --> 00:29:07.960 tough. What doesn't work, I don't think so either that doesn't work at 423 00:29:08.000 --> 00:29:14.519 all. That doesn't work. And again you know, it's obviously it's a 424 00:29:14.559 --> 00:29:18.039 new day in college football, and you got to plan for The thing is, 425 00:29:18.640 --> 00:29:22.799 now that se is moving to the Big ten, do you think they 426 00:29:22.920 --> 00:29:26.720 get in? Maybe Ucla for that matter, if they get it, ever 427 00:29:26.759 --> 00:29:30.480 get it going again with Washington and Oregon. Do they get a little bit 428 00:29:30.519 --> 00:29:37.720 more of a leeway now that the playoffs have expanded to be a team that 429 00:29:37.799 --> 00:29:42.880 has two losses or even maybe three losses sometimes because of the schedule, that 430 00:29:42.880 --> 00:29:48.359 they may be able to get in to these playoffs scenarios as opposed to when 431 00:29:48.359 --> 00:29:51.920 they were in the pack. If they lost to you know, Washington State 432 00:29:52.279 --> 00:29:56.839 and the other loss was to Arizona, might be a little bit more difficult 433 00:29:56.839 --> 00:29:59.400 for them to get in. All right, twelve teams make the playoffs? 434 00:29:59.480 --> 00:30:03.160 Right? How many go from the Big ten? Let's just try that sec 435 00:30:03.440 --> 00:30:08.400 How many Big twelve? How many? Yeah? I don't know if there's 436 00:30:08.400 --> 00:30:14.480 a guarantee number other than the conference championship, correct, But I'm just let's 437 00:30:14.519 --> 00:30:17.400 just go. There's six of them, say, six conferences, right, 438 00:30:17.440 --> 00:30:22.240 six of them go automatically. Okay, So that means you've got six more 439 00:30:22.240 --> 00:30:26.359 slots, right, yeah, Okay, So if you have six more slots. 440 00:30:26.480 --> 00:30:29.880 How many do you think the Big ten get? How many losses will 441 00:30:29.880 --> 00:30:33.160 there be? How many do the SEC get, the Big twelve get? 442 00:30:33.400 --> 00:30:37.759 How many? You only got six left? Now you think they're gonna take 443 00:30:37.759 --> 00:30:41.240 four from the Big ten, three from the Big ten. No, they're 444 00:30:41.240 --> 00:30:44.519 not gonna take four. They're not gonna take four. But you know, 445 00:30:44.559 --> 00:30:47.519 if they say, okay, the conference championship, we're gonna take the two 446 00:30:47.559 --> 00:30:52.640 teams that are playing in it, you're automatically going to to the playoffs if 447 00:30:52.680 --> 00:30:55.039 you're in the Big ten or you're in the SEC. And wait a minute, 448 00:30:55.079 --> 00:30:57.039 you said there are six conferences that have a guarantee. I think I 449 00:30:57.039 --> 00:30:59.799 think I don't know if it's six. Off the top of my head, 450 00:30:59.799 --> 00:31:03.440 I staying out there, I'm thinking, you know, Big ten, SEC, 451 00:31:03.480 --> 00:31:08.960 ACC, you got the Big twelve. Really that's it now? Because 452 00:31:10.039 --> 00:31:14.119 no more pat all right, so I don't know who else goes from major 453 00:31:14.160 --> 00:31:18.400 conferences. Okay, so let's argument to eight would be at large? Then 454 00:31:19.200 --> 00:31:23.240 well no, if you use your model, got four? Well oh yeah, 455 00:31:23.359 --> 00:31:26.240 yeah, okay, So if you use my model saying both teams that 456 00:31:26.319 --> 00:31:30.319 go to the conference championship get in, is that what you're saying, right, 457 00:31:30.359 --> 00:31:34.839 there's eight, you got four left. Right, USC's