WEBVTT 1 00:00:03.000 --> 00:00:07.120 It's time for Coffee and Company. Fueled by Thornton's on 2 00:00:07.320 --> 00:00:08.919 Sports Talk seven ninety. 3 00:00:09.160 --> 00:00:11.199 Holy crap, I don't know who the hell we think 4 00:00:11.240 --> 00:00:12.919 when we are get off. 5 00:00:12.839 --> 00:00:15.960 Our show, idiot, the kids are playing or tail off. 6 00:00:16.280 --> 00:00:17.039 Your countries are. 7 00:00:16.960 --> 00:00:17.600 Screwing it up. 8 00:00:17.719 --> 00:00:20.839 Gold Play Inner Murals, Brother, gold Play Inn Murals. 9 00:00:21.320 --> 00:00:24.039 They're supposed to be mature adults, but they're really not. 10 00:00:24.839 --> 00:00:25.800 Who's the kid here? 11 00:00:26.800 --> 00:00:28.600 Who's the kid here? Are you kidding me? 12 00:00:29.239 --> 00:00:36.200 Now? Here's nick coffee? All right, folks, are we ready 13 00:00:36.200 --> 00:00:40.240 to do this? Ready or not? It's happening. It's three o'clock. 14 00:00:40.280 --> 00:00:43.840 It's time to get this thing rolling. Coffee and Company. 15 00:00:43.840 --> 00:00:46.880 That's the name of the program. I've done a complete 16 00:00:46.880 --> 00:00:50.000 one eighty on program. I used to feel like when 17 00:00:50.079 --> 00:00:53.000 someone would call a radio show a program that it 18 00:00:53.119 --> 00:00:57.079 just made it sound like boring and you know, nothing 19 00:00:57.479 --> 00:00:59.880 what I would want a show that I host to be. 20 00:01:00.439 --> 00:01:04.239 But I now find it more so sounding professional. John. 21 00:01:04.519 --> 00:01:06.120 I think i'd agree with you. I don't know what 22 00:01:06.120 --> 00:01:09.439 it is, but it seems like that word in general, 23 00:01:09.599 --> 00:01:12.959 over the last couple of years has kind of, you know, 24 00:01:13.040 --> 00:01:15.560 gained some respect, if that makes any sense. 25 00:01:15.560 --> 00:01:17.560 Well, and again, It's probably always had some respect in 26 00:01:17.599 --> 00:01:18.959 the eyes of some, but I just felt like it 27 00:01:19.000 --> 00:01:21.239 was kind of corny and boring. But then again, you know, 28 00:01:21.319 --> 00:01:23.760 maybe I'm as I'm getting older, maybe I'm becoming more 29 00:01:24.319 --> 00:01:26.560 corny and boring. I mean, I hope not, but you 30 00:01:26.560 --> 00:01:29.760 know what, life happens. So welcome into the program. Here 31 00:01:29.840 --> 00:01:31.560 it is Coffee and Company. That's the name of the 32 00:01:31.560 --> 00:01:33.480 program and the program. Some people like calling it the 33 00:01:33.560 --> 00:01:36.439 program program. Yeah, I mean, if maybe we had a 34 00:01:36.480 --> 00:01:40.359 little southern twang, maybe we say program. The program is 35 00:01:40.359 --> 00:01:42.400 fueled by Thornton's And I'm sure you knew that. If not, 36 00:01:42.519 --> 00:01:44.359 now you do. My name is Nick Coffee the company man, 37 00:01:44.439 --> 00:01:47.640 mister John Alden alongside as we take you up till 38 00:01:47.680 --> 00:01:49.719 six o'clock, take us with you wherever you go, and 39 00:01:49.799 --> 00:01:53.599 I mean wherever. In fact, that makes me want to 40 00:01:53.640 --> 00:01:56.480 throw it out there to the to the audience, like 41 00:01:56.480 --> 00:01:58.560 what's the if you are somebody that does, in fact 42 00:01:58.680 --> 00:02:01.760 listen to this show exclusively on the iHeartRadio app because 43 00:02:01.799 --> 00:02:05.079 you stream it like you're never around a radio or 44 00:02:05.120 --> 00:02:07.319 never in your car, so it's just nothing but the 45 00:02:07.319 --> 00:02:10.680 the the app. Like I wonder where the most random 46 00:02:10.680 --> 00:02:13.639 place somebody could have been listening. And I don't mean 47 00:02:13.719 --> 00:02:16.000 like across the planet. I mean like, I don't know, 48 00:02:16.639 --> 00:02:20.560 maybe you know, maybe you're somebody who maybe you're a 49 00:02:20.560 --> 00:02:22.560 plumber and you're out on a job and you're you know, 50 00:02:22.599 --> 00:02:25.000 you got your you got your head down somebody's toilet 51 00:02:25.039 --> 00:02:27.080 trying to get things fixed. But you know what, you 52 00:02:27.159 --> 00:02:29.840 got your headphones in and you're listening to Coffee and Company. 