WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.880 --> 00:00:03.279 And we continue on Fred Rogan Rodney Pete at a 2 00:00:03.520 --> 00:00:07.240 five seventy LA Sports Lakers tip it off tonight at 3 00:00:07.240 --> 00:00:13.000 the Crypt, the newly updated Crypt against the Minnesota Timberwalls. 4 00:00:13.080 --> 00:00:15.080 Let's bring on our good friend from the LA Times, 5 00:00:15.160 --> 00:00:17.359 Dan Wiki and Dan, thanks for jumping on. 6 00:00:17.800 --> 00:00:19.640 Guys, Thank you for having me. You know, this is 7 00:00:19.679 --> 00:00:21.039 one of my favorite calls of the week. 8 00:00:21.800 --> 00:00:24.559 All Right, as the new season begins, Dan, what are 9 00:00:24.559 --> 00:00:28.519 the realistic expectations play in team? Playoff team? 10 00:00:28.559 --> 00:00:31.960 Which one realistically? I mean, I think they can be 11 00:00:32.000 --> 00:00:34.679 a playoff team, sure, you know. I mean a lot 12 00:00:34.719 --> 00:00:35.960 of will have to go right. The team will have 13 00:00:35.960 --> 00:00:39.039 to stay healthy. I think they are in you know 14 00:00:39.799 --> 00:00:44.159 that that second dish tier of teams in the Western Conference. Look, 15 00:00:44.439 --> 00:00:48.479 they have two great players, two great players and Lebron 16 00:00:48.560 --> 00:00:51.880 James and Anthony Davis. Right, and that's good enough to 17 00:00:51.880 --> 00:00:54.320 get you into most conversations in terms of making the playoffs. 18 00:00:54.920 --> 00:00:57.399 You do need they need those guys to be healthy. 19 00:00:58.520 --> 00:01:00.880 I think they need a particularly big season for Antony 20 00:01:00.920 --> 00:01:04.840 from Anthony Davis. Uh but but sure, why not? I 21 00:01:04.879 --> 00:01:07.280 do think though they're like they are a what you 22 00:01:07.280 --> 00:01:12.120 would say, highish ceiling, lowish floor type of team. You know, 23 00:01:12.159 --> 00:01:13.799 it's not hard to see how it could go bad, 24 00:01:14.359 --> 00:01:16.920 Like you don't have to squint two art to figure 25 00:01:16.959 --> 00:01:19.640 that out. But but yeah, sure, I mean I think 26 00:01:19.640 --> 00:01:22.760 the Western Conference is very good, very very good, and 27 00:01:22.760 --> 00:01:27.079 they're on that sort of not top tier contender list. 28 00:01:27.200 --> 00:01:28.920 There's maybe four or five teams, and I think the 29 00:01:29.000 --> 00:01:29.879 Lakers are in that tier. 30 00:01:31.680 --> 00:01:33.640 You mentioned health. Anthony Davis and Lebron. 31 00:01:33.680 --> 00:01:36.680 Now, they were you know, as healthy as we've seen 32 00:01:36.719 --> 00:01:40.359 them both together last year, as they've they've been. Yeah, 33 00:01:40.840 --> 00:01:43.159 is it is it hard to imagine that they're going 34 00:01:43.239 --> 00:01:46.400 to have that same kind of you know, health and 35 00:01:46.560 --> 00:01:49.239 production this year as they get a year older. 36 00:01:50.640 --> 00:01:53.159 I don't want to make too many predictions about stuff 37 00:01:53.200 --> 00:01:56.120 like this, but but I will say this, I will 38 00:01:56.120 --> 00:01:58.359 be very curious to see where this team is at, 39 00:01:58.640 --> 00:02:02.799 like around mid December. I think Lebron and Anthony Davis 40 00:02:02.799 --> 00:02:05.079 are gonna enter this season in a in a pretty 41 00:02:05.079 --> 00:02:07.799 good rhythm. We've seen it already for a d for sure, 42 00:02:08.319 --> 00:02:11.120 right coming off the Olympics, not really having a ton 43 00:02:11.120 --> 00:02:14.360 of time off, they played a fair amount of competitive 44 00:02:14.360 --> 00:02:17.240 basketball this summer and it shows, you know, in a 45 00:02:17.319 --> 00:02:20.599 in a good way. Right, Like, they don't look rusty 46 00:02:21.000 --> 00:02:22.639 in any way. I mean, Anthony Davis was one of 47 00:02:22.639 --> 00:02:26.120 the best players in the league in the preseason I believe, 48 00:02:26.199 --> 00:02:30.319 trailed only Giannis for most points scored. Was crazy efficient, 49 00:02:30.800 --> 00:02:34.240 showcased you know, a little three point shooting while doing 50 00:02:34.240 --> 00:02:37.599 all the defensive stuff he always does. Let's see, though, 51 00:02:37.639 --> 00:02:41.400 I think you know, in December, as we get into 52 00:02:41.639 --> 00:02:44.400 you know, that first sort of dog day stage, uh, 53 00:02:44.439 --> 00:02:47.159 where their fatigue was, you know, because I think that's 54 00:02:47.199 --> 00:02:49.919 when that bill from Paris will kind of come. Do 55 00:02:51.000 --> 00:02:53.199 you know it won't be tonight, I you know, I 56 00:02:53.240 --> 00:02:55.599 won't be early in the season, I don't think, but 57 00:02:55.719 --> 00:02:58.159 as the year goes on, that's when I'm would be 58 00:02:58.240 --> 00:03:00.520 curious about that. But yeah, I mean, look, you have 59 00:03:00.560 --> 00:03:02.800 to be realistic about it, right, Rodney. I mean you 60 00:03:02.840 --> 00:03:06.680 have a player in Lebron James's starting year twenty two, right, 61 00:03:07.039 --> 00:03:09.560 Like that's like kick you out of the house age 62 00:03:10.039 --> 00:03:12.439 this season, like you know, like you're gonna get a 63 00:03:12.520 --> 00:03:16.080 job now, get out of here. And you know, Anthony 64 00:03:16.120 --> 00:03:18.800 Davis is a guy who you know has had you know, 65 00:03:18.840 --> 00:03:21.680 a lot of injury FROMMS. So you have to be 66 00:03:21.680 --> 00:03:22.439 realistic about that. 67 00:03:23.719 --> 00:03:26.719 Uh, Dan, you mentioned the summer and playing and especially 68 00:03:26.759 --> 00:03:29.879 the Olympics. As we watch those Olympics, I mean, A 69 00:03:29.960 --> 00:03:32.080 d and Lebron were the two best players on the court. 70 00:03:32.240 --> 00:03:35.159 I mean, aside from Steph Curry going unconscious in the 71 00:03:35.240 --> 00:03:38.080 in the final game, the gold medal game, those two 72 00:03:38.360 --> 00:03:41.080 basically were dominant in the in those Olympics. 73 00:03:41.120 --> 00:03:42.800 How much do you think that carries over. 74 00:03:44.599 --> 00:03:49.639 You know, I don't know. I think I think what 75 00:03:49.680 --> 00:03:52.400 it does is it does energize the players around them 76 00:03:52.639 --> 00:03:56.759 to a degree. Right, it shows, it sort of reaffirms 77 00:03:57.319 --> 00:03:59.479 which should be obvious. But like these are championship level 78 00:03:59.479 --> 00:04:03.439 players who really excel when playing championship level basketball. And 79 00:04:03.800 --> 00:04:07.599 if you're a role player and you're around that, you know, 80 00:04:07.599 --> 00:04:11.319 knowing how to impact the game without scoring, stuff like that. 81 00:04:11.360 --> 00:04:12.879 I think I think it has guys excited. 82 00:04:13.800 --> 00:04:14.439 It's it's a. 83 00:04:14.400 --> 00:04:16.319 Different it's a different thing. And I say this like 84 00:04:16.480 --> 00:04:18.839 as respectfully as possible, right, Like, there's a big difference 85 00:04:18.879 --> 00:04:21.480 between you know, running a pick and roll with Kevin 86 00:04:21.519 --> 00:04:23.920 Durant and running it with Dangel Russell or Austin Reeves. 87 00:04:23.959 --> 00:04:27.120 Like there's just a big difference, you know, Like, like 88 00:04:27.199 --> 00:04:29.839 you know, Lebron was on the court with Steph Curry. 89 00:04:30.959 --> 00:04:35.399 You know, I do think though from a from a 90 00:04:35.439 --> 00:04:38.839 competition's standpoint, I think they're sharp. I think they're mentally 91 00:04:38.879 --> 00:04:40.160 sharp entering the season. 92 00:04:42.959 --> 00:04:45.399 Dan Wikey is whether us Dan he talked to Lebron 93 00:04:45.439 --> 00:04:47.079 earlier today. What did he have to say is we 94 00:04:47.120 --> 00:04:47.759 get ready to go. 95 00:04:48.600 --> 00:04:50.800 You know, we talked a lot about Bronni James today, 96 00:04:51.079 --> 00:04:53.360 you know, and this is going to be a really 97 00:04:53.360 --> 00:04:57.480 special moment, uh for their family, for the league too, 98 00:04:57.519 --> 00:05:00.079 but but really for their family when he plays with 99 00:05:00.160 --> 00:05:02.680 the Sun. My hunches that it will happen tonight. I 100 00:05:02.680 --> 00:05:05.560 don't think you have Ken