WEBVTT 1 00:00:12.160 --> 00:00:16.359 Get some facts and come back and seebe. Get some facts and come back 2 00:00:16.399 --> 00:00:20.679 and Seebee. Don't throw up salaries or other things. Get some facts and 3 00:00:20.719 --> 00:00:24.960 come back and Seebee. You can't handle the truth now told our players you 4 00:00:25.039 --> 00:00:27.760 need a bit more like a dog. We don't need a bunch of cats 5 00:00:27.760 --> 00:00:31.399 in here. Looking in the mirror, I look good. I got my 6 00:00:31.440 --> 00:00:35.280 extra bands on, I got my other shoes. Be a doll. We 7 00:00:35.320 --> 00:00:38.920 don't need no meals. We don't need no cats. We need more dolls. 8 00:00:39.240 --> 00:00:44.280 Why are not a detain Oh you're not at the day we weren't good. 9 00:00:44.280 --> 00:00:46.719 There's no sense of asking me things about the game. I'm telling you 10 00:00:46.799 --> 00:00:49.079 we laid an egg. So I'm not gonna break it down for you. 11 00:00:49.399 --> 00:00:54.159 He sucks. He sucked when he laid an egg. That's all I have 12 00:00:54.200 --> 00:00:56.280 to say. Guys, I'm sorry. I'm not going to break it down 13 00:00:56.320 --> 00:00:59.320 for you. Nothing went well for us. It's on us. We have 14 00:00:59.399 --> 00:01:03.480 to figure it out. We went. There are certain teams that need to 15 00:01:03.519 --> 00:01:07.680 figure it out before their season ends. In the postseason. Welcome to the 16 00:01:07.680 --> 00:01:12.680 final hour of Ex's Bros. Monday through Friday, six until nine across the 17 00:01:12.719 --> 00:01:17.640 Great State of Michigan. I'm Matt Sheppard. Ben is our producer. You 18 00:01:17.680 --> 00:01:21.760 can call him on the Meyer hotline eight six six eight three eight forty eight 19 00:01:22.079 --> 00:01:25.959 forty three. Speaking of Meyer, they've got some great deals coming up on 20 00:01:26.719 --> 00:01:30.439 BEEF. I need to tell you about that and we will. You can 21 00:01:30.439 --> 00:01:34.519 text us at sports Radio twenty one thousand. Tigers come back beat the Marlins 22 00:01:34.799 --> 00:01:37.879 in game one of their three games set six to five to the final. 23 00:01:38.439 --> 00:01:41.719 They were down five to three in the eighth. They scored three times in 24 00:01:41.799 --> 00:01:46.640 the eighth inning. Andy and Binya Is with an RBI single Spencer Torkolson hit 25 00:01:46.680 --> 00:01:49.920 a two out, two strike, two run homer that proved to be the 26 00:01:49.959 --> 00:01:57.480 difference. Not that he's figured it out, not that he's turned the corner, 27 00:01:57.280 --> 00:02:00.959 not that he's become a different player, but sometimes after you get the 28 00:02:01.000 --> 00:02:12.159 first one, home runs can at times come in bunches. Two homers total 29 00:02:12.560 --> 00:02:15.840 in the last two games is not bunches, but it's a good sign. 30 00:02:17.080 --> 00:02:23.400 Game two of that series is today NBA Boston BA Cleveland one O nine, 31 00:02:23.479 --> 00:02:27.000 one oh two. That means the Celtics are up three games to one. 32 00:02:27.039 --> 00:02:30.000 They are clearly the better team in the series thus far, and they are 33 00:02:30.039 --> 00:02:35.560 the more dominant team when Donovan Mitchell isn't playing. He was out with a 34 00:02:35.599 --> 00:02:40.439 calf injury yesterday so couldn't play. Cleveland was game man. Got to give 35 00:02:40.479 --> 00:02:44.840 him a ton of credit. But in the end, Jason Tatum thirty three, 36 00:02:45.120 --> 00:02:50.120 Jaylen Brown twenty seven too much for Boston. They should close it out. 37 00:02:50.759 --> 00:03:00.479 I believe Tomorrow is Game five in Boston, OKC even their series with 38 00:03:00.599 --> 00:03:05.240 Dallas. They beat the Mavericks one hundred to ninety six despite a triple double 39 00:03:05.280 --> 00:03:10.639 from Luka Dancic eighteen twelve and ten. Jay Gilgis Alexander who Shaquille O'Neil thought 40 00:03:10.719 --> 00:03:15.879 should have been named the MVP and told Nikola Jokic that, which is pretty 41 00:03:15.879 --> 00:03:21.599 interesting, and Jokis just stood there, Okay, yeah, I appreciate your 42 00:03:21.599 --> 00:03:24.599 opinion. I mean, fight back a little bit. But anyway. He 43 00:03:24.680 --> 00:03:30.360 had thirty four points, third straight game of thirty or more in the NHL. 44 00:03:32.439 --> 00:03:38.280 Carolina scored four times in the third second straight game they've staved off elimination. 45 00:03:39.240 --> 00:03:44.199 They beat the Rangers at Madison Square Garden four to one. The Rangers 46 00:03:44.280 --> 00:03:49.159 lead the series three games to two. Game six in Raleigh, North Carolina 47 00:03:49.280 --> 00:03:53.639 is Wednesday, night holme Ice. I've said it time and time again. 48 00:03:53.400 --> 00:03:57.759 It's not as big a deal as home court in basketball, I believe, 49 00:03:59.479 --> 00:04:04.960 or I think home field in football I would rank I would rank them that 50 00:04:05.039 --> 00:04:13.159 way. I might be surprised if I looked at which league provides the best 51 00:04:13.159 --> 00:04:16.600 home field slash court slash ice advantage. But that's how I see it. 52 00:04:17.040 --> 00:04:21.480 Dallas blows out Colorado five to one, goes to show you it was in 53 00:04:21.519 --> 00:04:27.720 Denver. Wyatt Johnston had a couple of goals, including a shorthanded tally. 