53 00:02:29.919 --> 00:02:32.680 So that's why I say, however, you're you know, wherever 54 00:02:32.719 --> 00:02:34.240 you are, whatever you're doing, you could take us with 55 00:02:34.280 --> 00:02:36.479 you as long as you have some type of connectivity 56 00:02:36.520 --> 00:02:39.120 you got to have. You gotta have some service rather 57 00:02:39.159 --> 00:02:41.840 it be Wi Fi, you know, cell surface, so always 58 00:02:42.240 --> 00:02:47.240 always available to listen, regardless of what you're doing. So 59 00:02:47.520 --> 00:02:49.120 you know, there's no excuse, so stick with us for 60 00:02:49.159 --> 00:02:50.960 the next three hours. I hope you do exactly that. 61 00:02:51.039 --> 00:02:53.319 If not, you know, I think that's a mistake you're 62 00:02:53.360 --> 00:02:55.599 making that you and you will later regret. But you know, 63 00:02:55.680 --> 00:02:58.639 it's your life. You can make your choices, all right. 64 00:02:58.680 --> 00:03:00.000 If you want to join us today on the show, 65 00:03:00.159 --> 00:03:01.919 we'll let you do that. Five two, five to seven 66 00:03:01.960 --> 00:03:04.000 to one seventy nine hundred is the number if you 67 00:03:04.000 --> 00:03:05.400 guys want to give us a call, you can text 68 00:03:05.400 --> 00:03:07.560 in on the Ellen and Federal Credit Union text line 69 00:03:07.560 --> 00:03:10.879 five oh two six five three zero seven ninety. A 70 00:03:10.919 --> 00:03:13.319 couple of guests are going to join us today. We're 71 00:03:13.319 --> 00:03:15.159 going to be joined coming up at four h five 72 00:03:15.240 --> 00:03:18.639 by Zach Barnetta FootballScoop dot Com, catch up with him 73 00:03:18.719 --> 00:03:21.439 on the latest here in college football. And then at 74 00:03:21.439 --> 00:03:23.319 five point thirty we're going to bring in mister Kendrick 75 00:03:23.360 --> 00:03:26.240 Haskins of Way three Sports get his thoughts on a 76 00:03:26.280 --> 00:03:29.400 variety of things, including the local teams. Obviously we are 77 00:03:29.879 --> 00:03:31.960 right smack dab in the middle of football season, but 78 00:03:32.000 --> 00:03:35.520 obviously basketball season. Uh is is kind of here right 79 00:03:35.680 --> 00:03:38.479 exhibition game for Louisville on Monday night and then Kentucky 80 00:03:38.520 --> 00:03:42.080 plays Kentucky Wesleyan tonight. So kind of feels like we're 81 00:03:42.159 --> 00:03:45.240 hitting that hitting that sweet spot of the year, at 82 00:03:45.319 --> 00:03:47.039 least for me when it comes to the calendar year 83 00:03:47.080 --> 00:03:50.159 where you got both going on basketball, college basketball and 84 00:03:50.639 --> 00:03:54.520 college football, and the NBA started last night and I 85 00:03:54.560 --> 00:03:58.840 had no plans to watch the NBA, uh And I 86 00:03:58.919 --> 00:04:01.800 got to stop saying and I think I have stopped, 87 00:04:01.800 --> 00:04:06.360 but at one point, probably early on whenever we started 88 00:04:06.400 --> 00:04:09.840 working together, John, I would say, well, you know, I 89 00:04:10.120 --> 00:04:12.639 mean I like the NBA more than more than most, 90 00:04:12.919 --> 00:04:15.479 because I felt like I was somebody that that did, 91 00:04:15.520 --> 00:04:19.000 in fact like and follow the NBA more than the 92 00:04:19.199 --> 00:04:23.600 average basketball fan here in this market, just because we're 93 00:04:24.040 --> 00:04:27.839 we care about college basketball way more than professional basketball. 94 00:04:28.360 --> 00:04:30.000 I used to say that from time to time because 95 00:04:30.040 --> 00:04:31.720 it used to be true. Now it's not like if 96 00:04:31.720 --> 00:04:33.439 I said that, I'd be lying. I didn't even know 97 00:04:33.480 --> 00:04:36.360 that the NBA season started yesterday until I showed up 98 00:04:36.839 --> 00:04:39.240 to dinner to meet my family and I saw the 99 00:04:39.240 --> 00:04:42.639 Celtics getting their rings from last year's title. And I'm 100 00:04:42.639 --> 00:04:44.759 sure I'm not alone. But like I used to really 101 00:04:44.839 --> 00:04:47.879 get into the NBA, and now I have like no 102 00:04:48.000 --> 00:04:49.879 