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Speaker 1: This is the Matt Thomas Show with Ross ten oh

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one in Age Town.

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Speaker 2: Good morning, and welcome to a Tuesday edition of the

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Matt Thomas showing Ross.

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Speaker 3: This is Sports Talk seven ninety.

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Speaker 4: No, it sounds going as can standing.

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Speaker 3: Here in side Tota Center. They win.

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Speaker 5: By a final score of one twenty five two one

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o five. Thus, for the nineteenth time into Side Tota Center,

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it's a rackets win.

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Speaker 2: I know I'm supposed to love the solo career of

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Lona Richie, but I can listen to this song ten

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times a day.

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Speaker 3: I won't be beating.

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Speaker 2: Little Lake Commodorees for you easy.

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Speaker 6: Now.

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Speaker 2: That's sometimes painful Rockets game, but it was never lost

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a win as they dispose of the Utah Jazz one

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twenty five two one oh five. And this is the

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Matt Thomas Show here with Ross on Sports Talk seven ninety.

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Ross is still under the weather, fighting lasty flu. I've

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got checked on him. I guess I could text him.

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He's a He's a C minus texture to begin with,

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but I'm assuming that if you're sick, you become from

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you go, you get dropped the grade from like a

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C minus with DMUs.

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Speaker 3: He's barely passing. Yeah, I doubt he's checking this phone. Yeah,

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I'm good with that.

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Speaker 7: Good with that.

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Speaker 2: So Jonathan's here, Gordon's going to come in and say

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hi to us for a few minutes. So throughout the

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course of the program, Ryan Holland's going to stop by

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and say hello to us as well.

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Speaker 3: Between twelve thirty and one.

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Speaker 2: We have got feelings today at eleven thirty, believe it

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or not, at one fifty, but a lot of it

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is going to be Jonathan and me and you.

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Speaker 3: So if you'd like to come in and.

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Speaker 2: Say hello, we would love to have you at seven

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seven one three two, one two five seven ninety. If

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you want to visit with us through Twitter, you may

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at sports mt Rockets. Last night a late game, one

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twenty five to one zero five was the final score.

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A lot of things are really excellent. Fifty eight percent

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from the floor for the Rockets, forty five percent from three,

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they only go to the free throw on eleven times,

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they make nine of them. You get six different players

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in double figures. Kevin Durant only has to score eighteen

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and you win by twenty Jabari Smith with thirty one

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last night, and men Thompson was perfect from the floor

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eight of eight for twenty points. There's only on one

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thing that kind of made you crabby. Twenty seven turnovers,

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nine in the first quarter. So if you take the

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nine turnovers they had in the fourth quarter of the

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game against the Knicks on Saturday, add the nine that

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they had in the first goal, they had eighteen turnovers

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in two quarters, finished with twenty seven. That turned into

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thirty four points for the Jazz last night. Now, I'll

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say this, if the Rockets would not have turned it

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over twenty seven times, I don't know, maybe half of

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that thirteen or fourteen, they might have won the game

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by thirty five points. Because the Jazz are terrible thirty

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seven percent from the floor. They were eight of forty

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four from three, and one of the guys doing most

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of the dam whage was the guy most of you

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don't even know who he is, Bryce Sens the ball

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had four threes in his thirty one minutes of play.

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Speaker 3: Rockets needed that one last night, neither the blowut.

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Speaker 2: He hadn't had a blowout probably in amount a month

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or so, not that blowouts are on regular in the NBA,

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but sometimes it do happen, and last night it did

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happen for the Rockets. But dang, twenty seven turnovers a

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season high, and yet the Astros are the Astros. The

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Rockets do in the game by twenty points. So with

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that being said, I don't know how much that's going

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to push the needle of our sports talk window today.

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Speaker 3: It didn't help. The game was at eight thirty last night.

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Speaker 2: It didn't help, but it was the Utah Jazz, and

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it didn't help that the game was a blot. But

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if you're a Rocket fan and like to watch everything

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and breathe and live and to do everything Rocket related,

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you did, generally speaking, enjoy the experience of your team

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shooting nearly sixty percent from the floor. So that can

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be a topic of conversation today. Also coming up today

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at the NFL Combine at eleven o'clock, Nick Cassario's going

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to speak now. I have attempted a cup through a

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few channels to try to get some sort of live

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coverage of it. I don't think that's going to happen,

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but I have been told through Texans PR that maybe

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there'll be an audio feed sent to us when it's

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all said and done, so it as soon as that

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comes down, I'll be happy to play a few cuts

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throughout the course of the show about that. Honestly, ninety

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nine percent of the conversation when it comes to what

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Nick Casseiro should be saying at the combine in Indianapolis,

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it should be about Texans needs offensive line, running back,

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maybe another wide receiver, maybe it's an additional help in

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the secondary. Look, it's a good football team, anybody's arguing that,

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but it needs to be a great football team. Great

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football teams go to AFC championship games, Great football teams

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reach the Super Bowl. Great football teams don't get stopped

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after the Division A round. And that's what we have

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been accustomed to. You have had for a better part. Now,

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there was some lean years, obviously the last handful of years.

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But when CJS and CJ has been here, it's been good.

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Three straight division championships. Dimiko Ryan's got the team in

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the right path. But you're still good. You want to

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be great. Is there anything in your life? Think about

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this for a second, and this could be something that

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doesn't have anything to do with sports. Is there anything

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in your life that is has just been good but

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never been great. That's kind of a uh, isn't that

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a question John Than, a therapist would ask. I'll just say,

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you got a real deep I did. I didn't mean

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to get all deep on here, but that's what the

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Texans are. The Rockets now, it's been thirty years, we're great.

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Great for two years in a row, the Astros two

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times in the last ten years. We're the greatest, the

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Rockets to thirty years ago. For two straight years, we're

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the greatest. If you're a Texas football fan, you know

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what a national championships all about. It's been There's a

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lot of things in our life. I feel like I'm

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Joel Olstein here for a second. There's a lot of

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things in your life that are good. What can be

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Speaker 3: And that's what I would ask for Nick Asio.

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Speaker 2: Now, what I'm a definitely afraid is if I was

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to ask that question to Nick if I was in Indianapolis today,

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it'd be answered being, oh, you know, we're trying to

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find the best guys for the best team to do.

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I mean, just a lot of that goofy ass words

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salid he go through, but that should be what ninety

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Speaker 3: To the folks in Indy, there will be a seed.

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Speaker 2: Now, the question will be, how do you pose You

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don't go to a general manager and you say, excuse me,

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general manager, are you shopping c J. Shrownd Because even

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if he was, which I believe they're not, but I

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don't have firm one hundred percent assurances of that. But

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even if they were to shop he was, he sure

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as hell wouldn't tell you in the middle of a

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media scrum at the combine. Because the best trades in sports,

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typically with the exception of the Luca Dontas trade from

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the Mavericks of the Lakers, are dead went behind closed

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doors and you know nothing about them. My belief again,

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to trade CJ. Stroud neon trade Davis Mills. Okay, I'll

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listen to that, although again I don't know if I'm

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big on that either.

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Speaker 3: Knowing that maybe c J.

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Speaker 2: Stroud is not going to rehabilitate himself in those two

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playoff games against Pittsburgh and New England. But I'll be

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curious if we can get the audio that matches up

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with the question to the answer of how anybody that's

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in Indianapolis would phrase it to say, are you here's

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what you guess what you would do as you would say,

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are you one hundred percent behind CJ.

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Speaker 3: Stroud?

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Speaker 2: And then of course his answer would be, of course

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one hundred percent behind CJ. Stroud, He's our quarterback. We

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all the games that we did and got after that

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Speaker 3: Stroud. I mean, you could do it that way.

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Speaker 2: So I'd be curious see what goes on that Astros

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to play the Mets today in spring training action.

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Speaker 7: Now.

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Speaker 2: In the past, we have jumped in a little live

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should we do a live listening? But then it just

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pisses people off, So we will give you any relevant details.

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Speaker 3: As a matter of fact, i'll give you the lineup

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card today for it. It's interesting.

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Speaker 2: There's somebody playing in center field that we had kind

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Speaker 3: We'll tell you about that coming up on the show today.

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Speaker 2: NFL Combine Rockets and I need my Cougar fans to

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call me today because, frankly, as I was calling the

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Rockets game last night, I didn't have a chance to

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watch the game between the Cougars and the Jayhawks. I

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obviously saw the highlights, and obviously I'm staring at the

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box score right now, and that wasn't a pretty thing.

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Speaker 3: So, yikes, did you watch anyth game?

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Speaker 8: No?

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Speaker 2: It's Kansas, it's Allen Field House. I know that, Natty

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beat them like a drama.

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Speaker 3: I get that.

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Speaker 2: But the murderers row lineup of three games Iowa State, Arizona,

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and Kansas. Unfortunately did not deem good for any of

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the three games with the Cougars. But if Calvin Sampson's

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Speaker 3: But it's strange.

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Speaker 2: We don't lose three games very much in a season,

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much less in a row, and that's exactly, unfortunately what

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the Cougars did last night. So if you want to

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I wanna give me a thought or two about what

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analysts because again, I was busy.

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Speaker 3: Working with the Rockets last night against Utah.

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Speaker 2: Seven one three two one two five seven ninety It

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Gordy's gonna come in and say hello Forrest as well

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Speaker 3: Ninety ten eighteen.

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Speaker 2: Our buddy Gordy's gonna hang out with us as uh

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Ross is still suppering with the flu. If I don't

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like you. I'm wishing the flu on you.

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Speaker 3: Thankfully. I like Gordy a lot.

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Speaker 9: The was few friends I've had that like, Hey, I

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Speaker 3: So why do we get the flu shot?

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Speaker 2: You know what, I don't have the answer to that

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to you, because I typically get it. But there's been

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affected me one way or the other.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, just stay healthy.

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Speaker 9: Each take your vitamins, say your prayers, load up on

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Speaker 2: Yeah, that's right, that's right. Hi, great hydrate all right.

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So I brought up in the first seme Gordy Rockets

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win last night comfortably, despite the fact they kept turning

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the ball over left and right, which is fine, it is.

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Speaker 3: What it is.

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Speaker 2: Could love to let big leads slip away, don't they.

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Well they didn't let this thing slip too bad. But

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in theory, yes, it has been. We've seen a twenty

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five point league going away in New Orleans. We saw

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an eighteen point lead at New York go away. The

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team's not I think the team is nine and nine

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this year in games that are decided by five points

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or less.

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Speaker 3: I think I got the number right there.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, and I think there's even a metric that's the

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clutch performances. I think one of the Rockets are one

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of the worst records winning clutch performances, which is not

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good either.

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Speaker 3: But win is a win.

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Speaker 2: Jabari was really good yesterday, So we'll get to a

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little bit. On the course of the show, I brought

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up the Cougar's laws. You watching the Cougars a canvas game?

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so you checked out. I see how you are fined.

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I thought they had a leader earlier. They did, but.

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Speaker 9: No, I mean, that's that's one of the toughest places

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to play college basketball.

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Speaker 3: I just figured they would lose that one. Look does

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a purtal stretch?

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Speaker 6: I know.

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Speaker 9: Dwarte tweeted first three game losing streak for the Kuks

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it's January of twenty seventeen. But then again, that win's

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the last time they played three Top fourteen.

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Speaker 3: Teams in a row. When an American, I can tell

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you that for sure. Yeah.

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Speaker 9: So, yeah, all good things come to an end. This

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is still a really good team. By the way, they

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should win these last three Colorado, Baylor, and Okie State

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take care of business against them, You'll, uh, you know,

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maybe you don't win the Big Twelve this year, but

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it's okay. Just you'll still be one of the top teams.

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Go make some noise in the in the Big Twelve tournament,

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and you'll you'll be sitting.

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Speaker 3: Pretty well again.

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Speaker 2: What I did, and because basically Ross told me to,

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because he guilted me into doing it, I did book

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a flight from I'm gonna be in Phoenix on the

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day of the championship game. We fly in literally from

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San Francisco, like two o'clock in the morning. I will

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be on a plane at seven o'clock that morning if

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I go to Indianapolis to watch a national championship game,

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because I gotta be there, because he keeps telling me this.

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These these opportunities don't come around a whole lot. I mean,

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think about all the great programs in college basketball the

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last twenty five years that are still thirston for a

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Final four appair. I mean, think about Gonzaga. They go

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once every four or five years. They don't know what

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a championship's about. This thing is wide open, wide open.

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Speaker 9: I mean, there are so many good teams's awesome, Arizona's awesome,

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Michigan's awesome, Yukon's really good. I mean, Gonzaga. It's this

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this tournament, and you know there's gonna be some of

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those damn teams near the bottom with ten losses that

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are gonna upset some of these big one and two seats.

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Speaker 3: How lu doing this year?

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Speaker 9: They are they are debating about so the big topic

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is they are going to fire Matt McMahon, likely at

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the end of the year.

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Speaker 3: Nice guy, how many years have you been there? Three

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or four?

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Speaker 2: Okay, go get Will Wade back. That's the rumor. Now

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an awesome, an awesome first joking, a bait. So you'd

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have to.

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Speaker 9: Pay Matt mcmhon's buyout and Will Wade's buyout and bring

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him back. But there's a huge push on the booster

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front that they all want him back.

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Speaker 2: Let's talk and we're gonna go to the cooliers and

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Josh a second, let's talk about your boosters.

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Speaker 3: Who are these people?

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Speaker 2: They got money, but I know that I mean clar

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because they're paying out your boy, Brian Kelly. It's pertaining,

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Caroline Kiffin.

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Speaker 9: It's a lot of like the healthcare system, in Louisiana.

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A lot of those CEOs are all big time Elshie fans,

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and think of this, there's no other uh, there's no

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other state school, you know, big school in the state.

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So like if you grow up even there's people who

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didn't even go to LSU, Like the governor Louisiana didn't

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even go to LSU, but he's vested in LSU being

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good because they're the state school.

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Speaker 2: And he doesn't want to builds, built, roads built, He

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doesn't want kids to learn all the ABC's. He wants

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to make sure that lanekiffit's taken care of.

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Speaker 9: Let me tell you this, Louisianians will deal with bad

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roads if it means the football teams winning championships.

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Speaker 2: That's just the truth. Forget free dental care for under privilege.

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Let's make sure LSU wins eleven games next year.

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Speaker 3: So that's the reality. All right, Let's see how y'all are.

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Speaker 9: It's literally, I think Ryan Clark said it on ESPN

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the other day. He was like, it is a city. Literally,

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your attitude Monday morning going into work is based off

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of whether LSU want or not.

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Speaker 3: Like that's that across the state. Here, it's a little

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bit different. Even Shreeport. They're upset if LSU.

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Speaker 2: Loses, y Monroe Monroe, yep, Grambling m Yeah there yeah,

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smaller community, all right.

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Speaker 3: Two Lane, New Orleans.

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Speaker 9: Yeah, it's definitely it's different here. Like you just kept like,

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because I asked people, I've had people try to tell

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me Houston's a back college town. I'm like, Houston's a

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great college town. It's just just so many different fan bases, right.

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I mean you can go to a sports bar here

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on a Saturday and there's a Clemson watch party with

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thirty Clemson fans, Like, what the hell is this? But

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they're all die hard and yelling and screaming.

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Speaker 3: That's why.

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Speaker 2: And I don't blame people for not jumping on the

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Cougar bandwagon when it comes to basketball, because, first of all,

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college basketball doesn't resonate here in Texas like it does

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other places. But even if you were a college basketball fan,

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you're gonna root for your team. If you're an Aggie fan,

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you're rooting for Aggie basketball. You can kind of glimpse,

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take a glimpse and say, all right, Cougar's in the tournament.

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I'll root for them, But you're not gonna watch and

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keep track of a team over the course of season

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because it's not your school.

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Speaker 9: But you can get people to buy like we went

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to the fot of four last year rooting for for

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you of H. My wife bought a ticket, Like she

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didn't go to uv AH, So like, did I see

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you there?

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Speaker 3: I think no, because you were. You were with all

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the high rollers.

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Speaker 2: Oh my god, you were in the VIP area. Listen

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the VIP future COVID sections where I was, dam you

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san Antonio.

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Speaker 9: But but no, I mean like, and it was the

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same thing when Tom Herman was when it at U

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of H. Pretty soon was Willie Fritz starts to win

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at a high level, like you'll get me out the games.

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That's that's the true sign of you're doing something special

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where you're getting people that didn't even go to that

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school buying tickets to come into the game because man,

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this team's good, come support them.

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Speaker 3: I hope you're right.

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Speaker 2: Let's talk to Josh online two at ten twenty five

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on seven. Josh, good morning to you.

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Speaker 7: Hey, good morning, how y'all doing good?

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Speaker 3: Thank you for calling good.

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Speaker 7: I wanted to get into some grievances IH with a

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U of H team man. Now, let me be clear, man,

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this this schedule gauntlet is as bad as they come.

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You're only getting this pretty much with the Big Twelve

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and some parts of the ACC. It's nasty. But h

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I had to say, Man, there's something about Emmanuel Sharper

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kind of reminds me of Jalen Green on bad nights,

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and it's just something I can't get out of my head. Now.

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I know that's some past traumas man, you know, with

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Jalen Green being off this rockets, but I'm getting shades

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of it when Kingston Flemings doesn't get in the ball

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every possession, you know, and it's it's ugly out there.

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The offensive rebounding is nasty. With the team is clearly

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not as good as it was last season, I don't

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know where we go from here.

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Speaker 2: Well, I mean, I think last year's team was better.

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You are relying heavily Josh on two freshmen. Granted they

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grow up and they've been playing a lot of basketball games,

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and you know, they're now, you know, twenty eight games

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into their season, and Kingston's been awesome. But you know what,

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it's not necessarily difficult to.

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Speaker 3: Try to defend Houston. You go after Flemings.

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Speaker 2: You make it as difficult as possible, and you let

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Uzann and Sharp do what they can do. And you know,

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if if Sharp continues to shoot one for ten or

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shoots way below his season average, you're going to win

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basketball games. You're gonna take your chances with Sharp. Tucker

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doesn't provide anything on the offensive end. Snak was inconsistent

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last night. Uzan doesn't take a whole lot of shots,

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so he's and you just don't have much of production

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off your bench either.

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Speaker 3: So I don't mean to dumb it down, but I'm not.

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I don't think I'm speaking of.

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Speaker 2: Both sides here to say that if it ain't for

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Kingston Flemings, this team just does not have enough offensive firepower.

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Speaker 7: Completely, this team might not even crack the top fifteen

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without Kingston Flemings. I mean, this true point guard coming

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at of what was in New York, right, this kid

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is legit. I don't I cannot see him falling out

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of the top dait of this draft. I mean, this

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kid is seriously carrying this load now for Emmanuel Sharp

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and guys like that who I think would be more experienced.

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You know that, you know guys who I think wouldn't

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shoot one pretend, let's say, or you know, have bad

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even defensive knights as well. Now I know that guard

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playing at twelve is really really tough, especially now. I mean,

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and even look at the forwards out there, obviously you

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can look at the bands and plenty of other guys

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like that Dan person who's kind of a stretch. You know,

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this conference, man, it will eat you alive. Will I

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just can't go into this. I can't go into March.

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You know, it's too confident like how I was last season.

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Speaker 2: No see, I would think that, I would say, but see, Josh,

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I would say the opposite. I think, you know, look,

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you are getting battle tested at the big twelve level.

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You are not having to go through a bunch of

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lollygaggers in non power leagues, and I think this will

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toughen them up for a postseason turn. Because you've played

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three top fifteen teams in seven days. Guess what you're

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gonna do in the tournament. You'renna be playing three top

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fifteen teams in seven days essentially if you get rid

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of the first round opponents. So I'm going to try

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to go glass half fall in this saying that how

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many teams in this country would be able to go

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to Iowa State and two Kansas and home for Arizona

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would have any more than one victory.

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Speaker 3: They didn't get that, which is obviously disappointing.

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Speaker 2: But most really, you if you gave North Krolina this

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three game stretch, or you gave Dukie this three game stretch,

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I wouldn't say they could win two or three of

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the games. They're just those are just very difficult opponents.

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Speaker 7: I'll totally give it to you.

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Speaker 3: You you put what how many.

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Speaker 7: College basketball teams are there in the D one, you know,

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two hundred and twenty. I don't think that two hundred

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and seventeen of those teams could could even go two

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and one. Yeah, stretch, And like I said, I'll totally

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give you that. But anyway, I gotta get going. I'll

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hang up and listen.

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Speaker 2: But thanks, Josh, we'll figure it out. We'll see letter.

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Appreciate it, tea letter. Yeah all right. So I've been

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talking about this kid a little bit. And look, not

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that we moved the needle on a college basketball hole out,

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but Darren Peterson is a projected top five selection. In fact,

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some people think he's number one. He is really the

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epitome of what might be wrong with paying athletes in nil.

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We'll discuss that coming back in a minute. Ten thirty

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is our time. It is the Matt Thomas Show with Ross.

475
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Ross's under the weather again today our buddy Chris Cordy's

476
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gonna hang out with this hole and you hanging out

477
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with us too. You're going to noon prob Oh yeah,

478
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we get Gordy till noon seven one three, two one

479
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two five seven ninety. Good morning, Houston, Texas.

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Speaker 3: I'm Matt. Gordy's with me here as well.

481
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Speaker 2: We are with you today until two o'clock this say, afternoon,

482
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and again the Gordy's gonna hang out with us until noon,

483
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and then later on we'll have Ryan Hollins but with

484
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us for about a half an hour from so between

485
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twelve thirty and one. We've got feelings at eleven thirty

486
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and then we have believe it or not today at

487
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one fifty as we will give away another set of

488
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lovely prizes. Where don't we give away yesterday one prize

489
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all together? That was for the very last caller. I

490
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usually don't brag. I like to I like to have

491
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winners like Ross loves to have go over. I want

492
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to I'm a giver. I'm a I'm a lover. I

493
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want to give things to you. But you got to

494
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earn him, believe it or not. Today one fifty here

495
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on Sports Talk seven and eighty, so uh and I

496
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brought out this kid's name before, and this is the

497
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name that will be brought up in NBA draft circles

498
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come to draft time. This kid named Darren Peterson, super

499
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highly recruited player, super highly talented guard. Thirty minutes last

500
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night for them, which has gotta be among the season highest.

501
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Speaker 3: He has missed a.

502
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Speaker 2: Variety of games for illness, soreness, cramps, doesn't play a

503
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whole lot. I talked to my wife this morning and

504
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she's like, do you know this Darren Peterson? As I said, yeah,

505
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I said, she goes he's a pretty special player. I said, yeah,

506
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he's really special. But she says he misses time all

507
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the time.

508
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Speaker 3: And she told me this.

509
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Speaker 2: And I have not done a lot of research on him,

510
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because look, we don't break down ku basketball very oft

511
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front of this show. But apparently the agent is doing

512
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a lot of conversation talking to Bill's self about how

513
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much the client should be playing. That's really dangerous. The

514
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New world agents, would you say seventy five percent are

515
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decent people?

516
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Speaker 3: I mean, there's no way you can put a number.

517
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It's probably more half an half.

518
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Speaker 2: Okay, so fifty percent are decent, good in the best interest,

519
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and fifty member are slain balls.

520
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Speaker 9: The who's the one that's the slime ball? Oh gosh,

521
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she's got it's him and his brother. He's got the

522
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slick back hair in my based out of Miami. What's

523
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his name, Big NFL agent Odrew Rosenhouse. I remember I

524
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was at a Saints game on the sideline stand next

525
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to Jeremy Shocky warming up. It's like eight oh nine.

526
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He comes up, shot, how you doing, babe? How's mom?

527
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Speaker 6: Mom?

528
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Speaker 7: Good?

529
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Speaker 3: Sis? Got good seats? Yeah? Yeah great.

530
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Speaker 9: I mean just like total douchebag attitude and conversation.

531
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Speaker 3: Very successful, not real, like not real.

532
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Speaker 9: That's where I like if you're if you're an agent,

533
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I think you gotta be a great businessman.

534
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Speaker 3: She's gotta be real with your client. You gotta be

535
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like that. Well, this kid is being it's good.

536
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Speaker 2: Darreon Peterson's agent is being real with him, saying do

537
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not play very hard all the mock dress.

538
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Speaker 3: Still number one, number one, Aaron Peterson.

539
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Speaker 2: I think there are red flags all over this kid,

540
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and I'm again I'm only seeing it from a distance,

541
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but doesn't want to play hard, takes a lot of

542
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games off on a self imposed minutes restriction.

543
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Speaker 9: Yeah, I'd go with the Boozer kid if I'm picking

544
00:24:54,880 --> 00:24:56,680
first for all Karon Boozer.

545
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Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, but no, I mean I take Kingston Flemings

546
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over the I mean Lee. I think at least king

547
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said let me wants to work hard.

548
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Speaker 9: Yeah, get some good effort, But no, I mean every

549
00:25:05,279 --> 00:25:07,680
mock draft i've seen Darren Pearson still number one, number one,

550
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is averaging close to twenty points a game.

551
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Speaker 2: Because athletically he's the most five tool guy of the group.

552
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If it's such thing a five tool in basketball, The

553
00:25:14,880 --> 00:25:18,480
problem is the intangibles don't lean lend himself to being a.

554
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Speaker 3: Guy you want to build a franchise around. And here's

555
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the stupid part I heard.

556
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Speaker 9: I think it was I don't know, one of those

557
00:25:23,319 --> 00:25:26,799
washed up NBA guys making the argument on this podcast

558
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over day they ought to let kids that we ought

559
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to change the rule where you come out of high

560
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school again like we got to go back to that,

561
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And I'm like, we don't necessarily have to go back

562
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to that. But why didn't he do what the Thompson

563
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Twins did, like or Jalen Green go play the G League?

564
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Speaker 3: Why'd you? No one said you had to go to

565
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Kansas Because.

566
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Speaker 2: There's more money in college basketball than there is in

567
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a G league. Think about it, but think about the

568
00:25:48,000 --> 00:25:50,559
crazy money that the schools are now budgeting. Remember the

569
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schools can pay and then you have nil on top

570
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of it, so you can double dip. Yeah, in your

571
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one year plusing me on national television. Look how many

572
00:25:56,519 --> 00:25:59,039
G League games are on TV? Then people can see

573
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you in market. You can't get marketing if you're a

574
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league player. If you can get marketing if you're a

575
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Kansas kid.

576
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Speaker 9: See, and here's what's tough is I don't think you

577
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can put in those deals. Must play ninety percent of

578
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the games, must effort, you know what I mean?

579
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Speaker 2: Those are intangibles. Yeah, because I watch Bill self and

580
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his press conferences. He's got to play this game, but

581
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it looks like he's cringing during this.

582
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Speaker 3: Yeah.

583
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Speaker 9: Yeah, I don't know how you I mean, nothing said

584
00:26:27,160 --> 00:26:29,640
like you just got to do your vetting really well

585
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and find out if this kid's a diva or not

586
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before you sign him.

587
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Speaker 2: And the reality is most of the kids of this

588
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now generation. I'm not saying that the Darren there's gonna

589
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be fifty more Darren Peterson's out there, but they're gonna

590
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be more than there were five or ten years ago.

591
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I mean, I don't as talent as Darren Peterson is.

592
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He wouldn't last two days under Kelvin Sampson.

593
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Speaker 9: Oh yeah, No, Kelvin would have his ass running and

594
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make him cry. There's only one coach that I've been

595
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able that I've seen that has successful, have been able

596
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to deal with the divas, and that's Jock hal Perry.

597
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Speaker 2: He's found a way. I don't know how he does it,

598
00:27:01,240 --> 00:27:03,279
but he gets into work hard for one year, Yeah,

599
00:27:03,359 --> 00:27:06,240
and they wind up leaving. Yeah, pushed him out the door.

600
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Speaker 9: But yeah, this is a very unique circumstance of you

601
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expect all these kids what the money and want to

602
00:27:13,480 --> 00:27:14,920
work hard. But what if they get the money and

603
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don't work hard and it's you know, or it's like

604
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or just being total diva. I'm protecting my future investment.

605
00:27:21,160 --> 00:27:22,960
I can't do this. I can't do that for you. Yeah,

606
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I just I.

607
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Speaker 2: Really really really want to respect the new rules of

608
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the game. But if you've already got the money in

609
00:27:31,559 --> 00:27:34,799
your piggy bank, you are and you're thinking about your

610
00:27:34,839 --> 00:27:38,640
pro prospects. It's like college football players, Gordy that skipped

611
00:27:38,839 --> 00:27:41,880
the bowl games. I understand why they do it. I mean,

612
00:27:41,960 --> 00:27:45,440
I like it, but I understand it. This guy's taking

613
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games off during the regular season. You know, it's different.

614
00:27:48,480 --> 00:27:51,240
In college basketball. You have an end goal. You can

615
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win a national championship. You get into a tournament. Even

616
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if you've lost seven, eight, nine times, you get in

617
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the tournament. You've got just as good a chance as

618
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anybody else. Football, you lose two or three games early on,

619
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you're not You're more than likely not gonna have a

620
00:28:03,799 --> 00:28:06,039
chance to play for a national championship. Now, obviously if

621
00:28:06,039 --> 00:28:08,279
they if the college football playoff expands and you play

622
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around a power for team and your team's a really

623
00:28:10,079 --> 00:28:12,480
good and you get some close losses, maybe that lets

624
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you slip in. But in basketball, there there is a prize,

625
00:28:16,880 --> 00:28:19,000
there is a bracket that you can you if you

626
00:28:19,039 --> 00:28:20,759
play hard and you play at your very best, you

627
00:28:20,799 --> 00:28:23,119
can slide your way from round to round to round

628
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to play for the championship. Well, no, only that, like

629
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Kansas is in a great spot, like they're they're they're

630
00:28:28,680 --> 00:28:30,680
right there in the top of the Big twelve, right

631
00:28:30,720 --> 00:28:32,079
behind of Arizona.

632
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Speaker 9: You're gonna be a top four seed. You're gonna be

633
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in a great spot to make on a tournament run.

634
00:28:36,200 --> 00:28:38,240
Like if this were last year with was it Ace

635
00:28:38,319 --> 00:28:40,720
Bailey at Rutgers and they kind of sucked? Like I

636
00:28:40,759 --> 00:28:43,480
could understand that, like, uh, you know, we're gonna protect

637
00:28:43,480 --> 00:28:45,720
the investment. My guy's gonna take a couple of games off.

638
00:28:45,759 --> 00:28:49,440
But like you're Kansas, a premier basketball school in the

639
00:28:49,440 --> 00:28:52,480
midst of an incredible gear. Why would you not Why

640
00:28:52,480 --> 00:28:55,960
would you add sick tonight like that just hurts your team.

641
00:28:56,319 --> 00:28:57,000
Speaker 3: I don't get it.

642
00:28:57,440 --> 00:28:59,440
Speaker 2: Oh, I can totally get it. He's saving the body

643
00:28:59,440 --> 00:29:01,960
for the NBA. Doug is with It's on seven ony

644
00:29:02,039 --> 00:29:02,440
high dog.

645
00:29:04,039 --> 00:29:05,000
Speaker 10: Hey, Matt, has it gone?

646
00:29:05,039 --> 00:29:07,599
Speaker 3: Good morning? Thank you? I'm good good.

647
00:29:07,759 --> 00:29:10,279
Speaker 10: I got a question, two questions about the NBA and

648
00:29:10,480 --> 00:29:13,960
nil money. But first, let me propose that when Jerse

649
00:29:14,039 --> 00:29:16,279
Walker came out from you of h as a freshman,

650
00:29:16,799 --> 00:29:19,519
there was not really the big nil money that there

651
00:29:19,599 --> 00:29:22,240
is now, so he kind of sat for two years.

652
00:29:22,279 --> 00:29:25,319
In this third year now he's kind of an average player.

653
00:29:25,319 --> 00:29:28,400
He's playing about eighteen minutes ten points a game. When

654
00:29:28,480 --> 00:29:32,039
you look at Sanak and Flemings, those those two kids,

655
00:29:32,079 --> 00:29:34,480
to me need another year in college. I don't think

656
00:29:34,519 --> 00:29:38,000
they're NBA ready. So my question is twofold. Is it

657
00:29:38,039 --> 00:29:40,920
worth it to an NBA GM to draft these kids

658
00:29:40,960 --> 00:29:44,079
that young, knowing it's going to take them three years,

659
00:29:44,119 --> 00:29:48,799
possibly four years to really develop. And second question, is

660
00:29:48,839 --> 00:29:51,240
it better for a guy like Sanak and Flemmings to

661
00:29:51,279 --> 00:29:54,799
not go the NBA league route, stay in school, get

662
00:29:54,799 --> 00:29:57,279
that G league I'm sorry, get the NIL money and

663
00:29:57,279 --> 00:30:00,559
the television exposure. So it's kind of the two question

664
00:30:00,680 --> 00:30:03,240
the NBA and the NA I'll hang out and listen.

665
00:30:03,359 --> 00:30:04,480
Thanks again for all you do.

666
00:30:04,720 --> 00:30:06,920
Speaker 3: Thanks Doug uh Yeah for first and foremost.

667
00:30:07,960 --> 00:30:09,599
Speaker 2: I do believe now with all the money that is

668
00:30:09,640 --> 00:30:12,400
available to these kids in college basketball, college basketball over

669
00:30:12,440 --> 00:30:15,640
G league every single time, Because again we just talked

670
00:30:15,640 --> 00:30:17,119
abou a few minutes ago, You're gonna get a good

671
00:30:17,119 --> 00:30:19,640
amount of money. You got a chance of further market yourself,

672
00:30:20,079 --> 00:30:21,640
and you get the best of both worlds. You get

673
00:30:21,640 --> 00:30:24,960
to go play high in college basketball G League. It's interesting.

674
00:30:25,079 --> 00:30:26,559
You know, we're about going to class. You don't have

675
00:30:26,559 --> 00:30:29,599
any sort of academic requirements, but you are playing in

676
00:30:29,640 --> 00:30:33,279
small towns that Franklin. No one cares about those teams. Now,

677
00:30:33,279 --> 00:30:35,160
does it get you in a better spot for future NBA?

678
00:30:35,240 --> 00:30:37,799
I mean some could say yes, I mean Thompson uh

679
00:30:37,960 --> 00:30:41,480
played for the uh Andsar Thompson played for that ignite

680
00:30:41,519 --> 00:30:45,400
team or so. But you know, to me, if I'm

681
00:30:45,400 --> 00:30:47,319
a really good high school player and I think I've

682
00:30:47,319 --> 00:30:49,839
got the NBA right ahead of me, I'm gonna go

683
00:30:49,839 --> 00:30:52,400
play college for one year, get that money from them,

684
00:30:52,880 --> 00:30:56,279
be on nationally, showcased, and build my resume there.

685
00:30:56,359 --> 00:30:58,480
Speaker 9: And this real quick, this mock draft, I'm looking at

686
00:30:58,559 --> 00:31:01,960
Kingston Plumbing's fourth over Chris Sinak twelfth overall.

687
00:31:02,039 --> 00:31:05,599
Speaker 2: Yeah, they are both gone. They're both gone, especially Fleming.

688
00:31:05,640 --> 00:31:09,480
Sinak's been good, but not amazing, but good. I mean,

689
00:31:11,039 --> 00:31:13,640
you know, can he improve his draft stock in the

690
00:31:13,640 --> 00:31:14,440
next handful of weeks.

691
00:31:14,440 --> 00:31:14,960
Speaker 3: Of course you will.

692
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Speaker 2: But I'll also have a chance to go to the

693
00:31:16,319 --> 00:31:18,960
combine where these general managers will say, hey, here's what

694
00:31:18,960 --> 00:31:20,640
we're thinking about you, and here' where're going I mean

695
00:31:20,720 --> 00:31:23,000
he'll they'll have these agents that will say that. You know,

696
00:31:23,039 --> 00:31:24,640
the agents can make the phone call. Is my guy

697
00:31:24,680 --> 00:31:26,400
a high lottery pick? Is he a low lottery pick

698
00:31:26,400 --> 00:31:28,160
as he and out of the lottery pick all? Is

699
00:31:28,200 --> 00:31:29,359
he going to make the first round? Is he a

700
00:31:29,400 --> 00:31:31,400
second round guy? So they'll have a chance to go in,

701
00:31:31,559 --> 00:31:33,079
duck in and duck out if they want to. But

702
00:31:33,720 --> 00:31:36,160
I would be first of all, Fleming says, in my

703
00:31:36,240 --> 00:31:38,559
mind zero percent chance of staying at you of agent,

704
00:31:38,599 --> 00:31:40,799
my CNC is probably in the five percent range.

705
00:31:40,880 --> 00:31:43,759
Speaker 3: The h and a tournament run could certainly help your case.

706
00:31:43,839 --> 00:31:46,440
Speaker 9: Like I remember, going into last year, Walter Clayton at

707
00:31:46,480 --> 00:31:49,400
Florida was thought to be maybe back into the first

708
00:31:49,759 --> 00:31:51,200
He ended up going eighteenth overall.

709
00:31:51,359 --> 00:31:53,839
Speaker 2: Now Florida won it all, but they did not turn

710
00:31:53,920 --> 00:31:55,599
I know that. Yeah, thanks, Yeah.