Griffy Junior and Ken Graffy 101 00:05:05.600 --> 00:05:09.040 Senior there sitting courts at if it's not gonna happen again, 102 00:05:09.160 --> 00:05:13.079 no disrespect, they're not here for Dalton connect. You know, 103 00:05:13.240 --> 00:05:16.759 Like that moment I think will happen tonight, and when 104 00:05:16.759 --> 00:05:19.800 it does, it'll be really special. It's it celebrates a 105 00:05:19.839 --> 00:05:23.439 bunch of things, right. It celebrates Lebron James's longevity. One 106 00:05:23.480 --> 00:05:25.639 of the things that I think though, like we've celebrated 107 00:05:25.680 --> 00:05:28.000 that a lot, and we will continue to celebrate that 108 00:05:28.079 --> 00:05:31.279 a lot. I think that it's important that you know, 109 00:05:31.439 --> 00:05:33.399 it's easy to be cynical about this, guys, and about 110 00:05:33.439 --> 00:05:35.920 how orchestrated it was and some of that stuff, and 111 00:05:35.920 --> 00:05:40.040 how this feels kind of maybe cheapened in some ways 112 00:05:40.079 --> 00:05:43.439 by by you know, Brownie's statistics at USC and different 113 00:05:43.480 --> 00:05:45.720 things like that, and you'll hear the word deserve a lot. 114 00:05:47.240 --> 00:05:49.759 I'm choosing instead to focus on the fact that Bronnie 115 00:05:49.800 --> 00:05:51.800 James wants to play in the NBA, He wanted to 116 00:05:51.800 --> 00:05:54.439 make it to the NBA and last summer, guys, he 117 00:05:54.480 --> 00:05:58.199 almost died, like I mean, there's there's no way around it, right, 118 00:05:58.399 --> 00:06:01.279 Like like he had his left saved at USC by 119 00:06:01.279 --> 00:06:06.959 those trainers, you know, and his road back has been 120 00:06:07.040 --> 00:06:11.879 remarkably quick. You know. It's it's an incredible story. I'm 121 00:06:11.879 --> 00:06:15.000 sorry a year and a half ago, it's an incredible story. 122 00:06:15.120 --> 00:06:19.120 And to me, you know, as a as a parent imagining, 123 00:06:19.800 --> 00:06:21.959 you know, my son being able to be well enough 124 00:06:21.959 --> 00:06:24.399 and to be out there, I think it is. I 125 00:06:24.399 --> 00:06:26.079 posted a video of the broad time on it. It's 126 00:06:26.079 --> 00:06:28.600 an incredible achievement for that family. It's an incredible testament 127 00:06:28.600 --> 00:06:32.959 to Browne James's hard work, to the to the medical professionals, 128 00:06:34.000 --> 00:06:35.439 to the people who work with him on rehab and 129 00:06:35.439 --> 00:06:38.000 stuff like that. That he's like physically able to do. This 130 00:06:38.120 --> 00:06:42.519 is incredible And I can worry about whether or not 131 00:06:42.639 --> 00:06:45.839 the deserved part, Like, I'll deal with that another time, right, 132 00:06:46.000 --> 00:06:48.959 Like tonight, like, let's celebrate the fact that this kid 133 00:06:48.959 --> 00:06:51.279 has gotten to accomplish something incredible, something that almost was 134 00:06:51.319 --> 00:06:52.079 taken from him. 135 00:06:52.279 --> 00:06:54.199 Yeah, no, no doubt, no doubt. 136 00:06:54.199 --> 00:06:55.720 Man, when you look at the bigger picture of that 137 00:06:55.839 --> 00:06:58.920 that it it really is incredible. And regardless of people 138 00:06:58.959 --> 00:07:00.879 think he's going to be a are even make it 139 00:07:00.920 --> 00:07:03.920 in this league? Is the one thing you can say 140 00:07:04.040 --> 00:07:06.920 is Okay, so he's not he's not a you know, 141 00:07:07.079 --> 00:07:09.720 top two three player on this team, right, he may 142 00:07:09.759 --> 00:07:13.399 not even suit up, you know, anymore, but he can 143 00:07:13.519 --> 00:07:16.879 he can still play basketball. He can compete at this level. 144 00:07:17.079 --> 00:07:19.519 Maybe not to the level that his dad does or 145 00:07:19.560 --> 00:07:21.839 somebody else does, but he can compete at this level. 146 00:07:21.879 --> 00:07:24.800 So so why not at the end of the day, 147 00:07:24.920 --> 00:07:27.519 Dan does this? Do they get this over with tonight? 