WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.120 --> 00:00:03.319 Then we continue on Fred Rogan, Rodney Pete on a five to seventy LA 2 00:00:03.399 --> 00:00:06.559 Sports. Don't forget if you missed any of the show. Net Colletti was 3 00:00:06.599 --> 00:00:09.439 on during the noon hour. He was terrific. Download the app, the 4 00:00:09.439 --> 00:00:13.240 pre iHeart Radio App, and listen to the podcast. Kevin puts it up 5 00:00:13.240 --> 00:00:15.640 the minute we get off the air. You can miss You can check out 6 00:00:15.720 --> 00:00:18.800 anything that we did that you missed, and if you have the app, 7 00:00:18.800 --> 00:00:21.480 you can stream the show live wherever you go. We'll always be with you. 8 00:00:22.000 --> 00:00:25.559 Just get the pre iHeartRadio App. Okay. A couple of days off 9 00:00:25.559 --> 00:00:28.920 of the Salta Adam Austlin and we welcome home to the show. Adam. 10 00:00:28.920 --> 00:00:32.679 What's up? What's up? Guys? How we doing? Adam felt like 11 00:00:32.679 --> 00:00:35.759 it was got a little bit contentious there with that last game. Nobody was 12 00:00:35.759 --> 00:00:38.520 happy. You know, well, you got a bad official like Fred. 13 00:00:38.520 --> 00:00:41.280 That's what happened. Fred's up to his old trick, Adam. You know 14 00:00:41.320 --> 00:00:47.159 how that goes the Tim Donahey of game show hosts. There he is wait 15 00:00:47.200 --> 00:00:50.960 a minute to defend that point. If you didn't hear it, We did 16 00:00:51.000 --> 00:00:55.039 go to the tape several times and Kevin even you agreed that it sounded like 17 00:00:55.079 --> 00:00:59.479 Sam got in madness? He did? Am? I wrong? Yeah, 18 00:00:59.520 --> 00:01:00.560 but it's right point. Why did I have to get drug into this? 19 00:01:02.039 --> 00:01:04.400 Yeah? Because I couldn't make a decision. Well, he said, dude, 20 00:01:04.519 --> 00:01:07.799 you get a call him back up, Fred, say it with the 21 00:01:07.000 --> 00:01:11.359 chest. I said it with your flat ass chest, Adam, Adam, 22 00:01:14.319 --> 00:01:18.079 I wasn't sure who did it. Who did it? Well, I did 23 00:01:18.120 --> 00:01:21.400 it, but he did it too. No, that's not what happened. 24 00:01:21.400 --> 00:01:23.719 I wanted to make sure I admitted I you know, I thought it was 25 00:01:23.760 --> 00:01:26.040 Sam, but then it was close. So that's why we went back and 26 00:01:26.079 --> 00:01:30.159 listened to it like six times. But that was the contentious part of the 27 00:01:30.200 --> 00:01:34.400 contest. Adam, all right, fine, let's give a let's let's go 28 00:01:34.439 --> 00:01:41.920 with this grades Lakers and Clippers to this point in the season. Go jeez, 29 00:01:42.200 --> 00:01:46.680 I'll go with the Clippers getting an A plus on their report card, 30 00:01:46.719 --> 00:01:51.359 Fred, and the Lakers a sea minus at the moment. How about that? 31 00:01:51.480 --> 00:01:53.200 Is that fair and balanced for you? The Lakers are starting to turn 32 00:01:53.239 --> 00:01:57.280 things around. They won six of seven, but the Clippers I believe, 33 00:01:57.280 --> 00:02:00.760 have won thirty three of their last forty three games here, So do those 34 00:02:00.799 --> 00:02:04.280 grades work for you, Freddy, and you want to play the grade game. 35 00:02:04.920 --> 00:02:08.280 Uh, let's see what I gave the the Lakers a C. I 36 00:02:08.280 --> 00:02:12.520 think I gave them a SN went. Yeah, we're not that far apart. 37 00:02:12.520 --> 00:02:14.520 That's all right there. That's a little bit of the salt for the 38 00:02:14.520 --> 00:02:17.000 C minus. Yeah, And what did you give B? I gave him 39 00:02:17.000 --> 00:02:21.400 a B because I looked at it in totality, because I had to give 40 00:02:21.439 --> 00:02:23.960 in the N season tournament. I had to give him some love for that, 41 00:02:23.639 --> 00:02:27.560 So I gave him a B. And the run that they're on right 42 00:02:27.599 --> 00:02:30.400 now, this this latest run that they're on, so that picked them up. 43 00:02:30.400 --> 00:02:32.599 Otherwise they would have been a C or C plus. But you know, 44 00:02:34.479 --> 00:02:37.280 you know this stretch that they went on before the All Star Break. 45 00:02:37.319 --> 00:02:39.159 I had to give them some love for that. And I gave the Clippers 46 00:02:39.159 --> 00:02:44.800 a W. I give it clippers B plus. That's fair. They're still 47 00:02:44.840 --> 00:02:46.840 a room to grow. I don't hate that. Yeah, and that's what 48 00:02:46.960 --> 00:02:50.879 I gave the Clippers too. Would B plus you just cheat off of Rodney's 49 00:02:50.879 --> 00:02:53.599 papers? No? I did not. Pretty much, pretty much, Adam 50 00:02:53.680 --> 00:02:58.159 pretty much did. Hey hey, Adam, is it is it now? 51 00:02:58.479 --> 00:03:00.759 Uh that we've you know made it to the All Star Break and they are 52 00:03:00.879 --> 00:03:05.520 with it. It feels like they've settled in, meaning the Clippers. Is 53 00:03:05.560 --> 00:03:10.479 it a matter of them just now staying healthy and continuing to play, because 54 00:03:10.919 --> 00:03:16.599 I do believe that. It is to me clear that they are the best 55 00:03:16.599 --> 00:03:19.680 team in the league. You can say what you want people and say what 56 00:03:19.680 --> 00:03:23.159 they want about Boston whatever, Denver, whatever, but I think the Clippers 57 00:03:23.680 --> 00:03:27.319 are the best team in the league right now. Well, nobody's been hotter 58 00:03:27.400 --> 00:03:30.120 the last two and a half months now, and they do have the number 59 00:03:30.159 --> 00:03:34.919 one offense since November seventeenth, since they made that decision to bring Russell Westbrook 60 00:03:34.919 --> 00:03:38.080 off the bench, James Harden, the fit has been perfect. I thought 61 00:03:38.120 --> 00:03:40.360 it would be. I didn't know they'd start off zero to five with him, 62 00:03:40.599 --> 00:03:44.800 but I was never that concerned. I always felt like they'd be able 63 00:03:44.840 --> 00:03:47.080 to turn it around. And it comes down to coach lou putting guys in 64 00:03:47.120 --> 00:03:52.800 a position to succeed. He has done that. They're figuring out rotations and 65 00:03:52.840 --> 00:03:55.719 lineups. But I still think they have room to grow. They can still 66 00:03:55.719 --> 00:03:59.960 get better because as you mentioned, they can still build up more chemistry. 67 00:04:00.120 --> 00:04:02.400 You gotta be healthy to do that, but as long as health is on 68 00:04:02.439 --> 00:04:05.680 their side, of course, they can beat anyone. I don't know if 69 00:04:05.719 --> 00:04:09.759 they're the best team in the league. I don't know if there's that big 70 00:04:09.879 --> 00:04:13.479 of a difference between them and the Denver Nuggets when they're fully locked in, 71 00:04:13.800 --> 00:04:16.360 or the Boston Celtics. I don't think there's as much separation with the top 72 00:04:16.399 --> 00:04:20.000 four in the West versus the bottom four right now, or the Lakers being 73 00:04:20.040 --> 00:04:25.040 in ninth or tenth. I think the talent disparity isn't as large of a 74 00:04:25.079 --> 00:04:28.519 gap as some people believe it to be because when you got teams like the 75 00:04:28.600 --> 00:04:30.519 Dallas Mavericks, who I thought made some really good moves with the trade that 76 00:04:30.600 --> 00:04:34.959 deadline, the Lakers, the Sacramento Kings, the New Orleans Pelicans, those 77 00:04:34.959 --> 00:04:39.800 are six through ten I believe right now, and those are all tough first 78 00:04:39.879 --> 00:04:44.040 round opponents. So as good as the Clippers have been in a first round 79 00:04:44.079 --> 00:04:47.399 series against one of those squads, it could still go six or seven games. 