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Speaker 1: Is the Matt Thomas Show with Ross.

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Speaker 2: Sen oh one in the am here on Sports Talk

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seven hinety. Hello and welcome into a Wednesday edition of

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The Matt Thomas Show with Ross without Matt Thomas. He

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is out today and you're saying, well, why was he

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traveling with the Rockets?

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Speaker 1: No?

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Speaker 2: Is he on vacation. Never is he relaxing on a beach.

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I've never heard of him ever knew that in my life.

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He is out because today is a wonderful and historic

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and a special day in the Thomas household. His daughter

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Carly Thomas is going to sign her national letter of

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intent to play volleyball with the University of Rhode Island.

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Yesterday's topic for Believe it or Not, Matt about fifty

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two minutes ago put up a tweet that says a

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national signing day Humble Independent School District. I believe they

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do it for the entire school. I don't know if

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they do it for football and every single sport. So

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it might be a very long day for Matt at

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the Humble ISD signing day. But Matt is out as

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he is a proud papa today and saying he's already

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a mess and he is going to watch his daughter

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sign her national letter of intent. And all the years

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of traveling around and taking her to volleyball and club

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and practices and private coaching and getting a volleyball court

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in his backyard and all that good stuff. It's paying

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off as his daughter is going to be a collegiate

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volleyball player at the University of Rhode Island.

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Speaker 3: That is out.

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Speaker 2: I am here, Chris Gordy. Maybe hanging out at some point,

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maybe not, we'll find out. Adam Clinton is going to

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join in the one o'clock hour. Jonathan Allen is bringing

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us the news at noon, coming up at noon.

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Speaker 3: All right, I'm getting ahead, nod. So that's good.

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Speaker 2: There we have a Wednesday is a I is a

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no no shut Joe bum ass up slash. Ain't nobody

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got time for that. That's coming up at eleven thirty.

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And as of right now, I am a flying solo.

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There so a lot of stuff to get to today,

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even though it's kind of like the beginning of February,

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there's some interesting stuff going on.

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Speaker 3: We'll get some astro stuff in a second.

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Speaker 2: If he had not heard, James Harden is a Cleveland Cavalier.

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So he has gone from traded to the nets and

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was at the beginning of twenty twenty one. I think

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that was like January of twenty twenty one. He played

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a few games with the Rockets and then he went

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to the Nets. Then actually, now this gets muddy, as

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he went to the seventy six ers, and then he

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went to the Clippers, and now he's going to the

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Cleveland Cavaliers. Is he going to be the most traded

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Hall of Famer of all time? He's going to the

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Hall of Fame. He won an MVP, he's like top

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ten in scoring all time. I think he's next on

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the list to try to come after Wilt Chamberlain at

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seventh on the all time scoring list, which is crazy,

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by the way, that that twenty twelve Oklahoma City Thunder

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Finals team had Russell Westbrook, James Harden, and Kevin Durant

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all on it and they're all, I want to say,

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top fifteen all time points leaders in NBA history. I'm

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trying to pull it up right now. Definitely, Kevin Durant

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is now chasing Michael Jordan and getting closer and closer.

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He's sixth. James Harden is ninth. Okay, where's Russell Westbrook

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is in as high as I thought? So if no,

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he is fifteenth, Oh my gosh, Duran, Harden and Westbrook

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are all top fifteen scores all time and all played

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on the same team and they never won a championship.

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All right, But I digress complicated history with James Harden.

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We'll get to that later on the show. But he

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is now a Cleveland Cavalier, and of course he was

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a longtime legendary Houston Rocket. They don't go on with

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in the Basketball Hall of Fame. They only get a

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plaque with a cap or a jersey hun or anything

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like that. But he would be Houston Rocket going into

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the Hall of Fame. But now he is on his

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fourth team in about five six seasons, so James Harden

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a Cleveland Cavalier. Of course, as I said, we got

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some astro stuff going on. Rocket's going to be an

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action tonight against the Boston Celtics. They are on a

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back to back. Celtics have been very good. They are

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one of the surprises in the league. They are on

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a back to back as they beat the Dallas Mavericks

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one ten to one hundred yesterday. Rockets and Celtics coming

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your way. That'll be a seven o'clock tip. Ooh, some

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line movement check that yesterday Rockets were five and a

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half point favorites, now down to four and a half

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point favorites with the uh maybe that means Kevin Durant

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not going to be available tonight. Does Vegas know something

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we don't know? That'll be something to keep an eye on.

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We got Rockets launch Pat. I'll have that for you

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coming up at six o'clock here on Sports Talk seven ninety.

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It'll be a seven o'clock tip Rockets taking on the

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Boston Celtics, and then it'll be a back to back

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as they'll take on the Charlotte Hornets tomorrow. At home

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also at seven o'clock. And don't scoff, don't laugh when

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you hear the Charlotte Hornets are in town. They're actually

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playing some good ball. They have won seven games in

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a row, including wins over the Spurs seventy sixers Magic,

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who are completely terrible. Over that stretch, I lied them, Yeah,

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twenty five, twenty four Magic. So seven game winning street

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for the Hornets. They'll be in town tomorrow, Rockets taking

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on the Boston Celtics to night. So, as I mentioned,

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we got a lot of different news stories swirling around

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to me, some interesting stuff from both Dana Brown and

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Joe Aspata.

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Speaker 3: Yesterday they had.

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Speaker 2: The media luncheon and they do this and and yeah,

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a lot of it's just kind of gland handing and schmoozing.

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And oh, check out our new whatever disgusting fried foods

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we have coming up to the ballpark. That's gonna give

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you a massive coronary come the seventh inning, come and

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taste that. But then, of course the meat and potatoes

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of it is the general manager Dana Brown speaking and

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Joe a Spota speaking. So a couple of interesting things

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I think out out of that. I mean, we talked

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about the storylines the off the outfield logjam or lack

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thereof the infield logjam. That is what the Astros are

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going to want to do their the left handed bat

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and I want to play a couple of these audio

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clips that we're gonna have for you guys, and we

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will pepper these throughout the show. But I want to

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start with to me is the first domino. When you

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talk about the infield and you talk about Hell's al

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tuove coming back to second base, you talk about the outfield,

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and one of the things that the Astros had liked

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to do when they first moved to the American League

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is move guys around in the designated hitter spot. Joe

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Spota says that is not in his plans go done.

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Speaker 4: I will like to give him most of his up

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past as at DH and I will do all everything

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in my power to keep him in that DH butt.

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He will get some opportunities in left field to keep

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that dhpot open for all their players. But this is

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going to be a competition from the get go. We'll

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see where where we stand there and see what forget

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most of those upbots there the win a season.

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Speaker 2: See that that's the big first piece of news, because

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if we're talking about an infield logjam, right, and we're

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talking about well, where's he sac parade it's gonna play?

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And where's Christian Walker what's gonna happen? And what's JOSEL Tuove?

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Where's he gonna do? A natural spot for all those

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guys that'd be like, hey, they're all in their thirties,

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and we throw Carl's karra in there. They're in their thirties.

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Guys have described it more as like a half day

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where you just kind of have to do your hitting

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and you go out there and you get you get

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your abs and you don't have to go out there

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and run a little bit of a half day, which

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thirty six year old jose Al Tuove, for a Christian

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Walker getting longer in the tooth. Carls Krey, we know

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he's had a history. I mean, he's got an injury

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history of back problems, and we can maybe even call

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him injury prone because he failed to physical with the

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San Francisco Giants and he's always wearing a back brace

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and something to keep an eye on, like, hey, give

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those guys a DH day. Well not so fast, my friend.

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According to Joe Spata, he wants Jordan Alvarez in that

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designated hitter spot. I mean, you just heard the words

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out of his mouth, and you don't hear a whole

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lot of I don't say, like calling out or straight

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talk or anything like that when it comes to Dana

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Brown and Joe Spot and speaking to the media, but

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I mean that that's pretty direct. I want to have

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yord On Alvarez in my designated hitter spot as much

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Speaker 3: Now, if you.

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Speaker 2: Are, I don't know the people that are in a

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school of thought that it's inevitable he's gonna miss a

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large chunk of games which could happen and could get hurt.

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We have a stored injury history of him, but two

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years ago he played one hundred and forty four games,

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so maybe he is gonna be out there almost every day.

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he's gonna miss thirty five plus games, then those are

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thirty five plus games. You can toss jose L Twove

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in the DH spot and whomever else, But if he's not.

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twenty nine year old, Yeah, twenty eight right now, gonna

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turn twenty nine June, and somebody who did two years

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ago play one hundred and forty plus games and you're

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hoping he does. It was one hundred and forty seven game.

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Excuse me, a hundred forty four was in twenty one.

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But three of the last five years he's played one

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hundred and thirty plus games. So if that happens, it

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becomes four of six, then you do have to figure

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some things out. And I also say you want him

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in the lineup every day, whether it's a DH spot,

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left field or wherever, because he's the most dangerous hitter

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in Astro's history in terms of ops plus right now.

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His one sixty three mark is far better than Jeff

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Bagwell's one forty nine career mark, although Jeff Bagwell had

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to decline. Yard On Alvarez is in the heart of

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his prime, So we'll see where there's numbers shake out

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as the years go along, but by ops plus, best

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hitter in Astro's history right now is yord On Alvarez.

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You need him in that lineup every day. You want

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him to get his first forty home run season, which

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is insane to say out loud. You can't believe he

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hadn't gotten forty home runs, but a lot of that

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has been because he's been missing significant time every single year.

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It seems like, so you want him in the lineup

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every day he's I mean, think about how dangerous locked

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in Yrdon is and you want him to be good

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and great, But then what goes on with everybody else?

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How how if you if you can't shuffle half days

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in the designated hitter spot of the lineup? What does

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that mean for Korea? Al Tuova paratus walker Pinya obviously

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has shortstop lockdown, and it's kind of just I don't

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know if Joe's spot is just gonna pull names out

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of a hat when it comes to the rest of

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those positions, or is there going to be a trade

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made very soon or at least by the deadline for

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your Houston Astros.

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Speaker 3: That's what we have to figure out.

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Speaker 2: Okay, still have to get too left handed bat stuff,

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still have to get the outfield stuff. But it is

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You guys want to get in seven one three two

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Speaker 3: Are going on.

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on the Sports Talk seven Iety. Welcome in, Welcome back

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to the Matt Thomas Show with Ross.

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Speaker 3: Without Matt Thomas, he is out.

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Speaker 2: Chris Gordy is here hanging out wearing an SEC hoodie.

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Oh yeah, it's a big day, is it signing day? Well,

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it's see asn't bigger as the day. It's like the

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early one, right, yeah, this one, this one is kind

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of a dud.

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Speaker 5: It's probably five percent of the entire class signing today.

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Speaker 2: Does everybody in the portal have to sign by today?

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How does that work? They get their own thing.

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Speaker 3: No, you had a deadline to enter the portal.

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Speaker 5: Now that you're in the portal, you can just take

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your sweet ass time to pick your team.

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Speaker 3: See.

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Speaker 5: But here's the problem. The deadline to enroll for spring

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classes has passed, so most if you're in the portal

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right now and you have not picked your new school,

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you're basically taking a semester off because you're not in side.

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Speaker 3: Huh.

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Speaker 5: There are some schools like Oregon that are on the

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quarter system, so like, I think their classes start next week,

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so if you wanted to transfer to Oregon, you could

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Speaker 3: It's very it's.

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Speaker 5: All very sketchy, but it's it's an interesting day because

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this morning a judge in Tennessee ruled in favor of

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Joey Aguilar, the Tennessee quarterback that is trying to get

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another coming back for Believe. Yes, well so here, So

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here's the thing, and this is this is kind of

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an interesting debate. Real quick, he spent a year at

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some like small community college. Then the next two years

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at a community college, used a red shirt inside of

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that in one of those years, and then went to

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app State, played two years at app State and last

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year at Tennessee. So he's technically played three years at

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the Division one level. Yes, So the argument is, hey,

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he should get a fourth year at the D one level.

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And this is this goes back to what Diego Pavia

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won last year. Diego Pavia played at community college and

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then he got the extra year of eligibility to play

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at VANDI last year. It's an interesting debate on is

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community should community college count as a year of eligibilities

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not D one football?

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Speaker 2: I don't know. I would say, how about I got

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a crazy rule, what if you're in school and actually

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pursuing a degree, then you can play.

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Speaker 3: If you're pursuing a bachelor's you get four years. Most

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of these kids graduate. I mean, like if you.

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Speaker 2: Want to get a graduate degree, because the Carson beg

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he's I'm not in class.

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Speaker 5: But that goes back to the old. Remember Matt Lioner

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came back to USC and he took ballroom dancing.

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Speaker 2: Are you taking ballroom dancing? You're out? Okay, I'm sorry,

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you're not pursuing a degree.

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Speaker 5: I think somebody told me Jayden Daniels his last year

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at LSU he was actually working on his masters, like

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he started working. So like, I mean, if you go

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that route and get him the masters, and how yeah,

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I mean how many? How many college quarterbacks are gonna

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really pursue PhDs well, and especially a guy like Joe Aguilar.

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He's not he has no NFL potential. But here's the

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great argument they have in court. Tennessee has a two

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million dollars nil l offer on.

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Speaker 2: The table for him. He has no like, no scouts

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are looking at him at all for the NFL. So

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if they say you're done with college, you have to

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go pro and he doesn't get drafted.

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Speaker 3: His argument is, I have to.

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Speaker 5: You're keeping me from making two million dollars yes, anti

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anti trust lawsuits, So I don't know, it'll be it'll

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be fascinating to see. But the more I started talking out,

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the more I started to go, you know what everyone

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should get at four years at the.

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Speaker 3: D one level.

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Speaker 5: I don't care how many you spent at JUCO or

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community college and all this.

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Speaker 3: I think you should get four year once you get

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the D one. The clock starts sticking. You get four years.

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Speaker 2: I have a stupid question, how many years can you

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play intermural like flag football?

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Speaker 3: As many as you want? What do you want?

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Speaker 6: Right?

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Speaker 3: So, I mean, what's the difference.

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Speaker 5: Any Van Wilder out there, you want to spend six

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seven years of college, you can't.

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Speaker 2: As I'm saying, as long as you're actually enrolled in

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pursuing a degree, like if you're in ballroom dancing or

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if you're not in classes at all, no, you shouldn't

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be on the team. If you're actually pursuing an actual degree,

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put them on the team, put on the field.

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Speaker 5: Those universities will say, as long as you're paying your money,

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we'll keep taking your money.

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Speaker 3: You always keep staying to me.

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Speaker 2: I don't feel like you're going to really be able

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to get like a PhD.

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Speaker 3: I don't know it.

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Speaker 2: It's all a weird house of cards with the weird

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rules that don't make any sense and haven't made any

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sense since like basically the eighteen eighty.

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Speaker 5: I think it was kind of interesting too. Steve Sarkisian

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spoke out on it a couple months ago, and he

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was he was against it, and I believe leive sark

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started started his career at JUCO or community college.

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Speaker 3: He was against what which way?

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Speaker 5: Like he was saying, no, those years count because because

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I had to do it, And it's like, okay, but

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that was forever go Pops, Like, I.

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Speaker 2: Don't know that JUCO should count of guess I don't know. Yeah,

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his uh, let's see. Yeah, he started at El Camino, Oh,

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Camino Public Community College in LA in ninety three and

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ninety four, and then he spent two years at BYU.

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So sark played four years of college football, but two

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were at community college. Oh, just because it's the way,

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just because I had to do it means things should

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be worse. Okay, let's go to that's different. It's a

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different level, you know.

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Speaker 5: I mean like remember cam Newton went to Blend Community College.

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Speaker 3: He did. I don't think that should counted college national champion.

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Speaker 5: Can you imagine if we go back in time and

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Cam Newton goes undefeated with Auburn, wins the national championship,

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win the Win's Heisman, and gets another year of eligibility,

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could come back that next time.

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Speaker 3: I mean he was to be the number one.

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Speaker 2: Oh well, actually, coming out of that draft, he wasn't

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the number one overall pick coming out, but then of

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course eventually was the number.

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Speaker 3: One overall pick.

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Speaker 2: But people were like, oh, we don't know, and then

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he got taken number one over by the Panthers, won

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an MVP. I mean, even though Cam had an interesting career,

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you won an MVP. People got to a Super Bowl

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and won an MVP. That's worthy of a number one

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overall pick. But yeah, now I'm gonna say Juco doesn't count.

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It's different football. And again, if you're pursuing a degree,

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I don't have an issue with it.

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Speaker 3: I don't.

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Speaker 2: I mean, the NCAA is just ridiculous in itself. Let

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the kids play, do you know, and let him get

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especially if he's gonna get two million more dollars.

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Speaker 5: That Cam Newton draft. Can you name any of the

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top eleven picks in that draft?

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Speaker 2: Nick Fairley was in there, Nick Fairley, Watt was in there.

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Speaker 3: JJ Watt won eleventh. I can't remember. Outside of that.

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Speaker 5: Check out this top seven, Cam Newton won, Von Miller two.

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Speaker 3: Oh, it's pretty good.

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Speaker 2: Marcel Darius three had a good career Buffalo. Marcell Darius

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Do you mean the guy who ripped off Colt McCoy's arm.

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Speaker 3: Yes, that guy. AJ Green went four. Yeah. AJ Green

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was good. Patrick Peterson went five. Wow. J Leo Jones

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went six. What a draft.

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Speaker 5: Alden Smith went seventh, and then Tyron Smith went ninth

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to the Cowboys. In between those that picked nine and ten,

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Jake Locker and Blaine Gabbert.

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Speaker 2: AFC South Stillharts and then you go a few picks

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later Robert Quinn I directly led to the Texan success

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in the AFC South around Bill O'Brien, Era, Robert.

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Speaker 5: Quinn, Mike Pouncy, Ryan Carrigan, Cam Jordan Damn, that's a

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damn good draft.

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Speaker 3: Pretty damn strong draft for sure. Outside of quarterbacks.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, wow JJ all those guys are retired ex over Yeah,

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every one of them, right just about it.

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Speaker 5: I mean that's a long time ago, twenty eleven. But anyway,

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the college conversation, so the aguilar thing is now going

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to go back. It's him versus the NCAA. So we're

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gonna see what happens on that dude. The NCAA lawyers

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have been taking all these l's, all the l's because

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they have no legs to standoffs.

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Speaker 2: They're they're sick of paying these lawyers to lose every

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single lawsuit that they have well, and.

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Speaker 5: In the Trinidad Champbells case is coming up next week,

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the NCAA is supposed to make a final decision on

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him today. That s expected he's gonna get denied and

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then this ole miss judge in Mississippi is gonna rule

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you can't do.

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Speaker 2: That, and they're gonna make him eligible. All these cases

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are going to the local courtroom with judges that are

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a lums of those schools, going we rule in favor

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of the playoff. Yeah, you can play immediately, son. Yeah,

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I'm okay with rooting in favor of the player.

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Speaker 3: But I'm just like, if the NCAA wake the hell up.

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Speaker 2: You don't want all these individual cases going to these

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local judges that are all going to rule against you.

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All Right, we have to take quick break on that.

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We got off to a college football tangent. But that's okay,

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that's what's gonna happen with Chris Gordy. Into appreciate that

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good conversation honestly on the amateurism rules and stuff like that.

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We'll get back to some of the stuff we were

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talking about with Joe Spota saying he wants yord on

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Alvarez in DH and he's gonna do everything within his

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power to have yord On at DH just about every

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single day. What does that mean for rest of the

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infield and the outfield and a surprising name getting some

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reps in the center field for the Astros as well.

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Speaker 3: We'll talk about that as we go along.

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Speaker 2: We also have Ain't no buddy got time for that

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slash shut show bumb Ass up coming at eleven thirty.

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It is the Matt Thomas Show with Ross with you

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until two o'clock here on Sports Talk seven ninety. Welcome

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back the Matt Thomas Show with Ross here on Sports

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Talk seven ninety. Matt Thomas is out. It is national

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signing day for the Humble Independent School District and his

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daughter is signing to become a collegiate volleyball player on

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an athletic scholarship at the University of Rhode Island. Congratulations

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to the Thomas family. Chris Gordy is hanging out. We'll

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have Adam Clinton coming up at one o'clock, and we'll

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have Ain't nobody got time for that slash Shut Joe

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bum Ass up coming up at eleven thirty. Phone lines

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So we were talking about a little bit in the

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first segment about jord On Alvarez being the DH as

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much as possible. Joe Spot, Im gonna do everything within

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his power to have yord.

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Speaker 3: On there and Gordy.

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Speaker 2: That means, I mean, you would figure Korea in his thirties,

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Altuve in his thirties, Christian Walker in his thirties. You

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want to give those guys half days, do some rotation,

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help with that log jam in the infield, with Esak

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Paratus in the fold as well. But if ord On

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Alvarez is locking down that DH spot every single day

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and healthy, which of course is the addendum when it

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comes to ord On Alvarez, if he's healthy, then that's

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just gonna make it that much more harder to fill

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out the lineup and keep everybody fresh and in a rhythm.

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Speaker 5: It's it's gonna be interesting. That's you this I want

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to say. It was either spring training last year, spring

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training the year before. Joe Spotto was talking to us

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about the Jordon thing, and it was kind of funny.

474
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Speaker 3: He said that.

475
00:23:12,279 --> 00:23:15,200
Speaker 5: He showed us like he gets messages from Jordon randomly.

476
00:23:15,319 --> 00:23:18,079
He'll just send him like highlights of him making catches

477
00:23:18,079 --> 00:23:18,759
in left field.

478
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Speaker 3: Oh really, and.

479
00:23:19,960 --> 00:23:22,599
Speaker 5: The spot is like, Okay, I get it, Yes, you've

480
00:23:22,640 --> 00:23:24,759
made some nice catches, but it's like, you know, it's

481
00:23:24,799 --> 00:23:26,559
the it's the thing of like they've got to keep

482
00:23:26,640 --> 00:23:29,640
him healthy. And so it's as much as Jordon wants

483
00:23:29,640 --> 00:23:32,240
to play left field every day as much as and

484
00:23:32,279 --> 00:23:34,359
I think he's actually done a decent job out there,

485
00:23:34,400 --> 00:23:37,720
He's not gonna make the diving Jake Morisnik banging your

486
00:23:37,720 --> 00:23:38,839
head into the groundcount.

487
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Speaker 2: You don't want him running into the scoreboard again, right,

488
00:23:41,960 --> 00:23:44,319
But he's he's been pretty good at playing him off

489
00:23:44,319 --> 00:23:44,680
the hop.

490
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Speaker 5: He's been pretty good of you know, he's got speed,

491
00:23:47,680 --> 00:23:49,920
he can get to the ball pretty well, and he's

492
00:23:49,920 --> 00:23:52,880
got a decent arm, Like you're not. It's been fine

493
00:23:52,880 --> 00:23:55,200
in left field when he plays. But it's just that

494
00:23:55,279 --> 00:23:58,519
injury history. Man, it's well, you can't go another season

495
00:23:58,559 --> 00:24:02,079
where Jordon only plays fifty games, Like he's got to

496
00:24:02,200 --> 00:24:05,559
play on one one thirty plus, I'd.

497
00:24:05,400 --> 00:24:06,160
Speaker 3: Say, yeah, it was.

498
00:24:06,400 --> 00:24:08,920
Speaker 2: It was the fewest games that he has played ever,

499
00:24:09,440 --> 00:24:12,519
not counting the twenty twenty season where first of all,

500
00:24:12,519 --> 00:24:14,920
it was a shortened season, and also he had surgery,

501
00:24:14,960 --> 00:24:18,079
I believe, on both of his knees. Since then, games

502
00:24:18,119 --> 00:24:22,480
played for yord On Alvarez one forty four, one thirty five,

503
00:24:22,799 --> 00:24:25,599
one fourteen, one forty seven, and then last year at

504
00:24:25,640 --> 00:24:30,400
forty eight was just uh, not where you wanted it

505
00:24:30,440 --> 00:24:33,559
to be. And the production wasn't there even when he

506
00:24:33,640 --> 00:24:35,119
was out there. I mean he had a couple of

507
00:24:35,119 --> 00:24:39,079
weeks in spurts where he just looked like himself. But uh,

508
00:24:39,119 --> 00:24:42,000
you need yord On If this team is gonna challenge

509
00:24:42,039 --> 00:24:45,400
the Seattle Mariners at all, you're gonna need one hundred

510
00:24:45,400 --> 00:24:49,039
and forty plus games of yord On Alvarez actually being

511
00:24:49,640 --> 00:24:50,759
yord On Alvarez.

512
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Speaker 3: Yeah.

513
00:24:51,400 --> 00:24:53,839
Speaker 5: Somebody I was talking to was saying, you know all

514
00:24:53,880 --> 00:24:56,519
this talk of one at a left handed bat, and

515
00:24:56,559 --> 00:24:59,440
wanted to add this, want to do this, It said,

516
00:24:59,480 --> 00:25:02,720
the most important thing for the Astros is just having

517
00:25:02,759 --> 00:25:05,160
yord On Alvarez in the lineup. I think even Taylor

518
00:25:05,240 --> 00:25:08,039
rom wrote about this, like all this wish list and

519
00:25:08,160 --> 00:25:10,839
dream in all this all that's fine. At the end

520
00:25:10,839 --> 00:25:13,319
of the day, this team to go anywhere, to do

521
00:25:13,400 --> 00:25:16,119
whatever they're gonna We want them to do has to

522
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be with Ordon Alvarez.

523
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Speaker 3: In the lineup.

524
00:25:17,599 --> 00:25:19,119
Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean, if you look at that lineup like

525
00:25:19,160 --> 00:25:22,359
you're talking about with with you get Jeremy PayNet, Jordon Alvarez,

526
00:25:22,440 --> 00:25:27,079
Carlos Korea, Estik Paradus, Christian Walker, jose Al Tuvey in

527
00:25:27,119 --> 00:25:30,079
some capacity, maybe Cam Smith makes a leap like it

528
00:25:30,119 --> 00:25:33,599
could be a very good, dangerous, lengthy lineup for the Astros.

529
00:25:33,880 --> 00:25:35,519
A lot of the names, of course longer in the

530
00:25:35,559 --> 00:25:38,759
tooth and their thirties and stuff like that. But there's

531
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some potential Janner Diaz who just won his uh his arbitration,

532
00:25:42,279 --> 00:25:44,640
who I didn't mention and needs to have a bounce

533
00:25:44,680 --> 00:25:45,440
back season at.

534
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Speaker 3: The plate as well.

535
00:25:46,200 --> 00:25:50,079
Speaker 2: Yes, eight, there's a potential for a long for a

536
00:25:50,160 --> 00:25:53,200
for a really good lengthy lineup. I thought last year

537
00:25:54,160 --> 00:25:56,319
they should have, like I I even said this for

538
00:25:56,400 --> 00:25:58,440
the season. I thought it should have gotten more fifty

539
00:25:58,440 --> 00:26:03,920
to fifty platoon Yanar Diez with Victor Krrottini. Yeah, and

540
00:26:03,960 --> 00:26:07,880
now Victor Carrottini is gone, and I know they're looking

541
00:26:07,920 --> 00:26:09,119
for a veteran catcher out there.

542
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Speaker 3: They're still looking, but the.

543
00:26:11,119 --> 00:26:14,039
Speaker 5: More time goes by, the more and and Dana Brown

544
00:26:14,039 --> 00:26:15,759
said all the right things yesterday He's like, oh, we

545
00:26:15,799 --> 00:26:17,880
believe in Cisar Salas are and all this, but like

546
00:26:18,920 --> 00:26:20,839
in nothing against him, and he has hit, you know,

547
00:26:20,880 --> 00:26:23,039
when he's been at the big league level. But like I,

548
00:26:23,519 --> 00:26:26,839
I need him as my third option, like I I

549
00:26:26,880 --> 00:26:30,039
And now again like with no Keratini, you're leaning on

550
00:26:30,200 --> 00:26:32,759
Yanarda is gonna have to belie even more find the place.

551
00:26:32,839 --> 00:26:35,400
Speaker 3: I just I thought that should have been a spot.

552
00:26:35,440 --> 00:26:37,359
Speaker 5: You should have went and got a good hitting catcher,

553
00:26:38,559 --> 00:26:39,839
backup catcher and and.

554
00:26:40,279 --> 00:26:43,039
Speaker 3: Almost platoon fifty to fifty with him and Yaner Diaz.

555
00:26:43,079 --> 00:26:46,200
Speaker 5: I thought Yanar Diaz catching as much as he did,

556
00:26:46,599 --> 00:26:49,680
the legs got tired and the bats suffered because of it.

557
00:26:50,119 --> 00:26:52,880
Speaker 2: And Sesar Salas are out of options, right, I believe

558
00:26:52,880 --> 00:26:53,920
think so.

559
00:26:53,920 --> 00:26:55,119
Speaker 3: So that's it was.

560
00:26:55,200 --> 00:26:56,960
Speaker 2: It was great to have him as a third guy

561
00:26:57,079 --> 00:26:59,559
carry three catchers.

562
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Speaker 3: I'm fine, but it's not good.

563
00:27:02,559 --> 00:27:04,559
Speaker 5: But then salves are needs to be a good pinch

564
00:27:04,599 --> 00:27:07,039
hit option, you know late in games, like he's got

565
00:27:07,079 --> 00:27:07,960
to be about off the bench.

566
00:27:09,119 --> 00:27:10,200
Speaker 3: I just wouldn't keeping.

567
00:27:10,200 --> 00:27:12,359
Speaker 2: I wouldn't put a whole lot of money into the stock,

568
00:27:12,880 --> 00:27:15,720
says our salves are stock. So that means what's gonna happen,

569
00:27:15,799 --> 00:27:18,559
especially when it comes to Estoch Paratus and Christian Walker.

570
00:27:18,839 --> 00:27:21,000
Speaker 3: Here's what Joe Spott I had to say about that yesterday.

571
00:27:22,000 --> 00:27:24,119
Speaker 4: My message always been this is going to play out,

572
00:27:24,160 --> 00:27:27,119
and let's just get to spring training and and like

573
00:27:27,240 --> 00:27:31,079
go out and prepare ourselves to to win.

574
00:27:31,359 --> 00:27:31,559
Speaker 6: Right.

575
00:27:32,799 --> 00:27:35,480
Speaker 4: I don't want this to become a distraction. I think

576
00:27:35,519 --> 00:27:38,920
this is going to play itself out. But right now

577
00:27:39,079 --> 00:27:41,839
they are they understand where we're at, and they understand

578
00:27:41,880 --> 00:27:43,759
that we need all of us to be together to

579
00:27:43,799 --> 00:27:46,440
accomplish our goal. So I want our focuses to be

580
00:27:46,759 --> 00:27:47,559
to be on.

581
00:27:47,599 --> 00:27:49,759
Speaker 2: That all right, spring training and we're going to figure

582
00:27:49,759 --> 00:27:53,079
it out. That means like, eh, maybe let me get

583
00:27:53,119 --> 00:27:57,160
trade by then. I mean it's it's not obviously too

584
00:27:57,240 --> 00:28:00,119
late in the game that you you can actually you

585
00:28:00,119 --> 00:28:03,200
have the capacity to make a trade. But it continues

586
00:28:03,240 --> 00:28:05,400
to get later and later and later and later. Where

587
00:28:05,400 --> 00:28:08,079
we thought, okay, by now, you know, if you'd have

588
00:28:08,079 --> 00:28:10,640
pulled me when the season ended, I would have figured

589
00:28:10,720 --> 00:28:12,440
Jake Myers would have been moved by now. If he

590
00:28:12,519 --> 00:28:14,279
was going to get moved, I would have figured Esik

591
00:28:14,319 --> 00:28:16,880
Paradis or Christian Walker would have been moved by now

592
00:28:17,200 --> 00:28:18,599
if they were going to get moved.

593
00:28:18,839 --> 00:28:20,839
Speaker 3: We're on to February fourth, right now.

594
00:28:21,880 --> 00:28:24,400
Speaker 2: It's getting kind of crazy to figure out what's going

595
00:28:24,440 --> 00:28:26,440
to happen and are we just going to is something

596
00:28:26,440 --> 00:28:28,960
going to happen in season because normally there's not a

597
00:28:29,000 --> 00:28:30,960
whole lot of trades happening in May and June.

598
00:28:32,759 --> 00:28:34,759
Speaker 5: Here's the other part too, I mean, just for this

599
00:28:34,839 --> 00:28:37,200
lineup to get to where they need to go. If

600
00:28:37,279 --> 00:28:39,559
Christian Walker can get back to some semblance of what

601
00:28:39,599 --> 00:28:41,039
he wants was that would.

602
00:28:40,799 --> 00:28:42,319
Speaker 3: It was the second half of the season, it was good.

603
00:28:42,400 --> 00:28:44,319
That would take this team a long way. Yeah. If

604
00:28:44,400 --> 00:28:47,000
Jeremy Pania wants to have an MVP type.

605
00:28:46,839 --> 00:28:49,680
Speaker 2: Season, which you know he'll hold on now he's had

606
00:28:49,720 --> 00:28:52,559
stretches where he's looked really really good, but you know

607
00:28:52,599 --> 00:28:54,119
what I mean, Like if he could get back to

608
00:28:54,160 --> 00:28:56,920
being like if any of these players wants to play

609
00:28:56,960 --> 00:28:59,759
above their head and have an awesome season, yeah, it's

610
00:28:59,759 --> 00:29:00,759
only going to help this team.

611
00:29:00,759 --> 00:29:04,440
Speaker 5: Now here's the problem. Jake Myers, for his standard, had

612
00:29:04,440 --> 00:29:06,799
an awesome season last Yes he did. The odds are

613
00:29:06,920 --> 00:29:11,279
he's not gonna repeat that, correct, So if his production dips.

614
00:29:11,799 --> 00:29:14,400
Speaker 3: You know, Korea, he's he's getting long in the tooth.

615
00:29:15,119 --> 00:29:18,160
Speaker 5: He's still pretty good player, but like this Korea start

616
00:29:18,200 --> 00:29:21,400
to fall into the Michael Brandtley category of single hitter.

617
00:29:21,599 --> 00:29:25,079
Just everything's a base hit. I thought that's what sucked

618
00:29:25,079 --> 00:29:26,880
with this line up down the stretch last year, was

619
00:29:27,720 --> 00:29:30,440
that when was the pop with no Jordan in there,

620
00:29:30,519 --> 00:29:33,359
Like there was no pop. It was all base hit,

621
00:29:33,519 --> 00:29:36,079
base hit, strikeout, pop off, fly out, you know what

622
00:29:36,079 --> 00:29:36,319
I mean.

623
00:29:36,319 --> 00:29:39,039
Speaker 3: It's like you couldn't get the run production.

624
00:29:39,160 --> 00:29:41,079
Speaker 2: You have to wonder how sustainable it is with Jeremy

625
00:29:41,079 --> 00:29:43,680
Payne as well. I mean his his ops went from

626
00:29:43,720 --> 00:29:45,839
seven hundred to eight forty. I mean that that is

627
00:29:45,880 --> 00:29:48,160
a huge leap. How much of that as an outlier?

628
00:29:48,200 --> 00:29:50,240
I mean his hard hit percentages went up, that's good,

629
00:29:50,680 --> 00:29:53,200
but his batting average, balls and play went way up.

630
00:29:53,599 --> 00:29:54,599
Speaker 3: Is that sustainable?

631
00:29:54,680 --> 00:29:56,880
Speaker 2: That That's something that we have to to wonder about

632
00:29:56,920 --> 00:29:59,839
if there's going to be some regression there. So if

633
00:29:59,839 --> 00:30:01,519
he he can sustain and be where he is and

634
00:30:01,559 --> 00:30:03,720
even make another leap like you're talking about, that would

635
00:30:03,759 --> 00:30:06,279
be great. He's twenty seven years old, twenty eight now,

636
00:30:07,119 --> 00:30:09,160
It's not like it's going to be crazy for somebody.

637
00:30:09,359 --> 00:30:11,400
That's when people are starting to hit their stride and

638
00:30:11,480 --> 00:30:15,279
hit their prime. But that's also somebody that I'm going

639
00:30:15,319 --> 00:30:17,440
to be keep an eye on. It's it's almost and

640
00:30:17,480 --> 00:30:19,279
we're I feel like I said this a million times

641
00:30:19,400 --> 00:30:21,880
last year, to where you can kind of you can

642
00:30:21,920 --> 00:30:25,279
tint the glass to see whatever color you want to see.

643
00:30:25,319 --> 00:30:27,000
If you want to see Astros orange and blue, you

644
00:30:27,000 --> 00:30:29,200
could say, yeah, maybe Pinia makes another leap, and Korea

645
00:30:29,319 --> 00:30:31,599
is great and and shows well like he did, and

646
00:30:31,640 --> 00:30:34,039
jose L Twovey continues to drink from the fountain of youth,

647
00:30:34,079 --> 00:30:37,039
and youre on. Alvarez is healthy and he said Paratus

648
00:30:37,079 --> 00:30:38,799
is in the lineup and mashing like this. This could

649
00:30:38,799 --> 00:30:41,440
be a very very good, formidable lineup in the American

650
00:30:41,519 --> 00:30:41,960
League West.

651
00:30:41,960 --> 00:30:43,880
Speaker 5: I'm always intrigued by have you ever looked at the

652
00:30:44,119 --> 00:30:45,839
ESPN depth charts for teams?

653
00:30:46,200 --> 00:30:49,799
Speaker 2: It's sometimes they never know, like they're usually off normally

654
00:30:49,839 --> 00:30:51,559
more reliable is like fantasy websites.

655
00:30:51,599 --> 00:30:53,519
Speaker 3: Actually all these Rodo nerds out there.

656
00:30:53,400 --> 00:30:55,720
Speaker 5: So they got Yonder Diaz, I got your Christian Walker first,

657
00:30:55,759 --> 00:30:58,119
I'll two of eight, second, Kore at third pane short.

658
00:30:58,440 --> 00:30:59,279
Speaker 3: That's pretty easy.

659
00:30:59,359 --> 00:31:03,400
Speaker 5: Right, Noe, the obvious glaring absences hesoc Paratus. They actually

660
00:31:03,400 --> 00:31:06,079
list he Sat Paradis as the third string first basement

661
00:31:06,160 --> 00:31:07,480
on this death art God.

662
00:31:07,880 --> 00:31:08,720
Speaker 3: Then your outfield.

663
00:31:08,759 --> 00:31:12,240
Speaker 2: They have Zach Cole and left, Jake Myers and center,

664
00:31:12,279 --> 00:31:15,279
and Hazeu Sanchez in right. So they have Zach Cole

665
00:31:15,319 --> 00:31:19,079
and Haesu Sanchez starting. They have your on Alvarez az

666
00:31:19,119 --> 00:31:22,279
the starting dage. They have Cam Smith as the backup

667
00:31:22,359 --> 00:31:26,920
right fielder. They have Bryce Matthews as the third string

668
00:31:27,000 --> 00:31:27,720
center fielder.

669
00:31:28,960 --> 00:31:31,960
Speaker 3: So again this is just a.

