Speaker 1: Is The Matt Thomas Show with Ross Down. Good morning, Dan,
Welcome to a Monday edition The Matt Thomas Show with Ross.
I'm here in Indianapolis, Indiana, where tonight your Houston Rockets
will be taking on the hated Indiana Pacers. And speaking
of hate, Rossie, I missed the warm weather. Is it
like seventy five in Houston right now? Please tell me
it is?
Speaker 2: Uh?
Speaker 1: No, it was a little. It's warmer than it was yesterday,
and over the weekend it was like chili. It was
like in the forties over the weekend. I don't know
the exact weather right now, but I'm gonna say it
feels much warmer, like maybe even close to sixty.
Speaker 3: So you know, Tank, you know tank, top of thong.
If you're telling me audience fifty.
Speaker 1: Four, sorry, I am in sweatpants mode until further notice.
Speaker 3: I think I gonna be in swett pants mode until
I go to the home, you.
Speaker 1: Know, sweatpants and hoodie mode my Manchester City, even though
they let me down yesterday.
Speaker 3: Yeah, uh, peeling the curtain back.
Speaker 1: The oldest of my three children decided to spend some
quality time with his uncle Ross. Yes, yes, you were
up to a two nothing lead. Were you cocky when
it was two nothings? No, I was not. We literally
were telling him, here comes the city collapse because your
son got all sad because you know he's a huge
Tottenham fan. Yeah, he was getting all sad because it
was too nil city And literally me and the other
City fans were like, dude, it's fine, the collapses on
and it happened. Well, it was a two two tie,
so yeah, the over under awo point five on goals.
You should take the over on there. Yes, and good
a good time perhad by all, I'm assuming. Oh yeah,
it was a good time. Your son crushed some fish
and chips. Oh, and we watched some your watch some
English football, So I mean, what goes better with English
football than fish and chips? Please tell me you put
lots of vinegar on those fish and chips. It's funny
you say that. Uh oh, because they brought them all vinegar.
And then he went to go sit down and he
left he They put it on the bar table and
then he went to the like the eating table to
sit and he left them all vinegar. I was like, oh,
I said, hey man, he can't leave them all vinegar.
He's like, no, I'm good. Oh no. Then literally someone
else said, oh, hey, you forgot the minute and we
were both like what you can't not get the vinegar,
and so you literally brought it up. That's so funny. Yeah,
this is all organic. By the way, I just checked
with him yesterday. I said, how did you have ross
of a good time? You have but a great time?
Da da da, And he didn't mention fish and chips.
Speaker 3: He didn't mention Vigard mentioned.
Speaker 1: Yeah, he bathed pretty well. I mean he was talking
some trash when they scored the second goal, but that's
warranted because we were talking trash when when City got
their goals. I mean, that's it's all all fun in
the game. Please tell me he wasn't soaring at you. No, no,
he just said we own your small club and he
was clean. Wow. I mean Tottenham is Tottenham owned City.
It's so bad all right. Now, we've got the ten
o'clock soccer audience taken care of. Uh, we got the
rockets and pacers tonight here in Indianapolis, and there will
be no Kevin Durant in the lineup tonight. And he
has been ruled out with a bad ankle this evening.
Oh great, it's Indiana, right, I mean you got you
know what. Sometimes guy's gonna put the big boy pants on, right,
let's go don Yes, Steven Adams, Nope, not gonna happen.
He's got his big boy boot on. You know what,
Let's get let's get some big points from Adrian Finney
Smith if you will. Okay, when's again? And when's he
coming off a minute restriction? I don't know, but he's
gonna be playing a lot of mess tonight. I'm assume
Josha Coche isn't playing well. Got another double digit scoring
last other night. Saturday night's game was fun inside Tota Center.
Uh six different Rockets and double figures, including one Josha Kogie.
So it's all good on that. Uh So, yeah, the
Rockets will take on this Pacer team today. PACER's playing
a little bit better. They were Atrocio to start the season.
Now they're just bad. Uh, but they're still well under
five hundred. They're not gonna have any hopes of a playoff.
The Rocket team to beat them up because they've got
a Wednesday Thursday back to back at home. Wednesday Boston
is playing and that's the most surprising team in the
NBA at this point, and Thursday it'll be Charlotte, who,
by the way, beat the San Antonio Spurs on Saturday.
They've been playing some really good basketball the last two
weeks or so. They have won six in a row.
The Charlotte Hornets, Charlotte Hornets. Gotta worry about these pesky hornets.
I've never worried about a pesky hornet in my life.
Oh really, you never got the hornet stings. Not since
Grandma and Alonzo morning, I think I've worried about the hornets.
O j R. Reid, Grandmama, Grandmama. All right, a lot
of little things to get to today. I want to
drop of you, just saying Grandmama, Grandmama, no matter Italian,
get the meat balls in the morning. Is speaking of pizza.
We didn't had pizza last night at Giordano's, which is
a Chicago place in general. Yes, it's Indianapolis, so this
is in the mecca of food. I mean it's also
a tourist trappy Gerdono's go ahead, but it's also about
thirty five steps from our hotel. And it was seven
forty five at night. It was cold, so We're like, hey,
let's go get some pizza. So we did. I'm a
loom on that he's a guy. I don't disagree with
luman and naughties. And when you're in Chicago, is the
is the definitely go to. But it was good. I'll
just say this again. Deep dish to me is over rated.
Oh Jesus, it's delicious, heavy, it's delicious, and yeah, that's
what's beauty about it. First of all, you do have
to wait like forty minutes to get it, which is
kind of true. I'll give you that. I would certainly
give you that, but then you get two slices in
your full while you're waiting for those forty minutes, you
get a soup and a salad and you fill up
and then you only need like two slices. Well, I
did not get a soup and salad beforehand. Others in
our party did, and they regretted it immediately when there
are pizzas came out because those things are oh you
you need it for six weeks.
Speaker 4: We get it.
Speaker 1: We're also on the town. I mean, you're not traveling
from the arena to your hotel room, back to the
arena of the plane back no, no, get a ziplock
mag and take it to the arena. It's all good. Ross,
I got breaking news for you. They do feed you
the arena as well. Maybe not as good as h
as a Jaredo's. Yeah, I think gior Donald's and Gino's
easts are. I mean, they're all touristys for sure. Local
Chicagoans will tell you. But I'm a Luma Nani's guy.
But though everybody's like, oh no, we like Chicago tavern style.
This the locals they get all mad and pissy. We
did have tavern style yesterday, as a matter of fact,
one of the pizzas did, so that's the one I
went with. Not nearly as heavy, not like thin crust,
but a step above that. But and that will also
take care of our pizza talk for them. But I
just want to give you a little heads up of
what's happening here in the It's February, folks, yeah it is.
What do you want some bad radio road gas? We
can do that too if you want. Okay, coming up
Carl Mecklenburg. Hey, come on, man, that's disrespectful to Karl Mecklenberg.
Bronco's legend. Eric Hipple former detroitent Lions quarterback. I know
who Eric Hipple is. When I had him on about
four or five years ago, I was like, this is
pretty cool. I'm thinking of myself. My god, no one
who used to knows who Eric Hipple is. And two
tall Jones still making the rounds. Is he even alive? Okay,
let's guess I will say yes. I'm gonna say alive. Yes, Okay,
we're both right, all right? Harvey Martin still alive? Yes?
Or no? Harvey Martin?
Speaker 3: Yeah, Dallas Cowboy.
Speaker 1: Seventy and Harvey Martin is dead two thousand and one.
Speaker 3: Oh, I never interviewed a minute.
Speaker 1: It's a false memory. Yeah. I just get mid eighty
players and I'm like, okay, you can you come on
the show to promote some diaper changing service or something.
I don't know. It's usually pretty good. Kyle Turley come
on and talk about a CBD oils. Ryan Leaf, how
you feeling this week? I've had better week. He was
surly during the interview, like just blow us off, just
don't show up. Yeah, I was so mad. Well. The
reality now about Radio Row is it's now it's called
me media because people are doing podcasts and guess who's
doing the podcast the Stars.
Speaker 3: Well, I have another question about that. Yeah, you know,
we had.
Speaker 1: Sometimes issues getting the premier premier guest because we're Houston.
Speaker 3: We're not La New York Chicago. Correct.
Speaker 1: Now, when you're these booking agents are booking podcasts, do
they literally ask you for download numbers? Like? What do
they do? How do you how do you politely say, uh, yeah,
you only have a thousand podcasts? Uh, downloads, you suck.
We're not going to go on your show. That's what
they're doing. Man, that's you gotta get your feelings hurt.
If you have some kind of little middling podcast and
you go up there, well, I'll say this, Uh, there's
a former astro no I won't name his name, Rustin Rorlander,
that would you know, would politely decline our show because
we weren't didn't have a big enough audience.
Speaker 3: Mm hmmm, So they do. Some of these guys are
savvy to it.
Speaker 1: Now again, I would think if you're Rustin Rodlander, you
should definitely go on to Houston radio show or in Houston,
And we have the most astros fans in Houston listening
to for sure. I mean, mong astro against sports radio
in Houston. People coming to us for the astro stuff,
and we greatly appreciate that. But Rustin didn't understand those things,
but that's fine. He was looking for more of the
Ryan ratrics and the Rollin Baalherd's kind of shows like that. Yeah,
but they don't talk baseball on those national shows, so
it's kind of anyway. Uh okay, So there's I got
a lot of little things. You know when you get
when you get on a flight and you're figuring out
what you're gonna do for the Monday show. Huh, we'll
have to tell the truth coming up today eleven thirty.
Looking forward to that, well, the news at noon, and
then we'll obviously have our believe it or not at
one fifty. I was thinking about a variety of little
things on there, and then a couple of things popped up.
Speaker 3: There is a story speaking of Italians.
Speaker 1: Is it Graziani or Grazioni that works that writes for ESPN?
Speaker 3: Dan, Dan Crazy Dan?
Speaker 1: Then the Graziano, I thought, Grazia.
Speaker 5: I know.
Speaker 1: They've a stereotype on the show. What did he say
about the Texans and CJ.
Speaker 3: You're going to have to wait because I'm gonna need
you to get a small for if you're if you're
inclined to to smoke or drink at ten thirty in
the morning, I'm gonna let you do that.
Speaker 1: I don't endorse it. I don't certainly want you to
do overcompensate and do too much of it. Okay, but
there is a Dan Graziano story out there that's going
to melt your minds about the Texans. Great, So get
at that going on. Did you watch any of the
NBC basketball last night? I did not that basketball double header.
You know what, I have to get a better grasp
and I'll honestly, the NBA needs to do this too.
I used to know, as we were talking about this,
like it's NBA on T on T on Thursdays. It
was ESPN on Wednesdays. Like I had the calendar. I
don't know what the hell's going on with the calendar now. Yeah, well,
first of all, they've done the NBA has done a
terrible job of pushing it.
Speaker 3: I know they put little mentions out there.
Speaker 1: They should do this on every social medium over and
over and over again because the schedule is so inconsistent.
This sound and I package your games just popped up
and it was a big deal for NBC. That's part
of the reason why I don't even hear about it
and I follow it should show up in my four
youtab I follow NBA accounts, mostly followed the NBA, and
I know it was a huge doubleheader with the Lakers
against the Knicks and then it was the thunder at
the Denver Nuggets.
Speaker 3: And they had a pregame show on yesterday which.
Speaker 1: Featured Carmelal Anthony, Vince Carter, oh, Tracy McGrady, and they
had a special guest Kaitlyn Clark, and she was actually
pretty good and.
Speaker 3: It was just kind of just talking big school back.
Speaker 4: Oh.
Speaker 1: Reggie Miller was on there too. For some reason, Caitlyn
did a side eye to Reggie Miller and you're like,
what could she possibly have? He said that got Caitlin
Clark aside. So we'll tell you about that coming up
a little bit. So that's that to get to today,
ROSSI in San Francisco. You know, there are uncomfortable press
conferences you have to have when you're CEOs of things.
You know, like let's say, let's say your company is
down eleven percent in profits or you've got the irs
coming after you, or the any sort of legal issue
you've been sued, and you have to and you're if
you're the leader of the company, you have to come
up and have these uncomfortable press conferences. Well, there's one
uncomfortable press conference per year in sports, and it's when
Roger Goodell speaks to the media at the state of
the NFL at the Super Bowl. This might be you know,
people complain about how much Roger Goodell makes, but he
because he's the fall guy for the thirty two owners,
so that that's easy to say. Right. Yes, he's going
to have a bunch of things to get to today
that's going to make him feel like, you know, I
earn my paycheck this week, and we'll discuss about some
of the things that could be causing him some aanks
today as he meets with the national media. If you
would like to join our show today, and we certainly
invite you to do so. Again, it's not the most
piping hot sports week. We do have a super Bowl
coming up. But I'm gonna just I know you guys,
because we're family here, I know the Houston sports market.
We'll be doing it a long time. I don't think
you're getting into a deep dive conversation of the Patriots
tight ends versus the linebackers that may cover them for
the Seahawks. I mean, we can do that if you want,
but I don't feel like that's a primary goal of
the sh show this week. So uh, if we've got
a right of little things to get to and I
want to get to it. But again at ten thirty
this morning, coming up the next in the second segment
of the show. Third segment, a very uncomfortable piece of
commentary has come from an ESPN NFL writer. Will tell
you about that as well. Seven one three two one
two five seven nine zero is how you reach our
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Rockets and Pacers tonight. We'll get to that as well
throughout the course of the show. We have to tell
the truth that he was at noon and believe it
or not, all on a busy Monday. It is a
Matt Thomas Joel Ross here in Indianapolis on Sports Talk
seven ninety and again reminding you of the wee can
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at seven one three two one two five seven ninety
whatever he's on your mind, if not. Ross and Alpen
sit back, relaxed, talking sports pontificate life here on the show.
A couple of the NBA notes All Star Game announcements
were made yesterday for reserves Kevin durant In Alprin schengoon
out my first blush response to that sports however, he
was good. His ankles one hundred percent. He is shot
woefully in the last three games. He needs some downtime.
I'm all for him not playing. Yeah, myself as well.
I think the production has been down as of late
and this shouldn't be shocking. But many on Rockets Twitter
upset with him. But you have to have the context.
As you mentioned, he came back. It was supposed to
be like a They thought it was gonna be a
multi week ankle injury. He came back. Was it five days,
right or something like that, So a lot sooner than
was supposed to be for sure. So he's out there,
he's gutting it out. As you said, it's the middle
of the season. He's playing fairly well considering the fact
that he has been dealing with an ankle injury, and
box scorer watchers don't like that context. But it's true,
and he needs as absolutely as you say. He needs
the All Star break in the worst way. And ross
maybe it's just because I'm becoming older and I don't
want to be that older guy. But I mean, that's
how life works. I despise All Star stuff. The Pro
Bowl Game, the Flying Football Game is tomorrow night in
San Francisco. This All Star is when they're doing three
No you see, I'm giving you breaking news. There are
three All Star teams of five. I don't even know
what the hell the NBA is doing, and I don't
particularly care. I am going to stay you and I'll
be busy down in Florida, but I don't care, and
it just irritates me. There's nothing to fix the All
Star Game. You can give them five million dollars apiece.
You can make them go on one leg. You can
do international versus usay, you can do a horse contest.
Speaker 3: I don't care what you do. I hate it, and
I love the NBA.
Speaker 1: You are listening to someone right now that loves the
NBA and I hate the All Star Game. Well, I
don't see a reason to hate it. Just don't watch it.
But also, I guess the USA versus the world has
me somewhat intrigued. And also the fact that Wenby said
he's gonna play really hard. Maybe I'll try to body
in the court again and break every bone and his
elbows and riggage. We don't want him to do that,
but we do. We don't.
Speaker 3: I don't want him to be now I'm gonna get hurt.
Speaker 1: But if he gets like a small samd also, hey,
it's out of my control if he gets hurt, and
it allows the Rockets to climb up standings. It is
what it is. It is what it is. What teas
Way Rockets are climbing up, getting closer to that two
spot san Antonio. Oh man, they'd be even closer if
they could have beat him and that collapsed in the
fourth quarter. Hey, hey, we can't win every game, Rose,
would they be time of them or no? No, they'd
be no. All right, one more thing before we get
to some callers in this in this NFL story about
the Texans, So I mentioned last night I was watching
Sunday Night NBA, and I think NBAC has done a
fantastic job. They do a great job on football. They
give a damn about basketball. People just don't remember it.
But they do do a really nice job. There were
two problems with it, and I'm gonna give the lesser
of the two. First. So, at halftime of the second
game between Oklahoma City and Denver, they went to Maria Taylor,
who's the host of the show, and she was on
the set at the at Madison Square Garden with McGrady
and Vince Carter and Carmel Anthony, and they were talking
about All Star snubs and all this was live or tape,
It doesn't really matter what it was. Maria's like, man,
who do you guys think are snubs? And they brought
up one player I can't remember, somebody from Toronto forgot
They wanted to they wanted to get him in there,
and they said there was somebody else.
Speaker 3: She had two.
Speaker 1: None of the three guys knew remembered who they forgot about.
The thought was being snubbed. You're on national television at halftime,
she throws you a question that you already knew was coming,
and you didn't have the answer right off the top
of your head. That's pretty much I thought it was.
