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Let's get out to the 33 00:01:37,480 --> 00:01:41,359 hot line. Welcome in Baller shot collar the Brazilian bomber. 34 00:01:41,400 --> 00:01:43,879 We got JT for three Jonathan Tebinari on the line. JT. 35 00:01:43,959 --> 00:01:44,439 How you living? 36 00:01:45,920 --> 00:01:48,920 Speaker 1: I am doing good? Oh I thought I was a mute, 37 00:01:48,959 --> 00:01:51,239 but I am not. I am doing great, my guy? 38 00:01:51,239 --> 00:01:51,719 How are you? 39 00:01:51,959 --> 00:01:52,799 Speaker 3: I'm doing awesome? 40 00:01:52,799 --> 00:01:52,959 Speaker 1: Man? 41 00:01:53,079 --> 00:01:55,359 Speaker 3: Much love to you and your fam. How was Christmas? 42 00:01:55,400 --> 00:01:57,560 How was New Year's good? 43 00:01:57,840 --> 00:02:01,040 Speaker 1: Kirie's over here, the boys over here. He's waving to 44 00:02:01,200 --> 00:02:04,840 have me tell you. Hello. And I don't know if 45 00:02:04,840 --> 00:02:06,560 I will. I don't know if I will tell you that, 46 00:02:06,599 --> 00:02:08,840 but I'll can tell you this. It definitely didn't like 47 00:02:09,080 --> 00:02:12,919 you know, uh, Gingerbread House number eleven. I can tell 48 00:02:12,960 --> 00:02:13,280 you that. 49 00:02:14,680 --> 00:02:17,800 Speaker 3: No, did you really like Gingerbread House eleven? Or are 50 00:02:17,800 --> 00:02:19,520 you certain is that what she liked or is that 51 00:02:19,560 --> 00:02:21,280 what you guys liked her? You guys just you knew 52 00:02:21,280 --> 00:02:22,080 that one was mine. 53 00:02:23,319 --> 00:02:24,800 Speaker 1: I didn't know it. I mean, I knew it was 54 00:02:24,840 --> 00:02:27,599 yours after I tweeted at you or I texted you 55 00:02:27,680 --> 00:02:30,000 or whatever it was. And then I was like, oh, 56 00:02:30,080 --> 00:02:31,919 geez here, we didn't go with this one. That's his. 57 00:02:32,639 --> 00:02:36,039 And so I gotta tell you be that was my favorite. 58 00:02:36,080 --> 00:02:36,719 That was pretty good. 59 00:02:37,199 --> 00:02:39,560 Speaker 3: Hey, man, I like, I try really hard. 60 00:02:39,560 --> 00:02:39,680 Speaker 1: Man. 61 00:02:39,719 --> 00:02:43,000 Speaker 3: You gotta realize, I mean, I'm going against some creative 62 00:02:43,560 --> 00:02:45,599 ladies in that group. 63 00:02:45,719 --> 00:02:45,960 Speaker 1: Man. 64 00:02:46,319 --> 00:02:48,599 Speaker 3: And uh and even Trevor. Trevor's are the good. He 65 00:02:48,639 --> 00:02:51,520 played to the demographic he put like the y up 66 00:02:51,560 --> 00:02:54,159 on the on the roof. It's a it's a competitive 67 00:02:54,439 --> 00:02:58,000 it's a competitive critle Crittle gingerbread competition. 68 00:02:58,159 --> 00:03:02,360 Speaker 1: Man. Hey, And I can tell you I actually I 69 00:03:02,400 --> 00:03:05,319 actually told Kirie about it. I was like, when is 70 00:03:05,360 --> 00:03:07,479 he gonna do? It? Is best Christmas? I'm like, what 71 00:03:07,599 --> 00:03:10,639 is happening here? And so when I finally saw it, 72 00:03:10,719 --> 00:03:13,199 I'm like, oh, I was waiting for this and so. 73 00:03:14,439 --> 00:03:16,520 But I have to say, Ben, you know, since. 74 00:03:16,360 --> 00:03:20,960 Speaker 4: I am now a voting member me and we've are, 75 00:03:21,400 --> 00:03:24,759 you know, the original founding voting members of the Creek 76 00:03:24,840 --> 00:03:28,120 of the Critical Gingerbread House, you need to do pictures. 77 00:03:28,199 --> 00:03:30,360 Speaker 1: You can do video, because that takes too much of 78 00:03:30,360 --> 00:03:33,159 my time. I need you to post pictures of each 79 00:03:33,199 --> 00:03:36,879 house so it makes it easier on the voting. On 80 00:03:36,919 --> 00:03:38,800 the voting, folks, I voted. 81 00:03:38,560 --> 00:03:40,240 Speaker 3: For eleven as well, Ben, just so you know, I 82 00:03:40,280 --> 00:03:42,719 didn't know it was yours. And I'm closer than you think, Ben, 83 00:03:42,759 --> 00:03:45,199 So I just I didn't know yours was eleven, but 84 00:03:45,240 --> 00:03:46,520 I voted for check Brooks. 85 00:03:46,719 --> 00:03:47,960 Speaker 1: Dad, ooh eleven. 86 00:03:48,000 --> 00:03:48,599 Speaker 3: I like eleven. 