670
00:31:31,880 --> 00:31:34,799
Speaker 5: Guestimate on ESPN's part, but it's uh, it's just funny

671
00:31:34,799 --> 00:31:37,319
to see if they go out there ross.

672
00:31:37,079 --> 00:31:39,640
Speaker 3: And opening it who they open with the Angels. I

673
00:31:39,680 --> 00:31:41,240
think whatever it is they open at home.

674
00:31:41,880 --> 00:31:44,720
Speaker 5: If Zach Cole is in left and Hazu Sanchez isn't right,

675
00:31:45,119 --> 00:31:48,359
then that means both those guys had awesome spring trainings

676
00:31:48,359 --> 00:31:50,200
and they are ready to set the world on fire.

677
00:31:50,400 --> 00:31:52,359
Speaker 2: Well at the very least. I mean, whoever's going to

678
00:31:52,400 --> 00:31:53,599
be out there, we know that they do.

679
00:31:53,839 --> 00:31:56,559
Speaker 5: They have some options, so that's an other thing too though,

680
00:31:56,559 --> 00:31:59,119
Like one of those guys, like was Zach Cole Bat's

681
00:31:59,200 --> 00:32:02,720
three ten in spring training to start.

682
00:32:02,920 --> 00:32:05,599
Speaker 3: Okay, let's go for it, let's do it. I'm with it.

683
00:32:05,680 --> 00:32:08,160
Speaker 2: Yeah, Angels at home for a four game set to

684
00:32:08,319 --> 00:32:11,160
start the season, and then it'll be the Red Sox

685
00:32:11,319 --> 00:32:15,160
after that. Okay, mentioned the outfield and you mentioned Cam Smith.

686
00:32:15,200 --> 00:32:17,160
We'll get some more on that from Joe A. Spotta,

687
00:32:17,200 --> 00:32:20,640
who had some very interesting things to say about the

688
00:32:20,680 --> 00:32:23,359
reps in outfield and the split out there. We'll get

689
00:32:23,400 --> 00:32:25,119
to that next here on the Matt Thomas Show with

690
00:32:25,279 --> 00:32:30,519
Ross here on Sports Talk seven ninety ten am.

691
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Speaker 3: He are on Sports Talk.

692
00:32:31,519 --> 00:32:35,880
Speaker 2: Seven ninety Cross Viarea with you, Chris Cordy, with you,

693
00:32:36,519 --> 00:32:41,839
Matt Thomas, not with us, but that's okay. As we

694
00:32:41,920 --> 00:32:49,440
continue discussing that your Houston Astros and what's gonna go

695
00:32:49,480 --> 00:32:52,000
on and what's what's everything gonna look like not only

696
00:32:52,039 --> 00:32:54,880
in spring training but then come opening day. In terms

697
00:32:54,880 --> 00:32:56,799
of the infield, we've been talking about that, We've been

698
00:32:56,799 --> 00:32:58,960
talking about Jordan Alvarez playing a lot at the d

699
00:32:59,160 --> 00:32:59,599
H spot.

700
00:32:59,640 --> 00:33:00,880
Speaker 3: You guys has some thoughts on that.

701
00:33:00,920 --> 00:33:03,240
Speaker 2: You can get in seven one three two one two

702
00:33:03,240 --> 00:33:07,079
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705
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706
00:33:16,359 --> 00:33:19,519
as we were talking about the outfield and uh, Joe Aspata,

707
00:33:19,680 --> 00:33:23,200
what is going on with perhaps Cam Smith in the

708
00:33:23,319 --> 00:33:24,039
center field?

709
00:33:25,440 --> 00:33:27,119
Speaker 4: You know, we get guys I sack Cole his Su

710
00:33:27,200 --> 00:33:28,720
Sanchez can also play left field.

711
00:33:28,720 --> 00:33:29,920
Speaker 3: We've got guys at Cam Smith.

712
00:33:30,119 --> 00:33:31,880
Speaker 2: I mentioned that I want to get Ken.

713
00:33:31,720 --> 00:33:34,160
Speaker 4: Smith an opportunity to play some center field. You know

714
00:33:34,279 --> 00:33:37,279
we have Jake Myers. Is how can I keep all

715
00:33:37,359 --> 00:33:40,119
these guys healthy in the lineup? That is going to

716
00:33:40,160 --> 00:33:43,079
be our focus there doing screen training and see how

717
00:33:43,079 --> 00:33:46,799
can we shape the roster with everyone.

718
00:33:46,480 --> 00:33:47,039
Speaker 6: Can get in.

719
00:33:47,200 --> 00:33:49,079
Speaker 4: Uh, you know, everybody's getting playing time and we can

720
00:33:49,160 --> 00:33:50,000
keep everyone healthy.

721
00:33:50,240 --> 00:33:53,119
Speaker 2: Okay, obviously this is all pending change and some sort

722
00:33:53,160 --> 00:33:55,319
of trade that could happen in the coming weeks for

723
00:33:55,359 --> 00:33:57,759
the Astros, which feels like there's a lot of different

724
00:33:57,759 --> 00:34:02,000
candidates who can be traded and change everything. But Cam

725
00:34:02,119 --> 00:34:05,960
Smith in center field. When I say that out loud,

726
00:34:07,200 --> 00:34:11,320
I mean, I guess it makes sense. It could be

727
00:34:11,400 --> 00:34:13,639
Jake Myers getting moved on at some point or just

728
00:34:13,679 --> 00:34:18,320
maybe not playing every single day. But Cam Smith centerfielder

729
00:34:18,320 --> 00:34:20,079
for your Houston Astros. How does that sound?

730
00:34:21,000 --> 00:34:24,480
Speaker 5: Well, it's just weird because camp Smith is an infielder

731
00:34:24,559 --> 00:34:28,000
by heart. Yeah, you know it was. He's a third

732
00:34:28,119 --> 00:34:31,280
He was a third baseman, one of the top prospects

733
00:34:31,280 --> 00:34:33,000
out there. Came up through the you know, that's what

734
00:34:33,079 --> 00:34:35,119
he played at Florida State, right came up to the

735
00:34:35,159 --> 00:34:38,880
Cubs minor league system and then gets the Astros and

736
00:34:38,880 --> 00:34:40,679
we're like, ah, damn, you know what, that's kind of

737
00:34:40,679 --> 00:34:44,960
a log jam here, so why don't we teach you

738
00:34:45,039 --> 00:34:47,000
right field? And they did that during spring training, right

739
00:34:47,039 --> 00:34:49,559
They just like threw him out there, only played a

740
00:34:49,559 --> 00:34:52,239
handful of games, and then opening day they're like, you

741
00:34:52,239 --> 00:34:54,280
know what, you're a starting right fielder. We'll just put

742
00:34:54,320 --> 00:34:56,320
you out there. Here you go, and he had to

743
00:34:56,360 --> 00:34:58,400
learn a whole new position. I just like, now, it's

744
00:34:58,440 --> 00:35:01,400
like you learned right field, accular center field. It's just

745
00:35:02,159 --> 00:35:05,639
I get it's by necessity, because you know, there's the

746
00:35:05,679 --> 00:35:08,880
infield's positions aren't open, and so it's fine. Even Bryce

747
00:35:08,920 --> 00:35:11,119
Matthews told us at fan Fest like he's gonna take

748
00:35:11,159 --> 00:35:14,119
some reps in center field at dirt spring training so

749
00:35:14,719 --> 00:35:17,519
it's just you got to you got no open spots

750
00:35:17,519 --> 00:35:19,199
here on the infield, so it's like, well, why don't

751
00:35:19,199 --> 00:35:22,079
we teach these guys a position in the outfield. I'm

752
00:35:22,119 --> 00:35:24,800
fine with it. I mean, he's athletic enough that he

753
00:35:24,880 --> 00:35:27,119
can some of those grabs he made in right field.

754
00:35:27,199 --> 00:35:30,559
Now he did misplay some early on, but he made

755
00:35:30,599 --> 00:35:33,039
some really nice grabs up against the wall throughout the

756
00:35:33,239 --> 00:35:35,239
diving catches, so I think he'd be fine.

757
00:35:35,360 --> 00:35:37,400
Speaker 2: Sad and one of those things that he does. And

758
00:35:37,440 --> 00:35:39,599
then also you'll see you see it more when you

759
00:35:39,639 --> 00:35:43,559
get to the ballpark. And I will just say in

760
00:35:43,599 --> 00:35:46,599
general with with Jake Myers and others, when an outfielder

761
00:35:46,639 --> 00:35:50,559
gets a really good jump and read on a fly ball,

762
00:35:51,039 --> 00:35:54,119
they do a great job of making a ball that

763
00:35:54,239 --> 00:35:57,320
some other outfield would be outfielder would be diving to

764
00:35:57,639 --> 00:36:01,400
or hustling to, and they're sitting there catching it very easy,

765
00:36:01,519 --> 00:36:04,840
not on a dead run, but running it down making

766
00:36:04,880 --> 00:36:08,039
it look easy. Cam Smith is an outfielder who does that.

767
00:36:08,400 --> 00:36:12,599
He has a really good ability of judging a ball

768
00:36:12,639 --> 00:36:15,800
off the bat and getting good jumps and as you said,

769
00:36:15,960 --> 00:36:18,599
speedy and all those things and those tools that he

770
00:36:18,679 --> 00:36:21,840
has and has shown in right field with a very

771
00:36:21,840 --> 00:36:25,280
big arm, would play in center field. So getting him

772
00:36:25,280 --> 00:36:27,199
out there a little bit, even though the Jake Myers

773
00:36:27,199 --> 00:36:29,719
fan club we don't want we don't want to hold

774
00:36:29,719 --> 00:36:32,079
anybody else back, but we like our guy Jake, who

775
00:36:32,079 --> 00:36:36,440
can cover basically all left field fens to right field

776
00:36:36,480 --> 00:36:39,960
fens out there and run everything down. We understand cam

777
00:36:40,079 --> 00:36:42,000
Smith wants to get some reps out there, but I'm

778
00:36:42,000 --> 00:36:44,840
worried more about about Cam Smith and what's gonna happen

779
00:36:44,840 --> 00:36:46,840
with him at the plate because we mentioned this, I

780
00:36:46,880 --> 00:36:49,079
think yesterday on the show, or maybe the day before

781
00:36:49,480 --> 00:36:52,079
Cam Smith's ops in the second half of the season,

782
00:36:52,079 --> 00:36:53,719
it was like four eighty nine or something like that.

783
00:36:53,840 --> 00:36:57,079
Speaker 3: It definitely started with a four. It was under five hundred.

784
00:36:57,400 --> 00:36:59,719
Speaker 2: So need to get him going at the plate, no

785
00:36:59,800 --> 00:37:01,760
matter where he's going to be out there in the field.

786
00:37:03,199 --> 00:37:08,159
Speaker 5: Yeah, I look, spring training is normally it's a you know,

787
00:37:08,880 --> 00:37:11,760
you get excited. He get hyped about three innings into

788
00:37:11,760 --> 00:37:13,599
the first game of spring training. I'm like, kind of,

789
00:37:13,679 --> 00:37:15,480
you know what, let's move on. I'm ready for the

790
00:37:15,519 --> 00:37:19,039
season to start. It gets it gets boring, gets dry.

791
00:37:19,079 --> 00:37:22,320
This might be an exciting spring training from a standpoint

792
00:37:22,360 --> 00:37:25,079
of remember last year, like with the Games when al

793
00:37:25,119 --> 00:37:26,800
Tuove was in left, You're like, oh.

794
00:37:26,639 --> 00:37:27,360
Speaker 3: Yeah, I check this out.

795
00:37:27,400 --> 00:37:27,880
Speaker 2: It was fun.

796
00:37:28,079 --> 00:37:30,320
Speaker 5: I got to either listen on seven ninety, which was

797
00:37:30,360 --> 00:37:32,159
shout of the majority of the games. Yes, you can

798
00:37:32,320 --> 00:37:35,599
or the games at Space City Home Network carries, but

799
00:37:36,519 --> 00:37:38,960
like this could be exciting from a standpoint of Okay,

800
00:37:39,079 --> 00:37:40,519
let's check out camp Smith at center.

801
00:37:40,599 --> 00:37:42,280
Speaker 3: Let's check out Bryce Matthews and center.

802
00:37:42,400 --> 00:37:42,639
Speaker 7: Yeah.

803
00:37:42,639 --> 00:37:43,960
Speaker 3: We well, then let's see the.

804
00:37:44,000 --> 00:37:46,280
Speaker 5: Zach Coles and those guys, and does anybody get a

805
00:37:46,320 --> 00:37:48,920
red hot bat and really make it hard on Dana

806
00:37:48,960 --> 00:37:50,880
Brown to go, Hey, I'll better be in the opening

807
00:37:50,920 --> 00:37:51,719
day lineup.

808
00:37:51,719 --> 00:37:54,920
Speaker 2: Sixteenth, seventeenth, and eighteenth of February, myself and Matt Thompson.

809
00:37:54,920 --> 00:37:57,079
Speaker 5: And you're going out there too, Gordy, Right, I'll be

810
00:37:57,119 --> 00:38:00,639
out there next week. Yeah, with the first few days. Okay, cool,

811
00:38:00,639 --> 00:38:02,320
interesting catchers reporting, So we'll get.

812
00:38:02,159 --> 00:38:02,719
Speaker 3: You out there.

813
00:38:02,840 --> 00:38:04,760
Speaker 2: Matt Thomas and I will be out there as well

814
00:38:04,800 --> 00:38:07,519
as spring charing coverage. Of course, we are your home

815
00:38:07,840 --> 00:38:10,440
for the Houston Astros. Doesn't get better anywhere else, so

816
00:38:10,440 --> 00:38:13,480
that I mean, it feels like there may be in

817
00:38:13,599 --> 00:38:16,199
years past where everything kind of felt set. There's there's

818
00:38:16,400 --> 00:38:18,440
everything feels up in the air coming into this year.

819
00:38:18,480 --> 00:38:19,199
Speaker 3: But I always hate.

820
00:38:19,039 --> 00:38:20,920
Speaker 5: About those first few days when I get there though.

821
00:38:21,639 --> 00:38:26,000
It's always something like it's always the injury thing, Like

822
00:38:26,480 --> 00:38:29,159
first day or two they were there, we find out yeah,

823
00:38:29,239 --> 00:38:30,440
you know, Shay Wacomb.

824
00:38:30,159 --> 00:38:32,840
Speaker 3: Had a little bit of a procedure, and heyzy, okay

825
00:38:33,039 --> 00:38:34,760
with playing for Korea now, and then.

826
00:38:34,599 --> 00:38:37,039
Speaker 2: We start with the yeah, he should be fine for

827
00:38:37,119 --> 00:38:41,079
the start of a season. Yeah, we're really targeting opening day,

828
00:38:41,199 --> 00:38:45,639
and then it's not opening day, and then it's those

829
00:38:45,639 --> 00:38:47,960
are the ones that scare me and make me nervous. Yeah,

830
00:38:48,039 --> 00:38:51,519
March fifth to March seventeenth is the World Baseball Classic,

831
00:38:51,559 --> 00:38:53,199
so that that'll come a little bit later.

832
00:38:53,760 --> 00:38:56,360
Speaker 3: So who in the Astros organization are actually playing.

833
00:38:57,880 --> 00:39:03,400
Speaker 2: I believe it's Shay Whitcomb, Zacho Zach Decenzo's Zaka Decenzo's

834
00:39:03,480 --> 00:39:08,000
playing for Italy, and Jeremy Paine is playing for the

835
00:39:08,000 --> 00:39:09,800
Dominican Republic. I believe.

836
00:39:11,239 --> 00:39:11,559
Speaker 3: As he.

837
00:39:11,639 --> 00:39:13,119
Speaker 2: I mean, he grew up in America, but he was

838
00:39:13,119 --> 00:39:16,800
born his dad, of course, Caronimo was a was born

839
00:39:16,840 --> 00:39:18,760
in Dominican and Jeremy Panie was born in the Dominican

840
00:39:18,800 --> 00:39:21,679
and his dad was a Major League player ballplayer, So

841
00:39:21,760 --> 00:39:24,239
he's playing for the Dominican I think I don't know

842
00:39:24,280 --> 00:39:27,280
if who else outside of those three is playing in

843
00:39:27,280 --> 00:39:27,920
the WBC.

844
00:39:28,960 --> 00:39:30,119
Speaker 3: No pictures, So.

845
00:39:30,119 --> 00:39:32,000
Speaker 2: Matt Thomas has got a feeling that no player would

846
00:39:32,039 --> 00:39:36,960
play in the WBC. Incorrect Josh Hater. Josh Hater, not

847
00:39:37,000 --> 00:39:40,280
America's closer. No, hey, let him rehab. Okay's let him

848
00:39:40,400 --> 00:39:44,039
rehab eastas rehab as well. Like, we don't need any

849
00:39:44,039 --> 00:39:46,599
of these guys out there. All right, let's go. We're

850
00:39:46,599 --> 00:39:49,239
worried about the Houston Astros. WBC is fun. You want

851
00:39:49,239 --> 00:39:50,599
to get all into it. I mean it, Look at

852
00:39:50,599 --> 00:39:52,719
your choice. Jeremy Payne is young. I don't feel too

853
00:39:53,320 --> 00:39:55,880
bad about him going out there and doing it. Zach Dezenzo,

854
00:39:55,920 --> 00:39:57,559
I mean for the opportunity to play for Italy. I

855
00:39:57,599 --> 00:40:00,639
think that's kind of cool. I think I read hundreds

856
00:40:00,760 --> 00:40:02,599
might play. Oh is that true?

857
00:40:03,760 --> 00:40:04,119
Speaker 3: Okay?

858
00:40:04,599 --> 00:40:04,760
Speaker 6: Uh?

859
00:40:04,840 --> 00:40:06,119
Speaker 3: Is he Dominican Republic two?

860
00:40:07,719 --> 00:40:09,440
Speaker 2: I should know this, but I'm not a one hundred

861
00:40:09,480 --> 00:40:13,079
percent sure. Yeah, the Dominican Republic is correct. He may

862
00:40:13,239 --> 00:40:17,599
join Pina, but yeah, that's kind of it. Correan Altov

863
00:40:17,760 --> 00:40:23,199
will not so all right, all right, we're gonna take

864
00:40:23,239 --> 00:40:25,480
a quick break here on uh you know what. I

865
00:40:25,800 --> 00:40:27,639
we have anybody at time for that slash shit jo

866
00:40:27,679 --> 00:40:30,280
bum Mass up coming up soon, and I've been getting

867
00:40:30,559 --> 00:40:33,039
all this spam. I'm gonna come after those people coming

868
00:40:33,119 --> 00:40:35,800
up here. At eleven thirty, Chris Gordy is hanging out.

869
00:40:35,920 --> 00:40:37,599
You guys want to get in, you can phone lines

870
00:40:37,639 --> 00:40:40,679
open seven one three two one two five seven ninety

871
00:40:40,719 --> 00:40:42,639
is the phone number seven one three two one two

872
00:40:42,639 --> 00:40:45,239
five seven ninety. We've been talking to little astros. College

873
00:40:45,239 --> 00:40:49,840
football Rockets and action tonight against Celtics. James Harden is

874
00:40:50,000 --> 00:40:53,960
a Cleveland cavalier, a ton of stuff to get to.

875
00:40:54,159 --> 00:40:56,199
On the phone lines with you and on the show

876
00:40:56,199 --> 00:40:58,639
with you until two o'clock at seven one three two

877
00:40:58,719 --> 00:41:00,119
one two five seven.

878
00:41:01,239 --> 00:41:08,760
Speaker 1: He's the Matt Thomas Show with Ross.

879
00:41:11,679 --> 00:41:15,320
Speaker 2: Welcome back to that Thomas Show. Our number two of

880
00:41:15,360 --> 00:41:18,239
the program beginning Matt Thomas Show with Ross. I should

881
00:41:18,280 --> 00:41:20,840
say hi, I'm the Ross part of this show. The

882
00:41:20,880 --> 00:41:25,039
Matt Thomas part is not here today. He is out

883
00:41:25,880 --> 00:41:30,679
with his daughter Carly Thomas, signing to become a University

884
00:41:30,719 --> 00:41:34,760
of Rhode Island volleyball player. I guess is that going

885
00:41:34,800 --> 00:41:36,360
to be the headline of the news at noon coming

886
00:41:36,400 --> 00:41:38,679
up at noon with Jonathan Allen. It is a top

887
00:41:38,679 --> 00:41:40,559
sports news item of the day. Here are the time.

888
00:41:40,440 --> 00:41:42,480
Speaker 3: Shows the top, but you can put it in there.

889
00:41:42,519 --> 00:41:44,800
Speaker 2: I mean, congratulations to the Matt said he's gonna get

890
00:41:44,800 --> 00:41:46,960
an airbnb. He's sharing with other parents out there in

891
00:41:47,000 --> 00:41:48,559
Rhode Island, and he's gonna come have me come out

892
00:41:48,559 --> 00:41:49,679
there and stay and we're gonna.

893
00:41:49,440 --> 00:41:50,960
Speaker 3: Hang out and do some shows from out there. I'm

894
00:41:50,960 --> 00:41:51,760
pretty excited about that.

895
00:41:51,800 --> 00:41:53,599
Speaker 2: I've never been to Rhode Island's supposed to be in

896
00:41:53,599 --> 00:41:55,679
the I think it's a movie, like a Summer or

897
00:41:55,719 --> 00:41:56,239
something like that.

898
00:41:56,360 --> 00:41:58,519
Speaker 3: Hell do you do out there in Rhode Island?

899
00:41:58,639 --> 00:42:02,039
Speaker 2: I don't know. Ski lift your pinky up as you

900
00:42:02,119 --> 00:42:05,719
drink your tea, and crumpets. Pretty fancy. I would imagine

901
00:42:06,480 --> 00:42:10,239
very affluent area. In school, I believe see I'd be

902
00:42:10,280 --> 00:42:15,039
looking at there's casinos. Well, if I'm in Rhode Island,

903
00:42:15,079 --> 00:42:17,800
I'd be like, what's nearby I could drive to. I

904
00:42:17,800 --> 00:42:21,039
think it's close to Boston, it's close to Providence. I

905
00:42:21,119 --> 00:42:25,159
think they're I think it's not far from I think Connecticut.

906
00:42:26,360 --> 00:42:28,599
Speaker 3: Okay, you know, you know what you should do? What

907
00:42:28,679 --> 00:42:32,119
should I do? Uh? Foxborough's not a far drive from there,

908
00:42:32,159 --> 00:42:33,280
you can, okay, drive up to.

909
00:42:33,400 --> 00:42:35,159
Speaker 2: I can go hang out with Bill Belichick and Robert

910
00:42:35,159 --> 00:42:36,440
Crap because they're not going to be at the Hall

911
00:42:36,440 --> 00:42:37,199
of Fame ceremony.

912
00:42:37,239 --> 00:42:39,159
Speaker 5: Because we were there last summer. You know, we spent

913
00:42:39,239 --> 00:42:42,000
time in the Cape. Oh, in the Cape there? You

914
00:42:42,039 --> 00:42:46,079
are fancy you weren't in chap Equittic, were you?

915
00:42:46,880 --> 00:42:47,079
Speaker 1: Yeah?

916
00:42:47,360 --> 00:42:49,159
Speaker 3: We may have buried a body out there.

917
00:42:49,199 --> 00:42:52,000
Speaker 5: Okay, but we drove out to Foxboro and checked out

918
00:42:52,039 --> 00:42:54,159
Gillette and all that. And I was talking to people

919
00:42:54,199 --> 00:42:56,280
that work there because they have like the Patriots Hall

920
00:42:56,320 --> 00:42:58,000
of Fame and all huh. And the guy was saying

921
00:42:58,360 --> 00:43:01,800
the unique like were we live down here? And it's like,

922
00:43:02,119 --> 00:43:03,800
you know, four hours up to Dallas, not a bad

923
00:43:03,880 --> 00:43:05,840
drive over to Austin.

924
00:43:06,000 --> 00:43:07,440
Speaker 3: What three hours? Four hours whatever?

925
00:43:07,440 --> 00:43:09,880
Speaker 5: You can get over there up there, It's like, no,

926
00:43:09,960 --> 00:43:12,360
it's an hour or less to go everywhere you want

927
00:43:12,360 --> 00:43:12,519
to go.

928
00:43:12,559 --> 00:43:13,519
Speaker 3: So basically, like.

929
00:43:13,880 --> 00:43:16,400
Speaker 2: He said, they have as many season ticket holders for

930
00:43:16,400 --> 00:43:19,880
Patriots games in Boston as they do in Providence, Rhode Island.

931
00:43:19,880 --> 00:43:22,360
It's the same distance. Wow, so it's kind of interesting.

932
00:43:22,360 --> 00:43:26,599
Speaker 5: That's why they're the New England Patriots because basically people

933
00:43:26,639 --> 00:43:28,519
live in all those different states drive in to go

934
00:43:28,559 --> 00:43:29,000
to Patria.

935
00:43:29,039 --> 00:43:31,039
Speaker 3: You can you can ride a train everywhere too, right

936
00:43:31,960 --> 00:43:34,639
a track there where people take a boat, like people

937
00:43:34,639 --> 00:43:36,159
that live on the Cape take the.

938
00:43:36,239 --> 00:43:38,000
Speaker 8: Honey, Oh my gosh, we're gonna be on the Cape

939
00:43:38,039 --> 00:43:40,280
and we're gonna take the boat to the Patriots game

940
00:43:40,360 --> 00:43:40,679
this week.

941
00:43:40,719 --> 00:43:42,239
Speaker 3: And if you'd like to come by, it's gonna be

942
00:43:42,280 --> 00:43:43,280
a smashing time.

943
00:43:43,559 --> 00:43:45,760
Speaker 5: You like, take a boat across Cape Cod Bay and

944
00:43:45,800 --> 00:43:47,840
then hop on a shuttle bus.

945
00:43:47,840 --> 00:43:52,199
Speaker 8: So we'll stop. We'll stop by Tiffany and Co. And

946
00:43:52,239 --> 00:43:56,239
get you a new necklace. Head over to West if

947
00:43:56,320 --> 00:43:56,639
you want.

948
00:43:56,960 --> 00:44:00,760
Speaker 2: Hey, Wyster, Hey, get over at a door chest. You

949
00:44:00,840 --> 00:44:04,400
know Bill O'Brien grew up over there. Well, Boston College

950
00:44:04,440 --> 00:44:07,760
is in that area. Yeah, Boston College. Yeah, that's why

951
00:44:07,760 --> 00:44:10,360
I see Bill O'Brien out there having a few pops

952
00:44:10,719 --> 00:44:13,559
and he's yelling, you sucked too, Hey, you sucked too,

953
00:44:13,639 --> 00:44:14,440
bill O'Brien.

954
00:44:14,960 --> 00:44:15,199
Speaker 3: Yeah.

955
00:44:16,119 --> 00:44:16,199
Speaker 1: Uh.

956
00:44:16,320 --> 00:44:18,159
Speaker 3: We actually we went up to Salem. We did the

957
00:44:18,159 --> 00:44:18,880
whole witch thing.

958
00:44:19,000 --> 00:44:21,239
Speaker 2: Oh you did? How was that they didn't Tasha off

959
00:44:21,239 --> 00:44:23,679
a Cliff, did they No, Okay, that's good, but it is.

960
00:44:23,639 --> 00:44:26,599
Speaker 5: Very commercialized, like they have fully capitalized off the witching

961
00:44:26,760 --> 00:44:27,079
up there.

962
00:44:27,400 --> 00:44:30,840
Speaker 2: I imagined they call you, uh, well, what's goodie? Is

963
00:44:30,880 --> 00:44:32,480
the women? What is the what are the men called?

964
00:44:32,920 --> 00:44:33,960
Speaker 3: Proctor? Yeah? Good?

965
00:44:34,000 --> 00:44:35,840
Speaker 2: Well, good I thought it was goodie Proctor was the

966
00:44:35,840 --> 00:44:40,079
woman in the Yeah, goodie Proctor. And well we had

967
00:44:40,119 --> 00:44:43,320
to watch The Crucible in school back o the day.

968
00:44:43,440 --> 00:44:46,480
Arthur Miller, Yeah, Arthur Miller, of course. I think Daniel

969
00:44:46,519 --> 00:44:50,119
da Lewis is there calling everybody a whore. You're a whole,

970
00:44:50,320 --> 00:44:53,199
and your mother was a whore and your sister's a whore.

971
00:44:54,000 --> 00:44:56,159
Speaker 3: You said, Daniel day Lewis. I think, wasn't he in there?

972
00:44:56,280 --> 00:44:57,519
I drink your milkshit?

973
00:44:57,639 --> 00:44:59,880
Speaker 2: No, it wasn't that. He wasn't mean Daniel plain View

974
00:45:00,719 --> 00:45:04,280
in there? The greatest actor of all time. Son, I've

975
00:45:04,280 --> 00:45:05,280
abandoned my child.

976
00:45:05,400 --> 00:45:07,119
Speaker 3: What a great film, by the way, all right, but

977
00:45:07,159 --> 00:45:07,679
I digress.

978
00:45:07,679 --> 00:45:10,239
Speaker 5: Oh, So, University Rhode Island's way down there, like you're

979
00:45:10,280 --> 00:45:10,960
almost too.

980
00:45:11,639 --> 00:45:14,559
Speaker 3: I mean you're basically in the Atlanta.

981
00:45:14,239 --> 00:45:17,559
Speaker 2: It's in Kingston. Yeah, it's not too far off the river.

982
00:45:17,800 --> 00:45:19,840
Speaker 5: Oh wow, look at that. So you're so close to

983
00:45:19,880 --> 00:45:22,039
the water. I mean, you could take a boat right

984
00:45:22,079 --> 00:45:23,639
over to montak in Long Island.

985
00:45:24,079 --> 00:45:27,360
Speaker 2: Montalk, isn't there a beer?

986
00:45:27,440 --> 00:45:28,119
Speaker 3: Isn't there? Wait?

987
00:45:28,159 --> 00:45:30,199
Speaker 2: Wait a minute, we can get to New York. It's

988
00:45:30,239 --> 00:45:33,880
not too bad. The Hamptons aren't far away either. Oh really, again,

989
00:45:33,920 --> 00:45:35,320
they're gonna kick me right out of the Hamptons. I

990
00:45:35,320 --> 00:45:36,480
don't think I'm gonna be allowed in there.

991
00:45:36,599 --> 00:45:42,119
Speaker 5: Somebody told me. Somebody surface, somebody caught a picture recently

992
00:45:42,159 --> 00:45:45,440
of Matt Lower. Remember how he got canceled and he's

993
00:45:45,719 --> 00:45:49,559
basically blacklisted. Apparently he just lives in the Hampton.

994
00:45:49,360 --> 00:45:52,000
Speaker 2: What did Matt Lower? Do you remember that? No, I

995
00:45:52,039 --> 00:45:54,679
don't want google it. Okay, I stay out of the news.

996
00:45:54,719 --> 00:45:58,480
I swear to you, like a decade ago. Really okay,

997
00:45:58,480 --> 00:46:01,239
hold on, hold on, he and Kevin Spae Matt Matt

998
00:46:01,400 --> 00:46:04,880
Lower transgressions. Let me see what this pulls up.

999
00:46:05,719 --> 00:46:07,840
Speaker 5: Anyway, he was spotted out there. He just lives in

1000
00:46:07,880 --> 00:46:09,159
the Hamptons, and he was.

1001
00:46:09,320 --> 00:46:12,480
Speaker 2: Tired in twenty seventeen inappropriate sexual behavior in the workplace.

1002
00:46:12,559 --> 00:46:15,760
Come on, Matt, come on, man. He was like the

1003
00:46:15,800 --> 00:46:18,440
face of the Today Show for a while. Oh was this?

1004
00:46:19,000 --> 00:46:20,199
He was a he was a me too.

1005
00:46:20,719 --> 00:46:22,960
Speaker 5: Yeah, it was something he had a button under his desk.

1006
00:46:23,360 --> 00:46:25,320
Excuse me, lock the door or something.

1007
00:46:25,360 --> 00:46:29,679
Speaker 3: I don't know, Matt Lower. That ain't right. Okay, So

1008
00:46:29,760 --> 00:46:31,320
now he's hanging out in the Hamptons. How can you

1009
00:46:31,360 --> 00:46:32,119
afford that?

1010
00:46:32,159 --> 00:46:36,559
Speaker 5: Well, he's retired, I mean he's like just living in silence.

1011
00:46:36,679 --> 00:46:38,639
Speaker 2: Man, retire in the Hamptons. He must have made some

1012
00:46:38,719 --> 00:46:42,239
nice cash. Well, not retired, but like forcibly retired. Okay,

1013
00:46:42,840 --> 00:46:46,440
he did make very nice cash. I'm looking to retire

1014
00:46:46,480 --> 00:46:50,960
in like, uh, Lumberton. This is so hot that the

1015
00:46:51,000 --> 00:46:53,800
show takes so many twists that turns. I'm sorry, that's

1016
00:46:53,800 --> 00:46:55,400
how we do. This is your fault, by the way

1017
00:46:55,480 --> 00:46:57,679
you started bringing up Matt Lower and Daniel day Lewis.

1018
00:46:57,760 --> 00:47:00,519
Welcome back to the Matt Tommy Show with Ross here

1019
00:47:00,599 --> 00:47:02,880
on Sports Talk seven iey. We had the news at noon,

1020
00:47:02,920 --> 00:47:05,480
coming up at you guessed it noon eleven thirty. Ain't

1021
00:47:05,480 --> 00:47:08,320
nobody got time for that? Slash, shut, choke, bump, ass up.

1022
00:47:08,400 --> 00:47:10,960
Chris Gordy has been hanging out. We've been talking about

1023
00:47:11,000 --> 00:47:13,239
a number of different things. You know what, Let's talk

1024
00:47:13,239 --> 00:47:15,480
about it real quick. It was the actual big news

1025
00:47:15,480 --> 00:47:19,920
of the day, James Hardin traded to the Cleveland Cavaliers.

1026
00:47:20,679 --> 00:47:22,920
Can you help me out why did the Clippers do

1027
00:47:23,000 --> 00:47:26,000
this for Darius gar I mean, Darius Garland is good

1028
00:47:26,000 --> 00:47:27,559
and younger than James Carden.

1029
00:47:27,280 --> 00:47:29,320
Speaker 3: When he's healthy. That's a really really good point.

1030
00:47:29,360 --> 00:47:32,039
Speaker 2: And they get a second round pick, and Darius Garland

1031
00:47:32,119 --> 00:47:35,000
had apparently talked about wanting to be his own man

1032
00:47:35,119 --> 00:47:37,800
and get away from Donovan Mitchell and all this other stuff.

1033
00:47:38,400 --> 00:47:40,960
So explain this to me. I guess it makes sense. Actually,

1034
00:47:40,960 --> 00:47:43,320
why the Clippers did it? Why did the Cleveland Cavaliers

1035
00:47:43,360 --> 00:47:44,880
do this is what I'm trying to figure out.

1036
00:47:45,239 --> 00:47:48,760
Speaker 5: I think they're looking at it as we have a

1037
00:47:48,880 --> 00:47:53,280
championship aspirations and if we can get another stud player

1038
00:47:53,320 --> 00:47:56,360
who can fill it up and create his own shot.

1039
00:47:57,079 --> 00:48:00,320
I mean that is with Jared Allen, Evan Mobley, hard

1040
00:48:00,360 --> 00:48:03,039
and Donovan Mitchell, that's a pretty damn good foursome.

1041
00:48:03,360 --> 00:48:06,840
Speaker 2: Yeah, if you're James Harden, I understand, because this is

1042
00:48:06,880 --> 00:48:10,880
what James Harden said. According to Romano Shellburn in Cleveland,

1043
00:48:10,920 --> 00:48:13,280
I see an opportunity to win in the East. They

1044
00:48:13,320 --> 00:48:15,679
got a very good team, coaching staff, all the above.

1045
00:48:15,760 --> 00:48:17,440
So as much as I wanted to stay in LA

1046
00:48:17,880 --> 00:48:19,400
and give it a go, which, by the way, they'd

1047
00:48:19,440 --> 00:48:22,239
won sixteen in the last twenty games. I've never won

1048
00:48:22,280 --> 00:48:24,599
one before. As a basketball mind, I think we have

1049
00:48:24,639 --> 00:48:28,599
a bit better chance added Harden. I mean, look, we

1050
00:48:28,639 --> 00:48:30,639
want to crush James Harden and talk about him moving

1051
00:48:30,639 --> 00:48:32,280
from team to team and how he's a cancer and

1052
00:48:32,320 --> 00:48:32,880
he's the worst.

1053
00:48:33,559 --> 00:48:35,760
Speaker 3: He's dead, right, does he.

1054
00:48:35,760 --> 00:48:38,800
Speaker 2: Have Is he gonna win the NBA Championship with the

1055
00:48:38,800 --> 00:48:42,599
Cleveland Cavaliers? Probably not, But does he have a better

1056
00:48:42,679 --> 00:48:46,000
chance than being the nine seed with the Clippers where

1057
00:48:46,039 --> 00:48:48,719
you have to win the play in and then you

1058
00:48:48,760 --> 00:48:50,960
get an opportunity to get your ass walt by The

1059
00:48:51,000 --> 00:48:53,840
San Antonio Spurs are most likely the Oklahoma City Thunder.

1060
00:48:53,960 --> 00:48:56,559
Speaker 3: You ain't coming out of the West. There's no chance.

1061
00:48:57,199 --> 00:49:00,559
Speaker 2: So honestly, I know everybody wants to crush Aames Harden.

1062
00:49:00,599 --> 00:49:02,320
I'm not going to do that. What he's saying is

1063
00:49:02,360 --> 00:49:02,840
makes sense.

1064
00:49:02,880 --> 00:49:05,000
Speaker 5: The Cavs are the five seed in the East right now,

1065
00:49:05,079 --> 00:49:07,320
they're tied with the Raptors. That team is better than

1066
00:49:07,360 --> 00:49:10,639
the Raptors. So yeah, they're two and a half games

1067
00:49:10,639 --> 00:49:12,480
from the two seed with the Knicks. If one eight

1068
00:49:12,519 --> 00:49:15,800
of their last ten. Yeah, they're they're I mean they

1069
00:49:16,800 --> 00:49:19,920
should be able to jump the Raptors and Celtics at

1070
00:49:20,000 --> 00:49:23,920
worst be the three seed behind Detroit and the Knicks. Damn,

1071
00:49:23,960 --> 00:49:26,920
Detroit's really haven't a great year. I didn't didn't notice that, dude.

1072
00:49:26,920 --> 00:49:30,320
Detroit is crushing it. They are probably going to win

1073
00:49:30,440 --> 00:49:33,400
the East. Remember, you could have had Cad Cunningham and

1074
00:49:33,400 --> 00:49:34,519
instead you got Jalen Green.

1075
00:49:34,639 --> 00:49:35,599
Speaker 3: That's that's okay.

1076
00:49:36,079 --> 00:49:37,920
Speaker 2: We could have Victor Wimenyama. Look, we love him and

1077
00:49:37,960 --> 00:49:39,920
Thompson here in Houston, but you got him in Thompson.