80 00:04:47.439 --> 00:04:50.399 So they still have a lot of work to do, and I think, 81 00:04:50.560 --> 00:04:54.160 you know, seventeen games coming up in March could help with that, 82 00:04:54.480 --> 00:04:57.680 or it could wear them down right before the playoffs. But they're gonna get 83 00:04:57.680 --> 00:05:00.160 a lot of reps in as long as they are healthy. And it comes 84 00:05:00.160 --> 00:05:02.920 down to that with this team. We've known that for years. Kawhi Leonard 85 00:05:02.959 --> 00:05:05.920 missed the last game. We'll see what he does at the All Star break 86 00:05:05.959 --> 00:05:09.680 if he's able to play in that game on Sunday or not. But they 87 00:05:09.720 --> 00:05:14.040 need him back immediately because next Thursday they are taking on the OKC Thunder. 88 00:05:14.120 --> 00:05:16.040 So it's two of the top three teams in the West right now that are 89 00:05:16.040 --> 00:05:19.720 all separated by about a game and a half facing off. Anyway you look 90 00:05:19.759 --> 00:05:24.480 at it, the Clippers are fine. Now let's talk Lakers that Kevin, 91 00:05:25.120 --> 00:05:29.800 we need to add the promo for Bob Jesus. Well, that's true. 92 00:05:29.879 --> 00:05:32.959 I mean Fred really trying to ingratiate himself with the fanili Finally, now we 93 00:05:33.240 --> 00:05:36.319 just suppose that with when the Clippers lost five in a row at first, 94 00:05:36.319 --> 00:05:41.160 with what Fred was saying about them, you know what, I forgot what 95 00:05:41.160 --> 00:05:44.000 that was? All right, It's like you say, folks that were saying 96 00:05:44.079 --> 00:05:46.560 James Harden is the is the worst move the Clippers could have made. He's 97 00:05:46.600 --> 00:05:51.120 not gonna even come close to working. That wasn't me And people will run 98 00:05:51.160 --> 00:05:55.040 for cover now because of their players. So well, I didn't say that. 99 00:05:55.120 --> 00:05:58.480 Nobody said that. What we're talking about. There have been some all 100 00:05:58.639 --> 00:06:01.920 time U turns, asked and the furious like U turns on this Clippers team 101 00:06:01.959 --> 00:06:04.079 the last couple of months. And I think Fred's been a part of it. 102 00:06:04.120 --> 00:06:06.199 But we'll see. I know, I never said it was a bad 103 00:06:06.199 --> 00:06:10.439 move to bring James Harden. And if you both remember that correctly, now 104 00:06:10.480 --> 00:06:13.560 what I never said that. I said it was the right move, it 105 00:06:13.639 --> 00:06:16.199 was the only And then when they started zering five with him, what'd you 106 00:06:16.240 --> 00:06:18.839 say, Fred, I said, he's the system and everybody has to learn 107 00:06:18.879 --> 00:06:23.399 the system. M Is that right? Is that right? No? And 108 00:06:23.439 --> 00:06:26.759 if you remember, I said they're gonna be okay, and Rodney said why, 109 00:06:26.800 --> 00:06:28.920 I said, because I have to be. They have to be. 110 00:06:29.000 --> 00:06:31.439 There's no alternative. They have to win. How many times did I come 111 00:06:31.480 --> 00:06:35.519 on and all you said about James Harden was he just looks so big out 112 00:06:35.519 --> 00:06:38.800 there at him and win with him, win with him. No, I 113 00:06:38.839 --> 00:06:41.120 didn't say that. I did say he was out of shape in the beginning. 114 00:06:41.360 --> 00:06:43.839 I did, and he was so there all right. Oh, by 115 00:06:43.839 --> 00:06:46.720 the way, Tyler got fined UH for ragging on the officials and saying the 116 00:06:46.759 --> 00:06:49.360 game was fixed. We should point that out as well. We're happy to 117 00:06:49.399 --> 00:06:54.000 start the kickstarter Clipper Nation. I'll put him one hundred dollars right now because 118 00:06:54.040 --> 00:06:58.000 that was righteous anger from coach Liu, who they were calling coach Loup Panela. 119 00:06:58.480 --> 00:07:02.360 With how hot he got on the court side. He hasn't been kicked 120 00:07:02.360 --> 00:07:04.759 out of a game since I think he was a player back in two thousand 121 00:07:04.800 --> 00:07:08.120 and five when he got into a fight on the court. This is not 122 00:07:08.199 --> 00:07:12.120 what he does. So for him to get that upset to that degree, 123 00:07:12.519 --> 00:07:16.600 something went horribly wrong, and it was Draymond Green getting away with some ridiculous 124 00:07:16.639 --> 00:07:19.639 fouls out there, and coach Lou had enough. We stand with coach Lou. 125 00:07:19.959 --> 00:07:23.279 All right, let's go to the Lakers. Where do you see them 126 00:07:23.319 --> 00:07:27.079 finishing. I think they have a chance to get out of the plan in 127 00:07:27.360 --> 00:07:31.759 it's It's not gonna be easy, but if they have look this roster right 128 00:07:31.800 --> 00:07:36.519 now with the Lakers, you can make the argument on paper is better than 129 00:07:36.519 --> 00:07:42.120 they were last year going into the All Star break where they then turn things 130 00:07:42.160 --> 00:07:45.639 around. They made those moves of the trade deadline, they got hot. 131 00:07:45.720 --> 00:07:49.439 They were I think the second hottest team going into the playoffs. This team 132 00:07:49.519 --> 00:07:54.600 right now because of the way Delo is playing, because Ruy Hachi Mora is 133 00:07:54.639 --> 00:07:57.079 finally in the starting lineup, which should have happened a long time ago, 134 00:07:57.120 --> 00:08:01.480 but this different story for a different day, and because look, they're building 135 00:08:01.560 --> 00:08:05.000 up some of that continuity just by knowing the fact that these are the guys 136 00:08:05.040 --> 00:08:07.399 we have. Is the guy this is the roster we're going to war with. 137 00:08:07.519 --> 00:08:11.000 This is the team we're gonna have in the fox hole. The rest 138 00:08:11.000 --> 00:08:13.160 of the way, Lebron has accepted it and they're playing much better. They 139 00:08:13.160 --> 00:08:16.480 have won six of seven. They've been about a top five offense during that 140 00:08:16.560 --> 00:08:20.199 stretch. Their defense has still been good enough. Austin Reeves is shooting almost 141 00:08:20.240 --> 00:08:24.800 fifty percent from three over this hot stretch by the Lakers. He's starting to 142 00:08:24.800 --> 00:08:28.399 put things together again. I mentioned Ruy Hotching Moore and Spencer, didn't we 143 00:08:28.399 --> 00:08:31.360 he that's a great pickup for them. I told you guys last week it 144 00:08:31.399 --> 00:08:33.000 was gonna happen. I think Jason Smith was in that day and he said, 145 00:08:33.000 --> 00:08:35.279 no, he's going to the Dallas Mavericks instead. I was like, 146 00:08:35.480 --> 00:08:39.759 I think he's coming to the Lakers. That's a sweet Lou Williams type of 147 00:08:39.799 --> 00:08:43.080 player, somebody who gives you instant offense off the bench, who's also really 148 00:08:43.120 --> 00:08:46.799 good in the pick and roll. His advanced numbers in the pick and roll, 149 00:08:46.879 --> 00:08:48.360 even on a down year for him, were really good. You got 150 00:08:48.360 --> 00:08:52.080 a guy like that playing with Anthony Davis and even Jackson Hayes, who has 151 00:08:52.080 --> 00:08:56.480 had his moments over the last couple of weeks. That's big for them. 152 00:08:56.559 --> 00:08:58.320 That is a big shot in the arm and a big boost for a team 153 00:08:58.320 --> 00:09:01.919 that was already getting much better performances out of Dlo, Austin Reeves and Ruby 154 00:09:01.960 --> 00:09:07.759 hot Chimas. So it feels like they've gotten better internally by some of the 155 00:09:07.759 --> 00:09:11.960 guys that you expected to make that leap this season. With Ruey. Now, 156 00:09:11.200 --> 00:09:15.519 if he's turning things around and he just went for his career high of 157 00:09:15.559 --> 00:09:18.759 having thirty six points, that feels like a trade acquisition. They're using him 158 00:09:18.799 --> 00:09:22.879 the right way. Now, him in the starting lineup next to Austin Reeves, 159 00:09:22.960 --> 00:09:26.559 Delo, Lebron James, and Anthony Davis, they look formidable. That's 160 00:09:26.639 --> 00:09:30.840 tough, and they've gotten some gritty, tough wins lately. You look at 161 00:09:30.879 --> 00:09:33.120 the Boston game, that may have been the turnaround for this team. They 162 00:09:33.120 --> 00:09:37.519 had no business winning that ball game without their big two, and then they 163 00:09:37.559 --> 00:09:41.480 went in New York after that with them, they beat the Pelicans. Recently, 164 00:09:41.720 --> 00:09:46.039 they're getting quality wins along the way and showing what Lebron James has said. 165 00:09:46.120 --> 00:09:48.360 Look, we could lose to anybody, but we could also beat anybody 166 00:09:48.519 --> 00:09:52.840 any given night. That's what this Lakers team looks like. They're dangerous. 167 00:09:52.840 --> 00:09:54.279 You would not want to face them in a first round series. I don't 168 00:09:54.279 --> 00:10:00.120 care who you are. Yeah, I agree with you with Den Wittie. 169 00:10:00.399 --> 00:10:03.120 I think you're right. He's instant offense. He gives him a spark, 170 00:10:03.159 --> 00:10:07.519 he can create his own shot. I think it's a you know, I 171 00:10:07.679 --> 00:10:11.639 wouldn't say quietly, but I think it's a very very good pickup for the 172 00:10:11.720 --> 00:10:15.559 Lakers. Back to Clippers, I forgot to ask you about PJ. Tucker 173 00:10:15.639 --> 00:10:20.000 in that situation, Adam, what's the story there, Well, he's obviously 174 00:10:20.200 --> 00:10:24.559 a disgruntled player right now that got sent home along with Bones Highland because they 175 00:10:24.559 --> 00:10:26.600 couldn't get over the fact that they were not moved, they were not shipped 176 00:10:26.600 --> 00:10:31.039 out, they were not traded at the deadline when they obviously weren't getting reps, 177 00:10:31.080 --> 00:10:33.919 they weren't getting time on the court. And while Bones who was at 178 00:10:33.919 --> 00:10:37.759 one point in the starting lineup at the beginning of the season, once you 179 00:10:37.799 --> 00:10:41.240 get to James, once you get James Harden in there, obviously with him 180 00:10:41.440 --> 00:10:43.799 and Russell Westbrook, there just aren't minutes to be had at the point guard 181 00:10:43.799 --> 00:10:48.639 position. It's unfortunate for a young player like that who was developing, but 182 00:10:48.679 --> 00:10:52.759 they're trying to win a championship right now. As for PJ. Tucker, 183 00:10:52.159 --> 00:10:56.120 you know, he comes in and there's a reason the Clippers had to take 184 00:10:56.159 --> 00:11:00.960 on his salary, and he is a player alike, but he was included 185 00:11:01.000 --> 00:11:03.240 in the James Harden trade because Philly was trying to get his salary off the 186 00:11:03.279 --> 00:11:07.799 books so they can go big game hunting this offseason with Daryl Morey, they're 187 00:11:07.799 --> 00:11:11.639 gonna do that. So he's still making I think eleven million dollars next season. 188 00:11:11.720 --> 00:11:13.559 He's thirty eight years of age. The only guy older than him is 189 00:11:13.639 --> 00:11:18.720 Lebron James. He had opportunities when they first brought him in. He got 190 00:11:18.759 --> 00:11:22.000 playing time right away. The minutes weren't great. I still think he has 191 00:11:22.120 --> 00:11:28.399 utility on this team situationally against the right matchups. The Clippers are undersized. 192 00:11:28.440 --> 00:11:31.159 They could use him against a guy like Jokic, he has had a good 193 00:11:31.200 --> 00:11:33.559 history guarding him, believe it or not. They could use him against Zion 194 00:11:33.600 --> 00:11:37.399 Williamson in a seven game series, maybe Anthony Davis here and there, just 195 00:11:37.440 --> 00:11:41.799 spot minutes five to ten minutes. Because defensively it's still there for him. 196 00:11:41.840 --> 00:11:46.440 He's still physical. He keeps you from getting to your spots. But the 197 00:11:46.480 --> 00:11:50.240 problem is right now, I mean earlier today he instagrams something else out there, 198 00:11:52.399 --> 00:11:56.080 something like game plan number one, learn to fly number two, fly 199 00:11:56.200 --> 00:12:01.679 away. So I'm not sure he's getting the message yet that, hey, 200 00:12:01.840 --> 00:12:05.639 this is a situation where you're on a team that is on this good of 201 00:12:05.679 --> 00:12:09.360 a run. It's gonna be hard to get minutes. And the guys playing 202 00:12:09.399 --> 00:12:13.879 in front of him are younger and currently better and more serviceable. Right now, 203 00:12:15.000 --> 00:12:16.840 I still think there's a place for him. I still think he can 204 00:12:16.879 --> 00:12:20.879 help this team in a seven game series, but he has to buy in 205 00:12:20.279 --> 00:12:26.600 otherwise if he gets more contentious. And to his credit, he and Bones 206 00:12:26.639 --> 00:12:28.840 Highland have been great on the bench, cheering on their teammates. There's no 207 00:12:30.000 --> 00:12:33.440 quarrel between players on the team. I want to make that clear. It's 208 00:12:33.440 --> 00:12:37.759 between these guys and the coaching staff and management whether or not they get playing 209 00:12:37.799 --> 00:12:39.600 time. But none of them have said I should be starting over this guy, 210 00:12:39.639 --> 00:12:43.120 I should be playing over this guy. They are all being cheerleaders for 211 00:12:43.200 --> 00:12:46.559 their team. If that changes, then at some point you just got to 212 00:12:46.559 --> 00:12:50.240 send him home, because it's not like they're just gonna cut him and pay 213 00:12:50.240 --> 00:12:52.799 all that salary. I don't think that's gonna happen with PJ. Tucker. 