WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.760 --> 00:00:04.360 You're listening to Later with Moe Kelly on demand from 2 00:00:04.440 --> 00:00:06.360 KFI AM six forty. 3 00:00:07.759 --> 00:00:10.439 KIM six forty. It's a letter with Mo Kelly. 4 00:00:10.519 --> 00:00:12.960 Let's go beyond the box score on this Monday with 5 00:00:13.080 --> 00:00:15.279 Jackie Ray who joined me in studio. 6 00:00:15.679 --> 00:00:17.399 Jackie Ray is good to see you. What's going on. 7 00:00:17.879 --> 00:00:19.239 It's good to be here. 8 00:00:19.679 --> 00:00:21.000 You know as I do. 9 00:00:21.199 --> 00:00:25.399 This was a big season for the WNBA, with the 10 00:00:25.440 --> 00:00:28.719 addition of Caitlin Clark and Angel Reees, among others, but 11 00:00:28.719 --> 00:00:32.439 specifically people were focused on those two rookies joining the 12 00:00:32.520 --> 00:00:36.880 league what it might do for the prospects of the league. Well, 13 00:00:37.000 --> 00:00:40.520 news has come out that the WNBA is set to 14 00:00:40.600 --> 00:00:45.880 lose about forty million dollars despite the historic aspect of 15 00:00:46.000 --> 00:00:46.640 this season. 16 00:00:47.000 --> 00:00:49.159 I think I know why that is. But did it 17 00:00:49.240 --> 00:00:49.840 surprise you? 18 00:00:50.920 --> 00:00:51.439 It didn't. 19 00:00:52.000 --> 00:00:55.759 The WBA hasn't made a profit since its inception, so 20 00:00:56.000 --> 00:01:00.359 it's gonna be years, literally years. Even once they starting 21 00:01:00.399 --> 00:01:01.880 in the black, it's still going to be a while 22 00:01:01.920 --> 00:01:04.400 before they turn a profit because they have been in 23 00:01:04.439 --> 00:01:07.040 the red for so long. But the good news, and 24 00:01:07.079 --> 00:01:09.519 I know a lot of people who just see that number, 25 00:01:09.560 --> 00:01:11.159 you go, oh my god. The good news is they 26 00:01:11.159 --> 00:01:14.079 were projected to be fifty million dollars in the red 27 00:01:14.159 --> 00:01:17.000 and it's only forty. So that just is a testament to, 28 00:01:17.319 --> 00:01:19.200 you know, the things that are coming at this what 29 00:01:19.359 --> 00:01:22.439 is like a two point four billion dollar TV deal 30 00:01:22.439 --> 00:01:25.599 that's going to last over several years. That's coming, and 31 00:01:25.799 --> 00:01:27.879 you know, the game is just getting better, just like 32 00:01:27.920 --> 00:01:29.760 with the Men's League. You know, the men's League for 33 00:01:29.799 --> 00:01:32.280 a while, the game when you look at Jordan's time 34 00:01:32.319 --> 00:01:34.400 to now, the game is different. I think it's progressed 35 00:01:34.400 --> 00:01:36.959 in a lot of ways. It's declined in others, but 36 00:01:37.120 --> 00:01:39.439 that's just how it grows. So it's growing. I think 37 00:01:39.760 --> 00:01:42.920 it's mimicking the NBA a little bit. I think my 38 00:01:43.040 --> 00:01:47.200 disappointment is the NBA knew some of the downfalls that 39 00:01:47.239 --> 00:01:49.159 it experienced, some of the reasons why it took so 40 00:01:49.280 --> 00:01:51.799 long to take off, and so since you know that, 41 00:01:51.920 --> 00:01:54.640 and since you were the catalyst who even launched the WNBA, 42 00:01:54.760 --> 00:01:57.959 I would have really hoped that they circumvented some of 43 00:01:58.000 --> 00:02:01.719 those problems, gave the w a bigger. 44 00:02:01.439 --> 00:02:02.799 Boost much much sooner. 45 00:02:03.319 --> 00:02:06.879 But it just didn't happen that way, and the WS 46 00:02:06.879 --> 00:02:08.719 had to be kind of on its own for a while. 47 00:02:08.759 --> 00:02:10.919 But I'm excited about this season. 48 00:02:11.000 --> 00:02:14.960 This is down, hands down, one of the best finals 49 00:02:14.960 --> 00:02:17.520 series I have seen as far as the WNBA are 50 00:02:17.560 --> 00:02:18.919 actually any basketball at all. 51 00:02:18.960 --> 00:02:19.919 So it's very exciting. 