711
00:31:55,599 --> 00:31:57,960
Speaker 9: It was really interesting and maybel Sharp had a chance

712
00:31:58,000 --> 00:31:59,359
at a game winning shot.

713
00:31:59,640 --> 00:32:01,160
Speaker 2: You know what, I can do the show by myself. Now,

714
00:32:01,200 --> 00:32:03,880
I'm fine, why don't I ask you in here? But

715
00:32:03,880 --> 00:32:06,039
but point being, I bet I bet both those if

716
00:32:06,079 --> 00:32:08,039
you of As goes on a deep run, I bet.

717
00:32:07,799 --> 00:32:10,279
Speaker 9: Both those guys move up, up up. No question about

718
00:32:10,400 --> 00:32:13,480
Kingston Fleming's possibly top three, and we're talking about Snak

719
00:32:13,640 --> 00:32:14,319
top ten.

720
00:32:14,319 --> 00:32:14,839
Speaker 3: No question.

721
00:32:14,880 --> 00:32:18,039
Speaker 2: All right, it is ten forty five. The Astros starting

722
00:32:18,079 --> 00:32:21,359
lineup for today's game against the Mets is out. We'll

723
00:32:21,400 --> 00:32:22,960
let you know how that's gonna shape up, and there'll

724
00:32:22,960 --> 00:32:24,759
be somebody new in center field today. We'll discuss that

725
00:32:24,799 --> 00:32:36,119
next ten forty five on Sports Talk seven ninety. It

726
00:32:36,200 --> 00:32:38,799
is the Matt Thomas Show with Ross.

727
00:32:39,079 --> 00:32:42,279
Speaker 3: Ross is off today because nutsn't feel well. I actually

728
00:32:42,319 --> 00:32:43,640
flew probably sick as a dog.

729
00:32:45,839 --> 00:32:48,119
Speaker 2: We got Casserio speaking at eleven o'clock, and like I said,

730
00:32:48,119 --> 00:32:49,640
as soon as we get some of that audio coming

731
00:32:49,680 --> 00:32:51,799
in sometimes we're in the show, we'll play some of it.

732
00:32:52,559 --> 00:32:55,240
I'm gonna assume there's some contract restructuring has to go on.

733
00:32:55,680 --> 00:32:58,880
Gotta say goodbye to Joe Mixon for sure. Gotta go

734
00:32:58,880 --> 00:33:01,480
find yourself an art in RB one for twenty twenty six,

735
00:33:02,039 --> 00:33:02,880
and we'll get to more.

736
00:33:02,799 --> 00:33:04,200
Speaker 3: Of that as the date progresses.

737
00:33:04,200 --> 00:33:06,279
Speaker 2: All right, As I mentioned, the Astros have a starting

738
00:33:06,319 --> 00:33:09,079
lineup out today for their game of the Metropolitans in

739
00:33:09,160 --> 00:33:12,279
Port Saint Lucy. Jeremy Payne is going to lead off

740
00:33:12,319 --> 00:33:16,359
and play shortstop. Joey Lo Perfito is in right field today.

741
00:33:16,599 --> 00:33:20,880
Camp Smith backs third in place center field. Middle three

742
00:33:20,960 --> 00:33:23,920
is Cole in left, descendso DH and shay wickhamb is

743
00:33:23,920 --> 00:33:29,000
at second, Alexander at first base, Allen at shortstop, and

744
00:33:29,240 --> 00:33:32,240
Caesar Salazar will be the catcher for Jason Alexander who

745
00:33:32,240 --> 00:33:35,119
will start today. And so that's what you got going

746
00:33:35,119 --> 00:33:38,000
on there for the Astros. Camp Smith playing in center.

747
00:33:38,559 --> 00:33:43,200
It feels like to me, just reading between every storyline

748
00:33:43,240 --> 00:33:45,000
we have seen so far, whether you were there, whether

749
00:33:45,079 --> 00:33:46,599
I was there, or the comments that have been made

750
00:33:46,640 --> 00:33:53,160
in the offseason, I don't think Dana's thrilled about the outfield,

751
00:33:53,279 --> 00:33:55,279
and that's something that we've been saying for weeks now.

752
00:33:56,160 --> 00:33:56,400
Speaker 3: Yeah.

753
00:33:56,559 --> 00:33:59,519
Speaker 9: I wonder if they were they in on like some

754
00:33:59,559 --> 00:34:02,559
more veteran outfielders and just kind of missed or what

755
00:34:02,759 --> 00:34:06,279
because kind of is what it is, right, you built

756
00:34:06,279 --> 00:34:09,960
this like you know, I mean, I think in a

757
00:34:10,000 --> 00:34:11,960
more perfect world, you would have liked camp Smith to

758
00:34:12,000 --> 00:34:15,000
finish last season strong and you'd feel pretty good. Okay,

759
00:34:15,000 --> 00:34:18,000
we got Myers, we got him. Well, if youred on

760
00:34:18,119 --> 00:34:18,719
sometimes and.

761
00:34:18,760 --> 00:34:22,559
Speaker 2: Left you can live with one outfield spot. Worried about

762
00:34:22,559 --> 00:34:25,320
one another's average. Now you're really worried about two Franklin

763
00:34:25,320 --> 00:34:26,880
and you got no power in your center field spot.

764
00:34:26,880 --> 00:34:28,719
Although I know Jake Myers has told us when we

765
00:34:28,719 --> 00:34:30,519
were down there last week he'd like to get his

766
00:34:30,599 --> 00:34:31,400
lug up a little bit.

767
00:34:31,519 --> 00:34:32,159
Speaker 3: I mean, and.

768
00:34:32,119 --> 00:34:36,000
Speaker 9: Honestly, if Hazu Sanchez had just been had he been

769
00:34:36,039 --> 00:34:37,199
really good, he'd.

770
00:34:37,000 --> 00:34:38,440
Speaker 3: Be here right now, he'd be the right fielder.

771
00:34:38,519 --> 00:34:41,920
Speaker 2: Yeah, but you did move away from a guy that

772
00:34:41,960 --> 00:34:44,559
did have major league experience, that did have some power.

773
00:34:44,559 --> 00:34:46,400
I mean, he has more power than Cam Smith and

774
00:34:47,000 --> 00:34:51,440
more power than a Zach Cole. So you dumped the salary,

775
00:34:51,960 --> 00:34:56,800
which is I mean, Sanchez was not rich, I ra

776
00:34:56,840 --> 00:34:58,880
all things considered, but he wasn't particularly good, so you

777
00:34:58,920 --> 00:35:01,639
can kind of just fight. This was part a of

778
00:35:01,679 --> 00:35:03,960
a bigger plan, and so far we've not seen that

779
00:35:04,000 --> 00:35:05,320
second part of that plan implemented.

780
00:35:05,400 --> 00:35:07,559
Speaker 9: I think that's what most people were saying was, Oh,

781
00:35:07,800 --> 00:35:09,719
they did this to free up rooms. So when they

782
00:35:09,760 --> 00:35:13,840
make the parades trade whoever they bring in with making money,

783
00:35:13,840 --> 00:35:16,119
well you'll have room for it. But yeah, I mean

784
00:35:16,280 --> 00:35:19,280
a world of low perffdo Zach Cole and Cam Smith.

785
00:35:19,840 --> 00:35:24,440
That's super young, super inexperienced and yeah, I mean you

786
00:35:24,440 --> 00:35:25,599
have games or you have those.

787
00:35:25,480 --> 00:35:27,480
Speaker 3: Three guys less than a thousand plant appearances.

788
00:35:27,840 --> 00:35:31,199
Speaker 9: Yeah, it's just I don't know, but I mean at

789
00:35:31,199 --> 00:35:32,599
a certain point, you got to get you got to

790
00:35:32,599 --> 00:35:35,119
get some kind of like I think fans I said

791
00:35:35,119 --> 00:35:37,920
this when they made a trade for low Berfino. Fans

792
00:35:38,199 --> 00:35:40,639
are more willing to watch Joey go out there and

793
00:35:40,719 --> 00:35:43,800
struggle through his growing pains as opposed to watch wasting

794
00:35:43,800 --> 00:35:45,480
at bats on Haesu Sanchez.

795
00:35:45,119 --> 00:35:47,800
Speaker 3: Who you just already made your mind up, sucks, you

796
00:35:47,840 --> 00:35:48,239
know what I mean?

797
00:35:48,280 --> 00:35:49,920
Speaker 9: Like, I think fans are willing to give a leash

798
00:35:49,920 --> 00:35:52,199
to the young guy. Okay, he's learning.

799
00:35:52,199 --> 00:35:55,800
Speaker 2: Well, that's because the Haesu Sanchez sample size was so disappointing. Right,

800
00:35:56,280 --> 00:35:59,320
Reus didn't do much and his coming here, Sanchez didn't

801
00:35:59,320 --> 00:36:01,360
do much when he's here. That's why I said, be

802
00:36:01,440 --> 00:36:04,119
careful with the whole we won the trade dead everybody

803
00:36:04,119 --> 00:36:06,239
looked at him when Astros won the trade deadline.

804
00:36:06,239 --> 00:36:07,920
Speaker 9: Look at those moves. They got Korea, they got this,

805
00:36:07,960 --> 00:36:10,320
they got that. Like, you've gotta be careful with it

806
00:36:10,320 --> 00:36:11,760
because you never know what a guy's gonna do once

807
00:36:11,760 --> 00:36:12,239
he gets here.

808
00:36:12,360 --> 00:36:13,519
Speaker 3: Yeah.

809
00:36:13,679 --> 00:36:17,280
Speaker 2: Again, I don't know it will paint us if Sanchez

810
00:36:17,280 --> 00:36:19,480
goes to Toronto and starts for them every couple of

811
00:36:19,559 --> 00:36:21,760
days and hits big home runs and whatnot, that it'll

812
00:36:21,800 --> 00:36:24,760
be painful, because that's what the outfield right now on

813
00:36:24,840 --> 00:36:28,440
paper does not have. So not that I remember rooting

814
00:36:28,440 --> 00:36:32,239
for ex Astros, but you shave payroll for a guy

815
00:36:32,280 --> 00:36:33,800
you thought was not gonna be a guy that you

816
00:36:33,840 --> 00:36:35,920
wanted to play and right field on a regular basis.

817
00:36:36,480 --> 00:36:37,960
Speaker 3: You just don't want him going somewhere else to be

818
00:36:38,000 --> 00:36:38,920
successful because you've.

819
00:36:38,800 --> 00:36:40,840
Speaker 2: Got nothing back in return, unless and let's hol Oberfeed

820
00:36:40,920 --> 00:36:42,840
all of a sudden becomes a new baseball player because

821
00:36:42,920 --> 00:36:46,559
Joey was nice for a little while for the Astros,

822
00:36:46,639 --> 00:36:49,239
became kind of a cult hero. But he goes to Toronto,

823
00:36:50,159 --> 00:36:51,920
doesn't set the world on fire. In fact, most of

824
00:36:51,920 --> 00:36:53,679
his time was spent at Triple A Syracuse. I mean,

825
00:36:53,679 --> 00:36:56,400
this is a guy that not much more than a

826
00:36:56,440 --> 00:36:57,440
four A player right now.

827
00:36:58,719 --> 00:37:00,760
Speaker 9: That's why I think if you can move Estock Praius

828
00:37:00,760 --> 00:37:03,599
can get an every day left field or right field er.

829
00:37:03,639 --> 00:37:04,719
Speaker 3: You do it, But don't you think it?

830
00:37:04,800 --> 00:37:05,119
Speaker 7: Right now?

831
00:37:05,119 --> 00:37:08,239
Speaker 2: We're and I don't know how the intricacies of this work,

832
00:37:08,280 --> 00:37:10,519
but are they kind of too late for that?

833
00:37:10,599 --> 00:37:10,880
Speaker 6: Right now?

834
00:37:11,159 --> 00:37:12,440
Speaker 2: They have to kind of left for the season to

835
00:37:12,519 --> 00:37:16,119
kind of get underway and see what happens, because who's

836
00:37:16,280 --> 00:37:20,320
not Is there somebody out there? And I'm sure the

837
00:37:20,360 --> 00:37:22,639
answer to this question is yes. Is there a team

838
00:37:22,679 --> 00:37:25,400
in baseball that is still dying for a middle infield

839
00:37:25,519 --> 00:37:28,320
or an infielder? Is there somebody that needs a third

840
00:37:28,360 --> 00:37:30,559
basement in the worst way right now, or maybe even

841
00:37:30,599 --> 00:37:33,559
a first basement for that matter. I think that was

842
00:37:33,559 --> 00:37:36,800
the thought with the Red Sox right when they lost Bregmant. Yeah,

843
00:37:37,039 --> 00:37:39,320
they were kind of in dire need, and so has

844
00:37:39,360 --> 00:37:42,960
that window passed until one of two things somebody falls

845
00:37:42,960 --> 00:37:45,400
on a contention, or somebody has a player that gets hurt,

846
00:37:45,800 --> 00:37:48,239
or somebody needs an extra bat to maybe DH And

847
00:37:48,239 --> 00:37:50,599
that's where Praieres can come through as well. So it

848
00:37:50,599 --> 00:37:54,599
almost feels like since they didn't do it before, can't

849
00:37:54,760 --> 00:37:57,880
began that maybe this is gonna be a much longer

850
00:37:57,920 --> 00:38:00,599
waiting process than maybe even even we thought about it

851
00:38:00,639 --> 00:38:02,800
was going to be, say four or five weeks ago.

852
00:38:03,239 --> 00:38:05,039
Speaker 9: I'm just looking to see what's out there on the

853
00:38:05,400 --> 00:38:07,440
if they're any free agents. But I mean I guess

854
00:38:07,480 --> 00:38:10,239
that that at this point for spring training, you would

855
00:38:10,280 --> 00:38:12,719
have already brought in one of these guys. But Jesse Winker,

856
00:38:13,960 --> 00:38:18,639
h Grandall, Gritchick, Tommy fam those are just kind of

857
00:38:18,639 --> 00:38:21,559
some of the free agent outfielders that Alex Vdugo, I know,

858
00:38:21,599 --> 00:38:24,679
they've his name's been thrown out there a ton, But yeah,

859
00:38:24,719 --> 00:38:26,360
the fact that they haven't brought in any of those

860
00:38:26,360 --> 00:38:28,639
guys on them, I don't even like, Well, because you

861
00:38:28,760 --> 00:38:32,920
do what the minimum spring training invidel. Yeah, the fact

862
00:38:32,960 --> 00:38:34,960
they haven't even done that with anything. They've done that

863
00:38:34,960 --> 00:38:36,880
in the past few years with random guys. I'm trying

864
00:38:36,880 --> 00:38:38,800
to think of some of the names, but like guys

865
00:38:38,800 --> 00:38:41,400
who are past their prime but trying to hang on

866
00:38:41,559 --> 00:38:42,239
for a paycheck.

867
00:38:42,599 --> 00:38:44,880
Speaker 2: They've done that years past, they didn't they haven't done

868
00:38:44,880 --> 00:38:47,159
that this year. I mean, if Taylor Trammell is fighting

869
00:38:47,159 --> 00:38:50,440
for a roster spot, maybe that's what they viewed tremmeill as. Okay,

870
00:38:50,480 --> 00:38:54,039
maybe they're Bordscenzo. I mean, you're still looking at a

871
00:38:54,039 --> 00:38:55,360
bunch of guys that just don't have a lot of

872
00:38:55,360 --> 00:38:57,880
plate appearances or any sort of slug.

873
00:38:57,679 --> 00:38:59,480
Speaker 9: Well, I always said with the guys like the Zenzo

874
00:38:59,679 --> 00:39:02,840
and and Shay Whitcombe like awesome that they're versatile. You

875
00:39:02,920 --> 00:39:06,880
love the versatility, but also it's man of many trades,

876
00:39:06,960 --> 00:39:10,360
what is it master of none? Like you'd rather Dozenzo

877
00:39:10,480 --> 00:39:13,400
be a stud right field He is a right fielder, yeah,

878
00:39:13,440 --> 00:39:15,519
but instead it's like, hey, he can play multiple positions.

879
00:39:15,519 --> 00:39:16,519
Speaker 3: Well, is he great any of them?

880
00:39:16,559 --> 00:39:17,400
Speaker 7: Eh?

881
00:39:17,599 --> 00:39:20,679
Speaker 3: No, So I don't know.

882
00:39:20,840 --> 00:39:23,480
Speaker 9: But again, I my take is, I think the fans

883
00:39:23,519 --> 00:39:26,639
are more willing to go with the Joey Lopraffito, who's

884
00:39:26,639 --> 00:39:28,760
a fan favorite. Fans are more willing to give him

885
00:39:28,800 --> 00:39:30,639
an opportunity to show if he can.

886
00:39:30,760 --> 00:39:32,480
Speaker 2: I've learned, and I think all of us know this.

887
00:39:32,599 --> 00:39:34,519
Fan favorites can only last for a certain length of time.

888
00:39:34,519 --> 00:39:36,159
If he comes out of the gate batting one twenty

889
00:39:36,199 --> 00:39:37,880
six and plays once a week, he will not be

890
00:39:37,920 --> 00:39:40,000
a fan favorite. You know, it'll be a You gotta

891
00:39:40,000 --> 00:39:41,639
give him a chance to play six days a week,

892
00:39:41,760 --> 00:39:44,320
or we traded this bum for Hayesu Sanchez, or at

893
00:39:44,400 --> 00:39:47,480
least know he brought up the table seven one three

894
00:39:47,559 --> 00:39:49,679
two one two five seven ninety seven one three two

895
00:39:49,760 --> 00:39:52,519
one two five seven Honey Gordy with us another hour,

896
00:39:52,639 --> 00:39:55,320
you and Me and Jonathan all the way till two

897
00:39:55,320 --> 00:39:57,880
o'clock this afternoon seven one three two, one two five

898
00:39:57,960 --> 00:40:00,760
seven ninety seven one three, two one two seven.

899
00:40:00,639 --> 00:40:15,519
Speaker 1: Ninety is the Matt Thomas Show with Ross eleven.

900
00:40:11,440 --> 00:40:13,440
Speaker 3: O'clock on Sports Talk seven ninety.

901
00:40:13,519 --> 00:40:16,239
Speaker 2: It is Matt, it is Gordy Ross is under the

902
00:40:16,280 --> 00:40:19,480
weather today and hopefully we'll get him back tomorrow. Astros

903
00:40:19,559 --> 00:40:23,039
play a spring training game tonight or today. We'll have

904
00:40:23,079 --> 00:40:25,400
a tapeload for you beginning at seven o'clock. We'll be

905
00:40:25,440 --> 00:40:28,639
live with Astro spring training on Wednesday and on Thursday.

906
00:40:29,119 --> 00:40:32,119
Rockets last night disposed of the Utah Jazz by a

907
00:40:32,159 --> 00:40:35,679
score of one twenty five to one oh five. Nicky

908
00:40:35,679 --> 00:40:37,519
C is gonna speak in a matter of moments at

909
00:40:37,519 --> 00:40:40,159
the NFL Combine in Indianapolis, and this says we get

910
00:40:40,199 --> 00:40:42,880
some audio from that. We will be eager to play

911
00:40:42,880 --> 00:40:44,360
some of that for you. How much I brought this

912
00:40:44,440 --> 00:40:47,400
up a little while ago before you joined us over

913
00:40:47,480 --> 00:40:49,920
under a number of questions that he gets about c. J.

914
00:40:50,119 --> 00:40:52,559
Stroud and whether he is the long term solution for

915
00:40:52,599 --> 00:40:54,920
the Houston Texans, And you got to put it in

916
00:40:54,960 --> 00:40:56,239
a very politically nice.

917
00:40:56,079 --> 00:40:59,639
Speaker 9: Way, Yeah, I think he'll I think he'll get asked

918
00:40:59,639 --> 00:41:02,519
once twice, but he's the master of being able to

919
00:41:02,599 --> 00:41:04,320
side step questions like that, So.

920
00:41:06,719 --> 00:41:07,599
Speaker 3: Yeah, I don't know.

921
00:41:07,519 --> 00:41:08,880
Speaker 9: If he'll go as far as like, yeah, I'm not

922
00:41:08,880 --> 00:41:12,280
gonna get in all that, but he will not give

923
00:41:12,320 --> 00:41:12,880
you an answer.

924
00:41:14,119 --> 00:41:18,400
Speaker 2: And again, the answer should be unless there's a quarterback

925
00:41:18,440 --> 00:41:20,960
out there that I cannot think of right now, the

926
00:41:21,000 --> 00:41:22,320
answer should be, we're not training c J.

927
00:41:22,440 --> 00:41:22,800
Speaker 3: Stroud.

928
00:41:23,199 --> 00:41:25,519
Speaker 2: And I know that he is public not necessarily public

929
00:41:25,639 --> 00:41:29,880
enemy number one, but people are certainly down on his performance. You,

930
00:41:30,599 --> 00:41:32,400
in my mind, have to let this play out one

931
00:41:32,400 --> 00:41:34,599
more year, and I'm just gonna continue to say that

932
00:41:34,760 --> 00:41:37,239
over and over and over again until somebody believes me.

933
00:41:37,920 --> 00:41:38,079
Speaker 7: Yeah.

934
00:41:38,119 --> 00:41:38,519
Speaker 3: I think a.

935
00:41:38,480 --> 00:41:42,960
Speaker 9: Normal GM answer would be, yeah, CJ is our guy.

936
00:41:43,440 --> 00:41:46,639
He's the face of our franchise. There's no doubt he

937
00:41:46,679 --> 00:41:49,760
had a rough postseason, but we know he's gonna get better.

938
00:41:49,800 --> 00:41:52,119
We don't really get healthy around him, and we're ready

939
00:41:52,159 --> 00:41:53,199
to make that next run.

940
00:41:53,239 --> 00:41:55,639
Speaker 3: Again. Yeah, that's the answer you give, but his will.

941
00:41:55,440 --> 00:41:57,960
Speaker 9: Be something stupid about Yeah, when you look at the player,

942
00:41:58,079 --> 00:42:00,320
the player is about getting better in the player, and

943
00:42:00,400 --> 00:42:02,599
you know he won't he won't even say CJ's names.

944
00:42:02,639 --> 00:42:04,719
Speaker 2: Sometimes it gets better, sometimes it gets worse and plays

945
00:42:04,719 --> 00:42:06,920
the same something, you know, Oh oh my god. It's

946
00:42:07,199 --> 00:42:08,920
and I always and I said about a year ago,

947
00:42:08,960 --> 00:42:11,800
I wasn't gonna do anymore. But look, unfortunately when they

948
00:42:11,800 --> 00:42:13,679
were when the general manager speaks, and it's so rare

949
00:42:13,719 --> 00:42:15,480
that he does, you do have to kind of perk

950
00:42:15,519 --> 00:42:16,679
your ears up and listen to it.

951
00:42:16,920 --> 00:42:18,320
Speaker 3: Right, So that's what we do. Carry it.

952
00:42:18,360 --> 00:42:22,519
Speaker 2: But it yeah, it's it's it's a lot about word salad.

953
00:42:23,119 --> 00:42:24,960
And like I told the audience about forty five minutes ago,

954
00:42:24,960 --> 00:42:26,400
and those are you just joining us? Hey, how are

955
00:42:26,440 --> 00:42:27,960
you be? Where the hell you've been? See, we're glad

956
00:42:28,000 --> 00:42:32,360
to have you. There are bigger fish to fry. I mean, look,

957
00:42:32,400 --> 00:42:35,880
CJ is the most important component, but give him a

958
00:42:36,000 --> 00:42:39,199
year of some things around him. The problem I say

959
00:42:39,360 --> 00:42:41,880
when I when I bring that up is I brought

960
00:42:41,880 --> 00:42:44,360
this up with Ross Ross Gordy. You can't fix the

961
00:42:44,440 --> 00:42:47,400
running back corps, you can't fix the offensive line and

962
00:42:47,480 --> 00:42:49,840
getting him an additional wide receiving target. That can't be

963
00:42:49,920 --> 00:42:52,000
done in one season unless you have the greatest draft

964
00:42:52,000 --> 00:42:53,840
and the greatest free agency in the history of sports,

965
00:42:53,840 --> 00:42:56,159
And I mean, Cazera's done a pretty good job. But

966
00:42:56,320 --> 00:42:58,400
that's a lot to ask of someone to get fixed

967
00:42:58,400 --> 00:42:59,719
in less than nine months.

968
00:42:59,719 --> 00:43:01,000
Speaker 3: Here, oh, here we go.

969
00:43:01,559 --> 00:43:06,119
Speaker 9: Sixty seconds ago, Nick Cassario, amidst trade speculation regarding CJ.

970
00:43:06,199 --> 00:43:09,440
Stroud quote, He's not going anywhere, so he did.

971
00:43:09,480 --> 00:43:12,480
Speaker 2: We can't cousin discuss that, though, Hardy, come on, let's

972
00:43:12,559 --> 00:43:14,679
go now. So he put his name on it. He's

973
00:43:14,760 --> 00:43:20,559
he's straight up said not happening. What you get is good.

974
00:43:20,559 --> 00:43:22,920
But I thought I thought we'd get more coded Nick

975
00:43:23,000 --> 00:43:26,280
speak than no. I think I'm I'm applauding him for

976
00:43:26,400 --> 00:43:30,199
saying not he he went, He got right to it,

977
00:43:30,199 --> 00:43:31,360
didn't waste any time.

978
00:43:32,840 --> 00:43:35,159
Speaker 3: Not go anywhere? Next question anything else?

979
00:43:35,719 --> 00:43:40,400
Speaker 2: House, Joe's mixing foot, Jonathan, you can get off your

980
00:43:40,400 --> 00:43:42,159
phone and focus. When I said, Joe Mix's foot, what

981
00:43:42,159 --> 00:43:46,280
are you doing back there? You know the rule always

982
00:43:46,280 --> 00:43:49,360
still doing that. It was too much, It never too much.

983
00:43:49,440 --> 00:43:51,079
Speaker 3: It was too scared. I'll find it.

984
00:43:51,920 --> 00:43:53,679
Speaker 2: Ross was scared about it. I wasn't scared about it.

985
00:43:55,840 --> 00:43:57,760
Now now at the times pasted you can't se him.

986
00:43:57,760 --> 00:43:59,239
But the next time I sneak it in there, you better.

987
00:43:59,239 --> 00:44:01,880
I better hear that sound un effect ready for no on,

988
00:44:02,079 --> 00:44:02,840
that's what I'm talking about.

989
00:44:02,840 --> 00:44:03,440
Speaker 3: I thank you.

990
00:44:05,119 --> 00:44:08,840
Speaker 2: Yeah, there's gonna be some restructuring and contracts. And here's

991
00:44:08,880 --> 00:44:11,800
the biggest issue that obviously will not happen this year.

992
00:44:12,880 --> 00:44:15,320
But when you have two top five selections in the

993
00:44:15,360 --> 00:44:18,239
same NFL draft, you've got two mega contracts you got

994
00:44:18,239 --> 00:44:18,760
to take care of.

995
00:44:21,360 --> 00:44:21,559
Speaker 3: Yeah.

996
00:44:21,599 --> 00:44:24,239
Speaker 2: The Will Anderson, I like, I don't. I wouldn't waste

997
00:44:24,280 --> 00:44:25,159
any time on that one.

998
00:44:25,960 --> 00:44:29,920
Speaker 9: You got a premiere, absolute stud pass rusher in the

999
00:44:29,920 --> 00:44:33,760
midst of his prime. Let's get this done now, quarterback,

1000
00:44:33,800 --> 00:44:36,960
we can figure out big time pass rusher.

1001
00:44:37,480 --> 00:44:42,400
Speaker 3: Lock that guy up, CJ.

1002
00:44:42,559 --> 00:44:44,800
Speaker 2: Your thoughts about Will Anderson getting that big deal and

1003
00:44:44,840 --> 00:44:45,559
you didn't get one.

1004
00:44:45,800 --> 00:44:48,440
Speaker 3: Your thoughts, please? What is It'll say? Well, I don't

1005
00:44:48,440 --> 00:44:49,039
deserve it.

1006
00:44:50,440 --> 00:44:52,960
Speaker 9: Eh, I mean, if he's being real, he could say, look,

1007
00:44:53,000 --> 00:44:55,039
I know I got to play better to earn top dollar.

1008
00:44:56,880 --> 00:45:00,039
He's not gonna say that, though everybody's running with this quote. No,

1009
00:45:00,199 --> 00:45:01,480
he's not going anywhere.

1010
00:45:01,840 --> 00:45:06,280
Speaker 3: I believe him. Put that on a billboard. You hear

1011
00:45:06,320 --> 00:45:07,960
from now, you may outside if.

1012
00:45:07,840 --> 00:45:10,760
Speaker 2: He sucks again, if he plays like you did last postseason,

1013
00:45:10,880 --> 00:45:11,920
all regular season.

1014
00:45:12,639 --> 00:45:14,800
Speaker 3: Yeah, and look, this thing's compounded.

1015
00:45:14,840 --> 00:45:17,960
Speaker 2: When Sam freaking Donald wins a super Bowl, you got

1016
00:45:17,960 --> 00:45:20,920
teams sit out there going, you know what, Kirk Cousins

1017
00:45:20,920 --> 00:45:23,320
is about to be cut, Go grab us a kirk Cousins.

1018
00:45:23,440 --> 00:45:24,679
Speaker 3: He might leavest the Super Bowl.

1019
00:45:25,119 --> 00:45:29,920
Speaker 2: Did Sam Donald's re emergence after all the different teams

1020
00:45:29,920 --> 00:45:33,480
he's been on make you think more about other teams,

1021
00:45:33,519 --> 00:45:36,039
thinking maybe a change of scene, or he can help

1022
00:45:36,039 --> 00:45:38,119
a guy. Well not just that, but look at the

1023
00:45:38,159 --> 00:45:41,440
teams that when you have your quote unquote franchise quarterback

1024
00:45:41,480 --> 00:45:44,280
and you lock him in, how much it handcuffs you

1025
00:45:44,440 --> 00:45:47,559
and how much when he kind of sucks. Look at

1026
00:45:47,599 --> 00:45:51,159
Tool with the Dolphins, Look at Kyler Murray with the Cardinals.

1027
00:45:52,000 --> 00:45:53,800
I mean, I might even put Trevor Lawrence in there.

1028
00:45:53,840 --> 00:45:54,719
I know he had a nice.

1029
00:45:54,639 --> 00:45:56,159
Speaker 3: Year last year. I like and put him in there.

1030
00:45:56,159 --> 00:45:57,039
But I know what you're going.

1031
00:45:57,239 --> 00:45:59,079
Speaker 2: Like, you know, it's that whole thought of all we

1032
00:45:59,119 --> 00:46:04,000
got our guy come in or you know, the Seahawks said,

1033
00:46:04,000 --> 00:46:05,920
you know what, we think we've gotten the most out

1034
00:46:05,920 --> 00:46:06,599
of Russell Wilson.

1035
00:46:06,639 --> 00:46:08,920
Speaker 3: Let's gohead and pull the plug now. And somebody just

1036
00:46:08,920 --> 00:46:09,719
wrote a piece on this.

1037
00:46:09,840 --> 00:46:12,480
Speaker 9: All the trade assets they got from that Denver trade

1038
00:46:12,760 --> 00:46:15,280
helped lead them to the Super Bowl this year. They

1039
00:46:15,519 --> 00:46:20,079
took those pieces and again, you Sam Darnold is a

1040
00:46:20,159 --> 00:46:23,039
nice player, but nobody would confuse him as a top

1041
00:46:23,039 --> 00:46:23,440
ten quarts.

1042
00:46:23,480 --> 00:46:25,679
Speaker 2: But even if you have a quarterback and you're paying

1043
00:46:25,760 --> 00:46:30,760
him crazy money because that's what quarterbacks get, it, it

1044
00:46:30,760 --> 00:46:33,559
can hurt you because look at what the Dallas Cowboys

1045
00:46:33,559 --> 00:46:35,280
are going through, the amount of money they have spent

1046
00:46:35,320 --> 00:46:38,079
on Dak Prescott. They have let a lot of good

1047
00:46:38,119 --> 00:46:41,239
defensive players go the last couple of years, and now

1048
00:46:41,280 --> 00:46:43,519
the Dallas Cowboys are made fun of because they can't

1049
00:46:43,519 --> 00:46:52,599
stop a nosebleed. Yeah, I'm surprised the NFL owners, and

1050
00:46:52,599 --> 00:46:54,559
I don't know if it's it would be collusion or

1051
00:46:54,599 --> 00:46:59,559
reworking of things, have not tried to implement some sort

1052
00:46:59,559 --> 00:47:02,280
of quarter salary cap. And I guess you can't do that.

1053
00:47:02,360 --> 00:47:05,760
You can't tell somebody if you've got a bank of money,

1054
00:47:05,800 --> 00:47:10,719
which obviously an NFL salary cap is. The player association

1055
00:47:10,840 --> 00:47:12,920
is going to say you pay how you need to

1056
00:47:12,920 --> 00:47:14,800
pay out who you want to pay out. Theres we're

1057
00:47:14,840 --> 00:47:17,880
not We didn't force you, guys, meaning guys being the owners.

1058
00:47:17,920 --> 00:47:18,639
Speaker 3: We didn't force you to.

1059
00:47:18,599 --> 00:47:22,239
Speaker 2: Pay these quarterbacks as crazy money, but the but somebody

1060
00:47:22,239 --> 00:47:22,760
started it.

1061
00:47:25,000 --> 00:47:27,440
Speaker 9: Nick Casario says CJ. Straw will be the quarterback for

1062
00:47:27,480 --> 00:47:31,639
the Texas at twenty twenty six. He called speculation otherwise moronic.

1063
00:47:32,239 --> 00:47:36,480
Multiple people saying speculation moronic said will be the starring

1064
00:47:36,559 --> 00:47:38,920
quarterback at twenty twenty six, and who knows beyond that.

1065
00:47:40,760 --> 00:47:43,159
So he ain't committed to paying him yet, but he's

1066
00:47:43,159 --> 00:47:48,039
committed to he'll be here next year. But look, perfect

1067
00:47:48,320 --> 00:47:49,960
part of me does. And this is where like you'd

1068
00:47:50,000 --> 00:47:52,079
love to go on on like Madden and try to

1069
00:47:52,119 --> 00:47:54,760
simulate something because I just saw, you know, see the

1070
00:47:55,039 --> 00:47:58,360
Falcons reported today they're gonna let Kirk Cousins go in.

1071
00:47:58,360 --> 00:47:59,960
There a world where you look at maybe what if

1072
00:48:00,000 --> 00:48:02,440
if you could trade if you get four future first

1073
00:48:02,639 --> 00:48:03,119
for a CJ.

1074
00:48:03,199 --> 00:48:04,599
Speaker 3: Strait? Excuse me?

1075
00:48:04,599 --> 00:48:09,039
Speaker 2: What like or three future? Let's excuse me? Why first

1076
00:48:09,400 --> 00:48:11,559
there are people out there that might pay that. I

1077
00:48:11,599 --> 00:48:13,400
don't believe that to be Would you do that?

1078
00:48:13,519 --> 00:48:15,719
Speaker 9: And then like grab a Kirk Cousins and ride with him?

1079
00:48:15,840 --> 00:48:18,280
See if you could do replicate what the Seahawks just did.

1080
00:48:19,320 --> 00:48:21,639
Speaker 2: Do you really think you can get three first round

1081
00:48:21,679 --> 00:48:22,639
picks for c J stround.

1082
00:48:22,639 --> 00:48:25,280
Speaker 9: I think can get a hall still. I understand we're

1083
00:48:25,280 --> 00:48:26,920
living in the moment based on what he just did

1084
00:48:26,920 --> 00:48:27,639
in the playoffs.

1085
00:48:27,639 --> 00:48:30,360
Speaker 3: But I think a lot of people what moment. But

1086
00:48:30,519 --> 00:48:32,199
what would you judge a guy on it?

1087
00:48:32,239 --> 00:48:32,440
Speaker 7: Why?

1088
00:48:32,480 --> 00:48:36,239
Speaker 2: Why would you go trade as valuable of a trade

1089
00:48:36,280 --> 00:48:40,000
chip as one first round pick, much less three when

1090
00:48:40,039 --> 00:48:42,920
the most recent sample size in the most important games

1091
00:48:43,039 --> 00:48:44,480
says he cracks like an egg.

1092
00:48:45,039 --> 00:48:46,960
Speaker 3: He also was offensive Rookie of the Year.

1093
00:48:47,519 --> 00:48:50,280
Speaker 2: Okay, I'm not going to those three year old numbers

1094
00:48:50,320 --> 00:48:51,239
in the morning bowler.

1095
00:48:51,239 --> 00:48:54,880
Speaker 3: He's twenty four bowlers twenty four, still very much in

1096
00:48:54,960 --> 00:48:55,440
his prime.

1097
00:48:55,800 --> 00:48:58,639
Speaker 2: Unless what I brought up a few minutes ago, Gordy,

1098
00:48:59,199 --> 00:49:04,079
unless you say, let's I got an established offensive line,

1099
00:49:05,119 --> 00:49:06,280
I've got some parts here.

1100
00:49:06,719 --> 00:49:08,400
Speaker 3: See, James Brown needs to change the scenery.

