Latest / NY's Sports Loud Mouth (VIDEO) / The New York Mets finally snap their losing streak, but at what cost?

Transcript

The New York Mets finally snap their losing streak, but at what cost? · NY's Sports Loud Mouth (VIDEO)

0:00
The Mets lose their star player. They lose their star closer.
0:04
The Mets are in a bad spot right now.
0:12
I've never seen a Ranger team quick before the Olympics.
0:15
We're going to be looking at Aaron Judge and saying that he
0:17
can't win the big game, Michael Jordan said.
0:20
I played 82 games. You don't see LeBron doing that,
0:23
but Jack Hughes did after getting his teeth knocked down
0:26
to play every single shift he got back in the game.
1:29
Hello. You're listening to the New York
1:31
sports loudmouth. We are back, ladies and
1:37
gentlemen. I'm wearing my Jets hat, my Jets
1:40
Jersey, New York. We're in town, baby.
1:46
I'm in town. I'm a little lost tonight, but
1:49
I'm here for 5 1/2 hours to entertain you crazy people.
1:54
You know who I am. My name is Errol Marx.
1:55
I'm the mouth. My Co host, he's, he's going to
1:58
be coming in in just a few moments.
2:00
Quinton Coppols and Speedy PD executive producer Mr. Aaron
2:05
Fish Fishman, you just heard them on the back end.
2:08
We'll have Nathan pop in. We got a lot of special guest
2:11
tonight. Go to our website at
2:13
www.worldwidesportsradio.com. Check out all our shows
2:18
throughout the week, including New York sports Loudmouth every
2:21
single Mondays and Thursdays at 7:00 PM.
2:23
All you have to do to tune in and check out our local listings
2:25
for all our shows is go to our website at
2:28
www.worldwidesportsradio.com. Finally won a game?
2:33
Yes, they finally did to snap a 12 game losing streak, beating
2:38
the Twins yesterday three to two.
2:40
Despite the win, they lost Francisco Lindore to a calf
2:44
injury he suffered while running to the bases during the 4th
2:49
inning and was placed on a 10 day injured list.
2:53
Devin Williams has also struggled after not allowing a
2:57
run for his first five appearances.
3:00
He has allowed seven runs in his last three appearances and now
3:04
is up to a 9.95 ERA. Juan Soda returned from the
3:11
injured reserve injured list yesterday and had a hit and a
3:15
walk in his return. However, his off field comments
3:19
sparked more controversy. Well, I'm not surprised as he
3:23
admitted to the media that he didn't communicate with any of
3:27
his teammates. Not surprised while he was on
3:30
the injured list while the Mets were on their losing streak.
3:34
First we're going to get into some Juan Soto conversation
3:38
because I've got a bone to pick for Juan and with Juan, and for
3:42
all the Juan fans out there that absolutely love the move, adding
3:46
Juan Soto to this roster. Juan Soto is a great player.
3:51
This guy won a World Series with the Nationals.
3:55
He was the best player for the Nationals making that run.
3:58
He made a name for himself as a 19 year old.
4:03
He went to the Padres, he got him into the play offs, failed
4:07
in the play offs with the Padres, went with the Yankees
4:10
for one year, helped the Yankees go to a World Series, and the
4:13
Yankees failed to win. Last year he was one of the best
4:18
players in the second-half in the whole league.
4:21
But guess what? His team had one of the biggest
4:24
breakdowns in Major League history.
4:27
His team failed to make the play offs.
4:29
Instead, the Cincinnati Reds made the play offs and now this
4:33
year without him. Before the season started, after
4:37
the WBC, this man came out and said that Team USA should not
4:42
have beaten us. We were the better team.
4:44
The better team lost and then went out there after the fact
4:48
during spring training and said guess what?
4:51
I'm the best player in the National League.
4:53
I'm going to prove it and I'm going to win the MVP over Artani
4:56
this year. The problem right now when you
4:59
look at Juan Soto is you're in New York.
5:03
This isn't Washington. This isn't San Diego.
5:10
You went out there when the when you decided to go to the match,
5:13
you threw the Yankees under the bus and you heard Aaron Judge
5:18
pretty much. And Aaron Judge doesn't really
5:19
attack, and he didn't really attack Juan Soto.
5:22
When Juan Soto said I went to the better team, Aaron Judge
5:25
said pretty much, we'll see. The Yankees made the playoffs
5:30
last year. The Mets did not.
5:31
They failed. Here's the facts.
5:35
Juan Soto needs to learn one thing and one thing only.
5:39
He needs to learn how to keep his mouth shut.