54 00:04:28.319 --> 00:04:32.160 Stars lead the series three games to one. PGA Championship will tee it up 55 00:04:32.160 --> 00:04:36.879 in a couple of days. Looking forward to that. Scotty Scheffler is the 56 00:04:38.000 --> 00:04:43.120 favorite there, but you've got Brooks Koepka, who won his last tournament on 57 00:04:43.199 --> 00:04:48.920 the Live Tour. You've got Rory McElroy, who just won his fourth Wells 58 00:04:48.959 --> 00:04:55.600 Fargo Championship over the weekend. It's gonna be a fun tournament at the PGA. 59 00:04:55.600 --> 00:05:02.040 I'm looking forward to following that, Jared Goff signs or reportedly has signed 60 00:05:02.079 --> 00:05:06.519 the four year contract extension worth two hundred and twelve million dollars one hundred and 61 00:05:06.560 --> 00:05:12.920 seventy million guarantee fifty three million per year. He's the second highest paid quarterback 62 00:05:13.120 --> 00:05:16.720 per season. He's the highest paid Lion of all time. Tampa kind of 63 00:05:16.720 --> 00:05:21.360 follows Suit, not in the same realm of money, but four year deal 64 00:05:21.399 --> 00:05:27.480 with Antoine Winfield as an extension. The cornerback joins Baker Mayfield, Mike Evans, 65 00:05:27.560 --> 00:05:31.079 Levante David with extensions this offseason for Tampa, So a big deal for 66 00:05:31.160 --> 00:05:41.120 them. Plenty of discussion open for you regarding the extension for Jared Goff on 67 00:05:41.160 --> 00:05:43.920 the Meyer Hotline eight sixty six, eight three, eight forty eight forty three 68 00:05:44.160 --> 00:05:47.000 and the text line Sports Radio to twenty one thousand. It is open for 69 00:05:47.079 --> 00:05:50.680 you. Feel free. We've talked a lot about it, all right, 70 00:05:51.680 --> 00:05:59.720 and happy to discuss it more. But there's there's other news too. I'm 71 00:06:00.079 --> 00:06:02.639 to get into these mock drafts for the NBA. We've done it before for 72 00:06:03.000 --> 00:06:06.680 the NFL, and for good reason. With all due respect, I can't 73 00:06:06.720 --> 00:06:13.600 speak to how good Nicola Tapitch is, the kid from Serbia, the eighteen 74 00:06:13.639 --> 00:06:17.079 year old guard from Serbia. Sorry, I mean I watched Donovan Klingen for 75 00:06:17.439 --> 00:06:24.879 Yukon this year and he was really good and Castle for really good they could 76 00:06:24.920 --> 00:06:29.319 be in the conversation for the Pistons at number five, So could Dalton Connect 77 00:06:30.480 --> 00:06:35.240 the six six two and thirteen pounds senior out of Tennessee, would solve some 78 00:06:35.399 --> 00:06:41.720 issues. He was one of the best and most consistent scorers in the country 79 00:06:41.720 --> 00:06:45.279 this year. He's a first team All American. He averaged twenty two points 80 00:06:45.279 --> 00:06:50.519 per game. He shot close to forty percent from deep, and was incredible 81 00:06:51.399 --> 00:06:59.120 against Purdue in the Elite Eight when he scored thirty seven. I don't know 82 00:06:59.120 --> 00:07:09.759 if that translates to the NBA, but the Pistons don't have anybody like him 83 00:07:10.040 --> 00:07:15.160 from a college pedigree on their team, a guy who could shoot that well 84 00:07:15.199 --> 00:07:19.720 from that deep that consistently. Now, maybe they like Ron Holland, the 85 00:07:19.759 --> 00:07:27.680 guard out of the League Ignite. Maybe they like Zachary Roschascher from France. 86 00:07:28.480 --> 00:07:32.519 I can't speak. Maybe Reed Shepherd would be better. He's the really good 87 00:07:32.560 --> 00:07:39.639 looking three point shooter from Kentucky. He shot fifty two percent from deep. 88 00:07:39.680 --> 00:07:43.759 I mean, but he's he's slighter. He's six three, about one ninety 89 00:07:43.800 --> 00:07:49.720 I guess I think Connect at sixty six, two hundred and fifteen pounds is 90 00:07:50.680 --> 00:07:56.680 a little bit different in that regard, but you're going to see that coming 91 00:07:56.759 --> 00:08:03.480 out sometime soon. You're going to see more and more of the mock drafts 92 00:08:03.800 --> 00:08:07.040 and who the Pistons have their eye on. I said this yesterday, I'll 93 00:08:07.079 --> 00:08:13.399 say it again today. I'm not really disappointed that Detroit doesn't get the one 94 00:08:13.439 --> 00:08:18.079 overall pick, because if it's an Alexander Sar, I have no idea what 95 00:08:18.120 --> 00:08:22.879 they're missing yet. Victor Webbin Yama was a little different. Look at his 96 00:08:24.040 --> 00:08:28.720 numbers when he was playing overseas a year ago before he came to the Spurs. 