87 00:03:48,680 --> 00:03:48,840 Speaker 1: ID. 88 00:03:50,080 --> 00:03:52,719 Speaker 3: Hey, man, I'll do better next year. You know, I'm 89 00:03:52,719 --> 00:03:55,360 still learning. You know how to how to post the 90 00:03:55,560 --> 00:03:58,639 you know, the the different houses, et cetera. So I'll 91 00:03:58,639 --> 00:04:01,479 do better next year. Man, it's a new year, it's 92 00:04:01,520 --> 00:04:04,800 a new me. I'll be better next year. JG. Well, 93 00:04:04,800 --> 00:04:07,439 I'll tell you what this bou basketball team got their 94 00:04:07,439 --> 00:04:12,120 first road win in Big twelve play. They still look like, 95 00:04:12,240 --> 00:04:16,040 I mean, a second half team. They always make adjustments, 96 00:04:16,040 --> 00:04:18,040 they're gritty, they're tenacious. They won on the road. They 97 00:04:18,040 --> 00:04:19,959 got a double digit with victory. What did you make 98 00:04:20,000 --> 00:04:22,040 of the of the win over Kansas State? What did 99 00:04:22,040 --> 00:04:22,360 you like? 100 00:04:23,879 --> 00:04:27,000 Speaker 1: So? What I liked is they didn't play particularly well 101 00:04:27,199 --> 00:04:31,120 and it wasn't a pretty game. Richie shot the bull poorly. 102 00:04:31,519 --> 00:04:35,519 Mahilo file Dowald, though he finally made a three, AJ 103 00:04:36,319 --> 00:04:38,480 wasn't very used to and weave you and I actually 104 00:04:38,480 --> 00:04:40,000 the three of us are actually going back and forth 105 00:04:40,399 --> 00:04:43,600 doing a game. AJ took a minute to get used 106 00:04:43,639 --> 00:04:47,040 to Big twelve reffing, but none of thee less day one. 107 00:04:47,519 --> 00:04:50,519 Right then, one of the reasons why you have me 108 00:04:50,560 --> 00:04:53,360 on a program is because one of the success I 109 00:04:53,360 --> 00:04:56,800 had a BYU because of my professional career. Obviously, because 110 00:04:56,839 --> 00:05:00,240 we're closed and so I'll relate to beck In when 111 00:05:00,279 --> 00:05:02,959 we were at BYU together, if you actually stopped to 112 00:05:02,959 --> 00:05:06,519 think about it, then when I was there, we never 113 00:05:06,680 --> 00:05:10,040 lost to the Colorado State, to the TCUs and the 114 00:05:10,079 --> 00:05:15,240 Wyomings and you know, and the Air Forces. Now, why 115 00:05:15,240 --> 00:05:18,279 am I saying this? Because Kansas State is not a 116 00:05:18,360 --> 00:05:21,600 fower house and it hasn't been for a few years now. 117 00:05:22,079 --> 00:05:24,720 And I'm not in no way, shape or form I'm relating, 118 00:05:24,759 --> 00:05:29,000 you know, Kansas State to Colorado State or Wyoming. But 119 00:05:29,079 --> 00:05:32,199 what I'm saying is they're not the household names, you know, 120 00:05:32,360 --> 00:05:36,240 the top ten teams that that Houston and Arizona and 121 00:05:36,279 --> 00:05:39,240 Iowa State are. And so BYU going there and taking 122 00:05:39,240 --> 00:05:41,040 care of business on the road, you know, a game 123 00:05:41,079 --> 00:05:43,319 that they absolutely needed to win to have chances to 124 00:05:44,040 --> 00:05:46,360 win the conference, they just got a job done. It 125 00:05:46,399 --> 00:05:48,959 wasn't pretty, it wasn't great, it wasn't very effective, but 126 00:05:49,000 --> 00:05:51,959 they do nonetheless did it. And so that's that's my 127 00:05:52,120 --> 00:05:54,079 favorite thing of that game, is that they got the 128 00:05:54,160 --> 00:05:54,639 job done. 129 00:05:55,680 --> 00:05:59,600 Speaker 3: They got it done. It wasn't pretty, it was beautifully ugly. 130 00:06:00,240 --> 00:06:04,360 But this team, I mean, they defended well. I mean, 131 00:06:04,439 --> 00:06:07,800 Ronald and I were discussing it, like limiting Kansas State 132 00:06:09,439 --> 00:06:13,319 to hitting I think there it was their lowest three 133 00:06:13,399 --> 00:06:16,720 point makes on the season. I thought that was impressive. 