WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.320 --> 00:00:05.400 This is High on the Ball with Steve Rivera and Jay Gonzalez on Fox Sports 2 00:00:05.440 --> 00:00:10.919 fourteen fifteen. Subscribe now to the podcast on the iHeart Radio Whip Just Surgery 3 00:00:10.960 --> 00:00:14.039 I on the Ball. Okay, welcome back to On the Ball here on 4 00:00:14.080 --> 00:00:17.440 Fox Sports fourteen fifty. I'm Steve, He's Jay, and he has some 5 00:00:17.519 --> 00:00:24.480 breaking news. This is High on the Ball breaking news on Fox Sports fourteen 6 00:00:24.640 --> 00:00:27.800 fifty. All right, So, as we were talking about before, when 7 00:00:27.839 --> 00:00:31.039 can break this? There's a lot of overlap going on in sports right now. 8 00:00:31.079 --> 00:00:36.520 So the Major League Baseball playoffs have started today. There are four wild 9 00:00:36.600 --> 00:00:42.200 card series too in the National to in the American first game of the day 10 00:00:42.799 --> 00:00:49.159 the Texas Rangers uh uh one at Tampa Bay for zip uh this first round 11 00:00:49.200 --> 00:00:52.520 of game, first round of series. It's wild cards, and then there's 12 00:00:52.600 --> 00:00:58.719 two one divisional champion from from from each league. The two top division champions 13 00:00:58.719 --> 00:01:03.759 both got buys in each league. So these series it's it's it's Texas at 14 00:01:03.759 --> 00:01:07.239 Tampa Bay and the higher seed their best two out of three, but the 15 00:01:07.280 --> 00:01:10.680 higher seed gets all three games at their place. So if you're on the 16 00:01:10.719 --> 00:01:14.680 road, you're on the road for the whole series. Of Texas surprise beat 17 00:01:14.719 --> 00:01:18.920 the home team for ZIP, Tampa Bay in Tampa, so they'll lead the 18 00:01:18.920 --> 00:01:23.599 series one. ZIP only got to win one more too advance in the In 19 00:01:23.599 --> 00:01:26.200 the game going on right now, it's the bottom of the eighth, Minnesota 20 00:01:26.280 --> 00:01:33.319 leads Toronto three one. Royce, oh god, Royce Lewis, he's batting 21 00:01:33.400 --> 00:01:36.280 right now, has two homers in the game. That was counted for all 22 00:01:36.319 --> 00:01:40.359 three Minnesota runs. They are up three one in the bottom of the eighth 23 00:01:40.359 --> 00:01:44.400 against Toronto. Minnesota is a home team there for those of you in Arizona 24 00:01:44.439 --> 00:01:48.840 about to get started. The Diamondbacks, Uh, they're at Milwaukee for their 25 00:01:48.879 --> 00:01:53.879 series that starts in about within the next five or ten minutes in Milwaukee, 26 00:01:53.239 --> 00:01:57.640 and we'll see what they've got going on there. But they sneak into the 27 00:01:57.640 --> 00:02:00.799 playoffs. I was making fun of my sister. We are watching right there 28 00:02:01.120 --> 00:02:06.239 at the go a game Saturday night, and the Diamondbacks clenched and she goes, 29 00:02:06.280 --> 00:02:07.280 the damond Backs are in the playoffs, and they said, not for 30 00:02:07.360 --> 00:02:09.520 very long, because they're in the bracket with the Dogs. You might have 31 00:02:09.639 --> 00:02:14.759 just advanced them. You want to just advance them into the second round. 32 00:02:15.479 --> 00:02:17.319 So so they're they're gonna get started here in a few minutes. And then 33 00:02:17.400 --> 00:02:23.800 at about about five h eight our time, it's Miami at Philadelphia. Interesting 34 00:02:23.840 --> 00:02:29.960 stat on the on the Marlins, they've been in the playoffs three times ever 35 00:02:30.120 --> 00:02:32.919 in their history, but they've won the World Series twice two of those three 36 00:02:32.960 --> 00:02:36.639 times. So efficient we'll see how yeah, we'll see how far they go. 37 00:02:37.080 --> 00:02:40.159 And then so then you've got the Braves and the Dodgers who are waiting 38 00:02:40.400 --> 00:02:45.280 to play the winners of these series. And then you've got, uh, 39 00:02:46.439 --> 00:02:50.199 I can't remember on the other side, but well, Houston, I guess. 40 00:02:50.520 --> 00:02:54.319 And who's the number one seed in the in the in the bracket over 41 00:02:54.360 --> 00:02:58.919 there, I don't remember. I should know this, but okay, here 42 00:02:58.960 --> 00:03:02.840 it is. It's it's Houston and the Orioles. So the Orioles, the 43 00:03:04.240 --> 00:03:10.039 Rangers of the Rangers of Tampa Bay. Winner plays the Orioles, the Twins. 44 00:03:12.000 --> 00:03:16.039 Blue Jay's winner plays the Astros, the Diamondbacks, Brewers winner plays the 45 00:03:16.080 --> 00:03:22.280 Dodgers and the Phillies. Marlin's winner plays to me, the prohibitive favorite, 46 00:03:22.319 --> 00:03:24.520 the Braves. Okay, it should be it should be fun, it should 47 00:03:24.560 --> 00:03:29.199 be interesting, all right, some good news and bad news on the UFA 48 00:03:29.319 --> 00:03:34.960 recruiting front over the last twenty four hours. The good news is that Arizona 49 00:03:35.039 --> 00:03:39.759 landed another top one hundred recruit kid four star right four star name a seven 50 00:03:39.800 --> 00:03:46.240 footer by the name of Emmanuel Stephen. He's from from one of those academies 51 00:03:46.319 --> 00:03:50.599 up north in uh in Glendale, the Dream City Christian Academy. He took 52 00:03:50.639 --> 00:03:54.400 Arizona over Kansas, Miami, Michigan in the USC. According to two four 53 00:03:54.560 --> 00:04:00.759 seven Sports, it gives Arizona a top ten recruit in class goes along with 54 00:04:00.800 --> 00:04:06.879 Carter Bryant and Jamari Phillips. Uh, Bryant is I had this hear somewhere 55 00:04:08.919 --> 00:04:14.319 Bryant, Carter Bryant is, Oh, Carter Bryant is UH number of sixteen 56 00:04:14.840 --> 00:04:18.160 nationally and Phillips at number thirty four. And then you've got Emmanuel Stephen who 57 00:04:18.199 --> 00:04:21.720 comes in like at ninety four. Let me ask you something, and I 58 00:04:21.839 --> 00:04:28.199 say this tongue in cheek. I was under the impression that Tommy Lloyd couldn't 59 00:04:28.199 --> 00:04:32.240 recruit. He was horrible at this, and you know, you can't win 60 00:04:32.319 --> 00:04:36.800 games and you can't recruit. I read that on the internet. I read 61 00:04:36.959 --> 00:04:44.680 a lot on the internet April that day that was cussed too, But it's 62 00:04:44.720 --> 00:04:47.439 true. You be to tell me I heard all of it. I heard 63 00:04:47.439 --> 00:04:50.240 all of it. And I'll tell you again going back to that Red Blue 64 00:04:50.240 --> 00:04:54.360 game. You know, I just like the number of guys that they have. 65 00:04:54.920 --> 00:05:00.439 Oh it's good. It's the number of guys that they right have one 66 00:05:00.480 --> 00:05:02.560 great, you know when they don't have a Benedict mathod right. No, 67 00:05:02.800 --> 00:05:08.680 No, they've got ten guys who looked like there. We spoke about that 68 00:05:08.800 --> 00:05:12.480 yesterday with Sammy. I said, ten guys, okay, but realistically, 69 00:05:13.079 --> 00:05:16.160 well historically they'll start to whittle it down to like seven or eight. But 70 00:05:16.199 --> 00:05:19.240 maybe not. Maybe when you're running up and down the court the way they 71 00:05:19.319 --> 00:05:23.160 run up and down the court. Yeah, it's gonna always be better at 72 00:05:23.199 --> 00:05:25.800 half take because you look at you look at the fork river to guys, 73 00:05:25.879 --> 00:05:28.720 right, they're kind of all the same guy. Yeah. Well, let 74 00:05:28.800 --> 00:05:31.160 me let me say and I've said this publicly to people. I'll say that 75 00:05:31.279 --> 00:05:35.399 on the show Keep my Sleeper Dude, My sleeper dude. And I really 76 00:05:35.439 --> 00:05:40.120 like him a lot, his philip I really like that. And then you 77 00:05:40.160 --> 00:05:43.319 see that he wins the three point contest point and you think, oh, 78 00:05:43.319 --> 00:05:46.720 really, where'd that come from? And and like what I said was I 79 00:05:46.040 --> 00:05:51.519 he's he's a better, more shall I say, more polished and more physical 80 00:05:51.680 --> 00:05:58.519 version of Pelly Larson. Uh really, I feel that just that he's taller, 81 00:05:59.319 --> 00:06:03.839 right, he's a more confident shooter, right right. I think Pelly's 82 00:06:03.879 --> 00:06:06.959 a really good defender. He's a really good defender, but he does some 83 00:06:08.040 --> 00:06:10.879 dumb things. Well, this is the year that he has to step up. 84 00:06:11.040 --> 00:06:13.920 This just has to happen. He has historically done some dumb things on 85 00:06:13.959 --> 00:06:17.199 offense or of eaching, and you feel like he walks on the court he's 86 00:06:17.199 --> 00:06:20.000 got all he looks like he's got all the confidence he does, but you 87 00:06:20.000 --> 00:06:23.800 don't want the funny thing about it. And he's a French or freshman right 88 00:06:23.959 --> 00:06:26.199 to me, you know when you're a freshman, you don't know any better. 89 00:06:26.759 --> 00:06:29.360 That's him, Yeah, because you you do real and you don't know, 90 00:06:29.560 --> 00:06:30.360 well, I don't know I'm supposed to be here. It was kind 91 00:06:30.360 --> 00:06:33.040 of like, yeah, even on the print on the on press conference thing 92 00:06:33.680 --> 00:06:35.720 on the day I said, he was kind of like, oh, I'm 93 00:06:35.720 --> 00:06:39.600 just happy to be here, happy go lucky. And I think this guy 94 00:06:39.639 --> 00:06:43.000 really doesn't know what he's doing or how good he is, all right, 95 00:06:43.279 --> 00:06:46.759 the bad news on the on the recruiting fronts in football, where Fiona will 96 00:06:46.839 --> 00:06:51.040 Hite, one of the two defensive events from from sal Point who was very 97 00:06:51.040 --> 00:06:58.240 baally bally hood when he committed Arizona on our show right with with Elijah rushing 98 00:06:58.360 --> 00:07:01.160 his you know, his buddy on the line. It's as decommitted from Arizona. 99 00:07:01.480 --> 00:07:05.399 He's a three star guy. But uh we saw him very impressive. 100 00:07:05.800 --> 00:07:10.240 You know somebody's come along, well, well you will, you will you 101 00:07:10.600 --> 00:07:15.399 immediately assume Yeah, is that somebody's come along and said, you know, 102 00:07:15.439 --> 00:07:17.639 come over here, we'll give you X. Yes, yes, but jay, 103 00:07:17.720 --> 00:07:20.680 and this is part of the problem, right. You have the locals 104 00:07:20.680 --> 00:07:25.800 who are who are dying to be recruited, uh and should be because they're 105 00:07:25.839 --> 00:07:30.879 good enough, right. And then Arizona's beloved in this town as anybody as 106 00:07:30.879 --> 00:07:35.680 they all shouldn't be. But but then you have some carrot or golden star 107 00:07:35.800 --> 00:07:40.839 over here shining on you. Uh and and maybe and maybe this is not 108 00:07:41.480 --> 00:07:45.439 an escape for for someone in them they realized, well, we're Arizona and 109 00:07:45.439 --> 00:07:47.079 we're not gonna get him anyway. That's why we're not going to recruit you. 110 00:07:47.120 --> 00:07:51.000 Although that's an at lame excuse, alame excuse. And now now you 111 00:07:51.000 --> 00:07:58.279 don't blame the kid, right if yeah, I mean yeah, because if 112 00:07:58.319 --> 00:08:01.160 your son is being recruited and but Arizona and you make the commitment and you're 113 00:08:01.199 --> 00:08:05.680 happy and you're thrilled, and then Texas are whomever comes in. Here's a 114 00:08:05.720 --> 00:08:09.480 bag, here's a bag, and you'll play and you'll get this and get 115 00:08:09.519 --> 00:08:13.279 that. What are you gonna do? No, yeah, you look, 116 00:08:13.519 --> 00:08:18.279 it's it's just that's the game that we have. Now, that's what that's 117 00:08:18.279 --> 00:08:20.800 what we're dealing with now in college. But we've always had it. We've 118 00:08:22.000 --> 00:08:26.160 minus the money because they they would decommit. Sure, they would decommit for 119 00:08:26.199 --> 00:08:28.839 whatever reason, right because you know, look, if you if if you've 120 00:08:28.879 --> 00:08:33.360 committed to Arizona and all of a sudden, oh how stake kids, you 121 00:08:33.399 --> 00:08:41.759 go call exactly that you know maybe you know or you know salth points halfway 122 00:08:41.799 --> 00:08:46.440 through their season, maybe somebody has seen him that wasn't wasn't around before now 123 00:08:46.480 --> 00:08:50.279 they are. Now he didn't say I'm going here. He just said I 124 00:08:50.399 --> 00:08:56.600 decommitted from Arizona. Maybe stay mill wind up at Arizona or with somebody's apparently 125 00:08:56.639 --> 00:09:01.360 has come calling that wasn't hauling before. You just don't do this on a 126 00:09:01.360 --> 00:09:03.960 whim, right, you just don't do this on a whim. No, 127 00:09:05.039 --> 00:09:07.480 No, there there's there's there's something in play there. Who knows what the 128 00:09:07.480 --> 00:09:13.240 heck it is, but it's certainly not uh, it's it's gonna this is 129 00:09:13.240 --> 00:09:16.240 gonna happen more and more, sure, more and more often. Sure anyway, 130 00:09:16.559 --> 00:09:24.240 all right, soon as he's playing Colorado this week, So we're starting 131 00:09:24.639 --> 00:09:28.200 as if we weren't already seen enough Deon Sanders stuff. But you know, 132 00:09:28.240 --> 00:09:33.279 there's starting to be some whispers and I'm just gonna say this that you know, 133 00:09:33.320 --> 00:09:33.879 we're at the time about it, Well, how long is he? 134 00:09:33.919 --> 00:09:37.960 You know, he's gonna go to a Florida State or he's gonna go to 135 00:09:37.559 --> 00:09:43.000 you know, some big job that opens up in college. What about the 136 00:09:43.080 --> 00:09:45.799 NFL. No, he said he's not gonna do that. I would say 137 00:09:45.840 --> 00:09:48.919 the big school though. The thing about it with that, it'll be him 138 00:09:50.080 --> 00:09:52.320 sticking to his word that he's gonna stay here for a while. He loves 139 00:09:52.320 --> 00:10:00.559 Colorado apparently, But but what what school any school would want him? On 140 00:10:00.600 --> 00:10:07.360 the just for the marketing value. What if his kids get drafted to US 141 00:10:05.759 --> 00:10:11.080 place. I don't I don't think that. I don't think that because deon'sdon, 142 00:10:11.200 --> 00:10:16.080 right. But if you're talking to another NFL dude, Okay, Dan 143 00:10:16.200 --> 00:10:20.240 whatever, you know what I'm saying, it's you're not on that level. 