97 00:08:28.120 --> 00:08:33.240 If you look at Alexander Sar, the numbers are not going to wow 98 00:08:33.279 --> 00:08:37.840 you. You're not thinking to yourself, holy crap. You got to do 99 00:08:37.879 --> 00:08:43.039 everything you possibly can to get this kid. He's tall, he's slight, 100 00:08:43.000 --> 00:08:48.919 very much like Victor Webbinyama in that regard rim, protector length, all that 101 00:08:48.960 --> 00:08:56.720 other stuff. His number's pale in comparison offensively, so I can't project how 102 00:08:56.759 --> 00:08:58.759 good he's going to be. And when there are people in the business who 103 00:08:58.840 --> 00:09:03.720 have a hard time projecting it, it tells me that it's legit that I 104 00:09:03.720 --> 00:09:09.399 don't have to worry about it either. But those are the things that are 105 00:09:09.399 --> 00:09:13.679 coming out oftentimes. Right now now, the schedule is not out for the 106 00:09:13.799 --> 00:09:18.840 NFL. I think it gets released tomorrow. We know who the Lion's opponents 107 00:09:18.879 --> 00:09:24.159 are, I just don't know in what order. Don't know exactly who they're 108 00:09:24.200 --> 00:09:26.440 going to play on Thanksgiving Day, but we do know the choices. We'll 109 00:09:26.440 --> 00:09:30.919 get to that when we come back. Meyer hotline is open eight six six 110 00:09:31.000 --> 00:09:33.399 eight three eight forty eight forty three. The text line is there for you 111 00:09:33.440 --> 00:09:37.480 too. Sports Radio to twenty one thousand. I'm Matt Shepard, Ben is 112 00:09:37.480 --> 00:09:41.840 our producer. Glad to have you on board on a Tuesday morning on Exis 113 00:09:41.879 --> 00:09:48.799 and Bros. Across the Great State of Michigan in the Dam. 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And we love talking with you about whatever is 156 00:13:18.120 --> 00:13:22.919 on your mind in the world of sports. Meyer hotline eight six six eight 157 00:13:24.000 --> 00:13:28.200 three eight forty eight forty three, or you can text sports Radio to twenty 158 00:13:28.200 --> 00:13:31.279 one thousand and join the conversation as well. Ben, I know we have 159 00:13:31.320 --> 00:13:33.879 someone waiting through the break. We appreciate their patience. Who is it, 160 00:13:35.000 --> 00:13:37.559 Yeah, it's Breton, Grand Rapids. Hey, Brett, thanks for joining 161 00:13:37.639 --> 00:13:41.799 us right there on WMAX ninety six point ONEFM. The game. How are 162 00:13:41.799 --> 00:13:46.639 you man? I'm doing fine, Chef. Hey, I got two questions, 163 00:13:46.679 --> 00:13:50.519 all right. One is kind of facatious and the other one I'm serious. 164 00:13:50.200 --> 00:13:54.200 Do you believe golf is worth fifty three million dollars? I mean, 165 00:13:54.240 --> 00:13:58.639 no players wort that money, but I mean he's messed up our team out 166 00:13:58.679 --> 00:14:01.519 for four years with us that balery, But my my real question I want 167 00:14:01.559 --> 00:14:05.279 to ask you is with the lack I know you want to fan the basketball 168 00:14:05.279 --> 00:14:09.240 talent in this draft because nobody does. But with the lack of talent, 169 00:14:09.279 --> 00:14:13.320 as everybody who knows what they're talking about says, what do you think about 170 00:14:13.399 --> 00:14:18.679 drafts? And Lebronni and half of Lebron come to us because he and all 171 00:14:18.759 --> 00:14:22.440 them kids how to be winners? Because whoever drafts Bron, he's getting Bron. 172 00:14:26.080 --> 00:14:28.799 Well, what do you think of that? All right, I'm going 173 00:14:28.840 --> 00:14:33.000 to be honest with you, Brett, totally honest. I hate it. 174 00:14:33.399 --> 00:14:37.679 You why because you don't think Lebron's a good player. You don't think Lebron 175 00:14:37.679 --> 00:14:41.399 would teach Kate and Ivy and all of them kids how to well, No, 176 00:14:41.480 --> 00:14:46.480 I think Lebron's a I think Lebron James is an unbelievable player. I 177 00:14:46.840 --> 00:14:50.240 don't know if we've ever seen anything like him. I think Jordan's the greatest, 178 00:14:50.240 --> 00:14:54.039 but I don't I've never seen anybody at his at his age do what 179 00:14:54.120 --> 00:14:56.600 he's done. I think he's he's a robot. For crying out loud, 180 00:14:56.639 --> 00:15:03.919 but you're talking about the fifth the overall pick, drafting a guy Broddy James, 181 00:15:05.320 --> 00:15:07.320 who in the media guy to us he was listed at six' five, 182 00:15:07.360 --> 00:15:11.240 he's measured at six point one, and people who went and saw his 183 00:15:11.360 --> 00:15:16.320 draft his draft Combine said he looked really good. But nobody thinks he's going 184 00:15:16.399 --> 00:15:20.039 to get drafted at all. Now the Lakers will probably take him at seventeen 185 00:15:20.120 --> 00:15:24.120 or whatever it is because they feel like they've got to keep Lebron James happy. 186 00:15:24.159 --> 00:15:28.360 That I ought to tell you something right there. If Lebron James needs 187 00:15:28.399 --> 00:15:33.639 his oldest son, who most people feel cannot play in the NBA, but 188 00:15:33.679 --> 00:15:37.080 you're gonna waste a first round draft pick on him just to keep him, 189 00:15:37.320 --> 00:15:41.480 I don't want that guy. Okay, Now, I got a question for 190 00:15:41.600 --> 00:15:48.360 a chef. What shows you that the Pistons have the ability to draft a 191 00:15:48.440 --> 00:15:54.440 first round pick that high that turned out to be a winner. They haven't 192 00:15:54.519 --> 00:15:58.200 done it for years. Do you think do you think Kate Cunningham? Do 193 00:15:58.399 --> 00:16:02.600 you think Kate Cunningham's a good player? Do you think he was worthy of 194 00:16:02.639 --> 00:16:06.279 the draft pick? Yes? Or no? Why not? No? I 195 00:16:06.320 --> 00:16:14.120 don't why not? Yeah, stay on the court. I think he could 196 00:16:14.120 --> 00:16:15.639 have played down the stretch. I don't. I don't blame him for all 197 00:16:15.679 --> 00:16:21.320 of that. I do believe that Kate