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Episode 170: NFL Coaches That Need To Be Fired TODAY!! · Play 4 Keeps Podcast

• Greg: Me fucking either. That's why we say welcome back to another episode of the Playful Peace Podcast. The only podcast where we do something different every single day, not an hour, not an episode. This is a daily thing. I am your host, Greg. This is my host, Jax. Welcome to the show. If you are a casual, this is the show for you. let's get into it. Donations. Donations. Here comes the money. Here we go. Money talks. Here comes. Links, description down below. Jax, we have things to talk about. Important things, but before we get there, we do not care. Talk about the things that we really don't care about. All right. And we're gonna try our best to cut this shit down. I I I listened back to the last one. It's like, damn, we did really care about some of the things that we do not care about. We do be lengthy sometimes. But first things first, the Brewers win the World Series. Congratulations to them. I don't know if they've ever won. I don't know. Jax: No, this is the first first in franchise history. Greg: Mm. On your Cleveland shit. Shout out to them. shout out to them. also don't know. I don't know if that shit ever got resolved with the with the timeless ticket or whatever, but you know, shout out to the shout out to the Milwaukee niggas, bro. Shout out to the Milwaukee niggas. Y'all make great beep. Jax: be so hot still are they did they did they win it in Milwaukee or let me see. They played at Tropicana Field, which I presume is in Tampa Bay. Yeah. Greg: That that sounds like Florida. That sounds like Florida the Tropicana. Yeah, no. Jax: Yeah, that's in that's in Tampa Bay. That's in Florida. Okay. Greg: No, no, yeah, you're right. Because the Rockets played the Bucks that same night and it was mad niggas like packed outside of like, I guess I maybe they I don't know if they used like their arena. Sometimes like they'll they'll use arenas to like Jax: yeah, yeah, yeah. They'd be using their arena to watch parties and all that stuff. Yeah. Greg: Yeah, so I think they maybe use like the Brewers arena where you can kinda watch both basketball and and baseball. I don't know why you would want to watch the Bucks right now, watching Kyle Kuzma hoops, but if that's your prerogative, that's your prerogative. But yeah, shout out shout out to them. Shout out to them, man. They deserved it. Jax: Yeah. Greg: Nah man. But anyway. We do not care. Well we'll we'll catch up on baseball when that lockout starts. that's not over. But until then, we don't care. Next up, Justin Tucker, Hydra Masusis. He is signed with the Chiefs, at least with the practice squad. But Yeah. Jax: He used to be the goat and then he got caught doing all that freaky stuff with all the Masseuses and Greg: Well well let's well let's let's let's do it properly. He used to be a GOAT. Then that last season, nigga was a little off. Niggas was missing Jax: Yes. Greg: shit that he wasn't really known for missing. And then all of that shit started coming. I thought, okay, if you're gonna be a if you're gonna be a terrible nigga on the field, we're gonna tell you about how terrible this nigga is off the field. You know what I mean? Cause this there's not no new shit. Apparently this is this is a track record. And there Jax: Yeah. Greg: was They was waiting for that nigga to miss his first 59-yard field goal. And they said, yeah, let's go and pack this nigga up. Jax: I think some people are trying to say like he stopped getting the massages and that's why he was bad, which I don't know. But probably not, honestly. It's probably just guilty conscience. But now he's in a kicking competition with Harrison Butker, who is the current Chiefs kicker and he's He he's not as far as we know, as far as we know, he hasn't b done any sexual misconduct stuff. But Harrison Butker is not a not a nice fella to say the least. people were saying that it's like a Republican cro Republican primary, because you got a MAGA kicker and a sexual predator. Kansas City, y'all are free Patrick Mahomes. Free Patrick Mahomes. Greg: He's let me take it off with Patrick Mahomes. There's a wor there's a worse is there a l there is there a lesser evil between Jax: Then Greg: the the like I was looking at the video, I was looking at the rapist versus racist. there's a clear lesser evil. Jax: Yes. Yes there is. Yes there is. Like they're both Greg: I just wanna just wanted to make sure I s I just wanna I just I just wanted to make sure. Jax: horrible and deplored, but there's clearly a lesser evil. Ha ha ha. Greg: Terrible. Terrible. terrible. I just didn't make sure we were on the same page. Cause it was just it just made me realize that they were throwing the source and the shit was low-key equal, 50-50. they're like looking at each other, and in my mind, I'm just like, this shouldn't. Jax: Who's gonna win? Greg: This shouldn't be like. Like I get the video, but like, this shouldn't be as even as. Jax: Wait, have you have you ever have you played God have you played that game, that God of War game? Or no? Greg: it's been a long ass time, but I've I've played it before. Jax: Okay, that part that when that shit happened, that shit was tough. And then that nigga, he killed Kratos and then he he was like, I'm not Greg: I do it. Jax: done with these. He revived and that was tough. But move moving on. Greg: That is that is crazy. Nigga said I'm not I'm not done with the rapist and revives him is crazy. That is Jax: Is crazy. Greg: that is crazy. Jax: That's a crazy sentence. Greg: my God. Anyway, we are not making it. We are not getting sponsors. Jax: Jesus. Greg: But Ernie Johnson is finally revealing his last season with the inside, inside the NBA. Ernie is the white man, older white man that is with Charles, Kenny, Chuck. Did I say Charles? Shaq. Jax: Yeah, Charles Kenny is sacked. Greg: Kenny, Chuck, my bad. Damn, that shit sounded like I got two words. Chris Paul, Steve Dash, must C T V. Yeah. Jax: It was like Chuck, that's ten words. Greg: He said, all right, bet. I got two words. Nash and Paul. All right, nigga. Nigga hilarious when he wanted me. But yeah, it's his final season, which lets me know that it's gonna be Charles Barkley's last season because I remember Charles Barkley used to say in interviews all the time that him and Ernie is a package deal. I wanted to he said you wanted to retire two or three years ago. And Ernie was like, hey, yo, if he just give me two more years, I'm about to retire soon. Which I bet I'm gonna stop when you stop. So this will definitely be the end, the real end of inside the NBA as you know it. They tried doing all these little mini retirements Jax: It should be the end period. Greg: these past three or four years. Jax: That's what I'm confused. I'm like, they've been canceling and ending this show. literally, they did I think they did last year, they did the year before, end it. Like what is happening? But I I I don't think they'll end it. But I I really think Ernie should go. I mean not should go, but since Ernie's retiring, I think the whole like the whole team should just leave as well and just restart it with somebody with a new group of four. Cause I feel like that's gonna be the cause nobody can ever replace what Ernie did. Like Greg: Yeah, Ernie's that guy. Jax: I don't know, they they have they all have that connection and synergy and I don't think yeah they'll they they be having Draymond up there and yeah he's cool and all that but I think they're gonna really miss Ernie so I feel like they should just get four new people, bro. Greg: Yeah, they they yeah, they should. They I forgot that what's that other white man that be on there sometimes? Jax: I know you're talking about black hair, right? Left co left co. He's cool, but Greg: the same. Yeah, yeah, Lefko, yeah. I I I like Lefko. I I f I feel like he could be a good bridge until they find who they want to find or whatever the case may be. But I feel like Lefco can do some things. But I feel like Lef Lefko needs to be with an entirely he might he might Jax: I think he has another show as well. Yeah. Greg: he might he might be 'cause I remember didn't Lefko used to dabble in like Shaq's podcast that he had or was that another white man? Jax: Yeah. You Greg: All these white men start to look the same. Jax: know that I was left code, I left coat. Greg: Yeah, but I I would like to see Lef Cole with a a totally new revamped Jax: Yeah, just Greg: people that like have his own shit, whatever. Cause I I I I there's some potential there. I can see it. Jax: Yeah, just I just just redo the whole thing. Or just just end it like y'all niggas said y'all was gonna do all them years ago. whatever. Greg: Honestly, if it honestly, if it was up to Charles Barkley, this shit would have been done. I feel like I feel like Ernie was like, one more I got one more Emmy. I feel like he like spammed that like two or three two or three times. and Jax: Probably. Greg: because they respect Ernie, they were like, you know what? Fuck it, we'll we'll Jax: Yeah. Greg: we'll do we'll do one more go round for sure. But shout out to him. We do not care. Last and certainly not least, the Houston Comets. They are finally rolling out their new logo. they're just they're just starting to do a whole bunch of stuff. I think they have some new merch that actually dropped or it's about to drop today at some point. It was supposed to drop either sometime today or sometime tonight. But yeah, this is supposed to be the new comments logo. Jax: What's the Oma look like think about it? And I don't know, are they doing black and white as a colors or they just have it 'cause Greg: Nah, nah, I don't think it's nah, I just think I just think that's just a moca, but I don't think it's gonna be black and white. Not at all. Yeah, Jax: I hope. Greg: it's not gonna be black and white, but this is gonna be the logo. How are we feeling? Jax: I like it. I'm fine with it. Although I am looking at the old one, the throwback one. This one is is Greg: Mm-hmm. Jax: the old one is very nice as well. I can't even hate on that. So Greg: It's good. I I like I like Jax: They're two good logos. They're two good logos. I'm not gonna lie to. Not gonna lie to you. Greg: I think they I think they want well granted, I'm looking at that one that's at the bottom left. The second one? That H? No. Jax: This one here or this one? Or the H. Greg: All the way to yeah, that H. Jax: I think this is just wait. no, they're different. They're different. Greg: Did somebody make that or was I like they I just are Jax: Yeah. Greg: alter that's their alternate logo. I was just saying, because this is my first time seeing the H one. I've never seen a I've never seen the H one like that before. So before I saw this one, I was like, I do like that they're trying to give you a versatility where it's like, hey, Jax: Yeah. Greg: we have a singular logo and then we have the logo that has the name Houston Comments on there as well. versus just having one standard logo has it all whatever, you know what I mean? So I'm not mad at it. hopefully, you know, I I'm sure the colorway is gonna stay the same, but yeah, it it should. I'm about I I just I just need to see Jax: It should. But I you never you never know, bro. Greg: first what them jerseys hitting for and then what what what that team shop looking like. 