52 00:02:20.319 --> 00:02:22.639 Since you mentioned the finals, which just concluded, the New 53 00:02:22.719 --> 00:02:26.159 York Liberty won its first w NBA championship, but not 54 00:02:26.199 --> 00:02:30.800 without controversy. The Minnesota Links coach basically was saying that 55 00:02:30.879 --> 00:02:35.360 the officiating was siding with the New York Liberty and 56 00:02:35.680 --> 00:02:38.080 that's why they won, just paraphrasing, what did you make 57 00:02:38.120 --> 00:02:39.199 of that controversy? 58 00:02:40.000 --> 00:02:42.719 So, first of all, Cheryl Reeve is my favorite coach 59 00:02:42.759 --> 00:02:45.080 in the WNBA, so I tend to lean if she 60 00:02:45.199 --> 00:02:45.599 said it. 61 00:02:45.560 --> 00:02:46.479 I'm a rock with it. 62 00:02:46.560 --> 00:02:49.919 This is not one of those times, because the truth is, 63 00:02:49.960 --> 00:02:52.960 the officiating has been garbage the whole entire season. It's 64 00:02:53.039 --> 00:02:57.199 just been really, really bad officiating. If you watch the finals, 65 00:02:57.400 --> 00:02:59.919 there were some calls that were made that shouldn't have 66 00:02:59.919 --> 00:03:02.520 been and there were some overturns that didn't happen. So 67 00:03:02.879 --> 00:03:06.719 I don't think the officiating was the best. However, you 68 00:03:06.759 --> 00:03:10.000 can't go into overtime and not score a single basket 69 00:03:10.319 --> 00:03:10.800 and then. 70 00:03:10.680 --> 00:03:12.000 Blame it on the officiating. 71 00:03:12.439 --> 00:03:15.599 That's just not how that works for me. So I 72 00:03:15.639 --> 00:03:16.479 hear what she's saying. 73 00:03:16.520 --> 00:03:19.400 There was definitely some questionable no calls, But like my 74 00:03:19.439 --> 00:03:21.599 coach used to always tell me, if it comes down 75 00:03:21.680 --> 00:03:24.479 to whether an official does or does not make a 76 00:03:24.520 --> 00:03:26.400 call for you winning the game, then you had already 77 00:03:26.439 --> 00:03:27.680 lost the game much earlier. 78 00:03:27.759 --> 00:03:29.280 So that's not how that works. 79 00:03:29.960 --> 00:03:31.599 I say this as a basketball fan. 80 00:03:31.800 --> 00:03:34.120 I say this as someone who has watched the growth 81 00:03:34.159 --> 00:03:37.840 of the WNBA after it used to be the WNBA 82 00:03:37.960 --> 00:03:40.919 and the ABL. That's how far back I personally go. 83 00:03:41.560 --> 00:03:44.960 I personally have been very excited with what I've seen, 84 00:03:45.319 --> 00:03:47.639 and I know Rome, as they say, was not built 85 00:03:47.639 --> 00:03:49.960 in a day. This was the first step of many 86 00:03:50.319 --> 00:03:52.360 which are going to be taken, which have to be 87 00:03:52.439 --> 00:03:55.479 taken for the league to grow. I knew that the 88 00:03:55.520 --> 00:03:57.879 TV deals and ernest weren't going to kick in until 89 00:03:57.879 --> 00:04:02.240 twenty twenty six. These growing they may still be going on, 90 00:04:02.719 --> 00:04:05.759 but they're not forever. And since they have some real 91 00:04:06.759 --> 00:04:10.159 when I say talent, talent that's being recognized, talent that's 92 00:04:10.199 --> 00:04:12.759 being seen, you have more fans coming to the game. 93 00:04:12.800 --> 00:04:15.840 And that's what I think people misunderstood. Just because you 94 00:04:15.919 --> 00:04:17.959 have more fans coming to the game. It doesn't make 95 00:04:17.959 --> 00:04:21.279 the game more solvent. The game makes money through the merchandise, 96 00:04:21.360 --> 00:04:24.439 and the game makes money through the television deals, and 97 00:04:24.560 --> 00:04:27.920 as those things continue to pick up, and they are 98 00:04:27.959 --> 00:04:31.439 picking up, we'll see more growth of the WNBA. My 99 00:04:31.759 --> 00:04:35.360 question to you, bigger picture, are we just at the beginning, 100 00:04:35.360 --> 00:04:37.480 because when you have folks like Juju coming into the. 101 00:04:37.480 --> 00:04:42.879 League, Juju, let me tell your page Page Beckers, which 102 00:04:43.439 --> 00:04:46.920 