5:42
Because when you go out there and you speak to the media and
5:44
you think the media's on your side, they're not.
5:47
The media's waiting for you to throw yourself under the bus.
5:50
Quinton can tell you that. He played for The Jets, He's
5:53
played in New York. He understands what you have to
5:57
do when you're speaking to the media.
5:59
If the media catches you saying one thing that's offset, like he
6:04
said recently after the game, this will spark controversy.
6:12
You do not go out and admit to the media, hey, guess what?
6:16
I haven't spoke to any of my team mates since I've been out
6:19
on the injury reserve. I haven't spoken to anybody.
6:24
And that there's stories coming out right now that Lindor and
6:28
want Soto. I'm not getting along.
6:30
Are you surprised that when Soto comes back, when door goes down?
6:34
Now, I'm not saying that's a that to me is a winky dink or a
6:38
coincidence. But here's the facts.
6:41
You got rid of Brandon Nimmo, who was one of your team
6:44
leaders. You lost Pete Alonso in free
6:48
agency. You decided to have these
6:50
players, Polanco, Boba, Shet, who's one of the highest paid
6:55
players right now in baseball when his on base percentage or
6:58
OPS is like under 600. You can't win when you're not
7:05
getting enough hitting in your line up.
7:08
And I'm, I'm sorry for all the Yankee fans that were upset
7:12
about Devin Williams. Could you see why the Yankees
7:15
decided not to bring Devin Williams back?
7:17
Devin Williams didn't want to go back to the Yankees.
7:19
As a matter of fact, when he went to the Yankees, when the
7:22
Yankees brought him in for one year, Devin Williams didn't post
7:26
him in a Yankees hat, didn't post himself in a Yankees jersey
7:29
because he knew he was on his way out.
7:31
He knew the Yankees weren't going to keep him.
7:35
But as soon as he was, he went to the Mets and he signed that
7:37
three-year deal with the Mets. Oh, he pops up with a Met hat, a
7:41
Met jersey, happy to be here, Citi Field, happy to be with a
7:44
losing organization and I'm not. And again, Josh came to me and
7:49
he he wrote me a text a little while ago and he said, hey, why
7:52
don't you pick on the Philadelphia Phillies?
7:54
They're on, They're on a nine game losing streak.
7:56
Don't worry, Josh, I will right now winning one game.
8:03
And I, I saw after, after the Mets won the game, there was so
8:07
many clips on social media. Oh no.
8:10
And it was, it was said no team on a 12 game losing streak in
8:13
the middle of in the beginning of the season or even at any
8:16
part of the season has ever made the playoffs.
8:19
And every one of those Mets fans, every one of those Mets
8:21
fans has, well, we're the Mets. We're going to be the first team
8:24
to do it. And that's great confidence,
8:25
great confidence. But guess what?
8:27
You're not playing those games, fans.
8:29
You're not playing in those games.
8:32
You're not if your team is not playing as a team, I do not
8:35
believe this team will find their way out of this hole.
8:39
Now, it's still early. It's an early season.
8:42
There's there are 30 games in, right, practically 30 games.
8:46
But they usually say 40 games into the season, you know what
8:50
the team is going to be. So the Mets have actually 11 or
8:54
12 more games to prove if they can come out of this collapsing
8:58
beginning season. Because to me, that's all it is.
9:02
It's a collapsing season. And there's no excuses for David
9:06
Stearns. There's no excuses for Mendoza.
9:09
There's no excuses to any of these players because before
9:12
this season started, this team was all googly guy.
9:16
They're all happy Gaga goo goo. They're out there speaking to
9:20
the media. We have a great chance to win
9:22
this year. We have a great chance to make a
9:24
move this year all the way through the play offs.
9:26
We can win a World Series with this roster, but guess what?
9:31
Jorge Polanco right now is hitting under 200.
9:35
Beau Bichette's hitting under 225.
9:40
Francisco Lindor, I I I don't think he's hitting more than
9:43
220. And now he's hurt.
9:45
Nobody on this roster was really hitting except Alvarez.
9:51
And who's the other guy? Louise Roberts.
9:53
I'm sorry, Louise Roberts, who eventually is going to go into
9:55
this hole. It already kind of has.
9:57
Where he's not going to be able to hit.
10:00
It's going to happen. The guy couldn't hit in Chicago.
10:03
What makes you think he's going to hit all season with the New
10:05
York Mets? And again, I'm not sitting here
10:09
and trying to piss off the Mets fans.
10:11
Oh, he's a Met hater. He hates the Mets.
10:14
Yeah, I, it's not, has nothing to do with that.