1101
00:49:08,639 --> 00:49:11,480
Speaker 2: I believe this conversation we just had ten seconds ago

1102
00:49:12,239 --> 00:49:13,360
is something you wait for a year for.

1103
00:49:14,199 --> 00:49:16,320
Speaker 3: You gotta let this play out one more year at least.

1104
00:49:16,559 --> 00:49:18,440
I'm with you. I'm just it's to me.

1105
00:49:18,559 --> 00:49:21,920
Speaker 9: The Sam Donald thing just opens up the conversation a

1106
00:49:21,920 --> 00:49:24,599
little bit more to go. Oh, because I've always been

1107
00:49:24,639 --> 00:49:26,320
I mean, look at this last hand full of Super Bowls.

1108
00:49:26,360 --> 00:49:31,159
It's been Jalen Hurts, franchise quarterback, Pat Mahomes, Pat Mahomes,

1109
00:49:31,840 --> 00:49:35,079
Matthew Stafford, h Tom Brady.

1110
00:49:35,760 --> 00:49:37,800
Speaker 2: I mean, it's it's mostly been. To win a Super

1111
00:49:37,840 --> 00:49:40,199
Bowl in recent years, you've got to have that franchise

1112
00:49:40,840 --> 00:49:44,079
face of your franchise quarterback. And then Sam Donald wins

1113
00:49:44,119 --> 00:49:46,360
one with the Seahawks, and you go, Sam Donald minke

1114
00:49:46,400 --> 00:49:48,480
this year was he He wasn't super rich, right, He

1115
00:49:48,519 --> 00:49:50,119
got paid well, but I mean he wasn't in the

1116
00:49:50,159 --> 00:49:52,920
fifty million dollar category like most of the elague quarterbacks are.

1117
00:49:53,679 --> 00:49:57,880
Speaker 3: No, he got here in a base of twelve point

1118
00:49:57,880 --> 00:49:58,320
three mil.

1119
00:50:01,360 --> 00:50:04,039
Speaker 2: Isn't it pathetic Houston that we sit here and say, oh,

1120
00:50:04,039 --> 00:50:09,400
that's great value. Guys making twelve million dollars?

1121
00:50:09,440 --> 00:50:10,920
Speaker 3: Okay, wait, so that was his base.

1122
00:50:10,960 --> 00:50:11,119
Speaker 6: See.

1123
00:50:11,159 --> 00:50:13,119
Speaker 9: Actually the deal he signed was a three or one

1124
00:50:13,199 --> 00:50:17,119
hundred million dollar contract, oh fifty five million guaranteed.

1125
00:50:17,239 --> 00:50:20,280
Speaker 2: Okay, so thirty three million a year fifty five So

1126
00:50:20,320 --> 00:50:22,880
he actually was paid pretty well. Do you know anybody

1127
00:50:22,880 --> 00:50:25,039
who does the richest person do you know? Don't say me,

1128
00:50:25,039 --> 00:50:26,159
because that's not the case.

1129
00:50:27,159 --> 00:50:28,719
Speaker 3: Like that I've met. I don't know about it.

1130
00:50:29,159 --> 00:50:32,519
Speaker 2: I really want to know what his eight when you

1131
00:50:32,519 --> 00:50:34,280
you know you get money out of the ATM machine,

1132
00:50:34,440 --> 00:50:39,920
you know it shows your balance. If you've got thirty

1133
00:50:39,960 --> 00:50:42,159
three million dollars in a piggy bank, does it does

1134
00:50:42,159 --> 00:50:43,599
it have room for eight numbers?

1135
00:50:43,719 --> 00:50:46,280
Speaker 9: I don't think that money's sitting in his just checking

1136
00:50:46,320 --> 00:50:47,119
account of Chase.

1137
00:50:47,199 --> 00:50:48,800
Speaker 3: I think, okay, okay.

1138
00:50:48,840 --> 00:50:50,639
Speaker 2: So let's say I made twenty million dollars a year

1139
00:50:50,719 --> 00:50:55,760
here at iHeart, Uh, I got to keep probably a

1140
00:50:55,760 --> 00:50:57,760
half million in my checking account.

1141
00:50:57,840 --> 00:51:01,840
Speaker 9: Right, that's a waste of money, though you would want,

1142
00:51:02,079 --> 00:51:04,480
you would want that in savings accounts.

1143
00:51:04,679 --> 00:51:07,679
Speaker 3: How much time? How much is my checking account do I?

1144
00:51:07,679 --> 00:51:09,199
Speaker 2: I mean, if I'm making twenty million dollars here, do

1145
00:51:09,280 --> 00:51:10,519
I even even have an ATM?

1146
00:51:10,519 --> 00:51:10,880
Speaker 7: A card?

1147
00:51:12,159 --> 00:51:12,519
Speaker 3: Yeah?

1148
00:51:12,679 --> 00:51:15,639
Speaker 2: But like cash flow, I'd say probably, like I'd put

1149
00:51:15,639 --> 00:51:17,719
one hundred k in there, because what are you buying

1150
00:51:17,719 --> 00:51:19,800
on a daily basis that you're gonna need more than

1151
00:51:19,920 --> 00:51:21,880
I don't know, But twenty million dollars feel like anything

1152
00:51:21,960 --> 00:51:23,039
I want, I'll buy it to me.

1153
00:51:23,079 --> 00:51:25,000
Speaker 9: That's a waste of putting that in a check account.

1154
00:51:25,000 --> 00:51:26,760
You want, you want the bulk of what you have,

1155
00:51:26,920 --> 00:51:28,760
put it on a credit card. Think of the miles. Yeah,

1156
00:51:28,840 --> 00:51:31,199
oh that too. But you want that money, that cash

1157
00:51:31,199 --> 00:51:34,679
flow invested. You want that earning, earning money back to you.

1158
00:51:36,800 --> 00:51:39,679
That's what you learn when you get older. I knowed

1159
00:51:39,679 --> 00:51:41,599
what you got the bank accounts, what you got invested.

1160
00:51:41,679 --> 00:51:41,920
Speaker 3: I need.

1161
00:51:41,920 --> 00:51:43,159
Speaker 2: I need to win the lottery because I want to

1162
00:51:43,199 --> 00:51:45,039
be able to have go get forty dollars left and

1163
00:51:45,079 --> 00:51:49,119
say your available balance is thirty one million, four seventeen

1164
00:51:49,880 --> 00:51:52,960
sixty three dollars and twelve cents and then go get robbed.

1165
00:51:53,440 --> 00:51:54,639
That doesn't feel nice at all.

1166
00:51:55,239 --> 00:51:58,440
Speaker 9: Although most banks protecting now they're like the most you

1167
00:51:58,440 --> 00:52:00,199
could take out an ATM in a day, like.

1168
00:52:00,199 --> 00:52:00,880
Speaker 3: A couple of hundred.

1169
00:52:00,960 --> 00:52:03,360
Speaker 2: Because I'm trying to think, I mean, I look, I know,

1170
00:52:03,800 --> 00:52:07,440
I know a lot of rich people. I wonder if

1171
00:52:07,480 --> 00:52:09,960
anybody in the Fertida family has an ATM cards I

1172
00:52:09,960 --> 00:52:11,159
need to pull out forty dollars.

1173
00:52:11,480 --> 00:52:12,719
Speaker 3: Yes, I'm sure they do.

1174
00:52:14,519 --> 00:52:16,840
Speaker 2: Like it's the last thing you bought with cash. I've

1175
00:52:16,840 --> 00:52:18,960
had a twenty I'm team cash. I've had a twenty

1176
00:52:19,039 --> 00:52:20,719
dollars wallet since December.

1177
00:52:21,119 --> 00:52:23,519
Speaker 3: I've not used that's because you never spend money anything,

1178
00:52:23,559 --> 00:52:25,280
so I just use the card.

1179
00:52:25,559 --> 00:52:28,880
Speaker 2: When you use cash only, I love cash, Well you're old.

1180
00:52:30,000 --> 00:52:31,519
Oh I also to get cash form my per diem

1181
00:52:31,519 --> 00:52:33,320
on the rocket, so I try to get rid of it.

1182
00:52:33,480 --> 00:52:35,400
I don't want a lot of cash sitting around. Oh

1183
00:52:35,440 --> 00:52:37,000
you know, I lost somebody. These guys at the church

1184
00:52:37,039 --> 00:52:39,679
the church basket. That's the only time that's nice of

1185
00:52:39,760 --> 00:52:41,519
you to do that. That's the only time you ever pull.

1186
00:52:41,440 --> 00:52:43,280
Speaker 3: Up cash that's.

1187
00:52:43,119 --> 00:52:48,039
Speaker 2: Really nice, or or a valet like yeah, you know what,

1188
00:52:48,480 --> 00:52:50,199
I won't taste that right now. I don't like you

1189
00:52:50,239 --> 00:52:53,039
guys that don't carry any cash, because when us have

1190
00:52:53,039 --> 00:52:54,800
to carry cash, Like if you want to tip the

1191
00:52:54,840 --> 00:52:57,199
person that clears your table at a restaurant, or you

1192
00:52:57,199 --> 00:52:59,519
want to or you want to uh, let's say you

1193
00:52:59,559 --> 00:53:02,440
have breakfast at a hotel and uh, you get the

1194
00:53:02,480 --> 00:53:04,440
free breakfast and somebody comes and clears your play, you

1195
00:53:04,480 --> 00:53:06,079
only two three dollars. If you want to leave tip

1196
00:53:06,119 --> 00:53:08,159
money for the maid. You can't put your ATM card

1197
00:53:08,159 --> 00:53:11,559
out there and say here's a five dollar tip for you. You

1198
00:53:10,679 --> 00:53:12,719
know what, starting starting, you need to carry ones with

1199
00:53:12,760 --> 00:53:14,880
you at all times, by ten of them.

1200
00:53:15,000 --> 00:53:16,719
Speaker 3: If I do valet, do I have to report my

1201
00:53:16,760 --> 00:53:22,400
tips somebody that away? What is wrong with you that's

1202
00:53:22,400 --> 00:53:24,280
actually good. You have to report that to the government.

1203
00:53:24,639 --> 00:53:27,679
Speaker 2: Seven one three two one two five seven ninety Are

1204
00:53:27,719 --> 00:53:28,559
you taking tip money?

1205
00:53:30,039 --> 00:53:32,199
Speaker 3: Am I taking tips? I mean, are you taking tips? Sure?

1206
00:53:32,239 --> 00:53:35,159
My Venmo's open. Oh stop, that's Chris Gordy. Okay.

1207
00:53:35,199 --> 00:53:37,800
Speaker 2: Seven one three two one two five seven eaties seven

1208
00:53:37,840 --> 00:53:40,320
one three two one two five seven eight. It's eleven fourteen.

1209
00:53:40,320 --> 00:53:43,119
We've got feelings coming up at the bottom of the hour.

1210
00:53:43,239 --> 00:53:48,000
This is Sports Talk seven ninety. So once we get

1211
00:53:48,000 --> 00:53:50,199
some of that audio in from the NFL combat, we'll

1212
00:53:51,159 --> 00:53:52,559
see if the boys in the back then we don't

1213
00:53:52,559 --> 00:53:54,159
have many how many boys in the back, but we're

1214
00:53:54,199 --> 00:53:56,880
so lean on no, okay, so you're actually the boy

1215
00:53:56,880 --> 00:53:57,199
in the back.

1216
00:53:57,239 --> 00:53:58,920
Speaker 3: Yeah, I'm pulling it right now, are you okay?

1217
00:53:59,079 --> 00:54:00,880
Speaker 2: We'll play some of that audio throughout the course of

1218
00:54:00,880 --> 00:54:03,119
the show today.

1219
00:54:04,079 --> 00:54:07,800
Speaker 3: What did you say about Joe Mixon again when I

1220
00:54:07,840 --> 00:54:09,000
asked about it? Yeah.

1221
00:54:09,039 --> 00:54:12,280
Speaker 9: So here's the latest on on what Nick Assario is

1222
00:54:12,320 --> 00:54:13,360
saying at the combine.

1223
00:54:13,519 --> 00:54:16,519
Speaker 3: He has said, we are not trading CJ. Love it.

1224
00:54:16,519 --> 00:54:19,760
Speaker 9: We're glad he's just he's our quarterback. Any trade speculation

1225
00:54:19,840 --> 00:54:20,880
he called moronic.

1226
00:54:22,000 --> 00:54:27,320
Speaker 3: I can see him saying that easily moronic. Probably said

1227
00:54:27,320 --> 00:54:29,000
that a lot about show topics on this show.

1228
00:54:29,079 --> 00:54:31,039
Speaker 2: He probably says that about a lot of people that

1229
00:54:31,400 --> 00:54:33,400
have YouTube pages of after fail media careers.

1230
00:54:33,400 --> 00:54:35,280
Speaker 3: But that's another hearinger there, Nick, Sara, you listen about

1231
00:54:35,280 --> 00:54:37,760
Thomas show today. It's moronic. Oh, I mean that's fine.

1232
00:54:37,760 --> 00:54:38,360
I can live with that.

1233
00:54:39,320 --> 00:54:42,639
Speaker 9: Aaron Wilson no clarity on Texans injured running back Joe

1234
00:54:42,679 --> 00:54:45,960
Mixon's status. GM Nick Assio said the former Pro Bowl

1235
00:54:46,000 --> 00:54:48,079
selection had surgery this offseason.

1236
00:54:49,079 --> 00:54:54,519
Speaker 3: This offseason, it was last off season. They have another surgery.

1237
00:54:55,400 --> 00:55:00,800
Speaker 2: Hmmm the slip, Jonathan. Maybe they're fragments on the foot

1238
00:55:00,840 --> 00:55:01,360
that were loose.

1239
00:55:01,480 --> 00:55:04,239
Speaker 3: You never know, you know.

1240
00:55:04,360 --> 00:55:07,280
Speaker 4: I still can't believe that it's February and this was

1241
00:55:07,559 --> 00:55:10,559
news in Suly and we still know what's going on.

1242
00:55:10,679 --> 00:55:13,519
Speaker 3: So you don't really think he shot himself in the foot.

1243
00:55:14,079 --> 00:55:16,039
Speaker 2: I don't know that not to be not true. You

1244
00:55:16,079 --> 00:55:19,719
know what exactly, we don't know their fault. Let's tell

1245
00:55:19,760 --> 00:55:20,239
us the truth.

1246
00:55:20,960 --> 00:55:24,760
Speaker 9: I believe the theory that he he went to a

1247
00:55:24,960 --> 00:55:28,280
non NFL approved doctor to do a procedure.

1248
00:55:28,360 --> 00:55:31,119
Speaker 2: I agree, yeah, but that's not as much fun as

1249
00:55:31,280 --> 00:55:34,119
talking about the gunshot at the foot, and then it.

1250
00:55:34,079 --> 00:55:36,599
Speaker 9: Becomes an insurance issue where the Texans are like, hey,

1251
00:55:36,960 --> 00:55:39,079
we had a contract and you're not supposed to do that.

1252
00:55:39,519 --> 00:55:41,639
Speaker 2: Well, maybe there's a little bit of a you went

1253
00:55:41,719 --> 00:55:44,000
against our medical rules, thus we're not going to pay

1254
00:55:44,039 --> 00:55:45,840
you out, and thus we're not going to say word one.

1255
00:55:46,039 --> 00:55:48,679
See you know what, Gordy, that's the problem. You know that, Jonathan,

1256
00:55:49,000 --> 00:55:51,559
what he just said made total sense. We don't believe

1257
00:55:51,559 --> 00:55:52,679
in total sense on this show.

1258
00:55:52,719 --> 00:55:55,599
Speaker 8: But even if that happened, why wouldn't they say because

1259
00:55:55,719 --> 00:55:58,840
you have probably some serious legalities to worry about it.

1260
00:55:59,480 --> 00:55:59,760
Speaker 3: Okay?

1261
00:56:00,280 --> 00:56:02,360
Speaker 2: Oh I I mean no, I think there's probably would

1262
00:56:02,400 --> 00:56:04,679
be my guests here to take it one step further.

1263
00:56:04,719 --> 00:56:08,719
Maybe there's litigation coming up. Maybe the Texans are this

1264
00:56:08,760 --> 00:56:13,199
is all just purely speculative. Maybe the Texans found out

1265
00:56:13,239 --> 00:56:16,320
that Joe Mixon went to somebody to get a procedure

1266
00:56:16,360 --> 00:56:19,039
that was not authorized by the team, and they don't

1267
00:56:19,079 --> 00:56:20,840
want to pay out on that contract because look, Joe

1268
00:56:20,880 --> 00:56:23,320
makes them make good money. Joe Maxon didn't take a

1269
00:56:23,320 --> 00:56:27,199
snap in twenty twenty six or twenty five, I should say,

1270
00:56:27,480 --> 00:56:31,280
and they shouldn't be paying for Joe Mixon going rogue

1271
00:56:31,320 --> 00:56:33,480
when probably he might have gone against team order, team

1272
00:56:33,480 --> 00:56:36,079
directed orders. You never know, Y mighta got shot in

1273
00:56:36,079 --> 00:56:36,360
the foot.

1274
00:56:36,400 --> 00:56:36,800
Speaker 3: You never know.

1275
00:56:37,000 --> 00:56:39,760
Speaker 9: One of those two. They definitely need. They need more

1276
00:56:39,760 --> 00:56:42,880
old lineman. They need to run back. In this draft,

1277
00:56:43,079 --> 00:56:48,440
I need a complimentary piece for.

1278
00:56:46,599 --> 00:56:48,559
Speaker 11: For the what Marx ma.

1279
00:56:50,559 --> 00:56:53,039
Speaker 3: Good back, not a feature lead back.

1280
00:56:53,159 --> 00:56:56,000
Speaker 2: I see when you say commentary, I think of who's

1281
00:56:56,000 --> 00:56:57,519
a Jamia Gibbs and David Montgomery.

1282
00:56:57,559 --> 00:56:59,480
Speaker 3: Yeah, that's what I think, culminary. The Texans don't even

1283
00:56:59,519 --> 00:56:59,800
have that.

1284
00:57:01,199 --> 00:57:03,679
Speaker 2: Yeah, hey, what he marks is a one down back,

1285
00:57:03,960 --> 00:57:06,000
a guy that fills in, but he would be clearly

1286
00:57:06,039 --> 00:57:06,639
a number two.

1287
00:57:07,599 --> 00:57:12,280
Speaker 9: I think they're good at wide receiver. I honestly the

1288
00:57:12,320 --> 00:57:14,360
best thing you could do. If there's a quarterback you

1289
00:57:14,400 --> 00:57:16,800
love in this draft in the middle rounds, I might

1290
00:57:16,840 --> 00:57:20,480
take that. I don't believe in Graham Mertz as the

1291
00:57:21,480 --> 00:57:22,760
viable future backup.

1292
00:57:22,760 --> 00:57:24,519
Speaker 3: Then you try to trade Davis Mills.

1293
00:57:24,599 --> 00:57:26,719
Speaker 9: Yeah, if there's a kid I love in the middle

1294
00:57:26,760 --> 00:57:29,800
rounds of this draft, let's just say, let's say third round.

1295
00:57:29,800 --> 00:57:32,159
Speaker 3: Garrett Nussmeyer staring at me, you know what.

1296
00:57:33,519 --> 00:57:36,039
Speaker 9: NFL pedigree was one of the best quarterbacks in college

1297
00:57:36,039 --> 00:57:38,480
two years ago, got hurt last year at LSU wasn't great,

1298
00:57:38,960 --> 00:57:41,599
but his dad, Doug is still a coordinator in the league.

1299
00:57:41,960 --> 00:57:44,960
Comes from a football family, got a big arm. I'd

1300
00:57:44,960 --> 00:57:47,920
take him as a developmental and then you have a

1301
00:57:47,960 --> 00:57:53,039
little insurance if CJA does suck this year and you decide, Okay,

1302
00:57:53,559 --> 00:57:55,519
maybe we're not going to give him a big, fat contract,

1303
00:57:57,800 --> 00:57:58,639
don't GM.

1304
00:57:58,679 --> 00:57:59,320
Speaker 3: We always gotta be.

1305
00:57:59,320 --> 00:58:01,800
Speaker 2: Thinking too so I know, I know, but I think

1306
00:58:01,840 --> 00:58:08,639
that's too far ahead. I need depth. I need options

1307
00:58:08,639 --> 00:58:11,880
at offensive line, especially because I've I've drafted so poorly.

1308
00:58:13,239 --> 00:58:18,480
I need a RB one, I need probably another cornerback.

1309
00:58:20,800 --> 00:58:27,199
And I'm telling you, if Christian kirk Leaves and Higgins

1310
00:58:27,199 --> 00:58:30,440
and Noel are not the guys, do you go again

1311
00:58:30,519 --> 00:58:31,280
for another receiver?

1312
00:58:33,559 --> 00:58:38,800
Speaker 9: I just saw this posted h Nick Cassario talks about

1313
00:58:39,320 --> 00:58:42,639
where to go. Yeah, he's very excited about the second

1314
00:58:42,679 --> 00:58:44,199
year for wide receiver Jalen Nole.

1315
00:58:46,440 --> 00:58:49,880
Speaker 2: Okay, well, I mean I would hope so you drafted

1316
00:58:49,920 --> 00:58:51,679
him in the up in the first first two days

1317
00:58:51,719 --> 00:58:54,639
of the NFL draft three day of Iowa state wide receivers.

1318
00:58:54,679 --> 00:58:54,840
Speaker 7: Here.

1319
00:58:55,079 --> 00:58:56,920
Speaker 2: What if he has said, yeat, I looked at Noel

1320
00:58:57,000 --> 00:59:01,360
this year, guys, I go yeah, they never do that.

1321
00:59:02,119 --> 00:59:05,039
It's like, you know, wouldn't it be fun if you

1322
00:59:05,320 --> 00:59:08,519
really really wanted to spice up these press conferences?

1323
00:59:08,599 --> 00:59:11,039
Speaker 3: Gordy, you put these guys on light detector.

1324
00:59:13,559 --> 00:59:15,760
Speaker 2: I think that would be illegal. That would not be

1325
00:59:15,800 --> 00:59:17,840
good business. I don't care if it's illegal. That would

1326
00:59:17,880 --> 00:59:19,039
add serious drama.

1327
00:59:19,880 --> 00:59:22,960
Speaker 9: Well, I think I think these days in sports, I'm

1328
00:59:23,000 --> 00:59:25,320
of the old school. I wish we had more Steve Spurriers.

1329
00:59:25,360 --> 00:59:28,440
Like coaches and gms. They tell you exactly how they

1330
00:59:28,440 --> 00:59:31,039
feel about people instead of pussy footing around.

1331
00:59:31,039 --> 00:59:33,519
Speaker 3: You know what I mean. Well that that Steve Spurrier

1332
00:59:33,719 --> 00:59:35,599
world is long gone. I get it.

1333
00:59:37,000 --> 00:59:40,119
Speaker 9: Nobody wants to say anything that could be semi controversial.

1334
00:59:41,079 --> 00:59:44,039
They just they want to just give you. Give you

1335
00:59:45,400 --> 00:59:46,239
what did they give you?

1336
00:59:46,360 --> 00:59:46,440
Speaker 6: Like?

1337
00:59:46,559 --> 00:59:49,519
Speaker 9: Uh mean, Oat Brand, That's that's what Nikosia gives you

1338
00:59:49,559 --> 00:59:50,440
most brand.

1339
00:59:50,519 --> 00:59:54,760
Speaker 2: Huh No Raisins. You know it's crazy. I had Raisin

1340
00:59:54,800 --> 00:59:56,880
Brand this morning for breakfast. I'm glad you thought of that.

1341
00:59:58,079 --> 01:00:00,920
I don't like raisins by themselves, like I would never go, hey,

1342
01:00:00,960 --> 01:00:02,920
I go for bowl of raisins right now, But for

1343
01:00:02,960 --> 01:00:07,159
some reason, they did taste good. And Raisin Brand I

1344
01:00:07,199 --> 01:00:12,719
don't get it. That's my food court of the day. No,

1345
01:00:12,840 --> 01:00:13,960
Heyden Raizin Brand's good.

1346
01:00:14,039 --> 01:00:17,119
Speaker 9: So if you missed it, the headline of Nikosario's presser

1347
01:00:17,199 --> 01:00:21,239
here about started about twenty four minutes ago. Yeah, is CJ.

1348
01:00:21,320 --> 01:00:24,199
Strode is not going anywhere. He will be the Texans

1349
01:00:24,280 --> 01:00:27,719
quarterback in twenty twenty six. Now, I will not add

1350
01:00:27,760 --> 01:00:30,800
in the words and beyond because he didn't say beyond

1351
01:00:30,840 --> 01:00:32,320
is still to be decided, right right.

1352
01:00:32,280 --> 01:00:36,840
Speaker 2: Right, Well, but this way, if if we're having this

1353
01:00:36,880 --> 01:00:39,960
conversation a year from now because of the uncertainty of

1354
01:00:40,199 --> 01:00:43,360
the performance, then the Texans are going to be in

1355
01:00:43,400 --> 01:00:46,440
a real shaky spot. Now, you are much more of

1356
01:00:46,440 --> 01:00:48,599
a college football geek than I am. How is the

1357
01:00:48,679 --> 01:00:53,480
quarterback class at twenty twenty seven? Luck loaded? Really absolutely loaded.

1358
01:00:54,480 --> 01:00:58,000
This quarterback crop sucks. That's why I don't get the

1359
01:00:58,039 --> 01:01:01,679
Trinda Dad Chambells thing from All Miss. Why he would

1360
01:01:01,760 --> 01:01:04,360
be fighting in these Mississippi courtrooms to get another year

1361
01:01:04,400 --> 01:01:06,480
of eligibility. Well again, he's got five million sitting on

1362
01:01:06,519 --> 01:01:08,079
the table from Ole Miss to come back and play.

1363
01:01:08,159 --> 01:01:10,800
But I think he'd have been a second round pick

1364
01:01:10,840 --> 01:01:14,599
at the worst in this draft. Fernando Mendoz is going

1365
01:01:14,679 --> 01:01:18,000
number one, number one after that, This thing is wide

1366
01:01:18,079 --> 01:01:21,639
freaking open. Ty Simpson from Alabama thought to be probably

1367
01:01:21,679 --> 01:01:24,559
the second best quarterback, Dante Moore from Oregon.

1368
01:01:24,599 --> 01:01:25,159
Speaker 3: He went back.

1369
01:01:25,400 --> 01:01:27,679
Speaker 9: So next year, twenty twenty seven, you got Arch Manning

1370
01:01:28,239 --> 01:01:30,280
basically a lock to be number one, number one, even

1371
01:01:30,320 --> 01:01:33,239
if he is mediocre this year, the name Manning is

1372
01:01:33,280 --> 01:01:34,440
going to have him number one.

1373
01:01:34,360 --> 01:01:35,880
Speaker 2: And he'll probably he's the kind of guy who looks

1374
01:01:35,880 --> 01:01:37,800
like the media. He will be a flashy on a

1375
01:01:37,880 --> 01:01:38,559
named pro day.

1376
01:01:38,719 --> 01:01:40,840
Speaker 3: Yes, and look in too.

1377
01:01:41,039 --> 01:01:43,559
Speaker 9: Arch's credit, the family's done a great job of keeping

1378
01:01:43,599 --> 01:01:45,639
him humble. I thought he got better as the year

1379
01:01:45,679 --> 01:01:47,679
went along. I think he's gonna be awesome at Texas

1380
01:01:47,679 --> 01:01:50,039
this year. But you got Arch Manning from Texas, you

1381
01:01:50,119 --> 01:01:53,000
got Dante more from Oregon. You'll have Trinidad Champells from

1382
01:01:53,039 --> 01:01:54,920
Ole miss I bet if he has another great year

1383
01:01:54,960 --> 01:01:57,960
he'll improve his stock. You'll have Sam Levitt from LSU

1384
01:01:58,559 --> 01:02:02,079
coming over from Arizona State. I mean, the list goes

1385
01:02:02,119 --> 01:02:02,760
on and on and on.

1386
01:02:03,119 --> 01:02:04,840
Speaker 2: Then you got guys who are like what happens with

1387
01:02:04,960 --> 01:02:08,800
DJ Lagway now going to Baylor. If he's awesome, I

1388
01:02:08,800 --> 01:02:11,280
bet he you know he might come out like next

1389
01:02:11,320 --> 01:02:16,599
year's draft is loaded with quarterbacks. Okay, well that gives

1390
01:02:16,639 --> 01:02:23,320
me a little comfort. But if you're a Texans fan,

1391
01:02:24,320 --> 01:02:26,599
you need CJ. To get out of this rut that

1392
01:02:26,639 --> 01:02:31,480
he's in because if he doesn't get out of it,

1393
01:02:31,559 --> 01:02:33,119
you're not gonna go any further this year in the

1394
01:02:33,159 --> 01:02:36,920
playoffs and you're gonna be searching for a new quarterback.

1395
01:02:37,000 --> 01:02:40,360
And how long does it take, Gordy, I mean not

1396
01:02:40,519 --> 01:02:42,840
every every quarterback is building. Drake May got to the

1397
01:02:42,840 --> 01:02:44,760
Patriots of the Super Bowl in the second season, so

1398
01:02:45,119 --> 01:02:49,760
it can happen fairly quickly. But that's more the outlier

1399
01:02:49,800 --> 01:02:50,800
than it is the norm.

1400
01:02:51,079 --> 01:02:53,679
Speaker 9: Oh the other ones I forgot Julian saying at Ohio State,

1401
01:02:54,119 --> 01:02:58,679
Leonora sell Er, South Carolina, Jayden Mayava USC CJ.

1402
01:02:58,800 --> 01:03:01,280
Speaker 3: Carr Notre Dame. I saw something yesterday. They have CJ.

1403
01:03:01,360 --> 01:03:03,679
Speaker 9: Carr is the odds on favorite now to win the

1404
01:03:03,719 --> 01:03:07,239
Heisman at Notre Dame. They think he's that good. So

1405
01:03:08,599 --> 01:03:10,519
again it's it's gonna be nuts. So you can have

1406
01:03:10,559 --> 01:03:12,599
a lot of good quarterback playing college this year. We'll

1407
01:03:12,639 --> 01:03:15,000
see how many end up going pron twenty seven.

1408
01:03:15,960 --> 01:03:17,840
Speaker 2: So if you were a betting man. I'm not saying

1409
01:03:17,840 --> 01:03:20,440
off what you just read. If you had a chance

1410
01:03:20,519 --> 01:03:25,760
to bet the field or arch Manning is one dash

1411
01:03:25,800 --> 01:03:28,440
one would you do not only the first quarterback, but

1412
01:03:28,519 --> 01:03:30,119
I mean I'm saying the first pick.

1413
01:03:30,199 --> 01:03:34,280
Speaker 9: I still think it's gonna be a Arch no matter what. Now,

1414
01:03:34,320 --> 01:03:37,440
real quick with Strout, this is year four right, twenty

1415
01:03:37,480 --> 01:03:39,960
twenty six, he will get his fifth year option, I'm

1416
01:03:39,960 --> 01:03:41,719
sure picked up, so they'll have the option to pick

1417
01:03:41,800 --> 01:03:44,800
up the club option for twenty twenty seven. I think

1418
01:03:44,840 --> 01:03:49,480
that's likely. Now, I think the caveat here. He's awesome

1419
01:03:49,519 --> 01:03:53,000
this year as MVP type season. What's everybody gonna be yelling,

1420
01:03:53,000 --> 01:03:55,679
pay the man, pay the man? Do you lock him up?

1421
01:03:55,719 --> 01:03:55,880
Speaker 3: Then?

1422
01:03:56,960 --> 01:03:59,519
Speaker 9: All right, he's showed enough, let's give him the long

1423
01:03:59,599 --> 01:04:02,199
term deal. Is this gonna be tough to give both

1424
01:04:02,280 --> 01:04:04,920
him and Will Anderson? That's what I've been saying, top dollar,

1425
01:04:05,840 --> 01:04:07,559
Derek Stingley's already getting top dollar.

1426
01:04:07,480 --> 01:04:09,679
Speaker 2: And Neil Hunter's got one year left. Yeah, he'll come

1427
01:04:09,719 --> 01:04:11,519
off the books. I mean, that's you know, that's a

1428
01:04:11,599 --> 01:04:14,559
kind of a foregone conclusion. But yeah, it's it's just

1429
01:04:14,599 --> 01:04:17,159
the NFL. There's a reason why there's a salary cap.

1430
01:04:17,239 --> 01:04:21,119
You can't sign all you can't have eight dudes all

1431
01:04:21,599 --> 01:04:23,639
top paid at their positions. And that's why I kind

1432
01:04:23,639 --> 01:04:25,760
of respect the salary cap in the NFL because it

1433
01:04:25,800 --> 01:04:29,960
does require general manager to watch his books, but.

1434
01:04:30,079 --> 01:04:32,880
Speaker 9: It also requires a GM to get creative to go, oh,

1435
01:04:32,920 --> 01:04:35,599
we can't pay all these guys. Let's flip this guy

1436
01:04:35,679 --> 01:04:37,119
for more rap future assets.

1437
01:04:37,480 --> 01:04:37,599
Speaker 6: HM.

1438
01:04:39,719 --> 01:04:42,559
Speaker 2: So yeah, that's why I think the general manager's role

1439
01:04:43,360 --> 01:04:46,159
in football is the most difficult, because not only are

1440
01:04:46,159 --> 01:04:49,519
you having to evaluate fifty or sixty something players, you

1441
01:04:49,559 --> 01:04:51,760
got to think about the massive draft, and you also

1442
01:04:51,760 --> 01:04:53,760
have to manage a salary cap. And then if you

1443
01:04:53,800 --> 01:04:56,639
overpay somebody, you got to go and then convince him

1444
01:04:56,639 --> 01:04:58,760
to defer some money for the pat to the future

1445
01:04:58,840 --> 01:05:01,800
so you can save room for other guys.

1446
01:05:01,880 --> 01:05:05,360
Speaker 9: Just I mean, but can't be understated what a monster

1447
01:05:05,440 --> 01:05:06,559
gear this is for CJ.

1448
01:05:07,079 --> 01:05:09,119
Speaker 2: He has got to I think it's a monster year

1449
01:05:09,159 --> 01:05:10,079
for Nick Cassio.

1450
01:05:10,199 --> 01:05:10,400
Speaker 12: Two.

1451
01:05:10,519 --> 01:05:13,320
Speaker 2: I really do if ay if this if this draft

1452
01:05:13,360 --> 01:05:17,800
does not provide significant help in one of three cats

1453
01:05:17,840 --> 01:05:19,639
in one of two categories, if you don't get a

1454
01:05:19,719 --> 01:05:22,000
legitimate I'm talking about draft and free agency. If you

1455
01:05:22,000 --> 01:05:25,440
don't get a legitimate RB one or a legitimate starter

1456
01:05:25,559 --> 01:05:28,079
in your starting five, they can play right away. I

1457
01:05:28,079 --> 01:05:30,639
think you're in major, major trouble for Nick Asseio. I

1458
01:05:30,679 --> 01:05:33,119
really do all right. Gut feelings are up next, plus

1459
01:05:33,159 --> 01:05:34,639
Andrew wants to get in a little bit of CJ

1460
01:05:34,760 --> 01:05:37,559
talk as well. Seven one three two one two five

1461
01:05:37,599 --> 01:05:41,639
seven ninety seven one three two one two five seven

1462
01:05:41,960 --> 01:05:48,360
nine zero. Listen up by segment, so appealing, lissen that tummen.

1463
01:05:48,440 --> 01:05:49,960
Speaker 13: Yo, they got a gut peeling.

1464
01:05:50,760 --> 01:05:54,119
Speaker 3: This is their gut feeling. On the Matt Thomas Show.

1465
01:05:54,039 --> 01:05:56,960
Speaker 2: Eleven thirty five on Sports Talk seven ninety Let me

1466
01:05:57,079 --> 01:05:59,920
lay the lay, lay the land for you. Here are

1467
01:06:00,079 --> 01:06:02,599
friend Brad is calling in. He's got some gut feelings.

1468
01:06:02,599 --> 01:06:06,199
Remember Brad is a frequent contributor to the show. But

1469
01:06:06,480 --> 01:06:09,840
the rule is we let anybody go in front of Brad.

1470
01:06:10,159 --> 01:06:13,599
So if you have any gut feelings seven one three

1471
01:06:13,639 --> 01:06:16,239
two one two five seven ninety seven one three two

1472
01:06:16,320 --> 01:06:18,159
one two five seven ninety So, if you've got any

1473
01:06:18,159 --> 01:06:22,000
gut feelings, any sports predictions, you make them, You'll get

1474
01:06:22,039 --> 01:06:23,719
on in front of the list, in front of Brad.

1475
01:06:23,719 --> 01:06:25,880
But if no one calls in, Brad eventually gets to

1476
01:06:25,920 --> 01:06:29,639
the phones seven one three, two one two five seven eighty.

1477
01:06:29,639 --> 01:06:32,639
Now Ross is off today because he's sick. We didn't

1478
01:06:32,679 --> 01:06:36,199
do gut feelings last Tuesday because we were in spring training.

1479
01:06:37,239 --> 01:06:40,400
So I think, Jonathan, our spring training or our gut

1480
01:06:40,400 --> 01:06:42,159
feelings are gonna be like three weeks old when we

1481
01:06:42,199 --> 01:06:42,519
get back.