Cunningham could have played more games down 198 00:16:21.360 --> 00:16:26.559 the stretch but didn't. That's my second half of my reason for bringing drafting 199 00:16:26.639 --> 00:16:30.919 Lebron Ronnie. We need to get rid of Williams. Monty's gotta go. 200 00:16:32.480 --> 00:16:37.159 Whatever he brought didn't work, and I don't think it's going to work. 201 00:16:37.320 --> 00:16:41.879 Waiting out his mega contract. We're going to eat that contract eventually. We're 202 00:16:41.919 --> 00:16:45.679 just going to keep thanking for three years so we don't have to eat so 203 00:16:45.840 --> 00:16:49.679 many years. Yeah, yeah, I do get what you're saying. Why 204 00:16:49.720 --> 00:16:53.559 not bring Lebron in as a player coach? Well, first of all, 205 00:16:53.600 --> 00:16:57.000 he's already a player coach. I think he's a coach killer. I think 206 00:16:57.000 --> 00:17:02.480 he's a coach killer. I I can't. I can't. I couldn't do 207 00:17:02.559 --> 00:17:06.160 it. I really could. As great as he is, I couldn't do 208 00:17:06.200 --> 00:17:10.240 it. What's the contract you want for Lebron James, who's the Who's the 209 00:17:10.240 --> 00:17:12.039 coach who's going to be able to handle that? Because he wants to be 210 00:17:12.039 --> 00:17:15.319 able to run the huddle, he wants to be able to have a say 211 00:17:15.359 --> 00:17:19.440 on player personnel, all that stuff that you're they're looking for a director, 212 00:17:19.799 --> 00:17:22.759 a president of basketball operations, and you want to bring in a guy who 213 00:17:22.799 --> 00:17:26.119 really wants to have that title and play at the same time. I, 214 00:17:26.160 --> 00:17:32.039 personally, I don't. I think I think the Pistons would be better off 215 00:17:32.480 --> 00:17:40.839 with Lebron's brain trust running them in whatever we got now, because we used 216 00:17:40.839 --> 00:17:45.480 to be a good franchise and now we can't even get or tier for you 217 00:17:45.799 --> 00:17:48.839 just to come to us. Yeah, I it's Look, it's bred. 218 00:17:48.839 --> 00:17:52.319 It's really hard to argue that I could be a smart elegance. Say, 219 00:17:52.359 --> 00:17:56.720 how did it work out for Lebron in LA this year? Look at what 220 00:17:56.759 --> 00:17:59.559 he said about Darvin Ham when he was hired and after the first year, 221 00:17:59.559 --> 00:18:02.559 and look at it he turned on him this past year. I do not 222 00:18:02.720 --> 00:18:04.720 trust him. I don't trust him one bit. I don't want a guy 223 00:18:04.759 --> 00:18:10.839 who just because so, here's what's gonna happen. Here's the dilemma that you 224 00:18:10.839 --> 00:18:15.119 would set yourself up with. Let's say your scenario. Now you draft Bronni 225 00:18:15.319 --> 00:18:18.559 James, who averaged five points per game. By the way, I'm one 226 00:18:18.559 --> 00:18:22.200 of the worst teams in the PAC twelve. You're gonna draft him at five 227 00:18:22.279 --> 00:18:29.680 overall to appease Lebron James. Lebron James, who turned on his coach this 228 00:18:29.880 --> 00:18:33.759 year, seems to be a bit of a pariah in in this whole situation. 229 00:18:33.000 --> 00:18:37.519 What happens when you bench Bronni James when he doesn't play? How is 230 00:18:37.599 --> 00:18:41.079 Lebron James going to act? What's he going to say? Who is he 231 00:18:41.119 --> 00:18:45.119 going to turn against you? I think it's a terrible combination and a really 232 00:18:45.200 --> 00:18:51.480 dangerous mix for a young team that suddenly starts to take cues from a guy 233 00:18:51.599 --> 00:18:57.559 who is out to do anything for himself and his son. I'm not gonna 234 00:18:57.640 --> 00:19:02.200 argue you with the Jeff because I I agree with what you're I'm just saying 235 00:19:02.720 --> 00:19:06.759 we got to try something different. Yeah, I get it. I think 236 00:19:06.759 --> 00:19:10.599 you're right, and I tried. I tried to go as far to left 237 00:19:10.599 --> 00:19:18.319 field as I could. Yea, I what you say? Yeah that's good. 238 00:19:18.400 --> 00:19:21.720 I mean, look, you tried. You didn't convince me, but 239 00:19:21.759 --> 00:19:23.519 if that's what you wanted to do, I mean, I'm glad you're not 240 00:19:23.640 --> 00:19:29.400 the GM or the owner, but you know you're you're thinking outside the box. 241 00:19:30.359 --> 00:19:34.160 That's our biggest problem is the last person you mentioned. No, there's 242 00:19:34.200 --> 00:19:41.880 no doubt about that. There's absolutely no doubt problem. Yeah, but I 243 00:19:41.200 --> 00:19:45.799 think is when you say, when you say they have proven that they can't 244 00:19:45.880 --> 00:19:49.000 draft. I do think Kate Cunningham is a really good player. Whether you 245 00:19:49.039 --> 00:19:55.119 think he's better than Jalen Green or Evan Mobley or Scottie Barnes or Jalen Suggs 246 00:19:55.160 --> 00:19:59.359 or Josh Giddy. Those guys were all taken soon thereafter Kate Cunningham. That 247 00:19:59.440 --> 00:20:06.200 was the Fron Wagner draft as well Jonathan kaminga for Golden State. I personally 248 00:20:06.240 --> 00:20:11.519 would take Kate Cunningham of those players, and I personally wanted Jalen Suggs. 