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Speaker 1: Lunchtimers. This is the Matt Thomas Show.

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Speaker 2: Ten oh two in the am here on Sports Talk

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Speaker 1: Hello and welcome.

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Speaker 2: Into a Monday edition of The Matt Thomas Show with

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Ross without Matt Thomas. He is out sick. He talked

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about it on his Twitter account at Sports MT He

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should be back relatively soon, at least as far as

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I've heard. I'm gonna be honest, I don't always check

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all my emails and my text but I think he

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should be back tomorrow. Johnath, do we have any confirmation

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on that? Are we gonna wait and see mode?

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Speaker 1: I don't know. I think he's gonna be broadcasting from

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home tomorrow.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, I think Tuesday and Wednesday's coming at the okay here,

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he gave us the I gotta go ahead and broadcast.

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Speaker 1: From home, and that's okay. He should have heard on Friday.

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Speaker 2: I heard people talking about it on the on Twitter,

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so I think I don't know. Maybe I listened for

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like literally thirty second if that. So, Yeah, he gave

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us it's the allergies, and well, apparently Matt Thomas is

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pretty sick, so he'll be out today. I will be

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joined by a cast of characters. Adam Klant will be

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coming up at one o'clock. Chris Gordy. Look, I gotta

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be honest, the man is very busy. He's a man

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about town. He literally just won he's riding high because

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he just won this program Director of the Year award.

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So he's trying to big time me right now. We'll

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see when he's able to show up. We'll get Chris

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Gordy on at some point. We also have you as well.

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Most importantly, you want to get in on the show.

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You can at seven one three two one two five

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seven ninety seven one three two, one two five seven

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Speaker 1: We have a number of things to get to.

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Speaker 2: Jonathan is gonna give shot by shot breakdown of Rory

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McElroy's Master victory. We've got that coming up. Okay, he's

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shaking his head. I guess he's not ready. I'm just kidding.

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I don't think we talked. I would say one percent.

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Speaker 1: About the Tennessee in c double a thing.

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Speaker 2: Oh okay, you know what you are official NCAA X

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I could definitely do that.

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Speaker 1: Can you explain?

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Speaker 2: So? Johnathan you were a track athlete at you said

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you ran the four by one hundred or you ran

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the four hundred meters.

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Speaker 3: So I was a four two sprinter. But on so

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but I joined all the relays in both.

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Speaker 2: Claus Okay, you did all the relays at both UH

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West Western Kentucky and the Steven F. Austin axem Jack's Okay.

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How did you like living in Nacadochius, Texas.

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Speaker 1: I hated it at first, but then you really it

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warms up to Okay, it's got a little bit of charm.

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It's very hidden.

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Speaker 2: You got to dig deep to find the charm of

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Nacadochi's Okay. Speaking of which, I was in Kansas City

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over the weekend. I was really impressed. It was a

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celebration of life for my wonderful great aunt who actually

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passed last year. It was great to see some family

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and stuff like that. And I only got a weekend

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in Kansas City. Kansas City was man. I put up

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the picture some of the pictures on my Twitter account

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at sports RV. I will be putting up on my

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on my Instagram at sports RV. That place was pretty awesome.

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I went to the Negro Leagues Museum, there's a lot,

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there's the Jazz Museum. There's a big jazz scene in

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Kansas City, which I love jazz music. So I went

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to the Boulevard Brewing. There was a party there. They

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got good barbecue. I liked Kansas City. Have you ever been

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in Kansas City, Johonathan, No.

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Speaker 1: I've never been. I heard it's a nice nightlife A

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thumbs up.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, some of the bars stay open to four am,

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which is actually very dangerous. So for some of you

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that's probably a bad thing. For some of you, it's

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a good thing as long as you're able to pace yourself.

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Let's just say one of the nights I could have

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paced better. But anyways, all right, so great weekend over

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in Kansas City. But I was watching from Afar catching

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We're gonna get to that. We got rocket stuff to

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get to as well. They are locked and loaded in

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the two seed, which they have been right now, and

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as it stands with the standings, they will be playing

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the winner of the playing game between the Golden State

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Speaker 1: So folks say it with me, let's go Grizzlies.

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Speaker 2: The Warriors are kind of scary, even though they faltered

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a little bit at the end of the season, losing

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two of their last three. Jimmy Butler, Steph Curry, I

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mean Draymond Green. Draymond Green is going to try to

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end Albura and Shangoon or someone's career literally just for

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the health of the of the Houston Rockets. Like long term,

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he's gonna be out there trying to fracture orbital bones,

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kicking people in the nads and throwing elbows. Remember when

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he went like two his finger went two knuckles deep

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into James Harden's eye socket, and it's like, dude, he's

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raking everyone over the face and James Harden's both of

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in both eyes. So I don't want to see Golden

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State Warriors just because they've terrorized us here in Houston

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for years, and because Draymond Green is literally gonna try

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to hurt somebody and he's a psychopath who needs all right,

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some piece of my microphone just fell off, all right,

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this is literally falling. These are falling apart in here.

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What is this all right, the jo goes on. So, yeah,

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they're the tougher matchup. And that's not to say that

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I'll bring on the Memphis Grizzlies. They suck and they're

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the horrible I mean, Jaron Jackson, Junior John Morant. They're

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a good team as well. No matter what the first

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round matchup is going to be for the Houston Rockets,

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it is going to be tough. And the good thing

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is is no matter what the matchup is going to be,

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the Rockets can win and they should be favored with

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home court advantage, so they're in the two seed. And

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then with the Nuggets beating the Rockets yesterday, Nuggets clinch

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the four spot, Lakers in the three spot, and then

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everything else, We're just going to kind of figure out

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with the NBA Playoffs as you have playing week coming up.

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one at Toyota Center. That should be quite fun. Five

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years we've been waiting for playoff basketball here in Houston.

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It is here. This team is number the number two seed.

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Tier two as far as championship contenders, with Tier one

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being the Boston Celtics, the Cleveland Cavaliers, and the Oklahoma

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City Thunder. But right after that they're up there with anyone,

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and that is really fun and we are happy and

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proud to be your home of the Houston Rockets here

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on sports Stock seven ninety. By the way, just to

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like quick programming note, if you're looking for the Astros

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of weeks with them both playing, just look at seven ninety,

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look at seven forty. We'll make announcements on the air

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honest with you. I miss I'm missing a I'm supposed

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to be in Nashville this weekend for a wedding and

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I was like, no, I can't. I'm sorry Rockets are

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back in the playoffs, So I really appreciate it was a

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wedding I really wanted to go to, but I can't

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do it because my Houston Rockets are back in the playoffs.

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Speaker 1: Baby.

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Speaker 2: I am over the moon about it. I'm super excited.

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I think it's going to be a good playoffs. I

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the table, and then it's probably time to be an

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underdog against the Oklahoma City Thunder. They can win that series.

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Thunder have at some points faltered and look vulnerable. They

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also won their last four games of the season. They

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won sixty eight on the year. They have far and

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away the best point differential in net rating in basketball.

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They're the best team in basketball if you ask me.

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But it would be no shame of losing them. But

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a bit of an outside shot.

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Speaker 1: But we'll come to that bridge when we cross it.

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Speaker 2: Right now, it will be the first round playoffs coming

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up this weekend for the Houston Rockets. Your Houston Astros

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are finally hitting. Can you believe it? It's okay to

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score runs. I joking at least that on Twitter on

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Friday when they trash the Angels fourteen to three.

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Speaker 1: Good job, Joe A. Spota, Let's go Troy.

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Speaker 2: Was anybody praising Troy Snicker and Alex Sintron when they

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scored fourteen runs on Friday? All of you like to

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scored one run on Saturday, we don't have to mention

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they scored one run on Saturday. On Sunday they scored seven.

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average of over seven per game with my quick math,

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Joe Spot also doing when he did that thing where

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he set the lineup that scored fourteen runs. Masterstroke stuff

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by Joe Aspota. Of course, I'm joking because everyone wants

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when they win, when the players do what they're supposed

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to do. It's all the players. That's just kind of

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the job when it comes to being a major league manager.

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three of the Angels, and yeah, it's like, oh, it's

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the way. They've been hitting a bunch of home runs.

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Their offense has been looking good. Mike Trout has been

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on fire to start the season, at least from a

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home run standpoint. His average is terrible. He's down to

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one ninety six, but he's got six home runs on

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the season, so that's propping up his ops numbers. And

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funny enough about the Astros, Eastak Paradis is going nuclear.

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Jordan Alvarez is looking a little bit better. He got

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some guys in the back of the lineup producing as well.

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bat goes cold. So he was the one that he's

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like the only one hitting when nobody else was hitting

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on the team. Every other player on the team was

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underperforming except my guy, Jake Myers, and then now he

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goes cold. Jake Myers also did not have himself the

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best of weekends. It was decent enough and then all

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the other bats are going so kind of funny how

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that goes. As we always go back to the old phrase,

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that's baseball, but that's baseball. With the Houston Astros talking

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about hitting some home runs, getting some guys on base,

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and actually bringing them home two out of three over

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the Angels on the weekend, they are now seven and

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eight on the season. And look here there is a

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team now for the first time I think all year

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with a positive run differential in the American League West.

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It is your Houston Astros. Now they're in fourth place,

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but they'll be fine. As we always say, especially in

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the middle of April, it is early. So how we

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Are you ready to Are you ready to get an

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apology give an apology to Joe a Spot.

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Speaker 1: No, you're probably not. That's okay. I'm just having some

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Speaker 2: Are you ready to talk about some Rockets basketball matchups

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we got coming up again? Jonathan will give us a

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full breakdown of Roy McElroy's Masters or he's gonna go

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round all four rounds and he's gonna go shot by shot.

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truth is coming up later on in the show. We

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at noon. We have you at seven one three two

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here on Sportstock seven Nighty will beat after the short

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break now please to be joined by the program director

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of the Year. I mean, my goodness, Chris Gordy carving

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out some time. Yeah, at least you you acknowledged Matt. Matt,

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just like poop pooed it on front. You know what,

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I'm not gonna comment much on that. I'm just gonna say, Gordy. Uh,

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you know, I'm glad you're here, and I'm glad to

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say this on air. You do so much for us.

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You're so busy. People don't know this. Gordy is running

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our websites, our social media. This guy is obsessively dedicated

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to our station. So well deserved for you, Gordy, and

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the dude's even filling in. Look, Matt Thomas outsit. Chris

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Gordy's in here filling in, so appreciate you being here,

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and congratulations, well deserved on the award.

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Speaker 1: I know Madg's legitimately sick because I know he never

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like he is. Remember that time he lost his voice

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and still called a Rocket stay. He was like, somebody

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needs a step in here and tastes like Jay the

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Greatest step. That's like great, It's like, I know you're dedicated.

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But for him to miss the game over an illness,

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that means it's pretty uh, it must be pretty bad.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, So apparently he's got a fever. He's out sick.

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He'll be back tomorrow. But I'm glad to have you,

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Chris Cordy. We do have a lot of stuff to

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talk about, but we were talking about during the break.

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I just look at these title odds and I was

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really literally just last segment talking about how I have

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the Rockets as a Tier two contender behind the Celtics,

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Cavaliers and the Thunder. The championship betting odds completely disagree.

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They don't think the Rockets are in Tier two at all,

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which I think they're idiots. I think this is value

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here now. I don't think the Rockets are gonna win

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the championship. But the betting odds right now are the

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Oklahoma City Thunder are nine to five. That's basically like, okay,

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ten to five would be two to one. It's a

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little short of that, right, so let's just call it

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two to one. Same thing for the Celtics, they're basically

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two to one, meaning every dollar you bet you get two,

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you put twenty on it, you get forty. Cavaliers five

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to one, Lakers nine to one. But anyways, we go

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all the way down to the Rockets. They have worse

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odds than the Clippers, the Knicks. The Knicks are not

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gaing out of the East like they're just not timberwol

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behind the Timberwolves. The Rockets are forty five to one,

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meaning hook look just saying, friends, twenty bucks you put

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on it, you get nine hundred back. All they have

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to do is win the championship. What is the song

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is bet online? I don't know Matt doesn't like giving

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them the free plugs, but it is.

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Speaker 1: Bet online out ages.

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Speaker 2: If they give us the odds, I think we owe

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the plug. That's another that's one of the sites I

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use so there you go there.

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Speaker 1: So yeah, bet Online has it at forty five to one.

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Speaker 2: So you just put a measly twenty bucks in the Rockets,

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who are top five in point differential, top five in

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net rating, they're the number two seed in the West.

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Speaker 1: I think that's good value.

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Speaker 2: I don't think the Rockets are going to win the championship,

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but I think they should have just as they number one,

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they should have better odds than the Timberwolves, Nicks, Clippers, Nuggets,

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I guess is arguable Warriors as well, the way they've

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been playing.

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Speaker 1: But a forty five to.

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Speaker 2: One, especially because you got home court baked in all

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the way to the Western Finals, I put a little

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twenty spot on it. So this is to win it all, Yes,

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to win the chance and they have to win yeah yeah,

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plus forty getting out of the West is gonna be tough,

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and then whoever they play in the East is gonna

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be tough.

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Speaker 1: For sure.

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Speaker 2: I don't think they're gonna win it, But forty five

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to one, let me give you, uh what that odd

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odd means, hongd On.

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Speaker 1: I just said it to put twenty bucks down on

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you dead it. Let's go, Hey, can I put can

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I give you ten for that.

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Speaker 2: So that's that's basically implies, uh, two point two percent chance.

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Do you think they have more than a two percent

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chance to win the championship?

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Speaker 1: It's yeah, it's gonna be tough, but it's worth like

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anything could happen, right, Like, I mean, think of us

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having the same discussion in September of twenty seventeen, where

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we're gone, Man Astros are pretty good with Verlinder. I

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don't know, Man Dodge the Yankees, like, this is gonna

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be really hard, This path is gonna be really hard,

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but who knows, maybe the Asters can pull it off.

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It was kind of the same thing. It was like

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that too.

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Speaker 2: But I will also say to me, upset, that's in

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baseball kind of happened more than basketball in seven game series.

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Speaker 1: Seven game series feels like because.

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Speaker 2: If basketball is not only a seven game series, you're

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talking about one hundred possessions per each game, like, and

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you know in baseball there's one blop single can get

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you three runs and you win a game.

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Speaker 1: It's a little different. I think experience in the Major

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League Baseball playoffs is a little bit over eighty. Experience

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in the NBA playoffs.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, we don't normally see unexperienced teams make a deeper

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rents differently.

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Speaker 1: I mean, Harden struggled with that every year. He always

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you know, they called games differently, so.

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Speaker 2: He's like dropping thirty a game, and then he's getting

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shut down by Wesley Matthews in the playoffs and you're like,

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what's going on here?

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Speaker 1: Yeah? For sure? So, like I said, I don't think

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it's they're going to win.

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Speaker 2: But if you tell me, even even if you're you're

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getting double your money value, if you tell me they

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have a five percent chance of winning it all.

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Speaker 1: So I just don't understand why we do it. So

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we know who's all playing on Saturday, right, I guess?

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So ESPN lists the Rockets playing the Winever Grizzlies Warriors

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on Sunday. Okay, I'll look at this. Is that locked in?

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It just doesn't have the time. I don't know. The

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press release from the Rockets last night said Rockets will

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play either Saturday or Sunday. M okay. But I'm looking

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at the ESPN TV schedule on Saturdays, Bucks Pacers at noon,

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Clippers Nuggets two thirty, Piston's Knicks at five, and Timberwolves

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Lakers at seven thirty. So if the Saturday games are

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all locked in, did somebody accidentally post this the ESP.

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Speaker 2: I don't know, maybe, oh maybe all there all the

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teams that are playing play in matchups on Sunday.

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Speaker 1: Is that what's happening.

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Speaker 2: I think that's what it is, because the top two seeds,

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all the top two seeds are playing Sunday.

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Speaker 1: So I guess. Okay, so they are going to play Sunday.

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Is what it's looking like. All right, it's not.

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Speaker 2: Confirmed, not unconfirmed reports that they're playing on Sunday.

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Speaker 1: Who will they be playing? Let's go Grizzlies.

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Speaker 2: Yes, I need to text to my buddy in Memphis

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and tell him, bro, please beat these dudes like no

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one wants to see I not get it, Jimmy Butler,

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but no, I don't care.

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Speaker 1: I don't want to see that team. I don't want

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Draymond's stupid fat face. I mean, I said this is

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the first segment. I don't want him injuring people.

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Speaker 2: Yes, he's he's going flying elbows, he's going full UFC

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on Alperhin Changoon.

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Speaker 1: I don't care what any Warrior Warriors fan says.

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Speaker 2: You don't go up to the basket with your elbow

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out like a chicken wing straight into somebody's face where

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you're trying to like and you're trying to end their careers.

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Speaker 1: It's ridiculous.

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Speaker 2: I don't want Draymond Green anywhere near this Rockets team.

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And plus they're really tough, and I don't want Steph

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Curry shooting a bombing a bunch of threes. I'm traumatized

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from that. Enough enough enough with the Steph Curry bombing

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threes against the Rocket to the playoffs, I've had it.

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Speaker 1: It's ridiculous. But by the same realm, this could be

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the changing of the guard, right, this could be the

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final kind of off run for the Warriors and it

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kind of ends and the Rockets beat him and send

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the message your day is done. The Rockets dynasty starts.

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Speaker 2: Now, you're right, and it could be true, but I

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don't want to risk that. Yeah, that's it also could

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be oh, his final run, the final last gasp of

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the great run, like the like the San Antonio Spurs

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in like twenty fourteen when they when they beat the

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Heat and it was also they had a young Kawhi Leonard,

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but it was all the rest of the old guys

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and young Kawhi Leonard.

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Speaker 1: And they beat the Heatles, so it is like their

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last run. Grizzlies are tough too, though, I mean, John

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Moran is a superstar, Desmond Bayan, Jaron Jackson Junior. I

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mean they they've got that won't be an easy out.

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I mean.

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Speaker 2: Absolutely, it's not gonna be an easy out at all.

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It's gonna be tough no matter what. Rockets can lose

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the seven game series of Grizzlies, that's just the fact

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of the matter. I don't think they would, especially with

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home court advantage, but it could happen.

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Speaker 1: They have star power. Nobody on the Rockets team.

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Speaker 4: Now.

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Speaker 2: They do a pretty good job of slowing down John Morant,

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but he's still too fast for anybody in the planet.

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Like Aman Thompson can slow him. So same thing for

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Tar East and other guys on this team. But the

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fact of the matter is he's still gonna get his

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He's still gonna be able to get to the basket.

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And they while they have guys that kind of can

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limit a Ja Morant, they don't have anybody to me

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that can limit Jaron Jackson Junior. I think when he's

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played them, he's looked really good and he scores at

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ease against this Rockets defense just because they don't have

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anybody that can match the kind of the links and

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bulk that he has down low. He can definitely do

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some damage. So it'd be a tough matchup for sure.

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Speaker 1: It's just exciting, man, the Rockets backing the playoffs Like

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this is it's been too long here. It has been

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way too too Like it's been so long that there

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are people in the city that are like, like they

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don't remember what it was like for like fifteen, sixteen,

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seventeen to eighty, like making the playoffs every year, knowing

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you had a chance because Harden and whoever else was

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around him on those teams. Like it was fun, man,

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it was it was fun. It's good to have playoff basketball.

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Speaker 2: Back in the Yeah, meaningful playoff basketball. Hopefully the its

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crowds arrive on time. But it's gonna be Sunday late,

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so we should be good. You think it's gonna be

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Sunday late, I think so. I think, Well, if it's

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a Warrior, so it'll be the latest game Sunday, it'll

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be the only the other two. Yeah, Celtics and Celtic

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Thunder are uh well, who are the potential thunder matchup?

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I guess I should ask. We'll have to get to that.

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It would be what could still be the Warriors. But

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is that Mavericks Kings?

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Speaker 4: Yes?

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Speaker 2: Okay, so I guess if the Kings are involved, where

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the Warriors are involved. If the Warriors are involved, I

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think the late game is gonna be whoever.

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Speaker 1: The Warriors is? Bucks? Uh Bucks Pacers is at noon

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Central on Saturday? Is that an NBA TV special? Give

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me that one Sunday? Like if it's Grizzlies Rockets, give

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me that one noon Sunday. You know why because the

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Astros play Sunday night Baseball. Oh, they're playing so we

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can get the old double headers. I forgot about that.

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So it's not the end of the world. I know.

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I know the folks of ltatos are probably want the

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night time, prime time games. But if it's the noon game,

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I'm not. I'm not a post to that.

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Speaker 2: All right, Well, we'll see what happens. Rockets are in

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the playoffs as the number two. See do you hear

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what they're doing tomorrow TOI Center?

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Speaker 1: I heard Matt talking about it seven to ten am tomorrow.

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If you're driving to work pass by Tota Center. They're

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giving out a Rockets emblem for your car just for

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being a Rockets fan driving. That's great. Yeah, seven am

471
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to ten am tomorrow morning. Sounds wonderful. I could use

472
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one of those.

473
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Speaker 2: I know, I kind of a I'm gonna get the

474
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caught in a lot of downtown traffic. I don't know

475
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if I can do that. You gonna go down there.

476
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Speaker 1: Do it well For people who like live in Katie

477
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and work in the Woodlands, it's probably not a bit

478
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for if you work int your downtown. You just stopped by.

479
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Speaker 2: Yeah, CRUs on through all right, we are gonna take

480
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a quick break here. Chris Gordy is hanging out. Appreciate him.

481
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Matt Thomas is out sick. You can get in. We're

482
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gonna switch to some astros talk as well. Coming up,

483
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we have to tell the Truth. Coming up at eleven thirty.

484
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We got news at noon. Adam Clanton joining it one.

485
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We also have you anything you want to get to.

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Seven one three two one two five seven is the

487
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phone number. Seven one three two one two five seven ninety.

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Speaker 1: Estoc brettis greatest third basement in as Shrow's history. Some

489
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are saying did you play all of his home runs?

490
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Speaker 2: No?

491
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Speaker 1: I didn't have the No, it was some technical snaffoos

492
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we're doing.

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Speaker 2: Okay, now, I mean, this is what we heard about

494
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the guy like he lost to pull a bunch into

495
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the Crawford box. It didn't all three home runs going

496
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to the Crows boxes. They said, well, they said, I

497
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was watching MLB Network last night. They said, he has

498
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never hit a home run to center or right. Every

499
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home run in his career.

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Speaker 1: He has hit is the left and Orange play a

501
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Tiken park. Also, for those keeping track home run totals

502
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on the season, estoc Parade is three, Alex Bregman two.

503
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I just want to bring that up. What's the ops totals?

504
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Speaker 2: Ops? Okay, estoc praatis eight thirty one. Let's go Alex

505
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Bregman eight oh six.

506
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Speaker 1: Yeah, suck at Bregman. Cam Smith hitting a home run

507
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all the weekend, twelve rbi to nine for Estox.

508
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Speaker 2: I mean of them there, but again we have to

509
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always touted like one six RBI game. Yeah, he had

510
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a huge game, and then I don't know if what

511
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he's been doing since then.

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Speaker 1: Quite frankly, I don't care.

513
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Speaker 2: It's Red Sox baseball, but as far as the Kyle

514
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Tucker trade is going, which Kyle Tucker, of course, is

515
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just mashing for the Chicago Cubs. You got a win

516
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from Hayden wesn Esky, right, you got three home runs

517
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from Paradus over the weekend, and camp Smith hit his

518
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first home run and he's been playing pretty steady handed

519
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right field.

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Speaker 1: No, that's the funny part about it is again we

521
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say it all the time. Sometimes in a trade it

522
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works out for both teams, and this is one. As

523
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of right now, it's looking like it's worked out for

524
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both teams. Now, the caveat is if Kyle Tucker does

525
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not re sign with the Cubs, the Astros still get

526
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multiple more years of camp Smith, Estoch Peridus, Hayden was Esky,

527
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a one year rental of Kyle Tucker. Great. I'm glad

528
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he's doing well for them.

529
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Speaker 2: He better because they gave up a pretty big haul

530
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to get him. I'm wishing them the best. And if

531
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they sign them out, I don't even care. If I

532
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don't care if the Cubs win the trade. The Astros

533
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have already won the trade and they're going to with

534
00:24:07,200 --> 00:24:09,440
what Cam Smith I think is going to provide No

535
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whatever level, even if he's just a Major League above

536
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replacement player for as many as years as he's going

537
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to be under team control, this is this is a

538
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win and you're already getting much more than that with

539
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Hayden was an Eski and Easti paratus and what they're doing.

540
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Speaker 1: Yeah, and I was talking about this on the post

541
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game show yesterday. You know, understand expectations for Wesneski. He is,

542
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he's the expectations where he'd be the number five guy

543
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in the rush. He's probably number four right now because

544
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Spencer Burragetty's out because his thumb is broken.

545
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Speaker 2: But what he's doing so far three starts in a

546
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new area of three. That is, that's exactly what you

547
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want out your number five guy. That's that's tremendous. That's great,

548
00:24:48,680 --> 00:24:50,599
he's doing exactly what you want. That's even better.

549
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Speaker 1: Yeah. Yeah, and he's only twenty seven, so I mean,

550
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like you could probably get three four more really good

551
00:24:56,039 --> 00:24:58,079
years out of him. He could slide up in the

552
00:24:58,200 --> 00:25:00,519
rotation if he you know, if he continues to improve

553
00:25:00,599 --> 00:25:03,000
and stay steady, you know, maybe next year he's the

554
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number three guy. So yeah, I think it's it's a tremendous. Uh,

555
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tremendous showing so far from Weznsky a career high ten

556
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strikeouts yesterday.

557
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Speaker 2: Yeah, he gave up three solo shots, three mistakes, but

558
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he hit their solos.

559
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Speaker 1: Yeah.

560
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Speaker 2: Uh, look, it was a quality started at the end

561
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of the day, like you said, and in ten strikeouts

562
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he was looking good. I'm feeling pretty darn good about

563
00:25:25,920 --> 00:25:28,920
where the Astros are right now, considering how slow they started,

564
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how slow the bats started, and aarrag Getty's injury and oh,

565
00:25:33,720 --> 00:25:36,480
by the way, uh, Lance mccullor's junior over the weekend

566
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had a rehab start didn't look too shabby.

567
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Speaker 1: Yeah, and Dana Brown yesterday they kind of intimated that

568
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they think if this continues to go well again, no

569
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one who jinks it, but if he continues on this track,

570
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that series in Kansas City at the end of the month,

571
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could see perhaps Lance mcullus junior rejoined the team in

572
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that series. That's crazy, now, I would be selfish. I'd

573
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like to hold him out for the Detroit series when

574
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they come back home on the twenty eighth. Woll just

575
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to have him home home. Yeah, yeah, okay, what's his number?

576
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His numbers at Mini made park. I think lifetime are

577
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really good. Honest.

578
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Speaker 2: There was a year where he was getting destroyed at

579
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home and then it kind.

580
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Speaker 1: Of flips it.

581
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Speaker 2: I can look at his career numbers, but I know

582
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what you're talking about wasn't. But I think there, I

583
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think it was flip flopping with him. There were some

584
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years he was grade at home, some years he wasn't,

585
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and those types of things generally tend to even.

586
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Speaker 1: Have I just know, opened the damn roof flants of

587
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colors is pitching. He he does not like that. Oh yeah,

588
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I know that's what it was. Remember it was at

589
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an Arizona or something. They closed the roof in the

590
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middle of.

591
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Speaker 2: The game or they opened it up in the middle

592
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of the game, and he was like really pissed about it. Yeah,

593
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because striking him out and doesn't matter where the roof

594
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is open or close.

595
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Speaker 1: Lance, But yeah, the Astros tonight, Ross will go for

596
00:26:50,319 --> 00:26:55,319
something that they have not done all year long, okay,

597
00:26:56,119 --> 00:26:59,079
is when back to back games they have not won

598
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two games in a row all season. Yikes, that's it

599
00:27:03,160 --> 00:27:04,240
doesn't sound great, all right.

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Speaker 2: Career at home for Lance mccullor's junior Yeah, way better.

601
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Two point six to seven Era on the road four

602
00:27:11,319 --> 00:27:14,119
point four to three. That's what if I had to guess, though,

603
00:27:14,440 --> 00:27:18,440
it was yikes, all right, well, Kaufin Stadium's pretty big though,

604
00:27:18,880 --> 00:27:20,400
Kansas City, be all right.

605
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Speaker 1: I'll talk to somebody who was there, though. So he

606
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looked really good, okay.

607
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Speaker 2: Sources Chris Cordy's sources close to the show are saying

608
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that Lance mccullors Junior looked pretty good. His sinker was

609
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averaging ninety one point seven miles an hour I think,

610
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or something or ninety one point four.

611
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Speaker 1: I can't remember what.

612
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Speaker 2: Brian mctackart's exact tweet before he went down it was

613
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averaging ninety three. So the velo is a little bit

614
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down right now. Who knows if that's going to come

615
00:27:41,960 --> 00:27:44,839
back up. It could happen, but it's certainly something to

616
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keep an eye on. And while we've all been keeping

617
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our expectations low, I think as he continues to kind

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of knock these things off his list as far as

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bullpens then live BP, then rehab starts and doesn't have

620
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a setback, I'm starting to feel pretty good about how

621
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you even mentioned Dana Brown. In a couple of weeks,

622
00:28:02,400 --> 00:28:04,759
we could have Lancema Colors junior starting a game for

623
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the Houston Astros.

624
00:28:05,839 --> 00:28:07,799
Speaker 1: How about that? And I didn't think. I didn't think

625
00:28:07,880 --> 00:28:10,559
Ryan Gusto's outing was all that bat on so good.

626
00:28:10,799 --> 00:28:12,400
It was out of the gates. It was you could

627
00:28:12,400 --> 00:28:16,200
tell his nerves. It was ward singled Renheifo doubled trout singled,

628
00:28:16,240 --> 00:28:18,160
it was like, oh God. And then he kind of

629
00:28:18,200 --> 00:28:20,240
settled down from there and he had some you know,

630
00:28:20,440 --> 00:28:22,559
some quick innings, a one, two, three inning and the third.

631
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Uh did give up a solo homer in the fourth,

632
00:28:25,319 --> 00:28:29,000
but you know, to go four innings three runs, it's

633
00:28:29,039 --> 00:28:31,000
not great, but it's just magnifi because you only scored

634
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one run that day. It's basically what was Ansky did yesterday, Right,

635
00:28:34,400 --> 00:28:36,720
he gave up three runs, but no harm, no fault,

636
00:28:36,720 --> 00:28:39,720
because of course scored seven. Yeah, so exactly if you had,

637
00:28:39,880 --> 00:28:41,880
if you had scored eight runs on Saturday, we'd be saying, hey,

638
00:28:41,920 --> 00:28:44,160
Gusto pounded on the back, you know, if they had.

639
00:28:44,200 --> 00:28:46,000
Speaker 2: But they had scored fourteen the day before, so they

640
00:28:46,000 --> 00:28:47,599
were getting no hit into the fifth or sixth or

641
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whatever it was.

642
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Speaker 1: It was the sixth with two outs and they rowed

643
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on riped the double thank god. Uh yeah, off the

644
00:28:53,240 --> 00:28:55,119
that's right off the last thing too, Like, okay, the

645
00:28:55,119 --> 00:28:58,200
Friday night offensive output was awesome, but then Saturday the

646
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bats are cold, and then yesterday get the big three

647
00:29:02,400 --> 00:29:05,400
run blast from estoc Paratus outside that it was five singles.

648
00:29:05,680 --> 00:29:08,920
You're still not really it's okay, it's okay, it's coming along.

649
00:29:09,200 --> 00:29:11,359
Oh I didn't tell you the best part. So Dubond

650
00:29:11,759 --> 00:29:14,480
yesterday in the clubhouse pregame, I interviewed, have had him

651
00:29:14,480 --> 00:29:17,839
on the pregame show, and then uh, as he's walking

652
00:29:17,880 --> 00:29:20,559
out of the clubhouse back car, horror goes, hey, so

653
00:29:20,680 --> 00:29:24,079
you got the torpedo bat. Yeah, and uh, Dubon goes yeah. Man,

654
00:29:24,160 --> 00:29:26,400
he goes, is, we're to see if it works. I'm

655
00:29:26,400 --> 00:29:28,079
gonna use this thing every year. If it done, we're

656
00:29:28,079 --> 00:29:29,640
gonna go back to the other one. Yeah. But he

657
00:29:29,720 --> 00:29:32,599
showed us on his bat all his contact is made

658
00:29:32,680 --> 00:29:34,480
right in that little sweet spot where it's the thickest.

659
00:29:34,559 --> 00:29:35,119
Uh huh.

660
00:29:35,160 --> 00:29:37,400
Speaker 2: So he's like, we'll see and then what he has

661
00:29:37,440 --> 00:29:39,440
a hit yesterday? Yeah, I think it's for his first

662
00:29:39,440 --> 00:29:41,559
ab with a torpedo bat. Yeah, he had a single

663
00:29:41,640 --> 00:29:42,920
up the center, I mean up the middle.

664
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Speaker 1: So team torpedo as far as I know, he's the

665
00:29:45,640 --> 00:29:49,400
only one using it. Yeah, but more power to you, Mauricio.

666
00:29:49,799 --> 00:29:52,200
Sounds like much of ado about nothing. Then if everybody,

667
00:29:52,359 --> 00:29:54,839
if it was such this huge advantage, then everybody would

668
00:29:54,880 --> 00:29:57,000
be using the torpedo bat And he's the only astro

669
00:29:57,079 --> 00:29:58,920
that we know of that you use again, So, but

670
00:29:59,079 --> 00:30:01,559
what was his total on the season prior to it?

671
00:30:02,839 --> 00:30:04,559
Speaker 2: I know he was hitting like under one hundred for

672
00:30:04,559 --> 00:30:06,400
a while, so I think he had one or two.

673
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Speaker 1: Yes, he had one hit on the season. He doubled

674
00:30:10,319 --> 00:30:13,599
that yesterday. Let's go with a hit. So torpedo dubon,

675
00:30:14,000 --> 00:30:14,839
is it a real thing?

676
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Speaker 2: We'll discuss a seven one three two two five seven

677
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ninety is the phone number.

678
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Speaker 1: We are going to take a break. We got some

679
00:30:20,119 --> 00:30:21,279
more Astros talk coming up.

680
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Speaker 2: Chris Gordy is here, Matt Thomas is out sick or

681
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Ros virial with you as well at seven one three,

682
00:30:26,920 --> 00:30:30,000
two one two five seven ninety. Quick break back in

683
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a second here on Sports Talk seven ninety. Astros take

684
00:30:33,920 --> 00:30:36,680
two out of three from the Angels over the weekend.

685
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Speaker 1: Great news, Gordy.

686
00:30:40,480 --> 00:30:44,359
Speaker 2: They have a positive run deferential plus two on the season.

687
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Speaker 1: Let's go only team in the American League West with

688
00:30:48,200 --> 00:30:50,880
a positive run differential. Well, and if you want to

689
00:30:50,920 --> 00:30:53,960
look on the bright side, I do you know, if

690
00:30:54,000 --> 00:30:56,960
you want to be half class full m do you

691
00:30:57,000 --> 00:31:02,839
realize they are? That's You've been blown game in Seattle

692
00:31:02,880 --> 00:31:06,079
on Wednesday. If they'd just done what they need to

693
00:31:06,119 --> 00:31:09,920
do that day, we'd be talking about three straight series wins. Yeah,

694
00:31:10,039 --> 00:31:12,599
they took two out of three Minnesota, they just took

695
00:31:12,599 --> 00:31:15,319
two out of three against who are the AL West

696
00:31:15,359 --> 00:31:19,200
leading Los Angeles Angels coming into this right and then

697
00:31:20,279 --> 00:31:22,599
Seattle you lost two out of three, but you should have.

698
00:31:22,680 --> 00:31:24,799
I mean, you were winning that Wednesday game the whole game.

699
00:31:24,880 --> 00:31:29,000
Hunter Brown was outstanding. Contraras was not. He was not,

700
00:31:29,279 --> 00:31:32,319
and everybody was blaming the spot up, ok Oker, it's

701
00:31:32,359 --> 00:31:34,680
been awesome in every other I do think that's just

702
00:31:34,680 --> 00:31:37,960
a tough outing go Basically nobody else couldn't get three outs. Yeah,

703
00:31:38,000 --> 00:31:39,960
it's a tough spot to be in there. You off

704
00:31:40,000 --> 00:31:43,759
the Grand Slam like he did, he goes hey man,

705
00:31:43,799 --> 00:31:45,039
only one of those runs is earned to me.

706
00:31:45,400 --> 00:31:48,960
Speaker 2: Yeah, and even then, exactly, even then, Brian Obray, you

707
00:31:49,000 --> 00:31:50,799
shouldn't have blown the game. I mean, you're you're up

708
00:31:50,799 --> 00:31:52,559
to runs with Brian A. Bray, who should get the

709
00:31:52,599 --> 00:31:56,079
job done against a weak Mariner's lineup, So they didn't

710
00:31:56,079 --> 00:31:58,440
get it done. Whoever you want to blame, I understand

711
00:31:58,440 --> 00:31:59,920
some people are giving blame to others.

712
00:32:00,039 --> 00:32:02,039
Speaker 1: Brian A. Brady with a two run leads should get

713
00:32:02,039 --> 00:32:03,640
the job done. He did not.

714
00:32:04,400 --> 00:32:06,640
Speaker 2: Astros sit at seven and eight. But them's the breaks.

715
00:32:06,640 --> 00:32:07,799
That's how baseball goes.

716
00:32:08,279 --> 00:32:08,440
Speaker 1: Uh.

717
00:32:08,559 --> 00:32:11,000
Speaker 2: You just try to continue to win series and rack

718
00:32:11,079 --> 00:32:13,039
up more dubs and hopefully they'll be able to do

719
00:32:13,079 --> 00:32:15,960
that in Saint Louis for three and then they come

720
00:32:16,000 --> 00:32:18,400
back home for a weekend series against the San Diego Podra.

721
00:32:18,559 --> 00:32:21,279
Speaker 1: Sonny great and I he's been pretty good, had one

722
00:32:21,279 --> 00:32:23,720
bad outing against the Angels, but dominant the other two.

723
00:32:23,759 --> 00:32:26,799
And then on Tuesday it be Eric Fetti who's been

724
00:32:26,839 --> 00:32:30,200
really good as well, so but again one bat outing

725
00:32:30,240 --> 00:32:33,079
for him. So yeah, we'll see what to see what

726
00:32:33,119 --> 00:32:34,880
we're getting here. The interesting part? Do you know the

727
00:32:36,240 --> 00:32:38,920
do you know who leads all of baseball in home runs?

728
00:32:41,200 --> 00:32:41,680
Mike Trout?

729
00:32:42,119 --> 00:32:44,359
Speaker 2: Well, I mean as a team, Oh, as a team,

730
00:32:44,640 --> 00:32:46,279
you get the Yankees are the Dodgers. I'm gonna go

731
00:32:46,319 --> 00:32:46,839
with the Dodgers.

732
00:32:46,880 --> 00:32:49,680
Speaker 1: They spin the Dodgers for much of this season, but

733
00:32:49,880 --> 00:32:53,720
as of today, it is the Los Angeles Angels. Okay,

734
00:32:55,359 --> 00:32:56,720
they've been up there as well. That's why I did

735
00:32:56,799 --> 00:32:59,680
have a problem with you know, Wasazeski gives up three homers? Yes, there,

736
00:32:59,759 --> 00:33:02,680
but they're the solo variety. Solo home runs don't beat you.

737
00:33:02,839 --> 00:33:04,799
Speaker 2: Yeah, but that's also like you should still have a

738
00:33:04,799 --> 00:33:07,880
problem with him. He's been having some home run issues

739
00:33:07,920 --> 00:33:08,519
as well.

740
00:33:08,279 --> 00:33:11,440
Speaker 1: When Verlinder was cruising and even Garrett Cole at times

741
00:33:11,440 --> 00:33:14,200
like they'd put up seven innings of two or three

742
00:33:14,279 --> 00:33:16,920
run ball and they were all solo home runs. Whatever,

743
00:33:17,039 --> 00:33:19,000
But you don't want three leaving the building, no matter

744
00:33:19,039 --> 00:33:19,559
what they are.

745
00:33:19,640 --> 00:33:21,799
Speaker 2: So I wouldn't say, you say, it's a little bit

746
00:33:21,839 --> 00:33:24,079
easier pill to swallow, but I wouldn't say I got.

747
00:33:24,039 --> 00:33:24,920
Speaker 1: No problem with it.