1078
00:49:40,000 --> 00:49:40,320
Speaker 6: Yeah.

1079
00:49:40,440 --> 00:49:42,840
Speaker 2: Men, Timson good, I mean, borderline All Star, first Team

1080
00:49:42,880 --> 00:49:44,679
All Defense. We like him in is a great pick

1081
00:49:45,360 --> 00:49:48,760
at polo as well. Uh.

1082
00:49:47,880 --> 00:49:51,360
Speaker 3: The interesting part, have you seen what James Harden's averaging

1083
00:49:51,400 --> 00:49:51,719
this year?

1084
00:49:52,599 --> 00:49:54,440
Speaker 2: I know, he's averaging twenty five points per game, he's

1085
00:49:54,440 --> 00:49:57,440
shooting thirty four percent from three, and he's getting in

1086
00:49:57,480 --> 00:49:58,519
the line like ten plus game.

1087
00:49:58,599 --> 00:50:01,559
Speaker 5: Twenty five points a game is his best in his career.

1088
00:50:02,000 --> 00:50:03,760
Sits his MVP year in Houston.

1089
00:50:03,840 --> 00:50:05,599
Speaker 2: Yeah, but his shooting numbers aren't good. Was he shooting

1090
00:50:05,599 --> 00:50:08,679
like forty But he's look at his last seven years

1091
00:50:08,679 --> 00:50:10,840
in the League. It's basically what he's been averaging around

1092
00:50:10,880 --> 00:50:12,320
forty one forty two per d, and then that's what

1093
00:50:12,360 --> 00:50:14,039
he made his prime. He was a forty four to

1094
00:50:14,079 --> 00:50:15,920
forty five percent guy. But the numbers were good because

1095
00:50:16,199 --> 00:50:19,159
one assists. Yeah, he's a body. He is still a

1096
00:50:19,199 --> 00:50:22,239
great distriper. If for everybody wants to a ballhog, ballhog,

1097
00:50:22,320 --> 00:50:25,519
the guy's average close to tennissist in his career. You know,

1098
00:50:25,960 --> 00:50:30,559
does he have one of the more complicated legacies of

1099
00:50:30,719 --> 00:50:36,119
the superstar players of this last twenty years because he

1100
00:50:36,239 --> 00:50:39,800
was such a polarizing figure even at his prime. Now

1101
00:50:39,800 --> 00:50:41,320
we here in Houston. No, Now, first of all, there

1102
00:50:41,320 --> 00:50:43,079
were people here in Houston that hated him, so he

1103
00:50:43,119 --> 00:50:44,519
was even polarizing in his own town.

1104
00:50:44,719 --> 00:50:46,079
Speaker 3: You can't win with James hard Man.

1105
00:50:46,079 --> 00:50:49,280
Speaker 2: He sucks a dribble, dribble, dribble, dribble and Charles Barkley

1106
00:50:49,320 --> 00:50:50,800
making that a big meme.

1107
00:50:50,840 --> 00:50:52,480
Speaker 3: Dribble, drible dribble, ribble, drible dribble.

1108
00:50:52,719 --> 00:50:55,159
Speaker 2: But I mean, as far as a one man weapon,

1109
00:50:56,360 --> 00:50:59,760
James Harden was incredible. The dude was dropping sixty point

1110
00:50:59,800 --> 00:51:04,800
tree doubles. And then you had national basketball punnets being like, eh,

1111
00:51:05,000 --> 00:51:08,400
I'm not a big deal at whatever, sixty point dribble

1112
00:51:08,440 --> 00:51:10,960
double Mac, wake me up when he wins a championship.

1113
00:51:11,360 --> 00:51:15,039
I mean he was on an insane run the Unguardable Tour,

1114
00:51:15,440 --> 00:51:19,199
where he was averaging thirty five points per game, and

1115
00:51:19,239 --> 00:51:21,480
people were acting like it wasn't a big deal. And

1116
00:51:21,599 --> 00:51:23,880
go back and look what he did in those years

1117
00:51:23,920 --> 00:51:26,880
and those numbers. They are eye popping, especially for that

1118
00:51:26,960 --> 00:51:28,599
era when it was kind of coming into more of

1119
00:51:28,639 --> 00:51:32,159
the pace and space era is fully here, But it

1120
00:51:32,239 --> 00:51:35,119
was also that was like the it was more grinded

1121
00:51:35,159 --> 00:51:38,920
out basketball than it is these days, not to the extent,

1122
00:51:38,960 --> 00:51:40,760
of course that it was like the nineteen nineties. I'm

1123
00:51:40,800 --> 00:51:43,320
not trying to say that or the nineteen eighties or whatever. Well,

1124
00:51:43,360 --> 00:51:45,239
eighties was more showtime. There was a lot of pace,

1125
00:51:45,280 --> 00:51:48,840
but it got really slow late nineteen nineties and then

1126
00:51:48,880 --> 00:51:50,840
early two thousands, and then they had to loosen up

1127
00:51:50,880 --> 00:51:53,320
some of the rules to actually get some points scored,

1128
00:51:53,559 --> 00:51:56,079
to where the San Antonio Spurs were winning championships and

1129
00:51:56,119 --> 00:51:58,400
everybody wanted to claw their eyes out because every game

1130
00:51:58,480 --> 00:52:00,719
was ending up seventy six seventy two.

1131
00:52:01,519 --> 00:52:03,599
Speaker 3: So yeah, it is a.

1132
00:52:04,000 --> 00:52:06,360
Speaker 2: Slightly different era of basketball than it was now, and

1133
00:52:06,440 --> 00:52:09,679
James Harden was putting up crazy numbers in that era.

1134
00:52:10,480 --> 00:52:13,239
Speaker 5: Okay, so let's pivot. Do the Rockets make a move

1135
00:52:13,559 --> 00:52:15,840
before tomorrow's deadline? I don't think so.

1136
00:52:16,320 --> 00:52:19,000
Speaker 2: In that in a perfect world, you would get maybe

1137
00:52:19,039 --> 00:52:21,400
a Kobe White and or a backup big. I don't

1138
00:52:21,440 --> 00:52:23,880
know Andre Drummond or any of those other names that

1139
00:52:23,920 --> 00:52:27,760
are being floated out there, but you are so you

1140
00:52:27,840 --> 00:52:31,840
have so little wiggle room up against the cap. There

1141
00:52:31,920 --> 00:52:33,639
was something I don't expect them to do that.

1142
00:52:33,639 --> 00:52:37,199
Speaker 5: There was some report that the Rockets were did inquire

1143
00:52:37,280 --> 00:52:40,519
about Kobe White with Chicago and.

1144
00:52:42,320 --> 00:52:44,760
Speaker 2: See, I don't know on him. He's he's see is

1145
00:52:44,840 --> 00:52:49,480
he a true point guard? He's averaging really but I

1146
00:52:49,519 --> 00:52:53,559
mean team points at four point seven assists, right, not

1147
00:52:53,599 --> 00:52:57,320
a true point guard. But anyway, it's a good you

1148
00:52:57,400 --> 00:52:58,920
need guard help, Yeah.

1149
00:52:59,320 --> 00:53:02,159
Speaker 5: But the room was the first thing that they were

1150
00:53:02,159 --> 00:53:05,639
asking for was Jabari Smith, and the Rockets are kind of, yeah,

1151
00:53:05,679 --> 00:53:06,199
we're good.

1152
00:53:06,119 --> 00:53:07,000
Speaker 3: Javar Smith Junior.

1153
00:53:07,079 --> 00:53:09,320
Speaker 2: I know the fans hate on him all the time

1154
00:53:09,360 --> 00:53:11,119
when he goes one for ten on three and I

1155
00:53:11,199 --> 00:53:14,039
understand where box score watchers and we're not ball watchers,

1156
00:53:14,360 --> 00:53:16,800
But dude, watch what he does on defense. Watch him

1157
00:53:16,800 --> 00:53:20,000
guarding one through five and getting block shots and contesting

1158
00:53:20,079 --> 00:53:22,119
shots and covering up a lot of stuff on this

1159
00:53:22,239 --> 00:53:24,639
Rockets defense, Jabari Smith Junior does a lot.

1160
00:53:24,719 --> 00:53:27,000
Speaker 3: And oh, by the way, Emy Adoka likes what he provides.

1161
00:53:28,039 --> 00:53:31,119
Speaker 5: The other one that came out was they were interested

1162
00:53:31,119 --> 00:53:34,360
in Tari Eason. Now Tari Easton, as we know, will

1163
00:53:34,360 --> 00:53:38,199
be whatever restricted free agent after the season. We know

1164
00:53:38,239 --> 00:53:41,760
the Rockets like him. Would you be willing to take

1165
00:53:41,840 --> 00:53:44,440
if you can get a Kobe White? Are you willing

1166
00:53:44,440 --> 00:53:46,599
to lose lose a half a season of Tar Eason?

1167
00:53:46,880 --> 00:53:50,719
Speaker 2: Tarry Easton when people are talking about him being untouchable.

1168
00:53:50,760 --> 00:53:52,119
See this is why I don't think the moves are

1169
00:53:52,119 --> 00:53:54,280
going to be made for the Rockets. They like the pieces.

1170
00:53:54,719 --> 00:53:57,440
If you could just wave a magic wand and have

1171
00:53:57,599 --> 00:54:00,920
Fred van Vliet and Steven Adams on this team, I'm

1172
00:54:00,960 --> 00:54:03,199
putting them comfortably number two in the West with a

1173
00:54:03,360 --> 00:54:06,320
shot to top of the Thunder. The Thunder would be

1174
00:54:06,320 --> 00:54:09,079
favorites in any seven game series. Spurs we could talk

1175
00:54:09,079 --> 00:54:13,719
about as well. Nuggets very interesting also. The Rockets right

1176
00:54:13,760 --> 00:54:16,519
in that mix, they are the number four seed, one

1177
00:54:16,599 --> 00:54:18,519
game and a half behind the Spurs.

1178
00:54:18,480 --> 00:54:19,599
Speaker 3: With what I just mentioned.

1179
00:54:20,840 --> 00:54:24,519
Speaker 2: Man, that sucks. Yeah, I don't know, or do you

1180
00:54:24,880 --> 00:54:26,960
not necessarily punt on this year, but you say, hey,

1181
00:54:27,000 --> 00:54:29,159
you know what, we're going to reconfigure next year and

1182
00:54:29,320 --> 00:54:31,119
then really go all in and push all of our

1183
00:54:31,199 --> 00:54:37,719
chips on with possibly Kevin Durant's last real gasps as

1184
00:54:37,760 --> 00:54:39,400
a player who is as close to his prime. I mean,

1185
00:54:39,400 --> 00:54:41,719
he's further from his prime. He's still great, he's still

1186
00:54:41,719 --> 00:54:43,320
a deserving All Star. But I think what you do

1187
00:54:43,440 --> 00:54:47,800
is drag your feet on the trade deadline. I'll wait

1188
00:54:47,880 --> 00:54:50,880
to see if there's any potential veteran buyouts, and you

1189
00:54:50,880 --> 00:54:54,960
can get a veteran center and potentially a point guard

1190
00:54:55,039 --> 00:54:55,760
that gets waved.

1191
00:54:56,119 --> 00:54:57,360
Speaker 3: Yeah, you know something like that.

1192
00:54:58,960 --> 00:55:01,000
Speaker 2: I think it'll be the bio out market. But even then,

1193
00:55:01,039 --> 00:55:02,360
you don't have a whole lot of room to play

1194
00:55:02,599 --> 00:55:04,480
pay vet minimum, so you've got to make some kind

1195
00:55:04,480 --> 00:55:05,880
of trade. It can be Jeff Green, you got to

1196
00:55:05,920 --> 00:55:08,199
trade away to shed some salad. You gotta shed some salary.

1197
00:55:08,440 --> 00:55:12,960
I think you'll see a small move Jayshon Tate, Jeff Green,

1198
00:55:13,559 --> 00:55:15,639
somebody like that. We've been seeing Jayshon Tait a little

1199
00:55:15,679 --> 00:55:17,320
bit more. Do you think that means kind of a

1200
00:55:17,480 --> 00:55:21,599
trade deadline showcase? He's the look, let's move off from him. Yeah,

1201
00:55:21,679 --> 00:55:24,719
that's what I'm saying, Salary, if you just need a

1202
00:55:24,800 --> 00:55:26,679
couple million dollars a wiggle room to get into the

1203
00:55:26,679 --> 00:55:28,679
buy out market, So you know what, I will back

1204
00:55:28,760 --> 00:55:31,000
off my gut feeling that there's gonna be no trade made.

1205
00:55:31,320 --> 00:55:34,239
Speaker 5: It's gonna be a small Dory Finney Smith's been the

1206
00:55:34,280 --> 00:55:36,480
one that's been popping. Oh, you need him to play

1207
00:55:36,559 --> 00:55:38,559
better too. I mean, he hasn't been giving you much

1208
00:55:38,599 --> 00:55:40,639
and he's been on a minute restriction. He's been hurt

1209
00:55:40,800 --> 00:55:42,880
on a minute restriction and not playing well other than

1210
00:55:42,920 --> 00:55:45,320
that great season for Dorian Finny Smith. If you can

1211
00:55:45,400 --> 00:55:48,000
make you so, you flip Dorian Finney Smith and a

1212
00:55:48,079 --> 00:55:49,320
draft pick for Kobe.

1213
00:55:49,079 --> 00:55:49,639
Speaker 3: White, you do that?

1214
00:55:52,400 --> 00:55:53,000
Speaker 2: I guess.

1215
00:55:54,559 --> 00:55:55,159
Speaker 3: Yeah, I guess.

1216
00:55:55,840 --> 00:55:58,199
Speaker 2: All Right, we're gonna take a break here on The

1217
00:55:58,239 --> 00:56:01,079
Matt Thomas Show with Ross Chris. Gory's ducking out, so

1218
00:56:01,159 --> 00:56:03,880
you guys can get in if you'd like. Phone lines open.

1219
00:56:05,320 --> 00:56:10,000
James hardin Legacy, we're talking about astros infield, outfield and

1220
00:56:10,199 --> 00:56:11,079
d H Spot.

1221
00:56:11,480 --> 00:56:13,840
Speaker 3: We're talking about rockets, trade deadline.

1222
00:56:13,920 --> 00:56:16,599
Speaker 2: What do you want to see as it is tomorrow

1223
00:56:17,280 --> 00:56:20,360
we can talk about and anything else you folks want

1224
00:56:20,400 --> 00:56:22,440
to get in on seven to one three two one

1225
00:56:22,559 --> 00:56:25,599
two five seven ninety. Is the phone number seven one

1226
00:56:25,679 --> 00:56:28,719
three two one two five seven ninety. Ain't nobody got

1227
00:56:28,800 --> 00:56:31,119
time for that? Slash shut Joe Bumass up coming up

1228
00:56:31,119 --> 00:56:33,480
at eleven thirty on The Matt Thomas Show with Ross,

1229
00:56:37,119 --> 00:56:40,920
eleven to twenty in the PM here on Wait what

1230
00:56:41,159 --> 00:56:43,320
in the am PM would be weird in the am?

1231
00:56:43,360 --> 00:56:46,960
Here on Sports Talk seven ninety Matt Thomas Show with

1232
00:56:47,360 --> 00:56:51,199
Ross continues without Matt Thomas, without Chris Gordy. It's just

1233
00:56:51,440 --> 00:56:54,519
me and why Jonathan Allen's hanging out here too. He'll

1234
00:56:54,559 --> 00:56:57,079
bring us the news at noon. Coming up at noon,

1235
00:56:57,880 --> 00:57:00,239
also coming up in about ten minutes, you will have

1236
00:57:01,079 --> 00:57:04,840
eight No body got time for that? Slash shut Joe

1237
00:57:04,960 --> 00:57:10,079
bump Ass up on the program and Adam Clanton will

1238
00:57:10,119 --> 00:57:12,800
be joining me coming up at one o'clock. I'm gonna

1239
00:57:12,800 --> 00:57:14,599
be honest with you, I'm a little under the weather

1240
00:57:14,880 --> 00:57:16,960
and I don't know if it's allergies with this cold

1241
00:57:17,000 --> 00:57:19,360
front of what the heck's going on, But you guys

1242
00:57:19,400 --> 00:57:21,119
want to get in help out for a couple of minutes.

1243
00:57:21,119 --> 00:57:24,039
I would appreciate seven one three two one two five

1244
00:57:24,280 --> 00:57:26,480
seven ninety is the phone number. Seven one three two

1245
00:57:26,519 --> 00:57:28,599
one two five seven ninety. So we're talking about the

1246
00:57:28,639 --> 00:57:34,800
James Harden trade in the last segment to the Cleveland Cavaliers.

1247
00:57:36,199 --> 00:57:37,800
Speaker 3: So he was traded.

1248
00:57:38,880 --> 00:57:45,800
Speaker 2: To the Rockets, traded to the Nets, traded to the Sixers,

1249
00:57:47,119 --> 00:57:51,119
traded to the Clippers, and now traded to the Cleveland Cavaliers. Right,

1250
00:57:51,280 --> 00:57:56,800
all those were trades. Is that five trades, that's easily

1251
00:57:56,880 --> 00:57:58,719
got to be a record for for a Hall of Famer.

1252
00:57:59,639 --> 00:58:02,360
And he's going to the Basketball Hall of Fame. First

1253
00:58:02,400 --> 00:58:04,239
of all, the real the rules are real lax in

1254
00:58:04,280 --> 00:58:06,880
the Basketball Hall of Fame. Just about everybody gets in.

1255
00:58:07,719 --> 00:58:09,559
Speaker 3: I mean it's just.

1256
00:58:11,159 --> 00:58:14,760
Speaker 2: For whatever reason, especially over the last several years. I mean,

1257
00:58:14,840 --> 00:58:16,960
I don't think Trace McGrady played long enough to get in.

1258
00:58:17,079 --> 00:58:18,840
There's a number of other guys that we can talk

1259
00:58:18,880 --> 00:58:21,320
about that I felt like shouldn't have been into the

1260
00:58:21,360 --> 00:58:25,639
Basketball Hall of Fame and got in there was it

1261
00:58:25,719 --> 00:58:27,639
a free agent contract that he signed with the seventy

1262
00:58:27,679 --> 00:58:31,159
six ers. That's what I'm trying to look at. He

1263
00:58:31,320 --> 00:58:33,000
was traded by the Sixers, but it might have been

1264
00:58:33,039 --> 00:58:35,079
a free agents contract who signed with the Sixers a

1265
00:58:35,159 --> 00:58:37,760
right either way, It's been four or five trades for

1266
00:58:37,840 --> 00:58:40,320
James Harden, which certainly has to be a record for

1267
00:58:40,400 --> 00:58:41,360
a Hall of Fame player.

1268
00:58:42,519 --> 00:58:42,840
Speaker 1: I know that.

1269
00:58:43,000 --> 00:58:46,119
Speaker 2: I mean Kareem Abdul jag Bar got traded. That was

1270
00:58:46,159 --> 00:58:48,000
in the prime of his career. Shat got trade. We

1271
00:58:48,039 --> 00:58:49,800
can point of guys got traded, but as many as

1272
00:58:49,840 --> 00:58:53,280
many times as James Harden did, I don't think so.

1273
00:58:54,159 --> 00:58:57,559
And this is for somebody who two times led the

1274
00:58:57,840 --> 00:59:04,079
entire NBA in its systs, three times led the entire

1275
00:59:04,320 --> 00:59:08,920
NBA in scoring, won an MVP in twenty eighteen when

1276
00:59:08,920 --> 00:59:12,400
the Rockets won sixty five games and should have won

1277
00:59:12,480 --> 00:59:15,559
the should have won the NBA Championship if not for

1278
00:59:15,679 --> 00:59:18,639
Chris Paul's hamstring falling apart into a thousand pieces in

1279
00:59:18,719 --> 00:59:23,840
the in the in the Western Conference Finals, which they

1280
00:59:23,880 --> 00:59:27,719
went on to lose to the twenty eighteen Warriors. With

1281
00:59:27,960 --> 00:59:30,719
Kevin Durant, Steph Curry, Klay Thompson, Draymond Green thought of

1282
00:59:30,800 --> 00:59:34,280
his arguably the greatest team of all time, they could

1283
00:59:34,320 --> 00:59:37,480
have beaten the greatest team of all time.

1284
00:59:39,360 --> 00:59:41,480
Speaker 3: And they didn't do it, unfortunately.

1285
00:59:41,719 --> 00:59:45,840
Speaker 2: So James Harden was championship caliber in his prime around

1286
00:59:45,920 --> 00:59:49,239
twenty seven, twenty eight, twenty nine, three times scoring champion.

1287
00:59:50,039 --> 00:59:52,280
But I just wonder where where does he go down

1288
00:59:52,320 --> 00:59:54,760
and where does he fit in in terms of all

1289
00:59:54,840 --> 00:59:58,719
time greatness? The blights on his resume. Of course, the

1290
00:59:58,840 --> 01:00:01,840
defense is number one one, which wasn't as bad as

1291
01:00:01,920 --> 01:00:03,519
people tried to make it out to be in his

1292
01:00:03,679 --> 01:00:07,079
prime YouTube videos and stuff like that. Effort was not

1293
01:00:07,239 --> 01:00:09,519
there all the time for sure, but he was a

1294
01:00:09,639 --> 01:00:12,880
very good post defender and Rockets liked to play switching defense,

1295
01:00:12,920 --> 01:00:14,800
and the reason it worked was because James Harden was

1296
01:00:14,840 --> 01:00:16,679
doing a good job of locking down the post. He

1297
01:00:16,840 --> 01:00:21,639
was just very very strong down low and barrel chested

1298
01:00:21,719 --> 01:00:25,119
and strong, and maybe in another life could have been

1299
01:00:25,199 --> 01:00:28,840
like a six foot five a short center aline. I

1300
01:00:28,880 --> 01:00:31,920
don't know Chuck Hayes or what Charles Barklay was as

1301
01:00:31,960 --> 01:00:34,599
a power forward, but he also just had some pretty

1302
01:00:34,599 --> 01:00:37,320
good quicks, a pretty good first step, very good stop

1303
01:00:37,360 --> 01:00:39,880
and start. That's why the step back three came into

1304
01:00:39,960 --> 01:00:42,400
vogue in a large party. He didn't invent the move,

1305
01:00:43,159 --> 01:00:44,800
but he came into vogue in a large part because

1306
01:00:44,840 --> 01:00:48,960
of James Harden. What he did changed the game isolation basketball.

1307
01:00:49,400 --> 01:00:51,559
What he did, I mean, he was just an insane

1308
01:00:51,639 --> 01:00:56,280
threat when he went in an unguardable tour, averaging thirty

1309
01:00:56,360 --> 01:01:00,920
six points per game, and oh, by the also averaging

1310
01:01:00,960 --> 01:01:02,840
seven and a half assists per game.

1311
01:01:03,480 --> 01:01:07,480
Speaker 3: In those days, he was insane five turnovers a game too.

1312
01:01:08,280 --> 01:01:11,719
Speaker 2: But he had his time where he was he was

1313
01:01:11,800 --> 01:01:15,039
one of the most dominant players in basketball, but very polarizing,

1314
01:01:15,559 --> 01:01:19,760
traded a bunch, and never won a championship. So all

1315
01:01:19,840 --> 01:01:23,440
those things are are going to hold back his long

1316
01:01:23,519 --> 01:01:27,039
term legacy and who he is and how he's viewed

1317
01:01:27,599 --> 01:01:30,599
as history goes down. But just just an interesting case

1318
01:01:31,000 --> 01:01:33,679
because at thirty six years old, he's averaging twenty five

1319
01:01:33,719 --> 01:01:34,880
points in an eight assist a game.

1320
01:01:35,679 --> 01:01:36,800
Speaker 3: He's having a good year.

1321
01:01:38,000 --> 01:01:40,880
Speaker 2: He was third team All NBA last year, was an

1322
01:01:40,920 --> 01:01:44,239
All Star as well, but before that he hadn't made

1323
01:01:44,280 --> 01:01:46,519
an All Star in a couple of years, and he

1324
01:01:46,559 --> 01:01:49,679
hadn't finished top five in the MVP since twenty twenty

1325
01:01:49,800 --> 01:01:54,119
nineteen twenty twenty. Just an interesting, weird case here in

1326
01:01:54,639 --> 01:01:57,639
for James Harden, and part of it that he played

1327
01:01:57,679 --> 01:01:59,760
here in Houston, and we know this, and I don't

1328
01:01:59,840 --> 01:02:03,159
like be guy who's whining and complaining and crying about

1329
01:02:03,239 --> 01:02:06,840
Houston and we never get a fair shake from ESPN,

1330
01:02:06,920 --> 01:02:07,840
And no national.

1331
01:02:07,639 --> 01:02:08,280
Speaker 3: Media hates us.

1332
01:02:08,280 --> 01:02:10,760
Speaker 2: I don't think the national media hates us, but they

1333
01:02:10,840 --> 01:02:14,480
also are gonna back their guys when you play in

1334
01:02:14,599 --> 01:02:18,760
bigger markets and people are gonna be thought of in

1335
01:02:18,840 --> 01:02:22,079
different lights. James Harden would absolutely be thought of a

1336
01:02:22,079 --> 01:02:24,480
different light if he played in New York or Los

1337
01:02:24,519 --> 01:02:29,440
Angeles instead of Houston. But he just was a dynamic,

1338
01:02:29,639 --> 01:02:32,920
all time great player, going to be a Hall of Famer,

1339
01:02:34,119 --> 01:02:36,880
falling short of you know, the inner circle behind the

1340
01:02:36,960 --> 01:02:39,559
velvet rope top fifteen. He's not a Kevin Durant, He's

1341
01:02:39,559 --> 01:02:42,360
not a Seth Curry, He's not a Lebron James as

1342
01:02:42,440 --> 01:02:48,119
far as his contemporaries, one time MVP, what, ten to

1343
01:02:48,159 --> 01:02:49,639
twelve time All Stars something like that.

1344
01:02:50,039 --> 01:02:51,440
Speaker 3: So he's gonna get in the Hall of Fame.

1345
01:02:51,639 --> 01:02:53,719
Speaker 2: And we'll see what happens this year with the Cleveland Cavaliers,

1346
01:02:53,760 --> 01:02:55,480
but I don't expect him to win the championship.

1347
01:02:55,559 --> 01:02:55,719
Speaker 6: Yeah.

1348
01:02:55,760 --> 01:03:04,360
Speaker 2: Eleven time All Star James Harden, five time First Team

1349
01:03:04,480 --> 01:03:09,400
All NBA n an MVP Gil in Agetown real quick

1350
01:03:09,440 --> 01:03:10,159
here ahead of a break.

1351
01:03:10,159 --> 01:03:10,719
Speaker 3: What's up, Gil?

1352
01:03:12,000 --> 01:03:12,480
Speaker 9: What's going on?

1353
01:03:12,639 --> 01:03:14,199
Speaker 3: Guys? Yal so?

1354
01:03:15,199 --> 01:03:18,199
Speaker 9: Yes, sir, you hear me? Yeah?

1355
01:03:18,239 --> 01:03:18,599
Speaker 3: Go ahead?

1356
01:03:20,360 --> 01:03:24,039
Speaker 9: Uh here In Houston, he was really known for his

1357
01:03:24,239 --> 01:03:27,320
strip joint activity. I think the girls think he's an

1358
01:03:27,320 --> 01:03:27,920
All star too.

1359
01:03:28,760 --> 01:03:31,360
Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean yeah, see Gil, You know what, that's

1360
01:03:31,400 --> 01:03:33,639
an added part of his legacy. Think of all the

1361
01:03:33,719 --> 01:03:36,480
young ladies that he put through nursing school through college.

1362
01:03:36,559 --> 01:03:37,920
Speaker 6: Yeah, yeah, school.

1363
01:03:38,039 --> 01:03:38,239
Speaker 10: Yeah.

1364
01:03:38,440 --> 01:03:40,360
Speaker 3: He's a philanthropist and.

1365
01:03:40,480 --> 01:03:43,880
Speaker 9: See it's a great one. Is the story around here

1366
01:03:43,960 --> 01:03:45,599
is he spent a million dollars in one day. I

1367
01:03:45,639 --> 01:03:46,679
don't know if that's true or not.

1368
01:03:46,920 --> 01:03:47,760
Speaker 3: Yeah, very giving.

1369
01:03:49,760 --> 01:03:50,079
Speaker 6: Okay.

1370
01:03:50,960 --> 01:03:51,559
Speaker 2: Other than that.

1371
01:03:53,880 --> 01:03:56,440
Speaker 9: During the headlights when he's on his own, when Chris

1372
01:03:56,519 --> 01:03:59,559
Paul went out got him, why did he look terrible?

1373
01:03:59,760 --> 01:04:02,119
Speaker 3: Well, he didn't make Trevor what did Trevor reeves?

1374
01:04:02,159 --> 01:04:02,320
Speaker 1: Ago?

1375
01:04:02,559 --> 01:04:04,880
Speaker 2: Was he like one for thirteen from three or something

1376
01:04:04,960 --> 01:04:07,559
like that game when they went over twenty seven and

1377
01:04:07,719 --> 01:04:11,360
Darryl Mory sent that video of all the fouls. Uh,

1378
01:04:12,079 --> 01:04:15,159
we want NBA, we look at all these fouls you

1379
01:04:15,280 --> 01:04:16,480
didn't call in the game.

1380
01:04:17,000 --> 01:04:19,360
Speaker 3: Get all mad at everybody. It didn't help.

1381
01:04:19,480 --> 01:04:21,920
Speaker 9: We might have might not have won the championship that

1382
01:04:22,039 --> 01:04:23,920
year because the GOA State was pretty dog on good.

1383
01:04:24,239 --> 01:04:26,639
Speaker 2: No, they would have beat him. I think they would

1384
01:04:26,679 --> 01:04:28,960
have beat him. You'll never tell me that they wouldn't

1385
01:04:28,960 --> 01:04:31,280
have beat him. They were up, they were up three

1386
01:04:31,360 --> 01:04:33,760
to two in that series. They could have won Game

1387
01:04:33,800 --> 01:04:35,320
six and they I think they would have won Game

1388
01:04:35,400 --> 01:04:37,800
seven as well. With with with Chris Paul. Now, of

1389
01:04:37,880 --> 01:04:40,440
course Golden State is the greatest team of all time.

1390
01:04:40,480 --> 01:04:42,159
They could have came back and won two games. I

1391
01:04:42,280 --> 01:04:44,159
can't I can't. I can't really tell you for one

1392
01:04:44,239 --> 01:04:45,000
hundred percent guilt.

1393
01:04:45,039 --> 01:04:47,880
Speaker 9: But also we still lost.

1394
01:04:48,960 --> 01:04:49,800
Speaker 2: We're going to bring that up.

1395
01:04:49,840 --> 01:04:50,000
Speaker 3: Gil.

1396
01:04:50,079 --> 01:04:52,760
Speaker 2: Now I'm going to hang up on your No, I'm

1397
01:04:52,760 --> 01:04:53,480
just didn't go ahead.

1398
01:04:54,639 --> 01:04:54,880
Speaker 9: That's it.

1399
01:04:54,960 --> 01:04:55,679
Speaker 6: That's all I want to say.

1400
01:04:55,679 --> 01:04:57,880
Speaker 3: All right, appreciate it, thank you.

1401
01:04:58,400 --> 01:05:02,159
Speaker 2: Yeah, there's no one guarantee, but the odds favor the

1402
01:05:02,320 --> 01:05:05,719
Rockets either A getting it done because all the games

1403
01:05:05,760 --> 01:05:07,800
are close and you're going up against the greatest team

1404
01:05:07,840 --> 01:05:10,840
of all time. A. They might have lost in Game six,

1405
01:05:10,920 --> 01:05:12,400
but I think they they would have been favored in

1406
01:05:12,480 --> 01:05:15,920
Game seven and won, and they would have trounced that

1407
01:05:16,039 --> 01:05:20,159
Heat team then made the finals in twenty eighteen. Didn't

1408
01:05:20,159 --> 01:05:22,320
the Warriors sweep them? Or they won in five that year?

1409
01:05:22,320 --> 01:05:29,519
I can't remember, so it doesn't matter, unfortunately, but there

1410
01:05:29,559 --> 01:05:32,199
is an alternate universe where the Rockets are twenty eighteen

1411
01:05:32,360 --> 01:05:37,679
NBA champions and James Harden's legacy viewed slightly differently than

1412
01:05:37,719 --> 01:05:42,119
it is now, but traded as much as he is.

1413
01:05:43,559 --> 01:05:47,119
It's just that they're very unique in NBA history, The

1414
01:05:47,239 --> 01:05:49,719
story of James Harden. All right, quick break here on

1415
01:05:49,960 --> 01:05:52,239
the Matt Thomas Show with Ross. You guys, got something

1416
01:05:52,280 --> 01:05:55,480
you want to get off your chest. You have something

1417
01:05:56,719 --> 01:05:59,239
that has been bothering you. Someone is making you mad,

1418
01:05:59,480 --> 01:06:00,440
someone you'd like.

1419
01:06:00,599 --> 01:06:01,480
Speaker 3: Is it a co worker?

1420
01:06:01,599 --> 01:06:05,039
Speaker 2: Somebody cutting you off in traffic? Anything you want to

1421
01:06:05,199 --> 01:06:08,440
unload on you can? I uh nothing, hold on, I

1422
01:06:08,519 --> 01:06:11,360
just don't get it. That is tomorrow eight. No body

1423
01:06:11,480 --> 01:06:14,760
got time for that slash. Chuck your bum ass up

1424
01:06:15,000 --> 01:06:18,880
seven one three two one two five seven ninety seven

1425
01:06:18,920 --> 01:06:21,519
one three two one two five seven ninety You spammers

1426
01:06:21,599 --> 01:06:24,239
and scammers, I'm coming after you next here on ein'.

1427
01:06:24,360 --> 01:06:26,800
Nobody got time for that slash. Shut your bum ass

1428
01:06:26,960 --> 01:06:29,039
up on The Matt Thomas Show with Ross at seven

1429
01:06:29,119 --> 01:06:34,280
one three two one two five seven eighty again here again, time.

1430
01:06:34,199 --> 01:06:39,239
Speaker 3: Here again, tamp it cheat, tamp it gear, get damp

1431
01:06:39,440 --> 01:06:42,599
it gear again. Tamp here we get time, here.

1432
01:06:42,480 --> 01:06:51,679
Speaker 2: We get damp it. Alright, it's that time of the week.

1433
01:06:53,519 --> 01:06:56,880
Speaker 3: Well you can get something off your chest.

1434
01:06:58,199 --> 01:07:00,960
Speaker 2: There's somebody at work running in the hallways all the

1435
01:07:01,039 --> 01:07:02,679
time and you want to turn around and go the

1436
01:07:02,760 --> 01:07:04,880
other way because they're gonna chit chat your ear off

1437
01:07:06,360 --> 01:07:08,480
and you don't want to talk to them. And yeah,

1438
01:07:08,639 --> 01:07:11,559
you don't care about what kind of medication their cat's on.

1439
01:07:11,760 --> 01:07:14,280
Speaker 3: You know who's trying to hear about that? Ain't nobody

1440
01:07:14,360 --> 01:07:14,960
got time for that.

1441
01:07:16,400 --> 01:07:19,320
Speaker 2: And in the meantime, shut yo, bumm ass up shit,

1442
01:07:19,440 --> 01:07:22,239
obuma ass up man. Whether it be in the sports

1443
01:07:22,400 --> 01:07:25,239
world or in your day to day life. Seven one

1444
01:07:25,360 --> 01:07:29,079
three two one two five seven ninety is the phone

1445
01:07:29,159 --> 01:07:34,199
number seven one three two one two five seven ninety. Now,

1446
01:07:34,199 --> 01:07:36,159
I guess I can't ask you from perspective on this,

1447
01:07:36,280 --> 01:07:37,960
Jonathan Allen, I need to talk to somebody a little

1448
01:07:38,000 --> 01:07:40,920
bit older. But is it just me or is this

1449
01:07:41,119 --> 01:07:45,599
scamming stuff getting worse and worse and worse, who are

1450
01:07:45,719 --> 01:07:49,360
these people who are falling for these scams. I don't

1451
01:07:49,400 --> 01:07:51,800
want to get mad at the scammers as much because

1452
01:07:51,800 --> 01:07:53,760
if they're doing this, and they're texting and tweeting and

1453
01:07:53,840 --> 01:07:56,079
calling and stuff like that, that means people are falling

1454
01:07:56,119 --> 01:07:58,880
for these scams. Nobody scams for their entire life and

1455
01:07:58,960 --> 01:08:02,320
not get successful at one single scam. I'm always getting

1456
01:08:02,400 --> 01:08:07,599
these texts and calls from scam numbers, and then these

1457
01:08:07,679 --> 01:08:11,079
people are reaching out to me. I am not a homeowner.

1458
01:08:11,800 --> 01:08:15,360
My mother and my father are homeowners. I always get

1459
01:08:15,440 --> 01:08:19,079
messages asking if I'm my father or my mother, if

1460
01:08:19,119 --> 01:08:20,840
I want to sell the house, if I want a

1461
01:08:20,880 --> 01:08:24,479
new roof, if I need pipes fitting, if I need plumbing. No,

1462
01:08:25,079 --> 01:08:29,199
how did my phone number get on this list to

1463
01:08:29,279 --> 01:08:34,039
where I'm constantly getting called and texted about a new

1464
01:08:34,199 --> 01:08:37,880
roof for a house that I don't own. Ain't nobody

1465
01:08:37,920 --> 01:08:38,520
got time for that?

1466
01:08:39,840 --> 01:08:41,760
Speaker 10: And you dn't think about it. This is probably the

1467
01:08:41,880 --> 01:08:44,039
golden age for scamming too. I mean, I'm not going

1468
01:08:44,079 --> 01:08:47,359
to out nobody I know, but you gen Z. We

1469
01:08:47,640 --> 01:08:52,279
take advantage of people like Matt Thomas perfect Temple didn't

1470
01:08:52,319 --> 01:08:55,760
have He doesn't know how to do a double optientification,

1471
01:08:55,880 --> 01:08:57,880
so like, you know what what they're gonna do is

1472
01:08:57,880 --> 01:09:00,640
gonna be like I want some money, Okay, let's do this.

1473
01:09:01,039 --> 01:09:03,399
Let me get a fake phone voice line, get my

1474
01:09:03,479 --> 01:09:05,319
Twitter hack, let me get your bank account, and then

1475
01:09:05,359 --> 01:09:07,479
you know, I'll got you. You know, I'll lay off

1476
01:09:07,520 --> 01:09:09,880
this little Amazon thing that's going on, send you a

1477
01:09:09,920 --> 01:09:10,720
fake email.

1478
01:09:10,439 --> 01:09:11,479
Speaker 3: And I got dollars.