249 00:20:11.799 --> 00:20:15.559 My point is is that for one, don't even get me on the NBA 250 00:20:15.720 --> 00:20:22.319 because I'll go to my grave thinking that the lottery's rake. I understand that 251 00:20:26.440 --> 00:20:29.680 needs a good player gets the number one over I'll pick. It's a year 252 00:20:29.680 --> 00:20:33.240 where you get to pick from a bunch of one bs and the one as 253 00:20:33.920 --> 00:20:36.920 Yeah, well that's why. And thanks for the phone call, Brett. 254 00:20:36.960 --> 00:20:41.839 I really appreciate it. We can talk to NBA anytime you like. I 255 00:20:41.960 --> 00:20:45.319 just I that would scare the hell out of me. But I hear what 256 00:20:45.359 --> 00:20:48.400 you're saying. I think that draft turned out to have some pretty good players 257 00:20:48.400 --> 00:20:52.920 in it overall, But I still would take Kate Cunningham from what I've seen. 258 00:20:55.720 --> 00:20:59.279 Does that mean they can't judge talent? We can get into that on 259 00:20:59.279 --> 00:21:02.319 the other side of the break, stay with us Exes and Bros. Continues 260 00:21:02.319 --> 00:21:06.519 in a moment huge here for my good friends from Flying Ace Whiskey. 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Look back to what Brett and Grand Rapids, 285 00:23:07.720 --> 00:23:12.200 who was listening on WAX ninety six point ONEFM the game said about the NBA 286 00:23:12.279 --> 00:23:15.880 said, don't get me started on the NBA. I wish I could get 287 00:23:15.960 --> 00:23:21.759 him started in a longer segment, but I hear where he's coming from. 288 00:23:21.799 --> 00:23:27.759 But his point of the Pistons not knowing who to draft or not doing a 289 00:23:27.759 --> 00:23:36.759 good job of identifying talent, we need to keep things in a certain perspective. 290 00:23:36.839 --> 00:23:44.200 Let's take last year. We all wanted Victor Webbin Yama unanimous Rookie of 291 00:23:44.200 --> 00:23:48.200 the Year. I wanted him to. I wish the Pistons had gotten him. 292 00:23:48.240 --> 00:23:52.559 I think it's a joke that they didn't. It's unfortunate, but it 293 00:23:52.599 --> 00:23:55.200 happens. And I mean, that's just the way the NBA Draft lottery is. 294 00:23:55.240 --> 00:23:57.559 We talked about this yesterday and the reason for it. After that, 295 00:23:57.640 --> 00:24:02.680 I mean, Brandon Miller's a good player, okay for Charlotte. After that, 296 00:24:02.759 --> 00:24:08.240 though, it's pretty limited really that draft provided, at least from an 297 00:24:08.240 --> 00:24:14.880 impact standpoint two players. Scotty Henderson was pretty good for Portland. We don't 298 00:24:14.880 --> 00:24:17.680 see much of him, but he averaged fourteen points per game after that, 299 00:24:18.160 --> 00:24:22.720 Amen Thompson, Osar Thompson, Anthony Black. I mean, it's it's really 300 00:24:22.799 --> 00:24:27.839 limited, all right, So I think the Pistons were semi handcuffed there. 301 00:24:29.880 --> 00:24:34.880 Twenty twenty two, they draft Jade and Ivy. Who's the player you wanted 302 00:24:36.000 --> 00:24:44.720 instead of Jade and Ivy? Is there somebody that I'm missing I'm talking about 303 00:24:44.720 --> 00:24:51.160 who they had a chance to take. Is there somebody out there that you 304 00:24:51.279 --> 00:25:00.000 think they drastically missed on? Because Ivy is better than Keegan Murray at least 305 00:25:00.079 --> 00:25:07.279 in his career so far. Tadlo Bankaro, Chad Holmgren, those are really 306 00:25:07.279 --> 00:25:12.599 good players. They've been very impactful players. That draft, from an impact 307 00:25:12.599 --> 00:25:18.519 standpoint is just a handful of guys. Twenty twenty one, we've already talked 308 00:25:18.559 --> 00:25:23.799 about it. Cad Cunningham. Is he better than Jalen Green? Well, 309 00:25:25.680 --> 00:25:32.839 he's played fewer games. In fact, Cad Cunningham in three years has played 310 00:25:32.839 --> 00:25:38.559 one hundred and thirty eight games. Everybody in the top ten has played at 311 00:25:38.640 --> 00:25:45.799 least one hundred and fifty and most have played over two hundred, so I 312 00:25:45.799 --> 00:25:51.519 hear where he's coming from in that regard. But from a production standpoint, 313 00:25:52.720 --> 00:26:00.640 twenty points he leads all that entire draft class. All right, rebounds per 314 00:26:00.680 --> 00:26:06.039 game pretty good. I mean for a point forward, that's what I would 315 00:26:06.039 --> 00:26:07.759 call him. Maybe you want to call him a guard at five boards per 316 00:26:07.799 --> 00:26:11.640 game, six and a half assists. The six and a half assists lead 317 00:26:11.759 --> 00:26:22.599 everybody in the draft class to thirty three percent three point shooter, as good 318 00:26:22.680 --> 00:26:30.759 as most other than Jonathan Kaminga. I don't think that was a bad pick. 319 00:26:32.359 --> 00:26:34.359 He may not be the player you expected as a one to one. 320 00:26:37.640 --> 00:26:40.960 He may not be Webin Yama. He may not be Anthony Edwards, and 321 00:26:41.599 --> 00:26:47.720 there's no may about it. He's not. You go back to Troy weavers 322 00:26:47.720 --> 00:26:52.480 first draft in twenty twenty, you're still pissed off, as am I that 323 00:26:52.519 --> 00:26:59.039 they drafted Killian Hayes. Anthony Edwards was won, and then there's a strong 324 00:26:59.119 --> 00:27:06.440 drop off after that. Wiseman LaMelo Ball, although LaMelo Ball's bom