It goes to what those guys don't do, and they
don't prep for their job. They're basically getting their job
because of name and their greatness as a player. And
I look at a lot of those guys get those jobs.
But it was a softball question and it was like
ten seconds of awkward silence because none of the three
guys remember who the second snub was. That's horribly true.
It was horrible, but that wasn't the worst part of
the night. So Caitlin Clark is on this pregame show
and I'm doing it a couple times, and she was
very good. She I like her a lot. I'm not
a huge fan of WNBA. I mean, I might down
the road if the team gets why Houston's we can
actually care about it.
Speaker 3: But she's she was really pretty good on this thing.
Speaker 1: So it was her And I want to say Carmelo
or somebody and Reggie Miller on this set and Maria says, hey, Reggie,
who's your comp on who Caitlyn Clark is in the NBA.
That go have variety different directions, but needless to say,
Ross is not. Caitlyn Clark probably the most talented and
certainly the most recognizable player in the WNBA correct currently
most recognizable. Now, she didn't play a whole lot lesser.
She battled injuries, but you know when her rookie year,
she was fantastic. Yeah, I think Asia Wilson seems to win.
Who's winning the MVP every year? Isn't it Asia Wilson
or something like that? Your guess as good as mine. Sure,
why not? We have four time MVP. We'll go with
Ajia Wilson as the most talented. So Reggie says, hmm,
I'll go with the Celtics Peyton Prichard. What That's what
America did not that Peyton Pritchard is not a fine
NBA basketball player and certainly has elevated his game as
a score and it's an outside threat. But you're Reggie
Miller and you are traveling on his NBA streets, and
the best comp you can come up with for Caitlin
Clark a generational franchise lead changing player is Peyton Prichard. Hey, No,
Peyton Pritcher's having a good year. He's having a great year.
But if Peyton Pritchard walk into a grocery store in Houston,
Texas and got in the line and the woman says,
how are you doing, sir, And he says great, And
the woman says, what do you do for living?
Speaker 3: What is your name?
Speaker 1: Peyton?
Speaker 3: What's your name? My name is Peyton Pritchard. She'd go,
what do you do for living?
Speaker 1: Peyton Prichard? I mean he's known in Boston, but not
many now other places. Yes, that is just like I
heard that comp I'm like, are you kidding me, Peyton Pritchard? MM,
I just and so she side eyed him. She didn't
mean to, but you need to go look at the
video of it. It's hysterical. She's like, I am I'm
getting chartered planes in full arenas and television revenues, and
we're about to go on strike because of what I've
been able to bring the league and you just call
me Peyton Pritchard of the WNBA. That's pretty bad. It was, Well,
Reggie Miller not knowing ball, We'll be shocking Miller the
number one analyst at NBC. So let's see. She averaged
sixteen point five points per game last year. He averaged
sixteen point eight this year. Wait, maybe Reggie's onto something,
Maybe he is, Maybe she is. Richard does ball? WNBA
comes to the Peyton Pritchard of the WNBA in a
game near you? She only she only shot was she
heard a lot. I guess right, last year she was. Yeah,
her rookie is really good. She's got thirty seven percent
from the field last year. Come on, I don't know
that Is that terrible for WNB standards though, Matt, No,
I'm serious in asking Question's not terrible. I think. I mean,
I'm gonna assume there's very few point shooters in the
WNBAMM don't look it up. Don't know. I did. Mostly everybody's.
The worst team in basketball was the Connecticuts. On that
as a team, they shot forty one percent as a
team from three No, no, no, I'm sorry, from the from
the uh yeah, the field. I was talking about three
point range. Oh, from the from the field. As a league,
they averaged thirty three point eight percent. That's not bad.
NBA is like thirty six. Yeah, it's not dramatically different.
All right, let's go to a phone call before we
get to our NFL talk that you're gonna just go,
oh what Gary on seven ninety at ten to twenty eight, Gary,
good morning.
Speaker 4: Hey, good morning guys. Can you hear me? All right?
Speaker 1: Yes?
Speaker 4: Okay, yeah, these times they are rather slow. Right now,
when we've got a segment on the on the WNBA.
But that's what I was calling about. But minus a
w that game Saturday night, that was really a good game.
I haven't had a chance to see that. Who's that
rookie flag? See him play? Man so impressed. He's gonna
I don't know if he's gonna break all the records
or what he's gonna do, but he's gonna be the
highest paid player when his time comes, and he's gonna man,
he's gonna make all the All Star games. He his
career is set by an injury. Of course, he is
really a great player. Really glad to see the Rockets win.
They're really hard to beat at home. One thing I
wanted to mention because they had it was on I
think count thirteen, I believe it was on and they
had Charles Barkley and his crew on there. And of
course Barkley he hates Houston because he thinks they screwed
him out of some money back in the day, so
he hardly ever says anything good about Houston. But did
you hear it the post game what he said when
they asked it was his turn to for him to
rate Houston as far as the playoffs and the title goes,
did you hear what he said?
Speaker 1: No?
Speaker 4: Yeah, he said, and he might have a point here,
and I kind of agree with him a little bit.
He said he doesn't put him in the elite. They
don't think they have a chance, and mainly because they
don't have a point guard. He said that Thompson is
doing a good job trying to be one, but in
not wear him down and he's out of position. So
once they go to the playoffs and it becomes a
slow down half court game, then that's when Houston will
get overtook. So he'll never give Houston any props or anything,
but he might have a little point there. But I
just want to see what y'all thought about his comment there.
Speaker 1: Thanks Gary. It's it's frankly easy on the national scale,
and we can do the same thing locally. Ross it's
easier to tell you why somebody's not gonna win something
that's fair to why they win because only one team
didn't wins, right. I mean, you could find flaws in
every one of the thirty teams and you'll feel like
you're right ninety.
Speaker 3: Nine percent of the time because you arguing ninety percent correct.
Speaker 1: It's the beauty of sports pundictry, punditry, and then you say,
you say you're right for months and then you end
up being wrong and then you say you're sorry, and
everybody moves on forgets about it. Yeah, I don't know. Uh,
that's why I don't. We don't do a lot of
prediction segments on this show because so if we get
it right, we're gonna overly brag, and then we get
it wrong on it's gonna forget we said it. That's
how that's how the national folks are. I mean, it'd
be easier. I mean, you go up and go give
Charles Barkley seven or eight teams. It's a lot easier
for him to tell you how somebody's not gonna win
as compared to why somebody is going to win. All right,
let's take a quick time out. We got a lot
of folks that want to come in and say hello,
and for that we thank you. We really appreciate you.
Ten o'clocker as being a part of the Matt Thomas
Show Ross seven one three two one two five seven
ninety I'm going to read you parts of an ESPN
NFL story about free agent or excuse me, current contracts
for the Texans involving their two most high profile contracts.
Speaker 2: Uh.
Speaker 1: Upcoming and it's going to boggle your mind. Ten thirty
on Sports Talk seven ninety, We have to tell the truth.
Coming up today at eleven thirty, it's matter ross him.
Here in Indianapolis, Kevin Durant will not play tonight for
the Rockets against the Indiana Pacers. We'll have the broadcast
beginning with the Rockets launch pad at five five thirty.
Network pregame six o'clock will be the tip time here
from Indy. All right, So, Rossie, I'm reading ESPN yesterday
and they playing with some bad bunny Matt Yeah, I
don't know his music. Congratulations is a bad bunny for
Album of the Year at the Grammys last night. Should
I download it? Sure? Why not? I guess I'm gonna
give it a try. Yeah, not my music. And also
congratulations to Kendrick Lamar for his three Grammy wins.
Speaker 3: He's a Barry Manilow of this generation. That's right, twenty.
Speaker 1: Seven Grammy Award wins. It's a record for a rapper.
He passed Jay Z. He's one short of Quincy Jones.
He is fifth on the All time Grammy Award winning
list all artists ever. Congratulations and Kendrick Lamar, Yes, congratulations him,
Very proud for him. All right, back at it, Dad
Graziano does five teams about contract extensions and just picked
I'm always doing five at a time, where he just
happened to pick five. One of the five teams he
brought up was the Houston Texans. Okay, And the two
key extension candidates this year are, of course c J.
Stroud and Will Anderson Junior. What do the little what
are the easy one? First? Will Anderson twelve sacks season,
one of the best defensive players in the NFL, He
was a third pick in the twenty twenty three draft,
Defensive Rookie of the Year, all this kind of stuff,
and he has been everything as advertised. Now Micah Parsons
we talked about last week. ROSSI is at forty six
and a half million dollars a year, and then you
have what Hutchinson for the Lions is what at forty five?
Speaker 3: What that's TJ not JJ forty one million dollars a year.
Speaker 1: Then the Garrett at forty million dollars Okay, So it
sounds like to me that Will Anderson, according to Dan Graziano,
believes that Will's gonna be in that forty million dollar club. Okay,
whether he gets to Micah Parsons level, they don't know, because,
as you talked about a few days ago, that contract
just completely will put the whole past gal out of whack. Yeah,
but the anticipation is, according to Dan Graziano, that uh,
the Anderson will sign a four year contract one hundred
and seventy six million dollars with one hundred and twenty
one of that guaranteed in signing Aiden Hutchinson was around,
was a four point eighty or one any five? I think?
Does it say that? Yeah, it doesn't say in this story. Okay,
all right, so four years, one to seventy six? What
is that? Set's?
Speaker 3: Forty four year basically? Am I right about that?
Speaker 1: For sure? Three somewhere in that range. Okay, now let's
get to CJ. So yeah, that would be I think
Hutchinson was forty five. I don't think he's gonna want
I don't think he's gonna get worse than a Hutchinson deal. No,
And look, the Texans have always taken care of their
first rounders. Yeah, and good second rounders two. I mean,
Petrie and Stingley have been well taken care of, and
Nico Collins for that matter too. All Right, so we
got now the Texans one, and there's a big story
about what do you do about CJ? And how do
you know? Do you how much money do you want
to spend on him? And how much do you want
to spend on a guy that had two horrific postseason games.
So reading this story, and I don't need to tell
you about what is in there because it's all the
stuff that you've seen over the course of the last
month or so. The prediction that Dan Grasiano has four
year contract for CJ. Stroud two hundred and twenty four
million dollars, one hundred and ten million dollars guaranteed a
sign this offseason, i'd presume. So I don't think you're
talking about next season. Yeah, So the next two years,
the last two years of the rookie contract would be
years four and five. The total amount of money the
Texans would be spending on c J. Strowd will be
thirty two million dollars. It's like just shy of six
this year and just over twenty six in year five.
So fifty eight, that's fifty eight a million. You know,
I'm sorry, no, fifty six if you're taking four about
it by two twenty four. Yeah, one hundred and ten
million guaranteed at signing fifty six million a year would
be more than Trevor Lawrence Jordan. It'd be more than
everyone but Dak Prescott. Correct. Now, here's the question is
is Dan Garziana doing this because he's a legitimate NFL
writer or is he trying to get into the good
graces of David Mulagett. I don't know that. I mean,
Nick Cassario is not reading this article, so I don't
I don't think so. I would imagine. I guarantee you
he's reading the article. There's no way. Yeah you see
this the PR Department, Oh there was somebody send it
to him. But it's not like, yeah, he's king out,
so he's not seeking That doesn't necessarily mean he's like,
you know what, Dan Garziano's making some good points, right,
But no, I guarantee you, Nikky see this morning when
he got to his desk and they have the clips
of everything that the word Texas Evolved, has this story
in front of him. So just I want you know again,
we don't think about this money situation because we're not
Solar Cat. People want out the general manager of the team.
And frankly, when you win a Super Bowl, we don't
care what we pay our players because we won a
Super Bowl. But you're gonna put him in beyond rarefied
air for a guy who is looking to make north
of fifty five million dollars a year. Oh lord, if
he doesn't pan out ross that doesn't annihilate your franchise,
but it hampers you badly. Would be in I mean
that's what let's think of the ones that pay you
would be in Arizona Cardinals territory. Yes, New York Giants territory.
Because they were talking about Kyler Marine down, Kyler Murray,
Daniel Jones. I'm trying to think of who else got
paid and it really didn't work out recently. Well, I
mean you could say this, I mean, Jacksonville was really
good last year, but the early portions of the Trevor
Lawrence money hasn't paid out for them. That's true, but
they got him a great play caller and a better
offensive line and run game and weapons, and look what
happened they still bounce in the first round. Yeah, but
they they're still a much better football team. And no, yeah,
there's no doubts about Trevor Lawrence being a potential you know,
at least their franchise quarterback. He's not all time a
leader or anything, but he's looking a lot better. Funny
how that works. So I was just curious when I
gave you that number, did you cough like I did?
Fifty six million? Yere seems insane, but it seems right
because the cat keeps going up and it's gonna keep
going up. That's why you're always like this guy reset
the market, and that guy reset the market, and this
guy's getting this deal because it's all about timing of
when you get paid. Because Will Anderson's gonna get paid
more than Miles Garrett. And we love Will Anderson. He's
not better than Miles Garrett. And we love Will Anderson
for his value, But defensive ends don't get the same
as about us quarterbacks. Quarterbacks get the number one salary
usually yeared in year out. Yeah, forty million year is
not bad, though he's not u oh no, picking crumbs
out of the couch. No, no, no, no, he's not
looking for buy one, get one free day. I am
we all are. I just saw that stat and I'm like,
what's is Gratziana just trying to be a realist and saying, hey, Houston,
get ready? Or is he saying this is what Mullagut
is whispering to me? And I need to put that
out there because I not kind of know what he wants.
Because I guarantee you, nikkiy See, ain't thinking about this
kind of money. I don't think they are, honestly. I
mean you'd have to probably, you'd you'd probably start at
fifty fifty a year is around Jalen Hurts, Lamar Jackson,
Herbert Goff is making fifty three.
Speaker 3: That Rossie I can.
Speaker 1: I cannot think of a worse pr move this offseason
than for the Texans that re signed CJ. Start at
this crazy number and stay with me on this and
you can think I'm nuts. Just tell me, Matt shut up. Okay,
this is the off season where they're going to start
talking about refurbishing NRG. Put this in dumb this down
to its lowest common denominator. You're giving a mid quarterback
fifty million dollars a year, and then you're asking for
public money to help refurbish the stadium. You know, pf
out out. You know what's funny is my initial reaction
was to try and fight you on mid but I can't.
Seven it makes me sad. He's around like telling you
when you go to barbershops. Okay, yes, this is what
barbershops talk about. Okay, we don't get into deep weeds
of conversation about how players are good value or salary cap.
They get to does it? Mc marriage just ask for
public money and they're giving CJ stroud to fifty million
dollars a year. That's that's what the barbershops talk about. Well,
you got to fill out the cab somehow, yeah, but
they ever. But but the barbershop don't know that the
barbershops is gonna want to make sure Will Anderson gets paid.
The barbershop is gonna want to make sure that Neil,
the Neil Hunter doesn't go away. Right, Yes, just you
shouldn't run your organization on what the barbershop's talking about.
I know. But you're gonna need public support for facility
and upgrades. And that's why you have to probably tell
CJ we'll take care of you. Bra be our ah
bra or br b our uh and but we just
need we just need some time. And then he's gonna say,
wait a minute, you're giving Will Anderson his money, why
don't you give me my money? And then you have
that uncomplle conversation. I don't think it's I think CJ.
Shroud knows Daily Mugeta has to know, they have to
see these meet I don't think David mel Gotta knows.
He does, he's seeing these memes. Come on, sure, yes,
maybe we should started sending him. Does he have a Twitter
account which is like four to he does, He's he's fair,
He used to be fairly active on it. I don't
think he is anymore. All right, just throwing it out there.
We'll go to the phones. Next.
Speaker 3: Our time is a ten forty three.
Speaker 1: It is the Matt Thomas Show with Ross seven one
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and one line, three truths and one lie. Okay, yes,
So how many things. Am I not telling the truth
about Jonathan? Oh no, there you go, right, three truths
one lie on to tell the truth today at eleven thirty,
and I've already written these up. And I really think
at the end of the day, if you don't get this,
especially you John Thin, because you don't bat nearly as
good as Ross does. Uh, you got no chance. Hold on,
I'm up on the year. It's two one. Oh, it
is two to one one. Come up, I stand correct
the Ross. If you don't get this, we're doing great. Jovan,
all right, seven one three two one two five, seven ninety.
Let's talk to our buddy Roger on seven hinting of
the Matt Thomas oil Ross from Indianapolis.
Speaker 6: Elo Roger, I had good morning, guys, good afternoon, whatever
it is ten, good morning all right? So uh uh yeah,
I'm getting a little pissed about this. You know, generational
talent we spread around Texas except for Houston. Uh So tonight,
I forot to expect the Rockets to get body walk
by the Indian Pass just because that's just what they
do against lower lower teams. They just they just lay
down and take it. That's what they did. We love them.
But that's what they are. Uh so, yeah, I just
hate the fact that, you know, here comes Dallas again.