10:16
For all the Mets fans out there that know me and understands me,
10:19
I do not hate the New York Mets. Out of all the teams that I root
10:23
and hate for, the Mets are one of the organizational teams that
10:26
I I root for. I want them to do well.
10:29
I do, but it's the just like I say about the giant fans, the
10:32
fishes of the world, they think the Mets fans think they're
10:36
going to get everything and they're they're great and
10:38
they've got a rich owner. He's going to spend money.
10:41
He's going to buy his way out of it.
10:42
And as the as the Giant fans think, oh, we're going to get
10:45
this guy. We're going to get that guy,
10:47
even though they have no money to spend as it.
10:50
It's so funny. I I love and fish.
10:52
You can pop in all you want. It's not going to make a
10:54
difference because no excuses can be told.
10:58
On the last show we had you on and you were comparing Sonny
11:02
Styles to Ray Lewis, OK, Sonny Styles because everybody in all
11:07
the the Giant fans think Sonny Styles is heading to the Giants
11:11
and he might. And I like Sonny Styles.
11:12
I think he's going to be a good player.
11:14
Ray Lewis, hold your horses, ladies and gentlemen.
11:18
And here's another thing for all you Francisco Lindor fans.
11:23
Francisco, since he's been a Met, I would say 2 out of the
11:28
five seasons he has been with this team, he has started slow,
11:33
really, really slow. But he finds his way.
11:36
He finds his groove. But you knowing that Francisco
11:39
Lindor has gone down with a calf injury, calf injuries in
11:42
baseball are bad and a 10 day injured injured list could turn
11:48
to 20, maybe even 25. A calf injury for a speed guy
11:52
that likes to steal bases, that he's a defensive prowess type of
11:55
player. I would worry about that injury.
11:58
That could be an injury that's going to hurt him all season
12:01
long. But again, you're making
12:06
millions and millions of dollars.
12:07
You're going out there and you want the fans to have a team in
12:10
front. And and again, if I'm Uncle
12:12
Stevie right now, I'm not even thinking about the trade
12:15
deadline. I got to worry about now I got
12:17
to worry about where this team is going to be in 50 games.
12:21
And honestly, if Soto doesn't find his way out with this team,
12:26
because I'm going to tell you this right now, none of the
12:28
players like Juan Soto, none of the player, I'm not even in the
12:32
dugout. I'm not even in the back trying
12:36
to figure out what these, what his team mates think of him.
12:38
Because I already know if you're not interacting with your team
12:41
mates while you're out, you're not showing up to games and
12:45
hanging out in the dugout. Because when Aaron Judge hurt
12:48
his foot, he was travelling with the team.
12:51
Aaron Judge stubbed his foot a couple of years ago in the
12:55
outfield against the Dodgers. You know what Aaron Judge did?
12:59
He was their best player. He's their captain.
13:01
Juan Soto's the Mets best player.
13:04
You travel with your teammates. You show your teammates you want
13:08
to be there. Trying to get back on the in the
13:10
field he's trying to get back. Oh, oh, so that's the excuse.
13:14
No, that's the reason. That's the reason.
13:17
It's the. Reason So you can't you can't
13:19
train while you're travelling. Can't rehab.
13:22
Yes you can man. Jokes and all that.
13:24
Yes, you can, yeah. Like possibility wise, but when
13:27
you when you a captain, are you trying to get back on the field?
13:30
You're using that time to rehab. That's what you're doing.
13:32
Oh, first of all, Juan Soto will never be a captain on the New
13:35
York Mets. Because.
13:37
They're not having any. That'll never happen.
13:39
That'll never happen. That's great.
13:41
He's the best player. He shot a doubt already, he
13:43
said. He said they're never going to
13:44
have a captain. I don't think they're ever going
13:46
to have a captain. Why would they have a captain
13:47
when they're two best players don't like each other.
13:50
They were best friends and now they don't like each other.
13:53
The media's throwing them under the bus.
13:56
What else does the media do? That's the best part of the
14:00
media I'm. Doing it right now, I love.
14:03
It that's what I do. I'm all about the drama, all.
14:08
You been doing is talking down about the Mets all night, All
14:11
right. But the Mets haven't overcome.
14:12
The street and we hit it. We hit it.
14:16
You're wearing a Yankees hat and you're saying we heading?
14:19
Yeah, we heading. Oh, I'm sorry.
14:22
Now, maybe you should get yourself a Mets hat.
14:25
So we heading. What did that show?
14:27
What's the name of our show? I know what it the name of the
14:30
show is. I've got it.
14:33
So get a Mets hat. Stop wearing Yankees hats.