748
00:33:24,960 --> 00:33:26,559
Speaker 2: I have more of a problem with the Astros only

749
00:33:26,599 --> 00:33:30,480
having twelve home runs and being six worst in baseball

750
00:33:30,759 --> 00:33:35,119
at home runs. So jord On Alvarez still has zero

751
00:33:35,200 --> 00:33:39,119
correct or does Oh, that's right, that's right. Yeah, it

752
00:33:39,160 --> 00:33:45,039
was a bomb too, Okay, so he's got one. Come on, Jordan,

753
00:33:46,039 --> 00:33:47,400
you gotta be doing a little bit better than this.

754
00:33:47,880 --> 00:33:51,079
Let's go he's gonna get it going. But but preseason,

755
00:33:51,119 --> 00:33:52,640
we were kind of talking about this with everyone. We

756
00:33:52,680 --> 00:33:55,519
did this on opening Day with everyone we were talking to.

757
00:33:55,599 --> 00:33:57,559
We were like, hey, we need that breakout year from

758
00:33:57,640 --> 00:34:01,720
jord On where he really really pushes for like forty

759
00:34:01,720 --> 00:34:04,079
home runs. His o ps ops plus numbers have always

760
00:34:04,079 --> 00:34:06,359
been great and they're gonna continue to be great. But

761
00:34:06,880 --> 00:34:11,920
like that breakout forty year, forty bomb, like I'm winning.

762
00:34:11,679 --> 00:34:15,480
Speaker 1: The m v P type of season. It would have

763
00:34:15,480 --> 00:34:18,000
been really nice. Correction, I wouldn't say it was Minnesota

764
00:34:18,039 --> 00:34:19,920
and that was the game they were. Remember they were

765
00:34:19,920 --> 00:34:23,159
losing in the ninth inning and the stupid, the stupid

766
00:34:23,480 --> 00:34:26,440
Twins put the brought their closer in the eighth and

767
00:34:26,480 --> 00:34:28,079
then brought in the setup man the ninth.

768
00:34:28,239 --> 00:34:30,199
Speaker 2: Uh huh, and you'red untied it and went to extra

769
00:34:30,440 --> 00:34:33,639
Griffin Jacks. That's right, Griffin.

770
00:34:34,000 --> 00:34:37,280
Speaker 1: Duran, that's their st He came in in the in

771
00:34:37,360 --> 00:34:40,400
the eighth. But you're know how to hit in all

772
00:34:40,400 --> 00:34:44,039
three games as series, it's just yeah, one double, there

773
00:34:44,079 --> 00:34:46,360
are a lot of there are a lot of singles.

774
00:34:46,920 --> 00:34:49,239
Speaker 2: Yeah, and he brought they brought in Rock abou Eli

775
00:34:49,280 --> 00:34:51,119
brought in. It was like the back into the lineup

776
00:34:51,159 --> 00:34:53,360
right the Astros long if he brought in Durant or Duran.

777
00:34:53,599 --> 00:34:56,719
Speaker 1: Yeah. It was funny yesterday in the clubhouse per game

778
00:34:57,280 --> 00:34:59,440
and all the players are arriving, you know, in that

779
00:34:59,599 --> 00:35:02,800
early hour or whatever, uh before the game, and uh,

780
00:35:02,920 --> 00:35:05,280
you're not walks in. I'm talking with Gene Dies from

781
00:35:05,280 --> 00:35:08,000
the Astro staff, and you walks up to Gene and

782
00:35:08,039 --> 00:35:10,199
does a fist bump with him. And I'm like, okay,

783
00:35:10,599 --> 00:35:13,400
and I'm talking to Gene for another thirty seconds or so.

784
00:35:13,440 --> 00:35:14,920
I turned to the left and I realized you're not

785
00:35:15,000 --> 00:35:17,119
had then turned to me with a fist bump and

786
00:35:17,239 --> 00:35:19,199
was waiting. He was holding, and I left him hanging.

787
00:35:19,320 --> 00:35:22,639
No man, but I was like, I almost wanted to

788
00:35:22,639 --> 00:35:25,320
be like, you even know my name, what do you need?

789
00:35:25,360 --> 00:35:28,159
If it's bump for me, that's pretty great. He's funny. Yeah,

790
00:35:28,159 --> 00:35:28,639
he is funny.

791
00:35:28,599 --> 00:35:31,960
Speaker 2: He's kind of sneaky funny. Uh, that's pretty funny.

792
00:35:32,079 --> 00:35:35,159
Speaker 1: Him and al two. I mean the personalities of him Altuve,

793
00:35:36,119 --> 00:35:38,239
I mean like Jeremy Payne. Yeah, I mean, you've You've

794
00:35:38,239 --> 00:35:41,159
got some good dudes on this team, so very easy

795
00:35:41,199 --> 00:35:43,880
to root for. Very Uh, you know, they just need

796
00:35:43,920 --> 00:35:46,400
to produce. That's where we're having is doing his thing.

797
00:35:46,800 --> 00:35:48,599
Speaker 2: He is well, he had a bad weekend, but can

798
00:35:48,599 --> 00:35:51,880
we mention though him and left field is actually it's

799
00:35:52,000 --> 00:35:52,679
not been bad.

800
00:35:52,800 --> 00:35:53,559
Speaker 1: It's been fine.

801
00:35:53,840 --> 00:35:56,800
Speaker 2: And Cam Smith is getting better and better in right field. Yeah,

802
00:35:56,840 --> 00:35:59,360
he's made some nice grabs he has and he's been

803
00:35:59,400 --> 00:36:01,559
okay too. And I like his arm out there.

804
00:36:01,599 --> 00:36:01,760
Speaker 5: Now.

805
00:36:01,760 --> 00:36:04,360
Speaker 1: Did you see the diving catch Jake Myers made yesterday? Yes?

806
00:36:04,400 --> 00:36:07,400
I did. For all people want to bitch a complain

807
00:36:07,480 --> 00:36:10,920
about his bat. That is why Jake Myers plays every day.

808
00:36:11,159 --> 00:36:15,719
Speaker 2: Dude, that was in insane. Catch was fired up. He

809
00:36:15,760 --> 00:36:18,000
was like, dude, like what you could kind of tell?

810
00:36:18,000 --> 00:36:21,519
He said, bleeping something, bleeping catch. He was fired up

811
00:36:21,559 --> 00:36:21,880
about it.

812
00:36:22,000 --> 00:36:24,119
Speaker 1: That's that's why you can get away with al Tuvay

813
00:36:24,119 --> 00:36:26,480
and left to him Smith and right because Jake Myers

814
00:36:26,519 --> 00:36:28,199
is covering the entire ocean out there.

815
00:36:28,320 --> 00:36:32,000
Speaker 2: Yeah, you're totally dude, Jake Myers fan club, you're preaching

816
00:36:32,000 --> 00:36:34,719
a choir right now, Gordy, we love we love us

817
00:36:34,719 --> 00:36:40,320
some Jake Myers. He's also let's see, actually his ops

818
00:36:40,320 --> 00:36:43,360
plus numbers are gone down pretty significantly. Never mind everage

819
00:36:43,400 --> 00:36:45,599
is okay, right, he's in too fitty.

820
00:36:46,000 --> 00:36:48,199
Speaker 1: Yeah, that's that's the best on the team right now.

821
00:36:48,239 --> 00:36:49,360
Six twenty six. Ops.

822
00:36:49,400 --> 00:36:52,000
Speaker 2: We'd like it a little bit better. But yeah, uh,

823
00:36:52,039 --> 00:36:54,199
he's not. I don't think he has a single extra Brase.

824
00:36:54,280 --> 00:36:55,239
Oh no, he's got two doubles.

825
00:36:55,239 --> 00:36:57,159
Speaker 1: That's right. This is a trip I wish was in

826
00:36:57,199 --> 00:36:58,840
like a month or so. I've never been to Saint

827
00:36:58,880 --> 00:37:01,199
Louis that this would be a fun trip to make

828
00:37:01,239 --> 00:37:03,360
to go see him. Yeah, it's a little too early

829
00:37:03,400 --> 00:37:06,440
in the season. Why just because time of year we

830
00:37:06,519 --> 00:37:09,840
got rockets to playoffs. Yeah, everything on. Maybe next year,

831
00:37:09,920 --> 00:37:12,159
there's always next year. Do you have another day game?

832
00:37:12,239 --> 00:37:14,440
I love all these midweek day games. It's great.

833
00:37:15,119 --> 00:37:17,000
Speaker 2: We don't mind them. Here on the Mad Thomas Show

834
00:37:17,239 --> 00:37:19,159
ten to two. Here on Sports Talk seven to ninety.

835
00:37:19,400 --> 00:37:21,199
Knock off a little early, not the worst thing that

836
00:37:21,199 --> 00:37:21,840
could happen to me.

837
00:37:22,199 --> 00:37:24,639
Speaker 1: I think Matt is scheduled to do pregame on Wednesday.

838
00:37:24,639 --> 00:37:26,280
You may won't be on standby for that one.

839
00:37:26,400 --> 00:37:29,800
Speaker 2: Okay, all right, I'm just gonna start calling him a

840
00:37:30,000 --> 00:37:31,039
sicky Matt.

841
00:37:30,920 --> 00:37:33,719
Speaker 1: And the stupid Saint Louis start times. It's an extra

842
00:37:33,840 --> 00:37:37,199
five minutes of pregame for that. Good luck, Matt, appreciate you.

843
00:37:38,159 --> 00:37:41,000
It'll be Wednesday, will be even eleven to eleven forty five.

844
00:37:41,440 --> 00:37:42,800
I can hang out with him for it. We've done

845
00:37:42,800 --> 00:37:43,280
that before.

846
00:37:43,559 --> 00:37:47,239
Speaker 2: Yeah, where I'm just like the kind of like the

847
00:37:47,320 --> 00:37:49,199
color analyst to him being the play by play of

848
00:37:49,280 --> 00:37:49,800
the pregame.

849
00:37:50,679 --> 00:37:54,159
Speaker 1: The I believe the Astros still are saying TBA on

850
00:37:54,239 --> 00:37:58,280
their starter for Wednesday. ESPN has run out Blancos slay

851
00:37:58,360 --> 00:38:00,119
it in there. I don't know why they would and

852
00:38:00,639 --> 00:38:06,880
go Renel Blanco there. Hmm, unless you're trying to because

853
00:38:06,880 --> 00:38:09,599
they had off day. When was that Thursday? Yeah, they

854
00:38:09,599 --> 00:38:12,320
were off last Thursday, so you just kind of slider

855
00:38:12,320 --> 00:38:14,480
everybody up now. They still went Gusto on Saturday.

856
00:38:15,000 --> 00:38:17,559
Speaker 2: Yes, so I think I think because it's early in

857
00:38:17,559 --> 00:38:20,079
the season, they don't they don't really want to do that.

858
00:38:20,639 --> 00:38:22,039
They want to give everybody a little bit of that

859
00:38:22,079 --> 00:38:24,000
extra resk and everybody built up ready to go for

860
00:38:24,039 --> 00:38:24,480
the season.

861
00:38:24,719 --> 00:38:27,079
Speaker 1: I saw Eric getting in the clubhouse yesterday and one

862
00:38:27,119 --> 00:38:28,280
of the guys asked him how you're doing it. He

863
00:38:28,360 --> 00:38:30,679
was like, man, doing the best I can. Like, it's

864
00:38:30,679 --> 00:38:32,719
just kind of it's just do you notice how freak

865
00:38:32,719 --> 00:38:35,480
of an accident. That was yeah, because I said they

866
00:38:35,480 --> 00:38:38,239
were they were shaggingfly balls and a ball was coming

867
00:38:38,280 --> 00:38:40,320
and he didn't see it, and he covered his head

868
00:38:40,920 --> 00:38:42,440
and as he put his hand on his head, the

869
00:38:42,480 --> 00:38:45,400
ball hit right on the bottom part of his thumb

870
00:38:45,840 --> 00:38:48,960
and broke it. I was joking, Brian McTaggert, I said,

871
00:38:49,280 --> 00:38:51,320
So it almost had been better had he not covered

872
00:38:51,360 --> 00:38:53,280
his head. He was just going out of concussion for

873
00:38:53,320 --> 00:38:54,920
a couple of days, but he would have been still

874
00:38:54,960 --> 00:38:57,880
being able to. Yeah, that's true, that's crazy.

875
00:39:00,039 --> 00:39:04,480
Speaker 2: Fortunately he is out, he's gonna he's figuring out how

876
00:39:04,519 --> 00:39:06,760
to do things left handed, everything in his life right now.

877
00:39:06,960 --> 00:39:08,039
Speaker 1: Hopefully he'll be fine.

878
00:39:09,320 --> 00:39:11,639
Speaker 2: Ye all right, Gardy, we do have to get to

879
00:39:11,679 --> 00:39:14,199
a quick top of the hour break here, but uh,

880
00:39:14,239 --> 00:39:16,920
you know astro season is in full swing, and what

881
00:39:17,039 --> 00:39:22,559
pairs best our number two of the Matt Thomas Show

882
00:39:22,800 --> 00:39:26,079
with Ross again without Matt Thomas.

883
00:39:26,079 --> 00:39:27,159
Speaker 1: He is out sick.

884
00:39:27,199 --> 00:39:30,679
Speaker 2: He should be back, I believe broadcasting from home tomorrow

885
00:39:31,519 --> 00:39:34,599
taking a little time has Matt Thomas, and well, he

886
00:39:34,719 --> 00:39:38,000
was sick if you heard him on Friday. Unfortunately it

887
00:39:38,079 --> 00:39:41,559
is continuing into the weekend and beyond, so he'll be back.

888
00:39:41,719 --> 00:39:44,119
But I am here Ross VI Real, Chris Gordy is

889
00:39:44,159 --> 00:39:46,480
here as well. Adam Clannon'll be joining me as at

890
00:39:46,480 --> 00:39:47,519
one o'clock as well.

891
00:39:47,639 --> 00:39:51,280
Speaker 1: Nice saw Wex and AC on the TV last night

892
00:39:51,480 --> 00:39:54,599
in Jersey Sports Sunday with Randy mcilvoy hind and catch

893
00:39:54,599 --> 00:39:58,280
it by the way. Randy mclvoy winner of the Media Houston.

894
00:39:58,920 --> 00:40:03,400
Oh beautiful. Yeah, Media Alliance Award for I think it

895
00:40:03,440 --> 00:40:05,320
was Best Sports Caster that was the one he beat

896
00:40:05,360 --> 00:40:05,880
up Matt.

897
00:40:06,199 --> 00:40:09,199
Speaker 2: Oh really, how's Matt feeling about? Is that why he's

898
00:40:09,239 --> 00:40:09,920
really off today?

899
00:40:10,320 --> 00:40:10,400
Speaker 6: Is?

900
00:40:10,400 --> 00:40:10,639
Speaker 1: See?

901
00:40:10,639 --> 00:40:12,679
Speaker 2: Did he really take off today in protest? Is that

902
00:40:12,760 --> 00:40:15,119
what's really happening? I mean, losing a Randy's no shoe.

903
00:40:15,159 --> 00:40:17,480
Brandy's been doing this, what twenty five years in the city?

904
00:40:21,000 --> 00:40:23,159
Speaker 1: No shame? Is that right? Has it been that long?

905
00:40:23,159 --> 00:40:25,320
It's been around a while? Man? Okay?

906
00:40:25,760 --> 00:40:27,880
Speaker 2: Uh yeah, Matt Thomas tweeting out, I thought I was

907
00:40:27,920 --> 00:40:30,960
turning the corner, but I haven't fever, slight chills, aches,

908
00:40:31,119 --> 00:40:35,000
no appetite. So yeah, he's gonna take Monday off. Hopefully

909
00:40:35,039 --> 00:40:37,519
he's feeling better getting I don't know if he's getting

910
00:40:37,519 --> 00:40:38,639
liquid IV or what he's doing.

911
00:40:38,719 --> 00:40:40,480
Speaker 1: He said he was getting an ivy at home.

912
00:40:40,599 --> 00:40:43,440
Speaker 2: Okay, Well that's a hip of violation, Gordy. I don't

913
00:40:43,480 --> 00:40:45,440
know what you're doing over there. I'm just kidding.

914
00:40:45,559 --> 00:40:47,480
Speaker 1: I think you can buy an ivy from like the

915
00:40:47,559 --> 00:40:48,639
corner store and bring.

916
00:40:48,440 --> 00:40:48,639
Speaker 4: It to you.

917
00:40:49,000 --> 00:40:51,320
Speaker 1: Really, i'd be really helpful on days when you're hung over.

918
00:40:51,320 --> 00:40:56,480
They are, so that is an industry I've heard, particularly

919
00:40:56,480 --> 00:40:58,679
in Vegas. They've popped up a lot. Yes, where you

920
00:40:58,760 --> 00:41:01,519
get like you're hungover Vegas, come to the spot and

921
00:41:01,559 --> 00:41:02,519
get the liquid ivy.

922
00:41:02,639 --> 00:41:05,679
Speaker 2: But it's like three hundred dollars. Should we really how

923
00:41:05,760 --> 00:41:07,800
bad do you want to get over the tangover? Should

924
00:41:07,880 --> 00:41:10,159
we really be encouraging alcoholism as much as we do?

925
00:41:10,239 --> 00:41:12,440
I mean, my god, what people are I mean people

926
00:41:12,440 --> 00:41:14,960
are gonna do it everywhere you look, is nyah? But no,

927
00:41:15,000 --> 00:41:17,039
But they didn't have that nineteen seventy six. You went

928
00:41:17,119 --> 00:41:19,280
down and you drank too much. You paid the consequences.

929
00:41:19,440 --> 00:41:21,239
Speaker 1: Can I pose a question to you? Somebody asked me

930
00:41:21,280 --> 00:41:24,760
this recently. What's the point in shots? You're doing a

931
00:41:24,760 --> 00:41:28,119
shot of liquor? Yeah, to get drunk to drunk quicker? Right, Yes,

932
00:41:28,199 --> 00:41:30,880
Like that's really the only reason. Uh huh, there's no other.

933
00:41:31,320 --> 00:41:33,920
Speaker 2: So you are making a conscious decision when you do

934
00:41:33,960 --> 00:41:36,119
a shot. No, I will tell you this. Then, what's

935
00:41:36,159 --> 00:41:39,320
the point of the fruity shots? Everybody like, you know, like, uh,

936
00:41:39,440 --> 00:41:41,800
let's make some lemon drugs, do some lemon drops or

937
00:41:41,840 --> 00:41:44,000
some Mexican candies or some whatever.

938
00:41:44,199 --> 00:41:46,920
Speaker 1: It's like, okay, I guess I want you want to

939
00:41:46,920 --> 00:41:48,840
go hard, but not too hard. You want to go

940
00:41:48,840 --> 00:41:49,280
a little wit.

941
00:41:49,480 --> 00:41:51,800
Speaker 2: Usually they're like like eight dollars a piece. You might

942
00:41:51,800 --> 00:41:53,440
as well just get a drinking and chug that. You

943
00:41:53,519 --> 00:41:55,280
might as well get a cocktail and chug that down.

944
00:41:55,360 --> 00:41:57,960
Speaker 1: It's true. It's like, if you're doing a shot, you

945
00:41:57,960 --> 00:41:59,880
want to get drug Let's do some hard liquor. Let's go,

946
00:42:00,039 --> 00:42:02,280
hey dollars for a shot. I don't know. It depends

947
00:42:02,280 --> 00:42:04,119
on where oh are you the guy who walks up

948
00:42:04,159 --> 00:42:06,519
to the bar and goes, what's your highest aav beer?

949
00:42:06,760 --> 00:42:06,920
Speaker 5: Yeah?

950
00:42:06,960 --> 00:42:09,119
Speaker 2: Man, that some people do that. Yeah, I'll take the

951
00:42:09,400 --> 00:42:10,639
triple Imperial stout.

952
00:42:10,840 --> 00:42:12,800
Speaker 1: Would not know my name?

953
00:42:12,960 --> 00:42:16,400
Speaker 2: What is going to numb my brain as fast as possible?

954
00:42:16,800 --> 00:42:18,559
I mean, yeah, there are some people like that, and

955
00:42:18,599 --> 00:42:19,079
that's fine.

956
00:42:19,119 --> 00:42:21,239
Speaker 1: You got to thinks get away from live that world.

957
00:42:21,239 --> 00:42:23,440
I think you're willing to live the liquid ivy world.

958
00:42:23,480 --> 00:42:24,119
Other shots.

959
00:42:24,159 --> 00:42:26,239
Speaker 2: I mean, look, I've done some shots in my day,

960
00:42:26,599 --> 00:42:27,480
a lot of shots in my.

961
00:42:27,559 --> 00:42:33,719
Speaker 1: Day, but hang out with Greg Cook a lot of

962
00:42:33,760 --> 00:42:36,480
Irish mar moms, like a week of sleep to prepare

963
00:42:36,480 --> 00:42:36,960
for that night.

964
00:42:37,159 --> 00:42:39,320
Speaker 2: I'm like, Greg, it's one thirty in the afternoon. Why

965
00:42:39,320 --> 00:42:40,920
are we doing four Irish car bombs?

966
00:42:41,000 --> 00:42:41,360
Speaker 1: Dude?

967
00:42:41,679 --> 00:42:45,039
Speaker 2: And then he calls you an explotive good, yeah, yeah,

968
00:42:45,239 --> 00:42:47,559
and explet it is not safe for air and not

969
00:42:47,679 --> 00:42:50,000
it's really supposed to be in high usage in twenty

970
00:42:50,039 --> 00:42:53,559
twenty five. But he would like me because I could drink.

971
00:42:53,679 --> 00:42:55,199
I guess a lot of people couldn't drink with him.

972
00:42:56,119 --> 00:42:58,360
I can, Uh, well, it depends, it depends. I can't

973
00:42:58,360 --> 00:43:00,000
handle pretty myself pretty well.

974
00:43:00,039 --> 00:43:03,800
Speaker 1: I guess. One of the most fun UH I've ever

975
00:43:03,840 --> 00:43:06,000
had was was that I'm trying to remember for his

976
00:43:06,039 --> 00:43:09,920
Atlanta or what Super Bowl trip did we go on.

977
00:43:10,039 --> 00:43:12,199
We were at a restaurant and we had Greg Cook

978
00:43:12,320 --> 00:43:15,199
and Sean Salisbury and they were both just sharing.

979
00:43:15,760 --> 00:43:17,920
Speaker 2: Was that when we're at the we're at the cigar bar.

980
00:43:18,360 --> 00:43:20,119
I think, so we went to the cigar bar after?

981
00:43:20,159 --> 00:43:20,800
Did you come to that?

982
00:43:20,880 --> 00:43:22,239
Speaker 1: I don't know. I didn't go that. It was the

983
00:43:22,280 --> 00:43:24,920
dinner before that. Okay, the cigar bar. Things turned up

984
00:43:24,920 --> 00:43:25,760
a notch. It was great.

985
00:43:25,800 --> 00:43:27,360
Speaker 2: That was one of my It was yeah, but they

986
00:43:27,360 --> 00:43:30,039
were just sharing stories and it was it was incredible.

987
00:43:30,079 --> 00:43:31,719
I'm gonna be honest, that was one of my favorite

988
00:43:31,800 --> 00:43:34,719
nights probably ever, because, yeah, we went to the restaurant.

989
00:43:34,719 --> 00:43:35,760
Speaker 1: They're telling stories.

990
00:43:35,800 --> 00:43:37,559
Speaker 2: You know, Sean was more like in the eighties and

991
00:43:37,559 --> 00:43:39,119
Greg was more like in the seventies, but they had

992
00:43:39,119 --> 00:43:41,800
there was some overlap, and they were talking about guys

993
00:43:41,800 --> 00:43:44,039
that they knew, and like they were almost finishing each

994
00:43:44,039 --> 00:43:45,400
other sitting there like, hey, what was the name of

995
00:43:45,440 --> 00:43:47,119
that that defensive end that went to Penn State? And

996
00:43:47,119 --> 00:43:49,119
then then Sean would know it, and then and then

997
00:43:49,320 --> 00:43:50,639
Sean would be like, hey, what was the name of

998
00:43:50,639 --> 00:43:52,360
that wide receiver that went to And then Greg would

999
00:43:52,440 --> 00:43:54,639
know it. And they were telling all these stories and

1000
00:43:54,679 --> 00:43:56,239
then yeah, we went to the cigar bar after.

1001
00:43:56,280 --> 00:44:00,000
Speaker 1: It was like flirting with the waitress, yes.

1002
00:44:01,920 --> 00:44:02,360
Speaker 7: He was.

1003
00:44:02,840 --> 00:44:07,519
Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, harassment charges could have been filed, but it

1004
00:44:07,639 --> 00:44:11,679
was fun and uh, you was I think I want

1005
00:44:11,679 --> 00:44:13,960
to say, yeah, Sean was having some tequila. Greg was

1006
00:44:14,039 --> 00:44:17,199
going hitting the bourbon and I was I was like

1007
00:44:17,280 --> 00:44:19,880
having they were telling these hilarious stories. I was having

1008
00:44:19,960 --> 00:44:22,960
multiple times, like tears streaming down my face that I

1009
00:44:23,039 --> 00:44:24,679
hate cigars, but that was a fun night.

1010
00:44:24,679 --> 00:44:26,760
Speaker 1: That was a great time in Atlanta. You're on a

1011
00:44:26,840 --> 00:44:30,880
cigar BT, guy, No, I hate cigars. I'm I'm sensitive to.

1012
00:44:31,039 --> 00:44:32,920
Speaker 2: Maybe that's why tears are streaming down my face too,

1013
00:44:32,960 --> 00:44:35,840
is because all the cigars smoke. Like even if I uh,

1014
00:44:36,000 --> 00:44:39,440
if I'm near cigarette smoke, I'm very sensitive as my

1015
00:44:39,440 --> 00:44:42,159
my eyes will start watering and I can like I

1016
00:44:42,199 --> 00:44:44,159
could just feel myself getting uncomfortable. I don't know if

1017
00:44:44,199 --> 00:44:47,159
I'm I'm technically allergic or what, but I can't take it.

1018
00:44:47,199 --> 00:44:48,760
Speaker 1: I just don't. I don't like crazy to think in

1019
00:44:48,800 --> 00:44:50,960
the late eighties early nineties, you would go to a restaurant,

1020
00:44:50,960 --> 00:44:52,320
they'd go smoking or non.

1021
00:44:52,400 --> 00:44:55,760
Speaker 2: Yeah, well doing an airplane, so everybody's like babies are

1022
00:44:55,800 --> 00:44:58,800
on airplanes getting secondhand smokes. Like okay, it's fine, I'm

1023
00:44:58,800 --> 00:45:00,320
two rows away from the cigarett smoke.

1024
00:45:00,320 --> 00:45:02,039
Speaker 1: It's like, no, it drifts. I just remember going to

1025
00:45:02,079 --> 00:45:04,599
a restaurant one day they didn't have any like or

1026
00:45:05,119 --> 00:45:08,760
there's there's no weight in smoking. There's weight for non smoking.

1027
00:45:08,800 --> 00:45:11,039
You ever go like and smoking and yeah, you're just

1028
00:45:11,159 --> 00:45:11,880
miserable and.

1029
00:45:14,280 --> 00:45:16,920
Speaker 2: Or like sometimes you can still go into the suburbs

1030
00:45:16,960 --> 00:45:19,000
somewhere and you go into place and there's the guys

1031
00:45:19,039 --> 00:45:21,039
is lighting up a cigarette. You're like, what, Yeah, where

1032
00:45:21,079 --> 00:45:22,440
am I? Did I step into a time?

1033
00:45:23,679 --> 00:45:26,079
Speaker 1: Are we doing? Your? Folks, you're like out in Webster

1034
00:45:26,159 --> 00:45:26,840
or something. I don't know.

1035
00:45:26,840 --> 00:45:28,519
Speaker 2: You're on the way to Galveston and stop it either

1036
00:45:28,719 --> 00:45:31,400
or whatever some kind of small suburb and some dude

1037
00:45:31,440 --> 00:45:32,320
starts lighting up in.

1038
00:45:32,239 --> 00:45:33,880
Speaker 1: The middle of the restaurant. You're like, what the heck

1039
00:45:33,920 --> 00:45:37,360
is going on? Out of here? It's crazy? All right? Anyways,

1040
00:45:37,760 --> 00:45:38,719
what are we talking about?

1041
00:45:40,320 --> 00:45:40,440
Speaker 5: Well?

1042
00:45:40,480 --> 00:45:42,840
Speaker 2: I do want to pass this along. Okay, thank you.

1043
00:45:42,880 --> 00:45:44,679
Hit us on track. This is why I need Matt.

1044
00:45:45,079 --> 00:45:46,119
Get us on track, Matt.

1045
00:45:46,320 --> 00:45:50,360
Speaker 1: The uh Normal's Pelicans announced they fired their GM David Griffin.

1046
00:45:50,480 --> 00:45:53,800
Speaker 2: Okay, come on, man, you can't come with Pelicans GM.

1047
00:45:54,079 --> 00:45:56,360
Speaker 1: I'm just I'm bringing this up because one of the

1048
00:45:56,400 --> 00:45:59,320
news services there put out a report breaking news Pelicans

1049
00:45:59,360 --> 00:46:02,679
will keep co which Willie Green okay, and will Gillery

1050
00:46:03,079 --> 00:46:06,400
covers the Pelicans. He said, yes, Willi Green will remain

1051
00:46:06,440 --> 00:46:09,039
the Pelicans coach for now, but when they hire a

1052
00:46:09,079 --> 00:46:12,360
new lead executive, that person will decide Willie Green's future.

1053
00:46:12,599 --> 00:46:14,559
Speaker 2: So it's like one of those it's one of his caveats.

1054
00:46:14,559 --> 00:46:17,079
It's like, yes, he is technically still the head coach. Yeah,

1055
00:46:17,159 --> 00:46:19,239
when they hired a new leadership, that leadership is probably

1056
00:46:19,280 --> 00:46:19,639
gonna go.

1057
00:46:19,719 --> 00:46:21,079
Speaker 1: You know what, We're gonna make a change.

1058
00:46:21,119 --> 00:46:24,239
Speaker 2: Champs just said the Phoenix Suns have fired Mike Budenholzer.

1059
00:46:25,159 --> 00:46:27,280
Speaker 1: Didn't. Who did they have last year? Was it Mike? Oh?

1060
00:46:27,320 --> 00:46:31,840
Speaker 2: Was it Frank Vogel? It was they had Vogel for

1061
00:46:32,360 --> 00:46:36,360
Vogel NBA champions Championship winning coach for one year.

1062
00:46:37,480 --> 00:46:37,920
Speaker 1: Fired.

1063
00:46:38,119 --> 00:46:42,119
Speaker 2: Budenholzer NBA Championship winning coach fired after one year.

1064
00:46:42,159 --> 00:46:45,960
Speaker 1: I think, yeah, wow. Yeah.

1065
00:46:45,960 --> 00:46:48,480
Speaker 2: They had Monty Williams for four years. Yeah, and then

1066
00:46:48,519 --> 00:46:49,559
he left a weed.

1067
00:46:49,559 --> 00:46:51,119
Speaker 1: The NBA Coach of the Year a few years ago.

1068
00:46:51,320 --> 00:46:53,119
Speaker 2: Yeah, NBA Coach of the Year is a death now

1069
00:46:53,199 --> 00:46:55,119
you win that thing or getting fired within three years?

1070
00:46:55,199 --> 00:46:58,920
Speaker 1: Yeah. Bodholzer win thirty six and forty six on a

1071
00:46:58,960 --> 00:47:01,320
team with Kevin Durant and who else is there?

1072
00:47:01,719 --> 00:47:05,679
Speaker 2: Yeah, Kevin Durant and Devin Booker, and they were terriffs

1073
00:47:06,079 --> 00:47:07,840
they have all. It's funny because they're running back all

1074
00:47:07,880 --> 00:47:11,079
these preseason videos of Devin Booker like, ain't nobody gonna

1075
00:47:11,079 --> 00:47:13,840
be able to guard us? We're we're unguardable, and they're like, oh, well,

1076
00:47:14,559 --> 00:47:17,639
turns out that's not exactly the case. But yeah, Kevin

1077
00:47:17,719 --> 00:47:23,960
Durant go keeps texting the Rockets, going you up, what's up? Uh?

1078
00:47:24,000 --> 00:47:26,079
They might be, but I don't really want them to

1079
00:47:26,079 --> 00:47:29,920
be for how old he is. But man, that's yeah,

1080
00:47:29,960 --> 00:47:31,360
that's crazy.

1081
00:47:31,519 --> 00:47:33,880
Speaker 1: So the NBA did announce their Saturday games, so the

1082
00:47:34,239 --> 00:47:37,239
Rockets will play Sunday. I see, Okay, they just haven't

1083
00:47:37,239 --> 00:47:39,079
announced the time. Yeah, I just don't know the time.

1084
00:47:40,039 --> 00:47:41,679
The other part I meant to bring us up. We

1085
00:47:41,679 --> 00:47:44,000
were talking Rockets earlier the h did you see the

1086
00:47:44,800 --> 00:47:48,119
we get more clarity on the draft lottery as the

1087
00:47:48,159 --> 00:47:53,599
Suns tied for the NBA's ninth worst record. Okay, so basically,

1088
00:47:53,639 --> 00:47:59,000
the Rockets they will have a chance to perhaps I

1089
00:47:59,039 --> 00:48:00,599
want to say, I forget what the odds are, but

1090
00:48:00,639 --> 00:48:02,800
it's like a four percent chance of any of those

1091
00:48:02,920 --> 00:48:06,320
like top four picks. Okay, like four. I thought it

1092
00:48:06,360 --> 00:48:07,039
was seventeen percent.

1093
00:48:07,079 --> 00:48:09,000
Speaker 2: Okay, Yeah, I thought it was a seventeen percent or

1094
00:48:09,039 --> 00:48:11,119
something like that overall, and then four percent for the

1095
00:48:11,199 --> 00:48:13,280
number one overall pick, something like that.

1096
00:48:13,400 --> 00:48:17,039
Speaker 1: And then the the who tweet this out, Brado tweet

1097
00:48:17,039 --> 00:48:19,519
this out yesterday. So here's an update to look at

1098
00:48:19,519 --> 00:48:23,119
that hardened Nets trade. This is what you've gotten so

1099
00:48:23,199 --> 00:48:25,719
far for Harden, the twenty twenty two first round pick,

1100
00:48:25,719 --> 00:48:27,880
which would be in tari Eason. That was the seventeenth

1101
00:48:27,920 --> 00:48:30,639
overall pick, your twenty twenty four pick, which ended up

1102
00:48:30,639 --> 00:48:34,400
being number three over all, reed shephard uh this coming year,

1103
00:48:34,440 --> 00:48:37,079
you will now have a top nine projected pick from

1104
00:48:37,159 --> 00:48:40,199
the Sun's see where that pick falls could fall even higher.

1105
00:48:40,639 --> 00:48:44,280
And then you still have the Sun's twenty twenty seven

1106
00:48:44,320 --> 00:48:47,960
first round pick, the nets twenty twenty seven first round swap,

1107
00:48:48,639 --> 00:48:51,079
and the twenty twenty nine Sons and or MAV's first

1108
00:48:51,159 --> 00:48:54,239
round pick. Okay, so that that's still to come from

1109
00:48:54,280 --> 00:48:56,960
that hardened trade. And Harden's not even a Net anymore.

1110
00:48:57,599 --> 00:48:59,599
Like that just shows the fallout of that trade. But

1111
00:48:59,719 --> 00:49:03,800
he's into two teams since then. Yeah, pretty crazy, but

1112
00:49:04,280 --> 00:49:07,360
it is insane. But yeah, I mean, look, it's not likely,

1113
00:49:07,880 --> 00:49:10,360
but it's not a zero percent chance. That the Rockets

1114
00:49:10,559 --> 00:49:12,840
can't win the lottery and you end up with Cooper

1115
00:49:12,880 --> 00:49:16,679
flag Cooper flag, you are that would just be stupid.

1116
00:49:17,280 --> 00:49:19,440
That'd be great. Would that really be good for Houston

1117
00:49:19,480 --> 00:49:20,880
if he came? We're like, I don't know if that

1118
00:49:20,880 --> 00:49:21,480
would be a good.

1119
00:49:21,400 --> 00:49:23,800
Speaker 2: Would the number one overall pick, consensus best player in

1120
00:49:23,800 --> 00:49:25,400
the draft be good for the Houston Rockets.

1121
00:49:25,400 --> 00:49:29,639
Speaker 1: I'm gonna say yeah, Okay. Fellow Duke players have called

1122
00:49:29,719 --> 00:49:31,800
him the best freshman they've ever seen at Duke.

1123
00:49:32,079 --> 00:49:34,960
Speaker 2: He's also literally he should be a high school senior.

1124
00:49:35,039 --> 00:49:37,480
He's eighteen. He should be a high school senior. He

1125
00:49:37,519 --> 00:49:40,360
dropped twenty seven on the last he's young. Yeah, but

1126
00:49:40,440 --> 00:49:42,599
go ahead, osten.

1127
00:49:43,800 --> 00:49:47,039
Speaker 1: Well Ree Shepherds twenty, I would say, yeah, that's what

1128
00:49:47,119 --> 00:49:51,400
people people making these generalizationsh Reepherd can't play. He's twenty.

1129
00:49:51,920 --> 00:49:53,760
Feeling good about it. You don't think that you didn't

1130
00:49:53,800 --> 00:49:55,280
see what he did these last couple of weeks. Three

1131
00:49:55,280 --> 00:49:58,840
point fall. Yeah, he can make threes. That's good. Checking

1132
00:49:58,880 --> 00:50:00,800
two years from now, reach up. I'm telling you he'll

1133
00:50:00,840 --> 00:50:02,039
be all right.

1134
00:50:02,119 --> 00:50:05,800
Speaker 2: You're wife has infected your brain, I must say it'll

1135
00:50:05,840 --> 00:50:07,079
be all sort But like he could get a three

1136
00:50:07,079 --> 00:50:07,880
point specialists.

1137
00:50:08,079 --> 00:50:09,760
Speaker 1: Yeah, he could be a he could be a rotational plan.

1138
00:50:09,880 --> 00:50:12,159
It was the dude that uh jim or for debt.

1139
00:50:12,199 --> 00:50:12,719
He can't be that.

1140
00:50:12,880 --> 00:50:15,039
Speaker 2: But come on, some people were like, Oh, I'm getting

1141
00:50:15,079 --> 00:50:16,920
all my money in on Reed Shepherd for Rookie of

1142
00:50:16,920 --> 00:50:17,199
the Year.

1143
00:50:17,280 --> 00:50:19,599
Speaker 1: Let's not act like there wasn't some hype. There wasn't much,

1144
00:50:19,639 --> 00:50:22,920
plenty of time available for Yeah, exactly was there loaded

1145
00:50:22,960 --> 00:50:25,440
team with talent. That's the other thing Adam Planton started

1146
00:50:25,480 --> 00:50:27,280
with me the other night was if if if you

1147
00:50:27,360 --> 00:50:30,639
win the lottery and you take Cooper Flag, plant thinks

1148
00:50:30,719 --> 00:50:34,079
you trade him to go get a proof He goes,

1149
00:50:34,239 --> 00:50:35,679
You go get a proof it, You go get it?

1150
00:50:36,000 --> 00:50:38,599
Who he was thrown out there? You call Denver on

1151
00:50:38,719 --> 00:50:41,599
Jokic you just started in place a Dylan Brooks and

1152
00:50:41,679 --> 00:50:44,039
move go on. Well he was, he was saying, you

1153
00:50:44,079 --> 00:50:46,719
called Denver, you give him a package of Reed Shepherd,

1154
00:50:46,719 --> 00:50:49,119
Cooper Flag and Shingoon for Jokic.

1155
00:50:50,280 --> 00:50:53,480
Speaker 2: Okay, that's then you need to throw in like four

1156
00:50:53,599 --> 00:50:54,800
first round picks or something.

1157
00:50:55,159 --> 00:50:57,440
Speaker 1: Every pick. You need to unload every pick you own.

1158
00:50:58,039 --> 00:51:00,239
Then maybe they'll think, but it isn't interesting, like you've

1159
00:51:00,239 --> 00:51:03,000
built this thing up. It's all homegrown talent so far

1160
00:51:03,119 --> 00:51:04,760
with Dylan Brooks and Ford Van Vliet.

1161
00:51:05,519 --> 00:51:06,000
Speaker 2: Are you.

1162
00:51:07,599 --> 00:51:10,800
Speaker 1: Is this the point where you're rafel Stone. You go,

1163
00:51:10,880 --> 00:51:13,320
let's pull the trigger and go get a proven star.

1164
00:51:13,599 --> 00:51:17,199
Speaker 2: You evaluate, you open up conversations, and you kind of

1165
00:51:17,239 --> 00:51:17,800
go from there.