1479
01:09:11,800 --> 01:09:15,680
Speaker 2: Don't don't click the links, Matt, Come on, man, if

1480
01:09:15,720 --> 01:09:18,119
she's got his Twitter hack three different times, by the way,

1481
01:09:18,199 --> 01:09:21,119
you know what it's on, it's it's it's on me.

1482
01:09:21,279 --> 01:09:23,479
I haven't set up the two factor authentication on his

1483
01:09:23,520 --> 01:09:25,239
phone yet. I need to settle a settle up a

1484
01:09:26,640 --> 01:09:31,359
Google authenticator for him. But yeah, man, obviously it's working

1485
01:09:32,359 --> 01:09:37,000
and and and people are falling for it. But it's

1486
01:09:37,119 --> 01:09:39,960
so frustrating that I'm always getting these calls and texts

1487
01:09:41,159 --> 01:09:41,720
for my mother.

1488
01:09:42,279 --> 01:09:44,560
Speaker 3: I love my mother. She's the greatest mom in the world.

1489
01:09:44,600 --> 01:09:45,359
Her name is Karen.

1490
01:09:46,399 --> 01:09:48,760
Speaker 2: I always get these texts, Hey Karen, Hey are you

1491
01:09:48,800 --> 01:09:50,479
looking to sell your home? Hey Karen, you want a

1492
01:09:50,520 --> 01:09:52,920
new roof? Hey Caren, you want My name's not Karen.

1493
01:09:53,720 --> 01:09:56,479
Are you're not calling me? I don't I don't want.

1494
01:09:56,319 --> 01:09:56,760
Speaker 3: To talk to you.

1495
01:09:57,159 --> 01:10:00,560
Speaker 10: You ever get those fake random job they send you

1496
01:10:01,720 --> 01:10:04,199
the whole group chet actual information, and I send you

1497
01:10:04,479 --> 01:10:05,439
links that get everything else.

1498
01:10:05,720 --> 01:10:07,960
Speaker 3: Those are the worst ones. Especially.

1499
01:10:08,039 --> 01:10:10,319
Speaker 2: Look, if you want to try to scam an old

1500
01:10:10,399 --> 01:10:13,079
lady out of her cash for a I'm not calling

1501
01:10:13,119 --> 01:10:14,920
you old mom. You're great, you're young, you're beautiful. I'm

1502
01:10:14,920 --> 01:10:17,319
talking about somebody else. You know what I'm saying, old

1503
01:10:17,600 --> 01:10:20,800
person in general, out of their money. And you know

1504
01:10:21,000 --> 01:10:23,119
that's kind of you know what old people getting getting

1505
01:10:23,199 --> 01:10:26,960
scammed is for a long time. But you're taking advantage. Okay,

1506
01:10:27,000 --> 01:10:29,159
that's not okay either. I'm not saying it's okay. But

1507
01:10:29,279 --> 01:10:32,159
you're also taking advantage in this economy of people who

1508
01:10:32,199 --> 01:10:35,159
are struggling. If I'm responding to that text, Jonathan, I've

1509
01:10:35,199 --> 01:10:36,920
got no job, I've got no money, I've.

1510
01:10:36,760 --> 01:10:39,680
Speaker 3: Got no lequis stand. I'm a desperate human being.

1511
01:10:40,439 --> 01:10:46,479
Speaker 2: Like you're taking advantage of desperate people and taking their

1512
01:10:46,680 --> 01:10:49,560
money and trying to sign them up for these fake

1513
01:10:49,840 --> 01:10:53,760
jobs and taking thirty dollars for job applications. And you

1514
01:10:53,920 --> 01:10:56,920
had this, you had this story last week. There's a

1515
01:10:57,000 --> 01:11:01,039
guy posing as a Maryland coach and as a Michigan

1516
01:11:01,119 --> 01:11:05,720
State coach, and he's contacting recruits and he's charging them

1517
01:11:05,840 --> 01:11:10,239
like thirty dollars application fees so they can look at

1518
01:11:10,279 --> 01:11:14,159
their tape or whatever. Like you're some here, some seventeen

1519
01:11:14,239 --> 01:11:18,079
eighteen year old kid, and it's your dream to play

1520
01:11:18,159 --> 01:11:20,920
Division one football. First of all, it ain't nobody's dream

1521
01:11:21,439 --> 01:11:22,920
to play for the Maryland Terrapins.

1522
01:11:23,039 --> 01:11:23,560
Speaker 3: I'm sorry.

1523
01:11:24,079 --> 01:11:28,640
Speaker 2: Okay, So if you're extending thirty dollars to some guy

1524
01:11:28,680 --> 01:11:32,039
who's signing up to play for the Maryland Terrapins and

1525
01:11:32,079 --> 01:11:36,960
you're trying to scam him for thirty bucks, get a life.

1526
01:11:37,560 --> 01:11:41,399
I mean, you're an embarrassing piece of garbage human being.

1527
01:11:41,560 --> 01:11:43,079
Speaker 10: And then you got to think about it as well too.

1528
01:11:43,239 --> 01:11:46,479
And I know we got some older people listening. They

1529
01:11:47,079 --> 01:11:49,239
and this happens too. They'll do that or they get

1530
01:11:49,239 --> 01:11:50,800
information you say, you like, oh you find out to

1531
01:11:50,880 --> 01:11:53,800
scam too late, They'll already have your IP address. They'll

1532
01:11:53,840 --> 01:11:56,159
start sending you pictures of dead bodies and all this

1533
01:11:56,279 --> 01:11:56,760
other stuff.

1534
01:11:57,079 --> 01:11:58,199
Speaker 3: So I get you.

1535
01:11:59,079 --> 01:12:01,680
Speaker 2: This is a really good topic. This scam culture is

1536
01:12:01,760 --> 01:12:07,520
out of control. Ain't nobody got time for y'all? All right,

1537
01:12:07,560 --> 01:12:08,479
what do you got Jonathan.

1538
01:12:09,119 --> 01:12:12,640
Speaker 3: We gotta we gotta talk about the elephant in the room. Oh,

1539
01:12:13,520 --> 01:12:14,079
the Pro Bowl?

1540
01:12:14,199 --> 01:12:14,439
Speaker 1: Dude.

1541
01:12:14,600 --> 01:12:16,840
Speaker 2: Oh you know what I was gonna ask Gordy when

1542
01:12:16,880 --> 01:12:18,840
he was here earlier. Did you even watch the Pro

1543
01:12:18,920 --> 01:12:20,640
Bowl or know that the Pro Bowl happened? I think

1544
01:12:20,640 --> 01:12:23,199
he's coming over there, Okay, Like, dude, I didn't know

1545
01:12:23,279 --> 01:12:25,159
it was on. I think we were watching. I forgot

1546
01:12:25,239 --> 01:12:27,720
it was watching Love Island. I go, oh, the Pro

1547
01:12:27,800 --> 01:12:29,239
Bowl's on Love Island.

1548
01:12:29,399 --> 01:12:29,640
Speaker 3: Dude.

1549
01:12:29,680 --> 01:12:32,319
Speaker 10: I'm looking at this. I'm like, there's no one talking

1550
01:12:32,359 --> 01:12:35,199
about it. This wasn't even a there's no advertisement, there's

1551
01:12:35,199 --> 01:12:37,600
no hype about it. There's no games that there used

1552
01:12:37,640 --> 01:12:39,560
to be. There's no there's nothing there. I don't I

1553
01:12:39,800 --> 01:12:42,159
just there's ain't nobody got time for this, dude, Like

1554
01:12:42,600 --> 01:12:44,279
body will just give an award out and just say, oh,

1555
01:12:44,359 --> 01:12:46,159
all right, you got a little bad Pro Bowls.

1556
01:12:46,560 --> 01:12:48,199
Speaker 2: It should be like when you get to the name

1557
01:12:48,279 --> 01:12:50,960
to the All Pro there's no All Pro game, so

1558
01:12:51,079 --> 01:12:53,479
you could just be named you know what else. Actually,

1559
01:12:53,640 --> 01:12:55,680
now that I'm thinking about it, that would be a

1560
01:12:55,720 --> 01:12:59,199
good idea, because you know what pisses me off? It

1561
01:12:59,319 --> 01:13:01,680
didn't piss me you know, well, when when people when

1562
01:13:01,720 --> 01:13:04,960
it comes to the to Hall of Fame cases and

1563
01:13:05,039 --> 01:13:07,039
people like Eloi Muning's going to be in the whole

1564
01:13:07,039 --> 01:13:09,479
of fame. He's a four time Pro bowler. He was

1565
01:13:09,520 --> 01:13:12,760
only selected to the Pro Bowl twice, okay, and he

1566
01:13:12,920 --> 01:13:18,119
led the NFL in interceptions three times. Okay. If if

1567
01:13:18,199 --> 01:13:21,039
you let the NFL in interceptions more times than you

1568
01:13:21,079 --> 01:13:22,920
got named to the Pro Bowl, you're not a Hall

1569
01:13:22,960 --> 01:13:23,359
of Famer.

1570
01:13:23,600 --> 01:13:25,119
Speaker 3: I'm sorry, but.

1571
01:13:25,279 --> 01:13:28,000
Speaker 2: Like so like you, we got to make the distinction

1572
01:13:28,119 --> 01:13:31,720
between Pro Bowl selections and Pro Bowl appearances, and this

1573
01:13:31,800 --> 01:13:34,520
would help if there was no game, nobody has to

1574
01:13:34,600 --> 01:13:36,680
back out of the game, and then you had fifty

1575
01:13:36,760 --> 01:13:41,520
five people being named Justin Fields Jonathan, Justin Fields turned

1576
01:13:41,560 --> 01:13:42,239
down the Pro Bowl.

1577
01:13:43,279 --> 01:13:43,960
Speaker 3: I don't think at that.

1578
01:13:43,960 --> 01:13:46,880
Speaker 10: Point because I love shador Man, you know, you know,

1579
01:13:47,199 --> 01:13:49,680
big fan, but dude, he's not a Pro bowler.

1580
01:13:49,920 --> 01:13:52,279
Speaker 2: Where where is this he started like five games.

1581
01:13:53,520 --> 01:13:55,720
Speaker 10: This shouldn't be a replacement if the dude can't play

1582
01:13:55,800 --> 01:13:56,960
the Pro Bowl select.

1583
01:13:56,880 --> 01:13:59,760
Speaker 3: Okay, I'm pro bowler. Justin Fields.

1584
01:14:00,079 --> 01:14:02,319
Speaker 2: I turned it heat, like if Justin Fields is turning

1585
01:14:02,359 --> 01:14:02,680
you down?

1586
01:14:06,159 --> 01:14:08,039
Speaker 10: And I was just so disappointed because I remember back

1587
01:14:08,079 --> 01:14:09,960
in like I was ten year. Oh Pro Bowl, you

1588
01:14:10,079 --> 01:14:12,039
got bo was a big deal. You got all these

1589
01:14:12,079 --> 01:14:14,039
games going on, you got Peyton Manning, everybody you know

1590
01:14:14,159 --> 01:14:16,600
doing this, Like, oh, I want to see them in action, like, yeah,

1591
01:14:16,880 --> 01:14:17,760
compete against each other.

1592
01:14:18,239 --> 01:14:21,159
Speaker 2: I don't get mad about the game where people like, oh, man,

1593
01:14:21,159 --> 01:14:22,399
I wish they played real football.

1594
01:14:22,439 --> 01:14:22,800
Speaker 6: No, I don't.

1595
01:14:22,920 --> 01:14:25,800
Speaker 2: I don't need guys tearing their acls and getting concussions

1596
01:14:25,840 --> 01:14:28,239
in a game that doesn't matter after the season, after

1597
01:14:28,319 --> 01:14:32,159
the most physically grueling UH season. In terms of like

1598
01:14:32,479 --> 01:14:34,600
massive injuries that you can have, yeah, because they're on

1599
01:14:34,640 --> 01:14:36,720
a case something you can you can argue on a

1600
01:14:36,800 --> 01:14:38,840
baseball because it's six months to one hundred and sixty

1601
01:14:38,880 --> 01:14:41,000
two games. You could argue basketball because I got the

1602
01:14:41,039 --> 01:14:42,079
back to backs on that stuff.

1603
01:14:42,239 --> 01:14:42,920
Speaker 3: But as far as.

1604
01:14:43,079 --> 01:14:47,039
Speaker 2: Physically and injurious like games that you can play major

1605
01:14:47,159 --> 01:14:51,840
American American sports, a CNFL not even close what they did.

1606
01:14:51,880 --> 01:14:53,640
Speaker 3: Do Hospit like a couple of years back. That was

1607
01:14:53,720 --> 01:14:54,279
even fun too.

1608
01:14:54,520 --> 01:14:56,920
Speaker 2: Yeah, let's give us. There was no Dodgs ball this year.

1609
01:14:57,239 --> 01:14:57,600
Speaker 11: I don't know.

1610
01:14:57,800 --> 01:14:58,760
Speaker 3: I just I turned that on.

1611
01:14:59,199 --> 01:15:02,760
Speaker 10: I saw Dak Prescott throw a legal four pass at

1612
01:15:02,800 --> 01:15:04,479
the line of screamage for a test, I was like,

1613
01:15:04,520 --> 01:15:06,319
what's going on, man, It's just a joke, and I

1614
01:15:06,479 --> 01:15:08,000
just I don't know. I feelt that there it could

1615
01:15:08,000 --> 01:15:10,159
be something else to elevate it, just other than just

1616
01:15:10,640 --> 01:15:12,920
put something on and just watch it, you know, it

1617
01:15:13,039 --> 01:15:15,880
just it feels lame, put.

1618
01:15:15,760 --> 01:15:20,920
Speaker 2: It short like that. Yeah, it's just insane. It's ain't

1619
01:15:20,920 --> 01:15:24,239
nobody got time for the Pro Bowl, and it's just

1620
01:15:24,319 --> 01:15:26,520
become a joke. And I understand because as I said,

1621
01:15:26,560 --> 01:15:29,319
it's it's physical and all that stuff. I'll be interested

1622
01:15:29,359 --> 01:15:32,479
to see the NBA All Star Game with the guys.

1623
01:15:32,560 --> 01:15:34,199
You know that it's gonna be like at one one team.

1624
01:15:34,279 --> 01:15:38,039
It's gonna be KD and I think Lebron James and

1625
01:15:38,079 --> 01:15:40,439
Steph Curry, like all the old heads are playing together

1626
01:15:40,520 --> 01:15:43,279
for like one last ride. So maybe it'll be interesting.

1627
01:15:43,359 --> 01:15:45,840
The guys will play hard and then want to try to.

1628
01:15:47,119 --> 01:15:50,680
Wenby said he's gonna play hard, so we'll see. I

1629
01:15:50,760 --> 01:15:53,279
also don't want guys getting hurt. But it's also generally

1630
01:15:53,520 --> 01:15:56,520
in general, less major injury, fewer major injuries are gonna

1631
01:15:56,560 --> 01:15:59,159
have in an NBA game than.

1632
01:15:59,079 --> 01:16:00,840
Speaker 3: The NFL, So we'll see what goes on there.

1633
01:16:00,840 --> 01:16:03,760
Speaker 2: All right, We're gonna take quick break here on The

1634
01:16:03,840 --> 01:16:07,439
Matt Thomas Show with Ross without Matt Thomas. He is

1635
01:16:07,600 --> 01:16:12,720
out because his daughter is signing to be a collegiate

1636
01:16:12,880 --> 01:16:17,680
athlete in volleyball at the University of Rhode Island. Go

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ahead and checking you know what. Follow Matt Thomas's instagram.

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This has got to be maybe one of the proudest

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days of his life outside of the fact of his

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three children being born. His daughter Carly is signing to

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be a volleyball player. Oh, there's Matt up on the

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up on the stands.

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Speaker 3: That's cute. Yeah.

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01:16:33,239 --> 01:16:35,600
Speaker 2: Go check out his instagram at sports MT You can

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also follow me at sports RV. So he is out

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01:16:38,159 --> 01:16:42,720
because it's National signing day for Humble ISD. You guys

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01:16:42,800 --> 01:16:45,000
can get in seven one three two one two five

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01:16:45,079 --> 01:16:47,600
seven ninety anything you ain't got time for you want

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01:16:47,640 --> 01:16:50,479
to tell somebody shut their bum ass up phone number

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01:16:50,600 --> 01:16:53,680
seven one three two one two five seven ninety seven

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01:16:53,720 --> 01:17:01,600
to one three two one two five seven ninety Welcome back.

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Speaker 3: To The Matt Thomas Show with rossb Matt.

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Speaker 2: Thomas mentioned he is on. Let me go ahead and

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retweet this this picture for Matt Thomas.

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Speaker 3: This is so cute.

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01:17:17,479 --> 01:17:19,119
Speaker 2: Look, I make fun of Matt Thomas a lot, but

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01:17:19,239 --> 01:17:22,800
he he loves his family. He's a great father to

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01:17:22,880 --> 01:17:25,640
his children, and he is very very proud of his

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01:17:25,880 --> 01:17:29,239
young daughter, Carly, who is going to the University of

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Rhode Island to play volleyball. In there you go, There

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we go, retweeted the picture.

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Speaker 3: So Matt is out. He'll be back tomorrow.

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Speaker 2: Rockets in action tonight as he will be on the

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01:17:40,600 --> 01:17:43,399
call for that against the Boston Celtics and then tomorrow

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01:17:43,479 --> 01:17:46,479
against the Charlotte Hornets. That should be fun. We'll have

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Imi Adoka coming up later on the this week. It'll

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be either Thursday or Friday. Still waiting to hear back

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on that. And we also have something on the works

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in terms of an NFL Hall of Famer later in

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the week here on Sports Talk seven ninety as well.

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And Matt was kind enough to ford me an email

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from Wayne from an AOL email. So I'm sure Wayne

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01:18:09,680 --> 01:18:13,399
is uh a very nice young man. Let's just put

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01:18:13,439 --> 01:18:16,399
it that way. Hey, there, Matt, since I can't call,

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01:18:16,560 --> 01:18:18,520
I need to tell Ross to shut his bumb ass

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01:18:18,600 --> 01:18:22,000
up with all this James Harden jock writing. Ain't nobody

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got time for that? He was a choker here, and

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01:18:24,319 --> 01:18:28,119
there's a reason he's called the scam god. Who calls

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01:18:28,159 --> 01:18:31,560
him the scam god? And all he did was look

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01:18:31,600 --> 01:18:34,399
for ways to manipulate the refs and the season. No

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hardened love here. As I said, James Harden not even

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universally beloved in his own city that he represented more

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than any other in his in his NBA career. But

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he's an eleven time All Star in an MVP. So

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if you want to bury your head in the sand

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and think he's not going to the Hall of Fame

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or he wasn't great while he was here, let me

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shut your bumb ass up and you can call in.

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Speaker 1: I'm right here.

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Speaker 2: You can also email me you Ross at sports seven

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01:19:03,359 --> 01:19:05,479
ninety dot com if you want to send me an

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email always available and we can chop it up at

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01:19:09,079 --> 01:19:11,279
sports RV, on Twitter or wherever else you want to

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01:19:11,479 --> 01:19:14,279
you want to talk. But tell me, I need to

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01:19:14,319 --> 01:19:16,439
shut my bum ass up for saying James Harden's going

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to the Hall of Fame or an all time great.

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Speaker 3: I don't know what I said. That was completely out

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of pocket.

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Speaker 2: They would they would have won the championship in twenty

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eighteen if James Harden was healthy, they would have against

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the greatest team of all time. They ran up against

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the Warriors dynasty. James Harden had some really bad playoff

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01:19:31,159 --> 01:19:34,840
performances and he has an interesting legacy because of the

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lack of defense big time, I mean crazy playoff performances

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that were that were just I mean unconscionably bad, like

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that twenty seventeen game or was it sixteen against the

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San Antonio Spurs where he went like one of eleven

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from the field. Just interesting legacy. If you're saying I

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think he's like better than Kim olajo On or something.

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I don't know what I said, but anyways, I digress.

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Let's go to the phone lines with Jason and Katie

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holding longest on The Matt Thomas Show with Ross.

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Speaker 3: What's up, Jason, Hey.

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Speaker 12: Guys, Yeah, I remember watching the Pro Bowl in the

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seventies and eighties and that was actually a good game.

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But the main reason for that, if you think about it,

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the winning share was like fifteen thousand dollars per player,

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and that was more than a lot of those guys

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01:20:25,199 --> 01:20:27,680
got from the regular game check. So they had an

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01:20:27,880 --> 01:20:31,359
incentive to go out there and win. Losing share was

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01:20:31,479 --> 01:20:35,359
ten thousand, you got a free trip to Hawaii. I'm

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sure the wives like that. I mean there was reasons

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01:20:37,800 --> 01:20:40,119
for people to go out and play a real game

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back then. There's just not that reason. I mean, I

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01:20:43,560 --> 01:20:45,800
don't think they could pay a winning share enough to

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make it worth for any of these good guys out

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01:20:48,600 --> 01:20:49,920
there to play like that today.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I don't think it would be worth it. I mean,

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01:20:51,760 --> 01:20:53,640
you could offer them a million each, but then that's

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going to cost you, what like forty million dollars. What

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01:20:56,520 --> 01:20:59,239
sponsor or league or whatever is going to try to

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shell that money out, and even then it would be

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it would be difficult. So uh, yeah, the money prizes

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kind of make sense in like basketball, where it's a

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little obviously smaller, But I just don't see a reason.

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And you're also again you're you're having guys risk injuries.

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I mean, uh, and this is the most violent collision

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01:21:17,800 --> 01:21:21,119
sport in major American sports. So why would a guy

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01:21:21,159 --> 01:21:22,640
go out there and try to rip his a cl

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01:21:22,760 --> 01:21:25,159
or tear an achilles or you know, get wreck up

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01:21:25,199 --> 01:21:28,119
more concussions just for a game that does really doesn't matter.

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Speaker 6: Yeah, I agree with your home, I don't.

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Speaker 2: I don't blame any of them for not going to that. Yes,

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it was a real game.

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01:21:35,079 --> 01:21:36,880
Speaker 3: Even in touch you can get injured.

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01:21:36,960 --> 01:21:39,039
Speaker 12: But I really don't think most of the guys are

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interested in playing touch football.

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Speaker 3: You know, I got you two hand touchs. That'd be great.

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Speaker 2: Well if they play two hand touch in the concrete

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like we did back in the day, you know what

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I don't. Yeah, you ever, you ever hide behind the

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01:21:51,279 --> 01:21:52,640
car and then spring out and try to catch a

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01:21:52,680 --> 01:21:54,960
pass from behind the car, Jonathan, you probably pulled that move.

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01:21:55,039 --> 01:21:57,560
Speaker 3: Seems like something you try. It was the mailbox. Yeah, okay,

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Oh hey you were skinny back in the day.

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01:22:00,880 --> 01:22:02,279
Speaker 2: You're behind the mailbox.

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01:22:03,800 --> 01:22:05,039
Speaker 3: Okay, the big brick one.

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01:22:05,079 --> 01:22:05,560
Speaker 13: I got you.

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01:22:07,760 --> 01:22:11,399
Speaker 2: From behind the mailbox, Johnathan streaking down the field.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, good times.

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Speaker 2: Two hand touch And back in my day, Jonathan, at

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our apartment complex, we would just go out to the

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parking lot every night, and whoever was there, we'd figure

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01:22:23,279 --> 01:22:24,960
out what game we're gonna play. We're gonna play baseball,

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we're gonna play football.

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Speaker 3: This is what you did.

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Speaker 2: That's what you know. Okay, good, so the kids are

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the kids are doing that these days too, gen Z.

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But everybody else after this, I thought we all needed to.

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We needed y'all to touch grass. All touching grass.

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Speaker 3: That's good. No no, no, no, no, no, not anymore.

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01:22:40,720 --> 01:22:43,000
Speaker 2: Okay, all right, let's get a willing memorial real quick

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01:22:43,039 --> 01:22:44,399
here on Sports Talk seven ninety.

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01:22:44,399 --> 01:22:44,880
Speaker 3: What's up? Will?

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01:22:45,760 --> 01:22:45,920
Speaker 9: Hey?

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01:22:46,039 --> 01:22:46,159
Speaker 1: Ros?

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01:22:46,239 --> 01:22:48,039
Speaker 2: How you doing doing? Great?

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01:22:48,119 --> 01:22:48,239
Speaker 6: Man?

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01:22:48,319 --> 01:22:48,680
Speaker 3: What's up?

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01:22:50,159 --> 01:22:50,199
Speaker 4: So?

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01:22:50,479 --> 01:22:52,640
Speaker 7: I'm listening to all of the noise about trades and

1782
01:22:53,039 --> 01:22:55,119
for the Rocks and all and everybody just on the

1783
01:22:55,399 --> 01:22:58,720
point guard bandwagon, porn guard bandwagon, and I just got

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01:22:58,760 --> 01:22:59,399
to figure about that.

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01:23:00,640 --> 01:23:00,840
Speaker 1: Man.

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Speaker 7: To me, the perfect fit for this team would be

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01:23:03,199 --> 01:23:07,439
Christmas Porzingis. I mean, this guy would fit this team

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01:23:07,560 --> 01:23:11,119
like nobody's business. Guys almost ever foot tall to shoot

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the ball, and he will play defense, and he will rebound.

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Speaker 2: I think he's hurt. Christop's even playing.

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01:23:17,520 --> 01:23:20,039
Speaker 7: Yeah, he's hurt. Each coming back. He should be back

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01:23:20,119 --> 01:23:22,399
next week, I believe when a last in Atlanta game

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01:23:22,439 --> 01:23:24,439
I saw and the other thing I would like to

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01:23:24,479 --> 01:23:27,720
see him get is a shooting two. I just don't

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01:23:27,840 --> 01:23:29,880
see the neat great need for a point guard.

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Speaker 6: I'm sorry, but you can be a shooting to him

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like Porzingas.

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Speaker 7: I'm happy.

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Speaker 9: Yeah.

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Speaker 2: Porzingis, I guess is an interesting name Will, but he's

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making thirty million dollars this year.

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Speaker 3: You have to match the salaries.

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01:23:41,439 --> 01:23:43,520
Speaker 2: You have to give the Atlanta Hawks something they would want,

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01:23:44,000 --> 01:23:47,359
and the Rockets would have to give away that much salary,

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01:23:47,439 --> 01:23:50,279
if not more, because they are they're coming up against

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01:23:50,279 --> 01:23:53,359
a hard cap and the and the uh uh as

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far as their salaries.

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Speaker 13: Okay, do you like to you like to deal with

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01:23:58,439 --> 01:23:59,640
about drumming.

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Speaker 2: Drummond could happen. I guess he's been knocking down threes

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the last couple of years. I like christophs Porzingis. I

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like Andre Drummond. Christophs Porzingis. He's hurt all the time.

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01:24:11,960 --> 01:24:13,880
And you know, Matt and I always argue about injury

1814
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prone and injury history, like when you're seven foot three plus,

1815
01:24:16,840 --> 01:24:19,680
which he is, or no, he's listened at seven to two. Yeah,

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01:24:19,720 --> 01:24:22,279
I mean you get like bone structure issues where he's

1817
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basically hurt every year. So I don't know about that.

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01:24:25,600 --> 01:24:27,680
I don't know what kind of injury he has. Let's see,

1819
01:24:28,399 --> 01:24:30,520
he is still out. He's been out with an illness,

1820
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but he was hurt earlier in the year. He's only

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played seven ten games all year long. The Hawks are

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trying to tank, so that would make kind of sense.

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And then I don't know if Andre Drummond is gonna

1824
01:24:41,680 --> 01:24:44,239
get me super excited either, But I mean, look at

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01:24:44,359 --> 01:24:47,319
something they need, back up big and and a kind

1826
01:24:47,319 --> 01:24:49,199
of a ball handler. Wh it's a shooting two guard,

1827
01:24:49,279 --> 01:24:51,039
like you're talking about, anybody who can handle a ball,

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01:24:51,439 --> 01:24:54,079
somebody who can help them as far as initiating offense,

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01:24:54,079 --> 01:24:57,000
which they can do some with Aman Thompson, with Kevin

1830
01:24:57,039 --> 01:24:59,079
Durant without prinching Goon, but none of those guys are

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01:24:59,119 --> 01:25:03,159
two point guards. So ball handling and backup big would

1832
01:25:03,199 --> 01:25:04,640
be on the wish list. But I just don't know

1833
01:25:04,680 --> 01:25:06,439
if it's gonna happen with the Rockets the way their

1834
01:25:06,479 --> 01:25:07,319
cap situation is.

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01:25:08,560 --> 01:25:09,640
Speaker 7: All right, man, appreciate it.

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01:25:09,680 --> 01:25:12,960
Speaker 2: All right, thank you, appreciate you will, all right. Seven

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01:25:12,960 --> 01:25:15,880
one three two one two five seven ninety is the

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01:25:15,920 --> 01:25:20,000
phone number. Seven one three two one two five seven ninety.

1839
01:25:20,399 --> 01:25:23,119
Jones tweeting and Harden Hall of Fame and Poort playoffs

1840
01:25:23,199 --> 01:25:24,800
see Bagwell and Bigio playoffs.

1841
01:25:25,199 --> 01:25:27,800
Speaker 3: That guy is delusional. Yeah, look, if you still hate

1842
01:25:27,880 --> 01:25:32,079
James Harden, I mean that's I mean, good for you.

1843
01:25:33,159 --> 01:25:36,119
Speaker 2: But three time scoring champ, two time assists, Champ, eleven

1844
01:25:36,199 --> 01:25:42,199
time All Star, five time first Team All NBA, and

1845
01:25:42,359 --> 01:25:46,800
an MVP all time great.

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01:25:47,119 --> 01:25:50,199
Speaker 3: Sorry, argue with your mama, all right?

1847
01:25:50,279 --> 01:25:52,359
Speaker 2: Seven one three two one two five seven ninety is

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01:25:52,399 --> 01:25:55,119
the phone number seven one three two one two five

1849
01:25:55,399 --> 01:25:58,399
seven ninety. Our number two is in the books. At

1850
01:25:58,399 --> 01:26:00,479
the bat Tooma Show with Ross, our number three is

1851
01:26:00,560 --> 01:26:02,520
coming up. We'll have Adam Clinton coming up in the

1852
01:26:02,560 --> 01:26:04,800
next hour. But when we come back, all the top

1853
01:26:04,920 --> 01:26:07,479
sports news items of the day. We call it The

1854
01:26:07,560 --> 01:26:09,039
News at Noon that is coming your way.

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01:26:09,119 --> 01:26:13,319
Speaker 3: Next is the Matt Thomas Show with Ross.

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01:26:18,640 --> 01:26:22,319
Speaker 2: Twelve o three pm here on Sports Talk seven. Night

1857
01:26:22,399 --> 01:26:25,319
of the Matt Thomas Show with Ross without Man Thomas.

1858
01:26:25,359 --> 01:26:28,079
Adam Clinton joining coming up at one o'clock. We've been

1859
01:26:28,159 --> 01:26:30,279
having some fun. Gordy hung out for a little bit

1860
01:26:30,359 --> 01:26:34,279
thanks to him talking some college football, talking, some astros,

1861
01:26:34,359 --> 01:26:37,760
lineup construction, talking, some NBA trade deadline?

1862
01:26:37,800 --> 01:26:39,319
Speaker 3: Can do I see you on Hole. We'll get to

1863
01:26:39,359 --> 01:26:40,000
you in just.

1864
01:26:40,319 --> 01:26:42,039
Speaker 2: Moments, but right now we have to get all the

1865
01:26:42,119 --> 01:26:46,279
top sports news items of the day. It's a segment

1866
01:26:46,359 --> 01:26:49,359
we call The News at Noon with Jonathan Allen.

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Speaker 3: What's going on?

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01:26:50,840 --> 01:26:51,039
Speaker 7: Guys?

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Speaker 10: All right, let's get started. You've heard all day Clippers

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trade James Harden to Cleveland Colliers for Daris Garland and

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a future second round pick. It's not really surprising because

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James Harden the topic, but I just I guess no

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one would be expecting that.

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Speaker 3: But I mean, what do you think about that? Russell?

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01:27:08,479 --> 01:27:10,960
Speaker 2: Yes, it was a little surprising, but then the Darius

1876
01:27:11,000 --> 01:27:14,520
Garland James Harden stuff kind of came together. Darius Caleron

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Garland two time All Star, so I get why the

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Clippers are doing it.

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Speaker 3: They get a second round pick. It all as well.

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Speaker 2: He's under contract for big money, not only this year

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but for two more years. Is Darius Garland James Harden?

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Is he going to lead the Cleveland Cavaliers to the

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Promised Land?

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Speaker 3: I don't know about that.

1885
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Speaker 2: But he also made some public comments with Ramona Shelburne

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saying that he wants to win a championship that ain't

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happening in the West. He knows that, because that's that's

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one thing. People were crushing James Harden. And I know,

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I'm defending James Harden and people are gonna get mad

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at me. Were James Harden the worst? James Horton showed

1891
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me on the doll where James Harden touched you, like, relax, Okay,

1892
01:27:59,520 --> 01:28:04,239
you're gonna be fine. James Harden, I understand hated by

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01:28:04,319 --> 01:28:08,920
many in this town, but he's right. He's right. He's

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not winning in the West. Yeah, they won sixteen out

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01:28:11,159 --> 01:28:13,000
of twenty games, and the Clippers are like, oh, could

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01:28:13,000 --> 01:28:15,640
you abandon the Clippers because they're ninth in the West

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and they have no shot of getting out the West.

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You joined Donovan, Mitchell, Evan Mobley, Jared Allen who just

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01:28:22,560 --> 01:28:25,800
went off for forty and like fifteen, and that you

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have a better shot in the East. He does. He

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wants to win a championship. So if you're one of

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01:28:31,520 --> 01:28:34,279
those guys like man, he doesn't have any rings, he's

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01:28:34,359 --> 01:28:37,159
not a winner, he's not a champion. He's got no rings,

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01:28:37,199 --> 01:28:39,399
no rings, rings, rings, drings, rings, rings, rings, rings. So

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01:28:39,479 --> 01:28:41,920
when he chases a ring, when we create this ring

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culture and then people go out and chase rings, we

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cannot be surprised.

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Speaker 3: Jonathan, I hear you. I hear you.

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Speaker 2: When we base everything in sports discourse on rings and

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01:28:53,399 --> 01:28:55,439
somebody goes and tries to win that ring, you can't

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crush them. I'm sorry, you can't have it both ways.

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Speaker 10: Go ahead, I agree, it's okay, but let's go to

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the local nine here because we've got some got some

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01:29:03,000 --> 01:29:07,760
good Astros news coming here. As if you haven't heard, yesterday,

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astok Paradis avoided obtration, sorry for going so fast, for

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01:29:12,239 --> 01:29:15,880
nine point thirty five million dollars, and today Yannardez as

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well got signed for four point five million dollars. Keeping

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01:29:18,880 --> 01:29:20,560
these guys in tech, I don't know if they're gonna

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be trade value or whatnot, but it's very important to

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keep these guys in here.

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Speaker 2: And escac Paradas will be interesting as far as the

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01:29:26,720 --> 01:29:29,760
trade candidate. And it is interesting that the Astros lost

1923
01:29:29,800 --> 01:29:33,359
their arbitration hearing Todas. I mean, four and a half

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01:29:33,439 --> 01:29:36,199
million and three million is a pretty big difference, right,

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01:29:36,359 --> 01:29:42,960
So that's that's pretty crazy. And the Astros lose the

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01:29:43,079 --> 01:29:47,039
hearing famously winning the hearing recently a couple of years

1927
01:29:47,039 --> 01:29:49,399
ago against Kyle Tucker. I wonder what that'll mean for

1928
01:29:49,520 --> 01:29:52,600
yanardas in long term, if they they want to move

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01:29:52,720 --> 01:29:55,640
him off of the catcher's position at some point. Obviously

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01:29:55,760 --> 01:29:58,319
he took a big step back to plate, but a

1931
01:29:58,399 --> 01:30:02,000
candidate hopefully took to have a bounce back year to

1932
01:30:02,079 --> 01:30:04,840
where his numbers at the plate have gotten progressively worse

1933
01:30:05,000 --> 01:30:08,119
every year. First season where he finished fifth in the

1934
01:30:08,159 --> 01:30:11,279
Rookie of the Year voting eight forty six ops. I'll

1935
01:30:11,319 --> 01:30:12,840
just do ops plus for those who don't know. One

1936
01:30:12,920 --> 01:30:16,079
hundred is average, So he's twenty eight percent more than average.

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01:30:16,119 --> 01:30:19,359
That's great, one sixteen and then down to ninety two.

1938
01:30:20,159 --> 01:30:22,880
So eight percent worse than average one eight one sixteen

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01:30:22,920 --> 01:30:25,279
to ninety two. That's not trending in the right direction.

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He's going CJ shroud on his UH on his progression

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at the plate, okay, and maybe that's with more games

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01:30:31,920 --> 01:30:33,640
the plate, more wear and tear on the legs.

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Speaker 3: I don't know.

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Speaker 2: He's also a guy who would you love, you would

1945
01:30:36,199 --> 01:30:38,720
love to have as a DH candidate. Get him off

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01:30:38,760 --> 01:30:40,920
his legs. But jord On Alvarez is supposed to be

1947
01:30:40,960 --> 01:30:43,399
locking down to the H spot, So what's that going

1948
01:30:43,439 --> 01:30:45,239
to be meaning for herd is I don't know. What

1949
01:30:45,319 --> 01:30:46,880
does that mean for a log jam in the infield

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01:30:46,920 --> 01:30:49,600
with estek paraders, as you mentioned, I don't know. On

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01:30:49,680 --> 01:30:51,359
your figures, some trades are going to be made at

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some point. Well, on your point, I mean I have

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01:30:53,119 --> 01:30:53,960
this audio as well.

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Speaker 10: Dana Brown came out saying that he still wants to

1955
01:30:56,279 --> 01:30:59,680
look for a left handed batter too, and I'm going

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01:30:59,720 --> 01:31:01,000
to see and he doesn't know what he's wants to do,

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01:31:01,039 --> 01:31:03,760
and I just feel like there's a lot of things

1958
01:31:03,800 --> 01:31:05,439
that could still be going on with this roster.

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01:31:05,920 --> 01:31:08,000
Speaker 14: I mean, I won't confer more than I but I

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01:31:08,039 --> 01:31:11,399
would say that we are definitely in the market for

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01:31:11,560 --> 01:31:16,560
left hand bats and we're still continuing to be in

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01:31:16,640 --> 01:31:20,000
that market. We're working hard every day to see what

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01:31:20,119 --> 01:31:23,119
we can add. And so if there was a left

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01:31:23,159 --> 01:31:25,760
hand bat that was available, I would say that we

1965
01:31:25,880 --> 01:31:26,359
were in on it.

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Speaker 10: And on top of all of that being said, he

1967
01:31:30,359 --> 01:31:32,640
was asked about Farmer Valdez yesterday and he said there

1968
01:31:32,760 --> 01:31:35,920
was no conversations going on. And then thirty minutes ago,

1969
01:31:36,640 --> 01:31:39,279
Rosenthal comes out saying the Pirates are trying to go

1970
01:31:39,359 --> 01:31:40,640
for him, trying to get that trade going.