1482
01:06:42,719 --> 01:06:46,880
Speaker 4: Yay, right, it's from the the tenth of the February.

1483
01:06:46,960 --> 01:06:48,800
Speaker 3: Do you have him murder? Does he have them? I

1484
01:06:48,840 --> 01:06:49,639
have them? Have them here?

1485
01:06:49,719 --> 01:06:49,840
Speaker 6: Oh?

1486
01:06:49,840 --> 01:06:50,280
Speaker 3: How do we do?

1487
01:06:51,000 --> 01:06:51,079
Speaker 13: All?

1488
01:06:51,199 --> 01:06:51,840
Speaker 3: Right, let's do this.

1489
01:06:52,039 --> 01:06:55,840
Speaker 8: So, Matt, you said, Rockets sweep the Clippers. Nope, Joss

1490
01:06:55,840 --> 01:06:57,840
Hater opens season on IL.

1491
01:06:57,920 --> 01:07:00,519
Speaker 3: I got that. I mean, don't have it, but I

1492
01:07:00,559 --> 01:07:02,079
think I'm gonna have it going.

1493
01:07:01,960 --> 01:07:05,519
Speaker 8: On all Hey, those are con cup feelings. Back off,

1494
01:07:06,280 --> 01:07:09,599
not your bet my bed. Rock Ross said, rocket sweep

1495
01:07:09,599 --> 01:07:12,599
the Clippers? Nope, Rockets finished as a top three seed.

1496
01:07:12,800 --> 01:07:14,199
Very well, could happen right now. They're in the three

1497
01:07:14,239 --> 01:07:14,840
seed in the West.

1498
01:07:14,880 --> 01:07:15,639
Speaker 3: How about that.

1499
01:07:15,880 --> 01:07:18,800
Speaker 4: Bearing injury, Reeve Shepherd will not be a full time

1500
01:07:18,840 --> 01:07:20,199
starter at any point.

1501
01:07:20,320 --> 01:07:22,320
Speaker 3: Yeah, that was easy. That was basically e may don't

1502
01:07:22,320 --> 01:07:24,320
go back that up? Would you have?

1503
01:07:24,400 --> 01:07:26,519
Speaker 4: And then I said, Cougars go for a seven game

1504
01:07:26,559 --> 01:07:27,400
win streak.

1505
01:07:27,239 --> 01:07:30,480
Speaker 3: Kind of wait, what did you say again?

1506
01:07:30,639 --> 01:07:32,960
Speaker 4: They go for a seven game win seed there right

1507
01:07:33,000 --> 01:07:34,239
now we hit six.

1508
01:07:34,079 --> 01:07:38,400
Speaker 3: And then now they are on the three losing streak. Yeah,

1509
01:07:38,519 --> 01:07:39,199
they got it.

1510
01:07:39,239 --> 01:07:41,320
Speaker 2: Tournaments here, are you sure you're not secondad, because you

1511
01:07:41,320 --> 01:07:46,920
can probably turn your microphone off? All right, Andrew and

1512
01:07:46,960 --> 01:07:48,639
Brad hanktab will get you to a couple of seconds

1513
01:07:48,639 --> 01:07:50,800
seven one, three, two, one two, five seventy.

1514
01:07:50,800 --> 01:07:52,199
Speaker 3: This is gut feelings. We got this at the top

1515
01:07:52,199 --> 01:07:52,519
of the hour.

1516
01:07:52,519 --> 01:07:53,960
Speaker 2: By the way, Ryan Holland's going to join us an

1517
01:07:53,960 --> 01:07:56,119
hour from now to talk some NBA for this for

1518
01:07:56,159 --> 01:07:57,920
a couple of segments. All right, So Gordon, you're our

1519
01:07:57,960 --> 01:08:01,039
guest today and we thank you for stepping stepping into line. Second, well,

1520
01:08:01,119 --> 01:08:03,400
what is in your gut this week? Besides probably a

1521
01:08:03,440 --> 01:08:06,559
lot of Cajun food and crawfish? Yeah, how about this?

1522
01:08:07,599 --> 01:08:10,880
Going on a limb here, I'm writing he's down. By

1523
01:08:10,880 --> 01:08:14,440
the way, I'm gonna say the Astros five man rotation.

1524
01:08:14,519 --> 01:08:17,039
We ran through it yesterday, right though, one through four

1525
01:08:17,680 --> 01:08:19,520
when we actually sended it to six.

1526
01:08:20,319 --> 01:08:24,319
Speaker 9: Okay, who do we have we Hudder Brown one, Javier

1527
01:08:24,359 --> 01:08:28,239
two three three, Arrogatty four who was our five.

1528
01:08:28,439 --> 01:08:31,159
Speaker 2: Five would is going to be oh, the new kid

1529
01:08:31,560 --> 01:08:34,840
from Pittsburgh Burrows, and then Arraghtty would be six.

1530
01:08:35,439 --> 01:08:39,279
Speaker 9: Yeah, no, we we had Arrogetty in the four. In

1531
01:08:39,319 --> 01:08:42,359
the top five is from Brof the team. Yes, I

1532
01:08:42,399 --> 01:08:45,159
think you said Lance mccullors six. Yeah, that's a Connor six.

1533
01:08:45,199 --> 01:08:45,640
Speaker 3: That's right.

1534
01:08:46,600 --> 01:08:50,039
Speaker 2: I'm gonna go my gut feeling. The sixth man that

1535
01:08:50,039 --> 01:08:57,199
makes the astro's rotation is Jason Alexander for a stretch

1536
01:08:57,319 --> 01:08:59,840
last year was one of your most consistent pictures pitching

1537
01:08:59,840 --> 01:09:01,720
to By the way, he is, I talked to him

1538
01:09:01,760 --> 01:09:04,000
at down in Florida's Is that because he was nice

1539
01:09:04,039 --> 01:09:04,119
to you?

1540
01:09:04,199 --> 01:09:05,520
Speaker 3: Is that's the reason why you're doing this? He was

1541
01:09:05,560 --> 01:09:06,479
working on a new pitch.

1542
01:09:06,560 --> 01:09:08,439
Speaker 9: He said, he feels good about his arsenal that that

1543
01:09:08,479 --> 01:09:12,119
he worked on and developed last year. So yeah, look,

1544
01:09:12,159 --> 01:09:14,800
it could be Ryan Weiss, it could be Nate Pearson,

1545
01:09:15,399 --> 01:09:16,199
Lance mccullors.

1546
01:09:16,199 --> 01:09:17,239
Speaker 3: There's plenty of options.

1547
01:09:17,239 --> 01:09:21,520
Speaker 2: Okay, So if you're gonna say that, then where is

1548
01:09:21,600 --> 01:09:22,880
Lance mccullors from this roster?

1549
01:09:24,960 --> 01:09:27,119
Speaker 9: I think they almost because of what they're paying him,

1550
01:09:27,239 --> 01:09:30,119
they he's he's a long reliever role.

1551
01:09:30,399 --> 01:09:34,479
Speaker 2: Or so you're gonna say, Alexander is your six man

1552
01:09:34,960 --> 01:09:40,119
mccolors of the bullpen. Yes, Now again we're saying we're

1553
01:09:40,119 --> 01:09:42,560
assuming this is all because we're saying this is a

1554
01:09:42,840 --> 01:09:45,039
with health not being an issue for any of these people.

1555
01:09:45,079 --> 01:09:48,640
Speaker 9: Colors looks good, man, he's in great shape. Stuff look good.

1556
01:09:49,319 --> 01:09:50,079
I love you know.

1557
01:09:50,039 --> 01:09:53,279
Speaker 2: His You are such a February baseball His delivery is.

1558
01:09:53,279 --> 01:09:54,840
I mean, he's so good when he's on.

1559
01:09:55,000 --> 01:09:58,520
Speaker 9: He's on that that game last fourth of July Dodger Stadium.

1560
01:09:58,159 --> 01:10:00,640
Speaker 3: He was awesome. That's one time in five months.

1561
01:10:00,720 --> 01:10:00,960
Speaker 7: I know.

1562
01:10:04,359 --> 01:10:10,560
Speaker 2: Okay, I'm going next Huh. Rockets won yesterday. See this

1563
01:10:10,640 --> 01:10:12,159
is the home ern in me. You' already just going

1564
01:10:12,159 --> 01:10:15,479
and just go and just say it. They weren't in

1565
01:10:15,479 --> 01:10:19,119
the next four games, next four. Yes, they are going

1566
01:10:19,159 --> 01:10:22,159
to beat Sacramento tomorrow, by the way, who snapped a

1567
01:10:22,159 --> 01:10:25,039
sixteen game losing streak last night at Memphis for them.

1568
01:10:25,079 --> 01:10:28,239
And they're going to sweep Orlando, Miami and Washington Sacramento

1569
01:10:28,439 --> 01:10:30,760
two and oh against the Rockets this year, right both

1570
01:10:30,800 --> 01:10:31,439
in Sacramento.

1571
01:10:33,439 --> 01:10:35,119
Speaker 3: There you go. So if you want to fight me

1572
01:10:35,159 --> 01:10:36,840
on it, go ahead, say call me Homer. That's fine.

1573
01:10:36,920 --> 01:10:37,319
Speaker 6: You do it.

1574
01:10:37,359 --> 01:10:41,920
Speaker 9: Who's our Kansas guy, the kid who's sitting out, the

1575
01:10:41,960 --> 01:10:45,279
guy at Kansas Peterson he uh. The mock drafts i've

1576
01:10:45,319 --> 01:10:47,079
seen have him going number one two Sacramento.

1577
01:10:47,159 --> 01:10:48,640
Speaker 3: He's going back to Kansas. Then you don't want to play

1578
01:10:48,600 --> 01:10:49,119
for Sacrement.

1579
01:10:51,279 --> 01:10:51,640
Speaker 7: All right?

1580
01:10:51,640 --> 01:10:56,439
Speaker 2: So I got the Rockets winning in Orlando and Miami

1581
01:10:56,560 --> 01:10:57,119
and Miami.

1582
01:10:57,199 --> 01:11:01,000
Speaker 3: Oh wow, Orlando's mid, Miami's mid. But I feel like,

1583
01:11:01,039 --> 01:11:02,479
odds are they split those?

1584
01:11:03,840 --> 01:11:04,159
Speaker 7: Okay?

1585
01:11:04,319 --> 01:11:05,920
Speaker 2: Well, I know odds are saying it, but you have

1586
01:11:05,960 --> 01:11:07,479
to give you a gut feeling. I'm giving you a

1587
01:11:07,479 --> 01:11:09,439
gut feel. Le'll be down for a South Florida split,

1588
01:11:09,880 --> 01:11:11,960
all right, Gordy says South Florida split.

1589
01:11:14,520 --> 01:11:17,039
Speaker 9: They win in Orlando, they losing Miami vice versa.

1590
01:11:17,359 --> 01:11:19,920
Speaker 3: Can I say the Cougars don't lose again until the tournament? Yeah?

1591
01:11:19,960 --> 01:11:21,560
I mean, come on, and don't even get the credit

1592
01:11:21,600 --> 01:11:21,760
for that.

1593
01:11:21,880 --> 01:11:22,399
Speaker 11: Not really right?

1594
01:11:22,439 --> 01:11:26,800
Speaker 2: I mean Colorado, Baylor and Oklahoma State sucks.

1595
01:11:28,279 --> 01:11:29,600
Speaker 3: Oklahoma State used to be awesome.

1596
01:11:29,800 --> 01:11:33,560
Speaker 2: Hell okay, and I l you don't, Gordian, I don't

1597
01:11:33,560 --> 01:11:35,039
even know this. I don't know if you've ever covered

1598
01:11:35,039 --> 01:11:36,680
college sports before, But if you don't have cash, you

1599
01:11:36,680 --> 01:11:37,199
ain't winning.

1600
01:11:37,520 --> 01:11:37,840
Speaker 7: Do you know?

1601
01:11:38,000 --> 01:11:38,800
Speaker 3: I'm looking right now?

1602
01:11:38,800 --> 01:11:41,000
Speaker 9: You know an ESPN they listen tickets as low as

1603
01:11:41,039 --> 01:11:44,279
on that like secondary market site they use Next Wednesday

1604
01:11:44,600 --> 01:11:46,880
go of H hosting Baylor tickets as low as two

1605
01:11:46,960 --> 01:11:48,159
hundred and eleven dollars.

1606
01:11:48,920 --> 01:11:50,439
Speaker 3: Is that because it's senior Day or something?

1607
01:11:50,560 --> 01:11:52,239
Speaker 2: I don't know, because if it were a hot ticket

1608
01:11:52,479 --> 01:11:54,960
and then their season finale at Oklahoma State tickets as

1609
01:11:54,960 --> 01:11:58,760
low as sixteen dollars. Have you ever been a ive arena?

1610
01:11:58,840 --> 01:11:59,600
Gallagher Ive Arena?

1611
01:11:59,600 --> 01:12:01,000
Speaker 3: It's not bad? What is it?

1612
01:12:01,079 --> 01:12:04,960
Speaker 2: Gallagher Iva after two people? That's the name of the arena. Yeah,

1613
01:12:05,000 --> 01:12:07,199
IBus Henry Iva the coach, and Gallagher of some dude.

1614
01:12:07,239 --> 01:12:10,399
Speaker 3: I don't know who that is. Travis Ford is the

1615
01:12:10,479 --> 01:12:11,560
last time they were relevant?

1616
01:12:11,560 --> 01:12:11,680
Speaker 1: There?

1617
01:12:11,760 --> 01:12:11,920
Speaker 7: Right?

1618
01:12:12,279 --> 01:12:17,239
Speaker 3: Eddie Sutton? Maybe? Okay, we're probably Travis Ford? Is that

1619
01:12:17,319 --> 01:12:20,720
Eddie Sutton? May he rest? He's dead? Okay? Drunk driving?

1620
01:12:21,399 --> 01:12:23,760
Oh my god? Well, I mean he got busted so

1621
01:12:23,760 --> 01:12:26,439
many times Amed.

1622
01:12:26,000 --> 01:12:29,840
Speaker 2: I just assumed, Good lord, all right, I'm not giving

1623
01:12:29,840 --> 01:12:32,600
the Cougars three straight wins that that's almost like that's chalk.

1624
01:12:32,680 --> 01:12:34,800
So I'm not even gonna bother for that one. John,

1625
01:12:34,840 --> 01:12:38,399
Then what are you have in your gut this week, dude, Matt,

1626
01:12:38,439 --> 01:12:39,800
you took mine. I'm not gonna lie.

1627
01:12:40,239 --> 01:12:42,039
Speaker 3: Oh I'll put you down.

1628
01:12:41,960 --> 01:12:43,760
Speaker 4: Okay, but me not because that was going the same way.

1629
01:12:43,800 --> 01:12:45,119
I think Rockets take this next floor.

1630
01:12:46,239 --> 01:12:49,479
Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, I'm good for that. Brilliant mind stick a light.

1631
01:12:50,119 --> 01:12:52,760
Let me have your Okay, where did Joeln already have

1632
01:12:52,840 --> 01:12:56,239
the Kougs two seed? The two seed two seed? Do

1633
01:12:56,319 --> 01:12:58,720
you think this three game losing streak hurt them at all?

1634
01:12:59,520 --> 01:12:59,880
Speaker 8: Mmm?

1635
01:13:00,279 --> 01:13:03,279
Speaker 2: Not, especially if they lose any more games before the

1636
01:13:03,319 --> 01:13:06,479
Big twelve tournament could hurt them. They have to finish

1637
01:13:06,560 --> 01:13:07,720
the table with three straight wins.

1638
01:13:08,439 --> 01:13:10,399
Speaker 9: He's got Illinois, so he's got them in as like

1639
01:13:10,479 --> 01:13:15,920
the seventh overall team Illinois eight, Florida nine.

1640
01:13:16,199 --> 01:13:18,600
Speaker 2: See Florida's red hot right now. I don't care about Florida.

1641
01:13:18,720 --> 01:13:23,039
They could jump use they do nothing for me. I

1642
01:13:23,159 --> 01:13:24,840
really want to go gut feeling u of h falls

1643
01:13:24,880 --> 01:13:26,840
to a three seed, but I don't want that to happen.

1644
01:13:27,680 --> 01:13:30,880
I got a terrible gut feeling for you. The Cougars

1645
01:13:30,880 --> 01:13:34,359
are gonna be out of the South region, out of

1646
01:13:34,439 --> 01:13:37,960
the South like not in the South, because the South.

1647
01:13:38,279 --> 01:13:41,800
The Sweet sixteen is in Houston, and the playing was

1648
01:13:41,840 --> 01:13:43,720
for them to all belong was to be, was to

1649
01:13:43,760 --> 01:13:47,079
be here in town to play those I got a

1650
01:13:47,119 --> 01:13:49,720
sneaky suspicion the Cougars are going to find themselves in

1651
01:13:49,760 --> 01:13:50,439
a different regions.

1652
01:13:50,439 --> 01:13:50,840
Speaker 3: I'm gonna go.

1653
01:13:51,319 --> 01:13:53,960
Speaker 2: I hope I'm wrong about this. I really do they

1654
01:13:54,079 --> 01:13:57,279
tend to put a uh out of South region? Again,

1655
01:13:57,359 --> 01:13:58,000
I hope I'm wrong.

1656
01:13:58,159 --> 01:13:58,640
Speaker 3: Most times.

1657
01:13:58,680 --> 01:14:01,039
Speaker 2: They try to make jig graphical sense out of them

1658
01:14:01,119 --> 01:14:03,319
most time, but not every time. Like if you're a

1659
01:14:03,359 --> 01:14:05,159
bad if you're a low seed, they will punish you

1660
01:14:05,199 --> 01:14:07,199
and send you out to the West Coast. But like,

1661
01:14:08,239 --> 01:14:10,520
I don't know, I feel like, especially their two seed,

1662
01:14:11,159 --> 01:14:13,279
I think they stay all right. Let me get some

1663
01:14:13,359 --> 01:14:15,079
people in here. We got somebody they want to call

1664
01:14:15,159 --> 01:14:17,000
on non Guts. We'll go to that first and we'll

1665
01:14:17,039 --> 01:14:19,640
say hi to Andrew on seven ninety Andrew, thanks for waiting.

1666
01:14:19,680 --> 01:14:22,159
Speaker 3: Good morning, Hey, good morning guys.

1667
01:14:22,239 --> 01:14:22,800
Speaker 7: Love the show.

1668
01:14:22,960 --> 01:14:23,239
Speaker 3: Thank you.

1669
01:14:24,720 --> 01:14:25,760
Speaker 7: I was calling in because I.

1670
01:14:25,760 --> 01:14:28,960
Speaker 13: Had a revelation the other night about c. J. Stroud

1671
01:14:29,640 --> 01:14:32,279
and he is starting to remind me a lot of

1672
01:14:32,399 --> 01:14:37,000
another Texas Texans Legends quarterback from the twenty fifteen season,

1673
01:14:37,439 --> 01:14:40,600
and his stats look almost identical along with the four

1674
01:14:40,680 --> 01:14:44,479
interceptions in a divisional playoff game. And CJ's looking to

1675
01:14:44,560 --> 01:14:46,840
me like none other than Brian Hoyer out there.

1676
01:14:48,920 --> 01:14:52,319
Speaker 2: Are you besmirching the name of CJ. Strouder for Brian Hoyer.

1677
01:14:53,079 --> 01:14:56,399
Speaker 13: You're not on paper, man, The numbers don't lie in

1678
01:14:57,000 --> 01:15:00,279
four interceptions in a divisional round. I think mis Hoyr

1679
01:15:00,479 --> 01:15:01,079
was the last.

1680
01:15:00,960 --> 01:15:02,840
Speaker 7: One to accomp with that seat.

1681
01:15:05,880 --> 01:15:08,600
Speaker 13: So I just think anyone that's defending CJ and thinks

1682
01:15:08,640 --> 01:15:11,039
he's the answer hasn't been a Texans fan for very long.

1683
01:15:11,279 --> 01:15:12,920
Speaker 3: No, but I but he's not Brian Hoyer.

1684
01:15:12,960 --> 01:15:13,199
Speaker 6: C J.

1685
01:15:13,319 --> 01:15:16,520
Speaker 3: Stroud has remarkable quarterback skills.

1686
01:15:16,600 --> 01:15:18,319
Speaker 2: He just needs people around him and he needs to

1687
01:15:18,359 --> 01:15:20,600
be able to kind of gain some get some confidence back,

1688
01:15:20,680 --> 01:15:22,520
because I think towards the end of the year his

1689
01:15:22,600 --> 01:15:24,680
confidence was completely shot. It may never come back, but

1690
01:15:25,119 --> 01:15:27,119
if there's anything to change, it's got to be better

1691
01:15:27,199 --> 01:15:28,760
parts around him. And that could be said for any

1692
01:15:28,760 --> 01:15:31,920
of the quarterbacks. But he's not Brian Hoyer. Brian Hoyer sucked.

1693
01:15:32,600 --> 01:15:34,720
I mean, great guy, but he really sucked.

1694
01:15:36,079 --> 01:15:36,279
Speaker 11: I know.

1695
01:15:36,680 --> 01:15:39,039
Speaker 13: I remember it still burnt into the back of my brain.

1696
01:15:39,159 --> 01:15:42,399
I was having nightmares during that playoff.

1697
01:15:42,039 --> 01:15:45,600
Speaker 2: Game with I mean, I understand, I understand comp Sandrew

1698
01:15:45,600 --> 01:15:46,560
and thank you for the phone call.

1699
01:15:46,640 --> 01:15:50,199
Speaker 3: But the Brian Hoyer c J Stroud comp is not

1700
01:15:50,319 --> 01:15:51,079
particularly close.

1701
01:15:51,239 --> 01:15:55,760
Speaker 2: That's very disrespectful. I thought he was gonna say, Matt

1702
01:15:55,920 --> 01:16:02,159
shob that's a better comp. Shawbesk numbers, not Matt schab Oyer.

1703
01:16:02,920 --> 01:16:05,359
I mean the pick six is week after week after week.

1704
01:16:05,439 --> 01:16:12,159
That was awful fetal position when sacks and I gotta

1705
01:16:12,159 --> 01:16:15,760
tell you some one more thing about c J. He's well,

1706
01:16:15,800 --> 01:16:17,479
I I hate to even says, but I'm just gonna

1707
01:16:17,520 --> 01:16:22,039
say it. Is he one more concussion away from like

1708
01:16:22,199 --> 01:16:24,239
being too attack of a little worried about him?

1709
01:16:24,399 --> 01:16:25,319
Speaker 3: Well, whose fault is that?

1710
01:16:26,359 --> 01:16:29,159
Speaker 2: Well, it could it's frock, It's probably a little. I

1711
01:16:29,159 --> 01:16:30,439
mean it's combination, everybody's fault.

1712
01:16:30,520 --> 01:16:33,880
Speaker 3: Put a damn put a damn offensive line around him.

1713
01:16:34,039 --> 01:16:36,520
Speaker 2: Yeah, but I mean you can you can have the

1714
01:16:36,520 --> 01:16:40,279
world's greatest offensive line around him still getting cussed you.

1715
01:16:40,399 --> 01:16:43,279
I mean, offensive linemen do give up sacks, and sometimes

1716
01:16:43,359 --> 01:16:46,199
those sacks are blindsided. Sometimes the guy hits the hits

1717
01:16:46,279 --> 01:16:48,199
his head on the ground and look that those these

1718
01:16:48,319 --> 01:16:51,680
NFL turfs got the uh aren't spongy.

1719
01:16:53,319 --> 01:16:54,720
Speaker 3: Was so. CJ.

1720
01:16:54,800 --> 01:16:58,000
Speaker 2: Straw was the number two overall pick at twenty twenty three,

1721
01:16:58,840 --> 01:17:01,119
Drake May was the number three overall pick in twenty

1722
01:17:01,159 --> 01:17:03,520
twenty four, and Bryce Young number one who, by the way,

1723
01:17:03,600 --> 01:17:05,319
got took his team to the playoffs. Granted wasn't a

1724
01:17:05,319 --> 01:17:08,520
great team, but he rebounded after a subpar rookie year.

1725
01:17:09,680 --> 01:17:12,560
His projection, his his moving up is way faster than

1726
01:17:12,600 --> 01:17:15,399
c J. Strouds if you think about it. Yeah, he

1727
01:17:15,600 --> 01:17:17,920
was kind of reversal. He was kind of just okay

1728
01:17:18,039 --> 01:17:20,239
his rookie year and there was was much better in

1729
01:17:20,319 --> 01:17:22,840
year two. Yeah, quick time out back on the phones,

1730
01:17:22,920 --> 01:17:28,600
Brad and James Oo go with that seven one three

1731
01:17:28,720 --> 01:17:31,239
two one two five seven ninety seven one three two

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01:17:31,279 --> 01:17:33,680
one two five seven On our time is eleven forty six.

1733
01:17:33,720 --> 01:17:36,560
It's Matt Thomas Show with Ross Got feelings continue, Come

1734
01:17:36,600 --> 01:17:38,159
on and give us your gut next here on seven

1735
01:17:38,239 --> 01:17:43,119
ninety Back to Matt Thomas and Ross Virial Fine on

1736
01:17:43,359 --> 01:17:49,239
Sports Talk seven ninety at Thomas Show seven one three

1737
01:17:49,359 --> 01:17:51,920
two one two five seven on eighty last call before

1738
01:17:51,920 --> 01:17:54,399
we go to Brad. You know how I feel about Brad.

1739
01:17:54,479 --> 01:17:57,479
We love him, but you know, you getting in front

1740
01:17:57,479 --> 01:17:59,359
of him. I Uh, Jonathan'm adding another one on my

1741
01:17:59,399 --> 01:18:02,199
list of my feelings. Joe Mixon is getting released by

1742
01:18:02,239 --> 01:18:09,239
the Texans. Really yep, oh, Nicky s He's like, man.

1743
01:18:09,159 --> 01:18:10,960
Speaker 3: I I don't know what's going on.

1744
01:18:11,319 --> 01:18:13,079
Speaker 2: He's just one of our players and he's had some

1745
01:18:13,199 --> 01:18:14,479
surgery some sort. I don't know.

1746
01:18:14,920 --> 01:18:18,520
Speaker 3: I don't I'm in a vas you know what. He's like,

1747
01:18:18,600 --> 01:18:20,359
I gotta get this a whole out on my team.

1748
01:18:20,520 --> 01:18:23,279
So give me the like the business side of that, Like,

1749
01:18:23,319 --> 01:18:24,399
how does that work with the contract?

1750
01:18:24,520 --> 01:18:26,760
Speaker 2: Well, there's some cap money, you know, No, some moneys

1751
01:18:26,760 --> 01:18:29,640
are guaranteed some or not, so they're gonna free up

1752
01:18:29,680 --> 01:18:32,720
some cap space. Now, there's probably a little bit of

1753
01:18:32,760 --> 01:18:34,479
a cap hit, but that'll be something gonna be manageable.

1754
01:18:34,520 --> 01:18:36,119
I mean, hey, Helen didn't play for you last year.

1755
01:18:36,239 --> 01:18:37,720
Speaker 3: You didn't miss him. You need an R.

1756
01:18:37,760 --> 01:18:40,520
Speaker 2: But how does a guy come back a year removed

1757
01:18:40,560 --> 01:18:47,840
from whatever it is? Just saying Joe Mixon released? Say

1758
01:18:47,920 --> 01:18:52,920
some cap money? Gut feeling. You've heard it first seven

1759
01:18:53,000 --> 01:18:55,760
one three two one two five seven dotty seven one

1760
01:18:55,840 --> 01:19:00,359
three two one two five seven nine zero for gut feelings,

1761
01:19:00,800 --> 01:19:02,119
Let's talk to.

1762
01:19:04,399 --> 01:19:06,920
Speaker 3: James on seven ninety James, what's in your gut this week?

1763
01:19:08,359 --> 01:19:11,680
Speaker 14: Yeah, my gud is with the addition of Sanders and

1764
01:19:11,800 --> 01:19:14,600
Kirkland and Bass as a tight end, Spuck, you can

1765
01:19:14,640 --> 01:19:18,119
pretty well go ahead and get your Gamblers playoff tickets

1766
01:19:18,119 --> 01:19:19,600
now because they're Gonnas close to often.

1767
01:19:20,399 --> 01:19:21,960
Speaker 3: I don't know, but when he said Gambers, I hung

1768
01:19:22,039 --> 01:19:26,199
up on it me immediately. Davids has been trying to

1769
01:19:26,239 --> 01:19:27,880
talk gamele this talk for the last three.

1770
01:19:28,439 --> 01:19:30,399
Speaker 2: That's because James isn't order touch a woman's like these

1771
01:19:30,479 --> 01:19:34,920
days either. Seven one, three, two, two, five, seven ninety.

1772
01:19:35,439 --> 01:19:37,520
Look you here, Brad, what's your gut this week?

1773
01:19:39,399 --> 01:19:39,600
Speaker 15: Yeah?

1774
01:19:40,000 --> 01:19:43,399
Speaker 12: I'm tired of y'all talking bad about talking like you

1775
01:19:43,479 --> 01:19:44,600
want to trade Paraders.

1776
01:19:44,920 --> 01:19:46,319
Speaker 7: I'm my five stars.

1777
01:19:46,800 --> 01:19:51,000
Speaker 12: Paratus is not getting traded. Dana Brown has a contract

1778
01:19:51,079 --> 01:19:54,119
for the future. He's worried about himself too. You get

1779
01:19:54,239 --> 01:19:58,560
rid of Paraders. I'm gonna make another prediction. Either Pereia

1780
01:19:59,439 --> 01:20:04,680
or the first basement we got Christian he's gonna get

1781
01:20:05,359 --> 01:20:08,920
I mean, they're either gonna get hurt. I mean Walker,

1782
01:20:09,000 --> 01:20:12,760
I'm sorry, Christian Walker. Either gonna get hurt or they're

1783
01:20:12,760 --> 01:20:16,479
gonna go into a slump enough where you gotta make

1784
01:20:16,520 --> 01:20:19,760
a change, and so Paradis is gonna be your future

1785
01:20:20,039 --> 01:20:24,439
third base or first baseman in the future. This year,

1786
01:20:24,880 --> 01:20:28,000
you get rid of Paradis, you ain't going very far

1787
01:20:28,119 --> 01:20:28,800
in the playoffs.

1788
01:20:28,880 --> 01:20:31,119
Speaker 7: I guarantee you that he's.

1789
01:20:30,960 --> 01:20:33,840
Speaker 12: One of your best players. I don't care what anybody says,

1790
01:20:34,079 --> 01:20:36,800
you are not trading him. What more would do that

1791
01:20:37,279 --> 01:20:41,119
unless somebody like Boston will give you two or three players,

1792
01:20:41,479 --> 01:20:46,159
not one. They're not proven in Boston. Preadis is proven.

1793
01:20:46,680 --> 01:20:47,880
Speaker 11: Okay, that's my first one.

1794
01:20:48,079 --> 01:20:51,600
Speaker 12: And then I think your your outfield to be taken

1795
01:20:51,680 --> 01:20:58,119
care of. Matthews will be that player that fulfills that need.

1796
01:21:01,159 --> 01:21:05,680
I also think Kevin Durant is a cancer. I'm surprised

1797
01:21:05,800 --> 01:21:10,319
nobody brought him up for using that burner phone and

1798
01:21:11,399 --> 01:21:16,199
uh throwing all his players players under the bus. I mean,

1799
01:21:16,960 --> 01:21:19,840
I guarantee you they are not gonna win a championship

1800
01:21:19,920 --> 01:21:21,680
with Durant on their team.

1801
01:21:22,199 --> 01:21:23,560
Speaker 7: I guarantee you that.

1802
01:21:25,039 --> 01:21:26,159
Speaker 11: We'll see what else I got.

1803
01:21:26,399 --> 01:21:26,520
Speaker 2: Uh.

1804
01:21:28,640 --> 01:21:29,399
Speaker 7: I think that's it.

1805
01:21:30,239 --> 01:21:31,279
Speaker 3: Okay, thanks Brad.

1806
01:21:34,560 --> 01:21:36,640
Speaker 2: I'm gonna ask you, Houston, Texas, is that how this

1807
01:21:36,720 --> 01:21:41,239
segment's gonna end with that? Kevin Durant is a cancer?

1808
01:21:43,239 --> 01:21:46,840
And Jonathan did he say he guarantees the Astros will

1809
01:21:46,880 --> 01:21:49,680
regret moving East Paradis or he's gonna then he guarantee

1810
01:21:49,720 --> 01:21:52,039
that they're going to keep estcac Paratus because oh why

1811
01:21:52,119 --> 01:21:54,039
I think he's keeping because he because he thinks Danner

1812
01:21:54,079 --> 01:21:55,039
Brown's worried about his job.

1813
01:21:55,079 --> 01:22:01,880
Speaker 3: Yeah, it was a two parter. Huh that's.

1814
01:22:05,680 --> 01:22:08,119
Speaker 2: You get one minute, Houston, Texas. If you if that's

1815
01:22:08,159 --> 01:22:10,760
how the segment's gonna end. We're in a bad spot America.

1816
01:22:14,439 --> 01:22:16,680
Kevin Durant the cancer huh okay.

1817
01:22:18,520 --> 01:22:20,319
Speaker 9: Uh bill'rat you can go and put me down for

1818
01:22:20,880 --> 01:22:23,279
l s U repeating as College World Series champs.

1819
01:22:23,359 --> 01:22:26,600
Speaker 3: All right, write that down. Though you got three predictions,

1820
01:22:26,640 --> 01:22:28,960
here be the first first team in a long time

1821
01:22:29,000 --> 01:22:30,239
to win three and four.

1822
01:22:32,840 --> 01:22:36,319
Speaker 2: I'm gonna go and make a prediction that unfortunately Louisiana

1823
01:22:36,439 --> 01:22:38,279
can't pay for teacher salaries.

1824
01:22:40,199 --> 01:22:41,239
Speaker 3: I won't write that down.

1825
01:22:41,239 --> 01:22:41,439
Speaker 7: I was.

1826
01:22:41,560 --> 01:22:45,560
Speaker 3: I'll think it though. Sorry, link Kiff, it'll pay. He'll

1827
01:22:45,560 --> 01:22:46,520
buy him lunch or something.

1828
01:22:46,600 --> 01:22:48,760
Speaker 2: Do you why, how do you mean like we make

1829
01:22:48,840 --> 01:22:52,479
fun of Florida, we make fun of Louisiana too. How

1830
01:22:52,479 --> 01:22:53,399
does that make you feel?

1831
01:22:55,560 --> 01:22:55,720
Speaker 6: You know?

1832
01:22:55,760 --> 01:22:58,720
Speaker 3: What they care about? What matters most football. They don't. Yeah,

1833
01:22:58,720 --> 01:22:59,880
they don't care about tea cleaning.

1834
01:23:01,199 --> 01:23:01,520
Speaker 11: I don't know.

1835
01:23:01,960 --> 01:23:08,439
Speaker 2: That's Alabama. Oh okay, okay, at you you've been to Dothan, Alabama.

1836
01:23:08,600 --> 01:23:11,760
I have never been to doth in Alabama. I think

1837
01:23:11,760 --> 01:23:13,159
I want to send some people in this market to

1838
01:23:13,199 --> 01:23:14,520
do in the next radio show there. But that's a

1839
01:23:14,560 --> 01:23:17,760
different issue for a different time. Jacob on seven ninety

1840
01:23:17,800 --> 01:23:18,079
what is.

1841
01:23:18,079 --> 01:23:18,520
Speaker 3: In your gut?

1842
01:23:20,960 --> 01:23:23,680
Speaker 16: Well, my good feeling, even though I hate it, is

1843
01:23:23,760 --> 01:23:27,199
that they will trade Paradas. The Astros will trade Paradis.

1844
01:23:27,640 --> 01:23:28,319
Speaker 11: Everybody likes it.

1845
01:23:28,399 --> 01:23:31,119
Speaker 16: Brandy is a great player, but I think he said

1846
01:23:31,119 --> 01:23:33,600
it on the show the other day. He's gonna get

1847
01:23:33,680 --> 01:23:36,159
us more than what Christian Walker will get us. Christian

1848
01:23:36,199 --> 01:23:40,560
Walker makes too much money. He's older. So if there's

1849
01:23:40,640 --> 01:23:43,640
hope for the future for the Astros to build another winner,

1850
01:23:44,159 --> 01:23:46,520
they'll have to use a piece like Parattas to get

1851
01:23:47,479 --> 01:23:50,520
more players, even though it may hurt us in the

1852
01:23:50,600 --> 01:23:54,239
short term. I don't think the gu is worried about

1853
01:23:54,279 --> 01:23:58,960
his contract because short term gain. I don't believe it's

1854
01:23:59,000 --> 01:24:01,520
in their plans right now, so I think they'll re up.

1855
01:24:01,560 --> 01:24:04,319
I think his fuddle re up. They'll reload and maybe

1856
01:24:04,399 --> 01:24:06,079
a year or two. Nobody wants to hear that. Maybe

1857
01:24:06,119 --> 01:24:08,119
a year or two. But then I think he'll turn

1858
01:24:08,159 --> 01:24:10,439
it back around to start winning again and the tours.