1166
00:51:18,519 --> 00:51:21,039
Speaker 1: Who's the top ten player? Like Anthony Edwards isn't gonna

1167
00:51:21,039 --> 00:51:23,880
be traded from Minnesota? Although I don't know. I don't

1168
00:51:23,880 --> 00:51:27,559
know if you say that anymore because Luca Dallas is

1169
00:51:27,639 --> 00:51:28,920
never traded Luca. That happened.

1170
00:51:28,960 --> 00:51:33,519
Speaker 2: They traded him for Anthony Davis. God, But anyways, do.

1171
00:51:33,519 --> 00:51:35,719
Speaker 1: They have any other pieces in Dallas with that dumb GM?

1172
00:51:35,719 --> 00:51:38,360
Any any other players we could poach from them? They

1173
00:51:38,360 --> 00:51:43,880
gave away Quentin Grimes too. Who's bawling and bawling in Philadelphia? Yeah?

1174
00:51:43,920 --> 00:51:47,559
What's left there? It's Anthony Davis and who's the Lakers GM.

1175
00:51:47,639 --> 00:51:50,360
He pulled like a Daryl Morey Jedi mind trick, like

1176
00:51:50,400 --> 00:51:51,119
you will trade it.

1177
00:51:51,840 --> 00:51:52,159
Speaker 4: You will.

1178
00:51:54,280 --> 00:51:56,360
Speaker 1: Remember when Maury would do that, he'd pull off these trades,

1179
00:51:56,400 --> 00:51:57,679
But be like, how did you pull off that tree?

1180
00:51:58,320 --> 00:51:59,639
The other GM just stupid?

1181
00:52:00,360 --> 00:52:03,880
Speaker 2: Yeah, uh, all right, we are gonna take a quick

1182
00:52:03,880 --> 00:52:07,199
break here on the Matt Thomas Show with Ross. Without

1183
00:52:07,239 --> 00:52:09,559
Matt Thomas, Chris Cordy is here. We've been talking some rockets.

1184
00:52:09,559 --> 00:52:11,639
We've been talking to them strows. Anything you want to

1185
00:52:11,639 --> 00:52:15,239
get to as well, We'll continue to put off the

1186
00:52:15,280 --> 00:52:19,400
full shot by shot breakdown of Ry McElroy's Masters win.

1187
00:52:19,719 --> 00:52:21,360
But anything you want to get to seven one three

1188
00:52:21,440 --> 00:52:24,599
two one two five seven ninety is the phone number.

1189
00:52:24,719 --> 00:52:28,719
Seven one three two one two five seven ninety. Back

1190
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in a minute here on Sports Talk seven ninety The

1191
00:52:30,480 --> 00:52:33,360
Matt Thomas Show with Ross eleven nineteen in the am.

1192
00:52:33,400 --> 00:52:36,320
Here on Sports Talk seven ninety. Welcome back to The

1193
00:52:36,360 --> 00:52:40,440
Matt Thomas Show with Ross. Matt Thomas remains out. Ross

1194
00:52:40,519 --> 00:52:44,440
View Real with you, Chris Gordy as well, Jonathan Allen

1195
00:52:44,519 --> 00:52:46,320
as well. You can get in you want to talk

1196
00:52:46,400 --> 00:52:48,840
some rockets. How are were feeling about them in the

1197
00:52:48,920 --> 00:52:52,599
number two spot. We're basically just daydreaming about them winning

1198
00:52:52,599 --> 00:52:54,719
the number one overall pick. It's like a three point

1199
00:52:54,760 --> 00:52:57,519
eight percent chance. I don't think it's gonna happen. But

1200
00:52:57,559 --> 00:53:00,679
what's happening right now is they are in the playoffs.

1201
00:53:01,039 --> 00:53:04,079
They are the number two seed. They will be playing

1202
00:53:04,280 --> 00:53:07,280
either of the Golden State Warriors who finished seventh, or

1203
00:53:07,320 --> 00:53:10,239
the Grizzlies who finish eighth. The playan is all weird.

1204
00:53:10,280 --> 00:53:13,039
It's like seven plays eight, then the loser of that

1205
00:53:13,119 --> 00:53:16,480
plays the winner of nine to ten in a home game.

1206
00:53:17,159 --> 00:53:19,840
So you could be the eighth seed and be left

1207
00:53:19,920 --> 00:53:21,880
or seven seed and be left out of the playoffs

1208
00:53:21,920 --> 00:53:25,079
just by losing two games. But if you're the seventh

1209
00:53:25,079 --> 00:53:28,039
seed you lose two home games, it makes for more drama.

1210
00:53:29,000 --> 00:53:31,960
It makes the reason that the NCAA Tournament is so

1211
00:53:32,079 --> 00:53:35,280
good is that there's always this kind of underlying tension

1212
00:53:35,480 --> 00:53:39,039
at all times to where the season is on the line.

1213
00:53:39,639 --> 00:53:42,159
That's why, I think a big reason we get real

1214
00:53:42,159 --> 00:53:43,639
big into it and we tune into it. We don't

1215
00:53:43,639 --> 00:53:47,199
even care who it is, right it's you know, Wichitas

1216
00:53:47,239 --> 00:53:50,639
State versus South Dakota State or whoever. But we know

1217
00:53:50,719 --> 00:53:53,639
the season is on the line, and that's why we

1218
00:53:53,639 --> 00:53:56,079
get way into it. So that's why the plan that

1219
00:53:56,199 --> 00:53:58,199
was made during the COVID season to kind of help

1220
00:53:58,199 --> 00:54:00,599
out with teams not really getting a season.

1221
00:54:00,880 --> 00:54:01,559
Speaker 1: They liked it.

1222
00:54:01,719 --> 00:54:04,360
Speaker 2: There were ratings, there was interest, there was talk about it,

1223
00:54:04,800 --> 00:54:06,760
and what are these leagues like? They like ratings and

1224
00:54:06,800 --> 00:54:09,480
interest because that gets you more advertising dollars. So the

1225
00:54:09,519 --> 00:54:12,800
playing tournament has stayed. So we'll see who the Rockets play.

1226
00:54:13,760 --> 00:54:17,840
Obviously it's probably going to be the Golden State Warriors.

1227
00:54:19,199 --> 00:54:22,920
That game is coming up on Tuesday. Golden State Warriors

1228
00:54:22,960 --> 00:54:24,360
are favored by six.

1229
00:54:24,119 --> 00:54:29,559
Speaker 1: And a half in that game. Benef it's the Warriors.

1230
00:54:29,599 --> 00:54:33,280
Speaker 2: For a seven game series, I'm gonna be on edge

1231
00:54:33,280 --> 00:54:35,800
because Steph Curry can go off and go nuclear at

1232
00:54:35,800 --> 00:54:36,320
any time.

1233
00:54:36,639 --> 00:54:37,559
Speaker 1: Hope it doesn't happen.

1234
00:54:37,840 --> 00:54:40,880
Speaker 2: Jimmy Butler's really good team has been playing very well

1235
00:54:41,079 --> 00:54:44,320
since making that Jimmy Butler trade. But also I'm worried

1236
00:54:44,360 --> 00:54:47,360
about Draymond Green wrecking people's careers because he is just

1237
00:54:47,639 --> 00:54:48,480
he's a psychopath.

1238
00:54:48,559 --> 00:54:49,400
Speaker 1: He just goes crazy.

1239
00:54:50,239 --> 00:54:53,280
Speaker 2: Seems rather regular and normal and mild mannered off the floor,

1240
00:54:53,599 --> 00:54:56,280
but on the floor he turns into a psychopath. So

1241
00:54:56,360 --> 00:54:59,960
I don't want Draymond Green near any of these Rockets players,

1242
00:55:00,079 --> 00:55:02,119
certainly not for a seven game series. Again, we saw

1243
00:55:02,159 --> 00:55:04,519
it when when he like he was trying to blind

1244
00:55:04,679 --> 00:55:07,719
James Harden. I mean, come on, man, and literally was

1245
00:55:07,719 --> 00:55:09,599
trying to I don't even know what he was trying

1246
00:55:09,639 --> 00:55:11,360
to do to Albrinschino, and he could have fractured his

1247
00:55:12,039 --> 00:55:14,559
orbital bone coming in with a flying nubble like that.

1248
00:55:15,480 --> 00:55:19,039
Dude's ridiculous, but certainly some of one of the things

1249
00:55:19,039 --> 00:55:21,280
we'll be keeping an eye on. If the Rockets do

1250
00:55:21,320 --> 00:55:23,840
play the Golden State Warriors, will know who their opponent

1251
00:55:24,079 --> 00:55:27,280
is after that game. Tuesday, it's nine o'clock on TNT

1252
00:55:27,599 --> 00:55:32,119
Hawks and Magic earlier there oough, that's uh. I don't

1253
00:55:32,119 --> 00:55:34,039
know if the national interest is getting in for the

1254
00:55:34,079 --> 00:55:36,920
Atlanta Hawks versus the Orlando Magic, but there you go.

1255
00:55:37,000 --> 00:55:39,719
That's what we're waiting to see with the Houston Rockets on

1256
00:55:39,760 --> 00:55:42,719
that front. Seven one three two one two five, seven

1257
00:55:42,840 --> 00:55:44,679
ninety is the phone number if you would like to

1258
00:55:44,719 --> 00:55:45,000
get in.

1259
00:55:45,079 --> 00:55:47,000
Speaker 1: We have to tell the truth. Coming up.

1260
00:55:47,119 --> 00:55:51,599
Speaker 2: I will give four opinions. I will only believe one

1261
00:55:51,679 --> 00:55:54,920
of them. That is coming up here at eleven thirty

1262
00:55:54,920 --> 00:55:56,719
on a Sports Talk seven ninety. And you can get

1263
00:55:56,760 --> 00:55:58,920
in at seven one three two point two five seven

1264
00:55:59,000 --> 00:56:01,360
ninety if you want to talk with talking some Rockets basketball.

1265
00:56:01,400 --> 00:56:04,599
As I said, we've also been talking some Houston astros.

1266
00:56:04,679 --> 00:56:07,440
They won the weekend set against the Angels two out

1267
00:56:07,480 --> 00:56:11,920
of three games, exploding for the fourteen runs on Friday.

1268
00:56:12,039 --> 00:56:14,079
That was really nice to see, was he look, it

1269
00:56:14,119 --> 00:56:15,920
was gonna happen at some point. And we've been saying

1270
00:56:15,960 --> 00:56:18,559
this all season long. It's going to turn. It's going

1271
00:56:18,559 --> 00:56:20,679
to turn. It's going to get better, but it's to

1272
00:56:20,800 --> 00:56:24,559
what degree will it continue to get better? So far,

1273
00:56:24,800 --> 00:56:28,159
fourteen runs in one game pretty good. Won in the

1274
00:56:28,159 --> 00:56:30,760
next game, getting no hit into the sixth not as good.

1275
00:56:31,000 --> 00:56:32,960
But seven runs yesterday, even though it was a lot

1276
00:56:32,960 --> 00:56:35,719
of singles outside of a three run bond from Escoc Paradis,

1277
00:56:35,920 --> 00:56:38,400
But they're gonna be fine. I really like where Paradis

1278
00:56:38,480 --> 00:56:42,679
is right now. Jordan is waking up to an extent.

1279
00:56:43,280 --> 00:56:46,239
He's not fully wakened up, but he's gonna be fine.

1280
00:56:46,440 --> 00:56:49,360
Still not worried about that. I am curious actually, of

1281
00:56:50,400 --> 00:56:53,679
all the Astros, kind of see how the season plays out.

1282
00:56:53,800 --> 00:56:56,440
What's gonna happen with jose Al Tuve, because he did

1283
00:56:56,519 --> 00:57:00,559
start off white hot of the season. He was carrying offense.

1284
00:57:00,599 --> 00:57:03,320
He's hitting over three point fifty, he's got three home

1285
00:57:03,360 --> 00:57:06,760
runs i think already this season, and he's been really good.

1286
00:57:07,079 --> 00:57:09,559
He did have a cold weekend, and I'm not overreacting

1287
00:57:09,559 --> 00:57:11,559
to a cold weekend. I'm not saying, Okay, it's all over,

1288
00:57:11,639 --> 00:57:14,639
he's gonna be falling flat on his face. But he

1289
00:57:14,679 --> 00:57:18,159
did go one for eleven over the weekend. And I'm

1290
00:57:18,199 --> 00:57:20,800
just talking about from coming off a last year to

1291
00:57:20,880 --> 00:57:25,519
where he had his lowest ops that he'd had basically

1292
00:57:25,599 --> 00:57:28,920
since twenty fifteen. How much of a bounce back year

1293
00:57:29,039 --> 00:57:31,679
there was gonna be this year now after that bad

1294
00:57:31,719 --> 00:57:34,480
weekend he's under that last year was seven ninety great number.

1295
00:57:34,639 --> 00:57:36,960
Appreciate you, Jose for showing supports to the station here.

1296
00:57:37,320 --> 00:57:40,440
Seven ninety ops for him last year, seven to eighty

1297
00:57:40,440 --> 00:57:43,519
three for him this year. So is he gonna bounce back?

1298
00:57:43,840 --> 00:57:46,159
This is where he is. It's just something that I'm

1299
00:57:46,239 --> 00:57:48,679
keeping an eye on. We're fifteen games in the season again,

1300
00:57:48,719 --> 00:57:51,920
we will continue to use the words here in the

1301
00:57:51,960 --> 00:57:52,679
middle of April.

1302
00:57:53,119 --> 00:57:55,800
Speaker 1: It's early, but I would put.

1303
00:57:55,679 --> 00:57:57,480
Speaker 2: Him on the watch list. I'm just kind of curious

1304
00:57:57,480 --> 00:57:59,639
how things are going to shake out for him over

1305
00:57:59,639 --> 00:58:03,000
the link of a season. For a guy who is

1306
00:58:03,400 --> 00:58:07,239
a thirty five year old, and generally when you have

1307
00:58:07,320 --> 00:58:09,079
one of your worst seasons in ten years as a

1308
00:58:09,119 --> 00:58:11,440
thirty four year old, you don't have a huge bounce

1309
00:58:11,480 --> 00:58:13,199
back as a thirty five year old. But if you

1310
00:58:13,199 --> 00:58:15,639
want to talk about the outliers of all outliers, somebody

1311
00:58:15,679 --> 00:58:17,760
who can just keep this train going, who has great

1312
00:58:17,800 --> 00:58:21,519
hand eye coordination, and you should be the last person,

1313
00:58:21,519 --> 00:58:24,280
one of the last people on the planet Earth that

1314
00:58:24,320 --> 00:58:25,079
you should doubt.

1315
00:58:25,320 --> 00:58:26,960
Speaker 1: Jose L two vay is one of them.

1316
00:58:27,480 --> 00:58:29,960
Speaker 2: So I'm just curious kind of to see how this

1317
00:58:30,000 --> 00:58:31,960
one plays out, because I was like that at the

1318
00:58:31,960 --> 00:58:34,960
beginning of the season. Then he started off really hot,

1319
00:58:35,039 --> 00:58:36,840
and I'm like, all right, Osel twova is going to

1320
00:58:36,880 --> 00:58:38,840
bounce back from that year was a bit of a

1321
00:58:38,880 --> 00:58:39,280
down year.

1322
00:58:39,360 --> 00:58:39,760
Speaker 1: Last year.

1323
00:58:39,760 --> 00:58:42,280
Speaker 2: He still had twenty home runs, but there wasn't enough

1324
00:58:42,559 --> 00:58:46,239
consisten slugging and he still had a two ninety five average,

1325
00:58:46,320 --> 00:58:48,199
but the ops numbers were lower than they were the

1326
00:58:48,199 --> 00:58:52,119
previous three years. So now after a bad weekend, unfortunately

1327
00:58:52,159 --> 00:58:54,360
he's under the number from last year. We're gonna see

1328
00:58:54,360 --> 00:58:56,760
where it continues to go. Just something I'm keeping an

1329
00:58:56,800 --> 00:58:58,840
eye on along with the rest of this offense. Like

1330
00:58:58,880 --> 00:59:01,719
I said, Jordan's gonna be Christian Walker is going to

1331
00:59:01,760 --> 00:59:05,239
be fine and coming up here, and to tell the truth,

1332
00:59:05,280 --> 00:59:07,639
I will have a hot take about the Astros hitting,

1333
00:59:08,280 --> 00:59:10,639
but it will be Do I believe it or don't

1334
00:59:10,679 --> 00:59:12,599
I coming up at the next how are we feeling

1335
00:59:12,599 --> 00:59:14,960
about I mean, I'm not worried about Joseo TV. Like

1336
00:59:15,039 --> 00:59:17,840
I said, it's just something I'm curious to see. With

1337
00:59:17,960 --> 00:59:20,719
somewhat of a decline last year from his previous numbers

1338
00:59:20,719 --> 00:59:23,039
from the previous couple of years. Now into age thirty

1339
00:59:23,039 --> 00:59:26,679
five season, the hot start here has settled somewhat has

1340
00:59:26,719 --> 00:59:27,760
cooled somewhat well.

1341
00:59:27,760 --> 00:59:30,280
Speaker 1: But he was so in Fuego though that first week.

1342
00:59:30,360 --> 00:59:32,239
I mean, he's not gonna hit three fifty all season

1343
00:59:32,239 --> 00:59:34,800
long to be cool. Yeah, he's He's about a three

1344
00:59:34,840 --> 00:59:37,960
hundred hitter in his career, so I expect that's he'll

1345
00:59:38,079 --> 00:59:40,559
he'll level off here. He's been in three zero two,

1346
00:59:40,639 --> 00:59:43,480
so he's exactly where he is in his career. Yes,

1347
00:59:43,840 --> 00:59:45,400
does have the three home runs, so I me, yes,

1348
00:59:45,480 --> 00:59:47,760
he does. I have no problem with his numbers. You

1349
00:59:48,000 --> 00:59:49,760
have a little bit higher, but yeah.

1350
00:59:49,519 --> 00:59:51,840
Speaker 2: That's what I'm saying. I don't have a problem. He's

1351
00:59:52,400 --> 00:59:55,360
he's the leadoff man as he will should be.

1352
00:59:55,400 --> 00:59:57,039
Speaker 1: Put it this way, as the leadoff man, he's only

1353
00:59:57,039 --> 01:00:00,800
got four walks. Paradius has eight, Christian Walker eight, Jordon

1354
01:00:00,880 --> 01:00:02,599
has eleven. I'd like that walk to one will be

1355
01:00:02,639 --> 01:00:03,320
a little bit higher.

1356
01:00:03,480 --> 01:00:06,280
Speaker 2: He's he's just so aggressive, man, Like there was a

1357
01:00:06,440 --> 01:00:08,320
there was one of the games over the weekend, Oh,

1358
01:00:08,360 --> 01:00:11,360
the no hitter on on Saturday that the Angel said

1359
01:00:11,400 --> 01:00:14,039
Tyler Anderson had going in the sixth I'll two vays

1360
01:00:14,119 --> 01:00:16,840
up and I think Todd KALs is like, well, Blumer,

1361
01:00:16,880 --> 01:00:19,199
we'd like to see al Tuo put together competitive bad.

1362
01:00:19,079 --> 01:00:22,000
Speaker 1: Here and like first pitch swings pops up. I'm like, dude,

1363
01:00:22,079 --> 01:00:23,880
those are the ones that crushed me because I'm like,

1364
01:00:24,320 --> 01:00:26,519
I know them is probably trying to jump on his

1365
01:00:26,719 --> 01:00:28,760
he's throwing first pitch strikes, try to jump on it.

1366
01:00:28,800 --> 01:00:31,840
But dude, like that just says nothing for pitch count

1367
01:00:31,920 --> 01:00:33,920
or anything like work a walk every now and then,

1368
01:00:33,960 --> 01:00:34,960
find a way to get on base.

1369
01:00:35,320 --> 01:00:38,880
Speaker 2: Yeah, that's also it's like the blessing in the Curse

1370
01:00:38,920 --> 01:00:41,679
of Jose al tuove though he he giveth and he

1371
01:00:41,719 --> 01:00:44,360
taketh and and sometimes I mean just you just have

1372
01:00:44,400 --> 01:00:46,599
to live with it. And it's almost i mean not almost,

1373
01:00:46,599 --> 01:00:48,800
so it is always more good than bad for him,

1374
01:00:49,840 --> 01:00:52,440
But some of the bad You're like, ah, that feels

1375
01:00:52,440 --> 01:00:55,920
like that was kind of avoidable, but you take it

1376
01:00:55,960 --> 01:00:58,519
what you can and you add it all up. Josel

1377
01:00:58,519 --> 01:01:00,480
two obviously has been huge, and he's been one of

1378
01:01:00,519 --> 01:01:02,639
the better hitters, even with the bad weekend that he

1379
01:01:02,679 --> 01:01:05,000
had and with the the OPS dipping below eight hundred,

1380
01:01:05,400 --> 01:01:07,719
it's been much better than a lot of what's going

1381
01:01:07,760 --> 01:01:09,639
on with these Astros hitters.

1382
01:01:10,159 --> 01:01:12,280
Speaker 1: And now, oh, I just had it up.

1383
01:01:12,400 --> 01:01:16,800
Speaker 2: I think they're twentieth or somewhere thereabouts in Team OPS.

1384
01:01:16,840 --> 01:01:19,840
They were like literally thirtieth at one point. So just

1385
01:01:19,920 --> 01:01:22,920
over the weekend, oh, I'm sorry, jumping up to twenty third,

1386
01:01:23,960 --> 01:01:26,840
just behind the Seattle Mariners and just ahead of the

1387
01:01:26,880 --> 01:01:30,000
Texas Rangers. That's another good thing that we haven't talked

1388
01:01:30,000 --> 01:01:33,079
about much. The os stinks. I think the Astros should

1389
01:01:33,119 --> 01:01:37,199
be able to win it. I wouldn't say stinks. It's

1390
01:01:37,599 --> 01:01:41,960
it's very competitive. Nobody has a positive run differential, not

1391
01:01:42,039 --> 01:01:46,599
a single team zero. All right, we're gonna oh, actually,

1392
01:01:46,599 --> 01:01:48,559
I'm sorry the team that does, I mean no team

1393
01:01:48,599 --> 01:01:51,239
out of the Astros who are a plus two now

1394
01:01:51,400 --> 01:01:53,920
this first spin, we're the only division in the American

1395
01:01:54,000 --> 01:01:57,440
League with multiple teams with nine wins. Oh, Okay, well,

1396
01:01:57,440 --> 01:02:00,360
that's good for them, but how many that's not true?

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01:02:00,840 --> 01:02:03,320
Oh you said in the American League. Okay, sure, in

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the American League.

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Speaker 1: All I hear all.

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Speaker 2: Off sas day Elie is the best division in baseball.

1401
01:02:10,400 --> 01:02:14,920
The Yankees, Red Sox raise Orioles Blue Jays. Oh my god,

1402
01:02:15,519 --> 01:02:17,840
Well the Yankees are doing decent. Blue Jays are up

1403
01:02:17,840 --> 01:02:20,199
there in first place, first place. They're coming here to

1404
01:02:20,239 --> 01:02:23,119
Houston in a couple of days. Orioles has certainly stumbled

1405
01:02:23,320 --> 01:02:24,760
out of the gates, sor ry. Time for a quick

1406
01:02:24,760 --> 01:02:27,320
break here on a Sports Talk seven ninety ros Viria

1407
01:02:27,400 --> 01:02:29,679
with you, Chris Gordy as well. When we come back

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01:02:30,039 --> 01:02:34,440
to tell the truth, I will have four opinions. I

1409
01:02:34,559 --> 01:02:38,599
only believe one of them it'll be Jonathan Gordy's. Uh,

1410
01:02:38,719 --> 01:02:41,039
it will be their task to figure out which one

1411
01:02:41,119 --> 01:02:41,559
I believe.

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Speaker 1: That's coming up next here on a Sports Talk seven ninety.

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01:02:44,119 --> 01:02:45,719
Oh but I do.

1414
01:02:47,079 --> 01:02:55,159
Speaker 2: Know how to tell the truth. Ros Viria with you

1415
01:02:55,800 --> 01:03:00,719
on the Matt Thomas Show. And you know we're gonna

1416
01:03:00,760 --> 01:03:03,400
shelve this real quick because Gordy has stepped out for

1417
01:03:03,440 --> 01:03:05,239
a second and we have a phone call. Sorry, Jonathan,

1418
01:03:05,280 --> 01:03:08,599
We're doing this on the Fly Live Radio. We will

1419
01:03:08,639 --> 01:03:10,000
get to give that to you in a second. But

1420
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Gordy has stepped out. You know, it's very busy man

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01:03:12,360 --> 01:03:16,239
program director of the Year, and we appreciate him hanging

1422
01:03:16,280 --> 01:03:18,280
out here, but we do have Louise and Katie holding

1423
01:03:18,360 --> 01:03:19,719
so we're gonna go ahead and go to him while

1424
01:03:19,719 --> 01:03:22,519
we wait for Gordy to get back here in studio

1425
01:03:22,559 --> 01:03:24,559
here on Sports Talk seven, and you go, hit, Louise,

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01:03:24,599 --> 01:03:25,679
the floor is yours.

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Speaker 1: Good morning guys.

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01:03:27,639 --> 01:03:29,639
Speaker 8: You guys are talking about a two bay ops and

1429
01:03:29,679 --> 01:03:32,480
all that, but also I'm not a hondred per se show,

1430
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but doesn't the ops involves a calculation of doctor flies

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and everything. And if you really see the sentence, an

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eighth and ninth hitter in the astros that only counts

1433
01:03:44,960 --> 01:03:49,280
Meth have done a little bit better on the RBI.

1434
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But the rest of the guys that really haven't hit anyone.

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Speaker 5: So the strong.

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01:03:54,039 --> 01:03:55,719
Speaker 8: Guys about two we do not hit.

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01:03:56,199 --> 01:03:57,480
Speaker 5: He's not gonna have any rubies.

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01:03:57,480 --> 01:04:00,440
Speaker 8: I mean, he's been hitting well about three hundred, so

1439
01:04:00,480 --> 01:04:03,079
but if nobody said and on base, it's gonna be

1440
01:04:03,079 --> 01:04:05,920
hard for him to uh to bring in uh in

1441
01:04:06,079 --> 01:04:09,039
RBIs and I just wanted to see maybe from what

1442
01:04:09,199 --> 01:04:09,840
you mentioned.

1443
01:04:10,480 --> 01:04:13,599
Speaker 2: Yeah, yes, is on base Yeah, oh, pase, it's just

1444
01:04:13,679 --> 01:04:16,400
on base percentage plus slugging. So that's why I like

1445
01:04:16,440 --> 01:04:19,360
it more than batting average, because let's say two guys

1446
01:04:19,400 --> 01:04:21,480
go three for ten, but one guy has three home

1447
01:04:21,599 --> 01:04:24,039
runs and one guy has three singles. By batting average,

1448
01:04:24,079 --> 01:04:26,880
they both have a three hundred batting average, but one

1449
01:04:26,920 --> 01:04:30,119
guy's obviously producing a lot more. So it's on base percentage,

1450
01:04:30,119 --> 01:04:32,519
which generally, of course is going to be uh, when

1451
01:04:32,559 --> 01:04:34,639
you're drawing a lot more walks, you're getting on base,

1452
01:04:34,639 --> 01:04:37,480
and then slugging is the calculation of when you're getting

1453
01:04:37,519 --> 01:04:40,840
a more extra base hits. So on base plus slugging,

1454
01:04:41,480 --> 01:04:43,760
it's he's at seven eighty three. Last year he was

1455
01:04:43,800 --> 01:04:45,800
at seven ninety. The year before that he was at

1456
01:04:45,880 --> 01:04:46,639
nine fifteen.

1457
01:04:48,360 --> 01:04:50,639
Speaker 8: So do you mean that he's not getting on bath?

1458
01:04:51,039 --> 01:04:56,280
Speaker 1: Right? Is on basis than last year? He less than Yeah?

1459
01:04:56,360 --> 01:04:59,199
Speaker 8: Okay, all right, well he's getting old, but it's still

1460
01:04:59,679 --> 01:05:01,519
I got it. Will still be the best hitter of

1461
01:05:01,559 --> 01:05:05,360
the of the of the last two games. Thank you

1462
01:05:05,480 --> 01:05:08,719
very much, Ross, I appreciate it, and and keep going

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01:05:08,880 --> 01:05:09,480
take care of.

1464
01:05:09,360 --> 01:05:09,760
Speaker 1: It, all right.

1465
01:05:09,800 --> 01:05:13,239
Speaker 2: I appreciate it, thank you, and thank you for getting

1466
01:05:13,280 --> 01:05:17,519
in Luis. So yeah, look, and it's funny because like

1467
01:05:17,559 --> 01:05:19,760
we get into these arguments with Matt and we talk

1468
01:05:19,800 --> 01:05:22,199
about it, and I trying to I really try to

1469
01:05:22,239 --> 01:05:24,159
be objective about things. And I'm not going to say

1470
01:05:24,159 --> 01:05:26,360
anything bad about jose L Twove. I'm just being talking

1471
01:05:26,360 --> 01:05:28,559
about the reality of him being thirty five years old

1472
01:05:28,880 --> 01:05:32,800
and also having a number, an OPS number lower than

1473
01:05:32,880 --> 01:05:35,599
what he has had. Basically, if you don't count the

1474
01:05:35,760 --> 01:05:38,599
twenty twenty COVID season where he only played forty eight

1475
01:05:38,639 --> 01:05:40,639
games and he was a disaster if you remember in

1476
01:05:40,679 --> 01:05:43,719
that year, he's got his lowest OPS number since two

1477
01:05:43,760 --> 01:05:48,599
thousand and thirteen. So if you go to OPS plus,

1478
01:05:48,960 --> 01:05:51,960
last year's was his lowest since twenty fifteen. OPS plus

1479
01:05:52,360 --> 01:05:55,280
does factor in ballparks. You know, if you hit thirty

1480
01:05:55,320 --> 01:05:57,920
home if East I Paratus hits thirty home runs into

1481
01:05:58,000 --> 01:06:00,559
the to the left field Crawford boxes, it's a little

1482
01:06:00,559 --> 01:06:02,199
bit different than doing it in say pet Co.

1483
01:06:02,800 --> 01:06:04,880
Speaker 1: So they average it out.

1484
01:06:04,719 --> 01:06:08,920
Speaker 2: For everyone, and then they bring in ballpacked ballpark factors

1485
01:06:08,920 --> 01:06:11,760
and stuff like that, Right, Like, hitting thirty bombs in

1486
01:06:12,000 --> 01:06:15,280
Coors Field is a little bit different than hitting it in, say,

1487
01:06:15,519 --> 01:06:19,119
in Detroit. So that type of thing. That's why I

1488
01:06:19,239 --> 01:06:23,000
like OPS plus. It's very easy to remember. Average of

1489
01:06:23,760 --> 01:06:26,719
everyone is one hundred. If you're one oh one, you're

1490
01:06:26,760 --> 01:06:29,559
one percent above average. If you're ninety nine, you're one

1491
01:06:29,559 --> 01:06:32,920
percent below average. For example, Jake Myers is an eighty

1492
01:06:32,960 --> 01:06:35,480
five right now, fifteen percent below average.

1493
01:06:35,519 --> 01:06:37,599
Speaker 1: It's not good, even though he got off to a

1494
01:06:37,599 --> 01:06:38,840
bit of a hot start of the season.

1495
01:06:39,199 --> 01:06:42,440
Speaker 2: Josel two is at a one twenty seven, so that's

1496
01:06:42,440 --> 01:06:48,119
twenty seven percent better than average. It's pretty good. But

1497
01:06:48,239 --> 01:06:50,559
two years ago he was won fifty one. Three years

1498
01:06:50,599 --> 01:06:53,559
ago he was won sixty one. That's all I'm say.

1499
01:06:53,599 --> 01:06:55,119
I am I trying to call him out. I'm not saying,

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01:06:55,159 --> 01:06:57,639
you know, this is he's the worst ever? Why is

1501
01:06:57,679 --> 01:06:59,480
he leading off? He needs to be out there because

1502
01:06:59,480 --> 01:07:01,480
he just had one bad weekend and he's fine. It's

1503
01:07:01,519 --> 01:07:03,719
just one of the storylines I said, I'm keeping an

1504
01:07:03,760 --> 01:07:07,639
eye on because there was a bit of a decline

1505
01:07:08,199 --> 01:07:09,920
in all of his numbers last year and they're moving

1506
01:07:10,000 --> 01:07:11,800
him out to left field. This has been interesting. Man,

1507
01:07:12,119 --> 01:07:14,519
whatever happens to Jose Altuve, he's a made man. There's

1508
01:07:14,519 --> 01:07:16,320
a statue out in front of dyke In Park or

1509
01:07:16,320 --> 01:07:18,360
whatever it's going to be called. At the time, he

1510
01:07:19,360 --> 01:07:21,800
deserves and will get a statue. He will be in

1511
01:07:21,840 --> 01:07:23,559
the Astros Hall of Fame. He will be in the

1512
01:07:23,639 --> 01:07:27,199
Baseball Hall of Fame. He is a made man in

1513
01:07:27,280 --> 01:07:33,599
this league. If he retires tonight, what glory fades, stars fade.

1514
01:07:33,719 --> 01:07:36,480
I'm just wondering where we are right now. Like I

1515
01:07:36,519 --> 01:07:39,639
said something, I'm keeping an eye on with Jose Altuve.

1516
01:07:39,800 --> 01:07:42,280
I'm less worried about him than maybe I am some

1517
01:07:42,800 --> 01:07:45,360
others in this lineup and where they're gonna be. But

1518
01:07:45,559 --> 01:07:47,599
the hitting has continued over the weekend, or at least

1519
01:07:47,639 --> 01:07:49,400
has gotten a little bit better to where you go

1520
01:07:49,480 --> 01:07:52,920
from thirtieth in t ops to twenty third, that's an improvement.

1521
01:07:53,320 --> 01:07:55,519
Like to him to get top fifteen, hopefully top ten

1522
01:07:55,599 --> 01:07:58,000
or somewhere in that neighborhood by the end of the season.

1523
01:07:58,199 --> 01:08:00,159
Speaker 1: If they're where we want them to be, it is

1524
01:08:00,159 --> 01:08:00,639
the bottom line.

1525
01:08:00,679 --> 01:08:03,360
Speaker 2: The expectation level has been set by this organization and

1526
01:08:03,360 --> 01:08:06,119
what they've been doing, and by the owner himself who

1527
01:08:06,199 --> 01:08:09,519
said that the window will always be open. Window he's

1528
01:08:09,559 --> 01:08:12,639
talking about being open. Isn't the aos championship window. It

1529
01:08:12,719 --> 01:08:17,920
is the Major League Baseball World Series Championship window. So

1530
01:08:18,800 --> 01:08:21,640
as of right now seven and eighty, do you have

1531
01:08:21,680 --> 01:08:22,840
a positive run differential?

1532
01:08:22,920 --> 01:08:23,319
Speaker 1: That's good.

1533
01:08:23,359 --> 01:08:27,239
Speaker 2: Fourteen to three on Friday helps as well, But it's early.

1534
01:08:27,560 --> 01:08:29,800
There's a long way to go. But certain things we're

1535
01:08:29,800 --> 01:08:32,319
all keeping an eye on as far as storylines and

1536
01:08:32,800 --> 01:08:35,199
where this team is going to be going going forward,

1537
01:08:35,239 --> 01:08:37,159
and at the top of the lineup with Jose Altuve,

1538
01:08:37,279 --> 01:08:40,760
that that's something I will be watching. Yeah, runs bad

1539
01:08:40,840 --> 01:08:43,079
it into me. That's an archaic metric. I'm not super

1540
01:08:43,119 --> 01:08:45,880
worried about that. It's not something that I'm locked in to.

1541
01:08:46,319 --> 01:08:47,880
It's you know, you got a lot of guys on

1542
01:08:47,960 --> 01:08:50,479
base right like I think it was what was a

1543
01:08:50,479 --> 01:08:53,000
few years ago when Jose Bray you had that horrible season.

1544
01:08:53,319 --> 01:08:56,439
He had ninety runs bad in. So it's like, oh, man,

1545
01:08:56,720 --> 01:08:59,159
great job, ninety runs bad it in for Jose A. Bray,

1546
01:08:59,159 --> 01:09:00,920
we must be a really good hit. No, he was

1547
01:09:01,000 --> 01:09:02,840
just batting forth every game. There's a bunch of guys

1548
01:09:02,840 --> 01:09:05,720
on bass. So he ended up with like ninety runs

1549
01:09:05,720 --> 01:09:09,079
batted in, but he was terrible by every other metric

1550
01:09:09,119 --> 01:09:12,960
that you looked at. So I'm not worried about that.

1551
01:09:13,439 --> 01:09:15,319
I don't think you should be either, especially with the

1552
01:09:15,399 --> 01:09:17,279
leadoff man. He's not gonna get a whole lot of

1553
01:09:17,319 --> 01:09:20,720
guys on bass, especially with what's at the end of

1554
01:09:20,720 --> 01:09:22,840
this lineup, sometimes when it is gonna be Jake Myers

1555
01:09:22,880 --> 01:09:27,159
and or Mauricio Duban. Although Torpedo Dubon Torpedo Dubon could

1556
01:09:27,159 --> 01:09:29,560
be a real thing. He talked about how it fits

1557
01:09:29,560 --> 01:09:31,720
his swing, makes him a little bit better, and he

1558
01:09:31,800 --> 01:09:34,800
got a couple of hits with it yesterday, So maybe

1559
01:09:34,840 --> 01:09:37,000
that's what's going to turn everything around for him. Maybe

1560
01:09:37,000 --> 01:09:39,479
the torpedo bats not for everyone, but maybe it is

1561
01:09:39,720 --> 01:09:42,760
for Mauricio Dubon, so that will be better. Gonna be

1562
01:09:42,800 --> 01:09:44,359
the big boppers in this lineup who are going to

1563
01:09:44,439 --> 01:09:47,039
have to carry the load. Essach Parade is doing very

1564
01:09:47,079 --> 01:09:51,520
well over the over the weekend. Christian Walker still hasn't

1565
01:09:51,880 --> 01:09:55,840
fully awakened, but at least we're seeing some certain signs

1566
01:09:55,840 --> 01:09:58,239
of life from him, and some certain signs of life

1567
01:09:58,359 --> 01:10:00,880
from jord On Alvarez and same thing from Yaner Diaz.

1568
01:10:01,119 --> 01:10:02,920
I never thought I'd be so happy to see Janer

1569
01:10:02,960 --> 01:10:06,039
Diaz have a one nineteen batting average, but he got

1570
01:10:06,079 --> 01:10:09,359
three hits on Friday, wasn't in the lineup on Saturday,

1571
01:10:09,840 --> 01:10:12,880
and he basically more than doubled his batting average from

1572
01:10:12,960 --> 01:10:16,279
third from Tuesday when he last played to Friday.

1573
01:10:16,359 --> 01:10:20,239
Speaker 1: Sixty one to one thirty two. Huge.

1574
01:10:21,039 --> 01:10:23,000
Speaker 2: So if he can start to catch fire at some point,

1575
01:10:23,119 --> 01:10:26,039
he's somebody that needs to factor into this offense as well.

1576
01:10:26,880 --> 01:10:30,479
You don't have the length and depth of this lineup

1577
01:10:30,520 --> 01:10:33,239
that you had, especially, I mean, you lose Kyle Tucker

1578
01:10:33,239 --> 01:10:36,319
and you use Alex, you lose Alex Bregman. So far

1579
01:10:36,359 --> 01:10:39,880
Paradis is producing as well as Alex Bregman could and has.

1580
01:10:40,720 --> 01:10:42,199
Speaker 1: But right now Cam Smith is not.

1581
01:10:42,159 --> 01:10:44,960
Speaker 2: Doing what Kyle Tucker did in right field, and you're

1582
01:10:45,000 --> 01:10:48,119
not really expecting that from him. But where you're supposed

1583
01:10:48,159 --> 01:10:51,640
to win is especially at that first base spot, which

1584
01:10:51,640 --> 01:10:53,479
where you didn't get a whole lot, and that's not

1585
01:10:53,520 --> 01:10:57,439
happening right now. With Christian Walker, he's hitting one sixty

1586
01:10:57,640 --> 01:11:03,560
four yikes. Improve for sure, and he will improve. I

1587
01:11:03,600 --> 01:11:06,039
do feel fully confident in that. And he's at least

1588
01:11:06,039 --> 01:11:08,039
been drawing some walks. First couple of weeks. He had

1589
01:11:08,039 --> 01:11:10,439
like zero walks the whole season. Now up to eight walks,

1590
01:11:10,439 --> 01:11:12,560
so he's getting on base a little bit more, probably

1591
01:11:12,560 --> 01:11:15,039
feel a little bit more comfortable. I think Christian Walker

1592
01:11:15,119 --> 01:11:16,600
is going to be just fined at the center of

1593
01:11:16,640 --> 01:11:19,319
this Astros lineup as well. All Right, we're gonna take

1594
01:11:19,319 --> 01:11:22,359
a quick break here on Sports Talk seven ninety Where

1595
01:11:22,439 --> 01:11:24,960
is Chris Gordy. We'll find out, you'll find out what

1596
01:11:25,039 --> 01:11:29,039
I do. We got to get to the News at.