134 00:06:16,959 --> 00:06:19,199 On their home court. That was maybe the most impressive 135 00:06:19,240 --> 00:06:21,800 stat of the day. I guess you can compare to 136 00:06:21,839 --> 00:06:35,360 Cabricida's like sixteen rebounds. But man, what an impressive defensive effort. Ligially, 137 00:06:35,360 --> 00:06:38,920 you guys still there that we still got you JT Yes. 138 00:06:38,800 --> 00:06:41,040 Speaker 1: Sir, Sorry, I don't know what happened. This is where 139 00:06:41,120 --> 00:06:44,319 TBA makes a huge difference, and so does Beto, right, Abdullah, 140 00:06:44,800 --> 00:06:49,240 is the fact that they are able to influence and 141 00:06:50,000 --> 00:06:54,360 change shots and impact the defensive end and defensive rebounding, 142 00:06:54,360 --> 00:06:58,079 in block shots and so on. They are a big presence. Now, 143 00:06:58,279 --> 00:07:01,480 you know, no disrespect to Kadi, but there's a difference 144 00:07:01,519 --> 00:07:03,759 between you having a six seven and a half guy 145 00:07:03,879 --> 00:07:06,959 there that guess can jump out of the gym and 146 00:07:07,079 --> 00:07:11,040 big wingspan, against having a six stand guy there that 147 00:07:11,120 --> 00:07:13,079 has just as big. It's not a bigger wing a 148 00:07:13,120 --> 00:07:16,279 bigger wingspan, it is a massive inside presence. And so 149 00:07:16,879 --> 00:07:19,839 you know, and I'm gonna talk about this on Wednesday 150 00:07:19,839 --> 00:07:23,920 on the pregame show actually about defense. A couple of 151 00:07:23,920 --> 00:07:27,279 the blocks that those guys had actually really changed the 152 00:07:27,360 --> 00:07:30,439 game and impacted b Yu in a very positive way. 153 00:07:30,480 --> 00:07:32,560 And so I couldn't agree more with you on defense. 154 00:07:32,959 --> 00:07:35,680 And again, right, if b YU can then you know, 155 00:07:35,920 --> 00:07:38,199 just looking at their schedule a little quick like obviously 156 00:07:38,319 --> 00:07:41,040 not looking ahead, but if they can go to Utah 157 00:07:41,199 --> 00:07:45,480 and then when they go to you know, when they 158 00:07:45,560 --> 00:07:48,639 go to West Virginia, they go to Cincinnati. If they 159 00:07:48,759 --> 00:07:52,519 can take care of those games on the road, I 160 00:07:52,560 --> 00:07:55,560 have a hard time thinking then that you know they're 161 00:07:55,600 --> 00:07:58,680 going to drop you know, some of these other games 162 00:07:58,800 --> 00:08:01,120 you know, we've if you're looking at the I'm looking 163 00:08:01,160 --> 00:08:03,920 at the schedule right now, mister Weaver, and so as 164 00:08:04,000 --> 00:08:06,120 we look at all it is right now, I have 165 00:08:06,160 --> 00:08:08,759 a hard time thinking that some of these home games, 166 00:08:09,240 --> 00:08:11,519 you know, are not gonna go b y u A. 167 00:08:11,720 --> 00:08:14,199 And then you can give yourself some breeding room so 168 00:08:14,319 --> 00:08:17,959 that you know, an eventual loss at that stack, an 169 00:08:17,959 --> 00:08:22,639 eventual loss at ances you know at Arizona that can 170 00:08:22,759 --> 00:08:23,519 happen as well. 171 00:08:24,680 --> 00:08:26,639 Speaker 3: Yeah, you need a little bit of a buffer, a 172 00:08:26,639 --> 00:08:28,959 little bit of a booye, no doubt, because you're not 173 00:08:28,959 --> 00:08:33,200 gonna be perfect this season. Uh and uh, I can't 174 00:08:33,200 --> 00:08:35,879 wait to see what happens in Big twelve play this 175 00:08:36,039 --> 00:08:39,159 Uh this Aja Bonds is leading the the the n 176 00:08:39,200 --> 00:08:41,879 cua A right now in scoring. I don't know if 177 00:08:41,919 --> 00:08:46,440 that's a surprise to anybody, but Carlos Boozer, I think, 178 00:08:46,519 --> 00:08:50,200 is right there at number two. Uh. How would you 179 00:08:50,240 --> 00:08:54,080 evaluate the scoring ability of AJ to bonds through essentially 180 00:08:54,120 --> 00:08:56,120 almost like the first half of the season now pretty 181 00:08:56,159 --> 00:08:56,840 much finished up. 182 00:08:57,960 --> 00:09:01,519 Speaker 1: Oh, I'm so. I'm actually that he's scoring as much 183 00:09:01,559 --> 00:09:04,080 as he is, not because he's not capable. I'm just 184 00:09:04,159 --> 00:09:06,559 surprised that, you know, it is the way it is 185 00:09:06,639 --> 00:09:09,279 right now. Did I think that AJ was going to 186 00:09:09,360 --> 00:09:11,639 have to put on the Superman cape for YU to 187 00:09:11,679 --> 00:09:14,159 be just good? Absolutely not. Did I think he was 188 00:09:14,200 --> 00:09:16,759 going to probably have to play, you know, some type 189 00:09:16,799 --> 00:09:19,919 of a role like a green lantern or whatever. Definitely 190 00:09:19,919 --> 00:09:22,799 I think not in my wildest dreams that I think 191 00:09:22,840 --> 00:09:24,799 he was going to have to often be the entire 192 00:09:24,960 --> 00:09:28,320 