144 00:10:20.399 --> 00:10:22.840 But but that would be. But see if you're don that would be a 145 00:10:22.879 --> 00:10:26.480 reason why you would go No, no, because I don't think he want 146 00:10:26.519 --> 00:10:28.080 I don't want to think he wants that challenge. I don't think he needs 147 00:10:28.080 --> 00:10:31.679 that challenge. Let's call him an as he's not. No, you were, 148 00:10:31.799 --> 00:10:33.240 you were incorrect and says when they had Colorado on the list, he 149 00:10:33.279 --> 00:10:37.960 says he's not coming. It's too cold. Remember you say he's too cold? 150 00:10:37.159 --> 00:10:39.759 And he and he and he did it. I would I would bet 151 00:10:41.559 --> 00:10:43.120 not a lot of money, but some money that he's not gonna go do 152 00:10:43.200 --> 00:10:50.120 the NFL at least not anytime soon. But but the Florida States or whatever 153 00:10:50.200 --> 00:10:54.559 Florida's I just feel like when whispers like that start happening, you know, 154 00:10:54.679 --> 00:10:56.039 it's like you know, where there's smoke, there's fire, kind of sure, 155 00:10:56.080 --> 00:10:58.559 sure, No, I get it, I get it. Who is 156 00:10:58.600 --> 00:11:01.960 that smoke coming bro just different media media. Oh, I haven't seen I 157 00:11:01.960 --> 00:11:05.960 haven't seen that. Dan Patrick was talking about it today talking about how, 158 00:11:05.200 --> 00:11:09.759 you know, Pete Carroll is well into his seventies, he's the college draw 159 00:11:09.840 --> 00:11:11.799 rock guy. Yeah. No, I don't think Dean would be perfect to 160 00:11:11.840 --> 00:11:15.600 go you know what, Pete Carroll calls it quits in the next couple of 161 00:11:15.840 --> 00:11:18.480 Yeah, No, I don't. I don't think he's like or is Bill 162 00:11:18.519 --> 00:11:22.600 Balichick's time about to be over in New Yeah? Or the New York guys, 163 00:11:22.600 --> 00:11:24.679 the New York giants stuff. Yeah, I just don't think that's part. 164 00:11:24.759 --> 00:11:28.480 That's I could be wrong. I could be wrong. If I am, 165 00:11:28.679 --> 00:11:31.840 you can get all over me. It's not that I won't be a 166 00:11:31.919 --> 00:11:37.759 first all right. So that's kind of really all I have said. Okay, 167 00:11:37.039 --> 00:11:39.759 I thought somebody, did you just hear your boy, your boy Bauer 168 00:11:41.159 --> 00:11:43.679 has Yeah, I still don't want him around. Yeah, I don't, 169 00:11:43.720 --> 00:11:46.879 at least I don't. I don't think anybody does. I don't think. 170 00:11:46.879 --> 00:11:48.039 I don't think he's gonna have a tough time getting a job. I don't 171 00:11:48.039 --> 00:11:50.200 think he will. I don't think he will. People just say he bought 172 00:11:50.200 --> 00:11:54.440 his way out of it well, and it says that there was no money 173 00:11:54.039 --> 00:11:58.720 transferred. No money was no money. She got some insurance money for something. 174 00:12:00.000 --> 00:12:03.120 I don't know what it's, but but there was no money transferred either 175 00:12:03.159 --> 00:12:07.679 way. And he spoke publicly yesterday for four minutes I guess on Instagram or 176 00:12:07.679 --> 00:12:11.600 wherever talking about it. And he was free to talk about it. All 177 00:12:11.679 --> 00:12:16.600 right. So did you see that the Buffalo a kid hunter. He's gonna 178 00:12:16.600 --> 00:12:18.879 be out another week or two, maybe two or three? Actually, oh 179 00:12:18.879 --> 00:12:24.559 really? Yeah, so you know there's that, there's that. Yeah, 180 00:12:24.600 --> 00:12:28.679 and we're gonna talk more with the with the Sault book. Been from p 181 00:12:28.039 --> 00:12:33.399 h n X in Phoenix about the Suns and then it started yesterday. Maybe 182 00:12:33.440 --> 00:12:37.679 we get Kuron and you know he's never busy in the summer, right right, 183 00:12:37.679 --> 00:12:39.120 I mean we thought, yeah, we tried to call him in the 184 00:12:39.120 --> 00:12:43.039 summer thing it would be busy to call and during the season, all right, 185 00:12:43.159 --> 00:12:46.559 so we will yeah, right, you know we need to get to 186 00:12:46.840 --> 00:12:52.600 it is Francona and he right, we'll reach out to Terry. You're pretty 187 00:12:52.720 --> 00:12:56.840 pretty soon. I'm sure we'll see Hm around de McHale. Yeah, this 188 00:12:56.159 --> 00:13:00.600 uh, this season, he sits right behind me around in front in front 189 00:13:00.639 --> 00:13:03.240 of you. Dude, No, he know he's behind us now. Oh 190 00:13:03.240 --> 00:13:05.679 I thought he was across the cross away. Hell, he's moved from there. 191 00:13:05.720 --> 00:13:07.879 He was in the front row, behind the scores table, like right 192 00:13:07.960 --> 00:13:11.200 in mid court. Oh, then your that's your task. He's on my 193 00:13:11.279 --> 00:13:15.320 side, that's your task. Will come my side of the of the Okay. 194 00:13:15.320 --> 00:13:18.320 I didn't know that, Yeah, because he used to. I thought 195 00:13:18.440 --> 00:13:22.399 next to he had one of those scholarship row seats right over by where president 196 00:13:22.480 --> 00:13:26.559 was president. But no, last year he was, he was he was 197 00:13:28.000 --> 00:13:30.840 kind of behind it to my last Oh we got a minute. Let me 198 00:13:30.840 --> 00:13:35.639 ask you, what was your impressions outside of the depth that Arizone had of 199 00:13:35.639 --> 00:13:39.960 of the Red Blue Game and I we texted each other and I'm sorry to 200 00:13:39.000 --> 00:13:41.320 say this because I know it's a big deal with people, but to me, 201 00:13:41.360 --> 00:13:45.519 it's it's it's not it's it's kind of a long, boring thing. 202 00:13:46.159 --> 00:13:48.480 But to you and I, I just wanted to get to the game. 203 00:13:48.080 --> 00:13:50.960 But you know, I've asked Ronald like did you like that? And they 204 00:13:50.960 --> 00:13:54.240 said, yeah, it was fun, fun seeing Richard Jefferson out there, 205 00:13:54.639 --> 00:14:00.200 funcying Chinese Fryn. It was those things were cool. The videos. You 206 00:14:00.240 --> 00:14:05.000 know, Uh, here's a stupid thing that I saw somebody on Facebook sad 207 00:14:05.720 --> 00:14:18.480 that Ada Barnes was inappropriately draft Oh what what what she really? Yeah? 208 00:14:18.759 --> 00:14:22.240 What sense? I don't know. Everybody. Everybody went on a rip. 209 00:14:22.279 --> 00:14:24.200 This person said, what the hell are you? Was in a matter of 210 00:14:24.240 --> 00:14:28.639 a woman? Was a woman? That makes sense? Told you, yeah, 211 00:14:28.200 --> 00:14:33.840 she pulled down the thing. Everybody has an opinion, but that, 212 00:14:33.080 --> 00:14:37.799 Yeah, that's like she wasn't there like in a bathing suit or anything. 213 00:14:37.440 --> 00:14:43.919 No, I just I just I just thought I saw that. I saw 214 00:14:43.960 --> 00:14:48.440 that. But I think people enjoyed that. I think the feedback is that 215 00:14:48.480 --> 00:14:52.120 it was it was kind of fun. It took you long. It took 216 00:14:52.120 --> 00:14:54.559 you long to get to the game. It did, it did, and 217 00:14:54.559 --> 00:14:58.759 it was there were moments when you were there. It took There were stretches 218 00:14:58.799 --> 00:15:01.360 where they just talked yeah, you know, because they were doing other things. 219 00:15:01.399 --> 00:15:05.559 But I think fan fo seeing those guys because it's it's a different crowd. 220 00:15:07.360 --> 00:15:09.639 It's a different crowd. 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It's your tax money, choose 303 00:21:02.559 --> 00:21:08.039 where it goes. Learn more at GAP tax Credit dot com. Steve Rivera 304 00:21:08.160 --> 00:21:14.960 and Jakin Solids they have their Eye on the Fall on two Suns sports station 305 00:21:15.359 --> 00:21:18.960 Fox Sports fourteen fifteen. They welcome back to Ie on the Ball here on 306 00:21:19.039 --> 00:21:22.640 Fox Sports fourteen fifty. I'm Steve Rivera, He's Jakin's Aws now on the 307 00:21:22.640 --> 00:21:26.240 phone. We have saw book been from pH and X Sports and Phoenix. 