fingers crossed the LA sparks will get. But I think 103 00:04:46.959 --> 00:04:49.759 we're in a different time because now it's more social 104 00:04:49.800 --> 00:04:53.079 media driven. When you have young players like this who 105 00:04:53.079 --> 00:04:56.800 are already on social media, they when you elevate I've 106 00:04:56.800 --> 00:04:58.720 been saying this for years and it just seems like 107 00:04:58.759 --> 00:05:00.920 people are catching on. I'm go to say they're finally 108 00:05:00.920 --> 00:05:04.079 listening to me, but maybe that's not the case. But 109 00:05:04.680 --> 00:05:08.040 when you elevate the person and elevate their specific brand, 110 00:05:08.040 --> 00:05:11.079 you automatically elevate the league and the specific team that 111 00:05:11.120 --> 00:05:13.800 they're on. Because if you are a fan of Caitlin Clark, 112 00:05:13.879 --> 00:05:15.839 now you care about the Indiana Fever. It's been a 113 00:05:15.879 --> 00:05:18.720 long time since anybody cared about the Indiana Fever, even 114 00:05:18.759 --> 00:05:19.160 though they have. 115 00:05:19.600 --> 00:05:22.079 No no it's never been any time in which people 116 00:05:22.120 --> 00:05:23.240 care about the Indiana Fever. 117 00:05:23.279 --> 00:05:25.199 It's not a long time trying to be nice. 118 00:05:26.199 --> 00:05:29.360 Don't lie to me, Okay, we know nobody ever cared 119 00:05:29.399 --> 00:05:30.360 about that franchise. 120 00:05:30.519 --> 00:05:32.439 Ever, even with the Leah Boston they had the number 121 00:05:32.480 --> 00:05:34.920 one draft pick two years ago, nobody cared. 122 00:05:35.000 --> 00:05:36.040 It was so easy. 123 00:05:36.079 --> 00:05:37.920 And I can tell you as a person who covers 124 00:05:38.160 --> 00:05:41.680 the WNBA, when you get star power like Angel Reese 125 00:05:41.680 --> 00:05:44.319 and Caitlin Clark, usually get a scrub. That's how you 126 00:05:44.319 --> 00:05:46.279 So when a scrum means is it's a bunch of 127 00:05:46.319 --> 00:05:47.519 reporters interviewing one. 128 00:05:47.360 --> 00:05:48.120 Player at a time. 129 00:05:48.519 --> 00:05:50.639 That's what you get when you get these star power 130 00:05:50.720 --> 00:05:55.560 rookies or these big name players Aliah Boston make a call, 131 00:05:55.680 --> 00:05:57.199 you get in a one on one with her, because 132 00:05:57.199 --> 00:06:01.120 nobody cared about the Indiana Fever. So, but when you 133 00:06:01.160 --> 00:06:04.439 elevate the little bit of attention they did get was 134 00:06:04.480 --> 00:06:06.680 because of Elijah Boston and all the attention that they're 135 00:06:06.680 --> 00:06:09.160 getting now is because of Caitlin Clark. So you do 136 00:06:09.240 --> 00:06:11.519 have to really capitalize on the young people coming in 137 00:06:11.560 --> 00:06:14.439 and their understanding of social media and being a presence 138 00:06:14.519 --> 00:06:16.600 in the social media world. That's going to bring in 139 00:06:16.639 --> 00:06:19.360 these new fans, you definitely have to capitalize on that. 140 00:06:19.439 --> 00:06:21.519 So I do feel like we're moving in the right direction. 141 00:06:22.240 --> 00:06:24.959 It's just going to be interesting to see. Do they 142 00:06:24.959 --> 00:06:28.279 make it hard Because covering USC before was as an 143 00:06:28.319 --> 00:06:29.279 independent journalist. 144 00:06:29.399 --> 00:06:30.839 No problem, no problem. 145 00:06:31.079 --> 00:06:33.160 I got an email the day before yesterday says, hey, 146 00:06:33.199 --> 00:06:35.160 we know you're independent. We really need you to be 147 00:06:35.240 --> 00:06:39.120 with a big name outlet to cover this season. So 148 00:06:39.199 --> 00:06:42.279 there's ebbs and flows because I think one of the 149 00:06:42.279 --> 00:06:46.279 things you're doing in that is really dismissing journalists. And 150 00:06:46.480 --> 00:06:49.360 I'm my own brand, so I know the importance of 151 00:06:49.360 --> 00:06:51.639 building your own brand. That's an audience that you're going 152 00:06:51.680 --> 00:06:53.319 to miss out just because I'm not affiliated. 