148 00:07:28.000 --> 00:07:28.360 And then? 149 00:07:28.519 --> 00:07:28.639 Uh? 150 00:07:28.639 --> 00:07:29.120 I think so? 151 00:07:29.639 --> 00:07:31.800 And then and then it goes wrong from there, right 152 00:07:31.839 --> 00:07:33.079 they just go play the season? 153 00:07:33.480 --> 00:07:36.759 Yeah? Look, I mean I think you know, there's a 154 00:07:36.800 --> 00:07:38.519 couple of things that play here. I mean, you know, 155 00:07:38.600 --> 00:07:41.680 the G League season hasn't started yet. That's for Brodie. 156 00:07:41.720 --> 00:07:45.560 I mean like resetting here a little bit, like you know, 157 00:07:45.639 --> 00:07:47.639 like today, Brinnie James is not an NBA player today, 158 00:07:47.800 --> 00:07:51.120 He's not, you know, like he has to get better 159 00:07:52.079 --> 00:07:54.240 in a bunch of different areas. And it is the 160 00:07:54.319 --> 00:07:58.319 Lakers job and his job to to make that happen 161 00:07:58.519 --> 00:08:02.279 and make that work right. And that's gonna happen mostly 162 00:08:02.319 --> 00:08:05.360 in the G League. It should, you know, and I 163 00:08:05.399 --> 00:08:09.000 haven't heard anything that suggests that it won't in a 164 00:08:09.040 --> 00:08:12.800 real way, you know. So that's where that work is 165 00:08:12.839 --> 00:08:15.959 going to happen. I think one of the things about 166 00:08:16.000 --> 00:08:18.319 him is she talked to people that you know, his 167 00:08:18.399 --> 00:08:22.560 work ethic is unquestioned. He's about the right stuff, Like, 168 00:08:22.759 --> 00:08:24.600 you know, this is not someone who wants to come 169 00:08:24.600 --> 00:08:29.040 into the league and average twenty points a game necessarily, 170 00:08:29.279 --> 00:08:31.879 right Like, I think he knows the kind of player 171 00:08:31.920 --> 00:08:35.159 he's gonna have to be, especially right away. And and 172 00:08:35.320 --> 00:08:40.799 that's a huge head start. Guys. Self self realization and 173 00:08:40.840 --> 00:08:44.000 self knowledge in the NBA is not is not in 174 00:08:44.159 --> 00:08:46.639 the kind of great supply always that you might think 175 00:08:46.639 --> 00:08:49.320 it is. And so I think he's already been sort 176 00:08:49.320 --> 00:08:51.320 of humbled in that way and is willing to do, 177 00:08:52.039 --> 00:08:53.440 you know, the little things he has to get better 178 00:08:53.480 --> 00:08:56.120 at him though. I'll say that he's got to more 179 00:08:56.120 --> 00:08:59.200 consistently play hard. He's got to box out more consistently. 180 00:08:59.279 --> 00:09:01.480 He has to to pick up ninety four feet more 181 00:09:01.480 --> 00:09:04.240 consistently and do that stuff, and he has to. I 182 00:09:04.240 --> 00:09:06.080 think a lot of it is confidence. 183 00:09:05.759 --> 00:09:09.240 Honestly, Dan, Dan, Dan, You're just talking about fundamentals. He's 184 00:09:09.240 --> 00:09:11.679 got to learn how to play in the NBA. He's 185 00:09:11.799 --> 00:09:13.519 just not an NBA player yet. 186 00:09:13.679 --> 00:09:16.360 Yeah, but but yeah, but it is, like you know, 187 00:09:17.240 --> 00:09:22.039 I will willing enough, I'll say to believe that it 188 00:09:22.159 --> 00:09:25.480 is a multiple piece of clay. Sure, you know what 189 00:09:25.480 --> 00:09:27.679 I mean. And by the way, when you pick fifty fifth, 190 00:09:27.720 --> 00:09:31.799 like that's fine. Now, if this is twenty five minutes 191 00:09:31.799 --> 00:09:35.399 a night, that's a bad idea. But I don't think 192 00:09:35.440 --> 00:09:37.559 that's gonna happen. I just don't think that's gonna happen. 193 00:09:37.639 --> 00:09:40.440 I think everybody involved with this, from Lebron on down 194 00:09:42.320 --> 00:09:45.679 knows that's not a good idea. Right, Those twenty five 195 00:09:45.679 --> 00:09:48.399 minutes a night should be happening in Rio Grande Valley. 