They got Cooper Flag generational talent, they gave away Jedi
Brds another generations, South gave away Luca generational talent, and
before that they had dirt. So yeah, same thing with
the Spurs. You know, Duncan Robinson and jenob Lee Park
we all know about him, you know. And you know
Houston has a day which is the lad Jiwan. You
know we we had yeah, but yes it is David
Bowie reokquick Lever or Bowie of Sambui. He turned into
Zambouli and then he got into that gets it. Uh
So you know we had to trade for McGrady, who
the generals, who's pretty much damage goods when we got here,
uh you know a couple of years in. But it's
just I'm when when's our turn again? Winds our turn?
I'm waiting for our turn, Matt. But yeah, and if
I get bum wong about tonight, then and we got
the I'm sorry later on the leak.
Speaker 1: All right, so let me get this right, Rogers upset.
We don't have generational players in our town. Let's see,
do we call it does James harden count absolutely very
much the prime of his NBA curer very much. He
won an MVP. He was a sixth man in Oklahoma
City and came a megastar for a decade. Give or tick. Yes,
you went and got Justin Verlander and helped you win
two World Series, especially one. Yes, you wouldn't got Garrett Cole. You,
I mean, stop stop feeling sorry. I love you, Roger,
but stop feeling sorry for yourselves. That's ridiculous, absolutely ridiculous.
I mean, Josel tuv is one of the greatest, especially
for his size, talents and baseball history, in the.
Speaker 3: History of the sport. We're doing okay.
Speaker 1: Not every city is supposed to win four championships per sport.
Go ass to trade. Be nice if they ain't feeling great,
be nice if we want more, Well, every city's saying that.
How thek Atlanta's film right now? They got one beat
our astro sadly, fal Can suck. Hawk Hawks suck. They
lost our hockey team twice. Look, okay, we're doing better Atlanta,
Yeah sucking Atlanta. Yeah, I mean, how are our friends
in uh, Let's see who another city that's got Oh, Phoenix.
How's Phoenix feeling these days? County's left suns aren't any good? Well,
they're better this year Cardinals below the d Backs lost
the damn Rangers in the war their one World Series. Hope.
All right, I'm pulling up what cities were doing better
than major the four major American sports with NHL count counted. Okay,
one and two, you should be able to get actually one, two,
three or four? New York, Boston, Los Angeles, Chicago. No
coincidence on those. Houston at twenty second with four. Yeah,
we're ti tied with Indianapolis. Oh, they've only got two
teams head of Milwaukee. They've got the count green Bay
is a team. Yeah, they have deady. Yeah, Green Bay's
got thirteen championships. So come on, Okay, let's see. We're
worse than San Antonio, worse than Dallas. Dallas has nine.
We'll be fine.
Speaker 3: We're beating Rally. Rally's only got one.
Speaker 1: Suck it Rally, Raleigh, Raleigh whatever, Rochester, Rochester's got one
the Rochester Royals back in the day.
Speaker 3: Are we better than Tampa Bay Buccaneers won.
Speaker 1: We're worse than Tampa Bay. Well, because the Lighting have
three oh jeez, Okay, we're fine. Remember sports is about disappointment.
Behind Cincinnati all right, behind Kansas City, Oh, behind Minneapolis. Ouch,
that's because they're counting the Minneapolis Lakers though. Yeah yeah,
see everywhere. This this little poll you got going is whatever.
Speaker 3: We don't have a hockey team, Okay.
Speaker 1: San Antonio only has one, and they're ahead of us.
Man calls, got a lot of calls, a lot of
Greg Papavia just beat the hell out of those officials
to give them calls. And they claim the Dallas ones
probably so the fans are happier. Denver's kicking our ass.
Miami's got nine. M Orlando, Uh, Orlando's not even this list,
so they have zero zero. Okay, we're behind Cleveland. What
because of the Cavalier. I think they're counting like Cleveland
Brown's like nineteen fifty five championships.
Speaker 3: I'm just saying, get out this.
Speaker 1: List, Saint Louis, because the Cardinals have eleven by themselves.
All right, we're doing just fine. Houston Texans are going
to get us the super Bowl someday. It's biggest city,
twenty second in championships. Not great. Well, it's a lot
of bad effiching. Agree, Oh, for decades, for century, it's
a bad effiching. Lots of Hey, Joe Weston than like us,
that's for sure. Yeah, all right, let's get the second
hour started.
Speaker 3: Uh speaking of a little baseball here, Rossie.
Speaker 1: We could so did you have the uh? Did you
hear the the Jason Kidd audio from the weekend? We
have that too? Can we play it? I it's bleeped?
Oh do you believe it already? Let's call production value. Yeah,
I'm working on it, all right. I looked to the calendar.
I'm starting to pitch in. Good for you. We have
Jason Kidd bleep video audio, and we have a John
Jim Bowden guess in front of the show, right, ROSSI
Jim Bowden front of the show? Sure went on with
an off season scorecard on the Astros twenty twenty six
off season. Now, I'm going to preface this by saying,
Jim Bowden used to employ Dana Brown back in the day.
Did he like the Astros offseason? We'll talk about that next.
Than is the Matt Thomas Show with.
Speaker 7: Ross eleven four on Sports Talk seven ninety seven one
three two one two five seven nine zero seven one
three two one two five seven NINTI.
Speaker 3: That's how you reach our show. We always welcome you.
Speaker 1: Thank you to the ten o'clockers that listen to the show,
especially welcoming those of you that at eleven o'clock is
gonna be out for early lunch. Come on and be
a part of the program against seven one three two
one two five seven NINTI. Headline today out of Indianapols
where I am tonight for the Rockets and the Pacers,
is that Kevin Durant is out with a bad ankle.
Hopefully it's precautionary. I have not heard whether it's serious
or not. I would deem it's not going to be
and frankly, we can't be rude, but we're gonna be
rude for the sake of the show. Ross. It's the
Indiana Pacers only five and a half blood favorites right
now the Rockets. That's not that meaty Matthew. Well, thankfully,
I'm not betting on the game, Ross, I know you're not,
but interesting getting to give you an idea. All it
takes is one point to win, one point better than
the Nana Pacers, and it's a Rockets win. Many they
lost it. I think there were thirteen and a half
point favorites against the Kings, and I was saying, I'm
a little wary.
Speaker 3: How was that line against Atlanta and we went there
in a back to back Oh.
Speaker 1: I think it was around five and a half as well,
and they won. They crushed him.
Speaker 3: You like, use some Jay Shawn Tata, make get some tonight.
Speaker 1: Yeah. Jabari Smith Junior had five blocks and that it
was in the Hawks game, right, we had five blocks, yep,
and he had three the following line against the Dallas Mavericks.
Speaker 3: Speaking of Dallas.
Speaker 1: Okay, So Cooper Flag, for those of you that do
not know, is in the first overall pick on last
years NBA draft. He put up forty nine earlier this
week in Charlotte, and what he finished with Rossi against
the Rockets like thirty fourth, thirty five. I want to
say thirty four, I can go. Look, yeah, thirty four
to twelve rebounds as well. By the way, he's nineteen
years old. He's excellent. He and I mean there's captain
obvious statement of the day. I Rossie. I love him.
I'm not glove love him, but I love his game.
He's a baller. So he's six' nine mm. Hmm he
can handle the. Basketball, Yes and because the fact that
they have had Injuries kyrie being the number, one they
don't have a Real paul, Handler So Jason kidd has
asked him on occasions to run. Point. Well he was
asked again About Cooper flag running point recently against The,
rockets and here Was jason And i'm gonna assuming the
audio is not great on this because it was kind
of on off mic in my correc, doll you got good,
Production you've got you the line, audio, baby oh. Baby
here it Is Jason kidd talking To dallas media about
if he's worried About jason About Cooper flagg playing too
much point, guard coaching a lot of.
Speaker 8: National criticism for Playing flag at point guard over the
last two.
Speaker 9: Games about the criticism, criticism that's your. Opinion you guys
write that. Book that's not That i've done. THIS i
played this. GAME i played it at a very high,
level AND i know what the Fuck i'm.
Speaker 1: Doing BUT i.
Speaker 9: Don't give a what you, guys, right because you guys
have never played the, game and So i've built, players
SO i know what The i'm. Doing so to take
Criticism it only makes me better because IF i wasn't
doing it, right you guys wouldn't be poking holes at
What i've. Done that's.
Speaker 1: It, Thanks thanks Oh. Man, well, Well jason's he's liked In.
Dallas he just got a new extension as soon as
they moved To luca away from, Him like here's a
nice consolation. Prize, yeah still reeling for.
Speaker 4: That.
Speaker 1: Yeah from, That i'm sure he's. Kind he's been about
a five hundred coach in THE. NBA i want to, say,
right he's not really the coach that he was as a,
player but he's been around for THE nba game for thirty.
Years he's a player and a. Coach, yes taking two
teams in THE Nba, FINAL i want to, Say i'm
trying to pull up the. Coaching he would take me
ten Time All. Star by the, way as a, player.
Speaker 3: What the great one of the greatest point guards ever?
Speaker 1: Period. Yeah. Period as a head, coach he is three
hundred and sixty two, wins three hundred and thirty nine.
Losses so. Above lost in the finals in twenty four With,
luca and that's the only time he made the Finals
conference finals With dallas as. Well, okay, well it's a
slippery slope on, this, uh because what he said publicly
is certainly talked about. Privately why DO i have a
bunch of dudes who've never played the game wearing plaid,
shirts jeans that are too, small with huge bifocals telling
me how to run my basketball. Team clearly that's talked
about behind the. Scenes but You, rossell you can't put
it in front of a. Microphone you just. CAN'T i
don't care how upset you. Are you just really. Salty
you have to be diplomatic about. It you just. DO
i like the, emotion and it's. FINE i understand that
that it's a it's a certain like it's on The
bingo card of defense mechanisms for players and coaches when
they get. CRITICIZED i, MEAN i have been trained to
be a. Broadcaster, yes there are a lot of ex
athletes that are. Broadcasters DO i go run to tell,
them every one of? Them you don't know how to
do this. Business Because i've trained and learned and gone
through the ups and downs of being a young. Broadcaster
and you get to get a large microphone and do your.
THINGS i, mean you, KNOW i GUESS i guess we
get to do that. Too, yeah we mixedun Of John
wall's podcast And Dwayne wade's. Podcast oh, well those are
probably obsolete right. Now and, ALSO i, mean it's obviously
a multi layered. Conversation just because You Charles barker played
the game at A hall Of fame, level but sometimes
he spouts out a bunch of craziness and doesn't know
what he's talking. About so it Doesn't just because you
played the game doesn't mean it's baked in that you
know exactly what you're talking about and your opinions are.
Correct and just because you haven't played the game doesn't
mean you study the game it was smart and you
watch trends and you have an objective eye to. It
it doesn't you can have you can have a, credible
respectable opinion despite the fact you've never played the.
Speaker 3: Game, yes AND i don't think either side understands.
Speaker 1: That, Yeah AND i, think, well because what they what
coaches and players will focus on the people that didn't
play the game and have, horrible, terrible bad opinions and
don't know what they're talking, about of which there are
many in the. Media correct, now if you have someone
that agrees with, you then you're not going to take
a little potsiah. Exactly so what you took the shot
was because this, guy who again is probably you, know
never played a game in his life and it's probably
twenty or thirty pounds, overweight is telling you that you
don't know what you're talking. About, Yeah i'm eating cheese
doodles on my couch saying this guy's out of. Shape,
yeah well they got gas in the four. Corner these
guys are. Bums we all do that with. Everything, yeah
we don't know what we don't, know but yet we
want to tell you what we think we know the same.
Thing have you ever criticized any ever sitting? President of? Course.
Yeah do you know how to run the? Country hell, No,
yeah but we. Criticize that's what we. Do, yeah we, say,
oh the service in this restaurant is. Terrible there must
be you know, This i'm never going. Back well maybe
there was a bad night in the. Back, well hold,
ON i could do. That. Yeah we're just in a
situation where we generally speaking and then include myself and you. Everybody,
yeah we can criticize just about anything in life without
having a real firm foundation of why something is the way.
That you also don't have to add to what you're bringing.
Up you don't have to have been a waiter to
know what good service. Is, yeah but, ANYWAYS i thought
it was. Great it's like a MOTION i like when
guys get all. Mad SO i, mean BUT i, MEAN
i don't know what that guy. WROTE i don't know
the Pre we don't know the. Pretext that sounds like
that's been. Context you just don't randomly do that on
a sorry after a close loss of The. ROCKETS i,
mean come, on, yeah let's play it, again just to
put it in. Context is this Is Jason. Kidd his
team was very, Competitive it had a chance to win
Late Cooper flag in an amazing.
Speaker 3: Game, look they're not gonna make the playoffs this. Year
it just is what it.
Speaker 1: Is but there's for a variety of, Reasons Anthony davis
being one of, Them Kyrie everyan being out all the,
year they Lost Brandon williams in the. Game they're very
talented backup and you know they're just they're in a
rebuild mode and The Cooper flag's nineteen yearyears. Old with
the heavy lifting of the. Responsibility here was the question
and answer, again this this is just this just this was.
Speaker 3: A culmination of, something for.
Speaker 8: Sure, coach you got a lot of national criticism for
Playing flag At Point guard for the last two.
Speaker 9: Games, criticism, criticism that's your. Opinion you guys write that.
Book that's not That i've done. THIS i played this.
GAME i played it at a very high, level AND
i know.
Speaker 1: What the Fuck i'm.
Speaker 9: Doing BUT i don't give a what you guys, right
because you guys have never played the, game and So
i've built, players SO i know what The i'm. Doing
so to take criticism it only makes me better because
IF i wasn't doing it, right you guys wouldn't be
poking holes at What i've. Done that's.
Speaker 1: It, Thanks.
Speaker 3: Oh, hmm.
Speaker 1: Stropping disc tracks out here in the press. CONFERENCES i just.
Refused you never played the. Game that is the that's
the lowest of lowest hanging. Fruit it really. Is but
we all do. It we all do it in. EVERYTHING i,
mean people will come after me and they'll, say you,
KNOW i didn't like your segment on, this or why
y'all talking about. This we do tw many hours a.
Week we kind of know what we're. Doing so as
much as you want to crush, him for just saying,
it and it's, again it looks makes him look bad.
Speaker 3: Something he's gonna just kinda bite your lip.
Speaker 1: At his move on BECAUSE i don't think, AGAIN i
Think Jason, kidd largely in this situation is probably not
feeling too much heat because of all the massive. CHANGES i,
mean just the general. Manager oh my, god you gotta
be on one of the coldest seats in. Basketball, YEAH
i mean you'd be, like, man so you don't like, It,
huh that's all, Right well we'll try to prove me.
Wrong have a nice. DAY i WOULD i. WOULD i
would have actually gone the other.
Speaker 3: Direction, yeah you're saying there's criticism of.
Speaker 1: Me there's no Way i'm trying my, best don't you. Understand,
WELL i felt LIKE i felt like the reporter was
actually gonna say there was national, criticism like do you
feel validated with how well he's playing or something like. That,
yeah he was GONNA i think he was gonna. FLIP
i don't, know LIKE i, SAID i don't know the
reporter don't know the context, completely BUT i feel like
he was gonna, say, hey there was a lot of national.
Crisis it felt like he was setting up a softball
there's a lot of, criticism but He Cooper flag's been
playing well in the point guard. Role, yeah something like,
that all. Right eleven fifteen is A Matt Thomas show
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Speaker 3: ZERO a little bit of breaking news. Rash what do
you think breaking?
Speaker 1: News? Sure why? Not that's one that's, plenty, right you know,
What let's give you one? More why al? Right sure.
One Jeremy pane is going to play for his native,
Country Puerto rico in The World Baseball. Classic No dominican
The Dominican. Republic excuse, me, so, um you KNOW i
feel about. IT i, MEAN i guess it is what it.
IS i, mean those guys like. It i'm not gonna
Tell jeremy what they do not. Do so he's, young
just don't get hit in the. Hand just wear Like
knight's armor on your. Hands, yeah just don't treat these
games Like game seven of The World. Series school we're
gonna in Late. October. Uh, yeah he wants to play
for his. Country but it is interesting those that have
injury history don't get the clearances because the. Insurance they
can't find insurance to back it up in case he
doesn't get. Hurt jeremy, opinion doesn't have a history of,
injuries so it's probably.
Speaker 3: A little bit easier to ensure. That MAYBE i had
to talk to the.
Speaker 1: Actuaries we'll interview the actuary who signed his contract coming
up in the next.
Speaker 3: Segment we are that's a huge get for. Us maybe
he's on radio row right.
Speaker 1: Now actuary is also known Poonhounds. Man is that, right
like the guys At Pro Football. Focus, YEAH i didn't
know that actuaries had the kind of. Pull all, right
we have to tell the truth coming, Up yes we. Do, uh.
Okay So Commissioner Roger goodell visits with the media once
a Year state of THE Nfl press. Conference it usually
happens at The Super bowl where all the national media.
Going AND i don't know if they they don't, like
everybody's gonna raise their, hands they'll have a. Question SO
i don't know if THE nfl chooses who gets to
ask questions based off of seniority or who they like
and who they don't, like, YadA, YadA. YadA but there's
a he doesn't go for three. Hours it's probably about
forty five minutes an. Hour maybe you would think in the,
PAST i think give it a take, Sure SO i don't, Know,
uh this might be the one of the most uncomfortable.