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01:31:41,560 --> 01:31:45,800
Speaker 3: He's a free agent. Yeah, hmmm, a lot of things

1972
01:31:45,880 --> 01:31:50,319
going on with that. It's for pirates. What can what

1973
01:31:50,399 --> 01:31:53,680
could astros get from that? Nothing?

1974
01:31:53,720 --> 01:31:56,439
Speaker 2: They would They'll they'll get a they'll get a draft

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01:31:56,479 --> 01:31:57,600
pick if he signed away.

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01:31:58,239 --> 01:31:59,359
Speaker 3: So he is a free agent.

1977
01:31:59,680 --> 01:32:02,199
Speaker 2: He's give him a qualifying offer, which he denied, I

1978
01:32:02,239 --> 01:32:04,439
mean declined, which is like, I don't know, one year,

1979
01:32:04,479 --> 01:32:08,199
twenty one or two million, whatever it was, and he

1980
01:32:08,319 --> 01:32:10,720
declines that. So now that if he gets signed away

1981
01:32:10,760 --> 01:32:13,239
by another team, they will get a compensatory draft pick

1982
01:32:13,319 --> 01:32:15,399
for that. But I don't think he's gonna fight. He's

1983
01:32:15,439 --> 01:32:18,039
not gonna factor back into here. But it'll be interesting

1984
01:32:18,039 --> 01:32:20,079
to see where he lines up, where he ends up,

1985
01:32:20,159 --> 01:32:22,640
and that is interesting. I guess the Pittsburgh Pirates are

1986
01:32:22,680 --> 01:32:25,359
gonna actually spend a little bit of money for a

1987
01:32:25,439 --> 01:32:31,319
thirty two year old starting pitcher. Very interesting. All right,

1988
01:32:31,399 --> 01:32:32,640
there's another thing we have to get to in the

1989
01:32:32,680 --> 01:32:35,600
news at noon here, Jonathan, Oh, what's that? That would

1990
01:32:35,640 --> 01:32:40,359
be the National Signing Day news out of Humble Independent

1991
01:32:40,520 --> 01:32:45,520
School District. Let's go congratulations to Carly Thomas. She has

1992
01:32:45,600 --> 01:32:50,359
signed to play with the University of Rhode Island as

1993
01:32:50,479 --> 01:32:52,880
a volleyball player. She will be in the Atlantic ten

1994
01:32:53,279 --> 01:32:55,279
and Matt has promised me nights at the air Andbnb.

1995
01:32:55,399 --> 01:32:57,039
So we're gonna go hang out, catch out, some catch

1996
01:32:57,079 --> 01:32:59,840
some volleyball games and be hanging out in the Great Northeast.

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Speaker 3: I need to get a loan of some money from you. Jonathan.

1998
01:33:03,560 --> 01:33:09,399
Speaker 15: Yeah, come on, man, you got me right at the game.

1999
01:33:09,479 --> 01:33:12,640
Those lobster rolls aren't cheap up there, my friend. Come on, now,

2000
01:33:13,000 --> 01:33:15,319
you know hot take. I don't like that's off topic.

2001
01:33:15,399 --> 01:33:16,000
Speaker 3: But all right, So.

2002
01:33:16,520 --> 01:33:22,239
Speaker 2: Carly Thomas the all time Kingwood High School Kingwood Mustangs

2003
01:33:22,479 --> 01:33:26,279
dog leaders in assist. Dude, if you got school records,

2004
01:33:26,800 --> 01:33:29,159
I got friend, Jonathan Allen, he got school records. Baby,

2005
01:33:29,600 --> 01:33:31,680
all right, put some respect on his name. Put some

2006
01:33:31,840 --> 01:33:35,039
respect on Carly Thomas's name. All time Kingwood Assists leader.

2007
01:33:35,760 --> 01:33:39,239
She was all district, all region as a setter. Matt

2008
01:33:39,279 --> 01:33:40,960
wanted to make sure that I said that she's really

2009
01:33:41,119 --> 01:33:44,880
sassy and that their daddy daughter dance at her at

2010
01:33:44,920 --> 01:33:47,800
her wedding will be Vienna by Billy Joel Fort.

2011
01:33:47,840 --> 01:33:50,439
Speaker 3: He said that, Yes, I didn't laugh.

2012
01:33:50,800 --> 01:33:56,119
Speaker 2: See this is these are falsehoods, big perpetrated. This is

2013
01:33:56,159 --> 01:33:58,680
why I'm not a good liar. I'm very expressive, and

2014
01:33:58,800 --> 01:34:02,880
you can catch my initial reaction. No, you know what,

2015
01:34:02,960 --> 01:34:06,479
I'm not even gonna say anything. You're gonna not diggity holes.

2016
01:34:06,840 --> 01:34:10,960
Vienna is a good song and if obviously if it

2017
01:34:11,039 --> 01:34:13,560
means something to both of them. That's what's most important.

2018
01:34:13,720 --> 01:34:15,960
So wishing the best whenever that will be. Hopefully I

2019
01:34:16,000 --> 01:34:18,079
will be drunk at that wedding. Whenever it does happen.

2020
01:34:18,520 --> 01:34:21,600
I will stand up in a plod and cheer when

2021
01:34:21,680 --> 01:34:25,119
that song comes on, whenever that may be. So congratulations

2022
01:34:25,199 --> 01:34:29,720
to Carly Thomas signing with the Rhode Island Rams. And

2023
01:34:29,840 --> 01:34:31,880
I believe Matt Thomas will be trying out for Roady

2024
01:34:31,960 --> 01:34:33,640
the Ram coming up in the next season or all

2025
01:34:33,680 --> 01:34:37,159
of the volleyball season. Matt Thomas, Yeah, he's gonna try

2026
01:34:37,159 --> 01:34:39,479
out for the mascot Roady the Ram. He was the

2027
01:34:39,560 --> 01:34:42,039
main Creek Ram whatever his name is. Maybe he was

2028
01:34:42,079 --> 01:34:46,800
a mascot really Yeah, yes, that's kind of that's kind

2029
01:34:46,840 --> 01:34:47,159
of interesting.

2030
01:34:47,159 --> 01:34:47,680
Speaker 3: I'm not to lie.

2031
01:34:47,680 --> 01:34:50,039
Speaker 2: Who's a mascot for a couple of years. He said

2032
01:34:50,039 --> 01:34:52,600
it got us some action in the high school, I think. Anyways,

2033
01:34:52,680 --> 01:34:54,119
I got.

2034
01:34:54,039 --> 01:34:57,920
Speaker 10: Two last headlines for the Rockets. Kevin Durant is listed

2035
01:34:58,039 --> 01:35:02,359
probable for to the night so against the Celtics, and

2036
01:35:03,920 --> 01:35:06,720
just came out national news. The Washington Post limits is

2037
01:35:06,800 --> 01:35:09,800
sports department and reduces all overseas journalists and a large

2038
01:35:09,800 --> 01:35:12,560
scale cuts Wow, seems like journalism is getting.

2039
01:35:13,600 --> 01:35:16,880
Speaker 2: Take get by by Jeff Bezos losing money. I don't

2040
01:35:16,960 --> 01:35:20,800
know about the proper the profitability and viability of newspapers

2041
01:35:20,840 --> 01:35:21,199
these day.

2042
01:35:21,359 --> 01:35:23,840
Speaker 3: So support your local papers, folks.

2043
01:35:24,720 --> 01:35:27,079
Speaker 2: I do subscribe to the Houston Chronicle and the Athletic

2044
01:35:27,199 --> 01:35:29,319
because I like to read their sports coverage, so that's

2045
01:35:29,319 --> 01:35:31,640
why I do it. I understand we can try to

2046
01:35:31,680 --> 01:35:34,359
get free aggregator coverage everywhere else, so I understand the

2047
01:35:34,399 --> 01:35:37,079
cutting of the corners. If you can afford it, I

2048
01:35:37,119 --> 01:35:40,840
would appreciate your supporting, especially here locally Washington posts. Look,

2049
01:35:41,199 --> 01:35:43,199
I don't have an opinion. I don't read the Washington Post.

2050
01:35:43,239 --> 01:35:46,079
I don't have I don't read the Washington Post sports

2051
01:35:46,119 --> 01:35:50,079
coverage or anything like that. So it's just in general

2052
01:35:51,560 --> 01:35:53,680
us here of course on radio or thriving, especially with

2053
01:35:54,159 --> 01:35:57,000
iHeartRadio app, which you can catch us for free streaming

2054
01:35:57,119 --> 01:36:02,640
twenty four seven Sports Talk seven ninety. But I do

2055
01:36:02,800 --> 01:36:05,760
feel for our fellow media brethren who are brethren who

2056
01:36:05,800 --> 01:36:07,960
are losing their job. It's hard out there for writers

2057
01:36:08,000 --> 01:36:12,680
and beat repirate reporters. Journalism vitally important, beat reporting vitally

2058
01:36:12,760 --> 01:36:15,680
important as well, and any kind of sports reporting and

2059
01:36:15,760 --> 01:36:20,800
investigating in journalism, it's important for the greater good of

2060
01:36:20,960 --> 01:36:25,279
all of us, so to see that going away certainly

2061
01:36:26,119 --> 01:36:29,800
not ideal, but yeah, we will end the news at

2062
01:36:29,840 --> 01:36:33,000
noon on that sour note. Thank you, Jonathan for all

2063
01:36:33,000 --> 01:36:35,479
those news items. Here on a Sports Talk seven ninety

2064
01:36:35,479 --> 01:36:36,960
of the Matt Times show with Ross coming up at

2065
01:36:36,960 --> 01:36:39,760
one o'clock. Adam Clanton will be joining in the meantime.

2066
01:36:39,920 --> 01:36:43,359
I am flying solo well with got Jonathan Allen is

2067
01:36:43,399 --> 01:36:45,239
the co pilot, so he's here too. But you guys

2068
01:36:45,279 --> 01:36:47,279
want to get in, you can get your sports takes.

2069
01:36:47,479 --> 01:36:50,000
We've been talking about basically everything you heard about. People

2070
01:36:50,000 --> 01:36:52,159
are getting mad at me for saying I understand why

2071
01:36:52,239 --> 01:36:53,800
James Harden did what he did and he's going to

2072
01:36:53,840 --> 01:36:57,039
the Hall of Fame. People are Nobody's gotten mad at

2073
01:36:57,039 --> 01:36:59,359
me about the the astro stuff, but we're been talking

2074
01:36:59,359 --> 01:37:02,479
about that. As far as your Don Alvarez every day

2075
01:37:02,640 --> 01:37:05,720
designated hit hit her essak paratus, how does he fit

2076
01:37:05,880 --> 01:37:09,800
in the infield outfield? Cam Smith getting some center field

2077
01:37:09,880 --> 01:37:13,840
looks that is interesting. Pro Bowl doesn't need to go away.

2078
01:37:13,960 --> 01:37:16,600
I mean anything you guys want to get two phone

2079
01:37:16,640 --> 01:37:19,279
lines are wide open seven one three two one two

2080
01:37:19,560 --> 01:37:22,479
five seven ninety is the phone number seven one three

2081
01:37:22,680 --> 01:37:30,840
two one two five seven ninety's following me everywhere, Johnlemen.

2082
01:37:32,800 --> 01:37:36,920
I just saw that om cheeseburger from Applebee's advertisement.

2083
01:37:36,960 --> 01:37:37,760
Speaker 3: We were talking about it.

2084
01:37:39,119 --> 01:37:42,880
Speaker 2: Things like two thousand calories, one hundred and ten grams

2085
01:37:42,920 --> 01:37:43,880
of fat or whatever it was.

2086
01:37:45,800 --> 01:37:47,479
Speaker 3: I bet you at least five people that were listening

2087
01:37:47,520 --> 01:37:48,680
wouldn't and go try and try it.

2088
01:37:49,199 --> 01:37:52,640
Speaker 2: I know that sounds good. Yeah, you know what, No

2089
01:37:52,720 --> 01:37:55,680
more free plugs for rappleries and their nasty cheese dipper

2090
01:37:55,880 --> 01:38:03,079
cheese whiz uh cheese burger. That's just that's just I mean,

2091
01:38:06,600 --> 01:38:09,039
golutt me. Is that an all time high? We'll just

2092
01:38:09,119 --> 01:38:11,600
leave it there, all right? Welcome back, Hi to the

2093
01:38:11,640 --> 01:38:13,399
bad top of his show with Ross here at Sports

2094
01:38:13,439 --> 01:38:15,760
Talk seveninety. Adam Planning'll be joining coming up at one o'clock.

2095
01:38:16,560 --> 01:38:18,319
You guys want to get in you can seven one

2096
01:38:18,399 --> 01:38:21,079
three two one two five seven ninety is the phone

2097
01:38:21,119 --> 01:38:23,560
number seven one three two one two five seven ninety

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01:38:23,640 --> 01:38:26,239
can do in South Houston has been waiting up patiently,

2099
01:38:26,399 --> 01:38:27,560
So let's go there.

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01:38:27,680 --> 01:38:30,479
Speaker 13: What's up, Hey, what's going on?

2101
01:38:30,760 --> 01:38:33,840
Speaker 6: Fellas love this show jealous, bro say.

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Speaker 3: Man, yes, sir, starve.

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01:38:36,359 --> 01:38:39,119
Speaker 6: All problems with the rockets. Man, go ahead and get

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01:38:39,119 --> 01:38:41,800
the float. General, Hey, gon, go get Chris.

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Speaker 2: Paul is he.

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Speaker 4: Is.

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Speaker 2: He gonna bring a time machine with him. Can do?

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Speaker 6: Man, You can't forget what you know. Man, The man

2109
01:38:53,239 --> 01:38:55,960
is a ball handling genius. Man. You know how to

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01:38:56,039 --> 01:38:59,159
create space. You know he gonna get your He not

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01:38:59,279 --> 01:39:02,119
going to get your fifteen to twenty points, but he

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01:39:02,199 --> 01:39:04,600
can go out there and put up and be productive,

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but and create space and be able to move the

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01:39:07,039 --> 01:39:07,680
ball around.

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Speaker 2: Oscar Robertson's available too, with John stucked enough to no Look, look,

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I mean, look, that just makes my broader point. I mean,

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I love Chris Paul. I know well, first of all,

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I hated him more before he was a rocket. But

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when he was a rocket, he was great and coming

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01:39:30,520 --> 01:39:32,600
towards the end of his prime, the point god, all

2121
01:39:32,640 --> 01:39:34,640
that type of stuff. One of the greatest, arguably the

2122
01:39:34,720 --> 01:39:37,520
greatest point guard of all time. But he is just

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01:39:37,640 --> 01:39:38,560
far past his prime.

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Speaker 3: He can do. He's he's forty plus years old.

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01:39:42,600 --> 01:39:45,000
Speaker 2: He was averaging two point nine points per game, and

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01:39:45,119 --> 01:39:48,920
nobody The fact that nobody else has sought him out

2127
01:39:48,960 --> 01:39:52,039
to let you know what's going on. He's just done.

2128
01:39:52,279 --> 01:39:52,840
Speaker 3: He's just done.

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01:39:52,920 --> 01:39:56,439
Speaker 2: Unfortunately, so you've giving up on Paul?

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01:39:56,560 --> 01:39:58,960
Speaker 6: Are you saying he washed? I don't believe it.

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01:39:59,199 --> 01:40:01,760
Speaker 3: The Clippers gave up on him, The Spurs game up

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01:40:01,840 --> 01:40:02,119
on him.

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01:40:04,680 --> 01:40:07,640
Speaker 6: I mean, was he getting minutes with the Spurs.

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Speaker 2: Last year he was playing, He played all eighty two

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01:40:09,880 --> 01:40:11,960
games and he was playing twenty eight minutes a game.

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01:40:13,359 --> 01:40:15,439
Speaker 9: Oh wow?

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01:40:16,800 --> 01:40:19,039
Speaker 6: Yeah, I mean for what we what we need, we

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01:40:19,159 --> 01:40:20,960
need to like you said, we need a point guard

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01:40:21,000 --> 01:40:22,079
who can handle the route.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, you he would be.

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01:40:23,359 --> 01:40:25,159
Speaker 2: No, he'd be a perfect fit of what you're saying,

2142
01:40:25,159 --> 01:40:26,960
because I mean, he's a better Fred van Vliet right.

2143
01:40:27,039 --> 01:40:29,880
He's a ball distributor, shooter, can knock down the three

2144
01:40:31,399 --> 01:40:36,319
underrated defender throughout history. I mean, Chris Paul was a

2145
01:40:36,399 --> 01:40:38,680
great two way player in his prime. You would love

2146
01:40:38,760 --> 01:40:41,119
the prototypical. Like I said, if you get a time machine,

2147
01:40:41,159 --> 01:40:43,279
you take us back to twenty eighteen Chris Paul. That

2148
01:40:43,279 --> 01:40:46,199
would be an absolute dream fit for the Rockets. But

2149
01:40:46,319 --> 01:40:48,239
just as a stage's career, it's not gonna happen.

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01:40:49,079 --> 01:40:52,640
Speaker 6: Right, quick question, No, so you wouldn't get rid of

2151
01:40:52,680 --> 01:40:57,399
the van Fleet for what in that contract, just the

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01:40:57,479 --> 01:40:58,399
contract itself.

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01:40:58,680 --> 01:41:00,920
Speaker 3: I mean somebody I think he had.

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01:41:01,000 --> 01:41:02,600
Speaker 2: Oh, you would unload it. I mean if if you

2155
01:41:02,640 --> 01:41:04,680
found the right fit, I would, I would. But you

2156
01:41:04,960 --> 01:41:06,359
have to find somebody that wants to take him on.

2157
01:41:06,520 --> 01:41:08,880
I think it's a I think Fred van Vliet has

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01:41:08,920 --> 01:41:11,199
a I think it's a player option for him next

2159
01:41:11,279 --> 01:41:15,199
year that he can opt in. Wohilch He I don't know.

2160
01:41:15,239 --> 01:41:17,239
I guess I could see it going either way. I'm

2161
01:41:17,239 --> 01:41:18,880
trying to pull up his contract. I think it's twenty

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01:41:18,920 --> 01:41:20,039
five million player option.

2163
01:41:21,880 --> 01:41:28,119
Speaker 6: Oh, I mean well, I mean they two many after that.

2164
01:41:28,239 --> 01:41:30,520
I feel like that you know what we need right now?

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01:41:30,880 --> 01:41:33,600
Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean just everything got everything got messed up

2166
01:41:33,600 --> 01:41:35,479
when he tore his ACL. I mean, if you had

2167
01:41:35,560 --> 01:41:37,680
him and Steven Adams healthy on this team, I would

2168
01:41:37,720 --> 01:41:40,000
feel really good about them finishing number two in the West.

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Speaker 6: Yeah. Yeah, you're right about that. I just don't want

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them to bust up the team.

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Speaker 3: I got you, all right? Can you appreciate the all right?

2172
01:41:50,760 --> 01:41:51,640
Thank you appreciate it.

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01:41:52,680 --> 01:41:52,800
Speaker 8: Uh?

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Speaker 2: Yeah, it seems like we just can't have nice things

2175
01:41:59,640 --> 01:42:03,319
when it comes to the Houston Rockets. You have this

2176
01:42:03,600 --> 01:42:09,560
great team following the well the nineties dynasty, well not dynasty,

2177
01:42:09,640 --> 01:42:12,039
but they won back to back championships. You think, maybe

2178
01:42:12,079 --> 01:42:14,760
it's gonna work out with Charles Barkley and your big three,

2179
01:42:14,840 --> 01:42:17,920
but everyone was too old and it didn't work out there.

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01:42:18,600 --> 01:42:21,119
Then you get Finally, you get the number one overall pick.

2181
01:42:21,199 --> 01:42:24,159
You get Yao mean, seven foot five, he can drop

2182
01:42:24,279 --> 01:42:27,920
twenty five and ten. First game against Shaq, he's blocking

2183
01:42:28,000 --> 01:42:30,600
his shots, he's making hook shots, he's looking like the

2184
01:42:30,680 --> 01:42:31,279
next big thing.

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01:42:31,760 --> 01:42:32,960
Speaker 3: Then his legs break down.

2186
01:42:33,000 --> 01:42:36,520
Speaker 2: Every single year you trade for Tracy McGrady, it's gonna

2187
01:42:36,520 --> 01:42:38,920
be Yow and Tracy's gonna be the new Shaq and

2188
01:42:39,079 --> 01:42:42,439
Kobe and they're gonna be great. And Tracy McGrady back

2189
01:42:42,520 --> 01:42:45,439
goes all haywire and then he has micro fracture surgery

2190
01:42:45,479 --> 01:42:48,520
and his career is over. Even that nine team you

2191
01:42:48,640 --> 01:42:52,399
were gonna have, hopefully a healthy Yow meaning and McGrady

2192
01:42:52,560 --> 01:42:55,880
and raun Our test Slash Meta World peace like as

2193
01:42:55,920 --> 01:42:58,720
a big three. None of those guys are healthy and

2194
01:42:58,760 --> 01:43:03,079
you still push the eventual champions to seven games. Then

2195
01:43:03,159 --> 01:43:07,680
the hard and era need to go through all those underperformances.

2196
01:43:07,920 --> 01:43:11,479
You get hardened. Then you get Dwight Howard and it

2197
01:43:11,560 --> 01:43:14,279
doesn't work out. Then you get Chris Paul and it

2198
01:43:14,359 --> 01:43:21,600
doesn't work out, and then now you get Kevin Durant

2199
01:43:21,920 --> 01:43:24,720
and Fred Vanvliet's hurt out for the season before you

2200
01:43:24,880 --> 01:43:26,920
even he even sets foot on the floor of the

2201
01:43:27,000 --> 01:43:33,680
Toyota Center this year, as like, what's the like looking

2202
01:43:33,720 --> 01:43:34,920
at the standings and everything.

2203
01:43:35,239 --> 01:43:38,199
Speaker 10: Rockets are still in the thick of But I feel

2204
01:43:38,199 --> 01:43:42,079
like in Houston there's so much worried that and maybe

2205
01:43:42,119 --> 01:43:45,560
it's trauma from the other season eighteen six, Like it

2206
01:43:45,680 --> 01:43:49,560
just doesn't make sense why there's so much anxiety around

2207
01:43:49,600 --> 01:43:49,920
it right.

2208
01:43:49,880 --> 01:43:52,439
Speaker 2: Now because you're seven and a half games behind the Thunder.

2209
01:43:53,159 --> 01:43:55,560
They set the all time NBA record last year with

2210
01:43:55,800 --> 01:43:58,880
the point differential twelve point nine. This year they're at

2211
01:43:58,920 --> 01:44:01,920
twelve point eight, So I mean they're close to where

2212
01:44:01,960 --> 01:44:05,159
they were last year in terms of in the discussion

2213
01:44:05,239 --> 01:44:06,800
for the greatest team of all time. Now, they got

2214
01:44:06,840 --> 01:44:09,760
pushed to seven games in the Western Simmis Or Finals.

2215
01:44:09,880 --> 01:44:12,279
Was it was with Simmis Or Finals against the Nuggets.

2216
01:44:12,279 --> 01:44:13,880
I think it was the Simmis and then they got

2217
01:44:13,920 --> 01:44:17,600
pushed to seven in the NBA Finals. But it's it's

2218
01:44:17,680 --> 01:44:19,960
feeling like a thundered West. Is the Thunders to lose?

2219
01:44:20,279 --> 01:44:22,239
That's the way it's feeling. Now, Can they get better?

2220
01:44:22,359 --> 01:44:24,560
Will they make some improvement in the coming days? Will

2221
01:44:24,640 --> 01:44:26,159
they make a small I think they're gonna make a

2222
01:44:26,199 --> 01:44:30,039
small trade which will lead to a buyout move.

2223
01:44:30,600 --> 01:44:31,319
Speaker 3: But I ask you this.

2224
01:44:31,680 --> 01:44:34,920
Speaker 10: Okay, so Saturday comes around when they reverse Okay, see yes,

2225
01:44:35,199 --> 01:44:38,319
and just hypothetical, say they do win. Yeah, they can

2226
01:44:38,359 --> 01:44:41,199
win that game, right, but like, does that change the

2227
01:44:41,359 --> 01:44:42,359
perspective of Houston?

2228
01:44:42,439 --> 01:44:42,560
Speaker 6: Liked?

2229
01:44:42,560 --> 01:44:44,640
Speaker 10: Okay, Like we even we don't have all the pieces,

2230
01:44:44,760 --> 01:44:46,960
we still can compete or is it something like, oh,

2231
01:44:47,000 --> 01:44:47,920
we're never gonna get it.

2232
01:44:48,039 --> 01:44:49,560
Speaker 3: It's a day to day, week to week thing.

2233
01:44:49,680 --> 01:44:51,520
Speaker 2: Like I was feeling great when they beat the Spurs

2234
01:44:51,640 --> 01:44:55,399
on January twentieth. Then January twenty eighth they lost to them,

2235
01:44:55,439 --> 01:44:57,439
and it's like an, what's what's going on here? They

2236
01:44:57,439 --> 01:45:00,920
can't figure out the Spurs defense? So yeah, things can change.

2237
01:45:00,920 --> 01:45:02,680
They've still won five of the last six games. They

2238
01:45:02,720 --> 01:45:04,840
got big games coming up against the Celtics and Hornets.

2239
01:45:05,119 --> 01:45:07,119
Then they have the Oklahoma City Thunder. It'll be a

2240
01:45:07,119 --> 01:45:10,800
two thirty game in Oklahoma City coming up this weekend.

2241
01:45:11,399 --> 01:45:14,640
So things can change. It's always fluid, and I'm gonna

2242
01:45:14,640 --> 01:45:16,479
feel like though the Rockets have a punch of chance.

2243
01:45:17,199 --> 01:45:19,479
Could they topple the Oklahoma City Thunder, could they have

2244
01:45:19,560 --> 01:45:20,840
an injury, and could they make it out?

2245
01:45:20,880 --> 01:45:21,479
Speaker 3: Absolutely?

2246
01:45:22,000 --> 01:45:23,800
Speaker 2: Just right now where I am I feeling like the

2247
01:45:23,880 --> 01:45:27,359
team could be better with fran van Vliet, with Steven Adams,

2248
01:45:27,399 --> 01:45:29,640
and we'll see what happens via the trade market and

2249
01:45:29,720 --> 01:45:31,319
the buy out market coming up in the next couple

2250
01:45:31,319 --> 01:45:31,640
of weeks.

2251
01:45:31,640 --> 01:45:35,319
Speaker 3: That's where I am with it right now, so we'll

2252
01:45:35,359 --> 01:45:36,239
see how that goes.

2253
01:45:36,880 --> 01:45:40,079
Speaker 2: But right now in the West, they are the four seed,

2254
01:45:40,399 --> 01:45:43,439
only a game and a half ahead of the San

2255
01:45:43,479 --> 01:45:49,199
Antonio Spurs. If you change, yeah, they would have been

2256
01:45:49,800 --> 01:45:51,880
behind me. I'm sorry, what did I say? Gave it

2257
01:45:51,880 --> 01:45:52,279
half behind?

2258
01:45:52,359 --> 01:45:52,600
Speaker 3: Sorry?

2259
01:45:52,880 --> 01:45:54,800
Speaker 2: Only a half game behind the Nuggets for the three spot.

2260
01:45:55,000 --> 01:45:56,840
I've been saying all season they're gonna finish top three.

2261
01:45:56,840 --> 01:45:58,760
I'm gonna stick with that, even with all the injuries

2262
01:45:58,760 --> 01:46:01,920
they've been suffering and the tough matchups coming up. But

2263
01:46:02,119 --> 01:46:05,039
they need the trade deadline. Not the trade deadline, they

2264
01:46:05,079 --> 01:46:07,640
need the All Star break to come up, get some rest,

2265
01:46:08,279 --> 01:46:10,960
get everybody refreshed. I'm happy Operation goon to make the

2266
01:46:10,960 --> 01:46:13,920
All Star Game. Really, Blessing in disguise doesn't have to

2267
01:46:14,000 --> 01:46:16,159
go out there and play on his bum ankle. And

2268
01:46:16,279 --> 01:46:17,760
he went out there and had a great game against

2269
01:46:17,760 --> 01:46:19,760
the Indiana Pacers with thirty nine points, So hopefully he

2270
01:46:19,800 --> 01:46:25,680
can keep that going. Rockets have five more games ahead

2271
01:46:25,760 --> 01:46:28,319
of the All Star Break, Boston and Charlotte at home

2272
01:46:28,359 --> 01:46:31,600
coming up tonight and tomorrow on the road for Oklahoma City,

2273
01:46:31,640 --> 01:46:33,199
and then a couple of games at home against the

2274
01:46:33,439 --> 01:46:37,000
LA Clippers, who are in the ninth spot in the West.

2275
01:46:37,039 --> 01:46:39,319
All right, quick break here on the Matt Thomas Show

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01:46:39,399 --> 01:46:48,199
with Ross without Matt Thomas. Yes, we are guaranteed humans

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01:46:48,239 --> 01:46:52,399
here on Sports Talk seven ninety. None of that AI

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clap trap. By the way, stop stop sending the AI

2279
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videos on Instagram, folks, you can follow me there. I

2280
01:47:00,479 --> 01:47:03,600
do appreciate it. But uh at sports r V on

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01:47:03,800 --> 01:47:10,279
the IG but uh AI stuff, it's only getting worse.

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But you want some guaranteed human you want you want

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Speaker 6: Uh.

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Speaker 2: Let's see you got a couple of them earlier. Oh,

2290
01:47:33,159 --> 01:47:37,119
we were talking about going to Rhode Island and staying

2291
01:47:37,159 --> 01:47:39,079
out there with Matt Thomas. And as he's out with

2292
01:47:39,159 --> 01:47:41,640
his daughter the road, shout out to the Rhode Island rams.

2293
01:47:41,680 --> 01:47:45,399
Shout out to Carly Thomas. It's signing day. She's gonna

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01:47:45,399 --> 01:47:49,760
be on scholarship with Rhode Island. Uh, y'awn easy saying

2295
01:47:49,760 --> 01:47:53,079
they're gonna get their upside down pineapple on sharing that Airbnb.

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Speaker 3: Okay, well, I don't want to be any part of that.

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01:47:56,680 --> 01:47:57,880
Speaker 1: Oh how do you?

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Speaker 4: Uh?

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01:47:58,800 --> 01:48:01,359
Speaker 2: Can I google? Real quick? Do you disinfect a hot tub?

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01:48:04,199 --> 01:48:05,920
Can we put extra chlorine in the hot tub? But

2301
01:48:06,000 --> 01:48:07,720
you know I have sensitive skin, Jonathan. If it's too

2302
01:48:07,760 --> 01:48:10,239
much chlorine, I'm gonna get itchy, I'm gonna get a rash.

2303
01:48:10,279 --> 01:48:14,279
So I don't want to do that. I'm not getting

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I'm not getting in the naughty tub of love. Okay, No,

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that's not happening in Rhode Island. That's not I'm not

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01:48:22,840 --> 01:48:23,880
gonna be a part of any of that.

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Speaker 3: Okay.

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01:48:25,479 --> 01:48:28,640
Speaker 2: My name is Paul. That's between y'all Okay, I will

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01:48:28,680 --> 01:48:31,319
go out to go check out some New Haven, Connecticut pizza.

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We'll go to Boston and get a lobster roll while

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you guys do your thing. I'll come home and I'll

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just go, uh sneak out the back door. Wait a minute,

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01:48:39,840 --> 01:48:41,800
what that sounds bad? And then I'm just gonna go

2314
01:48:41,840 --> 01:48:47,399
to sleep. Okay, don't involve me in your your lude

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love parties with upside down pineapples hashtag MPT showing off

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his girlish figure.

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Speaker 3: All right, thank you for that.

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Speaker 2: Another tweet coming in Bob from sugar Land. You know what, Bob,

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this this is gonna like and I'm gonna do uh yeah, okay, weekdays, weekdays,

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ten am two pm on Sports Talk seven ninety. This

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is a great tweet right here from Bob and sugar Line.

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Local Houston radio is thriving because Ross fixes all of

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Matt's mess ups and all his jokes are hilarious.

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Speaker 3: Let's go.

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Speaker 2: That's what I'm talking about, Bob, appreciate you, all right.

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the phone number if you want to get in. Seven

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talking about a lot of different stuff as the day

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has gone along with James Harden, now a Cleveland Cavalier,

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01:49:33,800 --> 01:49:36,359
traded at least four different times.

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Speaker 3: Now as an all timer, some people.

2333
01:49:39,119 --> 01:49:42,159
Speaker 2: In Houston still hate him, as evidenced by the hate

2334
01:49:42,199 --> 01:49:45,399
emails that I got from one of our listeners. That's okay,

2335
01:49:45,760 --> 01:49:49,319
I understand whatever bottom line is, dude is going to

2336
01:49:49,399 --> 01:49:52,640
the Hall of Fame. We've been also talking about some

2337
01:49:52,760 --> 01:49:56,159
college football, some eligibility stuff. Tennessee or I think it

2338
01:49:56,239 --> 01:49:59,600
was nc DOUBLEA losing another lawsuit. How many more lawsuits

2339
01:49:59,760 --> 01:50:02,159
have the they change lawyers? Who are they using for

2340
01:50:02,199 --> 01:50:05,319
their lawsuits? Like, when are they gonna We're gonna figure

2341
01:50:05,319 --> 01:50:05,960
that out that things.

2342
01:50:05,840 --> 01:50:08,600
Speaker 3: Aren't going their way. I love that this house of cards.

2343
01:50:08,640 --> 01:50:11,560
Speaker 2: Now we'll see what happens as far as the fallout,

2344
01:50:11,880 --> 01:50:14,760
but I love that this ridiculous house of cards that

2345
01:50:14,840 --> 01:50:18,600
the NCAA has been for years exploiting players and making

2346
01:50:18,720 --> 01:50:20,840
billions off of them and not even allowing them to

2347
01:50:20,880 --> 01:50:23,680
make money off their namage and likeness. Those chickens are

2348
01:50:23,680 --> 01:50:27,800
coming home to roost and now Tennessee is one of victory.

2349
01:50:28,319 --> 01:50:30,079
As I can't remember the name of the quarterback they're

2350
01:50:30,079 --> 01:50:31,960
trying to have come back for another year of eligibility.

2351
01:50:32,479 --> 01:50:33,479
Speaker 3: Well, no, I think he lost.

2352
01:50:33,560 --> 01:50:35,640
Speaker 2: Actually they lost, but they're gonna appeal or something like that,

2353
01:50:35,880 --> 01:50:39,640
so it doesn't matter Tennessee n Cuba. I should say,

2354
01:50:39,720 --> 01:50:44,039
losing all these lawsuits, that makes me happy. And then,

2355
01:50:44,079 --> 01:50:46,000
of course we're reacting to some of the things said

2356
01:50:47,000 --> 01:50:50,159
by Joe Spoda and Dana Brown yesterday played some of

2357
01:50:50,199 --> 01:50:52,039
the audio earlier, so we can bring it to you

2358
01:50:52,600 --> 01:50:54,359
right now. Let's go ahead and start with what to

2359
01:50:54,479 --> 01:50:56,840
me the first domino of all this. We've been talking

2360
01:50:56,840 --> 01:50:59,279
about what's gonna happen in the outfield, Well, maybe you're

2361
01:50:59,359 --> 01:51:02,199
on play some field. What's gonna happen in the infield? Well,

2362
01:51:02,439 --> 01:51:04,199
if Hoseel too, but he's not playing left, he's gonna

2363
01:51:04,199 --> 01:51:06,399
play second in esak pratis and you want to shuffle

2364
01:51:06,439 --> 01:51:10,439
these guys around a DH the first things first, The

2365
01:51:10,560 --> 01:51:13,359
first domino to fall in terms of how the astros

2366
01:51:13,399 --> 01:51:15,840
and how we want to think about them constructing their

2367
01:51:15,920 --> 01:51:18,359
lineup on a day to day basis, is with Joe A.

2368
01:51:18,479 --> 01:51:22,560
Spada wanting your On Alvarez to be a designated hitter Jr.

2369
01:51:22,640 --> 01:51:24,000
Speaker 4: Done, I will like to give him most of his

2370
01:51:24,199 --> 01:51:27,600
up past as a DH and I will do all

2371
01:51:27,920 --> 01:51:29,960
all everything in my power to keep him in that dhpot.

2372
01:51:30,039 --> 01:51:33,359
He will get some opportunities in left field to keep

2373
01:51:33,399 --> 01:51:35,720
that DH spot open for all the players.

2374
01:51:35,800 --> 01:51:38,479
Speaker 3: But this is going to be a competition from.

2375
01:51:38,439 --> 01:51:38,760
Speaker 6: The get go.

2376
01:51:39,000 --> 01:51:41,079
Speaker 4: We'll see where what we stand there and see who

2377
01:51:41,359 --> 01:51:42,600
get most of those upbots there.

2378
01:51:42,560 --> 01:51:43,079
Speaker 3: During the season.

2379
01:51:43,319 --> 01:51:46,840
Speaker 2: Yeah, so in theory, look, Carlos Korea older, jose Al

2380
01:51:46,920 --> 01:51:51,359
Tuove older, Christian Walker older, you'd like them get off

2381
01:51:51,359 --> 01:51:53,319
their feet for a half day here and there. Janer

2382
01:51:53,399 --> 01:51:57,920
Diaz not the greatest catcher, the backstop of all time.

2383
01:51:58,880 --> 01:52:00,359
You'd like to get him off his life here and

2384
01:52:00,399 --> 01:52:02,640
there and get him at the DH spot. It was

2385
01:52:02,720 --> 01:52:07,520
a nice luxury to have with Victor Carrattini here last year.

2386
01:52:07,520 --> 01:52:08,800
And you don't want Jordan to be hurt, but he

2387
01:52:08,880 --> 01:52:11,359
only played forty eight games last year, and that's opening

2388
01:52:11,439 --> 01:52:13,800
up the DH spot for the rest of those games

2389
01:52:13,840 --> 01:52:16,319
on the schedule. And even then it felt like there

2390
01:52:16,920 --> 01:52:18,920
there was sometimes a bit of a log jam. And

2391
01:52:19,000 --> 01:52:22,000
especially now with Easok paratus back into the fold healthy,

2392
01:52:22,439 --> 01:52:25,479
what's gonna happen in the infield? Jose Ba says, no, no, no,

2393
01:52:26,000 --> 01:52:28,079
we're not gonna shuffle around a bunch of infielders and

2394
01:52:28,239 --> 01:52:30,000
move a bunch of guys into DH spot, which is

2395
01:52:30,039 --> 01:52:32,800
a nice luxury to have. They want yord On at

2396
01:52:32,840 --> 01:52:36,000
the DH spot to keep him healthy and fresh leged

2397
01:52:36,039 --> 01:52:38,840
all season long and not have him going out there

2398
01:52:38,840 --> 01:52:40,600
and having him make a bunch of the plays in

2399
01:52:40,640 --> 01:52:43,399
the field. And I understand the counter argument of that is, Hey,

2400
01:52:43,920 --> 01:52:45,439
last couple of times he got hurt, he was on

2401
01:52:45,520 --> 01:52:48,159
the base paths sliding in the second he got hurt

2402
01:52:48,720 --> 01:52:51,159
sliding on can we get can we wipe down the

2403
01:52:51,199 --> 01:52:53,880
home plate at dyke In Park to start the games

2404
01:52:53,920 --> 01:52:56,960
this year? How do you slide on first base? And

2405
01:52:57,039 --> 01:52:59,960
he's gliding on it like he's on a slipping slide,

2406
01:53:00,680 --> 01:53:05,199
like he's at the ice Capades and hurting his ankle, Like,

2407
01:53:05,560 --> 01:53:07,880
can we not? Can we wipe down first base? That's

2408
01:53:07,960 --> 01:53:10,760
that's playing number one every game, no matter where you are.