196 00:09:48.399 --> 00:09:52.639 They should be having in Rino in Fort Wayne, you know, 197 00:09:52.840 --> 00:09:55.639 you in your favorite rough felt cities that have minor 198 00:09:55.679 --> 00:09:57.960 league basketball. That's where it should be happening. I think 199 00:09:57.960 --> 00:10:02.639 that's where it's mostly gonna happen. But I do think 200 00:10:03.200 --> 00:10:06.039 that you know, look, if if if the end game 201 00:10:06.080 --> 00:10:09.320 here is to create you know, an eighth or ninth 202 00:10:09.440 --> 00:10:13.840 guy on a team, a rotation level NBA player, which, like, honestly, 203 00:10:13.879 --> 00:10:17.080 I think that should be the goal, right, you know, Ridnie, 204 00:10:17.120 --> 00:10:21.440 I saw what Magic tweeted about Caruso and Reeves. I mean, 205 00:10:21.480 --> 00:10:24.639 I mean, that seems a little that seems like the 206 00:10:24.639 --> 00:10:26.000 bar is being set a little high. 207 00:10:26.000 --> 00:10:27.919 A little high, a little bit, a little bit man, 208 00:10:28.000 --> 00:10:29.759 a little bit, yeah. 209 00:10:29.279 --> 00:10:31.960 I mean, but but you know, look, Magic gets excited. 210 00:10:33.200 --> 00:10:36.440 You know, I think he's an excitable He's an excitable person. 211 00:10:36.440 --> 00:10:39.240 Those exclamation points are aren't there by accident in those tweets, 212 00:10:39.279 --> 00:10:42.320 Like they're there for a real reason. But I think, look, 213 00:10:42.320 --> 00:10:44.960 if the goal is to mold him into that, they're 214 00:10:44.960 --> 00:10:46.480 going to get to work on it. And I think, 215 00:10:46.559 --> 00:10:49.080 you know, he's going to give them the best chance 216 00:10:49.240 --> 00:10:53.559 at figuring that out. Maybe it works, maybe it doesn't. Tonight, 217 00:10:53.879 --> 00:10:56.720 like I said, I think it's more important to just 218 00:10:56.759 --> 00:10:59.799 like I think like the getting there tonight is more 219 00:11:00.320 --> 00:11:02.080 than the what happens next. 220 00:11:03.279 --> 00:11:06.639 Hey Dan, all Right? The biggest acquisition the Lakers made 221 00:11:06.679 --> 00:11:09.879 during the off season was JJ Reddick. As he approaches 222 00:11:09.919 --> 00:11:12.159 this first game, where do you think he is and 223 00:11:12.279 --> 00:11:13.240 his comfort level? 224 00:11:14.240 --> 00:11:17.039 I think it's high. Now we'll see what happens. Right, 225 00:11:17.080 --> 00:11:19.559 Like there is like a everybody has a plan until 226 00:11:19.559 --> 00:11:22.000 they get punched in the face sort of element of this, 227 00:11:22.639 --> 00:11:26.399 you know. I think the one thing, guys that I've 228 00:11:26.440 --> 00:11:29.799 been impressed with with JJ and having known JJ for 229 00:11:29.840 --> 00:11:32.600 a long time, having covered him with the Clippers and 230 00:11:32.720 --> 00:11:34.600 seeing him around the league and stuff like that, Right, 231 00:11:36.360 --> 00:11:40.080 he's a very confident person that comes across every time 232 00:11:40.120 --> 00:11:44.039 he speaks his confidence, I would say, uh, but he's 233 00:11:44.080 --> 00:11:46.720 an open minded person and he's a he's somebody willing 234 00:11:46.759 --> 00:11:49.240 to adjust. And I think that has been sort of 235 00:11:49.279 --> 00:11:52.440 my takeaway in talking to him, both in scrums and 236 00:11:52.519 --> 00:11:54.639 a little bit behind the scenes, is that, you know, 237 00:11:54.720 --> 00:11:56.799 like there's been three point three point three pointer has 238 00:11:56.799 --> 00:11:59.960 been a lot of you know, the talk in training 239 00:12:00.080 --> 00:12:01.679 camp and in the preseason, and this team has not 240 00:12:01.720 --> 00:12:05.639 shot shot the ball particularly well. If that continues, Like 241 00:12:05.840 --> 00:12:08.440 I mean, he's not going to do something just because 242 00:12:08.480 --> 00:12:11.159 he thinks it's the best way. I do believe that 243 00:12:11.200 --> 00:12:15.279 he will. He will adapt to what the team sort 244 00:12:15.320 --> 00:12:18.000 of is. And and you know, I think he's excited 245 00:12:18.039 --> 00:12:20.000 and willing to find that out. He's not going to 246 00:12:20.039 --> 00:12:21.960 get out worked, He's not going to get out prepared, 247 00:12:23.159 --> 00:12:25.200 you know. But but we'll see, you know. I've I've 248 00:12:25.240 --> 00:12:28.600 spoken some coaches who've told me that, you know, nothing 249 00:12:28.679 --> 00:12:31.399 really prepares you for the amount of decisions