'Cause I gotta cop. I gotta cop something. Jax: Loki WNBA stuff be even that jacket I'll fuck with the jacket you got. And then that that orange jacket they got with the white I was gonna say the with the white woman on it, but the white WNBA logo on it. I like that one too. Greg: Damn, I used to have I used to have an orange one. I used to have an orange one, but it had like the lady was was gray. Yeah, w it was it was basically it was a gray one. And basic yeah, basically light basically white, but like, you know, it was lower, but like it was it was it was solid and I'm I'm mad that I lost that bitch. I'm mad I lost that hoe. But you know, shout out shout out to WNBA. man, less less than l what, nine months, eight months? We gonna see some we gonna see some shit in Houston. I'm ready. Jax: For sure. But Greg: But anyway, yeah. Jax: let's let's stay with the WNBA because they had they had them out there playing this game six, which which Atlanta they won game six of the finals. They're forcing game seven, which is the first time in WNBA history. I believe this like WNBA Greg: Right. Jax: didn't used to go to game sevens before, so that's Greg: Yeah. Jax: probably why it's the first in history. But they had them play this game eleven thirty-eight. The game tipped off at eleven thirty a.m. Central Time. So somebody said while McDonald's was still serving breakfast, they had this game Greg: Ha ha ha. Jax: this game six tip off. And granted they sold out the arena. It was like seventy thousand seventeen, not seventy, but seventeen thousand people was packed out. Everybody was having fun, having a good time. But eleven thirty bro Greg: Now to shoot niggas some bail. And it's not really bail. But had this been a Saturday or a Sunday, and it was Jax: Perfectly fine. Greg: the comments, bitch, that brunch would go crazy. WNBA Mimosas, nigga, that whole do sound kind of fly. But you did that bitch on a weekday. that was. That was crazy in itself. I know a lot of people are like trying to blame the Hawks for all this shit happening. It's not their fault, bro. Jax: No, it's not the it's this is all the WA NBA's fault and the dreams fault that it was like this. Cause I believe they said they reached out to like the Hawks, the State Farm Arena, I think, like two weeks before. So they didn't even the whole entire time, like this was something like scheduling using that what State Farm Arena, which is where the Hawks play, scheduling that arena is like activing a place. So you have to, you know be booked for it. They didn't think they would make it to the final. So they never booked the arena. And like the Hawks said they would be happy to comply with them, which is sort of what they did by having the game there still at 1230. But they had the Hawks can't have that they couldn't have that game later on because they were playing the they're playing the Cavs tonight or something like that. So this is all the WNBA the dreams Greg: Yeah, they're about to play the calves in thirty Jax: from like. Greg: Yeah, they're trying to play the Cavs thirty minutes or some shit like that. And then it's like, Okay. Some people's like, Well, you you could have switched it, they could have played it they could have played a noon. No nobody give a fuck about the Hawks. Someone's like, Well yeah, they played yesterday though. So that means they would be breaking Jax: And also, this is not the ho this the onus should not be on the Atlanta Hawks. It should be on the dream and the depth for not scheduling it. That's why I'm like, no. Greg: Yeah, you want them niggas, y'all niggas y'all want them niggas to break CBA? Nigga. Them niggas them niggas are not allowed to play a back to back under in under 24 hours. We already we gonna be talking about these injuries real soon. Nigga, the league about to die. You want you want niggas killed? I know you don't care about Jax: Ha ha ha. Greg: the Atlanta Hawks, but damn nigga, can't man, r let let Kingston Flemish rest up a bit, nigga. Damn. Nigga just dropped 25. Jax: He was just who he just went crazy. He just went he need he need a chance to chill. Greg: Just went crazy. Y'all want that can y'all want that nigga fucked up? Crazy. Lost y'all mind. The only the only team last year that gave did to give the Knicks two losses in a championship run, by the way. Y'all gotta chill. Not too much on ATL. But yeah, man. Did you watch, did you watch any of the game? Jax: I did, but I was busy. I was writing some stuff, so I was I had it on the background. So and also by the time I tapped in, it was already it was already like up 30. Cause I tapped in I tapped in like the second Greg: Yeah, but you tap the Yeah. Jax: quarter, and the dream was already up like 30. Granted, the final score was I believe 80 to 69, if I'm not mistaken. Let me Greg: Something like that. Jax: check real fast. Yeah, the final score was 80 to 69. The dream won, but it was never like Yes, they won by eleven, but it was never that close. it was up by thirty multiple for a very long time in that game. So it was Greg: And it was it was like that from the jump. they was up by twenty by the end of the first quarter. them niggas them Jax: Exactly. Greg: niggas was shooting the shit out of the ball. and and it's a crazy stat. A anytime Angel Ree shoots a and makes a three, undefeated. They are undefeated. Jax: I I seen that. C make one three. They went they're undefeated. Greg: I'm like, God damn. Jax: And then I it showed us after she just splashed at somebody's face. I was like, damn, I think she could do that. Greg: mock up it's it's crazy. So it it it'll Jax: And then also I think she also set the record for total rebounds. I don't remember if it was in a playoff series or it was playoffs altogether, but she has seventy eight total rebounds, which is insane. Maybe is it some around here? No, I don't know. Greg: Yeah, that is that is insane. That is that is insane. So there'll be they'll be playing. well first of all, they them niggas was well, I don't want to call them niggas, but these women were for sure. Jax: Niggas gender neutral. Niggas is gender neutral. Greg: These niggas was hooping, bro. Like these niggas was hooping. Like they was hooping like they knew, hey, if we don't put these threes up, bro, we go on home, bro. Like we we losing. Like it's it's over. So like they came out with a different mentality. And for the life of me, I was just very like intrigued. That the Valkyrie's coach didn't call the timeout in that first quarter. them niggas went on a 20, they were up 20. No timeout was called that whole quarter. She just let that bitch rock. I was like, damn, did you just thought you had Steph and they were gonna stop the bleeding? you didn't want to gather people together a little bit? I don't know, That was an interesting move. I've just I've just never seen somebody just let it play out the whole quarter. And they just weren't able to really recover back. Jax: Most most of the time we see coaches do most of the time when we see coaches do that in the NBA, they get they're very clearly on their way out. so it's very it's it's interesting to see that dynamic. It's the same in the W NBA. Although the Valkyrie coach is clearly not gonna be going nowhere no time soon 'cause she's cold, so Greg: Yeah. Cold niggas get fired every day, B. No cap. Jax: No what? You're not wrong about that. But speaking of cold niggas, let's go to the NBA and talk about two cold niggas who unfortunately Greg: Well, before before you say that, I do need your prediction. Jax: Okay. Greg: What you think you think winning this game seven? Jax: I mean it will be wait it's it's in Golden State current or whatever the fuck Greg: It'll yeah, it'll be yeah. It'll be in California, for Halloween Halloween night. Jax: Interesting. Let me see. Let me go back and see how the games have been flip flopping. 'Cause I wan I don't want to just be like, ooh. Greg: Whenever ATL win, whenever Atlanta wins, Atlanta wins big. And when Atlanta loses, they have a bad game, but they're only losing by six points. Jax: Exactly that's what I don't want to just ATL's gonna win, cause that feels like bandwagony. And although I am a bandwagon, I don't like feeling like Greg: well. Jax: But you know what? I don't know. I like Angel Reese regardless. So let's let's just go with the let's just go with the dream. See what happens. Greg: Leave bro, I her to get that ring, bro. So Jax: And also develop 'cause normally it's like the Greg: Back where you Jax: young player they don't win this fast, but then they're also going against like the team that literally just started like a couple years ago. So that's why I don't know how that Greg: It's their second their second year in the league and you're in the finals already. Jax: So I don't know how to I don't know how to balance that out. which one holds more weight. So I'll I'll just go I'll go with the dream just to do it. Fuck it. Greg: this is gonna be my last year being a free agent, WNBA fan wise. 'cause my comments will be a part of this shit. I'ma just go Andrew Reese. just for the vibes, just for the discourse, Jax: Courts. Greg: honestly. I know a lot of people will have a lot of shit to say, and I'll be reading it and not replying to it, but I'll just be reading. I'm not I'm not d I'm not dabbling in none of that bullshit. Hell no. Jax: At all, bro. I don't I just be seeing right myself like I don't I don't even tweet no more, bro. I do not care, bro. I just look at two I send them to the group chat and that's it bro. Greg: I have internal group I have internal discussions with myself. So that I can never rage bait myself. And then just be yeah, I I would never like tweet my real opinion about this on on this Jax: never. Greg: reg rigid ass app. because I because I I still hey Jax, I still check I still check locations, bro. Y'all not finna get me, bro. Y'all not finna get me cut up. Jax: What? Greg: Yeah, bro, I'll still check locations on on on Twitter, man. Like I I I'm sh I che I check bro there Jax: You can check location. okay, yeah. Nine ninety-nine percent do not be from here. Greg: my god, bro, there is no cheesecake factories in Nigeria, bro. It's like stop playing with me, bro. Stop all this discourse they talking about, they don't know they don't know what this is. Jax: Yeah bro, Elon really he's such a terrible person. He d he's such a terrible person. Greg: Terrible. Terrible nigga, bro. Jax: Mm. Alright, but anyway, to the to the NBA. Let's not let's not focus on those things. But Greg: Yeah. Jax: Damn, that's all I can say. When I got this notification, I legit like I was like, I screamed, not gonna hold you. I screamed. You scream sounded exactly like that scream I just did. Legit. But Oklahoma City's niggas. Greg: Long? God damn. Jax: Oklahoma City's Jalen Williams, J Dub. He has a dislocated left ankle and fractured fibula. Caseen Wallace has a torn labrum in his left shoulder. Both will undergo surgery and will be sidelined for several months, most if not the entire season. Now, the J Dub injury, it was really bad. It was one of them like Like a Gordon Hayward, Paul Jordan type of injury. So not gonna show the video, obviously. It was crazy. His knee or his ankle look actually looked like Dak Prescott laid when he broke it. Yeah, it looked Greg: Yeah. Now that you think about it, yeah, for sure. Jax: it looked like that. So it was one of them. And then Casey Wallace, he was he ran into a screen and that just messed his shoulder up. So them two being out is crazy. Crazy, especially how OKC looked like a juggernaut them first few games with everybody in. And now it has me. I'm not I was gonna say a little worried, but I'm not a little worried I'm a lot of worried, yeah. Yeah, I don't know, man. There's no wings. There's no wing defender. yeah, SGA, is he still gonna get 30? Yes, he's SGA. But where else is that helping to come from? Chet? I fuck with Chet, But he like, Chet is good, but he's he for them to for OKC to repeat, or not repeat, but for OKC to go back and win the championship again, Either SGA has to literally become Michael Jordan and start doing all the crazy Michael Jordan shit, jumping from the free throw, all the other shit. Or Chet has to become Kevin Garnett. Because that's who we all thought Chet was going to be, coming out of college. And he's he's been good, but he hasn't been that. So that's