153 00:06:53.639 --> 00:06:56.000 Let me just jump in there, Yes you are, because 154 00:06:56.240 --> 00:06:59.279 you're affiliated with iHeartRadio, which happens to be the biggest 155 00:06:59.600 --> 00:07:01.720 audio content provider in the world. 156 00:07:01.920 --> 00:07:02.959 Just want to put that out there. 157 00:07:03.160 --> 00:07:06.759 Yes, but they but they say, because I'm representing Jackie 158 00:07:06.839 --> 00:07:10.920 Ray TV, So what I should just just send an 159 00:07:10.920 --> 00:07:13.040 email from my personally because I told them, I said 160 00:07:13.040 --> 00:07:13.959 I work for iHeartRadio. 161 00:07:14.000 --> 00:07:15.079 They go, we know, but. 162 00:07:17.279 --> 00:07:18.879 It's a game that we all have to play in 163 00:07:18.920 --> 00:07:19.560 this business. 164 00:07:19.800 --> 00:07:22.680 Yes, yes, yes, but that just shows you the growth, 165 00:07:22.720 --> 00:07:25.360 because that's a bougienss. You don't do that when no 166 00:07:25.360 --> 00:07:26.279 one's really watching. 167 00:07:26.399 --> 00:07:27.360 That's right, that's right. 168 00:07:27.399 --> 00:07:29.360 Now that everyone's watching, Now you just get your little 169 00:07:29.399 --> 00:07:29.959 bougie on. 170 00:07:31.519 --> 00:07:33.040 Let me ask you this before we go to break. 171 00:07:33.079 --> 00:07:36.480 There has been discussion about whether the WNBA needs to 172 00:07:36.600 --> 00:07:41.519 lengthen its season to help create more revenue opportunities for 173 00:07:41.720 --> 00:07:45.000 franchises and of course, you know, more games, more people, 174 00:07:45.079 --> 00:07:49.040 more merchandise, more television rights, more money for those television rights. 175 00:07:49.519 --> 00:07:51.439 Is that something that they should do or is it 176 00:07:51.480 --> 00:07:56.240 premature given that you may possibly grow too fast, too 177 00:07:56.319 --> 00:07:58.360 soon and not be able to accommodate it. 178 00:07:58.800 --> 00:08:00.240 I'm going to say it's premature. Sure. 179 00:08:00.279 --> 00:08:03.040 I'm going to base that answer entirely off of my 180 00:08:03.680 --> 00:08:06.319 experience covering the LA sparks. 181 00:08:06.079 --> 00:08:07.800 It's a cost attached to that. 182 00:08:07.879 --> 00:08:09.920 So when you linked in the season, you have to 183 00:08:09.959 --> 00:08:12.319 open those arenas, you have to have employees there to 184 00:08:12.360 --> 00:08:14.040 work the arenas, you have to have the lights on. 185 00:08:14.160 --> 00:08:16.319 There's a cost attached to that. So if you're not 186 00:08:17.079 --> 00:08:19.360 close to being solvent yet, I don't know. They have 187 00:08:19.439 --> 00:08:22.120 made an announcement that they're going to extend the finals 188 00:08:22.160 --> 00:08:24.959 next season to seven games. I'm fine with that because 189 00:08:25.000 --> 00:08:27.920 that's two teams. Everyone can be hyper focused on that. 190 00:08:28.240 --> 00:08:30.720 But the season as a whole, we just extended it 191 00:08:31.279 --> 00:08:33.320 from what thirty six to forty games. I think it 192 00:08:33.360 --> 00:08:37.639 needs to sit there for a while because again, there's 193 00:08:37.720 --> 00:08:40.440 cost to extending that season, and I think be a 194 00:08:40.440 --> 00:08:41.720 little bit more solvent. 195 00:08:41.399 --> 00:08:42.399 Before you go into that. 196 00:08:42.879 --> 00:08:45.240 When we come back, let's stay in the basketball lane. 197 00:08:45.399 --> 00:08:49.559 Bronnie James very very controversial. If you will pick by 198 00:08:49.559 --> 00:08:52.559 the Los Angeles Lakers. The season is getting ready to start. 199 00:08:52.840 --> 00:08:56.200 Maggie Johnson, I would say mister Laker originally came out 200 00:08:56.240 --> 00:08:57.480 and said that BRONI wasn't ready. 201 00:08:57.480 --> 00:08:59.120 He needs at least a year in the G League. 