214 00:12:52.039 --> 00:12:56.799 So I'm not sure why it's taken this long for a vet like him to 215 00:12:56.919 --> 00:13:01.639 understand where he's at in his career. A roder you can speak to this, 216 00:13:01.799 --> 00:13:05.200 but your basketball mortality, your sports mortality, it's hard for some guys 217 00:13:05.200 --> 00:13:07.639 to come to grips with that. And I think that's what we're seeing right 218 00:13:07.679 --> 00:13:11.960 now with PJ. Tucker. He's the second oldest player in the league. 219 00:13:11.039 --> 00:13:16.200 He's been on competitive teams the last couple of seasons. He's won a championship 220 00:13:16.240 --> 00:13:20.399 recently with the Milwaukee Bucks. He feels like he could still I think in 221 00:13:20.480 --> 00:13:22.240 his mind he could still be a starter, because that's what he was doing 222 00:13:22.320 --> 00:13:28.120 in Philadelphia. So I understand to a degree where he's coming from going from 223 00:13:28.159 --> 00:13:31.559 being a starter to getting no minutes whatsoever. That's a drastic shift, but 224 00:13:31.840 --> 00:13:35.279 it's what it is on this Clippers team, and you can't rock the boat 225 00:13:35.279 --> 00:13:41.600 when they're playing this damn well right now. So I hope eventually he understands, 226 00:13:41.639 --> 00:13:43.960 Look, I'm gonna be a good vet, I'm gonna help guys out, 227 00:13:43.320 --> 00:13:46.360 and when my number is called, I will be ready, stay ready, 228 00:13:46.399 --> 00:13:50.120 so you don't have to get ready. That's where PJ. Tucker needs 229 00:13:50.120 --> 00:13:54.120 to be. Seems kind of selfish what he's doing. Yeah, I understand 230 00:13:54.120 --> 00:13:58.080 that point. I am. I couldn't believe the Instagram earlier today because I 231 00:13:58.120 --> 00:14:01.480 just felt like, okay, they were sent home. It's a time to 232 00:14:01.559 --> 00:14:05.720 reflect, get mentally right. You got the All Star break here, and 233 00:14:05.799 --> 00:14:11.320 then come back with a new mindset next week. They got seventeen games coming 234 00:14:11.360 --> 00:14:13.919 up in March. I mentioned that earlier. There is a good chance they're 235 00:14:13.960 --> 00:14:18.320 gonna need both of them at some point in the month of March. When 236 00:14:18.320 --> 00:14:22.039 you're playing seventeen games in thirty one days, you can't ride the starters too 237 00:14:22.200 --> 00:14:28.000 much. You can't overplay guys right before the playoffs start in mid April, 238 00:14:28.200 --> 00:14:31.200 So they got to stay prepared, They got to have their head in the 239 00:14:31.240 --> 00:14:35.559 game. Still, to some degree, it's a little bit perplexing that they 240 00:14:35.639 --> 00:14:37.720 haven't been able to figure out that. Look, this team has been too 241 00:14:37.799 --> 00:14:41.720 good right now. It's not a reflection upon us. The team's just playing 242 00:14:41.759 --> 00:14:45.759 great. What can you do. There's a minutes crunch, there's a numbers 243 00:14:45.759 --> 00:14:48.519 crunch when it comes to get into the ball game right now. So I 244 00:14:48.159 --> 00:14:50.960 think at some point, Look, I've been talking about Clippers culture for a 245 00:14:50.960 --> 00:14:56.320 long time and how underrated it is because you haven't had a lot of toxic 246 00:14:56.399 --> 00:14:58.120 things going on in the locker room, a lot of drama or anything like 247 00:14:58.159 --> 00:15:01.840 that. And Paul George came out after their comeback win against the Golden State 248 00:15:01.879 --> 00:15:05.399 Warriors and said, hey, they handled it like man. We talked about 249 00:15:05.440 --> 00:15:09.679 it, and there's no issue between the players at all. They're all rooting 250 00:15:09.720 --> 00:15:13.039 for each other. That's the main thing right now. But coach Lou had 251 00:15:13.039 --> 00:15:15.919 to make it clear. Look, PJ. Tucker is seventy five years old. 252 00:15:15.919 --> 00:15:18.200 He's an older player in this league. He joked about it like that 253 00:15:18.480 --> 00:15:22.120 he could ride off into the sunset with the money he has come in the 254 00:15:22.120 --> 00:15:24.279 next couple of years. It's also, though, a good thing, when 255 00:15:24.360 --> 00:15:28.759 guys want to compete, when guys are still competitive, when they still have 256 00:15:28.759 --> 00:15:31.720 an edge to them. You just got to reel it in a little bit 257 00:15:31.840 --> 00:15:35.279 right now. And I'm hoping PJA gets the message here. All right, 258 00:15:35.279 --> 00:15:37.840 Adam, let's shift over to the All Star Game. I said earlier they 259 00:15:37.840 --> 00:15:41.879 should just cancel it, give everybody a couple of days off and get ready 260 00:15:41.879 --> 00:15:48.120 for the second hockey. I didn't. No, you mean stopping. It's 261 00:15:48.159 --> 00:15:50.720 for the kids, Fred, Say that again. Say that again, Adam, 262 00:15:50.840 --> 00:15:56.120 Say it again. It's for the children. Fred. It's awful. 263 00:15:56.600 --> 00:16:00.360 Your kids are probably twenty five now, they're adults. It's not the same 264 00:16:00.440 --> 00:16:04.519 thing when we were kids and we saw those funky uniforms and the David Stern 265 00:16:04.679 --> 00:16:10.399 jersey logos that were all cartoonish in the mid nineties. That's all marketing for 266 00:16:10.440 --> 00:16:14.559 the kids. I look, I understand the All Star Game. You know, 267 00:16:14.679 --> 00:16:18.000 I'm not in old head a guy who is shaking his fist at clouds. 268 00:16:18.000 --> 00:16:22.080 When it comes to the NBA, for the most part, it's never 269 00:16:22.120 --> 00:16:25.120 been there's never been more talent. There's never been more skill in the NBA 270 00:16:25.519 --> 00:16:29.039 Victor women Yama. It's the ninth or eighth wonder of the world. But 271 00:16:29.159 --> 00:16:32.720 the one thing that I do go after is how bad the All Star Game 272 00:16:32.759 --> 00:16:34.720 has gotten. We've probably gotten I want to say, about five good games 273 00:16:34.720 --> 00:16:38.200 the last twenty years, something like that. The last good one was in 274 00:16:38.279 --> 00:16:42.279 twenty twenty when they first made that rule change to the elum rule and the 275 00:16:42.399 --> 00:16:47.320 untimed clock in the fourth quarter. It worked. It worked one time. 276 00:16:47.720 --> 00:16:52.440 Since then, it hasn't. The playground schoolyard picking your own squad. That 277 00:16:52.480 --> 00:16:55.440 hasn't worked either. They're trying to make it more traditional again. They're going 278 00:16:55.480 --> 00:16:59.080 back East versus West, but they have to get back to just playing hard. 279 00:16:59.120 --> 00:17:03.440 Because my point is, even when you see all these crazy dunks, 280 00:17:03.559 --> 00:17:07.119 if they're not being defended in the All Star Game, it just doesn't mean 281 00:17:07.160 --> 00:17:11.640 as much. If