WEBVTT 1 00:00:03.000 --> 00:00:05.519 Right, we continue on, Fred, Rogan and Rodney peat by 2 00:00:05.599 --> 00:00:10.839 Dam five to seventy LA Sports. So the Dodgers looked 3 00:00:10.839 --> 00:00:14.320 pretty good last night against Seattle. Gavin Lux, Max Munsey homered, 4 00:00:15.519 --> 00:00:20.199 an impressive performance by Gavin Stone, Tomby Edmund made his debut. 5 00:00:21.039 --> 00:00:23.960 They beat the Mariners. Granted, the Mariners are not baseball's 6 00:00:23.960 --> 00:00:28.920 top hitting team, we will acknowledge that. Yeah, but it 7 00:00:28.960 --> 00:00:31.000 was a tight game. It was a pitcher's duel. The 8 00:00:31.039 --> 00:00:34.600 Dodgers did enough to win and they hope that trend 9 00:00:34.640 --> 00:00:37.640 will continue tonight against the Mariners. Rodney, I actually thought 10 00:00:37.640 --> 00:00:38.960 that was great last. 11 00:00:38.880 --> 00:00:41.240 Yeah, it was great coming back home after a long 12 00:00:42.119 --> 00:00:46.240 road trip, getting some guys back, getting Max Munsey in 13 00:00:46.240 --> 00:00:46.759 the lineup. 14 00:00:47.039 --> 00:00:49.079 You know, I know we would talking about it for 15 00:00:49.159 --> 00:00:49.679 the last week. 16 00:00:49.719 --> 00:00:51.960 He was going to be really ready to play and available, 17 00:00:52.560 --> 00:00:55.119 and to see him in the lineup last night, Bill 18 00:00:55.159 --> 00:00:57.399 Pluckett said it, it just gives that line up a 19 00:00:57.399 --> 00:01:00.960 different look. Fred, it gives at length, it gives it 20 00:01:01.000 --> 00:01:03.679 a different thing to think about if you're the opposing picture. 21 00:01:05.680 --> 00:01:06.799 No, it's a good thing. Now. 22 00:01:06.840 --> 00:01:09.439 They just got to remain healthy throughout the throughout the 23 00:01:09.560 --> 00:01:13.560 year as they as they head into September. Yeah, it 24 00:01:13.640 --> 00:01:17.719 really was a good feeling last night seen Montena lineup. Yeah, 25 00:01:18.000 --> 00:01:20.560 really a good feeling. Let's bring on. David vathsay from 26 00:01:20.599 --> 00:01:22.319 Dodger Stadium. Dave, good afternoon. 27 00:01:24.079 --> 00:01:26.239 I'm on my way to Dodgers Stadium. I've had to 28 00:01:26.280 --> 00:01:29.840 avoid a few different sigts. I'm the one today. 29 00:01:30.159 --> 00:01:31.519 Oh where were the sigall orts? 30 00:01:31.560 --> 00:01:33.040 Dave? Yeah, Dave, let us know. 31 00:01:34.640 --> 00:01:37.159 I mean it is one hundred and five degrees in 32 00:01:37.239 --> 00:01:40.400 Woodland Hills, but yet there was a flood on the 33 00:01:40.439 --> 00:01:43.920 freeway on the one oh one, and there was an 34 00:01:43.959 --> 00:01:49.200 accident near lankershim as well. So, uh, I've been similar 35 00:01:49.280 --> 00:01:52.120 to the Dodger plane. I've been delayed a little bit. 36 00:01:52.799 --> 00:01:54.840 Are you have you driven by my house yet? 37 00:01:57.680 --> 00:01:59.239 I don't go through Beverly Hills. 38 00:02:00.760 --> 00:02:03.799 Jesus, Dave, you get off of Kwanga. I'm in too, 39 00:02:03.879 --> 00:02:08.039 Luca Lake, not Beverly Hills. Are you past Kawanga to the. 40 00:02:08.319 --> 00:02:10.120 That's just one of your houses spread. 41 00:02:10.639 --> 00:02:13.080 Well, that's true, But I mean, are you have you 42 00:02:13.120 --> 00:02:13.879 hit the five yet? 43 00:02:15.599 --> 00:02:15.800 Yeah? 44 00:02:15.800 --> 00:02:18.240 I'm on the five right now as we seek No. 45 00:02:18.319 --> 00:02:25.879 All right, good hey, Dave? So yeah, like you're right. 46 00:02:25.919 --> 00:02:28.520 Fred's got multiple houses, Dave, so you don't know which 47 00:02:28.520 --> 00:02:34.719 one you driving. Gavin Stone last night look looked really good, 48 00:02:34.879 --> 00:02:37.599 really good as a result of the Mareda's not being 49 00:02:38.039 --> 00:02:40.719 a great hitting team, or has he found something again 50 00:02:40.800 --> 00:02:42.240 that kind of got him back on track. 