308 00:21:26.440 --> 00:21:30.839 How are you saw good? How's it going on? Well? Fine, 309 00:21:30.920 --> 00:21:33.480 thank you, thank you. It looks like you're going to be busy this 310 00:21:33.720 --> 00:21:37.359 year. Another like you've always been busy the last few years covering the Suns. 311 00:21:37.599 --> 00:21:41.640 What did you see yesterday at media Day? No, I just think 312 00:21:41.640 --> 00:21:44.279 the vibe was really, really good. You know, they have a lot 313 00:21:44.279 --> 00:21:47.640 of energy, a lot of optimism, obviously with the opportunity to win the 314 00:21:47.759 --> 00:21:51.880 franchise's first championship, and you know, I think more than anything else, 315 00:21:51.880 --> 00:21:56.240 the guys are just ready to refresh this whole season and get past what's happened 316 00:21:56.359 --> 00:22:00.599 last couple of years and get over that hump, you know with DeAndre Ayton, 317 00:22:00.640 --> 00:22:03.720 you know, coming from here, you know, not a bad guy, 318 00:22:03.960 --> 00:22:07.359 but just didn't bring a I would say, a good vibe to a 319 00:22:07.440 --> 00:22:11.200 team, right. It was just it would just always seemed to be some 320 00:22:11.400 --> 00:22:15.839 issue with him. He wasn't playing hard enough or whatever you wanted to say. 321 00:22:15.240 --> 00:22:18.359 Is there some sort of a lifting of that off off of this team. 322 00:22:19.880 --> 00:22:25.319 Yeah, I think indirectly you can point to a few things that were 323 00:22:25.440 --> 00:22:29.839 said by people about, you know, just behind the scenes, what was 324 00:22:29.880 --> 00:22:33.640 going on. Nobody would get into any specifics, but he definitely felt like 325 00:22:33.680 --> 00:22:37.279 there was there was some issues off the court in terms of where DeAndre Aden 326 00:22:37.319 --> 00:22:41.079 thought he should be used and how he should be used to what was actually 327 00:22:41.119 --> 00:22:45.519 being produced by him on the court. And I think really what it boiled 328 00:22:45.519 --> 00:22:48.319 down to was just you just never knew what you were going to get from 329 00:22:48.319 --> 00:22:51.720 DeAndre Ayden on a night to night basis, and because of that lack of 330 00:22:51.799 --> 00:22:56.279 trust, you know, the Suns could never really fully buy into what he 331 00:22:56.319 --> 00:22:59.119 was going to bring to the table. So I thought that just caused, 332 00:22:59.359 --> 00:23:03.599 you know, a kind of a rift within the organization and him and I 333 00:23:03.640 --> 00:23:07.759 think both teams are actually happy to move on, to be honest with you, 334 00:23:07.200 --> 00:23:11.079 Yeah, no question. And they had some talent, right. I 335 00:23:11.119 --> 00:23:14.759 thought Monty did a fantastic job. Who didn't think Monty did a fantastic job, 336 00:23:15.000 --> 00:23:18.839 Because he did, and that mixture of him and DeAndre and you just 337 00:23:18.880 --> 00:23:22.400 said that he didn't like the way he was being used the last time I 338 00:23:22.519 --> 00:23:26.599 checked, it's not up to the players that determine that. Yeah, it's 339 00:23:26.640 --> 00:23:30.640 up to the players. I actually would probably oppose what you just said about 340 00:23:30.680 --> 00:23:33.319 money Williams, to be honest with you, I think he did. I 341 00:23:33.319 --> 00:23:37.039 thought he did a terrific job the first couple of seasons, But I think 342 00:23:37.039 --> 00:23:41.200 what ultimately really changed with Monty was the fact that he was pretty stubborn about 343 00:23:41.200 --> 00:23:47.119 his rotations. He you know, we talk a lot about DeAndre Aden's inconsistent 344 00:23:47.240 --> 00:23:52.240 Yeah, I think Money Williams inconsistency in terms of his rotations and not really 345 00:23:52.279 --> 00:23:56.960 going with guys and really getting them comfortable in the roles was also a factor 346 00:23:56.039 --> 00:24:00.319 in the inconsistency of the entire team as a whole, outside of Devin Booker 347 00:24:00.359 --> 00:24:04.039 and Kevin Durant. And I think that ultimately costs in the last two seasons. 348 00:24:04.039 --> 00:24:07.039 So that's kind of where I were gonna look. Okay, that makes 349 00:24:07.079 --> 00:24:11.200 sense, So so at At you know, your first comment was that there 350 00:24:11.240 --> 00:24:15.160 seemed to be a pretty nice vibe and media day, what's uh, you 351 00:24:15.200 --> 00:24:18.759 know, what do you look at or what do you feel like is the 352 00:24:18.799 --> 00:24:23.079 biggest change or the biggest difference in that vibe this year compared to last year 353 00:24:23.079 --> 00:24:26.160 in terms of the guys that have come in, I mean, how have 354 00:24:26.240 --> 00:24:30.000 they changed that? Well? I think, you know, first of all, 355 00:24:30.119 --> 00:24:33.480 I think the fact that you had so many you know, veteran minimum 356 00:24:33.559 --> 00:24:37.279 free agents that signed here and signed here for a reason because they wanted to 357 00:24:37.279 --> 00:24:41.720 play with the Big three and they they knew they had an opportunity to win 358 00:24:41.720 --> 00:24:45.000 a championship. And some of these guys have never been afforded that opportunity. 359 00:24:45.200 --> 00:24:48.599 You look at Kata based the up, you look at you know, you 360 00:24:48.759 --> 00:24:51.960 to wat An abby Uh and the list goes on and on. And these 361 00:24:51.960 --> 00:24:55.960 guys are coming here for an opportunity to win a title. So with that 362 00:24:56.000 --> 00:25:00.480 sense of optimism, you bring in Drew Eubanks as well, and then trade 363 00:25:00.519 --> 00:25:03.720 for you know, a guy like Yusuf Nurkitch, who was you know, 364 00:25:03.759 --> 00:25:08.839 the Trailblazers were competitive before he shattered his leg grace and Allen's been with the 365 00:25:08.839 --> 00:25:11.559 Milwaukee Bucks, but they just got bounced in the first round last year. 366 00:25:11.599 --> 00:25:17.079 Now, now they're all coming here with a renewed sense of optimism, fresh 367 00:25:17.119 --> 00:25:19.720 perspective. And let's be honest, folks. And there's worse places to live 368 00:25:19.759 --> 00:25:23.200 in the country during the winter than Arizona. Yeah sure, yeah, no 369 00:25:23.319 --> 00:25:27.759 question. So the vibe in the city, what's that like? Given the 370 00:25:29.839 --> 00:25:32.079 you know, they were there in the finals not too long ago, a 371 00:25:32.079 --> 00:25:34.319 couple of years ago, the city was going crazy. I'm sure they have 372 00:25:34.440 --> 00:25:37.039 some some of that vibe. But Denver is still going to be good, 373 00:25:37.079 --> 00:25:41.519 Golden State's gonna be good, Lakers are going to be better. All this, 374 00:25:41.680 --> 00:25:44.920 all these teams in the West are going to get better. Yeah. 375 00:25:45.079 --> 00:25:48.400 True, But I think everybody's excited. I think everybody's excited for the opportunity 376 00:25:48.400 --> 00:25:51.559 to prove everybody wrong. You know, everybody's going to be pointing out the 377 00:25:51.599 --> 00:25:55.319 Nuggets. That's really the one team that everybody's pointing to in terms of who's 378 00:25:55.400 --> 00:25:56.720 really above us right now. And that's because, hey, listen, when 379 00:25:56.720 --> 00:26:00.839 you're the champion, you got to beat the champions to take that throne. 380 00:26:00.000 --> 00:26:04.720 And they deserved it. They beat everybody pretty handily last year. But yeah, 381 00:26:04.759 --> 00:26:07.079 I mean the West is loaded, the East is loaded, you know, 382 00:26:07.160 --> 00:26:11.000 I mean from top to I mean, the top teams in each conference 383 00:26:11.000 --> 00:26:15.119 are going to be really, really tough to deal with. But I think 384 00:26:15.119 --> 00:26:17.920 the vibe here in the city is no different than than it really was the 385 00:26:17.960 --> 00:26:22.599 last couple of years. A little bit more optimistic and definitely a refreshed kind 386 00:26:22.640 --> 00:26:26.160 of outlook on the season. And I think DeAndre Aiden, Let's be honest, 387 00:26:26.200 --> 00:26:30.200 I love DeAndre Aden. I think we all do down in Tucson because 388 00:26:30.200 --> 00:26:33.440 he's a he's a wildcat. But I think we were all kind of exhausted 389 00:26:33.480 --> 00:26:37.160 by the storyline that was DeAndre Aiden. So I think it was that by 390 00:26:37.240 --> 00:26:44.000 itself kind of refreshes everybody. Well, you heard part of the comments in 391 00:26:44.039 --> 00:26:48.400 Portland that he's kind of renewed some freshness or whatever. He said. You 392 00:26:48.400 --> 00:26:52.279 know, he and everyone that I saw on Twitter who've seen him places. 