202 00:08:59.279 --> 00:09:02.000 Now he's chanted, and I wonder if there were not 203 00:09:02.600 --> 00:09:05.639 outside pressures on him to change his mind. We'll talk 204 00:09:05.639 --> 00:09:07.799 about that next KFIM six to forty live everywhere in 205 00:09:07.799 --> 00:09:09.159 the iHeartRadio app. 206 00:09:09.440 --> 00:09:13.039 You're listening to Later with Moe Kelly on demand from 207 00:09:13.120 --> 00:09:15.320 KFI AM six forty here. 208 00:09:15.159 --> 00:09:17.399 With Jackie Ray still as we go beyond the box 209 00:09:17.440 --> 00:09:21.279 score and for whatever reasons, Magic Johnson, who we talked 210 00:09:21.279 --> 00:09:24.879 about with his first thoughts of Bronnie James, the son 211 00:09:24.919 --> 00:09:28.720 of lebron James, has made an about face. He originally 212 00:09:28.840 --> 00:09:33.240 said that Bronnie paraphrasing, was not ready. He needed another year, 213 00:09:33.320 --> 00:09:36.840 He needed more growth, He needed more time before he 214 00:09:36.879 --> 00:09:42.840 could fill out an NBA roster again paraphrasing. Now, Magic 215 00:09:42.919 --> 00:09:46.240 Johnson has changed his tune and said it Bronni's gonna 216 00:09:46.240 --> 00:09:51.639 be a good player in the NBA. To what what happened? 217 00:09:52.960 --> 00:09:53.360 I don't know. 218 00:09:53.399 --> 00:09:55.559 This one is rough for me because this is like 219 00:09:55.639 --> 00:09:58.440 you're singing rock music and all of a sudden you 220 00:09:58.440 --> 00:10:01.399 go to hip hop with no training. There's nothing to 221 00:10:01.440 --> 00:10:04.600 back up this statement for me, because we haven't seen 222 00:10:04.759 --> 00:10:08.240 enough preseason. Sure, he got I believe, fourteen points in 223 00:10:08.240 --> 00:10:09.919 his last preseason. 224 00:10:09.399 --> 00:10:12.559 Game, and no one, no one would be singing the 225 00:10:12.600 --> 00:10:13.320 praises of that. 226 00:10:14.159 --> 00:10:18.159 No one, no one, because the thing is, yeah, it's preseason. 227 00:10:18.440 --> 00:10:20.200 No one takes preseason seriously. 228 00:10:20.559 --> 00:10:23.039 It's equivalent to a bunch of All Star games where 229 00:10:23.080 --> 00:10:25.519 people are just kind of having fun at getting their 230 00:10:25.559 --> 00:10:27.799 basketball legs if you will back under them. But it's 231 00:10:27.840 --> 00:10:30.879 nothing to take seriously. I have echoed the same sentiments. 232 00:10:31.000 --> 00:10:34.240 You have echoed the same sentiments. Everybody who's ever watched 233 00:10:34.320 --> 00:10:38.440 basketball has echoed the same sentiments. While his last name 234 00:10:38.519 --> 00:10:41.000 is James, and yes, lebron is one of the greatest 235 00:10:41.000 --> 00:10:44.600 of all time, that does not Michael Jordan has proven 236 00:10:44.639 --> 00:10:46.279 to us that just because you're the greatest of all 237 00:10:46.279 --> 00:10:48.159 times does not mean that it's going to translate to 238 00:10:48.200 --> 00:10:51.120 your offspring. He has proven that to us. We know this, 239 00:10:51.159 --> 00:10:54.000 we've seen it before. We're lucky that Bryce is good, 240 00:10:54.159 --> 00:10:56.200 We're lucky that Bronny is decent. 241 00:10:56.360 --> 00:10:57.240 But to say that he. 242 00:10:57.279 --> 00:10:59.840 Is ready to be a starter, and then he doubled 243 00:11:00.240 --> 00:11:01.320 on it, and that's what made me upset. 244 00:11:01.320 --> 00:11:03.639 He was like, look at what we've done with Alex Caruso. 245 00:11:04.360 --> 00:11:06.600 Bronni's going to be a starter, just the same way 246 00:11:06.879 --> 00:11:08.960 the way that the Lakers train people up. 247 00:11:09.000 --> 00:11:11.799 I'm like, did you just compare Bronnie to. 248 00:11:11.879 --> 00:11:15.679 Alex Caruso and Austin Reeves and Austin Reeves. 249 00:11:15.799 --> 00:11:17.159 I was not prepared for that. 250 00:11:17.279 --> 00:11:21.279 Let me tell everyone exactly what Magic Johnson said. Most recently, 251 00:11:21.360 --> 00:11:23.639 he said, quote, Laker Nation, I have to tell you, 252 00:11:23.679 --> 00:11:26.480 Bronnie James is going to be a really good basketball player. 