pretty good, 325 00:27:06.599 --> 00:27:11.200 better than I thought he would be. Patrick Williams all the way down, 326 00:27:11.440 --> 00:27:22.079 Tyrese Haliburt in twenty twenty, I remember being on a show talking Tigers, 327 00:27:22.079 --> 00:27:25.160 and somebody asked me, what about the NBA draft. I wanted Haliburt 328 00:27:25.200 --> 00:27:30.759 because I liked him at Iowa State, and people kind of pinched their nose 329 00:27:30.799 --> 00:27:34.759 at me a little bit. I don't know. He's turned out to be 330 00:27:34.759 --> 00:27:41.440 a pretty good player and they messed that up. There's no two ways about 331 00:27:41.480 --> 00:27:45.640 it. You admit that you messed it up when you said you're getting rid 332 00:27:45.640 --> 00:27:48.279 of him, and they did. They got rid of him Killian Hayes, 333 00:27:48.279 --> 00:27:52.559 who was drafted seventh. Overall, there were a lot better players later in 334 00:27:52.640 --> 00:27:59.880 the draft, I might add for the Pistons, but see on top of 335 00:27:59.880 --> 00:28:06.960 the I think Brett's upset, for example, with a guy like a Cidipbe, 336 00:28:07.640 --> 00:28:11.000 who, by the way, conveniently was in the same draft. He 337 00:28:11.039 --> 00:28:15.559 was drafted on like nineteenth by Brooklyn. He was a good he would have 338 00:28:15.599 --> 00:28:18.000 been a good fit for this team and was a good fit for this team, 339 00:28:18.000 --> 00:28:25.400 and they got rid of him. That's frustrating because you're getting rid of 340 00:28:26.079 --> 00:28:30.000 a good, productive player, and what do you have to show for it? 341 00:28:30.440 --> 00:28:38.400 Nothing? Can they evaluate talent? I don't think, Yeah, look, 342 00:28:40.240 --> 00:28:44.240 you're upset at that draft, and rightfully so, because they screwed it 343 00:28:44.359 --> 00:28:48.279 up period. There's no other way to say it. They screwed that up 344 00:28:49.240 --> 00:28:57.039 the other drafts. There's not much more you could do. Now. That 345 00:28:57.079 --> 00:29:02.519 doesn't mean they've put together the right team. It doesn't mean that they've fixed 346 00:29:02.559 --> 00:29:07.079 any issues or that they have a long term plan that you agree with. 347 00:29:08.359 --> 00:29:15.440 I'm just saying from those draft picks, I don't think you're taking anybody other 348 00:29:15.000 --> 00:29:21.279 than the men they selected. I mean, look, I wish they had 349 00:29:21.319 --> 00:29:27.039 gotten the opportunity to draft Victor webbin Yama instead of Asar Thompson, But at 350 00:29:27.119 --> 00:29:32.759 five, Asar Thompson has been proven to be better than a lot of the 351 00:29:32.759 --> 00:29:38.839 other players taken after him. Jade and Ivy. Same situation. You miss 352 00:29:38.880 --> 00:29:45.559 out on Bonkaro or home Grin, but you get Ivy. What I would 353 00:29:45.640 --> 00:29:53.799 do, what I'm hoping they do, is they get an established player for 354 00:29:55.079 --> 00:30:00.039 some of the young pieces they've acquired that another team sees has some type of 355 00:30:00.519 --> 00:30:07.279 salary cap issue. Another team sees the value in some of those young players 356 00:30:07.319 --> 00:30:11.960 that we just mentioned, and I don't think they're untouchable by any strategy and 357 00:30:11.079 --> 00:30:17.519 is willing to give themselves a financial break. Give it to Detroit and get 358 00:30:17.559 --> 00:30:22.160 him return some of those young players, I think they're too young. It'd 359 00:30:22.200 --> 00:30:27.440 be great if they were all growing together and we see this massive upside like 360 00:30:27.519 --> 00:30:33.720 we did with the nineteen eighty four Pistons or nineteen eighty four Tigers and the 361 00:30:33.759 --> 00:30:38.720 Pistons of the early eighties, where we see them coming together and then you 362 00:30:38.920 --> 00:30:45.240 filter in some of those established vets. I don't think many people see that. 363 00:30:45.880 --> 00:30:48.240 Let's go to the Meyer hotline eight sixty six, eight three, eight 364 00:30:48.359 --> 00:30:52.559 forty eight forty three. Then who's waiting for us? Danny and Brighten? 365 00:30:52.799 --> 00:30:57.279 Hi, Danny, how are you today? Chepie Austin And how are we 366 00:30:57.279 --> 00:31:03.359 doing today? Good that we're talking. What's going on? That's what I'm 367 00:31:03.359 --> 00:31:07.759 talking about. So I told bendis the NBA, with out of doubt, 368 00:31:07.839 --> 00:31:11.160 is my least favorite professional league. And you know, one of the things 369 00:31:11.160 --> 00:31:15.400 that you know that Brett said about the letter, I just kind of want 370 00:31:15.400 --> 00:31:18.920 to touch on. I don't know why there's a lottery, and your buddy 371 00:31:19.519 --> 00:31:25.480 Sean Bealishan talked about this earlier. The NFL doesn't do a lottery. They 372 00:31:25.519 --> 00:31:30.039 seem to do okay, And I know the NBA and the NHL supposedly put 373 00:31:30.039 --> 00:31:33.440 a lottery in because they want to avoid tanking. But I think it does 374 00:31:33.480 --> 00:31:38.640 the opposite, because more people tank because teams like Atlanta can have a chance 375 00:31:38.720 --> 00:31:44.079 at getting the number one pick, whereas they shouldn't. So that's just one 376 00:31:44.119 --> 00:31:48.079 of my