Speaker 1: This is the Matt Thomas Show with Ross head on
one and eighth down. Good morning, Welcome to a Tuesday
edisue of The Matt Thomas Show with Ross from Chicago.
Speaker 2: This is Sports Talk seven nine eight, Mica.
Speaker 1: Zealous timbers seven had six lat five down the lane,
left hand lapt up and in five out of rockets.
I don't think I've ever asked you, Ross, but like
early seventy Chicago, they can jam. They became crooners late
in their life. This is a good song. This is
a great song, and so.
Speaker 2: There's nothing that's symbolic to it. I just like the song.
Speaker 1: Keep it okay, because I mean i'd ret listen to
the song on my highlights or low lights. I think
twenty five, six and four. I think that's was that
Collin Sexon's line last night.
Speaker 2: Hey, now that's that feels a little personal.
Speaker 1: It's not personally anybody. Colin Sexton went twenty five oh
for rebounds, made six field goals twenty five to six. Okay,
see and I see what you did there. By the way,
I don't have the box score in front of you.
I did that blind.
Speaker 2: That was really good.
Speaker 1: I did it from memory of last night. Turn it out, Jonathan,
I need something to listen to it here? Oh my gosh.
All right now I'm pulling up the box score. You
I'm gonna you know what, I'm gonna close this tab
actually something yeah, turned out.
Speaker 2: You don't want that. Only fan so side popping up there,
that's yours.
Speaker 1: I seen your have.
Speaker 3: Something good to say on the show. That was a
great Colin Sexted line.
Speaker 1: I know you do. That's okay. I'm getting used to it.
Why can't we have nice things? Well, I mean, just
read the first quarterbox score and you're good. Why do
they lose? Rockets went zero for nine from three in
the first quarter? Chicago Bulls went seven for ten. You
got outscored by twenty. Colin Sexton had seventeen in the
first quarter, and then you were just trying to claw
your way back the entire time. They did a great
job of doing that, but it wasn't enough as the
Bulls fought back. And are we gonna have a real
talk Tuesday discussion about amend Tom's I'm gonna excuse me
a reed Shepherd and alprinchingoon on this floor at the
same time, and the defensive issues or are we.
Speaker 3: Gonna push that back. I had a really good stake.
A couple of bights, I didn't sleep as well last night.
I did go to the casino by the way, three
two on the blackjack with twenty five dollars.
Speaker 1: I really know where the casinos in Chicago, right downtown
really two blocks from my hotel or a New Battley. Now,
I don't know what the lower limits were, but I
just I just saw a twenty five. It was three two,
and I'm like, I'm sitting down because that's the Ross rules.
So thank you. I'm trying to help you out. Actually,
by the way, I had three blackjacks, yes, and I
took even money on all three of them.
Speaker 4: M m.
Speaker 3: And I'm glad I did because the dealer had black
jacks on those as well, every all three times, all
three maybe the first time in my life it's ever
happened to me.
Speaker 1: And that's bad luck. Mathematically, you're never supposed to take
even money.
Speaker 3: I know, but I just I've had I had not
a nice run lately, and I'm like, you know what,
take the money.
Speaker 1: So unless you're doting plus minus and the deck is hot,
that's a different story for a different different story, different story.
Speaker 2: Uh yeah, So can I ask how the calls were
last night?
Speaker 1: We got a couple of them. Okay, people upset with
Dorian Finney Smith playing. I mean he played seven and
a half minutes. People wanting I think the caller wanted
more josh Okogi. And I said, if if josh okoge
is the savior of the Rocket season, we got issues.
Speaker 2: I mean, he's scrappy. I love it, Naice guy, I
love them all.
Speaker 1: But also I came to a good realization because then
Jay called afterwards and he made a great point. Is
that what's a normal NBA rotation? Matthew Eight nine guys? Yep,
something like that. Once you're when you're talking about Fred,
you're asking your your sixth man to be your fifth,
and once you lose Steven Adams, you're asking your seventh guy,
your eighth guy, who is your seventh to be your sixth.
Sounds like Astro's bullpen coming up here. Going from eighth
man to sixth man. I mean that that's a big
leap in the NBA. That's different. Going from a bench
guy to a starter is a different tier in the NBA.
And going from the first couple guys off the bench
to the third or fourth guy off the bench is
another tier of player in the NBA, So you're slotting
everything back. And then when you add that in, as
we said eight nine players in the rotation, okay, two
are missing and two are One is underperformed all season long,
that being Dorian Finney Smith and Tarry Easton has been
underperforming for a month plus. So that we're talking about
outam an eight nine man rotation. Four guys, two guys
are missing, and two guys are grossly underperforming right now,
that that matters. Yeah, bench points a little bit of
a discrepancy because he mentioned sex and at seventeen of
the first but he normally starts for them. Forty two
fifty They had fifty three bench points out there, four players.
What I say, forty two fifty fifty four I said
to eleven and fifty three. Okay, fifty three bench points. Yeah,
Rockets had nine. Not that it matters because you took
you took one of your your bench scores like read
and you put my star on lineup and I know
where you're gonna go with this. Uh, incredibly efficient, let's
go to the positive. First. Incredibly efficient night for alprin
Shangun triple level of thirty three, thirteen and ten. He
took them all nineteen shots to get the thirty three points,
and he only went to the free throw line three
t He torched them and they didn't want to double
team him, and he said, okay, I'm about to hit
you about six old man fakes and then make a
bunch of hook shots.
Speaker 2: It was Ake Richard's just having nightmare.
Speaker 1: Still. Oh my god. It was a fantastic display of
footwork and how to work the post.
Speaker 3: So Reid is going to give you as much as
he can. He's the laterals just it's just not there.
I don't know if it'll ever get there.
Speaker 1: But you have, unfortunately two minus defenders on the floor
playing major minutes.
Speaker 3: Remember I remember, I'm telling you for the first time,
every one of the starters played at least thirty four minutes.
Jabari was thirty four minutes, and that was gone a
two to ten night. You had Durant almost at forty.
I'll be thirty eight seven and a half a men
thirty nine minutes. Reachep for thirty six.
Speaker 1: You are asking this team that doesn't have any much
bench strength to put in some serious starter minutes right now. Yeah,
and I know I don't want to Reid Hive come
after me, but yeah, he as you said, the moving
left to right, he gets pushed around. He doesn't have
a whole lot of height or length, so I mean
they get taller players switched onto him and then he
gets bullied in the post and you have to send
a double team. And see that's not only it. I
think some people are just not watching the games. It's
not only that Rechepherd he gets blown by some but
it's that you have to send help. And when you
have to send help, that means does somebody else gets
scored on? For example, Rechepherd, they have to send a
double team and then they send it to some guy
on a cut and then he scores on Jabaris MTh
Junior And people are like, oh Jabaris MTh Junior. No,
it's because they had to send a double And that
happens with al Princh Shing Gooon as well. Because when
you have to send help, because a lot of times
Reed can't handle one on one defense, then that collapses
the rest of it. And that's just how it goes,
and it's it is what it is at this point.
But it was something that came to a head last
night where every action that the Chicago Bulls ran basically
for forty eight minutes was either at alprinching gun or
rechepherd or putting them both in a pick and roll
when they were both on the floor at the same time.
And if you had Giddy cut in the lane or Bruzellis, yeah,
one of those two guys doing it. Then you'd pop
out to a corner three where something called Leonard Miller
would hit a couple of threes. Leonard Miller, something called
Jalen Smith would knock down three threes. They shot the
bullshot fifty from three last night. Yeah, I will also say,
of course it goes without minin doesn't go without saying.
If you didn't watch the game, there was a lot
of contested threes that the Bulls. I mean, you saw it, Matt.
They were just knocking down everything and that happened, and.
Speaker 3: They were hot, and that's going to happen in the
NBA and IIBA it happens, and the reality is this,
You're not going to be able to beat every second
tier team.
Speaker 2: That goes without saying, but I saw this stat at
one o'clock.
Speaker 1: In the morning. So maybe it's not completely right, but
I think I can probably find it. I think the
Rockets have twelve losses to non playoff teams.
Speaker 2: That that's about seven too many.
Speaker 1: That goes to what I said last night in the
post game and what we I think we said it yesterday.
That's what good, not great teams do. They're not consistent
when you have a team. How we've seen this with
the Astros. We say this with the Tech What did
we say last year when the Tech Texans are going
to the playoffs? All they can lose to anybody. You know,
they can struggle against the Colts, and then they can
beat anybody. They can beat the Bills. You know what
that means. That means they're inconsistent. That means that they're
probably not going to go super deep into the playoffs
when you have a team like that, and that's what
you say, and we've been saying it about the Astro, Well,
they can lose to the A's, but then they can
they can win a series against the Dodgers. Yeah, that
means they're inconsistent. That means they're probably not going to
go far in the playoffs. You need to be more consistent.
You're good, not great, and that's what we have here.
Unfortunately in Houston the last couple of years in football, baseball,
and basketball. Oh, I want great, I know, going spectacular.
I know I'm asking for somebody, you know what I
need my Houston Cougar's to come through into this forest.
I wanted to go seventy nine and three and then
win the championship. We want the Texans to go sixteen
to one because they rest their starters the last game
and win the championship. It's just not that easy, unfortunately.
Speaker 3: Because because what you saw last night was a drop
in the standings. You went from four to six.
Speaker 1: Now again, this could fluctuate and change overnight because the
Rockets will be in Minneapolis tomorrow to taking on the Wolves,
so this could be flipping and flopping. But we were
sitting around having a postgame beverage. We were sullen. Is
that is that a term? Sullen? Yes? And I was
running through the number of games that you just shake
your head out. There's Utah, Oh, why would you do this?
Why would you do say yourself? Utah, New Orleans two
against Dallas, two against Sacramento Chicago, who else has been
awful this year. I mean, there just just been too
many again, I think in the under five hundred category
or the mail it in team borderline tanking, which Chicago's
not tanking. They just completely turned their franchise around. They
have They've had twenty seven players play for them to
I mean, that's just not a team that's they know
what the hell are doing at this point. But I mean,
i mean, look, it is a nice player. Muzelle's just
turned out to be a nice pro. Actually it was
really good for a second year guy. The rest of
the guys are just Jaggs, Colin sections bounced around from
team to team to team. That's I would just say,
incredibly incredibly frustrating. And I feel like Rossie when I
bound the road with you doing these shows. There's been
just a lot of these nights where I've opened the
show with man, I'm incredibly frustrated the Rockets are even
on the road this year. You know, when you are
battling for your live with Denver and Minnesota and to
a lesser extent of Los Angeles Lakers, you you just
got to had to minimize these Oh well, one of
those nights and there's just been doing too many of
them so far this year, way too many for the
Rockets standard. It's been a frustrating season. And I mean
that's what happens when I'm not gonna I certainly don't
prefer this to the twenty win seasons, but when you
have a level of expectation of greatness and of you know,
finishing top three in the West and challenging for a championship,
and it's just not come, it's not materializing, it hurts. Yeah,
all right, we are with you today until two o'clock.
I'll be with you till one and then I'm gonna
run to Mineapols with the Rockets. Ross will take you
all the way till two o'clock. This after. We got
a lot of a couple of things that are fun.
Today eleven thirty we're gonna talk to eleven thirty. We're
gonna do our gut feelings. And I don't think we
want to look at our gut feelings, right, I think
John and I definitely don't don't want to look at
our gut feelings. I don't even know. I know I
had a floor in one home stand that didn't happen.
I think I had a perfect road trip for three
and one. Now, look, if I said three and one,
then I got still got a puncher's chance here. It's
gotta beat the wolves to borrow night.
Speaker 2: Then Brett, your mark, the commission of the Big twelve is.
Speaker 1: Going to join us a twelve thirty today. Excellent.
Speaker 2: Yeah, I look forward to talking to him.
Speaker 1: He's innovative.
Speaker 3: Would you say, Ross, are willing to try some things? Yes,
Darren could be great and sometimes great.
Speaker 1: Sometimes you fly too close to the sun and we'll.
Speaker 2: Soft pedal the floor. We'll get one little, tall, small.
Speaker 3: Floor question in mm hm, and I'll be done because
I again I think, look, he's the commission of a
school in my league, so I need to be a
supporting of him, supportive of him, and he's trying to
fight in them. Let me tell you these conference streets,
ROSSI with something called the SEC in the Big ten
ain't easy.
Speaker 1: You know what I'm saying.
Speaker 3: There may be a day with these two conferences say bye.
Not how good that'll be for college football. But I
mean a matter of fact, I'm gonna throw at you
when we come back. Okay, I'm just gonna throw a
college scenario at you, and you just tell me, gut
and just on your true gut, how you feel about
what I'm gonna propose to you. I don't think it's
gonna happen, but I do, I do want to bring
this up, all right. Seven one three two one two
five seven NINTI. We have the astros rotation is set.
Friend of the show opens up as a space cowboy.
Speaker 1: We'll get to that as well. Seven one three two
one two five seven NINTI. Gut feelings, Brett, you or
Mark the news at noon and rockets Chatter always welcome
here on the Matt Thomas Shold Ross here from Chicago.
Seven one three two one two five seven ninety. All right, So, Ross,
if I told you that the Big Ten is gonna
split off, the SEC is gonna split off, and they're
gonna call themselves not the NCAA would be the United
Football College Conference. Okay.
Speaker 3: They each played a regular season schedule among their teams
in their league, winner versus winner to play for the
United Football Championship. How would America the UFC? Okay, that's terrible.
Let's go the United College Football the UCA United College Association. Okay,
I'm just making this out, I know, all right.
Speaker 1: Big Ten says we got sixteen. We're locked and loaded.
SEC says we have our sixteen. That's thirty two. Most
sports organizations NBA thirty, NFL thirty two, Major League Baseball thirty, hockey.
I think it's got thirty.
Speaker 3: They wouldn't be crazy my champion versus your champion for
the whole capoodle.
Speaker 1: How does America feel about it? America's gonna be upset.
America is not going to be happy, but America is
gonna watch. I don't think it's gonna trend that way.
I don't either, but I'm just always throwing it out there.
We're gonna have like anti trust lawsuits and stuff. I mean,
because you when you throw in the I mean the
college element of this, it's it's a monkey wrench into
everything because they're still trying to hold on to the
fact that they're student athletes and stuff like that, even
though we know it's it's per it's the pros. I
hate that turn. I know, I know.
Speaker 3: And then you'd have everybody else would compete in the
NCAA football meeting your a seat. The problem is you
got some heavy hitters in acc You got a couple
of heavy hitters and a big twelve.
Speaker 1: You know, I don't think it would be I think
there could be some poaching. They could be some poaching,
and then they make it like forty Do you how
about this? Do you get rid of some? Do you
tell Northwestern thank you for playing, appreciate you. I mean,
you gotta have some slappies in the league, right, I know,
I think you kind of have to. Everybody needs a
Cleveland Browns. Yeah, you need you need a Vanderbilt football
though they were good last year, So who's who? I
mean you need Mississippi State. I guess what it would
all come down how much money they can get from
the TVs. It's TV deals. Yeah. I will say I
will never ever underestimate the greed of these college presidents
and athletic directors.
Speaker 2: But I'll say this right now.
Speaker 3: I mean, they're getting in as it is, so it's
not like they're I mean they're not really having to
fight with Boise State.
Speaker 1: They're not really fighting with let's say Syracuse. You know
what I mean?
Speaker 3: They what they're still getting there. They're they're a huge
chunk of the of the piggy bank here.
Speaker 1: Yeah, but you still get the the straight two lanes
and James Madison's then you wouldn't have to share that,
you wouldn't have to share with any of them. Yeah,
that's true, that's true.
Speaker 3: Just something to think about, and we'll talk to Brett
you Ormark again coming up at twelve thirty today.
Speaker 2: He wanted to join us right now.
Speaker 1: We'd love to have you at seven one three two
one two five seven ninety seven one three two one
two five seven ninety now this following next minute or so,
Adam Clanton, you do not want to hear this? Oh?
Is it about Victor Winmbinyama? It is about Victor Dodgers
or I'm trying to think of everything else he hates. No,
we don't have enough time. So, oh my god. If
I did it, if we did a show about what
Adam Clant hates, it would be like a marathon. It's
only a four hour show.
Speaker 4: Yeah.