1859
01:24:10,479 --> 01:24:15,159
The Rockets go gut feeling they're gonna be one and

1860
01:24:15,239 --> 01:24:17,680
done in the playoffs this year. But next year, when

1861
01:24:18,199 --> 01:24:20,640
point guard comes back, I think it's a different story.

1862
01:24:21,119 --> 01:24:23,239
Speaker 2: Thanks, yes, thank you very much for the phone call.

1863
01:24:24,039 --> 01:24:26,600
Last one belongs to Robert and Webster. Robert wins in

1864
01:24:26,600 --> 01:24:30,760
your gut this week, So guys just talk.

1865
01:24:31,279 --> 01:24:33,680
Speaker 17: Wanted to speak on not the last guy, but the

1866
01:24:33,720 --> 01:24:38,439
guy before. KD is a cancer? Come on, easy money

1867
01:24:38,479 --> 01:24:42,920
sniper here. I'm not the biggest kV fan, but I

1868
01:24:43,000 --> 01:24:45,399
mean the guy's a monster, he's not a cancer.

1869
01:24:47,039 --> 01:24:47,960
Speaker 6: I've got a hot take.

1870
01:24:48,239 --> 01:24:52,600
Speaker 18: I think we go second round playoffs. Talking about the

1871
01:24:52,680 --> 01:24:54,399
last guy too. I don't know if we're one and done.

1872
01:24:54,640 --> 01:24:56,079
I know we don't have a good point guard. But

1873
01:24:56,359 --> 01:24:58,560
Kv's not a cancer. Yeah he does the Twitter stuff.

1874
01:24:59,039 --> 01:24:59,680
Speaker 3: Was it proven?

1875
01:25:01,920 --> 01:25:03,680
Speaker 18: But now he's rallying those young guys.

1876
01:25:04,520 --> 01:25:05,319
Speaker 16: I'm not worried about it.

1877
01:25:05,399 --> 01:25:05,880
Speaker 15: That's my gut.

1878
01:25:06,079 --> 01:25:08,720
Speaker 18: I feel better about the Rockets, especially after watching last night.

1879
01:25:09,079 --> 01:25:11,039
Speaker 2: It was it was good. Thank you for the phone call.

1880
01:25:11,119 --> 01:25:13,760
Appreciate it. That was how we ended gut feelings properly.

1881
01:25:14,760 --> 01:25:16,760
Thank you to our last two callers for saving me.

1882
01:25:18,039 --> 01:25:24,560
Whow Brad as something else. We love him though in

1883
01:25:24,640 --> 01:25:27,439
a weird way. Gordy, thank you for hanging out with me.

1884
01:25:27,479 --> 01:25:29,439
I appreciate it. Sure, what are you gonna do now?

1885
01:25:29,880 --> 01:25:33,039
I'm gonna finish getting this caserio audio for you. All right,

1886
01:25:33,039 --> 01:25:38,000
We're gonna play some caserio audio maybe in about fifteen minutes,

1887
01:25:38,000 --> 01:25:40,600
twenty minutes. We'll do that, and we got Ryan Holland's

1888
01:25:40,600 --> 01:25:43,359
gonna join us at twelve thirty for some Rocket chatter

1889
01:25:43,439 --> 01:25:47,159
and some NBA big picture talk. The Rockets were playing

1890
01:25:47,199 --> 01:25:50,079
easy like Sunday morning last night a Toda Center. We'll

1891
01:25:50,119 --> 01:25:52,560
describe that next plus the news at noon. It is

1892
01:25:52,640 --> 01:25:56,000
twelve o'clock on Sports Talk seven nights is the mac

1893
01:25:56,079 --> 01:25:58,239
Thomas Show with Ross.

1894
01:26:05,760 --> 01:26:10,920
Speaker 3: No. It sounds bulling and stands an easy night.

1895
01:26:11,159 --> 01:26:12,600
Speaker 2: Sunday morn.

1896
01:26:14,960 --> 01:26:18,079
Speaker 5: Forty seven second'clock to go, Rockets back of each town

1897
01:26:18,960 --> 01:26:20,840
hands here in side Toota Center.

1898
01:26:22,039 --> 01:26:22,680
Speaker 7: They win.

1899
01:26:24,319 --> 01:26:27,640
Speaker 5: By a final score of one twenty five two one

1900
01:26:27,720 --> 01:26:32,159
o five. Thus for the nineteenth time into Sidetota Center.

1901
01:26:32,199 --> 01:26:34,399
Speaker 3: It's a Rockets win.

1902
01:26:36,680 --> 01:26:40,119
Speaker 2: And I want to be so high. Doesn't sound weird?

1903
01:26:44,600 --> 01:26:46,760
They do all right except turn them all over too much.

1904
01:26:48,680 --> 01:26:51,399
Our number three is underway on the Mount Thomas Show

1905
01:26:51,439 --> 01:26:53,640
with Ross. Ross is still under the weather, hopefully getting

1906
01:26:53,680 --> 01:26:55,560
back tomorrow, if maybe not Thursday.

1907
01:26:56,239 --> 01:27:00,079
Speaker 3: We're so, let's going to get our hibachi tomorrow. Oh,

1908
01:27:00,119 --> 01:27:01,479
we mean it's a postpone that a day or so.

1909
01:27:02,000 --> 01:27:04,079
Let me know. I want to know. We'll check on

1910
01:27:04,159 --> 01:27:04,800
our boil later on.

1911
01:27:05,720 --> 01:27:09,399
Speaker 2: Rockets will be a part of today's edition along with

1912
01:27:09,479 --> 01:27:14,880
the Cougars of the News at noon. Rockets last night

1913
01:27:14,960 --> 01:27:17,039
take care of the Utah Jazz by a final score

1914
01:27:17,079 --> 01:27:20,039
of one twenty five to one zero Five. Six different

1915
01:27:20,159 --> 01:27:23,640
Rockets score in double figures, led by thirty one for

1916
01:27:23,760 --> 01:27:26,680
Jabari Smith. He makes twelve of seventeen from the floor.

1917
01:27:27,279 --> 01:27:31,479
He was six of eleven from three. Rocket shot fifty

1918
01:27:31,560 --> 01:27:34,279
eight percent from the floor forty five percent from three.

1919
01:27:34,520 --> 01:27:37,920
Only negative in the twenty point victory was they turned

1920
01:27:37,920 --> 01:27:41,520
the ball over a season high twenty seven times, turning

1921
01:27:41,560 --> 01:27:44,399
into thirty four points. Rockets at thirty five and twenty

1922
01:27:44,439 --> 01:27:46,399
one with the win last night, are now back in

1923
01:27:46,439 --> 01:27:50,560
the three seed in the Western Conference College basketball yesterday

1924
01:27:50,600 --> 01:27:53,319
and Allen Fieldhouse a crowd of fifteen thousand on hand

1925
01:27:53,399 --> 01:27:53,920
to see.

1926
01:27:55,560 --> 01:27:57,039
Speaker 3: The Houston Cougars lose.

1927
01:27:56,920 --> 01:28:00,319
Speaker 2: Sixty nine to fifty six to the Kansas Jayhawks. The

1928
01:28:00,359 --> 01:28:04,359
Cougars for the game were twenty one of sixty six

1929
01:28:04,439 --> 01:28:09,279
as thirty two percent from the floor yikes, ouch twenty

1930
01:28:09,359 --> 01:28:12,720
one percent from three on five to twenty four. Kingston

1931
01:28:12,760 --> 01:28:15,960
Flemings was six of eighteen. He finishes with sixteen. Nobody

1932
01:28:16,000 --> 01:28:19,600
else with the Cougars in double figures. Christinak Junior was

1933
01:28:19,720 --> 01:28:22,159
second in scoring with nine points. The Cougars are now

1934
01:28:22,279 --> 01:28:25,159
twenty three and five overall in the year eleven and

1935
01:28:25,239 --> 01:28:26,840
four and the Big twelve, and for the first time

1936
01:28:26,880 --> 01:28:29,800
in many a years, the Houston Cougars have dropped three

1937
01:28:30,199 --> 01:28:33,600
consecutive games. We will hear from Nick Cassio coming up

1938
01:28:33,600 --> 01:28:35,279
in a couple of moments, but we can tell you

1939
01:28:37,319 --> 01:28:44,000
uh that the Houston Texans and Nick Cassario had a

1940
01:28:44,199 --> 01:28:48,640
media availability and he said Nick did that trade talks

1941
01:28:48,760 --> 01:28:52,000
of c. J. Stroud are not underway, they have not

1942
01:28:52,119 --> 01:28:56,680
been discussed, and they're simply moronic. As far as Joe

1943
01:28:56,760 --> 01:29:00,960
Mixon is concerned. He continues to be souoner per super vague,

1944
01:29:01,039 --> 01:29:04,960
saying there was an offseason procedure done doesn't know any

1945
01:29:05,039 --> 01:29:13,000
more details on it, which is ridiculous because you're his boss, Jonathan.

1946
01:29:13,159 --> 01:29:16,199
It just smells super super fishy. I really want to

1947
01:29:16,319 --> 01:29:19,159
I want this news to break out so bad. I'm

1948
01:29:19,239 --> 01:29:24,000
telling you, Gordy's right about this. In all seriousness, this

1949
01:29:24,199 --> 01:29:27,960
feels like an athlete going rogue against his team's medical

1950
01:29:28,199 --> 01:29:31,159
condition and wait and wishes, and I think it's a

1951
01:29:31,239 --> 01:29:35,079
lot deeper than just something not nefarious.

1952
01:29:35,199 --> 01:29:37,000
Speaker 3: It's gonna be I hate a botch.

1953
01:29:36,880 --> 01:29:40,920
Speaker 2: Procedure, and you went to somebody that wasn't a team

1954
01:29:41,000 --> 01:29:46,119
doctor and it didn't go well. And I can't say

1955
01:29:46,159 --> 01:29:48,399
much more because we're probably gonna sue you Nick for

1956
01:29:48,880 --> 01:29:50,920
or sue you Joe for get your money back as

1957
01:29:50,960 --> 01:29:52,880
you didn't play first this year. You didn't follow our orders.

1958
01:29:53,279 --> 01:29:56,960
That's the chalk pick. I wonder what the second most

1959
01:29:57,079 --> 01:30:01,159
likely scenario is. Jonathan may have any ideas. I don't know,

1960
01:30:01,279 --> 01:30:05,560
do you have any ideas. I'm waiting for it. What

1961
01:30:05,680 --> 01:30:06,640
else could it possibly be?

1962
01:30:06,920 --> 01:30:07,399
Speaker 3: I'm waiting.

1963
01:30:07,520 --> 01:30:11,680
Speaker 2: Don't do this to it out, don't don't don't clip

1964
01:30:11,720 --> 01:30:19,439
that either believe we just said that, and I'm like,

1965
01:30:20,079 --> 01:30:25,000
oh man, we're not gonna win for production value. I

1966
01:30:25,119 --> 01:30:27,960
just tell you that for sure. We tried entertainment value.

1967
01:30:28,000 --> 01:30:30,239
But production I know, entertainment value we're doing just fine.

1968
01:30:30,239 --> 01:30:32,479
Everything else has been a hot mess, all right, So

1969
01:30:32,760 --> 01:30:34,880
more from Nicky Seed coming up in the next segment

1970
01:30:34,880 --> 01:30:37,039
of the show. We got some clips from the combine

1971
01:30:37,159 --> 01:30:40,039
in Indianapolis. And what else is going on the national

1972
01:30:40,079 --> 01:30:42,119
stage right now? Oh, the Astros and Mets are about

1973
01:30:42,119 --> 01:30:45,920
to play a spring training game in Port Saint Lucie,

1974
01:30:46,000 --> 01:30:47,720
and I presenting a role event happens in that game.

1975
01:30:47,960 --> 01:30:50,119
We'll be happy to push that along. As the Astros

1976
01:30:50,279 --> 01:30:52,359
had an off day yesterday, back on the field to play.

1977
01:30:52,800 --> 01:30:55,560
Jeremy Paine will leave things off and play shortstop this afternoon.

1978
01:30:55,600 --> 01:30:58,119
And appears the Falcons are going to release Kirk Cousins

1979
01:30:58,560 --> 01:31:00,920
on March the eleventh, making him street free agent. My

1980
01:31:00,960 --> 01:31:02,680
guess is he will have an opportunity to choose from

1981
01:31:02,760 --> 01:31:07,000
variety teams to go play and quarterback, maybe even start

1982
01:31:07,119 --> 01:31:10,439
in twenty twenty six and those Oh, Chris Sale, by

1983
01:31:10,439 --> 01:31:13,600
the way, signing a one year contract to stay with

1984
01:31:14,199 --> 01:31:17,840
the Atlanta Braves one year deal worth twenty seven million

1985
01:31:17,880 --> 01:31:21,039
dollars that does include a club option and he will

1986
01:31:21,119 --> 01:31:24,079
not reach free agency. He turns thirty seven years old

1987
01:31:24,119 --> 01:31:28,319
on March thirtieth. He helped the Atlanta Braves get a

1988
01:31:28,399 --> 01:31:31,079
sign in twenty twenty four, a strong twenty twenty five.

1989
01:31:31,119 --> 01:31:32,319
There was a little bit of rumors a few years

1990
01:31:32,319 --> 01:31:34,039
ago that Chrisdale could have become a Houston Aster, but

1991
01:31:34,119 --> 01:31:37,000
that never came to the Mustard. But again, one year

1992
01:31:37,119 --> 01:31:39,720
and twenty seven million dollars, and that, my friends, is

1993
01:31:39,800 --> 01:31:40,119
the news.

1994
01:31:40,159 --> 01:31:40,479
Speaker 3: At noon.

1995
01:31:41,760 --> 01:31:43,720
Speaker 2: Ryan Holl's going to join us in about twenty minutes.

1996
01:31:43,720 --> 01:31:46,039
Looking forward to some NBA chatter with that fella, as

1997
01:31:46,199 --> 01:31:48,439
he was on the call yesterday for the Rockets game

1998
01:31:48,479 --> 01:31:51,079
against the Utah Jazz. We'll talk to him about the

1999
01:31:51,159 --> 01:31:52,960
Rockets in the first segment, maybe a few more big

2000
01:31:53,039 --> 01:31:55,560
picture things coming up in the second segment, but he'll

2001
01:31:55,600 --> 01:31:57,600
be with us for a full half hour here on

2002
01:31:57,920 --> 01:32:00,640
Sports Talk seventy. But yes, Nick Case did speak at

2003
01:32:00,680 --> 01:32:03,520
the combine and the clips are coming in a little bit,

2004
01:32:03,640 --> 01:32:06,520
so instead of us trying to paraphrase what he had

2005
01:32:06,560 --> 01:32:08,960
to say, we'll hear directly from the Texans general manager

2006
01:32:09,039 --> 01:32:11,840
just let you know, general managers and coaches typically get

2007
01:32:11,920 --> 01:32:14,600
to speak, They get their time in front of the

2008
01:32:14,680 --> 01:32:16,720
limelight where all the national folks can run over there

2009
01:32:16,760 --> 01:32:20,600
and talk to him. And to no surprise, there was

2010
01:32:20,680 --> 01:32:24,000
some conversation about c J. Strow and what the thing is.

2011
01:32:25,239 --> 01:32:28,640
There weren't really rumors. It was just one guy, Tom

2012
01:32:28,720 --> 01:32:31,800
McShay that just said, hey, don't be surprised if a

2013
01:32:31,960 --> 01:32:33,119
name like c J.

2014
01:32:33,239 --> 01:32:34,159
Speaker 3: Stroud gets brought up.

2015
01:32:35,319 --> 01:32:35,399
Speaker 7: Now.

2016
01:32:35,439 --> 01:32:36,760
Speaker 2: He can't have been talking out of his aster. He

2017
01:32:36,800 --> 01:32:41,039
could have actually had somebody relevant tell him this. I

2018
01:32:41,239 --> 01:32:46,119
think the example of c J. Stroud trade rumors was

2019
01:32:46,199 --> 01:32:48,920
just an example of people just looking on people's podcasts

2020
01:32:48,960 --> 01:32:50,840
and looking at clips on Twitter and going, oh, did

2021
01:32:50,880 --> 01:32:54,039
Tomasha you hear something that's exactly what I think happened.

2022
01:32:55,119 --> 01:32:57,039
Speaker 3: So we'll hear from Nick Asario coming back.

2023
01:32:57,079 --> 01:33:00,319
Speaker 2: A full segment of Nikky c soundbites for eightings a

2024
01:33:00,359 --> 01:33:03,560
grabber seven one three two one two five seven ninety.

2025
01:33:03,560 --> 01:33:06,079
If you want to chime in seven one three two

2026
01:33:06,199 --> 01:33:09,239
one two five seven ninety, it's twelve twelve, It's the

2027
01:33:09,279 --> 01:33:11,680
Matt Thomas Show with Ross. This is Sports Talk seven ninety.

2028
01:33:14,600 --> 01:33:16,920
Speaker 3: All right, I promise Nikki c spoke.

2029
01:33:16,680 --> 01:33:19,600
Speaker 2: And instead of us have paraphrasing and guessing and interpreting

2030
01:33:19,640 --> 01:33:21,319
what he had to say, let's go right to some

2031
01:33:21,520 --> 01:33:24,359
of the main things that Nick Casseira had to say. Again,

2032
01:33:24,399 --> 01:33:27,439
our friend Ryan Holland's gonna join us in about ten

2033
01:33:27,520 --> 01:33:29,520
minutes here on the program for the NBA channel, and

2034
01:33:29,560 --> 01:33:31,720
we'll revisit on the Knick Serro stuff and also give

2035
01:33:31,720 --> 01:33:34,399
you any updates we need to do on the astros

2036
01:33:34,439 --> 01:33:34,760
here in.

2037
01:33:34,800 --> 01:33:35,279
Speaker 3: A little while.

2038
01:33:35,319 --> 01:33:39,159
Speaker 2: But first here is Nick Caserio when point blank asked

2039
01:33:39,239 --> 01:33:40,479
about the future of c J.

2040
01:33:40,600 --> 01:33:44,880
Speaker 19: Stroud it's morono like, we're not trying to go So

2041
01:33:45,239 --> 01:33:47,479
he's gonna be playing quarterback for the Eastern Texas in

2042
01:33:47,600 --> 01:33:48,600
two thousand Jenny six.

2043
01:33:49,239 --> 01:33:54,279
Speaker 15: So anything beyond that again, like that's that's your world.

2044
01:33:54,319 --> 01:33:55,720
You guys can speak to play.

2045
01:33:56,079 --> 01:33:59,000
Speaker 3: We're not trading sex. It's like, why would you bother

2046
01:33:59,039 --> 01:34:00,479
ask me that type a question?

2047
01:34:00,560 --> 01:34:03,880
Speaker 2: Is that that's cause stupid rumors start by stupid people

2048
01:34:04,239 --> 01:34:05,560
and then you gotta kiss and discuss.

2049
01:34:05,760 --> 01:34:07,479
Speaker 3: We go and take the calls right now you want

2050
01:34:07,479 --> 01:34:11,039
to talk, you won't talk about c J drug and trade. No, no, no,

2051
01:34:11,920 --> 01:34:12,720
I can see it happening.

2052
01:34:12,800 --> 01:34:14,720
Speaker 2: I can't see it. Oh man, there are some more

2053
01:34:14,760 --> 01:34:16,680
people that go to talk about that for five more months.

2054
01:34:16,760 --> 01:34:18,760
Why isn't he talking about c D shrug and trading?

2055
01:34:19,119 --> 01:34:19,399
Speaker 6: Gee?

2056
01:34:19,479 --> 01:34:22,359
Speaker 3: Why am I? Why am I sound like a host?

2057
01:34:22,399 --> 01:34:22,439
Speaker 6: On?

2058
01:34:22,520 --> 01:34:22,880
Speaker 3: He hal?

2059
01:34:22,920 --> 01:34:24,359
Speaker 2: I don't know? What the hell's wrong with me? That's

2060
01:34:24,399 --> 01:34:28,199
the same question that that's I got problems, Jonathan. I

2061
01:34:28,319 --> 01:34:30,039
try to be a perfect man, but I'm not. I

2062
01:34:30,119 --> 01:34:34,159
got flaws. But every time I hear about Reckon's conversation

2063
01:34:34,279 --> 01:34:37,720
about DM Texans, we gotta I feel like I'm working

2064
01:34:37,800 --> 01:34:42,920
at a Beaumont grocery store or something. Jesus, what's wrong

2065
01:34:43,000 --> 01:34:43,199
with me?

2066
01:34:44,479 --> 01:34:44,880
Speaker 3: All right?

2067
01:34:45,159 --> 01:34:45,359
Speaker 7: Now?

2068
01:34:48,079 --> 01:34:56,479
Speaker 3: Joe Mason, Joseph Miller, I don't know his middle name.

2069
01:34:56,479 --> 01:34:58,920
I don't know if he's got a middle name. Here's

2070
01:34:59,000 --> 01:35:02,520
Cassio Joe Mixing.

2071
01:35:03,439 --> 01:35:06,079
Speaker 19: Oh yeah, I mean we've talked to Joe and you know,

2072
01:35:06,159 --> 01:35:10,560
his representatives. So honestly, it's it's day to day. So

2073
01:35:10,880 --> 01:35:13,600
like we had conversations trying to get a little bit

2074
01:35:13,680 --> 01:35:18,000
more information. You know, he's had Picky had a surgery

2075
01:35:18,079 --> 01:35:20,720
here his off season in some capacity, so you know,

2076
01:35:20,800 --> 01:35:23,079
trying to get some follow up after that. So again

2077
01:35:23,239 --> 01:35:26,119
it's again I've said this multiple times. I'm not trying

2078
01:35:26,159 --> 01:35:28,600
to be evasive. It's a moving target. So we'll kind

2079
01:35:28,640 --> 01:35:31,079
of see what the availability is gonna be, what the

2080
01:35:31,159 --> 01:35:34,159
prognosis is for the season, but then ultimately try to

2081
01:35:34,159 --> 01:35:36,600
figure out like what makes sense for for everybody in

2082
01:35:36,600 --> 01:35:37,279
the Wand when.

2083
01:35:37,159 --> 01:35:40,760
Speaker 15: Did y'all know about the possibility of Joe missing some time?

2084
01:35:42,159 --> 01:35:46,239
Speaker 19: We knew it's probably you know, last spring through the

2085
01:35:46,279 --> 01:35:48,079
summer is probably a chance he was gonna miss a

2086
01:35:48,119 --> 01:35:50,399
period of time. Honestly, later, I don't think we knew

2087
01:35:50,399 --> 01:35:53,399
the extent of how long it was gonna be. It

2088
01:35:53,520 --> 01:35:57,399
was touch and go, so you know, there was again

2089
01:35:57,479 --> 01:35:59,680
it was again I'm not trying to create a problem.

2090
01:35:59,720 --> 01:36:00,840
Speaker 15: It was a moving target.

2091
01:36:00,960 --> 01:36:02,399
Speaker 19: So we were just trying to figure out, all right,

2092
01:36:02,960 --> 01:36:05,000
where are we in the scheme of things and just

2093
01:36:05,119 --> 01:36:07,359
try to all right, what do we gotta do moving forward.

2094
01:36:07,319 --> 01:36:09,680
Speaker 2: Because there are times that when you'd like to know

2095
01:36:10,119 --> 01:36:12,640
clarity on is because of the contract anything.

2096
01:36:12,720 --> 01:36:13,680
Speaker 15: It's a martial life.

2097
01:36:13,760 --> 01:36:15,520
Speaker 19: Yeah, I think there's a lot of things between now

2098
01:36:15,640 --> 01:36:18,479
and you know, start the league year, maybe right around

2099
01:36:18,479 --> 01:36:20,199
the league year, just try to figure out what we're

2100
01:36:20,239 --> 01:36:23,520
planning whatever their result is. So you know, whether it's

2101
01:36:23,600 --> 01:36:27,359
Joe or other players in similar category. We've got I

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01:36:27,399 --> 01:36:30,439
don't know, twenty five ish or twenty something players that

2103
01:36:30,479 --> 01:36:32,840
are going to be for Asians, So all those conversations

2104
01:36:32,880 --> 01:36:33,600
are pretty fluid.

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Speaker 15: At some point, we're gonna talk to you know, this player.

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01:36:39,399 --> 01:36:43,199
Speaker 3: Man, it's so certainly still very evasive. Isn't he the boss?

2107
01:36:45,039 --> 01:36:48,680
Speaker 2: And I don't get I'm not. I think he's just

2108
01:36:48,840 --> 01:36:51,359
being overly coy and I think he's got to do that.

2109
01:36:53,279 --> 01:36:57,079
But if you took Casario's comments about Joe Mixon literally

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01:36:57,159 --> 01:36:59,199
for everything you just said, you'd be like, do you

2111
01:36:59,359 --> 01:37:02,640
not know what's going on? Because that's general managers don't

2112
01:37:02,680 --> 01:37:05,800
do that. General managers do know what every player on

2113
01:37:05,920 --> 01:37:12,560
their roster, whether they're active or hurt, are doing. Again,

2114
01:37:13,119 --> 01:37:17,279
my gut feeling is Joe Maxon's out and uh, they'll

2115
01:37:17,319 --> 01:37:19,720
have to cut him, which means you're gonna have another

2116
01:37:19,840 --> 01:37:22,640
spot to fill in that running back room. Speaking of

2117
01:37:22,680 --> 01:37:24,399
their running back room, here's Nicky see on that.

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01:37:29,560 --> 01:37:34,520
Speaker 3: Not working is working now? Well, I mean Nick's a

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free agent.

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Speaker 15: So when we got three guys in their contract right now.

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Speaker 7: We got what are he you know, coming back?

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01:37:39,279 --> 01:37:41,279
Speaker 15: If you had to go a year as Rousters, So

2123
01:37:42,159 --> 01:37:45,960
that's pretty good. G Jaar Jordan's under contract Bridge under

2124
01:37:46,000 --> 01:37:48,159
contract ours a free agent, they shelt the free agent.

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01:37:48,239 --> 01:37:50,920
Speaker 19: So I mean that's you got three guys that are

2126
01:37:50,960 --> 01:37:53,279
on the team currently. We're probably gonna more than three

2127
01:37:53,279 --> 01:37:55,159
players on the team. So you know where did that

2128
01:37:55,239 --> 01:37:55,960
players come from?

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01:37:56,840 --> 01:38:00,399
Speaker 15: Great tocy be one mechanism draft and the other magaanism Thomers.

2130
01:38:00,399 --> 01:38:02,239
They are a trade market for somebody out there. So

2131
01:38:03,000 --> 01:38:04,239
that's kind of where we are for today.

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01:38:05,079 --> 01:38:09,119
Speaker 2: That's word sound uh Now, two more things to get

2133
01:38:09,199 --> 01:38:11,680
to that you'd actually care about. What would be about

2134
01:38:11,760 --> 01:38:14,039
Nicky C and his team's offensive line.

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01:38:14,399 --> 01:38:16,640
Speaker 19: You know, certainly made some improvements. You know, probably look

2136
01:38:16,680 --> 01:38:18,399
the better pass protection or in a run game. Run

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01:38:18,439 --> 01:38:20,479
game was a little bit up and down, so we

2138
01:38:20,560 --> 01:38:22,439
can improve some areas in a running game, you know,

2139
01:38:22,760 --> 01:38:25,479
just relative the overall offensive production and probably help us.

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01:38:26,119 --> 01:38:26,880
Speaker 3: That's a free agent.

2141
01:38:26,960 --> 01:38:28,560
Speaker 19: That's probably one of the key guys, I mean as

2142
01:38:28,600 --> 01:38:30,840
a free agents transfer free agent and had a really good.

2143
01:38:30,760 --> 01:38:32,680
Speaker 3: Year obviously had the best of year of his career.

2144
01:38:32,840 --> 01:38:34,600
So you know that's a position we're.

2145
01:38:34,439 --> 01:38:36,079
Speaker 19: Gonna probably have to value. We can kind of see

2146
01:38:36,079 --> 01:38:38,600
what our options are to have some players coming back

2147
01:38:38,720 --> 01:38:42,199
and they'll played pretty good football. And Arionte went in

2148
01:38:42,279 --> 01:38:44,119
there and you know, probably played as good as any

2149
01:38:44,199 --> 01:38:47,359
rookie tackle. So have some good young players, have some

2150
01:38:47,479 --> 01:38:49,479
veterans in there, have some guys that are free agents.

2151
01:38:49,520 --> 01:38:51,680
So we're kind of, you know, working through that process

2152
01:38:51,760 --> 01:38:54,119
right now. You know, we'll kind of see where land up.

2153
01:38:54,560 --> 01:38:56,399
Speaker 2: All right, John, I'm gonna do my Nika Sarun personal

2154
01:38:56,399 --> 01:38:57,680
if you want to. I want you to grade it out.

2155
01:38:58,079 --> 01:38:59,600
You know, you know, we got some good guys and

2156
01:38:59,760 --> 01:39:01,800
get some bad guys, and we're gonna look at you

2157
01:39:01,920 --> 01:39:03,520
get some young guys, I get some older guys. I

2158
01:39:03,600 --> 01:39:05,239
got some guys that are looking to get stronger, looking

2159
01:39:05,279 --> 01:39:07,239
to get faster, and we'll look at some guys we'd

2160
01:39:07,279 --> 01:39:08,600
like some guys, and we're gonna be looking for the

2161
01:39:08,680 --> 01:39:10,520
draft to maybe find some guys and maybe some guys

2162
01:39:10,560 --> 01:39:12,359
will be faster and stronger and leaner and faster and

2163
01:39:12,439 --> 01:39:15,000
better protector and then you know, run game blocking his astraints.

2164
01:39:15,000 --> 01:39:16,239
Speaker 3: Sometimes it'll be the past game string.

2165
01:39:17,880 --> 01:39:21,239
Speaker 2: Oh yes, some of it's really good when Nikky se socks,

2166
01:39:21,239 --> 01:39:23,680
and some of it is exhausting.

2167
01:39:25,520 --> 01:39:27,520
Speaker 3: That was undred, Thank you, very much. I appreciate that

2168
01:39:27,680 --> 01:39:28,399
very much. Thank you.

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01:39:29,359 --> 01:39:31,600
Speaker 2: One more comment before we get to our buddy, Ryan

2170
01:39:31,640 --> 01:39:35,560
Hollins on the Casario led to Texans offensive line.

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01:39:36,000 --> 01:39:38,199
Speaker 19: Any end, we're trying to figure out, all right, what

2172
01:39:38,319 --> 01:39:40,520
are options? Who are the best five guys?

2173
01:39:41,359 --> 01:39:43,279
Speaker 15: They might not be here, and then once we kind

2174
01:39:43,279 --> 01:39:44,279
of get everybody together.

2175
01:39:44,079 --> 01:39:47,039
Speaker 19: Which is kind of how that manifests itself this past season,

2176
01:39:47,800 --> 01:39:49,560
like last year, were sitting here kind of a bunch

2177
01:39:49,560 --> 01:39:52,039
of moving targets added some players, weren't really sure what

2178
01:39:52,079 --> 01:39:54,279
it was gonna look like, and then eventually it kind

2179
01:39:54,319 --> 01:39:56,640
of evolves into a core group, if you will. So

2180
01:39:57,279 --> 01:39:58,720
you're probably gonna take a bit of work to get

2181
01:39:58,720 --> 01:40:02,000
to a similar point. But overall, I mean that group

2182
01:40:02,079 --> 01:40:02,920
is certainly improved.

2183
01:40:03,600 --> 01:40:05,039
Speaker 15: There's a role of room for improvement.

2184
01:40:05,760 --> 01:40:08,399
Speaker 19: Holding a really good job and this get out coaching

2185
01:40:08,439 --> 01:40:10,119
that group. So you know, I'm sure we're gonna be

2186
01:40:10,119 --> 01:40:11,079
adding to that group peers.

2187
01:40:11,640 --> 01:40:14,159
Speaker 2: All right, So there's room for improvement, there's room for

2188
01:40:14,960 --> 01:40:17,239
getting better, there's room for getting taken a day by day,

2189
01:40:17,279 --> 01:40:22,479
week by week, step by step target. Moving target. Why

2190
01:40:22,560 --> 01:40:24,079
is it moving target? I like I like that my

2191
01:40:24,159 --> 01:40:28,039
targets like still right there? In front of you, doesn't move,

2192
01:40:28,520 --> 01:40:31,479
stiff move, does not move at all. Right there, hit

2193
01:40:31,560 --> 01:40:32,079
that target.

2194
01:40:34,039 --> 01:40:35,840
Speaker 3: You know what makes it?

2195
01:40:35,960 --> 01:40:37,880
Speaker 2: What makes a moving target? Jonathan Man asked, I didn't

2196
01:40:37,880 --> 01:40:39,039
mean to interrupt your lunch there.

2197
01:40:38,920 --> 01:40:40,159
Speaker 3: But no, I don't.

2198
01:40:40,319 --> 01:40:42,399
Speaker 4: I think I've never heard that analogy ever until he

2199
01:40:42,479 --> 01:40:45,920
use it today. I want something they don't know, and

2200
01:40:45,960 --> 01:40:47,279
they don't want to say anything. They say it's a

2201
01:40:47,319 --> 01:40:47,800
moving target.

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01:40:48,439 --> 01:40:50,720
Speaker 2: I think it's ever changing is when I think of somebody,

2203
01:40:50,720 --> 01:40:53,880
there's a moving target that you may be able to

2204
01:40:53,920 --> 01:40:56,560
be strength at one area of your game and you're.

2205
01:40:56,680 --> 01:40:57,640
Speaker 3: Not so strong of the other.

2206
01:40:57,800 --> 01:40:59,319
Speaker 4: Well, like God, he said, why couldn't he just be

2207
01:40:59,560 --> 01:41:02,800
we don't know it instead of saying all this pr stunt.

2208
01:41:02,880 --> 01:41:05,560
Speaker 3: I don't get that. I'm talking about Joe Mixon.

2209
01:41:06,199 --> 01:41:08,319
Speaker 4: Just even with the offensive line, why don't you say

2210
01:41:08,479 --> 01:41:10,319
we don't know the guys yet, we're gonna look here,

2211
01:41:11,159 --> 01:41:12,680
because could you have.

2212
01:41:12,720 --> 01:41:14,560
Speaker 2: To protect your players, which once you have, you don't

2213
01:41:14,760 --> 01:41:16,840
you don't go to the combine and going, hey, guys,

2214
01:41:17,159 --> 01:41:18,880
I gotta let y'all know I'm here to go grab

2215
01:41:19,000 --> 01:41:21,680
some guys. Because our offensive line was below way below average.

2216
01:41:21,720 --> 01:41:23,239
Borderline sucked and we got to fix that.

2217
01:41:23,479 --> 01:41:25,680
Speaker 3: But they know they know they were below average. I

2218
01:41:26,119 --> 01:41:28,840
have you met have you met athletes? They know how

2219
01:41:28,920 --> 01:41:31,239
many athletes have you met in your life and said, God,

2220
01:41:31,319 --> 01:41:36,319
I sucked? Oh man, I was bad. Everybody has an excuse.

2221
01:41:36,079 --> 01:41:37,800
Speaker 4: But I'm just saying. I mean, they know they've had

2222
01:41:37,880 --> 01:41:39,880
that end of the year meeting. Every athlete has the

2223
01:41:39,960 --> 01:41:41,800
end of the year with their coach. They know they

2224
01:41:41,840 --> 01:41:42,600
were below average.

2225
01:41:42,640 --> 01:41:43,159
Speaker 3: It's no way.

2226
01:41:43,720 --> 01:41:46,880
Speaker 2: Yeah, that's true. That's true. All right, Hey, let's talk

2227
01:41:46,960 --> 01:41:49,079
some NBA with our friend Ryan Hollins. He is one

2228
01:41:49,119 --> 01:41:51,119
of my besties. He is a great guy and can

2229
01:41:51,239 --> 01:41:53,600
give us an analytical viewpoint of the Rockets game from

2230
01:41:53,640 --> 01:41:56,359
last night, plus a little big picture NBA stuff. All

2231
01:41:56,439 --> 01:41:58,840
for the next tower a half hour, should say, and

2232
01:41:59,000 --> 01:42:00,279
you can join us if you want to. I'm in

2233
01:42:00,359 --> 01:42:02,640
the conversation too. At seven one three two one two

2234
01:42:02,840 --> 01:42:06,199
five seven ninety seven one three, two, one two five

2235
01:42:06,560 --> 01:42:08,520
seven ninety This is the Matt Thomas Show with Ross.

2236
01:42:08,640 --> 01:42:11,000
Ross's off again today, still battling the flu. I hope

2237
01:42:11,039 --> 01:42:12,800
he gets better. Matter of fact, I got an update

2238
01:42:12,840 --> 01:42:14,960
from him. He'll be back with us on Thursday, So

2239
01:42:15,119 --> 01:42:17,439
very much looking forward to having it on for that

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01:42:17,920 --> 01:42:19,560
time is twelve twenty eight, Ryan Hollins.

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01:42:19,640 --> 01:42:20,880
Speaker 3: Next year on seven ninety.

2242
01:42:31,319 --> 01:42:34,600
Speaker 2: Twelve thirty two on Sports Talk seven ninety it is

2243
01:42:34,680 --> 01:42:37,199
the Matt Thomas Show with Ross Ross's Under the Weather.