really the only way I could see OKC winning the chip now, especially if J Dub and Wallace are out for most of the season. they're gonna get they're gonna get regular season wins because Dub's a regular season, but Postseason's gonna be tough without them. Greg: Yeah, and and plus your your other J Dub gonna have to step up. Jared McCain obviously gotta step up. And then y'all got Caruso. Yes, Caruso, right? Jax: Cruiser hurt, but he's he's still not like it's not like one of these injuries, but he's hurt right now. Greg: Yeah yeah. Yeah, okay. So of course of course with Caruso. and then Chad gonna have the lock in. Jax: But then with Crusoe, you got you can't really use Crusoe in the regular season 'cause you gotta save him for the playoffs. Cause in the playoffs is where he just, all right, go and hurt yourself and also the other team. And that's what he do. Greg: y you ain't gonna have no good ass playoffs, if you don't use that nigga the regular season. You you ain't got the you you don't have the facilities to like just not have this nigga playing in the regular season. Cause all of a sudden you just you know that nigga finna be playing mad minutes in playoffs. You can't just Jax: No, that's how they did that's how they did it last season though. he play like he's g he played regular minutes, but in the playoffs everything ramped up and he was ten thousand times more physical 'cause you can get away with shit like that in the playoffs. So I mean that's their that's their typical formula, but still I'm still I'm still worried though. I'm still worried, but this is why I root for the Rockets now too. Greg: He said, Well Jax: That's why I root for the Rockets now too. And even when I lose I win my Greg: that's against your Jax: guess. Greg: that shit that's against your will though. But we get we get that. But I think Jax: Yeah. Greg: do you want them to make a trade? Jax: No, I don't I don't want them to do that, bro. Cause they have all the assets to do it. But I feel like if you making a trade now, I feel like it could be like a short term solution that could have like long term negative ramifications for real. And honestly, I don't Who would they trade for that already fits see I don't know if there's anybody that can that fits like seamlessly into like that culture that they already have, because they like act Greg: Go get Jax: like a college team. Greg: Go get Trey. Get Tre Tre Jax: Who Murphy? Greg: yeah, Trey Murphy. Jax: Yeah. Greg: He would fit. Jax: He need I I do agree he does need to be off the Pelican sooner rather than later, but I don't know. I don't know. I don't know. Cause I like Trey Murphy, but I don't I I don't know, bro. I don't want them to make a trade. I I don't want them to make a trade that messes up their future. Although they might have the draft picks to do it, but let's not let's not even try to. Okay, see, I like some of the draft picks they do, but they keep drafting these white people. And like some of them be good, but like you c I was watching the Mavs game. It was too many white people on that court. I I what's name? Adaymara. He's a rookie. He's good and he's Spanish Greg: Yeah. Jax: and all that. But that's still a white person. They drafted what the first round pick this year, Bennett Sturts, blonde hair white boy. Last year they drafted what's his name? Brooks Barnheiser. White boy brown hair. I'm like, it's too they was all on the court at the same time. Now imagine you throw Alice Caruso in there. Imagine you throw Chet in there. Hartenstein, he say he's black, but look at him. So it's too it it's too many white people on the court, bro. I'm sorry. I don't I It's hard to imagine your team winning with that many white people playing big factors. Greg: So you're saying so you basically saying the season is a wash? Jax: Unless unless one Greg: you just hit like you just punting the season for real? Jax: unless one like I say, unless SGA becomes Michael Jordan and Chet becomes KG, then it's a wash. I would love for either of those things to happen, but I do not know if those things will happen. Greg: That's fair. I'm not I'm not mad at your assessment. I'm not mad. It's tragic though. Jax: But yeah, but still keeping on injuries cause everybody I don't know, did you see that one talking about Twitter? You see that one tweet where it was like I think it was like seventy nine players were on the injury report or something crazy like that. So it Greg: You initially was fifteen percent of the league. Yeah. Jax: was season literally, Greg: Crazy. Jax: literally just started, bro. But another injury Greg: Is it yeah. Jax: that was incredibly shocking, Anthony Edwards. He will undergo an artoscopic procedure on his right knee and he's gonna miss up to two months. And then another thing that sucks about this, just personally for him, because he's gonna miss Autumn games, he's probably not gonna be eligible for that supermax, that'd be that'd be three hundred million or something like that. So he missing out on that bread too. Greg: That's unfortunate. There's a lot of people that was like trying to like figure out like why they didn't like do like a clean up in the off season with his knee. And I know like a lot of people were just kinda like, okay, based off of like how he did it, like I guess he decided to just like let it rest in the off season and hope that it gets better. and obviously something tweaked in in the beginning of the season and then all of a sudden, okay, now we gotta Jax: I get it though, 'cause if if I don't have to get surgery I don't want to have to get cut open if I don't have to get cut open. So I I get why he didn't want to do it early. He just wanted to rest it. But damn. Greg: But they were on they were on a fucking ro him and that Lamello pairing was looking real good in the beginning. Jax: Yeah. Greg: And now you are stuck with Rudy Gobert hoops. That's bad hoops. Like Jax: Hmm. Greg: that's that's really bad hoops. Jax: I I know there was that clip going around of I think Lamelo and Kaminga like yelling at Go on the bench like what are you doing type shit? But I honestly in a weird way I think this could be sort of a sort of not a super good thing, but like a sort of good thing because they already know like the whole team already knows how to play with Anthony Edwards, these Anthony Edwards. Now they're gonna learn sort of how to play a little bit more with Lamello, even though Ant's not there, he's gonna be like that dominant or not. that ball dominate, what have you. So I think they're gonna learn how to get familiar with Lamelo's playstyle and then when Ant comes back, if he's hopefully back to normal, 'cause he's gonna take it's gonna be two months, he's missed, and then probably another month where they do, he's ramping and blah, cause you know how that shit go for real. So Greg: Absolutely. Jax: by the time Anthony Edwards come back, I feel like they'll be well adjusted to that Lamelo style. And I think they could all mess well together. So I that's what I'm hoping can happen at least. 'Cause I think they're still talented enough to stay afloat and in the playoff race. And Jay McDaniel's gonna have to step up, which we've seen him do and hopefully continue to do, 'cause he is a good player. So they're the season not over for it's not the end of the world for them. Greg: it's not the end of the world. but this season is a this season is a wash. if if Rudy Gobert is is shoot is shooting threes, it's it's a wash, brother. It it don't matter how good you are in the Western Conference, if Rudy Gobert is shooting three, multiple threes in one game. Jax: It's gonna be that one game. He gonna make one he's gonna make a game. Imagine Rudy Gobert making a game winning three. It's gonna happen. Greg: What game winning, damn. Not not just the three, but a game Jax: Gonna happen. It might not it might not it might not be a buzzer Greg: winning. Jax: It might not be a buzzer beater, but it's probably gonna be like, shot clock going down or whatever. Somebody's tossing me some grenade, he gotta shoot it. He ended up it ends up rimming around and making it and there's five seconds left in the thing. It could be one of them type of, but I'm not saying he's gonna. Greg: he did he did he did that on KD. I remember that. Jax: Whoa. Greg: He did that on KD, when they swept the Suns, I remember that. That Jax: You didn't have to bring that up. Greg: when everybody well it wasn't a three, it was like a midi though. Yeah, that turnaround like bullshit. Jax: Yeah, that was when he hit that turnaround, right? All right, so if he can do that, make he could get lucky, make him a three. He's not, but still Greg: Niggas trying to Bro nigga hey bro niggas Angel Reese be giving niggas so much confidence boy This is crazy nigga damn it's so it's fucking nuts Y'all niggas is not Angel Reese get on the block nigga Jax: Mm-hmm. Greg: Crazy. Jax: Keeping with this injury theme, cause another crazy this one's, I mean, all of the all of the injuries suck. But this one is just like, damn, my nigga. Cause Tyrese Halliburton, he is out. he's just saying the left hamstring strain and we'll miss time. they don't have a they're gathering a clear timeline. I think this shit is so funny, cause normally it got like the injury shit at the bottom, but it's just empty. I think that shit's so funny. Greg: They're not even saying breaking. It's like okay. They need to start doing that shit for Kawhi, nigga. They need to start Jax: That's just Greg: doing that shit Kawai. Don't even put Breaking on that bitch. Just say well. That was isn't it. Jax: He's out again. Greg: It's out again. Which he is, actually. It'll he'll be he'll be out for two months. yeah. Jax: Quoi? Greg: with knee swelling or something and they're just taking extra precautions. So Well, it it probably won't be two months. But you know how it is is where it's like it's a month and then it's gonna like revent and gonna ramp it up. So that nigga's not that nigga's not doing nothing crazy till till mid December. Jax: I didn't know about that. I I've missed seeing Stephen A doing his he's the worst superstar ever again. And Steven broken clock is right two times a day. But this Halliburton shit. Damn, cause like we we all we already seen this, we we seen this show without Tyler Tyrese Halliburton. It's not it's not what you want to watch. I like Andrew Nimhart, you know. Aaron Eismith is cool. But you Tyrese Halliburton to really be competitive in the East, especially with a lot of up and coming teams. I think the Wizards could end up being something. I do, I'ma say it, I do think they could end up being something. I think the Hawks could end up being I mean, they didn't play off last year, but the Hawks are still good. So it's a couple of teams that could still keep them out the playoffs. So it just sucks to see injuries like this again. Greg: Yeah, man, I'm not gonna lie to you, man. Yeah, it's it's it's over for Tyree's this year, I'm not gonna lie to you. Jax: Over? Greg: It's over, gang. This year is done. Jax: What do you mean by what do you mean by that? Greg: Season wash. So I ain't gonna lie. Jax: You don't think he's coming back or nothing at all? Greg: of course you could come back, but Jax: But you think the pace is gonna be ass when you come back? Greg: Not even. I just think he's gonna is he's not gonna be fully healthy for the rest of this season, bro. I never trust I never trust a hamstring, bro. Every time a nigga come back a month or two, then that nigga pull the shit again. Jax: That that is fair. Greg: Then it's just like niggas wanna make it like this pro and it's gonna like one of my hot takes that I have, but it's just like it's like this prolonged thing. not that you wanna pray for a season into injury or whatever, Jax: Yeah. Greg: one or the other, but it's just kind of like by the time A nigga get back, nigga, season over. you