there's no defense whatsoever being played. All these highlight plays, 282 00:17:11.400 --> 00:17:15.480 we've kind of already seen them before. It just feels like a scrimmage 283 00:17:15.519 --> 00:17:18.480 and less than that. At times, it's been somewhat embarrassing, and I 284 00:17:18.480 --> 00:17:22.960 think Adam Silver's trying to fix that. But you need a game that's competitive 285 00:17:22.960 --> 00:17:26.039 in the fourth quarter, because if it's close on the fourth guys will start 286 00:17:26.039 --> 00:17:30.039 to play hard. That is the key to this. But I don't hate 287 00:17:30.039 --> 00:17:33.200 the fact that, Look, Fred, I know who you're coming from. 288 00:17:33.279 --> 00:17:36.559 I don't think they should cancel it. It's still a celebration of the game 289 00:17:36.720 --> 00:17:38.039 over this weekend and I want to see the dunk contest. I want to 290 00:17:38.079 --> 00:17:42.119 see the three point contest Steph Curry going up against the WNBA player. That's 291 00:17:42.160 --> 00:17:45.319 going to be amazing. There are still things to like about it, but 292 00:17:45.440 --> 00:17:48.599 yeah, they need to make some tweeks. They need to figure it out, 293 00:17:48.640 --> 00:17:52.680 and guys have to give a damn period period real quick, Adam. 294 00:17:53.119 --> 00:17:57.880 Paul George is gonna get his extension. I believe so. I mean when 295 00:17:59.440 --> 00:18:03.559 because of the Kawhi Leonard gets his extension that night post game, he said 296 00:18:03.599 --> 00:18:07.559 something to the effect of, yeah, pretty much everyone's coming back. It 297 00:18:07.680 --> 00:18:12.160 sounded like part of that was he knew that they're going after James Harden, 298 00:18:12.160 --> 00:18:15.799 who's gonna be a free agent this summer, and they're gonna get the contract 299 00:18:15.839 --> 00:18:21.079 extension done with Paul George. Things could change, anything could happen. I'm 300 00:18:21.119 --> 00:18:23.599 surprised a little bit surprised it hasn't happened by now, But these things happen 301 00:18:23.640 --> 00:18:26.440 on their own time. Who knows, maybe it happens in the next couple 302 00:18:26.480 --> 00:18:30.200 of weeks, and they got to keep the two one three connection together. 303 00:18:30.440 --> 00:18:34.759 They've been too darn good this season. Obviously, they've been great whenever they're 304 00:18:34.799 --> 00:18:37.920 healthy. Guys, they've been winning at a seven hundred win percentage. Whenever 305 00:18:38.000 --> 00:18:41.359 those two are on the floor. It has worked when they're out there. 306 00:18:41.599 --> 00:18:45.319 It just hasn't because they've been missing so much time together. But overall this 307 00:18:45.359 --> 00:18:48.480 season, I think they've combined to miss just seven games so far. They've 308 00:18:48.480 --> 00:18:52.359 been available, they've been healthy. And I want to see Paul George, 309 00:18:52.359 --> 00:18:56.240 who grew up a Clippers fan. I know Kobe was his favorite player, 310 00:18:56.279 --> 00:18:59.519 but he also loved the Clippers. I want to see him retire a Clipper. 311 00:18:59.519 --> 00:19:02.799 I want to see him and Kawhi Leonard finished this thing, see it 312 00:19:02.839 --> 00:19:06.559 through, and hopefully with James Harden too, because they're opening into it home 313 00:19:06.720 --> 00:19:10.839 next season. You need stars there. Kawhi Leonard's already coming back. I'm 314 00:19:10.839 --> 00:19:14.400 sure part of the reason that he signed that contract extension was knowing that, 315 00:19:14.559 --> 00:19:17.440 yeah, the rest of the team is going to be very competitive with top 316 00:19:17.480 --> 00:19:22.000 line stars next to him, and Paul George should be included in that. 317 00:19:22.440 --> 00:19:26.240 Good job, Adam, appreciate you coming in. So we had a body 318 00:19:26.240 --> 00:19:29.680 of you today. Ready, what else is put you in the grinder? 319 00:19:29.720 --> 00:19:33.440 Baby? I still love you. I still love you. Yeah, two 320 00:19:33.519 --> 00:19:36.720 days ago, did you get the flowers from me? No? I didn't, 321 00:19:36.759 --> 00:19:38.200 but thanks. That's because I didn't send him exactly. All right, 322 00:19:38.920 --> 00:19:42.359 k Adam Uselin and Adam, thanks for hanging man. All right, there's 323 00:19:42.359 --> 00:19:47.119 an idea that will make baseball better. Now they're not going to do it, 324 00:19:47.160 --> 00:19:48.960 but there's an idea that will make baseball better. And we'll talk about 325 00:19:49.000 --> 00:19:59.319 that next Uh huh, that's right. It is Friday, and you know, 326 00:19:59.480 --> 00:20:04.000 as you can already tail on Fridays. We absolutely but don't care. 327 00:20:04.839 --> 00:20:08.880 No, we don't. Roddy p. Fred Brogan, come on. All 328 00:20:10.000 --> 00:20:12.400 right. So when we look at the landscape of baseball and the free Asians 329 00:20:12.400 --> 00:20:18.880 still available, there are a few big names available, Cody Bellinger, Blake 330 00:20:18.000 --> 00:20:23.039 Snell. I guess you could also say Matt Chapman is one that is still 331 00:20:23.039 --> 00:20:26.720 available at this time. And if you want to add to that list, 332 00:20:26.799 --> 00:20:30.839 Jordan Montgomery, the pitcher. They're all Scott Boris clients. Every one of 333 00:20:30.839 --> 00:20:34.799 them. It's a Scott Bors client. So now teams are underway, they 334 00:20:34.839 --> 00:20:40.119 are in camp, they are getting going, and these guys are still sitting 335 00:20:40.119 --> 00:20:42.440 out there looking for a job. We wondered how long it would take for 336 00:20:42.559 --> 00:20:48.960 them to sign. Was the market soft? But they're Scott Bors clients and 337 00:20:48.279 --> 00:20:52.000 Scott looks at it a certain way. He always wants to get the most 338 00:20:52.119 --> 00:20:56.640 value for his players that he can. So you say to yourself, well, 339 00:20:56.640 --> 00:21:00.240 in that and that's his job. You know. Two teams that don't 340 00:21:00.319 --> 00:21:04.359 really sign his guys to long term deals are the Dodgers and the Braves. 341 00:21:07.039 --> 00:21:11.319 They don't. Atlanta, for example, they would prefer to trade for a 342 00:21:11.359 --> 00:21:15.119 guy and sign them to an extension, not a free agent. Yeah. 343 00:21:15.119 --> 00:21:17.960 But is that a Scott Bors thing or is that an Atlanta Dodger thing? 