own personal bugget boos. But really, the you know, I 377 00:31:48.079 --> 00:31:53.079 was listening to talking about the distance and the draft and and I cannot dispute 378 00:31:53.119 --> 00:31:57.720 what you're saying about the players. But where my issue is is, let's 379 00:31:57.720 --> 00:32:01.200 say four or five years ago, is to the Pistons were middling around in 380 00:32:01.319 --> 00:32:07.920 mediocrity. They were kind of aligned with teams like Orlando in Oklahoma City, 381 00:32:07.960 --> 00:32:12.400 in Minnesota, in the Knicks and Cleveland. And look at those teams now 382 00:32:13.000 --> 00:32:16.279 and look at us. They're not better than us. They're way way better 383 00:32:16.319 --> 00:32:21.519 than us. And I can't believe that. You know, every year they 384 00:32:21.680 --> 00:32:23.759 drafted, but you know they drafted higher than us. I just think they 385 00:32:23.839 --> 00:32:30.480 drafted much much better than us. Absolutely, you're one hundred percent right there. 386 00:32:30.799 --> 00:32:35.880 Now. The only thing I would argue is the lottery. Yes, 387 00:32:36.440 --> 00:32:39.039 it gives more teams a chance to quote unquote tank. I mean Atlanta lost 388 00:32:39.079 --> 00:32:43.200 sixth straight at the end of the year to get in that type of position. 389 00:32:43.920 --> 00:32:46.720 It's hard to do that in the NFL, when you play eight guys 390 00:32:47.440 --> 00:32:52.599 and you end up putting many of them in street clothes to bring in the 391 00:32:52.720 --> 00:32:57.480 last six guys on your roster playing in the final games of the season. 392 00:32:58.039 --> 00:33:01.279 It's easier to do that in the NBA tank than it would be in the 393 00:33:01.400 --> 00:33:08.680 NFL, where you're carrying fifty three guys and you're dressing forty eight every Sunday. 394 00:33:09.160 --> 00:33:13.920 Hard to tank in that regard, Okay, But the NBA, I 395 00:33:13.920 --> 00:33:15.799 think they get it. You know, who are you going to upset if 396 00:33:15.799 --> 00:33:22.519 you're quote unquote tanking. You're gonna upset certain guys who are at the end 397 00:33:22.599 --> 00:33:24.200 of your bench who aren't going to be on your team anyway. Now, 398 00:33:24.880 --> 00:33:30.119 I don't think that's a big deal. So I don't compare those two leagues. 399 00:33:30.160 --> 00:33:32.640 I don't think it's a fair comparison. Now, your point about these 400 00:33:32.680 --> 00:33:39.279 teams being much better than the absolutely when you watch the Pistons and then you 401 00:33:39.359 --> 00:33:44.200 watch teams in the NBA playoffs. Right now, I don't care who it 402 00:33:44.240 --> 00:33:50.799 is. Take Cleveland if you want you recognize I assume just how far away 403 00:33:50.839 --> 00:33:57.000 they are, right, I mean, you're not catching you're not catching. 404 00:33:57.319 --> 00:34:00.240 You mentioned Cleveland and New York, and New York could struggle the last couple 405 00:34:00.240 --> 00:34:07.960 of games in their series against Indiana. Take Indiana if you want detruch, 406 00:34:07.000 --> 00:34:13.360 and not even close to that, because they don't have the depth that these 407 00:34:13.400 --> 00:34:15.679 teams have. They just don't. Yeah, and you know what, check 408 00:34:16.360 --> 00:34:20.559 you mentioned the Tigers of eighty four. You know one of my you know 409 00:34:20.800 --> 00:34:22.960 we're similar age, one of my favorite teams of all time. But when 410 00:34:22.960 --> 00:34:27.119 you look at the eighty four Tigers, you could look at the eighty one 411 00:34:27.239 --> 00:34:30.440 and the eighty two Tigers and you could say, you know what, I 412 00:34:30.440 --> 00:34:32.719 can see what's happening there. I can see that these guys it's not a 413 00:34:32.719 --> 00:34:37.239 matter of if, it's just a matter of when, because you know that 414 00:34:37.280 --> 00:34:38.639 they're going to be good. They just need a piece or two. The 415 00:34:38.760 --> 00:34:45.039 pistons are they are a hot mess, and they don't they need all the 416 00:34:45.079 --> 00:34:49.800 pieces. And you know, after five or six years of you know, 417 00:34:50.079 --> 00:34:53.079 mediocrity to just awfulness, that just should not be the case. And I 418 00:34:53.119 --> 00:34:57.840 think that that's why, and I think Wildjo actually wrote this last week. 419 00:34:58.000 --> 00:35:00.920 You just need to put the whole thing in a dumpster, can blow it 420 00:35:00.960 --> 00:35:05.599 all up and start all over against You can't do worse. Yeah, and 421 00:35:05.639 --> 00:35:09.079 he's right about that. I've said this for a long time now, before 422 00:35:09.119 --> 00:35:13.199 that article and before we even talked. And thanks for the phone call, 423 00:35:13.280 --> 00:35:16.320 Danny. It's great stuff. I would keep two guys. There's two guys 424 00:35:16.320 --> 00:35:22.400 that I really want, Kate Cunningham and Jalen Durham. Everybody else I'm open. 425 00:35:22.280 --> 00:35:25.920 Come to me with a great offer and let's move on. I'm not 426 00:35:27.000 --> 00:35:30.159 married to them. Here's what I would tell you about the eighty four Tigers, 427 00:35:30.440 --> 00:35:34.679 and yes, it culminated in a championship. They won one hundred and 428 00:35:34.679 --> 00:35:37.239 four games that year. They were