interest in it, Like I don't find the product to 103 00:04:49.879 --> 00:04:53.040 be entertaining. I don't really have a lot of interest 104 00:04:53.079 --> 00:04:57.839 in what is the real buzz in the NBA these days, 105 00:04:57.879 --> 00:05:00.040 which is which is really about all the off the 106 00:05:00.120 --> 00:05:01.959 court stuff, like, and it's a good thing for the NBA, 107 00:05:02.160 --> 00:05:05.800 meaning their product, their league has talked about year round, 108 00:05:06.199 --> 00:05:09.720 probably more than maybe any any league outside of the NFL. 109 00:05:10.519 --> 00:05:12.959 But the NFL is king in a different way as 110 00:05:13.000 --> 00:05:15.759 far as viewership and interest in the product, you know, 111 00:05:15.800 --> 00:05:17.360 even though I think it's actually been kind of down 112 00:05:17.360 --> 00:05:20.839 this year. I mean, an NFL Sunday is is damn 113 00:05:20.839 --> 00:05:23.040 near erotic for a lot of people in this country 114 00:05:23.040 --> 00:05:25.519 because we love, we love football. Were you looking at 115 00:05:25.519 --> 00:05:27.000 me weird like that? John? You know what I mean? 116 00:05:27.040 --> 00:05:29.319 Like you don't think people get bricked up for some 117 00:05:29.439 --> 00:05:31.160 football on a Sunday. It's America. 118 00:05:31.680 --> 00:05:33.360 And then I thought I would because I'm winning my 119 00:05:33.399 --> 00:05:35.720 fantasy league, my very fantasy league. 120 00:05:36.040 --> 00:05:38.360 A late start for John and fantasy football, but he's 121 00:05:38.399 --> 00:05:41.000 having fun and he's having some success, so that's that's 122 00:05:41.000 --> 00:05:43.000 certainly a way to keep you locked into the NFL. 123 00:05:43.040 --> 00:05:46.240 So again with the NBA, like with guys always moving 124 00:05:46.279 --> 00:05:51.800 around and any given night somebody gets blasted by thirty 125 00:05:51.959 --> 00:05:56.519 Like I just I personally don't find it entertaining. It 126 00:05:56.560 --> 00:05:58.759 doesn't appeal to me, and it makes me sad because 127 00:05:58.759 --> 00:06:00.800 you know, I used to love the NBA. But clearly 128 00:06:00.839 --> 00:06:03.399 they they have an audience that that that you know, 129 00:06:03.959 --> 00:06:06.120 gives them, gives them the ability to lock in that 130 00:06:06.160 --> 00:06:11.480 insanely lucrative new contract that they got where you know 131 00:06:11.560 --> 00:06:14.879 you've got NBC back in the mix. Obviously there's gonna 132 00:06:14.879 --> 00:06:17.399 be a lot. I mean the new their new Metea 133 00:06:17.439 --> 00:06:20.879 Riites deal that of course became big news this past 134 00:06:21.399 --> 00:06:24.439 I guess this right after their their their season came 135 00:06:24.480 --> 00:06:27.519 to an end. And obviously we now know that TNT 136 00:06:27.680 --> 00:06:29.600 inside the NBA, this could be the last year of it. 137 00:06:29.639 --> 00:06:31.319 Like the amount of money they got is something I 138 00:06:31.360 --> 00:06:34.079 never would have expected because I mean I just assumed 139 00:06:34.079 --> 00:06:36.360 that a lot of people don't really watch the NBA 140 00:06:36.480 --> 00:06:39.240 that much, but clearly they play eighty two games a year. 141 00:06:39.279 --> 00:06:41.079 There's enough people watching, and they got a lot of 142 00:06:41.120 --> 00:06:44.879 money when it comes to their broadcast, right, so you 143 00:06:44.920 --> 00:06:46.439 know it, it kind of hit me, you know I 144 00:06:46.560 --> 00:06:50.279 I without even any maybe out of sight, out of mind, 145 00:06:50.279 --> 00:06:54.519 but like I I just if I if I told myself, hey, 146 00:06:54.600 --> 00:06:56.360 you should get into the NBA this year, Nick, you 147 00:06:56.360 --> 00:06:58.839 should watch more games, it would be like a chore. 