2244
01:42:37,279 --> 01:42:38,680
Speaker 3: We'll be back with us on Thursday.

2245
01:42:39,119 --> 01:42:41,880
Speaker 2: Hey, uh, coming up today at one point fifty, it'll

2246
01:42:41,920 --> 01:42:43,720
be Believing It or Not the category Thata. It will

2247
01:42:43,720 --> 01:42:48,279
be all things about Jabbari Smith and he was excellent

2248
01:42:48,399 --> 01:42:50,760
last night as the Rockets to beat the Utah Jazz

2249
01:42:50,840 --> 01:42:53,720
one twenty five to one oh five. In fact, Jabari

2250
01:42:53,840 --> 01:42:56,119
was twelve to seventeen from the floor, six eleven from

2251
01:42:56,199 --> 01:42:59,000
three thirty one points.

2252
01:42:58,840 --> 01:42:59,399
Speaker 3: In the victory.

2253
01:42:59,439 --> 01:43:01,720
Speaker 2: To talk about Rockets and some big picture NBA, we

2254
01:43:01,760 --> 01:43:04,960
got them for a couple of segments. Our buddy Ryan Hollins, Ryan,

2255
01:43:05,439 --> 01:43:06,560
how the hell are you today?

2256
01:43:08,479 --> 01:43:10,119
Speaker 7: I'm doing great, Lena, how are you?

2257
01:43:10,560 --> 01:43:11,479
Speaker 3: I got no complaints?

2258
01:43:11,880 --> 01:43:15,840
Speaker 2: Hey, So, if you turn the ball over twenty seven

2259
01:43:16,000 --> 01:43:20,720
times in the game and you're supposed to lose by

2260
01:43:20,760 --> 01:43:23,520
twenty five points, right, typically, what was that that was

2261
01:43:23,600 --> 01:43:24,479
so weird last night?

2262
01:43:24,600 --> 01:43:24,880
Speaker 6: Was it not?

2263
01:43:27,840 --> 01:43:30,640
Speaker 7: It was a lot of complacency at the end of

2264
01:43:30,680 --> 01:43:34,239
the day, and I think that there was good and bad.

2265
01:43:34,439 --> 01:43:37,399
Like you saw a sense of urgency, you saw a

2266
01:43:37,479 --> 01:43:41,079
carry over that's a frustration from a tough loss that

2267
01:43:41,199 --> 01:43:43,880
fourth quarter up in New York what it should look like, Matt.

2268
01:43:44,920 --> 01:43:46,199
But at the end of the day, I've been a

2269
01:43:46,239 --> 01:43:47,880
player in the locker room before, and I felt like

2270
01:43:47,920 --> 01:43:50,239
there's a lot of like, well, Utah is not taking

2271
01:43:50,279 --> 01:43:55,439
this game serious. You know, a lot of moments where

2272
01:43:55,479 --> 01:43:58,640
the focus definitely lacked, but the urgency in the hustle

2273
01:43:58,880 --> 01:44:01,119
was there. So there was a a mix of both.

2274
01:44:01,199 --> 01:44:06,039
And again, he may has given responsibility to essentially almost

2275
01:44:06,199 --> 01:44:08,680
all four to five players on the floor to handle

2276
01:44:08,720 --> 01:44:12,640
the basketball and make good decisions. So we'll see how

2277
01:44:12,680 --> 01:44:14,840
he handles that. At any time, he could strip that

2278
01:44:15,439 --> 01:44:19,079
those abilities from the guys and see what he does there.

2279
01:44:19,199 --> 01:44:21,720
But I think as a player, that's your responsibility to

2280
01:44:21,800 --> 01:44:23,880
take care of the basketball. And sometimes we saw a

2281
01:44:23,920 --> 01:44:25,840
lot of last night looking for the home run play

2282
01:44:25,920 --> 01:44:28,560
rather than this simple play, and a lot of those

2283
01:44:28,600 --> 01:44:30,239
home run plays paid off, Matt.

2284
01:44:30,560 --> 01:44:32,119
Speaker 3: You know, Ryan, there were a lot of good numbers.

2285
01:44:32,199 --> 01:44:35,039
Speaker 2: Besides the individual performances of Jabbari, a man goes eight

2286
01:44:35,159 --> 01:44:38,000
for eight, they also were very good on the fast

2287
01:44:38,079 --> 01:44:42,000
break thirteen out of fourteen shot opportunities on fast break

2288
01:44:42,039 --> 01:44:45,119
turn into baskets. They also were twenty seven of thirty

2289
01:44:45,199 --> 01:44:47,159
seven in the points in the paint. Those should be,

2290
01:44:47,319 --> 01:44:50,680
in fact, the easiest baskets to make. That had to

2291
01:44:50,720 --> 01:44:53,279
be a good sign, especially because and it may be

2292
01:44:53,439 --> 01:44:56,000
sounds silly for me to even say, but is running

2293
01:44:56,039 --> 01:44:58,439
a three on one or a three on two harder.

2294
01:44:58,199 --> 01:45:00,399
Speaker 3: Than it appears to be when you're watching a basketball game.

2295
01:45:03,560 --> 01:45:07,760
Speaker 7: No, I mean that's a simple spacing and finishing at

2296
01:45:07,800 --> 01:45:10,319
the end of the day. And again, I can think

2297
01:45:10,399 --> 01:45:13,760
sometimes it comes out of complacency. Now it's always nice.

2298
01:45:13,800 --> 01:45:16,640
And you know, I was in a generation where I

2299
01:45:16,880 --> 01:45:18,960
was told, Hey, get the ball to a guard and

2300
01:45:19,039 --> 01:45:22,520
go again. Houston has four guys that can push on

2301
01:45:22,600 --> 01:45:26,000
a break, so I think there's more responsibility of whoever

2302
01:45:26,079 --> 01:45:28,560
has the ball in the middle to handle the handle

2303
01:45:28,600 --> 01:45:31,359
the ball or take care of it. And Houston's very

2304
01:45:31,479 --> 01:45:35,119
unique because you could very well argue their best playmaker

2305
01:45:35,159 --> 01:45:38,800
is Alprin Shim Goulden. He plays majority five, probably ninety

2306
01:45:39,199 --> 01:45:41,840
five on the floor. So as far as putting something

2307
01:45:42,359 --> 01:45:45,439
on the break, again, that responsibility has been delegated to

2308
01:45:45,520 --> 01:45:47,439
all the guys, and that's where you're seeing some of

2309
01:45:47,439 --> 01:45:48,239
the mistakes happen.

2310
01:45:48,479 --> 01:45:50,039
Speaker 2: I'm so glad you're with me because there's so many

2311
01:45:50,079 --> 01:45:52,239
things about the nuance of basketball, and I trust and

2312
01:45:52,359 --> 01:45:55,119
value your opinion on Somebody asked me yesterday about why

2313
01:45:55,319 --> 01:45:58,199
Albie brings the ball up so much into front court.

2314
01:45:58,319 --> 01:46:01,760
Give me the biggest positive about that, and then also

2315
01:46:01,840 --> 01:46:04,640
tell me what that ultimately could be from a detrimental standpoint.

2316
01:46:05,199 --> 01:46:09,359
If he's not forgetting about turnovers, what hindrance has come

2317
01:46:09,399 --> 01:46:12,199
into play, if he is doing so much ball handling,

2318
01:46:12,239 --> 01:46:13,960
and what are the positives on both sides of that.

2319
01:46:15,520 --> 01:46:17,520
Speaker 7: I see you're you're locked in today, Matt, You're you're

2320
01:46:17,600 --> 01:46:21,399
with the details. First off, for Houston, sometimes there's a

2321
01:46:21,439 --> 01:46:23,479
group that struggles to get the ball across half court

2322
01:46:23,840 --> 01:46:25,600
a lot of times when we just spoke of, he's

2323
01:46:25,640 --> 01:46:30,239
got four or five guarding him, so he's probably more

2324
01:46:30,279 --> 01:46:33,840
equipped to get across half court with five man guarding him.

2325
01:46:33,880 --> 01:46:36,399
Who's going to struggle to pressure the basketball? Remember in

2326
01:46:36,560 --> 01:46:39,520
early in the season in Milwaukee, who was it was

2327
01:46:39,560 --> 01:46:42,600
Giannis Atkupo trying to pressure pull full court and he

2328
01:46:42,720 --> 01:46:44,840
got broke down and alp he went to the basket

2329
01:46:44,920 --> 01:46:47,199
and scored one of the more impressive buckets in the

2330
01:46:47,239 --> 01:46:49,399
clutch time that we saw this season. So you know

2331
01:46:49,520 --> 01:46:51,880
he's going to get the defender that's not going to

2332
01:46:51,920 --> 01:46:54,000
be all over his jersey at the end of the day.

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01:46:54,000 --> 01:46:56,199
And if you put a small guy on him, you

2334
01:46:56,279 --> 01:46:57,960
know he'll just run to the post. You know, you

2335
01:46:58,000 --> 01:47:00,960
don't like to see those mismatches ultimately, So that's why

2336
01:47:01,079 --> 01:47:03,319
you can argue that he's better at doing that. Now

2337
01:47:03,600 --> 01:47:06,720
here's a challenge. If I'm a team and I'm playing

2338
01:47:06,720 --> 01:47:10,000
against when you play against another team's best player, sometimes

2339
01:47:10,359 --> 01:47:13,039
you know your your best defense for him is your

2340
01:47:13,119 --> 01:47:16,960
offense or making him work. So now if Houston another team,

2341
01:47:17,039 --> 01:47:19,319
let's say Oklahoma City, they know Shinggoon's bringing the ball

2342
01:47:19,399 --> 01:47:22,239
up port, I'm gonna pressure him up port when he

2343
01:47:22,319 --> 01:47:24,760
gets the ball, I'm gonna double team him. When he's

2344
01:47:24,800 --> 01:47:27,079
on defense, I'm gonna run him into picking rolls. I'm

2345
01:47:27,119 --> 01:47:29,079
gonna make him have to work and move his feet.

2346
01:47:29,159 --> 01:47:31,880
So you know you would attack those really great guys,

2347
01:47:31,960 --> 01:47:34,399
you know, if it was you know, Tim Duncan, you know,

2348
01:47:34,840 --> 01:47:36,680
or certain guys like that, like you want to make

2349
01:47:36,760 --> 01:47:38,840
him work. It was Shakequille O'Neill for years. You know, hey,

2350
01:47:38,920 --> 01:47:41,439
pull him outside of paint, make him have the slightest feet,

2351
01:47:41,479 --> 01:47:42,680
see if you can tire him out.

2352
01:47:42,760 --> 01:47:42,920
Speaker 1: You know.

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01:47:43,319 --> 01:47:47,199
Speaker 7: So again, you like to attack stars because it's extremely

2354
01:47:47,319 --> 01:47:49,319
hard to spot the basketball and then go on the

2355
01:47:49,359 --> 01:47:50,319
other side and defend.

2356
01:47:50,640 --> 01:47:51,920
Speaker 2: How many times in your life did you bring the

2357
01:47:51,920 --> 01:47:52,520
ball up with the court?

2358
01:47:55,479 --> 01:47:57,520
Speaker 7: I mean I might count cut on my hand, Matt,

2359
01:47:57,640 --> 01:47:59,680
you know what I mean. But ables always like, get

2360
01:47:59,760 --> 01:48:02,520
the ball to a guarden and run. And I was

2361
01:48:02,560 --> 01:48:04,039
the guy. I ran like a deer, so.

2362
01:48:05,680 --> 01:48:05,960
Speaker 11: I was.

2363
01:48:06,119 --> 01:48:08,319
Speaker 7: I would rim run and just run past people.

2364
01:48:08,399 --> 01:48:08,560
Speaker 1: You know.

2365
01:48:08,680 --> 01:48:10,680
Speaker 7: That was one of my best attributes. So as far

2366
01:48:10,720 --> 01:48:12,840
as dribbling, I mean I could have done it, but

2367
01:48:13,199 --> 01:48:15,119
it probably would have taken away from my strength. Could

2368
01:48:15,119 --> 01:48:18,760
I have shot threes or shot more twenty footers? Yeah,

2369
01:48:18,840 --> 01:48:20,039
But at the end of the day, when you are

2370
01:48:20,199 --> 01:48:23,239
the most athletic guy on your team and possibly one

2371
01:48:23,279 --> 01:48:25,239
of the most one of the most in the NBA,

2372
01:48:25,319 --> 01:48:27,560
it's like, well, we need you catching lobs and being

2373
01:48:27,600 --> 01:48:29,319
by the rims, you know, playing through your strength.

2374
01:48:29,399 --> 01:48:33,720
Speaker 3: So no, Matt, I'm gonna say something right now.

2375
01:48:33,800 --> 01:48:35,840
Speaker 2: If I'm running a basketball team, I'm letting bring up

2376
01:48:35,840 --> 01:48:37,560
the court ball court as much as you want, because

2377
01:48:37,560 --> 01:48:38,520
you got great handles.

2378
01:48:38,600 --> 01:48:38,960
Speaker 6: You just do.

2379
01:48:39,680 --> 01:48:41,720
Speaker 7: Oh thanks, Matt, I appreciate that.

2380
01:48:43,880 --> 01:48:45,479
Speaker 3: Yeah, the idea, but you know.

2381
01:48:45,520 --> 01:48:49,119
Speaker 7: What you're you're you're joking about it. But in all reality,

2382
01:48:49,199 --> 01:48:52,960
you look at nicolea jokicch yes, and it's so dangerous

2383
01:48:53,079 --> 01:48:57,039
because he initiates offense and he puts five in such

2384
01:48:57,079 --> 01:48:59,079
a bad predicament. You put a small guy on him,

2385
01:48:59,079 --> 01:49:01,000
he'd take him to the hole. And then you don't

2386
01:49:01,079 --> 01:49:03,439
have a lot of you don't have a lot of

2387
01:49:03,600 --> 01:49:07,399
point guards in today's NBA. So now Jamal Murray would

2388
01:49:07,520 --> 01:49:10,239
never with all due respect to Jamal, he would never

2389
01:49:10,359 --> 01:49:14,520
have the success if he wasn't playing alongside yell Kis

2390
01:49:14,640 --> 01:49:18,279
because he's a perfect fit where he's comfortable playing off ball,

2391
01:49:18,760 --> 01:49:21,119
getting down, he'll running pick and roll looking to score

2392
01:49:21,800 --> 01:49:24,359
and he understands the weapon that yell Kitsch is ultimately

2393
01:49:24,399 --> 01:49:25,680
at the end of the day, and it just releaves

2394
01:49:25,760 --> 01:49:29,560
pressure in Jamal Murray's best when he's scoring. You know,

2395
01:49:29,640 --> 01:49:32,680
if you get twenty assists from Jamal Murray, you're taking

2396
01:49:32,760 --> 01:49:34,399
him away from one of his strengths at the end

2397
01:49:34,439 --> 01:49:37,159
of the day. And when you get twenty assists from

2398
01:49:37,239 --> 01:49:38,000
Yo Kitch, he can.

2399
01:49:37,960 --> 01:49:38,720
Speaker 15: Do whatever you need.

2400
01:49:38,800 --> 01:49:39,920
Speaker 7: That's why he's so dominant.

2401
01:49:40,159 --> 01:49:42,880
Speaker 2: Our friend Ryan Hollins from Space City Home Network Rockets

2402
01:49:42,880 --> 01:49:45,199
analyst with us here on the Matt Thomas jold Ross

2403
01:49:45,199 --> 01:49:48,399
twelve thirty eight here on Sports Talk seven ninety The

2404
01:49:48,520 --> 01:49:51,359
Jazz tried to press quite a bit in the first quarter.

2405
01:49:51,520 --> 01:49:53,119
Speaker 3: Rockets did not handle it particularly well.

2406
01:49:53,199 --> 01:49:55,399
Speaker 2: Do you anticipate that happening more between now and the

2407
01:49:55,439 --> 01:49:59,079
in the regular season with perhaps teams that can cause

2408
01:49:59,119 --> 01:49:59,880
similar problems?

2409
01:50:02,479 --> 01:50:04,439
Speaker 7: You said, well, the Rockets press more, will.

2410
01:50:04,640 --> 01:50:06,600
Speaker 3: The opponents part?

2411
01:50:06,960 --> 01:50:09,439
Speaker 2: Like Utah tried and they were successful a little bit,

2412
01:50:09,479 --> 01:50:10,840
But then the Rockets are starting shooting.

2413
01:50:10,880 --> 01:50:11,920
Speaker 3: Well said to back off on that.

2414
01:50:13,239 --> 01:50:14,840
Speaker 7: You hit it right on the head, Matt like, you

2415
01:50:14,920 --> 01:50:17,520
have to have the personnel to do that. And those

2416
01:50:17,560 --> 01:50:19,920
are the teams that Houston has had the problems with.

2417
01:50:20,279 --> 01:50:24,439
San Antonio did it early in the season and Houston

2418
01:50:24,520 --> 01:50:28,239
has improved obviously because the teams are looking to do it.

2419
01:50:28,279 --> 01:50:30,600
Oklahoma City the very first game of the season. They're

2420
01:50:30,640 --> 01:50:32,880
probably one of the best in history at all five

2421
01:50:32,920 --> 01:50:35,439
positions to be able to pressure the basketball. So to

2422
01:50:35,520 --> 01:50:37,319
answer your team, it's going to be like a team

2423
01:50:37,359 --> 01:50:40,600
with a personnel, you know, and like our guys have

2424
01:50:40,720 --> 01:50:43,439
the Kings tomorrow night, and like the Kings weren't great

2425
01:50:43,479 --> 01:50:46,479
at it, but like they just realized just pressure as

2426
01:50:46,560 --> 01:50:48,720
much as we can and we you know, our group

2427
01:50:48,800 --> 01:50:51,199
messed around and you know, lost a very winnable game

2428
01:50:51,760 --> 01:50:54,680
up there in Sacramento. So you're you're gonna see teams,

2429
01:50:54,880 --> 01:50:57,199
like you said, like attempt to do it, but it

2430
01:50:57,319 --> 01:50:59,800
might not look great if they don't have the person

2431
01:51:00,600 --> 01:51:04,239
And for Houston, I think the challenge is like somebody

2432
01:51:04,399 --> 01:51:07,119
just stepping up and saying, like, get me the ball

2433
01:51:07,520 --> 01:51:10,119
and get like a great point guard. I was always told,

2434
01:51:10,159 --> 01:51:13,000
Matt if you want to, you can ask Calvin Murphy.

2435
01:51:13,039 --> 01:51:15,520
You can ask any point guard say what would you

2436
01:51:15,640 --> 01:51:18,079
do if you saw trap They just start laughing. There's

2437
01:51:18,119 --> 01:51:20,399
no way you trapped me. It's almost disrespectful that you

2438
01:51:20,479 --> 01:51:22,439
see a full court press. So I think the challenge

2439
01:51:22,439 --> 01:51:24,800
for Houston is seeing a guy that steps up that says,

2440
01:51:24,840 --> 01:51:27,000
get me the ball and just get out of the way.

2441
01:51:27,000 --> 01:51:29,079
And a lot of times Kevin, his to his priend,

2442
01:51:29,159 --> 01:51:32,319
has done as best as he can at doing that.

2443
01:51:33,239 --> 01:51:34,800
But again it kind of takes him out of his

2444
01:51:34,920 --> 01:51:37,039
natural position, and you got a group that's doing their best.

2445
01:51:37,119 --> 01:51:41,600
Speaker 2: Matt Ryan a lot of conversation with Ima and I

2446
01:51:42,000 --> 01:51:44,239
and media ask it as well about the number of

2447
01:51:44,279 --> 01:51:47,560
minutes of Durant and men thompsonren't playing, especially more for Kadi.

2448
01:51:49,079 --> 01:51:51,760
You didn't feel like there was enough of a separation

2449
01:51:51,880 --> 01:51:53,960
because there were so many turnovers that you could give

2450
01:51:54,079 --> 01:51:57,039
Durant a lot of the fourth quarter off. He those

2451
01:51:57,079 --> 01:51:58,800
two guys are two and three in the league in

2452
01:51:58,840 --> 01:52:01,199
minutes played per game. Is that just going to be

2453
01:52:01,600 --> 01:52:03,479
the norm and the rest of the way because the

2454
01:52:03,600 --> 01:52:06,600
bench is now shriveled up with no atoms, no fret

2455
01:52:06,680 --> 01:52:08,800
all year long and now Jayshawn's gone for a while,

2456
01:52:09,359 --> 01:52:11,880
or it was just a Men Thompson built because of

2457
01:52:11,880 --> 01:52:13,479
the way the team has built that he's gonna be

2458
01:52:13,520 --> 01:52:15,479
out there thirty seven thirty eight minutes night. We should

2459
01:52:15,479 --> 01:52:16,960
stop working about how many minutes he's playing.

2460
01:52:19,159 --> 01:52:22,239
Speaker 7: Well, for one, it's nice to be young. I'd be

2461
01:52:22,359 --> 01:52:24,600
lying to you if if I told you didn't scare

2462
01:52:24,640 --> 01:52:27,640
the heck out of me. And I think Kevin understands

2463
01:52:27,760 --> 01:52:30,000
that the schedule is a lot lighter going down the

2464
01:52:30,039 --> 01:52:32,800
stretch and like it's go time. You know, it's time

2465
01:52:32,840 --> 01:52:34,800
for him to step up. But he steps into the

2466
01:52:34,840 --> 01:52:37,199
season with a mindset of saying like, hey, I want

2467
01:52:37,560 --> 01:52:41,079
everybody else to flourish and make plays. And it's a

2468
01:52:41,159 --> 01:52:44,640
real case in point. Last night, Defan stepped out and

2469
01:52:44,840 --> 01:52:47,319
like he was going for this career high and assist

2470
01:52:47,439 --> 01:52:50,000
and Matt, due to my notes which I would love

2471
01:52:50,079 --> 01:52:53,039
to share with you, his career high sixteen assists. You know,

2472
01:52:53,800 --> 01:52:55,600
I was all tired of Matt. Okay, you're gonna have

2473
01:52:55,640 --> 01:52:57,560
to lock in, And it looked like he was going

2474
01:52:57,600 --> 01:52:59,880
for it last night. And he knows that anytime I

2475
01:52:59,880 --> 01:53:01,439
can go get his twenty. I think when he end

2476
01:53:01,520 --> 01:53:03,279
up with eighteen or twenty last night, he can walk

2477
01:53:03,319 --> 01:53:07,159
to twenty points. So Kevin's just so unique in that fashion.

2478
01:53:07,239 --> 01:53:10,680
But he was definitely going for this hiss, looking to

2479
01:53:10,720 --> 01:53:13,439
pass the ball and get guys involved. And that becomes

2480
01:53:13,479 --> 01:53:16,520
extremely instrumental because you're asking me, how's he gonna play

2481
01:53:16,560 --> 01:53:18,319
those minutes? You know how he's gonna play those minutes

2482
01:53:18,399 --> 01:53:20,439
because his teammates are going to step up and make plays,

2483
01:53:20,520 --> 01:53:24,159
and he's like Jabbari, go for thirty or forty Jabari,

2484
01:53:24,279 --> 01:53:26,479
like I want you to like that's what I want

2485
01:53:26,520 --> 01:53:29,039
to see from you. And some of his frustrations at times,

2486
01:53:29,079 --> 01:53:31,720
and don't quote me on this is because he's like,

2487
01:53:32,119 --> 01:53:34,119
I want you guys to take the next step. He

2488
01:53:34,279 --> 01:53:36,079
believes in these guys, and there's a reason that he

2489
01:53:36,199 --> 01:53:38,399
came to Houston, you know, and as great as he is,

2490
01:53:38,520 --> 01:53:40,439
he's willing to sacrifice some of that because he knows

2491
01:53:40,479 --> 01:53:43,119
there's a bigger picture. Because if I can get Jabbari

2492
01:53:43,640 --> 01:53:46,319
or men or Red or these guys that come around,

2493
01:53:47,159 --> 01:53:51,159
we're going to be paid for success. I Matt and

2494
01:53:51,239 --> 01:53:54,880
then by wrong, he knows he can get forty. I

2495
01:53:54,920 --> 01:53:56,960
don't know if I know anybody like I play with

2496
01:53:57,079 --> 01:54:02,319
Paul Pierce, Chris Paul, Kevin Gartnett, Dark Naviski like Dark

2497
01:54:02,439 --> 01:54:05,840
was probably the second closest guy, and maybe Paul that

2498
01:54:06,039 --> 01:54:09,319
like Nah, probably Dirk Dirk fight only got I played

2499
01:54:09,319 --> 01:54:11,479
with it against anybody knows that I can go get forty.

2500
01:54:11,960 --> 01:54:13,640
Now I'm not saying it's going to turn into a win,

2501
01:54:14,000 --> 01:54:16,479
but he knows he can go get forty. And Kevin

2502
01:54:16,600 --> 01:54:18,800
still had that type of game and.

2503
01:54:18,880 --> 01:54:20,119
Speaker 3: He's thirty seven years old too.

2504
01:54:20,239 --> 01:54:21,880
Speaker 2: I mean that's One of the thing is most incredible

2505
01:54:22,000 --> 01:54:25,560
is that look that slidestep to the baseline. Maybe has

2506
01:54:25,640 --> 01:54:28,439
taken a step back, maybe that dribble dry penetration that

2507
01:54:28,479 --> 01:54:31,600
he lived on early in his career. But to me, Ryan,

2508
01:54:32,359 --> 01:54:35,039
he might be the greatest elbow jump shooter in the

2509
01:54:35,119 --> 01:54:37,880
history of the NBA, and maybe even betgerter than that.

2510
01:54:37,960 --> 01:54:41,720
But I mean, at those elbows, it's about ninety percent accurate.

2511
01:54:41,960 --> 01:54:42,479
Speaker 3: It really is.

2512
01:54:43,720 --> 01:54:47,800
Speaker 7: He He's the greatest national scoring talent we've ever seen.

2513
01:54:48,079 --> 01:54:51,399
With all due respect to Michael Jordan, to Steph Curry,

2514
01:54:51,880 --> 01:54:54,239
to whoever you want to, he's the Michael was not

2515
01:54:54,439 --> 01:54:56,880
seven feet dude. And then he's got he's got the

2516
01:54:57,000 --> 01:55:00,840
Kobe Bryant Michael Jordan baseline package fatal. Then he's got

2517
01:55:00,920 --> 01:55:04,079
the dark one legger. Then he's seven feet, Then he's obsessive.

2518
01:55:04,319 --> 01:55:06,159
Then the guy has a chip on his shoulder like

2519
01:55:06,279 --> 01:55:09,279
he's just he's just trying to get under his own shoulders, okay,

2520
01:55:09,560 --> 01:55:11,920
and and and poke at himself. And sometimes Kevin's just

2521
01:55:12,000 --> 01:55:15,279
poking at himself and get himself going. And I'm sorry

2522
01:55:15,279 --> 01:55:17,800
it's not pretty at times, but it's part of greatness.

2523
01:55:17,840 --> 01:55:17,960
Speaker 17: Matt.

2524
01:55:18,039 --> 01:55:20,279
Speaker 7: I've seen you do that sometimes before you're broadcast to

2525
01:55:20,359 --> 01:55:21,279
ask yourself.

2526
01:55:21,199 --> 01:55:24,079
Speaker 2: Yes, exactly, That's exactly what it is. I have the

2527
01:55:24,119 --> 01:55:27,079
same prep like Kevin Durant preps for a basketball game. Right,

2528
01:55:27,239 --> 01:55:29,159
Some big picture NBA stuff I want to get to

2529
01:55:29,640 --> 01:55:31,359
with our friend Ryan Hollins coming back in just a

2530
01:55:31,399 --> 01:55:33,800
minute seven one three two one two five seven ninety

2531
01:55:33,840 --> 01:55:36,760
seven one three two one two five SEVENINNI our friend

2532
01:55:36,800 --> 01:55:39,560
Ryan Hollins from a from a Space City Home Network

2533
01:55:39,720 --> 01:55:41,880
back with us for one more segment here on Sports

2534
01:55:41,920 --> 01:55:42,640
Talk Sevenatti.

2535
01:55:45,479 --> 01:55:47,960
Speaker 3: My great friend Ryan Hollinds, gonna hang with this another segment.

2536
01:55:48,079 --> 01:55:49,479
Some big picture stuff I want to get to.

2537
01:55:51,520 --> 01:55:56,600
Speaker 2: So Rhino, Uh, it appears that the San Antonio Spurs

2538
01:55:56,640 --> 01:55:57,479
never want to lose again.

2539
01:55:59,319 --> 01:56:04,960
Speaker 3: We gotta be worried about them. Correct, Why why Matt.

2540
01:56:07,119 --> 01:56:09,760
Speaker 7: Hats off to San Antonio, hats off to Oklahoma City.

2541
01:56:10,119 --> 01:56:13,319
Houston played them extremely well. No, they haven't won every game.

2542
01:56:13,760 --> 01:56:16,359
No it's not just you know, dominance in the series.

2543
01:56:16,479 --> 01:56:18,960
But you know, those are two of the top teams

2544
01:56:18,960 --> 01:56:22,560
in the NBA. And when I watched Houston play, and

2545
01:56:22,640 --> 01:56:25,079
I watched the matchup, I don't feel like ah Man

2546
01:56:25,199 --> 01:56:27,960
Houston doesn't have enough to compete with him. Houston was

2547
01:56:28,039 --> 01:56:29,640
up eighteen and it was one of those games you

2548
01:56:29,640 --> 01:56:32,079
don't want to talk about, but it was a loss

2549
01:56:32,079 --> 01:56:34,479
that went away. But it was very strategical. And here's

2550
01:56:34,520 --> 01:56:38,000
the thing, women Yama can't guard Al from Shangoon. They

2551
01:56:38,119 --> 01:56:40,359
had success because he was off the ball. You put

2552
01:56:40,359 --> 01:56:42,079
a small guy on LP and he was able to

2553
01:56:42,159 --> 01:56:46,840
just roam center field. So those are strategical fixes that

2554
01:56:47,000 --> 01:56:50,239
you can make in a playoff series. Now, don't let

2555
01:56:50,279 --> 01:56:52,319
me jump the gun here. Put all due respect on

2556
01:56:52,439 --> 01:56:57,840
what they've done here, but from a talent perspective, I'm

2557
01:56:57,880 --> 01:57:00,319
not shaking at my boots, Matt, I'm not you know,

2558
01:57:00,399 --> 01:57:03,039
I'm not losing things. If I'm Houston, you don't look

2559
01:57:03,079 --> 01:57:05,319
and say, you know, it's just heading and shoulders of

2560
01:57:05,399 --> 01:57:07,840
a difference. And those are the two top teams at

2561
01:57:07,840 --> 01:57:11,000
the conference right now with all the injuries to Denver.

2562
01:57:12,279 --> 01:57:15,520
Speaker 2: All right, So I have heard listening to like NBA

2563
01:57:15,680 --> 01:57:18,560
radio people and some various podcasts that look, there are

2564
01:57:18,600 --> 01:57:20,560
people that are down on the Rockets, and I hope

2565
01:57:20,600 --> 01:57:22,079
they continue to be down on them because it will

2566
01:57:22,119 --> 01:57:23,600
surprise the world and be fun for us in.

2567
01:57:23,600 --> 01:57:26,600
Speaker 3: A good championship run. I hear the phrase.

2568
01:57:28,000 --> 01:57:29,840
Speaker 2: Now, maybe this is a little different with Steven Adams

2569
01:57:29,920 --> 01:57:31,319
being up, so I've not heard this in a while,

2570
01:57:31,319 --> 01:57:34,960
but I've heard the Rockets are built for longer series.

2571
01:57:35,960 --> 01:57:38,119
Validate that for me, because I want to. I'm curious

2572
01:57:38,119 --> 01:57:39,119
to hear your perspective on that.

2573
01:57:41,960 --> 01:57:42,119
Speaker 7: Uh.

2574
01:57:42,960 --> 01:57:44,920
Speaker 10: I don't know if I would agree to that.

2575
01:57:47,319 --> 01:57:51,960
Speaker 7: Houston has talent, but it's almost like the game, you know,

2576
01:57:53,079 --> 01:57:55,720
right now, you'd like to just kind of Houston is

2577
01:57:55,800 --> 01:57:57,239
best and they can just kind of get out and

2578
01:57:57,399 --> 01:58:01,359
overpower people, you know, and sometimes because here's the difference.

2579
01:58:01,920 --> 01:58:05,359
When you have a point guard, right, this makes it

2580
01:58:05,600 --> 01:58:09,720
very simple. He minimizes turnovers, and what happens is the

2581
01:58:09,880 --> 01:58:13,439
message from the coaching staff gets shortened in a relayed

2582
01:58:13,560 --> 01:58:17,520
almost immediately. When you don't have a point guard. It

2583
01:58:17,680 --> 01:58:20,000
takes a while for the coaches message to get to

2584
01:58:20,119 --> 01:58:22,800
the players and relate to the floor. So the longer

2585
01:58:22,840 --> 01:58:25,439
that a series goes on, the more adjustments that will

2586
01:58:25,479 --> 01:58:28,399
come into play. So I think for Houston they about

2587
01:58:28,399 --> 01:58:31,319
to you know, just we're assuming right now, take care

2588
01:58:31,359 --> 01:58:33,399
of business early, you know, not that you can't win.

2589
01:58:33,520 --> 01:58:35,960
You have one of the greatest closers in the history

2590
01:58:36,000 --> 01:58:39,720
of basketball Kevin Durant. But but again, you don't want

2591
01:58:39,760 --> 01:58:41,600
to if you're at Houston, you want to just be dominant.

2592
01:58:41,640 --> 01:58:43,920
You don't want to play a game of adjustments right now.

2593
01:58:44,479 --> 01:58:46,800
Speaker 2: Okay, let's get to another couple of big picture items.

2594
01:58:46,840 --> 01:58:47,439
Speaker 3: Will let you run.

2595
01:58:48,279 --> 01:58:51,359
Speaker 2: The tanking stuff has been a huge issue. You've seen

2596
01:58:51,399 --> 01:58:53,760
the Utah Jazz get fined. You saw the Indiana Patriots

2597
01:58:53,840 --> 01:58:56,600
get fined. Look, Ryan, they have been there's been tanking

2598
01:58:56,640 --> 01:58:58,520
in the NBA for a long period of time. First

2599
01:58:58,560 --> 01:59:01,600
of all, why is it being so accelerated this year

2600
01:59:01,680 --> 01:59:04,239
with so much talk about it? And then two, if

2601
01:59:04,279 --> 01:59:07,279
I gave you the cap that said you are the commissioner,

2602
01:59:08,840 --> 01:59:09,880
can you fix it for me?

2603
01:59:10,119 --> 01:59:10,399
Speaker 6: Or is it?

2604
01:59:10,880 --> 01:59:13,039
Speaker 2: Or do you just let this go and say, you

2605
01:59:13,119 --> 01:59:15,760
know what, this is how the league is created, this

2606
01:59:15,960 --> 01:59:19,119
is what happens. You can try to alter the lottery numbers,

2607
01:59:19,239 --> 01:59:21,840
but if teams want to lose, they'll be willing to

2608
01:59:21,880 --> 01:59:23,960
take the fine because if you go get a top

2609
01:59:24,039 --> 01:59:26,600
three player, that's a game changer for you. Paying a

2610
01:59:26,640 --> 01:59:29,439
five hundred thousand dollars fine is pennies to worry about

2611
01:59:29,640 --> 01:59:32,640
because the long term teams will get better because them

2612
01:59:32,720 --> 01:59:34,479
losing helps them get better players.

2613
01:59:35,920 --> 01:59:39,479
Speaker 7: Hey, Matt, when you if you lost like a dollar

2614
01:59:39,640 --> 01:59:42,399
out of your wallet or five dollars, I mean you're

2615
01:59:42,520 --> 01:59:45,439
you're a man of principle, but you're not going to

2616
01:59:45,560 --> 01:59:47,640
lose your wits, you know, if you got to pay

2617
01:59:47,720 --> 01:59:50,479
off a five dollars bet or something. That's what it's

2618
01:59:50,640 --> 01:59:54,720
like to these to these organizations, And five hundred thousand

2619
01:59:54,720 --> 01:59:57,079
and a half a million is a joke compared it

2620
01:59:57,159 --> 02:00:01,159
to getting a franchise like Talent. Here's reality commissioner does

2621
02:00:01,159 --> 02:00:03,600
an amazing job. He's gonna have to peez the fans

2622
02:00:03,600 --> 02:00:05,319
and he's gonna throw out those fines and say, hey,

2623
02:00:05,399 --> 02:00:07,680
we caught them, and we find them. But ultimately the

2624
02:00:07,760 --> 02:00:10,760
teams don't give a darn And the reality moving forward

2625
02:00:10,800 --> 02:00:12,840
and in reality from the past. Tim Duncan got to

2626
02:00:12,880 --> 02:00:15,920
the San Antonio Spurs by them chanking and throwing away games.