that you 250 00:12:31.559 --> 00:12:33.960 have to make in an NBA game as a head coach, 251 00:12:34.720 --> 00:12:38.000 that like they come at you rapid fire, you know. 252 00:12:38.320 --> 00:12:40.840 And I think so far in the preseason, you know, 253 00:12:40.919 --> 00:12:42.919 he's shown to be pretty quick with timeouts, He's been 254 00:12:42.919 --> 00:12:45.919 a good processor of information. Uh, the team hasn't played 255 00:12:45.919 --> 00:12:48.559 that great, you know. I think there's been some some 256 00:12:48.600 --> 00:12:52.639 real roster issues that have been exposed, you know, And 257 00:12:52.960 --> 00:12:55.080 I don't really know what to expect from them out 258 00:12:55.080 --> 00:12:57.200 of there, like right away to that in terms of 259 00:12:57.200 --> 00:13:00.440 how they look, that's kind of a that's hard to 260 00:13:00.480 --> 00:13:04.080 figure out. But I think he's prepared and has put 261 00:13:04.120 --> 00:13:07.120 them in the best possible position, you know, in terms 262 00:13:07.120 --> 00:13:09.000 of game plan and stuff like that, and then you know, 263 00:13:09.279 --> 00:13:12.399 we'll see if if it matches up with the with 264 00:13:12.480 --> 00:13:15.519 the talented ass. 265 00:13:14.399 --> 00:13:16.879 So that being said, on day day, what's what's going 266 00:13:16.960 --> 00:13:19.320 to be as big as challenge? Like early on and 267 00:13:20.000 --> 00:13:23.639 as the season progresses, but in particular is these first 268 00:13:24.120 --> 00:13:27.240 you know, a few weeks of the season, something that 269 00:13:27.279 --> 00:13:28.679 he may not be ready for. 270 00:13:29.000 --> 00:13:30.879 What do you think is going to be his challenge? 271 00:13:32.879 --> 00:13:37.080 You know, when things don't go well, probably is going 272 00:13:37.159 --> 00:13:39.679 to be like you know, I think we've heard a 273 00:13:39.679 --> 00:13:42.360 lot about the vibes around camp and stuff like that, 274 00:13:42.480 --> 00:13:45.720 and you talk to people and anybody knows knows that. 275 00:13:46.360 --> 00:13:48.720 You know, it's not hard to have good vibes early 276 00:13:49.159 --> 00:13:53.440 in a coaching regime. That's when that's that's when their 277 00:13:53.559 --> 00:13:59.279 things are at their Vibeists usually go, yeah, is that 278 00:13:59.320 --> 00:14:02.759 you have a change and you're happy and you're enthusiastic 279 00:14:02.799 --> 00:14:05.480 about it. And then you know, you deal with whatever 280 00:14:05.519 --> 00:14:09.159 comes in front of you. And so you know when 281 00:14:09.200 --> 00:14:11.559 when when things go a little off script, when things 282 00:14:11.600 --> 00:14:15.000 get hard, when you know you want to run motion offense, 283 00:14:15.120 --> 00:14:17.039 and you know Lebron thinks it's the right time to 284 00:14:17.120 --> 00:14:20.840 run pick and roll isolation, Like you know, like what 285 00:14:20.960 --> 00:14:24.440 happens then you know what I mean that to me 286 00:14:24.600 --> 00:14:27.120 is we'll be will be where the real tests are? 287 00:14:28.240 --> 00:14:30.600 You know. I do think everybody about this is pretty 288 00:14:30.600 --> 00:14:34.360 clear minded and understanding that this isn't a a day 289 00:14:34.440 --> 00:14:37.799 one solution, despite I think, you know, JJ being pretty 290 00:14:37.840 --> 00:14:41.639 prepared that there will be you know, some growing pains 291 00:14:41.679 --> 00:14:44.879 in this. But I but I but I think that 292 00:14:44.879 --> 00:14:46.399 that to me would be where because how do you 293 00:14:46.399 --> 00:14:48.039 how do you script that? You know, how do you 294 00:14:48.039 --> 00:14:51.720 get ready for that? And I think the other thing too, 295 00:14:51.960 --> 00:14:53.840 And like I said, I think he's answered some of 296 00:14:53.840 --> 00:14:56.679 this is just over analysis. He's a very analytical person, 297 00:14:57.840 --> 00:14:59.919 you know. And I think sometimes if you're somebody who want, 298 00:15:00.240 --> 00:15:01.919 you know, you're in a situation and you want to 299 00:15:01.919 --> 00:15:03.639 study it because you know, you