148 00:06:59.160 --> 00:07:01.439 It would be like me tell like, I just don't 149 00:07:01.480 --> 00:07:03.639 have any interest in it. And again it makes me sad. 150 00:07:03.720 --> 00:07:09.040 So the biggest story in the NBA is obviously Bronnie 151 00:07:09.079 --> 00:07:12.959 James playing last night with his son, and it was 152 00:07:14.319 --> 00:07:16.680 it was well, I'll back up just a second here 153 00:07:16.680 --> 00:07:19.000 because I had no plans to watch it. It was 154 00:07:19.040 --> 00:07:21.560 not something I would have said, Okay, is he going 155 00:07:21.639 --> 00:07:23.680 to get in, let me turn it on. It just 156 00:07:23.720 --> 00:07:26.680 so happened to work out to where I did, in 157 00:07:26.720 --> 00:07:30.639 fact watch it because that game started a little later. Obviously, 158 00:07:30.639 --> 00:07:33.199 the Celtics and the and the Tea Wolves played the 159 00:07:33.199 --> 00:07:35.879 first game last night in the opening in the opening night, 160 00:07:36.199 --> 00:07:39.079 but I was on the recliner, my daughter and my 161 00:07:39.160 --> 00:07:41.399 wife had gone to bed, and Moose was still up 162 00:07:41.399 --> 00:07:43.519 with dad. And he likes to watch. If there's football 163 00:07:43.600 --> 00:07:46.639 or basketball on, he wants to watch. Or if no, 164 00:07:46.800 --> 00:07:48.959 there's no games on, he wants to watch old wrestling, 165 00:07:49.000 --> 00:07:51.399 which is, you know, not something I ever would have 166 00:07:51.399 --> 00:07:53.800 expected with my four year old son, but here we are. So, 167 00:07:54.360 --> 00:07:56.480 you know, he my son likes Lebron because he's one 168 00:07:56.519 --> 00:07:58.319 of few NBA players that like he can you know, 169 00:07:58.319 --> 00:08:01.079 he sees in commercials, he sees in you know, he's 170 00:08:01.120 --> 00:08:03.160 got a space Jam blanket and all that kind of stuff. 171 00:08:03.199 --> 00:08:05.759 So like he you know, like most kids, one of 172 00:08:05.800 --> 00:08:09.199 the first basketball players that he is learning about and 173 00:08:09.240 --> 00:08:11.959 knows of and can recognize is maybe the most famous 174 00:08:12.040 --> 00:08:14.040 or one of the most famous athletes on the planet. 175 00:08:14.399 --> 00:08:16.519 So you know, I'm not really a big Lebron guy 176 00:08:16.560 --> 00:08:18.120 and certainly not a big Lakers fan, but I'm not 177 00:08:18.120 --> 00:08:19.480 going to tell my son that if he wants to 178 00:08:19.519 --> 00:08:21.000 cheer for him, that's great. So it just happened to 179 00:08:21.040 --> 00:08:23.079 work out to where I was, in fact watching the game. 180 00:08:23.120 --> 00:08:25.399 I had it on and I was watching with my 181 00:08:25.480 --> 00:08:29.279 son as Lebron James and Bronni James checked into the 182 00:08:29.319 --> 00:08:34.120 game together, and I didn't really have much of a 183 00:08:34.360 --> 00:08:39.120 reaction at all other than thinking to myself, this is 184 00:08:39.200 --> 00:08:42.240 really cool. Like I'm a dad, and if that ever, 185 00:08:42.320 --> 00:08:44.360 I mean obviously it's it would never happen for me. 186 00:08:44.440 --> 00:08:46.000 So it's not like something I thought about, like, well, 187 00:08:46.039 --> 00:08:47.600 what that was me and Moose, that'd be kind of 188 00:08:47.600 --> 00:08:51.240 cool like that that that visual didn't enter my brain 189 00:08:51.279 --> 00:08:54.320 because again, that's just not it's not real life. But 190 00:08:54.559 --> 00:08:58.840 like as a dad, I found myself not really being 191 00:08:58.879 --> 00:09:02.679 critical of Lebron but really just thinking like, hey, you 192 00:09:02.679 --> 00:09:07.200 know what, like he built a career for himself. He 193 00:09:07.360 --> 00:09:11.440 has done enough for the game, And I mean he 194 00:09:11.480 --> 00:09:13.519 could have walked away years ago and it would have 195 00:09:13.519 --> 00:09:15.559 been a surprise because he still plays at a high level. 196 00:09:15.559 --> 00:09:18.080 But like he has nothing really to prove. I don't think. 