51 00:02:44.159 --> 00:02:46.919 Well, he told me in Saint Louis when we spoke 52 00:02:46.960 --> 00:02:50.120 to him on Sunday that the adjustments he's made is 53 00:02:50.159 --> 00:02:53.240 working on his mechanics of being more directional to the plate, 54 00:02:53.680 --> 00:02:57.280 so that helped his stuff play better. But last night 55 00:02:57.639 --> 00:03:00.000 that was part of it, and the other part was 56 00:03:00.560 --> 00:03:03.919 his aggressiveness in the strike zone. His fastball had a 57 00:03:03.919 --> 00:03:06.680 lot of life on it. He was mixing in six 58 00:03:06.759 --> 00:03:11.560 different pitches last night, but relying mostly on his fastball 59 00:03:11.960 --> 00:03:16.120 and also his changeup, which was really good yesterday, to 60 00:03:16.240 --> 00:03:18.759 go along with his slider. Those were his three best 61 00:03:18.759 --> 00:03:22.840 pitches last night. And he was just being aggressive man, 62 00:03:23.319 --> 00:03:26.840 challenging these Mariners hitters to hit the ball, which they 63 00:03:26.840 --> 00:03:29.800 have not done all season long. They have the lowest 64 00:03:29.840 --> 00:03:33.319 batting average in baseball. They've struck out more than anybody else. 65 00:03:34.199 --> 00:03:37.039 Justin Turner, in fact, was the one that actually had 66 00:03:37.039 --> 00:03:40.520 the best approach against Gavin Stone, So that was a 67 00:03:40.599 --> 00:03:44.159 recipe for the reason why he had a new career 68 00:03:44.240 --> 00:03:47.599 high at ten strikeouts, and he had seven through three 69 00:03:47.639 --> 00:03:48.639 innings last night. 70 00:03:49.680 --> 00:03:52.039 You know, Dave I made the point earlier in a 71 00:03:52.080 --> 00:03:54.879 game like that because Brian Will was pretty good for 72 00:03:54.919 --> 00:03:59.599 the Mariners pitchers, dual tight game, Dodgers win. I think 73 00:03:59.599 --> 00:04:01.159 those are the kind of games you're going to see 74 00:04:01.159 --> 00:04:04.599 in the playoffs. So you know, I think playing in 75 00:04:04.680 --> 00:04:07.719 games like that now probably more helpful than. 76 00:04:07.680 --> 00:04:12.240 Hurtful, without a doubt. And Max Munsey said after the 77 00:04:12.280 --> 00:04:15.800 game last night, the Dodgers were saying that Brian Wu's 78 00:04:15.800 --> 00:04:18.079 fastball was one of the best they've seen all year. 79 00:04:18.279 --> 00:04:20.560 So yeah, that's the kind of stuff you're going to 80 00:04:20.560 --> 00:04:23.560 see as far as facing the one or two hitters, 81 00:04:23.959 --> 00:04:26.600 and you know, Dodger players, even talking to Freddie Freeman, 82 00:04:26.680 --> 00:04:29.879 he said, it's so difficult in the postseason to string 83 00:04:30.000 --> 00:04:33.120 together three or four hits. So it does come down 84 00:04:33.199 --> 00:04:37.519 to making pictures pay for mistakes with the home run, 85 00:04:37.680 --> 00:04:41.160 and we saw that last night with Gavin Lux getting 86 00:04:41.399 --> 00:04:44.600 Brian Wu on a mistake that was trying to come inside, 87 00:04:44.920 --> 00:04:48.000 leaked over the plate. Lux did not miss it, and 88 00:04:48.079 --> 00:04:50.959 from there the Dodgers were able to knock out Brian 89 00:04:51.040 --> 00:04:54.439 Wu and get to Yimi Garcia. 90 00:04:56.000 --> 00:04:56.160 Day. 91 00:04:56.240 --> 00:04:59.439 They were talking last night on the broadcast about Evan 92 00:04:59.519 --> 00:05:04.399 Phillips and him eliminating the cutter because it was affecting 93 00:05:04.439 --> 00:05:07.000 his four seam. Have you heard anything about that in 94 00:05:07.079 --> 00:05:09.160 him and making adjustments like that. 95 00:05:10.759 --> 00:05:10.879 Oh? 96 00:05:10.959 --> 00:05:14.680 Yeah, he's been working tirelessly to try to figure things out, 97 00:05:14.720 --> 00:05:19.000 and honestly, he was relying too much on his sweeper pitch. 98 00:05:19.399 --> 00:05:23.279 That's one thing that everybody noticed. He wasn't just relying 99 00:05:23.319 --> 00:05:26.600 on his fastball and letting the sweeper play off the fastball. 