Justice League and the Avengers altogether by himself. But yet 193 00:09:28,399 --> 00:09:31,879 that's the reality that we live in, right. You know. 194 00:09:32,000 --> 00:09:35,000 AJ has often played the role of Batman the role 195 00:09:35,039 --> 00:09:37,480 of Superman. A lot of times he played the role 196 00:09:37,519 --> 00:09:40,600 of both of them by himself, and so I am 197 00:09:40,799 --> 00:09:44,919 free surprised that he is scoring as much. But Ben, 198 00:09:45,279 --> 00:09:47,600 like I would love to hear from you, right because 199 00:09:48,679 --> 00:09:51,759 you know, I'm a big basketball guy in comparison to me, 200 00:09:51,879 --> 00:09:55,120 you're not. But as more of a fan, Ben than 201 00:09:55,159 --> 00:09:59,759 you are a sports radio guy. Doesn't it feel like 202 00:09:59,799 --> 00:10:03,240 a Jay is just scoring so effortlessly, Like it doesn't 203 00:10:03,240 --> 00:10:05,799 feel like he is forcing, Like, what are your thoughts 204 00:10:05,799 --> 00:10:06,039 on that? 205 00:10:07,039 --> 00:10:12,279 Speaker 3: Dude? I think he's he's just a very creative score 206 00:10:12,559 --> 00:10:16,480 like I've never seen as polished a score into so 207 00:10:16,519 --> 00:10:19,279 many ways. Obviously, he's athletic, he's dynamic enough to get 208 00:10:19,320 --> 00:10:22,320 to the rim as much as he probably wants to. 209 00:10:22,360 --> 00:10:25,679 And he's physical, like for being so like slight like 210 00:10:25,720 --> 00:10:28,399 he's I mean, he's not like really thick and robust. 211 00:10:28,480 --> 00:10:31,960 He's not like a lebron Bill. He looks like he 212 00:10:32,200 --> 00:10:34,240 you know, I mean, he's not Lead Kamard. But he's pretty. 213 00:10:34,519 --> 00:10:37,200 He's pretty spelt, you know, he's pretty thin. But he's 214 00:10:37,240 --> 00:10:40,080 just a creative score and he's got a silky smooth touch. 215 00:10:40,840 --> 00:10:44,480 I love how creative he is in scoring. And you 216 00:10:44,600 --> 00:10:50,399 rarely find polished scores like him in college basketball. 217 00:10:51,120 --> 00:10:53,159 Speaker 1: And I agree with what you're saying. I think that's 218 00:10:53,159 --> 00:10:55,519 a perfect way to say it. He's a very polished 219 00:10:55,759 --> 00:10:58,000 Aside from just the top file saying that he's efficient, 220 00:10:58,279 --> 00:11:01,519 he's a very polished scored. There's no four shots. Everything 221 00:11:01,559 --> 00:11:03,840 is within the rhythm. And one of my favorite things Ben, 222 00:11:03,879 --> 00:11:05,480 I don't know if you notice, but when he gets 223 00:11:05,519 --> 00:11:07,440 pretty pissed off that someone is going to be you know, 224 00:11:07,600 --> 00:11:10,600 just kind of reaching and reaching, he actually lowers his 225 00:11:10,960 --> 00:11:14,200 like he gets super low, like, you know, like they 226 00:11:14,240 --> 00:11:17,000 used to call they used to call Jordan the black cat. 227 00:11:17,159 --> 00:11:20,519 But AJ gets down like a black cat and lowers 228 00:11:20,519 --> 00:11:23,440 his shoulder and good luck and God blessed whoever is 229 00:11:23,480 --> 00:11:26,799 in his way. And so it's that to me, to 230 00:11:26,879 --> 00:11:28,679 your point, that's a great way to put it. He's 231 00:11:28,679 --> 00:11:32,679 a very he's a very efficient, very polished score. 232 00:11:33,840 --> 00:11:34,080 Speaker 4: You know. 233 00:11:34,159 --> 00:11:37,039 Speaker 1: The comparisons to t Mac, you know, are still there, 234 00:11:37,799 --> 00:11:39,960 but he is he is having to be so much 235 00:11:39,960 --> 00:11:42,320 of a ball handler, so much of a point guard 236 00:11:42,799 --> 00:11:46,159 that I maintained that, you know, like in a in 237 00:11:46,240 --> 00:11:48,519 a vacuum, there's a very good chance that he could 238 00:11:48,559 --> 00:11:51,840 be Penny not only team Act. But you know, again, 239 00:11:51,960 --> 00:11:53,519 I don't know if we're ever going to see him. 240 00:11:53,600 --> 00:11:55,159 I have a question for you, Ben, Are we going 241 00:11:55,240 --> 00:11:57,960 to see another gym er before we see another Aj? 242 00:11:58,440 --> 00:12:00,799 Or do we see another Aj before we see another 243 00:12:02,320 --> 00:12:03,879 great question question? 