197 00:09:18.120 --> 00:09:20.360 I mean, that's just my opinion. I'm sure others, you know, 198 00:09:20.600 --> 00:09:22.679 hesitate to call in one of the greats because you 199 00:09:23.159 --> 00:09:25.200 are more so a Jordan guy and I am too, 200 00:09:25.240 --> 00:09:27.960 But like, I think both guys can be you know, 201 00:09:28.080 --> 00:09:32.559 legendary for you know, for their own reasons. So you know, 202 00:09:33.399 --> 00:09:35.159 for a brief moment, I'm like, well, you know what, man, 203 00:09:35.159 --> 00:09:37.840 I'm not really thinking much about Bronnie. I'm thinking about 204 00:09:37.879 --> 00:09:41.039 Lebron and I'm thinking about a dad, him being a dad, 205 00:09:41.080 --> 00:09:43.320 and like that would be like if he had the 206 00:09:43.399 --> 00:09:46.799 ability to do that, why not, right, Like, I think, 207 00:09:47.120 --> 00:09:50.159 you know the answers that a lot of people are 208 00:09:50.200 --> 00:09:52.759 probably yelling right now who are so irritated and triggered 209 00:09:52.799 --> 00:09:54.200 and bothered by this whole thing. And by the way, 210 00:09:54.240 --> 00:09:56.559 if you're in that group, I totally get it. But 211 00:09:57.440 --> 00:10:01.159 you know, I think if you Lebron and you you 212 00:10:01.159 --> 00:10:02.480 know he and by the way, I don't believe he 213 00:10:02.519 --> 00:10:04.759 has self awareness, but let's just say he did and 214 00:10:04.799 --> 00:10:06.879 somebody set him down and was like, look, I get it, 215 00:10:07.279 --> 00:10:09.440 Like you you could make this happen. You are probably 216 00:10:09.440 --> 00:10:11.480 the only NBA player right now that if that is 217 00:10:11.480 --> 00:10:13.840 in this situation. I mean, most guys aren't as old 218 00:10:13.840 --> 00:10:15.519 as Lebron, so they don't have kids that are even 219 00:10:15.559 --> 00:10:17.759 old enough to be in the NBA yet. However, like 220 00:10:17.879 --> 00:10:19.559 Lebron is the one guy they could get it done. 221 00:10:19.600 --> 00:10:21.639 But if somebody wanted to play Devil's advocate and say, look, 222 00:10:22.080 --> 00:10:23.879 hear me out, man, you're gonna set this kid up 223 00:10:23.919 --> 00:10:28.039 for for, you know, some real struggles, because there's gonna 224 00:10:28.039 --> 00:10:29.960 be a lot of expectation and hype around him because 225 00:10:30.240 --> 00:10:32.519 he's your son, and he may not be ready for that. 226 00:10:33.240 --> 00:10:35.399 But I still think if you're a Lebron and you 227 00:10:35.759 --> 00:10:40.279 and you are aware of some potential you know, issues 228 00:10:40.279 --> 00:10:42.720 for Bronni to where this actually wouldn't be a great 229 00:10:42.759 --> 00:10:44.919 thing for him in the grand scheme of things, like 230 00:10:45.000 --> 00:10:47.159 I think you could, you know, again, try to put 231 00:10:47.159 --> 00:10:49.159 yourself in his shoes. Really hard to do because you know, 232 00:10:49.200 --> 00:10:51.879 he's Lebron James and we're not, but I think you 233 00:10:51.919 --> 00:10:56.000 would you would maybe quickly just move on from the 234 00:10:56.039 --> 00:10:59.039 potential issues and think, I don't care. I want to 235 00:10:59.080 --> 00:11:02.480 be on the NBA floor with my son, and if 236 00:11:02.480 --> 00:11:04.320 I have the ability to make that happen, I'm going 237 00:11:04.399 --> 00:11:06.559 to do it because that's what I'm going to do. 238 00:11:06.600 --> 00:11:10.080 I'm a dad, and you know I'm Lebron James. You know, 239 00:11:10.240 --> 00:11:13.320 it clearly speaks to some arrogance. Obviously, Bronni is taking 240 00:11:13.320 --> 00:11:15.879 a spot from somebody that you know doesn't have a 241 00:11:15.960 --> 00:11:17.679 dad that happens to be one of the best players 242 00:11:17.720 --> 00:11:20.679 of all time. But like I found myself for a 243 00:11:20.720 --> 00:11:25.639 moment at least understanding the whole aspect here from from 244 00:11:25.919 --> 00:11:27.840 Lebron's standpoint, and again, it's a no brainer if you 245 00:11:27.840 --> 00:11:29.679 really think about it. I mean, who wouldn't want to 246 00:11:29.679 --> 00:11:31.919 be able to say they got to play a professional 247 00:11:31.919 --> 00:11:33.720 sport at the same time on the same team with 248 00:11:33.759 --> 00:11:38.360 their kid or with their dad, Like you know, when 249 00:11:38.399 --> 00:11:40.080 you look at it from that perspective and you try 250 00:11:40.080 --> 00:11:42.679 to put yourself in his shoes, again, easier said than done. 251 00:11:42.720 --> 00:11:44.559 And you think about it from like a dad's perspective, 252 00:11:44.600 --> 00:11:48.240 like I'm not really