1597
01:11:29,000 --> 01:11:29,680
Speaker 1: Noon coming up.

1598
01:11:29,880 --> 01:11:32,439
Speaker 2: We also have to tell the truth as well. You

1599
01:11:32,479 --> 01:11:35,119
have Adam Clanton joining at one o'clock. You also have

1600
01:11:35,279 --> 01:11:36,960
you if you'd like to get in at seven one

1601
01:11:37,079 --> 01:11:41,159
three two one two five seven ninety seven one three two,

1602
01:11:41,279 --> 01:11:46,960
one two five seven ninety Welcome back to the Mat

1603
01:11:46,960 --> 01:11:51,680
Tom Show with Ross. Appreciate you guys listening somehow. We're

1604
01:11:51,680 --> 01:11:54,640
already two hours into the show. Basically News at Noon

1605
01:11:54,720 --> 01:11:57,920
coming up here next one o'clock Adam Clanton will join.

1606
01:11:58,000 --> 01:12:02,000
But now you've been waiting patiently and we appreciate you.

1607
01:12:02,279 --> 01:12:04,279
It's time to play. To tell the truth.

1608
01:12:13,079 --> 01:12:23,560
Speaker 5: I never know why, oh what I do?

1609
01:12:25,199 --> 01:12:26,640
Speaker 1: All right, the way this segment.

1610
01:12:26,439 --> 01:12:30,319
Speaker 2: Works, I will have four opinions for you, good folks.

1611
01:12:31,479 --> 01:12:35,760
I only believe one of them. You have to tell

1612
01:12:35,800 --> 01:12:38,079
me which one I am. Now I have a list here, Gordy,

1613
01:12:38,119 --> 01:12:39,600
I'm marking one of them with an X, so I

1614
01:12:39,640 --> 01:12:41,520
will show you that I didn't change because I feel

1615
01:12:41,520 --> 01:12:43,319
like Matt Thomas changes his up all the time.

1616
01:12:44,039 --> 01:12:46,239
Speaker 1: I believe it. Yeah, he totally would do something like that.

1617
01:12:46,279 --> 01:12:46,960
But that's okay.

1618
01:12:47,880 --> 01:12:49,960
Speaker 2: I will not do that. I keep it honest and

1619
01:12:50,039 --> 01:12:55,199
true here on the show. All right, let's get it started.

1620
01:12:55,560 --> 01:13:02,359
I will give you opinion number one. The Los Angeles Lakers,

1621
01:13:02,399 --> 01:13:06,359
who I saw are well ahead of the Houston Rockets

1622
01:13:06,399 --> 01:13:11,479
on the championship odds, are a hype job. Yes, they

1623
01:13:11,520 --> 01:13:15,640
have Luka Doncic, but they also have a declined Lebron James.

1624
01:13:15,720 --> 01:13:19,199
Both of those guys are minus defenders. Austin Reeves is solid,

1625
01:13:19,199 --> 01:13:24,560
but if then it's what Jackson Hayes, Gabe Vincent, Contavious

1626
01:13:24,600 --> 01:13:27,880
Caldwell pope. While they do have the star power, they

1627
01:13:27,880 --> 01:13:30,600
are a hype job. They should not be favored to

1628
01:13:30,640 --> 01:13:33,960
win the championship as much as they are. I think

1629
01:13:34,000 --> 01:13:35,680
they might not even get out of the first round.

1630
01:13:35,720 --> 01:13:38,119
That's not my prediction. My prediction is that they are

1631
01:13:38,720 --> 01:13:40,760
a hype job and they're not making it out of

1632
01:13:40,800 --> 01:13:45,800
the Western Conference. I will personally guarantee you that that

1633
01:13:45,920 --> 01:13:52,960
is take number one. Okay, take number two. By the

1634
01:13:53,119 --> 01:13:59,000
end of the Astros season, Jordan Alvarez will be number

1635
01:13:59,000 --> 01:14:01,640
one home runs for the Uston Astros.

1636
01:14:02,159 --> 01:14:03,239
Speaker 1: Number two will be.

1637
01:14:05,239 --> 01:14:09,479
Speaker 2: Estcoc Paradis, more than Christian Walker, more than Jose Al Twove,

1638
01:14:09,640 --> 01:14:11,720
more than the Yaner d Is, Jeremy Payne, whoever it is.

1639
01:14:11,760 --> 01:14:15,760
You got the three over the weekend, Crawford Box's Taylor Made.

1640
01:14:16,199 --> 01:14:18,359
I know we're just fifteen games in the season, but

1641
01:14:18,439 --> 01:14:21,479
I'm buying the Estoc Paradis hype. He will be number

1642
01:14:21,520 --> 01:14:24,159
two in home runs for the Astros at the end

1643
01:14:24,159 --> 01:14:30,479
of the season. Take number three, Hayden wes Nesky. Sure

1644
01:14:30,520 --> 01:14:33,399
he's got problem giving up the long bawl, but also

1645
01:14:33,800 --> 01:14:36,119
an end of the season prediction for him. On the

1646
01:14:36,119 --> 01:14:40,039
pitching side, he will be their third best pitcher. Now

1647
01:14:40,039 --> 01:14:43,359
I'm talking about wins above replacement because Arraghetti's missing time.

1648
01:14:44,359 --> 01:14:47,840
It's gonna be Hunter Brown in whatever order with Jordan Alvarez.

1649
01:14:47,920 --> 01:14:52,239
Number three will be Hayden Wesnsky. I've seen enough he

1650
01:14:52,399 --> 01:14:55,560
is gonna be good. It's a short sample size, but

1651
01:14:55,600 --> 01:14:58,880
I'm liking his stuff ten strikeouts yesterday, Hayden wesn Nesky

1652
01:14:59,039 --> 01:15:04,520
ending the season as the astros third best option as

1653
01:15:04,520 --> 01:15:07,760
a starting pitcher. Let's take number three. It is take

1654
01:15:07,880 --> 01:15:11,720
time for take number four, Gordy. We had all this

1655
01:15:11,800 --> 01:15:14,279
mess over the weekend with what's his name, Nico Yama

1656
01:15:14,359 --> 01:15:15,199
of Lava.

1657
01:15:16,720 --> 01:15:20,680
Speaker 1: Aliava. I just call him Nico because they're bros like that.

1658
01:15:21,560 --> 01:15:26,119
Speaker 2: Nico and his whole situation is basically Tennessee said he

1659
01:15:26,159 --> 01:15:28,640
wanted some more money from Tennessee. They hadn't heard back

1660
01:15:28,640 --> 01:15:30,600
from him. They said, shut your mom ass up. You're

1661
01:15:30,600 --> 01:15:35,760
a free agent. We're basically having free agency in the

1662
01:15:35,520 --> 01:15:40,279
in the football sphere, basketball sphere with the transfer portal

1663
01:15:40,279 --> 01:15:43,520
and all that stuff as well. NCAA has got multiple

1664
01:15:43,600 --> 01:15:48,560
Supreme Court cases going on. Within three years, the National

1665
01:15:49,079 --> 01:15:54,640
Collegiate Amateur Athletic or Athletic Association or whatever will lose

1666
01:15:55,399 --> 01:16:00,359
its tax exempt amateur status. They will have to operate,

1667
01:16:00,399 --> 01:16:02,199
giving up all those money. You're going to open up

1668
01:16:02,239 --> 01:16:06,159
a flood of sponsorships in C double A athletics as

1669
01:16:06,199 --> 01:16:09,199
we see it will flip on its head within three

1670
01:16:09,279 --> 01:16:14,680
years in C double A losing it's amateur status. And

1671
01:16:14,760 --> 01:16:16,359
that is take number four, folks.

1672
01:16:16,119 --> 01:16:17,800
Speaker 1: All right, these are some good one grass, I'll get

1673
01:16:17,800 --> 01:16:20,600
you that, thank you. So the recap Lakers are a

1674
01:16:20,680 --> 01:16:21,239
hype job.

1675
01:16:22,239 --> 01:16:25,520
Speaker 2: Astros number two and home runs will be Estoc Paraitis,

1676
01:16:25,920 --> 01:16:29,399
Astros number three pitcher will be Hayden Wesnsky within three

1677
01:16:29,479 --> 01:16:32,039
years in c double A loses.

1678
01:16:32,640 --> 01:16:35,520
Speaker 1: It's amateur status. Cody and Jonathan took this out and

1679
01:16:35,560 --> 01:16:37,640
so correct me if I'm wrong. You only believe one

1680
01:16:37,680 --> 01:16:38,960
of I only believe one only.

1681
01:16:39,199 --> 01:16:43,279
Speaker 3: Okay, Well, Gordion, I'm looking at the he's talking out

1682
01:16:43,359 --> 01:16:45,239
he has eight errors, only have five.

1683
01:16:45,479 --> 01:16:46,680
Speaker 1: Oh, you're looking at the wrong page.

1684
01:16:46,680 --> 01:16:50,800
Speaker 2: I think earned runs, earned runs, Yeah, eight earned runs.

1685
01:16:50,800 --> 01:16:52,960
Speaker 1: I think you're looking at he's a picture. I think

1686
01:16:53,000 --> 01:16:55,800
it's I think it's It's believable. Was an Eski could

1687
01:16:55,800 --> 01:16:59,560
be the third best pitcher in the Astros. It's especially

1688
01:16:59,560 --> 01:17:03,000
with Space Turgetty's injury. I mean it's Fromber and Hunter

1689
01:17:03,039 --> 01:17:07,119
Brown are one and two. So now you're asking him

1690
01:17:07,119 --> 01:17:09,560
to be better than Renal Blanco, which I think certainly

1691
01:17:09,880 --> 01:17:14,640
can happen. Jordan leading the Astros and ol runs, but

1692
01:17:14,680 --> 01:17:16,840
parades number two, I mean, look, you just hit three

1693
01:17:16,840 --> 01:17:20,840
and three straight games, that's not a stretch. I believe

1694
01:17:21,000 --> 01:17:23,760
the way college football is trending. I mean, I don't

1695
01:17:23,760 --> 01:17:26,640
know if they'll lose their tax exempt amateur status, but

1696
01:17:26,680 --> 01:17:30,520
they're definitely gonna. But Lakers are hyped though they're really they're.

1697
01:17:31,680 --> 01:17:35,000
Speaker 2: All right, I get you, guys, but I hope take

1698
01:17:35,159 --> 01:17:38,159
was the Lakers ahead of the Rockets in championship, not

1699
01:17:38,199 --> 01:17:40,119
even ahead of the Rockets. It's just that they're a

1700
01:17:40,199 --> 01:17:43,479
hype over hyped. As far as the playoff odds and

1701
01:17:43,520 --> 01:17:45,399
everyone talking about Luca and Lebron, I.

1702
01:17:45,319 --> 01:17:48,000
Speaker 1: Would think you don't believe that because they are good.

1703
01:17:48,279 --> 01:17:51,079
Speaker 2: That's what you're going for. Lucas good. That's where I'm leaning.

1704
01:17:51,079 --> 01:17:55,039
It's the one I do believe. Oh this is okay,

1705
01:17:55,079 --> 01:17:57,279
So that one's so. Then I'm elimiting that one because

1706
01:17:57,279 --> 01:17:58,119
I don't think he believe that.

1707
01:17:58,279 --> 01:18:02,199
Speaker 3: Okay, I'm gonna go for. I'm gonna go for right now.

1708
01:18:02,319 --> 01:18:05,119
I think he believes the instable.

1709
01:18:04,760 --> 01:18:12,079
Speaker 2: All I'll go. I'll not touching my laptop. You'll see

1710
01:18:12,079 --> 01:18:15,079
where the x's are parades number two of the home runs. Okay,

1711
01:18:15,119 --> 01:18:18,520
that's not crazy, right, Well, you're both right to dismiss

1712
01:18:18,560 --> 01:18:20,680
the Hayden Wesnesky one a little bit of a short

1713
01:18:20,720 --> 01:18:23,199
sample size. He's only throwing eighty nine innings. It is

1714
01:18:23,239 --> 01:18:25,279
a nice start. I am hopeful that he could end

1715
01:18:25,319 --> 01:18:27,640
up as their third best starter. But I think Arragetty,

1716
01:18:27,720 --> 01:18:29,560
even though he's gonna he's got the broken thumb. It

1717
01:18:29,560 --> 01:18:31,800
didn't require surgery, so he should be back soon enough.

1718
01:18:31,960 --> 01:18:36,319
He's gonna be great. And Renel Blanco, we'll see the

1719
01:18:36,399 --> 01:18:40,319
next one I will throw off. Who chose the NCAA.

1720
01:18:39,840 --> 01:18:41,359
Speaker 1: One I did? Did it off?

1721
01:18:42,720 --> 01:18:45,279
Speaker 2: I don't think within three years. I think they're gonna

1722
01:18:45,279 --> 01:18:47,520
be able to fight in the courts. Long enough, you

1723
01:18:47,640 --> 01:18:50,520
have all those other sports rowing and blah blah blah

1724
01:18:50,560 --> 01:18:53,640
blah blah. To some extent, they should be able to

1725
01:18:52,760 --> 01:18:55,520
just yeah, yeah, it's like yeah.

1726
01:18:55,359 --> 01:18:57,560
Speaker 1: I mean, even if if a union is created, it's

1727
01:18:57,560 --> 01:18:59,000
gonna take a while. I'm glad I tricked you on

1728
01:18:59,000 --> 01:19:00,319
that one. Jonathan was good good.

1729
01:19:02,880 --> 01:19:04,560
Speaker 2: I still think Christian Walker is gonna be second in

1730
01:19:04,600 --> 01:19:07,439
home runs for the Astros lost.

1731
01:19:07,479 --> 01:19:08,319
Speaker 1: You better pick it up.

1732
01:19:08,560 --> 01:19:10,039
Speaker 2: Oh yeah, I guess I should show you. See I

1733
01:19:10,079 --> 01:19:12,279
didn't touch it. They'll see all the exes at number one.

1734
01:19:12,479 --> 01:19:15,279
Speaker 1: So you believe the Lakers are a hype shot job,

1735
01:19:15,760 --> 01:19:18,880
hip job. Come on, so bron can't defend any.

1736
01:19:18,720 --> 01:19:21,640
Speaker 2: One, suddenly got better, jumped up to the three seed

1737
01:19:21,640 --> 01:19:22,640
when they got there at.

1738
01:19:22,560 --> 01:19:23,359
Speaker 1: The three seeds.

1739
01:19:23,640 --> 01:19:27,800
Speaker 2: Since since February tenth, they're seventeenth in offense, I'm sorry,

1740
01:19:27,880 --> 01:19:29,800
seventeenth in defense, thirteen in the offense.

1741
01:19:30,079 --> 01:19:31,920
Speaker 1: It's also been a soft schedule for them.

1742
01:19:32,199 --> 01:19:34,439
Speaker 2: I think they're gonna be I think I think they

1743
01:19:34,479 --> 01:19:36,600
can get knocked out in the first round. I really do.

1744
01:19:37,079 --> 01:19:39,399
I think it's another Lakers high job, mark my words.

1745
01:19:39,520 --> 01:19:40,560
And if I'm wrong, this.

1746
01:19:40,479 --> 01:19:40,880
Speaker 1: Is the thing.

1747
01:19:41,239 --> 01:19:43,399
Speaker 2: Matt's had some really bad takes on this, but he

1748
01:19:43,520 --> 01:19:45,520
believes them, and then when he's wrong, you can bring

1749
01:19:45,560 --> 01:19:47,279
it back, you can throw it in my face. But

1750
01:19:47,319 --> 01:19:50,119
if I'm wrong, I'm wrong. I'm just not believing it.

1751
01:19:50,239 --> 01:19:52,199
I don't think they're as good as the Rockets. Quite frankly,

1752
01:19:52,239 --> 01:19:53,960
I don't think they're as good as the Thunder. I

1753
01:19:54,000 --> 01:19:55,600
think the Nuggets beat him in his seven game series.

1754
01:19:55,640 --> 01:19:58,239
The don't have anybody that can guard Nikola Jokicic. So

1755
01:19:58,600 --> 01:20:01,239
I do think it is a bit of a hype

1756
01:20:01,319 --> 01:20:04,199
job from the on the Los Angeles Lakers because of

1757
01:20:04,239 --> 01:20:07,119
who they are and the star power. Luca can't guard anybody,

1758
01:20:07,359 --> 01:20:09,680
he can't guard to he can't guard a folding chair.

1759
01:20:10,000 --> 01:20:12,279
Speaker 1: Yeah, but look, he just got to the NBA Finals. Life.

1760
01:20:13,039 --> 01:20:15,079
Speaker 2: I know, I know they had a better team around

1761
01:20:15,119 --> 01:20:15,920
him than they do this year.

1762
01:20:15,920 --> 01:20:18,239
Speaker 1: I do believe that, And I love Lebron. JAM think

1763
01:20:18,279 --> 01:20:20,479
Kyrie is better than Lebron.

1764
01:20:20,279 --> 01:20:22,880
Speaker 2: At this stage in their careers. I would say yestely.

1765
01:20:22,880 --> 01:20:25,119
Actually they're both minuses defensively.

1766
01:20:26,640 --> 01:20:29,560
Speaker 1: What's up? Repeat that? How many fifty point games Kyrie

1767
01:20:29,560 --> 01:20:33,960
was dropping? Fidty Lebron said, a bunch of thirty point games. Yeah,

1768
01:20:33,960 --> 01:20:36,039
he's good. It's one of the all time greats.

1769
01:20:36,319 --> 01:20:38,119
Speaker 2: I just think the complete I think it was more

1770
01:20:38,119 --> 01:20:40,119
of a complete team with Dallas than what they have

1771
01:20:40,159 --> 01:20:41,319
in Los Angeles right now.

1772
01:20:42,079 --> 01:20:46,239
Speaker 1: I just think the Lakers were they were struggling for

1773
01:20:46,520 --> 01:20:48,520
the first part of the season, and then when they

1774
01:20:48,520 --> 01:20:50,880
got Luca, they just took off and started climbing up

1775
01:20:50,880 --> 01:20:52,079
that Western Conference standing.

1776
01:20:52,119 --> 01:20:54,199
Speaker 2: Oh you know what, I was looking at it earlier

1777
01:20:54,239 --> 01:20:56,600
and I still have it up Los Angeles Lakers. Since

1778
01:20:56,880 --> 01:21:00,319
the first game that Luca played that was February tenth,

1779
01:21:00,880 --> 01:21:04,840
we're talking about thirty two games. They're thirteenth in net rating.

1780
01:21:05,159 --> 01:21:07,079
Behind the Bulls, behind the magic.

1781
01:21:07,520 --> 01:21:10,079
Speaker 1: Why why are they're winning loss? I don't know.

1782
01:21:10,560 --> 01:21:13,159
Speaker 2: I can go find that. I guess give me. I'm

1783
01:21:13,159 --> 01:21:14,479
gonna need a minute for that. Okay, well you know

1784
01:21:14,520 --> 01:21:15,920
I'm gonna come back with that. I'll tell you at

1785
01:21:15,920 --> 01:21:17,119
the top of the hour. But we do have to

1786
01:21:17,119 --> 01:21:19,479
get a break here on Sports Talk seven ninety. Thanks, guys,

1787
01:21:19,479 --> 01:21:21,520
Maybe you should just play tell JJ Reddick he's a

1788
01:21:21,600 --> 01:21:22,560
damn good coach.

1789
01:21:22,399 --> 01:21:24,399
Speaker 1: To tell that true. Maybe he is. I don't know.

1790
01:21:24,600 --> 01:21:27,039
Speaker 2: Seems like he did a good job limiting Anthony Davis. Okay,

1791
01:21:27,399 --> 01:21:28,920
coming up the news at noon, we'll get to all

1792
01:21:28,920 --> 01:21:31,720
the top news items of the day. Also at one

1793
01:21:31,760 --> 01:21:34,640
o'clock we will have Adam planton. Also you you want

1794
01:21:34,640 --> 01:21:37,319
to get in seven one three two one two five

1795
01:21:37,479 --> 01:21:40,039
seven ninety seven one three two one two five seven

1796
01:21:40,119 --> 01:21:42,479
ninety Speaking of April, which I was talking to you,

1797
01:21:42,479 --> 01:21:46,239
but guys about that earlier. Thomas is out, Chris Gordy

1798
01:21:46,439 --> 01:21:49,600
is hanging out now. Phone lines are open for you

1799
01:21:49,680 --> 01:21:54,000
at seven one three two one two five seven ninety

1800
01:21:54,119 --> 01:21:57,199
seven one three two one two five seven ninety. But

1801
01:21:57,279 --> 01:21:59,159
right now we have to get to all the top

1802
01:21:59,319 --> 01:22:01,520
sports news items of the day.

1803
01:22:02,399 --> 01:22:05,479
Speaker 1: What we call the news at noon.

1804
01:22:08,399 --> 01:22:10,720
Speaker 2: All right, Chris Gordy, we got a lot of stuff

1805
01:22:10,760 --> 01:22:15,560
going on in the Houston sports world. We'll go ahead

1806
01:22:15,560 --> 01:22:18,880
and start with your Houston Astros getting the bats going

1807
01:22:18,880 --> 01:22:19,920
a little bit over the weekend.

1808
01:22:20,479 --> 01:22:22,760
Speaker 4: Grady's waiting for a two to two. Here it is

1809
01:22:23,600 --> 01:22:26,840
and at his hammer day till I failed. Pad you

1810
01:22:26,960 --> 01:22:31,079
pets that one good bye out of the Laftress proper boxes.

1811
01:22:31,439 --> 01:22:35,359
Asa Paradis holders great perch straight day. This one to

1812
01:22:35,399 --> 01:22:39,079
go ahead, three run shot fight to two Astros.

1813
01:22:39,640 --> 01:22:45,439
Speaker 2: Hayden Wasnsky six innings of three run ball, three solo shots,

1814
01:22:45,520 --> 01:22:51,560
career high ten strikeouts. Isak Paradis continues to be scorching

1815
01:22:51,600 --> 01:22:53,560
hot with three runs batted in there. Did have a

1816
01:22:53,600 --> 01:22:56,960
couple of case overall, got his ops over eight hundred

1817
01:22:57,000 --> 01:23:01,079
on the season. Astros bats also score four fourteen on

1818
01:23:01,319 --> 01:23:04,960
Friday and do it against okay see Angels in town.

1819
01:23:05,079 --> 01:23:08,159
But the Angels first place in the West, so nice

1820
01:23:08,159 --> 01:23:09,680
to get a couple of wins over the weekend there.

1821
01:23:11,680 --> 01:23:14,680
Speaker 1: They needed to win that just from a standpoint of look,

1822
01:23:14,720 --> 01:23:17,119
I know it's super early and standings don't matter and

1823
01:23:17,159 --> 01:23:19,439
all that I know where you stand on must wins,

1824
01:23:19,479 --> 01:23:22,000
but like it would have created a little bit of

1825
01:23:22,039 --> 01:23:25,479
a gap had you lost that series to the Angels

1826
01:23:25,960 --> 01:23:28,720
because they were leading to ale Wes. The Rangers have

1827
01:23:28,800 --> 01:23:30,359
been winning a lot, like there were been a little

1828
01:23:30,399 --> 01:23:31,880
bit of a gap there, and you would have been

1829
01:23:31,880 --> 01:23:33,800
faring with the A's for the bottom of the basement

1830
01:23:33,800 --> 01:23:36,439
of the aos. So you know, this is where I

1831
01:23:36,439 --> 01:23:38,720
thought I'll win yesterday. It was very much needed.

1832
01:23:38,960 --> 01:23:41,119
Speaker 2: Yeah, also in the American League West, how about the

1833
01:23:41,359 --> 01:23:45,439
Rangers getting swept by the Mariners. Mariners have now won

1834
01:23:45,560 --> 01:23:47,880
five of the last six, including that series, went over

1835
01:23:47,920 --> 01:23:51,760
the Stros and then sweeping the Rangers, who have fallen

1836
01:23:51,800 --> 01:23:52,640
back to earth a little bit.

1837
01:23:53,960 --> 01:23:56,279
Speaker 1: Yeah, the Mariners are still good. I mean, that's why

1838
01:23:56,399 --> 01:23:59,880
I didn't understand what people were poo pooing them. Their offense,

1839
01:24:00,000 --> 01:24:03,319
the bats, Yeah, rotation is gonna be coming around. Yeah

1840
01:24:03,319 --> 01:24:05,600
they're pitching is good enough, and yeah they've won four

1841
01:24:05,600 --> 01:24:08,800
in a row now. But I don't know, I just

1842
01:24:09,520 --> 01:24:11,800
I feel like, again it's very early, but head to

1843
01:24:11,840 --> 01:24:13,640
head with all these teams, like they won't see the

1844
01:24:14,079 --> 01:24:16,760
Rangers for another couple of weeks for their first series.

1845
01:24:17,159 --> 01:24:20,159
But it just feels like the tiebreakers coming to play

1846
01:24:20,199 --> 01:24:24,920
here recently. I just feel like take advantage went into

1847
01:24:25,079 --> 01:24:28,920
three against the Angels. Yes, losing the Maritors wasn't great.

1848
01:24:29,279 --> 01:24:31,000
Like when you play the Rangers in a couple weeks,

1849
01:24:31,159 --> 01:24:33,039
take take advantage. Beat those guys.

1850
01:24:33,800 --> 01:24:36,359
Speaker 2: Astros in Saint Louis are three games that'll be a

1851
01:24:36,439 --> 01:24:38,800
six to forty five first pitch here on a Sports

1852
01:24:38,800 --> 01:24:43,000
Talk seven ninety day game on Wednesday, and then they'll

1853
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come home for three games against the San Diego Padres

1854
01:24:46,399 --> 01:24:49,039
and three games against the Toronto Blue Jays, who are

1855
01:24:49,119 --> 01:24:50,880
leading the American League East.

1856
01:24:51,159 --> 01:24:53,960
Speaker 1: Yeah, right now, they've been very good. It's gonna be

1857
01:24:54,000 --> 01:24:56,079
hard to uh, gonna be hard to beat those guys.

1858
01:24:56,119 --> 01:25:00,760
They their offense has been pretty good. But Abushet's batting

1859
01:25:00,800 --> 01:25:05,000
above three hundred. Vlad Guerrero kind of motivated after signing

1860
01:25:05,000 --> 01:25:07,600
that big deal. He's about over.

1861
01:25:07,520 --> 01:25:11,800
Speaker 2: Three hundred, fourteen year deal. Zero home runs by the way,

1862
01:25:11,920 --> 01:25:13,079
for flat Guerrero.

1863
01:25:13,399 --> 01:25:16,239
Speaker 1: Well, think they're regretting that fourteen year deal. Their second

1864
01:25:16,279 --> 01:25:19,399
baseman though, Andres Jimenez. Jimenez, he's got three home runs.

1865
01:25:19,439 --> 01:25:21,520
George Springer, George Springer.

1866
01:25:21,279 --> 01:25:23,159
Speaker 2: George Springer, he was hot, hitting the start. Is he

1867
01:25:23,239 --> 01:25:26,079
still keeping it Up's got a couple Springer dingers in there, okay,

1868
01:25:26,479 --> 01:25:30,479
but it's their pitching's been pretty uh, pretty solid so far.

1869
01:25:30,600 --> 01:25:34,239
Speaker 1: Kevin Gossman, evan resurging year's fan. Kevin Gossman, okay, two

1870
01:25:34,239 --> 01:25:36,960
thirty three. How about Chris Bassett, oh eighteen and the

1871
01:25:37,000 --> 01:25:39,720
third innings pitch zero point nine eighty ra.

1872
01:25:39,960 --> 01:25:42,319
Speaker 2: He wasn't good for them last year in thought, but okay,

1873
01:25:42,520 --> 01:25:44,960
bounce back years for the Toronto They're just good for them,

1874
01:25:45,159 --> 01:25:48,159
all right, Keeping it going here. Dana Brown speaking over

1875
01:25:48,239 --> 01:25:52,359
the weekend on Astro's radio network about his seven ninety

1876
01:25:52,600 --> 01:25:55,279
as well yes on Sports Talk seven ninety over the

1877
01:25:55,279 --> 01:25:59,439
weekend about a certain Lance mccullor's junior in his rehab

1878
01:25:59,560 --> 01:26:03,880
start with the Triple A spased Cowboys. Four innings pitched,

1879
01:26:03,960 --> 01:26:10,039
one hit, no runs, one walk, five strikeouts, thirteen whiffs.

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Speaker 1: Here's what Dana Brown had to say about Lance mccullors junior.

1881
01:26:14,319 --> 01:26:14,800
I spoke to.

1882
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Speaker 7: Him today personally, probably just about an hour ago, and

1883
01:26:17,960 --> 01:26:19,159
he feels really good.

1884
01:26:19,239 --> 01:26:21,239
Speaker 1: That's the thing that I'm excited about. Mostly.

1885
01:26:22,279 --> 01:26:24,640
Speaker 7: You know, when these guys come back from rehabs, you

1886
01:26:24,640 --> 01:26:27,600
know you know, when they get start getting innings and

1887
01:26:27,680 --> 01:26:30,960
built up, sometimes they don't feel as good the next day.

1888
01:26:31,119 --> 01:26:34,239
And the fact that he felt great today and he

1889
01:26:34,479 --> 01:26:38,600
threw well yesterday, that's encouraging because we're adding more more

1890
01:26:38,840 --> 01:26:42,239
pitches to his to his starts, and so to get

1891
01:26:42,319 --> 01:26:45,720
to get to that pitch count and feel good the

1892
01:26:45,760 --> 01:26:48,399
next day and have a pretty good outing, it's it's

1893
01:26:48,640 --> 01:26:50,680
very very encouraging and exciting.

1894
01:26:51,439 --> 01:26:54,520
Speaker 4: So Color is getting another rehab start next weekend for

1895
01:26:54,600 --> 01:26:58,039
Corpus Christy at the Double A level. Could that potentially

1896
01:26:58,079 --> 01:26:59,920
be his last minor league rehab outing?

1897
01:27:00,399 --> 01:27:02,840
Speaker 7: Yeah, I mean the dart process is if we can

1898
01:27:03,520 --> 01:27:06,880
somehow get him back by you know, the Kansas City Series,

1899
01:27:08,039 --> 01:27:11,399
that would be pretty encouraging, you know, but we don't

1900
01:27:11,399 --> 01:27:13,840
want to rush it. We're gonna take it one, you know,

1901
01:27:13,960 --> 01:27:17,000
one start at a time. But he's look he looks

1902
01:27:17,039 --> 01:27:19,359
like he's on pace that potentially we might we might

1903
01:27:19,359 --> 01:27:19,920
be able to do.

1904
01:27:19,920 --> 01:27:23,760
Speaker 2: That, So could be the Royals series. In a couple

1905
01:27:23,760 --> 01:27:26,840
of weeks mentioned I did not mention sixty one pitches

1906
01:27:27,319 --> 01:27:31,520
from Lance mccullor's junior So Neil Little starting pitching help.

1907
01:27:32,079 --> 01:27:35,840
Ryan Gusto is good over the weekend. But is it

1908
01:27:35,880 --> 01:27:38,199
really gonna happen? It feels like we've been talking about

1909
01:27:38,199 --> 01:27:40,039
this for years. You say a couple of weeks. That's

1910
01:27:40,039 --> 01:27:42,119
a week from Friday. Yeah, week from Friday. There you go,

1911
01:27:42,199 --> 01:27:45,079
so yeah, I mean it is interesting.

1912
01:27:45,159 --> 01:27:47,439
Speaker 1: I just saw a car back announced her to do

1913
01:27:47,479 --> 01:27:52,840
an Astro's watch party next Friday. That game sides, Yeah,

1914
01:27:52,880 --> 01:27:54,359
what if jday?

1915
01:27:56,479 --> 01:27:59,800
Speaker 2: Okay, Lance mccullors junior striking up, Bobby Wood Junior, sign

1916
01:27:59,840 --> 01:28:00,319
me up.

1917
01:28:00,600 --> 01:28:03,279
Speaker 1: It's probably good that they have next Thursday off though,

1918
01:28:03,880 --> 01:28:06,880
to rest up that bullpen, because let's be real, McCullers

1919
01:28:06,920 --> 01:28:09,399
may only give you four. He well, you can get four.

1920
01:28:09,880 --> 01:28:12,520
Speaker 2: You know, it's early in the season. We'll see what happens.

1921
01:28:12,600 --> 01:28:16,720
Gusto be ready to hear other guys. Mccaullors the opener,

1922
01:28:16,800 --> 01:28:18,960
Gusta ready to go right after that. I like that

1923
01:28:18,960 --> 01:28:21,720
we can do a piggyback start. Yeah, little piggyback action.

1924
01:28:21,800 --> 01:28:23,600
Speaker 1: I like that. I like that a lot.

1925
01:28:23,760 --> 01:28:26,479
Speaker 2: All right, So elsewhere in the news at noon, here

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01:28:26,600 --> 01:28:29,520
Chris Gordy, your Houston Rockets, of course have been locked

1927
01:28:29,560 --> 01:28:31,880
in as the number two seed, but we know who

1928
01:28:31,920 --> 01:28:35,159
their potential opponents are. It's gonna be either of the

1929
01:28:35,199 --> 01:28:38,920
Memphis Grizzlies or the Golden State Warriors. They face off

1930
01:28:38,960 --> 01:28:43,079
on Tuesday at nine o'clock on TNT. Golden State favored

1931
01:28:43,119 --> 01:28:45,279
by six and a half in that.

1932
01:28:45,199 --> 01:28:49,840
Speaker 1: One, Jez six and a half, Poor Grizzly, that's just

1933
01:28:49,840 --> 01:28:52,760
a couple of buckets. Let's go grizz I texted my

1934
01:28:52,800 --> 01:28:57,560
buddy who covers the Grizzlies out there in Memphis. I said, uh,

1935
01:28:57,640 --> 01:28:59,920
I said, please beat the Warriors. He said, we suck.

1936
01:29:00,840 --> 01:29:03,399
I said, if Jimmy is hurt, though, we have a chance.

1937
01:29:03,880 --> 01:29:07,199
Rockets will murder us in a series four to five games. Easy.

1938
01:29:08,239 --> 01:29:09,840
Speaker 2: Well, I like what he's saying there. I like the

1939
01:29:09,880 --> 01:29:12,880
doom and gloom. Grizzlies will be tough. Hurriers will be

1940
01:29:12,960 --> 01:29:17,000
really tough the way they've been playing lately. I would

1941
01:29:17,119 --> 01:29:20,199
rather have the Grizzlies if the Rockets had their choice. Again,

1942
01:29:20,279 --> 01:29:22,000
not to say that it would be easy pickings or

1943
01:29:22,039 --> 01:29:24,520
anything like that, but man, he.

1944
01:29:24,840 --> 01:29:27,319
Speaker 1: Went on to say, I love your team. Tough as hell.

1945
01:29:28,000 --> 01:29:32,119
Fourth quarter offense could doom me all though. Yeah, that's

1946
01:29:32,159 --> 01:29:33,359
something that we talk about.

1947
01:29:33,800 --> 01:29:36,079
Speaker 2: It gets highlighted most in the playoffs when it's two

1948
01:29:36,079 --> 01:29:39,800
minutes left, it's a five point game, and yeah, you

1949
01:29:39,840 --> 01:29:41,840
can operate within the year system. And you're talking about

1950
01:29:41,880 --> 01:29:43,319
you're not getting up and down the floor. That's when

1951
01:29:43,359 --> 01:29:45,319
they you know, people say the game slows down in

1952
01:29:45,359 --> 01:29:48,239
the playoffs, it actually doesn't. They have data that that

1953
01:29:48,720 --> 01:29:50,600
kind of goes against that. But it's in the last

1954
01:29:50,600 --> 01:29:53,279
two minutes that's when it really really does slow down.

1955
01:29:53,840 --> 01:29:58,319
So in those situations, Rockets have options. They don't have

1956
01:29:58,359 --> 01:30:01,279
the big alpha dog option, and we'll see what happens

1957
01:30:01,279 --> 01:30:02,960
in what they try to go to. But coaching Doka

1958
01:30:03,039 --> 01:30:04,920
is a good coach. He's gonna be prepared and you're

1959
01:30:04,960 --> 01:30:07,399
gonna know the opponent by Tuesday, so they'll be well

1960
01:30:07,439 --> 01:30:12,880
and ready to go at the Toyota Center Sunday time TVD.

1961
01:30:13,960 --> 01:30:15,359
So the Warriors, it's going to be a late night

1962
01:30:15,399 --> 01:30:17,880
probably well, you know, on a Sunday maybe.

1963
01:30:18,039 --> 01:30:21,880
Speaker 1: So Ben do Bos is guessing that the the two

1964
01:30:21,880 --> 01:30:26,039
point thirty game is is ABC National, So he thinks

1965
01:30:26,159 --> 01:30:28,439
that would be the time slot where you go Rockets

1966
01:30:28,439 --> 01:30:31,720
Warriors because you want the bigger audience. The night game

1967
01:30:31,880 --> 01:30:35,560
is TNT, so he thinks Rockets and Grizzlies would suit

1968
01:30:35,600 --> 01:30:37,920
more of the night game on TNT as opposed to

1969
01:30:37,960 --> 01:30:41,119
the midday national audience on ABC.

1970
01:30:41,319 --> 01:30:46,640
Speaker 2: What about like Celtics Hawks or Health Celtics Magic. Hmm, okay,

1971
01:30:47,840 --> 01:30:50,960
very very interesting. We'll see what happens there, all right,

1972
01:30:51,000 --> 01:30:53,399
a little bit of NBA news, Gordy here on the

1973
01:30:53,439 --> 01:30:56,600
news at noon. As you mentioned, the Pelicans have fired

1974
01:30:56,600 --> 01:31:00,880
their executive vice president, David Griffin after six seasons. Also

1975
01:31:01,079 --> 01:31:05,439
Mike Budenholtzer, the Sun's coach. After one year of Frank Vogel,

1976
01:31:05,520 --> 01:31:08,119
you're out, one year of Mike Budenholzer, Y're out. Both

1977
01:31:08,159 --> 01:31:11,079
those guys won championships. Maybe it's the roster that stinks

1978
01:31:11,079 --> 01:31:11,920
over there in Phoenix.

1979
01:31:14,319 --> 01:31:17,119
Speaker 1: I don't know that thinks a whole mess. That's a mess.

1980
01:31:17,359 --> 01:31:21,119
At least the Rockets traded Harden and tore everything down

1981
01:31:21,159 --> 01:31:23,960
and just kind of started from scratch. I'm glad they

1982
01:31:24,000 --> 01:31:27,319
didn't try to do the sustain. No, let's keep going again,

1983
01:31:27,399 --> 01:31:30,000
let's make trades, let's get played like and I think

1984
01:31:30,039 --> 01:31:32,680
if Moury it's stuck around and they might have done that. Well.

1985
01:31:32,720 --> 01:31:35,039
Speaker 2: Maury is sticking around, by the way, with the Philadelphia

1986
01:31:35,119 --> 01:31:37,680
seventy six ers, as is head coach Nick Nurse, speaking

1987
01:31:37,720 --> 01:31:40,399
of guys who have gotten fired after winning a winning

1988
01:31:40,399 --> 01:31:43,560
an NBA championship. Nick Nurse and Daryl Morey back in

1989
01:31:43,600 --> 01:31:47,039
the fold in Philadelphia, what happened there?

1990
01:31:47,039 --> 01:31:49,560
Speaker 1: Why did they not go right? Injuries? I mean they've

1991
01:31:49,560 --> 01:31:49,800
been hurt.

1992
01:31:49,880 --> 01:31:53,520
Speaker 2: Joel embiid Is, I mean he's he's a monster when

1993
01:31:53,520 --> 01:31:55,199
he's on the floor, but he's just been hurt his

1994
01:31:55,319 --> 01:31:57,680
entire career. Didn't he miss his first two NBA seasons

1995
01:31:57,680 --> 01:32:01,640
with injuries? Yep, it's it's just basically his whole career

1996
01:32:01,960 --> 01:32:05,840
has been riddled by injuries. And that is your news

1997
01:32:05,880 --> 01:32:08,800
at noon here on a Sports Talk seven ninety.

1998
01:32:08,880 --> 01:32:10,960
Speaker 1: Thanks for listening, folks. It is time for a quick

1999
01:32:10,960 --> 01:32:11,720
break here on.