253 00:11:26.799 --> 00:11:28.639 Last night he showed he has a few things you 254 00:11:28.720 --> 00:11:33.279 simply can't teach high basketball IQ, athleticism and a competitive 255 00:11:33.320 --> 00:11:36.320 spirit that makes him a tenacious defender. I believe after 256 00:11:36.559 --> 00:11:39.320 a lot of hard work this season, he'll definitely be 257 00:11:39.440 --> 00:11:42.720 in the Lakers rotation and playing heavy minutes. Close quote 258 00:11:42.919 --> 00:11:45.360 that may or may not be true, but what I've 259 00:11:45.440 --> 00:11:50.440 seen on the court is not consistent with a regular 260 00:11:50.559 --> 00:11:55.120 rotation basketball player in the NBA. His defense, I would say, 261 00:11:55.200 --> 00:11:58.679 is above average. His shooting and be able to his 262 00:11:58.759 --> 00:12:02.480 ability to create his own shot is below average. I 263 00:12:02.480 --> 00:12:07.799 think because he's undersized and it's preseason, they're going to 264 00:12:07.840 --> 00:12:10.759 be coming for him during the season, and when he's 265 00:12:10.799 --> 00:12:14.480 in those high leverage situations where he's expected to perform 266 00:12:14.519 --> 00:12:17.919 and demanded to perform, it's going to be a very 267 00:12:17.960 --> 00:12:18.919 different situation. 268 00:12:19.080 --> 00:12:21.279 And I'm not wishing him to fail. 269 00:12:21.759 --> 00:12:26.440 I'm just using my fifty years of basketball watching as 270 00:12:26.480 --> 00:12:30.679 a reference point. Rookies usually don't do well unless they 271 00:12:30.720 --> 00:12:31.960 are exceptional. 272 00:12:32.440 --> 00:12:37.720 Kobe Bryant included, right, and he's not even at the level. 273 00:12:38.279 --> 00:12:40.360 Clearly not at the level. Kobe was not even close 274 00:12:40.399 --> 00:12:42.240 to the level his dad was, and his dad can 275 00:12:42.320 --> 00:12:43.600 straight out of high school. 276 00:12:44.080 --> 00:12:46.000 So it is really. 277 00:12:47.360 --> 00:12:51.080 Putting this level of expectation on this kid who had 278 00:12:51.120 --> 00:12:56.559 a major life event is problematic, and it's dare I 279 00:12:56.600 --> 00:12:59.200 say dangerous, because now he's going to try to lift 280 00:12:59.279 --> 00:13:02.200 up to these standard perhaps push himself to limits that 281 00:13:02.240 --> 00:13:05.399 he's probably shouldn't physically go to right now. But he's 282 00:13:05.440 --> 00:13:10.559 not ready at all, and I think it could impact 283 00:13:10.600 --> 00:13:13.720 his ability to get mentally ready when you start adding 284 00:13:13.759 --> 00:13:15.600 these pressures on him and say, you know what, by 285 00:13:15.639 --> 00:13:17.360 the end of this season, you're going. 286 00:13:17.320 --> 00:13:17.919 To be starting. 287 00:13:18.000 --> 00:13:20.559 No, by the end of the season, you should be saying, 288 00:13:20.759 --> 00:13:23.440 I had an amazing time in the G League. I 289 00:13:23.440 --> 00:13:27.399 think I'm this much closer to being amazing on a roster. 290 00:13:27.799 --> 00:13:30.000 But don't put the cart before the horse. This is 291 00:13:30.039 --> 00:13:30.720 a bad idea. 292 00:13:31.159 --> 00:13:33.159 People don't know the Laker history. 293 00:13:33.039 --> 00:13:38.000 The Lakers first round pick last season didn't even get 294 00:13:38.000 --> 00:13:38.600 the first round. 295 00:13:39.120 --> 00:13:41.240 Jalen Hoods Freedom did not even get out of the 296 00:13:41.240 --> 00:13:41.679 G League. 297 00:13:41.759 --> 00:13:44.799 Okay, just as a reference point, just because you're drafted 298 00:13:44.840 --> 00:13:46.679 doesn't mean that you make the team. It means you 299 00:13:46.679 --> 00:13:48.519 won't get cut, you'll stay at the organization. I don't 300 00:13:48.519 --> 00:13:51.000 want to get in all that. But if your second 301 00:13:51.080 --> 00:13:55.240 round pick, rarely do those picks make the team rarely? 