look at J Dub, nigga. That hamstring was like the whole damn near the whole season for that nigga. You can never really just and I learned that lesson the first time when I saw James Harden with the Brooklyn Nets. And I'm just like, okay, bet, cool. he's gonna decline or whatever the case may be. But it was just like, nah, this shit was never right until he used had a full off season to really just get right. Trying to get trying to get Jax: 'Cause you can't do nothing you can't do nothing with a hamstring except just let it rest. Greg: And even when as soon as you think it's good, random game, now you grabbing that shit again. I think Jalen Green had that shit last last season. Jay, Jay Duck. I'm saying like niggas Jax: That's how that's how Julio Jones had that's why he had to retire. That's why Mari Cooper was always doing it. Yeah, shit. Greg: downplay it because they look at that like the that it's only four to eight weeks. Yeah, but like name me, name me a nigga, Jax: That's a lot of weeks, bro. That's a lot of weeks. Greg: hey, name me a nigga that came back from a hamstring. And six weeks and didn't miss a beat. he was just cool for the rest of the season. I don't know that. I don't I've never met a especially in the NBA. I can't speak for NFL. In the NBA, I've just never seen it where it didn't happen again. Jax: That's that's a valid Greg: Are you re aggravated? Jax: that's a valid point. That sucks though, this shit man. Greg: That does suck. And I and I hope to be proven wrong because I was looking forward to Tyrese Halliburton doing this thing. But I I don't think he's gonna be if they treat it the way they need to treat it, he'll probably be will they that's a Jax: Will they? Or will the or they might Jalen hurts it? No how that goes. Greg: They might Jalen Hurst it, but if they do it the way they probably need to do it, he'll probably be really back to normal. All star break. All-star break, he'll be Jax: Yeah. Greg: like back, he'll be back to normal, full speed, nothing crazy or whatever. But trying to rush back if if he tried to do this little rush back shit, you're done. Jax: Shh, you can't do don't you ever rush back no hamstring. We really shouldn't really shouldn't rush back nothing but a hamstring. Hell no. Hell no. Greg: It's done, nigga. Hell no. Especially in no basketball, nigga. And you got some hot well, you don't really he don't he's not really known for his hospital. Like, man, come on now, like, you got some lift. Jax: But he he the what his game is a very fast paced game. So he Greg: Absolutely. Jax: we all need that hamstring, but he he need that ho, so Greg: He need that bitch. y you may not need it like Jalen Green and J Dub, but nigga. Jax: You need it in a different way. It was still a very effective way Greg: On the Jax: of shit. Greg: absolutely. Jax: But we finished talking about injury. Let's talk about just teams that suck now. And even though they did win yesterday, they won against the Hawks. Niggas been calling they've been calling Bam Audibai or Brandon Bass with Asia Wilson's phone number. Bam's been struggling. Like I said, day one last game. He had I want to say 20. I could look up the stats, not going to. I believe because I was watching the game. Still don't remember. But I believe he had 24 and 8. And Giannis had 24 points and 18 rebounds, something crazy like that. So they ended up playing well, but you beat a Hawks team. That was like I said, I still do think the Hawks can be sort of good, but like, my nigga, like you, you should have. It was a close game. You got Giannis for a reason. Y'all niggas should've whooped them. Y'all should have whooped a lot of the teams y'all played and y'all haven't. Y'all got embarrassed for what? Four straight games. What's going on, Miami? Greg: To shoot. Well, this is well, first, first and foremost, I will get to Miami because Miami do deserve being talked bad about. I will shoot niggas bail. Just a tad. Not them, but just in general. I think people are sleeping a little bit on the Hawks. The Hawks be the Hawks be Jax: What Greg: shooting the shit out this ball, bro. The the Jax: One thing about the Hawks, I'm gonna say they they're sleeping on themselves because they need to start Kingston Flemings, bro. I don't really Greg: On God, bro. Jax: know. Jalen Johnson he hasn't had a I don't ever since he broke out, he's low-key. He hasn't really been what we thought he'd be. But I think Kingston Fleming's a future superstar. I feel like I've said that as a hot take. Greg: That nigga Jalen Johnson was hooping two nights ago. That nigga had thir 30 and 15 assists. I was like, damn, nigga, hold on, bitch. Stop that. Where the fuck that come from, nigga? 15 assists? Not re assist, nigga? Damn. But I will say, yes, I do agree with you. But like them niggas like be leading in the league in like points. Like these niggas be putting up like 130. Like a dice. So like Jax: They can get out and run. Greg: if you're. If you're not willing to go band for band with these niggas, which is why I was impressed with the Rockets beating them niggas back to back, even though they didn't have all, we didn't have all of our superstars Jax: Yeah. Greg: and all that stuff. It was just the fact that I was like, okay, bet, like, you're playing decent defense, but on top of that, like, your offense is looking a lot better where you can go band for band. When they play Miami, I was like, okay, bet like Miami firepower don't look like I never It never gave a hundred and thirty with Miami. that's Jax: Yeah. Greg: never been a thing. So to Jax: Yeah. Greg: get back so to get back with Miami, w I was like, Yeah, nigga, it's it's looking rough right now, and I know that it's gonna like get better, or we we at least assume that it will get well, they will win some games. They're not gonna like winless. It won't be like the the twenty nine straight Detroit Jax: Yeah. Greg: Pistons losing, they're gonna win the game at some point. But yeah, I definitely underestimated the pairing. Or maybe not underestimate I I overestimated the bam Giannis pairing. I thought they was gonna come out the gate and just you know, go go crazy with it. Like or at least like look competent, look like a like a a top five team in the East. Yeah. Jax: Yeah, for sure didn't think they looked this bad, but I was always skeptical of the parent because two niggas would do the same thing. there's the freaking Bradley Bill and Devin Booker. two niggas would do the same thing. And that's why that didn't work. Among us that's not that's one of the reasons why that didn't work. There's a lot of reasons that Greg: A lot of reasons a lot of reasons. Jax: I know a lot of people, and I've seen Jeff T talk about it, I've seen, I think Gilbert Arenas talk about it, the people who've Played either with Giannis or played in the NBA, talk Giannis' game and how he's a very like he is somebody who wants the ball. And always wants to dominate it and control it. And that's Bam's role, cause Bam was that point forward type thing. And now Giannis won Giannis is trying to do that. And he's just having Bam go sit in the corner and shoot threes. And that's never been Bam's game. So that's also contributing to why the team hasn't, had success. Cause Giannis was all in the game they lost, Giannis had thirty five points, but they were losing by thirty five points. So I I don't know. I hope like Eric Spolster is an amazing coach, Hall of Fame coach. So I think he's gonna get him together, but we just gotta see how willing Giannis is. 'Cause Giannis and Dame is another pairing that should have worked out seamlessly, but Giannis ain't wanna work with Dame for whatever reason. So so I'm a little worried Greg: Yeah. Jax: about him, but we'll see. Greg: yeah, this first of all that's Jason Kidd's fault. Jason Kidd put the ball in that nigga hand. And it and and it worked wonders. Jax: Think I think every superstar like Yan, I think they all need to have the ball in their hand just to know where to feel like experience it, running like that point for Greg: Yeah, for sure. Jax: a little bit. Greg: Yeah, I don't I don't fault them, but these are the side effects, especially when you are like a superstar that's been in a particular role for not just a few a Jax: I agree. Greg: decade. They're gonna used to be somebody's cornerstone franchise piece and you're going into the rafters and you won a championship playing it your way. So Jax: Yeah. Greg: it's almost like, you know, treat you know, teaching an old dog new tricks type shit. So if it was up to me, granted. I'm not Eric Sposter. I'm not no fucking coach. I would just commit Giannis to like being a dominant center role, still have part still have Jax: That's what I think. Greg: Bam, still have Bam be like more of the the point forward. Cause I'm not putting that nigga, I'm not sticking none of these niggas in the corner for no fucking three. Be a dominant big man. Go grab some board, get it, get it out the net, nigga. Play, play dominant like big man like ball. And then of course your fast break. Jax: But stuff like that you gotta is Giannis willing to do that is the questions. we do not know. Cause you can you can have Greg: Well if that nigga wanna ch if that Jax: all these ideas and stuff as a coach, but then once they're on the court, is that nigga gonna listen? 'Cause you can't control it. So that's another thing. But I've always Greg: Well if the if the nigga wanna if the nigga wanna compete, he'll do it. If not, he just gonna be poutin. Poutin and Jax: I've always wanted Giannis to take on that center type role, especially now. Because I think he's he's old, he's still great, he's still good, but he's slowing down just a tad bit. And I think, being in the center role, because it's not, well, nobody can guard him for real, but it's no real centers that can keep up with him. he's just as strong as all the other ones. So I I think that would be a good idea, but I don't know. We'll see. Because he's Giannis. He's gonna do what he wants. Greg: Yeah, 'cause you can't 'cause you yeah. Jax: Not saying that's a bad thing, not saying that's a good thing, it's just he's gonna do what he wants, he's grown man, so Greg: Yeah, 'cause I would because it it would make zero sense to have Giannis as the point forward and having Bam as the five. We never liked Bam at the five for real for real. That was it never Jax: Yeah. Bama's never been a five, bro. They just he's just been a good defender. So they're like, you can play the five. no, nigga. It's just eighty except Greg: Honestly, Jax: eighty's a five now. Greg: honestly, if I was if I was on the coaching staff, I would just pull tape, and I'm not saying that they would ever be I d these are not even these niggas that I'm about to say, Jax: Mm-hmm. Greg: Bam and Giannis from a shooting perspective would never be on this level. So before you say before I say what I'm about to say, like relax. Jax: you never thought BM would have eighty three points in the NBA game and he did it. Greg: Never in my life. but Jax: Okay. Greg: I will pull tape from that twenty seventeen, twenty eighteen Pelicans squad when they had Boogie and A D. And I just wanted to see like what that looked like. Now obviously Jax: Similar, yeah. Greg: yeah, obviously them niggas had like both of them had a a a three point threat 'cause Boogie was shooting the shit out the ball too. man man bro look Jax: Nigga I wish he never got hurt, bro. I wish he never got hurt. Greg: he was He was putting up some ridiculous both of them. They used to both have Jax: Yeah. Greg: 40 balls at the same time. it was it was a Jax: It was nice. Greg: crazy experience. And you had Drew Holiday and Brajan and all these niggas. it was crazy. But I would just say, just to see what they were doing, a like in the high post or whatever they were doing in the post, see what that was 'cause that was still during the