100 00:05:27.000 --> 00:05:30.079 He was using the fastball as a secondary pitch. And 101 00:05:30.160 --> 00:05:32.240 since he went back to that, it seems like he's 102 00:05:32.240 --> 00:05:34.040 gotten his season back on track. 103 00:05:34.399 --> 00:05:36.360 Yeah, Dave. 104 00:05:36.399 --> 00:05:40.120 Tommy Edmund a guy the Dodgers, according to reports after 105 00:05:40.160 --> 00:05:43.240 they had acquired him, he was somebody that were looking 106 00:05:43.279 --> 00:05:46.120 at for years. They really wanted him on the ball club. 107 00:05:46.519 --> 00:05:49.120 What does his presence on the team mean. 108 00:05:51.079 --> 00:05:53.879 Yeah, Andrew Friedman told me after they traded for Tommy 109 00:05:54.079 --> 00:05:57.560 Edmund he had two players on his wish list during 110 00:05:57.600 --> 00:06:00.959 the offseason. One was sho Ha Tommy and the other 111 00:06:01.199 --> 00:06:04.519 was Tommy Edmond. That speaks volumes about how much the 112 00:06:04.639 --> 00:06:07.839 Dodgers think Tommy Edmon can help them. He's not a 113 00:06:08.040 --> 00:06:11.120 dynamic type of player, but he's a really good baseball 114 00:06:11.160 --> 00:06:13.959 player that puts the ball in play and could play 115 00:06:14.079 --> 00:06:17.920 elite defense at shortstop in center field. And you're going 116 00:06:17.959 --> 00:06:21.800 to see Tommy Edmund at shortstop tonight where he played 117 00:06:21.839 --> 00:06:26.199 center field last night. So he's a guy that fits 118 00:06:26.360 --> 00:06:30.040 the lineup one through nine where he's not looking to slug. 119 00:06:30.120 --> 00:06:32.480 He's trying to put the ball in play and get 120 00:06:32.519 --> 00:06:35.720 on base for the other guys and create some traffic. 121 00:06:36.720 --> 00:06:39.040 How much time will he see Dave will Will he 122 00:06:39.120 --> 00:06:41.959 eventually be a regular or will he be one of 123 00:06:41.959 --> 00:06:45.639 those guys that comes in and spot play second or 124 00:06:45.680 --> 00:06:46.759 short or center field. 125 00:06:48.600 --> 00:06:51.519 Oh no, he's an everyday player. It just depends where 126 00:06:51.519 --> 00:06:55.759 he's playing. Primarily center field, but nights the Dodgers want 127 00:06:55.800 --> 00:06:59.000 to get Miguel Rojas off his feet, Like tonight, you're 128 00:06:59.040 --> 00:07:01.720 going to see tom Yet at shortstop. So he's going 129 00:07:01.800 --> 00:07:06.959 to play primarily center field and spots started shortstop with 130 00:07:07.120 --> 00:07:11.480 everybody being healthy, and he's an everyday player, just depends 131 00:07:11.480 --> 00:07:13.399 where he's going to play, Dave. 132 00:07:13.600 --> 00:07:15.720 They brought in Evan Phillips to close last night. He 133 00:07:15.800 --> 00:07:18.879 got the job done. Is Dave Roberts still trying to 134 00:07:18.879 --> 00:07:22.079 figure out which direction he'll go with as a closer, 135 00:07:22.199 --> 00:07:24.279 or do you think Copeck is going to hold down 136 00:07:24.319 --> 00:07:24.720 that job. 137 00:07:27.040 --> 00:07:30.000 I think they're trying to sort through what Michael Kopek 138 00:07:30.160 --> 00:07:34.560 can do and what his limits are, because his velocity 139 00:07:34.759 --> 00:07:38.360 on Sunday in Saint Louis was down considerably because they've 140 00:07:38.399 --> 00:07:40.360 been using him quite a bit on the road trip 141 00:07:40.480 --> 00:07:44.560 and the White Sox. Obviously we're not using high leverage 142 00:07:44.560 --> 00:07:48.279 relievers too often, so this is kind of new to 143 00:07:48.360 --> 00:07:51.720 him where his services are needed way more often than 144 00:07:51.759 --> 00:07:56.680 what they were in Chicago. So it's still nobody's declaring 145 00:07:56.720 --> 00:08:02.399 Michael Kopek the Dodger closer, just status quo closer committee 146 00:08:02.639 --> 00:08:06.519 going by groupings of hitters, but certainly Michael Kopek you 147 00:08:06.560 --> 00:08:09.240 are going to see him when available in the eighth 148 00:08:09.319 --> 00:08:10.800 or ninth inning of games. 