244 00:12:04,279 --> 00:12:09,879 Speaker 3: I mean, geez, like, I mean AJ, like I want 245 00:12:09,919 --> 00:12:14,320 to believe that like that there's another Aja, out there, right, 246 00:12:14,360 --> 00:12:18,320 But like, I really don't think that there there is 247 00:12:18,639 --> 00:12:26,440 like like these premiere first overall NBA draft pick talents. 248 00:12:26,600 --> 00:12:28,720 Like I mean, but once upon a time, b Y, 249 00:12:28,759 --> 00:12:30,840 you got a Sean Bradley, right, you know what I mean? 250 00:12:30,879 --> 00:12:33,799 That he if he would have played one year and 251 00:12:33,840 --> 00:12:35,759 then went to the NBA, he probably would have been 252 00:12:35,799 --> 00:12:38,679 first overall. Right, he was I think number two overall. 253 00:12:38,720 --> 00:12:41,080 But he's a big man, right in a big man era. 254 00:12:42,519 --> 00:12:47,639 Jimmer for dad obviously a top ten pick guard, more 255 00:12:47,679 --> 00:12:49,919 of a shooting guard maybe than a point guard for 256 00:12:50,080 --> 00:12:53,039 a number of different reasons. Uh so, kind of a tweeter, 257 00:12:54,519 --> 00:12:58,159 but not you know, his his defending ability where was 258 00:12:58,159 --> 00:13:03,240 was also kind of a a criticism that he sustained. 259 00:13:03,240 --> 00:13:05,879 But like in college basketball, I want to say that, 260 00:13:05,919 --> 00:13:09,759 b why you can maybe find another Gimmer? Right, Like 261 00:13:09,919 --> 00:13:13,480 would could if this was Richie's team? I think of 262 00:13:13,519 --> 00:13:17,200 it this way, like, if this was Richie's team, could 263 00:13:17,200 --> 00:13:20,799 he have a Gimmer like season? You know what I mean? 264 00:13:21,080 --> 00:13:25,559 Could he as a primary ball handler? Can he be 265 00:13:25,720 --> 00:13:29,399 that guy like Kyle Collinsworth? If Kyle Collsworth had a 266 00:13:29,440 --> 00:13:33,840 great three point shot akin to Richie? You know, could 267 00:13:33,879 --> 00:13:37,120 he have been a Naysmith Award Wooden Award winner, you 268 00:13:37,159 --> 00:13:40,480 know what I mean, Like, I want to say that 269 00:13:40,559 --> 00:13:42,759 b why you can get another Gimmer before they get 270 00:13:42,759 --> 00:13:44,960 another AJ. That's what I'm saying. That's what I'm going 271 00:13:45,000 --> 00:13:47,600 with as I'm thinking about this, Agreer disagree with me. 272 00:13:47,960 --> 00:13:51,039 I just it's so hard to find ajs, dude. 273 00:13:52,039 --> 00:13:54,720 Speaker 1: Well, so, you know, to be fair, I think it's 274 00:13:54,759 --> 00:13:57,120 gonna be hard again. Right, there's the beauty of it. 275 00:13:57,200 --> 00:14:00,559 You can just you know, ask questions that are relevant, 276 00:14:00,600 --> 00:14:03,519 you know, but like, for sure, for sure, we are 277 00:14:03,600 --> 00:14:05,960 never going to find another Denny Age that plays at 278 00:14:05,960 --> 00:14:09,720 b YU. While also you know, batting three hundred for 279 00:14:09,759 --> 00:14:13,399 an MLB team, right, no, and so and so. But 280 00:14:13,480 --> 00:14:15,600 I think that makes you wonder because like Jimmer is 281 00:14:15,639 --> 00:14:19,120 the greatest scorer in b YU history, right, obviously Tyler 282 00:14:19,159 --> 00:14:21,879 has the record, but we know the way Jim Ermania was. 283 00:14:22,480 --> 00:14:24,480 I just don't know, man, Like I looked at I 284 00:14:24,480 --> 00:14:27,120 look at Jimmer, and I look at like everything that 285 00:14:27,159 --> 00:14:29,639 he accomplished. Could there be another one? I don't know, 286 00:14:29,759 --> 00:14:33,039 Like there be another a j you know, Like I 287 00:14:33,039 --> 00:14:34,080 don't know either, Like. 288 00:14:34,360 --> 00:14:36,879 Speaker 3: AJ coming to b YU, I think it's more far 289 00:14:36,919 --> 00:14:40,159 fetched than trying to find it Danny or Jimmer, Richie 290 00:14:40,200 --> 00:14:42,279 or conc. You know what I mean, Like you look 291 00:14:42,279 --> 00:14:46,679 at this, you know what I'm saying. Is it sorry? 292 00:14:46,759 --> 00:14:49,399 Speaker 1: Is it then to have Is it far fetched to 293 00:14:49,440 --> 00:14:53,120 have another number one number one ring hid in a 294 00:14:53,200 --> 00:14:55,600 country comes to BYU? Is that far fetched? 