the best team in baseball and it wasn't 429 00:35:37.239 --> 00:35:42.920 even close. In nineteen seventy eight, you saw this team start to turn 430 00:35:43.000 --> 00:35:46.920 the corner. They went from seventy four wins in seventy seven to eighty six 431 00:35:46.960 --> 00:35:54.360 wins in seventy eight. Seventy nine, they had eighty five wins the following 432 00:35:54.480 --> 00:36:04.599 year. No, I think it was nineteen eighty one. Eighteen eighty one 433 00:36:04.760 --> 00:36:08.760 they were sixty and forty nine, okay, because that was a strike shortened 434 00:36:08.760 --> 00:36:16.880 season. Eighty two they win eighty three games, eighty three they lose to 435 00:36:16.920 --> 00:36:23.360 Baltimore near the end. Baltimore was so good that year. Detroit had ninety 436 00:36:23.360 --> 00:36:30.800 two wins that season. You saw it coming over a six year span before 437 00:36:30.840 --> 00:36:37.159 it culminated in the championship. The only thing that bothers me a little bit 438 00:36:37.239 --> 00:36:40.440 is I wish they could have kept it going a little bit longer. I 439 00:36:40.480 --> 00:36:44.480 still think they were one of the better teams going, but there was a 440 00:36:44.519 --> 00:36:52.719 time, Danny, there was a time where people started to question certain members 441 00:36:52.039 --> 00:37:00.760 of that team and whether or not they were a long term solution. Case 442 00:37:00.800 --> 00:37:07.159 in point, my good friend Kirk Gibson, one of the best teammates I've 443 00:37:07.159 --> 00:37:13.480 ever worked with. It's been a privilege. He hit two twenty seven in 444 00:37:13.599 --> 00:37:20.559 nineteen eighty three, and there were people going red flag, red flag, 445 00:37:22.360 --> 00:37:24.679 and the blame game was going. I obviously didn't have social media back then, 446 00:37:24.719 --> 00:37:29.880 didn't have sports talk show radio either, but there were a lot of 447 00:37:29.880 --> 00:37:35.880 people willing to give up on him in nineteen eighty three when he struggled at 448 00:37:35.880 --> 00:37:43.519 the plate, and had they done what many people perhaps wanted and moved on 449 00:37:43.639 --> 00:37:50.639 from him, they would have missed a twot eighty two twenty seven homer ninety 450 00:37:50.679 --> 00:38:00.000 one RBI campaign in the World Championship. So there are there were signs. 451 00:38:00.519 --> 00:38:06.239 You and I remember them vividly. It was fun to watch, it was 452 00:38:06.320 --> 00:38:10.360 exhilarating. It brought us together all the great things. And then nineteen eighty 453 00:38:10.400 --> 00:38:14.239 seven was pretty damn good too, and they won ninety eight games. But 454 00:38:15.519 --> 00:38:21.320 there were times during that build up that none of us knew was going to 455 00:38:21.360 --> 00:38:23.960 culminate in a championship. We were hopeful, but we didn't know. There 456 00:38:23.960 --> 00:38:30.079 were times during that time, during that build up where players were questioned, 457 00:38:31.000 --> 00:38:39.320 the direction was questioned. Bill Ljoy was questioned to keep that crew together at 458 00:38:39.360 --> 00:38:45.079 a certain time in that team's history, hoping, wondering whether or not it's 459 00:38:45.159 --> 00:38:50.760 going to be a championship caliber team. I don't think the Pistons are there. 460 00:38:51.880 --> 00:38:57.440 That's not the point of the example. What the example is is our 461 00:38:57.559 --> 00:39:05.679 young guys growing together. We don't see that with the Pistons. Let's use 462 00:39:05.719 --> 00:39:08.000 the example of the Pistoons. When you get Isaiah Thomas, and then you 463 00:39:08.039 --> 00:39:13.119 had Joe Dumars, and you had Dennis Rodman, and you add John Sally. 464 00:39:15.679 --> 00:39:22.239 Those were the guys who were the core drafted players that the team used 465 00:39:22.320 --> 00:39:28.280 for its championship run, multiple championship run, competing for championships, built completely 466 00:39:28.320 --> 00:39:34.400 different than the two thousand and four World Championship Piston team. Maybe this team 467 00:39:34.480 --> 00:39:40.000 can't do that. Maybe this team can't use the young players that they have 468 00:39:40.239 --> 00:39:49.239 right now as that core build. Maybe there's only two guys, maybe you 469 00:39:49.280 --> 00:39:54.599 think it's three. Maybe one of the guys isn't even on this team. 470 00:39:57.400 --> 00:40:00.400 My frustration is you're gonna get a fifth overall pick. You're gonna get another 471 00:40:00.480 --> 00:40:05.239 young guy. So I wouldn't have a problem with Dalton connect at least we've 472 00:40:05.280 --> 00:40:09.840 seen him at the NCAA level and he's a little bit older twenty two to 473 00:40:09.920 --> 00:40:19.320 twenty three. Let's see how he addresses a need for this team instead of 474 00:40:19.360 --> 00:40:23.440 going to get another forum player at age nineteen who we have no idea and 475 00:40:23.480 --> 00:40:30.840 you're gonna have to wait three four years if that, to get it done. 476 00:40:30.960 --> 00:40:36.280 I think Danny and other people's point are valid. This team has improven 477 00:40:36.840 --> 00:40:39.519 that it's got the right direction. They haven't made the right moves. 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