149 00:08:11.079 --> 00:08:14.439 All right, Dave, appreciate you coming on and battling the 150 00:08:14.480 --> 00:08:15.800 traffic with us, Thanks so much. 151 00:08:17.240 --> 00:08:20.720 All right, guys, thanks, where's our buddy David Vassy? Head 152 00:08:20.759 --> 00:08:21.439 it out to the day. 153 00:08:21.439 --> 00:08:24.480 Say don't forget you'll hear the game tonight right here? 154 00:08:24.920 --> 00:08:28.959 On a five to seventy LA Sports. We still have 155 00:08:29.000 --> 00:08:30.480 to get to the high coup. We'll do that coming 156 00:08:30.560 --> 00:08:34.240 up in a bit. And also, since Adam's here, you know, 157 00:08:34.240 --> 00:08:36.759 there's a feeling the West may not be as good 158 00:08:36.799 --> 00:08:39.039 as some people suggest it will be this year. And 159 00:08:39.080 --> 00:08:41.080 if that's the case, do the Lakers have a shot. 160 00:08:41.720 --> 00:08:42.879 We'll bring Adam on next. 161 00:08:44.720 --> 00:08:48.679 Come on, let's keep that train moving on a beautiful Tuesday, 162 00:08:49.960 --> 00:08:52.519 David Basse, run it into traffic. Be careful out there 163 00:08:52.519 --> 00:08:54.840 if you're driving on that one on one head at 164 00:08:54.879 --> 00:08:56.000 the Dodge Stadium. 165 00:08:56.200 --> 00:08:58.440 Let me tell you something about Let me tell you something. 166 00:08:59.039 --> 00:09:00.799 You know long it takes to get to Dodger Stadium 167 00:09:00.840 --> 00:09:05.360 from my house? No traffic, I don't twelve minutes, no, 168 00:09:06.200 --> 00:09:09.759 swear to God, no traffic. Twelve minutes. Leave at the 169 00:09:09.840 --> 00:09:10.960 right time. Twelve minutes. 170 00:09:12.120 --> 00:09:13.879 Is the right time two o'clock for a seven to 171 00:09:13.919 --> 00:09:25.919 ten game? No? No, what's the right time you leave? 172 00:09:28.320 --> 00:09:28.919 Three am? 173 00:09:29.080 --> 00:09:31.759 No? 174 00:09:31.759 --> 00:09:34.759 No, I mean if you leave a one o'clock game, 175 00:09:35.559 --> 00:09:37.200 if you get there eleven, if you leave at eleven 176 00:09:37.279 --> 00:09:39.679 thirty because you want to eat before, you know where 177 00:09:39.720 --> 00:09:40.799 we eat before. 178 00:09:41.679 --> 00:09:43.320 Yeah, it's twelve minutes. 179 00:09:44.320 --> 00:09:46.159 I swear to God in track. 180 00:09:46.000 --> 00:09:46.799 On a Saturday. 181 00:09:46.840 --> 00:09:49.639 On a weekend, hm oh, during the week would be 182 00:09:49.679 --> 00:09:51.240 the same. Well they won't play during it. Well they 183 00:09:51.279 --> 00:09:53.440 play one o'clock game during the week. Twelve minutes time, 184 00:09:53.639 --> 00:09:56.879 very very sod. But you're not Alfred, thank you, Ronnie 185 00:09:57.960 --> 00:10:00.639 clock game during the week. You can get there twelve minutes. 186 00:10:00.720 --> 00:10:01.919 Yeah, absolutely, because. 187 00:10:03.600 --> 00:10:05.799 Huh if you leave at eleven thirty. 188 00:10:05.600 --> 00:10:08.759 Yeah, And I would only leave that early because I 189 00:10:08.759 --> 00:10:10.720 want to get in an eat and you know you 190 00:10:10.759 --> 00:10:11.879 have to fight for a table. 191 00:10:12.080 --> 00:10:15.519 Are you taking straight till you Are you going anywhere 192 00:10:15.559 --> 00:10:19.039 near the one on one or five boom to die? 193 00:10:19.399 --> 00:10:19.600 Yeah? 194 00:10:19.639 --> 00:10:21.759 Fred didn't let you went on the fact his electric 195 00:10:21.879 --> 00:10:24.440 jeep has like a jet engine on the back of it, 196 00:10:24.519 --> 00:10:26.639 like the Batmobile. He's got a thruster. 197 00:10:27.039 --> 00:10:27.840 He puts your button. 198 00:10:28.720 --> 00:10:30.960 I once got to Crypto. Fred's not Lyne. I once 199 00:10:30.960 --> 00:10:33.559 got to Crypto. No traffic fifteen minutes from Burbank. 