2000
01:32:11,720 --> 01:32:15,359
Speaker 2: The Matt Thomas Show with Ross Jonathan Allen with us.

2001
01:32:15,600 --> 01:32:17,800
You have Chris Gordy with us, Adam Clanton will joint

2002
01:32:17,800 --> 01:32:20,239
at one o'clock and you at seven one three two

2003
01:32:20,359 --> 01:32:23,279
one two five seven ninety seven one three two one

2004
01:32:23,279 --> 01:32:27,279
two five seven ninety I'm uh, mister Gordon and I

2005
01:32:27,319 --> 01:32:29,920
are talking during the break. Yeah, we're worried about the

2006
01:32:30,000 --> 01:32:33,079
Rockets and the playoffs. It's kind of funny you hit

2007
01:32:33,119 --> 01:32:37,079
this this lull of the sports calendar in February after

2008
01:32:37,119 --> 01:32:39,880
the Super Bowl. It's not a whole lot going on.

2009
01:32:40,159 --> 01:32:42,720
It's like NBA All Star Week. But now you've got

2010
01:32:42,760 --> 01:32:45,920
the Astros firing on all cylinders. They're playing games. I

2011
01:32:46,000 --> 01:32:48,319
played a night against the Cardinals six forty five pm.

2012
01:32:48,359 --> 01:32:50,960
First pitch here on Sports Talk seven ninety. Rockets into

2013
01:32:50,960 --> 01:32:53,800
the playoff this weekend, and it kind of puts it

2014
01:32:53,840 --> 01:32:55,600
on the back burner on your radar a little bit,

2015
01:32:55,680 --> 01:32:58,520
especially with the two teams that we have here. The

2016
01:32:59,640 --> 01:33:02,680
NFL drafts coming up in like two weeks or not

2017
01:33:02,760 --> 01:33:07,760
even April twenty fourth, that will be a week from Thursday.

2018
01:33:07,880 --> 01:33:11,880
The NFL Draft will be here and we'll be talking

2019
01:33:11,920 --> 01:33:13,560
about it here on Sports Talk seven ninety.

2020
01:33:14,359 --> 01:33:17,239
Speaker 1: We will Did you see who the I just saw

2021
01:33:17,600 --> 01:33:21,560
the Texan center released today. I think, what's his face?

2022
01:33:22,239 --> 01:33:26,199
Jem Nick Cassario is going to Well, I haven't seen

2023
01:33:26,239 --> 01:33:28,640
him in a while, so his name kind of eluded me.

2024
01:33:29,319 --> 01:33:32,600
He's gonna have a media availability later this week to

2025
01:33:33,680 --> 01:33:35,600
not answer questions about the draft. Yah.

2026
01:33:35,600 --> 01:33:37,760
Speaker 2: It's gonna be one of those situations where where we

2027
01:33:37,800 --> 01:33:39,640
are on the board and you know, we.

2028
01:33:39,680 --> 01:33:42,119
Speaker 1: Look at players we like, you know, players we may

2029
01:33:42,359 --> 01:33:44,520
like a little bit more than others, and you know

2030
01:33:44,560 --> 01:33:47,079
you just kind of valuate it's just the right pick. Yeah,

2031
01:33:47,119 --> 01:33:48,199
we're gonna get the pick.

2032
01:33:48,439 --> 01:33:49,840
Speaker 2: I have to go with the flow because you know,

2033
01:33:50,119 --> 01:33:52,640
any number of different scenarios can play out, and we're

2034
01:33:52,680 --> 01:33:54,760
gonna keep everything on the table, you know, where we think,

2035
01:33:54,800 --> 01:33:57,199
whether there's trading up, whether it's trading down players.

2036
01:33:57,319 --> 01:33:59,000
Speaker 1: Look, get ready for that. He's gonna. I mean, we

2037
01:33:59,000 --> 01:34:00,680
could do it. No, here's the list things we could do.

2038
01:34:00,960 --> 01:34:03,039
You know, we could trade up, we could stay and put,

2039
01:34:03,159 --> 01:34:05,520
we could trade back. You know, there's any way you

2040
01:34:05,560 --> 01:34:08,039
can go on this. Yes, Nick, I understand how draft works.

2041
01:34:08,079 --> 01:34:11,279
Thank you understand that. Thanks. Yeah, there's a lot of players.

2042
01:34:11,279 --> 01:34:13,600
We like, there's a lot of players. Does he think

2043
01:34:13,640 --> 01:34:16,000
some of the media members have never covered the NFL

2044
01:34:16,039 --> 01:34:19,119
before and it's their first time. Yeah, Look, it's it's

2045
01:34:19,159 --> 01:34:20,680
what we do is we go in the room and

2046
01:34:20,720 --> 01:34:23,319
we evaluate talent. We look at film a bottom and

2047
01:34:23,319 --> 01:34:25,359
we saw it. We build a board and.

2048
01:34:25,720 --> 01:34:28,079
Speaker 2: One of the things is especially picking where we are

2049
01:34:28,359 --> 01:34:31,840
is there's so many unknowns at this point. So we'll

2050
01:34:31,840 --> 01:34:34,880
try to just kind of as it goes along, keep

2051
01:34:34,960 --> 01:34:38,239
reevaluating our board and keep all our options open and

2052
01:34:38,319 --> 01:34:40,640
we pick where we're picking back into the first we

2053
01:34:40,680 --> 01:34:42,800
don't know who's going to be available. Yeah, so there

2054
01:34:42,840 --> 01:34:45,319
could be a really good talent available then, but.

2055
01:34:45,680 --> 01:34:47,399
Speaker 1: This good draft a lot of good talent.

2056
01:34:47,439 --> 01:34:49,359
Speaker 2: No matter who we get where we get them, We're

2057
01:34:49,359 --> 01:34:51,399
confident that we're going to get a good player and

2058
01:34:51,439 --> 01:34:53,920
somebody gonna help us build towards the future. Did you

2059
01:34:53,960 --> 01:34:57,199
see thanks Nick, They created great stuff. Did you see

2060
01:34:57,199 --> 01:34:59,479
who the Texans are hosting for a visit?

2061
01:35:00,359 --> 01:35:04,560
Speaker 1: Uh? Are they? They did host for a visit? Oh? No,

2062
01:35:04,600 --> 01:35:05,000
I didn't.

2063
01:35:06,319 --> 01:35:13,199
Speaker 2: Kelvin Banks from the University of Texas running back Oh

2064
01:35:13,439 --> 01:35:17,439
Jaden Blue, Jayden Blue. He's at formal meetings with the Bills,

2065
01:35:17,479 --> 01:35:22,600
the Packers, Eagles, Blue Steelers, and the hometown Texans. Okay

2066
01:35:22,880 --> 01:35:25,000
rush for kerr high seven hundred and thirty yards, eight

2067
01:35:25,039 --> 01:35:27,399
touchdowns caught, forty two passes, three hundred and sixty eight

2068
01:35:27,520 --> 01:35:32,560
yards played behind several excellent running backs, including Jonathan Brooks,

2069
01:35:32,600 --> 01:35:35,640
who's the Carolina Panther. Yes, and when I look at

2070
01:35:35,640 --> 01:35:39,520
that Texans depth chart, Ross Joe maxon Ross, Joe Mixon's

2071
01:35:39,560 --> 01:35:40,880
doing just fine there as a starter.

2072
01:35:41,000 --> 01:35:42,800
Speaker 1: Yeah, but he's got my basically one year left on

2073
01:35:42,880 --> 01:35:43,520
his deal.

2074
01:35:43,600 --> 01:35:47,399
Speaker 2: Darry Ogumbawalle and Damian Pierce hanging around.

2075
01:35:47,560 --> 01:35:50,079
Speaker 1: Yeah, you need I think this is supposed to This

2076
01:35:50,159 --> 01:35:52,720
is thought of as a really good running back draft.

2077
01:35:52,880 --> 01:35:56,119
Speaker 2: Yeah, starting of course with Ashton Jentiek, who's possibly going

2078
01:35:56,159 --> 01:35:58,079
to go in the top ten. Some people think, but

2079
01:35:58,159 --> 01:36:00,479
you've got to mean skataboo. You've got Jayden Blue, he's

2080
01:36:00,479 --> 01:36:03,039
got some Trevion Henderson from a house state people like.

2081
01:36:03,560 --> 01:36:06,800
So there's a lot of good running backs in this draft,

2082
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and I think it'd be a good idea for the

2083
01:36:10,079 --> 01:36:11,319
Texas to try to pick one up.

2084
01:36:11,359 --> 01:36:15,520
Speaker 1: The thing with Jayden Blue is breakaway speed. His official

2085
01:36:15,560 --> 01:36:17,720
pro day time at Texas was that a week or

2086
01:36:17,720 --> 01:36:21,359
two ago was four to three eight. Aaron Wilson, though,

2087
01:36:21,399 --> 01:36:24,119
says his unofficial times were a four to two five

2088
01:36:24,239 --> 01:36:27,800
and four to two eight. So what I'm confused then?

2089
01:36:27,880 --> 01:36:32,680
What what is the four three eight different official versus unofficial? Yeah,

2090
01:36:32,800 --> 01:36:34,920
I mean some guy with a stopwatch fucked him.

2091
01:36:35,039 --> 01:36:38,279
Speaker 2: Yeah, him at four two five and usually they're pretty

2092
01:36:38,279 --> 01:36:44,119
close for a running back like that's yeah, I don't think. Yeah,

2093
01:36:44,159 --> 01:36:47,600
he's very fast. He's definitely not like big and bulky.

2094
01:36:47,800 --> 01:36:50,479
Maybe could have some issues with the with pass protection

2095
01:36:50,520 --> 01:36:52,800
and stuff like that, but you can get him second,

2096
01:36:52,880 --> 01:36:53,760
third round or wherever.

2097
01:36:53,840 --> 01:36:56,079
Speaker 1: I don't know exactly where he's projected to go. I

2098
01:36:56,279 --> 01:37:00,319
like j in the NFL does the running back out

2099
01:37:00,359 --> 01:37:03,800
in space and just has breakaway, you know, nothing but

2100
01:37:03,920 --> 01:37:07,359
land in front of them. NFL everybody so fast, they're

2101
01:37:07,359 --> 01:37:08,800
gonna you know, they close so much.

2102
01:37:08,880 --> 01:37:10,439
Speaker 2: Yeah, that's true, but I mean you have guys a

2103
01:37:10,479 --> 01:37:12,199
lot of the you do have home run hitters. I mean,

2104
01:37:12,199 --> 01:37:14,600
how often have you seen Derek Henry just run by everyone.

2105
01:37:14,960 --> 01:37:17,359
It's because you have guys taking bad angles and then

2106
01:37:17,399 --> 01:37:19,279
they you kind of surprise them with your speed. So

2107
01:37:19,319 --> 01:37:21,640
it's not gonna be wide open fields. It's gonna be

2108
01:37:21,720 --> 01:37:24,439
safeties and linebackers taking bad angles because of how fast

2109
01:37:24,479 --> 01:37:24,760
you are.

2110
01:37:24,800 --> 01:37:26,800
Speaker 1: I just feel like the majority of the NFL is

2111
01:37:27,359 --> 01:37:30,520
so much these days is dink and Dunk's move the chains,

2112
01:37:31,039 --> 01:37:34,520
live to fight another day. On Markley disagrees six yard

2113
01:37:34,600 --> 01:37:39,880
run here, five yards slamt pass there. Yeah, yeah, Barkley was, I.

2114
01:37:39,880 --> 01:37:43,359
Speaker 2: Mean, he's yeah, how many rushes over fifty yards did

2115
01:37:43,399 --> 01:37:43,600
he have?

2116
01:37:43,640 --> 01:37:45,479
Speaker 1: It seemed like it was happening every week. But Blue

2117
01:37:45,479 --> 01:37:49,439
would be a nice compliment behind behind Joe Mix.

2118
01:37:49,600 --> 01:37:51,760
Speaker 2: Yeah, but basically it was those two guys. Oh here's

2119
01:37:51,760 --> 01:37:53,239
a note I'm just pulling up, like the yards per

2120
01:37:53,239 --> 01:37:55,920
attempt leaders from last from last year. It's a bunch

2121
01:37:55,920 --> 01:37:59,119
of a couple of quarterbacks. Yeah, Jamior Gibbs, I would

2122
01:37:59,119 --> 01:38:01,880
put in that category. Actually, Sneaky Bucky Irving. He had

2123
01:38:01,880 --> 01:38:03,800
five point four yards per carry for Tampa Bay. He

2124
01:38:03,800 --> 01:38:05,680
was running away from a lot of guys. But but

2125
01:38:05,760 --> 01:38:08,319
to your point, we're talking about basically three or four

2126
01:38:08,359 --> 01:38:11,680
guys that were really running past everyone. Other than that,

2127
01:38:12,399 --> 01:38:14,359
gonna be a lot of tough inside running and stuff

2128
01:38:14,399 --> 01:38:14,600
like that.

2129
01:38:15,880 --> 01:38:19,239
Speaker 1: The looking at the running backs, Yeah, Ashton Gent is

2130
01:38:19,279 --> 01:38:21,840
expecting to go number one, a Marion Hampton, catching a

2131
01:38:21,880 --> 01:38:24,680
lot of love coming out of North Carolina. They are

2132
01:38:25,039 --> 01:38:26,720
some folks putting him at the back end of the

2133
01:38:26,720 --> 01:38:30,359
first wow, Like they think Ashton Gent will will go

2134
01:38:30,439 --> 01:38:32,760
somewhere in the first fifteen. And you can get a

2135
01:38:32,800 --> 01:38:35,000
whole argument on should he draft, should you be drafted

2136
01:38:35,000 --> 01:38:36,119
a running back that high?

2137
01:38:36,159 --> 01:38:40,239
Speaker 2: That sort of thing, But yeah, if it's somebody that

2138
01:38:40,399 --> 01:38:43,159
is going to be the mega talent, like who was

2139
01:38:43,159 --> 01:38:45,319
was Sekwon Barkley one of the last who's one of

2140
01:38:45,319 --> 01:38:47,720
the running backs that have been your guy from Texas?

2141
01:38:47,840 --> 01:38:51,319
Oh well, Jonathan Brooks.

2142
01:38:51,159 --> 01:38:52,000
Speaker 1: No Atlanta Falcons.

2143
01:38:52,000 --> 01:38:55,119
Speaker 2: Oh yeah Jon Robinson, John Robinson, Yeah he was dude.

2144
01:38:55,159 --> 01:38:56,840
B Jon Robinson was one of the best running backs

2145
01:38:56,840 --> 01:38:57,720
in football last year.

2146
01:38:57,840 --> 01:39:00,800
Speaker 1: Yeah, Bjon one eighth overall. Two years ago, Jamier Gibbs

2147
01:39:00,800 --> 01:39:05,319
went twelfth overall. So by that judgment, that's pretty damn good.

2148
01:39:05,439 --> 01:39:06,640
I got a hot take for you as well.

2149
01:39:06,680 --> 01:39:08,880
Speaker 2: I think Bjehn Robinson wasn't healthy all year, just the

2150
01:39:08,920 --> 01:39:10,640
way that he was moving. Early in the season he

2151
01:39:10,680 --> 01:39:12,720
was looking electric. Then in the middle of the season,

2152
01:39:12,840 --> 01:39:15,239
and then late in the season he just looked. He

2153
01:39:15,239 --> 01:39:17,399
didn't look good at all. And when they got big leads,

2154
01:39:17,399 --> 01:39:20,720
they were immediately going to Tyler Aler Geer Algier. So

2155
01:39:21,079 --> 01:39:24,840
I got a sneaking suspicion that he wasn't one hundred percent.

2156
01:39:24,920 --> 01:39:27,720
And I think Bjeon could even break out more next year.

2157
01:39:28,159 --> 01:39:30,600
Speaker 1: Yeah. Jonathan Brooks was the highest drafted running back last year.

2158
01:39:30,640 --> 01:39:32,439
He went with pick forty.

2159
01:39:32,119 --> 01:39:34,640
Speaker 2: Six and he had just torn his ACL. Then he

2160
01:39:34,680 --> 01:39:36,640
came back for one game and towards ACL again.

2161
01:39:36,800 --> 01:39:39,520
Speaker 1: Yeah. Bucky Irving went in the fourth round. He was

2162
01:39:39,520 --> 01:39:43,119
pretty good with the Bucks. Ray Davis went in the

2163
01:39:43,119 --> 01:39:45,840
fourth round to the Bills. He picked up some yardages

2164
01:39:45,840 --> 01:39:49,399
This year went along, but there weren't really any a

2165
01:39:49,439 --> 01:39:51,920
ton of other running backs. The Texans took Jair Jordan

2166
01:39:51,960 --> 01:39:53,720
in the sixth round last year, he didn't do much.

2167
01:39:54,319 --> 01:39:56,479
But for the year prior, b Jeon and Jamier Gibbs

2168
01:39:56,479 --> 01:39:57,880
both in the first round both.

2169
01:39:57,800 --> 01:40:01,680
Speaker 2: Both us excellent. Yeah, absolutely, so it varies from year

2170
01:40:01,720 --> 01:40:03,520
to year. People are saying that this isn't maybe a

2171
01:40:03,560 --> 01:40:06,479
lot of home run hitting running backs outside Ashton Genty,

2172
01:40:06,760 --> 01:40:08,560
but it could be guys who have been very solid

2173
01:40:08,720 --> 01:40:10,760
and you could pick up third or fourth round a

2174
01:40:10,840 --> 01:40:12,720
running back who could really produce in the NFL.

2175
01:40:12,800 --> 01:40:15,920
Speaker 1: Yeah. The other names to watch, it's Ashton gent obviously,

2176
01:40:15,960 --> 01:40:17,520
I don't think that he'll even be in play for

2177
01:40:17,560 --> 01:40:21,359
the Texans. So Marion Hampton from North Carolina, Caleb Johnson

2178
01:40:21,479 --> 01:40:26,479
from Iowa, and then you get Trevion Henderson from Ohio State,

2179
01:40:26,560 --> 01:40:31,720
Dylan Sampson from Tennessee, Quinnchhn Judkins from Ohio State. Camp Scatibo.

2180
01:40:32,520 --> 01:40:36,319
That feels like a Nick Cassario, New England days would

2181
01:40:36,359 --> 01:40:36,760
love him.

2182
01:40:40,880 --> 01:40:45,159
Speaker 2: Skeptical in camp Sciatogo. Is that wrong? I think a

2183
01:40:45,159 --> 01:40:47,439
lot of it, And maybe I'm just basing this off.

2184
01:40:47,520 --> 01:40:49,760
Like he was good in that game against Texas, but

2185
01:40:49,800 --> 01:40:52,199
that was like fourth quarter after like thirty carries and

2186
01:40:52,199 --> 01:40:52,840
stuff like that.

2187
01:40:52,920 --> 01:40:55,359
Speaker 1: He was their best player all year. The defense is rundown,

2188
01:40:55,399 --> 01:40:58,760
but the Arizona State makes the playoff because of Scatibo. Yeah,

2189
01:40:58,800 --> 01:41:02,680
and the same thing with Ashton Genty at Boise. Hmm.

2190
01:41:02,760 --> 01:41:07,039
Speaker 2: Absolutely, But I mean we'll see, we'll see. I don't

2191
01:41:07,039 --> 01:41:09,439
know exactly where where do you see Cam scattaboy on

2192
01:41:09,479 --> 01:41:13,039
what you were looking at, like second third round pick somewhere.

2193
01:41:12,319 --> 01:41:14,319
Speaker 1: List as like the eighth best running back, So that's

2194
01:41:14,359 --> 01:41:15,560
probably third or fourth.

2195
01:41:15,760 --> 01:41:19,520
Speaker 2: Yeah, maybe even further back. Okay, I'm not saying. I'm

2196
01:41:19,960 --> 01:41:22,800
just saying, let's get James and kliin. Whant to talk

2197
01:41:22,840 --> 01:41:24,640
some NFL draft real quick? What's up, James?

2198
01:41:25,680 --> 01:41:29,640
Speaker 1: Yeah, Golden Ut you think he's a first round pick.

2199
01:41:30,920 --> 01:41:32,560
Speaker 2: I don't know that he's gonna go. Maybe if it's

2200
01:41:32,680 --> 01:41:34,359
it could be the back end of the first round.

2201
01:41:34,920 --> 01:41:37,199
There's some guy, like there's some analytics guys that don't

2202
01:41:37,239 --> 01:41:39,239
like his yards per route run and some other metrics.

2203
01:41:39,279 --> 01:41:42,279
But I mean he's really fast, I think, and maybe

2204
01:41:42,279 --> 01:41:46,239
somebody who the highlights look really good, but when you

2205
01:41:46,239 --> 01:41:48,239
look at some of the low lights, the people are

2206
01:41:48,359 --> 01:41:50,439
questioning kind of his work ethic and how much he

2207
01:41:50,479 --> 01:41:52,199
wants to be out there and stuff like that. So

2208
01:41:52,640 --> 01:41:55,079
up and down I could see. I think Golden could

2209
01:41:55,119 --> 01:41:56,840
go maybe in the back end of the first round.

2210
01:41:57,039 --> 01:42:00,760
Speaker 1: ESPN list is a Tedor roa McMillan for Arizona. They

2211
01:42:00,760 --> 01:42:03,479
have him projected as the fifteenth overall pick, so that

2212
01:42:03,479 --> 01:42:05,199
would be in the middle of the first They have

2213
01:42:05,199 --> 01:42:07,600
matth Matthew Golden at twenty fifth overall.

2214
01:42:07,680 --> 01:42:11,079
Speaker 2: Yeah, so that would go back end of the first Okay, well,

2215
01:42:11,119 --> 01:42:12,359
he hung up Texans territory.

2216
01:42:12,359 --> 01:42:14,960
Speaker 1: I mean, if the Texans want to add Loo, you

2217
01:42:15,000 --> 01:42:17,840
got Nico Tank, Dell's very much up in the air

2218
01:42:17,880 --> 01:42:21,640
on his health. You added Christian Kirk, you added Justin Watson,

2219
01:42:21,640 --> 01:42:25,159
you added Braxton Barrios, and you returned John Metchi Savior Hutch.

2220
01:42:25,279 --> 01:42:27,319
I mean, look, none of the if you added Matthew

2221
01:42:27,359 --> 01:42:31,239
Golden to that room. I mean he's competing with Christian

2222
01:42:31,319 --> 01:42:33,439
Kirk for the second best wide receiver on the roster.

2223
01:42:33,760 --> 01:42:36,800
Speaker 2: Yeah, immediately, I think some people took some issues with

2224
01:42:37,000 --> 01:42:40,840
and with some of his performances throughout the season. He

2225
01:42:40,880 --> 01:42:43,279
came up big in some big games as well, but

2226
01:42:44,079 --> 01:42:46,239
it was a little bit uneven from Matthew Golden.

2227
01:42:46,279 --> 01:42:48,359
Speaker 1: But I think he's really talented. Toy for first and

2228
01:42:49,239 --> 01:42:52,119
a touchdown receptions in the SEC. There you go. What

2229
01:42:52,159 --> 01:42:52,680
about yard?

2230
01:42:52,680 --> 01:42:54,840
Speaker 2: I think the yards were very inconsistent for him. So

2231
01:42:55,199 --> 01:42:57,439
all right, we're gonna take quick break here on the

2232
01:42:57,560 --> 01:43:00,279
Matt Thomas Show with Ross. Chris Gordy is hanging out.

2233
01:43:00,319 --> 01:43:02,520
I really appreciate him hanging out for appreciate you, Gordy

2234
01:43:02,560 --> 01:43:04,239
from the hanging out. As long as you have you

2235
01:43:04,279 --> 01:43:05,920
want to get in, you can. We're we just talked

2236
01:43:05,920 --> 01:43:08,000
a little bit of NFL draft. Who's also been talking

2237
01:43:08,000 --> 01:43:10,960
about the NBA and the Rockets as the number two seed.

2238
01:43:11,359 --> 01:43:14,560
Astros Bats wake up to some degree over the weekend

2239
01:43:14,640 --> 01:43:15,279
as well.

2240
01:43:15,720 --> 01:43:17,439
Speaker 1: You can get in talk about anything you'd like.

2241
01:43:17,520 --> 01:43:20,720
Speaker 2: Seven one three two one two five seven ninety seven

2242
01:43:20,800 --> 01:43:26,800
one three, two, one two five seven ninety Continuing along

2243
01:43:26,840 --> 01:43:30,359
on The Matt Thomas Show with Ross. Without Matt Thomas,

2244
01:43:30,439 --> 01:43:35,279
he's out sick. He'll be back to Mara. You folks

2245
01:43:35,359 --> 01:43:37,439
want to get in, you can seven one, three, two,

2246
01:43:37,479 --> 01:43:42,439
one two five seven ninety Chris Gordy with us as

2247
01:43:42,479 --> 01:43:45,880
well Adam Clanton joining at one o'clock. Apparently we had

2248
01:43:45,880 --> 01:43:49,760
off air someone talking about the top offensive tackles the

2249
01:43:49,840 --> 01:43:51,119
Texans could end up with.

2250
01:43:51,600 --> 01:43:52,159
Speaker 1: I imagine you.

2251
01:43:52,199 --> 01:43:54,880
Speaker 2: Got Will Campbell number one, although some people say he

2252
01:43:54,920 --> 01:43:57,359
should be a guard I Calvin.

2253
01:43:57,000 --> 01:43:59,720
Speaker 1: Begson, Wild Campbell, I think are obviously the two best

2254
01:43:59,720 --> 01:44:02,760
souls I'm in this draft from Texas and LSU armand

2255
01:44:02,800 --> 01:44:04,600
Membu from a Zoo has been the guy that's been

2256
01:44:04,720 --> 01:44:07,840
raising up people's boards. He had a really good show

2257
01:44:07,880 --> 01:44:12,640
at the combine and good workouts, long arms, good you know,

2258
01:44:13,520 --> 01:44:16,920
big guy who moves well. So armand Membu's those who

2259
01:44:17,000 --> 01:44:18,520
kind of thought to be the three top ones. The

2260
01:44:18,640 --> 01:44:22,000
number four guy is a guyt of Ohio State named

2261
01:44:22,039 --> 01:44:25,319
Josh Simmons. And I'm just looking at the latest CBS

2262
01:44:25,319 --> 01:44:28,000
mock draft that came out this morning, Ross and they

2263
01:44:28,039 --> 01:44:31,239
have going to your Houston Texans at the back end

2264
01:44:31,279 --> 01:44:34,399
of the first round with pick twenty five is Josh

2265
01:44:34,399 --> 01:44:35,239
Simmons from Ohios.

2266
01:44:35,439 --> 01:44:37,000
Speaker 2: I would like that a lot. Josh Simmons was a

2267
01:44:37,000 --> 01:44:39,119
big talent. He got hurt last year was it just

2268
01:44:39,159 --> 01:44:41,560
an ACL I can't remember exactly what the injury was,

2269
01:44:41,920 --> 01:44:44,399
so he only played a few games, but there are

2270
01:44:44,399 --> 01:44:46,000
a lot of people that think if he played all

2271
01:44:46,000 --> 01:44:48,279
season long, he could possibly have ended up as the

2272
01:44:48,359 --> 01:44:49,479
number one tackle on the board.

2273
01:44:49,520 --> 01:44:51,880
Speaker 1: Here's what they say. Texans have completely overhauled their own

2274
01:44:51,920 --> 01:44:55,000
line in this offseason, but the new additions aren't incredibly inspiring.

2275
01:44:55,439 --> 01:44:58,000
That's why Houston reennights CJ. Stroud with one of his

2276
01:44:58,039 --> 01:45:02,159
Buckeye teammates and Josh Simmons, who allowed just one quarterback

2277
01:45:02,159 --> 01:45:05,039
pressure and no snaps or no sacks in one hundred

2278
01:45:05,039 --> 01:45:07,920
and fifty two pass blocking snaps last season. That was

2279
01:45:07,920 --> 01:45:10,520
good for the lowest pressure rate allowed by any tackle

2280
01:45:10,600 --> 01:45:13,039
at least one hundred past block snaps.

2281
01:45:13,279 --> 01:45:15,720
Speaker 2: But also a small sample size, right. I think he

2282
01:45:15,760 --> 01:45:19,359
was hurt early into the season, so and I imagine

2283
01:45:19,399 --> 01:45:25,399
the the the beginning of Ohio States, their schedule probably

2284
01:45:25,399 --> 01:45:26,079
a little bit light.

2285
01:45:26,479 --> 01:45:28,319
Speaker 1: I'll tell you another guy to keep an eye on

2286
01:45:28,640 --> 01:45:33,119
is Tyler Booker, who's a guard out of Alabama but

2287
01:45:33,279 --> 01:45:37,000
really big size, and we know they liked their Alabama guys.

2288
01:45:37,079 --> 01:45:40,920
Tamiko went to Alabama. Basically all their linebackers who went

2289
01:45:40,960 --> 01:45:45,000
to Alabama, Henry to Yeah, Christian Harris went to Alabama.

2290
01:45:45,119 --> 01:45:46,960
John Metchi went to Alabama, and they had a little

2291
01:45:46,960 --> 01:45:48,560
thing for Alabama guys there for a while. They were

2292
01:45:48,560 --> 01:45:49,399
gonna take Bryce Young.

2293
01:45:49,439 --> 01:45:51,159
Speaker 2: Well, you know what, those Alabama players have been pretty

2294
01:45:51,159 --> 01:45:51,960
good over the years.

2295
01:45:52,079 --> 01:45:54,560
Speaker 1: They were gonna take Bryce Young until the Panthers, And

2296
01:45:55,840 --> 01:45:59,039
that's very true. But I don't know, that's just a

2297
01:45:59,119 --> 01:46:02,159
name I would keep an I on because you know, again,

2298
01:46:02,199 --> 01:46:05,000
if they want to go guard over tackle, which I

2299
01:46:05,000 --> 01:46:07,079
don't know you already missed on the Kenyan Green one.

2300
01:46:07,680 --> 01:46:10,119
I just I feel like guard is never a first

2301
01:46:10,199 --> 01:46:11,960
round pick. You never go guard first round.

2302
01:46:12,000 --> 01:46:13,920
Speaker 2: You shouldn't, or if you do, it should be a

2303
01:46:14,079 --> 01:46:17,079
can't miss, no doubt about it. Guard like nails or

2304
01:46:17,119 --> 01:46:20,039
something like he And that's unfortunately not what Kenyon Green

2305
01:46:20,119 --> 01:46:22,600
turned out to be. There's a lot was it fifteenth

2306
01:46:22,680 --> 01:46:25,439
or sixteenth they picked him? Man, that's high for a guard.

2307
01:46:25,560 --> 01:46:28,239
Speaker 1: Yeah, but but it was their second first round pick

2308
01:46:28,279 --> 01:46:31,560
that year. But the here's the here's the tough part.

2309
01:46:32,159 --> 01:46:34,680
If a Mecca Abuka is there, and I know he's

2310
01:46:34,920 --> 01:46:37,159
he's kind of projected us an early second right now,

2311
01:46:37,199 --> 01:46:39,760
I don't think he oh, is he that's a guy

2312
01:46:39,840 --> 01:46:44,760
that C. J. Stroud has chemistry with, loved him in college.

2313
01:46:45,920 --> 01:46:48,600
That maybe you know again, like I always be very

2314
01:46:48,600 --> 01:46:50,079
intrigued with reuniting those two.

2315
01:46:51,000 --> 01:46:56,680
Speaker 2: Hmmm, uh yeah, I think it's got to be I

2316
01:46:56,760 --> 01:46:58,399
think what we're talking about right now is kind of

2317
01:46:58,399 --> 01:46:59,720
what it's got to be. Right, It's got to be

2318
01:46:59,760 --> 01:47:06,000
either wide receiver or it's got to be a or

2319
01:47:06,159 --> 01:47:08,560
offensive lineman in some way, probably tackler guard.

2320
01:47:08,800 --> 01:47:12,119
Speaker 1: Yeah, Like like this mock draft has Max Harrison from

2321
01:47:12,199 --> 01:47:15,199
Kentucky going one pick later. I like Max Harrison a lot,

2322
01:47:15,399 --> 01:47:18,279
but you just locked up Derek Stingley junior, paying him

2323
01:47:18,319 --> 01:47:21,159
a ton of money. You just drafted. Uh, who's my

2324
01:47:21,199 --> 01:47:25,720
guy from Georgia last year? I got a pulp the

2325
01:47:25,760 --> 01:47:28,560
dep term having it. I'm in I'm in basketball baseball note,

2326
01:47:28,640 --> 01:47:30,399
I'm having Brett brain fart. Sorry, I was looking at

2327
01:47:30,399 --> 01:47:32,800
something up. I didn't even hear what you are. Okay,

2328
01:47:32,880 --> 01:47:35,439
you feel pretty good about last ter in Stingley. So again,

2329
01:47:35,880 --> 01:47:37,560
that's one of those tough parts, like if if you

2330
01:47:37,600 --> 01:47:40,279
get to that pick and you have Max Harriston as

2331
01:47:40,319 --> 01:47:43,640
your best available player, that's a tough thing of like

2332
01:47:43,680 --> 01:47:45,119
do you just take him because we got him great

2333
01:47:45,119 --> 01:47:46,279
as such a high player.

2334
01:47:47,640 --> 01:47:51,720
Speaker 2: Yeah, I don't know. It's well, yeah, it's good. We

2335
01:47:51,760 --> 01:47:53,720
up to Nicky C and his coach speaker, his GM

2336
01:47:53,760 --> 01:47:55,479
speaker what he's gonna give us, So we're gonna say

2337
01:47:55,520 --> 01:47:56,199
true to our board.

2338
01:47:56,239 --> 01:47:58,359
Speaker 1: All right, Uh, we're gonna take the best player available.

2339
01:47:58,439 --> 01:48:00,560
I feel pretty good they're not gonna go see because

2340
01:48:00,560 --> 01:48:02,920
you got cj Arter Johnson now and you just locked

2341
01:48:03,000 --> 01:48:06,319
up Jalen pe Tree, Yes, and you got Kaylen Bullock.

2342
01:48:06,439 --> 01:48:08,439
Like that feels like I know Patrick is a little

2343
01:48:08,439 --> 01:48:10,079
bit more of a nickelback however they use them, but

2344
01:48:10,119 --> 01:48:13,840
like that's your You're good at safety. Uh. Defensive tackle

2345
01:48:13,880 --> 01:48:16,279
is an interesting one because I feel good about the

2346
01:48:16,359 --> 01:48:18,359
ends with the Neil Hawner and Will Anderson.

2347
01:48:19,600 --> 01:48:22,000
Speaker 2: I would like to tackle, and you got Sheldon Ranklin's back.

2348
01:48:22,239 --> 01:48:25,159
Tim Settle was good, especially as a pass rushers. You're

2349
01:48:25,239 --> 01:48:28,760
fine there, but you don't have like complete game wreckers,

2350
01:48:28,760 --> 01:48:31,159
which is fine. You don't necessarily need that. In the

2351
01:48:31,159 --> 01:48:33,119
way the Demiko Ryans, you had the guys like Mario

2352
01:48:33,239 --> 01:48:36,000
Edwards and those kind of guys in the middle kind

2353
01:48:36,000 --> 01:48:38,640
of holding things down that way. The airdressers and the

2354
01:48:38,680 --> 01:48:41,159
linebackers can do their thing and get downhill and stop

2355
01:48:41,199 --> 01:48:41,600
the run.

2356
01:48:42,079 --> 01:48:45,760
Speaker 1: Like if Kenneth Grant from from Michigan falls and he's there,

2357
01:48:46,680 --> 01:48:49,479
I feel like you got to go take him. He

2358
01:48:49,840 --> 01:48:51,640
uh yeah, where's Grant supposed to go?

2359
01:48:51,680 --> 01:48:51,800
Speaker 2: Though?

2360
01:48:51,880 --> 01:48:53,800
Speaker 1: Is he gonna fall that far? This mock draft has

2361
01:48:53,880 --> 01:48:57,199
him going twentieth overall. Okay, yeah, I guess it could happen.

2362
01:48:57,239 --> 01:48:59,479
Speaker 2: But I've heard a lot of people talking about him

2363
01:48:59,479 --> 01:49:01,880
going maybe even higher than that twentieth on the Mack Draft.

2364
01:49:01,960 --> 01:49:04,720
Derek Harmon from Oregon, I'm good on him. It's actually

2365
01:49:04,760 --> 01:49:08,640
supposed to be. I read a very deep defensive interior

2366
01:49:08,720 --> 01:49:11,920
draft as well, so you could pick fifth round someone

2367
01:49:11,960 --> 01:49:15,000
like that. The former Aggie who finishes Corret Ole Miss.

2368
01:49:15,000 --> 01:49:18,319
He was just a legend, Alfred Collins. You didn't mention

2369
01:49:18,399 --> 01:49:19,079
him coming in.

2370
01:49:19,079 --> 01:49:21,279
Speaker 1: A nice year. I worry about those guys who have

2371
01:49:21,399 --> 01:49:23,800
like the huge last year of college.

2372
01:49:24,720 --> 01:49:26,520
Speaker 2: Oh really, when you know when they're best and they're

2373
01:49:26,520 --> 01:49:28,720
coming in really coming into their own, come on, man,

2374
01:49:30,039 --> 01:49:30,399
be fine.

2375
01:49:30,439 --> 01:49:32,680
Speaker 1: I would take Nolan over Nolan. I think you gotta

2376
01:49:32,760 --> 01:49:34,880
you gotta push him a little little, you know, you

2377
01:49:34,920 --> 01:49:37,520
gotta have a but Demiko is your coach, so I

2378
01:49:37,520 --> 01:49:39,359
have no problem. I think he would get the most

2379
01:49:39,399 --> 01:49:40,000
out of them.

2380
01:49:40,199 --> 01:49:44,920
Speaker 2: Yeah, Nolan might fall. This Pro Football Focus board I

2381
01:49:44,920 --> 01:49:46,680
have has Walter Nolan eighth over all.

2382
01:49:47,399 --> 01:49:50,159
Speaker 1: Wow. This mock draft has him going thirty two overall

2383
01:49:50,199 --> 01:49:51,199
the Eagles. Wow.

2384
01:49:51,359 --> 01:49:54,600
Speaker 2: Okay, so yeah, somebody like in Alfred Collins or who else,

2385
01:49:54,880 --> 01:49:57,119
whoever else. It's kind of at the third fourth round

2386
01:49:57,159 --> 01:49:59,319
you can find guys who can be defensive tackles. It's

2387
01:49:59,319 --> 01:50:01,960
not a premium like ed rusher tackle and all that

2388
01:50:02,000 --> 01:50:02,640
type of stuff.

2389
01:50:03,159 --> 01:50:06,119
Speaker 1: But yeah, as the caller suggested, there's basically a big

2390
01:50:06,199 --> 01:50:09,039
four of O linemen in this draft. It's Calvin banks Well, Campbell,

2391
01:50:09,520 --> 01:50:12,760
armand Membu and then Josh Simmons from Ohio State. If

2392
01:50:12,760 --> 01:50:16,000
you end up with one of those, I'm feeling pretty good. Yeah,

2393
01:50:16,039 --> 01:50:16,880
all the all the rest.

2394
01:50:16,920 --> 01:50:19,079
Speaker 2: I mean, when they got a guy Wyatt Millium from

2395
01:50:19,199 --> 01:50:23,640
uh Milam from West Virginia, No, yeah, there's.

2396
01:50:23,520 --> 01:50:27,039
Speaker 1: A Nika Sarah. I'm not banking my future on a

2397
01:50:27,079 --> 01:50:29,920
West Virginia O lineman. I think he's supposed to be good.

2398
01:50:29,960 --> 01:50:31,600
I can't remember what the knock on him was I

2399
01:50:31,640 --> 01:50:33,399
was doing. I was like weeks ago.

2400
01:50:33,439 --> 01:50:36,479
Speaker 2: He was doing all my like kind of pre draft prepping,

2401
01:50:36,479 --> 01:50:38,439
and then I forgot because all the astros and rocket

2402
01:50:38,439 --> 01:50:39,319
stuff that's been going on.

2403
01:50:39,439 --> 01:50:41,319
Speaker 1: Oh you know what, let's just take Johad Campbell. Let's

2404
01:50:41,319 --> 01:50:44,039
get another Alabama linebacker and there room. Yeah, I mean

2405
01:50:44,039 --> 01:50:44,640
they might do that.

2406
01:50:44,680 --> 01:50:48,000
Speaker 2: Actually, watch out, Tomko goes Aziz al Shay here, you're

2407
01:50:48,000 --> 01:50:52,279
getting older. We got Henry to Otoa, we got you know,

2408
01:50:52,399 --> 01:50:55,880
Christian Harris. Let's go ahead and add Jihad Campbell to

2409
01:50:55,920 --> 01:50:56,239
the mix.