2627
02:00:16,159 --> 02:00:19,199
Lebron James got to the Cleveland Cavaliers and finally came

2628
02:00:19,279 --> 02:00:22,359
back home and delivered a championship because of tanking. Okay,

2629
02:00:22,439 --> 02:00:25,199
they just absolutely just just mailed it in. This has

2630
02:00:25,279 --> 02:00:27,920
been through the big through through When when when when

2631
02:00:28,000 --> 02:00:31,520
teams figured it out that they started to do, and

2632
02:00:31,600 --> 02:00:34,880
it's an efficient way. Now here's the reality. You're not

2633
02:00:35,039 --> 02:00:38,680
gonna see a draft this deep in a very long time,

2634
02:00:39,079 --> 02:00:41,960
So it's not gonna be a problem every single year

2635
02:00:42,000 --> 02:00:43,680
in which you don't want to see is it be loud?

2636
02:00:43,960 --> 02:00:46,399
And you have to think the rights to the NBA

2637
02:00:46,600 --> 02:00:50,119
has been sold for a whole lot of money, okay,

2638
02:00:50,520 --> 02:00:53,640
so you want to deliver on those goods. The game

2639
02:00:53,720 --> 02:00:57,960
last night was on prior right or prime or Peacock right, Peacock.

2640
02:00:58,399 --> 02:01:00,520
And the one thing that they're saying is and we've

2641
02:01:00,560 --> 02:01:04,960
paid to season Utah Jazz, not you know, missing players here.

2642
02:01:05,079 --> 02:01:07,399
So again the NBA is gonna have to piece. The

2643
02:01:07,439 --> 02:01:09,239
fans are gonna say they're gonna do anything, but in

2644
02:01:09,520 --> 02:01:12,760
retrospect it's a slap on the wrist. And again for

2645
02:01:12,880 --> 02:01:15,640
fans moving forward, you're not gonna have a draft this deep.

2646
02:01:15,880 --> 02:01:19,159
And what the commissioner did was actually genius, Matt and

2647
02:01:19,239 --> 02:01:22,359
I don't know if you remember this, So everybody doesn't

2648
02:01:22,359 --> 02:01:25,760
really quite understand the playing tournament and what the plan

2649
02:01:25,920 --> 02:01:28,760
tournament is. It gives life life to seeds all the

2650
02:01:28,800 --> 02:01:33,159
way down to ten. So right now you had teams

2651
02:01:33,199 --> 02:01:35,640
that would just meil it in a majority of teams

2652
02:01:35,640 --> 02:01:37,239
that would melt it in after a certain point in

2653
02:01:37,279 --> 02:01:39,279
the season. I remember it, Matt, when you were locked

2654
02:01:39,319 --> 02:01:41,439
in when there was only eight teams going to the playoffs.

2655
02:01:41,439 --> 02:01:44,600
You'd be locked in two three weeks out of your

2656
02:01:44,680 --> 02:01:47,399
seating and then teams would just past. Even the winning

2657
02:01:47,479 --> 02:01:50,680
teams would just stay and not be competitive. But you're

2658
02:01:50,720 --> 02:01:54,399
seeing a competitive nature through the ten eleven twelve spot,

2659
02:01:54,520 --> 02:01:56,359
trying to get into the playoffs, trying to get into

2660
02:01:56,399 --> 02:01:59,479
a play in birth far through the end of the season.

2661
02:01:59,600 --> 02:02:03,159
So the competitive nature has risen by head and shoulders,

2662
02:02:03,399 --> 02:02:06,239
and people just don't realize that. But again, you got

2663
02:02:06,359 --> 02:02:08,840
to appease the people who paid a lot of money

2664
02:02:08,920 --> 02:02:11,359
to watch our sport. Is it smart to do yes?

2665
02:02:11,520 --> 02:02:13,880
Is it ugly to see for the fans? Yes? Has

2666
02:02:13,920 --> 02:02:15,279
the NBA done something about it?

2667
02:02:15,560 --> 02:02:15,760
Speaker 11: Yes?

2668
02:02:15,840 --> 02:02:18,159
Speaker 7: So let's all take a moment and breathe, Matt Thomas.

2669
02:02:18,399 --> 02:02:21,199
Speaker 2: So you don't think this is going to be a

2670
02:02:22,560 --> 02:02:25,520
radical announcement by the commissioner or do you think he

2671
02:02:25,680 --> 02:02:28,319
kind of has to because so many people are complaining.

2672
02:02:28,159 --> 02:02:29,880
Speaker 3: Or is it folk complaining?

2673
02:02:30,039 --> 02:02:32,479
Speaker 2: Is it teams that are saying these things, but in

2674
02:02:32,640 --> 02:02:35,359
reality are like if we're in the Utah Jazz situation

2675
02:02:35,600 --> 02:02:37,439
or in the Sacramento spot, we'd be doing the exact

2676
02:02:37,479 --> 02:02:37,880
same thing.

2677
02:02:39,439 --> 02:02:42,359
Speaker 7: Well, the people who really made the big stink is

2678
02:02:42,560 --> 02:02:45,760
Oklahoma City because they have that pick. They do what

2679
02:02:46,039 --> 02:02:48,279
you talk it gets pick at the end of the day.

2680
02:02:48,600 --> 02:02:50,760
You know, like there's a method to the madness. So

2681
02:02:51,760 --> 02:02:54,279
I think what you don't want to do is become

2682
02:02:54,439 --> 02:02:56,720
national news. And at the end of the day, for Utah,

2683
02:02:57,000 --> 02:02:59,439
Nurkics just went in and had a season ending procedure,

2684
02:03:00,760 --> 02:03:03,159
you know, litatistically fake the funk a little bit. And

2685
02:03:03,239 --> 02:03:05,720
here's the thing. Early early in my in the NBA

2686
02:03:05,800 --> 02:03:08,159
played for the Charlotte Bobcats. We were a group that

2687
02:03:08,199 --> 02:03:11,479
played extremely hard, competed, and at the end of the

2688
02:03:11,640 --> 02:03:15,159
game it was just James man. So, you know, I

2689
02:03:15,279 --> 02:03:18,479
think you just don't want to see a disrespectful product

2690
02:03:18,800 --> 02:03:22,319
on the floor. Stay competitive, compete and again, if you're

2691
02:03:22,399 --> 02:03:25,239
competing with your young guys out there, let them go compete.

2692
02:03:25,600 --> 02:03:29,079
I thought that Houston, Houston never tanked. I felt like

2693
02:03:29,119 --> 02:03:31,760
Houston developed man. You can hear me, you can quote

2694
02:03:31,760 --> 02:03:33,439
me on that if you want, you well developed their

2695
02:03:33,479 --> 02:03:35,880
guys and they just had young guys out there, and

2696
02:03:35,960 --> 02:03:38,520
they played hard, and they competed and it just didn't work.

2697
02:03:38,399 --> 02:03:39,399
Speaker 6: Out in some case.

2698
02:03:39,520 --> 02:03:42,560
Speaker 7: So you know, put some lipstick on the pic. That's

2699
02:03:42,600 --> 02:03:43,760
all the fans are saying that.

2700
02:03:45,520 --> 02:03:47,439
Speaker 2: All right, you've you've you called me down a little

2701
02:03:47,439 --> 02:03:49,720
bit because I don't. It's not fun to tank. But

2702
02:03:49,760 --> 02:03:52,079
I'll tell you this. The Rockets are playing the Kings tomorrow.

2703
02:03:52,119 --> 02:03:54,319
They've lost sixteen to seventeen. We need these victory as

2704
02:03:54,399 --> 02:03:55,720
much m King as I would love to see that

2705
02:03:55,880 --> 02:03:57,640
Rockets say at the number three spot in the West.

2706
02:03:57,680 --> 02:03:59,359
Speaker 3: Hey, it's great to hear your voice.

2707
02:04:00,239 --> 02:04:03,359
Speaker 2: Nobody ever watches games on Prime and Peacock because you're

2708
02:04:03,399 --> 02:04:05,039
not on those channels. So as long as it's on

2709
02:04:05,119 --> 02:04:07,479
Space City, it's Ryan Hollins twenty four to seven.

2710
02:04:08,920 --> 02:04:11,000
Speaker 7: Can I hop on my comrades next time we do this?

2711
02:04:11,119 --> 02:04:12,800
Can we can I get more time on the bet

2712
02:04:12,880 --> 02:04:13,439
talk show?

2713
02:04:13,640 --> 02:04:15,399
Speaker 2: Yeah, you're gonna want me to pay for your meals,

2714
02:04:15,399 --> 02:04:18,079
which is a big deal, But uh, how about next time?

2715
02:04:18,319 --> 02:04:19,840
Speaker 6: I just want to hang out with you dude?

2716
02:04:19,920 --> 02:04:21,800
Speaker 3: All right, Well, how about you come to the studio

2717
02:04:21,880 --> 02:04:23,439
once in a while. That's what you really need to do.

2718
02:04:24,600 --> 02:04:26,319
Speaker 7: I would love to I didn't even know that I could.

2719
02:04:26,399 --> 02:04:29,039
Speaker 2: The last time, You're coming in for the studio for

2720
02:04:29,119 --> 02:04:31,000
two hours and we're gonna go eat a BATCHI after that?

2721
02:04:31,159 --> 02:04:31,560
Speaker 3: How about that?

2722
02:04:33,439 --> 02:04:36,239
Speaker 7: Absolutely? I would love to man.

2723
02:04:36,600 --> 02:04:38,319
Speaker 3: Extra shrimp too. Thank you, friend. We'll talk with you

2724
02:04:38,399 --> 02:04:39,720
tomorrow night. Friend, Thank you very much.

2725
02:04:39,760 --> 02:04:40,119
Speaker 7: Of the time.

2726
02:04:40,800 --> 02:04:43,039
Speaker 2: That's that's our hero. Look at him, he just chuckling away.

2727
02:04:43,119 --> 02:04:46,279
I love him, miss some Ryan Hollins, Jonathan. He is

2728
02:04:46,840 --> 02:04:48,399
just and I'm just talking to you, I'm talking to

2729
02:04:48,439 --> 02:04:52,000
the whole audience. He's he's every bit of what you

2730
02:04:52,119 --> 02:04:57,560
see on television. Yeah, I mean I'm fake sometimes, but

2731
02:04:57,720 --> 02:04:58,840
I but that man.

2732
02:04:58,800 --> 02:05:01,359
Speaker 3: Is zero fake. He is authentic one hundred percent of

2733
02:05:01,439 --> 02:05:02,000
the time I've had.

2734
02:05:02,239 --> 02:05:04,000
Speaker 4: I met him one time when I got to the

2735
02:05:04,039 --> 02:05:06,680
Ruckers game and there was just lines of people just

2736
02:05:06,760 --> 02:05:08,159
so happy to see him, and he was nice to

2737
02:05:08,239 --> 02:05:10,159
every single person, like oh yeah, just tightening up to

2738
02:05:10,159 --> 02:05:11,079
anbody that want to talk to him.

2739
02:05:11,079 --> 02:05:12,760
Speaker 3: Just a really nice guy, just a super super guy.

2740
02:05:12,800 --> 02:05:13,159
All right.

2741
02:05:13,600 --> 02:05:16,039
Speaker 2: An Astro spring training update is coming up next and

2742
02:05:16,079 --> 02:05:19,760
you're not gonna like it. Twelve fifty nine Final Hour

2743
02:05:19,800 --> 02:05:21,279
We Got Believe it or not? All things j Borroi

2744
02:05:21,319 --> 02:05:23,800
Smith coming up in fifty minutes. It's a Matt Thomas

2745
02:05:23,840 --> 02:05:25,640
Show with Ross here on Sports Talk seven.

2746
02:05:25,520 --> 02:05:29,880
Speaker 1: Ninety's The Matt Thomas Show with Ross.

2747
02:05:34,720 --> 02:05:34,920
Speaker 7: Oh.

2748
02:05:41,880 --> 02:05:44,560
Speaker 2: Final hour of The Matt Thomas Show for a Tuesday.

2749
02:05:46,439 --> 02:05:50,439
Mm hmmmm, you got the music.

2750
02:05:50,520 --> 02:05:50,760
Speaker 7: Cute.

2751
02:05:54,359 --> 02:05:56,239
Speaker 2: This is what I like to describe to you, ladies

2752
02:05:56,239 --> 02:06:00,199
and gentlemen as the Gordy curse me.

2753
02:06:02,760 --> 02:06:03,640
Speaker 3: It was John.

2754
02:06:03,680 --> 02:06:06,800
Speaker 2: Did you hear what he said about about Jason Alexander

2755
02:06:07,000 --> 02:06:08,560
when he was on with us earlier in the show.

2756
02:06:08,720 --> 02:06:11,720
Speaker 3: Yeah, musics man. So he was working on a new

2757
02:06:11,800 --> 02:06:14,039
pitch and it looks good and awesome to.

2758
02:06:14,119 --> 02:06:20,560
Speaker 2: Make the rotation I'm supposed to in the top half

2759
02:06:20,640 --> 02:06:26,680
of the third. The game started fifty five minutes ago.

2760
02:06:27,279 --> 02:06:36,319
Top of the third, Dreams five nothing, Mets Crenger and

2761
02:06:37,000 --> 02:06:43,239
Jason Alexander, Friend of many kind, gentle sweet.

2762
02:06:44,640 --> 02:06:45,199
Speaker 3: Two thirds of.

2763
02:06:47,239 --> 02:06:53,439
Speaker 2: Five hits, four runs, all of which were earned, one walk,

2764
02:06:54,560 --> 02:06:57,560
one strikeout, two home runs.

2765
02:07:07,319 --> 02:07:12,760
Speaker 7: Why why.

2766
02:07:13,560 --> 02:07:18,720
Speaker 3: You can't do this to us? As early Astros Cordy

2767
02:07:18,880 --> 02:07:21,079
gave you his seal of approval, and this is what

2768
02:07:21,279 --> 02:07:22,520
you do, Jason.

2769
02:07:22,279 --> 02:07:37,079
Speaker 2: Alexander, Astros have two hits. Nick Allen, Jeremy Paine, Dack

2770
02:07:37,199 --> 02:07:38,279
cole Over two.

2771
02:07:41,319 --> 02:07:42,359
Speaker 3: Okamp Smith two.

2772
02:07:42,239 --> 02:07:47,479
Speaker 2: Walks, okay, okay, something new, Joy Li Braffido one at bat, strikeout,

2773
02:07:49,159 --> 02:07:52,319
Zach Descendi with a walk, Shait Wickham with a k.

2774
02:07:56,760 --> 02:08:01,159
C J Alexander the former a playing first base today?

2775
02:08:01,760 --> 02:08:07,840
Speaker 3: Oh for one? Is ourselves are struck out? Is there

2776
02:08:07,960 --> 02:08:08,720
no baseball?

2777
02:08:08,840 --> 02:08:09,039
Speaker 12: God?

2778
02:08:12,680 --> 02:08:16,359
Speaker 2: I want your phone calls right now? Astro Twitter, come on,

2779
02:08:16,720 --> 02:08:18,800
I'm live with you at seven one three, two, one two,

2780
02:08:18,960 --> 02:08:22,880
five seven ninety. Jason Alexander cannot get out of the

2781
02:08:22,920 --> 02:08:33,600
first inning. JP France comes in one and a third,

2782
02:08:34,680 --> 02:08:41,039
a hit, a run, It's earned, a walk and a strikeout. JP,

2783
02:08:41,279 --> 02:08:44,479
with those lovely frames of yours. How are you supposed

2784
02:08:44,479 --> 02:08:45,760
to be making back in the big leagues?

2785
02:08:49,960 --> 02:08:53,279
Speaker 3: Think I, we're not carrying this live. And I had

2786
02:08:53,359 --> 02:08:55,159
like six people calling and asking for it, and I

2787
02:08:55,319 --> 02:08:56,680
was like, who you got it?

2788
02:08:56,760 --> 02:08:56,920
Speaker 6: Man?

2789
02:08:57,520 --> 02:09:00,279
Speaker 3: Who are those people? What are their names? I don't

2790
02:09:00,279 --> 02:09:00,720
really remember?

2791
02:09:01,479 --> 02:09:03,560
Speaker 2: Now you have you told them tomorrow on Thursday We're

2792
02:09:03,560 --> 02:09:03,960
gonna have the.

2793
02:09:03,920 --> 02:09:06,039
Speaker 3: Game today, but we've got it tomorrow on Thursday.

2794
02:09:07,119 --> 02:09:09,800
Speaker 2: I believe I can provide as much quality entertainment as

2795
02:09:09,840 --> 02:09:12,720
a five nothing Mets lead over the Astros in the

2796
02:09:12,760 --> 02:09:14,039
top of the third with two outs.

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02:09:14,079 --> 02:09:18,039
Speaker 3: Now they can come back. Man, they can come back.

2798
02:09:20,840 --> 02:09:24,039
Speaker 2: How distraught are you that the Astros are down top

2799
02:09:24,079 --> 02:09:26,560
of the third? Five nothing seven one three two one

2800
02:09:26,680 --> 02:09:30,399
two five seven ninety. I want to hear the sorrow

2801
02:09:30,479 --> 02:09:35,000
in your voice, all you Jason Alexander Truthers out there.

2802
02:09:35,119 --> 02:09:35,359
Speaker 20: I E.

2803
02:09:35,520 --> 02:09:39,600
Speaker 3: Chris Gordy disc disc disc.

2804
02:09:43,239 --> 02:09:46,479
Speaker 2: I mean, damn, that's not the way if you're if

2805
02:09:46,479 --> 02:09:50,520
you're Jason Alexander trying to make the team lode, you

2806
02:09:50,600 --> 02:09:52,359
can't make out of the first inning in a spring

2807
02:09:52,439 --> 02:09:59,159
training game. M all right, they'll rebound and they'll be

2808
02:09:59,239 --> 02:10:02,359
much better tomorrow and Thursday when they were live here

2809
02:10:02,439 --> 02:10:05,000
on Sports Talk seven ninety tape delay at seven o'clock,

2810
02:10:05,520 --> 02:10:08,600
You've been warned seven one three two one two five

2811
02:10:08,720 --> 02:10:11,000
seven ninety seven one three two one two five seven

2812
02:10:11,039 --> 02:10:14,560
ninety main headlines the day the Cougars lost to Kansas,

2813
02:10:15,119 --> 02:10:18,000
Uh yesterday and UH, truth be told. I told you

2814
02:10:18,039 --> 02:10:20,439
all this before I was was obviously calling the Rockets games.

2815
02:10:20,479 --> 02:10:23,800
I did not see it live, unfortunately, looked at some

2816
02:10:23,880 --> 02:10:26,319
of the low lights and the shooting percentages in the

2817
02:10:26,359 --> 02:10:30,680
box score. So if you're a Cougar fan, can I

2818
02:10:30,880 --> 02:10:35,159
just openly ask how you're feeling, because I'm gonna give

2819
02:10:35,159 --> 02:10:37,560
you one of like three or four different options. One,

2820
02:10:38,640 --> 02:10:41,920
I'm distraught, life is over. I don' hope that you

2821
02:10:41,920 --> 02:10:45,319
don't feel that way. Number two, I wish you one

2822
02:10:45,399 --> 02:10:47,000
would have won at least one or two of them.

2823
02:10:47,079 --> 02:10:50,960
I can see that being a fair assessment. Some of

2824
02:10:51,000 --> 02:10:54,399
you could also say that's a murderous road lineup, back

2825
02:10:54,479 --> 02:10:58,000
to back Big Mondays, back to back on the road

2826
02:10:58,079 --> 02:11:00,560
during those Big Mondays, and back to back on the

2827
02:11:00,640 --> 02:11:03,319
road of those Big Mondies against top twenty teams in

2828
02:11:03,439 --> 02:11:08,079
a power Superpower Conference Arizona game at home, lost or

2829
02:11:08,319 --> 02:11:13,119
hurt as well. But I ask you, of all of

2830
02:11:13,239 --> 02:11:16,319
the top fifteen twenty twenty five thirty teams in this country,

2831
02:11:17,199 --> 02:11:18,680
how many of them would have gone on three during

2832
02:11:18,720 --> 02:11:22,079
that stretch. I think quite a few. Would you have

2833
02:11:22,199 --> 02:11:25,800
liked at least one? Yes, two would have been awesome,

2834
02:11:25,960 --> 02:11:30,920
three and crown the national champion. I am not down

2835
02:11:30,960 --> 02:11:36,319
on my Cougars, might disappointed, of course, but again big

2836
02:11:36,399 --> 02:11:38,920
twelve to the Cougar snow favors by playing the two

2837
02:11:39,119 --> 02:11:40,039
big Monday games that.

2838
02:11:40,079 --> 02:11:41,720
Speaker 3: Have this year on the road.

2839
02:11:42,359 --> 02:11:45,520
Speaker 2: Also, Nick Cassario spoke today at the NFL Combine will

2840
02:11:45,560 --> 02:11:47,399
play a couple of those sound bites again coming back

2841
02:11:47,439 --> 02:11:50,560
because he does answer a couple of things about one CJ.

2842
02:11:50,720 --> 02:11:54,640
Stroud and two about Joe Mixon, who I believe will

2843
02:11:54,800 --> 02:11:59,199
be released sometime by the team, because man, there is

2844
02:11:59,359 --> 02:12:03,279
too much vague conversation coming out of Nick Caceiro's mouth

2845
02:12:03,319 --> 02:12:06,239
about the future of Joe Mixon seven one three two

2846
02:12:06,319 --> 02:12:09,119
one two five seven ninety seven one three two one

2847
02:12:09,199 --> 02:12:11,359
two five Sementini believe it or not? Today all things

2848
02:12:11,359 --> 02:12:14,680
about Jabari Smith after his thirty one point performance yesterday.

2849
02:12:15,039 --> 02:12:17,079
That'll be coming up in about forty minutes. Gary on

2850
02:12:17,199 --> 02:12:18,600
seven NINTI, thank you for waiting, Gary.

2851
02:12:18,640 --> 02:12:19,119
Speaker 3: What's going on?

2852
02:12:20,279 --> 02:12:20,840
Speaker 10: A man?

2853
02:12:20,960 --> 02:12:22,159
Speaker 21: How about them mastros?

2854
02:12:22,680 --> 02:12:24,680
Speaker 3: No, nothing about those astros.

2855
02:12:25,000 --> 02:12:26,560
Speaker 10: It's to ask you a question.

2856
02:12:26,800 --> 02:12:28,920
Speaker 21: Let me ask you a question about him. Payin You

2857
02:12:29,000 --> 02:12:29,720
got a hit, right?

2858
02:12:30,319 --> 02:12:30,520
Speaker 10: Yes?

2859
02:12:32,279 --> 02:12:33,399
Speaker 21: How did Alto they do?

2860
02:12:33,880 --> 02:12:36,239
Speaker 3: Al two is not playing today, hasn't played yet?

2861
02:12:36,319 --> 02:12:41,680
Speaker 21: How to Alvarez did not play yet? How did Walker do?

2862
02:12:42,000 --> 02:12:42,880
Speaker 3: Did not play yet?

2863
02:12:43,760 --> 02:12:45,800
Speaker 21: How did the rest of the starters do today?

2864
02:12:46,640 --> 02:12:46,800
Speaker 10: Uh?

2865
02:12:47,159 --> 02:12:50,119
Speaker 3: Cam Smith has two walks? Zach Cole went over two

2866
02:12:51,760 --> 02:12:52,399
and that's it.

2867
02:12:53,720 --> 02:12:55,800
Speaker 21: Yeah, Cole won't be a starter of the catcher. Was

2868
02:12:55,840 --> 02:12:57,239
he in there the starting catcher?

2869
02:12:57,439 --> 02:12:57,479
Speaker 1: No?

2870
02:12:58,159 --> 02:13:00,560
Speaker 3: R Diaz, No it was it was Caesar's alas Art.

2871
02:13:01,479 --> 02:13:04,000
Speaker 21: Okay, so you need to take two or three deep breaths.

2872
02:13:04,079 --> 02:13:06,880
Speaker 3: No, No, let me outraged, Gary, Gary.

2873
02:13:06,960 --> 02:13:10,279
Speaker 2: If I'm upset about Jason Alexander giving up four runs

2874
02:13:10,279 --> 02:13:12,239
and over two thirds of inning, let me be mad.

2875
02:13:12,359 --> 02:13:13,199
Speaker 3: It's spring training.

2876
02:13:14,239 --> 02:13:16,560
Speaker 21: He was he wasn't going to be a starter anyway.

2877
02:13:16,680 --> 02:13:18,760
Speaker 2: So you don't know that, you know some Chris Cordy

2878
02:13:18,800 --> 02:13:20,720
said earlier. Chris Cordy puts him in the starting rotation,

2879
02:13:20,960 --> 02:13:21,960
and Gordy knows ball.

2880
02:13:23,039 --> 02:13:24,479
Speaker 21: No, he don't know, he don't.

2881
02:13:24,680 --> 02:13:28,520
Speaker 20: I've just got one thing to remind you about Matt.

2882
02:13:28,319 --> 02:13:31,000
Speaker 21: That may get you up off that ledge. And that's

2883
02:13:31,039 --> 02:13:31,880
my go to Matt.

2884
02:13:32,039 --> 02:13:35,359
Speaker 7: So so I'm good to go. Just let's just take a.

2885
02:13:35,399 --> 02:13:38,880
Speaker 21: Deep breath, let it out, and everything's gonna be all right.

2886
02:13:38,960 --> 02:13:42,520
Speaker 7: They'll be there when the season's over. So it's all good, Bubba.

2887
02:13:42,560 --> 02:13:46,399
Speaker 21: But I understand your frustration. Keep up the good work, brother.

2888
02:13:49,439 --> 02:14:04,680
Speaker 2: Gary, Gary doesn't want me to be emotional about this. Look, Astros,

2889
02:14:04,680 --> 02:14:06,560
Twitter is gonna lose their mind. Why can't I lose

2890
02:14:06,600 --> 02:14:07,000
their mind?

2891
02:14:07,159 --> 02:14:13,399
Speaker 3: My mind. I am allowed to, as a major market

2892
02:14:13,520 --> 02:14:20,079
radio host come to you and be upset about.

2893
02:14:23,520 --> 02:14:26,399
Speaker 2: The spring training which is gonna be condensed because the

2894
02:14:26,439 --> 02:14:30,159
World Baseball Classic and guy's leaving and the scramble for

2895
02:14:30,399 --> 02:14:31,920
who's going to be in that starting rotation to be

2896
02:14:32,000 --> 02:14:33,600
up so that Jays Alexander gave up as many.

2897
02:14:33,520 --> 02:14:34,000
Speaker 3: Run as he did.

2898
02:14:37,600 --> 02:14:48,000
Speaker 2: You cannot take these spring training games lightly. We about

2899
02:14:48,039 --> 02:14:48,720
to play a video game.

2900
02:14:48,760 --> 02:14:57,680
Speaker 3: Here a turn? So this is a jam?

2901
02:14:58,239 --> 02:14:58,760
Speaker 7: All right?

2902
02:15:04,800 --> 02:15:07,079
Speaker 2: Is this after of twenty twenty six theme music?

2903
02:15:08,640 --> 02:15:18,000
Speaker 3: I hope not all right? This morning, my weird rising son.

2904
02:15:20,359 --> 02:15:23,319
This song is a calming tool, is it not. It's

2905
02:15:23,319 --> 02:15:24,239
a different type of soul.

2906
02:15:24,319 --> 02:15:27,640
Speaker 2: Man makes you want to go to a bar in

2907
02:15:27,720 --> 02:15:34,640
Galveston and sit on the beach and pontificate life. Yeah,

2908
02:15:34,640 --> 02:15:40,640
I love Galveston, designed mister Texas. How dare Ross not

2909
02:15:40,800 --> 02:15:43,039
love Galveston and call himself more of a mister Texas

2910
02:15:43,039 --> 02:15:48,720
than me? To my list of food doesn't define a

2911
02:15:48,800 --> 02:15:49,560
man a city?

2912
02:15:49,640 --> 02:15:49,840
Speaker 6: Does?

2913
02:15:50,800 --> 02:15:56,079
Speaker 2: I love me some corpus? I lend me some portorantis hell?

2914
02:15:56,119 --> 02:16:02,880
I even appreciate McCowan all right, one fourteen Matt Thomas

2915
02:16:02,960 --> 02:16:07,800
showed Ross seven one three two one two five seven

2916
02:16:07,920 --> 02:16:11,680
ninety seven one three two one two five seven ninety

2917
02:16:11,720 --> 02:16:20,760
one still five nothing, mets Ooh, Jeremy Payne with another air,

2918
02:16:20,880 --> 02:16:22,479
He's got two so far in sprint.

2919
02:16:23,239 --> 02:16:27,359
Speaker 3: Ah, Jeremy Payne with the second er ah.

2920
02:16:34,079 --> 02:16:39,159
Speaker 2: Top of the fourth. Five nothing. Now, would you like

2921
02:16:39,200 --> 02:16:39,959
some positive news?

2922
02:16:40,799 --> 02:16:41,879
Speaker 3: Kai we tang?

2923
02:16:42,040 --> 02:16:47,719
Speaker 2: Is that how you pronounce it? Scorelessending for the Astros? Okay,

2924
02:16:49,319 --> 02:16:53,600
so I escaped you positivity seven one three two one

2925
02:16:53,719 --> 02:16:56,760
two five seven ninety Let's go to Steve on seven

2926
02:16:56,840 --> 02:16:58,920
ninety online too, Steve, good afternoon, Thanks for waiting.

2927
02:17:01,479 --> 02:17:02,479
Speaker 21: Good afternoon, guys.

2928
02:17:02,600 --> 02:17:05,200
Speaker 20: You know I watched these last three Houston Cougar games,

2929
02:17:05,680 --> 02:17:08,799
and the three things that all that's in common with

2930
02:17:08,879 --> 02:17:13,719
all three of these is pressure from the inbounds full court.

2931
02:17:15,079 --> 02:17:18,760
These teams are pressuring, uh, the Cougars all the way down,

2932
02:17:18,959 --> 02:17:21,040
and it seems like it's putting them in a funk

2933
02:17:21,040 --> 02:17:24,360
where they can't get into their offense. Last night, they

2934
02:17:24,399 --> 02:17:28,440
were shooting threes from five foot behind a three point line.

2935
02:17:29,239 --> 02:17:31,479
It didn't seem like there was any type of continuity

2936
02:17:31,680 --> 02:17:34,280
or or it didn't even look like there was offensive

2937
02:17:34,319 --> 02:17:35,159
plays being run.

2938
02:17:35,600 --> 02:17:37,799
Speaker 3: It was just throw throw, throw.

2939
02:17:37,959 --> 02:17:40,440
Speaker 20: Pass, past pass and then you know everybody, somebody would

2940
02:17:40,479 --> 02:17:43,879
decide to shoot. So I'm really surprised that this is

2941
02:17:43,959 --> 02:17:47,959
a This doesn't look like a Calvin Sampson team during

2942
02:17:48,000 --> 02:17:51,200
the last three or four games. And my question to

2943
02:17:51,280 --> 02:17:53,600
you is, I don't think they're I don't think they're

2944
02:17:53,719 --> 02:17:54,399
they're gonna make it.

2945
02:17:54,920 --> 02:17:56,040
Speaker 11: I think they're gonna make.

2946
02:17:55,959 --> 02:17:57,479
Speaker 7: For the Sweet sixteen.

2947
02:17:57,680 --> 02:18:00,319
Speaker 20: I don't think they're gon gonna go any farther. I look,

2948
02:18:00,399 --> 02:18:02,479
there's a complete turnaround, and I just want to get

2949
02:18:02,520 --> 02:18:03,159
your opinion on it.

2950
02:18:03,239 --> 02:18:03,479
Speaker 21: Thank you.

2951
02:18:05,159 --> 02:18:07,600
Speaker 2: You know, it's it's a team that relies clearly on

2952
02:18:07,760 --> 02:18:10,639
kings On Jennings for sure. Snik has not been able

2953
02:18:10,719 --> 02:18:12,440
to provide as much scoring as I think they would

2954
02:18:12,440 --> 02:18:20,639
have liked. And the fact is that, you know, some

2955
02:18:20,760 --> 02:18:22,879
of the same issues that kind of played them last year.

2956
02:18:23,000 --> 02:18:30,040
Jojo Tugler is in foul trouble quite a bit. You know,

2957
02:18:30,079 --> 02:18:33,440
it doesn't you know, Juwan Roberts was just a guy

2958
02:18:33,479 --> 02:18:35,479
that was really it's really missed. Obviously he moved on.

2959
02:18:35,719 --> 02:18:39,319
He's had to go on and play professional overseas. Manual

2960
02:18:39,399 --> 02:18:42,879
Sharp Struggles was one for ten yesterday, one for six

2961
02:18:42,920 --> 02:18:46,239
from three. Man Zuzan doesn't do as much scoring as

2962
02:18:46,280 --> 02:18:48,360
maybe they thought he was going to. It's still a

2963
02:18:48,440 --> 02:18:51,639
really good team. Still plays very hard, still rebounds very

2964
02:18:51,719 --> 02:18:54,559
very well. Turnover numbers are a little higher than they're

2965
02:18:54,559 --> 02:18:58,280
supposed to be, but they only had eight yesterday. They

2966
02:18:58,360 --> 02:19:00,360
just got beat up by a really good basket team

2967
02:19:00,399 --> 02:19:03,440
on their home floor. And they basically and again I

2968
02:19:03,559 --> 02:19:05,639
I kind of did this sight unseen because I was

2969
02:19:05,719 --> 02:19:07,600
calling the Rockets game last night. And that's why I thought,

2970
02:19:07,680 --> 02:19:09,959
you guys can maybe give me a better perspective that

2971
02:19:10,000 --> 02:19:13,200
I can even give. Is that they made Kingston Jennings

2972
02:19:13,799 --> 02:19:17,280
beat them. They said, we're going to do everything we

2973
02:19:17,399 --> 02:19:19,840
can to make life it's difficult for you. Flemings goes up,

2974
02:19:19,840 --> 02:19:22,719
puts up eighteen shots, gets sixteen points, so he's only

2975
02:19:22,760 --> 02:19:27,479
six of eighteen. I just don't you know, there's just

2976
02:19:27,799 --> 02:19:31,440
there's no there's not enough offense. And Senior's gonna step

2977
02:19:31,479 --> 02:19:33,479
it up a little bit. Uh, you got to get

2978
02:19:33,600 --> 02:19:34,959
sharp out of this funk. And I got to look

2979
02:19:34,959 --> 02:19:36,479
at his stats. I want to look at his numbers

2980
02:19:36,559 --> 02:19:40,479
in terms of where he is from a season stat line. Here,

2981
02:19:40,559 --> 02:19:44,360
let me look at doing this live on the air. Here,

2982
02:19:44,440 --> 02:19:46,399
this is not the greatest thing in the world. Uh

2983
02:19:46,719 --> 02:19:49,879
Manuel Sharp from three still shoot thirty seven percent, that's good.

2984
02:19:50,559 --> 02:19:54,799
Forty one percent overall from the floor, that's okay. Uh

2985
02:19:55,200 --> 02:19:58,440
Ouzon is at thirty eight percent from the floor and

2986
02:19:58,520 --> 02:20:03,040
thirty four from three. You like better than that. The

2987
02:20:03,159 --> 02:20:05,719
reality is the Cougars will go as far as they're

2988
02:20:06,079 --> 02:20:08,639
all American freshmen will go take them, and that's Kingston Jennings.

2989
02:20:10,520 --> 02:20:11,840
But I think there is a little bit to it.

2990
02:20:11,879 --> 02:20:13,440
I think there is a you know, there is a

2991
02:20:13,479 --> 02:20:16,200
little bit of that low block moxie that has been

2992
02:20:16,280 --> 02:20:18,280
missing that the team has been able to rely on

2993
02:20:18,360 --> 02:20:20,280
over the last couple of years. And Socco has been

2994
02:20:20,280 --> 02:20:21,799
trying to do the best he can, especially when he

2995
02:20:21,879 --> 02:20:24,239
comes in for Tugler, who's had some foul trouble more

2996
02:20:24,280 --> 02:20:27,840
times than not. But he doesn't provide much offense either.

2997
02:20:28,920 --> 02:20:30,600
I mean, you had three guys in your lineup that

2998
02:20:30,719 --> 02:20:34,360
score in double figures. But Flemings has been the most

2999
02:20:34,399 --> 02:20:36,040
consistent in the group, even though he had to take

3000
02:20:36,120 --> 02:20:38,079
up and take a lot of shots yesterday to get

3001
02:20:38,079 --> 02:20:38,600
to his number.

3002
02:20:39,360 --> 02:20:40,360
Speaker 3: Thank you for the phone call.

3003
02:20:40,639 --> 02:20:44,520
Speaker 2: I'm still behind him. And look if you would have

3004
02:20:44,559 --> 02:20:45,879
told me a week and a half ago that everyone

3005
02:20:45,920 --> 02:20:49,319
lose all three games. I would have been happy, which

3006
02:20:49,319 --> 02:20:51,280
I'm not happy now, but I wouldn't have been totally

3007
02:20:51,399 --> 02:20:56,440
surprised by it. I mean, that's three top twenty teams

3008
02:20:56,840 --> 02:21:03,520
in ten days. Again, I ask you, does North Carolina

3009
02:21:03,600 --> 02:21:08,079
does Duke? There's a Michigan does a Does anybody run

3010
02:21:08,159 --> 02:21:09,639
through that? I mean, look at Iowa State. They beat

3011
02:21:09,639 --> 02:21:12,520
the Cougars on Monday last week on their home floor.