302 00:13:56.080 --> 00:13:58.679 It's a tradable asset. That's about it, right right. 303 00:13:59.039 --> 00:14:02.080 We drafted you because we think maybe we can use 304 00:14:02.120 --> 00:14:04.600 you to elevate us in other ways later. 305 00:14:04.519 --> 00:14:07.039 Right down the road. We think that you have potential, 306 00:14:07.120 --> 00:14:08.279 we can develop you. 307 00:14:08.759 --> 00:14:11.799 That's you gonna be playing serious minutes as a rookie. 308 00:14:12.639 --> 00:14:16.200 It doesn't happen, but we'll see. They're welcome to prove 309 00:14:16.279 --> 00:14:19.039 me wrong. But before we get out of here, Jackie Ray, 310 00:14:19.080 --> 00:14:19.919 what are you working on? 311 00:14:20.759 --> 00:14:24.399 So I am excited about this week's podcast. I got 312 00:14:24.399 --> 00:14:27.279 a call from the mayor of Long Beach who was 313 00:14:27.480 --> 00:14:30.120 upset about a take, and it just made my whole 314 00:14:30.159 --> 00:14:31.919 day when the mayor decided to call me and say, 315 00:14:31.960 --> 00:14:32.759 I ain't like your. 316 00:14:32.639 --> 00:14:35.840 Take but it was, but was it wrong? You don't 317 00:14:35.879 --> 00:14:37.720 have to like it right right right? 318 00:14:37.919 --> 00:14:39.960 So he and I argued about that for a bit. 319 00:14:40.320 --> 00:14:42.279 He has emailed me over some things which I am 320 00:14:42.320 --> 00:14:45.320 going to review about Measure JB here in Long Beach, 321 00:14:45.360 --> 00:14:47.360 which I have been on the record and say I 322 00:14:47.519 --> 00:14:50.799 would not vote yes for. I'm going to review everything 323 00:14:50.840 --> 00:14:53.600 he sent me. It's a plethora of documentation. But I'm 324 00:14:53.639 --> 00:14:57.120 going to represent to you guys on Tuesday right here 325 00:14:57.159 --> 00:15:01.159 on the iHeartRadio podcast app wherevery streaming your podcast. You 326 00:15:01.200 --> 00:15:03.799 can listen to that and see if I will do 327 00:15:03.840 --> 00:15:08.120 a magic Johnson and all of a sudden change my mind. 328 00:15:08.879 --> 00:15:11.279 From what I know about you, You're pretty thorough in 329 00:15:11.320 --> 00:15:18.000 your preparation and your research, right, I'm thinking, No, that's. 330 00:15:17.799 --> 00:15:21.440 What I'm thinking. It'll be fun to see if there's. 331 00:15:21.279 --> 00:15:24.879 Nothing wrong with being open to more information. I am 332 00:15:25.080 --> 00:15:28.360 a big proponent of new information. Look, you know, I 333 00:15:28.399 --> 00:15:30.559 thought one way about this, but then I receive more 334 00:15:30.559 --> 00:15:34.519 information or new information and it's either enhance my opinion 335 00:15:35.240 --> 00:15:36.759 or change my opinion. 336 00:15:38.320 --> 00:15:42.879 But yeah, and that's the That is a lesson for 337 00:15:43.000 --> 00:15:45.159 the masses. You need to be able to. 338 00:15:45.440 --> 00:15:48.639 Growth comes from learning new things and changing your perspective. 339 00:15:48.679 --> 00:15:51.039 That's how we grow as human beings. You do not 340 00:15:51.120 --> 00:15:53.679 have to be rigid in your thought process. That is 341 00:15:53.720 --> 00:15:54.200 a lesson. 342 00:15:55.159 --> 00:15:57.159 That's why we love you. And we'll see you next week. 343 00:15:57.240 --> 00:15:58.519 Chack, you d see you next week. 344 00:15:59.240 --> 00:16:02.799 You're listening to Later with Mo Kelly on demand from 345 00:16:02.919 --> 00:16:04.759 KFI AM six forty. 346 00:16:05.279 --> 00:16:08.279 Gentlemen, it's come to my attention that a breakaway Russian 347 00:16:08.279 --> 00:16:11.840 republic CRYP Lakistan is about to transfer a nuclear warhead 348 00:16:11.879 --> 00:16:13.679 to the United Nations in a few days. 349 00:16:13.960 --> 00:16:14.840 Here's the plan. 350 00:16:16.000 --> 00:16:18.120 We get the warhead, and we hold the. 351 00:16:18.039 --> 00:16:19.120 World ransom for. 352 00:16:21.440 --> 00:16:23.480 One million dollars. 