200 00:10:33.759 --> 00:10:35.639 Right, you're in Burbank and so it's Ronnie. You guys 201 00:10:35.679 --> 00:10:37.240 know that. Well you know what it takes me. 202 00:10:37.679 --> 00:10:37.799 Uh. 203 00:10:37.840 --> 00:10:38.799 I just went to the game. 204 00:10:39.639 --> 00:10:41.039 I went for a legends weekend. 205 00:10:41.080 --> 00:10:44.320 I went on a Saturday, and I left about I 206 00:10:44.399 --> 00:10:45.720 left my house about four thirty. 207 00:10:46.200 --> 00:10:46.960 I got there just. 208 00:10:46.879 --> 00:10:49.360 Before five o'clock. I'm not that way. You got all 209 00:10:49.480 --> 00:10:50.080 in traffic? 210 00:10:50.279 --> 00:10:51.559 Do you get off Stadium Way? 211 00:10:51.759 --> 00:10:52.480 It all depends. 212 00:10:52.960 --> 00:10:55.000 I know how to navigate the five Freeway pretty well, 213 00:10:55.039 --> 00:10:57.840 so I know which which lanes that move quicker than others. 214 00:10:58.200 --> 00:11:00.639 So depending on the flow of traffic, I might get 215 00:11:00.639 --> 00:11:03.399 off on Glendale and then just go all the way down. 216 00:11:03.399 --> 00:11:05.480 Right right, yea. If you get off at Stadium Way, 217 00:11:05.559 --> 00:11:06.639 that alone will take you. 218 00:11:06.759 --> 00:11:08.840 Gotta have the shortcuts. I got a couple of different ones. 219 00:11:08.840 --> 00:11:09.919 I'm sure Fred you do too. 220 00:11:10.159 --> 00:11:13.440 I do absolutely, But and I've told you this before. 221 00:11:13.960 --> 00:11:18.279 If you Rodney, if you and Holly are flying and 222 00:11:18.360 --> 00:11:19.960 you need somebody to pick you up at the airport, 223 00:11:21.519 --> 00:11:24.120 if you ask me to pick you up at Burbank Airport, 224 00:11:24.200 --> 00:11:27.039 it is nine minutes from my house, and I've timed 225 00:11:27.080 --> 00:11:30.080 it multiple times. If you let at LAX, you're on 226 00:11:30.120 --> 00:11:30.480 your own. 227 00:11:30.799 --> 00:11:34.000 Yes, of course, of course. I don't pick anybody up 228 00:11:34.039 --> 00:11:36.159 anymore at LAX. I don't care who it is. My 229 00:11:36.200 --> 00:11:37.879 own kids. I don't pick them up at LA I 230 00:11:37.919 --> 00:11:38.360 don't either. 231 00:11:38.559 --> 00:11:39.159 I don't either. 232 00:11:39.360 --> 00:11:41.240 I don't go there unless i'm leaving out of there, 233 00:11:41.840 --> 00:11:45.799 and I try not to as much as possible, right, 234 00:11:45.840 --> 00:11:47.799 you try to avoid it. Yeah, if I can get 235 00:11:47.840 --> 00:11:50.240 out of Burbank, I'm getting out of Burbank and I'll 236 00:11:50.240 --> 00:11:51.399 do that as much as possible. 237 00:11:51.440 --> 00:11:53.840 Because Lax is a mess. Can you imagine Lax? 238 00:11:54.159 --> 00:11:56.679 And hopefully everything will be done by twenty eight but 239 00:11:56.919 --> 00:12:01.480 Lax at the Olympics. During the Olympics, well, what they're 240 00:12:01.480 --> 00:12:05.080 gonna probably do is for the team, for the athletes 241 00:12:05.120 --> 00:12:08.960 from countries, they'll land on the tarmac somewhere else and 242 00:12:08.960 --> 00:12:10.679 the buses will just come in and pick them up 243 00:12:11.279 --> 00:12:13.840 and get them out of there. You're not going through 244 00:12:13.879 --> 00:12:16.879 the fans that coming in here from all over the world. Oh, 245 00:12:16.919 --> 00:12:18.639 that's gonna be a nightmare. You land at that Tom 246 00:12:18.679 --> 00:12:22.559 Bradley terminal. Hopefully the people movers are ready to go 247 00:12:22.600 --> 00:12:25.159 by then, well that would be terrific if they were. 248 00:12:25.200 --> 00:12:27.080 And the thing about Lax. If you've been down there 249 00:12:27.080 --> 00:12:29.399 recently and I was Rodney. 