393 00:26:52.599 --> 00:26:53.880 Okay, we've heard that before, but now you have to do it. 394 00:26:56.000 --> 00:26:59.519 I mean, they're not wrong. Yeah, I mean I've heard I've heard 395 00:26:59.559 --> 00:27:02.640 that a year after a year, you know, from DeAndre and about how 396 00:27:02.640 --> 00:27:04.720 he was refocused and he was ready to prove everybody wrong and this, that 397 00:27:04.799 --> 00:27:07.480 and the other, and it just never came to fruition. You know, 398 00:27:07.519 --> 00:27:11.559 you can't listen. One of the things that you just can't do, and 399 00:27:11.599 --> 00:27:15.279 what ultimately will cost you is if if you don't show up in the playoffs, 400 00:27:15.319 --> 00:27:18.400 and I mean listen, man, you might as well see him on 401 00:27:18.400 --> 00:27:22.319 a milk carton because he was not around during the playoffs at all, and 402 00:27:22.319 --> 00:27:25.119 he was at MIA and people were trying to find out what was going on 403 00:27:25.160 --> 00:27:26.640 with him, and they could never put a finger on it. And so 404 00:27:27.000 --> 00:27:30.599 that ultimately I feel like it's really what caused him to be moved. You 405 00:27:30.640 --> 00:27:33.720 got to you got to show up when your team needs you the most, 406 00:27:33.000 --> 00:27:37.279 right, Right, So you talk about the big three, But you know, 407 00:27:37.319 --> 00:27:41.920 does this team need to be any one guy's you know, I would 408 00:27:41.960 --> 00:27:45.720 say it's his team. Does it need to be that or can it be 409 00:27:45.920 --> 00:27:49.640 you know, three guys or however many guys. There's have to be a 410 00:27:49.640 --> 00:27:55.440 focus. Make no mistake about it. This is Devin Booker's team. Okay. 411 00:27:55.759 --> 00:27:57.640 You can you can sense that when he walks into media day. You 412 00:27:57.680 --> 00:28:02.519 can sense that around the valley. This is Devin Booker's team. When Kad 413 00:28:02.799 --> 00:28:07.359 and Beal talk, they always talk about Devin Booker in that light, like 414 00:28:07.559 --> 00:28:11.200 I came to the valley because of Devin Booker. Like you don't make that 415 00:28:11.240 --> 00:28:15.279 move for a second or third option, like that's Devin Booker's that dude, 416 00:28:15.000 --> 00:28:23.279 Well he's bitter since nineteen ninety six. That was a pretty good line for 417 00:28:23.279 --> 00:28:27.400 me yesterday. It was it was a listen, we're gonna put that on 418 00:28:27.440 --> 00:28:30.720 a shirt and sell it. Let's go. You better you that smart move, 419 00:28:32.079 --> 00:28:36.119 smart move, I would assume, you know, having lived here forever. 420 00:28:36.279 --> 00:28:41.079 But now the Suns are Phoenix's team diamond Backs. Okay, yeah, 421 00:28:41.119 --> 00:28:45.400 the Cardinals are the Cardinals. But if the Phoenix Suns are rolling, Phoenix 422 00:28:45.480 --> 00:28:48.920 is just a happier place a million percent. No different than you know, 423 00:28:49.000 --> 00:28:52.400 when you think of two son, you think of you of a basketball, 424 00:28:52.759 --> 00:28:55.720 you know, it's that's the number one and then everything else's second, third, 425 00:28:55.759 --> 00:28:56.680 and fourth, right, And that's how the Suns are. When the 426 00:28:56.720 --> 00:29:00.599 Suns are rolling, that's the original franchise. That's that's that's the darling of 427 00:29:00.599 --> 00:29:03.359 the city. That's the baby, and that's the one that everybody wants to 428 00:29:03.359 --> 00:29:07.599 win the championship the most because they've come so close so many times. So 429 00:29:07.000 --> 00:29:10.839 yeah, without a doubt, how much does Kay do you have left? 430 00:29:11.599 --> 00:29:14.440 I think he has a lot left, to be honest with you. I 431 00:29:14.440 --> 00:29:17.480 think he's got two solid years where he's gonna give you all the start level 432 00:29:17.480 --> 00:29:19.559 of performance and then maybe he'll start to tail off. And even if his 433 00:29:19.680 --> 00:29:22.240 performance tails off a little bit, I don't think it's going to be a 434 00:29:22.319 --> 00:29:27.119 severe to where it's gonna cost you games. You know, I think you 435 00:29:27.119 --> 00:29:32.559 know, you look at Chris Paul and how he performed at times in the 436 00:29:32.599 --> 00:29:37.440 playoffs when he was healthy, and you can point to that and be satisfied 437 00:29:37.440 --> 00:29:40.759 in the KD can perform like that, They're gonna be in good hands. 438 00:29:41.119 --> 00:29:45.160 Yeah, Okay, you're gonna be busy a lot of fun too, because 439 00:29:45.279 --> 00:29:48.119 you know you're gonna see a lot of who do you think the favorites are 440 00:29:48.119 --> 00:29:52.279 giving your top four? Top four in the West, top four in the 441 00:29:52.319 --> 00:29:56.519 West. I'm gonna go, uh, Milwaukee, Boston, Phoenix, and 442 00:29:56.640 --> 00:30:02.519 Denver. Milwaukee's done. West. I'm sorry, I'm sorry, like overall 443 00:30:02.599 --> 00:30:07.200 overall. Just give me the West though, just the West. Okay, 444 00:30:07.400 --> 00:30:11.160 I will give you Denver. I'll give you a Phoenix obviously, I'll give 445 00:30:11.200 --> 00:30:14.359 you the Lakers. And then I'm gonna go with the sleeper because I think 446 00:30:14.400 --> 00:30:17.440 they're going to make a move at some point. I'm gonna give you the 447 00:30:17.440 --> 00:30:21.799 Clippers. Oh wow, wow, Okay, so you think Sacramento was a 448 00:30:21.839 --> 00:30:26.400 one shot deal. I'm not a big believer in Sacramento. I am all 449 00:30:26.440 --> 00:30:30.519 about uh the OKC thunder That is my basketball side piece this year, if 450 00:30:30.519 --> 00:30:34.640 you will, I am a big fan of the Thundering. Wow, and 451 00:30:34.720 --> 00:30:40.359 you not mentioned the Warriors. Now, I think I think they're going to 452 00:30:40.400 --> 00:30:42.119 get exposed this year as being a little too old and too long in the 453 00:30:42.160 --> 00:30:45.839 tooth. And they're younger pieces are nice, like I like Jonathan Cominga, 454 00:30:45.960 --> 00:30:49.240 but I just I think I just don't. I don't believe in them. 455 00:30:49.319 --> 00:30:53.480 I just don't. Don't discriminate again, don't discriminate against us old dudes. 456 00:30:53.480 --> 00:31:00.119 Man. Listen, man, I'm forty four, I know way do you 457 00:31:00.119 --> 00:31:07.480 know? Years? Well, So we appreciate your time, of course, 458 00:31:07.480 --> 00:31:12.680 thanks year, we'll see we'll talk again. Appreciate saw book from pH X. 459 00:31:14.480 --> 00:31:17.200 It's gonna be interesting for sure, right because you know, they went 460 00:31:17.279 --> 00:31:21.599 and got these pieces that on the surface don't look like a bunch of great 461 00:31:21.640 --> 00:31:26.359 pieces. But when you're talking about the fit that these guys need to have, 462 00:31:26.799 --> 00:31:29.359 well that's it. That's it, right. So he kind of he 463 00:31:29.640 --> 00:31:32.680 he kind of he said, he pooh pooed my thought on Williams. So 464 00:31:32.839 --> 00:31:36.000 Williams had the same guys, he had a great group of three or four, 465 00:31:36.640 --> 00:31:40.920 but he didn't have anybody to fill in what's the difference issue? But 466 00:31:41.000 --> 00:31:45.079 I mean, had you heard of you for this tra That's my point. 