bothered by Lebron, And to be 253 00:11:48.279 --> 00:11:52.600 honest with you, like the Lakers right them drafting Bronni 254 00:11:53.000 --> 00:11:55.639 and acting like it's because of anything other than him 255 00:11:55.679 --> 00:11:58.919 being his father, like that is, you know, or him 256 00:11:58.919 --> 00:12:02.240 being Lebron's son. Obviously Lebron being his father like them 257 00:12:02.279 --> 00:12:05.519 acting like that wasn't the meet again. It's one thing though, 258 00:12:05.559 --> 00:12:06.559 I mean, you know they're not going to come out 259 00:12:06.600 --> 00:12:08.360 and say it, right, like, yeah, we actually don't think 260 00:12:08.360 --> 00:12:09.919 this kid's any good at all. But you know what, 261 00:12:09.960 --> 00:12:11.679 like this is clearly going to get a lot of attention, 262 00:12:12.639 --> 00:12:15.440 believe it or not, the NBA professional sports, it is 263 00:12:15.480 --> 00:12:18.600 show business, it's entertainment, and this is a storyline that 264 00:12:19.120 --> 00:12:20.799 obviously is going to get us a lot, you know. 265 00:12:20.840 --> 00:12:22.960 So like, you know, they're not going to come out 266 00:12:22.960 --> 00:12:25.440 and say that, and nobody should ever expect them to, 267 00:12:25.480 --> 00:12:27.440 but it was kind of rich for everybody involved in 268 00:12:27.480 --> 00:12:30.440 the press conferences after Bronny got drafted to just really 269 00:12:30.559 --> 00:12:33.440 just treat everybody listening as if we're all dumbasses, like 270 00:12:33.480 --> 00:12:37.039 we didn't you know, like we like we would just believe, Okay, yeah, 271 00:12:37.039 --> 00:12:39.000 this kid out of us CEO just so happens to 272 00:12:39.039 --> 00:12:40.559 have a dad on the team, But man, you drafted 273 00:12:40.639 --> 00:12:43.639 him because he's just got so much upside. So like again, 274 00:12:43.679 --> 00:12:46.240 from the Lakers perspective, you know, I've I've been critical 275 00:12:46.240 --> 00:12:48.000 of them because to me, it kind of seems like it's, 276 00:12:48.039 --> 00:12:50.000 you know, like a Mickey Mouse kind of thing. To do. 277 00:12:50.960 --> 00:12:53.120 But I did hear Brian Winhorst, who of course is 278 00:12:53.159 --> 00:12:56.759 always going to be always going to be in in 279 00:12:57.080 --> 00:13:00.679 Lebron James's corner, I mean Windhorst, Wendy as they call him. 280 00:13:00.679 --> 00:13:03.679 I mean, he really was able to create a career 281 00:13:03.720 --> 00:13:06.200 for himself by covering Lebron in high school. I mean, 282 00:13:06.200 --> 00:13:07.519 I don't know if people know that story, but that's 283 00:13:07.519 --> 00:13:09.080 where Wendy got his start. He was a guy who 284 00:13:09.120 --> 00:13:11.639 worked for one of the newspapers in either Cleveland or 285 00:13:11.679 --> 00:13:14.519 maybe it was Acron, and he had access to Lebron 286 00:13:14.559 --> 00:13:16.840 and that Saint Vincent, Saint Mary's team, and sure enough, 287 00:13:16.879 --> 00:13:19.120 he turned that into a career where he's now, you know, 288 00:13:19.159 --> 00:13:21.120 one of the top insiders in the NBA. So again, 289 00:13:21.360 --> 00:13:24.840 I know that what he said here is what you 290 00:13:24.879 --> 00:13:27.759 would expect a guy who does have close ties to 291 00:13:27.879 --> 00:13:31.639 Lebron and his family. He but he made the point 292 00:13:31.960 --> 00:13:34.879 that the Lakers are are actually I'll just let you 293 00:13:34.919 --> 00:13:37.159 guys hear for yourself, because this again, like it's still 294 00:13:37.600 --> 00:13:39.480 should it can be mocked, and I have no issue 295 00:13:39.519 --> 00:13:42.159 with it because again, like they're not drafting Bronni because 296 00:13:42.200 --> 00:13:45.639 they think Bronni's gonna be potentially like a you know, 297 00:13:46.159 --> 00:13:49.639 a ten year vet that's, you know, all star caliber guy. 298 00:13:50.519 --> 00:13:52.279 They drafted him because of who his dad is, but 299 00:13:52.320 --> 00:13:54.440 you know, his dad isn't just some random journeyman in 300 00:13:54.440 --> 00:13:56.919 the nba' His dad's Lebron James. And I thought Wendy 301 00:13:57.080 --> 