344 00:21:18.000 --> 00:21:22.079 This is an Atlanta Dodger thing. Yeah, yeah, But we're throwing it 345 00:21:22.119 --> 00:21:23.960 out there like it's a Scott Boris. They don't want to sign Scott Boris 346 00:21:23.960 --> 00:21:27.519 clients to a long term deal. And that's just that's just not true. 347 00:21:29.000 --> 00:21:33.400 It is just the way the Dodgers and the Braves do business correct, correct, 348 00:21:33.440 --> 00:21:37.920 and the Dodgers obviously try to build from within. Now, they did 349 00:21:37.920 --> 00:21:41.440 sign Freddie Freeman, and they signed O'tani, and they signed Yamamoto and they 350 00:21:41.440 --> 00:21:45.519 traded for bets and then they extended him. But aside from that, it's 351 00:21:45.559 --> 00:21:49.119 not as if they are always throwing gobs of money people on the free agent 352 00:21:49.160 --> 00:21:52.799 market for long term deals. Well, that's what Boris wants, and that's 353 00:21:52.839 --> 00:21:57.240 why I think you don't see a lot of his free agent clients end up 354 00:21:57.480 --> 00:22:00.880 with the Dodgers and the Braves. Yes, the Dodgers took a run at 355 00:22:00.920 --> 00:22:06.480 Garrett Cole and offered him a lot of money. Yankees offered him a bit 356 00:22:06.640 --> 00:22:10.559 more, and it looks like now Cole will opt out and then resign with 357 00:22:10.599 --> 00:22:15.960 the Yankees, so he'll get a little more over there. But that led 358 00:22:15.000 --> 00:22:19.440 the commissioner Rob Manfred and he was asked about it and he said it before, 359 00:22:19.759 --> 00:22:25.519 so it's not new. He would like a deadline for free agent signing, 360 00:22:26.319 --> 00:22:30.240 preferably in December. So everything is heating up at the winter meetings. 361 00:22:30.960 --> 00:22:33.319 People have things to talk about. As we break the meetings, we go 362 00:22:33.440 --> 00:22:37.279 to camp in February and off and running we go and everybody is signed. 363 00:22:37.920 --> 00:22:41.160 He'd like that. They've talked to the players' Association about it in the past, 364 00:22:41.200 --> 00:22:45.079 and the players Association is not in favor of that. He said it 365 00:22:45.119 --> 00:22:51.880 will be revisited. But Scott Bores doesn't like it either, and his position 366 00:22:52.079 --> 00:22:57.039 is it's not about a deadline. It's about what a player is worth. 367 00:22:57.799 --> 00:23:02.079 And if there is a deadline, and then that's it, you gotta squeeze 368 00:23:02.119 --> 00:23:04.640 it in. He's more on the side of, well, what's the player 369 00:23:04.680 --> 00:23:08.119 worth, and we'll get to that point. Rodney, do you think MLB 370 00:23:08.240 --> 00:23:12.279 should have a deadline for free agent signings? No, because it's certainly in 371 00:23:12.359 --> 00:23:17.279 the club's favor, it's not in the players favor. It's not in the 372 00:23:17.319 --> 00:23:22.000 player's best interest. So I'm with the players Association. Scott Boris, that 373 00:23:22.200 --> 00:23:25.200 is not a good deal for the players. Certainly, it is a good 374 00:23:25.200 --> 00:23:29.680 deal for the clubs because they can put a deadline on it. Squeeze the 375 00:23:29.720 --> 00:23:33.640 players that you better signed by December thirty first, otherwise you're not gonna have 376 00:23:33.680 --> 00:23:37.079 a deal, or any kind of deal you might get. It's not even 377 00:23:37.119 --> 00:23:40.960 gonna be close to what you're asking for. So it's a bad deal for 378 00:23:41.000 --> 00:23:44.559 the players. I'm with him, Okay, bad deal for the players. 379 00:23:45.039 --> 00:23:48.160 But from a fan perspective, I don't know. I think i'd like to 380 00:23:48.200 --> 00:23:52.200 see everybody signed by a certain point get excited about the season. I'm sure 381 00:23:52.200 --> 00:23:56.599 you would. I'm sure you would like everybody to play for the same amount 382 00:23:56.599 --> 00:24:00.200 of money. I bet you would like this. See that. You know, 383 00:24:00.319 --> 00:24:03.680 every team has a chance to win the World Series every single year, 384 00:24:04.319 --> 00:24:08.559 and let's give some team to, you know, some extra wins if they 385 00:24:08.559 --> 00:24:14.720 fall behind during the regular season before the All Star break. Let's just add 386 00:24:14.759 --> 00:24:18.079 ten more wins to certain teams that are below five hundred so they could be 387 00:24:18.119 --> 00:24:21.759 competitive in the second half of the season. Yeah, let's do that. 388 00:24:22.559 --> 00:24:26.880 Let's do that. Let's let Jimmy play too. Let's make it so every 389 00:24:26.880 --> 00:24:30.279 player has to play two innings like it is in Little league baseball. What 390 00:24:30.319 --> 00:24:33.400 are we talking about? What are we talking about? For this? Oh? 391 00:24:33.440 --> 00:24:37.200 What I'm talking about is basically one of the show places for baseball to 392 00:24:37.240 --> 00:24:41.839 winter meetings, and that's where you pretty much get excited for the upcoming year. 393 00:24:41.440 --> 00:24:45.319 And when nothing really happens at the winter meetings, it doesn't generate the 394 00:24:45.400 --> 00:24:49.319 kind of interest. Let's say the NFL does if everybody had to be signed 395 00:24:49.359 --> 00:24:53.559 at a certain point, I think it would create a flory of activity. 396 00:24:53.599 --> 00:24:57.279 I think it would generate a lot of interest and people would get pretty excited. 397 00:24:57.640 --> 00:25:02.039 The ownership would sit on there hands until the deadline. You better sign 398 00:25:02.039 --> 00:25:07.440 it or else it would It may work for a couple of players here and 399 00:25:07.480 --> 00:25:10.359 there, a few players, but for the most part, the ownerships are 400 00:25:10.359 --> 00:25:15.039 gonna sit there going, okay, December twenty eighth, this is what we're 401 00:25:15.039 --> 00:25:21.640 offering December twenty ninth, take it or leave it. Okay, deadline's coming 402 00:25:21.680 --> 00:25:26.519 around, And as a player, you're sitting there going, dang now, 403 00:25:26.559 --> 00:25:30.839 and now I'm forced to sign because there's a deadline, you know. So 404 00:25:30.960 --> 00:25:37.680 I don't agree with it at all. Well, I think it's interesting because 405 00:25:37.720 --> 00:25:41.799 things happen during the course of even happened during the course of spring training. 406 00:25:41.839 --> 00:25:45.400 Guys get hurt, the team makeup may not be what you thought it was 407 00:25:45.440 --> 00:25:49.400 going to be, or a team may struggle to start the season. All 408 00:25:49.440 --> 00:25:53.519 of a sudden, you know your value if you're a pitcher, or you 409 00:25:53.599 --> 00:25:59.920 happen to be and right hitting, right hand hitting outfielder, that a team 410 00:26:00.079 --> 00:26:06.000 absolutely needs you because five guys got hurt or in spring training on your team. 411 00:26:07.680 --> 00:26:11.079 Oh yeah, but the deadline was December thirty. First. Nah, 412 00:26:12.119 --> 00:26:15.119 Well, I think if there was a deadline, though, it would prevent 413 00:26:15.160 --> 00:26:22.039 what we're seeing now, which is where really, aside from Yamamoto and Otani, 414 00:26:22.720 --> 00:26:26.640 who are the biggest names in the free agent market, is Blake Snell 415 00:26:26.640 --> 00:26:33.039 and Bellinger. I think it would prevent this two guys. Two guys. 416 00:26:36.720 --> 00:26:41.160 Yeah, granted it wasn't a huge class to begin with, but two guys, 417 00:26:41.279 --> 00:26:45.440 but they are the story. You still don't know where they're gonna go 418 00:26:45.640 --> 00:26:48.960 change change the rules for two guys. No, I think it would change 419 00:26:48.000 --> 00:26:52.960 for everybody. No, I'm saying because you just do have Blake Snell and 420 00:26:52.960 --> 00:26:56.799 Cody Bellinger. They haven't signed yet, so we got to change the rules. 