295 00:14:56,200 --> 00:14:58,360 Speaker 3: You know? I don't know, man, I was. I was 296 00:14:58,559 --> 00:15:04,080 discussing something with about Michael Smith for instance, Michael Smith phenomenal, right, 297 00:15:04,120 --> 00:15:05,840 I mean just you talk about some of the best, 298 00:15:05,879 --> 00:15:09,000 so he's one of the most underrated, uh you know 299 00:15:09,559 --> 00:15:13,120 in my opinion, uh you know BA basketball players. Ever, 300 00:15:13,159 --> 00:15:17,159 So I don't know, you know, a Kresnimer chose it, 301 00:15:17,320 --> 00:15:19,720 like where would you where would Krasimir go this day 302 00:15:19,720 --> 00:15:22,240 and age? You know, with his his skill set and 303 00:15:22,360 --> 00:15:25,759 things of that nature. So I think it's really hard 304 00:15:25,759 --> 00:15:29,159 to bring in a first overall NBA draft pick to 305 00:15:29,279 --> 00:15:31,799 b Yu and AJ is just unique in that regard 306 00:15:31,840 --> 00:15:35,639 because culture, he loves b Yu, he loves Provo, and 307 00:15:35,679 --> 00:15:39,919 you don't necessarily get that, especially in a one and done. 308 00:15:39,960 --> 00:15:43,399 We're not a one and done university. We've never been that, right, 309 00:15:43,759 --> 00:15:46,039 We've been more of a developmental university, a get old, 310 00:15:46,080 --> 00:15:48,000 stay Old university. But that's why we have the most 311 00:15:48,120 --> 00:15:52,159 NCAA tournaments without a Final four appearance, because we have 312 00:15:52,519 --> 00:15:54,799 a get old, stay old roster that can't get past 313 00:15:54,879 --> 00:15:56,320 the six the sweet sixteen. 314 00:15:58,559 --> 00:16:01,360 Speaker 1: Yeah, and I think, you know, there's a possibility, a 315 00:16:01,440 --> 00:16:04,559 very high likelihood that that stops this year. And so yeah, 316 00:16:04,639 --> 00:16:06,799 I think we're all hoping for that, right And so, 317 00:16:07,559 --> 00:16:10,559 I don't know. I think this team is exciting to watch. 318 00:16:10,639 --> 00:16:12,879 I you know, I'm happy that things are going the 319 00:16:12,919 --> 00:16:15,519 way they're going. You know, the win on Saturday against 320 00:16:15,559 --> 00:16:17,879 Kansas State, to me proves one thing that this team 321 00:16:17,960 --> 00:16:20,879 can win. You know, games on the road. Win the 322 00:16:20,879 --> 00:16:23,240 Big twelve is difficult. Winning on the road is twice 323 00:16:23,279 --> 00:16:26,879 as difficult, you know, looking at them at the schedule, 324 00:16:26,960 --> 00:16:28,480 let me just take a look at it real quick. 325 00:16:28,559 --> 00:16:32,200 You know, if y U is able to go into 326 00:16:32,240 --> 00:16:36,679 the Texas Tech game, you know, in Lubbock, and they 327 00:16:36,720 --> 00:16:40,399 are one, two, three, four, and they are four and zero, 328 00:16:41,879 --> 00:16:44,639 love and behold, if they win that game at Texas Deck, 329 00:16:44,679 --> 00:16:46,559 I'll say this, man, if they win that game at 330 00:16:46,559 --> 00:16:48,399 Texas Deck, I think they're winning the conference. 331 00:16:48,960 --> 00:16:51,759 Speaker 3: Yeah. Let me ask a question that I let me 332 00:16:51,799 --> 00:16:54,080 ask you this I asked this question to Ronnie. Look, 333 00:16:54,120 --> 00:16:56,440 sports is entertainment. To me, I love it, Like this's 334 00:16:56,440 --> 00:16:59,120 why we have our show. I want to see wins, obviously, 335 00:16:59,159 --> 00:17:01,200 I want to see champions I want to see it all. 336 00:17:01,440 --> 00:17:03,320 But to me, it's like game in day out. What 337 00:17:03,440 --> 00:17:06,359 type of ball am I watching? What type of players 338 00:17:06,359 --> 00:17:10,960 am I watching? To you, who's the most entertaining to watch? 339 00:17:11,559 --> 00:17:14,799 Is it aj to just watch him play? Is it Kba? 340 00:17:15,160 --> 00:17:17,759 The form and fashion which he rebounds? You know, his 341 00:17:17,880 --> 00:17:20,200 double he's a double double machine? Is it the Richie 342 00:17:20,279 --> 00:17:26,599 Saunders way of of of of basketball life? Offensively, defensively, 343 00:17:26,680 --> 00:17:30,480 high motor, the headband, you know, the there's swagger, there's 344 00:17:30,519 --> 00:17:32,640 get up? Is it rob right? The third just the 345 00:17:32,720 --> 00:17:36,440 quick mongoose like reaction, like when he decides to take 346 00:17:36,480 --> 00:17:40,279 you off the bounce he's getting baya, the pump fakes, 347 00:17:40,359 --> 00:17:43,680 the the the adjustments in the key, all those things. 