Steph era, niggas was still, shooting Jax: Yeah. Greg: threes. It wasn't twenty twelve where niggas was, backing niggas down. But just seeing what Bam could do in that Anthony Davis role and then what Giannis can do in that Boogie Cousins role and see see if you have anything on there. Cause they they both will shoot the ball. Like Giannis will shoot a three if you w you if you want. He's a grown ass man. Like nobody's gonna Yeah. And yeah, and the same Jax: Yeah, if he open he'll shoot he probably won't make it, but that's no he's not that good of a shooter. But he he he's not scary. He's not afraid to shoot that hoe. He'll do it. Greg: and the same with Bam. But at the same time, like he's more physically He's more physically gifted than Boogie. So there's a lot of things that he could probably do under the paint that Boogie skill wise he could do. But Giannis could probably do it more effortlessly. Jax: But Yan's just physically just a little more fi or a lot more physically gifted than Boogie because he's more physically gifted than everybody 'cause he's Yanis. So Greg: Absolutely. Yeah, he's honest. So I would pull that tape and be like, mm, what can we use out of the because we we have two all star caliber big men. Let's let's see what we can do. Especially in today's league. Nobody is moving them out their spots. These are both strong niggas. Like nobody really just Jax: Yeah. Greg: like backing these niggas down and moving them out their spot defensively or whatever the case may be. Or like if They they can get whatever shot they really want for real for real because they're strong enough. So that's it's not like you're dealing with a wimpy thing where you're telling to get in the gym. Respectfully. Or disrespectfully. This is spurs, nigga. Fuck them. For sure. Jax: Yeah. He do need to get in the gym, but this is not about Wimby. But let's go ahead. Let's let's get to the NFL, 'cause it's been a lot of stuff happening. let's start with the Colts who just the Colts is giving it out, bro. They're they realize that Daniel Jones is not the answer. I don't know their record, but I know it's not good. Greg: I think it's two and five. I have I have it up here actually. they're two and five. Jax: So it's little, the record is little in a lot. So they say, you know what? Digana Jones shit not working out. We paid him that 100 million. We was tweaking. they already fired their GM, I believe. Head coach. I think he's gonna get fired too, which sort of sucks because I think Shane Siken is he's a good coach. He just got dealt a terrible hand of old quarterbacks in Daniel Jones and Anthony Richardson. But Neither here nor there. So the Colts have decided to trade Quentin Nelson to the Seahawks for a 2027 third round pick and a 2028 fifth round pick. If you're not familiar with Quentin Nelson, he's a guard. It's going to be a first ballot Hall of Famer. Like that's how cold Quentin Nelson is. He's one of the best guards in NFL history. And you just don't hear about him because he's an offensive guard. So that's just how it happens. But obviously they got some draft picks back. I believe he's 30, so he's not too old. And I think it's a good trade for the Seahawks because a big problem for them is their run game. And Quentin Nelson definitely helps that. And also I think they just realized, like, hey, this Sam Darnold shit, he was he was only good in the playoffs last season. we realized he's not good no more. So we just we need somebody that can help run run help us run the ball and help us protect him. So they got Quentin Nelson. So I ain't I think it's a good trade for them. Greg: Yeah. I will push back on the Sam Darnold's not good no more. Sam Darnold is I feel like Sam Darnold is the exact nigga that he's always been. I don't feel like he's gotten any better or worse. Jax: Yeah, I know. He was he was good in the playoffs and now that was that was his good era. Now he's not good no more. Greg: Yeah, but even in that quote unquote good era, they just didn't really replenish what he lost for real. Y'all haven't really been able to I'm not saying y'all, I know who you are, but they Jax: Good job. Greg: they haven't been able to replenish K9. Kenneth Walker. Granted, I'm gonna be honest with you. I've never heard a nigga say K9 as much as I've heard it this season. I didn't even know niggas was saying K9 like that. Yeah, dog. I get it. Jax: Yeah, 'cause they wasn't and then he got he's going crazy now. So they gotta call him K9 now. He's going crazy. And 'cause I Greg: For sure, for sure. But they really didn't have a real answer with giving up, Kenneth Walker. And then you have you know, you need you need to work on your O line, especially when you don't have a superstar like Pat Mahomes and and Lamar in your in in your backfield. Just to give niggas more time, you know, just to give niggas more time to give it to JSN. So I not that I knew it was gonna be this bad. When it came to Sam Darnold, I just think and granted, they still didn't really replace the running back like I needed to, but now we get to see like what the Seahawks look like. I you'll you'll Jax: Yeah. Greg: see it you'll see a better version of the Seahawks for sure. Sam Donald's still gonna be the same person. But at the same time, they they still good enough to make a run. Like they they're Jax: Yeah. So Greg: still good enough to you know, strike when the when the iron is hot and and have a nice little hot streak and Valent come Valentine's Day, them niggas might r be right back in that motherfucker. I ain't gonna lie. Jax: That's true. But like I said, the Colts been trading. So they did that. That was the first trade they did that eleven in the morning. So the Colts, they decided to ship DeForest Butner back to the San Francisco 49ers. DeForest Butner, he was drafted by the 49ers. they sent him back there for a 2027 fourth round pick. Keep it a bean. I mean, I know DeForest Butner is a monster. He's always been a monster, but like, I don't yes, this makes San Francisco better, but like they were already like. What are they five and one or six and one now? They only had one loss. I don't really know how much of a problem their defense was for them. But then again, the cults are just the coach is giving it out. They're just trying to trying to find somebody, trying to find anybody that'll take their players so they can get some draft picks. They're trying to rebuild. Greg: Far far so. Jax: So, like I said, I ain't mad at it. I mean it's he's a good player, so it's not gonna do nothing but help the 49ers. Which sucks for me because the 49ers are Somebody who always beat the Cowboys and I don't enjoy that. And they always embarrass the Cowboys. I really don't enjoy that. But Greg: No, Jax. We embarrass ourselves. They specifically with that team. Now, if you want to say the Green Bay Packers be be spanking us, sure. I'll give it to you. But when it Jax: God I hate them I hate the background so much, bro. Greg: comes to the fucking 49ers, there's just too many embarrassing plays that I see on a Cowboys Jax: Yeah. Greg: end for me to be like, my God, like they always have our number. No, we have our own number, nigga. Fuck that. I still think about Z. They can't maybe un unsee that. That's crazy. Jax: Yeah. But another trade that happened, this one I guess you can call this other trade though, a blockbuster. This was not a cult straight, but it was still in the AFC South. Because the Titans decide to trade all pro, defensive tackle, Jeffrey Simmons, and a 2028 fifth round pick to the Chicago Bears. Tennessee, they're getting back a 2027 and a 2028 first round pick and a 2027 fourth round pick. I think this is the fur People are saying this is the first time in NFL history. A DT has gone for two first-round picks. And it feels very like one of them, very specific type of stats, but still it's that's how good he is. He's good enough defensive tackle to go for two first-round picks. this will be good Greg: That nigga That nigga's hilarious. Jax: for Chicago because their defense has been ass, and Jeffrey Simmons is certifiably not ass. So he's gonna make them much, much better, I feel like. it's nice to see like. competent organizations do, competent things, making good moves. Greg: From Chicago standpoint or Jax: Yeah, from Chicago saying we know the Titans are dysfunctional. They're they're just Titan Titans aren't doing nothing but ruining Cam Ward, so Greg: Ferris. Yeah, I'll first of all, Jeffrey Simmons is a very hilarious person. me me and me me me and that nigga, we see eye to eye, bro. That nigga didn't that nigga wasn't safe. He didn't feel safe, bro. He ain't feel he ain't feel safe in into the sea, bro. That that that shit, that that was that was the that was the last straw, bro. When that Jax: Yeah. Greg: gun, when that gun hit that locker room, they said, get me out of here, nigga. Get me get me out of here. I feel the same way, brother. Jax: No, I think I think Jeffrey Simmons is with all the bullshit. Cause I think somebody came under like Jeffrey he said the GM, he like, Yeah, Jeffrey he didn't want to go, but we still traded him. So Jeffrey Simmons, he probably felt right at home. Where did Jeff where' Jeffrey Simmons from? Let's do some Greg: I don't know where that nigga from. Jax: let's do some boots on the ground research. Greg: Danny ain't from Mississippi. Jax: He was born in Louisiana, but he went to high school in Mississippi. So he's from Mississippi. Greg: Okay, but has this b this nigga been a Jax: He not he's not scared of no damn gun, nigga. He from Mississippi, bro. He's used some guns. Greg: I didn't I didn't I didn't I didn't I didn't say he was scared of a gun. But him growing up in Mississippi and down south, that nigga know what a stray is. That nigga was not trying to get hit with no fucking stray, bro. Some beep, some beep that he not Jax: That's fair. That's fair. Greg: involved with. You think I'm finna almost said something crazy. You think I'm trying to be tankdale, nigga? Stop it. Jax: All right. Greg: Come on, bro. Tank Dale wasn't in none of Jax: Did you see like Greg: that. Still got hit. Jax: Tangent because I don't I don't believe we have much to say on the Jeffrey Simmons thing. Besides, this is a good trade for the Bears. But real fast tangent before we move on. I like Tank Dell. You like Tank Dell. Greg: Absolutely. Jax: Went to and everything. He plays for the Texans now. Why is I think yesterday they decided to name it like Tank Dell Day. I don't know why. In Houston, he Greg: What do you mean by that? Jax: got a he like he was with the mayor or whatever the fuck and they called Greg: Yeah. Jax: it Tank Del Day. I don't like I don't get it. Well, I think he's a good player, but he ain't like he ain't done that much in the NFL. just it's not his Greg: What what did what did this make a do? Jax: fault, he's been hurt a lot, but what are we doing here? But I think he is good, but what are we doing? Yeah, they call it it's a tank delde. Greg: the city so you saying the city gave him a tank a a tank del day. Jax: Yes. I don't know what Greg: Is he from the city? Jax: no, he's from Florida. Greg: Hey man, this that Texas shit I be talking about, bro. This it's something about mayors in Texas, bro. They just do shit that just don't make that Chris Brown shit in Dallas. y'all niggas just fucking bored. There was no reason for this. Jax: I I have no problems with Tang. It just feels with like what he don't he ain't even played, Greg: I ain't got n I ain't got no beef with that nigga, bro. Jax: like he played, I think he played two years at because he transferred from another school. And then he went Greg: Yeah. Jax: to the Texans. He played one healthy season, then he just kept having crazy injuries. Like he hasn't even played the NFL that much. Like, yes, he's good, but what are we doing? Just got here. I don't get it. Greg: That