Speaker 1: Uh. Victor basically said, I'm going for the MVP award.
I just I will let y'all know. I ain't scared
of talk about how good I am and what I
want to do. I want the MVP. He's finishing top five?
Who's the favorite right now? Shake Gil just probably so
they don't lose anymore. By the way, either twelve in
a row Thunder Lakers lost last night, which makes it
even more frustrating. The Rockets could the game to game
on them if it had been the Bulls. Can we
take solace in that maybe fully healthy Rockets probably aren't
better than then, and they aren't better than the Thunder
and probably not Spurs either, So it's all good. Can
I be purely selfish? Yeah? Six three your matchup Rockets
Lakers first two games in Los Angeles? How are feeling
good for me travel wise? Yeah? That that was my
number one concern. I knew you were thinking about it.
I want to make sure you take care of the road.
I know it gets so dicey for you out there
traveling with the Rockets. I know it's bad.
Speaker 2: I've only stolen six notepads, not stolen their mind.
Speaker 1: I'm glad you admitted it. No, no, no, you know I
give you one man to be the four seed. I get.
I want home court in the first round. I want
to avoid the thunder, though you have three six to
avoid the thunder the second round with San Antonio.
Speaker 2: The problem is that the Lakers are at full throttle.
We saw them at full throttle.
Speaker 1: They're good too, They're really good. Now there can't defend
anything just playing like I mean, he he's playing like
an MVP. There's gonna be a there's gonna be a
grumpy first round. There's a grumpy first round exits here
because somebody, let me take you something. Denver Lakers Rockets,
one of those strings three teams ain't going to the
second round, and hopefully it's the uh the Rockets that
do advance. But I mean, you know what I'm saying.
Speaker 3: I mean, they've got some really good teams with a
lot of money, with a lot of star power that
are not gonna be in the semifinals.
Speaker 1: I think, uh so, Yokich isn't gonna play enough games.
I'm trying to look at this MVP thing. Oh right,
I think Wimby might not be. He's gonna be on
those sports talking about it last night. Yeah, I don't know.
It looks like Shake Gildis Alexander is the favorite. I
think he's gonna win it. It just I just do
because they just don't ever lose seven and fifteen, and
they were pacing Remember they were pacing them for like
seventy five and seven for a while. Yeah, like two months.
I know, I came on this show. I was like,
let's just fold it up. Then they started losing some
that's good. Yeah, that's what we have to hope for
the Dodgers this year because we've already basically known to
them of the World Series yet. No, the good news
is baseball. I mean a seven game series of basketball,
the best team generally wins baseball.
Speaker 2: Eh, it's coin flip. That's what I'm saying.
Speaker 1: When everybody and I was at the barbershop the other
day and there's like, oh, I'm not watching baseball this ship.
Speaker 2: I was like, yeah, yeah, uh number two, the Dodgers
are gonna win.
Speaker 1: I tell you, bro. The Dodgers had to go to
a Game seven with Toronto. That's as good as it gets.
Speaker 3: So for all the money the Dodgers have have pushed
back to the year twenty one oh seven, uh, to
pay their athletes, they started to go to a game.
Speaker 1: Seven and win. But they did it. But they did it.
Speaker 3: Now I have Kyle Tucker. Yeah, by the way, a
lot of Kyle Tucker hating this town.
Speaker 1: My friend really oh yeah really, I'm like, but I'm like,
I was telling some people dinner that Andre and I said, Kyle,
he's like I said, did Kyle ever give off the
impression he was gonna be a cup for long term?
He goes, well, no, I said, because because Kyle doesn't
think like that. I think Kyle wakes up and says, Okay, oh,
I have a game at seven o'clock. I'll go to
the stadium and I'll hit a couple of hits, yeah,
and make an ice grab and right.
Speaker 3: Field and move on. I don't think Kyle Tucker had
a master plan. I think when Kyle Tucker says I'm
gonna let my agent do the heavy lifting, he let
the agent do the heavy lifting. Heavy lifting says we're.
Speaker 1: Gonna give you a million dollars this year, a million
dollars next year, and when your great grandkids are forty six,
we'll start paying off the sixty million dollars a year
that you owed. He's going about admitdness. Yeah, yeah, I'm
getting sixty million dollars for one year of baseball.
Speaker 3: Crazy, and it'll all be fixed in two thousand and eight.
We're playing sixty games next year. I'm promising that sixty.
Speaker 1: I think a hundred hopefully.
Speaker 2: Okay, Well, you're a little more optimistic than I'm.
Speaker 1: I'm starting to think the players are going to dig
in on this salary cap thing. My first reaction was
it was gonna happen, well like a soft cap. I
don't know, man, I think these players are they've known,
they probably got a big war chest of funds to disperse.
Oh yeah, when they're locked out. Yeah, it's funny that
that war chest is not going to go to the
stadium employees that use that money too, I don't know,
pay their bills. Yeah, well that the owners should pay that.
Somebody should aren't think o the players don't pay them
in the first place, right, that's correct. So yeah, yeah,
Jim Crank con pony up.
Speaker 2: Everybody needs a pony up. Yeah, let's get them.
Speaker 1: Let's go. Let's get to make sure because you know, look,
you and I have known a lot of these people.
Speaker 3: I mean, I'm I'm really worried about them. Yeah, because
I think it's going to be just not a brief holt,
it's going to be a significant way. We're going to
be spending a lot of time trying to find uh
the next version of the Jordan uh uh miniseries to
talk about Neil, what can also do? We can get
in some serious Texans online talk next year.
Speaker 1: Absolutely, I mean you break it down some tape this summer.
Come on, I'm gonna do it. I'm gonna get into this.
I'm gonna get I'm gonna do some things next year
that I'm not normally done. I'm gonna customer puss a
lot of Texans on us. I'm gonna get into linebacker talk.
I'm gonna give you a deep, deep, deep draft braview
breview I'm gonna have. I'm gonna be a better draft
expert than anybody else in the marketplace that I'm gonna do. Okay,
I'm gonna step up my game. I hold my breath. Yeah,
I wouldn't do that. Seven one three two one two
five seven ninety seven one three two one two five
seven eighty. By the way, somebody, buddy Ryan, Uh, you
go to the barbership.
Speaker 3: Yeah, I get shaves. It's okay, it's my diva moments.
Speaker 1: Yeah. You know, man's gotta get pampered every now and then.
Speaker 3: I'm gonna to make something. Yeah, thank you. If you
all knew what my wife spent on her pampering. Turning
to my pampering. You'd be like Matt, go more often.
I go about once every seven or I go about
once ever in or nine days.
Speaker 1: Oh wow, that's a lot, but it's only it's only
forty two dollars a tip. It's fine, okay, Yeah, whatever
you want. I get a trimmery couple of months and
then yeah, I look at the hot towel, m get
the up down after gets a straight facial massage, straight razor.
It's nice to relax. Yeah, you just and I close
my eyes and I say, please, I don't want to
talk about sports, but yet we still talk about sports.
Speaker 5: Mm.
Speaker 1: Well, my guy puts a news on, and that's bad. Generally,
somebody's being bombed every time I go in there. Yeah,
you don't want that. It's not good.
Speaker 3: I don't want to look at that. I want to
look don't want to look at TSA lines at Intercontinental
Airport either. I'm done with that too.
Speaker 1: Lord, what do we All people want to do is
catch their flight, Rossie, It's all I want to do.
Good luck. It's a weird hobby. Was paying the ass
two weeks agoing out to dinner countinental. I mean, there's
no consistency in these are these on these on these
TSA streets, These spring Breakers are clogging up our airports
one thousand and one, one thousand and two.
Speaker 3: But seven one three two one two five seven ninety
if you want to join our show today seven one
three two one two five seven Ay.
Speaker 1: Ready to cut this guest Texas z Oh Tip dar
Dollar put it in. Come on now, I need something
besides the rockets, because I don't I mean, I don't
know if I want to get into a deep dive
on this squad that's letting me down one hundred and
thirty two points at Chicago Bulls last night. Yeah, we
can talk about the rocket, I mean the astros rotation.
Speaker 2: Yeah, we can do that. We'll definitely do that in
a little bit, uh.
Speaker 3: Front of the show, Spencer are Getty is going to
open up the year at Triple A. As Joe, a
spotter says, it's because he wants to stretch him out,
get him ready for the start of the year. It
feels like this can be a very very short trip
for him because after the first week of the season. Ross,
if you look at the calendar, there's going to be
a need for a six man with a bunch of games, days,
games of consecutive games and.
Speaker 1: No days off. I think April tenth, Yeah, so pretty
early on. Well, yes he is. Yeah, and I don't
think that's a huge surprise. No, I don't think he
had to do much to win the job, but I
think the numbers were pretty good all things compared to
what he's been done in the past. So as long
as there was some assemblance of strike throwing that he
was going to make the team, and not only make
the team, but make the rotation. He's never hidden the
fact that he doesn't like the bullpen, and you know,
you still have a financial Look, the contract has been
a huge loss for the Astros. There's I mean, there's nothing.
If he won seventeen games this year ross it would
make up for the amount of time that he's missed
the money, but money from paid it would help, but
it would make it look a little bit better.
Speaker 4: Uh.
Speaker 1: Yeah, He's he making big money and he's been decent
enough in spring, so he's going to get the nod.
It's not a.
Speaker 2: Shock, Nope, but it's gonna be.
Speaker 1: Look.
Speaker 2: I like the pitching, I do. I don't think.
Speaker 1: I don't think anybody that's that's been watching or listening
or paying attention to the Astros that doesn't appreciate what's
gonna happen.
Speaker 3: The bullpen's not as deep you got. Seuss is gonna
be out for a while. Josh Hater is going to
be a while as well.
Speaker 1: So it's it's kind of it's is the Astros bullpen
the Rockets bench.
Speaker 3: Rotation said comp pretty close. Guess, just saying, gotta hope
somebody's got to step up.
Speaker 1: It's gonna be good. It's gonna be fine, all right.
Speaker 3: Seven one three two one two five seven ninety seven
one three two one two five Rogers with us on
the Matt Thomas Old Ross Roger, good morning to you.
Speaker 6: Hey, good morning, Matt. Pick your phone to the glitching still. Uh,
just real quick on the sad sack Rockets. I just
I just don't understand how we were a better team
last year.
Speaker 4: Uh.
Speaker 6: You know, it was a fun bunch. You know, you
had the you had the defensive, uh, you had the
defensive uh culture, and then just this year just what
I remember only the guy that was running people off
at three point line, you know, and that made it
a point. Now it's like it's just not even there.
I don't understand why these guys have just fallen so hard,
and are we the one of the worst benches As
far as playoff teams, I'm thinking.
Speaker 4: We're right there at the bottom.
Speaker 1: Uh.
Speaker 6: I just I don't know how where we go from here,
but at least we've got the coops and thank god
for them.
Speaker 4: Uh.
Speaker 6: And as far as the opening day is concerned, I
really like what they did with the lineup staggering uh
E and I on the fourth start uh So he
can start the next series with a really good uh
with a really good guy going. So at least we
got some of that going to erase this sour face
that he's rockets that are just just easier for them
to put them out of their measery when the playoffs
comes out. About it?
Speaker 1: All right?
Speaker 2: Thank you, Roger Ross.
Speaker 1: I have to ask you this because we have different
people that listen to the show every single day. We
have a nice, solid core audience who do this every day,
and for that we appreciate. But again, people have busy lives, work, sickness,
got to take care of kids and whatnot.
Speaker 3: So I feel like we get a Roger s type
call of what happened to this team is compared to
last year.
Speaker 2: So I'm going to give.
Speaker 1: You the blanket statement again for the five hundredth time,
and I want to make sure it's still valid so
when new people hear, they go, oh, that makes sense,
And I don't want to get the olds mad at me.
Speaker 3: Fred van Blee has not touched the floor this year. Really,
you cannot underestimate how much that has altered Jarred, whatever
you want to call it, who this team is. And
then Steven Adams, who was playing out of his mind
as an offensive rebounder a handful of double doubles and
linked to your bench, has been gone for a long
period of time. Again, I don't want to sound like
a broken record for those of Your record is what
you put on a little turntable when you play it.
Speaker 1: But I can't understate what happened to this year's team
is last years team. The fact is Fred van Vliet
isn't on the floor. Fred van Vliet doesn't play thirty
Fred Favely, it's thirty five minutes a game. Fred van
Vliet doesn't shoot forty percent from three, but he shoots
thirty six percent from three.
Speaker 2: Fred van Vliet doesn't score nineteen points a game.
Speaker 3: But he also dished the ball out in or nine times,
and he doesn't turn the ball over, and he's a
he's a suitable defensive player. I don't want to keep
repeating myself, but I'm going to continue to repeat myself.
And I'm sorry for doing it.
Speaker 1: I mean, yeah, I don't. I mean, I don't know
how we keep forgetting or keep saying it's not an excuse,
or I don't want to hear it. Just because you say,
just because you say out loud that's not an excuse,
doesn't make you right.
Speaker 2: I don't know this person's ever right all the time?
Speaker 1: Is me?
Speaker 2: Everybody else? You're fifty to fifty?
Speaker 1: Don't makee me get the file out?
Speaker 4: All right?
Speaker 1: Whatever? Yeah, and I understand as you said, broken record.
We've said it a million times, but it does matter
you missing your point guard for eighty two games and.
Speaker 2: The number one here's here comes broken record.
Speaker 1: Number two.
Speaker 3: I miss Dylan Brooks. I miss his moxie. Yeah, we
all do.
Speaker 1: But if you're going to go get an accomplished elite
still scoring at incredible level Kevin Durant forty points last night,
you have to give something up. You and Houston that
care about the Rockets could not wait to get rid
of Jalen Green.
Speaker 2: You could not.
Speaker 1: Them. You wanted them gone mid Golden You want to
treat him during the middle of the Golden.
Speaker 2: State playoff series. That's how bad you wanted them.
Speaker 1: Out of town.
Speaker 3: You cannot go get somebody as accomplished as Kevin Durant
without giving up something, and the Rockets had to give
up something thing.
Speaker 1: You needed to go to score you had it.
Speaker 3: Look at last night, Ross, He's knocking down threes with
hands in face. He's I mean, when you say give
him the ball and let him go score eight or
ten points in five possessions nine times out of ten
this year he's done that.
Speaker 1: That comes at a price. So, yeah, you missed Dylan,
and there are certain times you miss Jalen. But if
this team would have come back this year and said
just run it back, it had been a lot of
being like.
Speaker 2: What are the Rockets doing?
Speaker 1: Why an't the rock the Rockets that had have go
ahead a chance and could get one of the elite
scorers in the history of the NBA who wanted to
come to Houston. By the way, basically didn't hide the
fact that he wanted to come to Houston, and you
didn't go get him because.
Speaker 3: You were ready to hold onto Jalen green Is again,
I don't want history to be rewritten, Beau is all.
Y'all kept asking me, was Matt go get the rockets
and accomplished, go to score? Who's the clutch guy? Kevin
Durant ninety percent the time this year is done it
not one hundred, but ninety.
Speaker 1: Yeah, and and you're you're just missing, as we say,
you're missing those two guys. And then Tarry Easton has
been bad for a month plus and Dorian Finney Smith
hasn't done much all season long, so your your short
bench production as well. Yeah, yeah, I mean DFS is
just not He's not been what you thought he was
gonna be. And there's really no other way to say it.
Speaker 3: I don't know if the leg injury or whatever it
has made him a different player, but you're just the
Dorian Finney Smith that was a Laker last year. When
he got here, I was like, that's that's a nice
sneaky little pickup there.
Speaker 1: It's not there.
Speaker 3: It hasn't been the same guy that we were looking for.
Whether that happens at any point this year. Whether he
needs an offseason to further recuperate his body to come
back to what he was, I don't know. The Tarry
Eastan's drop off has been significant. I mean, players have
to perform. You can't be just blamed the coach in
general manager every time for roster construction. Roster was constructed.
Nobody constructed Fred van Vliet to hurt himself. Nobody constructed
to have Steven adams ankle breaking the nine pieces. Tarry
Eastan's seismic drop during Phinney Smith's never been able to
get out of first gear.
Speaker 1: Clint Cappella asnounced me be playing major minutes, the clin
Capella's brighter wiver be the third center. He just was.