Ones let me just throw a variety of things that
he may be thrown at. Today you want to, play
pretend you're the. Commissioner, okay let's. Go you, Ready ross tell?
Yes And i'm not giving these to. You so this
is gonna be as organic as it. Gets we'll start
with an easy. One the owner of The patriots recently
on a podcast said that there's gonna be an eighteen game.
Schedule Rodger, goodell what are you hearing about? That and
what do you need To how do you want to
reply to? That, okay quick question? Though AM i being
Honest Roger? Goodell or AM i being? No you're being?
Speaker 4: What?
Speaker 1: Roger, HOWEVER i, Asked, Okay, goodell not honest For? Goodell,
okay you know what can you? Do?
Speaker 3: BOTH i? Sure, Okay. Cya, first you, know.
Speaker 1: We've had a lot of internal discussions about growing the
game because you, KNOW i, mean the the ratings and the.
Fans they want more Foot they love, football and our
priority number one is the. Fans so we're gonna have those.
Discussions we have had those. Obviously you, Know Robert kraft
is somebody who's been pushing for something like this because
he's one of the great owners IN nfl history and
we Love. Robert but that is that is a discussion
that we'll have further down the. Road all. Right the
real answer, straight, cash. Homie we need to get more revenues.
Somehow we're trying to get more games In. Europe and,
look more money means more cash From Prime, video more
checks From, netflix and revenue's got to go, up, up
up and. Up that's my job number, one and more
games would mean more. Money let's keep it, simple. Folks all,
right got three more?
Speaker 4: Here?
Speaker 1: Okay? More is he? One? Two more difficult? Ones, Yes.
Cya THE, nfl through government, approval now officially owns ten
percent OF espnya you know that's a GREAT i MEAN
espn when you talk about sports, entertainment they are the
heritage number one, brand and we are proud to be
partnered WITH, espn and it quite frankly is an honor
to be with them and all the great content they
provide and continue to grow our great game and grow
ESPN's reach as. Well real, Answer, look we got to
get control some of the. MEDIA i, mean we have
all these injuries and all these other things, happening and
stories and firestorms when it comes to backhanded, dealings and
That Pablo tory guy is always investigating. Us so we
do need to do a little bit of controlling of the,
media and this partnership with THE espn is going to
help us do. That H all, right not bad, there my.
Friend are you? Ready? Yes here come to two difficult.
Ones TEN nfl coaches have been hired only one minority
in the off. SEASON. Cya on that, One, look we've
obviously with the institution of The Rooney rule and trying
to enforce that in making new measure in terms of
draft picks and adding, incentives we've. Done we we can do,
more certainly to try to help with the diversity in THE.
Nfl but we feel like we've done a lot and
sometimes that just happens to has to happen with the
pool of. Candidates and we're looking at avenues to try
to increase the diversity of THE nfl because we know
the player pool is diverse and we want the. Coaching,
uh everything is better with, diversity and that's what we
want here in THE. NFL i think he's Had, okay
do you want to try the real? ANSWER i don't
know if there's a real answer on this.
Speaker 3: One the real answer has been. Redacted, yeah that's probably.
Speaker 2: This last.
Speaker 1: One, eh, whatever all, right the last, One, Okay Commissioner.
Goodell there is a report That New York giants co
Owner Steve tish is in The epstein. Files c ya, please, Uh,
yeah that's something obviously we're aware of and we're looking.
INTO i would caution anybody to take certain things out
of the files as. GOSPEL i, mean we're just talking
about stray, emails and this could be gossip and idle
gossip and things that have been made. Up so we're
looking into that, certainly BUT i would just caution the
public to not take everything at their word when it
comes to a criminal Like Jeffrey, Epstein and now what's
he really? Thinking? Sports R? V i cannot. BELIEVE i,
mean come, on, man keep it in your? Pants tish,
goodness gracious, man what are you? Thinking? Yeah why didn't
you let me know about? This, unfortunately not THAT i
spent a lot of time looking at The epstein foul
on my news, Feed but it feels like it's going
across every, landscape, politics entertainment and. Sports is it true
Jay z was in? THERE i don't. KNOW i don't
like get. Sued hold, on let me google. THIS i
want hit the delay button in That Bad, boy just
to make SURE i. Know he got passed by By
Kendrick lamar for All Time. Grammys now he's in The epstein.
Files it's not good for Jay. Z How's beyonce feel about?
This Jay? Z this is From.
Speaker 3: Variety that's got to be, legit, Right?
Speaker 1: Oh Jay? Z Harvey weinstein and push A? T matt
push A what push A? T what does? It push a?
Tea he's one half Of clips with his Brother, malice
also a rapper in his own. Right he got a.
Beef he was the original guy to win a rap
beef With drake is all that you just said is
over my head? Completely, Okay well it's a it's a prominent.
Rapper he was nominated For are we? Where are we
gonna eventually do?
Speaker 6: It?
Speaker 3: Sadly AND i believe it or? Not is this person
The epstein? File that's not you know, what that's a.
Speaker 1: Pass you, know it's not a. Pass rossy planning to
tell the. Truth, yeah that's a. Smash it is three,
truths one. Lie three to the. FOUR i believe. ONE
i do.
Speaker 3: Not eleven twenty Eight Sports talk seven.
Speaker 1: Ninety but the great thing about this radio show IS
i can tell you the, truth AND i will tell
you the, truth BUT i will also lie about one.
Speaker 3: Thing, now ross tell the audience how MUCH i do?
Speaker 1: Lie in? GENERAL i, MEAN i can never truly know
the depths of your. Lies i'm taking you at your
word all the, time but it's it's a. Lot, Yeah
i'm more of a fipper than a. Liar but, okay
BUT i don't know why you always say this on.
Air it's not good for your. REPUTATION i. Know but
three of the four Things i'm about to tell you
these are sports, takes not opinions OR i, mean some
may be, predictions but these are like basically. OPINIONS i
believe three of these four. Opinions ONE i do, not,
okay which one AM i not telling you the? Truth number,
ONE i have no inside, intelligence but in my, core
in MY nba, brain if The rockets make a move
Before thursday's trained, deadline the only MOVE i really seen
them make is going to get a big, man, right.
Okay number. Two even though THE nfl announced a bunch
of international, games AND i once told you that everybody's
going to play at least one international game long time,
ago when we first started doing, this maybe during cut,
FEELINGS i still believe ross there will not be A
european team in THE nfl the next thirty. Years got thirty,
years thirty? Years, okay that's number. Two number three back
to THE. Nba giannis will be traded By, thursday the.
Deadline and number four there will be a lot of
concessions coming up in baseball, now hopefully there will not
be a workstoppage in twenty twenty. Seven it's all signs
show there's going to. Be but when the dust settles
and they resume baseball post twenty twenty sixties and, whatever
that is you will see The Major League baseball schedule
reduced by six games from one sixty two to one fifty.
Six that's six more off days during the course in the.
Season eight that's only three three home games per that's
one series a team the're losing out. On they'll make
it up in other, ways television, dollars maybe they'll give
and take on negotiations on. THINGS i see a reduction
from one sixty two to one fifty six in the
base one fifty. Six, okay you know one fifty, six
so you know how you play everybody in the other.
League once you'll take you two, teams you will not
play three. Games, okay all. RIGHT i believe three of those?
Four which one AM i not telling you the? Truth
which one's a? Lot, Well i'll tell you WHAT i,
Believe Jonathan, AMY i believe it's. Four let's run through. Them.
Though if The rockets make a, movie, yeah big, man
that sounds. Reasonable european team in AN nfl in thirty,
YEARS i mean that's a wild. CARD i don't know
If matt believes that or. NOT i, mean probably. Not
it just doesn't make. Sense although they are looking into
those super high powered. Jets so maybe it is going
to be. Possible but it also just seems like with
jet lag and all that type of, stuff thirty years
it could, happen certainly not within the next. TEN i
don't know WHAT i. Mean thirty is going from Nineteen
how much of THE nfl changed from nineteen seventy two.
THOUSAND i mean it's a. Lot they, were y'all were
in love their. Helmets really. Huh, HEY i wasn't lying
nineteen seventy what's this y'all? Business what y'all is it right?
NOW i was in the scud or whatever it. WAS
i wasn't the thought of my mom and dad Until
december of nineteen seventy. One all, Right, Anyways joannis could
very well be traded By. THURSDAY i think he, will
even though The knicks are apparently bowing. Out apparently The
warriors and The heat are very heavily. INVOLVED i believe
that can he not. Go there's no way the owners
are going to, say we're, good take away a home
series for us to make more, money and what is
FOR i forgot? Four, yeah the dust. Settles the schedule
were reduced to one fifty. SIX i actually Thought matt
was going to say something about the salary cap one
way or the, other AND i honestly don't know that would.
Be that would have been a toss. Up BUT i
think there's no way the owners shortened the, season even
if the revenues are minuscule to what they're going to be.
Speaker 10: Losing and they're adding a robots into the game as,
Well SO i, MEAN i don't they gotta pay for
that somehow.
Speaker 1: Too i'll go fo they're ALL i, mean not that
none of these are crazy, Normally matt, says some crazy
with hair brains do. Normally like last, week they're never
gonna go more than sixteen in the playoff college college, Football,
gord he shot that down, Immediately so, yeah that was a,
Ridiculous but this this, week nothing's too. Ridiculous But i'll
go with. Four i'm gonna go with. TWO i Think
matt's a very big on The european and other countries a.
Year you're, right that's a good, one all. RIGHT i
do believe number. ONE i believe The rockets would go
for a big man overguard if they would do anything at.
All not THAT i don't Love, clint But alpie's. Ankle
you know, What they're not a whole lot of time
to arrest that bad. Boy adding another big man to
help with this team that relies so much on offensive,
rebounding to, me would be a huge part of. It
go go to the big man who can, rebound don't
worry about. Scoring so, YEAH i would believe The rockets
would be better served if they were to go get
a big. MAN i do, believe honest is gonna get
traded by the deadline BECAUSE i think if the numbers work,
out it's To giannis's.
Speaker 3: Advantage if he, doesn't it's to the team.
Speaker 1: Advantage if he, does now it's the team's advantages To
milwaukee to get the most, value especially if he got
seven or eight teams still, involved even Though knicks aren't
really heavily. Involved you still Got you mentioned The, warriors
you got The, heat you Got. TORONTO i think when
there's so many teams out there that there's gonna be
a deal That milwaukee ultimately. Can't if he's plus In
milwaukee needs to, rebuild they just. Do then it comes
out of the last Two. Uh i've said this over and, Over,
jonathan and you got to listen to the. Show i've
said THE nba ain't taken games, away And Major League
baseball ain't taking games away. Either they're not turning down
three games and three opportunities to televise three more games
and beer and parking and ticket. Sales they're gonna keep
it at one sixty. TWO i do not believe that
they're gonna reduce this Ski So ross is. CORRECT i
don't believe THE nfl is going to bring a team
To europe in the next thirty years, because, guys, honestly,
logistically that's going to be a horrific. Mess you'll have
to play three or four games In, europe then play
three or four games in The United. States it could
be a hot mess when it comes to. Logistics and
they're doing just fine Putting game of The week games out.
There every team will play overseas and that should be
satisfying to anybody in The european.
Speaker 3: Team so there will not be there will be NO
nfl team In europe in the next thirty.
Speaker 1: Years there will still be a one sixty two game,
schedule at least AS i see.
Speaker 3: It So, ross you, Win, Sorry, Jonathan you're no longer
in first.
Speaker 1: Place it's. Time it's okay that's.
Speaker 10: Okay it's not.
Speaker 1: Okay you you've enjoyed having the two to one. Lead,
No i'm a competitor at the end of the. Day,
Okay OH i, see, okay can you? LOSE i do
Believe ross for the health of, baseball you know, That i'm,
sorry would be. GREAT i think six off days would
would be a game changer for the overall health of the.
Game owners are too greedy and franklin for that, Matter.
Ross the players are too. Greed they don't wanna. Turn
they're gonna they're gonna wind up having to lose three
one sixty twos of a. Contract they just. ARE i
don't see you the side budgeting on. That, YEAH i
don't SEE i don't see it. Either BUT i think
six off days in the season would generate much better quality. Competition,
instead we're gonna see more guys taking days. Off we're
gonna see sick man, rotations and we're gonna see guys
that are gonna get the randall game off. Anyway so
nobody's trying to play one sixty two. Anymore that's just
that's just a thing of the. Past so we're not
looking for streaks or. Anything and they're not gonna turn
down gates even if the gates are. Poultry so that's
does tell the truth of this. Week nice, Job, Ross
you're back in the winning. Trials thank, You. Matt all? Right?
Speaker 3: Uh what else we got going? On let's see Mention Kevin, Durant, Uh.
Speaker 1: Jas says check the, tape DIDN'T i pick? Four, yeah you're,
RIGHT i don't know you did Pick you're, correct by the.
Way with The news at noon coming, up and then after,
that we're gonna go through The Jim bowden report card
of The astros off, Season SO i Guess, Ross i'll
ask you this. Question, well you, know we'll say it for,
that BUT i WANT i want you to first, blush
don't even need to explain a to f describe The
astros off season in a? Grade you want me to
say it? Now or when we come? Back, oh when
we come, back that's what we'll. Do the news at
noon we have what's today's, ADDITION i believe or? Not
at one? Fifty? Uh bad? Money, wait we already did bad.
Money let's See Kendrick lamar got Five Grammys Grammy. Awards in?
General what else happened on over the? Weekend who Is
Kendrick lamar going Against Jason? Kidd what do you, mean
like he's Winning grammys against Whom record of The year
is against everybody who's ever made a song this in a.
YEAR i don't. Know this is a loaded. Question go.
AHEAD i mean most of most of His grammys are rap,
album rap. Performance record of The year is like literally
the best song of the. Year there's A song of
The year And record of The. YEAR i, think did
he win best song of the? Year he Won record
of The, Year but what was the best song of
the year last? Night it Was it Was luthor By
Kendrick lamar And Sissy. Sissy so you're telling me that
IF i went and got fifty, Cars what IF i
got into fifty? Cars, okay how many would Have Kendrick
lamar on their? Phone listen to that song right? Now
if it's the most if it's the best song of the,
YEAR i want to, say yeah it. Was it was
number two in The end of the Year Hot. Singles
Matt die with a, Smile Lady gaga Got bruno mars is,
One Luther Kendrick lamar and says it was.
Speaker 10: Two and you gotta think about the average person is
listening to just the most popular music of. Today so
that's gonna be replaying in people's cars over and over.
Speaker 1: Again Bill Board end of The Year hot one. Hundred
labar had the number two song that Won record of The. Year, okay,
YEAH i mean it's. Fine pulitzer winner twenty Seven. Grammys
beyonce has the record with thirty. Five he's coming For.
BEYONCE i don't think he's gonna catch. Her but congratulations
To Kendrick. Lamar, YEAH i mean. Yeah the awards of The,
awards it is what it. IS i CAN'T i mean,
AGAIN i. KNOW i Just Kenny loggins didn't win five this.
YEAR i understand he should. HAVE i know he's got your.
Vote you Like Jilly Roll jally roll, One, Matt.
Speaker 3: I'm not even A Jelly. ROLL i don't like anything.
Current oh this is, okay we got.
Speaker 1: It that's, right it's. RIGHT i should be disqualified for music,
TAKES i get. It, Yeah record of The year it's
two different. Things for whatever, REASON i Think record of
The year is more about the production of the record as.
Well so he didn't Win song of The, year but
he didn't Win record of The. Year Matt well that's most, important.
RIGHT i think it's a prestigious, Award like you, Know
i'm gonna do for, you And i'm not gonna do it,
today oh. Tomorrow i'm gonna try to give you the
last song THAT i regularly listened, to that one record
of the year that no that was hot in this.
DECADE i can give. You let's See record of The
Year tears In Heaven Eric clapp in ninety, THREE I
Will Always Love, You Whitney houston ninety. Four, okay, yes and,
Yes let's See change The World clapton ninety. SEVEN i
know the Song My Heart Will Go. On celean dayon ninety.
Nine good keep, Going oh Smooth santana in two, Thousand
great beautiful day you two two thousand and. One, yes
walk on? YouTube dang it one? Again what is that?
One how's that?
Speaker 3: GO i don't, know all, Right Norah, jones don't know.
Speaker 1: WHY i, Mean i'm trying to think of the last
time a song was released That i've, Like, OH i
love this.
Speaker 3: Song you gotta expand your, Ma, no you. Don't there
don't need.
Speaker 1: TO i have four, hundred so you know what you
don't have to four hundred is NOTHING i know it's,
nothing BUT i like those four. Hundred you said you
only have four hundred songs. Probably, Yeah, OH i, KNOW
i disappoint, you SO i get. It i'm actually. Surprised
you know, WHAT i just downloaded a new. Song this
is like just eating chicken tenders And french fries every, Night.
Matt you gotta. Diversify maybe that's an excellent. POLL i
just downloaded a new. Song, guys you did not a new.
Song it's a thirty year old. Song, uh it's the
SONG i know what you're. Doing isn't that? Nineties during
THE oj, TRIAL i heard it a. Lot that's thirty years, Ago. Matt,
YEAH i, KNOW i just downloaded that. Song so your
modern poll for downloading was is thirty years? Ago pretty? Much.