421 00:26:56.680 --> 00:27:00.839 Not. What I'm saying is those two are the story, and I 422 00:27:00.920 --> 00:27:07.559 think I basically think that the opportunity to trumpet that story was missed because they're 423 00:27:07.640 --> 00:27:11.759 still out there. They're still out there, and I'm curious to see when 424 00:27:11.759 --> 00:27:15.240 they're going to sign. Now. I mean, there was a thought it 425 00:27:15.359 --> 00:27:18.839 was do you think they will sign? But honest to god, I have 426 00:27:18.839 --> 00:27:22.319 no idea if they'll sign before the start of the season now, But do 427 00:27:22.359 --> 00:27:26.000 you think it will sign eventually? Yeah, because that's how they get paid. 428 00:27:26.240 --> 00:27:30.279 Yeah, I do. That's how they make a living. So I 429 00:27:30.279 --> 00:27:34.839 think they'll sign. But there you go, instead of being forced to sign 430 00:27:34.920 --> 00:27:40.039 in December. True, but that doesn't help the game a lot. It 431 00:27:40.039 --> 00:27:45.480 helps them agree to go to somewhere where they don't want to really go. 432 00:27:47.279 --> 00:27:52.960 So yeah, how does it? Yeah? So we are we player side, 433 00:27:52.960 --> 00:27:56.640 you know, from a fan standpoint, what about the player that wants 434 00:27:56.680 --> 00:27:59.599 to get the best deal possible for himself? I know, But at what 435 00:27:59.680 --> 00:28:03.319 point does that occur? That's what I'm saying. I mean, what is 436 00:28:03.319 --> 00:28:10.599 it No one's offering anything they like, or it occurs when it occurs. 437 00:28:11.559 --> 00:28:15.680 You know, Like I said, the ownership can sit on their hands and 438 00:28:15.680 --> 00:28:19.160 and not really do anything and force the guy to sign right now. They 439 00:28:19.279 --> 00:28:25.000 can't because Cody doesn't have to do anything right now. Either's Blake Snell, 440 00:28:26.480 --> 00:28:30.720 Well, Scott Boris is the best in the business. But I think it's 441 00:28:30.759 --> 00:28:33.359 a bit of a disservice not to have these guys somewhere. I mean, 442 00:28:33.400 --> 00:28:37.319 not to them, but to the game. At this point, fans get 443 00:28:37.319 --> 00:28:42.039 excited. That's part of it as well. So I'm just surprised. I 444 00:28:42.079 --> 00:28:45.079 mean, how much better of a deal can they get out to fans. 445 00:28:45.759 --> 00:28:48.079 I don't know what's the deal they've been offered, fright, I don't know. 446 00:28:48.160 --> 00:28:52.480 But obviously he's not good enough obviously, so that's why they haven't signed. 447 00:28:55.680 --> 00:28:57.480 So who are we to sit there and negotiate for them and say, 448 00:28:57.519 --> 00:29:03.720 oh, you should take this. That's not our business. And and how 449 00:29:03.799 --> 00:29:07.039 is it hurting the game that two guys aren't signed? I don't understand that. 450 00:29:07.279 --> 00:29:11.079 Well. I think because those two guys will help sell tickets, generate 451 00:29:11.079 --> 00:29:15.480 a lot of interest in the markets they go to. I think people in 452 00:29:15.559 --> 00:29:18.880 Chicago would be very excited to have Cody back. I'm sure they would. 453 00:29:18.160 --> 00:29:23.559 Cody's not going back for what he doesn't believe is he's worth, and he 454 00:29:23.599 --> 00:29:30.160 shouldn't me almost saying that he should go back just for sake of going back, 455 00:29:30.799 --> 00:29:33.359 because the fans want him back, so he could just he should just 456 00:29:33.440 --> 00:29:36.440 sign a deal. Well, what if he never gets what he wants? 457 00:29:36.799 --> 00:29:41.799 Does he just set out the season now? They eventually will come a time 458 00:29:41.839 --> 00:29:45.240 where he signs a deal, and it may not be the deal that he 459 00:29:45.359 --> 00:29:51.519 wants. But is now the time to give in to that? Apparently not, 460 00:29:52.720 --> 00:29:56.640 and May is at the time. Maybe it will be April, maybe 461 00:29:56.680 --> 00:29:59.279 it will be, But right now it's not the time to do that, 462 00:29:59.599 --> 00:30:02.880 and he s didn't be forced too. Today through Sunday, the PGA Tour 463 00:30:02.960 --> 00:30:06.200 returns to Los Angeles and greatness will be unleashed on the green. See tournament 464 00:30:06.240 --> 00:30:10.119 host Tiger Woods playing welcome in elite field to compete at the iconic Riviera Country 465 00:30:10.119 --> 00:30:12.920 Club. Tickets on sale now with Genesis Invitational dot com. Keep listening for 466 00:30:12.960 --> 00:30:18.319 your chance to win. Sold out tickets to Saturday and tickets for Sunday. 467 00:30:18.880 --> 00:30:22.160 Okay, when we come back to Kings won last night, but it's what 468 00:30:22.240 --> 00:30:26.279 happened during the game that we need to talk about. Oh, sorry, 469 00:30:26.359 --> 00:30:30.559 it was just a Friday. Had to let it roll, Fred, let's 470 00:30:30.599 --> 00:30:34.400 go. I want to mention this real quick. What do you do if 471 00:30:34.400 --> 00:30:40.640 you're the commissioner of a conference where there are only two teams in the conference? 472 00:30:41.519 --> 00:30:45.079 What happens if you're the commissioner of the PAC twelve and your conference has 473 00:30:45.119 --> 00:30:48.680 two teams? You know what happens? You're done. That's basically what happens, 474 00:30:48.119 --> 00:30:53.119 and George Klavikov is done as commissioner of the PAC twelve on February twenty 475 00:30:53.200 --> 00:30:57.359 ninth, that will be his final day. The only two schools remaining are 476 00:30:57.720 --> 00:31:03.799 Oregon State and Washington State. And you really don't need a commissioner for that 477 00:31:03.759 --> 00:31:08.400 because what are they in charge of? So he's done, and now I 478 00:31:08.440 --> 00:31:15.240 believe the PAC twelve has until twenty twenty six to satisfy NCAA regulations in essence 479 00:31:15.279 --> 00:31:19.920 becoming a conference again, or they will be decertified. And if that happens, 480 00:31:21.400 --> 00:31:25.480 it looks like Oregon State and Washington State will move on to the Mountain 481 00:31:25.519 --> 00:31:29.839 West Conference. And what will that mean for those schools? I think you 482 00:31:29.880 --> 00:31:33.079 looked it up. At one point, Kevin, I was thinking a reduction 483 00:31:33.240 --> 00:31:37.240 in rights fees, but it could be pretty close to what they got in 484 00:31:37.240 --> 00:31:40.200 the pack. It was a significant reduction, for sure, wasn't Yeah, 485 00:31:40.359 --> 00:31:44.200 pretty significant? So if if that happen, what are they doing now? 486 00:31:44.880 --> 00:31:48.839 The PAC twelve? The Oregon State in Washington State? All right? Now, 487 00:31:48.880 --> 00:31:52.440 they're still technically under the PAC twelve conference, and I know going into 488 00:31:52.480 --> 00:31:56.039 next year for football purposes, they have an alliance with the Mounta in the 489 00:31:56.039 --> 00:31:59.039 West, and they're going to place you know, scheduled games between all those 490 00:31:59.039 --> 00:32:02.720 schools. And in basketball they have an alliance as well. Are they're temporarily 491 00:32:02.759 --> 00:32:07.079 I believe they're temporarily for basketball going to join the WCC. I believe that's 492 00:32:07.119 --> 00:32:10.480 the case. Temporarily, they're still going to try to maintain the Pac twelve 493 00:32:10.519 --> 00:32:15.559 as a conference and bring schools in to keep the Pac twelve together eventually. 