Speaker 3: I like Clint and small doses he can help you,
but not in big doses. That's just that's not who
he is at this point in his career. Ten forty
eight Gut Feelings at eleven thirty, Brett you ormark the
commission of the Big twelve joins us at twelve thirty.
Real quick, before we get to the top of the hour.
Our friends of the athletic and they are friends, did
their power rankings? Ross You know I feel about power rankings.
Speaker 1: You love them and you can't get enough.
Speaker 2: I despise them. The only one I like are the
rotten five during the fall.
Speaker 1: Thank you.
Speaker 3: Percentage odds in the year, big numbers, dude, And I don't
know how they I don't know how they calck gol
to this, I don't particularly care. But for the sake
of this argument, there are thirty baseball teams in the
power rankings. Where do you think the Astros are in
the American and then in all of baseball? Should self
all of baseball, all of baseball, And then I want
you to give me a percentage odds according to the
Athletic that they make the playoffs the Houston Astros, What
do you think I think you're gonna be way off
on both?
Speaker 1: Really?
Speaker 2: Gut yeah?
Speaker 1: Tenth in power rankings, okay, fifty one percent to make
the playoffs, tied for sixteenth, sixteenth, yes, oh with the
San Diego Podres. Okay. If they have in sixteenth, then
their playoff odds are probably like, I don't know, forty
thirty two point nine. Oh, let me read what they say.
Speaker 2: Thank kr Charrison's twenty sixteen.
Speaker 1: The Astros spent last postseason as Spectators owner Jim Crane
refuses to keep the band together, but also refuses to rebuild.
Wow that was a singer, which leads to an intriguing
blend on the roster. Some of the pillars from the
Golden Years are still around Josel Tivay, Jordan Alvatis, Carlos Korea.
But then there are new faces like Tatsuya Emi being
asked to fill some of the void created by fromberg
Valdez's departure and free agency. There is still plenty of
talent within the organization, and if cam Smith puts it together,
the franchise will have another star in its midst who
is in front that you will be interested in. He
had this group, has this guy named maccaull.
Speaker 3: I know this dude is has Arrangers at fifteen and
they're playoff odds at thirty four point eight, moving up
Kansas City at thirteen with a thirty eight chance to
make the playoffs. The Baltimore Orioles come in at number
twelve with a fifty two percent chance of making the playoffs.
The Detroit Tigers number eleven with a seventy four percent
chance of making the playoffs.
Speaker 1: Okay, I'm getting sad.
Speaker 3: The Boston Red Sox are eighth with a sixty percent
chance of making the playoffs. Toronto seventh at a fifty
nine point six percent chance of making the playoffs. Here
comes your top five. Actually, we've got a tie for four.
Mets are tied for fourth, with the Cubs tied for second,
the Yankees and the Seattle Mariners. Here here's one that
if you can get odds, that would be really funny.
He has the Los Angeles Dodgers as the number one team.
Speaker 1: Right.
Speaker 3: These playoff oils, by the way, are by course crafts,
so you can just take what you want to know.
Speaker 1: Oh, I like fangrass playoff odds, which is making me sad.
And when they don't say what I think though, I
hate the odds.
Speaker 3: There you go, ninety eight point eight percent chance to
make the playoffs. To make the playoffs, you can go
find Now, think about this, you can go find somewhere
to bet the Dodgers don't make the playoffs.
Speaker 1: I'm good, all right? Then I ahuldn't pass on that
just passing the national wards wiz. Okay, Well, I got
good news. I looked at baseball perspectus as odds. Yes,
they're better. Okay, they have the Astros at eighty four
point six wins, We're round that up to eighty five.
Playoff odds forty nine. That's closer than what I wanted
to what I wanted. Damn they got Seattle with ninety
four wins. Are we ready for Seattle to potential to
make a significant year after year after run to win
the West?
Speaker 2: Because we know how douchey.
Speaker 1: They are up there, Oh city Softyannus Mariner fans, oh,
putting shoes on their heads like a bunch of idiots.
But losing the playoffs again, And that was nice. That's
a hate watch. That's I'm ready to hate watch the
Mariners again. I guess I'm me too, all right. Second
hour Matt Thomas Show with Ross continues at a matter
of moment seven one three two one two five seven
ninety seven one three two, one two five seven is
the Matt Thomas Show with Ross. Matt and Ross continue
here on Sports Jock SEVENANTI I'm here in Chicago.
Speaker 3: We'll be leaving for Minneapolis in a couple of hours.
Rockets and Wolves tomorrow night. College basketball. By the way,
the Texas stop.
Speaker 1: Ross, I don't know if I was able to put
an eighth the bats thing a lot to say, stop
asking for tickets.
Speaker 2: But that stopped, that's good.
Speaker 1: Go to secondary market. I know you don't want to
hear that, you know what I mean. Check the markets
for you. I think it'd be interesting to see how
it goes at this point. I'm curious how much the
first game is. Do you get both games? Or can
you buy them individually? I don't know. I think you can.
I mean, certainly on secondary you can buy them individually.
I don't know about when you had to buy them
pre pre sale so.
Speaker 3: As a scam for people to buy these things a
long time ago, and then just going on the market markets.
Speaker 1: I don't look the ticket brokers. They're long gone, right
for the most part. Okay, no, sorry, this is for
both games. Let me look for a single game, session one,
as the kids are calling it. So you get two games,
maybe you get both. I mean I can't imagine you.
First of all, yeah, you I would have assumed that
because you're not going to Nebraska four between games. Yeah,
and then Houston Illinois session one. Do you want center court? Uh?
That sounds about right?
Speaker 7: Sure?
Speaker 1: Why not? Twenty seven hundred dollars. Now is is that
somebody just being uber greedy or is all the seats
in an area? But yeah, it looks like that's about right.
These ones in the corner of the bottom are thou
all listed as one thousand dollars and they are listed
as an amazing deal. Those bleeds five. It looks like
get in is about five hundred five point fifteen.
Speaker 2: Now, who's driving it that? That can't be. That's not
I mean, with all due respect to my Alma manter,
that's not my fan base.
Speaker 1: That's gonna be. I'm gonna imagine those numbers are gonna
go down closer to tip off. I don't know, Damn,
that's a lot of money. Yeah, behind the basket lower
levels are about seven hundred and then the worst no
nosebleeds five point fifteen.
Speaker 3: I mean, Illinois has had a really good college history
of basketball. Okay, final fours, all Americans.
Speaker 1: They're they're about in the tournamented every year feels like, yeah,
take right, a shout out Rockets legend and a line
e legend Luther Head. Yes, Darren Williams, who I covered
when he was a Utah jazz man. That's right, fighting
a line.
Speaker 3: Now he's like a UFC fighter or a boxer or something.
Really attractive wife. Not that it matters, but he just does.
Speaker 1: Oh. Really, an NBA player had an attractive wife. I
know this is shocking me.
Speaker 3: I know I figured as much. Let's see who else
is coming. Uh, you've got Houston. We already bought our allotment.
Don't ask Nebraska.
Speaker 1: I think they're excited and I will.
Speaker 3: I mean getting out of the cold, coming down to
the spring break capital of the South.
Speaker 1: I think it's I think it's good for our economy.
I think these schools are all going to travel. Uh,
and I think they're all going to drink and they're
all going to eat, and that means good for us.
There's only there's not a lot of tickets available. There's
really not. So if I need to walk in, it's
gonna cost me five hundreds what you're telling me just
to get into the building. Yeah, five five point fifteen
is the absolute lowest I see on a certain retailer.
Speaker 2: Okay, well think about this. You are getting two games.
Speaker 1: So have people paid two fifty two sixty two seventy
five for a game we'd see one game?
Speaker 4: Yeah?
Speaker 1: I I can probably I'm sure probably before. Man, you
have some greedy sons of bitches out there. That's the
way you play the game. Take your chances. Yeah, sometimes
you lose. Now, the question is how nervous do you
get at about five forty five on Thursday night and
your tickets are still sitting there? And depending on who
you are, I think, yeah, you gotta be ready to
go to the game. Yeah seven one, three, two, five,
seven eight.
Speaker 2: We've Astros Opening Day to that game.
Speaker 1: Two. Yeah, we got a minute. Go check on those
tickets for prices for those games for that game. Oh,
I think though those were somebody saying like one hundred
dollars to get in or.
Speaker 2: Something like that, just to get in a hundie.
Speaker 1: I don't believe that. I mean I can't. I can't
get into the Astros game for less than a hundred bucks.
Let me see, Okay, sixty eight that feels about right
for opening Day, right the bunting, the announcing of the players.
Sixty eight for a four thirty three chance to meet
Ross on the plaza. You're welcome.
Speaker 2: We're all gonna be out down there.
Speaker 1: We'll be we'll be on his street fast unless it's
raining like it was I think last year? Was it raining?
Raining one of the year? Now roof open for the
game on Thursday? Yes, come on, come on, now, come on,
let me check Houston weather or Thursday high of eighty three,
low of sixty four. Let's go roof open opening day.
Let's go eighty four at three o'clock. That's not going
to be open. Lance mcconnor's like close that thing immediately,
but you're not playing. It doesn't matter. That's a little
hot acial with the sun beaming's supposed to be sunny,
all right, Steven with its on seven and eleven or nine, Steven,
Good morning.
Speaker 8: Hey guys.
Speaker 4: I hope you're going well today.
Speaker 9: Just wanted to kind of talk about the Rockets, and uh,
I'm not really sure where I'm gonna go with this,
so I'm just gonna start spitballing. Obviously, was pretty pissed
at the first half last night. Glad that they kind
of battled back, but ultimately it was a loss to
a team that they really should have had enough business
luding too. But kind of which gets me to kind
of my point, which was, after I kind of calmed
down a little bit, I was kind of forced to
think about this team. And you know, while Kevin Garnett
was a tremendous individual player upgrade, you know, you start
to think about the pieces that are missing from the
fifty two win team last year, and you know, there's
no Jalen Green. Obviously, there's no Dylan Brooks, Steven Anna
Adams got injured that you got injured.
Speaker 4: To couple that with uh.
Speaker 9: Tarry Eastan pretty much falling off the cliffs since the
you know, All Star break, and then you know story
and Phinney Smith hasn't looked comfortable to be kind all season,
you know, And and so you're you're you're basically you're
you're playing with just a low you know, a lot
of low cards in the deck, you know, and and
and and that kind of bard. It's like we had
last night where you were kind of just forced to
play five guys significant minutes pretty much the whole game
because you absolutely have no depth bench whatsoever because that's
been depleted with all the injuries. And so, you know,
I mean, I'm not I'm not trying to be the
excuse caboose here, but I think it's it's it's important
to get some perspective that the team that was intentionally
thought that you had when you not KD isn't the
team that's here, and you know that's nobody's gonna make it.
Feel sorry for the Rockets. But I think when you
compare the team this year, I think there's just significant
discrepancies on what we have to play with. And you know,
maybe it's I I don't know, I mean, maybe this
is like the year to do it, because there's the
the difference between okay See and San Antonium and everybody
else in the West is still large that I don't
think it would have mattered even with you know, a
couple of those pieces back. But I think, you know,
when you look at the uh, the those you know,
important minutes that aren't there this year, and that's a
lot of productive basketball that you just don't have. And
I don't know, I mean, I'm what do you what
are your thoughts on all of this?
Speaker 3: It's not what I honestly, Stephen, And it's a great call.
Speaker 1: Thank you for it.
Speaker 2: I don't think the Rockets had the I mean, you
didn't dar it up this way.
Speaker 1: Now. It would be too presumptive to have KD here
and all of a sudden say this is a sixty
win basketball team. You still needed to replace the Jayalen
Green scoring.
Speaker 3: You still need to replace the defensive moxie of a
Dylan Brooks.
Speaker 1: You didn't get to do.
Speaker 3: That at this point because Drian Phinney Smith has not
been able to step up. Tari has had a terrible
second half of the season, by his own mission. I
been hoping you would admit that. And then you have
a situation where you have you know, you're asking Reed
Shepherd to play incredible amounts of minutes when he hardly
played last year, and he has improved, but there is
there's going to be a time where even guys that
improve are gonna have off nights. And Reid was off
last night. Reid's still working on becoming a better defender.
It's gonna need to be improved. If he's gonna play
thirty six minutes like you played last night, Albron's gonna
You know, it's been incredibly efficient the last five games.
Speaker 1: Ross.
Speaker 3: I think he is shooting at about seventy five percent
in the last three five games.
Speaker 1: It is he is. He's getting to the basket, and
he is scoring, and that's all you can ask of offensively, Defensively,
and I hate to continue to say this. It's it
needs to get better.
Speaker 2: I mean, I don't know even more to say that.
You've got to get better.
Speaker 3: You cannot allow the amount of open looks to the
lane the bulls had last night. And then if you
clog the line up, you got to get a perimeter
defender out there to put a hand in the face
to make these shots look more difficult. Because the bulls
that had a bunch of open three last threes last night.
Speaker 1: Yeah, they were trying to get alp Bryn Shing Gooon
and and deep waters in picking rolls. And then he
he will he does what he can. The effort is
there with Albryn sching gun, That's what I will say.
Same thing with Reach Shepherd. I mean he he recovers,
he pokes some balls away. Sometimes he gambles too much
on steels talking about Red. He gets a couple of steels,
a couple of block shots, but a lot of times
it's like he's recovering from somebody who's gone by him.
And when it comes to Shooon, yeah, the effort is there,
but then he will get blown by as well. The
lateral quickness isn't always there. Then the help defender has
to come, and then that means the corner is open,
and then you're getting a wide open three. So it's
all a work in progress. And I appreciate Steven the caller. Yeah,
you hit a perspective like this is not the team
we were supposed to have. And I think it's helpful
to look around the league too, Matt. It's it's like,
look at we I think sometimes we get too hyper
focused on just Houston Rockets basketball and we're like, they
need to be better, they need to be better. Will
look at the teams that are better than that are
ahead of them. The thunder have a better roster, The
Spurs have a better roster. The Lakers have a better
roster right now with with Fred van Vliet and Steven
Adams hurt. And it's it's not even the Nuggets have
a better roster, Like these are the teams Timberwolves, we
can we can argue some, but I mean Julius Randall
and edwar Words, Rudy Gobert, like four time Defensive Player
of the Year, They've got good rosters. They've got good
players on these other teams as well, So we have
to kind of zoom out rather than just getting focused
on Houston and look around the league and say, oh,
you know what, it's not crazy. These teams are ahead
of the Rockets and having better seasons.
Speaker 3: And I all know this, and just know those folks
they're crabby in LA too. They feel like they're underperforming.
You have Lebron James, Austin Reeves and uh luka Doncic,
and you find it took you basically seventy percent of
the season to finally play to their level. Minnesota's aggravated,
Denver's aggravated. It's it's not just exclusive to here. People
in San Antonio Spur Radio having a blast. Thunder Radio
could be having the time of their life. Everybody else
is wigging out right now. Yeah, that make you feel better.
I know that we ain't alone. Bottom of the hour,
Gut Feelings Here on Sports Talk seven ninety seven one
three two one two five. Brett Ormark, the commissioner of
the Big Twelve, will be with us in about an
hour and fifteen minutes.
Speaker 1: We'll take the show till two o'clock. Here on Sports
Talk seven ninety ross, it is.
Speaker 2: Time for Sports Empt's travel Tip of the Day, brought
to you by this point, no one go on.
Speaker 1: So I was I had some time to kill after
the show yesterday, so I went hotel searching in Indianapolis.
Speaker 3: Oh really for the championship game, Okay, just to kind
of see what the rates are out there.
Speaker 1: And there's about a hotel about six miles from Lucas
Arle Stadium that was two hundred and thirty dollars for
it was a rare reeled in. Okay, that's not bad.
And you know it was fine one night. It's fine,
more than happy. And I'm like, man, this is not
a bad deal. Two thirty for one night. Again, granted
it's Final four championship. You only live once kind of thing,
National Championship game. I'm like, I do think I'm gonna
book this room if you don't cancel it by tomorrow.
They charged the room for good. Oh they're smart. So
today's edition of Sports MPCE Travel Trip read the cancelation policy.
They're smart. I would do the.
Speaker 3: Sact same thing. It's called, as we were talking about yesterday,
dynamic pricing. So it's a way, it's a you're making
a wager. It's like you're buying a stock. How is
this stock in a plummet. This is a gamble I like,
or a stay away.
