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I Am six forty This Later with mo Kelly. We're live everywhere on the
iHeartRadio app. Happy Monday, Jackie Ray. As we go beyond the box
score? How you doing this evening, I'm doing good. I'm excited about
this upcoming week. I'm excited, but probably not for the same reasons that
you are. The NBA Draft is upon us. There are all sorts of
discussions about who will be taken at number one. We know the Atlanta Hawks
came out of nowhere to win the draft lottery, but that's going inside basketball.
We're going beyond the box score. Let's look at some of these other
issues surrounding the draft, and we had covered how Lebron James's son, Lebron
James Junior, had declared for the draft, which was weird to me.
I get nepotism, but it's really weird when you have a player who played
one year at USC barely played. It's four point eight points, two point
eight rebounds, two point one assists. In no world is that a resume
to be a lottery pick or even a draftee. In the NBA. Am
I missing something here? It's not even a resume to be a starter the
following season at USC. So it's troubling that this is what's happening, and
it's exactly what you said. I am a diehard Lebron James fan. I
also tell people I don't mind the patriarchy system in theory. If I had
children, I definitely would want to help my children do whatever they want to
do, especially if I have a leg up in that situation. But this
is where that system becomes a problem because now what's happening is somebody who's unfortunately,
and I love Brownnie, I hate saying this, but someone who's not
qualified is getting a look that someone who is qualified will not, simply because
of who his father is. Because that's the only way you can look at
it. I know a lot of people can say, well, there's no
other way you can look at it. There's nothing about his level of play
we've seen thus far says he's ready for any type of position in the NBA,
and that's including the G League. So this is a problematic situation for
sure. And this is what some people who may not be familiar with sports
may understand, when you are drafted, there is a rookie pay scale.
Not only would he be taking the spot of someone obviously and arguably more deserving,
you're taking that money slot. There's nothing preventing a team from signing Bronni
James as a free agent and then have him just signed with the team on
a ten day contract or a two way player contract. There are a lot
of options, but this just seems it feels dirty on some level because no
one would ever give this guy a look, Bronnie James if Lebron James wasn't
his father, and it's a package deal. Lebron James wants to play with
his son. Lebron James presently only plays for the Lakers, so this is
only an issue which the Lakers have to work out. Correct right, and
this is ESPN Adrian Rolsion. Now, he said that Lebron James and Rich
Paul had said they don't want Lebroni to play. They don't want Bronnie to
play in the league because they know he's not ready. They wanted a team
to develop him. But to your point, that development still means a pay
slot, because if you're talking like when you're talking to development. You're talking
about the G League, and I'm telling you right now that Lebron James Junior
is not ready for that. And I would love to sit down with Lebron
and just pick his brain as to why he's pushing forward with this, because
he can't throw his hands in the air and say, oh, this isn't
me, this is the Lakers that are interested in him, or this is
this other team. He can't say that because we're all going to know that's
not the case. And when you talk about Lebron James and his legacy,
he's very cognizant of his legacy at all times. And I would think that
he would want to do the right thing, not only for Bronnie because this
isn't the right thing for Bronni, but also for the league. And it
just makes everything look bad as far as what they're doing right now. And
I'm just hoping that this is one of those things that it's a lot to
do about nothing and it fizzles out and Bronni somehow says, hey, I'm
going to stay in college, and then we can just say that's probably the
forces that be that I've made him say that. But this is just a
little too much for me. If I understand this correctly, Lebron James has
two options. He can opt out of his final year and then see what
the market will offer for him, and by extension, Lebron James Junior see
what that's out there for him, or the Lakers can pony up and pay
him ungodly sums of money to stay or extend his contract. And that also
probably would have to do with an implied negotiation of Lebron James Junior. If
you are the Lakers, do you keep Lebron James at this point in his
career where he'll be forty years old next season. I acknowledge that he's playing
at a high level, but you'd have to commit a lot of money for
him. Well, the Lakers back themselves in this corner, and there's no
team in the league that's going to pick up this option was twenty five million
dollar option when they know Father Time is undefeated. Nobody going to do that.
So the Lakers are backed themselves in this corner, and I think they
kind of have to stick with them because but they can't put their foot down
and say, hey, we know you put we put this option in your
contract that's great, we'll eat it, but we're not going to eat Bronny
too. Well. If I'm Genie Buss, this is where my legacy.