467 00:31:45.319 --> 00:31:47.920 But apparently, you know, I kind of try try to pay attention, 468 00:31:48.000 --> 00:31:48.799 like, Okay, how did this guy get in the league, and why 469 00:31:48.839 --> 00:31:52.480 is he in the league? And how good is he? And all you 470 00:31:52.519 --> 00:31:56.799 hear is that he's just a guy was gonna be the complimentary guy, you 471 00:31:56.799 --> 00:32:02.119 know, Louke Callard that DeAndre Ayden wasn't used to be. Let me tell 472 00:32:02.160 --> 00:32:05.799 you this, Jay, let me tell you this, and you talk about 473 00:32:05.799 --> 00:32:07.599 this a lot. We talk about this a lot. You have ten good 474 00:32:07.680 --> 00:32:14.079 dudes, you have one bad apple. That apple grews up a lot of 475 00:32:14.119 --> 00:32:17.359 crest, especially on a basketball team, where one bad apple is a higher 476 00:32:17.359 --> 00:32:22.839 percentage of bad apples than one bad apple on a football team. And Saul's 477 00:32:22.960 --> 00:32:27.640 words himself not the way he wanted to be used. It's not up to 478 00:32:27.680 --> 00:32:30.359 you. Am I wrong? Right? A coach coach is to get you 479 00:32:30.400 --> 00:32:35.279 to do things a certain way that they want things done. And then you 480 00:32:35.319 --> 00:32:37.240 said, well, I'm not gonna do that. When you get the hell 481 00:32:37.240 --> 00:32:38.680 out of I'm not gonna And how many times have we seen that? Yeah, 482 00:32:38.880 --> 00:32:43.240 all the time, all the time. This is not it's not just 483 00:32:43.599 --> 00:32:45.920 basketball or whatever, it's everything. No, come on, we'll talk about 484 00:32:45.960 --> 00:32:49.640 you in the corporate world and things like that. If you have a dude 485 00:32:49.640 --> 00:32:52.640 who's a pain of the ass and it is not part of the team effort, 486 00:32:53.160 --> 00:32:58.759 it's it's a downer man, their own idea of how they want things 487 00:32:58.799 --> 00:33:00.279 done. Yeah. No, either you got to get rid of them or 488 00:33:00.599 --> 00:33:04.920 you say enough. It happens. Wherever it happened to me, a guy 489 00:33:05.000 --> 00:33:07.799 just said, I don't like the way you manage and I don't want to 490 00:33:07.799 --> 00:33:08.559 do things the way you want me to do them. And I said, 491 00:33:08.599 --> 00:33:13.079 well then you're fired. Yeah, but you know, I mean they got 492 00:33:13.079 --> 00:33:16.119 grace. I mean, like, no, I think you need guys like 493 00:33:16.160 --> 00:33:19.559 that. Well, now we'll see. Here's the thing. If the Phoenix 494 00:33:19.559 --> 00:33:22.319 Sounds weren't Tucson, people would have lost their minds over that, because, 495 00:33:22.039 --> 00:33:27.359 yeah, because he's there, guy, he's heard college. He's a dukey 496 00:33:27.880 --> 00:33:30.279 up there. He's not those things. No, no, right, no, 497 00:33:30.359 --> 00:33:32.920 because he's one of their Yeah, yeah, you know, he's he's 498 00:33:32.960 --> 00:33:36.759 our ugly baby. Yeah, oh what a baby. He's an ugly baby. 499 00:33:36.880 --> 00:33:42.119 He's our ugly baby. Exactly. Yeah. Okay, let's take a 500 00:33:42.160 --> 00:33:45.279 break, right, let's take our last break. We'll love to take your 501 00:33:45.279 --> 00:33:49.119 calls on if you're an Arizona men's basketball fan. You know it's been successful 502 00:33:49.119 --> 00:33:52.759 for nearly forty years. Now take a look back at the Ludolson era in 503 00:33:52.799 --> 00:33:54.359 my new book, Lessons from Loot. 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Steve Ravera and Jay Gonsalez they have their Eye on the Ball 570 00:38:52.159 --> 00:38:58.719 on Tucson Sports Stage chef Fox Sports fourteen fifty streaming live on the iHeart Radio. 571 00:38:58.760 --> 00:39:01.639 Wam Hey, welcome back joining the ball here o Fox Sports fourteen fifty. 572 00:39:01.760 --> 00:39:06.039 I'm Steve, You're Jay. We have thirteen minutes. Anybody wants to 573 00:39:06.079 --> 00:39:08.039 call in, please do talk about whatever you guys want to talk about. 574 00:39:08.360 --> 00:39:12.320 Five two zero, four one, six seventy four forty. Don't forget. 575 00:39:12.360 --> 00:39:15.360 We've always got not always. I didn't you know what. I just realized 576 00:39:15.360 --> 00:39:19.400 I didn't post yesterday show on the internet. Yeah, I'll get that up 577 00:39:19.440 --> 00:39:22.239 tonight. But we do put our show up on the podcast on the iHeart 578 00:39:22.239 --> 00:39:28.679 website. We try to get it up every every day on Facebook and Twitter. 579 00:39:28.960 --> 00:39:30.360 Part of that depends on my schedule and whether or not I have a 580 00:39:30.440 --> 00:39:35.719 chance to do that. But you can usually find us on the iHeart website, 581 00:39:35.719 --> 00:39:37.880 search I on the Ball, or on Spotify. That puts us on 582 00:39:37.880 --> 00:39:42.840 Spotify puts us on Apple Podcasts as well, so you can look for it 583 00:39:42.880 --> 00:39:46.880 there too. So UH sign into their follow us, rate us, give 584 00:39:46.960 --> 00:39:50.199 us a good rating, tell us, tell people you love us, end 585 00:39:50.239 --> 00:39:52.760 up more people will listen. Well, I've got the Diamondbacks game on over 586 00:39:52.760 --> 00:39:58.679 here. They're down one zip in the bottom of the second. The Brewers 587 00:39:58.679 --> 00:40:04.000 have a runner on first with nobody out and some one zip on the on 588 00:40:04.039 --> 00:40:07.519 the Diamondbacks best two out of three and all of these uh, these four 589 00:40:07.599 --> 00:40:13.079 series that started today. Okay, Okay, I was gonna get back to 590 00:40:13.119 --> 00:40:17.480 my explanation of why I think Arizona has a chance against usc You're poop pointed 591 00:40:17.840 --> 00:40:24.840 a minute I said it. I I gave you fourteen points. Okay. 592 00:40:25.000 --> 00:40:30.280 I just think I've been saying this all summer long, that USC is just 593 00:40:30.519 --> 00:40:35.440 thinks too much of itself. They still don't play any defense, and they 594 00:40:35.480 --> 00:40:40.719 are going to lose three games, three games the regular season. Yeah. 595 00:40:40.760 --> 00:40:46.079 And in the regular season they're gonna lose three games because they still gotta play 596 00:40:46.119 --> 00:40:50.880 Washington. Hold on, I'm calling ninety one one. Someone's kidnapped. Okay, 597 00:40:51.079 --> 00:40:53.559 Jay, what three? They gotta play Washington? Okay, they still 598 00:40:53.559 --> 00:40:57.280 gotta play Oregon. Okay. I think they're gonna lose both of those. 599 00:40:57.480 --> 00:41:01.440 Okay, and then they're gonna lose one unexpectedly, and yeah, I don't 600 00:41:01.480 --> 00:41:05.599 see that happen. They might lose three overall, but not in the regular 601 00:41:05.599 --> 00:41:09.320 season because it was the league is very good. But I get what you're 602 00:41:09.320 --> 00:41:12.920 saying, and I totally get what you're saying. I also think that USC 603 00:41:13.079 --> 00:41:15.400 is one of those teams that needs a challenge. They need a challenge, 604 00:41:15.800 --> 00:41:20.840 and they haven't been challenged. Yeah, honestly, we saw that first game 605 00:41:20.880 --> 00:41:23.159 with the smooth and San Jose State. They look horrible and blah blah blah 606 00:41:23.159 --> 00:41:28.199 and every moore the poo poo that one. I think they need to play 607 00:41:28.440 --> 00:41:30.119 that Colorado game. Could have just gotten one hundred and Okay, here's the 608 00:41:30.119 --> 00:41:34.119 rest of their skit. Okay, tell me there aren't three losses in there. 