nigga wasn't even the best receiver. At his healthiest, he wasn't the best receiver. Nigel Collins was still here. I don't Niggas was Jax: Yeah. He said I I don't get it. Greg: niggas is bored. Jax: Either bro. Greg: Sylvester Turner not doing shit. Sylvester Turner not doing shit like this, bro. On God he not. May he rest his soul. There's no way. what what Jax: I think it's like rest in peace. Greg: what has politics ran into? I still be seeing these. I still be seeing these ads. But damn. What have we gotten ourselves into? Jax: And that's I'm all of this will be over on November fourth. Greg: Man, look, the Texans ain't gonna matter on on Judgment Day, bro. This this shit right here ridiculous, nigga. I guess. Jax: Let's go ahead. Let's get let's get into some picks, Greg. Greg: All right. You said what? yeah. Absolutely. Absolutely. Jax: Or actually we still got coaches and hot seats. We forgot about that. Greg: Absolutely. You may have, but I didn't. Now, Jax, I have compiled a list of players and coaches that would quote unquote be on a hot seat as of today. And it is your job for both of us to to say. Should he get one more gear or should he be packing his bags and getting the fuck out of town? so first we're gonna keep it light. We're gonna keep it Jax: For sure. Greg: light. Keep it very Very fair. Nick Sariani. Jax: He's gonna get another year, but he should be gone. Greg: I'm just saying this up to you. I'm I'm not saying what reality gonna be. I'm saying if you were if you were Jax: if I was a GM. Greg: the hot seat, if you are the nigga that is the jurisdiction of packing this nigga up or giving him one more year, or even you can even double or nothing it and be like, hey, he got he get one more year, but he got to do something something crazy next year for me to be here. Y Jax: Okay. Greg: type shit. So we're gonna go again, Nick Seriani. Jax: Alright, get him he's out of here. He's out of here. Greg: He's out of here. I agree. I agree. next we have Top Bowls. Jax: He's out of here, but complimentary. I think he's just old, bro. I think he might want to chill, bro. Get him out of here. I like Todd Bowles, but he can go dip. Greg: Okay. Zach Taylor. Jax: they've been they Bengals have been good this year. I'ma say he get one more year. He gotta do something crazy though. Like, cause I think he's he's one I feel like he's one of the main things holding the Bengals back. I don't think he's a good coach. I think they're good because Joe Burrow, Jamar Chase, and T Higgins. And not Dexter Moore. So you gotta do something crazy for to stay. Greg: Okay. Next up we have Shane Steichen. Jax: Yeah, he's he's running a course. He's he's out of here. I think Greg: Out of here. Jax: he's a good coach but it's it's not working out, bro. He just get you some get a new landing spot. Greg: Okay. Now let's get a little on let's let's get a little unpopular. All right. Debico Ryan. Jax: You for sure can stay. Greg: Okay. I'm just saying. All right. Mike McDaniel. Jax: Might you Daniel wait. offensive coordinator might be Daniel. Greg: Yeah. Jax: He should have been fired like on it's what they're 0 6 right now. He should have been fired Greg: It's they're over six right now, yeah. Jax: after like 0 and four. He should've been yeah, he should nah, he's out of there. Greg: Okay. Your guy, Aaron Glenn. Jax: I like Eric Lai Roper. Greg: Come on. I don't give a fuck what you like, nigga. Jax: He gotta go though. Greg: He got Hey, that Miami hey, Jax: He keeps having like Greg: that Miami one did it for me. That one was crazy. Jax: He keeps having the wor he loses in the worst possible ways. And it's just like, damn it, Aaron, fuck. Cause I want you to do good. I don't think he's a bad coach. But he's like, he's bad at head. I don't think he's a bad coach, but he's bad at head coaching. managing all like the clock stuff, decision makes. The Jets are a talented team. They should be much better than they are. So you gotta. Greg: This is this is very true. we have two more coaches. Dan Quinn. Jax: I was thinking Dan Campbell for a second, but Dan Quinn, yeah, no, can't Dan Coin get him out of here. It's not working out. Yeah. Greg: Get out of here. Get the fuck out of here, but immediately or when the season's over? Jax: Season over. 'Cause I don't I don't know who they got. With all these I'm thinking when the season over. Except for Mike Greg: For sure. Jax: McDowell. He need be out there immediately, 'cause what the fuck are they doing? What are they doing? Greg: Okay. Jim Harbaugh. Jax: Thinking. get him out of here too bro they haven't Greg: Yeah, it was bad. Jax: done like he's been there three years I think they haven't done nothing. I think have they made the Greg: Yeah. Jax: playoffs for Jim Harpo? Greg: I think he made I think he made it one time in the tenure and them niggas got dogged walk by the Texans, right? Am I tripping? Jax: I do I do remember they played the Texas in the player. I do remember that actually. Greg: Nah, yeah, he Yeah, they got dogged. it was thirty to seven or some shit. they they they got fucking terrorized. I did not like CJ's rookie year, was it not? No, it wasn't. No, it wasn't. Jax: I believe so. Greg: It it no, it it wasn't because the Texans played the Browns the CJ's rookie year and they beat the Browns. This is probably year two. This is year two. Jax: I thought this year was CJ's third year. Greg: Yeah, so this was year two, so last season. No, no, no. Nah, this is CJ's fourth season. Jax: Is? Greg: Yeah, this is his fourth season. It's Caleb Williams' third season. But CJ's fourth. I remember this. Jax: yeah, you're right, you're right, you're right, you're Greg: Yeah for sure. Yes. So yeah, and it's and it's that Jax: But yeah, what I what did I say about Arba? Did I say need to go? Greg: Yeah, you said yeah, you said fuck yeah, get outta here. Jax: Yeah. That's crazy. I'm looking at their I'm looking at their record right now. In twenty twenty four, they're eleven and six lost and okay, they made the playoffs all these years. Never mind. They're eleven and six, lost to Tex in the wild card. Twenty twenty five, they're eleven and six, lost to the page in the wild card. Now they're owing six. They can still finish eleven and six. Greg: Hey, they can go t they can go eleven they can go eleven and They can they can go eleven games. Jax: Matter of fact, Harbaugh Harbaugh can stay. Hardbuck can stay, bro. Hardbuck is stay. If they w if they pull off eleven straight, they're not. But if they did Greg: Then all of a sudden they're just eleven and six merchants. That's crazy. Jax: Imagine 11 strikes still losing the wild card. Greg: And finally, it's a player. Of course, Justin Herbert. Jax: No, Justin Herbert is still good, bro. It's just not working out for whatever reason. Or for the reason the the what the reason is Mike McDaniels. But yeah, Justin Herbert, he's still he's he can stay. And if unless Greg: Mine. Jax: so somebody would trade for like I think most teams would probably trade for him and you could if the Chargers wanna do that, they could get a haul, but I don't know who's gonna play quarterback for y'all 'cause I don't think none of the quarterbacks in this draft is good. So Greg: Yeah, that's true. Good quarterbacks are not hitting free agency. That's not a thing. So Jax: Yeah. Greg: that's fair. comment down below who needs to be gone. Jax: Yeah. Greg: but now let's get into the picks, man. The moment we've been waiting for. Jax: Or I could probably still ask. Greg: Yeah man. It is if you thought the records changed much, no it didn't. Yeah, yeah, shit Jax: and I'm watching probably still has. Greg: not looking good. Jax, twelve and twenty four. Jax: Lord Jesus. At Christmas Eve. Greg: Man. and Jax: And that's Greg: yours truly twenty two and fourteen. Jax: Fuck. Greg: you know man, it's just you might you might need to pick different team I think that's what it is. I think let me say Jax: It's cause I got caught up on the Titans and the Jets, but now I'm off I'm off that trend and the Cardinals, but I'm not off that Greg: No, no, the the Titans, not no, the Titans, the Jets, and the Giants. You just love saying the Giants is gonna fucking lose. And then they fucking them niggas beat the Jax: Them niggas keep winning, bro. Greg: Texans. You do this with the Giants and the Broncos. So you always spam those, and then you'll do your Titans and Jets. And that's the recipe for disaster. Nobody's doing what you want them to do. Jax: Okay. Greg: But for the first time in a long time, we're recording on the night that a game is being played. Panthers versus Packers. Jacks, who do you have? Jax: Panthers just got dog walked by the Bucks. And that's Greg: They got fucking dogged walk. Jax: like they that shocks me. I didn't think that happens. I don't know if they're good no more. Greg: Man, shout out to them. Them niggas gave me a good little payout on my fantasy, nigga. I dropped 170. Shout out to Bucky Irvin, nigga. My God. Jax: I'm I'm gonna go with the Pac I'm gonna go with the Packers. Greg: them niggas is playing in Lambeau Field. them niggas niggas might be niggas might be niggas might still be drunk off that off that Brewer's World Series win. Let me go ahead and get Panthers. later, Sunday night NFC East battle, Eagles versus Commanders, Tanner McKee versus the Commanders. Jax, who do you have? Damn, they only they won in four? Shit. Jax: A one four and one. Greg: one four and one. Jax: Exactly. I think there will be two if Jake Greg: Who do you who do you tie that with? Jax: the Giants? Greg: Hey, they they do that a lot. The commanders and the Giants, they tie a lot. This not the first time them niggas did that. They tie a lot, especially when they're bad. Jax: Maybe so. Greg: Nah, they they've they've tied before. Nah, that that's that's crazy. Y'all niggas tie with the same team multiple times. Jax: Imagine imagine two if you get two ties in a season, would you fire your head coach? I would too. Greg: I would. 'Cause bitch, they're like, what is wrong with you? Jax: But gimme I'ma take I'm gonna take the commanders and hope Jaden Daniels is healthy and remains healthy. Greg: Yeah, them niggas tied twenty to twenty in twenty twenty two. Jax: I guess bro. Greg: God damn. That's crazy. They they've tied three times. One in nineteen ninety seven, seven to seven. Once in December Jax: They have not actually. Greg: in twenty twenty two, twenty to twenty. And then this past one was twenty seven to twenty seven. That's actually kind of crazy. Jax: That's too many years together. the twenty twenty two and twenty y'all have that's bull stop stop it. It's too many years close to be tying to each other. be a real football team. Greg: Get the fuck out of here. That's crazy. I'm gonna go Eagles because I need Devontae Smith to bless my fantasy team. So it is what it is. Jax: Fair. Greg: I don't could care less. Monday night. Bears versus Seahawks. Jax, who do you have? Jax: That's the two teams that made them trades. Okay. Greg: that's that's interesting. Jax: And a guard. T house got a new guard. Bears got a new D T. Yeah. Greg: Who had who it's like a guard versus tackle? Hold on, bitch. Hey, who hey, who got the stronger nigga? Let's let's figure it out. Jax: I think I'm gonna go with I'm gonna go with the Seahawks this game. Cause that defense is still a fucking nightmare. So I'm yeah, I'm going with Seahawks. Greg: I'm at that point where I actually do kinda trust Caleb William in prime time games. So I'm gonna go I'm gonna go to Bears. I'm gonna go to Bears. Jax: See, I still got Sam Darnold. I'ma still keep him, but damn. Greg: Yeah, yeah. Caleb Caleb shit, it don't even matter if it's Caleb Williams. I done seen Case Cannon ball out in the fucking prime time game. Does it matter? Doesn't doesn't fucking matter. have you been seeing that they they they're close to a deal on keeping the stadium, the