00:14:00.679 did a good job of kind of laying out why 302 00:14:01.360 --> 00:14:04.080 doing this for Lebron and not really just Brony, but 303 00:14:04.159 --> 00:14:06.399 doing it for Lebron still makes sense for them. 304 00:14:07.159 --> 00:14:10.120 If you're a father, you're gonna have us, You're gonna 305 00:14:10.120 --> 00:14:12.240 feel a certain way about your son being with you. 306 00:14:12.799 --> 00:14:16.080 What the Lakers are doing here is trying to get 307 00:14:16.120 --> 00:14:19.399 the most out of Lebron. This is an investment not 308 00:14:19.600 --> 00:14:23.080 just in history, it's an investment on engaging and energizing 309 00:14:23.120 --> 00:14:26.120 your franchise player at age thirty nine. And I think 310 00:14:26.159 --> 00:14:29.679 it's working. Lebron is completely engaged and energized. And I 311 00:14:29.679 --> 00:14:32.919 think JJ Reddick is making a very smart move, totally 312 00:14:33.000 --> 00:14:36.600 leaning into this, totally embracing this, setting this up and 313 00:14:36.639 --> 00:14:37.360 making it happen. 314 00:14:37.720 --> 00:14:39.720 And it's not going to define the season. I don't 315 00:14:39.759 --> 00:14:41.240 even know if it's going to define this. 316 00:14:41.120 --> 00:14:43.200 Week for the Lakers, but it's going to be so 317 00:14:43.240 --> 00:14:44.600 important to their franchise player. 318 00:14:45.679 --> 00:14:48.519 I've not heard anybody lay it out like that, and that, 319 00:14:48.720 --> 00:14:52.519 in my opinion, actually makes a lot of sense because 320 00:14:52.840 --> 00:14:55.080 it would. You know, some will say, well, you shouldn't 321 00:14:55.120 --> 00:14:57.039 have to it's your job, you make a lot of money. 322 00:14:57.039 --> 00:14:58.799 You shouldn't have to have your kid at work with 323 00:14:58.840 --> 00:15:01.159 you to be energiz didn't want to do your job 324 00:15:01.200 --> 00:15:04.360 fair enough. But if at thirty nine and a guy 325 00:15:04.399 --> 00:15:07.440 who's accomplished what he's accomplished is burned out and not energized, 326 00:15:07.480 --> 00:15:09.559 it would make total sense. Again, what the hell does 327 00:15:09.639 --> 00:15:13.039 Lebron James have left proved anybody like him? Even going 328 00:15:13.039 --> 00:15:16.120 to LA in the last what four years, however long 329 00:15:16.159 --> 00:15:18.320 he's been there, Like that was to me kind of 330 00:15:18.360 --> 00:15:20.120 his sign of yeah, I'm still gonna play and I'm 331 00:15:20.120 --> 00:15:21.679 going to play at a high level. But I also 332 00:15:21.720 --> 00:15:23.320 have a lot of other projects. I need to be 333 00:15:23.360 --> 00:15:25.320 in Hollywood because you know what, I got a lot 334 00:15:25.320 --> 00:15:28.720 of business ventures and it's not just basketball for me anymore. 335 00:15:29.919 --> 00:15:33.279 So I think this is the way to get the most. 336 00:15:33.320 --> 00:15:35.120 I mean, it's crazy to say, but like Lebron at 337 00:15:35.120 --> 00:15:37.960 thirty nine, I don't think he's like hit a wall 338 00:15:38.039 --> 00:15:40.480 just yet. He's probably not, you know, he's clearly not 339 00:15:40.519 --> 00:15:42.399 what he was at you know, in his twenties. But 340 00:15:42.480 --> 00:15:45.320 like it is insane the way this man is still 341 00:15:45.360 --> 00:15:47.440 able to play the game the way he plays at 342 00:15:47.440 --> 00:15:49.840 thirty nine years old, with a lot of miles on 343 00:15:49.919 --> 00:15:51.960 him as a pro athlete, a guy who's probably taken 344 00:15:52.000 --> 00:15:55.080 more contact than anybody in NBA history because he's a 345 00:15:55.080 --> 00:15:58.559 physical specimen. And you know, if you can get a 346 00:15:58.559 --> 00:16:00.840 few more years out of him play playing at a 347 00:16:00.879 --> 00:16:04.399 really really high level, maybe a higher level than he's 348 00:16:04.399 --> 00:16:06.679 ever played at in LA, because maybe he's more energized 349 00:16:06.679 --> 00:16:09.720 than he's ever been since arriving with the Lakers, that's 350 00:16:09.759 --> 00:16:12.519 worth that's worthwhile. That that you know, I'd never once 351 00:16:12.559 --> 00:16:15.200 thought about it from from