348 00:17:43,720 --> 00:17:46,599 Like who's your favorite player to watch on this squad? 349 00:17:46,640 --> 00:17:47,079 And why? 350 00:17:49,279 --> 00:17:51,920 Speaker 1: I'll probably say it's a j And then that's because 351 00:17:51,960 --> 00:17:54,519 again to your point, you know, like that's wants it 352 00:17:54,599 --> 00:17:57,599 a generation player? Yeah? You know what I mean? Like 353 00:17:57,759 --> 00:18:00,160 that truly is a once in a generation player here, 354 00:18:00,279 --> 00:18:03,480 and so like the way that you handle that is 355 00:18:03,720 --> 00:18:07,200 I watch it in disbelief. And you know, especially when 356 00:18:07,200 --> 00:18:11,359 I'm down there, We've I'm gonna be down there on Wednesday. 357 00:18:11,400 --> 00:18:13,400 We've got to hook it up. You know. I don't 358 00:18:13,400 --> 00:18:16,200 think we have a halftime show because it's on It's 359 00:18:16,240 --> 00:18:17,920 on one of the major networks, and so I'm gonna 360 00:18:17,920 --> 00:18:21,200 come and say what's up to you at halftime. But 361 00:18:21,599 --> 00:18:24,279 like I think it's AJ Ben, Like when you sit 362 00:18:24,359 --> 00:18:26,960 back and you watch AJ, you know, like there's a 363 00:18:27,000 --> 00:18:29,720 difference band between you coming to the Marriotte Center and 364 00:18:29,839 --> 00:18:34,279 watching me and Lee Kamard, you watch J Debonza, you 365 00:18:34,400 --> 00:18:38,440 know what I mean. And so like it's it's it's 366 00:18:38,480 --> 00:18:41,960 pretty special, right And I think you know we've you 367 00:18:42,000 --> 00:18:44,039 and I you know, and b Ham we've talked a 368 00:18:44,039 --> 00:18:46,000 lot about this. I don't think we're ever gonna get 369 00:18:46,000 --> 00:18:49,079 talked about the fact that you know a J chose 370 00:18:49,119 --> 00:18:52,960 BYU and seeing the number one in the draft, because 371 00:18:53,000 --> 00:18:56,880 here's the thing, I am, okay, if Cam Ooser goes 372 00:18:56,960 --> 00:19:00,279 number one, I can make a case for it. If 373 00:19:00,400 --> 00:19:06,200 Darren Peterson goes before AJ. Somebody owes money to somebody, 374 00:19:06,319 --> 00:19:09,960 or there's a Nico Harrison situation going on, because you know, 375 00:19:10,200 --> 00:19:14,440 Darren Peterson hasn't played a minute and so like again, 376 00:19:14,599 --> 00:19:17,440 I will understand if someone chooses the scam because they 377 00:19:17,480 --> 00:19:23,039 already have a guard heavy you know, lineup, But anybody 378 00:19:23,039 --> 00:19:26,079 aside from that bend, we're truly watching greatness in front 379 00:19:26,079 --> 00:19:29,160 of us. And for the next twenty years, it's going 380 00:19:29,200 --> 00:19:34,720 to say, starting at forward from BYU number three, aj 381 00:19:35,160 --> 00:19:39,039 d Bonsa and that from BYU, my friend, it is 382 00:19:39,119 --> 00:19:41,880 going to act go through all of the corners of 383 00:19:41,960 --> 00:19:42,559 the NBA. 384 00:19:43,799 --> 00:19:48,200 Speaker 3: Yeah, pretty crazy, man. Who's more entertaining to watch aj 385 00:19:48,319 --> 00:19:49,319 De bons or Jibber for that? 386 00:19:51,240 --> 00:19:55,839 Speaker 1: You know, I if it's if it's the NCAA tournament, 387 00:19:55,880 --> 00:19:57,880 I'm gonna go with Jim, or if you know, if 388 00:19:57,920 --> 00:19:59,920 it's a season long team, I'm gonna go with it 389 00:20:00,720 --> 00:20:03,519 because Jimmer would give you first, you know what I mean, 390 00:20:03,640 --> 00:20:06,359 Like I would say this, you know, like I could 391 00:20:06,440 --> 00:20:09,200 catch I could catch on fire. Sadly, I never caught 392 00:20:09,200 --> 00:20:11,920 on fire in the NCAA tournament, but like there were 393 00:20:12,000 --> 00:20:15,160 games that I could catch on fire, you know, to 394 00:20:15,480 --> 00:20:18,119 the same levels that Jimmer did, and it was fun 395 00:20:18,119 --> 00:20:20,359 to watch that. But I think long term ban. As 396 00:20:20,359 --> 00:20:22,359 we sit back, you know and take a look at 397 00:20:22,920 --> 00:20:27,160 watching watching AJ, it's you know, it is crazy. Man. 398 00:20:27,200 --> 00:20:29,720 He does something every game that you're