2409
01:53:11,239 --> 01:53:12,960
I know, the water's fresh, and they just like to

2410
01:53:13,039 --> 01:53:15,520
they keep the wet dirt in the infield. Let's wipe

2411
01:53:15,560 --> 01:53:18,720
down home plate so Jordan doesn't get these freak accidents.

2412
01:53:19,159 --> 01:53:20,760
And you have to wonder yourself how much of these

2413
01:53:20,800 --> 01:53:22,640
are free act freak accidents? Or how much is it

2414
01:53:22,800 --> 01:53:26,159
he's just fragile. I don't think he is. I mean,

2415
01:53:26,199 --> 01:53:31,159
he's a big, freaking strong dude. But you've had him

2416
01:53:31,239 --> 01:53:36,199
hurt in the field, also legging out fly balls and

2417
01:53:36,800 --> 01:53:39,239
running into the scoreboard out there and left field at

2418
01:53:39,279 --> 01:53:42,079
dyke In Park, and it's a concern, and he is

2419
01:53:42,159 --> 01:53:44,920
one of the most dangerous hitters on the planet. You

2420
01:53:45,000 --> 01:53:47,319
want him out there as much as possible. He has

2421
01:53:47,399 --> 01:53:50,399
a storied history of getting injured, so you want to

2422
01:53:50,600 --> 01:53:55,640
limit his exposure to that. So I understand why the

2423
01:53:55,680 --> 01:53:58,199
Astros want to keep him, and Joe Spotta says he's

2424
01:53:58,239 --> 01:54:01,199
gonna do everything in his power to keep Joe's to

2425
01:54:01,399 --> 01:54:05,960
keep Jordan Alvarez at the DH spot as much as possible.

2426
01:54:06,479 --> 01:54:09,960
So with that, okay, now we're trying to move jose

2427
01:54:10,119 --> 01:54:12,560
L two Va back to second base. What does that

2428
01:54:12,720 --> 01:54:17,319
mean for Esach Paratus and Christian Walker and everyone else

2429
01:54:17,479 --> 01:54:18,159
in the infield.

2430
01:54:18,960 --> 01:54:21,079
Speaker 4: My message always been this is going to play out,

2431
01:54:21,119 --> 01:54:24,239
and let's us get to spring training and like go

2432
01:54:24,319 --> 01:54:26,319
out and prepare ourselves.

2433
01:54:26,119 --> 01:54:28,000
Speaker 2: To to win.

2434
01:54:28,359 --> 01:54:28,479
Speaker 1: Right.

2435
01:54:29,760 --> 01:54:32,399
Speaker 4: I don't want this to become a distraction. I think

2436
01:54:32,479 --> 01:54:35,880
this is going to play itself out. But right now

2437
01:54:36,079 --> 01:54:38,800
they are. They understand where we're at, and they understand

2438
01:54:38,840 --> 01:54:40,720
that we need all of us to be together to.

2439
01:54:40,760 --> 01:54:41,720
Speaker 2: Accomplish our goal.

2440
01:54:42,000 --> 01:54:44,600
Speaker 4: So I want our focuses to be to be on that.

2441
01:54:45,000 --> 01:54:46,079
Speaker 3: That's interesting. Everything.

2442
01:54:46,119 --> 01:54:48,760
Speaker 2: Everything's gonna play itself out. Everything's going to be okay.

2443
01:54:49,239 --> 01:54:53,840
Obviously Joe knows things that we don't know. Is Joe

2444
01:54:54,079 --> 01:55:01,359
saying that because it's going to be a situation where

2445
01:55:01,359 --> 01:55:05,039
there's a trade and he's aware of potential trades that

2446
01:55:05,079 --> 01:55:07,640
are in the works. He's like, you, guys, keep asking

2447
01:55:07,640 --> 01:55:09,560
me about this. I can't tell you we're gonna trade somebody,

2448
01:55:10,079 --> 01:55:12,520
but we're gonna trade somebody. Is he trying to tell

2449
01:55:12,640 --> 01:55:15,319
us let us read the tea leaves there, Jonathan, Or

2450
01:55:15,439 --> 01:55:17,399
is he or is he just saying it's gonna work

2451
01:55:17,439 --> 01:55:20,880
itself out. Do I have a tenfoil hat on when

2452
01:55:20,880 --> 01:55:22,600
he says, let's listen to this one more time.

2453
01:55:23,720 --> 01:55:25,560
Speaker 3: He it's gonna work itself out.

2454
01:55:25,600 --> 01:55:26,920
Speaker 2: Guys, stop asking me about this.

2455
01:55:27,359 --> 01:55:29,479
Speaker 4: My message always been this is going to play out,

2456
01:55:29,520 --> 01:55:32,479
and let's just get to spring training and and like

2457
01:55:32,600 --> 01:55:38,199
go out and prepare ourselves to to win, right. I

2458
01:55:38,319 --> 01:55:40,920
don't want this to become a distraction. I think this

2459
01:55:41,119 --> 01:55:44,279
is going to play his self out. But right now

2460
01:55:44,479 --> 01:55:47,199
they are they understand where we're at, and they understand

2461
01:55:47,239 --> 01:55:49,079
that we need all of us to be together to

2462
01:55:49,199 --> 01:55:50,119
accomplish our goal.

2463
01:55:50,399 --> 01:55:52,800
Speaker 2: So I want our focuses to be to be on

2464
01:55:53,000 --> 01:55:56,960
that hmm. Or is he saying no, there isna be fine.

2465
01:55:57,000 --> 01:55:59,119
There could be injuries, something else is gonna work. It's

2466
01:55:59,159 --> 01:56:02,439
gonna work itself out. I like, work itself out can

2467
01:56:02,520 --> 01:56:04,920
go so many That's what I'm saying. He's saying, like

2468
01:56:05,319 --> 01:56:05,960
as fout as the.

2469
01:56:06,000 --> 01:56:09,039
Speaker 10: Best out of I interview. Anything that that can just

2470
01:56:09,119 --> 01:56:10,920
make it so vague you have to like keep guessing

2471
01:56:10,960 --> 01:56:11,359
what he's.

2472
01:56:11,239 --> 01:56:11,960
Speaker 3: Got to read the TV.

2473
01:56:12,279 --> 01:56:14,159
Speaker 2: Is he saying that he's like, guys, there's gonna be

2474
01:56:14,159 --> 01:56:16,359
a trade. Stop asking me about this. Or is he saying, ah,

2475
01:56:16,560 --> 01:56:19,119
you know what, We're gonna figure it out. Injuries crop up,

2476
01:56:19,760 --> 01:56:22,640
you know we we we at one point last year

2477
01:56:22,800 --> 01:56:27,479
all of l two ve Paradus and uh, Jeremy Paine,

2478
01:56:27,520 --> 01:56:28,760
you got hurt for a little while.

2479
01:56:29,119 --> 01:56:30,479
Speaker 3: Carl's care is longer than the two.

2480
01:56:30,479 --> 01:56:32,560
Speaker 2: Those guys aren't all gonna play one hundred and fifty games,

2481
01:56:32,560 --> 01:56:33,800
So it's gonna work itself out.

2482
01:56:34,279 --> 01:56:36,960
Speaker 3: Is that what he's he's saying? Where is there possible

2483
01:56:37,000 --> 01:56:39,000
some trades coming up? Who is to say?

2484
01:56:39,199 --> 01:56:45,640
Speaker 2: Hmm hmmm? Yeah, all right, send a tweet to add

2485
01:56:45,680 --> 01:56:47,239
Sports RV. If you guys want to talk about that,

2486
01:56:47,239 --> 01:56:49,199
you can also give me a phone call. Seven one

2487
01:56:49,319 --> 01:56:52,600
three two one two five seven ninety is the phone number.

2488
01:56:52,600 --> 01:56:54,960
We're gonna take a quick break here. Coming up an

2489
01:56:55,079 --> 01:56:57,439
hour number four of the show, we will have Adam

2490
01:56:57,560 --> 01:57:00,439
Clinton joining the PO program and you guys can into

2491
01:57:00,600 --> 01:57:04,319
we're talking, as I said, Astros Rockets in action tonight.

2492
01:57:04,399 --> 01:57:06,720
We've got other college football stuff. We've been getting to

2493
01:57:06,880 --> 01:57:11,159
James Harden trade as well. Will Jannie be traded by

2494
01:57:11,199 --> 01:57:13,359
the deadline tomorrow? Anything you guys want to get to

2495
01:57:13,479 --> 01:57:16,600
Seven to one three two one two five seven ninety

2496
01:57:16,960 --> 01:57:19,720
seven one three two one two five seven nighty Long

2497
01:57:19,760 --> 01:57:21,039
on the Matt Tomas Show with Ross.

2498
01:57:21,119 --> 01:57:23,760
Speaker 3: Matt is out. He will be back tomorrow.

2499
01:57:24,000 --> 01:57:27,199
Speaker 2: He will be on the call tonight as your Houston

2500
01:57:27,319 --> 01:57:32,039
Rockets take on the Boston Celtics six o'clock. It'll be

2501
01:57:32,119 --> 01:57:34,239
the Rockets launch pad. I forget he was doing it,

2502
01:57:34,319 --> 01:57:38,000
but a very handsome, talented, wonderful and very humble human

2503
01:57:38,079 --> 01:57:41,319
being I believe on six o'clock to do the Rockets

2504
01:57:41,399 --> 01:57:43,880
launch pad was that I can't remember. I can't remember,

2505
01:57:44,159 --> 01:57:47,319
I remember all those other things though. Yeah, he sounds amazing,

2506
01:57:47,399 --> 01:57:47,720
doesn't he?

2507
01:57:48,520 --> 01:57:48,640
Speaker 8: Uh?

2508
01:57:48,960 --> 01:57:52,079
Speaker 2: Coming up at six o'clock, and then tomorrow I will

2509
01:57:52,119 --> 01:57:53,760
be on the pre and post game as well at

2510
01:57:53,800 --> 01:57:57,000
six o'clock Rockets taking on the Charlotte Hornets. Don't laugh,

2511
01:57:57,880 --> 01:58:02,199
won six No Seven games now have the Charlotte Hornets,

2512
01:58:02,199 --> 01:58:06,800
including victories over the Sixers, Spurs and Magic over that span.

2513
01:58:07,079 --> 01:58:10,760
So watch out for them fighting Charlotte Hornets coming into

2514
01:58:10,840 --> 01:58:13,560
town tomorrow and then tonight against the Boston Celtics, and

2515
01:58:13,600 --> 01:58:18,119
then Saturday the big one. It'll be two thirty pm

2516
01:58:18,239 --> 01:58:21,800
start Rockets on the road on ABC taking on the

2517
01:58:21,960 --> 01:58:25,600
Oklahoma City Thunder. So some big games coming up for

2518
01:58:25,800 --> 01:58:28,159
the Houston Rockets. The phone lines open at seven one

2519
01:58:28,199 --> 01:58:31,560
three two one two five seven ninety seven one three

2520
01:58:32,039 --> 01:58:35,239
two one two five seven ninety So we've been talking

2521
01:58:35,279 --> 01:58:37,439
about what's gonna happen, and it feels like, you know,

2522
01:58:37,600 --> 01:58:39,399
some some years past, as I said, it feels like

2523
01:58:39,479 --> 01:58:41,680
the roster's pretty set, not a lot of stuff like

2524
01:58:42,479 --> 01:58:44,319
one year I think we were talking about like, hey,

2525
01:58:44,399 --> 01:58:46,720
what's the what's the bullpen pecking order going to be?

2526
01:58:47,159 --> 01:58:48,000
Speaker 3: For the Astros?

2527
01:58:48,399 --> 01:58:51,880
Speaker 2: As other things fall into place as you set your

2528
01:58:52,039 --> 01:58:54,520
hierarchy of needs, you get to talk about like the

2529
01:58:54,600 --> 01:58:59,279
minutia of building the roster. It's not minutia for the

2530
01:58:59,359 --> 01:59:02,239
Astros this year. Who is going to get the most

2531
01:59:02,279 --> 01:59:05,920
starts at second base and first base and third base

2532
01:59:06,000 --> 01:59:09,640
for that matter. Ideally Joe spot Us is the most

2533
01:59:09,680 --> 01:59:12,159
starts at the designated hitter is gonna be your on

2534
01:59:12,199 --> 01:59:15,760
Alvarez if I had to had you venture a guest

2535
01:59:15,880 --> 01:59:20,720
right now, who's getting the most left field starts towards

2536
01:59:20,880 --> 01:59:23,000
them by now in the end of the year. Jose

2537
01:59:23,079 --> 01:59:26,279
L two of a Probably not Zach Cole some lightning

2538
01:59:26,319 --> 01:59:28,039
in a bottle at the end of last year. But

2539
01:59:29,159 --> 01:59:32,800
how sustainable is that? We like camp Smith and right field.

2540
01:59:32,920 --> 01:59:35,119
Hay Sus Sanchez has played some left field. How much

2541
01:59:35,159 --> 01:59:36,479
longer is he gonna be on the squad?

2542
01:59:37,720 --> 01:59:38,560
Speaker 3: I don't know.

2543
01:59:38,680 --> 01:59:41,159
Speaker 2: Bryce Matthews, how does he fit? As far as a

2544
01:59:41,199 --> 01:59:44,319
puzzle piece for the lineup coming up? There are a

2545
01:59:44,399 --> 01:59:47,319
lot of question marks in terms of the infield and

2546
01:59:47,479 --> 01:59:50,840
the outfield rotation. I think is gonna be okay. Bullpen

2547
01:59:51,159 --> 01:59:54,479
I think is gonna be okay, but certainly some question marks.

2548
01:59:54,760 --> 01:59:56,880
And apparently according to Joe Spotta, there is gonna be

2549
01:59:56,920 --> 01:59:59,399
some outfielders moving all around the place, including a little

2550
01:59:59,439 --> 02:00:05,600
bit of camp Smith Smith and center field. And on

2551
02:00:05,760 --> 02:00:06,640
my computer's frozen.

2552
02:00:06,800 --> 02:00:07,319
Speaker 3: This is great.

2553
02:00:08,479 --> 02:00:10,119
Speaker 4: You know, we get guys I stacked Cole his Shu

2554
02:00:10,199 --> 02:00:12,319
Sanchez can also play left field. We've got guys at

2555
02:00:12,399 --> 02:00:14,680
Ken Smith. I mentioned that I want to get Ken

2556
02:00:14,720 --> 02:00:16,039
Smith an opportunity.

2557
02:00:15,600 --> 02:00:16,640
Speaker 2: To play some center field.

2558
02:00:17,000 --> 02:00:19,840
Speaker 4: You know, we we have Jake Myers, He's how can

2559
02:00:19,880 --> 02:00:22,439
I keep all these guys healthy in the lineup? That

2560
02:00:22,640 --> 02:00:25,600
is going to be our focus there doing screen training

2561
02:00:25,640 --> 02:00:29,359
and see how can we shape the roster with everyone

2562
02:00:29,520 --> 02:00:31,840
can get and you know, everybody's getting playing time.

2563
02:00:31,720 --> 02:00:34,000
Speaker 2: And we can keep everyone healthy. Yeah, there you go,

2564
02:00:34,199 --> 02:00:38,600
So certainly something to figure out something. He didn't go

2565
02:00:38,640 --> 02:00:41,119
with you. Oh, we got some breaking news.

2566
02:00:41,760 --> 02:00:42,520
Speaker 3: Okay, that's one.

2567
02:00:46,000 --> 02:00:50,600
Speaker 2: Another one, okay, two. I literally just saw this. I

2568
02:00:50,680 --> 02:00:52,960
was about to mention it, but I think go ahead, no, no, no,

2569
02:00:53,159 --> 02:00:55,399
go ahead, Do you say no no no?

2570
02:00:55,600 --> 02:01:01,520
Speaker 10: Jonathan Dallas, ten time NBA All Star, Anthony Davis, Jaden

2571
02:01:01,600 --> 02:01:07,479
Hardy D'Angelo, Russell, Dante ExHAM, Washington Wizards for Chris Milliton,

2572
02:01:07,600 --> 02:01:12,439
A J. Johnson, Malachi, Brandon, oh my, Marvin Bagley, the third,

2573
02:01:12,920 --> 02:01:17,800
two first round picks and three s wows espn, I'm

2574
02:01:17,880 --> 02:01:18,880
shams running.

2575
02:01:22,439 --> 02:01:25,960
Speaker 2: Wow, Okay, hold on, I got to pick up the

2576
02:01:26,000 --> 02:01:30,760
pieces from all this again. So going to the Wizards.

2577
02:01:30,840 --> 02:01:33,800
Wizard's making moves. They traded for Trey Young. Now they're

2578
02:01:33,840 --> 02:01:40,840
going for Anthony Davis, Anthony Davis, Jaden Hardy, D'Angelo, Russell,

2579
02:01:40,960 --> 02:01:47,560
Dante ExHAM for Chris Middleton, A J. Johnson, Malachi, Brandon,

2580
02:01:47,680 --> 02:01:51,920
Marvin Bagley, the third couple of first round picks and

2581
02:01:52,239 --> 02:02:02,359
three third second round picks. Whoo okay, so I'm go ahead.

2582
02:02:02,880 --> 02:02:06,079
Speaker 3: I'm just I'm just asking, is Dallas just going for

2583
02:02:06,159 --> 02:02:06,920
the restructure out?

2584
02:02:07,000 --> 02:02:09,279
Speaker 2: Yeah, they're going for the rebuild. I mean they're they

2585
02:02:09,560 --> 02:02:11,760
They're gonna try to rebuild around Cooper Flag. They got

2586
02:02:11,800 --> 02:02:13,920
a couple of first round picks. Cooper Flag's looking like

2587
02:02:13,960 --> 02:02:20,960
the real deal. I mean Chris Middleton, he's older. What

2588
02:02:21,119 --> 02:02:23,039
kind of deal A Chris Middleton I don't think is

2589
02:02:23,159 --> 02:02:26,239
much of a piece. Let me pull up. Yeah, he's

2590
02:02:26,239 --> 02:02:28,720
averaging ten points a game. He's thirty four years old,

2591
02:02:29,600 --> 02:02:33,600
so I think that that is much coming back. I

2592
02:02:33,640 --> 02:02:36,079
guess I gotta pull up this whole damn Washington Wizard's roster.

2593
02:02:36,159 --> 02:02:38,239
Forgive me for not being knowing the too deep of

2594
02:02:38,279 --> 02:02:46,359
the Washington Wizards. Uh wow, Okay, yeah, Marvin Bagley's just

2595
02:02:46,479 --> 02:02:51,600
been a bench piece. Chris Middleton's been okay, Malachi Brandham

2596
02:02:51,760 --> 02:02:55,800
same thing. AJ Johnson, same thing. So that's just kind

2597
02:02:55,800 --> 02:02:59,520
of roster Phil, I think trying to get some money matched.

2598
02:02:59,600 --> 02:03:01,720
It's more for the first for the couple of first

2599
02:03:01,800 --> 02:03:07,880
round picks. Interesting. Anthony Davis to me, doesn't have great

2600
02:03:07,960 --> 02:03:11,960
value anyways. I mean the dudes's Uh again. I always

2601
02:03:12,039 --> 02:03:15,800
rail against like the the injury prone label, but especially

2602
02:03:15,880 --> 02:03:18,119
when it's somebody who's like seven foot and gets hurt

2603
02:03:18,159 --> 02:03:25,479
every year. Anthony Davis, nicknamed street clothes by inside the NBA.

2604
02:03:26,319 --> 02:03:28,399
It's been hurt a lot. He's on the court, he's

2605
02:03:28,439 --> 02:03:30,920
a great player. He's had some good games against the Rockets,

2606
02:03:31,760 --> 02:03:43,079
but far often too often hurt. So interesting. Interesting, that's

2607
02:03:43,239 --> 02:03:45,960
that that's kind of a big trade trade deadline tomorrow,

2608
02:03:48,760 --> 02:03:55,079
at which point will Jana Setenta Kumpo the next big

2609
02:03:55,159 --> 02:03:58,560
Domino to fall. Minnesota has been the the rumored top

2610
02:03:58,680 --> 02:04:03,640
landing spot. Golden State Miami also in the mix. But

2611
02:04:03,760 --> 02:04:08,640
Anthony Davis, speaking of complicated histories, NBA champion always hurt

2612
02:04:10,079 --> 02:04:13,039
historic all time run with Kentucky as an NBA as

2613
02:04:13,079 --> 02:04:19,079
a the NCAA champion, a dominant, dominant team that Kentucky

2614
02:04:19,159 --> 02:04:24,000
squad back in the day, and now he is a

2615
02:04:24,760 --> 02:04:25,840
Dallas maverick.

2616
02:04:26,359 --> 02:04:27,840
Speaker 3: How many times pull this up?

2617
02:04:27,840 --> 02:04:29,640
Speaker 2: How many times is Anthony Davis been an Ulcar ten

2618
02:04:29,720 --> 02:04:34,479
time All Star, three time block champion, NBA champion in

2619
02:04:34,520 --> 02:04:38,880
the bubble with the Lakers, begged his way out of

2620
02:04:38,920 --> 02:04:43,680
New Orleans, got to Los Angeles, won a championship there,

2621
02:04:45,439 --> 02:04:50,239
and now, at thirty two years old, about to be

2622
02:04:50,359 --> 02:04:52,560
thirty five in March, I thought, excuse me, thirty three

2623
02:04:52,640 --> 02:04:53,000
in March.

2624
02:04:54,119 --> 02:04:54,359
Speaker 9: Wow?

2625
02:04:55,279 --> 02:04:55,680
Speaker 3: Crazy?

2626
02:04:57,000 --> 02:04:58,880
Speaker 2: All right, We're gonna take quick break on that note.

2627
02:04:59,239 --> 02:05:02,079
So I mean our shattering news here in Houston necessarily,

2628
02:05:02,159 --> 02:05:07,119
but Anthony Davis moving from Dallas to Washington certainly big

2629
02:05:07,279 --> 02:05:11,039
national news. Sham Sharani a first to trade that one.

2630
02:05:11,319 --> 02:05:15,199
He calls it an NBA trade, Dade trade deadline week stunner.

2631
02:05:15,840 --> 02:05:18,399
Clearly the Wizards have completed their deconstruction phase that are

2632
02:05:18,439 --> 02:05:22,199
now moving toward Young and Davis leading a rising young corps.

2633
02:05:23,000 --> 02:05:25,960
Washington turned its previous Bradley Beal and Kyle Kuzma trades

2634
02:05:25,960 --> 02:05:31,159
into Young Davis and five pickswaps. Oh man, look at

2635
02:05:31,199 --> 02:05:33,840
Sham Sharani. He's laying it on thick. The Wizards are

2636
02:05:33,880 --> 02:05:37,119
acquiring a future Hall of Fame big man in Davis,

2637
02:05:37,720 --> 02:05:41,279
one of the top seventy five greatest players. Anthony Davis

2638
02:05:41,359 --> 02:05:45,760
was named to the seventy five and seventy five Okay,

2639
02:05:45,800 --> 02:05:49,439
I mean, look, Sham is saying it probably to the

2640
02:05:49,520 --> 02:05:51,680
young core of Trey. Add to the core of Trey Young,

2641
02:05:51,720 --> 02:05:59,680
Alex R. Kaishan, George Tray Johnson, and Balachuli interesting in

2642
02:06:00,279 --> 02:06:05,199
trade all right the way Oh they rated them? Oh

2643
02:06:05,439 --> 02:06:07,560
ESPN ranked them, but he was I don't think the

2644
02:06:07,720 --> 02:06:10,800
NBA ranked them, but anyways, okay, so yeah he was

2645
02:06:10,840 --> 02:06:14,000
in there. Okay, all right, my mad no, my, you

2646
02:06:14,039 --> 02:06:16,720
know what Anthony Davis family saying, shut your b mess up.

2647
02:06:16,760 --> 02:06:19,239
Put some respect on Anthony Davis's name, and I'll do that,

2648
02:06:19,720 --> 02:06:23,279
all right. Quick break here on the Matt Thomas Show

2649
02:06:23,479 --> 02:06:25,479
with Ross. You guys want to tweet in you can

2650
02:06:25,680 --> 02:06:29,359
at sports RV. Shout out to Damien for sending that

2651
02:06:29,439 --> 02:06:33,199
tweet along. Appreciate you got some tweets to read from

2652
02:06:33,239 --> 02:06:35,319
a couple of other you guys. As we mentioned, we

2653
02:06:35,399 --> 02:06:37,800
got NBA trade deadline stuff happening. We can talk about that.

2654
02:06:38,239 --> 02:06:40,520
We have astros topics, anything you want to get to.

2655
02:06:40,680 --> 02:06:43,760
Adam Klan Coming up next at one o'clock seven one

2656
02:06:43,840 --> 02:06:46,760
three two one two five seven ninety is the phone

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02:06:46,840 --> 02:06:49,560
number seven one three two one two five seven.

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02:06:49,479 --> 02:06:53,279
Speaker 1: Ninety's The Matt Thomas Show with Ross.

2659
02:07:01,880 --> 02:07:06,159
Speaker 2: Our number four of The Matt Thomas Show with Ross

2660
02:07:06,279 --> 02:07:10,840
here on Sports Talk seven Hollo and welcome in. Ross

2661
02:07:10,920 --> 02:07:15,399
aviarial with you until two o'clock here on a Sports

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02:07:15,439 --> 02:07:17,439
Talk seven ninety, which point we'll hand it off to

2663
02:07:17,520 --> 02:07:20,079
Adam Wesler and Adam Clinton. They are the A team.

2664
02:07:20,920 --> 02:07:24,960
Adam Clinton will be joining me shortly and Matt Thomas

2665
02:07:25,039 --> 02:07:27,560
will be joining the show back tomorrow. If you have

2666
02:07:27,720 --> 02:07:32,079
not heard, he is out as it is national signing

2667
02:07:32,319 --> 02:07:36,960
day for his little baby girl. She's grown up and

2668
02:07:37,520 --> 02:07:41,439
well she is signing with the in the humble ISD

2669
02:07:42,399 --> 02:07:45,760
signing Day ceremony to be uh or I guess she

2670
02:07:45,800 --> 02:07:49,119
already did sign to play for the University of Rhode

2671
02:07:49,159 --> 02:07:53,279
Island and their volleyball ball squad. Congratulations well to everybody

2672
02:07:53,359 --> 02:07:57,840
the Humble id and to the Thomas family as there

2673
02:07:57,880 --> 02:07:59,640
is a proud papa who will be back on the

2674
02:07:59,680 --> 02:08:01,560
show tomorrow and he will be on the call tonight

2675
02:08:01,640 --> 02:08:04,279
for the Houston Rockets taking on the Boston Celtics. That'll

2676
02:08:04,319 --> 02:08:07,399
be a seven o'clock start here on Sports Talk seven ninety.

2677
02:08:08,640 --> 02:08:11,039
And we also have another trade in the NBA. Now

2678
02:08:11,119 --> 02:08:13,840
this is I don't even know if we go one

2679
02:08:13,880 --> 02:08:17,199
breaking news. Did you see this, Jonathan, No, no, no, hey,

2680
02:08:17,279 --> 02:08:18,399
just go one breaking news sounder.

2681
02:08:18,479 --> 02:08:18,880
Speaker 3: It's fine.

2682
02:08:19,800 --> 02:08:23,680
Speaker 2: Philadelphia seventy six Ers are trading guard Jared McCain to

2683
02:08:23,920 --> 02:08:27,680
the Oklahoma City Thunder. It does involve the Rockets. It's

2684
02:08:27,720 --> 02:08:32,640
a twenty twenty six Rockets first round pick and three

2685
02:08:33,079 --> 02:08:36,880
second round picks, so a first rounder in three seconds

2686
02:08:36,920 --> 02:08:40,119
for Jared McCain, who had a few splash games for

2687
02:08:40,199 --> 02:08:42,239
the seventy six ers last year but hasn't been doing

2688
02:08:42,319 --> 02:08:43,439
nearly as much this year.

2689
02:08:44,760 --> 02:08:45,079
Speaker 3: I don't know.

2690
02:08:45,159 --> 02:08:47,840
Speaker 2: We'll go to our resident Jared McCain and NBA and

2691
02:08:47,840 --> 02:08:52,199
Philadelphia seventy six Ers expert Adam Clinton momentarily here on

2692
02:08:52,279 --> 02:08:54,439
the fourth hour of the show, But there you go.

2693
02:08:54,640 --> 02:08:57,880
Jared McCain averaged finished seventh in the Rookie of the

2694
02:08:57,920 --> 02:08:59,960
Year voting last year. He only played twenty three games,

2695
02:09:00,119 --> 02:09:02,159
average fifteen points per game this year down to six

2696
02:09:02,279 --> 02:09:06,039
point six points per game, not getting a whole lot

2697
02:09:06,079 --> 02:09:08,199
of opportunities. So I don't know exactly how much he's

2698
02:09:08,199 --> 02:09:10,520
gonna fit into the pieces with the Oklahoma City Thunder.

2699
02:09:11,039 --> 02:09:13,199
But the Rockets pick that was going to the Thunder

2700
02:09:13,560 --> 02:09:16,920
now is going to the Philadelphia seventy six ers along

2701
02:09:16,960 --> 02:09:20,840
with three first round pick. So there's your trade deadline news.

2702
02:09:21,039 --> 02:09:21,239
Speaker 3: There.

2703
02:09:21,640 --> 02:09:23,840
Speaker 2: Fall lines open at seven one three, two one two

2704
02:09:24,079 --> 02:09:26,359
five seven ninety if you would like to get in

2705
02:09:26,640 --> 02:09:29,279
seven one three, two one two five seven ninety. Shams's

2706
02:09:29,359 --> 02:09:33,560
phone is working overtime at this point. The big news

2707
02:09:33,960 --> 02:09:37,239
was Adam Clinton's favorite son and favorite Rocket of all time,

2708
02:09:37,640 --> 02:09:41,359
James Harden, being traded away to the Cleveland Cavaliers and

2709
02:09:41,960 --> 02:09:45,399
now Anthony Davis moving to the Washington Wizards, and we'll

2710
02:09:45,399 --> 02:09:47,239
see what happens as far as some big names, the

2711
02:09:47,439 --> 02:09:50,520
biggest name of them all still looms and we'll see

2712
02:09:50,560 --> 02:09:53,399
if he's traded by tomorrow, that would be jannisint the Kompo.

2713
02:09:53,960 --> 02:09:56,880
All the whisperers are the latest. Can we not have

2714
02:09:57,039 --> 02:10:00,640
him come to the Western Conference? Please? Jiannis becomes a

2715
02:10:00,640 --> 02:10:04,600
Minnesota timber Wolf is what we're gonna go with that.

2716
02:10:04,880 --> 02:10:07,479
That would just be horrible Wolves a game and a

2717
02:10:07,520 --> 02:10:09,560
half behind the Rockets. They are in the seventh spot

2718
02:10:09,640 --> 02:10:14,359
right now. Rockets in the four seed. Keep Jannis in

2719
02:10:14,760 --> 02:10:17,960
the East. At least Anthony Davis got shipped out, but

2720
02:10:18,079 --> 02:10:20,960
that doesn't seem like a big deal. James Harden got

2721
02:10:21,000 --> 02:10:23,000
shipped out, But that is I mean, at least some

2722
02:10:23,119 --> 02:10:25,000
of the power if Anthony Davis and James hard at

2723
02:10:25,079 --> 02:10:27,039
least some of the power balances going back to the East.

2724
02:10:27,359 --> 02:10:30,000
But if Jannis comes back, I mean, that's that's ridiculous.

2725
02:10:30,399 --> 02:10:32,039
But when's Gianni's gonna play this year?

2726
02:10:32,399 --> 02:10:32,720
Speaker 9: I don't know.

2727
02:10:32,800 --> 02:10:35,039
Speaker 2: He's got a calf injury. How severe is it? What's

2728
02:10:35,079 --> 02:10:36,880
the grating on it? Is it a Grade two?

2729
02:10:37,439 --> 02:10:38,560
Speaker 3: Is it pre soon?

2730
02:10:38,640 --> 02:10:39,359
Speaker 2: It could be worse?

2731
02:10:40,199 --> 02:10:40,720
Speaker 3: You know what I mean?

2732
02:10:41,159 --> 02:10:44,079
Speaker 11: Yeah, No, like calf injuries and the NBA turned into

2733
02:10:44,119 --> 02:10:47,199
Achilles tear. Yes, so it's happened with Halliburton it happened

2734
02:10:47,239 --> 02:10:50,239
with Kevin Durant. But those are the really the big examples.

2735
02:10:50,960 --> 02:10:53,199
There are some doctors who say they're not sure how

2736
02:10:53,359 --> 02:10:54,640
much of a of a tie there.

2737
02:10:54,680 --> 02:10:56,920
Speaker 2: By the way, you're burying the lead on all these deals.

2738
02:10:57,199 --> 02:10:59,840
Speaker 11: What's that that first rounder that uh went from the

2739
02:11:00,039 --> 02:11:03,239
rockets to the thunder, that's back in Darryl Moorey's possession.

2740
02:11:03,359 --> 02:11:04,359
Speaker 2: He's the one that traded that pick.

2741
02:11:04,439 --> 02:11:05,000
Speaker 3: Yeah, I did say that.

2742
02:11:05,039 --> 02:11:06,880
Speaker 2: Oh I didn't hear that part. I was busy unpacking

2743
02:11:06,920 --> 02:11:07,319
and being late.

2744
02:11:08,359 --> 02:11:08,520
Speaker 6: You know.

2745
02:11:08,560 --> 02:11:12,039
Speaker 11: That's how I actually early from oh I almost texted

2746
02:11:12,079 --> 02:11:13,760
you and said it was a good run, but I'm

2747
02:11:13,760 --> 02:11:14,800
not going to be on time today.

2748
02:11:14,960 --> 02:11:17,600
Speaker 3: That's okay. You get like three in a row strung together.

2749
02:11:18,039 --> 02:11:20,760
Speaker 2: As a person who myself is lacking in punctuality, I

2750
02:11:20,760 --> 02:11:21,039
don't know.

2751
02:11:21,159 --> 02:11:23,279
Speaker 3: I don't, I can't. I have zero room to ever

2752
02:11:23,359 --> 02:11:24,520
get mad at anybody.

2753
02:11:24,239 --> 02:11:26,039
Speaker 11: From late Ross and I have more in common than

2754
02:11:26,079 --> 02:11:28,600
people would think in certain areas of our lives.

2755
02:11:29,319 --> 02:11:29,439
Speaker 12: Uh.

2756
02:11:30,680 --> 02:11:32,000
Speaker 3: That's for DEA's for the podcast.

2757
02:11:32,079 --> 02:11:35,399
Speaker 11: By the way, first rounders of any kind given up

2758
02:11:35,439 --> 02:11:38,039
for Anthony Davis is hysterical, and just two of them

2759
02:11:38,239 --> 02:11:41,479
proves that the Wizards are the Wizards. I mean again,

2760
02:11:41,720 --> 02:11:44,560
if you're Dallas and you've got two first round picks,

2761
02:11:45,119 --> 02:11:46,439
now whose first round picks are they?

2762
02:11:46,439 --> 02:11:47,760
Speaker 3: Are they the Wizard's first round picks?

2763
02:11:48,119 --> 02:11:49,359
Speaker 1: I think? So?

2764
02:11:50,880 --> 02:11:51,199
Speaker 3: Is it just?

2765
02:11:51,680 --> 02:11:53,479
Speaker 2: Is it just the two teams? I can't keep track

2766
02:11:53,520 --> 02:11:53,680
of it.

2767
02:11:53,760 --> 02:11:56,119
Speaker 11: I saw a player, so I thought for sure it

2768
02:11:56,159 --> 02:11:57,960
would be more than one team involved. But I guess

2769
02:11:58,039 --> 02:12:00,800
that's not the case. The fact that Alice was able

2770
02:12:00,880 --> 02:12:04,439
to turn Anthony Davis into first round picks from anywhere,

2771
02:12:05,199 --> 02:12:06,159
let alone multiple.

2772
02:12:06,239 --> 02:12:08,159
Speaker 2: Yeah, but it's like two for if if well if

2773
02:12:08,479 --> 02:12:10,600
covors he always if is with Anthony Davis, if he's

2774
02:12:10,640 --> 02:12:14,159
healthy and Trey Young's healthy, and they have some young players,

2775
02:12:14,199 --> 02:12:16,239
I mean, they'll probably be like in the twenties. Well,

2776
02:12:16,279 --> 02:12:17,600
we're not gonna cost them much of anything.

2777
02:12:17,600 --> 02:12:20,199
Speaker 11: Anyways, Hey, Anthony Davis wasn't healthy for the team that

2778
02:12:20,279 --> 02:12:23,319
just traded him, and they're got a terrible record despite

2779
02:12:23,359 --> 02:12:24,119
having Cooper Flag.

2780
02:12:24,479 --> 02:12:26,239
Speaker 3: Yeah, what makes you.

2781
02:12:26,239 --> 02:12:29,039
Speaker 11: Think that this street, Well, it makes you think that

2782
02:12:29,159 --> 02:12:31,039
this season's gonna be the or the you know, next

2783
02:12:31,079 --> 02:12:32,960
season is gonna be the season where the Wizards are

2784
02:12:33,000 --> 02:12:35,119
finally gonna matter in the NBA for the first time.

2785
02:12:35,159 --> 02:12:38,399
Speaker 2: Since John Wall's prime. John Wall and Bradley Beal and

2786
02:12:38,439 --> 02:12:40,479
the boys, like the first where you gonna go back

2787
02:12:40,520 --> 02:12:42,560
to like Elvin Hayes and the Washington Bullets in like

2788
02:12:42,680 --> 02:12:43,279
seventy eight.

2789
02:12:43,760 --> 02:12:45,439
Speaker 11: That was the last time they won a championship. Yeah,

2790
02:12:45,520 --> 02:12:48,800
so Chris Weber didn't do anything for him. No, Rod

2791
02:12:48,840 --> 02:12:51,840
Strickland didn't do anything for him. Who's the greatest Wizard

2792
02:12:51,920 --> 02:12:52,840
of the last thirty years?

2793
02:12:52,920 --> 02:12:53,439
Speaker 2: John Wall?