Talking about legacies, her legacy is on the line. Here. We remember
how they handled the Kobe Bryant exit the Lakers organization. I know that wasn't
necessarily her fault, but overpaying as a thank you to Kobe, not for
the then present day Kobe and what he could do, how that hampered and
hindered the franchise for a good decade. I would say, how we're at
that same crossroads where if you overpay for Lebron James, not only are you
not going to win now, you preclude any chance later, right, which
is again this is so this pains me to say it because I'm such a
diehard Lebron James fan. But even when they put this option in his contract,
this was another hashmark for me. And who is doing what over there?
Who is father time again? Is undefeated? And yes, Lebron is
still playing at a high level, but he's not He's not twenty sixteen Lebron.
He's not the Lebron that can carry a team on his back. He
needs solid help and I'm not even sure that the Lakers organization as a whole
right now can make the proper decisions to put around him, because you can't
get rid of Ad right now, and AD is winded in press conferences.
So I don't understand really what their plan of attack is. They back themselves
into a terrible corner. And if they keep Lebron with this twenty five million
dollar option, and then now you got BRONI sitting on a roster knowing he's
not going to develop anytime soon, and I would dare say, based on
what we've seen, I don't think he's ever going to get to the level
of play as say at Bryce's. So what you're really doing is just trying
to hope you hang on to that Lebron James legacy until Bryce is ready.
That's ridiculous. And there's something else we didn't talk about. Minnesota is going
to be better with Anthony Edwards, who's only twenty two years old. Send
Into is going to be better. Denver is still going to be Denver as
their two stars are in their prime. We can run the list of Oklahoma
City with Shaye, you'll just Alexander, I can name you seven or eight
teams, which you are going to be better next year than this year from
a business standpoint, because we don't need to go into all the x's and
o's. From a business standpoint, it would seem that the Lakers should cut
bait because they are not going to be better next year. They can hold
on to Lebron James is going to be a year older and Anthony Davis is
going to be a year older. Probably not going to be more reliable from
an availability standpoint, but they're not going to be a better team. The
problem is, and I've said this before and people get malded I say it,
but I'm gonna say it again. I think in order to cut bait
in this situation, you have to admit that you made the wrong decision.
And I don't think the leadership that is in place with the Lakers is willing
to admit that. And that always means you're just going to stay the course.
And I'll never forget when Jeanie, you know, she tweeted a couple
of years ago after the passing of the late great Kobe Bryant that she missed
him telling her what to do. And I think that's a problem. I
think She relies heavily on the stars and them saying what they want and what
they need, and she acts accordingly, and that's problematic. The Lakers have,
to your point, painted themselves in this corner, and I don't know
if they'll be able to get out of it anytime soon. We got to
go to a commercial break. On the other side, I want to talk
about Glenn Big Baby Davis, who's on his way to prison, federal prison.
We'll tell you why just a moment. You're listening to later with Moe
Kelly on demand from KFI AM six forty. We're going Beyond the box Score
still with Jackie Ray. We're live everywhere on the iHeartRadio app. Former NBA
forward Glenn Big Baby Davis, he did spend some time with the Clippers.
He was recently sentenced by a federal judge last Thursday to forty months in prison
plus three years supervised release for his November twenty twenty three conviction in an alleged
scheme to defraud the league's healthcare benefits plan. It gets worse. Twenty two
people, eighteen of them former players, including Terrence Williams and key On Duley,
another former Clipper, have been sentenced as well, in the case for
filing false medical claims with the NBA players Health and Benefit Welfare Plan. Glenn
Davis is only thirty eight, and when I say the sentences only three and
a half years, it's not like he's doing life. But I am not
only super disappointed, I'm surprised at how super stupid these guys were. What
did you think about this whole fiasco. Well, when the pandemic hit,
you knew people were going to start trying to figure out schemes. I didn't
have any idea that it would be Glenn baby Davis. And with all due
respects, I've met Glenn baby Davis on several occasions this scheme. When I
saw his name in the headline, I said, yep, let it just
fit. It is fit personally, I've heard perfectly with who he is,
and even after the sentencing him saying, you know what, this is what's
going to stop me from eating burgers and now I can lose weight. Like
his comprehension of like the gravity of this situation is, it's just not quite
there. I do agree with some of the trends that I've seen on Twitter.