2410
01:50:56,920 --> 01:50:59,960
Speaker 1: Yeah, okay, let's do it. I don't care. I'm on board.

2411
01:51:00,159 --> 01:51:03,520
Speaker 2: Just improve the team. That's all I want. Whoever they get.

2412
01:51:03,560 --> 01:51:05,479
I mean, I'm not gonna It's not like I've been

2413
01:51:05,479 --> 01:51:07,000
watching tape on a bunch of these guys. I've been

2414
01:51:07,039 --> 01:51:10,720
kind of reading some draft prospect profiles and stuff like that.

2415
01:51:10,920 --> 01:51:13,159
Speaker 1: Can I pass along what I heard over the weekend? Yes,

2416
01:51:13,960 --> 01:51:16,680
So everybody. The consensus now is cam Ward is the

2417
01:51:16,680 --> 01:51:19,279
best quarterback in this class. And that's it. Like it's

2418
01:51:19,359 --> 01:51:22,880
cam Ward and then there's a massive separation. There's been

2419
01:51:22,880 --> 01:51:24,840
a lot of talk of the Saints at nine maybe

2420
01:51:25,039 --> 01:51:27,079
in taking Shador Sanders. In fact, a lot of the

2421
01:51:27,119 --> 01:51:30,159
mock drafts are falling into that category. This guy I

2422
01:51:30,239 --> 01:51:33,199
talked to you said, he's talked to tons of people

2423
01:51:33,239 --> 01:51:36,439
around the league that they don't even have Shador like

2424
01:51:36,479 --> 01:51:40,319
they have Shador right fortieth forty one, forty two, Like

2425
01:51:40,359 --> 01:51:43,279
they don't even have him in the top in the

2426
01:51:43,319 --> 01:51:44,279
as a first round pick.

2427
01:51:44,399 --> 01:51:46,720
Speaker 2: I think there could very well because what you're talking

2428
01:51:46,760 --> 01:51:48,600
about I've heard from several people as well.

2429
01:51:49,039 --> 01:51:50,359
Speaker 1: And the name that came to my mind.

2430
01:51:50,399 --> 01:51:52,960
Speaker 2: Remember people were talking about will Levis like going in

2431
01:51:53,000 --> 01:51:55,880
the top five, going in the top ten, and then

2432
01:51:55,960 --> 01:51:58,119
he slipped all the way to the second round. I

2433
01:51:58,119 --> 01:52:01,399
think we could see a similar situation, which you do. Sanders, Yeah.

2434
01:52:01,439 --> 01:52:04,039
Speaker 1: I think it's it's a simple fact somebody, this person

2435
01:52:04,079 --> 01:52:06,239
brought up that go back to that what was that

2436
01:52:06,319 --> 01:52:10,199
draft in twenty two that the attitude of that draft

2437
01:52:10,279 --> 01:52:12,760
with quarterbacks was as similar to this one. Where was

2438
01:52:12,840 --> 01:52:16,680
Kenny Pickett, Desmond Ridder, Malik Willis, Matt Carrall, Bailey Zappi.

2439
01:52:17,279 --> 01:52:19,800
It was like you like some of these guys, but

2440
01:52:19,840 --> 01:52:22,840
you weren't in love them. And to be honest, Pittsburgh

2441
01:52:22,840 --> 01:52:27,279
reached taking Kenny Pickett twentieth overall. Desmond Ridder went in

2442
01:52:27,319 --> 01:52:30,840
the second round to the Falcons. But he's turned out

2443
01:52:30,840 --> 01:52:33,760
to be a bus Like there was no good quarterback

2444
01:52:33,760 --> 01:52:35,640
that came well. I guess the best one was Rock Party,

2445
01:52:35,720 --> 01:52:38,760
the last pick of the of the you know, last

2446
01:52:38,840 --> 01:52:41,239
quarterback pick in that draft. Party's doing quite well for himself.

2447
01:52:41,319 --> 01:52:43,359
But like what if I told you that this is

2448
01:52:43,439 --> 01:52:44,840
much like the twenty two draft.

2449
01:52:46,319 --> 01:52:48,039
Speaker 2: I think cam warden has thought of as better as

2450
01:52:48,079 --> 01:52:50,840
all those prospects. But outside of that, it is supposed

2451
01:52:50,840 --> 01:52:53,439
to beat Kim Morton Cot Like I didn't seems good.

2452
01:52:53,479 --> 01:52:56,319
It was fine. I didn't see like, man, the Titans

2453
01:52:56,319 --> 01:52:57,000
are gonna be ah.

2454
01:52:57,079 --> 01:52:59,199
Speaker 1: I didn't think he was good at all. Ifc South Champs,

2455
01:52:59,239 --> 01:53:02,199
if they take him, yeah, y'all let to let him tho,

2456
01:53:02,199 --> 01:53:04,279
if the Titans want to take Camp's okay with Ward

2457
01:53:04,359 --> 01:53:05,159
number one? Let him?

2458
01:53:05,239 --> 01:53:07,800
Speaker 2: Yeah, I'm okay with it too. I wouldn't be super

2459
01:53:07,800 --> 01:53:10,079
scared about it. It's yeah, some people have do have

2460
01:53:10,119 --> 01:53:13,319
cam Ward coming going down on their boards, but it's

2461
01:53:13,359 --> 01:53:16,520
the quarterback position. You gotta take a shot. Who knows

2462
01:53:16,520 --> 01:53:17,960
if the Titans are gonna do that orf they're gonna

2463
01:53:17,960 --> 01:53:18,680
try to trade.

2464
01:53:18,479 --> 01:53:19,039
Speaker 1: Down, all right.

2465
01:53:19,079 --> 01:53:21,319
Speaker 2: We gotta take quick break here again on The Matt

2466
01:53:21,319 --> 01:53:24,000
Thomas Show with Ross Chris Gordy hanging out.

2467
01:53:24,039 --> 01:53:26,479
Speaker 1: Matt Thomas out sick. You could get in if you'd like.

2468
01:53:26,520 --> 01:53:29,880
Speaker 2: It's seven one three two one two five seven ninety

2469
01:53:30,159 --> 01:53:34,680
seven one three two one two five seven ninety back

2470
01:53:34,720 --> 01:53:36,800
in a minute after these quick after this quick break.

2471
01:53:36,960 --> 01:53:37,520
Speaker 1: Well junction.

2472
01:53:37,600 --> 01:53:43,000
Speaker 2: Matt is not here today, he is out sick. He

2473
01:53:43,079 --> 01:53:47,239
will be back tomorrow in some capacity. I believe he'll

2474
01:53:47,279 --> 01:53:51,960
be broadcasting from home next couple of days, resting up,

2475
01:53:52,039 --> 01:53:55,079
getting ready. Maybe the long eighty two game season is

2476
01:53:55,119 --> 01:53:58,000
wearing on them. He'll be ready to go for the playoffs.

2477
01:53:58,119 --> 01:54:00,800
Get some rest. He'll be back tomorrow. Chris Gordy has

2478
01:54:00,800 --> 01:54:02,960
been hanging out. Adam Clanton's coming up in a little bit.

2479
01:54:03,000 --> 01:54:04,960
You guys can get in seven to one to three

2480
01:54:05,640 --> 01:54:09,399
two one to two five seven ninety seven one three

2481
01:54:09,439 --> 01:54:11,560
two one two five seven nine. Even talking a little

2482
01:54:11,560 --> 01:54:14,520
bit about the NFL Draft that is just a week

2483
01:54:15,039 --> 01:54:18,760
from Thursday. It's creeping up. We're also talking about the

2484
01:54:18,840 --> 01:54:23,239
Rockets in the number two spot. They will be anxiously

2485
01:54:23,279 --> 01:54:27,000
awaiting the result of the game on Tuesday. I imagine

2486
01:54:27,399 --> 01:54:29,520
if you talk to you doakin the players, they don't care.

2487
01:54:29,800 --> 01:54:31,760
Uh yeah, we don't really care about the opponent. Whoever

2488
01:54:31,760 --> 01:54:33,640
it's gonna be, it's gonna be really good. And it's

2489
01:54:33,640 --> 01:54:35,039
like it is kind of I get it. Do you

2490
01:54:35,079 --> 01:54:37,399
want to take on Jaron Jackson Junior and John Moran

2491
01:54:37,479 --> 01:54:38,800
or do you want to take on Steph Curry and

2492
01:54:38,840 --> 01:54:42,039
Jimmy Butler and Draymond Green and what they got over

2493
01:54:42,039 --> 01:54:45,760
there at Golden State? Probably the former, But no matter what,

2494
01:54:46,239 --> 01:54:48,720
it's gonna be a pretty good team. But it feels

2495
01:54:48,720 --> 01:54:52,880
like maybe the Grizzlies it'd be easier for them to

2496
01:54:52,920 --> 01:54:54,319
open up a can of quit. First of all, I

2497
01:54:54,319 --> 01:54:56,279
don't think they're as good as the Warriors. Second of all,

2498
01:54:56,359 --> 01:54:59,319
they fired their coach and they went on a losing

2499
01:54:59,319 --> 01:55:01,920
streak after that. But thinking it kind of close the

2500
01:55:02,000 --> 01:55:05,920
season strong, including a blowout win over the crappy Dallas

2501
01:55:05,960 --> 01:55:09,800
Mavericks in the season, and they are in the eighth

2502
01:55:09,800 --> 01:55:13,279
spot right now. So the way the playing tournament goes,

2503
01:55:13,720 --> 01:55:17,039
seven and eight play each other and nine to ten

2504
01:55:17,079 --> 01:55:19,039
play each other. Whoever wins out of seven and eight

2505
01:55:20,239 --> 01:55:22,239
is going to be the opponent for the Rockets, who

2506
01:55:22,239 --> 01:55:24,000
are the two seed in the West.

2507
01:55:24,399 --> 01:55:25,159
Speaker 1: So say it with me.

2508
01:55:25,760 --> 01:55:30,239
Speaker 2: On Tuesday tomorrow, Go Grizzlies six and a half point dogs.

2509
01:55:30,239 --> 01:55:32,600
They are to the Golden State Warriors, who I think

2510
01:55:32,680 --> 01:55:36,479
are the more dangerous matchup, but doesn't matter. There's no

2511
01:55:36,600 --> 01:55:41,279
easy pickings in this Western Conference, which is just ridiculously difficult. Which,

2512
01:55:41,279 --> 01:55:43,680
by the way, speaking of how I've been wanting to

2513
01:55:44,039 --> 01:55:47,399
the Rockets to avoid the Oklahoma City Thunder for as

2514
01:55:47,399 --> 01:55:49,439
long as possible and wanted him to finish in that

2515
01:55:49,520 --> 01:55:52,640
second or third spot in the West. The Oklahoma City

2516
01:55:52,680 --> 01:55:57,319
Thunder have finished with the best point differential in NBA history,

2517
01:55:57,840 --> 01:56:02,520
twelve point nine points per game better than our opponents. Previously,

2518
01:56:02,560 --> 01:56:05,199
the record was held by the nineteen seventy two Lakers.

2519
01:56:05,239 --> 01:56:09,520
Like that's with Jerry West, Wilt Chamberlain Lakers. They're pretty good.

2520
01:56:10,119 --> 01:56:12,479
I want to say they didn't win seventy games, if

2521
01:56:12,479 --> 01:56:15,319
they won like sixty eight sixty nine games, something like that.

2522
01:56:15,960 --> 01:56:19,239
And so the Oklahoma City Thunder by point differential, by

2523
01:56:19,439 --> 01:56:21,840
the points they outscored their opponent by best team in

2524
01:56:21,920 --> 01:56:24,159
NBA history sixty eight wins.

2525
01:56:24,359 --> 01:56:27,399
Speaker 1: I mean, they've been damn good. It's I mean, I

2526
01:56:27,439 --> 01:56:30,520
know they beat the Rockets for the coveted NBA Cup

2527
01:56:32,039 --> 01:56:35,079
earlier in the season. They've already got one trophy this year,

2528
01:56:35,079 --> 01:56:35,760
then Gordon.

2529
01:56:35,600 --> 01:56:40,439
Speaker 2: Yeah, they do hang a banner. But yeah, it's they've

2530
01:56:40,520 --> 01:56:42,359
been ridiculous. I mean, that's stupid.

2531
01:56:42,399 --> 01:56:46,159
Speaker 1: How and a big part of has been shake Gill

2532
01:56:46,319 --> 01:56:50,239
just emerging as an absolute superstar in the league. You

2533
01:56:50,279 --> 01:56:53,239
think he wins MVP. I mean, who would you give

2534
01:56:53,239 --> 01:56:53,439
it to?

2535
01:56:53,479 --> 01:56:57,600
Speaker 2: Over is the best player in basketball? Yeah, but that

2536
01:56:57,640 --> 01:57:01,319
becomes the Lebron year to him every year. But he's

2537
01:57:01,319 --> 01:57:03,159
the best player in basketball, so I would give it

2538
01:57:03,199 --> 01:57:05,680
to him. But I understand there's fatigue. They were the

2539
01:57:05,720 --> 01:57:09,720
fourth seed, they fired their coach, all that stuff, but

2540
01:57:09,800 --> 01:57:13,319
they just I mean, Jalen Williams has emerged. There Chet

2541
01:57:13,359 --> 01:57:15,920
they you know, Chet Holgrun's good. Lou Dort is great.

2542
01:57:15,960 --> 01:57:18,079
I mean he started knocking down three in addition to

2543
01:57:18,119 --> 01:57:20,920
the great defense, first team All Defense, type of caliber

2544
01:57:20,960 --> 01:57:23,439
defender he is. He's been knocking down threes like crazy.

2545
01:57:23,640 --> 01:57:25,399
They're just a complete good team. They have one of

2546
01:57:25,439 --> 01:57:27,720
the better defenses in basketball and one of the better offenses,

2547
01:57:27,960 --> 01:57:30,800
and they smashed it was twelve point three points per

2548
01:57:30,800 --> 01:57:32,000
game the seventy two Lakers.

2549
01:57:32,000 --> 01:57:35,840
Speaker 1: This is twelve point nine. That's that's pretty insane. It's

2550
01:57:35,840 --> 01:57:38,039
a crazy thing too. The last time the Rockets made

2551
01:57:38,079 --> 01:57:43,640
the playoffs, they played this Thunder team in August of

2552
01:57:43,680 --> 01:57:46,359
twenty twenty in the Bubble. Yeah, that's right.

2553
01:57:46,399 --> 01:57:48,640
Speaker 2: There was a game seven and James Harden block Lou

2554
01:57:48,680 --> 01:57:49,479
Dort at the end there.

2555
01:57:49,640 --> 01:57:52,399
Speaker 1: Yeah, that's when dork was dropping like thirty nine. And

2556
01:57:52,399 --> 01:57:54,920
they had Chris Paul was on that team. Yeah, I

2557
01:57:54,960 --> 01:57:57,159
think how different that team was. Steven Adams was their

2558
01:57:57,199 --> 01:58:00,199
starting center for the Thunder, Chris Paul was their point guard,

2559
01:58:00,680 --> 01:58:05,039
and they had Jay Gil just Lou Dort and Danilo.

2560
01:58:04,680 --> 01:58:08,800
Speaker 2: Gallinari, Danil Galadi. Their bench was Dennis Schroeder and uh

2561
01:58:08,880 --> 01:58:09,680
Nerlans Noel.

2562
01:58:10,560 --> 01:58:12,920
Speaker 1: It's actually not terrible. And then the Rockets line. Do

2563
01:58:12,960 --> 01:58:14,600
you think you can name the Rockets starting.

2564
01:58:14,359 --> 01:58:19,199
Speaker 2: Five of that game? Russell Westbrook, yes, James Harden.

2565
01:58:19,399 --> 01:58:19,600
Speaker 1: Yes.

2566
01:58:20,920 --> 01:58:24,920
Speaker 2: This is where it's gonna get difficult for me. Was

2567
01:58:24,920 --> 01:58:26,319
was that the Robert? Was that the five out?

2568
01:58:26,399 --> 01:58:28,359
Speaker 1: Robert? Yes?

2569
01:58:28,640 --> 01:58:29,039
Speaker 5: Uh? P?

2570
01:58:29,319 --> 01:58:34,760
Speaker 1: J Tucker? J Tucker? And who was the other? Was it?

2571
01:58:34,800 --> 01:58:38,159
Pat MeV? Eric Gordon? Eric Gordon? Okay? And then your

2572
01:58:38,199 --> 01:58:41,600
bench was Jeff Green, Daniel House and Austin Rivers. Yeah,

2573
01:58:41,640 --> 01:58:44,680
not great, not great at all. They beat the thunder.

2574
01:58:45,319 --> 01:58:48,640
Speaker 2: Yeah, that's when they traded for They traded Capella and

2575
01:58:48,680 --> 01:58:50,680
got Covington and they went, They're like, we're just gonna

2576
01:58:50,720 --> 01:58:51,079
go five out.

2577
01:58:51,079 --> 01:58:51,760
Speaker 1: We're gonna search.

2578
01:58:52,199 --> 01:58:54,880
Speaker 2: Daryl more Is. Yeah, We're just gonna go five out

2579
01:58:55,479 --> 01:58:58,199
and everybody throw up threes. All right, thanks Darryl?

2580
01:58:58,479 --> 01:58:59,159
Speaker 1: What is uh?

2581
01:59:00,319 --> 01:59:00,479
Speaker 4: Oh?

2582
01:59:00,520 --> 01:59:05,920
Speaker 1: God, brain fart today? The coach Mike D'Antoni. WHERE'STONI? He

2583
01:59:05,960 --> 01:59:07,159
was an assistant.

2584
01:59:08,239 --> 01:59:11,319
Speaker 2: He's an assistant somewhere I think is it in Philly

2585
01:59:12,399 --> 01:59:13,399
or was it was Brooklyn?

2586
01:59:13,399 --> 01:59:16,439
Speaker 1: He was an ass coaching advisor for the Pelicans. Okay,

2587
01:59:16,479 --> 01:59:19,000
now's with the Pellies. Okay, and they won twenty one

2588
01:59:19,079 --> 01:59:19,800
games this year.

2589
01:59:20,439 --> 01:59:22,760
Speaker 2: Oh well, he was an assistant with the Nets right

2590
01:59:22,880 --> 01:59:26,119
after okay, and for just the twenty twenty one season.

2591
01:59:26,159 --> 01:59:27,840
And then now you say he's an advisor for O.

2592
01:59:27,840 --> 01:59:29,680
Speaker 1: Well, this is twenty twenty one. He was hired as

2593
01:59:29,720 --> 01:59:31,560
advisor with the Pelicans. I don't even know if he's

2594
01:59:31,560 --> 01:59:35,800
still He may be sitting at the Green Brier. Yeah,

2595
01:59:35,840 --> 01:59:38,319
who know, who knows what he's doing joined a cocktail. Well,

2596
01:59:38,359 --> 01:59:42,560
things aren't going so well for the Pelicans. What does

2597
01:59:42,560 --> 01:59:43,560
that say about D'Antoni.

2598
01:59:43,600 --> 01:59:45,279
Speaker 2: Though, by the way, like the minute you moved on

2599
01:59:45,399 --> 01:59:49,079
from him, no team wanted him as a head coach. Yeah,

2600
01:59:49,159 --> 01:59:51,760
I think it was pofs every year he was here.

2601
01:59:51,840 --> 01:59:56,079
He was towards the end of his career, and I mean,

2602
01:59:56,319 --> 01:59:57,840
I think he was a good coach. I don't think

2603
01:59:57,840 --> 02:00:00,439
he was costing it as much as everybody else did.

2604
02:00:00,600 --> 02:00:02,520
And he was also under instructions of like, look, he

2605
02:00:02,560 --> 02:00:04,920
had to do whatever James Harden wanted. If if he

2606
02:00:05,000 --> 02:00:06,880
crossed James Harden, he was gonna be fired. That's like

2607
02:00:06,920 --> 02:00:09,239
the bottom line of it. That's what happens in the

2608
02:00:09,359 --> 02:00:11,399
NBA we just talked about. I mean, Nick Nurse won

2609
02:00:11,439 --> 02:00:13,199
a championship, he's been fired. Now he's with Philly and

2610
02:00:13,239 --> 02:00:14,680
there they said they're going to retain him, but he

2611
02:00:14,720 --> 02:00:18,399
was almost gonna lose his job. Budenholzer gone, who is

2612
02:00:18,439 --> 02:00:21,880
the Budenholzer was gone with the Bucks because johannest didn't

2613
02:00:21,920 --> 02:00:23,720
like him over there. Now he's gone with the Suns

2614
02:00:23,760 --> 02:00:25,680
because there wasn't a fit over there. And as Frank

2615
02:00:25,760 --> 02:00:29,239
Vogel's gone. I mean, how many coaches Lebron James gotten fired.

2616
02:00:29,239 --> 02:00:30,479
It's it's the nature of the NBA.

2617
02:00:30,600 --> 02:00:31,840
Speaker 1: Man, m.

2618
02:00:34,640 --> 02:00:36,880
Speaker 2: It's a it's a player driven league, much more so

2619
02:00:36,960 --> 02:00:40,920
than the others than the other other major sports here

2620
02:00:40,920 --> 02:00:41,479
in America.

2621
02:00:43,439 --> 02:00:46,920
Speaker 1: I I just saw this. Did you see the NFL

2622
02:00:47,119 --> 02:00:51,640
and ESPN are doing a crossover event? Yeah? So did

2623
02:00:52,199 --> 02:00:55,520
ESPN buy the NFL network? They were talking about that.

2624
02:00:56,199 --> 02:00:59,720
Did that happen? I don't know, but I assume they

2625
02:00:59,760 --> 02:01:03,279
had because there it's a starting tomorrow, NFL Network and

2626
02:01:03,479 --> 02:01:07,359
ESPN talent will appear on various shows ahead of the

2627
02:01:07,439 --> 02:01:12,840
NFL Draft tomorrow sports Center Tomorrow evening, Kyle Brant will

2628
02:01:12,840 --> 02:01:15,600
be on ESPN Sports Center and Mel Kiper will be

2629
02:01:15,600 --> 02:01:16,560
on the NFL Network.

2630
02:01:17,439 --> 02:01:19,600
Speaker 2: Well, good for Mel Kuiper. How do all the draft

2631
02:01:19,600 --> 02:01:23,600
experts on the NFL network feel about this? Daniel Jeremiah, Lanzerline, Bucky.

2632
02:01:23,319 --> 02:01:26,399
Speaker 1: Brooks, Thursday, Field Yates will be on the NFL Network.

2633
02:01:26,960 --> 02:01:31,079
Rich Eisen will be on ESPN First Take. I will

2634
02:01:31,119 --> 02:01:33,600
not be watching leny Mina Chimes will also appear in

2635
02:01:33,640 --> 02:01:36,279
the NFL. That's great, wishing them all the best. I

2636
02:01:36,279 --> 02:01:37,359
won't be catching that program.

2637
02:01:37,439 --> 02:01:39,000
Speaker 2: She's got a lot of hate. There's a lot of

2638
02:01:39,000 --> 02:01:41,680
people who hate her for stories. Yeah, it's a very

2639
02:01:41,720 --> 02:01:42,359
easy reason.

2640
02:01:42,520 --> 02:01:48,399
Speaker 1: Come on, Oh, being a lady formula and a male sphere,

2641
02:01:48,680 --> 02:01:49,359
you just have to be.

2642
02:01:49,560 --> 02:01:52,359
Speaker 2: It's I mean, I think she's smart, I think she

2643
02:01:52,399 --> 02:01:53,880
does a good job, but I also don't really watch

2644
02:01:54,000 --> 02:01:56,039
much of her content. You just don't watch much of ESPN.

2645
02:01:56,039 --> 02:01:57,600
But I mean, I feel like she does a decent

2646
02:01:57,640 --> 02:02:00,119
good job. I like Danie Orlowski. I like what he does.

2647
02:02:00,359 --> 02:02:03,800
I just don't watch it much. It's because those talking

2648
02:02:03,840 --> 02:02:05,039
head shows just don't interest me.

2649
02:02:05,119 --> 02:02:07,279
Speaker 1: It's just funny that that's happening because remember for years

2650
02:02:07,279 --> 02:02:09,359
it used to be like we should try to book

2651
02:02:09,359 --> 02:02:12,119
a guest and be like, oh, you're not an ESPN station. Yeah,

2652
02:02:12,439 --> 02:02:14,600
kind of like I can't go on with you. And

2653
02:02:14,600 --> 02:02:16,600
then he has a working at Fox anyway. But it's

2654
02:02:16,640 --> 02:02:18,600
just funny how it's like they're so protective. I'm like,

2655
02:02:18,960 --> 02:02:21,159
in this day and age of social media and branded

2656
02:02:21,479 --> 02:02:25,000
like go on everything, get them as much biggy platforms

2657
02:02:25,039 --> 02:02:28,039
as you can to spread your brand. They should be.

2658
02:02:28,319 --> 02:02:31,000
Speaker 2: But whatever, I like, when we get guys, it's like

2659
02:02:31,039 --> 02:02:33,720
you literally work for a subscription service. Like when I

2660
02:02:33,800 --> 02:02:35,520
reach out to some athletic guy and he doesn't want

2661
02:02:35,520 --> 02:02:37,600
to come on, I'm like brother, you're getting bought up

2662
02:02:37,600 --> 02:02:38,319
by the New York Times.

2663
02:02:38,359 --> 02:02:40,439
Speaker 1: They're laying people off. You need to get any kind

2664
02:02:40,439 --> 02:02:43,079
of pubs with one of those subscription services, you better

2665
02:02:43,119 --> 02:02:45,239
do everything. I love the Athletic. I subscribe to the

2666
02:02:45,279 --> 02:02:46,399
Athletic for many years.

2667
02:02:46,399 --> 02:02:48,640
Speaker 2: But it's like you also got to play the game, man,

2668
02:02:48,680 --> 02:02:50,479
if you need a little bit of pr we have

2669
02:02:50,560 --> 02:02:53,319
some wonderful listeners who might be interested in your content

2670
02:02:53,359 --> 02:02:54,359
if you come on this show.

2671
02:02:54,720 --> 02:02:57,279
Speaker 1: And that's what really kind of irks me. But anyways,

2672
02:02:57,399 --> 02:02:58,039
I digress.

2673
02:02:58,159 --> 02:02:59,960
Speaker 2: All right, time for a break here, and it's also

2674
02:03:00,079 --> 02:03:02,159
time for the third hour to be over. Gordy, thanks

2675
02:03:02,199 --> 02:03:04,720
for hanging out man, Thanks appreciate you. Matt Tomas will

2676
02:03:04,720 --> 02:03:07,880
be back tomorrow. We get Adam Clinton. Although at what

2677
02:03:08,399 --> 02:03:11,840
minute will Adam Clinton be here? Sometimes it's at one

2678
02:03:11,840 --> 02:03:13,720
oh five, sometimes it's at one fifteen.

2679
02:03:14,119 --> 02:03:14,800
Speaker 1: We'll see.

2680
02:03:14,880 --> 02:03:17,359
Speaker 2: We'll play Adam Clinton roulette figure out what he's actually

2681
02:03:17,399 --> 02:03:20,359
gonna show up coming up next without Matt Thomas. He

2682
02:03:20,479 --> 02:03:23,239
is out sick. He will be back, I believe, on

2683
02:03:23,359 --> 02:03:26,960
air tomorrow, but perhaps broadcasting from the Kingwood Studios, hopefully

2684
02:03:27,000 --> 02:03:32,399
fully clothed. Rosby Reale Adam Clanton with you, and we

2685
02:03:32,399 --> 02:03:35,199
were getting some bets in, folks. One of you via

2686
02:03:35,239 --> 02:03:37,720
Twitter said, put me down for one thirteen Adam Clanton

2687
02:03:37,800 --> 02:03:41,680
arrival time. He's hourly, folks, he's actually here. We appreciate it.

2688
02:03:41,680 --> 02:03:46,199
And he's talking now. It's up one oh two forty

2689
02:03:46,239 --> 02:03:49,279
five on the clock. Cash in your tickets.

2690
02:03:49,760 --> 02:03:51,079
Speaker 1: Hey, Adam, how are you?

2691
02:03:51,079 --> 02:03:53,520
Speaker 9: You really were taking bets on my arrival? Yeah, we were,

2692
02:03:53,600 --> 02:03:55,680
we were. What if the were reversed?

2693
02:03:55,720 --> 02:03:56,279
Speaker 1: What do you mean?

2694
02:03:57,600 --> 02:03:59,720
Speaker 9: You and I sail in it about the exact same

2695
02:03:59,720 --> 02:04:00,760
time for our shows.

2696
02:04:00,840 --> 02:04:02,960
Speaker 1: Well, I used to come in a little bit earlier

2697
02:04:02,960 --> 02:04:03,520
when it was new.

2698
02:04:03,640 --> 02:04:05,800
Speaker 2: Now that it's now that it's ten o'clock and I'm

2699
02:04:05,800 --> 02:04:09,119
the I would self admittedly the worst morning person in

2700
02:04:09,199 --> 02:04:09,880
human history.

2701
02:04:10,279 --> 02:04:13,359
Speaker 9: After me, just let's talk about when I did mornings

2702
02:04:13,399 --> 02:04:15,640
and it was a grace to see who could be

2703
02:04:15,720 --> 02:04:17,600
later between me and my co host at.

2704
02:04:17,520 --> 02:04:21,840
Speaker 1: The time, whoever that may be. Yeah, what's up, man,

2705
02:04:22,039 --> 02:04:22,319
you know what?

2706
02:04:22,640 --> 02:04:26,039
Speaker 9: How's it going? It's great. I'm very happy because the

2707
02:04:26,119 --> 02:04:27,800
Rockets are in the playoffs.

2708
02:04:27,720 --> 02:04:29,600
Speaker 1: Yes, first time in five years.

2709
02:04:29,800 --> 02:04:34,640
Speaker 9: I'm even happier because I want who I want, and

2710
02:04:34,680 --> 02:04:35,319
you know who.

2711
02:04:35,119 --> 02:04:39,560
Speaker 2: That Isrizzlies Nope. You want the Golden State Warriors.

2712
02:04:39,600 --> 02:04:40,439
Speaker 1: Absolutely.

2713
02:04:40,600 --> 02:04:42,760
Speaker 2: You want the team that's been playing really well since

2714
02:04:42,800 --> 02:04:43,840
the Jimmy Butler trade.

2715
02:04:43,960 --> 02:04:45,640
Speaker 1: Bring their heads to me on a pike.

2716
02:04:45,800 --> 02:04:48,439
Speaker 2: You want Stephen Curry, who can drop seven eight threes

2717
02:04:48,439 --> 02:04:49,239
at any given time.

2718
02:04:49,479 --> 02:04:51,239
Speaker 1: I'll tell you what one I got.

2719
02:04:51,560 --> 02:04:55,920
Speaker 2: The biggest reason that I don't want the Warriors, Draymond Green's.

2720
02:04:55,640 --> 02:04:58,399
Speaker 1: Going to injure somebody. No, he's not. Yes, you ready

2721
02:04:58,399 --> 02:05:00,159
for this. Draymond Green's gonna get injur.

2722
02:05:00,439 --> 02:05:03,880
Speaker 9: Oh why because the Rockets don't back down from anybody,

2723
02:05:03,960 --> 02:05:04,680
especially that be.

2724
02:05:05,359 --> 02:05:07,840
Speaker 1: Okay, come on, dude, listen.

2725
02:05:08,199 --> 02:05:09,960
Speaker 9: I don't want to like go off the rails here,

2726
02:05:09,960 --> 02:05:12,479
but okay, I will, let's go. I just like, I'm

2727
02:05:12,520 --> 02:05:17,880
so tired of that guy in particular, just cruising along

2728
02:05:18,039 --> 02:05:21,199
doing what he does and the NBA going, Eh, it's

2729
02:05:21,239 --> 02:05:21,880
different set.

2730
02:05:21,720 --> 02:05:24,479
Speaker 2: Of rules he hit, Yeah, he does have a different

2731
02:05:24,520 --> 02:05:26,720
set of rules. He hit alprin ching gun with a

2732
02:05:26,800 --> 02:05:28,319
flying elbow to the face.

2733
02:05:28,560 --> 02:05:29,560
Speaker 1: This is what I'm talking about.

2734
02:05:29,600 --> 02:05:31,600
Speaker 9: Like you think I'm just like, oh, he's just doing

2735
02:05:31,640 --> 02:05:33,960
that for a hot take, you know, effect Listen to

2736
02:05:34,000 --> 02:05:34,640
what I'm saying.

2737
02:05:35,039 --> 02:05:35,520
Speaker 1: Who are they?

2738
02:05:35,520 --> 02:05:37,680
Speaker 9: Okay, let's if it's the Warriors, right, Yes, if they

2739
02:05:37,680 --> 02:05:39,920
don't manage to lose to the Grizzlies, which actually would

2740
02:05:39,920 --> 02:05:42,239
be a lot funnier. But if they don't, and it's

2741
02:05:42,239 --> 02:05:46,000
the Warriors and the Rockets, uh huh, who's.

2742
02:05:45,760 --> 02:05:48,520
Speaker 1: The one team that doesn't back down from anybody? So

2743
02:05:48,600 --> 02:05:51,119
if he starts, it's talk about Shenanigan.

2744
02:05:51,119 --> 02:05:54,039
Speaker 2: It's like he literally could have knocked out Alprin Chingoo

2745
02:05:54,119 --> 02:05:56,279
for a season. But they'll hurt you too. Yeah, they'll

2746
02:05:56,319 --> 02:05:58,520
hurt them too. But that hasn't helped you that Alprin

2747
02:05:58,560 --> 02:05:59,640
Shingoon's out for the year.

2748
02:06:00,199 --> 02:06:03,600
Speaker 9: Well, no, what I'm saying, he's not gonna be Draymond

2749
02:06:03,600 --> 02:06:05,479
Green's not gonna hurt anybody in this series and knock

2750
02:06:05,560 --> 02:06:06,239
them out of series.

2751
02:06:06,279 --> 02:06:07,399
Speaker 1: What I'm saying is he could.

2752
02:06:07,800 --> 02:06:10,520
Speaker 9: He could, or he could get himself a little dose

2753
02:06:10,560 --> 02:06:11,319
of his own medicine.

2754
02:06:11,319 --> 02:06:14,560
Speaker 2: He could like zuzz up Putrulia Kawhi Leonards style.

2755
02:06:15,520 --> 02:06:17,840
Speaker 9: All those times the Rockets have matched up with the

2756
02:06:17,880 --> 02:06:19,640
Warriors and we know about the results.

2757
02:06:19,920 --> 02:06:22,399
Speaker 2: Remember remember when he got two knuckles deep into James

2758
02:06:22,439 --> 02:06:25,600
Harden's eye. Yeah, that's James Harden nearly blinded the man

2759
02:06:25,840 --> 02:06:29,079
James Harden couldn't see for like three games. Well, I'm

2760
02:06:29,119 --> 02:06:32,720
worried about Jade Draymond hurting people and blinding them, raking

2761
02:06:32,760 --> 02:06:35,279
them in the face, kicking them in the nads, and

2762
02:06:35,319 --> 02:06:37,039
elbowing them in their orbital bones.

2763
02:06:37,560 --> 02:06:39,000
Speaker 1: All of those valid points.

2764
02:06:39,680 --> 02:06:43,119
Speaker 9: Unfortunately, because in today's NBA, that's the that's the reality

2765
02:06:43,159 --> 02:06:43,600
that we live in.

2766
02:06:43,680 --> 02:06:44,840
Speaker 1: He even get a flagrant too for.

2767
02:06:45,119 --> 02:06:46,840
Speaker 9: I know, I know, this is what I'm talking about.

2768
02:06:47,199 --> 02:06:49,720
The one team that you want to see handle that

2769
02:06:49,800 --> 02:06:53,039
kind of guy is, first of all, the America is

2770
02:06:53,159 --> 02:06:54,680
rooting for the Rockets in this series.

2771
02:06:54,880 --> 02:06:57,359
Speaker 1: Nobody, all these people try to tell you, oh, Steph

2772
02:06:57,439 --> 02:06:59,199
Curry's the great shooter everything.

2773
02:06:59,359 --> 02:07:03,920
Speaker 9: Let nobody likes the Warriors. Nobody, Nobody Warriors.

2774
02:07:04,000 --> 02:07:06,319
Speaker 2: I was in that building of the NBA Cup game

2775
02:07:06,439 --> 02:07:08,600
that the Rockets won. There was a lot of Warriors

2776
02:07:08,680 --> 02:07:09,359
fans in that building.

2777
02:07:09,399 --> 02:07:11,199
Speaker 9: Yeah, you know what those people are called. They they're

2778
02:07:11,199 --> 02:07:15,199
called Cowboys fans and Yankees fans. They're front runners and

2779
02:07:15,239 --> 02:07:16,399
they're all Lakers.

2780
02:07:16,039 --> 02:07:18,239
Speaker 1: Still rooting for the Warriors. They're all saying.

2781
02:07:18,119 --> 02:07:21,159
Speaker 9: They were all Lakers fans up until the point that

2782
02:07:21,199 --> 02:07:23,319
they sucked and then they put on their their their

2783
02:07:23,399 --> 02:07:24,399
thirty jerseys.

2784
02:07:24,680 --> 02:07:25,720
Speaker 1: You were absolutely correct.

2785
02:07:25,720 --> 02:07:27,960
Speaker 9: And then when Lebron was the latest start to get

2786
02:07:27,960 --> 02:07:30,359
hand delivered on a silver platter to that franchise, they

2787
02:07:30,479 --> 02:07:33,600
they rotated back. Now he's the second latest, Yeah exactly.

2788
02:07:33,600 --> 02:07:35,880
So yeah, there's a pattern here. You guys might notice this.

2789
02:07:36,159 --> 02:07:38,039
I love the NBA. You and I have that in comment.

2790
02:07:38,039 --> 02:07:40,239
You do love the NBA. We love the NBA. But

2791
02:07:40,319 --> 02:07:41,840
I'm not going to sit here and act like I

2792
02:07:41,840 --> 02:07:43,960
don't know what's been happening for the last forty years.

2793
02:07:44,399 --> 02:07:45,800
Speaker 1: Like it is what it is.

2794
02:07:45,920 --> 02:07:49,760
Speaker 9: It's this short of professional wrestling sometimes there I'm not saying.

2795
02:07:49,800 --> 02:07:52,439
I'm not saying it's rigged or scripted, but I am

2796
02:07:52,479 --> 02:07:55,199
saying that there are determining factors that are put in place.

2797
02:07:55,720 --> 02:07:57,640
And if you want me to stop thinking that and

2798
02:07:57,720 --> 02:07:59,640
a lot of other people backed me up, by the way,

2799
02:08:00,000 --> 02:08:02,880
and stop assigning Scott Foster to games that you want

2800
02:08:02,920 --> 02:08:06,319
to have won, and stop allowing guys like Draymond Green

2801
02:08:06,600 --> 02:08:09,359
to have a different set of rules, because there is

2802
02:08:09,439 --> 02:08:11,399
no argument the NBA can make. You can go all

2803
02:08:11,439 --> 02:08:13,640
the way up to the top where the mortician commissioner

2804
02:08:14,079 --> 02:08:15,720
is in a room in a courtroom. Let's just say

2805
02:08:15,720 --> 02:08:17,840
he's in a courtroom, he's on the stand. Okay, and

2806
02:08:17,880 --> 02:08:22,079
he's under penalty of perjury. You have sworn in under

2807
02:08:22,119 --> 02:08:25,800
oath that there's no funny business or there's nothing. There's

2808
02:08:25,800 --> 02:08:28,000
no different set of rules for this guy over here,

2809
02:08:28,039 --> 02:08:30,600
based on fact and evidence that this guy gets.

2810
02:08:30,439 --> 02:08:31,279
Speaker 1: Away with murder.

2811
02:08:31,479 --> 02:08:33,880
Speaker 9: Dylan Brooks would have been arrested and put in prison

2812
02:08:33,960 --> 02:08:35,880
for twenty years if he did what Draymond Green did.

2813
02:08:35,960 --> 02:08:36,239
Speaker 1: I think.

2814
02:08:36,399 --> 02:08:40,039
Speaker 2: Yeah, then he argues the refs when he's well, Steve

2815
02:08:40,119 --> 02:08:42,359
Kerr coming out, Oh, we don't get enough foul calls.

2816
02:08:42,640 --> 02:08:45,520
Speaker 9: Oh the hell you don't, Are you kidding me? Let's

2817
02:08:45,520 --> 02:08:48,119
talk about Game seven again in twenty eighteen. That's why

2818
02:08:48,159 --> 02:08:51,640
I want these guys and stop saying it's a curse

2819
02:08:51,680 --> 02:08:53,239
and all this other stuff. Oh they just did, We're

2820
02:08:53,319 --> 02:08:56,199
cursed by them. Bring those bitches on right now. That's

2821
02:08:56,199 --> 02:08:56,800
what I'm saying.