think you have the 300 00:15:03.679 --> 00:15:05.519 brain power to figure it out, like you've got to 301 00:15:05.559 --> 00:15:08.519 you've got to hit it rapidly, you know, Like this 302 00:15:08.679 --> 00:15:11.480 is it does seem like the NBA is much more 303 00:15:11.519 --> 00:15:13.519 like the New York Times Mini Crossword than it is 304 00:15:13.559 --> 00:15:18.360 the big one, like speed matters and figuring the stuff out, uh, 305 00:15:18.720 --> 00:15:22.440 you know, And so I think, but I think he's 306 00:15:22.440 --> 00:15:25.399 shown that so far. But we'll just see how that 307 00:15:25.440 --> 00:15:28.879 happens when he's coming up against guys who have five, six, seven, 308 00:15:28.919 --> 00:15:32.000 eight years of experience of matching wits that quickly. 309 00:15:33.080 --> 00:15:35.159 All right, well, thank you for showing your wit with 310 00:15:35.279 --> 00:15:36.840 us today, Dan, we begin. 311 00:15:36.720 --> 00:15:40.440 To guys, guys, I have tell you I have it 312 00:15:40.480 --> 00:15:44.279 in droves over here. I'm overflowing with wits. Oh, this 313 00:15:44.399 --> 00:15:47.279 is what I've been telling overflowing. It's been it's been 314 00:15:47.320 --> 00:15:49.519 a long it's been a long off season. It's just 315 00:15:49.519 --> 00:15:52.480 been bubbling over. I'm ready to share it back with 316 00:15:52.519 --> 00:15:54.960 the listeners, with the five seventy world. That feels great 317 00:15:55.000 --> 00:15:55.440 to be back. 318 00:15:55.960 --> 00:15:57.840 All right, we will talk again soon, Dan. 319 00:15:58.480 --> 00:16:00.600 All right, guys, be good play team. 320 00:16:01.080 --> 00:16:04.720 You think rather optimistic there, Fred, Yeah, An you think. 321 00:16:04.759 --> 00:16:06.600 I think it's a playoff team. I think. 322 00:16:06.639 --> 00:16:10.440 So they stay healthy, Yeah, well, they got to stay healthy. 323 00:16:10.440 --> 00:16:12.840 But my issue is this, their best players are their 324 00:16:12.840 --> 00:16:17.200 oldest players, and the West is getting young. The teams 325 00:16:17.240 --> 00:16:18.440 in the West that are good are young. 326 00:16:18.519 --> 00:16:20.240 This team they're getting ready to open with is gonna 327 00:16:20.240 --> 00:16:20.799 be pretty good. 328 00:16:21.080 --> 00:16:23.799 I know this would be a good game tonight. Yeah yeah, 329 00:16:23.919 --> 00:16:26.919 all right, we'll have Vic coming up, and then also 330 00:16:27.879 --> 00:16:30.279 let's talk about how you can win those World Series tickets. 331 00:16:31.200 --> 00:16:33.679 That's try, that's tried, right to be Fred Rogan on 332 00:16:33.720 --> 00:16:38.559 a Tuesday, and we absolutely always need what we need, Freddie, 333 00:16:38.840 --> 00:16:40.759 that's spirituality, baby. 334 00:16:40.559 --> 00:16:41.120 Gotta have it. 335 00:16:41.240 --> 00:16:43.799 You need World Series tickets. We know that you want them. 336 00:16:44.080 --> 00:16:46.480 You're gonna have them. Here's the deal. Go to our 337 00:16:46.480 --> 00:16:49.919 remote show tomorrow Hollywood Park, Ginglewood. It starts at noon. 338 00:16:50.519 --> 00:16:52.440 You've got to get down there. If you're there, you 339 00:16:52.519 --> 00:16:57.240 are automatically registered to win World Series tickets. Thursday morning, 340 00:16:58.240 --> 00:17:01.960 Kates and Sacks will award the tickets just for the 341 00:17:01.960 --> 00:17:04.480 people that went to the Hollywood Park show. Then on 342 00:17:04.519 --> 00:17:09.079 Thursday afternoon, we'll be at BJ's in Racho Kukamonga. Go 343 00:17:09.160 --> 00:17:11.839 to BJS. If you go, you will register to win 344 00:17:11.880 --> 00:17:17.119 World Series tickets. Friday morning, Kates and Sacks will announce 345 00:17:17.160 --> 00:17:19.519 the winner as to who was going to that game. 346 00:17:20.039 --> 00:17:23.880 We have World Series tickets. They belong to you, but 347 00:17:24.039 --> 00:17:26.559 to get them, you've got to either go to Hollywood 348 00:17:26.599 --> 00:17:31.160 Park or BJ's and Rancho Kuckamonga or both. That's the 349 00:17:31.160 --> 00:17:33.720 only way you can win the tickets. There's no call in, 350 00:17:33.839 --> 00:17:37.079 there's no online. You've got to go, and if you go, 351 00:17:37.119 --> 00:17:42.079 you're registered. The Hollywood Park shows are usually pretty full. 352 00:17:42.119 --> 00:17:45.119 I would recommend getting there early. All right, let's have 353 00:17:45.200 --> 00:17:47.759 some spirituality and to provide that there was only one man. 354 00:17:47.839 --> 00:17:52.319 Victor Brick the Daily haikup at two and Big Good afternoon. 