Speaker 1: You never know. Yeah, let's see. Okay, they gotta get
buy Illinois and as I told you, they're they're gonna
beat Iowa or Nebraska. That's no problem. So to get
to the championship, I think, m hm, who would it be?
Would be potentially Duke. You know, I gotta look at
the bracket. I don't have the answer to that question.
I don't know which which who would they? I think
it would be Duke. Who could lose to Saint John's
Michigan State Louisville I would or you a Yukon machine.
I think hmm, Cougars would be favored against any of
those except Duke. So if you can get Duke toppled,
we can beat Duke. We beat him last year. No, no,
you could peasy. No, I'm not saying easy p Well, okay,
you say easy peasy, be a fitty fiddy. It slight
edge to the Duchies. I don't know if my heart
can take another. It has to take my another los
because we're gonna lose games.
Speaker 2: Everybody lose the games.
Speaker 1: But if if we're going to Indy and then we
win on Saturday, and then I fly up there literally
day of game. I can't come back with our natty.
What if you do, You'll never have the same sports.
You'll have to never you'll never have to say me again,
because Yeah, the other side is probably gonna be Arizona
or Michigan. I mean, that's gonna be tough.
Speaker 2: We would be the least favorite of the four significantly.
Speaker 1: It's okay, I believe.
Speaker 2: Unless these pesky longhorns want to come and interrupt thing.
Speaker 1: Oh stop. They are on found and talking about being
on Found money. So when they lose, you're gonna say
found money, fun season, enjoyed it. Yeah, I mean after
the game is over, I'm gonna be screaming at the
TV during the game.
Speaker 3: Just like my son Peyton. I said, Peyton, your team's
gonna lose, Okay, Dad, I realize it. And then he's
sending eighty five swear text to his mother.
Speaker 1: Yeah. I can't help but but root when the game starts.
I'm a human being, Matt, with thoughts and feelings.
Speaker 3: So we're so, how are you okay? How are you
gonna handle this? You're gonna You're doing the tenth Inning
Show on Thursday and the game tips at six'. Ten,
yeah astros are at three. Ten let's, see so that'll
probably go at least two and a. Half that'll be
what five forty watch how what of the atoms.
Speaker 1: Do the postgame? Show Steve Stephen ford will be, uh you,
Know ford And sparks will probably go about fifteen to twenty. Depending,
yeah it'll be about six o'clock six.' ten they're probably
not really gonna start to like. Six fifteen that's the.
First game maybe they'll start. On time i'll probably go.
An hour i'll be done. By SEVEN then i have to.
Drive home that's a. Long day let me get the
ballpark for like. Nine hours maybe You know i'm gonna
go home when the. After pregame That's what i'm gonna
do because the press box canna be. Slammed, Anyways yeah
i'm gonna chill. It, home okay get your get you
a little pregame nap in before. FIRST pitch i don't
think i'll. Have time just get, some coffee.
Speaker 4: All.
Speaker 3: Right yeah if you look the real workhorse of, the
station there's, Two people Gordy. And moross, Thank.
Speaker 1: YOU matt i.
Speaker 3: Appreciate that the rest of us just kind of, you
know sneaking when. We camp When the astro, season starts
you'll get on some. GAME games i Already told i'm
gonna do fifty games. This year dan does a great.
Job too cole's. Pitching, in yeah EVERYBODY that, I named. I,
named yeah there's two, omissions there but that's, all right.
Speaker 1: Just, two though seven five Seven ninety bryant On The
Matt thomas Show With, ross brian thank you for holding a, Good, morning.
Speaker 4: Hey, good Morning MATTE and i Agree with ross that
those other teams have, better rosters but those teams also
have a better. GENERAL manager i mean For rockfield stone
to sit on his hands and not do nothing at
the trade down line when he saw all his, you
know all his bench, going down that. Was ridiculous for
them to get out scored fifty four points to nine
points off the bench, last night that should, never happen.
Extremely ridiculous so not ONLY do i blame, the players and, Was,
right yes the players are part of. The problem his
coaching is a part of. The problem but this roster
is ridiculous and THAT'S all.
Speaker 1: I, have mate, all right thanks for the.
Speaker 3: Phone call part of the bench numbers that are skewed
Is because Colin sext And again i'm i trying to.
Speaker 1: MAKE excuses i don't, want To but i'm just gonna
put things.
Speaker 3: In Context colin sexton normally starts For, the bulls came
off the bench. Last night they Started jailing Smith over
college and he could not miss a shot when he did.
Come in and then, number, two Uh reed sheppard was
added to your bench, numbers yes sorry because you all
were clamoring for him. To start and, Number, THREE uh
I mean i get to unfortunately sound Like a brokern, Record.
Again matthew they were pretty much. Capped out they were
gonna have to send significant salary out to bring anything
of subs since in that's Why the rockets did not
make a move at the. Trade deadline they tried.
Speaker 1: For the only player probably that would have gotten you
a significant haul in return for this quote unquote trade
deadline That the rockets, you know did not. Do anything
jabari could have gotten. You something alpry could have gotten.
YOU something a man could have gotten. You something that's.
About it at. The time tarry could have, but maybeah
maybe you should have sold. THAT stock i, don't know
well problems he's an. EXPIRING contract, i mean he's a restrictioned.
Free agent they want to keep him. Long term they,
like him but unfortunately he's not. Playing well and You
Just raffael stone wasn't just kicking up his feet, and,
saying yeah. We're set, oh man this is this is
the Best roster i've. Ever constructed we're about to win.
The championship it's, All good set it and. Forget it hang,
the banner start planning the. Parade route that's not what
A ruffel stone did during the. Trade, deadline yeah he
was looking around, for improvements but he had to do
bargain basement shopping and didn't find anything that could fit because,
the rockets because of the way, they're constructed they were basically.
Hard capped they could only they had literally a room
for one, million DOLLARS which i know is great for
You and i'm ATT oh i love it IN, THE
nba i. Deserve it.
Speaker 2: It's, nothing yeah look you. You are you are heavily
pot Committed, With, Alpi jabbari kevin And.
Speaker 1: In vambley you just are as are.
Speaker 3: Most teams they don't have nine million dollars in wiggle
room and you're about to be in a couple. Of
years it's where the really interesting things. Come in you're
about to be seriously poc committed to A men thompson,
here too, you know Looking for i'm sure a very
high salary for the first evil future tip for some.
Gut feelings i'm definitely afraid to even listen.
Speaker 1: To what we did. Last week i'm sure it wasn't,
that bad are? You, sure no.
Speaker 3: Ladies, and gentlemen for the next half hour of this,
radio show we need you to make your sports predictions.
Speaker 2: For us anything. Sports predictive let, us know lit, up.
Speaker 1: Segment, so appealing tummy, you'll like got a.
Speaker 2: Gun dealer this is their gut feeling On The Matt.
Thomas show, All, right ross run. Through it how bad
we do? LAST week i feel like this is gonna
be a.
Speaker 1: Disappointing segment, you're fine quit, your, Whining, Okay, matthew yes
we will look at the gut feelings from the. Last
week It Was saint. Patrick's day well you did something
from you? Know what you actually did pretty well on.
This one at least go. For it venezuela Upsets The
united states AND The Wbc. Classic FINAL why i got?
That RIGHT because i AM. Mister wbc you ARE. Mister
wbc you love it more than anyone. Ever correct any
major injuries happened that we know of IN. The wbca, all,
right okay. That's good you Also Have arch manning going
To The miami dolphins in twenty. Twenty seven love. THAT one.
Speaker 10: I.
Speaker 1: Don't Know milik willis is looking prime for a. Breakout
Season milake. Willis sucks have a whole lot. Around him
i'm sure he's this very. NICE person i want to
make sure this is anotherhing. Per personal this is just,
feels personal feels. Very personal, let's see you Have the
cougars covering Versus The, idaho vandals which they did. Chit
ching you just turn out as BAD as I thought
i was talk. About you You're the longhorns beating In. C,
state yeah. Let's go and, You Said jeremy penis STARTS
on Il With bryce matthews on the opening. Day roster
how are you feeling? About?
Speaker 4: That?
Speaker 1: One uh? Half? Good half not?
Speaker 10: So?
Speaker 3: GOOD okay, i Mean didn't jeremy play last night a
little bit or at least try.
Speaker 1: TO swing i was in.
Speaker 2: BATTING practice. I know i don't think you played in.
The GAME but i think.
Speaker 1: He's, Swinging honestly i'm. Not, sure no he was out
There taking, Yeah cool i'll take your. Word out i'll
take your word. For it i'm not going to call
you a liar on. That one and those. Were yours.
Let's See jonathan, Allen Said kyler murray's going to do
well As a Viking.
Speaker 4: WAS yeah.
Speaker 11: I was i was trying to save. The negativity, but yeah.
That's fine what did he get hurt?
Speaker 10: Or?
Speaker 1: Something everything?
Speaker 5: All?
Speaker 1: RIGHT now i was the one time about. The rockets.
Speaker 3: You're trying to throw at one team He's Got, Justin Jefferson.
Jordan NATICALLY actually i. Shouldn't left that's not that's not
a terrible He. J hockinson he can throw.
Speaker 1: The football he's just how how vestity isn't too being
a great quarterback now on a one, year deal you're
trying to prove yourself running back. Over there it's still.
Old Man. AARON jones, i, think so why why do
you have me bringing Up the vikings, Depth? Chart johnathan
because we are your HOME for nfl, Football, Here, Yeah Hockinson,
Aaron Jones, Jordan, mason yeah, ah right it could could
be the maybe not the worst. Thing ever, LET'S see
i Said the rockets would Beat. The lakers On the
wednesday at the, BOUNCE back i SAID the usa would win.
It all oh Look see i'm the one that Did bad.
OOH sorry i also Said the longhorns would lose it in. My,
Misery see. I'M sorry i apologize. To Them, ON friday
i have to apologize. Them again well. We'll See actually
thursday the, night Lose but i'd. STILL apologize i did
not see a sweet sixteen, run HAPPENING and, i said
pinya not opening, day ready but not ON the i
l you're. Gonna, WIN no I think i might thread. That,
needle yeah you'll. Be fine and there. You go that
was are our gut feelings from? Last week all right
seven one three two one two five seven ninety seven
one three two one two five seven. Nine zero we
need your gut feelings right this second to the top
of the hour Here On sports talk seven Ninety with
big Twelve Commissioner. Big brett You or mark to join
us at. Twelve thirty, All right i'm, GOING first i
am going to will this. Into existence ross. Go ahead
this is more for my personal mental health and or
Blood pressure rockets finish the trip with Three, Wins, Minnesota
memphis Nolan's, three.
Speaker 4: No.
Speaker 1: Please, PLEASE please i want you to. BE right i
just don't feel that in. MY gut i know that's
what it's. GOT feelings i kind of don't want to
say out LOUD what i Have my rockets. Gut feeling.
Speaker 2: Silence sometimes. Is better maybe the word's, not spoken, meaning
no this.
Speaker 1: Is radio.
Speaker 3: I've Been told matt to have a, strong opinion strong takes.
Every day hot.
Speaker 1: Hot hot That's The matt Thomas old Ross On sports talk.
Seven nights rockets out in the. First round that's just
what it. Feels like it, Feels like, i'm sorry not,
consistent enough gonna be a. Tough matchup no matter what,
it is they're probably gonna be ending up going on.
THE road i would love to. Be wrong you can
room with ME in la if. You want it feels
like a first. ROUND exit i am going to abstain
for the rest of. The segment, Oh, Really, okay, NO no.
I won't i'm standing for the, last hour but not.
This segment what else you want for? Gut feelings astros
win three to Four against angels in the first series
of the season with three out of four Or. Versus,
ANGELS okay i. Like, that yeah that's a. Good one
i'm not gonna, steal IT but i.
Speaker 4: Like it Four.
Speaker 1: VERSUS angels i have, another. One Please spencer araghetty starts
more Games than lance mc collors junior. This, YEAR oh.
Speaker 4: I. Like it.
Speaker 1: I'll give you a. Few more you ready?
Speaker 4: For?
Speaker 1: This, yes uh. LET'S see i was gonna. Give you
you want what you want to pitching property wanted are.
A hitting i'm gonna Go With cam smith ops above seven.
Seventy five what you? Heard?
Speaker 11: Me, like okay this get Some, camp smith win, Some
Positivity cam.
Speaker 2: Smith positivity The back Tooma S ross weekday's ten seven.
Speaker 1: Seventy five And glow glove right.
Speaker 2: FIELD glove i said seven, To SEVEN but i mean, it's.
Speaker 1: Clue he's a Gold gold finals. LAST year.
Speaker 2: I need to bring, Some, positive jonathan what do?
Speaker 1: You got and you got? This week?
Speaker 11: All right we went to real positive and it's gonna
go to. Real negative, oh, no, no.
Speaker 1: Yeah we gotta get. Astros ones by, the way it's
opening day in. Two days what? Season Long. Astros ones
we gotta.
Speaker 11: Do it this is gonna Be my this is gonna be.
My last rockets won to. The playoffs they're six seed
now and that's what they're going to stay.
Speaker 1: They It means la baby for the. First round it Sounds.
Speaker 11: Like, La denver minnesota all have shown that they're up
that custom ready to go to. The postseason rockets just
beating the signs right now and team chemistry and performance
and they're.
Speaker 1: Staying there.
Speaker 11: And we got next year and they could make a
year and they could be ready for playoffs when the.
Time comes but they're just gonna be.
Speaker 1: That succeed what's your? Other? ONE hmmm i have another one, Real,
quick no. Exactly One jordan alvarez will Lead the astros and.
Home runs that's not the that's not the. Gut feeling
the gut feeling is. Second place smythew, You're Going? Christian
walker how did you?
Speaker 2: Know This because i'm a. Smart man what?
Speaker 1: The hell? You're? Right weekdays send the two. Let's go i'm. Upset,
now no you CAN'T be. I, Think yeah I'm Going.
Christian walker, oh no why are you?
Speaker 10: With?
Speaker 1: Me, No no i'm not gonna. Do that what do?
You Got It's. East soche you might not be here
the whole time corre is a is. A candidate how
to Low Berfeto cam smith and Going With. Christian walker let's, Go,
baby okay astros win total glass, half full gritting my
teeth over? Eighty six, UH yeah i, think yeah. Eighty
six eighty six and a half is. The number i'm
gonna go over. Eighty six i'm putting it half on there.
Speaker 4: For you.
Speaker 1: Thank you that's the. Real. LINE okay I think i
got feeling that a couple of. Weeks ago seeing these
these projections are making. Me, happy yeah nobody likes the
national narrative does not love the. Local nine they. Just,
don't yeah it's because of the. Spring training don't. Don't
don't they don't. Know anything they're Sleeping On. TATSUYA emi
i got a negative one, For, YOU okay i got
a balancings out were fair and balance here On The Matt.
Speaker 3: Thomas, show no we don't have to give me positive.
Go Ahead zach cole less than seventy five games as
an astro, This year oh shut. Jobmass up he's such a.
Speaker 1: Nice person toole's than. SEVENTY five i mean that'd. Be
crazy you can, go ahead remember that all you. Want, To,
Uh Okay SPACE cowboys Pcl, CHAMPIONS.
Speaker 2: Okay i don't think that's in the history got things
we've ever did a.
Speaker 1: Minor league you they are going to they were going.
To run they're going to run THE.
Speaker 3: Pc l cougar's Going, To, INDYE baby I think i think.
You're Right Cougar's indy texas season Ends. This, thursday, okay thanks,
All right i'm sorry, Calling You. Chuck thomas, all right
let's go to the. Phones now i'll PUT that I think.
Speaker 1: Coug's are in the. Final four don't ask you what happens? After,
THAT yeah. I, WON'T honestly i gotta. Say, It okay
i'll give you my honest. GUY feeling i think they losing,
the Championship probably Michigan. Or arizona, OH god i won't write.
That down i'm not writing. It down You understand i'm
not writing. IT down. I, Won't.
Speaker 4: No.
Speaker 3: I'm sorry i'm not happy about this that Much because
i'm going to be flying no Sleep, to indianans, no ticket,
no hotel.