2822
02:08:57,840 --> 02:08:58,239
Speaker 1: I'm good.

2823
02:08:58,560 --> 02:09:01,079
Speaker 2: I'll check you outter the series. Okay, look here, you

2824
02:09:01,159 --> 02:09:02,880
check me with this series. Let's see what happened.

2825
02:09:02,920 --> 02:09:04,680
Speaker 1: I'll have all the apologies coming my way.

2826
02:09:04,760 --> 02:09:06,399
Speaker 2: I don't want the hottest shooter in the history of

2827
02:09:06,399 --> 02:09:07,720
the planet to ever walk the earth.

2828
02:09:07,920 --> 02:09:09,680
Speaker 1: He saw the last time when a men Thomson put

2829
02:09:09,760 --> 02:09:10,560
him in a straight jack.

2830
02:09:10,680 --> 02:09:13,359
Speaker 2: Okay, when he hit that's one game he's been dropping

2831
02:09:13,399 --> 02:09:14,000
fifty other way.

2832
02:09:14,039 --> 02:09:17,000
Speaker 1: He did that game too. I'm game against the Spurs.

2833
02:09:17,000 --> 02:09:18,680
Speaker 9: They need a game against the I mean there's all

2834
02:09:18,680 --> 02:09:21,039
these games they've lost, for all this hot streak that

2835
02:09:21,079 --> 02:09:23,239
they've been playing right now, if they could be had,

2836
02:09:23,319 --> 02:09:24,039
I'm appreciated.

2837
02:09:24,039 --> 02:09:25,920
Speaker 2: No, I'm not saying that's not a winnable series. First

2838
02:09:25,960 --> 02:09:28,000
of all, if it was a seven game series, I

2839
02:09:28,119 --> 02:09:32,119
was still pick the Rockets. But I'm just saying it's

2840
02:09:32,720 --> 02:09:34,800
Jimmy Butler is pretty good. You people need to stop

2841
02:09:34,840 --> 02:09:36,560
being afraid of this team. They're not that great.

2842
02:09:36,600 --> 02:09:36,960
Speaker 1: Brandon P.

2843
02:09:37,039 --> 02:09:40,359
Speaker 2: Gimsey is pretty good. Yeah, really, he's the greatest shooter everyone.

2844
02:09:40,479 --> 02:09:42,399
Speaker 9: Let you know when I start getting worried about anybody

2845
02:09:42,439 --> 02:09:44,399
you've mentioned, including that guy, and.

2846
02:09:44,560 --> 02:09:48,479
Speaker 2: Okay, not worried about Stephen Curry. Adam Klannon is not

2847
02:09:48,520 --> 02:09:50,000
worried about Stephen Curry.

2848
02:09:50,199 --> 02:09:54,000
Speaker 9: No, Like, what's the point what's the point of Okay,

2849
02:09:54,039 --> 02:09:56,119
so you you worked all season to get the two

2850
02:09:56,159 --> 02:09:58,359
seed and you're just gonna roll over and die because

2851
02:09:58,359 --> 02:10:00,479
of something and die, And I'm nuts.

2852
02:10:00,560 --> 02:10:03,159
Speaker 1: I would pick No, you're rolling over and rolling over

2853
02:10:03,199 --> 02:10:06,119
and down. You've already series in five games. You just

2854
02:10:06,159 --> 02:10:07,920
said it. I would pick the Warriors.

2855
02:10:07,920 --> 02:10:10,199
Speaker 9: You said in five games, Rockets are losing. That's what

2856
02:10:10,239 --> 02:10:12,319
you dissessed what I heard. Don't act like they haven't

2857
02:10:12,319 --> 02:10:13,479
had a voodoo heckx over there.

2858
02:10:13,520 --> 02:10:15,880
Speaker 2: How many times are the Rockets this golden steph Curry

2859
02:10:15,920 --> 02:10:16,840
era Warriors?

2860
02:10:16,960 --> 02:10:20,079
Speaker 1: How many times did the Rockets beat them in the playoffs? Zero? Right?

2861
02:10:20,600 --> 02:10:24,279
Speaker 2: And that's different and hopefully it's the end of the era. Different, Kyle,

2862
02:10:24,479 --> 02:10:25,399
not the whole roster.

2863
02:10:25,680 --> 02:10:27,640
Speaker 1: Who was on who was on there?

2864
02:10:27,840 --> 02:10:31,119
Speaker 9: No, no, no, no, forget the war you are. You're focusing on

2865
02:10:31,159 --> 02:10:32,920
the wrong thing here. We live in Houston, Texas. I

2866
02:10:32,920 --> 02:10:35,520
don't care about San Francisco. Who's on that roster from

2867
02:10:35,520 --> 02:10:38,800
twenty eighteen still and twenty nineteen for the Rockets? Oh

2868
02:10:38,840 --> 02:10:42,039
for the Rocket exactly, but exactly nobody. They don't have

2869
02:10:42,079 --> 02:10:43,840
Mike D'Antoni coach and them. They have a guy who

2870
02:10:43,880 --> 02:10:45,600
will come out after the game and say we're not

2871
02:10:45,640 --> 02:10:47,159
going to put up with that bleep, And that's what

2872
02:10:47,199 --> 02:10:48,760
he did. It's a different error for the Rockets on

2873
02:10:48,800 --> 02:10:52,640
this side, it's a different attitude though, like that team, listen,

2874
02:10:52,680 --> 02:10:55,239
as great as they were sixty five wins, put up

2875
02:10:55,279 --> 02:10:57,399
points and Bunches had ninety at a half against a

2876
02:10:57,399 --> 02:10:58,159
good Son's team.

2877
02:10:58,239 --> 02:10:58,640
Speaker 1: Like all that.

2878
02:10:58,560 --> 02:11:02,439
Speaker 2: Stuffs hamstring from from Chris Paul. Right, they're NBA champions,

2879
02:11:02,600 --> 02:11:05,119
which tells you that they the Warriors, weren't that great

2880
02:11:05,159 --> 02:11:08,159
to begin with. You win seventy three games and everybody's.

2881
02:11:07,800 --> 02:11:11,199
Speaker 9: Like, oh my god, greatest team ever. Luke Walton was

2882
02:11:11,279 --> 02:11:16,520
coaching them half that time. That's why Steve Kurrz overrated. Listen, listen,

2883
02:11:17,520 --> 02:11:19,479
Steph Curry is the greatest shooter of all time. He's

2884
02:11:19,479 --> 02:11:22,720
a two trick pony. Was not a top ten NBA player,

2885
02:11:22,800 --> 02:11:23,159
none of that.

2886
02:11:23,239 --> 02:11:24,960
Speaker 2: What is the two trick? What is the second trick?

2887
02:11:27,319 --> 02:11:30,520
Plays zero defense and gets a free pass for his defense.

2888
02:11:30,560 --> 02:11:31,720
Speaker 1: Got better as his career.

2889
02:11:32,399 --> 02:11:34,760
Speaker 2: Give me an example, give you an example of him

2890
02:11:34,760 --> 02:11:37,800
being a big a better defender at all. He's a

2891
02:11:37,840 --> 02:11:40,119
matador out there. No, he's not a matador. He was

2892
02:11:40,279 --> 02:11:41,720
he was earlier in his career and not in the

2893
02:11:41,760 --> 02:11:44,319
middle of his career. Now he's not ready for this league.

2894
02:11:44,520 --> 02:11:47,760
And also, and also, Steph Curry has been very good

2895
02:11:47,760 --> 02:11:50,319
his entire career at getting to the basket and finishing

2896
02:11:50,319 --> 02:11:52,960
tough layups. I don't know how you could possibly deny that.

2897
02:11:53,159 --> 02:11:54,760
It's not like he just sits out there off of

2898
02:11:54,800 --> 02:11:57,840
curls and he does do like Reggie Miller stuff, but

2899
02:11:57,880 --> 02:11:59,880
he would get to the basket as well or else.

2900
02:11:59,880 --> 02:12:02,039
I mean, unless you're just not paying attention. I mean,

2901
02:12:02,199 --> 02:12:04,479
he's made a lot of tough layups, very good at

2902
02:12:04,479 --> 02:12:05,960
getting to the basket in his career.

2903
02:12:06,119 --> 02:12:10,720
Speaker 9: I'll take him in Thompson over what that any of

2904
02:12:10,760 --> 02:12:11,960
those scenarios you mentioned.

2905
02:12:12,039 --> 02:12:15,800
Speaker 2: Okay, listen, look a men's great people. Great people need

2906
02:12:15,840 --> 02:12:16,760
to stop.

2907
02:12:16,479 --> 02:12:19,399
Speaker 9: Like like, if you're honestly if you're going into that

2908
02:12:19,520 --> 02:12:22,199
series like, oh my god, it's the Warriors again, then

2909
02:12:22,239 --> 02:12:22,840
don't show up.

2910
02:12:22,880 --> 02:12:25,359
Speaker 1: It's gonna be tough. It's gonna be gonna be tough.

2911
02:12:25,800 --> 02:12:28,920
Why you said warriors are to manage the Warriors? The

2912
02:12:28,960 --> 02:12:30,920
Warriors were good? So what are you predicting? Rockets and

2913
02:12:30,960 --> 02:12:31,960
four rockets and six?

2914
02:12:32,279 --> 02:12:34,960
Speaker 2: Okay, so you lose two games, you win in six,

2915
02:12:35,000 --> 02:12:37,319
and you went four and you're saying that's not tough. Yeah,

2916
02:12:37,359 --> 02:12:39,000
but you just said they were gonna lose in five.

2917
02:12:39,039 --> 02:12:40,439
I heard you act like they're gonna swift.

2918
02:12:40,439 --> 02:12:42,439
Speaker 1: Shut up. I heard you acting like you're gonna sweep

2919
02:12:42,479 --> 02:12:43,199
him out of the building.

2920
02:12:43,279 --> 02:12:46,760
Speaker 2: I have hilarious Warriors are did he? They're trash? They

2921
02:12:46,840 --> 02:12:49,119
suck rockets and six? Why don't you say with your

2922
02:12:49,159 --> 02:12:52,960
chest man rockets and four let's go because the broom's out.

2923
02:12:53,000 --> 02:12:55,079
Come on now, mister big talker, Come on.

2924
02:12:55,399 --> 02:12:57,159
Speaker 9: I just said the Rockets are gonna win the series,

2925
02:12:57,239 --> 02:12:58,359
which is more than you said.

2926
02:12:58,359 --> 02:13:00,119
Speaker 1: You said the Rockets are gonna win the series. You're

2927
02:13:00,159 --> 02:13:02,680
not listening. Oh you said Warriors in five? God, you

2928
02:13:02,800 --> 02:13:03,920
didn't hear that? Is? This?

2929
02:13:04,199 --> 02:13:04,439
Speaker 9: Is this?

2930
02:13:04,680 --> 02:13:05,000
Speaker 2: Teresa?

2931
02:13:05,039 --> 02:13:07,359
Speaker 1: Is this how he gaslights you? Oh? What happened?

2932
02:13:07,399 --> 02:13:10,039
Speaker 9: She would say, yes, Absol gas light her all the

2933
02:13:10,079 --> 02:13:11,119
time and she deserves it.

2934
02:13:11,159 --> 02:13:13,840
Speaker 1: All right. On that note, we're gonna take a break. Mac.

2935
02:13:13,920 --> 02:13:17,319
Speaker 2: We see you on Hold. I am here, Matt Thomas

2936
02:13:17,399 --> 02:13:20,199
is not. My name is ros Viria. Adam Clanton is here.

2937
02:13:20,199 --> 02:13:22,319
We're talking some Rockets basketball. You can get in at

2938
02:13:22,359 --> 02:13:26,119
seven one three two one two five seven ninety seven

2939
02:13:26,199 --> 02:13:30,159
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2940
02:13:30,239 --> 02:13:33,119
in the PM. Here on Sports Talk seven ninety ros

2941
02:13:33,199 --> 02:13:38,920
Viria with you, Adam Clanton is here as well at Thomas.

2942
02:13:39,119 --> 02:13:43,319
Speaker 1: He's thick. He actually is. I know he is. I

2943
02:13:43,359 --> 02:13:46,920
mean I texted him after the show on Friday. I think,

2944
02:13:47,039 --> 02:13:49,479
uh huh. Remember when he signed off and he was like, no,

2945
02:13:49,640 --> 02:13:51,239
I wasn't listening. That's right, you were.

2946
02:13:51,119 --> 02:13:54,920
Speaker 9: Going it was like the eighteen and I was like, bro,

2947
02:13:55,000 --> 02:13:58,800
are you okay? It was oh man, do.

2948
02:13:58,760 --> 02:14:00,479
Speaker 2: You remember last year when he called game and he

2949
02:14:00,560 --> 02:14:03,239
sounded like he was on his deathbed? Yeah, he didn't

2950
02:14:03,279 --> 02:14:03,960
call that game.

2951
02:14:04,039 --> 02:14:08,479
Speaker 1: He just I'm like, this should not be happening. It

2952
02:14:08,520 --> 02:14:10,119
was brutal, but it's all good.

2953
02:14:10,199 --> 02:14:12,399
Speaker 2: He's gonna be fine. He's rested up, gonna be ready

2954
02:14:12,439 --> 02:14:15,560
for the playoffs for the Rockets to destroy the Golden

2955
02:14:15,600 --> 02:14:19,239
State Warriors. Actually, uh, Adam Silver is gonna petition. The

2956
02:14:19,319 --> 02:14:21,359
Rockets are gonna win the first three games by like

2957
02:14:21,399 --> 02:14:23,239
forty plus and then there's just gonna be a three

2958
02:14:23,239 --> 02:14:27,000
game series, like you forget, like and somebody just tweeted

2959
02:14:27,000 --> 02:14:30,159
this to us, Sam the sports fan, that gif of

2960
02:14:30,319 --> 02:14:33,600
Draymond just hauling off and kicking Steven Adams, and I

2961
02:14:33,640 --> 02:14:36,960
didn't forget, Like it's not if you look at this gift,

2962
02:14:37,600 --> 02:14:39,319
I'm gonna retweet it just so you guys can see

2963
02:14:39,319 --> 02:14:42,159
it on top at sports are forget you got We

2964
02:14:42,239 --> 02:14:46,199
have our own nut kicker too, who Dylan Brooks does

2965
02:14:46,239 --> 02:14:47,800
he kick people in the nuts. He kicked somebody in

2966
02:14:47,800 --> 02:14:49,760
the nuts like two weeks ago or a week ago.

2967
02:14:50,079 --> 02:14:52,399
Speaker 1: Also it happened in a Rockets uniform. Yes, it did.

2968
02:14:52,479 --> 02:14:54,279
Speaker 9: Remember how like Chris Paul would punch people in the

2969
02:14:54,359 --> 02:14:56,720
nuts in college. Yeah, oh he was our nut puncher

2970
02:14:56,800 --> 02:15:00,319
once he became a Rocket. Yeah, exactly. I I just

2971
02:15:01,399 --> 02:15:04,840
if you look at that, and I just retweeted the gift.

2972
02:15:05,920 --> 02:15:08,680
It's not a natural motion, No, it's not. It's not

2973
02:15:09,000 --> 02:15:11,920
even like, uh, he hauls off and kicks him.

2974
02:15:12,119 --> 02:15:12,840
Speaker 1: What he does.

2975
02:15:13,479 --> 02:15:16,039
Speaker 2: He does what basically you like when your kids and

2976
02:15:16,079 --> 02:15:19,319
your cousins or whatever, like you you kind of throw

2977
02:15:19,359 --> 02:15:21,600
your elbow, you try to act like it's natural, or

2978
02:15:21,640 --> 02:15:24,479
you kick your leg up a little extra, or like

2979
02:15:24,560 --> 02:15:26,880
it's basically what you do to your brother or your

2980
02:15:26,920 --> 02:15:29,600
cousin or something like that. And that's what he's doing.

2981
02:15:29,680 --> 02:15:32,880
Like he's your cost or your coast, depending on who

2982
02:15:32,880 --> 02:15:35,199
it is he's And that's what the thing is too.

2983
02:15:35,359 --> 02:15:37,960
Because you have these idiot warriors fans who defend what

2984
02:15:38,039 --> 02:15:38,479
he does.

2985
02:15:38,600 --> 02:15:40,279
Speaker 1: So people when.

2986
02:15:40,119 --> 02:15:43,199
Speaker 2: He he has his elbows out, you don't go up

2987
02:15:43,279 --> 02:15:44,600
to the basket. When you go up to the when

2988
02:15:44,640 --> 02:15:48,239
you put your that what happens Adam Clinton elbow locks,

2989
02:15:48,279 --> 02:15:50,720
it goes straight. When I fly at you with my

2990
02:15:50,880 --> 02:15:53,840
elbow and then I go up, that means I'm trying

2991
02:15:53,880 --> 02:15:55,800
to disguise trying to hurt you.

2992
02:15:55,920 --> 02:15:58,640
Speaker 9: Who was the idiot on ESPN that was watching the

2993
02:15:58,720 --> 02:16:01,640
highlights kind of? Was it Molly Karam who was like,

2994
02:16:01,720 --> 02:16:04,239
I don't now. Obviously there's a bit of acting here

2995
02:16:04,279 --> 02:16:05,640
from Alplare and Chin Gun.

2996
02:16:05,840 --> 02:16:07,880
Speaker 1: Oh what the bleep are you watching?

2997
02:16:08,079 --> 02:16:10,199
Speaker 9: Like in this guy, it's not just a matter of

2998
02:16:10,239 --> 02:16:12,880
like an isolated incident. This guy's done this. He's done

2999
02:16:12,920 --> 02:16:15,119
this to your Lord and Savior, Lebron James. You should

3000
02:16:15,119 --> 02:16:17,600
hate him, it's feel guys all love this guy. Yeah,

3001
02:16:17,640 --> 02:16:19,199
he does that, and.

3002
02:16:19,159 --> 02:16:22,159
Speaker 2: He's like he he closed lines people like hits him

3003
02:16:22,159 --> 02:16:24,800
across the eyeballs. Yeah, he tries to act like that's

3004
02:16:24,880 --> 02:16:27,279
natural too, like, oh, it's just an accident. Can you

3005
02:16:27,399 --> 02:16:29,960
recall he he did that? He did to Lebron too,

3006
02:16:30,039 --> 02:16:31,199
didn't he rak him in the eyes?

3007
02:16:32,079 --> 02:16:32,719
Speaker 1: I think he did.

3008
02:16:32,840 --> 02:16:35,520
Speaker 2: I think he rakes like the only people. I watch

3009
02:16:35,559 --> 02:16:37,840
the playoffs every year. I don't watch every single game,

3010
02:16:38,159 --> 02:16:40,479
but I watch the playoffs. I follow the NBA. I

3011
02:16:40,520 --> 02:16:41,000
really love it.

3012
02:16:41,000 --> 02:16:42,000
Speaker 1: I think it's a great product.

3013
02:16:42,079 --> 02:16:44,399
Speaker 2: I know some people don't agree with that, but I

3014
02:16:44,440 --> 02:16:47,479
can't recall a single person other than Draymond Green where

3015
02:16:47,479 --> 02:16:49,559
he's acting like it's a natural thing. He's the only

3016
02:16:49,600 --> 02:16:52,159
one raking people in the face, kicking them in the

3017
02:16:52,239 --> 02:16:56,440
nuts and elbowing them in the face. And like I said,

3018
02:16:56,479 --> 02:16:58,280
he tries to sell it like you do with your

3019
02:16:58,319 --> 02:17:00,639
in front of your dad when you're trying to elbow

3020
02:17:00,680 --> 02:17:01,079
your brother.

3021
02:17:01,399 --> 02:17:03,319
Speaker 1: He's trying to sell it like it's natural.

3022
02:17:03,360 --> 02:17:05,399
Speaker 2: And I don't know how. I feel like I'm crazy.

3023
02:17:06,079 --> 02:17:09,200
Everybody seems to buy it. It's they convinced themselves that

3024
02:17:09,200 --> 02:17:10,559
he's this is a coincidence.

3025
02:17:10,639 --> 02:17:12,639
Speaker 9: You're not crazy, because that's exactly what happens. That's the

3026
02:17:12,680 --> 02:17:15,600
problem I have with It's one thing. If you're going to,

3027
02:17:16,319 --> 02:17:18,319
you know, allow him to do this, and you have,

3028
02:17:18,520 --> 02:17:21,120
if you're the NBA, you have there's no evidence that

3029
02:17:21,159 --> 02:17:24,879
you've even attempted to curtail this. Don't tell me suspending

3030
02:17:24,920 --> 02:17:27,000
him in the finals, and that was my favorite part.

3031
02:17:27,200 --> 02:17:30,440
Warriors fans just wailing and gnashing of teeth. Well, if

3032
02:17:30,479 --> 02:17:33,440
he hadn't been suspended, well why did he get suspended

3033
02:17:33,479 --> 02:17:36,360
because he kicked Lebron in the junk? Like, you can't

3034
02:17:36,639 --> 02:17:38,719
you can't act like the world is against you when

3035
02:17:38,760 --> 02:17:41,000
you've gotten literally every call in the But like this

3036
02:17:41,040 --> 02:17:44,079
whole twenty seven missed three pointers. Two of those should

3037
02:17:44,079 --> 02:17:46,399
have been four point plays that James Harden made. And

3038
02:17:46,440 --> 02:17:51,079
by the way, I just saw the statistic the James

3039
02:17:51,120 --> 02:17:54,120
Harden has has squared off against Steph Curry, regardless of

3040
02:17:54,159 --> 02:17:56,319
the uniform, sixty times in his career.

3041
02:17:56,440 --> 02:17:58,600
Speaker 1: Okay, you know what the record is. I don't thirty

3042
02:17:58,600 --> 02:17:59,040
and thirty.

3043
02:17:59,399 --> 02:18:02,000
Speaker 9: Okay, I know that everybody likes to think that, Well,

3044
02:18:02,040 --> 02:18:03,959
the Warriors just own the Rockets, and it was well,

3045
02:18:04,079 --> 02:18:07,360
yeah they did win those series. Yeah they did win

3046
02:18:07,360 --> 02:18:09,360
those series, but they were all very close. We were

3047
02:18:09,360 --> 02:18:12,840
a torn hamstring away for like, and nobody also ever

3048
02:18:12,920 --> 02:18:17,479
talks about all of the massive key injuries that happened

3049
02:18:17,479 --> 02:18:20,440
to Warriors opponents all along the way, almost every year,

3050
02:18:20,600 --> 02:18:23,559
especially the year they won the whole thing the first time.

3051
02:18:23,600 --> 02:18:26,760
But you know, Kawhi Leonards, Jajah Paculia. Like people forget

3052
02:18:26,799 --> 02:18:29,799
about that in twenty seventeen. That was after the Rockets

3053
02:18:29,799 --> 02:18:32,239
lost to them because James Harden just didn't decide to

3054
02:18:32,239 --> 02:18:33,840
show up for two straight games at the end of

3055
02:18:33,840 --> 02:18:34,319
that series.

3056
02:18:34,799 --> 02:18:36,680
Speaker 1: Lou Williams remember all that. That was a great time.

3057
02:18:36,719 --> 02:18:39,040
Speaker 2: I don't remember in America that Lou Williams trade was

3058
02:18:39,079 --> 02:18:40,200
supposed to really save the team.

3059
02:18:40,479 --> 02:18:43,760
Speaker 9: Yeah, good bench scorn Kevin Love and and Kyrie Irving

3060
02:18:43,799 --> 02:18:45,840
being out against that against them in that series in

3061
02:18:45,840 --> 02:18:47,479
the final, Like, there was a lot of things that

3062
02:18:47,520 --> 02:18:48,399
have happened along the way.

3063
02:18:48,440 --> 02:18:50,559
Speaker 1: But as it pertains to the Rockets and the Warriors.

3064
02:18:51,399 --> 02:18:53,799
Speaker 2: Sorry, somebody sent me a Draymond Grey I kind of

3065
02:18:53,879 --> 02:18:55,760
zoned out on you because somebody sent me a compilation

3066
02:18:55,840 --> 02:18:57,440
of Draymond Green hurting people.

3067
02:18:57,680 --> 02:19:00,399
Speaker 9: Yeah, that's but that this is a good thing. You

3068
02:19:00,399 --> 02:19:03,520
guys need to approach this like this could be. This

3069
02:19:03,559 --> 02:19:06,280
could be the beginning of the end for this national

3070
02:19:06,360 --> 02:19:09,479
nightmare that is the Golden State Warriors and especially Draymond Green.

3071
02:19:09,680 --> 02:19:11,440
If you want to be a Steph Curry fan, by

3072
02:19:11,440 --> 02:19:13,920
all means, go ahead. I mean that's that's your prerogative.

3073
02:19:13,959 --> 02:19:15,399
Do with your life what you want and what.

3074
02:19:16,040 --> 02:19:17,399
Speaker 2: Was it thing he had to take, like a mental

3075
02:19:17,440 --> 02:19:19,840
health break. He got suspended for the league and he

3076
02:19:19,879 --> 02:19:21,680
was going to counseling and all that type of stuff.

3077
02:19:21,840 --> 02:19:24,200
Was that after he choke holded Rudy Gobert. I can't

3078
02:19:24,200 --> 02:19:25,159
even remember what he did.

3079
02:19:25,280 --> 02:19:28,000
Speaker 9: It was okay, you say choke called, I say, nearly

3080
02:19:28,000 --> 02:19:32,319
to capitate this tomato tomato like he is unhinged.

3081
02:19:32,319 --> 02:19:35,399
Speaker 1: He needs break. We need a mental health break from you.

3082
02:19:35,639 --> 02:19:37,639
That's I'm saying the number one reason I don't want

3083
02:19:37,680 --> 02:19:38,520
to play the Warriors.

3084
02:19:38,520 --> 02:19:40,319
Speaker 9: I'm telling you this could be a good thing that

3085
02:19:40,399 --> 02:19:43,000
the Rockets tangle with the Warriors. The stakes are high,

3086
02:19:43,079 --> 02:19:46,040
it's a playoff series, and he tries that stuff against

3087
02:19:46,079 --> 02:19:47,760
the team is not going to stand for it. Now,

3088
02:19:47,760 --> 02:19:51,639
it's to put the onus on the officials to do

3089
02:19:51,719 --> 02:19:54,159
something for a change, Yeah, because you finally have a

3090
02:19:54,159 --> 02:19:55,719
team that's not going to back down from that.

3091
02:19:55,840 --> 02:19:57,600
Speaker 1: I love this version of love that too.

3092
02:19:57,719 --> 02:19:59,920
Speaker 2: But if he's like locking up with Alprin shingoun for

3093
02:20:00,120 --> 02:20:02,079
rebound and rips his shoulder out of his socket, I'm

3094
02:20:02,079 --> 02:20:02,760
gonna be pissed.

3095
02:20:03,239 --> 02:20:04,680
Speaker 1: If he does that, he may will come on the

3096
02:20:04,680 --> 02:20:06,360
floor and take care of it. Himself. Then you lose

3097
02:20:06,399 --> 02:20:07,959
out and it'll be too late.

3098
02:20:08,280 --> 02:20:10,920
Speaker 9: Well, if he takes out Alprinchingoon's you know, shoulder, you're

3099
02:20:10,920 --> 02:20:13,159
gonna lose him anyways, and then you're gonna lose em

3100
02:20:13,280 --> 02:20:14,040
because you're gonna go for.

3101
02:20:14,319 --> 02:20:15,760
Speaker 2: That's why I want them to play the Grizzlies. I'm

3102
02:20:15,840 --> 02:20:18,600
less worried about I don't know Jared Jackson somebody else.

3103
02:20:19,120 --> 02:20:22,159
I know you're gonna call me crazy, You're crazy. The

3104
02:20:22,280 --> 02:20:23,479
Rockets Grizzly.

3105
02:20:23,280 --> 02:20:26,639
Speaker 9: Series will be twenty times more physical, twenty times more

3106
02:20:26,680 --> 02:20:28,000
physical I've seen them play.

3107
02:20:28,159 --> 02:20:32,959
Speaker 2: No, they're not not not the grindhouse Grizzly doesn't matter.

3108
02:20:33,440 --> 02:20:37,159
They have got some big like tough dudes somebody. Plus

3109
02:20:37,200 --> 02:20:42,079
they have Ja Moran who's literally insane. Jared Jackson Junior

3110
02:20:42,120 --> 02:20:45,280
is a problem they've got. They've got so Jackson Junior's good. No,

3111
02:20:45,360 --> 02:20:46,479
the Grizzly would be tough too.

3112
02:20:46,559 --> 02:20:49,000
Speaker 9: Yeah, like they are easy out in the West playoffs,

3113
02:20:49,000 --> 02:20:51,479
There's not no And this is a look, this is

3114
02:20:51,479 --> 02:20:53,879
gonna be the case for every single series. This is

3115
02:20:53,920 --> 02:20:57,040
the closest I've ever seen the Western Conference. And by

3116
02:20:57,079 --> 02:20:59,520
the way, I don't I'm probably taking the field against

3117
02:20:59,520 --> 02:21:02,319
the Warriors because of this very thing. Not the Warriors,

3118
02:21:02,319 --> 02:21:05,000
the Thunder. The Thunder can be had if they get

3119
02:21:05,040 --> 02:21:05,879
the wrong matchup.

3120
02:21:06,399 --> 02:21:07,319
Speaker 1: It's I know they're.

3121
02:21:07,120 --> 02:21:09,000
Speaker 9: Dominant, I know they've won sixty five game bah blah

3122
02:21:09,000 --> 02:21:12,239
blah blah blah blah blah. There's it's too close, it's

3123
02:21:12,239 --> 02:21:15,239
too competitive. Like about the only team that I would

3124
02:21:15,280 --> 02:21:18,040
like completely sleep on if they somehow snuck in would

3125
02:21:18,040 --> 02:21:19,719
be the Dallas Mavericks. I just don't think they have

3126
02:21:19,760 --> 02:21:22,399
the firepower. Everybody else is very evenly matched.

3127
02:21:22,959 --> 02:21:24,840
Speaker 2: I think the Thunder would the Thunder are gonna be

3128
02:21:24,840 --> 02:21:26,079
favored no matter who they play.

3129
02:21:26,440 --> 02:21:27,360
Speaker 1: But we'll just have to.

3130
02:21:27,280 --> 02:21:29,879
Speaker 2: See play the Celtics. Yeah, that's what I'm saying. So

3131
02:21:30,120 --> 02:21:31,879
in the West, they I mean, they just had the

3132
02:21:32,159 --> 02:21:33,840
best point differential in NBA history.

3133
02:21:33,879 --> 02:21:37,040
Speaker 9: But think about this, if the if the Thunder don't

3134
02:21:37,200 --> 02:21:40,799
make the NBA Finals at a minimum, you're gonna start

3135
02:21:40,879 --> 02:21:42,200
questioning them.

3136
02:21:42,000 --> 02:21:45,520
Speaker 2: Because all they do expectations games, and you win sixty

3137
02:21:45,559 --> 02:21:47,639
eight games and you have the best point differential in

3138
02:21:47,680 --> 02:21:49,799
NBA history, you should make the finals. All right, let's

3139
02:21:49,799 --> 02:21:53,440
go to the phones real quick. Mac has been waiting patiently. Mac,

3140
02:21:53,479 --> 02:21:55,319
go ahead, I want to talk some Rockets.

3141
02:21:56,040 --> 02:21:57,079
Speaker 5: Hi jents.

3142
02:21:58,360 --> 02:22:02,399
Speaker 6: Concerning the Warriors. They're in the playing series and all

3143
02:22:02,399 --> 02:22:04,520
they had to do was win one more game and

3144
02:22:04,559 --> 02:22:07,319
they wouldn't be in the playing series. And when they

3145
02:22:07,360 --> 02:22:12,600
played us this last time, Curry shot one for ten, correct, Yeah, it.

3146
02:22:12,559 --> 02:22:14,959
Speaker 1: Was one for something three minutes. He had three points

3147
02:22:15,000 --> 02:22:15,600
on Washington.

3148
02:22:15,600 --> 02:22:19,280
Speaker 6: You can so somewheres right now in the Bay Area,

3149
02:22:19,399 --> 02:22:22,040
there's a guy calling in saying we should lose to

3150
02:22:22,120 --> 02:22:24,440
Memphis and be in the other side because we don't

3151
02:22:24,440 --> 02:22:30,200
want to play the Rockets. Who's looking forward to playing us?

3152
02:22:31,920 --> 02:22:36,200
Saying is in the season series with Memphis. Didn't we

3153
02:22:36,239 --> 02:22:37,479
beat the Cavaliers twice?

3154
02:22:37,840 --> 02:22:38,879
Speaker 1: Yeah, you swept the Calves.

3155
02:22:40,079 --> 02:22:42,120
Speaker 6: So who's who's looking to play us?

3156
02:22:42,319 --> 02:22:44,840
Speaker 1: Nobody? It's true, that is correct.

3157
02:22:45,680 --> 02:22:50,440
Speaker 9: Yeah, nobody's beaten the Warriors the the nobody's beating the

3158
02:22:50,479 --> 02:22:53,799
thunder twice this year. And nobody swept the Calves obviously,

3159
02:22:53,840 --> 02:22:56,479
and they beat Boston in Boston with them and Thompson

3160
02:22:56,520 --> 02:22:57,760
buzzer beater of all things.

3161
02:22:58,360 --> 02:23:01,239
Speaker 1: The Rockets are gonna be a tough out.

3162
02:23:02,319 --> 02:23:05,840
Speaker 6: If if they turn green or a draymaon lous on us.

3163
02:23:05,879 --> 02:23:09,479
We've got twelve fouls worth of people, big, strong people

3164
02:23:09,520 --> 02:23:13,040
from down under that can retaliate. And if somebody of

3165
02:23:13,079 --> 02:23:17,159
ours goes out within five minutes, Curry's going to have

3166
02:23:17,200 --> 02:23:17,680
an injury.

3167
02:23:19,600 --> 02:23:22,159
Speaker 9: This guy's he's going bad boys on it like this

3168
02:23:22,360 --> 02:23:26,680
the situation. All, I appreciate it, Mac, Look don't I

3169
02:23:26,719 --> 02:23:30,399
don't want this to happen. By the way this compilation

3170
02:23:30,559 --> 02:23:33,280
he rakes James Harden Lebron James twice in the.

3171
02:23:33,200 --> 02:23:35,760
Speaker 2: Face and Nikola jokicch in the face. Yeah, he's a

3172
02:23:35,840 --> 02:23:38,040
terrible person. He should be kicked out of the league.

3173
02:23:38,040 --> 02:23:39,000
And I'm not even joking.

3174
02:23:39,079 --> 02:23:41,280
Speaker 9: The fact that he didn't even get a flagrant too,

3175
02:23:41,559 --> 02:23:44,159
and that Dylan Brooks did get a flagrant too and

3176
02:23:44,239 --> 02:23:46,959
was ejected in the same week. God is just insane.

3177
02:23:47,159 --> 02:23:48,879
And this is what's wrong with the NBA. And until

3178
02:23:48,920 --> 02:23:51,559
you change it, and until again, I don't want to go.

3179
02:23:51,959 --> 02:23:54,120
And Ben knows I love him. I'm not gonna go

3180
02:23:54,159 --> 02:23:57,440
fit full bend Bo's here. But like there's some times

3181
02:23:57,479 --> 02:24:00,000
where I'm like, you know, Ben's got a point here.

3182
02:24:00,159 --> 02:24:01,040
Speaker 1: What why are.

3183
02:24:01,040 --> 02:24:04,040
Speaker 9: Officials never held accountable for this kind of stuff?

3184
02:24:04,239 --> 02:24:07,159
Speaker 1: You're injuring other players. It's not just a foul, it's

3185
02:24:07,239 --> 02:24:08,959
crazy he is an absolute menist.

3186
02:24:08,840 --> 02:24:11,879
Speaker 9: Like Fred van Vliet chasing down who is a Giannis

3187
02:24:12,360 --> 02:24:15,239
and kind of pulling back on his on his chin

3188
02:24:15,360 --> 02:24:17,559
and he was thrown out for that. And then for

3189
02:24:17,719 --> 02:24:21,399
to see, uh, to see Draymond not even get tossed. Yeah,

3190
02:24:21,440 --> 02:24:23,879
and he's begging for a technical right, he's like clapping

3191
02:24:23,879 --> 02:24:24,799
in the officials face.

3192
02:24:25,040 --> 02:24:27,000
Speaker 1: That's my other thing. Forget the physicality.

3193
02:24:27,120 --> 02:24:28,639
Speaker 9: This guy's gonna be able to just like have a

3194
02:24:28,680 --> 02:24:31,959
tirade like several times a game and never get thrown out.

3195
02:24:32,159 --> 02:24:32,920
Speaker 1: I've never seen it.

3196
02:24:33,200 --> 02:24:35,079
Speaker 2: Coming up next, we'll have Jordan Poole to give his

3197
02:24:35,159 --> 02:24:37,719
thoughts on the Draymond Green Okay, maybe not, but we'll

3198
02:24:38,360 --> 02:24:42,559
continue Draymond Talks seven ninety. He's out of control, Warriors Rockets?

3199
02:24:42,600 --> 02:24:45,200
Who are they gonna play? That game is on Tuesday?

3200
02:24:45,280 --> 02:24:45,840
So those are you on?

3201
02:24:45,840 --> 02:24:46,440
Speaker 1: Hold? I see you.

3202
02:24:46,479 --> 02:24:48,520
Speaker 2: We'll get to your next at seven one, three, two,

3203
02:24:48,520 --> 02:24:51,319
one two five, seven ninety. It is the Matt Thomas

3204
02:24:51,319 --> 02:24:54,760
Show without Matt Thomas, with Ross and Adam Clanton with

3205
02:24:54,799 --> 02:24:59,319
you until two o'clock one to thirty two pm here

3206
02:24:59,360 --> 02:24:59,959
on Sports Talks.

3207
02:25:00,399 --> 02:25:02,040
Speaker 1: Did you say hello yet? Hello?

3208
02:25:02,239 --> 02:25:05,000
Speaker 2: There it is and welcome in to The Matt Thomas

3209
02:25:05,000 --> 02:25:07,559
Show with Ross. Without Matt Thomas, he is out sick.

3210
02:25:08,399 --> 02:25:11,559
Adam Clinton hanging out. We appreciate you, mister Clinton.

3211
02:25:11,600 --> 02:25:15,159
Speaker 1: I appreciate you having me legs. Thanks for stopping by.

3212
02:25:15,319 --> 02:25:16,239
We appreciate you.

3213
02:25:16,280 --> 02:25:18,520
Speaker 2: Here, folks, you can get on the phone lines at

3214
02:25:18,520 --> 02:25:20,680
seven one three two one two five seven ninety.

3215
02:25:20,680 --> 02:25:24,159
Speaker 9: By the way, you were talking about Matt being back tomorrow,

3216
02:25:24,159 --> 02:25:26,680
but perhaps from his Kingwood estate.

3217
02:25:26,879 --> 02:25:29,239
Speaker 2: Yes, it needs to be from his Kingwood a stick

3218
02:25:29,319 --> 02:25:31,920
palatial king would a state. We share a microphone. I

3219
02:25:31,920 --> 02:25:34,879
don't need any residual. You don't want to get sick. No,

3220
02:25:35,040 --> 02:25:37,479
not made. I'm going to Vegas on Friday morning. Oh

3221
02:25:37,479 --> 02:25:40,920
you are for what the listen to? Everybody chimes in,

3222
02:25:41,000 --> 02:25:43,440
now did I say Vegas? Well, I just it's always

3223
02:25:43,440 --> 02:25:46,760
funny to me, the non drinker, non gambler going to Vegas.

3224
02:25:47,520 --> 02:25:50,000
Speaker 9: You going to the sphere. See, this is where it

3225
02:25:50,000 --> 02:25:52,799
gets great because you've already you've you've eased them in

3226
02:25:52,840 --> 02:25:54,959
with the non drinker, non gambler. And then I'm gonna

3227
02:25:54,959 --> 02:25:57,200
tell you what I'm gonna go see there and you'll

3228
02:25:57,200 --> 02:25:57,840
really love it.

3229
02:25:57,920 --> 02:25:58,040
Speaker 8: Uh.

3230
02:25:58,159 --> 02:26:02,159
Speaker 1: Barry Manilow, Oh man, come on, it's at the stadium.

3231
02:26:02,159 --> 02:26:02,760
I'll give you a hint.

3232
02:26:02,799 --> 02:26:07,040
Speaker 2: It's at the oh at the stadium. Oh, Metallica, that's

3233
02:26:07,079 --> 02:26:08,600
here in June. Some other band.