I do feel like the sentencing is excessive considering Brett Farre allegedly stole the
million dollars from the Mississippi Welfare Fund and he's still playing golf. So I
think that the optics of it kind of says, Okay, well, why
are you hammering down on this specific group of people. But either way,
when you're talking about scheming for money, I would venture to say that most
athletes don't know how to dot every I and cross every T to get away
with something like that. Yeah, and I get the whole unfairness argument.
I hate, though, trying to use examples of criminality to make a larger
point about the injustice of the justice system. I get that, you know,
you make people want to make comparisons between Bill Cosby and Harvey Weinstein,
right, and you know and R. Kelly, But no criminals say the
unfairness conversation. For someone who's actually not guilty of a crime, don't try
to say, well, R. Kelly got this amount of time, Harvey
Weinstein should get that amount of time. They're all in prison. And I
know Harvey Weinstein had one of his convictions overturn, but his ass is still
in prison. So yeah, I hear that argument. I understand it,
but I think it's misplaced. When we're talking about people who are guilty,
it's not like you can make an argument that they're not guilty. I mean,
this disappoints me because you have millionaires, all of them millionaires who wanted
to get over on the system, which could have helped out somebody else who
actually needed it. And to your point, Glenn, big Baby Davis,
it hasn't hit home how serious this is. It doesn't take any of this
seriously, which for me says we'll give more time. Yeah, Glenn sees
the world differently than anybody I know. I've talked to him several times,
even when we've talked about NBA contracts. You know, he kind of had
this mindset that there's nothing the players can do to better their situation. Like
he and I have this conversation about healthcare, and I thought it was a
fascinating conversation because it was three years ago. So now you fast forward now
four years ago, so now you fast forward and it's an interesting thing.
It's an interesting concept. So my thing is why risk it? And this
is always going to be my question for people who take these kinds of risk,
because now with any crime. Now you're not just talking about you know,
you're getting what it was, one hundred and sixty four thousand dollars.
What is that going to do in the grand scheme of his life. Maybe
for me one hundred and sixty four thousand dollars right now would be great,
but it still wouldn't be worth me risking my freedom. It still wouldn't work
be worth me risk getting caught, because the repercussions of that is going to
be far greater than that one hundred and sixty four thousand dollars. Well,
there are a couple of things. One, these are retired players, so
I know that their quality of living, their expenditures is probably decreased. You
know, they're not living as high in the hall as they were ten fifteen
years ago, So I think this is part of that. And also,
if you're living in a lifestyle where people have catered to you for most of
your life as a professional athlete, you've been catered to since you were a
child. You've been told that you're special, You've had people circumnavigate the rules
for you. Going back to the old ways of college sports and how people
are giving them a hundred dollars handshakes. They have not had to play with
them within the framework of the rules for quite some time. But again,
you think after a certain point they have to realize they are not as valuable
a commodity anymore. They're not going to be given that amount of grace or
privilege anymore. And here we are, And honestly, I'm quite sure there
are others who've been scheming and getting over but these guys are so dumb about
how the way they did it. You know, of course they're going to
get caught. So that's the thing, like, you have to know that
probably not going to get away with this. And to your points, I've
always said that athletes coming into the league, especially athletes that have come from
impoverished upbringings, there needs to be somebody dedicated to helping them understand that,
hey, this is a you're now, but this isn't forever. So let's
put things in place. Going back to Lebron, Lebron, if he stopped
playing basketball tomorrow, he's gonna be good forever and ever, becaurever, put
forever and ever. He put things in place to make sure he's good.
But I think a lot of athletes when they get to the league. This
is that I'm here, I'm arrived, this is it, and they see
the now and they don't see what's coming ahead, and then the future comes
and then they're left with their pants down and they start making really stupid decisions.
Well, good luck to Glenn. I mean, I don't know what
to say. You know, let's see if he loses this way. He
seems excited about it, so let's see. Well he has at least three
and a half years to think about it. Jackie Ray, it's always good
to talk to you. Thank you for coming in. I know you had
a very busy evening, so thank you for fitting us in. Thank you.