Bears Stadium in Illinois. Jax: With I didn't know that. Greg: They're nearing it. It's like not on the only reason why I didn't bring it up is because it's it's not official and anything can happen, Jax: Yeah. Greg: but like they're nearing a deal like, okay, no, we're not Indiana. we're not trying to do this Indiana shit, bro. let's try to keep this shit in Illinois. So we'll we'll definitely Jax: Okay. Greg: hopefully they they get it resolved by next podcast. We can talk about it. But Jax, what is your lock of the week? Jax: My. Let me take give me the give me the bangles over the Titans. Greg: That's good. Hey, the Bengals have been Jax: Exactly, bro. I didn't think their defense would end up being good, but it they got good. Greg: You know what's crazy? They're last in their division. That's fucking hilarious. You four it? Yeah. Jax: The craziest shit is the Browns are first in the division. That's the craziest shit. Greg: No, I tell that back. The Bravens are the last in the division. They're four and three. And then it's the Bengals. Then yeah, then. Yeah, that's Jax: Lamar's been Lamar missed three straight games, bro, so that don't count. Greg: that's true. But still, bro. The Browns is crazy. my lot. Give me Jaguars over Colts. Y'all out y'all here doing fire sales and shit. Y'all ain't got nobody for real no more. Let's get that shit going. And j yeah. Jax: And then Jonathan Taylor's wife won't secretly wants to be traded, I feel like. That's why she keep making those videos. Greg: Shorty tired of being in Indiana. Ain't shit going on over there. Ain't not ain't Jax: I get it. I get it. Greg: ain't nothing but ain't nothing but grass and basketball hoops out there, nigga. It's it's fucking Indiana. Basketball state. Jax, what is your what's your upset? Jax: My upset of the week, let me go ahead and take the Mm-hmm. Greg: I see what this nigga looking at. Don't do that shit, bro. Yeah, Jax: You don't know what I'm looking at. Greg: no, I know what you looking at. Jax: Give me this gun's I feel like this is crazy to pick, but gimme the Lions over the Vikings. Greg: They got the Lions favorite, which is crazy. Jax: Why are the Lions favorite? should I choose a different should I choose a different team then? Greg: Yes, we choose a different one. Jax: Yeah. Let me go ahead and take the Vikings over the lines and fuck y'all. Fuck y'all. Greg: And Brian Flores I trust, nigga salute. Fuck it. I don't care. Jax: Fuck it. Greg: shit. What's what's a good what's a good That'd be some funny ass shit if I picked the charges over the round. Jax: I was thinking that bro, be for real, bro. Greg: It's not even to be for real. I just don't want it to happen. I need I need some shit to change with the charges. I don't want them niggas Jax: Hmm. Greg: getting no false ass hope. not it's I'ma gamble. I'ma gamble. Dolphins over Patriots. Dolphins over Patriots. I'ma just gamble, bro. They're playing in They're Jax: Who Okay. Greg: playing in Florida. They got their first win. And it's a division game. Drake May has been who been though, but like, I don't know. Jax: Exact si Greg: I don't know. I don't know. Cause anything else, I feel like it'll be cherry-picking. Like the Ravens and the Bills, that's a toss-up. Like, you know. I could that could be anybody. Jax: And you still don't know is Lamar playing? I still I still don't know that if he's playing or not. Greg: Well, on my sleeper app, that shit says it went from questionable to healthy like two hours ago, but I don't know what the fuck that means because Lamar doesn't have an agent. Or he doesn't have an official agent. So I don't know where they're getting this from unless it's from the horse's mouth. Jax: Well see. Greg: So shout out to Lamar. I I respect Lamar how you're doing it, but it just it just it Jax: Yeah, I wouldn't have a Asian either. Greg: just gets a little shaky when I see reports. I'm like, you don't know that. You ain't been talking to Lamar. You're not even comfortable talking. You know what I'm saying? you're Jax: I mean not to nobody. Greg: not even comfortable talking to Lamar, nigga. You're a white man, nigga. You're not in these Baltimore streets like that, nigga. Hell no. But Jax, the moment we've all, I mean, all been waiting for. ooh, wrong one. My bad, y'all. Where's the hot tech shit? here you go. Niggas be hiding for Jax, what is your hot take of the week? Jax: My hot take, Texas sports stops being fun after high school. I watch like Texas is football is king in Texas. Everybody loves high school football. Texas relays is crazy. Everybody loves the track there. Greg: Absolutely. Jax: Texas basketball, they be hoobing. Texas is amazing at sports. But after high school, fuck this shit, man. I was watching that Cowboys game. They won. I was watching, I felt nothing. I felt nothing. they done broke my heart so many times. You look at you look at basketball. You just seen what they did with Luca. Yes, we got Cooper Flag, but they broke your heart with Luca. You look at keeping it with basketball, the Rockets, they disappoint everybody every single year. They may every like they're hooping right. I pray they continue to hoop because I want KD to get a ring. But they break everybody hearts every single year. Astros, they won that championship and they got caught cheating. Now they're cheeks. the the Rangers Greg: They want more. Jax: Be honest, I don't be watching baseball. I don't know what's going on with the Rangers, but I feel like if they was good, I wouldn't know. it would be in my algorithm, cause this is a Texas algorithm, because I'm that's where I'm from. who else? Hockey. Why is there no hockey shouldn't even be in Texas? Hocke Tex hockey not a Texas sport. It don't be ice here for real. So that's why like Tech. Do they really though? Greg: They'd be good. They'd be good though. Be good. They'd be going to the conference they'd be going to the conference finals all the time. Jax: But it's hockey, so they don't count. And then Greg: You got the Spurs? Jax: The Spurs, they disappoint you. Wimby needs to get in the weight room. Has he gotten the weight room yet? No. He's still he's still disappointed. Yeah, I'm just saying recent shit, bro. in even Greg: You talking about you you you talk about some recent shit. Okay, bet alright, bet. Fair, fear, fear, fear. Okay. Jax: before, this, the Spurs had a dynasty, but after that dynasty, there was cheeks. They just had DeMar DeRosa in hell. Just mid-range for no reason. Greg: That was a 20 year dynasty, nigga. That was a long dynasty. That was 19 seasons. Jax: It was. It was crazy. That's that it it takes it you see, you see what it takes to have that dynasty greatest coach ever, greatest power forward ever, greatest Argentinian Greg: Power forward ever. Greatest six man ever. Jax: ever, greatest Argentinian basketball player ever, greatest French basketball player. It took all of that to have that dynasty. Greg: Greatest cheater. Jax: And then you had David Robson, also a Hall of Fame. it took all of that for that. You see five things had to come together for that dynasty to happen. Once in a lifetime thing. Had to come together for that dynasty to happen. And then what WNBA Dallas, they just got they was cheeks before they just got good. And they not even they what they made out they lost in the first round or something like that. They didn't do nothing for real. So it's just like, yeah, Texas sports after high school sucks. Greg: They lost in the first round. But we used to but we used to have we used to have the commons though, and they won the first four championships in in league history. What? Please. Bro, please. Jax: We don't have them right now, bro. And then I didn't even get to college. Cause UT, call yourself a UT fan? Hell no. You see what's going on, Arts Manny. AM been ass forever. Texas State not a real football school. TCU is no nobody cares. And they're Greg: Religious. Jax: also not really good. is good now, praise God. But there was, people's Greg: We have some down here. Jax: hate people's hating on forever. That's why they wasn't good. Cause Greg: Gar. Jax: Texas now the main one to get them recruits. who else? Baylor? Ass. So Tex after high school, Texas Works stopped being fun, bro. Greg: I think Texas sports stops being fun for us because we have expectations. We have very high expectations because we've never Yeah, I understand like I understand it. Jax: 'Cause Texas should be good at these. It's the biggest I don't know if it's it's the biggest state, bro. Greg: It is the biggest state, but it's just one of those things where it's like we are not horrendously as to the point where we have zero expectation of these teams. Jax: okay, I okay, I what we see. I see. Greg: Doing whatever. the Sacramento Kings, I don't think niggas really they're upset, but they know what they have. Jax: Mm-hmm. Greg: They not crying over being 0-3 right now, nigga. Like they not having no real discourse. Like they haven't, you know, I mean, there's many stuff. But like with UT, yeah, bitch, we remember Vince Young, nigga. We remember Courtman Court. Like, we have some prestige. And I think for the most part, if we want to talk about like the the professional sports. All these teams have won a championship. Jax: No. Greg: When we talk professional, the Cowboys, the Cowboys, I'm talking about basketball. I Jax: The text ain't one nothing. The text ain't one a champ is it. Greg: was really I was really just talking about basketball. I ain't gonna lie to you. I was just talking about the NBA niggas. the Spurs, the Mavs and the Rockets, they have rings. So it's not like this is like a ringless situation. niggas have expectations. Niggas are good enough to turn the TV on because we have talent. But and but because we are so talented, it disappoints us when we can't get over the hump. Versus Jax: That's why it's in the front, bro. Greg: It's not, yeah, it's not fun because we have expectations versus like a golden state when they won it. It was like, okay, before they won this recent dynasty, they weren't on shit for real. Golden State wasn't on some Jax: It wasn't. Greg: shit like that. They just had a nice little run and they just kept it going, type shit. Or or like the Miami Heat with the shit, like before Braun got there, and granted, Jax: Mm-hmm. Greg: went well, I'll say before D-Wade got over there, niggas went on shit. Hell no. So of course of course shit be fun for them because they can rem Cleveland shit don't never be fun for them niggas. Ever. So while I agree this shit is not fun. Wasn't traded though. Wasn't traded. Wasn't trade. I wouldn't trade it for Jax: What's this? Greg: I wouldn't trade it for another state collectively. when we talk about all the sports teams put together, I wouldn't trade it. Jax: I'm trying to think. Well we this we we will get we'll we will get back to this. Cause now I wanna now I wanna figure out what state ha per capita or if I seem like yeah that New England ish area, but they got some chips. Greg: if you wanna say maybe b like would you well Boston? You probably go Boston. Yeah, 'cause that was that's that's that's the Celtic Celtics, Patriots Jax: Red Sox. Greg: and Red Sox, yeah. Jax: And they probably gotta be a hockey team motherfucking now. Greg: Probably so, yeah. They're up there, so. Yeah. New York, they had a fucking drought. there's always a drought between one of them fuckers. I don't want to be fuck no. California Jax: I'm not doing not New York City. Greg: California is is Lakers like the Lakers been carrying them niggas. As like a Jax: Yeah. Greg: as a state, they've been carried by the fucking Lakers. And then, the Dodgers recently. But all them other niggas, they cool and all. But they've been ass Jax: Yes. Histor as as h historically as. Greg: Historically ass, and they don't be keeping their teams. them the the Raiders be bouncing around Jax: Yeah. Greg: everywhere, nigga. So that's that's different. and anybody else that's dominant, they only got one team. Oklahoma, they they dominate, but they ain't got no other football, nothing else. yeah. Yeah, Jax: Yeah, they got if you like OU, but OU' even good right now. Greg: come on, yeah. So the only P the only team like what what state is really competing with Texas when it comes to all the sports? Maybe Florida? Jax: yeah, Florida, Cali got all the sports, New York got all the sports, Boston I guess, Georgia got all the sports, I think. Greg: The pro I think the problem with Texas, Texas don't never be Yeah. Nah, I ain't gonna lawyer. Them niggas be moving like a state. 