just got to 458 00:31:34.839 --> 00:31:41.039 be better than the other into Big ten. If you third into Big ten 459 00:31:41.079 --> 00:31:45.319 and your record was, you know, ten and two, but yet you 460 00:31:45.319 --> 00:31:47.720 didn't make it to the conference championship, you still got a chance to get 461 00:31:47.720 --> 00:31:52.200 in. I agree with that. So now that it becomes this and just 462 00:31:52.400 --> 00:31:55.480 let's be realists, the USC got to be ten and two this year. 463 00:31:56.920 --> 00:32:04.200 Yes, No, I said let's be realist. I didn't say let's let's 464 00:32:04.200 --> 00:32:07.400 hope against hope. I said, let's be realist. I'm about this. 465 00:32:07.440 --> 00:32:12.200 I'll tell you after we beat Lsu. Okay, that's fair. Yeah, 466 00:32:12.240 --> 00:32:14.759 I'll tell you after we beat Lsu. All right, So there's a chance 467 00:32:14.759 --> 00:32:17.440 you'll never tell me blow them out. If we blow them out, it 468 00:32:17.480 --> 00:32:21.160 says one thing. If we barely beat him, it says one another thing. 469 00:32:21.240 --> 00:32:24.039 So i'll tell you after we beat Lsu. Okay. So again, 470 00:32:24.599 --> 00:32:29.640 if somehow USC happens to lose that game, I guess you won't tell me 471 00:32:29.680 --> 00:32:34.759 anything about the Trojans because you're only telling me after you beat them. Yes, 472 00:32:36.119 --> 00:32:39.240 which means i'll tell you how can we beat them? Right? Buying 473 00:32:39.319 --> 00:32:44.759 that? Hey, if you're selling if you're selling it, you want me 474 00:32:44.799 --> 00:32:47.599 to buy it? Sitting right here, sir, I'll buy it. Whatever 475 00:32:49.319 --> 00:32:52.880 this goes into vapor anyway, So just whatever. But here's the funny thing. 476 00:32:53.799 --> 00:32:58.119 I won't forget you said that. I know you won't. I know 477 00:32:58.240 --> 00:33:01.559 you won't. I know you won't. Oh no, you'll be texting me 478 00:33:01.640 --> 00:33:05.920 right from I'll be in Vegas. You'll be texting me that night talking about, 479 00:33:05.960 --> 00:33:07.400 Hey, okay, what do you got? Yeah, what do you 480 00:33:07.400 --> 00:33:12.839 think I will? I definitely will. Uh? You know what we should 481 00:33:12.839 --> 00:33:15.799 do? Why don't we do this now? Why don't we play a little? 482 00:33:15.880 --> 00:33:17.960 Uh? What should we play? Know your lateness? Play a little 483 00:33:19.000 --> 00:33:21.799 know your squad right now, one o'clock hour? Oh your squad? Why 484 00:33:21.839 --> 00:33:24.640 not? Let's let's do that right now, come on call, let's call 485 00:33:24.720 --> 00:33:29.000 in. Give me some give me some work on a Friday. No, 486 00:33:29.279 --> 00:33:38.359 no, no, no, And let's do this. Let's do this right 487 00:33:38.400 --> 00:33:50.480 after the break. Let's do it right after the break. Uh, that's 488 00:33:50.559 --> 00:33:54.000 right. That was the tease for Know your Squad? Oh it was yeah, 489 00:33:54.000 --> 00:34:00.319 a six nine, seven seventy first caller. We hope Ronnie's capable picking 490 00:34:00.359 --> 00:34:02.000 you up and putting you on the air. And if he is, don't 491 00:34:02.039 --> 00:34:06.160 count on it. Fred, I understand the way today's gone. Anything can 492 00:34:06.200 --> 00:34:10.480 happen. It's Friday. I don't understand what happened. No one does anyway, 493 00:34:10.679 --> 00:34:14.880 Uhlan, whoever calls, we're gonna put you on. You're gonna play 494 00:34:14.920 --> 00:34:23.920 Rodney and Ronnie next come on. Oh yeah, coming back to your breakdancing 495 00:34:24.000 --> 00:34:30.719 days. Huh Ronnie, Yeah, get that cardboard down and do your spin 496 00:34:30.840 --> 00:34:37.639 move Rodney Pete, Fred Rogan on a Friday, we don't care Friday. 