You're listening to Later with Moe Kelly on demand from KFI AM six forty.
The now late David Sanborn, who I grew up loving to hear and
just enamored with all of his talent. It's sad to say he's good on
now at the age of seventy eight. He passed yesterday due to complications from
prostate cancer. So we are playing music here and there from his illustrious career,
six time Grammy winner and so many memories. Didn't know until tonight when
I started the show that Stephan had similar memories which were tied to our fathers.
That just blew me away. So I was I almost texted you,
but I was like, I know you do a lot of work beforehand.
But when I saw it in the list, I was like, what does
he know about Maputo from Bob James Samore. Yeah, I was like,
oh my god, like, all right, I'll play it, We'll see
what happens. And then I discover the news. But that when I talk
about that was my soundtrack on the way home falling asleep. That was one
of the songs I would always hear. So that always reminds me of like
a night drive going home, end of the night. And yeah, and
then he always had to make that distinction every time, like oh yeah,
and Bob James, he made Taxi the the thing, the taxi Maputo off
that Oh my goodness, that album wouldn't play with all the songs Chicago Song
and others. So it brings back so many memories and you just relish in
the days in which music was so much more impactful, so much more powerful.
Absolutely got some other news we have to talk about. You know that
I am someone who loves to go on cruises. My wife and I we
try to hit a different continent each time we go on a cruise. We
got sidetracked because the family as in not us. They wanted to do a
cruise and they hadn't gone on cruisers, so they were cruise virgins for the
most part. They wanted to start with a small one locally, got on
Carnival, don't recommend. Got on Carnival, get a little three day Mexican
Riviera Cruz, came back. It was fine. But they're just some great
things about cruises. It's a good way to sample certain locations that you wouldn't
necessarily go to, or you didn't you wouldn't know if you want to go
this, you get to sample this, stay a few hours or a day
or so, get a feel for it, and if you want to come
back and fly in and stay longer, you have a point of reference.
Well, not all cruises end joyfully. Let me take you to this is
a Norwegian Cruise Line ship that was traveling up the coast to the Pacific Northwest,
and there was one of the cruise workers who was arrested for flipping out
and stabbing three of the passengers, two were cruise workers, one was an
actual passenger while on the cruise. According to a press release from the US
Attorney's Office for the District of Alaska as in like the FBI, a man
from South Africa identified as Natando Sigoni probably pronounced that wrong, has been arrested
by the FBI. He's facing assault charges after allegedly attacking multiple passengers with a
pair of medical scissors. For the Alaskan based Federal Prosecutors, Sigone was working
on a Norwegian Cruise Line vessel that left Seattle Hey Mark over the weekend and
was bound for Juno, Alaska. It was supposed to shepherd guests through the
quote unquote incredible sites of British Columbia, Alaska, and the Pacific Northwest,
But for one vacationing woman and two cruise ship employees, they all got stabbed.
The incident began when when other cruise ship workers allegedly observed this guy trying
to release a lifeboat from the side of the ship. That was clue number
one. He wasn't all there. They contacted security and he was escorted to
the cruise vessel's medical center. As opposed to the jail. There, he
allegedly picked up a pair of medical scissors and attacked multiple people without any provocation
whatsoever. And I know this is when Taualla starts slipping out because he's not
going to get on a ship and have to worry about getting attacked. Prosecutors
say none of the three provoked, None of the three people provoked Sigoni in
any way, and that the violent attack came up out of the blue.
The woman was stabbed multiple times, and the other employees were seriously injured too.
I have to wonder since the way it's laid out, the woman was
stabbed last, but how did she get stabbed the most when she was stabbed
last? Probab because she didn't run messed up. I thought the crew was
going to take care of her. She was like, well they got it,
they got a hand. Oh my god, they don't. But she's
probably she According to that, she was in a medical examination room, so
she was probably blocked in. My point is there were other people there who
could have jumped in, could have done something. I no, no,
No, one's jumping in while a crew members stabbing folks. That's not when
you jump in, not on the ship. No, No, Look,
you're worried about that boat sinking, You're worried about mega sharks, you are
worried about falling into the water. You got way too much, the dead
bodies in the freezer. You got too much to worry about. What would
concern me is when they find this guy trying to lower a lifeboat into the
water, I'm thinking, what does he know that I don't m go.