250 00:12:29.080 --> 00:12:29.720 You were as well. 251 00:12:31.240 --> 00:12:33.879 With all the construction, are you thinking this is gonna 252 00:12:33.919 --> 00:12:37.679 make it better? It looks like the whole place is 253 00:12:37.720 --> 00:12:40.799 caving in on you. It's like you can't breathe. I 254 00:12:40.919 --> 00:12:43.519 can't build it way too much, right, It's like, how 255 00:12:43.559 --> 00:12:46.960 are you building all of this in this little tiny area? Yeah, 256 00:12:47.039 --> 00:12:48.679 and you're saying if it's gonna make it easier to 257 00:12:48.799 --> 00:12:53.000 navigate and move around, are you kidding me? It looks 258 00:12:53.039 --> 00:12:55.519 like it'll take you seven hours to drive that circle 259 00:12:55.720 --> 00:12:57.000 once all this stuff is built. 260 00:12:57.440 --> 00:12:58.080 Yeah. 261 00:12:58.360 --> 00:13:01.240 Because you know, if you go down to LA and 262 00:13:01.279 --> 00:13:04.879 you pull in and you get in that circle where 263 00:13:04.879 --> 00:13:08.399 you go all the way around the terminals, yeah, you're screwed. 264 00:13:09.480 --> 00:13:10.840 I mean, if you come in and then you got 265 00:13:10.840 --> 00:13:12.519 to go to terminal seven, you might as well just 266 00:13:13.120 --> 00:13:13.840 pack a lunch. 267 00:13:14.519 --> 00:13:14.799 Yeah. 268 00:13:14.840 --> 00:13:17.200 Well, there's that shortcut to get the terminal seven if 269 00:13:17.399 --> 00:13:20.440 you cut through. But yeah, but if you get like 270 00:13:20.600 --> 00:13:23.399 terminal three or four and you passed it and you 271 00:13:23.480 --> 00:13:25.120 got to go past Tom Bradley to. 272 00:13:25.120 --> 00:13:27.879 Get around, go, oh you get done. You are done. 273 00:13:28.000 --> 00:13:28.720 Let me ask you this. 274 00:13:28.960 --> 00:13:31.960 When you go to Lax, you ever drive I mean, 275 00:13:32.000 --> 00:13:34.679 you're you're traveling now, and I think we're kind of 276 00:13:34.720 --> 00:13:36.879 the same. You ever drive your car down there and park? 277 00:13:37.320 --> 00:13:41.919 No? Me neither. No, don't do it anymore at all. 278 00:13:43.759 --> 00:13:44.159 Me neither. 279 00:13:44.320 --> 00:13:46.919 I forget it. And there are a lot of people 280 00:13:46.919 --> 00:13:51.159 that do. Oh my god, it's always packed. It is packed, 281 00:13:51.720 --> 00:13:54.879 and I'm thinking, what are you people doing? What are 282 00:13:54.919 --> 00:14:00.200 you doing? Why are you putting yourself through this? I 283 00:14:00.679 --> 00:14:03.080 know ubers and things like that are not cheap, but 284 00:14:03.159 --> 00:14:06.639 save a couple of pennies and take one. Do not 285 00:14:06.720 --> 00:14:09.200 put yourself through that hell because it is bad. 286 00:14:09.320 --> 00:14:10.039 Worth it. 287 00:14:10.039 --> 00:14:12.240 It's worth it, and you're gonna pay if you I mean, 288 00:14:12.480 --> 00:14:15.840 if you're going down to the park, you're paying overnight anyway, right, 289 00:14:17.200 --> 00:14:20.159 so why not paying uberdy drop you off? Oh no, yeah, 290 00:14:20.159 --> 00:14:23.519 I would never drive to lax ever. It's just a nightmareland. 291 00:14:23.559 --> 00:14:23.799 Oh right. 292 00:14:24.039 --> 00:14:27.600 I mean it should be better by now, but it's worse. 293 00:14:27.840 --> 00:14:28.679 It's gotten worse. 294 00:14:29.000 --> 00:14:32.480 Yeah, it's worse. So we'll see what happens for the Olympics. 295 00:14:32.720 --> 00:14:34.840 Everybody concerned about the Olympics. What are we gonna do 296 00:14:34.840 --> 00:14:37.320 with the homeless people? It's four years from now. Worry 297 00:14:37.360 --> 00:14:40.480 about it? Then, well, what are we gonna do about this? 298 00:14:40.559 --> 00:14:42.519 I don't know what's gonna change in four years. A 299 00:14:42.559 --> 00:14:45.759 lot stop worrying about things before they happen. 300 00:14:46.159 --> 00:14:48.039 A lot will change in four years, though. 301 00:14:47.840 --> 00:14:48.759 Of course it will. 302 00:14:49.879 --> 00:14:52.720 I mean I read something Karen Bassett. We're not gonna 303 00:14:52.720 --> 00:14:55.039 move the homeless people out of here. You don't know 304 00:14:55.080 --> 00:14:58.480 what's gonna happen in four years. We want this to 305 00:14:58.480 --> 00:15:01.279 be a car free olymp You don't know what's gonna 306 00:15:01.279 --> 00:15:02.399 happen in four years. 