14:36
I want to see you wear a Mets. Hat I, I I.
14:40
Listen, I don't wear Mets hats. Even though I I root on the
14:43
Mets. I will never wear a team that I
14:46
don't root for. Never.
14:47
I don't do that. I'm wearing.
14:49
Why you don't wear a hat? You just say you root for the.
14:51
Mets. I'm not a Mets fan.
14:53
I root for them because I don't want them.
14:55
I I'm not a Mets fan. I'm not a Mets fan.
14:58
I'm not going to put on a hat. But you said you wear hats for
15:01
teams that you root for. You didn't.
15:02
Say, oh, so now you're trying to flip this on me.
15:05
I, I root if I want to see the Mets play well because
15:08
eventually I'd like to see the Mets win, but that's never going
15:11
to happen the way this organization.
15:13
Likes to. Run their team and run their
15:16
team to the ground. What?
15:17
What do you say now? What are you complaining?
15:19
About have to say the last part. Just say you.
15:21
No, I'm going to say the last part because that's the truth.
15:24
I tell the truth. You see, it's all about the
15:28
truth. It's.
15:28
All about. The truth.
15:31
The Truth News. We was going to lose that last
15:35
game. We did it.
15:36
So what ain't the truth? Wait, wait a second.
15:38
I did not say they were going to lose the last game.
15:40
I said that the Mets were losing the last game until they found
15:43
their way out of it. That's what I said.
15:45
We're out of it, thanks to Ladori.
15:47
I'm just saying that's what I said.
15:49
You're taking words out of my mouth now.
15:50
Yeah, sure enough. You're taking words out of my
15:53
mouth now, that's what you're giggling.
15:56
Won the game thanks to Ladori scoring a run and then he gets
15:58
into. Space, I don't know how that's
16:00
winning. That's it.
16:00
That's how that. Matters.
16:01
I am telling the truth. Everything that comes out of
16:04
this mouth. Well, I don't know about all the
16:06
time, but most of the time. There we.
16:08
Go, most of the time is truth. There is truth that comes out of
16:12
this mouth, but for you Met fans out there, you can't be happy
16:16
about the way this team is playing with all the money
16:19
invested in this team. And by the way, I want to, I
16:21
want to give a shout out. I don't remember who attacked me
16:24
on social media yesterday telling me that.
16:27
Why are you attacking the Mets, the Mets this and the Mets that
16:31
and blah, blah, blah, blah, blah.
16:32
And the Mets didn't spend. And by the way, he said Uncle
16:34
Stevie has not spent over billions of dollars.
16:37
OK, let's go back and look at what Uncle Stevie has spent
16:39
since he's coming. Let's go back.
16:42
Shout out to this fan. Yeah, well, I'm going to give a
16:44
shout out to the fan if I knew what his name was because it's
16:46
completely wrong. Because going into this
16:50
offseason, Uncle Stevie spent $1.3 billion one point 3.
16:56
Now what did he do this offseason?
16:58
What did he add? He added Polanco.
17:01
They're paying him how much money?
17:02
Speeding. 20 a year. 20 a year. OK then they they brought
17:07
Simeons. What's Simeons making?
17:09
Are you? He's at the end of his contract.
17:10
But what is he making? Worth 28. $28 million this year.
17:13
OK, Beau Bouchette, what's he bringing?
17:16
In 42 a year. 42,000,000 a year with incentives that could turn
17:20
into 48, which is not going to happen this year at this point.
17:22
Yeah, we got. 90 All right, not going to opt out now.
17:25
That's 90, OK. But it might be less because you
17:27
said you weren't going to meet the incentives.
17:28
So all right, it would be. Less what's What's Peralta
17:31
making? Peralta's at the end.
17:33
He had to get 22 I believe. With that, that's 22 million.
17:36
So we're over $100 million, all right, that's 100 million.
17:39
He's going to ask for $200 million, three, 100. 1,000,300.
17:42
OK, Juan Soto, what is he making?
17:46
12 years 765,000,000 That averages out to about.
17:50
So for I just added so. What's the average?
17:52
I just. It's like 50 something.
17:54
So, so I'm just, I'm just throwing it out there for all
17:57
the fans. I just named a couple of
17:58
players. There's a lot more.
18:01
There's a lot. Of Justin Verlander over the
18:03
years and all. Those Now you're going to tell
18:05
me right now with all these contracts, this man hasn't spent
18:07
over $2 billion. You're nuts.
18:10
He has absolutely spent over $2 billion so far.
18:14
He's invested into a roster that can't win all together.
18:18
Since he's bought the team in. 2012 all together.
18:21
And not most of those contracts have been terrible.