494 00:32:15.880 --> 00:32:21.960 Yeah, but what that does as they basically downgrade at this point and there's 495 00:32:22.039 --> 00:32:27.079 less revenue coming into them, it changes their athletic programs. But that's why 496 00:32:28.640 --> 00:32:31.440 Jonathan Smith left their their head coach from Oregon State, and they probably were 497 00:32:31.480 --> 00:32:36.359 relieved that he left because they couldn't afford to pay him. Yeah, and 498 00:32:36.480 --> 00:32:40.559 that's sad because he had built I was going to say that, yes, 499 00:32:42.240 --> 00:32:45.519 they were a good football team last year and building a good program, and 500 00:32:45.920 --> 00:32:51.079 to see this happen, it's just, man, it's so sad. Sad 501 00:32:51.160 --> 00:32:57.240 State I did back twelve get to this point. Well, they didn't see 502 00:32:57.240 --> 00:33:00.680 the future. Two people, Larry Scott and George Klaioffkoff. Yeah, they 503 00:33:00.680 --> 00:33:02.400 didn't. They didn't see the they didn't see the future. That's what happened. 504 00:33:02.680 --> 00:33:05.960 They were playing their own game. Everything was going on around them, 505 00:33:06.000 --> 00:33:07.440 and they were living in a bubble, and all of a sudden, the 506 00:33:07.440 --> 00:33:09.680 bubble burst. They looked around and went, oh my god, what happened? 507 00:33:10.119 --> 00:33:13.799 How did we get here? Well, that's exactly what do we do 508 00:33:13.920 --> 00:33:16.279 now? Oh yeah, it's yeah, terrible terror. All right. So 509 00:33:16.279 --> 00:33:22.200 the Kings beat lost in Buffalo the other night. They looked horrific. Last 510 00:33:22.240 --> 00:33:25.000 night, they come back and they beat New Jersey, which was great news. 511 00:33:25.400 --> 00:33:29.519 Now Victor Arvidson has just returned. He'd been hurt most of the year, 512 00:33:29.920 --> 00:33:32.960 so he's now playing again, and he gets into a little scrum with 513 00:33:34.079 --> 00:33:37.319 Jack Hughes, who was a star for the Devils in one of the faces 514 00:33:37.359 --> 00:33:40.039 of the league. Anyway, they get into a little scrum and they end 515 00:33:40.119 --> 00:33:44.559 up going to the penalty box, you know, And I understand trash talk. 516 00:33:44.640 --> 00:33:46.680 I get it, you know, because it's professional athletics, and we 517 00:33:46.759 --> 00:33:49.960 used to have seats by the penalty box, and trust me, you can 518 00:33:50.039 --> 00:33:53.759 hear everything. But what Hughes said, and you could readily see it on 519 00:33:53.799 --> 00:34:00.279 the video. His trash talk was basically, what are you doing? And 520 00:34:00.400 --> 00:34:05.920 people pay to watch me play. That's what I can't. You know, 521 00:34:06.039 --> 00:34:10.239 I don't have time for this. People pay to watch me play, so 522 00:34:10.360 --> 00:34:14.119 I can't be here. I mean, I just don't have time for your 523 00:34:14.119 --> 00:34:17.679 shenanigans. Now I'm sitting in a penalty box and that's not the goal here. 524 00:34:19.039 --> 00:34:21.519 I thought of all the trash talk, and maybe Rodney, you know 525 00:34:21.559 --> 00:34:24.000 you played, you've heard it all. I thought that that was pretty funny 526 00:34:24.199 --> 00:34:28.119 that you know, you could say anything. What are you an idiot? 527 00:34:28.320 --> 00:34:30.199 People are here to watch me. I can't be in a penalty box. 528 00:34:30.519 --> 00:34:34.039 What do you think of that? That was good. That's a good one. 529 00:34:34.880 --> 00:34:37.280 And they're not here to watch you. What are you doing putting us 530 00:34:37.280 --> 00:34:39.920 into penalty box and not nobody cares about you what they care about me? 531 00:34:42.719 --> 00:34:45.559 That is pretty good as hockey goes. That's pretty good. They don't normally 532 00:34:45.639 --> 00:34:50.119 look at hockey guys being trash talkers, but yeah, that was pretty good. 533 00:34:51.320 --> 00:34:55.280 In the NFL, did guys trash talk you as the quarterback? No? 534 00:34:55.719 --> 00:35:01.159 Never, not really, right, of course they did. Of course 535 00:35:01.199 --> 00:35:07.320 they did. Trash Tall goes on every play during the play, before the 536 00:35:07.400 --> 00:35:12.800 play, after the play. It is constant, whether it's defensive backs talking 537 00:35:12.800 --> 00:35:17.079 to receivers. Receivers talking to dbs, safeties and linebackers, running backs and 538 00:35:17.079 --> 00:35:22.280 tight ends, I mean offensive defensive linemen and everybody's talking to the QB. 539 00:35:22.920 --> 00:35:28.559 Yeah, of course it goes on, and it's it's continuous. It's continuous. 540 00:35:29.159 --> 00:35:30.639 So yeah, you deal with it. And some guys do it just 541 00:35:30.679 --> 00:35:35.880 to try to get up under your scan and get you distracted. But yeah, 542 00:35:35.920 --> 00:35:38.519 it definitely happens in all sports. Can you remember the best one you 543 00:35:38.559 --> 00:35:42.760 ever heard? Nah, not off the top of my head. I mean, 544 00:35:42.800 --> 00:35:46.199 it's just it. I mean, you know, guys again, they 545 00:35:46.400 --> 00:35:51.079 just try to get under your skin basically as much as they can. And 546 00:35:51.239 --> 00:35:55.800 most of the time it never got ninety nine percent of time it doesn't go 547 00:35:55.960 --> 00:36:00.960 personal personal, but there are a few times I think that it's gone personal. 548 00:36:00.000 --> 00:36:07.239 I do remember Shannon Sharpen and the late Derek Thomas got into it a 549 00:36:07.280 --> 00:36:12.960 few times, and one of them was really I think memorable because they really 550 00:36:13.000 --> 00:36:16.679 got into it, and Derek Thomas ended up getting a couple of fifteen yard 551 00:36:16.719 --> 00:36:22.719 penalties and then eventually got kicked out of the game, I believe, and 552 00:36:22.119 --> 00:36:29.599 I think it was over a mutual girlfriend that they both had and that's where 553 00:36:29.639 --> 00:36:34.639 it kind of got chippy and ugly that that was brought up during the game. 554 00:36:35.079 --> 00:36:38.840 Yes, yes, yes, that was brought up, and that happens. 555 00:36:39.119 --> 00:36:42.840 Yeah, I remember that. The girl that you're dating right now, 556 00:36:43.000 --> 00:36:52.880 I used to date and it wasn't that cordial friend. Next timeur Wick will 557 00:36:52.920 --> 00:36:57.960 be along with our spirituality, the high Coup and his musings. When we 558 00:36:58.039 --> 00:37:00.079 come back, it's NBA All Star weekend. Who's fire it up? We'll 559 00:37:00.159 --> 00:37:00.800 figure that out.