3234
02:26:08,799 --> 02:26:12,440
Speaker 9: Is it like a rock it's a show oh, showcase

3235
02:26:12,440 --> 02:26:13,360
of the Immortals.

3236
02:26:13,639 --> 02:26:15,799
Speaker 1: I don't know what that means. Listen to you too.

3237
02:26:15,959 --> 02:26:19,719
Speaker 9: WrestleMania, baby, Oh, WrestleMania is gonna be There are.

3238
02:26:19,840 --> 02:26:26,399
Speaker 1: How many WrestleManias have you been to? Now? Ooh, seventeen seventeen.

3239
02:26:26,440 --> 02:26:28,719
That's a lot. That was at the Dome. Okay, oh,

3240
02:26:28,719 --> 02:26:32,000
twenty seventeen. No, no, no, it was WrestleMania seventeen. It

3241
02:26:32,079 --> 02:26:34,360
was actually two thousand and one. That's the first one

3242
02:26:34,399 --> 02:26:35,360
I attended. I got you.

3243
02:26:35,680 --> 02:26:38,399
Speaker 9: I've never actually stopped and counted. I think it's like

3244
02:26:38,440 --> 02:26:39,040
five or six.

3245
02:26:39,200 --> 02:26:43,159
Speaker 2: What's the big storyline coming into WrestleMania? John cenattorney heel Yes,

3246
02:26:43,840 --> 02:26:46,159
which was awesome by the way, Okay, well is this

3247
02:26:46,319 --> 02:26:48,719
It was great to see little kids crying in the audience. Yeah,

3248
02:26:48,760 --> 02:26:52,239
I know, I don't know. I was just overwhelmed with emotion.

3249
02:26:52,399 --> 02:26:54,600
I can't have your fifty year old in georts. He's

3250
02:26:54,639 --> 02:26:58,079
turned bad. He's a bad guy. Now he bad guy.

3251
02:26:58,120 --> 02:27:01,200
Now J bad guy.

3252
02:27:01,360 --> 02:27:03,639
Speaker 9: You know when like merchandise and stuff like that as

3253
02:27:03,680 --> 02:27:05,399
a factor. That's why a lot of people thought he

3254
02:27:05,440 --> 02:27:07,120
would never do it. And so the fact that he's

3255
02:27:07,159 --> 02:27:09,399
doing it as his last run because he was retiring

3256
02:27:09,440 --> 02:27:11,280
after this allegedly.

3257
02:27:12,479 --> 02:27:16,520
Speaker 1: I love that dude. What does it, Jordan mean about

3258
02:27:16,559 --> 02:27:17,520
the kids? Leave them kids?

3259
02:27:17,559 --> 02:27:19,799
Speaker 2: Yeah, that's that's what he said, basically what he said,

3260
02:27:20,000 --> 02:27:22,440
all right, seven one, three, two, two, five, seven.

3261
02:27:22,319 --> 02:27:24,559
Speaker 1: Nine of the phone number. Biscuit has been waiting patiently,

3262
02:27:24,559 --> 02:27:26,719
so let's go to him all the phone lines. What's up,

3263
02:27:26,760 --> 02:27:28,760
Biscuit was what my.

3264
02:27:28,680 --> 02:27:32,079
Speaker 5: Brothers he a se Man, I've seen you on that

3265
02:27:32,200 --> 02:27:34,040
with Randy last night. Now, I didn't know you was

3266
02:27:34,440 --> 02:27:36,120
trying to be like Mike. Man, I didn't know he

3267
02:27:36,159 --> 02:27:38,520
had the little do a little ball doone there.

3268
02:27:38,799 --> 02:27:42,520
Speaker 1: I ain't trying to be like Mike. Okay, I'm trying.

3269
02:27:42,360 --> 02:27:48,799
Speaker 5: To be like, oh I do like let me pull

3270
02:27:48,920 --> 02:27:51,000
the question there. You see we I think we can

3271
02:27:51,040 --> 02:27:55,000
all agree that Raymond is the dirtiest player in the NBA.

3272
02:27:55,079 --> 02:27:58,440
But Ross helped me here. Who is the second dirtiest

3273
02:27:58,479 --> 02:27:59,079
player in the NBA.

3274
02:28:00,399 --> 02:28:03,239
Speaker 1: Second dirtiest player in the NBA. Where is he guiding you?

3275
02:28:03,680 --> 02:28:05,239
I know where you're trying to make me.

3276
02:28:05,239 --> 02:28:08,479
Speaker 5: Go, And the guy would delay the league and technicles

3277
02:28:08,520 --> 02:28:10,680
or whatever, and then and then hit a couple of

3278
02:28:10,680 --> 02:28:12,840
people in the junk a few times themselves.

3279
02:28:13,680 --> 02:28:14,920
Speaker 1: Yeah.

3280
02:28:15,520 --> 02:28:17,680
Speaker 5: Yeah, well, so we're not gonna we're not gonna talk

3281
02:28:17,719 --> 02:28:19,319
about the dirtiness a see.

3282
02:28:20,719 --> 02:28:24,959
Speaker 2: Worst Draymond's rates multiple players. He seeks out the other

3283
02:28:25,000 --> 02:28:26,959
team's best player and he tries to rake them in

3284
02:28:26,959 --> 02:28:27,639
the face.

3285
02:28:29,159 --> 02:28:30,440
Speaker 5: And the Brooks don't do the same.

3286
02:28:30,959 --> 02:28:34,319
Speaker 9: No you to that extent, no biscuit, I honestly, if

3287
02:28:34,319 --> 02:28:37,719
you're asking, if you're if you're asking that question, honestly,

3288
02:28:37,840 --> 02:28:40,559
I really don't think he does. Like Dylan Brooks, aside

3289
02:28:40,559 --> 02:28:44,040
from being a much much better offensive player than Draymond

3290
02:28:44,120 --> 02:28:46,120
Green all around, and he's having one of his best

3291
02:28:46,120 --> 02:28:50,239
three point shooting seasons in forever, he actually will try

3292
02:28:50,280 --> 02:28:51,399
to defend you, straight up.

3293
02:28:51,399 --> 02:28:52,079
Speaker 1: I'm not saying he did.

3294
02:28:52,159 --> 02:28:55,079
Speaker 9: He doesn't have tactics or thinks he does at times

3295
02:28:55,159 --> 02:28:58,040
that you know, maybe are called into question. But I

3296
02:28:58,079 --> 02:29:00,840
don't really feel like Dylan brook gets up out of

3297
02:29:00,840 --> 02:29:02,959
bed every morning and thinks about how he can injure

3298
02:29:02,959 --> 02:29:04,000
a guy, and I don't.

3299
02:29:04,120 --> 02:29:05,639
Speaker 1: I'm not saying that Draymond does.

3300
02:29:06,079 --> 02:29:07,440
Speaker 9: But if you were to ask me which one of

3301
02:29:07,479 --> 02:29:09,760
those guys would have that mentality first, and I'm betting

3302
02:29:09,760 --> 02:29:11,360
on them, it's definitely Draymond.

3303
02:29:12,479 --> 02:29:15,079
Speaker 5: I agree with that. I'm just saying, Man Brooks say

3304
02:29:15,239 --> 02:29:21,280
he ain't acquire boy. Okay, yeah, okay, but look get

3305
02:29:21,280 --> 02:29:24,159
into the game to the series though, Man, I definitely

3306
02:29:24,239 --> 02:29:26,719
disagree with you. Man, Missles is imploding. Man, if you

3307
02:29:26,760 --> 02:29:28,799
can get them, that's almost.

3308
02:29:28,520 --> 02:29:28,879
Speaker 1: Like a game.

3309
02:29:28,959 --> 02:29:31,159
Speaker 5: That's almost like a bye I think, you know what

3310
02:29:31,200 --> 02:29:33,680
I'm saying. So if you can get them, of course

3311
02:29:33,719 --> 02:29:36,239
you want them, but I doubt if that's gonna happen.

3312
02:29:36,280 --> 02:29:40,520
So going to the Warriors, I like the rockets stance

3313
02:29:40,600 --> 02:29:41,639
against the Warriors.

3314
02:29:42,399 --> 02:29:44,680
Speaker 9: By the way, the Rockets, the Rockets have never had

3315
02:29:45,680 --> 02:29:47,840
the Rockets have never had home court advantage against the

3316
02:29:47,879 --> 02:29:50,440
Warriors in a playoff series. You know that, right, It's

3317
02:29:50,479 --> 02:29:54,600
always been Yeah, it's I mean, it's like that. It's

3318
02:29:54,840 --> 02:29:57,040
it's not a huge thing. But I do think that

3319
02:29:57,079 --> 02:30:00,520
there are certain like in sports. As I asked Wex

3320
02:30:00,520 --> 02:30:03,760
about this, eighteen, didn't they uh yeah, actually you're right,

3321
02:30:03,799 --> 02:30:05,559
they did. They did in eighteen, but they didn't have

3322
02:30:05,559 --> 02:30:07,799
their best their second best player the last two games that.

3323
02:30:07,840 --> 02:30:08,639
Speaker 1: Year ruined this.

3324
02:30:08,920 --> 02:30:11,520
Speaker 9: Yeah, so I kind of hamstring when you're going to

3325
02:30:12,280 --> 02:30:14,639
the Bay Area for a Game six and you're up

3326
02:30:14,639 --> 02:30:16,959
three to two and you're thinking you're gonna en that series,

3327
02:30:16,959 --> 02:30:19,159
but we're gonna take your second best player away kind

3328
02:30:19,159 --> 02:30:20,600
of evens out the whole home court thing.

3329
02:30:20,959 --> 02:30:22,799
Speaker 1: Just make a couple of those twenty seven threes.

3330
02:30:23,040 --> 02:30:25,159
Speaker 9: Well that was game seven when Scott Foster and Tony

3331
02:30:25,200 --> 02:30:26,719
Brothers showed up and said, you're not winning this.

3332
02:30:27,280 --> 02:30:29,440
Speaker 1: Uh, they could have not gone over twenty seven. It

3333
02:30:29,440 --> 02:30:29,959
won the game.

3334
02:30:30,079 --> 02:30:33,000
Speaker 9: That's my dude. Did you not hear what I said? No,

3335
02:30:33,280 --> 02:30:35,799
you've probably never watched. There's a YouTube video of it's

3336
02:30:35,799 --> 02:30:38,360
a compilation. Yes there are some. They were fouled on

3337
02:30:38,399 --> 02:30:40,200
a few of those. Yes, yeah, they were fouled on

3338
02:30:40,239 --> 02:30:40,639
two of them.

3339
02:30:40,639 --> 02:30:40,920
Speaker 1: For sure.

3340
02:30:40,920 --> 02:30:44,239
Speaker 9: That should have been four point plays, but Scott Foster

3341
02:30:44,360 --> 02:30:46,879
specifically waved those off. You know, the same Scott Foster

3342
02:30:46,920 --> 02:30:49,559
who text message with Tim Donahey like hundreds of times

3343
02:30:50,000 --> 02:30:52,280
around the betting scandal.

3344
02:30:52,600 --> 02:30:55,639
Speaker 1: Alright, yes he's rigging the league for Golden State.

3345
02:30:55,799 --> 02:30:58,479
Speaker 9: I mean, listen, if we want to like say I'm

3346
02:30:58,479 --> 02:31:01,520
a conspiracy theorist. That's fine, But take any other scenario

3347
02:31:01,639 --> 02:31:04,760
and put those you know, parameters into it, you're gonna

3348
02:31:04,799 --> 02:31:05,440
you're gonna.

3349
02:31:05,239 --> 02:31:06,479
Speaker 1: Don't think rigged.

3350
02:31:07,239 --> 02:31:13,120
Speaker 9: I don't think it was rigged. No, I just I can't.

3351
02:31:13,520 --> 02:31:15,840
I can't sit still and just allow that to go

3352
02:31:15,959 --> 02:31:19,040
on and act like nothing happened there. I mean, it's

3353
02:31:19,120 --> 02:31:22,440
just it's gross, frankly, especially when you.

3354
02:31:23,159 --> 02:31:25,159
Speaker 2: If the league was rigged, the team from San Antonio

3355
02:31:25,200 --> 02:31:26,920
wouldn't have won five championships.

3356
02:31:27,360 --> 02:31:28,280
Speaker 1: That's probably true.

3357
02:31:28,840 --> 02:31:31,799
Speaker 9: Although Tim Duncan was once thrown out of a game

3358
02:31:31,799 --> 02:31:34,559
for laughing. That's true, And that's the only time I

3359
02:31:34,559 --> 02:31:37,440
can recall that's the only time I can recall the

3360
02:31:37,520 --> 02:31:41,479
NBA stepping in which, to their credit, Crawford, to their credit,

3361
02:31:41,520 --> 02:31:43,799
he was supposedly one of their best, which tells you

3362
02:31:43,799 --> 02:31:45,799
all you need to know about that. He was like

3363
02:31:46,120 --> 02:31:48,319
one of their top echelon officials and they're like, yeah,

3364
02:31:48,360 --> 02:31:52,079
you gotta go. He was also pocketing the difference on

3365
02:31:52,319 --> 02:31:55,000
taxes for up trading his flights, all right, anything else, biscuit.

3366
02:31:56,440 --> 02:32:00,520
Speaker 5: I would also the j O'donald Clyde.

3367
02:32:00,559 --> 02:32:01,840
Speaker 6: I think that.

3368
02:32:03,319 --> 02:32:04,760
Speaker 5: When he was with the Rocket, Yes.

3369
02:32:04,639 --> 02:32:05,040
Speaker 1: But that's ok.

3370
02:32:05,120 --> 02:32:07,000
Speaker 9: A letter from the mayor's wife to happen. I mean,

3371
02:32:07,000 --> 02:32:09,120
these are the kinds of things that have to happen. Yeah,

3372
02:32:09,239 --> 02:32:14,399
at least Ali sent a letter to the league office

3373
02:32:14,479 --> 02:32:16,159
and he never officiated a game again.

3374
02:32:16,680 --> 02:32:17,399
Speaker 1: What happened?

3375
02:32:17,680 --> 02:32:21,840
Speaker 9: So Clyde gets thrown out of the game in Phoenix

3376
02:32:22,319 --> 02:32:24,559
and the Rockets I believe were already down three to

3377
02:32:24,639 --> 02:32:27,120
one in that series, and he gets thrown out of

3378
02:32:27,159 --> 02:32:29,440
the game for just Jake O'Donnell was just a jerk.

3379
02:32:29,479 --> 02:32:32,360
Apparently in the pregame circle he refused to shake Clyde's hand.

3380
02:32:32,680 --> 02:32:34,799
It was bad, it was a bad look. So he

3381
02:32:34,840 --> 02:32:36,399
throws him out of the game. Maybe he was offended

3382
02:32:36,440 --> 02:32:41,079
by Clyde's mustache. Nobody's offended by clydes mustache. It's barely there.

3383
02:32:42,360 --> 02:32:44,799
He throws him out of the game. The league office

3384
02:32:44,920 --> 02:32:49,280
gets a letter from Bob Lanier's wife. Really, who was

3385
02:32:49,280 --> 02:32:51,799
they were in attendance? What and Jacob go look it

3386
02:32:51,879 --> 02:32:55,840
up Jake o'donald. I'm saying that Jake O'Donnell never officiated

3387
02:32:55,879 --> 02:32:57,239
another NBA game after that.

3388
02:32:57,319 --> 02:32:57,639
Speaker 1: Wow.

3389
02:32:57,680 --> 02:33:01,079
Speaker 9: Famously, it wasn't just that's the end of the run

3390
02:33:01,079 --> 02:33:03,719
for this season. He never came back. He was swimming.

3391
02:33:03,719 --> 02:33:05,799
Speaker 1: He was swimming with the fishes metaphorically.

3392
02:33:05,879 --> 02:33:10,239
Speaker 2: Okay, I say his career family had him rubbed out.

3393
02:33:10,559 --> 02:33:13,920
Speaker 9: They did from it, they had his career rubbed out. Okay,

3394
02:33:14,079 --> 02:33:17,360
he insulted him a little bit, they did. But uh yeah,

3395
02:33:17,399 --> 02:33:19,440
I'm not saying that needs to happen to dreamind but

3396
02:33:19,440 --> 02:33:23,159
I'm not saying it doesn't. Okay, I mean, I mean,

3397
02:33:23,200 --> 02:33:24,840
you look, you put it this way. Let me ask

3398
02:33:24,840 --> 02:33:28,120
you this in all seriousness, and it's not for effect.

3399
02:33:28,440 --> 02:33:30,680
The Rockets play the Warriors in the first round. Okay,

3400
02:33:30,760 --> 02:33:33,319
let's just say game two, Games three, let's go Game three.

3401
02:33:33,360 --> 02:33:36,200
It's gonna be in San Francisco. He's in his element,

3402
02:33:36,239 --> 02:33:39,680
the crowd's going crazy. He starts pulling his bs right. Yes,

3403
02:33:40,120 --> 02:33:43,280
like he does something like what we've talked about, you know,

3404
02:33:43,360 --> 02:33:46,760
long lineage of these injurious type fouls. Yea, not just

3405
02:33:46,799 --> 02:33:49,000
a regular foul, not a hard foul, not a hard

3406
02:33:49,000 --> 02:33:53,079
playoff foul. He does something that hurts somebody on the Rockets. Yes,

3407
02:33:53,520 --> 02:33:55,520
what should the NBA do in response?

3408
02:33:55,559 --> 02:33:58,239
Speaker 2: He should be suspended from multiple games of the series.

3409
02:33:58,639 --> 02:34:02,559
Speaker 9: Absolutely, because forever game you suspend somebody in the postseason,

3410
02:34:02,559 --> 02:34:04,479
that's like five regular season games.

3411
02:34:04,559 --> 02:34:06,959
Speaker 1: Let's say the magnitude of those games. Yeah, he should

3412
02:34:07,040 --> 02:34:10,719
be suspended. Okay, Honestly, I feel like you could.

3413
02:34:10,799 --> 02:34:13,559
Speaker 2: You could literally pull up all the videos and make

3414
02:34:13,600 --> 02:34:15,600
it make an argument that he should be out of

3415
02:34:15,680 --> 02:34:16,159
the NBA.

3416
02:34:16,319 --> 02:34:18,959
Speaker 9: And I'm not even kidding, but he didn't even get

3417
02:34:18,959 --> 02:34:23,879
ejected when he elbowed alprin Chingoon. And this was after

3418
02:34:23,920 --> 02:34:27,000
he got a technical in the half prior. Yeah, you

3419
02:34:27,000 --> 02:34:29,840
remember he got that technical before halftime, right, and then

3420
02:34:29,920 --> 02:34:32,520
after halftime in the third quarter is when he quote

3421
02:34:32,920 --> 02:34:34,120
didn't lead with his.

3422
02:34:34,079 --> 02:34:37,360
Speaker 1: Elbow, even though he completely led with his elbow. Who's

3423
02:34:37,399 --> 02:34:38,159
a natural motion.

3424
02:34:38,399 --> 02:34:40,239
Speaker 9: The only part that was better and the only part

3425
02:34:40,280 --> 02:34:43,159
that always is better about those scenarios is, without fail,

3426
02:34:43,239 --> 02:34:45,200
Steve Kerr will get up there and defend him, and

3427
02:34:45,239 --> 02:34:46,600
their fan base will act like.

3428
02:34:46,799 --> 02:34:49,799
Speaker 1: What he didn't do anything. Fan base is terrible. I

3429
02:34:49,799 --> 02:34:51,959
hate that entire organization and all of their families.

3430
02:34:53,600 --> 02:34:55,840
Speaker 2: That is the one and only Adam planned here on

3431
02:34:55,879 --> 02:34:58,200
the Bat Thomas Show with Ross, We're gonna take a break.

3432
02:34:58,200 --> 02:35:00,639
We got one segment to go, no believe it or not.

3433
02:35:00,719 --> 02:35:02,680
Today when Matt is out, we all give I get

3434
02:35:02,719 --> 02:35:05,399
myself a mental day off with Matt out doing that,

3435
02:35:05,479 --> 02:35:07,799
so I appreciate it. I don't have to write those questions.

3436
02:35:08,000 --> 02:35:09,879
So you gotta want to get in the last segment,

3437
02:35:09,920 --> 02:35:12,799
you can. It's seven one three two one two five

3438
02:35:13,079 --> 02:35:15,319
seven ninety Back in a minute for the final segment

3439
02:35:15,360 --> 02:35:16,520
of The Matt Thomas Show with Ross.

3440
02:35:16,520 --> 02:35:18,639
Speaker 1: All Right, welcome back to the final segment. Got the

3441
02:35:18,639 --> 02:35:20,399
book of Job going on in here.

3442
02:35:22,639 --> 02:35:26,319
Speaker 2: Between segments always more interesting than during segments here on

3443
02:35:26,360 --> 02:35:29,600
Sports Talk seven. Hinty, Adam Plant is here Ross Veria

3444
02:35:29,799 --> 02:35:31,680
with you. By the way to book at Job is heavy.

3445
02:35:32,040 --> 02:35:36,399
I'll take your word for it. Is that a movie.

3446
02:35:36,719 --> 02:35:39,120
It's a book in the Bible. Okay, it's in the

3447
02:35:39,159 --> 02:35:41,719
Old Test. I'm just kidding. Don't look at me like that, Jonathan.

3448
02:35:41,799 --> 02:35:46,040
Speaker 1: It's called job. I grew up Catholic.

3449
02:35:46,079 --> 02:35:49,520
Speaker 2: But anyways, seven three two on two five seven the

3450
02:35:49,520 --> 02:35:50,000
phone number.

3451
02:35:50,079 --> 02:35:51,840
Speaker 1: We've been talking a lot of heavy Rockets talk. I

3452
02:35:51,879 --> 02:35:52,159
love it.

3453
02:35:52,200 --> 02:35:55,479
Speaker 2: We have the game tomorrow which Adam Plant will be

3454
02:35:55,520 --> 02:35:59,520
full throatedly rooting for the Warriors because he wants them

3455
02:35:59,559 --> 02:36:02,920
to come and take on the Houston Rockets. Don't care,

3456
02:36:03,360 --> 02:36:05,319
I really don't care who it is either way, I

3457
02:36:05,879 --> 02:36:08,280
just do think I think the Warriors are going to

3458
02:36:08,280 --> 02:36:09,440
be a bit of a tougher route. I don't think

3459
02:36:09,440 --> 02:36:10,959
it's an accident that are six and now they of

3460
02:36:11,000 --> 02:36:12,879
course they are at home as well, but they're six

3461
02:36:12,879 --> 02:36:14,280
and a half point favorites.

3462
02:36:14,079 --> 02:36:14,840
Speaker 1: Over the Grizzlies.

3463
02:36:14,840 --> 02:36:16,559
Speaker 2: And we can talk about, like you said, we can

3464
02:36:16,600 --> 02:36:18,520
talk about the aura and all that of the teams,

3465
02:36:18,559 --> 02:36:20,559
and it's different teams. It's a different here in Houston.

3466
02:36:20,600 --> 02:36:23,239
I'm talking about as a practicality for the twenty five season.

3467
02:36:23,479 --> 02:36:26,159
With Jimmy Butler added, the Warriors have been playing pretty good.

3468
02:36:26,479 --> 02:36:29,639
I think I think the Grizzlies would be not an

3469
02:36:29,680 --> 02:36:33,399
easy out, but easier perhaps than the Warriors. And at

3470
02:36:33,399 --> 02:36:34,639
the end of the day, this is what I always

3471
02:36:34,680 --> 02:36:36,639
come back to. It doesn't matter what you and I

3472
02:36:36,719 --> 02:36:38,559
root for Clinton. Whatever is going to happen is going

3473
02:36:38,600 --> 02:36:40,239
to happen on that floor in San Francisco, and we'll

3474
02:36:40,239 --> 02:36:41,920
see what happens after Tuesday night.

3475
02:36:42,079 --> 02:36:45,520
Speaker 9: Let me ask you this, the Rockets get the Warriors,

3476
02:36:45,799 --> 02:36:48,840
and they have games one and two at Toyota Center Sunday,

3477
02:36:49,520 --> 02:36:54,360
likely afternoon. If it's the Warriors, I just from that

3478
02:36:54,440 --> 02:36:57,120
graphic that's floating around I tend to agree that that

3479
02:36:57,159 --> 02:36:59,120
would be the matchup FIRS, because if it's Memphis, it

3480
02:36:59,120 --> 02:37:00,000
would be later that night.

3481
02:37:00,120 --> 02:37:02,559
Speaker 1: Whatever. We know it's Sunday. We do know that Sunday.

3482
02:37:02,799 --> 02:37:06,520
Speaker 9: So let's say the Rockets find a way somehow, some

3483
02:37:06,680 --> 02:37:09,440
way to win games one and two.

3484
02:37:09,479 --> 02:37:11,840
Speaker 1: They're up to Oh oh that sounds great, So.

3485
02:37:11,799 --> 02:37:15,600
Speaker 9: They're going back to San Francisco, Okay, and you get

3486
02:37:15,639 --> 02:37:16,680
to the arena that night.

3487
02:37:16,719 --> 02:37:18,399
Speaker 1: Actually you'll know that morning. Uh huh.

3488
02:37:18,520 --> 02:37:23,040
Speaker 9: You see that one of or both of but likely

3489
02:37:23,079 --> 02:37:25,959
one of Scott Foster or Tony Brothers is the official

3490
02:37:26,040 --> 02:37:26,600
for game three.

3491
02:37:26,600 --> 02:37:28,959
Speaker 1: Are you gonna call me crazy? Then? No?

3492
02:37:29,399 --> 02:37:32,799
Speaker 2: Yes, why, well, we'll see the fix. Will have to

3493
02:37:32,799 --> 02:37:34,799
see what the how the game goes with Rockets they

3494
02:37:35,079 --> 02:37:37,159
send in. What if the Rockets win that game? What

3495
02:37:37,200 --> 02:37:38,959
if they do Scott.

3496
02:37:38,600 --> 02:37:41,920
Speaker 1: Foster has called a bunch of games the game. It's

3497
02:37:41,920 --> 02:37:44,520
Scott Foster. I don't know. I know that he and

3498
02:37:44,760 --> 02:37:46,159
he and Chris Paul don't get along.

3499
02:37:46,399 --> 02:37:49,399
Speaker 2: Yeah, it was both sides hated Scott Foster.

3500
02:37:49,879 --> 02:37:50,120
Speaker 1: Paul.

3501
02:37:50,280 --> 02:37:53,879
Speaker 9: Chris Paul has famously like lost like something insane, like

3502
02:37:53,920 --> 02:37:56,520
thirteen straight playoff games that he's been in that that

3503
02:37:56,559 --> 02:38:01,479
Scott Foster has officiated. It's some stupid number. Yeah, but

3504
02:38:01,520 --> 02:38:04,360
I'm saying the game hasn't started yet. I'm talking about

3505
02:38:04,399 --> 02:38:06,879
morning of game three. Rockets are up two. Oh, and

3506
02:38:06,920 --> 02:38:09,799
you see that? What are you supposed to think if

3507
02:38:09,799 --> 02:38:11,280
you've been through all of them?

3508
02:38:11,479 --> 02:38:13,360
Speaker 2: This scenario? When we get it, all right, we'll watch

3509
02:38:13,360 --> 02:38:14,719
the game and see how it plays out and see

3510
02:38:14,719 --> 02:38:18,879
how it gets called. All right, I'm just saying, okay,

3511
02:38:19,600 --> 02:38:21,479
I'm just saying, all right.

3512
02:38:21,680 --> 02:38:22,159
Speaker 1: We'll see.

3513
02:38:22,200 --> 02:38:25,440
Speaker 2: I suppose it's got Well, who's gonna call the LA

3514
02:38:25,520 --> 02:38:27,319
games and get the LA moving along?

3515
02:38:28,319 --> 02:38:30,239
Speaker 9: Well, if you if you talk to anybody out there,

3516
02:38:30,239 --> 02:38:32,319
obviously the Lakers are winning at all.

3517
02:38:32,399 --> 02:38:35,879
Speaker 1: It's it's obvious. It's that's so easy. I'm glad.

3518
02:38:36,159 --> 02:38:39,399
Speaker 2: Well we're on the same page.

3519
02:38:39,399 --> 02:38:40,000
Speaker 1: Oh there you get.

3520
02:38:40,200 --> 02:38:42,959
Speaker 2: I did to tell the truth earlier today, and the

3521
02:38:43,000 --> 02:38:44,680
one that I believe was that the Lakers are a

3522
02:38:44,760 --> 02:38:45,239
hype job.

3523
02:38:45,840 --> 02:38:46,600
Speaker 1: Of course they are.

3524
02:38:46,799 --> 02:38:50,760
Speaker 9: What do you mean if you believe it's fact, you

3525
02:38:50,799 --> 02:38:51,920
can't get away from it.

3526
02:38:52,319 --> 02:38:55,120
Speaker 1: They clarified the follith then you said the fourth one?

3527
02:38:55,360 --> 02:38:57,959
Speaker 2: Uh okay, So are you won all four or just

3528
02:38:57,959 --> 02:38:58,520
the fourth one?

3529
02:38:58,559 --> 02:39:00,879
Speaker 1: Just no, just the Lakers likes are a hot job.

3530
02:39:00,959 --> 02:39:02,319
That was the first opinion I had.

3531
02:39:02,360 --> 02:39:04,600
Speaker 2: The other opinion I had was Esok Paratus was going

3532
02:39:04,639 --> 02:39:06,559
to finish second with the astros.

3533
02:39:06,079 --> 02:39:07,959
Speaker 9: And home runs, but that was a lie. If you

3534
02:39:07,959 --> 02:39:09,920
played all of his games at minute made he could.

3535
02:39:10,000 --> 02:39:11,399
Speaker 1: Yeah, I think he could. Signed him.

3536
02:39:11,399 --> 02:39:13,440
Speaker 2: I think Christian Walker is still up second and with

3537
02:39:13,520 --> 02:39:15,319
of course you word on Hope if you were on

3538
02:39:15,399 --> 02:39:17,360
is it first in home runs at the end of

3539
02:39:17,360 --> 02:39:20,520
the season. Something very wrong has happened with the being

3540
02:39:20,559 --> 02:39:25,079
so Alex Bregman Alex Bregman as an astro as it.

3541
02:39:25,120 --> 02:39:28,319
I was gonna say he's slowed down since that Big

3542
02:39:28,399 --> 02:39:34,440
six RBI game as a Red Socks person, red socks

3543
02:39:34,479 --> 02:39:38,079
as a Red soxsman, not a socksman. Yeah, red socksman.

3544
02:39:38,879 --> 02:39:40,360
That sounds weird to say. I don't want to say

3545
02:39:40,399 --> 02:39:42,520
that anymore so so going back to the Lakers, don't

3546
02:39:42,719 --> 02:39:46,000
know abou Kyle Tucker anyways, going back to the Lakers, Yeah,

3547
02:39:46,040 --> 02:39:48,559
I mean, look, Austin Reeves is good, Lebron is good,

3548
02:39:49,040 --> 02:39:51,360
Luca is good. But at the stage in the careers,

3549
02:39:51,479 --> 02:39:53,479
I mean, Austin Reeves is probably the better defender of

3550
02:39:53,520 --> 02:39:56,040
the three of them. I mean They're starting Jackson Hayes

3551
02:39:56,079 --> 02:39:58,280
at center, and it's like Gabe Vincent.

3552
02:39:58,159 --> 02:40:01,559
Speaker 9: You have potentially the most nauseating path to the Western

3553
02:40:01,559 --> 02:40:04,920
Conference Finals possible. You know that, right if you're the Rockets,

3554
02:40:05,319 --> 02:40:08,120
Because if it's the Warriors, you get out of that

3555
02:40:08,200 --> 02:40:11,079
series somehow, some way, because you know it did just automatically.

3556
02:40:11,079 --> 02:40:13,280
They're the Warriors, So the Rockets shoudn't even show up, right,

3557
02:40:13,399 --> 02:40:15,600
That's what we're being told here by Ross and others.

3558
02:40:15,719 --> 02:40:17,760
Speaker 2: Oh my god, I did not say that. I'm picking

3559
02:40:17,840 --> 02:40:19,959
the Warriors. If you get to the Semis, all right,

3560
02:40:20,000 --> 02:40:22,159
the gas light King is here, I'm picking the Rockets

3561
02:40:22,159 --> 02:40:22,959
to beat the Warriors.

3562
02:40:23,120 --> 02:40:23,399
Speaker 1: Okay.

3563
02:40:23,440 --> 02:40:25,159
Speaker 9: So you get to the Semis and the Lakers are

3564
02:40:25,200 --> 02:40:28,879
standing there, you realize that, right, if they beat the Timberwolves,

3565
02:40:28,920 --> 02:40:30,040
that's who you're facing is the Lakers.

3566
02:40:30,040 --> 02:40:33,440
Speaker 1: Honestly, Timberwolves could knock them out, That's true, and as

3567
02:40:33,520 --> 02:40:36,120
part of me thinks they they probably will. Oh honestly,

3568
02:40:36,120 --> 02:40:36,680
I want to get up.

3569
02:40:36,760 --> 02:40:38,760
Speaker 2: I wish Lakers minus four and a half for Game one.

3570
02:40:38,760 --> 02:40:40,360
By the way, I wish we had sports gambling here.

3571
02:40:40,399 --> 02:40:42,719
I would love to see a series price. I think,

3572
02:40:43,319 --> 02:40:45,360
just on its face, I feel like the Lakers. The

3573
02:40:45,399 --> 02:40:47,319
Timberwolves are gonna have a good series. Price I would

3574
02:40:47,360 --> 02:40:49,719
like to probably bet on them. I also liked how

3575
02:40:49,760 --> 02:40:52,760
about this. We were talking about this earlier, talking about

3576
02:40:52,760 --> 02:40:56,559
disrespect and all that type of stuff. Championship odds, the

3577
02:40:56,600 --> 02:40:59,159
favorites are around two to one, talking about the Celtics

3578
02:40:59,239 --> 02:41:02,600
and the under I think this. The Calves are like

3579
02:41:02,600 --> 02:41:05,479
five to one, the Rockets are forty five to one.

3580
02:41:06,040 --> 02:41:09,120
Speaker 9: Say think they were saying they basically think they shouldn't

3581
02:41:09,159 --> 02:41:10,399
even show up to their games.

3582
02:41:10,559 --> 02:41:13,319
Speaker 2: Twenty five bucks, I mean, sorry, twenty bucks on that

3583
02:41:13,479 --> 02:41:15,280
wins you nine hundred dollars.

3584
02:41:15,520 --> 02:41:17,399
Speaker 1: You're butt twenty dollars on that. But the Rockets have

3585
02:41:17,440 --> 02:41:19,079
to win the championship. How many teams?

3586
02:41:19,079 --> 02:41:22,680
Speaker 9: How many teams are behind them in this playoff field?

3587
02:41:22,719 --> 02:41:24,600
Speaker 2: It's not a lot, I'll go. I'm trying to go.

3588
02:41:24,719 --> 02:41:26,200
I'm trying to pull up the email. I mean, that's

3589
02:41:26,239 --> 02:41:28,280
just I might have deleted it and I'm sorry.

3590
02:41:28,399 --> 02:41:33,040
Speaker 9: Like people like like that jackass discount Jesus looking dude

3591
02:41:33,040 --> 02:41:35,079
on FS one. I won't I won't say his name

3592
02:41:35,120 --> 02:41:40,159
because he's a turd. Are like, well, you know, the Rockets,

3593
02:41:40,399 --> 02:41:43,479
they're the two. But they're really the seven. I love

3594
02:41:43,559 --> 02:41:49,399
Lebron and Patrick Mahalmes like he just the amount of disrespect. Now, look,

3595
02:41:49,440 --> 02:41:51,680
if the Rockets roll over and die in the first round,

3596
02:41:51,879 --> 02:41:53,639
I'm not gonna I'm gonna be eating all of this.

3597
02:41:53,959 --> 02:41:55,479
Speaker 2: All right, let's so you know what, I'm gonna pull

3598
02:41:55,559 --> 02:41:57,200
up our good friend, DraftKings. So you know you can

3599
02:41:57,239 --> 02:41:58,879
download the DraftKings pick six.

3600
02:41:58,680 --> 02:42:01,239
Speaker 1: App and take your word for it. They don't pay

3601
02:42:01,280 --> 02:42:03,000
me and.

3602
02:42:03,040 --> 02:42:09,079
Speaker 2: Use code spotlight. Here we go, Team Futures Finals winner.

3603
02:42:09,360 --> 02:42:11,000
They have the Thunder, like I said, a little bit

3604
02:42:11,040 --> 02:42:13,959
under two to one Celtics as well.

3605
02:42:14,079 --> 02:42:16,079
Speaker 9: So what do they have thunder Celtics in the finals

3606
02:42:16,159 --> 02:42:20,920
or is it thunder Calves or uh uh?

3607
02:42:21,440 --> 02:42:23,959
Speaker 1: This is eight thousand to one? Is this correct? Is

3608
02:42:23,959 --> 02:42:33,280
this eighty to one? What doesn't sound ten buckses sound promising? Dude?

3609
02:42:33,319 --> 02:42:34,440
You put twenty bucks on that.

3610
02:42:37,360 --> 02:42:40,600
Speaker 2: Sixteen hundred bucks, I'll take the Rockets in eighty to one,

3611
02:42:40,719 --> 02:42:41,319
then do it.

3612
02:42:42,000 --> 02:42:43,959
Speaker 1: Well, I can't because we don't. We don't live in

3613
02:42:43,959 --> 02:42:45,000
a state where the.

3614
02:42:44,920 --> 02:42:48,360
Speaker 2: Politicians aren't controlled enough by the by the gambling interests.

3615
02:42:48,399 --> 02:42:49,479
Speaker 1: I guess there's a way.

3616
02:42:51,000 --> 02:42:53,760
Speaker 2: Yeah, all right, I'm gonna drive Lake Charles tonight. Actually

3617
02:42:53,840 --> 02:42:55,799
I'm off. I'm off at two o'clock for the day.

3618
02:42:56,559 --> 02:42:58,280
I could drive down there, hang out for a little

3619
02:42:58,280 --> 02:43:01,719
bit and come back. I can't get it. We're supposed

3620
02:43:01,760 --> 02:43:03,440
to go there in May. It's gonna be too late.

3621
02:43:04,120 --> 02:43:05,920
I literally need to find somebody to get this down

3622
02:43:05,959 --> 02:43:08,600
for me. I just put twenty bucks on it, sixteen

3623
02:43:08,639 --> 02:43:10,159
hundred if they win it all eighty to one? Are

3624
02:43:10,200 --> 02:43:13,959
you kidding me? That's tied with the Pacers, worse than

3625
02:43:13,959 --> 02:43:16,959
the Tea Wolves, Clippers, Nicks, Warriors.

3626
02:43:17,000 --> 02:43:19,879
Speaker 1: Your Warriors are seventeen to one. They're not my warriors.

3627
02:43:20,360 --> 02:43:24,799
Nuggets are twenty five to one. Lakers are fourteen to one.

3628
02:43:25,000 --> 02:43:27,680
Get out of here. That is absurd.

3629
02:43:28,719 --> 02:43:34,079
Speaker 2: Well something to think about, all right, I have to

3630
02:43:34,079 --> 02:43:35,879
get I'm not have to get the seriously need to

3631
02:43:35,879 --> 02:43:37,559
figure something out. But I mean, look, I don't think

3632
02:43:37,600 --> 02:43:39,479
the Rockets are winning the championship, but eighty to one

3633
02:43:39,559 --> 02:43:41,600
is good value. That means if they play these playoffs

3634
02:43:41,639 --> 02:43:45,440
eighty times eighty one times, can the Astros win once?

3635
02:43:45,639 --> 02:43:49,879
Speaker 1: I mean the Rockets. Yes, it's all takes.

3636
02:43:49,799 --> 02:43:51,719
Speaker 2: That's all it takes. All right, that's gonna do it

3637
02:43:51,760 --> 02:43:55,200
for the man. Thomas Show with Ross. My special thanks

3638
02:43:55,239 --> 02:43:58,639
to program Director of the Year Chris Gordy for stopping

3639
02:43:58,680 --> 02:44:00,639
by for a little bit. I appreciate him. Thank you,

3640
02:44:00,639 --> 02:44:04,680
Adam Clinton talking about how much you love the Warriors.

3641
02:44:04,719 --> 02:44:08,079
Appreciate you. Thanks to Jonathan Allen producing doing a great

3642
02:44:08,159 --> 02:44:12,760
job as he always does. Matt Thomas will be back tomorrow.

3643
02:44:13,280 --> 02:44:15,319
My name is Rossity Reel. I'll be back with you too.

3644
02:44:15,399 --> 02:44:18,120
Ten Am, right now, don't go anywhere. It's the A

3645
02:44:18,319 --> 02:44:22,600
Team with Adam and Adam