307 00:15:02.759 --> 00:15:05.799 You have no idea about a year out. Figure it 308 00:15:05.840 --> 00:15:10.159 out because that's what that's what's gonna happen. You can't 309 00:15:10.200 --> 00:15:15.440 make decisions now for four years. It doesn't work, all right, 310 00:15:15.440 --> 00:15:18.519 Adam Uh I read a report that the NBA West 311 00:15:18.519 --> 00:15:22.840 may not be as tough as people are suggesting or hypothesizing, 312 00:15:23.440 --> 00:15:25.480 and that that might give the Lakers a shot. 313 00:15:25.720 --> 00:15:29.080 Yeah, this game from Yahoo Sports. Robert Marvey. Never heard 314 00:15:29.080 --> 00:15:31.679 of him either. I think he was trying to Uh. 315 00:15:31.559 --> 00:15:33.120 Why I got to take a shot at Robert Marvey. 316 00:15:33.200 --> 00:15:33.759 Well, I just. 317 00:15:36.519 --> 00:15:38.120 Just being honest. Ain't never heard of him. 318 00:15:38.600 --> 00:15:40.320 Fred, Are you close friends with him? You met him 319 00:15:40.320 --> 00:15:41.159 at Lax one time? 320 00:15:41.240 --> 00:15:41.320 Right? 321 00:15:41.600 --> 00:15:47.799 Oh wow, I'll drive there for Robert Marvey. I will 322 00:15:47.840 --> 00:15:49.360 bring the traffic for him. Right. 323 00:15:50.440 --> 00:15:54.039 He rode with me from to Luca Lake to the stadium. 324 00:15:55.200 --> 00:16:00.519 Yeah, Fred, Look, I'm just pointing this out because I 325 00:16:00.720 --> 00:16:04.799 vehemently disagree with this article and it may just be 326 00:16:04.919 --> 00:16:07.440 red meat and some optimism for Laker fans who are 327 00:16:07.440 --> 00:16:10.799 looking for any amount of hope right now in a 328 00:16:10.799 --> 00:16:13.200 Western conference that I know. Guys, we come into every 329 00:16:13.240 --> 00:16:15.639 season and say how tough the West is, and typically 330 00:16:15.679 --> 00:16:19.720 it plays out that way. But this season, in particular, 331 00:16:20.279 --> 00:16:22.799 because of the teams who are getting healthy and the 332 00:16:22.879 --> 00:16:25.279 young teams who are turning a corner and on the 333 00:16:25.320 --> 00:16:28.960 come up, I don't know if it could be more 334 00:16:29.000 --> 00:16:30.879 of a gauntlet than what I'm looking at. 335 00:16:30.919 --> 00:16:31.159 Now. 336 00:16:31.440 --> 00:16:33.480 Let's just go down the list a little bit. Is okay, 337 00:16:33.559 --> 00:16:37.519 see getting worse. No, they're getting better. They're likely going 338 00:16:37.559 --> 00:16:41.320 to win the West again. Is Denver getting significantly worse? 339 00:16:41.679 --> 00:16:42.799 No, yok it. 340 00:16:42.840 --> 00:16:44.759 Still looks like the best player in the world. You 341 00:16:44.840 --> 00:16:47.080 just didn't have a team around him to match his talent. 342 00:16:47.559 --> 00:16:49.759 For Serbia even though they were up seventeen on Team 343 00:16:49.840 --> 00:16:53.000 USA and the Olympics to win that one. Minnesota, no 344 00:16:53.519 --> 00:16:57.720 young and getting better Anthony Edwards. The Clippers actually could 345 00:16:57.799 --> 00:17:01.039 be the one team you could identify because they lost 346 00:17:01.039 --> 00:17:04.839 Paul George and say, okay, they lost a significant piece, 347 00:17:05.039 --> 00:17:08.920 a star. Perhaps they take a step back and instead 348 00:17:08.920 --> 00:17:11.720 of being the number four spot, they're six through ten 349 00:17:11.839 --> 00:17:14.680 somewhere they're trying to stay out of the play in somehow. 350 00:17:14.880 --> 00:17:17.799 The Dallas Mavericks were just in the NBA Finals. Kyrie 351 00:17:17.839 --> 00:17:19.559 Irving's broken hand is healing. 