497 00:34:37.360 --> 00:34:45.800 That's apparent very much. So that's abundantly obvious today. Yeah, because I'm 498 00:34:45.800 --> 00:34:49.280 asking the question right now, what are we doing? What are we doing? 499 00:34:50.559 --> 00:34:58.119 We're gonna play a little uh play little know your lakers? Okay? 500 00:34:59.199 --> 00:35:05.679 All right? Man in Diamond Bar? Are you there? Mac? Are 501 00:35:05.679 --> 00:35:08.400 you there? All right? Here for it? How you doing? Man? 502 00:35:08.760 --> 00:35:12.519 Came back? Can you hear me? Yeah? We got you now? 503 00:35:15.679 --> 00:35:21.360 All good with you today? Doing good? Never long? There he 504 00:35:21.480 --> 00:35:24.119 is all right there he is talking about let's go, baby, Mac. 505 00:35:24.159 --> 00:35:27.400 We're gonna play. No your Lakers. I give you a question in five 506 00:35:27.519 --> 00:35:30.519 choices. Answer before I give you all five choices, you're locked out. 507 00:35:30.559 --> 00:35:32.519 You have a challenge. Use your challenge. It's upheld. You will retain 508 00:35:32.559 --> 00:35:37.280 your challenge. Use your challenge. It's denied, you will be locked out 509 00:35:37.320 --> 00:35:42.320 of the next question. You got it? Got it? Ronnie? You 510 00:35:42.320 --> 00:35:45.440 ready to fire this up? Happy Friday, Rogan and Rodney. I am 511 00:35:45.599 --> 00:35:47.840 ready to have fired up. Let's go. Good luck to all. Which 512 00:35:47.880 --> 00:35:52.679 of these players holds the record for highest three point field goal percentage and a 513 00:35:52.719 --> 00:35:57.760 single season of forty four percent? Anthony Peeler, Vladimir rod Monovic, Steve 514 00:35:57.800 --> 00:36:01.320 Blake, Sasha will you chich Sasha Baron Cohen, Vladimir red Monovitch. That 515 00:36:01.639 --> 00:36:08.760 is rad Okay, it is not Steve Blake. Try Mac. The answer 516 00:36:08.960 --> 00:36:16.440 was Vladimir red Monovitch. Ronnie, well done, seriously, thank you. 517 00:36:16.559 --> 00:36:21.400 I mean that I'm not exaggerature. Yeah, I know, I'm impressed. 518 00:36:21.679 --> 00:36:22.760 No, you don't care. It's Friday. I don't care. Okay. 519 00:36:23.280 --> 00:36:28.239 Lakers lost to the Pistons in five games in the two thousand and four NBA 520 00:36:28.360 --> 00:36:31.079 Finals. By the way, that is when my eyes burnt out of my 521 00:36:31.159 --> 00:36:37.559 head and I had stigmata. If anybody cares about me, but they lost? 522 00:36:37.880 --> 00:36:45.440 What Kevin? What is Kevin Mada? Where my eyes? Basically caught 523 00:36:45.480 --> 00:36:47.239 on fire and were burning out of my head, and your palms were bleeding 524 00:36:47.239 --> 00:36:51.599 profusely. Yeah, and that's when they gave me morphine. And I saw 525 00:36:51.679 --> 00:36:55.719 like tigers with human heads eating people when I was on morphine, and I 526 00:36:55.760 --> 00:36:59.400 said, stop giving me morphine. Are you sure that was morphine? Fred? 527 00:36:59.400 --> 00:37:08.199 And not ellis not mushrooms tigers eating their young. I just took it. 528 00:37:08.199 --> 00:37:12.239 It was very odd. Well Fred does do that? Doctor says you 529 00:37:12.280 --> 00:37:14.239 can take this? And French? Yeah, sure, why not? Yeah? 530 00:37:14.280 --> 00:37:16.559 Why not? Here you go? Oh no, I'm I'm mister barmore 531 00:37:17.039 --> 00:37:20.639 doing this door? Fred, Yeah, I'll go in that door. Okay, 532 00:37:21.280 --> 00:37:27.840 sure, film let me get lost in the bathroom. No, I 533 00:37:28.280 --> 00:37:30.719 look at it like that closet full of tain saws that's in there. What's 534 00:37:30.719 --> 00:37:34.639 going on? Fredie, Like you take your phone into that bathroom. Imagine 535 00:37:34.679 --> 00:37:37.480 you'd be banging on door help, right, I could. I wouldn't have 536 00:37:37.480 --> 00:37:39.159 been able to get out of the bathroom. See, I look at it 537 00:37:39.199 --> 00:37:42.960 like this, Rodney. Let's say you're on medication. I don't know if 538 00:37:42.960 --> 00:37:45.119 you are. You don't have to tell me. But for the purpose of 539 00:37:45.159 --> 00:37:49.199 the conversation, let's say you're taking some sort of medication, and I am 540 00:37:49.320 --> 00:37:51.960 very good. I don't know what it's for. It's none of my business, 541 00:37:52.000 --> 00:37:54.719 Yes I am, But you are taking it in and it's doing something 542 00:37:54.760 --> 00:37:58.639 for you. Fair. Fair, I don't even know what it is, 543 00:37:58.639 --> 00:38:00.320 but I'll take it because your take can get and I think it'll do something 544 00:38:00.360 --> 00:38:04.840 for me. That's the way it works with you. I'm big pharma for 545 00:38:04.960 --> 00:38:08.719 me. It's good for you, it's good for me. You're an antibiotic. 546 00:38:09.079 --> 00:38:13.119 It can't hurt you. Why shouldn't I take it. That's how marais 547 00:38:13.159 --> 00:38:17.679 ended up pregnant. Fred, See yeah, do that stuff. Maybe that's 548 00:38:17.719 --> 00:38:21.760 why good, Kevin. Maybe that's what it explains the size of your ankles 549 00:38:21.760 --> 00:38:25.239 here, Fred, get off my ankle. Your ankles blew up. Fred, 550 00:38:25.400 --> 00:38:30.239 get off my ankles, he said, Kevin Man. He said it 551 00:38:30.280 --> 00:38:34.480 worked for her, and go work for me. Now my ankles are pregnant. 552 00:38:35.960 --> 00:38:38.320 Let's go to the next question. Lord. Lakers lost to the Pistons 553 00:38:38.360 --> 00:38:42.679 in five games in the two thousand and four NBA Finals. Shaq and Kobe 554 00:38:42.760 --> 00:38:45.719 led the Lakers and scoring with an average of twenty six and twenty two points 555 00:38:45.760 --> 00:38:49.000 per game. Who was a Lakers third leading scorer in that series with an 556 00:38:49.000 --> 00:38:52.719 average of six points per game. Karl Malone, Gary Payton, Derek Fisher, 557 00:38:52.800 --> 00:38:59.239 Devin George or Wally George. Devin George. Yes, Rodney is okay, 558 00:38:59.360 --> 00:39:05.960 Jesus no for Mac, Rodney already said Derek Fisher. Okay, now, 559 00:39:06.800 --> 00:39:14.960 Mack, do you think you have a delay? No? Okay, 560 00:39:14.960 --> 00:39:17.119 good, okay, all right, No, we know, we know, 561 00:39:17.320 --> 00:39:21.519 but that was wrong. Here's the next one. Come on. Who holds 562 00:39:21.519 --> 00:39:23.599 a single season record for most seeals per game with an average of three point 563 00:39:23.599 --> 00:39:28.480 four? All right, Kobe Bryant, Magic Johnson, Norm Nixon, Eddie 564 00:39:28.559 --> 00:39:36.559 Jones or Rashita Jones Norman, Yes, Rodney j Right, right, o 565 00:39:36.719 --> 00:39:40.519 red O, Magic Johnson. All right, here's an next one. Lakers 566 00:39:40.559 --> 00:39:44.519 missed the playoffs in two thousand and five after Shock was traded to Miami. 