Speaker 1: With just an. OVERNIGHT bag. I got i got. This
cad you told me to go Watch the natty you
were gonna, Do it and he doesn't, see, no, no,
no no let's. Thank, this, NO sir i did not.
CLICK book i did not click book flight. For, you,
NO sir i called you a FRAUD because i said
you were gonna do. It anyways and then, you're like you,
Know what, You're RIGHT ross. I am i think it
was a caller.
Speaker 4: To that it.
Speaker 1: Was, somebody yeah somebody. Did too I'm not i'm not.
Taking responsibility flickerant flyer mile for. This trip you're you
can get. Him, Back oh duke only six and a.
Speaker 3: Half Over the johnnies, call it Say It saint, John's, beets,
duke say, go ahead.
Speaker 1: Do it they could if. They could you're going to the. Championship,
Game really Oh go Johnny's.
Speaker 2: Go rippetino your calls.
Speaker 1: Are next let's get right to the phones on a
Gut feeling tuesday seven to one three two one two
five seven ninety seven one three two one two five Seven.
Speaker 2: Ninety oh by, The way brad is coming.
Speaker 1: Up next if you want to jump In before brad
seven one three two one two. Five, seven honey remember
if you don't, Call in Brad's after Brian. And, Parland, Hi, brian.
Speaker 6: Hey, good.
Speaker 7: Afternoon. Guys matt you took one. OF mine i was
Gonna say astros win three or four Against.
Speaker 12: The.
Speaker 7: Angels Uh hunter brown will go at, least six give
up two runs.
Speaker 10: Or.
Speaker 7: Less uh On, Opening day brad will have a terrible
take about some minor leaguer who is being slided and
should be on the minor league or should be on
the major, league roster some third Petcher at fayetteville.
Speaker 1: Like he does.
Speaker 7: Every year but that's okay because that's why we. Love
him and then the absolute lock of my gut Feelings
is matt will find some way to get a back
of house pass FOR the NCAAs on thursday so he
can MEET his Tv love shahati with a body who
will be courtside calling the GAME. For, tnt.
Speaker 3: Well you're gonna lose that One because i'm going to Be, In.
Memphis tennessee, so uh that is.
Speaker 2: A loss i still think you fly back, For.
Speaker 1: It okay.
Speaker 2: While my heart, says yes my wallet and my schedule.
Says no thank you for the.
Speaker 1: Phone Call lauren Shahati's, In, Houston, Texas, ross yeah that's
why we need to keep you Out, Of. Houston texas while,
she's here.
Speaker 2: She's probably like your forming eighty three miles.
Speaker 1: FROM me i believe that's. Court ordered by, the way
it's not. COURT ordered i mean maybe that's preferred. Court
suggested it's the old Court, recommend yes, all right last
call before we Go. To bratt i'll give you guys
a minute to get. In here what do, you mean
look at, That exasperation come out and get them. Out,
there well he's the worst caller in the history of
the Show. Besides, arthur yeah. That's worse seven one three
two one two five Seven ninety. Last chance if you don't,
call in we're going to brad at about sixty. Seconds
here seven one three two one two five. Seven pinty,
all right a couple more astro superlatives or numbers for
The year jordan plays one hundred and twenty. NINE games
i gotta stay true. To that that'd. Be funny and.
It's fine fall on your sword as YOU say. I
do and if, HE does i get next year and
the year after and the year after and the, Year,
after well well give me. Thirty five you're really gonna
take your chances. On, this yeah. We'll see he's just A,
dh well he wants to play some. Left field he's
already told you that he wants to play some. Left field. That's.
OKAY hmm i don't KNOW if i have Any more. Astros, predictions,
uh okay how About, the Uh It's hunter brown lead
the team, In victory Yester, d now, of course, All
right i'll go with you. On, that okay. Who's, Second
uh i'm. Gonna go i'm gonna go off. The board
i'm gonna go em just just to go off. The
board i'm gonna stay on, the board. All Right mike,
Burrows Man mica burrow's an enterprising under president. Young, MAN
yep i like it THE em I Pick mike burrow's ready.
Speaker 8: To DEAL.
Speaker 2: Brian a Bray USED. April e R a.
Speaker 1: Ross zero uh over three or? Under three he can
have blows. Up, once yeah that's.
Speaker 6: LIKE you.
Speaker 1: I already said he's not blowing a save before you're
gonna take hater? Comes back? What's, that, yeah well he
could come into a ninth inning and blow. A game
say he's not blowing. A, save oh, that's right, That's.
Speaker 2: True dave thanks for calling what's in your gut?
Speaker 1: THIS week.
Speaker 4: I have a gut Feeling That tarry easton is gonna
fire his agent and, the offseason the one who told
him it was a good idea to turn down that
one hundred million dollar contract and bet.
Speaker 1: On himself, Thank. You, DAVE yeah i don't even know
what the marketplace is, for, HIM honestly i. Don't know.
Speaker 3: With injury concerns of, the past which he's, gotten, Passed
thankfully but the regression offensively has been.
Speaker 1: It's not, a president.
Speaker 3: It's not it's just it's it's not what. HE was,
i mean from the first two months to the last
two months has been. Just unbelievable the amount of the
ball doesn't even leave. His, hand well at, THIS point
i think it's in. HIS head i ross, to me
it's really in his head, to me because he's Still.
An athrono what's Going to? Dean weight but it's, just
yeah let's go to ray. On, Seven andy ray was in?
Speaker 1: Your, gut well this is a pet peeve.
Speaker 12: Of MINE but i have a guy feeling that parking
downtown is going to be about sixty dollars tonight between
opening day and the final For the sweet. Sixteen game
it's gonna. Be ridiculous I'm sorry. Thursday, NIGHT yeah i
think you're.
Speaker 2: PROBABLY right.
Speaker 1: I my guess is if you get if you get
a lot for less than, sixty bucks you consider yourself
blessed you that you're gonna be walking quite.
Speaker 4: A bit.
Speaker 2: My guess is we're gonna see? Seventy five.
Speaker 4: Can?
Speaker 3: YOU park i guess you can park for a hundred
if you want to park right next to, the arena
right or.
Speaker 1: THE stadium i. DON'T know I guess hey you Need,
To yeah i'm getting there at, nine Am so i'll.
Be good y'all need to Jump into rosses.
Speaker 2: Car gets you got the, Media badge get some free parking.
Speaker 1: If you want to hang out for seven hours before the. Game,
Starts yeah. Telgate carpool, that's, right last but Not, least
brad Least cut brad heard for. A, second yeah good. Back,
connection hello?
Speaker 13: All?
Speaker 1: Right hellop.
Speaker 2: Oh well, that's, It man what.
Speaker 1: A shame i. Didn't know it. Wasn't me YOU sure
i knew It because bronan's my hands, are up his hands?
Speaker 13: Are?
Speaker 1: Up john you? Mean true?
Speaker 5: All?
Speaker 3: RIGHT uh i hate to give credit where, credits Due
but ross Had A colin. Sexton Line, colin sexton not
Sex ten sexton.
Speaker 2: Backup Guard.
Speaker 1: Chicago bulls he had a twenty five or six two
four last night For the bulls Against. The rockets start the,
Final hour brett your mark in one half hour here
on seven ninety Is The Matt thomas Show With. Ross
black five down, the lane left. Hand left i'll put
in five Amount.
Speaker 2: OF rockets i try to Play some chicago music.
Speaker 1: WIN appropriate i was gonna play this is only just.
THE beginning, dyda won but. They didn't so twenty five or.
Speaker 2: Sixty four twelve Oh Six sports talks.
Speaker 1: Were doing the SAME thing i was doing two. Hours ago.
That's fine let us present, to you my friends the
news at noon twelve oh Seven Out sports talks.
Speaker 14: At Our Brek.
Speaker 2: YOBOCK commissioner a, big twelve but it's at the bottom Of.
Speaker 1: The, Mr. Yes matthew rockets lose one thirty two to
one twenty four To The, chicago bulls their twenty ninth
win of. The season bulls shot hot from three, To
start rockets zero for nine in the. First quarter From
three bulls seven, of ten you're down. TWENTY points, i
mean we could just chalk it up. To that they.
Chipped away they took a brief lead in the. Fourth,
quarter Fortunately The, bulls unfortunately Only the bulls started knocking
down a bunch.
Speaker 4: Of.
Speaker 1: Shots again it was back to? Back threes was It
matas bouzelis was? GOING off I Mean colin sexton had Twenty,
five smith a fan favorite of everybody around. The league, They,
had yeah They they they shot fifty percent. From three
you shot twenty. Seven percent we can boil it down. To,
that also the defense wasn't always there, consistently enough and,
Uh Well rocket tech Coach Imy a dooka was not
happy in the postgame, media availability, poor.
Speaker 10: Start disrespect of, the game not prepared from the, get
go just, non aggressive falling around watch.
Speaker 1: Them shoot you know they have done.
Speaker 10: The lows they're going to fire away and obviously to
give up forty one points in that first. Quarters disappointing
it was one quarter that killed us and weren't prepared
to play, at.
Speaker 1: All disrespecting, the game Says Emy. A doka in the.
Speaker 2: Post game he also called the official soft.
Speaker 1: Last night yes. HE did i LOVED because i just
love when he goes after THEM and i know he doesn't.
Like too he's Gonna get he's gonna he's gonna. Get
fine he also said we were bs and and he
didn't use. B, s yeah when he, got tossed he
didn't realize he. Got tossed here's. WHAT happened i was
right in front of IT because i was on the floor.
Last Night, uh so one official gives him the second.
Technical foul he doesn't, See that so the timeout is
called and he starts huddle with his coach like he.
Normally does.
Speaker 2: Uh huh one of the other, officials like why are you?
Speaker 1: Over there you just. Got tossed he may gave the
verb and the pronoun to a certain referee five. Three times,
verb pronoun verb pronoun. Verb, pronoun uh THAT'S all. I
got i.
Speaker 2: JUST was i was just intimate to build be as
close as.
Speaker 1: Was for the boots on the ground Report, In chicago.
Speaker 3: I'm giving you eyewitness the tales witness reported much appreciated
here on the news.
Speaker 1: At noon so Now the rockets are in the sixth
place in the sixth place In, the west half game
Behind the nuggets And the timberwolves their. Next opponent is
it a must win the game For the rockets? Coming Up, MATTHEW.
Speaker 2: Well i said gut feelings three, and oh, so yes
it's a must win for my.
Speaker 1: Gut feelings it's a late eight thirty START on ESPN
before i have to be up Early For opening Day.
On thursday looking Forward to Rockets wrap wednesday night here. On,
sports okay you, TELL them I mean i like doing the,
post games but do it. For fine, it's fine. It's,
fine yeah you. KNOW what i will have the equipment
on to do that. From home my Apologies to, JOSH
see i like to be. Up here it's easier. For
everyone and Dyak in park just tweeted out roof will
be open for. Tonight's game tonight's game The trile. A,
matchup okay It's, THE rockets i mean THE astros a
squad VERSUS the. B squad.
Speaker 2: My feeling is no on both of. THOSE accounts B.
Speaker 1: Versus, C okay b versus can not get hurt the
day before in the final. Preseason game you. Just, Can't
okay i'll take your word.
Speaker 2: For it, anything else.
Speaker 1: Let's see, Oh well brad, called back so let me
go ahead and scare up some more stories. For you matt.
Speaker 2: That, Calls back we're gonna Talk. To brad he did why.
Speaker 1: Close front of. The, show no he's not you one
of Those to Vegas count mike McCarthy said he Would
Welcome aaron rodgers back To the steelers with an. Open
arms he said he would be a. Great story let
me talk. About that you want to talk about the
cornhole professional who has been charged with? Double murder now
you're you're missing out four key pieces, four, well, left right,
left right he's got. No, limbs yeah.
Speaker 2: Still apparently.
Speaker 1: GOOD aim i didn't.
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To now if you want to Call, before brad we
will let you in as well on a, variety things Whether, It's, Rockets,
astros cougars Maybe going. Final four you want to Break
some texans offensive, Line breakdown we'll do that for. You
too we can get a lot to. Get to i'm, Ready,
now brett your bottom of the hour Here On sports
talk seven ninety it is. Twelve thirteen.
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okay james good afternoon.
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get you to a regular. Line, there james call. Us
back we always look forward to your visits on. The
show brad on Seven, hot brad how the hell?
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wouldn't be calling this.
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Speaker 14: Anything negative so my prediction For the astros Is this
japanese guy. HE m i think he's gonna win more
than fifteen games, this year and he's gonna turn out
to be the best pitcher.
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end up being.
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not they don't know nothing about, this guy and he's
gonna have the head start on all. Of THEM and
i just think he's gonna uh, year one he's gonna.
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for the. Phone call just review some. Of, these uh
it's been a few months Reviewing some. Brad predictions he
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did no he said in the, off season which they
did not. Tradeing, infielder sorry they did get. An infielder,
they did they Got the. Atlanta guy well. That's, true,
WELL sorry i think he's saying trade, went away but
that was. A chalk i'm not gonna crush him for.
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The Playoffs l texans finished THIRD In afc South l
rockets get a guard by the. Trade Deadline El cam
whittmore will average twenty plus points. Per game how's that
going For?
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nba that didn't.
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for Old, Bradst, hey well you, know what they're. Gout
feelings they're not. Lockdown predictions now'll put your names, on
rockets Won't Get, Kevin, durant well you know he calls
in to brag when, He's RIGHT so i like.
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Speaker 1: Out, That yes i'm, the balancer, All right james on Seven,
Auty hello james.
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Speaker 15: Rockets matt we can't keep giving this coach, a Pass
ripped matt because he's coaching. For lost he didn't busted
up with a good team and brought in this.
Speaker 8: Old man you know who came Who.
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brought this old.
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the man the old man can. Do things he did
a lot. Of things yeah, he can.
Speaker 8: He Can But jalen green wasn't. A problem the problem was.
Speaker 15: The bench and the Same reason boston got rid of
the coach that we got now is the same reason
we lose it because he wanted.
Speaker 1: Completely.
Speaker 4: In boston that is Completely.
Speaker 2: The boston.
Speaker 1: Hold On when celtics the first year Under email dooko
went TO The, nba finals they Won The. Eastern conference
they did not get rid of him for his. Encore
performance they got rid of him for his off. Court, transgressions.
Speaker 8: Well with his first year he, got there the team was.
Speaker 15: ALREADY fixed, i mean he didn't have to. Do them
turn a few x's and o's and that's how they.
Made it they was already ready prime to go to.
The final and second, of all he come Here to
houston and put the same thing that like he built
A brie Is between green and a couple, of players
when the, whole time, you know maybe he got Rid
Of jalen green because he couldn't talk to his.
Speaker 8: Old ladies.
Speaker 3: Let me tell, you SOMETHING and i got thirty. SECONDS
here i want To apologize houston for that. Entire segment that.
Speaker 2: Segment sucked, terrible callers, terrible connection.
Speaker 1: Terrible takes everything was. God awful, and gentlemen do you
ever ever in your life think about the fact that
you need to apologize for a segment of. Your, Life.
Speaker 2: Well i'm doing it HERE as i simply say these words.
Speaker 4: To you.
Speaker 1: I'm sorry so So that boston team was actually ahead
of schedule that went to. The finals it was like
it was Like Baby Jason Tatum jaylen brown. Was younger
they actually surprised to make the finals. That, year yes And.
Speaker 2: Again brett ormark joining us in.
Speaker 3: Three MINUTES all i say to, You is i'm sorry
that we sucked in that last segment of.
Speaker 1: The, show well let's help our phones work this. Next,
segment Okay, you bulgaska don't you? Being hopeful what do?
You minute, I'm sorry i've. Been hoping let me tell.
You something if you thought you were bright at, twelve
twenty you got dumber between twelve twenty and, twelve man let's.
All Regroup, Brett Yormark commissioner big twelve next ON seven.
E yus i'm Here, in chicago Living for minneapolis to
Get the Rockets and wolves going tom all night from
between cities ross Back, to houston and we are very
happy to have our next guest on our first time
visitor of the show and hopefully many many TIMES because
i found it to be. Very, fascinating uh a out
of the box kind. Of commissioner and he's representing our
conference and. Our school brett Your mark big twelve commissioner
here On The Matt. Thomas Show.
Speaker 2: At ross mister Your market's Matt. And ross thank you for.