You can only push gophers so far he's gonna But if he's he's letting other
lifeboat, I'm thinking, like, did he leave a bomb, you know,
did he release some sort of toxin? Why is he trying to get
off the ship. And then once you get that guy, why why would
why would you not put him in the brig some sort of jail you can
you can analyze him from jail. True, put him in the ice cream
freezer. Yeah, because once he's trying to do something which could harm the
ship or change I don't know, when you let a lifeboat go, anything
could happen. Or he's trying to let anything happen. He needs to be
detained, not examined. You examine him in the medical uh lounge or wherever
the medical center put his ass in the jail and then send a doctor to
him. It's much safer that way. Well, how you put him in
irons, that's what you do, put him in irons. Failing that,
you keel haul them. That's that's how it worked in the old days.
You're so helpful and you have Isaac watch over them. You haven't been on
a cruise, have you? Mark? Are you kidding me? I wouldn't
if your life depended on it. One of these anti cruise people to all
of the won't go on a cruise? Mark won't go on a cruise,
stebbing, I don't know. This story is not helping. Do you think
the story helps? I hope you don't think the story helps. You are
strong selling you were not going to go on a cruise even before this happened.
You know what, Every single year I think to myself, maybe it's
not that bad, and then all of a sudden you have stabbing mcjenkins out
of here to take it to the people on the boat. No, sir,
Well, even with the stabbings, mo, aren't these things notorious for
being just floating culture dishes where everybody comes down with something. Look, we
all know that you have what's the word in a version to common sense?
Is the term you're looking for? No, no, no, no,
no, you're you're borderline hypochondriacs. Not what I were to No. Look,
just because Mark doesn't want to get on Carnival Herpie simplex tim Quemsy's that
does not make him anti social or against people. Well, no, it's
hard enough just to get the man to go to movies. Okay, he's
hypochondria. That's not what it is. That's insane. What a sick thing
of you to say. You've said it. You were you were you were
reticent to go to movie theaters because they were super spreader events. According to
you, we're four years into a global pandemic that's killed more than a million
Americans. What about that? It's hard to know you're so you're agreeing that
that's you're a hypochondria. I have a healthy degree of common sense when it
comes to super spreader locations where you're more likely to get sick. You don't
see me going to like a big crowded concert or a gym right now,
either, do you. Mark? People can't see you. But you're working
in a box which is smaller than a prison cell and you share instruments with
six other people in the given day. That's a good point. I'm not
swapping fluids with anybody in here. You use a little of the same mic
as everyone else pretty much. Well, it's not going in me. I'm
just talking in front of it. You're breathing pretty good stuff. Pick aside,
will you. You're basically kissingbor Mark and Michael Krozer right now. Well,
first of all, I'm not sure how I actually kneel about. Come
here, Crozier, there, give me some tongue. There's much worse in
the building if you want to, if you want to go there. Let's
let's stick to the cruise situation here. You cannot deny that there are widespread
reports of people on cruises coming down with something that's You don't care about that,
apparently, no, I do care about it. But there are certain
things that my wife and I do when we're on the ship, when we
go up and down the steps, we don't put our hands on the rails.
You wear haz matt suit, both of you for the whole cruise.
No, no, no, no, Like when we go in the pool
on the ship, we're a condom. That kind of thing. Uh huh
uh huh, of course, yeah, yeah, gotta try. It's great,
it's great. Yeah, we'll get three day cruise. There's nothing that
would please me more than to pay a whole bunch of money to go on
a cruise and then come down with something horrifying that has a liquid shooting out
of every orifice in my body. Yeah, yeah, please, Where do
I sign up for that? Look? What are the odds? Look,
you went to Pastathon and that was a super spreader event, and what happened.
I got sick for nine days. That's what happened when I went to
Pastathon. So what are the odds of it happening again? Pretty good?
Why do you want to see me sick and or dead? Why? What
have I ever done to you that you didn't richly deserve? Your horoscope when
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and you can learn more about the coping mechanism best suited to soothing your moon
sign. I'm not an astrologist, so I have no idea what that means.