OKAY i MEAN i don't listen to a bunch of pop.
MUSIC i MEAN i know most of these. Songs Lady Gaga.
ABRACADABRA i mean it sounds like every Other Lad goga
song to. Me but oh, oh that's the SONG i.
Downloaded that's the last SONG i downloaded FROM A star Is. Born,
uh the song with her and And Bradley. Coop, okay
that's a that's a very good song about to get.
That that's a good.
Speaker 3: Taste i'm on what is it, Called i'm on this something.
Speaker 1: We'll play we come.
Speaker 3: Back we don't have to eleven forty.
Speaker 1: Seven it's About i'm being made fun of my music
choices AND i shall that one shallow that's the name of.
It it's a. Jam, yeah that's the last SONG i.
DOWNLOADED i remember recently hearing him a great. Song all,
right wasn't thirty years? Ago it's? Nice five? Right? Five,
yeah we weren't doing using dial up internet. Then so
that's proud of, You. Matt you hear, this, FOLKS i,
Said i'm proud of. You what you said down? Up?
YEAH i, said, Yes i'm proud of. You seven one three?
Two can something?
Speaker 2: Come?
Speaker 1: Be nice to? Be we have the news of news
coming up. SHORTLY rossi ten pc OF espn is now
owned by THE. Nfl are we to be alarmed by
this at? All state controlled media is never a good.
THING i don't have an. Alarmed, look it's, like what
are we gonna? DO i, mean they're gonna combine THE
nfl that work of THE. Espn they, probably my, guess
will probably abolish THE. Nfl that work ultimately really, right
put or PUT espn personalities on THE. Nfl you can
just have AN. Espn it's LIKE espn FOUR nfl right, right,
Es you, know THE nfl has, games they will GIVE
espn as part of. It so if you're a fan
of Uh Lewis reik And Daniel lobski doing more, games
you'll probably get some more of those guys doing.
Speaker 3: THEM i wish i'd Say i'm, surprised but everybody's.
Speaker 1: Merging together and. WHATNOT i don't. KNOW i think people,
THINK i don't, know is there What Where's i'm trying
to think of like some kind of precedent where the
league owns they're not only broadcasters they should, be they're. Reporters, yeah,
WELL i mean think about. This Ian rappaportz works with THE. Nfl,
yes but he also he shills for them all the,
time just like How Adam schefter, was well he was.
WORKING i Guess Adam scheft already shills for THE. Nfl,
anyways right, right there's only going to be six two
seconds of spots on red zone five weeks later is eight?
MINUTES i still take. IT i mean that's the problem
is THAT i WOULD i still love. It, yeah but
it's used to be. Zero Scott hanson would come on
there and he would say seven hours of commercial free.
Speaker 3: Football and it meant something to, me damn.
Speaker 1: It, yeah it's. NOTHING i don't think the average person
is going to necessarily notice a. Change and the average
person's not going to notice any of these. Changes and
that's why everything's getting. Worse and that's why prices averything going.
Up thirty two ounce tomato saw cans go down to
twenty thirty ounces and twenty nine, ounces and now they're
twenty eight. Ounces there's no recipe that SAYS i need
twenty eight ounces of tomato. Sauce everything's getting shrink, flated
double Stuff ooreos don't even look double stuffed. Anymore it's
all going to. Hell, Matt, OH i got one for Your.
Rossie go get your bag of. Chips open that. Door,
yeah eighty percent area the eighty Percent and how much
dust is on the? Chip doritos used to have this,
wonderful delicious dust all over the. Chips you know WHAT
i feel bad for people Like jonathan we were, TALKING
i was actually talking about them was last, Week like
fast food used to be so much, better.
Speaker 3: And where we ate last week used to be so much.
Better ruined for us man.
Speaker 1: When WHEN i worked at McDonald's in the, eighties the
Big mac was. Bigger now they're. Not, yeah it's it's
like a decent Sized mac. Nowall, yeah it's half the
size and costs four times as.
Speaker 3: Much it's not right water bark on, top and nobody's gonna.
Speaker 1: Notice, yeah THE nfl is gonna try to sweep all
these stories under the. Rug journalism outlets are losing money and.
Closing hopefully our friends at The. Athletic i'm doing my.
PART i, MEAN i do subscribe to The. ATHLETIC i
just gotta hit with that yearly charged. Wolf it's worth.
It you're, Welcome, Chandler, Yeah, chan if you're, listening you're
welcome paying your. Bills you know what we, Own we
Own chandler, now, yeah you know he should buy his
dinner In West. Palm, YEAH i, Mean, channa if you're,
listening you we just got we just bought your subscriptions
dinner on you in the in the in The palm
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Speaker 3: Palm probably we'll take that Get.
Speaker 1: Yeah and it wasn't that ninety nine cent introductory off
WHERE i got, Either, yeah they got they squeeze you
don't They, yeah it's, fine all? Right uh, YEAH i don't. Know,
well but you know of something salty for THE. Espn
If goodell gets, attacked you know there's gonna be a
phone call lobbed Esp it's gonna be soft, played absolutely
or not necessarily a good, direct, right it's gonna Be
there's also gonna be implied. Pressure but even, so there
was implied pressure before because they're all television. PARTNERS i,
mean THE nfl has partnerships with every television, network and
if you don't play nice by THE nfl, rules they'll,
say you know, what we don't care much money you.
Have we'll just ship these games To apple or To,
netflix or we'll Give fox some more. Games and the
influence can even be. Subconscious oh, yeah how is how
are they gonna feel when we say? This we're in
a difficult different, TIME i should. Say in, Journalism, yeah
and my guess is ross this would be like give
me a news comp on? This would this Be.
Speaker 3: Congress only ten percent OF?
Speaker 1: CNN i don't, KNOW i, mean it's not too far
off from. That you're telling me there's not gonna be
conflict of, interest both direct and. Implied always been. Implied
now it's. Direct, yeah what if somebody goes and digging
up a bunch of THE nfl stuff and all of
a sudden they get reassigned BY espn or laid.
Speaker 3: Off and they're DOING wnba coverage or something that they're
trying to build it up.
Speaker 1: KILLING i, mean In clarks the starmy'll be. Fine i'm sure.
You i'm just you know What i'm.
Speaker 3: Saying going from THE nfl to cross country.
Speaker 1: Super. Cross maybe they're doing the The Handball championships In, Zurich,
yes and On bundesliga.
Speaker 3: Coverage that's, right all, right eleven fifty. Seven time for
the news at.
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Speaker 3: Ross ross stepped away.
Speaker 1: For a few. Minutes he'll be back with this here
in just a matter of. Time but while he steps,
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for just a few minutes Until ross gets. Back seven one,
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one three two point two fives of An. Auntie right,
now we present to you like we do every day
at this, time the news at, noon and we will
start with The. Rockets i'm here In, indianapolis where tonight
The rockets will take on The Indiana.
Speaker 3: Pacers houston trying for their third consecutive.
Speaker 1: Win Beat atlanta On, thursday Beat dallas On saturday tonight At,
indiana and they will be doing it Without Kevin, durant
who's got a sore ankle and will be out and
not available.
Speaker 3: Tonight rockets have a busy.
Speaker 1: Week they've got The Boston celtics On, Wednesday, thursday they've
Got charlotte and Then saturday a game In Oklahoma. City
so a lot of games coming up in the not
too distant. Future so no surprise That kevin nightteen and
night off to rest that, ankle and at this Point
Kevin durant will not be in uniform tonight for The
rockets against The Indiana pacers, Speaking Kevin durant going to
The All Star game named as a. Reserve alpria And
ngoon was not named as a reserve despite scoring twenty
one points a, game nine, rebounds about six assists per
contest Per, Personally i'm more than okay with. That get
that ankle rested, up the, rockets theed some, Downtime so
If katie, goes that's just people. PLAYS i don't particularly
care BECAUSE i don't like The All Star, game But
i'll be being home is a very good. Thing other
things going on in Baseball Jeremy pania officially announcing today
that he will be taking part in The World Baseball
classic Represented Dominican, republic and Jannar, diez for his astro,
teammate will be on that squad as well and not
coming down from the athletic just about an hour.
Speaker 3: Ago also in sports.
Speaker 1: Today we have THE Nfl Super bowl getting underway with
all the media activities In San. Francisco Roger goodell will
be speaking to the media for A state of THE
nfl press. Conference among conversation pieces will be the proposed
eighteen game schedule that you're coming. UP espn ten percent
of THE nfl OWNING, espn and obviously some folks are
very upset about on a non black head coach this
offseason being. Hired among them those ten jobs that were
available in the off. Season what else we? Got? Oh
by the, way more international games on the. Way five
already have been announced for the twenty twenty six, season
including a game for The saints In, paris and two
teams don't know who they're gonna beat just yet will
be playing In australia during the twenty twenty six. Season and,
that my, friends at twelve oh six is the news at.
Noon So i'm trying to think what would the hot
button topic of the conversation with AND i watched THE
nba last. NIGHT i did not watch any of The
grammys BECAUSE i didn't frankly know any of the. Songs
so don't rip me on that too. Badly it is
what it is. NOW i should go, back you, KNOW
i should, Do, JOHATHAN i should go back and watching
nineteen seventy Eight grammies BECAUSE i know all those. Songs
WOULD i?
Speaker 10: Not, No, MATT i think from moving, FORWARD i want
you to. Diverse, yeah it's very. Coomfortable it's okay to be.
Uncomfortable you got to learn. Something the performances are really. Good,
YESTERDAY i you gotta go. Great i'm sure they were,
great but, Yeah i'm not. Good you, know LIKE i
don't know IF i really watch.
Speaker 1: HALFTIME i MEAN i THINK i THINK i need to
Watch Bad bunny to see IF i Like Bad, bunny that's.
Fair but IF i don't like it On, monday are
you gonna crush me for? Now are you A Bad bunny? Guy?
Speaker 10: Yeah, NO i Love Bad, bunny But i'm not gonna
crush you because you don't like the. MUSIC i, mean
he's subjective at the end of the, day you know
WHAT i.
Speaker 1: Mean that's, right it is. Subjective and guess, what do
not check your social media is because fifty percent of
the country's gonna Think Bad bunny was the most incredible halftime,
act and fifty percent is gonna.
Speaker 10: Say Little, man, yeah don't, go don't go On, twitter,
guys it's gonna.
Speaker 1: Be, yeah because that's what we. Do that's what we.
Are in twenty twenty, six we are fifty to. Fifty
we are fifty to, fifty all. Right as far as
The rockets are, concerned they beat The mavericks On saturday
night was a very fun, game good, Atmosphere rockets picking
up that second straight. Win And i'll tell you. What
THE nba trade deadline is coming up On. Thursday and
one of the THINGS i brought up during the show
today on To tell The truth about half an hour
ago WAS i have a gut feeling AND i should
save this really more for, tomorrow but you, know than
the sake of this, Timeslot i'm gonna do it right.
NOW i do think The rockets should severely kick the
tires on getting a big, because AS i said before
about a half an hour, ago so much of what
The rockets need to do and what has been their
strength in their core is keeping possessions. Alive and we've
got some really good offensive. Rebounders Steven adams made this
team an elite offensive rebounding, team AND i Think Clint
capella can do. It But clint's not gonna be able
to do it with nearly the veracity as Say Steven adams.
Did so if you get me one more big, Body
i'd be more than happy with, that BECAUSE i, think,
honestly it'll be probably easier to get a third, big
a reserved guy that you probably either a little longer
in the tooth or doesn't play a lot from their
team and giving something up is compared to going to
get a superstar point, guard which would be very hard
to do because, again The rockets are kind of tough
to do a lot of.
Speaker 3: Contracts you, KNOW i know That Charles barkley.
Speaker 1: SAID i guess is what a previous Caller gary said
a little while ago That Charles barkley wasn't satisfied with
a guard position point guard. Spot to, me watching a
lot OF nba and calling a lot OF nba, games
you do want good ball. Handling you do get troubled
by Some knights with The rockets turn the ball over sixteen,
seventeen eighteen nineteen, times but On, saturday as part of their,
victory they only turned it over six. Times, now that
may be a one, off or that may be something
that The rockets may do ultimately down the future and
starting to reduce their turnover.
Speaker 3: Count if they do, that that'll be even.
Speaker 1: Better but, Athletically Aman thompson could guard any point guard
in this. League Jabari smith can certainly do. It Josha
kokie gets in the people's. FACE i don't want to
say it's, overblown because if you have a great point,
guard you are certainly in a significant. Advantage that's why
the loss Of Fred Van lee cannot be, overdiscussed because
of the fact that he was a prototypical true point
guard that directed the offense both with his emotions and his.
Play but there aren't guys sitting around THE nba dish
the ball out seven times a, game scoring fourteen points
and locking down defenders that are rarely available for any,
team much less The. Rockets so if you're going to
improve something and really put together some sort of, stretch
you might as well try to improve something you're already
pretty good at to begin, with and that is going
to get somebody that can grab some more boards and
continue this trend of The rockets as the top offensive
rebounding team in THE. Nba so that's WHY i kind
of Said durling during earlier today on to tell the
truth that if The rockets are going to do, anything
it probably would be a lot easier to go grab
a backup big as it would be to go get another.
Guard but you never, Know rockets have shown no interest
in you ounse than the goopo that comes with really
no surprise, there BECAUSE i think you'd have to give
them a plutheor of draft picks and a pluthor of current,
players and it feels like to me that somebody's going
to do, it AND i just don't think The rockets
will be the team that would be the ones that
we want to do. That so two remains to be
seen if The rockets do anything at the. DEADLINE i
still think the favorite in the clubhouse is The rockets do,
nothing followed By rockets big, man followed By rockets getting
a backup point guard or some sort of guard that
can handle the. Basketball mentioned again The astros With Jeremy
paine going to the dr spring training coming up in
a handful of. Weeks in, fact they're going to have
the trucks leave For West Palm beach in just a
handful of. Days ross AND i two weeks from today
will be In West Palm beach for spring training coverage
twenty twenty. Six very excited about. That will be there
for three days and give you many interviews as we
can as we get you ready for a spring training.
Coverage and of course we are the proud home of
The astros here On Sports talk SEVEN hoi will carry
a bunch of spring training games and then the full
one to sixty Two Slate College basketball from over the.
Weekend The cougar's Destroyed cincinnati have not seen where they
are in the latest. POLLS i don't care about. Polls
ALL i know is THAT i do look at the,
bracketology and the last THING i saw in the bracketology
is The cougars will be a number two seed in
The South, region which is a very good sign because
The South region championships will be held at The Tota
center in Downtown. Houston So koog's on. That twelve twelve
On Sports talk seven ninety speaking of The astros off,
Season Jim, bowden who has been on the, show did
a story For The athletic grading all Thirty Major League
baseball teams when it comes to their off. SEASON a
is the. Best OBVIOUSLY f is the. WORST i didn't
see any. F'S i did see some DS dz What
i'm not don't answer that. Question don't answer that, Question,
Jonathan don't answer. IT i knew as soon AS i
said these were going to chime, IN i knew you
were going to do. That don't do. It what grade
Did Jim bowden give The astros off. Season we'll tell
you about that in just a, minute BECAUSE i do
respect his. Mind he does follow thirty, teams and he
has a good feeling of what to be said and
done during the. Offseason so how did The astros offseason
look according to one baseball. Mind we'll have it for
you coming up next seven one, three two point two
five SEVEN. Ninti it is The Matt Thomas shall With
Ross ross joining us back here. Shortly i'm here In
indianapolis for The rockets And. Pacers here On Sports talk
seven ninety a couple of weird TWEETS i got Sent
Ross Jimmy man mentioned him. Quickly yes you, May. Matthew
so you're talking about your Guy, kendrick, Right. Yes So
share is announcing The Academy, award not Sh, Share Emmy. Share,
okay she's reading out the nominees and then it's time
for her to announce the. Winner i'm reading this is
from a tweet called A twitter account Called Hustle. Bitch that's,
interesting all. Right seventy nine year Old share freezes on,
stage stares at the tailor, prompter then realizes the winner
is on the car to her. Hand she reads it.
Anyway then she, Says Luther vandross. Wins, well the song
is Called luther And it's it Samples Luther. Vandross but
he is. Dead he's been dead for twenty one. Years,
Yes then she blurts, out, No Kendrick lamar the actual.
Winner i'll share mm hmmmm all time from. Me, goat
don't even, respond don't, respond don't even don't just say.
Nothing let me move on to my second. Tweet you
KNOW nba athletes are, RESILIENT, rossi they are. Some The
San Antonio spurs beat The Orlando magic last. Night, yes
the other game pushed back twice because of flight. Issues oh.
Speaker 3: Wow they beat The magic last night In San antonio
one twelve to one oh.
Speaker 1: Three. Wonderful so they were supposed to play the game
in the, afternoon and they were delayed because their flight
from charlottecause they got sewed in In charlotte was swarming super.
Late so they were flying From charlotte To San. Antonio uh.
Huh they had to make a pit stop In. Atlanta
what mm. Hmm they lost cabin pressure on the way
to sier like the masks dropped down for Everyone here
is WHAT i was told from A San antonio. Broadcaster
they descended twenty thousand feet in five.