355 00:17:55.160 --> 00:17:58.559 I am so pumped if you're going to set up 356 00:17:59.240 --> 00:18:03.400 all listeners the World Series tickets in Inglewood tomorrow and 357 00:18:03.559 --> 00:18:05.519 Rancho Cucamonga on Thursday. 358 00:18:05.519 --> 00:18:10.559 Fred Rogan, Hello, Vic, and don't forget tomorrow at Hollywood Park. 359 00:18:10.640 --> 00:18:13.519 We're giving away Clipper tickets for opening night. So if 360 00:18:13.519 --> 00:18:16.559 you'll win those tickets, you walk right across the street 361 00:18:16.559 --> 00:18:18.559 the Intuit Dome for Game. 362 00:18:18.359 --> 00:18:21.920 One fully loaded. 363 00:18:21.960 --> 00:18:29.000 Fred, yes, and he says tickets are going for close 364 00:18:29.079 --> 00:18:31.000 to fifteen hundred dollars a pop. 365 00:18:31.519 --> 00:18:38.960 Who know, Rodney Pete DP, who knew? You're telling me. 366 00:18:41.000 --> 00:18:46.720 It's worth the price of admission. That's all I could say. 367 00:18:45.799 --> 00:18:46.440 Fred, You're right. 368 00:18:46.480 --> 00:18:51.640 Those are indelible memories. They cannot be measured in currency. 369 00:18:52.519 --> 00:18:59.799 The currency of memory and spending quality time with your 370 00:19:00.240 --> 00:19:09.799 hardball soulmate is precious and his baby Oliver is cooing 371 00:19:10.160 --> 00:19:14.160 once again with the World Series flavor Dodgers and six. 372 00:19:14.640 --> 00:19:17.000 Okay, now I like it. 373 00:19:20.839 --> 00:19:24.559 His inspirational cuts carry the azul to the four classic 374 00:19:24.640 --> 00:19:25.400 Roadie fascio. 375 00:19:25.599 --> 00:19:26.559 He never needs a ticket. 376 00:19:26.880 --> 00:19:29.559 It's King Flavor. Roll out the red carpet, big. 377 00:19:35.400 --> 00:19:35.599 Well. 378 00:19:35.640 --> 00:19:41.200 I am covelling for all Dodgers fans, but I'm also 379 00:19:41.240 --> 00:19:43.839 covalent for all Fernando Valenzuela fans. 380 00:19:44.039 --> 00:19:46.759 A feeling you. 381 00:19:46.559 --> 00:19:50.400 Lhigante tribute to the great El Toro and Boil Heights. 382 00:19:51.160 --> 00:19:54.799 It's a giant mural created by the same artists who 383 00:19:54.799 --> 00:19:58.319 painted the Otani Mural in Little Tokyo, the multi skilled 384 00:19:58.440 --> 00:19:59.240 Robert Vargas. 385 00:20:01.160 --> 00:20:04.279 He's calling it Fernando Mania Forever. 386 00:20:06.839 --> 00:20:12.480 Vargas says, because there was Fernando Mania before there was 387 00:20:12.480 --> 00:20:17.799 Oltani Mania. And Vargas begins his project of thirty four 388 00:20:17.880 --> 00:20:23.359 Love Today and he's going to finish it by November one, 389 00:20:24.319 --> 00:20:30.200 which would be Fernando's sixty fourth birthday. And you're gonna 390 00:20:30.200 --> 00:20:31.839 see it from both sides of the one on one. 391 00:20:32.079 --> 00:20:36.039 It's on First Street and Ball Heights. Of course, all 392 00:20:36.039 --> 00:20:39.880 our love and prayers to Fernando's recovering from health issues. 393 00:20:41.680 --> 00:20:44.759 But we've got to think back to Fernando Man when 394 00:20:44.759 --> 00:20:47.920 he first created the Delirium and the CEO died in 395 00:20:48.039 --> 00:20:49.319 nineteen eighty one. 396 00:20:49.839 --> 00:20:52.279 Yes, last time the Dodgers played the Yankees in the 397 00:20:52.279 --> 00:20:52.920 World Series. 398 00:20:52.920 --> 00:20:58.079 Pick exactly, exactly, Rather, he was a pen arm out 399 00:20:58.079 --> 00:21:02.599 of Mexico his first eight games and the Majors, Fernando 400 00:21:02.680 --> 00:21:09.440 hurled five shutouts, and Fernando Mania was born, and Valezuela 401 00:21:09.519 --> 00:21:13.599