that perspective, is that they've 352 00:16:15.200 --> 00:16:17.440 got Lebron James, one of the best of all time. 353 00:16:17.960 --> 00:16:19.720 And if you really want to get the most out 354 00:16:19.759 --> 00:16:22.200 of him and make that, you know, make it last 355 00:16:22.240 --> 00:16:24.799 as long as possible. If it took draft and his 356 00:16:24.840 --> 00:16:26.600 son in the second round and letting him play a 357 00:16:26.639 --> 00:16:29.639 couple of minutes a game, it's worth it. And I 358 00:16:29.639 --> 00:16:31.360 don't know if you know, it's it's one game, and 359 00:16:31.399 --> 00:16:34.000 again that's one of my issues with the NBA is that, 360 00:16:34.159 --> 00:16:36.559 like you could, you could win three games in a 361 00:16:36.639 --> 00:16:40.320 row and you know, average margin of victory be near twenty, 362 00:16:40.360 --> 00:16:42.159 and then come out and lose by fifty the next night. 363 00:16:42.240 --> 00:16:43.679 Like that's just what the NBA is, and I don't 364 00:16:43.679 --> 00:16:46.120 think that's good for the product. But so far, in 365 00:16:46.159 --> 00:16:49.279 one game, this Minnesota Timberwolves team that a lot of 366 00:16:49.320 --> 00:16:53.039 people really think are legitimate title contenders, they got waxed 367 00:16:53.480 --> 00:16:57.679 by this Lakers team. So you know, it's just one game, 368 00:16:57.840 --> 00:17:00.120 and I get why everybody's annoyed by it, but I've 369 00:17:00.159 --> 00:17:02.799 never once thought about looking at it from that perspective. 370 00:17:02.840 --> 00:17:05.079 The Lakers are not just doing this because they want 371 00:17:05.079 --> 00:17:07.559 to make Lebron happy and they want, you know, a 372 00:17:07.640 --> 00:17:11.359 made for TV movie kind of story. They're gonna give 373 00:17:11.440 --> 00:17:13.519 Lebron what he wants. And it's not just because like, hey, 374 00:17:13.519 --> 00:17:15.160 we're going to give you some more money, or we're 375 00:17:15.160 --> 00:17:17.799 gonna go we're going to go a trade for somebody 376 00:17:17.799 --> 00:17:20.240 that you want. We're going to fire a coach and 377 00:17:20.359 --> 00:17:23.519 hire JJ Reddick like you wanted. Those are things that 378 00:17:23.559 --> 00:17:26.279 I'm sure you know Lebron clearly had a factor. And 379 00:17:26.279 --> 00:17:28.480 I mean Lebron's had a factor in everything any team 380 00:17:28.559 --> 00:17:31.559 he's ever played for has done. He has because he's Lebron. 381 00:17:32.559 --> 00:17:34.559 But the one thing that might actually energize him more 382 00:17:34.599 --> 00:17:38.519 than anything is playing with his firstborn son. Like that's 383 00:17:38.519 --> 00:17:40.680 cool as hell, to be honest with you. So, you know, 384 00:17:41.359 --> 00:17:42.599 I just wanted to give a little bit of a 385 00:17:42.599 --> 00:17:44.400 different perspective on it because I hadn't heard a whole 386 00:17:44.440 --> 00:17:46.079 lot of people looking at it from that perspective, and 387 00:17:46.119 --> 00:17:48.519 I think it does, in fact make sense. Doesn't mean 388 00:17:48.519 --> 00:17:51.119 people aren't going to be, you know, pissed off about it, 389 00:17:51.160 --> 00:17:54.160 because I totally get it. But I mean, I think 390 00:17:54.839 --> 00:17:57.920 if this does make Lebron go from being a dude 391 00:17:57.920 --> 00:17:59.839 who was closer to being out at forty to being 392 00:17:59.880 --> 00:18:01.720 a guy that's out it, I don't know, forty three 393 00:18:02.240 --> 00:18:04.480 and he's played and he's and you know, they make 394 00:18:04.519 --> 00:18:06.640 some deep runs here in the playoffs, so maybe they 395 00:18:06.640 --> 00:18:08.640 get a ring. I mean, Anthony Davis is a pretty 396 00:18:08.640 --> 00:18:10.839 good player too. Obviously. Dalton Connect I think was a 397 00:18:10.839 --> 00:18:12.440 steal for them in the first round. He was great 398 00:18:12.519 --> 00:18:14.480 last night. Like, if it works out, you can look 399 00:18:14.480 --> 00:18:16.160 back and say, yeah, it might have looked like a 400 00:18:16.160 --> 00:18:19.119 big publicity stunt, but it might have might have gotten 401 00:18:19.160 --> 00:18:22.640