353 00:16:24.759 --> 00:16:29.600 M m m, well don't you think we should maybe 354 00:16:29.720 --> 00:16:31.960 ask for more than a million dollars? 355 00:16:32.080 --> 00:16:34.799 A million dollars isn't exactly a lot of money these days. 356 00:16:35.799 --> 00:16:39.360 Virtukon alone makes over ninety billion dollars a year. 357 00:16:39.799 --> 00:16:41.480 Really, it's not. 358 00:16:43.320 --> 00:16:46.840 Okay? Then we hold the world ransom for. 359 00:16:48.759 --> 00:16:55.759 One hundred billion dollars. Kfi mo' kelly, we're live everywhere 360 00:16:55.799 --> 00:17:00.559 on the iHeartRadio app. Is Elon Musk, the real life 361 00:17:00.679 --> 00:17:04.759 version of doctor Evil. To some, he is, to his 362 00:17:04.799 --> 00:17:08.000 supporters and Trump supporters he is not. But here's the 363 00:17:08.119 --> 00:17:11.680 one million dollar tie in. Elon Musk is plasing to 364 00:17:11.680 --> 00:17:15.519 give away one million dollars a day to voters for 365 00:17:15.640 --> 00:17:20.480 signing his Political Action Committee's petition backing the Constitution. But 366 00:17:20.559 --> 00:17:25.079 this is where it gets complicated. It is illegal to 367 00:17:25.279 --> 00:17:30.440 pay someone for their votes, and it's illegal to pay 368 00:17:30.519 --> 00:17:34.440 someone to register to vote. But in this is the 369 00:17:34.480 --> 00:17:39.359 gray area where the incentive is to sign a petition. 370 00:17:40.480 --> 00:17:44.559 But to sign the petition and be eligible for the 371 00:17:44.640 --> 00:17:50.000 million dollars, you have to be already a registered voter. 372 00:17:50.400 --> 00:17:53.480 Elon Musk says every day he'll give one lucky registered 373 00:17:53.559 --> 00:17:56.279 voter a million bucks if they sign a petition from 374 00:17:56.319 --> 00:17:59.599 his pro Trump Political Action Committee, which is the latest 375 00:17:59.599 --> 00:18:01.400 way of the world. The world's richest man is boosting 376 00:18:01.400 --> 00:18:04.559 the former president. But whether the contest is legal and 377 00:18:04.559 --> 00:18:08.720 what Musk's endgame is are both unanswered questions. CBS is 378 00:18:08.759 --> 00:18:10.920 Joeline Kent reports. 379 00:18:11.200 --> 00:18:13.960 It's the Elon Musk Show on the Trump trail and 380 00:18:14.079 --> 00:18:16.160 must win Pennsylvania. 381 00:18:15.680 --> 00:18:18.079 As a nice person is Seandreer. 382 00:18:18.480 --> 00:18:22.039 The world's richest man is handing out million dollar checks 383 00:18:22.079 --> 00:18:26.279 to swing state voters sweep steak style once a day till. 384 00:18:26.200 --> 00:18:28.119 Election Day, and all you have to do is sign 385 00:18:28.279 --> 00:18:30.200 a petition in support of a constitution. 386 00:18:30.680 --> 00:18:34.039 He's also poured seventy five million dollars into his own 387 00:18:34.119 --> 00:18:36.240 pack to get Trump voters to the poll. 388 00:18:36.640 --> 00:18:39.880 What he really wants to do is get people who 389 00:18:39.920 --> 00:18:41.720 he thinks are going to vote for Trump but aren't 390 00:18:41.759 --> 00:18:43.240 registered to register to vote. 391 00:18:43.400 --> 00:18:46.519 Federal election law says it's a crime to pay anyone 392 00:18:46.559 --> 00:18:49.000 to register to vote or simply vote. 393 00:18:49.319 --> 00:18:51.920 Is Elon Musk acting illegally the. 394 00:18:51.920 --> 00:18:56.319 Actions that we're seeing it violates federal law pretty clearly. Actually, 395 00:18:56.319 --> 00:18:59.240 I don't think it's a particularly close. 396 00:18:59.200 --> 00:19:03.279 Calls is dangling incentives to voters after he was promised 397 00:19:03.319 --> 00:19:05.920 a prominent role in a second Trump white House. 398 00:19:06.240 --> 00:19:10.200 I will create a Government Efficiency Commission, and Elon, because 399 00:19:10.200 --> 00:19:14.640 he's not very busy, has agreed to head that task force. 400 00:19:14.960 --> 00:19:18.279 His company's SpaceX and Tesla have benefited from billions in 401 00:19:18.359 --> 00:19:20.759