352 00:17:19.880 --> 00:17:20.160 Luka. 353 00:17:20.240 --> 00:17:22.960 Doncis hasn't even entered his prime yet. He's just twenty 354 00:17:23.000 --> 00:17:25.839 five years of age. They're still getting better. I can't 355 00:17:25.839 --> 00:17:28.680 imagine Phoenix playing any worse with their new big three 356 00:17:28.720 --> 00:17:30.759 than they did this past season. They should have more 357 00:17:30.799 --> 00:17:33.359 time on the court. The New Orleans Pelicans Zion has 358 00:17:33.359 --> 00:17:36.359 been playing forty games every year. If he's healthy, they're better. 359 00:17:36.480 --> 00:17:39.200 The Sacramento Kings young getting better. Got to mar Droz 360 00:17:39.240 --> 00:17:41.640 and the Golden State Warriors. They were tenth this past season. 361 00:17:41.880 --> 00:17:44.160 They could end up in the same spot, but Houston 362 00:17:44.200 --> 00:17:47.519 could be a lot better. San Antonio with Wemby and 363 00:17:47.559 --> 00:17:50.119 CP three over there helping out, they're gonna be a 364 00:17:50.160 --> 00:17:52.920 little bit more season. The Memphis Grizzlies were the two 365 00:17:53.000 --> 00:17:56.720 seed just over a year ago. They had a lost season, 366 00:17:56.759 --> 00:17:59.079 no John Moran throughout most of it. They're gonna be 367 00:17:59.119 --> 00:18:00.599 back in the hunt for a time. Five seeds in 368 00:18:00.640 --> 00:18:03.400 the Western Conference. So if you're the Lakers, you got 369 00:18:03.400 --> 00:18:05.319 to be thinking we need a lot of good fortune 370 00:18:05.640 --> 00:18:08.359 which means seventy games or more from Lebron and Ad 371 00:18:08.680 --> 00:18:11.000 like they got this past season, and then maybe a 372 00:18:11.039 --> 00:18:15.000 little bit more lineup continuity. Van Dos stays healthy, gave 373 00:18:15.119 --> 00:18:18.680 Vincent plays more than eleven games. That's how they have 374 00:18:18.759 --> 00:18:21.440 an opportunity to shoot up and possibly get out of 375 00:18:21.480 --> 00:18:23.440 the play in guys in two of the past I 376 00:18:23.440 --> 00:18:26.079 think four years now, they've had to come through the 377 00:18:26.160 --> 00:18:28.599 play in just to get into a playoff series to 378 00:18:28.640 --> 00:18:30.680 eventually lose. This past year it was to the Denver 379 00:18:30.799 --> 00:18:32.319 Nuggets in that first round series. 380 00:18:32.839 --> 00:18:33.400 I don't know. 381 00:18:33.640 --> 00:18:36.039 I think the West is as stacked as ever, and 382 00:18:36.079 --> 00:18:38.599 this article is a little bit off base, but if 383 00:18:38.640 --> 00:18:41.519 you're a Laker fan, it's about good health with players 384 00:18:41.559 --> 00:18:45.400 who are getting older. Lebron's turning forty, Anthony Davis will 385 00:18:45.400 --> 00:18:47.480 be thirty one by the end of this season. So 386 00:18:47.559 --> 00:18:49.079 it's not going to be easy. Do they have a 387 00:18:49.079 --> 00:18:52.200 talented team, of course, but there's so many unknowns. JJ 388 00:18:52.279 --> 00:18:54.599 Redick is coaching staff. We don't know what that's going 389 00:18:54.680 --> 00:18:57.200 to look like. Could they be five games better than 390 00:18:57.200 --> 00:18:59.440 they were last year where they finished at forty seven 391 00:18:59.480 --> 00:19:02.559 and thirty five. I think it's possible. Then you're in 392 00:19:02.599 --> 00:19:04.519 the hunt for a top five seed in the West, 393 00:19:04.559 --> 00:19:07.079 but there are no guarantees in this Western Conference. 394 00:19:08.200 --> 00:19:10.160 Look at Thatam breaking it down, Adam real quick. What 395 00:19:10.200 --> 00:19:12.279 do you think about Anthony Edwards what he said. 396 00:19:12.880 --> 00:19:16.359 His comment regarding outside of Michael Jordan, there weren't a 397 00:19:16.400 --> 00:19:18.119 lot of skilled players back then. 398 00:19:18.279 --> 00:19:18.480 Yeah. 399 00:19:18.920 --> 00:19:22.480 I think two things can be true. There's more skilled 400 00:19:22.480 --> 00:19:25.599 players than ever now, and there were still skilled players 401 00:19:25.680 --> 00:19:28.279