2794
02:12:54,880 --> 02:12:55,920
Speaker 3: Last thirty years?

2795
02:12:56,920 --> 02:13:00,920
Speaker 11: Probably? I mean it's a long list of a bunch

2796
02:13:00,960 --> 02:13:03,520
of brown padding losers.

2797
02:13:05,199 --> 02:13:09,439
Speaker 2: Bradley Beal, john Wall won two? Does that sound very inspiring?

2798
02:13:09,680 --> 02:13:10,039
Was three?

2799
02:13:11,760 --> 02:13:13,880
Speaker 3: I'm being I couldn't even tell you.

2800
02:13:16,119 --> 02:13:19,960
Speaker 2: The Wizards are. They're the NBA Siberia. They're a wasteland.

2801
02:13:20,159 --> 02:13:23,279
Who is the most It's got to be the Wizards, right,

2802
02:13:24,039 --> 02:13:26,319
like as far as Utah Jazz have been up there

2803
02:13:26,399 --> 02:13:29,960
the last twenty years, like nondescript, zero pop or fun.

2804
02:13:30,399 --> 02:13:35,520
Speaker 11: Wizards are They're in a major city. Yeah, but you

2805
02:13:35,560 --> 02:13:37,800
don't look at DC is its own kings.

2806
02:13:38,840 --> 02:13:39,000
Speaker 1: Yeah.

2807
02:13:39,039 --> 02:13:42,800
Speaker 11: But the last thirty years, that includes the early when

2808
02:13:42,800 --> 02:13:47,319
they were robbed of a championship by Sat Donahy and

2809
02:13:47,399 --> 02:13:50,760
ironically they they actually employed Chris Webber too.

2810
02:13:51,159 --> 02:13:51,760
Speaker 2: That's the weird thing.

2811
02:13:51,880 --> 02:13:56,039
Speaker 11: Chris Weber went to the Wizards, had Juwan Howard with him,

2812
02:13:57,399 --> 02:14:00,399
and they just nothing ever clicked for that squad.

2813
02:14:00,840 --> 02:14:03,199
Speaker 2: That was the nineties, though it was like the mid nineties.

2814
02:14:03,720 --> 02:14:06,039
It was a different time. It was well, now they've

2815
02:14:06,079 --> 02:14:08,359
got Trey Young and Anthony Davis, so everything's gonna be okay.

2816
02:14:08,880 --> 02:14:11,039
Speaker 11: And by the way, I saw a report just walking

2817
02:14:11,159 --> 02:14:14,920
into the building that kind of jives with what did

2818
02:14:14,960 --> 02:14:17,439
I tell you? At the galeon Friday night, I go

2819
02:14:17,560 --> 02:14:19,279
up to rafel Stone and I said, all right, you're

2820
02:14:19,279 --> 02:14:19,920
ready for next week?

2821
02:14:20,000 --> 02:14:20,159
Speaker 3: Y'all?

2822
02:14:20,239 --> 02:14:22,319
Speaker 11: Rest it up as joking with him. It was totally

2823
02:14:22,399 --> 02:14:25,039
not a serious formal conversation. In fact, I never like.

2824
02:14:25,199 --> 02:14:28,079
I was walking by him and basically saying this as

2825
02:14:28,199 --> 02:14:31,600
I kept walking, and He's like, I hope everybody's ready

2826
02:14:31,600 --> 02:14:32,439
because I'm not doing anything.

2827
02:14:32,600 --> 02:14:32,760
Speaker 3: Yeah.

2828
02:14:32,840 --> 02:14:35,000
Speaker 11: Now he was like laughing as he said it. Yeah,

2829
02:14:35,159 --> 02:14:36,800
but that's what I read on the way in. They're

2830
02:14:36,800 --> 02:14:38,439
looking more and more like they're going to stand pat.

2831
02:14:38,640 --> 02:14:40,600
Speaker 2: I feel like there could be a small move to

2832
02:14:40,680 --> 02:14:44,600
make some salary wiggle room, like Jeff Green or Jay Shantape.

2833
02:14:44,680 --> 02:14:48,800
Speaker 11: This person specifically said nothing, including Kobe White, which we've

2834
02:14:48,840 --> 02:14:50,119
heard his name tied to him.

2835
02:14:50,359 --> 02:14:52,399
Speaker 2: Nothing is gonna happen. I think a salary dump so

2836
02:14:52,479 --> 02:14:55,000
that you can add somebody in the market in the Uh, that's.

2837
02:14:54,840 --> 02:14:56,319
Speaker 11: What you're gonna say. What did you think about the

2838
02:14:56,520 --> 02:14:59,399
Andre Drummond rumors? I know he wouldn't be playing a

2839
02:14:59,479 --> 02:15:02,760
ton of minutes, but he's been knocking down threes right.

2840
02:15:03,560 --> 02:15:05,359
Uh yeah, I guess.

2841
02:15:05,800 --> 02:15:08,439
Speaker 2: Three point sniper Andre Drummond. Yeah, when did you think

2842
02:15:08,439 --> 02:15:10,800
you would ever say that? I just know that that

2843
02:15:10,880 --> 02:15:12,920
would be the thirty seven percent from three?

2844
02:15:13,359 --> 02:15:15,760
Speaker 3: Why is he taking them? It's only one point three.

2845
02:15:16,000 --> 02:15:17,760
Speaker 2: He needs to be down underneath the basket getting those

2846
02:15:17,760 --> 02:15:18,560
offensive rebounds.

2847
02:15:18,600 --> 02:15:20,119
Speaker 3: Like Steven. It couldn't be worse than him.

2848
02:15:20,119 --> 02:15:24,439
Speaker 2: Men Thompson at three soty seven percent is not that bad.

2849
02:15:24,520 --> 02:15:27,039
Speaker 11: Like if men Thompson like even had a twenty five

2850
02:15:27,119 --> 02:15:28,239
percent better jump shot.

2851
02:15:28,319 --> 02:15:32,119
Speaker 2: Second, Andre Drummonds only thirty two. See, I would have

2852
02:15:32,159 --> 02:15:34,920
thought he was like forty that's what see. Okay, are

2853
02:15:34,960 --> 02:15:37,600
you with me that when the Lakes in twenty thirteen,

2854
02:15:37,960 --> 02:15:40,239
when the Rockets got Steven Adams, did you not think

2855
02:15:40,279 --> 02:15:41,680
he was way older than he was? I thought he

2856
02:15:41,720 --> 02:15:43,319
was a little bit older, like I thought he's been

2857
02:15:43,399 --> 02:15:44,119
thirty young?

2858
02:15:44,239 --> 02:15:45,119
Speaker 3: Yeah? Was he thirty two?

2859
02:15:45,199 --> 02:15:45,880
Speaker 2: Thirty three as well?

2860
02:15:45,920 --> 02:15:48,359
Speaker 11: He's gonna turn thirty two. Yeah, he's not even thirty

2861
02:15:48,359 --> 02:15:50,039
two yet. I don't believe he's He was from the

2862
02:15:50,279 --> 02:15:52,439
the James Harden pick right next time he plays with

2863
02:15:52,520 --> 02:15:54,520
the Rockets, he'll be thirty two. James Harden to the

2864
02:15:54,600 --> 02:15:55,840
Rockets pick with Steven Adams.

2865
02:15:56,319 --> 02:15:56,399
Speaker 6: HM.

2866
02:15:57,079 --> 02:16:00,479
Speaker 11: Wasn't serge ibaka because that was James Harden's money, Yes

2867
02:16:00,600 --> 02:16:00,920
it was.

2868
02:16:01,680 --> 02:16:02,920
Speaker 3: But yeah, did you know I was.

2869
02:16:02,920 --> 02:16:04,760
Speaker 2: Talking about this earlier in the show. Three of the

2870
02:16:04,840 --> 02:16:08,760
top fifteen scores all time right now, Kevin Durant, James Harden,

2871
02:16:08,760 --> 02:16:09,560
and Russell Westbrook.

2872
02:16:10,960 --> 02:16:14,600
Speaker 11: Russell Westbrook's a top fifteen seven all time and fifteen

2873
02:16:14,840 --> 02:16:17,279
hours he can't shoot on the same team.

2874
02:16:18,520 --> 02:16:19,159
Speaker 2: Are you serious?

2875
02:16:19,239 --> 02:16:19,520
Speaker 1: Right now?

2876
02:16:20,239 --> 02:16:25,119
Speaker 11: Russell Westbrook is top fifteen all time? Ever, h how

2877
02:16:25,199 --> 02:16:28,199
many is he ahead of a Keem? That's gonna make

2878
02:16:28,279 --> 02:16:31,079
me sad? He's two points behind him. I think, oh

2879
02:16:31,199 --> 02:16:35,280
my gosh, Dad looking, I think he's literally he needs

2880
02:16:35,360 --> 02:16:37,600
like two points to pass a Keen and no pedro.

2881
02:16:37,760 --> 02:16:40,319
There is no reference to Boogie Knights yet. Just wait,

2882
02:16:40,399 --> 02:16:41,040
I just got here.

2883
02:16:42,799 --> 02:16:46,639
Speaker 2: Uh yeah, twenty and forty four needs two points to

2884
02:16:46,680 --> 02:16:49,360
pass a Keen. He's gonna kind of sellaves. We got

2885
02:16:49,440 --> 02:16:52,159
to injure him, hit him with a crowbar and the knee,

2886
02:16:52,280 --> 02:16:55,399
whatever it takes. Where's Jeff Galuley and that guy Sean Eckhart. Well,

2887
02:16:55,520 --> 02:16:58,239
I don't take out him like they did Nanswyer carry prison. Well,

2888
02:16:58,319 --> 02:17:00,200
probably out of prison, but maybe back in for I'm

2889
02:17:00,200 --> 02:17:03,000
sort of I think Pard's dead. He was very unhealthy.

2890
02:17:03,120 --> 02:17:06,959
Kevin Durant's sixth all time scoring, James Harden ninth, Russell

2891
02:17:06,959 --> 02:17:09,319
westbrook fifteenth. They were all three on the same team

2892
02:17:09,399 --> 02:17:11,719
and didn't win a championship. He went to one finals.

2893
02:17:11,840 --> 02:17:13,920
Speaker 11: I have way more of a problem with him about

2894
02:17:13,959 --> 02:17:17,719
to pass Hakeem. That's just blasphemous. He can't even shoot.

2895
02:17:17,799 --> 02:17:22,000
It's a different league. It sucks space and pace. Yeah right, well,

2896
02:17:22,079 --> 02:17:23,840
I'm not happy you want to go points per possession.

2897
02:17:23,879 --> 02:17:24,760
I'm sure Keem's got it.

2898
02:17:25,840 --> 02:17:26,399
Speaker 3: Let's go with that.

2899
02:17:27,680 --> 02:17:31,479
Speaker 2: I mean, Hakeem's MVP was legit at least that's what

2900
02:17:31,559 --> 02:17:33,559
was Russell Westbrooks and when he was voting and when

2901
02:17:33,600 --> 02:17:35,079
he was is the sixth seed with his team, he

2902
02:17:35,120 --> 02:17:38,239
won a championship, didn't get beaten by the guy that

2903
02:17:38,280 --> 02:17:40,200
should have won the MVP that year, James Harden. The

2904
02:17:40,280 --> 02:17:42,159
nay sayers would say, oh, Hakeem only won it because

2905
02:17:42,200 --> 02:17:42,879
Jordan didn't play.

2906
02:17:43,239 --> 02:17:45,479
Speaker 11: Yeah, I move those goalposts. You're the same people that

2907
02:17:45,559 --> 02:17:49,760
call Lebron the goat. You morons, You morons. Well, he

2908
02:17:49,879 --> 02:17:52,719
is the goat scorer nobody's ever catched. Okay, I want

2909
02:17:52,719 --> 02:17:55,399
to say nobody's ever catching him, but nobody's ever catching him.

2910
02:17:56,200 --> 02:17:57,799
I can't wait until he bows out of the All

2911
02:17:57,840 --> 02:18:00,520
Star Game at the last second, going to yeah, so

2912
02:18:00,520 --> 02:18:02,639
what we did last year. He's a terrible person.

2913
02:18:02,920 --> 02:18:03,959
Speaker 3: Okay, he is a.

2914
02:18:04,000 --> 02:18:07,000
Speaker 2: Terrible Hervey has been in let's see, remember that time

2915
02:18:07,040 --> 02:18:10,040
that he was in jail for embezzling money and then

2916
02:18:11,559 --> 02:18:15,399
domestic violence and the other What a terrible person. You'll

2917
02:18:15,399 --> 02:18:18,040
wait on. James has been careful what he's made, some

2918
02:18:18,120 --> 02:18:19,920
political statements, and he likes to drink wine.

2919
02:18:20,159 --> 02:18:20,959
Speaker 3: Not a horrible guy.

2920
02:18:21,040 --> 02:18:23,079
Speaker 11: I think it's gonna get He's the worst I think

2921
02:18:23,159 --> 02:18:24,600
you'll see. I think you're a whiner.

2922
02:18:24,760 --> 02:18:27,440
Speaker 2: All right, we're gonna take quick break here Thomas Show

2923
02:18:27,639 --> 02:18:32,719
with Ross with Adam Clinton. I'm already getting tweets about

2924
02:18:32,760 --> 02:18:35,559
OJ and Boogie Knights, so we you go read that

2925
02:18:35,760 --> 02:18:37,959
wait till we come back. We know Adam Clinton is

2926
02:18:38,040 --> 02:18:40,159
already in the building when those are happening, So we'll

2927
02:18:40,159 --> 02:18:43,760
take quick break here on the Matt Thomas Show with Ross. Adam,

2928
02:18:43,799 --> 02:18:45,959
thank you for hanging out here with us until two o'clock,

2929
02:18:46,040 --> 02:18:47,799
especially now because I'm losing my voice because I have

2930
02:18:47,840 --> 02:18:49,280
a cold and I got to do a pre and post.

2931
02:18:49,319 --> 02:18:51,920
But that's fine. No rest for the weary, easiest job

2932
02:18:51,959 --> 02:18:53,559
in the world. Take quick break here on the Matt

2933
02:18:53,600 --> 02:19:06,239
Tooma Show with Ross. With you until two o'clock one

2934
02:19:06,959 --> 02:19:07,479
of the PM.

2935
02:19:07,559 --> 02:19:09,040
Speaker 3: Here on Sports Talk seven.

2936
02:19:08,920 --> 02:19:12,399
Speaker 2: Hinety Rosber, Yeah with you, Adam Clinton, with you, Matt

2937
02:19:12,440 --> 02:19:15,799
Thomas's nut with us? Well, Okay, he didn't die, that's

2938
02:19:15,799 --> 02:19:20,239
sounded dark. Geez, He's just not here. You'll be back tomorrow. Okay,

2939
02:19:20,520 --> 02:19:23,719
come ten am, All the Bad Tub Show with Ross

2940
02:19:23,760 --> 02:19:27,239
here on Sports Talk seven at who's calling the game tonight, Matt?

2941
02:19:28,440 --> 02:19:31,040
So the signing day doesn't last all night. So he's

2942
02:19:31,120 --> 02:19:32,280
flying back as we speak.

2943
02:19:32,399 --> 02:19:34,159
Speaker 3: No, he's not flying anywhere. He was at an humble

2944
02:19:34,200 --> 02:19:35,200
as d signing day.

2945
02:19:35,559 --> 02:19:38,479
Speaker 11: Oh, I see for some reason I thought he went

2946
02:19:38,559 --> 02:19:40,120
to Rhode Island. I don't know why I had that

2947
02:19:40,200 --> 02:19:42,799
in my head. Oh, that'd be interesting. I don't know

2948
02:19:42,840 --> 02:19:45,239
why I thought that he's calling the game via zoom

2949
02:19:45,520 --> 02:19:47,479
like I thought it was some sort of campus visit

2950
02:19:47,840 --> 02:19:48,639
slash commit.

2951
02:19:49,040 --> 02:19:53,120
Speaker 2: No, no, no, it's umble as D National Signing Day

2952
02:19:53,639 --> 02:19:55,479
letter of INTEND. Everybody's signing. I don't know how many

2953
02:19:55,520 --> 02:19:57,760
people are signing. You should get out of there after

2954
02:19:57,799 --> 02:20:01,959
your daughter signs, right and go home. Yeah, National sign

2955
02:20:02,000 --> 02:20:03,399
I forgot that it was the beginning of February.

2956
02:20:03,520 --> 02:20:06,520
Speaker 11: So back when I worked at Channel two five lifetimes ago, yes,

2957
02:20:06,680 --> 02:20:09,079
this was a big deal. Like we would it would

2958
02:20:09,120 --> 02:20:12,200
be the most exhausting day on the calendar for like

2959
02:20:12,360 --> 02:20:15,399
months because we would be going so like the HID

2960
02:20:15,719 --> 02:20:18,120
signing Day was always held at that place over on

2961
02:20:18,159 --> 02:20:21,079
the northwest side, not far from where we're sitting, del

2962
02:20:21,120 --> 02:20:24,159
Marfield House, and they renovated it. All the kids would

2963
02:20:24,200 --> 02:20:27,520
in HISD would meet there to commit in one place.

2964
02:20:28,000 --> 02:20:30,760
So it was good for media because you could interview

2965
02:20:30,840 --> 02:20:33,840
all the kids right there. But you were driving, like

2966
02:20:33,920 --> 02:20:37,959
if there was a five star recruit in I don't know, Paarland.

2967
02:20:38,280 --> 02:20:39,920
We were going from Pariland. It was just you were

2968
02:20:39,959 --> 02:20:41,559
on the road all day long interviewing a bunch of

2969
02:20:41,600 --> 02:20:43,799
high school kids that her dreams were coming true. It

2970
02:20:43,879 --> 02:20:46,639
was cool, but it was exhausting for us. That sounds exhausting.

2971
02:20:47,000 --> 02:20:49,479
That's fine, it's fine. I'm not looking for saying. And

2972
02:20:49,520 --> 02:20:51,360
now now you just come in here and talk sports.

2973
02:20:51,399 --> 02:20:51,479
Speaker 6: Now.

2974
02:20:51,559 --> 02:20:53,360
Speaker 2: I don't work at all, not even a little.

2975
02:20:53,520 --> 02:20:53,840
Speaker 3: That's good.

2976
02:20:53,959 --> 02:20:55,719
Speaker 11: We're probably it's not a job. I'm doing a great job.

2977
02:20:56,559 --> 02:20:59,040
I said, it's not a real job. Either's we know

2978
02:20:59,120 --> 02:21:01,959
we haven't want to Rockets Radio Nework tonight. I am okay,

2979
02:21:02,040 --> 02:21:05,280
that's nice. I'm not going to the arena because I'm sick.

2980
02:21:05,280 --> 02:21:05,959
I'm not feeling well.

2981
02:21:06,159 --> 02:21:10,280
Speaker 2: So because Matt's already out, what else am I gonna do?

2982
02:21:10,360 --> 02:21:10,399
Speaker 4: What?

2983
02:21:11,000 --> 02:21:13,520
Speaker 2: Okay, let's let's say I call Chris Gordy at eight

2984
02:21:13,559 --> 02:21:17,120
am and I say, I can't boys handle the show. Yeah,

2985
02:21:17,719 --> 02:21:20,520
I love it. I love listen to that capitalist in there.

2986
02:21:21,040 --> 02:21:23,040
You pay me what I'm worth if you want the

2987
02:21:23,159 --> 02:21:23,719
work done.

2988
02:21:25,120 --> 02:21:28,120
Speaker 11: What would happen? Oh, I don't call it coward For

2989
02:21:28,200 --> 02:21:33,920
three hours you'd have Chris Gordy hosting. Wow, that was

2990
02:21:34,000 --> 02:21:35,680
kind of mean. No, I wouldn't want to wish that

2991
02:21:35,760 --> 02:21:37,479
on anybody. I don't want to do four hours solo.

2992
02:21:38,280 --> 02:21:41,639
It's not easy unless you're like Jim Roman. You just

2993
02:21:41,760 --> 02:21:46,200
repeat yourself. That's true, one hour over, over and over. Well,

2994
02:21:46,280 --> 02:21:47,719
and to fill time, you just give the one eight

2995
02:21:47,799 --> 02:21:50,959
hundred number. Yes, So that's what you would do, all right,

2996
02:21:51,000 --> 02:21:52,440
So we got Jim rom Holme. We need to make

2997
02:21:52,479 --> 02:21:54,959
a bingo card for when you come in here. Well,

2998
02:21:55,000 --> 02:21:58,040
I think he's already tweeting about Ojy. Now, Jonathan, you

2999
02:21:58,120 --> 02:22:00,239
said you watched the YouTube and you were you thought O. J.

3000
02:22:00,360 --> 02:22:02,239
Simpson's son did it, right, I'll just tell you the

3001
02:22:02,319 --> 02:22:04,159
theory that it's been in my head since I watched that.

3002
02:22:04,559 --> 02:22:05,879
It was like a two hour theory.

3003
02:22:06,079 --> 02:22:06,319
Speaker 3: Okay.

3004
02:22:06,360 --> 02:22:08,239
Speaker 2: Do you know that one of the pre eminent experts

3005
02:22:08,360 --> 02:22:11,200
on the case literally in America is Adam Clinton.

3006
02:22:11,280 --> 02:22:13,280
Speaker 3: He is obsessed with the O. J. Simpson case.

3007
02:22:13,399 --> 02:22:13,600
Speaker 6: I know.

3008
02:22:13,680 --> 02:22:14,920
Speaker 2: That's why I brought it up.

3009
02:22:14,959 --> 02:22:15,639
Speaker 3: I was Adam Clinton.

3010
02:22:15,680 --> 02:22:19,520
Speaker 2: Adam Clinton who killed Ron Goldman and Nicole Brown Simpson

3011
02:22:20,000 --> 02:22:21,280
orienthal James Simpson.

3012
02:22:21,440 --> 02:22:24,559
Speaker 3: Okay, may he rest wherever it is.

3013
02:22:24,760 --> 02:22:26,520
Speaker 2: And then he well, he was like Jonathan was also

3014
02:22:26,600 --> 02:22:29,079
buying into the YouTube that you will didn't score one hundred,

3015
02:22:29,760 --> 02:22:31,680
but then we found the radio call and now he's back.

3016
02:22:31,719 --> 02:22:33,200
You're back on the side of truth, right, Well, he

3017
02:22:33,280 --> 02:22:35,280
scored over one hundred, it just wasn't on the court. Well,

3018
02:22:35,360 --> 02:22:38,479
we're talking about on the court too, Okay, he was

3019
02:22:38,600 --> 02:22:40,440
quite the you're still skeptical.

3020
02:22:41,719 --> 02:22:43,879
Speaker 3: I'm just I'm on the fence now.

3021
02:22:43,959 --> 02:22:48,280
Speaker 2: The radio call was made up. The thousands of eyewitnesses

3022
02:22:48,360 --> 02:22:48,760
made out.

3023
02:22:49,639 --> 02:22:52,840
Speaker 3: You never know, Hey, I you know, it's like in

3024
02:22:52,920 --> 02:22:54,159
the National Archives.

3025
02:22:54,239 --> 02:22:56,479
Speaker 10: I if I could see Jackie Robinson hitting the home

3026
02:22:56,520 --> 02:22:58,159
run and I just okay, well, he didn't do it.

3027
02:22:58,920 --> 02:22:59,479
Speaker 3: I'm just saying.

3028
02:23:00,159 --> 02:23:02,680
Speaker 2: I'm just saying, well, there's not video of him playing

3029
02:23:02,719 --> 02:23:05,399
with I don't know, the Kansas City Monarchs or whatever.

3030
02:23:05,600 --> 02:23:09,399
I was the conspiracy guy to quit. Did you read

3031
02:23:09,479 --> 02:23:11,280
the tweet about oj ed.

3032
02:23:12,879 --> 02:23:13,159
Speaker 3: Ross?

3033
02:23:13,239 --> 02:23:16,040
Speaker 2: You should tell Clanton about Jonathan's oj conspiracy theory from

3034
02:23:16,120 --> 02:23:17,760
last week that he doesn't think o Ja committed the

3035
02:23:17,799 --> 02:23:19,639
murders based on a YouTube video he saw.

3036
02:23:19,799 --> 02:23:21,520
Speaker 3: So basically, don't let you guys talk about that.

3037
02:23:22,040 --> 02:23:24,559
Speaker 11: Well, I mean, is this an old YouTube video or

3038
02:23:24,600 --> 02:23:26,920
relatively new I've heard the theory before that the sun

3039
02:23:27,040 --> 02:23:28,280
got Okay.

3040
02:23:28,440 --> 02:23:29,600
Speaker 3: That's the theory I was.

3041
02:23:30,239 --> 02:23:32,559
Speaker 10: I went a whole week just listening to his videos

3042
02:23:32,600 --> 02:23:34,760
and it was saying like how he was there and

3043
02:23:35,079 --> 02:23:36,799
helped his son do it because uh.

3044
02:23:37,440 --> 02:23:40,040
Speaker 2: I was like a father son bonding experience.

3045
02:23:40,200 --> 02:23:42,399
Speaker 11: How do you explain It's just say, for the sake

3046
02:23:42,440 --> 02:23:44,680
of argument, you wanted to go with that theory. And

3047
02:23:45,079 --> 02:23:48,319
I'm curious if the YouTube video explained this. How do

3048
02:23:48,360 --> 02:23:53,559
you explain three strands of DNA for three different type

3049
02:23:53,559 --> 02:23:56,440
of people, Ron, Nicole and Oj. And that's the only

3050
02:23:56,479 --> 02:23:59,079
blood they found on the scene. I just don't know

3051
02:23:59,159 --> 02:24:00,879
how any like it would be Jason.

3052
02:24:02,920 --> 02:24:06,440
Speaker 10: That's That's the only thing that's in the main hole

3053
02:24:06,520 --> 02:24:10,479
in it is because there's so much corrupted evidence, we

3054
02:24:10,559 --> 02:24:13,360
don't know what was actually there and Oja it was.

3055
02:24:13,719 --> 02:24:15,280
If OJ was there, he could have cleaned it up

3056
02:24:15,319 --> 02:24:17,520
or whatever the case we eat that's the only speculation

3057
02:24:17,639 --> 02:24:19,159
the whole We don't tell you what happened.

3058
02:24:19,280 --> 02:24:21,559
Speaker 11: The reason that case went the way it did is

3059
02:24:21,680 --> 02:24:24,000
like ninety five percent because of the incompetence of the

3060
02:24:24,159 --> 02:24:26,319
LAPD in a million different ways.

3061
02:24:26,360 --> 02:24:29,639
Speaker 2: They say that, even like in in classes today when

3062
02:24:29,639 --> 02:24:31,840
they teach forensic science, here's what not to do. Here's

3063
02:24:31,879 --> 02:24:33,559
what not to do, because this is what happened in

3064
02:24:33,559 --> 02:24:34,559
the OJ, the guy.

3065
02:24:34,479 --> 02:24:39,040
Speaker 11: The Dennis fun guy collecting the DNA, the Mark Furment tape's.

3066
02:24:39,120 --> 02:24:40,360
Speaker 2: Covering up with a sheet.

3067
02:24:40,799 --> 02:24:41,719
Speaker 3: Yeah, all of that him.

3068
02:24:42,120 --> 02:24:44,159
Speaker 11: Well, you know, we didn't want anybody to Yeah, but

3069
02:24:44,239 --> 02:24:48,120
that's what like, come on, man, but DNA was super

3070
02:24:48,200 --> 02:24:52,079
super new during that time. But still having said all that,

3071
02:24:52,200 --> 02:24:54,680
the amount of evidence even if you want to but

3072
02:24:54,760 --> 02:24:55,959
all it takes is reasonable doubt.

3073
02:24:55,959 --> 02:24:57,840
Speaker 2: And that's what that that team did.

3074
02:24:57,959 --> 02:24:59,719
Speaker 3: I guess you could have some reasonable doubt.

3075
02:25:00,079 --> 02:25:02,200
Speaker 10: Gonna ask my grandpa because he was a firefighter over

3076
02:25:02,239 --> 02:25:04,879
the LAX for thirty years, So I got to ask

3077
02:25:05,000 --> 02:25:07,440
him what he thinks about him, like why what went down?

3078
02:25:07,440 --> 02:25:08,719
Speaker 3: Because he I know he you knows a lot of

3079
02:25:08,760 --> 02:25:09,280
police officers.

3080
02:25:09,799 --> 02:25:13,399
Speaker 11: I do think that OJ dropped the murder weapon at

3081
02:25:13,479 --> 02:25:16,000
any trash bin at LAX when he flew out to

3082
02:25:16,079 --> 02:25:16,959
Chicago that night.

3083
02:25:17,040 --> 02:25:18,040
Speaker 2: I do think that happened.

3084
02:25:18,200 --> 02:25:20,159
Speaker 11: I think that's why they've never recovered the murder weapon

3085
02:25:21,479 --> 02:25:25,479
and the Louis Vuitton bag that that Kim Kardashian's dad had.

3086
02:25:26,360 --> 02:25:27,799
You know what happened with that bag?

3087
02:25:28,120 --> 02:25:31,319
Speaker 3: Well? He so Robert Kardashian shook it and then you

3088
02:25:31,399 --> 02:25:33,079
never saw it again? How did you let this happen?

3089
02:25:33,159 --> 02:25:33,280
Speaker 1: Right?

3090
02:25:33,319 --> 02:25:35,520
Speaker 3: I didn't do it, your listeners, did I know?

3091
02:25:35,680 --> 02:25:35,799
Speaker 2: Well?

3092
02:25:35,879 --> 02:25:38,879
Speaker 10: Like the thing is, if he left, what was the

3093
02:25:38,920 --> 02:25:41,000
point of him leaving? Knowing his DNX all over? The

3094
02:25:41,040 --> 02:25:43,239
same Jonathan? If your heart, in your heart of hearts,

3095
02:25:43,239 --> 02:25:45,159
you gotta bet your You have a mortgage you gotta pay.

3096
02:25:45,479 --> 02:25:46,799
You got to bet your mortgage on.

3097
02:25:46,879 --> 02:25:47,319
Speaker 3: Who did it?

3098
02:25:48,479 --> 02:25:51,680
Speaker 2: Who do you think killed those two people? It ain't Jason.

3099
02:25:51,760 --> 02:25:53,639
Come on, you know you know.

3100
02:25:55,319 --> 02:25:57,520
Speaker 11: Your life depends on it. There's a gun to your head.

3101
02:25:58,680 --> 02:26:00,360
And the only way you keep that bull it from

3102
02:26:00,399 --> 02:26:02,760
going off is is if you give the right answer.

3103
02:26:03,840 --> 02:26:06,920
Speaker 3: Yeah, it's good plan, that's I mean, when you put

3104
02:26:06,920 --> 02:26:07,360
it in those.

3105
02:26:07,319 --> 02:26:10,239
Speaker 11: Terms, it's pretty easy, Like I get it, reasonable doubt

3106
02:26:10,239 --> 02:26:12,319
and all that, and that's that's why he was acquitted.

3107
02:26:13,000 --> 02:26:16,760
Speaker 2: But come on, all right, time for a break here already,

3108
02:26:17,040 --> 02:26:19,879
we're gonna talk some astros in the next segment. No

3109
02:26:20,040 --> 02:26:20,719
Boogie Knights.

3110
02:26:20,760 --> 02:26:23,360
Speaker 11: You're gonna get Kato Kaelin on next segment, oj my

3111
02:26:23,440 --> 02:26:24,799
good personal friend, Kata.

3112
02:26:24,639 --> 02:26:28,319
Speaker 2: Park murder, none of that. In the next segment, What

3113
02:26:28,399 --> 02:26:30,840
about Boogie Knights. I just said, no boogie nights. I

3114
02:26:31,040 --> 02:26:33,120
literally five seconds. I just wanted to see if you okay,

3115
02:26:33,920 --> 02:26:36,079
get tripped? All right, We're gonna take a quick break here.

3116
02:26:36,879 --> 02:26:39,520
I'm sick, but I'm not that sick. We're gonna take

3117
02:26:39,520 --> 02:26:41,200
a break here on the bat Tooma Show with Ross

3118
02:26:41,200 --> 02:26:43,360
Adam Cleann's hanging out till two o'clock here on Sports

3119
02:26:43,399 --> 02:26:47,680
Talk seven ninety one thirty three in the PM. Here

3120
02:26:47,760 --> 02:26:52,120
on Sports Talk seven ninety Frosby Wiria with you for

3121
02:26:52,200 --> 02:26:55,920
a couple of more segments alongside Adam Klinn before handing

3122
02:26:55,959 --> 02:26:58,120
it off to he and this other guy named Adam.

3123
02:26:58,600 --> 02:27:02,159
They call themselves the eight. And then at six o'clock,

3124
02:27:02,159 --> 02:27:06,000
I'll be with you on the Rockets launch Pad, getting

3125
02:27:06,000 --> 02:27:09,479
you ready for the Rockets and the Boston Celtics coming

3126
02:27:09,559 --> 02:27:12,319
up here on seven ninety. Matt Thomas will be on

3127
02:27:12,399 --> 02:27:15,159
the call at seven o'clock. Even though he is not

3128
02:27:15,799 --> 02:27:18,440
on this show, that's fine. He'll also be on the

3129
02:27:18,520 --> 02:27:20,399
call tomorrow. Rockets on a back to back, ticking on

3130
02:27:20,440 --> 02:27:23,920
the Charlotte Hornets, who are on a seven game win streak.

3131
02:27:23,959 --> 02:27:25,600
They are catching the Celtics on a back to back.

3132
02:27:25,639 --> 02:27:28,280
They just played the Dallas Mavericks and beat them one

3133
02:27:28,360 --> 02:27:31,120
ten to one hundred yesterday. And then now the Dallas

3134
02:27:31,159 --> 02:27:35,120
Mavericks have traded Anthony also known as Shriek Clothes Davis

3135
02:27:35,280 --> 02:27:39,920
to the Washington Wizards, and that Luka doncich Hall is

3136
02:27:39,959 --> 02:27:41,719
looking pretty sad at this point.

3137
02:27:42,520 --> 02:27:45,040
Speaker 3: What an utter disaster that trade was for Dallas.

3138
02:27:45,200 --> 02:27:50,639
Speaker 11: But you know what, because the the NBA gifted them

3139
02:27:50,680 --> 02:27:54,520
the number one pick maybe under the table, we don't know,

3140
02:27:55,600 --> 02:27:55,920
I don't know.

3141
02:27:55,959 --> 02:27:59,760
Speaker 3: I will say probably not. They're in good shape all

3142
02:27:59,799 --> 02:28:00,000
the time.

3143
02:28:00,079 --> 02:28:04,520
Speaker 11: Sudden, I again, anybody's stupid enough to give you multiple first.

3144
02:28:04,440 --> 02:28:07,920
Speaker 2: Round picks for Anthony Davis. That's just there's nothing you

3145
02:28:07,920 --> 02:28:08,479
can do about that.

3146
02:28:08,760 --> 02:28:12,600
Speaker 11: If teams want to run their teams poorly, their organizations poorly,

3147
02:28:12,639 --> 02:28:14,760
and it benefits the team that did that very thing

3148
02:28:14,840 --> 02:28:17,479
by trading Luca to the Lakers, I don't know to

3149
02:28:17,520 --> 02:28:20,920
tell you, but you know what, at least see the

3150
02:28:21,040 --> 02:28:25,799
Lakers with Luca aren't gonna really be able to kind

3151
02:28:25,840 --> 02:28:28,360
of move forward with that era until they get out

3152
02:28:28,360 --> 02:28:29,399
from under that albatross.

3153
02:28:29,559 --> 02:28:34,520
Speaker 2: This year, Lebron's gotta go in this trade deadline, No no, no.

3154
02:28:34,559 --> 02:28:37,040
Speaker 11: I just mean after this season, Like it's pretty I

3155
02:28:37,079 --> 02:28:40,079
think it's you're hearing the rumblings, you're seeing it.

3156
02:28:40,079 --> 02:28:41,600
Speaker 3: They're gonna part ways. They did enough.

3157
02:28:41,959 --> 02:28:44,399
Speaker 2: I mean, yeah, they they wanted to do right by

3158
02:28:44,479 --> 02:28:45,879
him and all that, like they did with Kobe at

3159
02:28:45,879 --> 02:28:47,559
the end of his career. Give him pay over pay

3160
02:28:47,639 --> 02:28:48,600
them and all that stuff.

3161
02:28:49,200 --> 02:28:51,120
Speaker 11: But I believe some of the stuff that was out

3162
02:28:51,120 --> 02:28:54,239
there talking about Genie Buss, like the Lebron's not I'm

3163
02:28:54,280 --> 02:28:57,280
not saying Kobe was easy to deal with, but nobody's

3164
02:28:57,360 --> 02:29:00,639
gonna ever confuse Kobe with Lebron as far as mentality,

3165
02:29:00,719 --> 02:29:02,719
approaching the game on both ends all that. I mean,

3166
02:29:02,760 --> 02:29:04,680
the guy shot a free throw on a torn achilles.

3167
02:29:05,120 --> 02:29:07,440
Lebron's never doing that. They'll have a wheelchair out there

3168
02:29:07,479 --> 02:29:11,239
for him. Fanning han leaves hand feeding him grapes and saying,

3169
02:29:11,280 --> 02:29:13,520
are you okay, Like they're just not the same guy.

3170
02:29:13,639 --> 02:29:15,600
Speaker 2: Well, he's gotta have some kind of competitive drive. He's

3171
02:29:15,639 --> 02:29:19,559
playing in his twenty second year or whatever or something else.

3172
02:29:20,000 --> 02:29:24,639
What I'm just I don't think Lebron hater number one. Okay,

3173
02:29:24,719 --> 02:29:28,399
go ahead, absolutely, I've got plenty of ammunition to do so,

3174
02:29:29,200 --> 02:29:30,680
and so do a lot of other ten year old

3175
02:29:30,840 --> 02:29:33,319
call the chosen one as a high schooler, has never

3176
02:29:33,399 --> 02:29:37,000
been involved in any major scandal as arrested, has been

3177
02:29:37,159 --> 02:29:42,000
under a pressure cooker for twenty five years at this point.

3178
02:29:42,440 --> 02:29:44,639
And your biggest complaint is he said some off the

3179
02:29:45,159 --> 02:29:46,520
off base stuff about China.

3180
02:29:47,200 --> 02:29:49,360
Speaker 11: No, I didn't even say anything about the stuff about China.

3181
02:29:49,680 --> 02:29:52,879
The whole NBA is a hypocrite about China. I want

3182
02:29:52,920 --> 02:29:55,799
to get down, but they're not great. They're not our friends.

3183
02:29:56,760 --> 02:29:57,280
Speaker 2: Believe me.

3184
02:29:57,879 --> 02:30:01,520
Speaker 11: I uh yeah, that's is hardly by himself when it

3185
02:30:01,559 --> 02:30:05,159
comes to China. Okay, I just don't. I think the

3186
02:30:05,239 --> 02:30:08,159
guy's one of the biggest fakes ever in the history

3187
02:30:08,159 --> 02:30:12,319
of professional sports fakes. Ever, Everything about that guy's insincere

3188
02:30:12,440 --> 02:30:13,440
and non genuine and.