567 00:39:44.800 --> 00:39:46.599 Kobe Bryant, the leading scorer that season with an average of twenty seven a 568 00:39:46.679 --> 00:39:52.559 game. Who was their second leading score that season? Lamar Odem, Chuckie 569 00:39:52.559 --> 00:39:55.639 Atkins, Chris Mim Karan Butler or Gerrod Butler, Lamarrodem, Chuckie Atkins, 570 00:39:55.800 --> 00:40:04.320 No, Chris Min Butler, Ron Butler, Rodney, No, it's not 571 00:40:04.480 --> 00:40:09.440 Lamar odim whoa no, Mac, It doesn't matter how many times you say, 572 00:40:09.519 --> 00:40:14.920 lamar owld him. It wasn't room wait wait, wait, wait, 573 00:40:14.960 --> 00:40:17.320 time out. I was stuck in the bathroom time out. That's not all 574 00:40:17.639 --> 00:40:21.639 I love it. Mag. He's a listener. He've been listening. That's 575 00:40:21.719 --> 00:40:24.599 my man. Way to go back. Man, that's a ripping my emotional 576 00:40:24.639 --> 00:40:29.679 fabric. Man, My God got him right between the eyes. I love 577 00:40:29.719 --> 00:40:35.199 it all right. Here's the next one. Magic Johnson, the Lakers career 578 00:40:35.320 --> 00:40:38.719 leader and assists with ten forty one, who was second in team history and 579 00:40:38.760 --> 00:40:43.679 assists was six Thy three hundred and six, Nord Nixon, Kobe Bryant, 580 00:40:43.760 --> 00:40:45.280 Jerry West, Gale good Richard B. F. Goodrick, Kobe Bryant, 581 00:40:45.360 --> 00:40:52.079 Correct, Rodney, I mean Ronnie. So this is it the final question. 582 00:40:52.599 --> 00:40:59.039 I already won. Well, not necessarily, damn it. But you 583 00:40:59.119 --> 00:41:04.840 can win, okay, you have you have three, Ronnie has two. 584 00:41:05.440 --> 00:41:08.239 Max can get on the board. Here if Mac gets it, Rodney wins. 585 00:41:08.239 --> 00:41:13.519 Simple, Come on, Matt, give me a celting who was the 586 00:41:13.599 --> 00:41:17.920 Lakers leading scorer, and Mike d'An Tony's on a full seat. Whatever he 587 00:41:19.039 --> 00:41:22.119 said, all right? Was that Mac? Yes, that was Ma, 588 00:41:22.639 --> 00:41:28.039 How delayed is Mac? How how much of a delay is he? On? 589 00:41:28.119 --> 00:41:30.599 I think Ma's messing with you, Fred, Mac, are you there? 590 00:41:35.880 --> 00:41:43.639 I'm here mag mag playing the game. Mac Macs messing with you. 591 00:41:43.679 --> 00:41:49.159 F should give him a prize, Fred, give him some Fred, Yeah, 592 00:41:49.360 --> 00:41:52.000 you know what you can. You can shake Ronnie's hand. That's all 593 00:41:52.000 --> 00:41:55.119 we got. No glossy, Fred, a black and white glossy. Come 594 00:41:55.119 --> 00:42:00.280 on, No, we don't have like, we don't have those glassy No, 595 00:42:01.679 --> 00:42:06.960 I bet you do. No, I don't board. He got him 596 00:42:06.960 --> 00:42:08.480 in his backpack? What are you talking about? First of all, Max 597 00:42:08.480 --> 00:42:12.559 said he already has a dartboard. Did you hear that? I did back? 598 00:42:12.719 --> 00:42:15.760 I don't think I didn't hear that. All right, here's a final 599 00:42:15.840 --> 00:42:19.679 question. Let's go, let's get done. Who is the Lakers leading scorer 600 00:42:19.679 --> 00:42:22.679 in Mike dan Tony's only full season as head coach in twenty thirteen twenty fourteen? 601 00:42:23.039 --> 00:42:27.920 Pagasol, Nick Young, Jody Meeks, Jordan Hill or Jordan spark Gasol 602 00:42:28.599 --> 00:42:36.119 Nick Young? Rodney has won the game. 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