Speaker 1: Joining, us uh there's stopishly there's too, much wait, hold on.
Speaker 5: Hold on you got to make this. Less formal you
gotta Call. Me brett okay.
Speaker 4: For?
Speaker 1: Starters GOOD and i got to.
Speaker 5: Ask you WHY haven't i ever been invited to join.
Speaker 4: You guys before your.
Speaker 1: Media, Crew no i'm. Just kidding. Just, see no you
gotta let me tell. You something and this, is honest
and You and i've never met face, to FACE but
i want TO and i want to ask you like nine.
Hundred Questions but i'm getting you for ten, minutes here,
so UH but i want to use anything.
Speaker 5: You WANT but i look forward to meeting you.
Speaker 1: In, person yeah, you know We'll do we'll Come to
big twelve, media DAY but i want you to come sit,
with me do like a half an hour SHOW because i,
was like there's like five MILLION things i want to,
ask you so in no.
Speaker 2: PARTICULAR order i would love to, do that by, the
way so we will make.
Speaker 1: That happen first, of all what has it been like
you are on out of the box commissioner to say the.
Speaker 2: Very least is that always BEEN?
Speaker 1: Your dna or did, you SAY when i took, THE
job i got to do things a little outside of
covering the inside. The, lines.
Speaker 5: Well it's a, great QUESTION and i will say that
Historically wherever, i've Been and i'll date myself a.
Speaker 8: Little bit, YOU know i WAS.
Speaker 5: The ceo Of The brooklyn nets for. SIXTEEN years i
spent significant amount of TIME. At nascar it's safe to
Say that i've been a bit of a. Change agent
and in order to be a, change agent you got
to have the fortitude to look to break, boundaries thoughtfully
to innovate and take. Calculated RISK and I think i've
done a little bit of.
Speaker 4: That HERE.
Speaker 5: When i took this job At The big Twelve, FROM
afar i saw a conference that had, great bones but
it truly needed to be reimagined. And repositioned AND thankfully
i work for a great group of ads and a
wonderful board that has given me, the latitude along with
my colleagues here At the Big Twelve, conference office to
innovate and to do, things differently AND thankfully i think
it's all. PAID off, i, mean listen you don't bet,
a thousand but so far our record speaks. FOR itself
i love the tra directory of. THIS conference i love how,
WE'RE positioned i love, our PROFILE and i think it only.
Speaker 1: Gets better you are clearly an advocate for everything in,
our schools not only Here, in houston but around. The
league the basketball side of thing has been. Absolutely amazing
football was certainly very intriguing.
Speaker 4: This year.
Speaker 1: State of. Affairs overall when you meet with your fellow,
conference commissioners does it happen? A lot do you?
Speaker 2: Have chats do you have?
Speaker 3: Group text tell me how aligned you are with the
other commissioners to will that remain the same or are
you always keeping an eye just to make sure everybody's
behaving themselves and for the greater interests of. College athletics.
Speaker 5: It's another. Great QUESTION so i engage quite a bit
with my. Commissioner colleagues AND when i speak about my,
commissioner COLLEAGUES although i love all the, Commissioners specifically i'm
referencing the power. Forward commissioners we, speak often we meet
pretty often, as WELL and i engage individually with them quite.
A bit, you know throughout. THE week i think there
is alignment across the board on what we want for
the for the system of. Collegiate athletics we obviously are
in a period, of change and we have to manage to,
that change and we're spending a lot of time together
in order to.
Speaker 4: Do that.
Speaker 5: Is it fair to say that there are times where
we agree, to, disagree CERTAINLY but i think everyone has
a strong desire to try to get this thing right
and to do what's right for not only our, specific
conferences but for the system of. Collegiate athletics and that's
what we work towards. Every day and there's a lot of,
moving parts as, you know and we're trying to make some,
significant PROGRESS and i think we ARE and i think
there's more.
Speaker 1: To come, all right we're in. Basketball modes i'm going
to go TO basketball ncaa expansion of. The tournament your
initial thoughts, About that i've been.
Speaker 5: PRETTY consistent i do, like EXPANSION and i think a conference,
like ours, you know given, recent realignment. Needs access so,
you know if you think about where we, are today
sixty eight going to, seventy six and that's just a.
Working number obviously there's another numbers. OUT there i, like
that and the data and the analytics, show that, you
know the beneficiaries of that type of expansion would primarily
be the power, for conferences AND so i feel good about.
It now having, said that the economics need to be
right when you think, about expansion no one wants. Any
delusion and if we expand for, the men we have
to do the same for. The women so there's moving,
parts Here but. I'M confident i think we can, get
There and i'm hopeful that in the next couple, of months,
you KNOW the ncaa will be able to make an
announcement that's positive and that we can all.
Speaker 4: Rally around how.
Speaker 1: Are you balancing?
Speaker 2: Your time are you we? Dressing around we got a
lot of big twelve representations still in.
Speaker 1: This, TOURNAMENT well i move around. A lot this.
Speaker 5: PAST weekend i Started In, OKLAHOMA city I. SAW houston
i then went To, SAY diego I saw Arizona. IN
kansas i then hopped OVER to la To See oklahoma
state on THE women's. Ncaa TOURNAMENT then i flew HOME
and i WAS at tcu to see the women's play
at home their second. Round Game so i'm a big
supporter of both men's. And women's i've become very fond
of the women's, game candidly and we divide and conquer
here at. The conference so our goal is to support
all of, our schools and a couple of us are on,
the Road and i'll get back on the road To
see Houston And iowa state. This week and my colleague
who runs, Men's Basketball, brian thorart and will head Out
To san jose To. Support arizona so we're excited about this.
Coming weekend and, you know our goal is to be
obviously well Represented.
Speaker 1: In INDIANAPOLIS can i give out your cell number Because
my cougar alums continue to text me about looking. For
tickets do you have any available for the general public?
Right now not going to line they can reach out.
Speaker 8: To, you, well listen don't get.
Speaker 1: My number don't get my.
Speaker 5: Number out i've got enough people that text and.
Speaker 4: CALL me i will.
Speaker 5: Say that, you know. It's interesting i'm, very excited, you
know for the for the Fans, In houston they've. Been
great i've gotten to know them quite. A, bit obviously
Uh follow houston last year to the. Final four we
came up a. Little short but, you know a great
part of my experience was to get to getting to
know many of. THE fans i REMEMBER when i Was
in indie And and houston had To play.
Speaker 1: Tennessee.
Speaker 5: And purdue that was a home game for, those GUYS
and i remember Chatting with, kelvin, SAYING boy i want
that for you, next year and thankfully he's. Got IT
and i just, hope that, you know the the school
and the fans all rally around. The team they're so
well deserving. Of it they've been, so successful they've they've been,
an elite you, know player you know when you think
about college men's. College Basketball so i'm hoping the fans
really really support them this Weekend At. Toyota center so
hearing that they're having a tough time getting tickets is
a good thing for me because hopefully they bought in
advance and there'll be a lot of red in.
Speaker 1: That, Venue absolutely i've got more from me and than
my partner's got. A couple let me go to football.
Real quick i'm going to take your lead. ON this
i love, sixteen teams. Love twelve ending beyond that would
kind of get convoluted and messy. And long have you changed?
Your opinion if you were to walk in with your
fellow commissioners and say here's what we're going. To do
what do you want it?
Speaker 2: To be how much guarantee and how much, you know
we were talking about the group texting with.
Speaker 1: Other commissioners how much is it changing and how much
frankly this television play a role into the future of
college football.
Speaker 5: Playoff, expansion well let me tell you from this, And
again i've been pretty consistent. Last spring, YOU know i
was a big, advocate of, you know no additional aqs
in the sixteen, team FORMAT because i do believe we need.
Speaker 4: More access twelve.
Speaker 5: Isn't enough there's some great teams that don't, get in
really really. Good teams having, said that, you know we
spend a lot of time, you know, the commissioners, you
know and we did discussing Format and i'm disappointed we
couldn't get. TO sixteen i felt that was the right place.
To land and we'll continue those conversations starting with, you
KNOW our cfp. Spring meetings anything, Beyond that i'm. Open
TO but i want to see, the data, YOU know
i want to see what does, it mean, you know
what are the, Unintended consequences what are the changes that
that you know you have to make in order to
accommodate a number bigger. Than SIXTEEN and i don't have
the answers, for that and that's the work that needs
to be done if we're going to consider anything. Beyond sixteen.
Speaker 1: Big Twelve commissioner Brett or mark with us here on
A sports Talk seven Ie, AND brett i want to
bring up one of your. Favorite topics i'm SURE IN
i l, of course a lot has been talked about
it being kind of like A wild west situation. Right
now what do you think as far as, possible solutions
as far as guard rails and who would, implement them
in terms of agents getting involved, in need certifications, of
agents as far as like changes you think need to
be made long TERM.
Speaker 5: For, NIL listen i want to start off, by saying,
you know there's there's. Good nil you know those are
that's when a, you know obviously a student athlete can leverage,
their name image and likeness and partner with great brands
that help to, you know build and amplify. Their profile
and then there's pay. Per play and we still have
a lot OF manufactured nil right now in.
Speaker 4: The SYSTEM and i.
Speaker 5: Could talk for hours, about it BUT obviously i Think
The College sports commission is doing a really good job.
Right now, you, know effectively there's there they're a startup
and they haven't even been in operation for twelve, months
yet and, YOU know i think they're doing an. Admirable
JOB the ceo is totally dedicated, to creating, you know
the necessary guard rails in order for us to move
forward in a very. Positive way but, you know everything's
connected in. This industry, you know when you think about
all the things that we're, working on whether it's, federal
legislation how to put guardrails around, you know manufactured nil if,
you will there's just so much that, you know we're
we're dealing with, right NOW and i do believe they're,
very interconnected all. Of them AND as i, said earlier
we're WORKING tirelessly i think as a as a, commissioner
group but also WITH OUR. A d s and our
boards to make sure that we get this thing right
and that we move in the. Right direction and that's
what we're. Committed TO and, i know, you know speaking
on behalf, of Myself that i'm spending a lot of
time listening and understanding everyone's, you know points. Of view,
you know there's lots of different key stakeholders here and
trying to move the ball forward in a in a
in the most, appropriate Way And i'm i'm very optimistic
we can. Get there, you know, the settlement, You know
rev share that that just Started. Last july we've learned
a lot over the, you know the last couple, of
months and we'll continue to learn more, moving forward and
we'll make the necessary changes and adjustments that we. Have
To but i'm optimistic we can get this.
Speaker 1: Thing right how do you feel about the long term
landscape of donations in terms of a phrase, we've used.
Donor fatigue have you seen any of that or maybe
it's more on a program program by program basis in
terms of this large influx of cash and how long that.
Speaker 5: Can, sustain, GUYS listen i love your BOLD and i
don't want to get into all these other subjects. Right
now we could, sit down invite me for a. NICE
lunch i don't eat, a lot and we can sit
down and talk a lot about this off. The air,
you know today's goal really was to talk about How great,
houston is, you Know the big twelve basketball brand, in
general and how we're going to show up this weekend
and Hopefully, in Indy and i'd like to keep the
conversation focused, on that right now and more than happy
to sit down with you and have a really heartfelt
conversation on the industry and where. We're going intendidly would love.
Speaker 1: YOUR input i Want the cougars. TO win i don't
care about, anybody.
Speaker 3: ELSE honestly, i mean If It's, arizona houston that WOULD
be i mean one for. The ages because let me tell,
you something that stretch of games With The big Monday,
WITH Arizona I Aoway, state HOUSTON and.
Speaker 2: I had great expectations.
Speaker 1: Going Into This. Big twelve but the conference has even
EXCEEDED what i think even the average fan college fan thought.
ABOUT it i mean to have Guys Like jay billis
and other respected National Folks bill raftery Say The big
twelve basketball has been the best this year in. The
country that's, saying something especially with the great pedigree that
can be found most recently IN the acc AND. The,
sec well that's.
Speaker 5: Our goal our goal has, you know last year there
was a lot of talk AROUND, the sec and you
know it was probably, you know, well DESERVED and i
know our schools are investing at a, high level and
you know we over the last ten years had been
the best Conference. In america YOU know, i now you
know say often if, people listen we're the second best
league OUTSIDE, the nba and we have performed that way.
This year, for sure our top end is as good
as it's ever been here At The, big twelve and,
in fact it's probably better than it's. Ever been our
ratings are indicative of how well. WE'RE playing, i mean
our conference ratings were up over twenty percent. This year
we said an all time record for that championship game
in case for our Tournament between Houston and arizona over three,
million viewers up thirty. Nine percent and the numbers that
just came out FROM the ncaa this yesterday on the,
you know on, last weekend those ratings. Were up so,
you know basketball, in general college basketball, is thriving and.
Speaker 1: We're at the center.
Speaker 5: Of it, and candidly all eyes have been On The
big twelve, this year and, for me this is an
important weekend because my expectation is that will show up
obviously in a profound Way, in indianapolis and then we
got what maybe to do before, That Happens but i'm.
Speaker 1: Very optimistic, last question do you see college basketball expanding number?
Of games, you know where they get to thirty Eight
forty is that? Too much are you at the right spot?
Right now could you do a game maybe to help
out the nil stuff to a, lesser excent maybe making,
YOU know i know they have these multi level tournament.
Type games do we see more of that coming in
in the future for, all schools not necessarily Just the?
Big twelve, you know it's a.
Speaker 5: Great question, you know we've never told talked about the
game count in. Our conference, you know it's a long season,
right now and you ask, the coaches it's a very
long season, in fact and you know we have a tough.
Conference schedule we play. Eighteen games last year we. Played
twenty this. YEAR'S eighteen i think eighteen was the. Right
number so it's a long season already and a very.
Competitive one so any change in the amount of games
is certainly Something that i've not, heard Yet but i'm
open to any discussion if it. COMES up i kind
of like it where, it, is CANDIDLY and i think
it's probably a number that's going to probably stay where,
IT is i think for the. Foreseeable future, but again
open to any discussion if anyone wants to have it.
Speaker 3: With me, last question real quick. ON football i love
That the Cougar's Played texas tech and BETTER.
Speaker 1: In tcu does the scheduling module on the football side
allow that to happen every single year or is that
still very much a work.
Speaker 5: In, progress well it's a working part and we are are,
looking at you know what the next couple of years will,
look like moving forward and spending a lot of time
on scheduling between our head Of Football scott draper AND. AND. R. A.
D s and, you know MAINTAINING robberies i think is,
critically important not only for, the fans but also, ratings
candidly and you know that's certainly something that we're. FOCUSED
on i Do like houston schedule. NEXT year i agree
with you, and listen they they had a heck of.
The Season coach fritz has done an. Incredible, job uh,
you know you never know until you start, the season
but it looks like they had a very successful portal,
and uh he's building something really special There, In houston
so you guys should be very happy about that.
Speaker 2: As, well uh save travels to. Our city we thank
you for.
Speaker 1: The time hope this is not a last visit, with
us so we want to visit with you down the
road on a couple of different relationship.
Speaker 5: Lunch invitation you give me a, lone invitation come and see. You, guys, Okay.
Speaker 1: Perfect thank you.
Speaker 5: Very.
Speaker 3: Much commission we Really appreciate Brett you ormark joining. Us
here thank you, very much joining us here on the
show twelve Fifty On sports talk seven Ninety the commission
To the. Big twelve joining us Here On sports talk,
seveninty one twelve.
Speaker 1: Fifty Four sports talk seven nine eighty short segment HERE
before i get you out, Of here thanks for going
to bring your mark for. Joining, us look an il
is a tough conversation. To have it, is IS and
i know that he wanted to get, some Basketball and
i'm glad we asked the Questions and we've got a
reservation to talk with him down the road hopefully, as Right,
Billar reel where are? We going? YOU buying i, WOULD
think i mean he makes, good, money? RIGHT yeah i
think we, all right We'll, go dutch the Three. WAY
dutch i don't. EVEN know i don't even know if
we if you could get three of us, in him
you and me to sit down, and, go okay that
makes sense for THE nil i. DON'T know i don't
even know if you can come up with a, common
OPINION because i think you're looking at it from. His
perspective you've got sixteen schools that have sixteen different budgets
and sixteen. DIFFERENT philosophies i. Don't, know well, it's interesting.