3189
02:30:14,920 --> 02:30:15,200
Speaker 3: Fine.

3190
02:30:15,520 --> 02:30:17,159
Speaker 2: Look, I'm not saying he's doing pretty good for me.

3191
02:30:17,680 --> 02:30:19,719
He has been in a fish bowl for twenty five years.

3192
02:30:20,360 --> 02:30:23,000
Speaker 11: So what wait, that's is that supposed to impress me

3193
02:30:23,040 --> 02:30:24,000
that he's a published figure.

3194
02:30:24,280 --> 02:30:26,000
Speaker 3: I'm just saying, no, no, that he's in a public

3195
02:30:26,079 --> 02:30:27,479
figure that since a teenager.

3196
02:30:27,639 --> 02:30:30,239
Speaker 2: No, like people sweat under pressure and the bright lights

3197
02:30:30,239 --> 02:30:33,280
and all that, I get, I did. I honestly the

3198
02:30:33,639 --> 02:30:35,079
ever rap the woman in Colorado.

3199
02:30:35,520 --> 02:30:38,959
Speaker 11: That's true. That's true. Hey, listen, this is why when

3200
02:30:39,000 --> 02:30:40,799
I see all these memes about Kobe and.

3201
02:30:40,840 --> 02:30:43,079
Speaker 2: He never got in a big gambling scandal and possibly

3202
02:30:43,120 --> 02:30:46,319
got his father murdered. He never quit at the height

3203
02:30:46,440 --> 02:30:49,200
of his powers. He never at the height of his

3204
02:30:49,319 --> 02:30:53,920
powers where I made three straight finals. I'm so tired.

3205
02:30:54,280 --> 02:30:57,719
I'm going to retire at the peak of my career. Way,

3206
02:30:58,319 --> 02:31:01,440
it's time to play baseball. I'm gonna be a Birmingham

3207
02:31:01,600 --> 02:31:04,440
baron because I can't handle being a pressure cooker and

3208
02:31:04,559 --> 02:31:06,399
being in a world star. He never did that. No

3209
02:31:06,479 --> 02:31:08,000
one ever might say.

3210
02:31:08,079 --> 02:31:10,479
Speaker 11: You never said he couldn't handle being a pressure cooker.

3211
02:31:10,920 --> 02:31:12,680
Look at look at the last dance.

3212
02:31:12,879 --> 02:31:13,680
Speaker 3: I was exhausted.

3213
02:31:13,879 --> 02:31:16,399
Speaker 11: Yeah, he had nothing so hard I had then wanted

3214
02:31:16,479 --> 02:31:19,360
to come back twice, three times for the Challenge, all

3215
02:31:19,520 --> 02:31:20,200
for the Challenge.

3216
02:31:20,280 --> 02:31:22,600
Speaker 2: He had nothing else to prove. He retired three times,

3217
02:31:22,719 --> 02:31:25,479
and then he won three more championships. Lebron James didn't

3218
02:31:25,479 --> 02:31:29,879
retire three times. So and he never paid off a

3219
02:31:29,920 --> 02:31:31,559
woman for rape. I mean, I'm just saying I think

3220
02:31:31,559 --> 02:31:33,120
he's doing pretty good. Well, Michael didn't do that. You

3221
02:31:33,200 --> 02:31:34,639
have to keep track of what you're talking about it.

3222
02:31:34,719 --> 02:31:36,559
He's saying, like, we're Doe again.

3223
02:31:37,799 --> 02:31:38,200
Speaker 3: Samples.

3224
02:31:38,319 --> 02:31:38,559
Speaker 2: Listen.

3225
02:31:39,239 --> 02:31:41,079
Speaker 11: This is why when all these old memes come out

3226
02:31:41,079 --> 02:31:43,959
about Kobe Bryant and oh it's January twenty sixth, we

3227
02:31:44,120 --> 02:31:45,399
remember him what a great father.

3228
02:31:45,760 --> 02:31:47,280
Speaker 2: I'm like, yeah, but he kind of raped that girl

3229
02:31:47,360 --> 02:31:49,159
in Colorado. You know, you just want to kind of

3230
02:31:49,200 --> 02:31:51,040
like sweep that under the rug. That's why I don't

3231
02:31:51,040 --> 02:31:52,479
share that stuff on social media.

3232
02:31:52,799 --> 02:31:55,760
Speaker 11: I do happen to think he probably you know, we

3233
02:31:55,879 --> 02:31:57,600
never know these people, right, We never know any of

3234
02:31:57,639 --> 02:31:59,479
these guys, and a lot of times you don't want to.

3235
02:31:59,680 --> 02:32:00,399
Speaker 2: You just think you do.

3236
02:32:02,799 --> 02:32:06,200
Speaker 11: I think at the end of Kobe's life as a

3237
02:32:06,600 --> 02:32:09,239
man and you know, learning from mistakes and all that

3238
02:32:09,360 --> 02:32:12,319
kind of stuff and doing good like doing good things

3239
02:32:12,559 --> 02:32:15,559
for the people around him in the game of basketball

3240
02:32:15,639 --> 02:32:18,520
and particularly girls basketball. And I don't know if his

3241
02:32:18,639 --> 02:32:20,120
motivations were having to do with that.

3242
02:32:20,559 --> 02:32:20,920
Speaker 2: I don't know.

3243
02:32:21,280 --> 02:32:24,040
Speaker 11: I don't know either, but I do think that he

3244
02:32:24,319 --> 02:32:27,840
was in a better place mentally in his standing in

3245
02:32:27,959 --> 02:32:30,239
society than he definitely was in two thousand and three

3246
02:32:30,280 --> 02:32:31,920
when all that was going down. He was throwing shack

3247
02:32:32,000 --> 02:32:34,399
under the bus on top of it. Remember that the

3248
02:32:34,440 --> 02:32:36,600
cops are interviewing him, and he's like ritting out Shack

3249
02:32:36,719 --> 02:32:37,680
for cheating on his wife.

3250
02:32:37,719 --> 02:32:40,399
Speaker 3: And it was like, you're in enough trouble and he

3251
02:32:40,479 --> 02:32:41,159
already hated you.

3252
02:32:41,360 --> 02:32:42,920
Speaker 2: This is probably not going to help the Simmer heard

3253
02:32:42,959 --> 02:32:46,639
about Lebron James snitching on his teammates. Just because you

3254
02:32:46,680 --> 02:32:49,399
haven't heard about Lebron doing anything doesn't mean he's like

3255
02:32:49,479 --> 02:32:51,600
a Sam. But we also, I'm not saying he's the same.

3256
02:32:51,680 --> 02:32:53,440
You are putting a halo on I did not put

3257
02:32:53,479 --> 02:32:57,760
a halo on him. You're comparing drop him up, who's

3258
02:32:57,840 --> 02:32:58,959
been in a fish bowl?

3259
02:32:59,040 --> 02:33:02,239
Speaker 11: Like I said final time, Michael Jordan's biggest a hole

3260
02:33:02,319 --> 02:33:04,719
ever in professional sports by all accounts.

3261
02:33:05,159 --> 02:33:07,959
Speaker 3: I never said he was the nicest guy. I didn't either.

3262
02:33:08,040 --> 02:33:10,360
Speaker 11: But I'm telling you right now, if you're gonna give

3263
02:33:10,360 --> 02:33:12,600
me a choice between those two, who I want to

3264
02:33:12,600 --> 02:33:15,319
go to war with in an NBA game, Okay, it's

3265
02:33:15,360 --> 02:33:18,600
not Lebron's cool. Nobody's afraid of Lebron like they were.

3266
02:33:18,959 --> 02:33:22,319
He's afraid of Lebron or Lebron. No, nobody's afraid of Lebron.

3267
02:33:22,559 --> 02:33:24,600
Nobody's like, ah, man, I gotta go up against Lebron

3268
02:33:24,639 --> 02:33:25,719
and nobody does not us.

3269
02:33:25,799 --> 02:33:27,120
Speaker 2: Are you serious right now?

3270
02:33:27,120 --> 02:33:29,479
Speaker 11: Absolutely not the way they do about Michael where he

3271
02:33:29,559 --> 02:33:31,200
has some like sort of aura where it's like he

3272
02:33:31,239 --> 02:33:32,879
hadn't even hit the floor yet and they're afraid.

3273
02:33:33,040 --> 02:33:36,440
Speaker 2: The seventy three and nine Golden State Warriors thought Lebron

3274
02:33:36,559 --> 02:33:39,719
wasn't very good or intimidating or had a free one

3275
02:33:39,799 --> 02:33:40,280
lead on him.

3276
02:33:40,280 --> 02:33:41,719
Speaker 3: I mean, yeah, and then what happened?

3277
02:33:43,639 --> 02:33:47,440
Speaker 2: Nobody's I you're gonna tell me there's not an NBA

3278
02:33:47,559 --> 02:33:50,600
Kyrie Irving happened. There's not an NBA coach or player

3279
02:33:50,680 --> 02:33:51,799
that thinks that is that.

3280
02:33:52,319 --> 02:33:52,959
Speaker 3: Let me ask you this.

3281
02:33:53,040 --> 02:33:55,159
Speaker 11: He's a little scared of going on personally. You're you're

3282
02:33:55,159 --> 02:34:00,360
an NBA observer, You're not casual. Okay, anytime the Rocket No,

3283
02:34:00,479 --> 02:34:03,479
I'm not. Anytime the Rockets have played Lebron on any

3284
02:34:03,559 --> 02:34:06,159
of his teams over the years, You've never once been like, oh,

3285
02:34:06,239 --> 02:34:08,399
this is gonna be like you didn't they always like

3286
02:34:08,440 --> 02:34:10,239
when they were talented. I'm not talking about the years

3287
02:34:10,239 --> 02:34:14,280
where they were just crap. I mean James Harden handled

3288
02:34:14,360 --> 02:34:17,399
him that year. It was a foregone conclusion that twenty

3289
02:34:17,440 --> 02:34:19,920
eighteen was the de facto NBA championship in the Western

3290
02:34:19,959 --> 02:34:20,760
Conference finals.

3291
02:34:21,159 --> 02:34:22,879
Speaker 2: But Lebron was at the peak of his powers.

3292
02:34:22,959 --> 02:34:25,959
Speaker 11: Why is that because the Rockets and the Warriors were

3293
02:34:26,000 --> 02:34:28,000
gonna kick his ass up and down the floor in

3294
02:34:28,040 --> 02:34:28,399
the final.

3295
02:34:28,479 --> 02:34:30,840
Speaker 2: Yes they were, because they were they were better teams.

3296
02:34:31,040 --> 02:34:33,879
Speaker 11: You would have never said that about Michael ever, Michael,

3297
02:34:33,920 --> 02:34:35,719
what do you mean, Well, you're trying to talk about

3298
02:34:35,920 --> 02:34:38,600
like the Wizards or early in his bulls career when

3299
02:34:38,639 --> 02:34:39,200
he didn't war his.

3300
02:34:39,200 --> 02:34:40,120
Speaker 3: Bull's career the Wizards.

3301
02:34:40,159 --> 02:34:42,200
Speaker 2: That doesn't count. That's like Rocky five, It never happened.

3302
02:34:42,280 --> 02:34:43,879
Let's see, That's what I'm saying. Like you, you you

3303
02:34:44,040 --> 02:34:47,319
make these these mental gymnastics, these hoops that everybody's gonna

3304
02:34:47,360 --> 02:34:52,559
jump over, because what may analyze for for making for

3305
02:34:52,719 --> 02:34:54,760
making the finals more.

3306
02:34:57,239 --> 02:35:00,200
Speaker 11: Rather than any in the awesome Eastern Conference where so

3307
02:35:00,319 --> 02:35:03,079
hard to come out. Hey, Derreck Rose was an MVP

3308
02:35:03,159 --> 02:35:05,920
in the Chicago Barrose is the best you're gonna do?

3309
02:35:06,079 --> 02:35:09,200
Speaker 2: Had sixty win Pacers teams in those times. Yeah, they

3310
02:35:09,239 --> 02:35:10,840
were getting fat off the crappy conference.

3311
02:35:10,920 --> 02:35:11,120
Speaker 9: Dude.

3312
02:35:11,159 --> 02:35:13,280
Speaker 2: The West was stacked, Yes, the West was stacked.

3313
02:35:13,360 --> 02:35:15,520
Speaker 11: You have sixty wins in the West. That needs more

3314
02:35:15,600 --> 02:35:18,440
than sixty wins in the East every time during that time.

3315
02:35:18,559 --> 02:35:19,559
Go back and look at this standings.

3316
02:35:19,559 --> 02:35:22,520
Speaker 2: I'm not gonna hear that from you trash about and

3317
02:35:22,600 --> 02:35:25,280
that's okay, I know exactly what I'm talking about. Go

3318
02:35:25,360 --> 02:35:27,399
look at the standings. You just said that the did

3319
02:35:27,479 --> 02:35:30,319
he time for the film on bro all right, and

3320
02:35:30,479 --> 02:35:32,120
well Michael Jordan needed up.

3321
02:35:32,319 --> 02:35:35,120
Speaker 11: Making thos out in the Eastern Conference nine times was

3322
02:35:35,239 --> 02:35:36,520
so impressive.

3323
02:35:36,079 --> 02:35:39,120
Speaker 2: That it was impressive. Absolutely, No, it was not impressive

3324
02:35:39,120 --> 02:35:41,959
at all. Not making the finals, not as as it

3325
02:35:41,959 --> 02:35:43,600
would have been if he was on a West team. No,

3326
02:35:43,760 --> 02:35:45,120
just say this, That's all I'm saying. No, I just

3327
02:35:45,159 --> 02:35:47,159
want to hear you say this. Making the finals nine

3328
02:35:47,200 --> 02:35:49,239
times in a row is not impressive, not out of

3329
02:35:49,280 --> 02:35:51,159
that Eastern Conference compared to the West, which is what

3330
02:35:51,239 --> 02:35:54,040
I just said. We'll take a break here on the

3331
02:35:54,159 --> 02:35:57,920
Matt Thomas Show with Ross here on West Talk seven ninety. Okay,

3332
02:35:58,000 --> 02:36:00,520
look it up. I will seven three two two five

3333
02:36:00,600 --> 02:36:02,639
seven ninety. I guess is the phone number a seven

3334
02:36:02,680 --> 02:36:05,559
one three two. Lebron parties with Diddy often just saying yeah,

3335
02:36:05,600 --> 02:36:08,559
look something might come out. I'm trying to say that, dude.

3336
02:36:08,600 --> 02:36:09,399
I'm not saying it.

3337
02:36:09,479 --> 02:36:11,360
Speaker 11: I'm just saying I wouldn't be sitting here saying, oh,

3338
02:36:11,440 --> 02:36:12,680
I mean he's never been caught up in this and

3339
02:36:12,760 --> 02:36:13,000
this and this.

3340
02:36:13,159 --> 02:36:16,799
Speaker 2: I haven't heard anything. Okay, if it comes out trial

3341
02:36:16,920 --> 02:36:17,760
with discovery?

3342
02:36:18,639 --> 02:36:20,319
Speaker 6: What what?

3343
02:36:20,920 --> 02:36:21,760
Speaker 2: When do we have a trial?

3344
02:36:22,159 --> 02:36:22,399
Speaker 3: Didn't?

3345
02:36:22,440 --> 02:36:22,639
Speaker 2: Didn't?

3346
02:36:22,639 --> 02:36:22,840
Speaker 6: Did he?

3347
02:36:22,920 --> 02:36:23,639
Speaker 2: Did he have a trial?

3348
02:36:24,200 --> 02:36:24,520
Speaker 3: He did?

3349
02:36:24,719 --> 02:36:26,879
Speaker 11: Yeah, that's why he's in prison right now. Did he

3350
02:36:26,920 --> 02:36:28,920
had a whole trial with Discovery? I figure maybe we

3351
02:36:28,920 --> 02:36:31,319
would hurt something by then. There's lots of names that

3352
02:36:31,360 --> 02:36:33,600
were attached to it. Did you watch the documentary?

3353
02:36:33,719 --> 02:36:33,760
Speaker 6: No?

3354
02:36:33,879 --> 02:36:36,399
Speaker 3: It did not want watch watching.

3355
02:36:37,879 --> 02:36:40,600
Speaker 2: It's nasty. Well, of course it's nasty, but like you

3356
02:36:40,639 --> 02:36:44,479
should really watch it. Okay, history and now GJ is

3357
02:36:44,559 --> 02:36:46,879
upset because I took up for Harden and I'm not

3358
02:36:47,040 --> 02:36:52,280
crapping on MJ. Look, J, are you actually are? We're

3359
02:36:52,399 --> 02:36:55,040
just making arguments. We're two friends talking, right. You're either

3360
02:36:55,120 --> 02:37:00,360
crapping on your lebron both.

3361
02:37:01,000 --> 02:37:01,399
Speaker 3: I don't care.

3362
02:37:01,440 --> 02:37:03,120
Speaker 11: You can say whatever I'm doing. I'm just making an

3363
02:37:03,200 --> 02:37:06,959
argument in that well, technically good one. Technically they're saying

3364
02:37:07,000 --> 02:37:10,479
it not making the finals nine times not impressive. We'll

3365
02:37:10,479 --> 02:37:12,879
talk about that more here on The Matt Thomas Show

3366
02:37:12,879 --> 02:37:14,319
with Ross On Sportstock seven ninety.

3367
02:37:16,920 --> 02:37:17,760
Speaker 3: It's very rude.

3368
02:37:18,719 --> 02:37:21,120
Speaker 2: Matt Thomas has the meanest liners about him ever.

3369
02:37:22,079 --> 02:37:24,120
Speaker 3: I think they're softening up over the years. There's that's

3370
02:37:24,120 --> 02:37:24,680
an old one.

3371
02:37:25,959 --> 02:37:26,120
Speaker 9: You know.

3372
02:37:26,239 --> 02:37:28,040
Speaker 2: We need to get rid of any anyone that says

3373
02:37:28,120 --> 02:37:32,000
Matt Thomas show and it doesn't say with Ross on it. Yeah,

3374
02:37:32,079 --> 02:37:34,600
but if you can be mean to Matt, don't you.

3375
02:37:34,959 --> 02:37:37,639
Don't you like that? That's like your side hobby. No,

3376
02:37:37,840 --> 02:37:38,559
I'm not mean to Matt.

3377
02:37:39,120 --> 02:37:42,239
Speaker 3: Okay, are you serious? I'm nice to Matt every day?

3378
02:37:43,079 --> 02:37:44,000
Are you? Every day?

3379
02:37:44,520 --> 02:37:44,920
Speaker 2: Every day?

3380
02:37:44,920 --> 02:37:47,440
Speaker 3: I bite my tongue. What what do you want to say, Jonathan?

3381
02:37:47,520 --> 02:37:50,280
Go ahead? No, No, I just like all these New

3382
02:37:50,360 --> 02:37:56,239
Year revolutions. Well, it's February four is over.

3383
02:37:56,520 --> 02:38:00,479
Speaker 2: I swear to you on the Bible and the Koran

3384
02:38:00,600 --> 02:38:03,040
and the whatever the Buddhists are using, and the Torah

3385
02:38:03,280 --> 02:38:09,959
and every the the whatever noodle, appendage, spaghetti monster, whatever

3386
02:38:10,000 --> 02:38:12,159
you want me to swear on, I will swear on

3387
02:38:12,280 --> 02:38:14,680
it every day every day.

3388
02:38:14,719 --> 02:38:15,319
Speaker 3: I hold back.

3389
02:38:16,079 --> 02:38:21,600
Speaker 11: Oh, I believe that. But two things can be true. Okay,

3390
02:38:22,200 --> 02:38:24,520
you can be mean to Matt and be holding back. No,

3391
02:38:25,559 --> 02:38:28,479
we're not being mean, We're teasing. He teases me.

3392
02:38:28,760 --> 02:38:31,360
Speaker 2: I tease him the tenor of the show, do.

3393
02:38:31,399 --> 02:38:33,239
Speaker 11: You guys still play the thing at the beginning of

3394
02:38:33,280 --> 02:38:36,319
Friday shows where it's like in the window sound bites and.

3395
02:38:36,360 --> 02:38:39,360
Speaker 2: Yeah, thanks for listening. Well especially, that's okay.

3396
02:38:39,360 --> 02:38:41,479
Speaker 11: It's fine. Well listen, I'll be honest with you. Once

3397
02:38:41,479 --> 02:38:43,399
you guys started at ten am, it really screwed up

3398
02:38:43,399 --> 02:38:43,840
my schedule.

3399
02:38:43,959 --> 02:38:47,000
Speaker 3: That's okay, it's screwed you guys started us.

3400
02:38:47,159 --> 02:38:50,559
Speaker 2: Yeah, well, when you guys started it noon, I'm a

3401
02:38:50,680 --> 02:38:52,840
natural night ol man. No, Now I got to get

3402
02:38:52,879 --> 02:38:54,680
up two hours earlier every day. It's not easy for

3403
02:38:54,760 --> 02:38:57,479
me as I don't know why it is my whole family.

3404
02:38:57,200 --> 02:39:00,319
Speaker 11: Still, No, I'm nocturnal. To do you still play video games?

3405
02:39:00,360 --> 02:39:02,479
Primarily I had to quit. I had to quit because

3406
02:39:02,479 --> 02:39:04,000
I was playing at like four am. I had to

3407
02:39:04,040 --> 02:39:06,280
quit the chests, you know when that stopped for me.

3408
02:39:06,399 --> 02:39:08,479
Speaker 2: I have addictive traits, Okay, I got problems, all right?

3409
02:39:08,559 --> 02:39:09,360
Speaker 3: Then to fix it.

3410
02:39:11,159 --> 02:39:14,440
Speaker 11: The minute Carson started kindergarten, which meant we had to

3411
02:39:14,520 --> 02:39:16,479
walk out the door at seven twenty to get that

3412
02:39:16,680 --> 02:39:18,760
in there on time. No more GTA, that's about the

3413
02:39:18,840 --> 02:39:21,479
time that my It's not that I stopped. But the

3414
02:39:21,639 --> 02:39:24,799
two am Yeah, stuff did not happen.

3415
02:39:25,079 --> 02:39:26,520
Speaker 2: That's okay, because I don't think I'm gonna be on

3416
02:39:26,600 --> 02:39:29,600
my deathbed saying man, I wish I'd played more video games. No,

3417
02:39:29,840 --> 02:39:32,840
but it really is like a I think I've been

3418
02:39:32,920 --> 02:39:34,879
try transitioning to like reading and try to read more

3419
02:39:34,920 --> 02:39:36,920
books and do other stuff to kind of call my

3420
02:39:37,000 --> 02:39:38,840
brain so I can go to sleep. Yeah, what do

3421
02:39:38,920 --> 02:39:40,959
you get gonna go to the old folks on next week? No,

3422
02:39:41,079 --> 02:39:44,520
I don't, dude, I highly reckoned this. I highly look

3423
02:39:44,559 --> 02:39:46,479
I got old bro, we both did. I'm in my

3424
02:39:46,559 --> 02:39:48,639
forties now, I will highly recommend John.

3425
02:39:48,680 --> 02:39:49,799
Speaker 3: Then you're young. I'm gonna tell you this.

3426
02:39:49,879 --> 02:39:51,520
Speaker 2: You don't have to listen to me, but eventually, hopefully

3427
02:39:51,559 --> 02:39:55,159
you do reading every night, just twenty to thirty minutes.

3428
02:39:55,239 --> 02:39:58,000
It will change your brain chemistry. It's so much better.

3429
02:39:58,159 --> 02:39:59,319
You're sleep easier.

3430
02:39:59,680 --> 02:40:00,280
Speaker 3: Okay. Good.

3431
02:40:00,479 --> 02:40:03,280
Speaker 2: Are you reading from a book? Yeah? Or from a

3432
02:40:03,360 --> 02:40:04,360
screen from a book?

3433
02:40:04,600 --> 02:40:07,239
Speaker 3: Okay? The physical books. I like physical books.

3434
02:40:07,319 --> 02:40:09,920
Speaker 11: The blue light thing is real. Yes, they say it's

3435
02:40:09,959 --> 02:40:12,280
not good for you to keeping it right before you

3436
02:40:12,319 --> 02:40:14,639
go to sleep, like it interrupts your rim sleep and

3437
02:40:14,680 --> 02:40:14,879
all that.

3438
02:40:14,959 --> 02:40:19,280
Speaker 3: I don't know. Yeah. Absolutely, I'm sleeping better, I'm more relaxed.

3439
02:40:19,399 --> 02:40:23,479
Speaker 11: It's yes, are you taking brisk walks? I'm trying to

3440
02:40:23,639 --> 02:40:25,799
shoveling metal, usele down your throat now, I'm doing.

3441
02:40:25,639 --> 02:40:27,639
Speaker 3: All that stuff. Man, I'm trying to get I'm trying

3442
02:40:27,639 --> 02:40:28,040
to get better.

3443
02:40:28,280 --> 02:40:28,799
Speaker 2: Can I give this way?

3444
02:40:28,799 --> 02:40:30,280
Speaker 3: I'm trying to be better than I was yesterday. I

3445
02:40:30,360 --> 02:40:30,639
walk in.

3446
02:40:30,719 --> 02:40:33,840
Speaker 2: Yesterday and he's eating oatmeal? Who MEI yeah, yeah? And

3447
02:40:33,959 --> 02:40:36,719
I'm like, we really are old now it's high fiber two.

3448
02:40:36,760 --> 02:40:37,159
Speaker 3: What's up?

3449
02:40:37,719 --> 02:40:39,600
Speaker 11: But I walk in and I say, from Kroger for

3450
02:40:39,719 --> 02:40:41,799
like a dollar fifty, why does this smell like bubble

3451
02:40:41,799 --> 02:40:43,600
gum in here? And you go, well, it's got a

3452
02:40:43,920 --> 02:40:46,360
fruit to it. It's fruit in there. I smell great

3453
02:40:46,399 --> 02:40:48,319
in here. In the last twelve months, I'm down thirty

3454
02:40:48,360 --> 02:40:48,840
three pounds.

3455
02:40:49,360 --> 02:40:51,200
Speaker 2: You've lost thirty three pounds in the last year.

3456
02:40:51,760 --> 02:40:52,200
Speaker 3: Good for you?

3457
02:40:52,639 --> 02:40:54,840
Speaker 2: Yeah, great for me. This time, I'm gonna keep it.

3458
02:40:54,840 --> 02:40:56,680
I've always been a fluctuator or yo yo r.

3459
02:40:56,799 --> 02:40:57,680
Speaker 3: But no, we're sitting.

3460
02:40:57,719 --> 02:41:00,600
Speaker 11: Your joints feel better, absolutely, my knee make them feel

3461
02:41:00,680 --> 02:41:01,200
even more better.

3462
02:41:01,239 --> 02:41:03,440
Speaker 2: My knees in my back there it's carrying thirty three

3463
02:41:03,479 --> 02:41:06,000
pounds left. Imagine putting a thirty pounds backpack on your

3464
02:41:06,079 --> 02:41:09,079
back all day long then and then imagine you get

3465
02:41:09,120 --> 02:41:10,879
to take that off. Some people put those on to

3466
02:41:10,920 --> 02:41:11,639
go exercise.

3467
02:41:11,680 --> 02:41:13,280
Speaker 3: No, I do that. I do that to go to weight.

3468
02:41:13,399 --> 02:41:15,159
I have a weighted vest and I have a back

3469
02:41:15,159 --> 02:41:16,120
because I like to go hiking.

3470
02:41:16,280 --> 02:41:18,440
Speaker 2: As you know, you should also call QC. So it's

3471
02:41:18,479 --> 02:41:21,159
like practicing for practicing for hiking. I have a backpack

3472
02:41:21,200 --> 02:41:22,360
and I put all my gear in there, and then

3473
02:41:22,360 --> 02:41:23,840
I go walk on a Memorial park or whatever.

3474
02:41:24,079 --> 02:41:26,360
Speaker 3: There's nowhere i'd like somewhere with elevation in Houston.

3475
02:41:26,399 --> 02:41:26,959
Speaker 2: Oh there's none of that.

3476
02:41:27,000 --> 02:41:27,559
Speaker 3: Yeah, exactly.

3477
02:41:27,920 --> 02:41:31,399
Speaker 2: It's all flat like Kansas here, So I can't really

3478
02:41:31,479 --> 02:41:34,600
replicate that. But there's the hills with the overpasses. Now

3479
02:41:34,639 --> 02:41:36,280
you can go back and forth on those in Memorial

3480
02:41:36,440 --> 02:41:37,760
Memorial Law Park.

3481
02:41:37,879 --> 02:41:39,799
Speaker 11: Now, I will say this, of all the people I

3482
02:41:39,920 --> 02:41:45,120
work with, Ross takes the most environmentally friendly, healthy for

3483
02:41:45,280 --> 02:41:46,000
you vacations.

3484
02:41:46,319 --> 02:41:48,639
Speaker 2: Well, I'm hiking under the stars and oh.

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02:41:48,920 --> 02:41:51,600
Speaker 11: You know so peaceful, and the rest of us are like, oh,

3486
02:41:51,639 --> 02:41:54,159
we're going to this commercial you know setting.

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02:41:54,479 --> 02:41:56,680
Speaker 3: Look. I like Vegas too, but I gotta get a nature.

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02:41:56,680 --> 02:41:58,520
Speaker 2: I got any, but I grew up like a camping

3489
02:41:58,600 --> 02:42:00,200
with my family, and I was a boys s out

3490
02:42:00,280 --> 02:42:04,920
like I love camping, the peaceful and the serenity of

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02:42:05,079 --> 02:42:06,079
being out in nature.

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02:42:07,319 --> 02:42:07,600
Speaker 9: You got it.

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02:42:07,719 --> 02:42:09,920
Speaker 2: That air is good to breathe too. Oh you know

3494
02:42:10,479 --> 02:42:12,000
how we live in the You get.

3495
02:42:11,959 --> 02:42:14,639
Speaker 11: That high mountain air all are here. You can feel

3496
02:42:14,680 --> 02:42:17,120
it energizing you as you hits your lungs. Well, it's

3497
02:42:17,159 --> 02:42:20,079
not carbon monoxide, That's what I'm saying. Normally, get some

3498
02:42:20,159 --> 02:42:22,000
fresh air. Go get some fresh air, and not on

3499
02:42:22,040 --> 02:42:23,600
the west Loop. And this has been Ross's life of

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02:42:23,600 --> 02:42:26,840
de dice on the I mean, I'm just trying. I

3501
02:42:27,040 --> 02:42:29,079
don't think i'm any authority. I'm not really somebody to

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02:42:29,120 --> 02:42:30,879
give advice. I'm just telling you what's been helping me.

3503
02:42:32,000 --> 02:42:33,479
Do you remember some of the fun. This guy wants

3504
02:42:33,479 --> 02:42:34,680
to yell you real quick, so I want to get

3505
02:42:34,719 --> 02:42:37,079
him in. Let's get l J l J New Zealand.

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02:42:37,159 --> 02:42:39,159
He's back, baby, what's the country?

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02:42:40,520 --> 02:42:43,239
Speaker 13: What's going on? I'm back home, yep, but I still listen.

3508
02:42:43,280 --> 02:42:44,239
I'm on my way to work.

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02:42:44,639 --> 02:42:47,200
Speaker 16: And first I want to give you Ross a pat

3510
02:42:47,280 --> 02:42:50,639
on the back for having to deal with those verbal

3511
02:42:50,719 --> 02:42:54,239
gymnastics and hoops you got to deal with so uh

3512
02:42:54,319 --> 02:42:55,159
a pat on the back.

3513
02:42:55,440 --> 02:42:58,639
Speaker 13: The next thing is you know, dealing with skip planton?

3514
02:42:59,079 --> 02:43:02,360
Speaker 3: Is you know, hey, shut your bone mass up, LJ.

3515
02:43:04,559 --> 02:43:06,479
Speaker 13: I'm coming there. I'm coming there.

3516
02:43:06,799 --> 02:43:09,799
Speaker 16: To not be impressed with Lebron James is one thing,

3517
02:43:10,120 --> 02:43:12,200
like to not be impressed by the nine in a

3518
02:43:12,319 --> 02:43:15,120
row and all the stuff he done. To not be

3519
02:43:15,200 --> 02:43:17,639
impressed by that is one thing. Okay, who wouldn't be

3520
02:43:17,760 --> 02:43:20,000
I don't know, but to not be is one thing.

3521
02:43:20,479 --> 02:43:23,120
But to this day that you have for Lebron James

3522
02:43:23,639 --> 02:43:26,319
to be honest, I question something about you because you

3523
02:43:26,479 --> 02:43:27,399
really won't come out.

3524
02:43:27,280 --> 02:43:27,639
Speaker 6: And say it.

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02:43:28,559 --> 02:43:31,319
Speaker 13: But I know, so the thing about it is you

3526
02:43:31,399 --> 02:43:32,559
really ain't Lebron James.

3527
02:43:33,200 --> 02:43:33,600
Speaker 6: I don't know.

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02:43:34,040 --> 02:43:36,000
Speaker 2: But what am I not coming out and saying what?

3529
02:43:36,120 --> 02:43:37,079
Am I not coming out and say?

3530
02:43:38,159 --> 02:43:38,200
Speaker 4: No?

3531
02:43:38,399 --> 02:43:41,159
Speaker 2: You called and said that, you tell me what you're insinuating? LJ.

3532
02:43:42,120 --> 02:43:43,680
Speaker 3: What the question is?

3533
02:43:43,760 --> 02:43:45,520
Speaker 7: I don't know why would have no?

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02:43:45,600 --> 02:43:45,639
Speaker 6: No?

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02:43:46,120 --> 02:43:49,040
Speaker 2: You said you said I'm not gonna come out, So

3536
02:43:49,159 --> 02:43:52,000
what am I not coming out and saying what?

3537
02:43:52,360 --> 02:43:53,399
Speaker 6: That's what the question is.

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02:43:53,520 --> 02:43:55,520
Speaker 16: You're not saying it because you don't Because I think

3539
02:43:55,600 --> 02:43:57,520
Michael that he wins.

3540
02:43:57,879 --> 02:44:01,239
Speaker 13: No, no, no, he wins, like, there's nothing about to

3541
02:44:01,360 --> 02:44:01,680
do that.

3542
02:44:02,000 --> 02:44:02,520
Speaker 3: What do you win?

3543
02:44:02,680 --> 02:44:05,360
Speaker 2: You get a losing record in the final championships?

3544
02:44:05,840 --> 02:44:08,680
Speaker 13: Huh championships? What do you mean? You don't count the

3545
02:44:08,799 --> 02:44:09,280
times you go?

3546
02:44:09,399 --> 02:44:10,440
Speaker 7: You count on many you win?

3547
02:44:10,760 --> 02:44:13,479
Speaker 3: Right, Michael went six times? He was six for six.

3548
02:44:13,959 --> 02:44:16,520
Speaker 2: No, no, no, no, no, he was. That's actually the

3549
02:44:16,600 --> 02:44:18,520
fact he was six for six. You should look it up.

3550
02:44:18,879 --> 02:44:20,760
Speaker 13: Yeah, okay, okay, that's fine.

3551
02:44:20,879 --> 02:44:22,879
Speaker 11: But I want to go back to what you're insinuating that.

3552
02:44:22,920 --> 02:44:25,200
I wouldn't say you just you called in to say it,

3553
02:44:25,239 --> 02:44:27,079
but you won't say it. You're the one not saying it.

3554
02:44:27,079 --> 02:44:28,399
Why don't you say what you see?

3555
02:44:28,520 --> 02:44:28,760
Speaker 4: What I.

3556
02:44:30,799 --> 02:44:32,719
Speaker 9: Think I think you're skip playing is.

3557
02:44:32,719 --> 02:44:33,120
Speaker 7: What I think?

3558
02:44:33,239 --> 02:44:33,840
Speaker 2: What does that mean?

3559
02:44:34,000 --> 02:44:36,280
Speaker 16: And what I think is what what that means is

3560
02:44:36,319 --> 02:44:37,959
you're just trying to just say this stuff.

3561
02:44:38,040 --> 02:44:39,959
Speaker 2: Then you might not even dot stuff like I don't

3562
02:44:39,959 --> 02:44:44,120
even know use your words. Come on, I'm using my words,

3563
02:44:44,280 --> 02:44:44,680
not really.

3564
02:44:45,000 --> 02:44:46,959
Speaker 13: You just say the stuff you say is BS. I

3565
02:44:47,000 --> 02:44:47,520
can't say the.

3566
02:44:47,520 --> 02:44:50,040
Speaker 3: Word you say is BS. So there, yeah, it's like,

3567
02:44:50,159 --> 02:44:50,520
there you go.

3568
02:44:53,399 --> 02:44:56,000
Speaker 2: Why don't you call the A team unless finished? Oh yeah,

3569
02:44:56,239 --> 02:44:57,399
call back baby, let's go.

3570
02:44:57,479 --> 02:44:59,760
Speaker 3: We got to end the show. Take your ass twice,

3571
02:45:00,079 --> 02:45:02,639
I really uh just Cole wants to know what he said.

3572
02:45:02,680 --> 02:45:05,680
Beat on wingos beakers right now, right now? Yeah, go

3573
02:45:05,840 --> 02:45:09,479
small oh. I like the Seahawks minus four and a half.

3574
02:45:09,479 --> 02:45:11,719
I also like the under forty five and a half. Nice.

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02:45:12,559 --> 02:45:15,159
Speaker 2: That's all I got right now, all right, Kyle, appreciate

3576
02:45:15,760 --> 02:45:18,520
from LJ. By the way, I know why LJ. Clinton

3577
02:45:18,959 --> 02:45:21,319
Clayton shots you to call back, so we have to

3578
02:45:21,440 --> 02:45:21,840
end the show.

3579
02:45:21,920 --> 02:45:22,680
Speaker 3: We have to end the show.

3580
02:45:22,799 --> 02:45:26,079
Speaker 2: Thanks, Adam. Play people, we played the whole big card.

3581
02:45:26,680 --> 02:45:29,280
Caller yelled at Clinton, We talked about OJ, we talked

3582
02:45:29,319 --> 02:45:30,319
about Michael Jordan.

3583
02:45:30,600 --> 02:45:31,840
Speaker 3: We didn't get Tupac.

3584
02:45:31,680 --> 02:45:34,399
Speaker 2: Unfortunately, shut up callers yelling at WEX when he fills in.

3585
02:45:34,520 --> 02:45:36,920
That'll be the next time here on the Mad Thomas

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02:45:36,959 --> 02:45:38,959
Show with Ross. I'll talk to you guys at six

3587
02:45:39,000 --> 02:45:42,120
o'clock on the Wait not ashows on Deck, Rocket Slungs

3588
02:45:42,159 --> 02:45:44,319
Bad coming up here. Sports Talk seven ninety Stay tuned

3589
02:45:44,360 --> 02:45:44,799
for the eighteen.

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Speaker 3: Don't Go Anywhere