'Cause none of them matter in Jax: Chicago, I think, as well. Or that's not a state, but Illinois. Greg: that fucking ass they but Chicago nigga. But like I I'll say like with with Texas, them them teams don't be good at the same time. Jax: Imagine, Greg: there's this rudding thing that Houston can can only have one good team at a time. That's why the Rockets look so good right now because the Texans is butt and and the Astros is Jax: I'll take it. I'll take it. Greg: But like when the Texans was hot, Houston was on bullshit. I think Fred fucked some shit up or whatever the case may be. and Jax: right out for. Greg: Chris Paul and them went to the fucking conference finals and some shit. You know what I mean? I'm gonna do some more research about per state capital of who really running shit. I know no, I know a nigga got some numbers on some shit or whatever, but a dialogue will be had for Jax: Yes, somewhere. For sure. Greg: who is the best sports state professional. Jax: Is Boston. Is Bost or whatever the fuck, Massachusetts whatever, it's that state. Greg: Well I need I need a top three, top five too. I need to see who who coming in second, third, and fourth, nigga, 'cause them them them them them Boston niggas cherry picking with with that Boston Celtic shit. Jax: Chicago could be second. Greg: What with what? Jax: Bulls ain't was it why one of the one of them baseball teams is bad. I don't remember which one. Greg: White Sox. Jax: No, I think it's the Cubs is always bad. shit. Never mind. I thought one of them was good, the other one was bad all the time. Greg: They were both bad. You're right. Nah, the White Sox finally made the playoffs for the first time this year, like a long time. But like but the Cubs, like they the Cubs Jax: Jesus. Greg: won a World Series in 2016, and that was the first time they won ever in like fifty-three or fifty-four Jax: shit. Greg: years or some shit. Like their baseball teams have notorious been butt. They just have two butt teams. Two butt teams in there. And then, you know, Jax: Two cheeks. Greg: two cheeks. Two cheeks. And then in and then Bears ain't had nobody but Mike Dicker. they had the 80s. And I mean, Chicago in the 80s was was was crazy. Jax: Let Greg: It's lit as fuck. Your your football team and your basketball team going crazy. I don't think about that. But yeah, I I I agree for the most part about your hot take. I just will say that I wouldn't trade it for any other fan base. Jax: Yeah. Greg: Couldn't I couldn't trade it for any other state, man. I can't can't lie. Through the pain. man, my hot take is that From a professional standbase, from from a f professional athlete standpoint, being a fan of a team, hamstrings worse than ACL tears. I would rather my franchise star in the year of twenty twenty-six to have an ACL tear than a hamstring. cause at Jax: Then hamstring what? Hamstring tear, hamstring pull, hamstring string, hamstring what? Greg: You see, there's a lot of things when we when we talk about this versus when I say eight Jax: You can you can spray you can sprint ACL as well. I'm saying you you specified the tear, so you're talking about hamstring tear, or you're talking about just a hamstring pull or hamstring. Greg: Hamstring, hamstring, tear or pull. Whichever way, whichever one you want to go with, I would rather the AC. I would rather the ACL injury. If you want to do like math specifics like ACL pair, you know, ACL, whatever, I would do the same thing. Hamstring, pull, tear, whatever. I'm taking that over ACL, strain, whatever. Whatever dealing with the hamstring, I would rather an ACL. Than a hamstring. if if I'm talking about like my star player, I'd rather I have my franchise star deal with an ACL. Because at least with an ACL in the year 2026, I've made it up in my mind that he's done for the season. I've already mentally said, okay, he's gonna be out. I can at least adjust to like what this team is gonna look like without him, without any like expectation. That the nigga come back. Fred, I knew that nigga wasn't coming back at at the start of the season. The nigga was out. Had that nigga had a hamstring and that nigga was just flirting from month to month on like when that nigga come back and then he'll come back and then after five games, nigga pulls some more shit and then comes out. It feels, I feel like a hamstring feels like a season ending injury low key. They just don't want to admit to it. Niggas just don't want to treat it as it's like a season ending injury. But once you have a hamstring, that shit lingers the whole season because you will never be a hundred percent. You will never have real full time because you will always feel like you feel good and that you can go out there and give it a hundred percent and then you're gonna pull some shit again. Jalen Williams literally only played 33 games last season and played five games in the playoffs. But the way it was treated, you were like, man, at any point, He should be ramping up. it should, it should happen. It should get there. And then once he ramps up, he plays two or three games. And ramp back down. Jax: Ramp back down. Greg: And then you play those five games. And now you like that what-if factor of like, okay, okay, but if we did have J Dub, we probably could have beat the Spurs. We call it there's all these little what-if situations because you feel like you would have always had a chance. Versus me have me have dealing with a superstar or whoever. Have that ACL tear, knowing that modern medicine, we're start we're seeing people bounce back from ACOs. even even at Jax: Easily. Greg: even at the ripe age of of the in the 30s, I'm seeing Fred look the exact same as when he, you know, before he tore his his shit. And it's just like, okay, well, at least I know there's not gonna be anything lingering once this nigga comes back. If he's healthy and he fully recovers from the ACL, he'll be the player that. He needs to be not like some okay, I recover from this ACL. All of a sudden I got an ACL pull two weeks down the line after this full recovery. So, no, for my mental health and being a Texas sports fan, I would rather Jax: Ha ha. Greg: my franchise star just be put up and say, Hey, okay, you're just done for the season. So I can mentally just either check out for the season because I know we're not good. Or B figure out what my team looks like without my six star player if it's early enough in the season to make a trade or whatever case may be, versus having my star player deal with that lingering injury, especially if I have real like contending aspirations. I'm it's shit's mind boggling the whole season figuring out what version of my star player I'm gonna get. And granted, I'm only talking about my star player. I could I could care less about the tenth man on the bench having a hamstring pull what Jax: Yeah so Greg: No no offense, but I'm only talking about the star player. Only talking about the star player. That's my hot take. Give me the ACL tear over the hamstring. Jax: if it's tear, gimme the ACL tear over the hamstring tear. I haven't seen a hamstring tear. I've seen a hamstring brew. That's nasty. Greg: a hamstring falling off the bone. That should sound season ending. Jax: Yeah, give me the hamstring tear over the ACL tear. But if it's just like a sprain or if it's ACL sprain versus hamstring pull, Greg: Oof. I'm Jax: Mm. Greg: take I'm taking ACL. I'm taking ACL every time on that one. Jax: I think I take the hamstring pool. Greg: That's fair. and it's cool if you still pick it. I'm not it's not like a what are you doing? It's more of a sense of I made this hot take to like Jax: But no, I I no, I get where you're coming from. I was just thinking about Greg: people are not really being honest with themselves when it comes to a hamstring situation. that six to eight weeks, whatever the case may be. They like, why the fu? Jax: I don't never believe them t if someone ever say four to six weeks, I I'm not finna believe you. Greg: Or they'll be like some, we'll reevaluate in five weeks. you're you're optimistic about week four and then And ends up being six the the six week period when they reevaluate it, then they'll say, okay, give them a three week timetable to start ramping up. Jax: Yeah, if they ever say they're gonna reevaluate, just add an extra three weeks to whatever you was thinking. If they say they're gonna reevaluate something. Greg: Exactly. And then once you do those three weeks, now they're ramping back up. Jax: Exactly. Greg: And then they finally play again. They play three or four games. Game five, he's grabbing he's grabbing a a board off the rim, grabs it again. Now we're starting this whole process over again. And now Jax: All over again. Greg: it's late March. And it's like, bro, the season is over, nigga. And if you have championship aspirations, you're still trying to rush back because you still feel like you could contribute to your championship team. It's mind boggling as a fan to go through no shit like that because you don't know if you're gonna have that piece or not. And you don't want them to rush too hard or else they're going to forever alter whatever the fuck is going on. Because they're an athlete. Jax: that's how you end careers quietly or not. Greg: You end careers rushing back from shit like that. And it's like, no, nigga. Jax: Sure. Greg: And don't let them niggas already be in their thirties. Jax: yeah. You thirty three, get you a hamstring. it might be Greg: Now now it's like, what am I preserving myself for? It gives them even more like incentive to come back early because this this is they're on their last few years left in the league. It's all or nothing. They don't they don't have enough time. If they wait, they're gonna get shipped off in the off season. They're gonna get traded in the offseason or or or or get cut in the offseason. It should be looked at in the same light as an ACO tier. Any Jax: I'm edited. Greg: any of those major injuries that you're talking about, whenever I hear hamstring, I'm not saying it feels like Achilles tears or nothing like that, but I'm saying it's it's up you put that right there, Jax: Up to Greg: it's like maybe like a tier below the season ending injuries because it's it's a prolonged death, in my opinion. Jax: Yeah. It's a very slow and a slow and painful death. Greg: Yeah, it's like drowning. Fucking crazy. But that is all we have. Jax, any last words? Jax: go outside, go touch some grass. It's Halloween, don't get kidnapped. And yeah, that's about it, man. Greg: Man, I'm trying to let y'all know right now, man. I didn't said it last week. I said it the week before. I said it the week before that. Every week is a seven game series. You just gotta win four. You just have to win four. I feel like Jax, you sent you said you sent something on your story. Nah, I agreed with it. I forgot I forgot it was on your story. Jax: I remember what I don't remember what it said but I remember what you were talking about, 'cause you said something. Greg: But I was like, yeah, I was like, I was like, yeah, bro, you need four wins. This all all you need is four. All you need is four of them things. but we will catch y'all niggas next week. Stay blessed.