3012
02:21:12,799 --> 02:21:14,719
They go to BYU and get beat by the Cougars.

3013
02:21:14,760 --> 02:21:14,920
Speaker 12: There.

3014
02:21:16,040 --> 02:21:20,319
Speaker 2: The Big Twelve is filthy, absolutely filthy. And I will say,

3015
02:21:21,040 --> 02:21:23,840
because my glass is half full in the Cougars, that

3016
02:21:24,000 --> 02:21:26,280
this will get them ready for the tournament, whether it

3017
02:21:26,319 --> 02:21:29,239
be the Big Twelve tournament and more importantly the NCAA tournament.

3018
02:21:30,840 --> 02:21:33,799
Speaker 3: So yeah, I'm I disappointed, of course, but.

3019
02:21:35,680 --> 02:21:39,159
Speaker 2: They're not the overall favorite to make it to the

3020
02:21:39,200 --> 02:21:43,760
final four. In fact, I will tell you this right now.

3021
02:21:44,799 --> 02:21:48,680
The uh what did I see the latest numbers?

3022
02:21:48,719 --> 02:21:48,799
Speaker 21: Oh?

3023
02:21:48,840 --> 02:21:49,159
Speaker 3: Here it is.

3024
02:21:49,280 --> 02:21:53,600
Speaker 2: This is college basketball's favorites to win the tournament. Michigan

3025
02:21:53,719 --> 02:21:55,040
is three and a half to one to win it,

3026
02:21:56,079 --> 02:21:59,159
Duke is four and a half to one, Arizona's five

3027
02:21:59,239 --> 02:21:59,520
to one.

3028
02:22:00,159 --> 02:22:00,799
Speaker 3: US are eight to one.

3029
02:22:01,280 --> 02:22:03,879
Speaker 2: So even despite the three losses, they're still protected to

3030
02:22:03,879 --> 02:22:07,479
be number two seeds, and because of their experience generally

3031
02:22:07,479 --> 02:22:10,399
speaking about the use of the freshman they're expecting to

3032
02:22:10,399 --> 02:22:11,360
make a deep tournament run.

3033
02:22:12,079 --> 02:22:16,760
Speaker 3: Let's go to Larry in spring on seven. Larry, good, afternoon.

3034
02:22:17,959 --> 02:22:19,959
Speaker 6: Hey see how you doing that, good friend?

3035
02:22:19,959 --> 02:22:20,280
Speaker 7: How are you?

3036
02:22:21,559 --> 02:22:25,399
Speaker 6: I'm good, I'm good. Thank you? Uh mt Now you

3037
02:22:25,520 --> 02:22:29,040
have to remember, what do you say doing football season,

3038
02:22:29,479 --> 02:22:32,600
well before the football season, in the preseason.

3039
02:22:32,920 --> 02:22:35,920
Speaker 3: It's just the preseason. Yes, right, exactly.

3040
02:22:36,479 --> 02:22:41,639
Speaker 6: Calm down, everything's going to be all right and gets

3041
02:22:41,799 --> 02:22:43,639
really better, man.

3042
02:22:43,719 --> 02:22:45,479
Speaker 2: Thank you, Larry. Nice here from the man. Take care

3043
02:22:45,520 --> 02:22:48,040
of yourself. Yeah, uh just texted back of Ross. He's

3044
02:22:48,040 --> 02:22:50,600
going to take one more day off tomorrow. Look, Flues,

3045
02:22:51,440 --> 02:22:53,399
you just can't recover in a day. It's just impossible.

3046
02:22:53,479 --> 02:22:55,200
So it's we've got a shorter show tomorrow, so to

3047
02:22:55,360 --> 02:22:57,520
just be me and Jonathan for a couple hours before

3048
02:22:57,520 --> 02:22:59,520
we get you to Astro spring training. And if they

3049
02:22:59,520 --> 02:23:04,040
don't win tomorrow, we're hitting the panic button. It's not

3050
02:23:04,159 --> 02:23:09,879
really four right, See, if they lose this game, don't

3051
02:23:09,920 --> 02:23:12,639
bring that up. Yeah, you're right, you're right, you're right

3052
02:23:12,680 --> 02:23:16,000
one time. Oh, look at this top of the fourth,

3053
02:23:16,600 --> 02:23:20,719
runners at first and third. There's action going right now.

3054
02:23:21,120 --> 02:23:23,319
Oh you know what, let's can we can we can

3055
02:23:23,399 --> 02:23:25,079
you pop up the other room if for just a second,

3056
02:23:25,239 --> 02:23:26,440
put it up and see what's going on.

3057
02:23:27,239 --> 02:23:30,000
Speaker 3: Jeremy Page is at the plate. Do you want to

3058
02:23:30,040 --> 02:23:30,159
do that?

3059
02:23:30,280 --> 02:23:30,600
Speaker 2: Jonathan?

3060
02:23:30,600 --> 02:23:31,639
Speaker 3: You know how to put the studio in the other

3061
02:23:31,719 --> 02:23:33,920
room on for the astros.

3062
02:23:35,920 --> 02:23:41,000
Speaker 2: I guess the answer is no. Maybe possibly he's looking

3063
02:23:41,920 --> 02:23:45,000
and it's at the computer screen. It's frozen. No, I'm

3064
02:23:45,000 --> 02:23:49,760
looking at all right, because I need something positive in

3065
02:23:49,840 --> 02:23:54,840
my life. My partner's got illing. My rockets turned the

3066
02:23:54,879 --> 02:23:58,079
ball over twenty seven times. My Cougars have lost three

3067
02:23:58,120 --> 02:24:02,239
straight games. It's a top of the fourth in a

3068
02:24:02,280 --> 02:24:04,639
spring training game in late February, and my squad's down

3069
02:24:04,680 --> 02:24:09,760
five to nothing. All right, I guess we're not gonna

3070
02:24:09,760 --> 02:24:11,760
able to do it. We should learn that for thingst

3071
02:24:11,760 --> 02:24:16,520
time spent, something specially could be happening. Jeremy Payne, it's

3072
02:24:16,520 --> 02:24:21,040
a two to two count anxious people around this town.

3073
02:24:22,799 --> 02:24:24,840
Sports Talk seven and I will talk to a ponder.

3074
02:24:25,440 --> 02:24:27,200
He wants me to calm down. You want me to

3075
02:24:27,280 --> 02:24:29,120
calm down with my Astros down five nothing in the

3076
02:24:29,159 --> 02:24:29,840
spring training game.

3077
02:24:29,879 --> 02:24:32,479
Speaker 3: Is that what you want? We'll see if I can

3078
02:24:32,520 --> 02:24:42,040
do it next. Oh, it's a new day in Age town, baby.

3079
02:24:44,319 --> 02:24:49,239
I told you the Astros are down five nothing. They

3080
02:24:49,280 --> 02:24:52,920
score a run on the top of the force. Zach

3081
02:24:53,120 --> 02:24:55,719
Cole got hit by a pitch for the bases loaded.

3082
02:24:57,200 --> 02:24:59,479
That's a harderned RBI.

3083
02:25:01,280 --> 02:25:06,440
Speaker 2: Five to one, bottom of the fourth. There is renewed

3084
02:25:06,520 --> 02:25:09,920
optimism in the Age, baby. We can come back and

3085
02:25:09,959 --> 02:25:14,959
win this thing. We come together strong as one Astro

3086
02:25:15,159 --> 02:25:21,559
fan group. Thanks to and I gotta get his name right?

3087
02:25:21,639 --> 02:25:25,879
Is I don't want to butcher it? Kaiwei ting No,

3088
02:25:26,040 --> 02:25:29,399
thanks to you, Jonathan Alexander or Jays Alexander. Order for you,

3089
02:25:29,520 --> 02:25:33,440
Johathan Alexander for that matter. Three in the bus, I

3090
02:25:33,559 --> 02:25:34,559
just forgot your name.

3091
02:25:34,879 --> 02:25:35,239
Speaker 3: All right?

3092
02:25:35,360 --> 02:25:38,200
Speaker 2: Seven one three two one two five seven dotty believe

3093
02:25:38,200 --> 02:25:40,200
it or not. All things about Jubari Smith coming up

3094
02:25:40,239 --> 02:25:41,799
in about fifteen minutes here on the show.

3095
02:25:42,120 --> 02:25:44,879
Speaker 3: Let's go to Baketown, Texas. Ponder what's going on?

3096
02:25:46,680 --> 02:25:49,600
Speaker 7: Bat Yes, sir, calm down, No.

3097
02:25:49,840 --> 02:25:52,639
Speaker 3: I will not come down. My squad is five down,

3098
02:25:52,760 --> 02:25:54,159
five to one. What are you talking about?

3099
02:25:55,559 --> 02:25:55,840
Speaker 6: Listen?

3100
02:25:55,959 --> 02:25:56,639
Speaker 2: Dude, I like.

3101
02:25:57,079 --> 02:25:59,319
Speaker 21: Look Gary's take, while Ago I loved it.

3102
02:25:59,479 --> 02:26:03,040
Speaker 22: But I gonna tell you that as much as as

3103
02:26:03,120 --> 02:26:06,040
much of an optimistic Astros fan as I am, I

3104
02:26:06,280 --> 02:26:08,319
like how he says, wait till the end, we're gonna

3105
02:26:08,319 --> 02:26:08,840
be just fine.

3106
02:26:09,200 --> 02:26:10,319
Speaker 6: Where were we last season?

3107
02:26:10,520 --> 02:26:11,360
Speaker 7: We were not fine.

3108
02:26:11,760 --> 02:26:15,079
Speaker 10: We were not fine. However, however, I.

3109
02:26:15,159 --> 02:26:18,520
Speaker 22: Need you to rest in peace on this. There is

3110
02:26:18,639 --> 02:26:21,479
no way of the nine different starters that are going

3111
02:26:21,559 --> 02:26:24,959
to be competing for probably a six man rotation, that

3112
02:26:25,159 --> 02:26:27,799
the one guy that looks like Mike Fires is gonna

3113
02:26:27,840 --> 02:26:28,639
be in that rotation.

3114
02:26:29,120 --> 02:26:32,639
Speaker 2: No, sir, no way you bring that up with Chris Gordy.

3115
02:26:32,639 --> 02:26:34,559
He's the one that told earlier that that's gonna happen.

3116
02:26:34,600 --> 02:26:36,040
I don't believe him, but he's someone that said it,

3117
02:26:36,120 --> 02:26:36,319
not me.

3118
02:26:37,200 --> 02:26:38,479
Speaker 6: Well, and you're and you're right.

3119
02:26:38,520 --> 02:26:40,639
Speaker 22: You told Gary Gordy knows ball and he does no ball.

3120
02:26:40,760 --> 02:26:44,159
But there's no way, there's no way to say that

3121
02:26:44,239 --> 02:26:46,079
he's going to start over. And I do have a

3122
02:26:46,159 --> 02:26:47,760
question for you, and I'll hang up and listen after

3123
02:26:47,799 --> 02:26:51,600
I say this. There's no way that that Lance McCullers

3124
02:26:52,079 --> 02:26:53,520
is going to ride the pine on the amount of

3125
02:26:53,559 --> 02:26:57,040
money that he's making But to Jason Alexander, I don't

3126
02:26:57,040 --> 02:26:59,719
think that Jason Alexander won't necessarily be I don't know

3127
02:26:59,760 --> 02:27:02,719
when Ayden was Netski's gonna come back any or any

3128
02:27:02,760 --> 02:27:05,360
other injury for that matter, but he may open up

3129
02:27:05,399 --> 02:27:08,079
as a six man rotational starter early in the season.

3130
02:27:08,479 --> 02:27:10,840
But when those guys, all nine guys are fully healthy,

3131
02:27:10,879 --> 02:27:13,520
assuming that all happens once, there's no way he's sniffing

3132
02:27:13,559 --> 02:27:14,520
this from starting rotation.

3133
02:27:16,159 --> 02:27:16,200
Speaker 7: No.

3134
02:27:16,959 --> 02:27:19,799
Speaker 2: The reality here's the reality of it, Ponter, is that

3135
02:27:19,879 --> 02:27:21,360
you're gonna have guys that are gonna get hurt.

3136
02:27:21,399 --> 02:27:22,399
Speaker 3: That's first and foremost.

3137
02:27:22,799 --> 02:27:24,680
Speaker 2: Secondly, there's gonna be a long stretch of games with

3138
02:27:24,799 --> 02:27:27,440
the Astros need to go with a six man rotations

3139
02:27:27,479 --> 02:27:31,000
happening more and more in baseball than ever, and you've

3140
02:27:31,079 --> 02:27:34,440
got to get something out of that. Lance mccutter's contract

3141
02:27:34,520 --> 02:27:37,559
door towards the end. I'm not overly hopeful or excited

3142
02:27:37,559 --> 02:27:40,760
about it, but the reality is he's gonna get that money.

3143
02:27:40,799 --> 02:27:42,200
You might as well try to get some value out

3144
02:27:42,200 --> 02:27:44,639
of him. And you already know he doesn't like the bullpen,

3145
02:27:44,799 --> 02:27:47,719
so let's give him every opportunity to have a great offseason,

3146
02:27:47,760 --> 02:27:50,680
which he's had, he hasn't wasn't hurt. He's not behind

3147
02:27:50,719 --> 02:27:53,120
in his throwing, he's not behind in his rehab. He's

3148
02:27:53,159 --> 02:27:56,159
not worried about this. I would say you got to

3149
02:27:56,200 --> 02:27:59,520
be as optimistic as possible, But to say that this

3150
02:27:59,639 --> 02:28:01,559
is gonna be the greatest comeback for a picture in

3151
02:28:01,600 --> 02:28:03,479
Major league history, I don't think that's going to be

3152
02:28:03,520 --> 02:28:05,000
a scenario under any circumstance.

3153
02:28:06,159 --> 02:28:08,520
Speaker 22: No, I'm just hoping he has a great first quarter

3154
02:28:08,639 --> 02:28:10,639
and they can trade for a six round draft pick

3155
02:28:10,760 --> 02:28:11,200
or something like.

3156
02:28:12,040 --> 02:28:14,360
Speaker 2: Yeah, you can't trade for draft picks. But yeah, I

3157
02:28:14,399 --> 02:28:15,200
understand what you're saying.

3158
02:28:15,280 --> 02:28:15,639
Speaker 3: I get it.

3159
02:28:15,799 --> 02:28:17,559
Speaker 22: Well, you know, I mean, you're right, you're right, but

3160
02:28:17,959 --> 02:28:20,079
prospect excuse me, Yeah, he makes sense.

3161
02:28:20,520 --> 02:28:23,680
Speaker 2: Yeah, that makes sense. Thanks for the phone call, my question, Yeah,

3162
02:28:23,719 --> 02:28:24,399
go ahead.

3163
02:28:24,159 --> 02:28:24,520
Speaker 22: Yes, sir?

3164
02:28:25,360 --> 02:28:30,000
Speaker 6: Okay, Well look, so my question is with the with the.

3165
02:28:31,879 --> 02:28:37,399
Speaker 22: The Paradas, I'll two a slash uh your on issue

3166
02:28:37,959 --> 02:28:39,399
and this is and I'll hang up and listen.

3167
02:28:39,559 --> 02:28:40,840
Speaker 11: Why why have we not?

3168
02:28:41,239 --> 02:28:43,120
Speaker 22: Because you can't put him on the dah spot at

3169
02:28:43,120 --> 02:28:45,479
the same time you're gonna play Paradis in the field.

3170
02:28:45,959 --> 02:28:46,959
Speaker 6: We've got a logjam.

3171
02:28:47,000 --> 02:28:49,639
Speaker 22: We're having Pena and Korea. Who's a long term shortstop

3172
02:28:49,719 --> 02:28:53,639
for Houston. Paradis is probably a third. What are we

3173
02:28:53,719 --> 02:28:56,440
doing at second? Why have we not at least looked

3174
02:28:56,479 --> 02:28:59,680
at the option of making Paradis a first baseman, or

3175
02:28:59,760 --> 02:29:02,000
make You're on a first baseman so that we can

3176
02:29:02,040 --> 02:29:04,000
clear the room for a DH and a person on

3177
02:29:04,159 --> 02:29:07,360
the field without putting them through putting them up for

3178
02:29:07,440 --> 02:29:08,799
an injury plague position.

3179
02:29:08,920 --> 02:29:10,120
Speaker 15: And I'll hang up on the same thank.

3180
02:29:10,040 --> 02:29:11,000
Speaker 3: You Potter for the phone call.

3181
02:29:11,840 --> 02:29:15,520
Speaker 2: There'll be no conversation about you're not on playing first

3182
02:29:15,559 --> 02:29:19,440
base that has been that has been a talking point

3183
02:29:20,520 --> 02:29:24,719
for US fans and for a selected media for many years.

3184
02:29:26,799 --> 02:29:29,920
The answer is, I don't think they think he's got

3185
02:29:29,959 --> 02:29:35,239
the footwork to play first base. First base when we

3186
02:29:35,319 --> 02:29:37,120
were growing up was oh, you put the fat guy

3187
02:29:37,159 --> 02:29:37,760
at first base.

3188
02:29:39,000 --> 02:29:42,360
Speaker 3: It's not like that anymore. I'm not saying it's.

3189
02:29:42,680 --> 02:29:45,639
Speaker 2: Can't be achieved, but if you're a minus defender to

3190
02:29:45,680 --> 02:29:51,760
begin with, there are intricacies to first base that just

3191
02:29:51,879 --> 02:29:55,360
sometimes can't be taught. But there has been no real,

3192
02:29:55,520 --> 02:29:59,120
at least public sentiment from the organization, whether it's been

3193
02:29:59,200 --> 02:30:02,600
Jeff Leno or as a general manager, whether it has

3194
02:30:02,719 --> 02:30:07,479
been James click as a general manager or Daniel Brown

3195
02:30:07,559 --> 02:30:11,360
that says Jordon's gonna be a first baseman. Eastock parties

3196
02:30:11,559 --> 02:30:16,479
can play first base. If Christian Walker super struggles out

3197
02:30:16,520 --> 02:30:18,799
of the gate, you will see Estoch party is playing

3198
02:30:18,840 --> 02:30:24,879
first base because he's a natural infielder. Now Paridi is

3199
02:30:24,879 --> 02:30:27,280
a second base I ain't buying, but you know what,

3200
02:30:27,479 --> 02:30:31,559
you never know things, Strange things can happen. Cam Smith

3201
02:30:31,559 --> 02:30:34,639
today's playing center field. I kind of pencil him as

3202
02:30:34,639 --> 02:30:36,920
your right fielder for the foreseeable future as long as

3203
02:30:36,959 --> 02:30:39,719
he makes the roster coming out of spring training. So

3204
02:30:40,559 --> 02:30:46,000
the Jordon conversation will be his career will be primarily

3205
02:30:46,079 --> 02:30:49,360
DH occasional left field unless he gets grumpy and says

3206
02:30:49,360 --> 02:30:51,319
I want to play more left field. He always wants

3207
02:30:51,319 --> 02:30:53,200
to play left field, but they want to keep him

3208
02:30:53,239 --> 02:30:55,120
up right as as much as possible, and they think

3209
02:30:55,159 --> 02:30:59,200
that the risk of him not playing left field would

3210
02:30:59,200 --> 02:31:02,520
also also help him try to stay in play longer

3211
02:31:02,760 --> 02:31:04,239
over the course of the year. Although most of his

3212
02:31:04,360 --> 02:31:06,680
injuries have occurred well on the base pass and not

3213
02:31:06,719 --> 02:31:08,760
anything to do with his outfield, as he even said.

3214
02:31:10,719 --> 02:31:14,360
But first, based on a conversation piece, Perettis could be

3215
02:31:14,399 --> 02:31:17,479
a first base conversation piece, and the reality is, ponder.

3216
02:31:18,799 --> 02:31:21,799
My guess is the Astros would rather have traded putting

3217
02:31:21,879 --> 02:31:23,639
up Christian Walker on the trade block. But he's got

3218
02:31:23,639 --> 02:31:25,680
two years off on a contract with twenty million dollars

3219
02:31:25,719 --> 02:31:29,600
a year, and that's going to require the Astros picking

3220
02:31:29,680 --> 02:31:31,280
up some of the salary, or if not most of

3221
02:31:31,360 --> 02:31:36,360
it for the team that is trying to acquire Christian Walker.

3222
02:31:38,239 --> 02:31:46,079
Easier to trade parrettis more upside, paraitis. That's really the

3223
02:31:46,200 --> 02:31:48,600
most simplic way I can put it to you. Let's

3224
02:31:48,639 --> 02:31:51,239
go to Keith on seven ninety Keith. What do you

3225
02:31:51,319 --> 02:31:51,719
got today?

3226
02:31:53,319 --> 02:31:55,520
Speaker 11: Hey man? We got me and my wife got some

3227
02:31:55,879 --> 02:32:04,079
great thickets from for tomorrow's game. I wanted to see

3228
02:32:04,159 --> 02:32:05,360
how do we come up there?

3229
02:32:05,399 --> 02:32:05,760
Speaker 6: To see?

3230
02:32:06,440 --> 02:32:07,479
Speaker 11: Where do we Where do we go?

3231
02:32:08,040 --> 02:32:08,159
Speaker 2: Uh?

3232
02:32:08,319 --> 02:32:09,719
Speaker 3: What section are you going to be in?

3233
02:32:11,159 --> 02:32:16,840
Speaker 11: We want on one? Uh each twenty eight twenty eight?

3234
02:32:17,479 --> 02:32:19,120
Speaker 2: Oh, look at you to tell me exactly where you're

3235
02:32:19,120 --> 02:32:22,159
gonna be? All right, well, I'm in the East Club.

3236
02:32:22,200 --> 02:32:24,000
Can you get to the East Club? Is that impossible?

3237
02:32:25,959 --> 02:32:26,280
Speaker 6: I don't know.

3238
02:32:26,360 --> 02:32:28,280
Speaker 11: I how do you get to it from there? From

3239
02:32:28,319 --> 02:32:28,799
where I'm at?

3240
02:32:30,360 --> 02:32:32,760
Speaker 3: I don't run the bill. You're you're you're on the baseline.

3241
02:32:34,120 --> 02:32:34,559
How about this?

3242
02:32:34,719 --> 02:32:36,399
Speaker 2: Why don't you I'm gonna put you on hole Keith,

3243
02:32:36,879 --> 02:32:39,719
get your number and I will Johnson will give me

3244
02:32:39,719 --> 02:32:41,879
your number and I will text you when I can

3245
02:32:41,920 --> 02:32:42,799
come by and say hello to you.

3246
02:32:42,840 --> 02:32:43,239
Speaker 3: How about that?

3247
02:32:44,399 --> 02:32:45,719
Speaker 7: Okay, that'd be fantastic.

3248
02:32:46,040 --> 02:32:48,120
Speaker 3: I am a full service. I will come. I will

3249
02:32:48,159 --> 02:32:49,639
come to your section. How about that?

3250
02:32:52,559 --> 02:32:53,520
Speaker 11: We don't want one?

3251
02:32:55,040 --> 02:32:57,280
Speaker 3: Is that your wife in the car? Let me talk

3252
02:32:57,280 --> 02:32:58,799
to you? Let me is your wife in the car

3253
02:32:58,840 --> 02:33:01,840
with you right now? Just let me talk to her?

3254
02:33:02,799 --> 02:33:03,680
What is your name? Man?

3255
02:33:04,719 --> 02:33:05,159
Speaker 4: Phyllis?

3256
02:33:06,239 --> 02:33:10,280
Speaker 3: Phyllis? Your husband's is nuts? Sometimes you understand this, right?

3257
02:33:11,319 --> 02:33:15,799
Speaker 2: I love him, I'd expect nothing, but but he's crazy,

3258
02:33:20,360 --> 02:33:23,079
y'all don't Yeah, but he has some crazy ass takes.

3259
02:33:23,079 --> 02:33:24,799
Does he ever give you some crazy ass arguments? And

3260
02:33:24,840 --> 02:33:26,239
y'allre having dinner at the at the house?

3261
02:33:29,079 --> 02:33:31,159
Speaker 7: Crazy? How long?

3262
02:33:31,319 --> 02:33:32,440
Speaker 3: How long have y'all been married?

3263
02:33:34,399 --> 02:33:35,040
Speaker 20: Three years?

3264
02:33:35,520 --> 02:33:35,799
Speaker 3: Three?

3265
02:33:37,399 --> 02:33:37,520
Speaker 7: Uh?

3266
02:33:37,600 --> 02:33:37,760
Speaker 17: Huh?

3267
02:33:38,120 --> 02:33:41,399
Speaker 3: We knew we were really where'd y'all? Where did y'all meet?

3268
02:33:44,120 --> 02:33:45,959
Speaker 12: We met on one of those sites.

3269
02:33:46,239 --> 02:33:49,440
Speaker 3: Oh what kind of sights y'all talk about with y'all? Selacious?

3270
02:33:50,879 --> 02:33:52,879
Speaker 7: Not well, not no bad sight?

3271
02:33:53,000 --> 02:33:57,280
Speaker 17: I mean, you know, where m black people meet.

3272
02:33:57,799 --> 02:33:59,680
Speaker 3: Okay, so who pursued who more?

3273
02:33:59,799 --> 02:33:59,840
Speaker 6: You?

3274
02:34:00,120 --> 02:34:01,680
Speaker 3: Are you for him or him for you?

3275
02:34:03,319 --> 02:34:04,920
Speaker 7: Well, of course I'm gonna say him for me.

3276
02:34:10,559 --> 02:34:12,000
Speaker 13: I'm seeing to be good for you to come and

3277
02:34:12,079 --> 02:34:12,520
meet him so.

3278
02:34:12,639 --> 02:34:13,159
Speaker 11: You can see.

3279
02:34:13,319 --> 02:34:13,959
Speaker 12: I want to see.

3280
02:34:14,040 --> 02:34:15,719
Speaker 3: I want to I want to see who I kicked,

3281
02:34:15,719 --> 02:34:16,920
who's covered? You know what I'm saying.

3282
02:34:19,879 --> 02:34:21,440
Speaker 2: All right, I'm gonna put you on hold, Keith, and

3283
02:34:21,520 --> 02:34:23,120
I want you to talk to Jonathan and we will

3284
02:34:23,120 --> 02:34:24,559
get your phone umber and we'll say hello to you.

3285
02:34:24,639 --> 02:34:24,879
Speaker 7: Guys.

3286
02:34:25,799 --> 02:34:27,760
Speaker 2: It's it's a meet and greet bat Monday at the

3287
02:34:27,799 --> 02:34:28,760
Wednesday Rocket game.

3288
02:34:29,319 --> 02:34:29,760
Speaker 3: How about that?

3289
02:34:31,159 --> 02:34:33,559
Speaker 2: That's right, Jonathan, I mention your girl in the Rockets game.

3290
02:34:33,760 --> 02:34:35,479
I'm a I'm a social person. I want to come

3291
02:34:35,479 --> 02:34:36,280
here and meet everybody.

3292
02:34:36,719 --> 02:34:37,399
Speaker 3: You're very pleasant.

3293
02:34:38,680 --> 02:34:40,600
Speaker 2: I tell you tell her I'm a good guy. Right

3294
02:34:40,680 --> 02:34:43,520
generally speaking. You didn't tell her about my flaws, did you?

3295
02:34:44,440 --> 02:34:46,600
Speaker 3: Okay, I know you did. Let's play believe it or not.

3296
02:34:46,719 --> 02:34:48,360
It's all things about Jabari Smith.

3297
02:34:48,399 --> 02:34:50,760
Speaker 2: That's up next one if you want to play seven

3298
02:34:50,799 --> 02:34:54,079
one three two one two five Sevenani seven one three

3299
02:34:54,200 --> 02:34:56,520
two one two five Sevanani. How well do you know

3300
02:34:56,680 --> 02:34:59,719
the Rocket's fall forward. If you know good stuff about him,

3301
02:34:59,719 --> 02:35:01,479
you have a hints, win some prizes. Next here on

3302
02:35:01,600 --> 02:35:03,079
Sports Talk seven Nuntie.

3303
02:35:05,879 --> 02:35:08,200
Speaker 3: Five minutes, I can go on the show. What should

3304
02:35:08,280 --> 02:35:13,319
we do? We should play.

3305
02:35:13,600 --> 02:35:17,120
Speaker 2: America's fastest growing sports radio game show.

3306
02:35:17,200 --> 02:35:19,000
Speaker 3: We simply called it beat Leaving It or Not. And

3307
02:35:19,079 --> 02:35:19,920
here's how it works.

3308
02:35:20,239 --> 02:35:22,799
Speaker 2: You call seven one three two one two five seven

3309
02:35:22,879 --> 02:35:25,799
ninety seven one three two, one two five seven ninety

3310
02:35:26,159 --> 02:35:28,239
Today's edition I Believe or Not is all things about

3311
02:35:28,319 --> 02:35:31,319
Jabbari Smith with a big game yesterday, I'll read your

3312
02:35:31,319 --> 02:35:33,559
saving about Jabari statements completely not only accurate.

3313
02:35:33,639 --> 02:35:35,440
Speaker 3: You'll say this, believe it if the same as e.

3314
02:35:35,520 --> 02:35:38,559
Roneus foot of Bunking made up. You'll say this too,

3315
02:35:38,639 --> 02:35:39,920
Believe it or not in a roll, will win you.

3316
02:35:40,000 --> 02:35:43,040
Speaker 2: A terrific prize and you'll be playing today. Four Either

3317
02:35:43,040 --> 02:35:45,280
a seven ninety t shirt a pair of tickets to

3318
02:35:45,319 --> 02:35:49,479
see Rascal Flats March fourth, Army Armed Force Appreciation Day

3319
02:35:49,479 --> 02:35:51,719
at Rodeo Houston. If you want to get tickets for

3320
02:35:51,799 --> 02:35:54,239
any Rodeo Houston event, go to Rodeo Houston dot com

3321
02:35:54,479 --> 02:35:57,959
or see a pair of tickets. Partake in the Santana

3322
02:35:58,040 --> 02:36:01,840
Doobie Brothers Concert Live a twenty first at the Woodlands Pavilion.

3323
02:36:02,120 --> 02:36:05,799
Tickets are now on sale at ticketmaster dot com. Seven

3324
02:36:05,879 --> 02:36:09,079
one three, two one two five seven Ninti Chris on

3325
02:36:09,200 --> 02:36:10,559
seven Ninti Chris, you're ready to play.

3326
02:36:10,600 --> 02:36:11,079
Speaker 3: Believe it or not?

3327
02:36:12,399 --> 02:36:12,760
Speaker 7: Believe it?

3328
02:36:13,079 --> 02:36:15,639
Speaker 2: Chris, good luck to you. Here's your first one. Jabari

3329
02:36:15,760 --> 02:36:18,040
is six feet nine inches tall.

3330
02:36:18,200 --> 02:36:19,000
Speaker 3: Believe it or not?

3331
02:36:20,360 --> 02:36:20,719
Speaker 7: Believe it?

3332
02:36:21,040 --> 02:36:28,559
Speaker 3: No, he's six eleven. Come on, now you know man's height. Yikes.

3333
02:36:30,040 --> 02:36:32,479
Philip on seven Anti Philip, You're ready to play. Believe

3334
02:36:32,479 --> 02:36:32,680
it or not.

3335
02:36:35,120 --> 02:36:38,239
Speaker 2: Jabbari has his high school jersey number ten, retired in

3336
02:36:38,360 --> 02:36:39,239
Tyrom Georgia.

3337
02:36:39,440 --> 02:36:44,959
Speaker 3: Believe it or not, Believe it, believe it, staying.

3338
02:36:44,799 --> 02:36:48,479
Speaker 2: Number two for the way, and Jabbari's distant cousin, Kwame Brown,

3339
02:36:48,680 --> 02:36:50,719
was the first overall pick in the two thousand and

3340
02:36:50,760 --> 02:36:52,000
one NBA draft.

3341
02:36:52,159 --> 02:36:52,920
Speaker 3: Believe it or not?

3342
02:36:54,319 --> 02:36:54,360
Speaker 7: Not?

3343
02:36:55,079 --> 02:36:58,159
Speaker 3: Oh yeah, I'm so sorry. Thank you for playing.

3344
02:37:00,520 --> 02:37:03,000
Speaker 2: Josh on seven ninety Josh, what was your favorite part

3345
02:37:03,040 --> 02:37:04,680
of today's ten to two radio show?

3346
02:37:06,159 --> 02:37:07,280
Speaker 7: Oh, Brad, horrible?

3347
02:37:07,399 --> 02:37:10,600
Speaker 2: Take Jabari Smith's favorite food is chicken wings.

3348
02:37:10,760 --> 02:37:15,559
Speaker 3: Believe it or not, Believe it, believe it.

3349
02:37:15,719 --> 02:37:17,719
Speaker 2: I want to give you the prizes for what you said,

3350
02:37:17,760 --> 02:37:18,239
but I can't.

3351
02:37:18,360 --> 02:37:21,840
Speaker 3: Here we go, statement number you know what, Matt, Statement

3352
02:37:21,920 --> 02:37:22,840
number two for the win.

3353
02:37:23,479 --> 02:37:26,680
Speaker 2: Jabbari had offers out of high school from schools like Tulane,

3354
02:37:27,120 --> 02:37:30,360
Southern miss and Florida Gulf Coast. His only powerfour offer

3355
02:37:30,760 --> 02:37:32,360
was from Auburn Believe it or Not?

3356
02:37:33,920 --> 02:37:34,600
Speaker 7: I to believe it?

3357
02:37:34,840 --> 02:37:42,319
Speaker 3: No, Yeah, nine Power four offers poor Josh Andrew on

3358
02:37:42,479 --> 02:37:43,920
seven ninety Andrew, You're ready to play.

3359
02:37:43,959 --> 02:37:46,280
Speaker 7: Believe it or not? Believe it.

3360
02:37:46,639 --> 02:37:49,239
Speaker 2: Jabbari is an avid ping pong player and once won

3361
02:37:49,280 --> 02:37:51,879
a pre tournament event before the start of an NCAA

3362
02:37:52,000 --> 02:37:53,840
regional in Charlotte, North Carolina.

3363
02:37:54,040 --> 02:37:54,799
Speaker 3: Believe it or not?

3364
02:37:56,440 --> 02:37:58,120
Speaker 11: Not not up?

3365
02:37:58,600 --> 02:37:59,680
Speaker 3: Statement number two for the win.

3366
02:38:00,079 --> 02:38:02,920
Speaker 2: Bari has a younger sister who currently plays volleyball as

3367
02:38:02,920 --> 02:38:04,920
an outside hitter at South Alabama.

3368
02:38:05,120 --> 02:38:05,920
Speaker 3: Believe it or not.

3369
02:38:08,200 --> 02:38:08,600
Speaker 6: Believe it?

3370
02:38:08,879 --> 02:38:13,159
Speaker 3: No, I made that up. I'm sorry. See Frost takes

3371
02:38:13,200 --> 02:38:14,879
a pleasure in it. I don't like it.

3372
02:38:15,000 --> 02:38:19,000
Speaker 2: I want to give away prizes, all right, ca So

3373
02:38:19,200 --> 02:38:21,000
this is your one shot. You're ready to play, Believe

3374
02:38:21,000 --> 02:38:21,239
it or not.

3375
02:38:22,520 --> 02:38:24,159
Speaker 7: I'm gonna let missus Koso take it.

3376
02:38:25,000 --> 02:38:26,159
Speaker 3: Missus put her on the phone.

3377
02:38:27,120 --> 02:38:28,000
Speaker 7: She's here, she's here.

3378
02:38:28,159 --> 02:38:31,719
Speaker 3: What's her name? This is Mia? Mia.

3379
02:38:31,840 --> 02:38:32,200
Speaker 6: Here we go.

3380
02:38:33,200 --> 02:38:37,200
Speaker 2: Career high for Jabari Smith in a game thirty four

3381
02:38:37,239 --> 02:38:39,559
against the Atlanta Hawks in twenty twenty three.

3382
02:38:39,760 --> 02:38:45,639
Speaker 3: Believe it or not, Believe it Tayso and the bride wind.

3383
02:38:46,520 --> 02:38:49,239
That's right, you got that right, she won. That's a believer.

3384
02:38:49,520 --> 02:38:50,559
That's all. That's that's that.

3385
02:38:50,639 --> 02:38:56,280
Speaker 2: Yeah, hit the believing so they know they won two

3386
02:38:56,399 --> 02:38:58,639
straight days on me doing believe it or not. We

3387
02:38:58,719 --> 02:39:00,360
only had one winner and it came on the very

3388
02:39:00,479 --> 02:39:03,680
last question. All right, up next, the man who's gone

3389
02:39:03,760 --> 02:39:05,120
a couple of minu are and to entertain the hell

3390
02:39:05,120 --> 02:39:06,920
out of you for four hours. Their names are Adam

3391
02:39:06,959 --> 02:39:10,319
Weser and Adam Clinton. They will break down all the

3392
02:39:10,440 --> 02:39:13,079
problems in the Astros in their five to one current

3393
02:39:13,120 --> 02:39:17,959
deficit of the New York Mets. It's bity and it's

3394
02:39:17,959 --> 02:39:19,719
here on Sports Talk seven nighty