Aris aries should find their path to peace through physical exertion. Moving energy
or feelings is a matter of moving the body. For these lunar natives,
running or doing a challenging exercise will do wonders for the mind, leading them
with clarity and ways to move forward. Taurus Taurus moon natives are urged to
revert to ritual comforts when emotions are running high or tensions are building. Retreating
the self care is the best option. Whether it's a twenty minute nap,
sleeping your favorite excuse me, steeping your favorite of tea, or doing a
moisturizing sheet mask. These small rituals will help out and get you back into
ease. Gemini. For this Mercury ruled moon, communication is tea. You'll
find safety in a community in or on online. If you feel comfortable recording
your woes and posting it on social media, go for it. On that
same note, scrolling through accounts that make you feel inspired, like travel or
lifestyle content can't also help release stress. Cancer cancer moons have sharpened instincts about
what they need when a crisis crops up. If there's a hobby that brings
you comfort, go do that, whether it's baking or going into a cocoon
and watching rom coms. Because cancer is ruled by the moon, people with
this placement will have a specific idea on how to nurture and take care of
themselves. Leo moons are advised to lead with and live by the principle a
play. Do something creative or an activity that lets your inner child play.
Think adult jungle gym or trampoline park, or even taking out those art supplies
and making some new paintings. If all that seems too daunting, don't underestimate
a good dance session. Turn on your favorite song and dance it out.
Hey, Virgos, scrub your way to emotional satisfaction. That's the name of
the game. Have you ever heard of stress cleaning? This was made famous
thanks to a Virgo mom. Work out the nhous energy with a cleaning or
organizational task and before you know it, you'll be left with a home and
mind free of clutter. And see that would work for me. When I
clean up, I clean up my mind as well. I'd like a decluttered
atmosphere Libra and if fitting for the sign of partnership, Lunar libras are advised
to seek out the counsel and company of others after first establishing consent, lean
on a friend to vent about your struggles. Of course, make sure they
can support you at this time. Being the friend who vinced to people unwarranted
isn't the best idea. That is, if you want to keep your friend's
status. Scorpio, are you ready to wallow? Yeah, here we go.
The moon is said to be in its fall in the sign of Scorpio,
and these lunar babies would do well to burn bright till the bad feelings
are burned out. Plot your revenge. Kind of kidding. There are a
few ways this scorpio can relieve stress. One is with a consenting partner,
if you know you know, And the other is taking a burning hot hotter
than the sun's shower bath or finding a steam room and hanging out there for
a bit. Crying not necessary, but let it out if it comes up.
And if you feel called to do a combination of the two. And
here's mine is Sagittarius. Sagittari's moons can mitigate life's highs and lows with detours
of the mental and physical variety. When things are rough, find a sweet
escape, which can mean planning a trip or booking a flight at a moment's
notice. Catch flights, not feelings right When the budget is tight, op
for a low escape like reading a thrilling book or learning about a new subculture
or esoteric philosophy to live by sounds kind of point Capricorn as the moon sign
of the proverbial grind, Capricorn can get right by getting to work. Go
to your favorite spreadsheet or list and start checking off boxes. Well, that
should eat the stress away at a Capricorn moon, and as the feeling of
losing control at least to the spreadsheet, you know all the variables. Finding
ordering chaos is the only way a Capricorn moon can feel stable. After feeling
unnerved, Aquarius Aquarius goes out and gets it out. Reach out to your
greater community, similar to Gemini. If you feel safe posting your feelings,
do that. If not, find your most eccentric and different minded friend and
ask them for their point of view. Well, that's not sad to Cherished,
because iould never asked Mark anything. The more point of views. Aquarius
moon gets the east here. It is for them to find different ways to
look at their situation. Pisces, it's the domain of pain and poetry,
and it's a recommended moon mechanism which reflects that spirit. With such a sensitive
placement, these natives need to separate themselves from others and turn on a favorite
melancholy playlist with the hopes that they can let out wailing cries. If you
are musical, play an instrument or sing those emotional power ballads. And that
is your horoscope for this week, to balance out your moon or whatever your
moon rise and whatever the moon has to do with your horoscope, I don't
know, but that's what it is. It's later with Mo Kelly. We
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