It's tough it's got a. Hard, job oh it's. Very
HARD it's i think it's. Very HARD and I and
i just HOPE the sec In the big ten like
to behave themselves and want to. INVOLVE us i just
it's just a sneaky little suspicion that they're going to
go Over run ron and do their own thing by football, only,
THOUGH right i don't even know how to have. THAT
work i. Don't know it's a. Good question it's a.
Good question so again Thanks, for, brett yourmark for, joining
us and hopefully we'll. Get it you want to Go
To Big Toe? Media days where is it Usually?
Speaker 7: In?
Speaker 1: DALLAS right i guess so their head definitely. Should go
they're Headquartered, In, irving Yeah because gordy goes TO the
sec media days, every year we least.
Speaker 3: Every, YEAR yeah i mean he's LOCKED on sec then,
he is, All, RIGHT ross i will join you Tomorrow,
from minneapolis where it's gonna be, Significantly, Colder okay and
we're gonna be a good move Because the rocket's gonna
Be the wolves.
Speaker 1: Tomorrow night. Let's hope and and we're one day Closer
to texas playing In the. Sweet sixteen. That's great And
the cougar's playing In the. Sweet sixteen. That's fantastic and
we're gonna find out the roster spot who gets the
last one For the astros probably tonight. Or tomorrow right
by the time the, SHOW airs i have a lot to,
talk about, All right, Final hour ross will take you
the rest of. The way i'll talk to you Tomorrow.
Speaker 3: From minneapolis This Is sports talk seven ninety Is The
Matt thomas Show With.
Speaker 1: Ross spot final Hour Of The Matt thomas Show with
ross here On A sports talk seven Ninety Without. Matt
thomas he is out here as he is traveling With The.
Houston rockets they will be Heading to minneapolis, very shortly
at which point they will be taking On the. Timberwolves
tomorrow it's gonna be a. Late night get your pot
of coffee on Eight thirty start tomorrow. Seven thirty rockets
launch pad Here On sports talk seven ninety Hosted By,
yours true and then we'll have the late post game,
for you hopefully a. Celebratory one rockets right now one
and a half point favorites in, that game and it's
much needed, right now as they lost last night To
the bulls one thirty two to one. Twenty four didn't
go the way that any of. Us wanted as of,
this moment they are a half game Behind the nuggets
And the timberwolves in the four and five spot In
The western conference and in the. Sixth seed we were hoping.
Two seeds started the Season Figured Oklahoma, City thunder we're
gonna Take. The reins they're the. Reigning champions spurs. Have
surprised rockets have been dealing with some underperformances and, some injuries,
of course as. We know so as of, right now It, goes, Lakers,
three Nuggets four Timberwolves Five. Houston rockets number six not
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commissioner brett You. Or mark he joined the show about
a half. HOUR ago i did ask him a couple
of QUESTIONS. ABOUT nil, i mean it's natural you get
a commissioner of a major CONFERENCE on nil is going
to be on. The mind and he did decline to
answer my second question about donor fatigue and said he
would talk to us at some. Other time Greg in
htown tweeting in your mark should be a one and
done in. The show he could have answered the fatigue
question and. Moved along if he, wants cheerleading go talk to.
The boosters that's a. LITTLE strong i mean he could decline.
The question and he was on just to talk about
the tournament In the big twelve and how Great the
big twelve is and stuff, like that so well within
his rights to not want to answer. The question it's a.
Complicated question as, he said he could talk for hours.
About anything he's got a, difficult job especially when You're the,
big twelve and if IT'S the sec and you're the,
big dog when the big dog sport, Is football big
twelve is a big dog when it comes to basketball
less so when it comes, to football they do have
some big Brands And texas tech has been making some
hay and We Know willie fritz is doing a great
job With the University. Of houston but when you're talking
about carrying revenues and THESE big tv deals that these
conferences are, looking for you're looking. At football So the
big twelve has to keep an. Eye out they have
to do with what's best. For themselves they want to
be collaborative WITH the sec And The, big ten but
you also don't want to. Get railroaded you don't want
to get. Run over you don't have to have them
run away with all the revenues because when they get
THE bigger, tv deals that's going to make it more
difficult for you to have, better facilities pay, coaches more
pay players, more eventually and have the athletic budgets that
you're hoping for to be to. Stay competitive because it's
a money game right now with the. College sports that's
just how. It is so it is Difficult for Brent
miyar mark and he's trying. To innovate he's trying to
find ways to make. More money he went With the
big twelve floor At The big twelve tournament and only
used that for a handful, of games players are slipping and,
getting injured and they try to do something, because look
sometimes you dare to, be great sometimes you want To
be what was the phrase, he used either what was
the agent of change or something. LIKE that I can't
i have it on to. My time i'm an agent
of change or something. Like that and, college sports more than,
anything else has been steeped. IN tradition i mean not
maybe not more. Than baseball but you Know what, i'm
saying like it's it's. Been evolving but you say the
word tradition and, college sports they're they're. Tied together so
you got to come up with new ways to, get
revenues got to come up with new ways to be
collaborative with with the big dogs and and try to
figure this. All out the best part is to. Go
win it would Be for Arizona OR arizona uh meeting
in the, championship game getting some, national cachet getting the names,
out there. And winning that's the bottom line that that's where.
It goes that's all you look AT the sec and
why they're so great and why they get all the
all the run that they do and THE big tv
deals because they went in football so trying to figure
out to get get skin in, the game WHICH is,
i mean you're you're gonna be at a deficit when
You're the big twelve because you are you don't have
those big time heritage brands when it comes. To football
it's a tough job to. Be sure seven one three
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i mentioned you guys want to, get anything we can
Talk some. Big twelve we can talk some nil and.
That stuff we've been talking About. The rockets they're loss.
Last night we'll get to more. On that you'll hear
From a rockets head coach imy at dok and what
he had to say disappointing loss last Night. In chicago
hoping to follow up with a Win. In Minneapolis the
astros have named their. Starting rotation Lance mccullors junior, Is
In spencer arraghetti. Is out we can talk about that.
As well anything you guys want to get to at
seven one three two one two five. Seven ninety bill
is next up on. The phones? What's? Up, Bill.
Speaker 13: HEY so i just wanted to encourage you in Any
other cup fan who's thinking about going to the final
game and It didn't nat go ahead and buy that
hotel room that's. Not expensive AND so i. Did that
i'm a. DUKE guy i did this in. TWENTY ten
i was so gret GLAD that. I did and you
just don't want to miss being there and just have,
some faith have. Some confidence they've got a, great coach
they've got a, great team and you'd rather regret going
than regret.
Speaker 1: Not going but, that, ONE yeah, i think well he's.
Gonna go you're Talking About Matt. THOMAS bill i think
he just left the show in the. Last segment but he,
he well the problem was. The hotel he found the.
Good deal The fine prince said that he can't cancel
it until after tomorrow is the only time he can.
Cancel it so it's either going to be a sunk cost.
Or b he would be looking, for either, you know
Let's say Michigan, or arizona whoever makes the. Final, Four
duke AND when U of h makes the, championship game
if it's the, final four there's. Four teams in. Quick
math half the fan bases are going to be getting
out of town because they don't want to stick around
for the. Championship game so he's hoping that one of
the hotel rooms that one of those fan bases haves
will fall through the cracks and he might be able
to find a good deal.
Speaker 6: From, there yeah that.
Speaker 13: Could HAPPEN what i was gonna tell him was wait
to buy a ticket and sell after the semis because
that's that's when those final ticket. Prices FALL and i
know THIS because i.
Speaker 1: Did, it yeah that would be the play is is
He would that's why he's going for the championship game
because it's championship or bus for a LOT of. UH
fans i. Get it they've made more final fours than
any other team in history that hasn't won. A championship
so he's trying To go final four or bus and
you would probably be able to find cheaper tickets and
then absolutely be ABLE to i would imagine find cheaper. Hotel, ROOMS.
Speaker 4: Yeah i.
Speaker 13: WANT it i bought the hotel room without knowing if
they would be in it. Or not i'm Talking about
duke in two thousand.
Speaker 1: And ten oh what about?
Speaker 16: This year are?
Speaker 1: You going? This, Year bill.
Speaker 13: I've gotten i've been blessed to see them cut down.
The nets i'm.
Speaker 4: Not going.
Speaker 1: I'll save. My cash we'll get him. Next.
Speaker 13: Time happy I've already i've already gotten to. SEE that
i don't need to. See it, oh okay but, BUT
no i MEAN because i Moved to houston in eighty
FIVE and i didn't go To watch duke Lose to
louisville IN the, ncaa FINALS and i hated myself for not.
Speaker 8: Going even though.
Speaker 13: They, lost, yeah okay, so anyway he should. Definitely go
and You know i'm not going ahead and book to the.
Speaker 1: Hotel room, all right Thanks. Loud, BILL yeah i. Appreciate,
IT yeah i would. Be insane longhorns aren't Making the
final four and they're not making a. Championship game i'm
Happy they well you KNOW what, i said they would
Make the. SWEET sixteen I guess. I can't i can't rule.
Speaker 11: It out but real, quick though going back To your
mark and S l a and when he, had OKAY
because i was just thinking about, right now when he
when y'all first brought the question about nil and, he
said you know the name. Im likeness if that athlete's
boosting himself up and he's getting money, from that.
Speaker 1: That's amazing we're going to. Keep that and then, he.
Speaker 11: Says this paper play pay For, Play YEAH so i
guess that made me sit here. In question i'm certain
other people did. The same, it's like, what really truthfully is.
The difference there's none to ME and I and i
think that's it's you KNOW what. I mean i was
actually keeping it polite with my. Follow up they want to,
Press them i'm just taking time to think, about it
because it's, more like, YOU know i a student athlete
who's gotten MONEY from i l, a Lot but i've.
Speaker 2: Gotten some.
Speaker 11: If this guy from this certain company wants to give
me money because he, likes me there's no difference, to,
Me right, so OKAY so I guess i'm on the
same page. In, THAT yeah i was taking like they
want to take that away, to me that seems like
they want more control over.
Speaker 1: THE athlete i Would Imagine brett yormark would be less
on board with that if he WERE the sec COMMISSIONER or,
I mean, i mean they Do Have, texas tech, of
course and they are overpaying, for players and maybe IT'S
it's i, don't Know maybe i'm more worth. Speculating here
maybe that's making an imbalance in. The league and then
so How does baylor or YOU of H or tcu
Feel About texas tech overpaying, for players and, it's, Like
Well texas Tech And cody campbell don't seem. To care
you guys can spend whatever money. You can but when
you have maybe, who knows ten of your members of
your conference upset with a handful of others and there's,
an imbalance maybe that that's something that has to be on.
His mind, Me, personally, YEAH whatever i. Don't care i've
been very consistent from when we started this show sixteen.
Years ago we've been talking about pay for PLAY in ncaa,
and Athletes and i've, always, said hey coach gets a
big bonus when they make the. Championship game when they
win a, championship play players don't. Get anything players who
are At the University of texas and generating all this
revenue are getting the same pay as players who Play
For texas state the, WAY intuition i want them to
get played paid as much.
Speaker 11: As POSSIBLE but i guess where the indifference is falling
into me, Is, like, okay, Yeah beforehand baylor all them
they had a set amount of football scholarships they, out right,
okay now but before all, that money these donors that
they're now giving right to the players were going straight to,
the institutions and hopefully they're using that money correctly to
boost up their, weight room boost up. Their nutrition is
game getting people? In there what really is the? DIFFERENCE now,
I mean i guess you can put. A cap you,
can say, all right these. Ten players you can pick
ten players from your roster for let's say a, Basketball
team cap them and kaplan you have all this money
for only these. Ten piers but at least that, Make
sir Baylor and alabama have the same. Same players they're
paying at a certain type, of, Range right that's the
ONLY way i can.
Speaker 1: See, it yeah but why? SHOULD they, I mean baylor's
how many national championships of Football is baylor? Ever won
i'm gonna guess. IT'S zero i mean. That's one there's.
Have football they. Have football time about you? Have basketball?
They wont, I'm sorry i'm talking. About football it's called
communism when you when you try to make everything the same.
FOR everyone, i mean there's gonna be halves and there's
gonna be. Have nots and it's always been like that in.
College FOOTBALL and i think if you are a if
you're a five star player and you're coming out of,
high school or you're a transfer and you've worked as
hard as you can and you were as hard as
You have and, SOMEBODY says i why Why if JONATHAN
m i come to YOU and, i, SAY hey i
want to give you a million dollars to come to,
our school why does why does there have to be
a third? Party involved so and that, says no you
can't do that in the same page because and we're two.
Consenting adults so that's what when you made, that point
like someone with the counter argument would, be, like well
it's not fair to these. Other school's how today feel?
Speaker 11: About, It Man if i'm a Diehard Bear Cat sam
houston Fan and i'm, A billionaire i'm finna give.
Speaker 1: My money i'm for the million dollars. ON this, I
wan i'm gonna. Take, that yeah it comes luck of.
The draw but welcome. TO life, i mean, All, RIGHT
marca i see you. On hole we'll get. To you
you guys want to. Get in i'm flying solo for,
An hour so you guys want to co host for,
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Matt thomas he is traveling now With the Rockets, To.
Minneapolis minnesota it is the new biggest game of the
year For the. Rockets tomorrow, last week the second game
Against the lakers was the biggest game of, the year
a must. Win game well, they lost and now it's
a must win game Against The minnesota timberwolves. As well
you're a half game behind them. Right now they're in the,
five spot tied With The. Denver nuggets so a big
one coming up For the rockets against The. T wolves
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honey mark, go ahead the floor. Is, yours yeah and.
Speaker 17: It's gonna be just like.
Speaker 4: Last week. We'll lose, we'll lose. Not Two.
Speaker 6: But i'm mainly is not.
Speaker 1: Called On the.
Speaker 17: GETCHELL'S prediction i Won't get. Chell's predict who you think
is gonna win the games? This WEEK and i want
to say one comment to, the callers do not tell
call in for your and tell exactly the way things
are With, the rockets because y'all don't like any. Negativeness
honesty but we need help on. The Bench and i'll
hang up and listen.
Speaker 1: To you what what prediction are you? Asking for, I'm,
confused mark? What, Games well I'm the rockets.
Speaker 17: Every. Single YEAH the, Ncaa, GAMES oh i Got, you
Yeah the sweet sixteen and one word to comment From
the sweet sixteen on, LAST year i got everything exactly
right except, for you OF h i picked them to
win it all and and that just cost me a
whole bunch. Of, money yeah, So man i'd be sitting
toy if If you alas would have just hit that
three pinner at.
Speaker 1: The buzzer, I'm, sorry Mark and i'll talk to. You,
later okay, all right let me try to Get. To
okay he was talking about predicting All the sweet. Sixteen,
games uh Let's see texas Loses To. PURDUE nebraska i
was pretty much a. Toss up i'm gonna Go, with, Nebraska,
Though yeah Arizona over arkansas AND u H. Over illinois there,
you go right write. That DOWN am i just gonna
go with all, the favorites you. Know what i'll Go
With michigan state To. Upset Yukon and i'm Gonna Say.
Iowa state i'm a big Believer In. IOWA state i
think they're gonna Blow. Out Tennessee and i'm Not a
i'm not a college, basketball expert so don't listen. To
me but four and a half feels a little Small
for Tennessee Versus. Iowa State maybe i've Got Some rick. Barnes,
BIAS okay I mean i Don't Hate. RICK barnes i
just he couldn't get it Done at texas and they
didn't Make the sweet sixteen from like two thousand and
nine at twenty fifteen was there and. It's frustrating and
now he's making like a bunch of elite eates and.
Sweet sixteens that's just me And my longhorn. Bias there.
He goes as far as, those games and you made
the comment about NOT taking i don't think this is.
The thing as far as the not negativity With, the
rockets they. Have issues we talked about it a very
first segment of. This show you can check. THE tape
i was talking About How alprin Shinhun And read shepherd
did not play good defense last night and the defense wasn't.