like, oh, I 399 00:20:29,720 --> 00:20:32,039 can't believe he did that. And then he does that 400 00:20:32,160 --> 00:20:35,480 up and under and then bibbotfoots Kobe move that it 401 00:20:35,680 --> 00:20:38,839 just blows you away. And so it's a joy to 402 00:20:38,920 --> 00:20:42,359 watch him play. And I'm grateful that. I'm grateful that 403 00:20:42,400 --> 00:20:43,279 he's one of ours. 404 00:20:43,920 --> 00:20:47,480 Speaker 3: Yeah, as in I Jonathan Tabinari, Ladies and gentlemen, thanks 405 00:20:47,480 --> 00:20:50,200 for talking to some BAU basketball with us today in 406 00:20:50,480 --> 00:20:54,599 a little college basketball segment. I'll leave it with this. 407 00:20:55,480 --> 00:20:59,160 You feel like this team is built for a final 408 00:20:59,279 --> 00:21:03,880 four run. Even though Dawson, Baker, and Pickens are out. 409 00:21:03,920 --> 00:21:07,359 Brodie cous Lastky we haven't seen him either. Uh, without 410 00:21:07,440 --> 00:21:11,400 those three, this team is built for final four runs? Correct? 411 00:21:11,480 --> 00:21:12,160 You feel that way? 412 00:21:13,559 --> 00:21:16,559 Speaker 1: As long as they stay healthy. Yes, there's a conversation. 413 00:21:16,680 --> 00:21:19,599 We're gonna have a linked you know, doing the pregame 414 00:21:19,640 --> 00:21:23,400 show on Wednesday. As long as the big three stay healthy, 415 00:21:23,480 --> 00:21:27,079 by U is fine. If one of them something happens, 416 00:21:27,440 --> 00:21:29,920 BYU is in trouble. And I don't mean by a little, 417 00:21:29,960 --> 00:21:33,759 I mean by a lot, and so they are scoring 418 00:21:33,799 --> 00:21:37,519 about sixty six percent of the team's points. And uh, 419 00:21:37,720 --> 00:21:40,480 if you know, if if if one of them has 420 00:21:40,519 --> 00:21:43,240 a bad day or a game, you know, has an 421 00:21:43,279 --> 00:21:46,039 off game, at least they can compensate in other areas. 422 00:21:46,079 --> 00:21:48,480 They can be used as a decoys if they are 423 00:21:48,519 --> 00:21:53,480 not out there whatsoever. That's pretty tough. And so, you know, 424 00:21:53,640 --> 00:21:56,440 unfortunately b Yu just you know, hasn't had the luxury 425 00:21:56,880 --> 00:22:01,200 of have you know, Nate Dickens available and Dawson Baker available, 426 00:22:01,720 --> 00:22:04,240 and it's one of those situations that they're having to 427 00:22:04,279 --> 00:22:06,960 make the best of what they have. But you know, 428 00:22:07,960 --> 00:22:10,319 it's we can't even say that it's being done by 429 00:22:10,359 --> 00:22:13,680 committee because offensively has been pretty atrocious at this point. 430 00:22:14,279 --> 00:22:19,160 And uh, you know, I mean every single non Big 431 00:22:19,200 --> 00:22:24,160 three player is averaging about twenty eight, twenty nine points 432 00:22:24,160 --> 00:22:26,920 a game. Then you look at the players that have played, 433 00:22:26,960 --> 00:22:29,559 I mean just look even at the looking even at 434 00:22:29,839 --> 00:22:34,440 at the game here, they rotated eight players. That means 435 00:22:34,519 --> 00:22:39,960 BYU has less has six five players averaging less than 436 00:22:40,000 --> 00:22:43,240 six points a game. That is just unacceptable. And so, 437 00:22:43,799 --> 00:22:45,759 you know, as long as this Big Three is healthy, 438 00:22:45,799 --> 00:22:49,119 I think they're okay. But if they are not healthy. 439 00:22:49,200 --> 00:22:51,960 You know it's it's going to get interesting. 440 00:22:53,160 --> 00:22:56,000 Speaker 3: Indeed it will. Jonathan devon Ari JT for three love 441 00:22:56,079 --> 00:22:57,880 talking ball with you. Thanks for joining us today for 442 00:22:57,920 --> 00:22:59,039 a college basketball segment. 443 00:23:00,039 --> 00:23:02,440 Speaker 1: Always in Forever, my brother, go kubs. 444 00:23:02,759 --> 00:23:04,920 Speaker 3: Hey, you have it, Jonathan Tebinari. Ladies and gentlemen, That 445 00:23:04,920 --> 00:23:07,880 segment was brought to you by Breese Cleaning Services. The 446 00:23:07,920 --> 00:23:10,640 quickest way to a man's stomach is right through to 447 00:23:10,680 --> 00:23:13,759 a man's artist through stomach, in my opinion, and with 448 00:23:13,839 --> 00:23:17,039 a nice warm hot meal like a delicious meal. 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