Speaker 3: Minutes, oooh that's straight.
Speaker 1: South. Right that's not good for your heart or, anything
is that? Right Jacob, toby who was the voice the
television announcer for The, spurs says the. FOLLOWING i definitely
felt a little lightheaded and made your ear. Popping give
credit to our flight crew who took great care of
us and kept us informed as best they. Could oh my,
gosh what? HAPPENED i don't. KNOW i don't know how
you what happened when you lose cabin? PRESSURE i mean
obviously mechanical air OF i, mean why are they diving so? Much,
YEAH i don't. Know but going around a storm or,
SOMETHING i would.
Speaker 3: Need, SHOTS i would need probably a new pair of,
pants all of the.
Speaker 1: Above don't mess, Yourself, matt stink up twenty thousand feet
in five. Minutes you're gonna stink up the whole. Plane they'll, Understand,
no they. WON'T i will be screaming at. You what
would you be, saying stop soiling? Yourself?
Speaker 3: Yeah come, ON i would hope. Not then you'd be
known as poopy. Pants the rest of your.
Speaker 1: Life but underju just fabul, reasons, right twenty thousand feet
in five. Minutes that doesn't sound that doesn't sound fun at. All,
no that's like how tall Is Mount. Everest, okay let's
change the. TOPICS i gotta fly home. Tonight Mount everes
is twenty nine thousand feet, crazy not, great but they.
WERE i was able to, rally got a new plane In,
atlanta flew, landed got to the arena and Kick orlando's
asked for a couple of. Hours. Hmm they didn't seem
to affect. Him, no they're, fine all. Right So Jim
bowden in front of the, show, yes rights for the
ATHLETIC i believe he's ON mlb networking ON Mlb Network
radio for. Sure and he was asked to grade the
off seasons of baseball, teams all thirty of. Them and
we don't want to get into a deep dive of
how The rays did or how The angels. Did we're
gonna care about The Houston astros and how he thought
The astros did from the time the season ended to
where we are right. Now SO a being the, GREATEST
f being the. WORST i asked you earlier grade out
The astros off, season and the grade you gave or
won't want to give right now IS.
Speaker 4: C?
Speaker 1: Plus WHAT c? Plus are you? Serious why? Not because
that's What Jim bowden? Game see? What, yeah that's. Funny
free agent Signings tetsuya em three, years fifty four million.
Speaker 3: Dollars of course over votable.
Speaker 1: Years. Yes Nate pearson one year deal one point three to,
Five Ryan Weiss front of The show one, year two
point six, Trades Nick allen From, Raizo, Dubon Mike burrows
For Jacob mountain And Anderson.
Speaker 3: Brito who then eventually went to The.
Speaker 1: Rays kaiwei ting from The giants For Hansel villerial and
international bonus pool.
Speaker 3: Money his key takeaway stay with me on.
Speaker 1: This The astros will let free agent From bravaldez walk
and are replacing him by gambling on two pitchers who
played overseas last. Year they also bolted their rotation by
Acquiring Mike burrows and The. Pirates how much success that
trio has this year might ultimately decide Whether houston can
get back to the. Postseason here's the biggest question he.
Has will The astros extend the contracts of general Manager
Dana brown and Manager joe spotted during the season or
make them wait until the season. Ends his season prediction
on the team to finish second place in The American League.
West any arguments on, that it feels about. RIGHT i
like the, arms AND i mean It's Dana brown's not
gonna get IT. A you get IT. A it's like
you make a bunch of big trades in big signing
that's in, flashy splashy, moves and he just doesn't have
the farm system or the funds to do that kind of. Thing.
Yeah The, mariners by the, way not getting a deep
dive of what they've. Done The mariners were given AN
anus and they are predicted to finish. First The rangers
were given a grade OF b and they are expected
to finish third in The American League. West The angels
were given A c plus they're expected to finish. Fifth
the whatever calling them this Week a's were given a
grade OF c minus and they're expected to finish. Fourth.
Hmmm UH i, HONESTLY i don't think the future Of
dana And joe are the biggest.
Speaker 3: QUESTIONS i think you always had that.
Speaker 1: Question if a team either underperforms or, overperforms you're always
thinking about who's going to be the. Leadership so maybe
he was just talking with the painting of a broad
brush on. This to, me the biggest question marks always
will revolve around what's happening on the. Field the biggest
thing for me is how is this outfield going to
produce this? Year i'm gonna go with that right, THAT
i must stop right. THERE i got a pretty good
feeling with so many arms The astros, have they're gonna
find five or six guys that can do a decent.
Job i'm not really worried about. That you're not worried
about the congested in, field BECAUSE i think it's gonna
it's going to either be decongested or someone's gonna get,
hurt or they're going to figure out how to play
nice with all these extra. Guys i'm a little worried about. It,
WELL i mean you're you're is is it you worried
because you're gonna have somebody sitting on the bench that
you don't, love that you like that we should be.
Playing is that what you're worried? About, yeah, okay that's.
FAIR i, mean especially if It's Esak, paratus WHO i
think is he's one of their top three bats works.
PITCHES i mean how much how often we talk about
when he especially when he went down last, year how
big he was of a miss he was from the
line because he was the only one with any. Patients.
Yep but as much as.
Speaker 3: You i'm agreeing with you on, That Zach, Cole Jake
myers And Cam.
Speaker 1: Smith that's all. Now that's. Now jake's been doing. It
but you know what it. Is as soon AS i said, it.
Speaker 3: You're you're changing your tune a little bit and not
changing my.
Speaker 1: Tune what do you MEAN i said the outfield was?
Great when DID i say? That, No but that's the
biggest concern for. Me i'm gonna say it, again and
THEN i want you to add YOUR i want you
to add a different sound effect because you can't do.
It Zach, Cole Jake, Myers Cam smith should be great
with a little bit of Jose L tuba and a
little bit of a little out. THERE i love, You Zach.
Cole it was a nice little lightning in a bottle
you caught last. Year but just gives some youre on out?
There what always tell you? What don't Trust march, numbers
don't Trust september. Numbers, okay unless, No i've Got Zach
cole in The hall Of. Fame i'm.
Speaker 3: Ready unless The Zach cole Of september was the start
of something.
Speaker 1: Big, yes because that's what you had to be. Thinking
and On cam's, side it's Even JOE. A SPOT i
told us last week At Astro. FanFest you, know he
needs to understand that every rookie goes through his ups and. Downs,
sadly For cam there was probably more downs than, ups
especially because everybody In North america that ever called this
radio show or Any astro fan went To twitter count
said you've got to Have Cam smith in the. Lineup
he must make the major league. Team this is a
can't miss. Well he missed quite a. Bit he played well.
Defensively he did an excellent job, defensively but that's only
half the. Grade the other half was ops plus of eighty, seven,
folks and the scale starts at average at one. Hundred
i'm trying to shouldn't dare even DARE i even look
up the second? Half don't don't even say. It don't
don't tell the, audience Don't we're trying to get people
in a good win on A monday don't do it
for eighty nine oh ps second?
Speaker 3: Half oh, god, okay LOOK rossi he's the first round
pick for a.
Speaker 1: Reason he's gonna be. Fine he's gonna be. Fine our
finds of. Projections you want The baseball reference projections when
we come. Back oh, well look at this. Guy give
Me Zach cole. Too by the, Way oh, OH i
got to pull these. UP i Know Jake myer's. Projection What,
yeah five star catches, yep bat, speed, lofted singles over to,
second over, second mas helmet falls off eighty percent of
the time infield, singles.
Speaker 3: Grinder, yeah it's, hard has plenty of.
Speaker 1: Friends oh all, right projections when we come, back all
three are just the. Two oh you? Want oh you
Want jake? Too, well you don't have, To i'm to,
say because you were sounded. OPTIMISTIC i was thinking you
were talking About. Jake uh, well we'll discuss the. Projections
let's believe it or not real. Quick. Ummmm somebody said
that the last cast member Of sanford And son. Died,
oh lamont do, it by the, way we could do
bad money And Kendrick, lamar you Do grammy winners Or
grammy facts in, general Do Grammy facts And Chick correa
has twenty Eight grammys all. Time, matt your, Thoughts, UH
i don't know one of his. Songs, okay it's more
of a like A latin jazz. Guy all, right that's.
Fair twelve Thirty Sports talk seven ninty seven one two
five SEVEN. Ninti we will start taking some phone calls
and then we had a couple of folks that dropped
during the last. Timeouts if you want to get back,
here we will get to. You seven one three two
one two five seven ninet. Eight matt And ross with
you here on seven. Natti i'm coming to you today
From Indianapolis rockets And pacers tonight at six. O'clock ross
the who's making the? Projections just to put this in context, here,
uh these are From Baseball. REFERENCE i Mean fangraphs does
their own baseball, perspectives has THEIR PA coda. Projections they
base it, on you, know certain metrics and things that
they've seen and what could possibly happen at The these
are usually LIKE i, guess baseline or average, projections like
the players always outperform or underperform these. Projections this is
like basically what the median projection is for a certain
player for the. Season all, right give us the good.
News Zach cole. Projected, now this is only two hundred played,
appearances so it could be. More we could maybe triple
these numbers if he's gonna play a full. Season two
fifty batting, average seven to seventy ozho, ps sixtlen, bases
nine home. Runs so if you triple, that it could
be twenty seven home runs For Zach, cole if you,
please everyday player according to these. Projections, okay that gives
me incredible. Optimism i'm feeling. Good. Now there's a very
short sample. Size you only got fifty two played appearances last,
year BUT i think they look at minor league. Stuff
if you if you're not concerned about The astros, outfield
doesn't mean, concerned doesn't mean things can get. Well who
said they're? Terrible but you gotta. Be i'm, saying generally,
speaking you should be. CONCERNED i. Am we're Handing i'm
not talking about. You i'm talking about the. General we're
handing a left. Fielder the left fielder a spout with
fifty two plate. Appearances he's ready to, Go, MATT i.
Hope so let's See Cam. Smith, yes eleven home. Runs
now this is more of this is about four and
fifty plate. Appearances, okay they're projecting for him eleven home
runs seven to fifteen oh. Ps if you're getting elite
right field defense in seven to fifteen, oha, ops that's not,
terrible but it's also not a. Superstar but you're in
getting at this point given a zero power out of the,
outfield maybe mega power. Correct, okay, well Thankfully Jake myers
is going to fill that void for us ten home
runs in about four hundred and fifty played. Appearances, oh
six ninety six. Ops so you're looking at an ops
of your outfield of seven hundred is considered good and
this is, yeah seven twenty five is about.
Speaker 3: Average you get to seven fifteen and, above you're thinking
he is.
Speaker 1: A pretty good. Ballplayer.
Speaker 3: HMM i, MEAN i think he gave us some good.
Speaker 1: NEWS i like this seven seventy number For cole that's that's. Found,
look seven seventy ops is better than What Josel twove
did last. Year just, saying, hey now you leave him.
Alone i'm just saying playing second base, now by the,
Way oh, WAIT i. Lied he was seven to seventy. One,
oh then you need to. APOLOGIZE i apologize To Jose
yeah or, Okay so the power is gonna come from
Whom jordan Al, Runs Christian walker slashy suck, paratus Josel.
Tuove didn't he hit like twenty five twenty six home?
Speaker 3: Runs he still wakes up with about ten leadoff home
runs per.
Speaker 1: Season, Yes Carlos, correa he can get you twenty, five
paying you close to twenty. Probably, yeah nobody's gonna end.
Union you need forty From JORDON. O uh, yeah this
is this team is not gonna slug a. Lot, which
by the, Way jordon's never hit forty home. Runs, well we.
Speaker 3: Gotta get once it gains pass one and thirty, game
it's gonna be a good.
Speaker 1: Shake so need not.
Speaker 3: Worry forty home runs one hundred and forty four games played.
Speaker 1: In twenty twenty, six and it'll be a goo feeling
THAT i will get, wrong And i'll be more than
happy to Say i'm. Wrong oh, wait if he plays? It,
no you, know we? Bet what's our? Bet oh? Chips
let me. Go, LOOK i how about we start betting
on stuff with involving healthier, Foods like how about with
some fresh. Fruit, okay, Yeah i'll do fruit. Basket that's.
Right we'll do a fruit. Basket, oranges, grapes, plums. Apples.
Okay this bet runs till twenty thirty. Six by the,
way wait a minute to drive through lunch bet the
ord on. Bet, oh let's Get, okay we'll go To Smoothie.
King i'll Get we'll get a low sugar smoothie off of.
This that counts as drive through. Lunch, technically that's. Fine it.
Does anything in the drive through. Works go TO CoV.
Speaker 3: Two we can knock that. Out let's go talk To steve.
Speaker 1: Online one of The Matt Thomas Joel ross at twelve Forty,
Steve good, Afternoon do you?
Speaker 2: Hey good.
Speaker 5: Afternoon did somebody say that we're gonna get how many
home runs From? Walker was that a joke he?
Speaker 1: Had he had twenty seven last? Year did?
Speaker 4: He?
Speaker 1: Yeah and how many?
Speaker 5: Are how many RBIs did he bring?
Speaker 1: IN i don't, know eighty five ninety or something like.
THAT i think he loved the team in, rbiz did he?
Speaker 4: Now?
Speaker 6: Wasn't?
Speaker 5: WELL i guess My my my point of calling is
is eighty. Eight i'm eighty. Eight, Okay, WELL i guess
that's not. Bad it just seems it just seemed like
it seemed like every Time walker came to, bat there
was either, one, two and even sometimes three people on,
base and his home runs always seemed to be with
nobody on. Base AND i think what The astros are
doing here is they're trying to trying to make you
feel like they're really doing, something because last year we
missed the playoffs by one. Game if we just had
half of the, games our ten games or twenty games
where we were we had bases, loaded our people, on
sit on two on, base and we did nothing except pop,
out we probably win the, well we definitely would win the,
division and we would have been in the. Playoffs there
is nobody on this team that you guys just mentioned
THAT i would guarantee is going to have over over
twenty home. Runs And, albarez my, GOD i don't know
if what if he steps on a base again and
yeah and sprains an ankle or hurts a quad or
our pulls a muscle in HIS i, mean there's just
so many things that that's going. On and what they're
worried about is. KITCHING i understand pitching is a crucial
part of, it but they're trying to give us the Old,
well you know, what we know we suck as a hitting.
Team so what we're gonna do is we're gonna try
to outpitch, everybody WHICH i hope it. WORKS i don't
think it's gonna. Work last, year our pitching wasn't the.
Problem it was our. Hitting i'll hang up and, listen,
guys thanks for the.
Speaker 1: Time you got.
Speaker 6: It.
Speaker 1: UH i thought last year was a lot about. Pitching
there were how many of you do we never hear?
About but that made meaningful.
Speaker 3: STARTS i. E Jason alexander is.
Speaker 1: One. Uh he had fourteen home runs with men, on
thirteen with no men, on so about. Half. Uh our
friend was? Wrong what's? That i'm looking for his runners
in scoring position average two thirty, eight seven thirty seven.
OPS i mean that's consistent with about what he was
in the. Year, yeah so there wasn't a whole lot of.
Difference actually a better seven seventeen overall ops seven thirty
seven with risp so slightly. Better i'm not trying to
spend it like he was. Good, no, no BECAUSE i,
look you don't have to have a computer in front of.
You you look at games that you, go, oh there's
another strikeout with the bases. LOADED i, MEAN i know
that was seen and it happened more than. Once did
it happen once a?
Speaker 6: Week?
Speaker 1: No but it did it happen a lot of? Times?
Yes did it? Happen because look about, this you tend
to remember the missed opportunities more than the solo blast
and the sixth inning of again against The.
Speaker 3: A's you know WHAT i, mean that's just that's what people,
do what we all.
Speaker 1: DO i would say if you wanted to, say how
Can Christian walker be better in twenty twenty six than
he was in twenty twenty, five you would say you
would want him to be more productive in clutch? Situations
did you said it for a lot OF i would
just say more productive? Overall? Yeah, yeah more productive? Overall
but how many men did you leave on? Base especially
with runners in scoring? Position you said it was batting
average one two thirty, eight you, said with risp, yes, yeah.
Speaker 3: What is THE i guess the question is what's the
average person.
Speaker 1: Career to fifty? GUY i mean he hit two Thirty oh,
look he hit two thirty eight overall the whole. SEASON
i mean he just wasn't. Good, yeah not, enough not enough,
predicted not enough money to make you, say, well thank
god the astro has got the first basement spot. Fixed
maybe be. Better maybe he had that oblique injury last,
year and maybe that's the reason why they're holding on a.
Paratus they're, like you know, what if we're really seeing
the ultimate downfall Of Christian walker's, career we need insurance. Policy,
yeah Any czeche parties would be that insurance. Policy twelve
forty five Matten ross with you today until two. O'clock
if you'd like to join, us you may do so
at seven one three two one two five seven nine
zero seven one three two one two five seven. Ninety
So Jason kidd went off On saturday. Night THE nba
has responded to his said, comments we'll tell you what
they've done next seven one three two one two five seven.
Ninety Jameson kid is thirty five thousand dollars later in
the pocket. Book, uh he swore a lot at a.