CONSISTENT enough i give my honest opinion ON what i
see when it's on, the floor on the, football field,
baseball field a, soccer. Pitch Whatever the rockets are who
they are, right now they're the sixth seed In. The
WEST what i don't want to hear is when people
are acting like they're trash or, They're terrible. They're Horrible
emai dokah is the worst coach. In basketball because we
have to be realistic about all. Of this look at
the roster that's out there on the floor and ask
yourself what exactly. It is Where Ima a dokas is failing. This,
team everybody All the twitter geniuses and Everybody IN, Rockets
A rockets Twitter and. Rockets fans recheperd's. Gonna start recheperd's.
Gotta start recheper's. Gonna, start okay they won a couple
of games over. The weekend the defense wasn't good last
night Against a, bulls Team and rechepperd was a big part.
Of that and that was the Worry With ima adoka
and why he was so hesitant to insert him into the.
Starting lineup he did It Because tari eastan was playing.
So poorly did he had to go to. Somewhere Else
And ree shepherd has been good and shot sixty percent
from three in the first couple, of games but last
night fell back to earth a. Little bit three of fourteen,
from three not, great defense and was a minus seventeen on,
the floor WHICH again i, Will say i'm not the
hugest plus, minus guy certainly not for. One game we
can look at net on off and that type, of
Stuff Because kevin durant scored forty and he was. The
worst you're gonna tell me IF only i looked at
plus minus, Last Night kevin durant apparently is the worst
player on. The team he scored forty points of their one.
Twenty four he wasn't the worst on, the floor but
they got outscored by eighteen. Plus minus would always also
tell You That aaron holidays this is the greatest basketball
player of all time because he was a plus. Twenty
two but it's it's just, not good but it's also.
Not horrible they're forty three and. Twenty eight, they're good.
Not great that's where, it is and that that can
be frustrating in itself to where our expectations started. The
season whether they're going to be the number two seed
In the west and Hopefully challengees thunder get Into The
western conference finals and see. What happens you got leapfrog By,
the spurs who are exceeding expectations. Right now wemby's playing
AT an. Mvp level They Got, DEARON fox, i Mean
Steff on castle is a, good player Killed, In Johnson devin.
Veasel like they have a really, good roster Do The San,
antonio spurs and they've won eleven out of their last.
Twelve games they're damn Good and wemby has stayed healthy
well you know he had the winby had the deep
vein thrombosis. Last year you didn't know if he was
going to play all year long and how that was
going to. Play out You'd Sign Dorian. Finney smith you
figured he was gonna. Play Well tarry easton was betting.
On himself he figured he was going to play better
than he has and he was great to the start of,
the season but it hasn't been the up to the
level that you. Wanted recently if you look at every
team ahead of them In, the west either clearly has
a better roster or very very arguably has a. Better
roster thunder not. Even, close spurs let's. Move on Lakers Have,
Luka Doncic austin Reeves And lebron james and the players
they have. Around them that's, a better right a roster
right now than What the rockets have on. The floor
nuggets don't even get. Me started timberwolves, IS arguable, i
THINK but i mean They've Got, Rudy Gobert julius Randall.
And edwards if you heard of, that guy he's. Pretty
good and people lamenting the Trading Of, kevin durant he's
been their best player all year long their best two,
way player it's not. Even close he's leading them a
scoring and he's been pretty good defensively all. Year long
so where would they Be Without. Kevin durant it sounds
like old hat to go back to You're missing Fred
van Vliet And, steven adams but. IT'S true nba rotation
generally eight. Nine players certainly when you get whittled down to,
the playoffs you're talking about seven. Or eight Fred van
vliet going out makes it next, Man Up steven adams
makes it next. Man Up Dainian finney smith has been
a Dud And tarry easton has been bad for like
a month and. A half that's four players out of
your rotation that you were expecting to be coming into
the season to compete big. Time contributors, so yeah they
haven't been where you wanted.
Speaker 4: To be.
Speaker 1: It's not excuse. My pun rocket science seven one three
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of it is traveling With the Rockets To Minneapolis big,
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we'll have you For the Rockets launch pat at. Seven
thirty we've got a big week. Coming up Really Got rockets.
Timberwolves Tomorrow Then opening day will be out At Street fest,
Weaving Myself, adam Wexler And. Adam clanton if you guys
want to, come by we're gonna be out there starting at,
ten o'clock and then we'll take you all the way
Up to astros ON day i believe until two forty
and then of course three ten First Pitch Astros. Opening,
day thursday of course Is also sweet sixteen action Here
in houston With. The cougars you have The long horns
in action, as well starting at. Six o'clock it'll be a.
LATE night i wonder if is anybody doing that. Double
dip that gonna be a. Long day if it was
like at Three o'clock astros and then like Seven. O'clock
cougars you're doing. THREE ten i bet you there are
some of you out there. DOING it i, love you y'all.
Are crazy make sure you get your coffee in between
Three ten astros and then Nine ten University Of houston
cougars taking on the fighting A line i or listed
at nine, oh five but that's probably not gonna start.
ON time i mean it was the last time any
of these second or third tournament games started. On time
so you got that, coming up and just a couple
of big. Days Here houston sports love it here in
the Middle. Of march seven one three two point two
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ninety cj on the southwest side has been holding? WHAT'S?
Up cj?
Speaker 16: WHAT so i mean we we kind of already had this.
Speaker 1: Conversation, YESTERDAY yeah i TOLD you i was going TO
steal i TOLD you i was going to steal. YOUR.
Speaker 16: Take, cj, yeah, yeah, no Yeah, we hey that's fine. With,
me man we were going back and forth. About it
i'm glad it's being used for, good THINGS but, I
mean i feel like we just got to kind of
get to the root. Of, IT man i think we
got to start Looking at stone And e man kind
of holding responsible for. This, Roster man it's no way
possible That the spurs should have a better roster. Than us,
I'm sorry i'm A Big tom. SPURS hater i grew
up Hating. The spurs my grandmother made sure. Of THAT so,
I mean i'm just never going to be a guy
that sits here and be okay With the spurs being better.
Than us there's no way that they should have a
better roster than us at. This time our guys should
be well tested, and shit be better prepared for, this
moment and. They're not and it's kind of sad because
at the end of, the day We Knew steven adams
was going to.
Speaker 4: Be gone we in.
Speaker 16: THE deadline i guess we could say that because he
got injured right before, the deadline but we knew he
was going to, be going and We Knew fairvan fleet
wasn't going to. Be here you gotta, make moves and
they chose To stamp pat and we had. The assets
we could have went out and. Made moves i'm not
saying go out And, get gianni's but you go get
Guys BRO and i know everybody's going to, say no
but you Go Get.
Speaker 4: Chris.
Speaker 16: Paul man you need a coach on the floor, right
now that's what.
Speaker 6: You need and he could have.
Speaker 16: Did that and the way That re shepherd is, PLAYING
defense i would have been okay With Seeing chris paul.
Speaker 1: Out, here yeah, but hey he retired. FROM basketball, I
mean i just Don't Think chris paul had anything left in.
The Tank the clippers were trying to make a playoff
run and he went sideways with all everybody. Over there
and then literally twenty nine other teams he got traded
and released after. The deadline so that leaves to twenty
nine other team, or, well yeah twenty nine other teams
that Aren't, The rockets so twenty eight other teams who
said we Don't Need chris paul's services and he decided.
Speaker 16: To retire but that's, my point like nobody else. Wanted
him that doesn't mean that he couldn't have fit, The
system it couldn't have done what we needed him. To
DO that i think two things can. BE true i
think nobody else, wanted HIM and i think that we
overvalued our team and underestimated the value that he could
have BROUGHT to i think both of those things could.
Be TRUE and i think that could have been used
to our advantage and we could have got him for.
Speaker 13: The, LOW.
Speaker 1: Yeah i just don't, THINK. So cj thanks. A lot
i appreciate you getting the getting in with, the CALL
but I just i disagree he you were if you
if You Signed, chris paul you're not. Starting him you're
not putting him out there for thirty. FIVE minutes, I
mean i guess you, know WHAT maybe i could have, ASKED,
you cj if you wanted him.
Speaker 4: To be in the.
Speaker 1: Starting lineup You Want? Chris paul who twenty eight other Teams,
who okay maybe there's a lot of, them tanking but
at least you have how many teams realistically think they
want to try to win. A championship it's at least
four In, the east it's probably six In. The west that's,
Ten teams so you have ten teams who, are contending,
scratching clawn looking for, an edge doing everything within their
power to chase, that championship and all of, them said
we're Good On. Chris paul even teams trying to make
the playing in, the playoffs Which the clippers, Are one
so we can throw the suns. In there we can throw,
IN yeah i will throw in, the sixers. MAGIC heat,
i mean those teams all trying to do as best
everything they can to. Elevate themselves then we're getting up
to like seventeen. Eighteen teams all of, them, said now
we're Good H, chris paul, all time one of the
all time leading assist guys and A future Hall. Of
famer we don't need. That Guy the rockets were just
among those eighteen teams or however many you want to slice.
It as And so i'm not gonna fault them. For
that we can go case by case basis when it
comes To rafel stone and the building of. The team
first and, foremost though is they The victor winbinyama ended
up he got. The lottery the ping pong balls Went To,
san Antonio. Not houston if you trade Him in Thompson For.
Victor winbinyama it completely changes the complexion we love Him
in thompson here of course. A men thompson's not finishing
in the top THREE. For mvp wimby is and that's.
Speaker 10: The.
Speaker 1: Reality unfortunately i'm, WITH. You cj. It hurts it hurts
me to Pray. SAN antonio i Want the spurs. To
lose have You met? Spurs fan they are extremely arrogant
and they root For. The cowboys they're. THE worst i
want to root Against The San antonio spurs as HARD
as i. Can now, of Course The reed Shepherd Versus stefan,
castle thing that's been. A debate i Would Give stefan
castle the edge. Right now he went one Pick After.
Reed shepherd that perhaps is a mistake that we can
put onto Onto. Raphel STONE but i Like The read
shepherd pick when it. WAS made i like, his talent
and the book isn't written on either. Of Them And
read shepherd's made a massive leap this year to where
everybody's clamoring. For him he needs to be the starter
and he's the key to unlocking everything that's wrong With The,
houston rockets and he's been great making a leap that
he did from what three four points per game up
to thirteen points. Per game it's, been awesome and he's
looking like a at the very least solid, rotational player
contender For six man Of the year and then a
starter if he can bulk up and get a little bit.
Better defensively we just got to get out there and
he's got. To improve, but also you thought this roster
was going To have Fred van Vliet And, steven adams and,
EVEN then i don't know exactly where they go In, the,
west BECAUSE like, I said i think even, fully Healthy
the rockets got passed By. The spurs they're fifty four And.
Eighteen spurs i'll say, that again fifty four. And eighteen
they're about to win. Sixty games here we Are in
houston in the. Sixth spot, IT hurts i. THINK overall,
I Mean Jabari smith junior has been a, good pick
but it's not like he's been, you know he's he's
A primal. ALL star i like The Am n thompson pick,
as well but you're picking third or fourth in. That
draft you could have ended up with Any Of, Caid Cunningham,
Paula Bencaro Victor. Wimbin, yama unfortunately the way that those
drafts broke. You have I'm, In Thompson, Jabari, Smith Junior
red shepherd and ping pong balls didn't work in. Their
favor you tanked for as long as you did and
you never got a number, One, overall pa there's got some,
good PLAYERS and i liked swinging for the fences And
Bringing kevin durant Here For, jalen green, who asked Ask
Ask phoenix sun fan how they're Feeling About, Jayalen Green.
DYLAN brooks, i understand blue guy, Fan favorite but you
Were Hoping tarry easton could shore up. For that You're
Hoping Dorian finney smith could shore up. For that both
of those guys have been playing poorly For, the, rockets
unfortunately and it's not an accident that they are where
they are, right now even though it hurts all of
us relative to expectation of hoping they're going to be
the two seed, right now as of, this moment they
are the sixth seed in A tough. Western conference but them's,
the breaks, all right quick break here On The Matt,
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for the, nice Note. San. Antonio tim just got. Listening
done just got done listening to your segment On The.
iHeart app great rational Response on udoka and IT'S why
i listen, To you matt. And regularly anyone who Wants
you udoka fire thinks or thinks. He sucks it's reacting
more in emotion. Than, LOGIC yeah, i mean look if
we if we break down this roster and look at
it relative to. Other rosters kevin durant is thirty seven.
Years old he's been their. Best Player Frev van Vliet
And steven adams have. Been Hurt Dorrian phinney smith has been.
A dud i guess you want to put that On coaching.
IMADOKA that i guess we can, argue That but i'm
not Going To tarry easton was good and then the
three point shot hasn't been. Hitting lately he's been. A
dud shangun had that big patch of inconsistency in the
middle of the season where maybe he was rushed back
from an. ANKLE injury i. Don't know, of course he
gets hunted defensively incessantly, On defense we've seen that all.
Season Long reed chepper has. BLOSSOMED well i mean does
if if we're Blaming coach Udoka For tarry Easton And Dorian,
finney smith are we not giving him Credit For reed chepper?
PLAYING better i. Don't know guess. We're not but the
shot has Developed. For reid confidence. Has developed he's been,
playing well but he also has. Defensive Issues. Men thompson
unfortunately the shot, hasn't developed but he still does pretty
well and. Everything else does that add up to a sixty?
Win team does that up, to you it'd be challenging
the thunder In The western conference And the spurs EVERYTHING
that i just laid out for you for, this rotation
it doesn't, to me that doesn't sound that does not
sound like, a huge massive coaching failure where the team
is underperforming and checked out and. NOT caring, i mean
how do They beat Atlanta and miami on a back,
to back two very good teams if they're? Not caring
how do they get down twenty two in the first
quarter of that game and come roaring back and take
a leader and unfortunately lose it to some good hot
shooting From. The bulls if they don't care and they're
checked out and they hate, THE coach i. Don't know
we can argue it and we'll see. What Happens but
amiandoka is not. Going anywhere i'd, be shocked let me
put it, that way just on a big extension after this.
Last YEAR and i don't Know That tilman fritida is
going to be big on paying him to. Go AWAY
and i think he's a really. Good coach he just, had,
injuries underperformances, and unfortunately the way the, roster is they
they're not one of the top four rosters In the west.
Right now they might try to. Get There chris Mannix
Of sports illustrated says they're going to be heavily Involved in.
Giannis talks i'll, BELIEVE that i SUPPOSE when i. See
it not sure what exactly what they're, gonna do but
you're going up against two juggernauts In the Thunder, and
spurs and then some really. Good teams nuggets have won.
A championship have you heard of.
Speaker 9: That Guy.
Speaker 1: Nikola jokic he's. Pretty good they have some good players,
Around Him, Jamal Murray, aaron gordon, Et Cetera. Christian brown
have you heard of that Guy? Named Luka Doncic lebron
james is still playing pretty well for how old. He
Is austin reeves is. Very good lakers roster is. Pretty
good it's just it's tough, out there and the, reality,
is yes they are failing, preseason expectation but there are reasons.
Speaker 4: For that.
Speaker 1: James in kline on, the phones, What's? Up james you Have.
Speaker 17: Little thursday they're gonna.
Speaker 4: THEY'RE gonna.
Speaker 1: I hope. You're, right well one of my brackets has
to do winning. At all, BUT uh I mean i
still hope. You're right i'm gonna be rooting. For. Him
YEAH look I Had look i'm gonna, TELL you i didn't.
KNOW that i didn't think they were gonna win the.
FIRST four i did feel pretty decent about THE b
yu game because they had. Some, injuries YEAH and i
felt okay About the, gonzaga game and they they surprised me.
There Though so i'm riding. This wave I'm rooting longhorns all.
Speaker 4: The way but.
Speaker 1: We'll see i've doubted them before in this literally in this,
last week Three times i've been somewhat doubting them to the,
varying Degrees and i'm doubting, Them again so we'll see.
Speaker 9: What, happens okay, all, right thanks, All, right james.
Speaker 1: Appreciate you what we Already had Mark on what? Is
it What does mark want to, Yell, ABOUT jonathan i
haven't got. Them yet, oh, okay, uh well once. Per
day it really should. Be once this is the, Old.
Rules jonathan it used to be twice, per week once,
per day and on a we enforced that more on
CALLERS that i hated than more than ONES that. I
liked but once per day on, the station twice. Per
week that was, the rule just so we don't hear
the same voices over and over and. Over again we
do appreciate you as far as our, regular callers but
like to give other folks a shot. As, well, okay
well is that gonna? Do it that is going to?
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