609 00:41:34.159 --> 00:41:37.800 Okay, obviously Arizona this weekend at home. No, Okay, they 610 00:41:37.880 --> 00:41:42.239 go to Notre Dame. A good game, should be a good game. 611 00:41:43.000 --> 00:41:47.360 Uh possible, Yeah, possible. The spread would be about two. They've 612 00:41:47.400 --> 00:41:51.880 got Utah coming to their place. You think cam RISI played by then. 613 00:41:51.960 --> 00:41:53.559 I don't think that's a loss that I think they'll beat at home. They'll 614 00:41:53.559 --> 00:41:57.199 be at home, they'll beat Utah. And then they got they go to 615 00:41:57.280 --> 00:42:04.239 cal they'll win that. And they got Washington at home. Okay, Washington 616 00:42:04.320 --> 00:42:07.800 travel, Okay, let me go back. They could lose to Utah. 617 00:42:07.840 --> 00:42:09.760 I don't think they will, but I think the looser Notre Dame, because 618 00:42:09.760 --> 00:42:14.000 it's add Notre Dame. I think Washington beat him just because I think Washington's 619 00:42:14.000 --> 00:42:15.760 that much better. Yeah. No, and that's a game between you and 620 00:42:15.760 --> 00:42:20.280 me because the difference in in in our in our And then they got to 621 00:42:20.280 --> 00:42:23.880 go to Oregon, okay, and then that's a losible game. That that 622 00:42:23.880 --> 00:42:28.320 that's not a losible game. That's a sure loss. Okay. Well, 623 00:42:28.400 --> 00:42:30.519 and then they got then they got UCLA. No, that's not a less 624 00:42:30.920 --> 00:42:36.039 they'll lose. They lose two three, Okay. I'm fine for you. 625 00:42:36.039 --> 00:42:40.880 You've been wrong all year or so. That's my defense with you, your 626 00:42:40.920 --> 00:42:45.480 honor. Oh yeah, here's an individual games. Well these are individual games, 627 00:42:45.679 --> 00:42:50.039 but in all there. But getting back to the point though, is 628 00:42:50.079 --> 00:42:53.239 that you know they could lose to Arizona. I don't think they will, 629 00:42:53.280 --> 00:42:59.639 but they could, and I think that there's of course, there's there's a 630 00:42:59.719 --> 00:43:01.559 higher chair, the cold. It was a high chest and there was against 631 00:43:02.039 --> 00:43:05.679 Okay, go ahead, let's take this. How you're on the right on 632 00:43:05.760 --> 00:43:09.079 the ball, Nico. What's up? Man? Seven straight? Nico? 633 00:43:10.440 --> 00:43:15.199 Hey, man, get to that. I get to the first thing. 634 00:43:15.239 --> 00:43:17.599 Jay, you could have took my seat, man instead of standing there all 635 00:43:17.679 --> 00:43:21.519 day? Well, you know I stood there for ten minutes. It was 636 00:43:21.559 --> 00:43:23.679 no big deal. Hey, what do you get a sat by my dad? 637 00:43:23.719 --> 00:43:29.159 And uh, you guys sit in that corner. Yeah, six and 638 00:43:29.280 --> 00:43:31.679 thirty four. Okay, all right, all right, very cool, Row 639 00:43:31.800 --> 00:43:36.280 eleven six, seat sixteen. If you want to see, I would have 640 00:43:36.280 --> 00:43:37.440 had to take some stairs, and by that time of the day, I'm 641 00:43:37.480 --> 00:43:40.880 not taking any more stairs. Man. Those stairs killed me. Man, 642 00:43:42.000 --> 00:43:45.000 I'm not gonna lie. By that time, I wanted to talk about the 643 00:43:45.000 --> 00:43:50.039 game. Okay, your thoughts. I thought, I thought the lawyer played 644 00:43:50.039 --> 00:43:54.480 good. The lord didn't play the Lauren so Fida, Yeah, exactly, 645 00:43:55.000 --> 00:44:00.639 exactly. Now there was a big difference. Then there's a big yeah. 646 00:44:00.800 --> 00:44:04.639 No. But he he played well because they simplified the offense, didn't do 647 00:44:04.679 --> 00:44:07.239 anything crazy with them, and he shined. Right. What if they did 648 00:44:07.239 --> 00:44:13.079 that with Delora? I don't think the Laura would do it exact exactly. 649 00:44:13.199 --> 00:44:17.159 You're exactly right. So yeah, and I blame the lass on those red 650 00:44:17.239 --> 00:44:22.840 uniforms. I gotta get rid of that. Sweet Well, what's your They 651 00:44:22.880 --> 00:44:25.719 look good? They look good, they look good, So what do you 652 00:44:27.239 --> 00:44:30.000 Okay, if they don't warm blue, they don't lost my morning? Sure? 653 00:44:30.400 --> 00:44:32.760 Sure, so, Nico, what do you think about this guy talking 654 00:44:32.760 --> 00:44:38.800 out of his butt about this weekend? Hey, man, I think he's 655 00:44:38.840 --> 00:44:42.639 not tagging out of his butt. I think it's true. Do you think 656 00:44:42.639 --> 00:44:45.199 that they have a chance to win. I think they have a better chance 657 00:44:45.199 --> 00:44:50.159 of beating that season they did Washington. Did I just say that? I 658 00:44:50.159 --> 00:44:52.840 thought, I just said, what does that mean? I got Nico, 659 00:44:53.119 --> 00:44:59.400 who's crazy half the time, and you were crazy all the time. I'm 660 00:44:59.400 --> 00:45:04.320 with you, honest, he has no defense. Man, When you don't 661 00:45:04.320 --> 00:45:08.360 have a defense, you can lose. Arizona has not had any offense in 662 00:45:08.480 --> 00:45:12.519 five games. They just haven't. I don't know. I know you're hoping 663 00:45:12.599 --> 00:45:15.320 against hope they have an offense. But is that? Is that wrong? 664 00:45:15.400 --> 00:45:17.880 I think it's in there somewhere. Oh okay, okay, it's good for 665 00:45:17.920 --> 00:45:22.519 you. You think it's in there, Nico. Yeah, it's like an 666 00:45:22.599 --> 00:45:28.320 eably decline. Man. Eventually it will be nice. Good luck, good 667 00:45:28.360 --> 00:45:32.239 luck with that, good luck with that. Of course I am a downer 668 00:45:32.280 --> 00:45:37.079 because I'm not a fan in the room. Well, I gotta go do 669 00:45:37.159 --> 00:45:45.239 something. That's the thing you're not taking apart. Arizona's offense is not what 670 00:45:45.280 --> 00:45:50.400 you think it is. But I think in score against USC I do they 671 00:45:50.440 --> 00:45:52.320 couldn't score against other teams, But you think they're going to score against you 672 00:45:52.440 --> 00:45:55.559 see on the road let me say this to you and I'll give you this. 673 00:45:55.800 --> 00:46:00.559 You see, and I said this last night on the podcast that Arizona, 674 00:46:00.679 --> 00:46:05.960 for whatever weird reason, plays usc tough all the time. A lot 675 00:46:06.400 --> 00:46:12.400 they do, they do unexplainably, even even carold very much bad teams. 676 00:46:12.440 --> 00:46:15.039 They went in there very much. So I have no idea why that happens. 677 00:46:15.079 --> 00:46:19.719 But they could be close. And I'll give you that, but I 678 00:46:19.840 --> 00:46:22.199 just don't see it now, and you will see. I think they finally 679 00:46:22.239 --> 00:46:28.320 needs to. They're well aware of the defense sucks, yes, and I 680 00:46:28.360 --> 00:46:30.960 think these kinds of things matter. How much more bounce in their step are 681 00:46:31.000 --> 00:46:36.840 guys like Fafita and McMillan. We see that all timon who gonna have when 682 00:46:36.840 --> 00:46:39.280 they can step on the We see that all the time. We see the 683 00:46:39.320 --> 00:46:44.440 all time because it's a story being written. These guys never recruited you, 684 00:46:44.679 --> 00:46:47.000 They overlooked you, they thought you weren't they did recruit you. They're still 685 00:46:47.000 --> 00:46:51.360 saying, I'm from there. You know everybody I know is going to be 686 00:46:51.360 --> 00:46:54.000 at this game. Well, did you hear you saw you heard this quote 687 00:46:54.000 --> 00:46:59.719 about but we're not gonna blay kumbaya or whatever. That's not with you with 688 00:46:59.719 --> 00:47:01.400 the guy from the other two right, right, the guys who were here 689 00:47:01.440 --> 00:47:05.840 last year, and that's another incentive both ways, yeah, both ways. 690 00:47:06.159 --> 00:47:09.519 Yeah. So no, I you know, I I'm looking forward to this 691 00:47:09.559 --> 00:47:14.079 game. I like fourteen that I'm giving you. I like fourteen. Okay, 692 00:47:15.000 --> 00:47:16.280 that's fine. What are we what are we betting on that there's a 693 00:47:16.320 --> 00:47:22.679 double or nothing on your loss in the in the