Reporter and he also apparently was not happy with the,
officiating WHICH i thought was exemplarating the game On saturday
for The rockets against Some. Mavericks did you as you
got Your Houston rockets glasses? On did you think? It did?
You did you think the officiating was? Bad good and?
DIFFERENT i actually only caught the extended. Highlights i'm gonna be,
honest what would you be? Doing extended highlights were good,
though good for The, rockets got, close they. Won, Yeah
Cooper flag's pretty. Good Kevin durant's pretty. Good, Men thompson
doing all. Right rockets moving up the. Ladder Western. Conference,
baby let's.
Speaker 5: Go.
Speaker 1: No kevinson six of twenty from the, field so you know,
WHAT i don't have my notes in front of.
Speaker 3: Me shame on.
Speaker 1: Me he's about thirty percent for the floor since he
went fifteen to seventeen Against memphis one week ago. Yesterday,
well that's.
Speaker 3: Fine he takes a lot of threes perimeter, nope no, layer.
Speaker 1: Nope zero and had, nope, nope, nope. Nope it's not
like he's a. Fetal it sound like he's a big
man in the middle of the paint taken. Right it's
not like it's been like short hood shots and. Bunny
he's a jump hook. Machine oh, okay crafty passer zero
three and went six for. Twenty, hey they won the ball.
Game that's it's. Important that's what's. Important fourteen, rebounds seven,
assists only two. Turnovers all, right let's play guess the
scorecard for him. Tonight how's it gonna do against The Indiana. Pacers,
No Kevin durant playing? Tonight twenty seven? Points, yes you know, What,
nah triple doubles a little? Much record it, now record
This jonathan for, tomorrow twenty seven, points fifty field goal. Percentage,
well he's gonna get. Harassed nine, assists fifteen, rebounds almost
a triple double, tonight? Almost? Okay Jay huff blocks the
ball a, lot just saying, well that's where are the
rebounds come? In, okay it's gonna be REBOUND i didn't
say whose shots he's gonna be. Rebounding if you're close,
tomorrow leglasso nostra, rosses that's right, Now i'd be. Weird
why WOULD i give myself a nickname from getting one
random prediction right THAT i pulled out of my? Ass
that would be. Ridiculous it works for, SOME i, mean
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more thing we got to talk about. Here i've told
YOU i love the. Ais Bob barker ais are becoming too.
Much oh my, god here we. Go people are sending
them to. Me, still great listener to the, Show great,
Friend kenny And katie sends me them almost on a daily. Basis, wow.
Speaker 3: This one he sent me, HERE i gotta turn this.
Down hold, on let me turn it.
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talking To Jimmy kimmel and it's A Kamala harris. Pan
that's All i'll say about, It Pan, pan like frying. Pan,
okay let me send it to. You, No i'm. GOOD
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and now they're just being. Overdone when. C. J stroud
makes it to the price is right With, bob that's
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do is win one playoff game in his first start
in three, years and he's on the Bo he's on
the prices RIGHT. Ai they Had stitty on, There, yes
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are generations of nineteen year olds that have no idea
Who Bob barker. Is, like who is this gray silver
guy hosting a game show with my favorite artist on
there or sports? Athlete this is not the one the.
LEGACY i want To Bob. Barker why don't they go
after somebody. That why don't they go Like pat's Hey JACK?
Ai why they're Attacking. BOB i don't, know Poor. Bob,
oh he's not getting. Attacked he makes the punchlines on
all These, well the voice is eerily. Similar ear, well
first of, ALL ai is early similar with, everything but god,
almighty it is weird watching THE nbc. Games you, know
they had the voice that used to do the promo
reads for during the, Game like, whatever that guy's. Voice
the guy has been dead for years, too and they
still use his voice to introduce THE nbc game of the. Week,
yeah it's kind of, well it's not going. Away that's
why you must listen to our radio. Station because we
are NOT. Ai we are true human, beings guaranteed guaranteed.
Human as the kids would, Say, yes thank, god there
was a way TO ai S theyd probably figure out
a way to do it save a bit of.
Speaker 3: Money but that's a different issue for a different.
Speaker 1: Time, yeah we'll across those bridges when we come to.
Him all, right twelve fifty, seven final hour of the.
Show did you hear What Caitlin clark the cross reference
for her as AN nba COMP i don't think she
was pleased by. That we'll get to. That mentioning, rockets
little baseball talk AND nfl festivities are. Underway.
Speaker 3: Ross do we have a preview for Tomorrow's Pro?
Speaker 1: Bowl? Yeah, Actually john's gonna give us full position by position.
Breakdown he is not well The Pro. BOWL i don't
even watch. That nobody watches. It, no you're, wrong say.
No The Pro?
Speaker 3: Bowl Pro bowl RATINGS i think actually they did go
down last. Year what's gonna have lower? Ratings The All
Star game of THE nba or The Pro?
Speaker 1: Bowl?
Speaker 3: Wait twenty five record?
Speaker 1: Low thank? GOD i mean they're playing flag. Football they're
not even playing anything close to what they normally.
Speaker 4: Do.
Speaker 1: YEAH i want them to run at each, other crack
each other's achilles and acls and.
Speaker 3: Skulls come on perfect.
Speaker 4: My own.
Speaker 1: Entertainment, yes and if you're not willing to do, it
then don't play. It be like having AN Nba All
Star game and just playing horse for two. Hours oh
it's different. Basketball you can they're basically playing horse out
there on THE Nba All Star. Game that is true.
Too just you know, what we're a better. World will
we begin to eliminate all of? It no more All
star games for any. Sport let the guys up some.
Downtime you know we ought to. Do we got to
read a book During All star. BREAK i will have
AM i true to do? THAT i don't believe. You
it's probably fit as you. Don't twelve fifty Eight Matt
Thomas SHOW A ross another hour, ago all things About.
Speaker 3: Grammys i'm believing it or. Not today coming up in
fifty minutes is.
Speaker 1: The Matt Thomas show With ross ONE o four On
Sports talk SEVEN hoi coming up in about fifteen. Minutes
listen to me very. Carefully i'm gonna read you with
the cops of AN espn reporter on how The texan
should handle the offseason contract conversations with BOTH. Cj stroud
And Will Anderson. Junior For, ross will be fair to
say that the audience should brace for the. Numbers i'm
braced tomorrow's gut feelings are going to be based off
of what we talk about here in about fifteen. Minutes,
okay just keep that in. Mind we'll save it for
the gut feelings for. Tomorrow BUT i at least want
to lay out What Dan graziano had to say earlier.
Today Matt, Well i'm with you here From Indian apples
with The rockets are gonna take on The Indiana pacers,
tonight trying for their third consecutive. Win rockets will be
without the services Of Kevin, durant who has got a sore.
ANKLE i don't know how severe it, is my guess
is And i've not seen email. Yet that would Be
paule hopefully just a one game thing because You franklin
need him this, WEEK rossi the important week coming Up
boston tomorrow night or On, Wednesday, thursday it'll Be charlotte
and Then saturday In Oklahoma city to see The thunder
for the third time this. Season must win games games
coming up for Your Houston rockets this week On Sports
talk seven. Ninety i've asked you countless time since the
counter year turned to soften your stance on must wins
four games this? Week, man are you gonna be all?
Right it's been four games for like three weeks now
in a. Row ye in the city for more than one,
days right, down all? Right well, yeah you bounce it
back to. Back. Yeah the yo, yoing it's it's there's
been a lot of yoyoing cities. Lately i've been yoyoing
a lot these. Days rockets stand in the fourth spot
in The Western. Conference they are a game and a
half behind three Seeded. Denver denver lost at home last
Night Toklahoma. City Oklahoma city led from start to finish
in that. GAME i think the thunder are back to
being the awesome team that we thought they were going to.
Be Isa heart And stein's. Back well you're saying This
december swoons, happen, yep just like The. Rockets Rockets, yes,
finished uh maybe a game or, two about five hundred
for the month Of january something like. That not. Bad,
good could have been. Worse so The rockets are the
two seeds in their. Sights they're two back Of San.
Antonio San antonio has the two games to one lead
in the season. Series then the three Seeds denver AND
i Think denver is up to one of the. Series
rockets have the four. Seed minnesota is the five. Seed
they're a half game behind The. Rockets The lakers have
dropped to nine, back a game and a half behind
The rockets as the sixth. Seed so the playoffs would begin,
today which they don't still have thirty h see forty
seven thirty five games. Left The rockets would be the four.
Seed it would host The Minnesota timberwolves in a seven
game playoff. Series your, Thoughts rockets in, Six thunder in
five or? Six if you want to be, Honest i'm
gonna say. Five if you wanna be a, Homer i'm
gonna say. SIX i would like you to be a
complete liar and throw All, Okay rockets and. Four that's
What i'm. Talking they're gonna sweep The thunder out of the,
playoffs no doubt in my. Mind locking a week and
shake goes alexander' jung another free throw lines four. Times,
yes he's gonna stop. Faubating he's gonna have an. Epiphany,
faalbating as Em doka calls, it. Funny may said this
two weeks. Ago fallbating was talked about for four or
five players when he. Played, yes now it's.
Speaker 3: Four to five players per team or.
Speaker 1: Fallbating, yes ethical, hoops that's what the the Word victor
Wym minyama.
Speaker 3: Uses do we have a fabator on The. ROCKETS i don't.
Speaker 1: Think, So shoon a little. Bit, uh, yeah BECAUSE i
think he feels like every time somebody touches him his,
contact he does a lot of. Flailing he wants everything.
Reviewed how you stop? That you put the index finger
up in the air for. Review, boom there's your. Review
thank god THE nba doesn't let the players decide it because. Everything,
yeah it's JUST i would Say Kevin durant's not, avoubator
but he's crafty and gets to the foul. LINE i
think Shake, yo J Giojes alexander is the definition of
fabator and andry and, Look James harden was. Avaalbator J
dinnydia shoots more free throws than Anybody i've ever seen
in my. Life, yes, Yes James harden. Was he was
looking to get to the foul. Line. Yep all. Right
So Caitlyn clark was ON nbc Bas Basketball last of
The Pregame, show and, uh there were people on the
day on the dais or on the stage or whatever
they're calling. It they're not on a, stage but they
were in the front of the whatever they call it
thing desk. Desk AT's good and. Uh Reggie mutter was
asked for a comp On Kaitlyn clark's impact if she
was in THE, nba and his, response, well people were
thinking that she was going he was going to Say
Steph Curry.
Speaker 3: AND i don't know that may be a wee bit, extreme.
Speaker 1: But among the elites for What caitlyn has done as
a YOUNG nba player for two, seasons his comp Was
Peyton pritcher of The Boston, celtics and that has gotten
this social media world not up in, armors but, like
what the hell are you talking? About how Does Peyton
pritchard feel about all?
Speaker 9: This?
Speaker 1: Hey what DID i do get dragged into this? Kitchen?
Straight he just is Sixth man of The, year seventeen
points per game this, year having a good. Year you
know what we, do and it's we've done this our entire.
Life we can't put a white person's comp into a
black player and a black player in a White we
just don't do. It we just can't do. IT i
can do. IT i think you AND i can both do,
it but the general population can't do. It, YEAH i
would say, General, yes it's it's funny how that. Works
we're getting, Better matt as the years go, Along we're.
Trying you don't Have maybe the easiest thing would be
to do to is just not the cop, anybody AND
i ask you all the time for a COP i
Maybe i'm the guilty. Party MAYBE i should be asking
for comps of. Things, okay but, Man Peyton, PRICHARD i,
mean nice, player but by far, no by no means
a household. NAME i. THINK i think if you're Going
Caitlyn clark and again last year she was injured a,
lot so she didn't play a whole. Lot but you
can't comp the most dynamic college player maybe ever in
women's college, basketball to the rookie to a superstar young
player in through two years IN nba and call Her Peyton.
Pritchard she saw. THAT i, mean she's, Like.
Speaker 3: I'm gonna beat your. Ass as soon as the interviews over,
WITH i don't.
Speaker 1: Know Peyton pritcher was bawling At. Oregon he. WAS i guess.
Speaker 3: She is the face of the.
Speaker 1: Sport Peyton pritchard is. NOT i guess what's the natural?
Comp Then Steph. CURRY i Guess Steph curry is what
people were saying that that should have been the comp
because she can hit. It she can hit shots them
anywhere on the. Floor Stef curry's been known. For that
would have been the. Comp she's gotta get those percentages. Up,
WELL i don't, KNOW i don't know if women's percentages
typically are high to begin, well she went from thirty
four percent as a rookie to to twenty seven point
nine as a second year play third year bounce. Back,
yes even if they played like C. J, Stroud, oh
you're calling that's your comp On cantlon clarkas and C. J, Stroud,
oh who was a little. Nervous there is The clarkive
gonna come get me or the Stroud hive or. BOTH i.
AM i am In. Indianapolis this is where she plays her.
Games just saying that's. True you're gonna Go when does
the season? Start it's supposed to start In. May but
they are they still HAVING cba? Issues, yeah they don't have.
It they haven't had their draft. Yet they locked expansion. Draft,
yeah they're they're they're. STUCK i think there's there's confusion
or apprehension about how much the league is really. Worth
your thoughts on the labor, Strife, MATT i have no.
Speaker 3: Thoughts, OKAY i don't do. That we should get a
labor attorney on mean we can do a deep down.
Speaker 1: Breakdown, yeah well say that for your. Podcast mm that's.
True by the, way The game show podcast we'll becoming this.
Summer do a podcast near? You wonderful BECAUSE i think
The Game showing wrestling podcast mixed it was wasn't gonna work,
out especially SINCE i don't watch anything current. Wrestling did
you catch in The Royal rumble this weekend From Sadiy? Rabi? Oh,
man it was insane AND i thought it was. Great
and who who were you happy with the decision that
who won the MEN'S i Thought Cody rhoades should have.
Won that is an excellent. Poll, yes you.
Speaker 3: Were you were a little apprehensive about saying his, name
but it.
Speaker 1: Works. MAN i thought it was so great when all
you thought one thing was gonna, happen and then the
other thing happened with that one oily guy that muscled
up and On royds through the other oily guy who's
muscled up On royd's him with the steroids and wrestling
Anymore i'm talking About and by the, WAY espn stopped
treating it like it's a news.
Speaker 3: Event they're doing this, again breaking?
Speaker 1: News who won doing? It somebody should just, say look
THE wwe can send you the. Scripts they'll tell you
who's going to. Win this is not breaking. News this
is not A you do not bring a wrestling analyst
into act to break down what is going. On you
don't even mention. It wrestling is not a. Sport it's.
Acting it involves, athleticism but it's. Acting you cannot but
Unless Sports center is so bored with talking about the
about the cowboys And lebron that they have to bring up.
Wrestling it's embarrassing how they treat it as a legitimate.
Sport AND i love, wrestling BUT i know what it.
Is live coverage From Saudi arabia postmatch, result what. Ridiculous
speaking Of french, sports did you catch The Australian open
final matt at three? Thirty? Yeah who? Won Carlos alcarez
Defeated Novak djokovic in four, sets and.
Speaker 3: How much of that did you? WATCH i watched the
extended highlights of that.
Speaker 1: Too you Know i'm start calling you mister extended highlight.
DUDE i love extended. Highlights you know? WHAT i want
you to watch A rockets. GAME i took a decent.
CONVERENCE'A i watch every almost Every rockets. Game i'm gonna
say probably under. Three I've i've had to extended highlights on.
This are you on the wrap? TONIGHT i am. Not
it'll Be Dan matthew's. EYES a shout out to my Niece.
Violet it's her. Birthday she left you. Today she's eleven years.
Old and what Did Uncle ross get? Her firm?
Speaker 3: Handshake sorry surprise you didn't say side?
Speaker 1: Hug oh, NO i didn't get a big hug pick her,
up but. Kiss when it comes to gift, giving you've
given her. Nothing you. KNOW i don't normally get the kids.
Gifts they actually their parents tell. Me now we've actually
argued about this on air. Before they tell me not
to because they get so many toy and gifts like
she gets she she has too much. Stuff their parents
tell me that is. Ridiculous what kid has spoiled? Much,
yeah exactly spoiled from all dude for all the. Grandparents trust,
me she's doing, okay just give you know, what give her.
Twenty i'm gonna give her a, card maybe a little
cash in. It that's. What that's. What that's.
Speaker 3: Uncle first of, all uncles are supposed to spoiler their
nieces and.
Speaker 1: Nephews, nah you gotta. Learn life is. Hard this man's
at a firm man's, tegment firm. Handshake i'm just. Kidding
probably shouldn't give her a high, Five, hey birthday high
five all the. Time go to the you go to
her parents', House you eat their, food you send on their,
couch you drink their, drinks and you give their kids.
Nothing that's not. True normally we're at mama's, house my mom's. House,
oh so grandma's gonna shut your mom ass. Up you
know what you're talking? Out all, right sister's Birth this
is a hard, week hard. Month my sister's birthdays next
week and then the week after my other. Niece so
pray for. Me we shut up a gofund me. Account you.
Should oh my, God february hits. Hard it's a short,
month that's, true all. Right is it going to be
a short month or a big busy month for a
couple OF nfl potential contract. Extentions when it come to The.
Texans we'll discuss that next one to. Sixteen On Sports
talk seven, Ninety Dan gregiano will BE espn put out
a story over the weekend about certain teams in their contract.
Situations the two were brought up with The. Texans no
surprise FOR. Cj stroud And Well Anderson, junior both guys
finishing up their third. Seasons he, projects Does graziano the
Will anderson will get a four year extension after he
finishes his fourth and fifth. Year that will pay him
one hundred and seventy six million dollars over four, years
one hundred and twenty one of that.
Speaker 3: Guaranteed that feels about.
Speaker 1: Right that's not as much as other defensive, players but
certently puts him in the top five for sure in
the likes OF. Tg what would be in the mix
in that round that tear aired Territory miles garretts in that,
Territory Micah parsons is number, One Aiden hutchinson his. Second
that's forty six and a, Half hudgson forty, five after, THAT.
Tj watson at forty, One Miles garrett at forty and
by all, Accounts Will anderson should be in that, category
which would put him around forty to above forty million
dollars a.
Speaker 3: YEAR i don't think it's worth arguing at this, point.
Speaker 1: CORRECT i think he's going to Be hutchinson deal around
forty five a. Year just gut, feeling.
Speaker 3: And if you want to read this, article certainly available
for YOU.
Speaker 1: Espn but there was some story about Obviously CJ's lack
of progression since his rookie, season and obviously he went
from bad to worse in his two playoff. Games and
we're only dealing with what we most recently. Saw but
this is when teams start talking about picking up fifth year.
Options next year will be his fourth, season and then you,
start obviously getting into a conversation about whether or not
a guy is worth all the money that you would
ultimately pay. Quarterbacks he's gonna make decent money this, year
five million dollars by five point six nine seven this
year the fifth year. Option if it's picked, up, boy
he gets a massive raise to twenty six point five
to three. Million what are the jobs in? Life? Ross
can you make five times what you make from one
year to the. Next good news probably pretty. Rare that's,
crazy and he's gonna get that picked UP I I
i unless unless he completely falls apart and is skittish
for the rest of HIS nfl SEASON i. E twenty twenty.
Six you're gonna pick that, up even if he's just
performed like he did during the regular. Season you pick that,
up then you start thinking of whether or not you're
going to franchise tag, him which you could do for
a couple of, years which would put a lot of
money in his piggy bank because it would be the
average of top five players at his. Position so he
can't he WOULDN'T i, know he wouldn't want, it but
he can't bemoan it because it's gonna put him in rarefied,
air gonna put him in that in that Dark Prescott
Josh allen type.
Speaker 3: Money, yeah they have to. DECIDE i think It's may.
Speaker 1: Second they have to decide if they're picking up that
fifth year, option which they, will, man they, will or
they're going to try to negotiate. SOMETHING i don't. KNOW
i think you can pick it up and then still,
negotiate of, course, yes, yes, Yes so how do you
think it's going to be Before may when they pick it.
Up how the city's going to rant to that paying
your quarterback in a year five twenty seven million dollars
that you're, like wait a, minute he hate worth two thousand.
Dollars but that's just. Reality the economic sports, says you
got to pay the guy. There, look the news stations
is gonna put this out there on Their, instagrams to
in facebooks to try to get. Reaction. Unbelievable C. J
stroud gets big rays for fifth year and then the
people who know nothing about. FOOTBALL i can't believe. This,
okay why would they do this after playing like it's gonna?
Happen they they they would be idiots not to pick
up his fifth year. OPTION i.
Speaker 6: Think.
Speaker 1: So just know that when you see Your facebook of
your LOCAL tv station do this that, somebody some twenty
year old torp in the social media department put these.
Out oh there's something going on. Outside oh this shear
o' donald's looking. Good speaking Of. Facebook you made me
hoping Up. Facebook this is. Good we Had Rardy. Ross,
uh you didn't like. It ryan went with pineapple on his,
pizza WHICH i. Like oh they were arguing about that
on the. Broadcast did they talk about. It uh, no
this was last, night so, no they couldn't have no,
Me it's. Fine. No they were arguing about on THE
tv broadcast a couple of games, Ago, oh what do
you pineapple on? Pisa what do you? Think if you want,
it that's, fine but it's not for. Me and generally
my problem is that, pineapple like pineapple is my favorite,
fruit but there's good pineapple and and there's not so good.
Pineapple and generally from a pizza, place you're not getting
good fresh, pineapple which by the, way is only in
season From february To.
Speaker 3: July, YEAH i went with, pepperoni mushroom green pepper.
Speaker 1: And on you, Know i'm, like, woo that sounds. Good,
YEAH i.
Speaker 3: Thinkurreed you appreciate all, right and make me hungry now all,
Right so back to my point on THIS.
Speaker 1: Cj, so while they're Anticipating Will anderson getting his, money
there was a number floored out By Dan graziano that
says he PREDICTS. Cj stroud four, years two hundred and
twenty four million, dollars one hundred and ten of that.
Guaranteed that's north of fifty million dollars a. Year so
here's what we gotta do you have to, say any
quarterback worth his? Salt is it this term? Salt, yes.
Speaker 3: Gets paid abnormally. HIGH i guarantee.
Speaker 1: You When Trevor lawrence got his mega deal With, Jacksonville
jaguar fans lost their. Mind but that's the going rate
for starting quarterbacks in their second. Contracts it would be
more than everyone not Named Dak prescott in terms of
average annual, Value Alan, Burrow lawrence Love. Tua, yeah that's
what we were thinking. Of names of the guy that got.
Paid Daniel, Jones Kyler murray two would be on that.
List guys who got paid didn't earn six million dollars
a year for a guy who's skittish in the. Pocket
concussion ISSUES I E I H. O if you get
more concussions you get the more like you already get
more so you can go ip on.
Speaker 3: That oh MAY i go IP? I so make Sure
i'm okay with.
Speaker 1: That all we're doing here when we discussed this and
as we're pregnant pause this occasionally is think about what's
coming up because this Storyline rossing ain't going away even
if he bounce back next. Year, individually if this team
falls short of AN afc championship. Game everybody's gonna be
under the microscope on this because it feels like to
me not that we sit there AND i call individual
people at their home and say how you feel In
texan FAIN i own to golf of what the listeners.
Saying people tweet at. Us this team is fatigued about
divisional playoff, losses its fan, bases and my guess is
the team as? Well and what are you rewarding for
work done over and over again or should you reward
based off of what you've done for us as an
organization in exceeding. Expectations the expectations for this football team
next year are a F c. CHAMPIONSHIP i don't want
to SAY ft championship or bus because the bus means
you gotta you'd implode everything you. Said they're Finally General.
Mander if they, Don't i'm glad you. Listened Nick assario
is on A fc championship or bus. Watch there ain't
no Way hannah is gonna watch another divisional loss this.
Year she's done with. It she can't go To Neiman
marcus and have her lunch and, like, hey they're not
harassing her And meman, Okay Sacks Fifth. Avenue none of those.
Places they're not harassing. Her she's going To aermez.
Speaker 3: When she's A Tj. Max when she's an Off, fifth she's.
NOT i don't think she's there.
Speaker 1: Either Chances hannah McNair's walked in An All fifth before
in her life in her, life probably, good, right she.
Didn't pretty. GOOD i didn't grow up RICH Tj. MAX
i don't know marshals LIKE Tj. Max last Time cal
McNair has been in A? Walmart name? It it used
to be in THE Tj max next to The dollars
theater that was the one two. COMBO i see that's
your evening right, There. Matt Has cal ever been inside
of A? Walmart cal, McNair, yeah oh, no there's no.
Way Dollar general now he was AT Ut maybe he
like a, frat like a. Frat they made him spend
eight hours in A Dollar general as like a like
a frat. Initiation H.
Speaker 3: I have lots of Candies i've never seen. Before been
an Old navy?
Speaker 1: Yes or?
Speaker 6: No Old?
Speaker 1: Navy? No maybe wandered into one in the. Mall is
there an Old navy in THE gallerya? Nah?
Speaker 3: Nah probably, no Not cal no. Chance does cal even
know what a Stein mart?
Speaker 1: Was, no, yes we've combined talking about CJ's contract with
apparel needs of people in the middle and middle class Of.
America don't be. Jealous so where like? Where what is
the cheapest thing that cow? WEARS i imagine all his
suits are probably. Custom, oh for, sure the cheapest thing
he wears Those SpongeBob slippers he wears at. HOME i
just envisioned. That good for.
Speaker 3: You remember radio is theater of the, mine for. Sure,
yes and you just did.
Speaker 1: It our time is one thirty, two believe it or?
Not today all things about is? It grammy, winners The
grammys in, general And grammy's in, General grammy's in. General,
yeah maybe some. Winners we'll see how desperate we get for.
Questions one thing we're on the. Show we're. Not we're not.
Speaker 3: Desperate call it, please not just. Kidding you can call
if you'd.
Speaker 1: Like if, not we're just you, know we're throwing ourselves
here seven one three two one two five seminati seven
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matt here In, Indy ross back he Than. Houston this
is The Matt Thomas. Show With ross here On Sports
talk seven seven one, three two one two Five Semnoni
all things about The GRAMMY'S I Believe it Or? Not
coming up at about fifteen minutes from now tomorrow back In,
houston we'll hopefully celebrate A rockets victory against The. Pacers, ALSO,
uh pro preview coming up, Tomorrow, jonathan you got an
Assignment Pro bowl? Preview and when might do a segment called.
Guest we wouldn't be booking On Radio. ROW i Need
gordy to send me all the different. People he was,
asked h it'll be a what is? It what's the
opposite of a Who's? Who is a who's?
Speaker 3: Not it's a who's? That Who's, yeah that's what it.
Speaker 1: Is who's? That the biggest problem, Is and, LOOK I
i would like to go back To Radio row. Someday
the biggest detriment is it's the wrong time. ZONE i
mean morning shows four am to eight. AM i don't
Think Emmon smith's gonna walk through those doors at six forty,
five you, know so what about four? Four, yeah you
can get the older, guys like ninety year olds are
up then oh, yeah, yeah Like Marv levy up. There
you get the ghost Of Tom. Landry it could be a.
Guest that'd be a huge. Gear, Yeah like we're a
Super bowl next? Year do we even? Know i'm sure
we do?
Speaker 6: It IS i?
Speaker 1: Do is It? Atlanta or is it because we've talked
about this literally last? Week Or atlanta is two? Years It's,
oh now you're making me mad BECAUSE i can't. Forget i'm.
Looking i'm looking it. Up hold on the year? After Is? Atlanta?
OH i? Remember NOW i have. It oh it's it's In. La,
yeah it's In. La we're not going next year. Either
what if The texans, go you'll have a great. Time
dan And colkin's. Day Well i'm going and can. Go,
YEAH i will be able to go because The Rockets
i'm maybe joined you for a couple of. Days you never.
Know now you can just stay back and then Use
dan And colkan do a, show the Three new a,
show go think your Three Amigo's i'm not getting up
at four am for. That, No i'm talking about they
can do your they can do our. Show, okay you
know we can do. That we can kick you right,
off that's no. Problem you can Get rocky blyer on and. Everything,
yeah he's Good Vincement Pallirince Franco harris to be on the.
SHOW i like That utomery one of The rainbow players
is still. Available Who Ryan Leif Ryan leaf's, available we
Get Mark summers back on from From. Doubledare that would
be a Bad yet.
Speaker 3: He's still, Alive Mark, summers of course he.
Speaker 6: Is.
Speaker 1: YEAH i thought he Got did he get sick or?
Something i'm sure everyone get. SICK i think it's a.
Flu making sure he's. Okay, oh here we.
Speaker 3: Go, yeah Health james on Seven, james good afternoon to.
Speaker 2: You, oh thank you gentlemen for accepting my.
Speaker 1: Call uh enjoyed the.
Speaker 2: Show uh, LISTEN i got a two.
Speaker 1: PARTS i don't.
Speaker 2: Know my opinion is that IF i Was hauna The
Edge russia for The, TEXANS i take a fly on
their extension contract because if they give him all that,
money the team gonna feel they don't necessarily have to
compliment him or any other player, financially because that's a
big pool of money allocated to one. Player it's same
thing that happened WITH Jj watt And Andre. Johnson WHEN
jj whtte came, up his contract came, up they gave
him the fifty million deal and after that all on.
Defense they never ever tried to improve the defense because
they were scrapped for. Money same thing considered With Andre.
Johnson so you got two players that is allocating most
likely had of your. Payroll there's nothing left to attract
quality championship players to play on your. Team so IF
i Was, HUNTER i go to the team of my
choice THAT i would think that had the best possibility
to reach the Super, bowl because he won't get it
here In.
Speaker 1: Houston but that ain't really WHAT i called.
Speaker 2: FOR i really called because there was a certain talk
show host Wanted jayleen Green out And.
Speaker 1: Durant in.
Speaker 2: Hindsight twenty, twenty no one saw The Van fleet injury
hampering their. BACKCOURT i predict this that track gonna come
back To hunt The.
Speaker 1: Rockets durant is no more than a.
Speaker 2: Score he's like A tracy. McGrady he's like a he's
like A James. Harten never won a, championship but they can.
Score they can light it. Up if you Take if
you Take durant away From Golden state two, years he
will not have a championship ring because he had Step,
Curry Klay thompson and Green on that team and all
he did was. Shoot he didn't have to do nothing.
Else my prediction is this that. TRADE i think that
was really pushed by a certain talk show. Hosts, yes
oh seven Ninety, yes don't come back fight The rockets
in the bring end in their.
Speaker 1: Grudles Maximum james got one question for. You remember you
talked About Kevin durant with That warrior team and all
he did was. Shoot i'm just. Curious do you remember
who THE mvp was of THE Nba finals in twenty
seventeen and? Eighteen? Oh what was? This Kevin? Durant Was Kevin? Durant?
Speaker 2: Oh was It Kevin? Durant where let me ask you this? Here, okay,
okay since since since let me ask you? This so
he came up With. Oklahoma, yes how many teams That
Kevin durant played on and how many teams did he
win a championship with? It he won two.
Speaker 1: In San francisco by being the best player in that
in those, finals in those two series with all those,
stars he was the best, player the best of the.
Speaker 2: Best, Okay but he can't duplicate it nowhere. Else he
havn't duplicated that anywhere.
Speaker 1: Else so so so uh SO i gotta go to.
Break thank you for the, phone and make sure the
astros hit the outside pitch this year. Too we always
appreciate and we always will accept your. Call well you
rarely agree with, it but we'll always accept. It and
by the, WAY i do have the power to make things.
Happen you, Do he set a certain seven on his
Host you better say my, name.
Speaker 4: What?
Speaker 1: Record this go? AHEAD i Got Kevin durant here because
my conversations with you, said if you need to give
up A jalen to Get Gavin, durant you make the. Move,
Yes Matt, thomas weekdays ten to Two Sports talk seven Ninety, Houston.
Texas been in the radio business since nineteen ninety. One
i've been on the air in three different, markets hosted
a current show with my Partner Rossfield roal for sixteen.
Speaker 3: Years and two. Months, YES i made that happen.
Speaker 1: And you're, welcome but leave it or not Up next
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support of this radio, show thanks again to The Associated.
Press cougars are now eighth in the. Poll where were
they ninth or? TENTH i think the we are right
now second Among big twelve. Schools arizona. One Iowa state
is number, Seven cougars at. Eighth you, KNOW i don't
care about none of. That joe Beat oklahoma this. Weekend
he did down as much as, fourteen came back and.
Won you go get. In, yeah it didn't cover Versus
auburn the middle of the. Week number thirty fourth In Kim,
palm you're Fighting Texas. Longhorns was that about an eight nine? Seed? Y's?
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play in twelve? Games we'll go see you In Dayton
ross sad? Hush you get a brand new? Coach, YEAH
i know it's gonna take. Time the recruiting class top
five next, year you mean the nil top? Five who?
Cares so?
Speaker 4: What?
Speaker 1: Oh? OKAY i saw all the all The Houston cougar
players are playing for.
Speaker 3: Fun huh and a great.
Speaker 1: Education don't forget that. Part that's, true great education At University.
HOUSTON i don't need to get more people mad at. Me,
yes you. Do your university tier one Research. Institute it
is the best university in the history of. TIME i
love you.
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Speaker 1: Much show what should we? New suber six can pump?
Six that's really. Good i'll take. Six that's. Nice take.
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to line number, One terry on seven. Ninety, Terry you're
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given to the artists Later believe it or Not believe
It believe it statement number two for the Win, joe
with thirty five, Wins beyonce holds the record for most
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don't know we mentioned that. Earlier, Yeah joe is like
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like six hundred and forty eighth straight times and never
wins until today he. Won let's go To howard on
seven Ninety howard your favorite part of today's ten to
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Speaker 1: O'Neil here we go the nineteen eighty Four grammys with
the highest rating, history With Michael jackson leading the way
with twelve nominations and eight.
Speaker 3: Wins Believe it Or, Knights.
Speaker 1: Oh, GOAT i believe. That believe it you are have.
Speaker 3: Another Catak he never loses ross.
Speaker 1: There it is all right back with you tomorrow for
ten to, two getting you ready for a four hour
recap of The rockets win against The.
Speaker 3: Pacers that's our show.
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