playoffs? Yes, that 694 00:47:22.760 --> 00:47:27.079 was that was a stupid That was a bad, bad probably suck and they 695 00:47:27.119 --> 00:47:30.960 came on late. Right, well, what did it matter? Makes no 696 00:47:30.000 --> 00:47:35.119 sense? All right, Well the Diamondbacks are now down three zip after two. 697 00:47:35.280 --> 00:47:39.239 It's over. They're toast. No, they're toast. So anyways, 698 00:47:39.280 --> 00:47:42.679 all right, so no, I'm you know, I'm looking forward to it. 699 00:47:42.760 --> 00:47:44.559 A lot of a lot of cool stuff this weekend. A lot of 700 00:47:44.559 --> 00:47:46.440 games, a lot of good games, a big game. Boomer put out 701 00:47:46.480 --> 00:47:52.400 his upset alerts today on it. He's got Texas, who's giving six and 702 00:47:52.400 --> 00:47:57.920 a half to Oklahoma, the Red River rivalry at the Coliseum. He's got 703 00:47:57.920 --> 00:48:00.960 Georgia, who's got to play Kentucky. Kentucky's undefeated. They're playing really well, 704 00:48:01.039 --> 00:48:04.360 they're play well. Right, that's a good one. Every team. 705 00:48:04.400 --> 00:48:07.599 I see him on the sideline stops. I'm thinking, yeah, you guys 706 00:48:07.639 --> 00:48:10.320 hired the wrong stups. He looks really old. Yeah, you just see 707 00:48:10.400 --> 00:48:15.639 him. He's gonna be because he did that thing during game day where they 708 00:48:15.679 --> 00:48:16.639 you know, they give him a headphones and he's on the field, you 709 00:48:16.679 --> 00:48:21.119 know, during warm ups and he's talking to the game day guys and they 710 00:48:21.159 --> 00:48:23.239 put the camera on him, like he got really, really old. Do 711 00:48:23.239 --> 00:48:29.679 you think this is an easy job? You know, you get paid a 712 00:48:29.679 --> 00:48:31.360 lot of money, but you age quickly. It's like the President of the 713 00:48:31.440 --> 00:48:36.559 United States. Yeah, he's got so he's got He's got Texas, He's 714 00:48:36.599 --> 00:48:39.519 got Georgia on there. He's got Ohio State, who's playing a very surprising 715 00:48:39.599 --> 00:48:45.840 Maryland team Maryland. I know State's giving twenty points at home, but man, 716 00:48:45.079 --> 00:48:50.119 Maryland is Maryland is pretty good, you know, Notre Dame. He's 717 00:48:50.159 --> 00:48:54.719 got on there. Who should have lost this last weekend but didn't. I'm 718 00:48:54.760 --> 00:49:00.199 trying to I had that who they were, who they were playing? Who 719 00:49:00.320 --> 00:49:04.480 is it? Where is it? Oh, Louisville, Louisville. They're at 720 00:49:04.519 --> 00:49:07.679 Louisville. Louisville's five and all. Who's that's uh? Really? And and 721 00:49:08.119 --> 00:49:13.920 Louisville's getting seven. But there should be a good weekend to extend my lead 722 00:49:13.960 --> 00:49:17.440 to Fresnel States Wyoming. I'm mad at Fresnel State, but I should get 723 00:49:17.480 --> 00:49:22.480 back on that bandwagon. Like you know what I was thinking about this Oklahoma. 724 00:49:22.519 --> 00:49:25.000 I got off the bandwagon after one one loss from these guys, would 725 00:49:25.079 --> 00:49:30.360 get on it, stay on it, right, I'm telling you because I 726 00:49:30.400 --> 00:49:34.119 say, now Oklahoma bandwagon I went. I told you last week when I 727 00:49:34.119 --> 00:49:37.559 picked him, I specifically said, and you heard it. I said, 728 00:49:37.760 --> 00:49:40.360 I'm going on that wagon because you're because you're getting off, I'm gonna get 729 00:49:40.400 --> 00:49:44.440 back on it not a minute next to Oklahoma. That's our special this week. 730 00:49:44.480 --> 00:49:45.400 By the way, Yeah, I know where I'm going with that one. 731 00:49:45.440 --> 00:49:47.679 I know I already know where I'm going with that one. But anyways, 732 00:49:47.679 --> 00:49:52.719 those are some of the some of the upsettlers. The big game Boomerath 733 00:49:52.400 --> 00:49:55.880 Washington on their last weekend wasn't that far off. So there you go. 734 00:49:57.840 --> 00:50:00.920 But you but you did not have USC on. What's the biggest game in 735 00:50:00.960 --> 00:50:07.960 the league to this week in the NFL. Uh, I think it stirs 736 00:50:07.000 --> 00:50:09.360 only USC. No, that's the big game. No, I don't couldn't 737 00:50:09.360 --> 00:50:14.880 be. Let me see who was what is Colorado playing? They're playing Colorado 738 00:50:14.960 --> 00:50:19.840 at a SU. Yeah that's boring. Yeah, Colorado, the Colorado story 739 00:50:19.920 --> 00:50:23.320 is kind of well, that's that's gonna be overplayed eventually. Washington State at 740 00:50:23.440 --> 00:50:28.320 UCLA off to a really good start. You see all these three and one, 741 00:50:28.400 --> 00:50:30.280 so it's not like they're horrible. I don't you know, I don't 742 00:50:30.320 --> 00:50:34.039 give them much of a chance. Oregon you see all these favored by three 743 00:50:34.039 --> 00:50:38.480 and a half. So whom still looking here at the rest of the games? 744 00:50:39.440 --> 00:50:45.480 Uh? Colorado at ASU, Colorado a SU is giving four? Giving 745 00:50:45.559 --> 00:50:51.639 four? Really? Yes? Oregon State at cal So it looks like it 746 00:50:51.679 --> 00:50:55.800 looks like h is off. Okay, Oh yeah, yeah they're off because 747 00:50:55.800 --> 00:51:00.639 they play they play USC I think, yeah, yeah, yeah, there 748 00:51:00.679 --> 00:51:02.519 you go another there's another No, no, no, no, no, 749 00:51:04.000 --> 00:51:06.079 yes, he's got him at the end of the year. Look ahead, 750 00:51:06.199 --> 00:51:09.679 do they play somebody who's looking ahead us? He's got I didn't go Washington 751 00:51:09.800 --> 00:51:14.719 next. Let me see, is it a break though? Here we go? 752 00:51:15.119 --> 00:51:17.840 Yeah, that's another thing. You start looking ahead. That's not good. 753 00:51:20.199 --> 00:51:22.880 Looking at their schedule. No, they got notre dame. No break 754 00:51:23.639 --> 00:51:29.360 Okay. In week to week to week. Actually they don't have, man, 755 00:51:29.400 --> 00:51:32.519 they don't have another buy because they had to buy. Well, they 756 00:51:32.519 --> 00:51:36.559 had that they played early, but then they had to buy after their third 757 00:51:36.599 --> 00:51:39.599 game, and they don't get another one. So they got Arizona, Notre 758 00:51:39.679 --> 00:51:47.360 Dame, Utah, Cal Washington ore again without a break. So I was 759 00:51:47.360 --> 00:51:51.039 gonna ask you about this schedule for I was gonna be really out of time. 760 00:51:51.159 --> 00:51:52.320 It doesn't really matter. It doesn't really matter because we know it's a 761 00:51:52.320 --> 00:51:57.079 gauntlet and you're still gonna have them win six games. You're gonna have them 762 00:51:57.119 --> 00:52:02.800 beat Colorado, I do and a issue and then then either organ state or 763 00:52:04.119 --> 00:52:08.000 yell, good luck with you, good luck, good luck, good luck 764 00:52:08.000 --> 00:52:12.119 with that. What are those two, Steve, They're gonna get their six 765 00:52:12.960 --> 00:52:16.000 As Bill would say, go ahead and pick them. You're gonna owe me. 766 00:52:16.559 --> 00:52:20.480 You're gonna owe me. You are you are, don't say you're not. 767 00:52:20.840 --> 00:52:23.559 I'm gonna win a lot this year for me. It'll pay off. 768 00:52:23.880 --> 00:52:28.639 I gotta I gotta pick some games this week. All right, Well, 769 00:52:28.679 --> 00:52:30.719 I'm glad to be back, Steve. This was fun. Thank you Jim 770 00:52:30.719 --> 00:52:32.800 Monica for being here. Saut Bookman first time on the show. Since you 771 00:52:32.840 --> 00:52:37.119 and i've been together. Good stuff on the suns and we'll be talking for 772 00:52:37.199 --> 00:52:42.960 more usc Arizona as we go along. We'll be back tomorrow