18:25
It's been horrible. It's been horrible.
18:28
Let me give you more bad news before we get to basketball in a
18:31
bit. In a little bit.
18:33
There is some rumors that Lindor is going to be down for not the
18:38
minimum here on the IL. It's not a Grade 1, it's going
18:42
to be a Grade 2 or worse. They're thinking this could be a
18:45
month and a half type of an injury for Lindor. 6 to 8,
18:49
weaker. That's not great for a
18:51
struggling Mets team that already, you know, has lost
18:54
twelve in a row. Obviously Soto's better than
18:57
Lindor, but this is not great. Mendoza himself said they knew
19:01
Soto was a best case scenario when he went down with his
19:04
injury. He's back.
19:05
He looks like he's full speed right away coming back, Errol,
19:08
but Lindor going down for an extended period of time could be
19:12
month and a half, two months until he's fully right.
19:15
That's a big problem. I'm telling I'm.
19:17
Telling you right now, for all you met fans, Lindor doing
19:21
something to his calf, A calf injury for a guy that uses his
19:25
legs, he's going to be out at least two months at least.
19:29
Oh boy. At least two months.
19:31
For a guy that's not normally injury prone, great.
19:32
Yeah. So think about that.
19:34
When you have two guys, you have two superstars now, now are
19:37
going to cross injury paths because now you have Wan.
19:40
So could you imagine if Wan Soto goes out again?
19:43
Now you lose Lindor and Wan Soto.
19:45
Witchcraft you doing? Tonight I'm not doing any
19:48
witchcraft. I'm just telling you facts.
19:49
The one. Thing that was supposed to be
19:51
good about these two is they were two of the more durable
19:53
star players in the league and I always.
19:55
Think I What do you think? I have like a magic wand?
19:57
What do you think? I'm Harry Potter.
19:58
What's going on tonight? What do you?
20:01
Think. Is that what you think?
20:02
You already predicted another. I'm telling you the truth, I'm
20:06
not. Telling the truth.
20:08
Because it's going to happen. It's the.
20:10
Terrible superstars that have already gotten hurt.
20:12
It's. The Mets boba shits about to go
20:15
down too. Probably in the next, I don't
20:16
know, 5 minutes. That's what happens when you're
20:20
a bad organization and you add players and I, I'll say this
20:24
again, David Stearns was reaching when he brought Boba
20:27
Shett in. How do you put a guy that has
20:30
played at his position? I would move Boba Shett right
20:32
back to 2nd shortstop right now. I would do that right now.
20:36
If you want Boba Shett to start playing, move him back to short
20:40
and that's what I would do. And if Lindor's such a leader,
20:43
move Lindor to third base. I think he has better range than
20:46
Boba Shett does. That's the way I would go.
20:49
But they're not going to do that because Lindor is their quote UN
20:53
quote leader. Not captain leader as it makes
20:56
sense to all the Mets fans because their owner and their GM
21:00
says there is no captain. We're not making it captain.
21:04
That's the problem right now with the New York Mets.
21:06
They're unsure on who are the leaders of this roster.
21:09
There's guys that have mounts. There are guys that have mounts.
21:14
It seems they, they love to open up their mouths, but the
21:17
organization is not structured right.
21:20
And again, we keep hearing Scubal.
21:23
That's all we keep hearing. Oh, next year, there is no next
21:26
year. It's a strike year.
21:28
And we don't know if this there's going to be a season,
21:31
could be 1/2 a season, could be 1/4 of a season if they find a
21:34
way to negotiate a deal before the season, which I don't
21:36
believe is going to happen. So Tarek Scubal is going
21:40
nowhere. And if he does and the Mets
21:42
decide to spend the money again, what are we going to hear from
21:45
the Mets? Tarek Scubal's not having a good
21:47
season right now. He doesn't look good.
21:50
So you're going to pay him $500 million because that's what he's
21:52
going to be asking for, Uncle Stevie, it's not my money.
21:55
That's what we hear. All the Mets fans, Old Joshua,
21:58
there it is. Uncle's.
22:01
Listen, if I was first of all, my favorite, I am a big Star
22:05
Wars fan, huge, huge Star Wars fan.
22:09
I know that's Harry Potter. I, I got it.
22:11
I'm a huge that that kind of looks like that kind of looks
22:14
like if I had Darth Vader's mask and that would be, I'd be like
22:17
Darth Vader. I love Darth Vader.
22:19
He's my favorite character in Star Wars, favorite character.
22:24
So if, if you come to my house, I have a lot of Star Wars stuff.
22:27
I have a Star Wars pillow. I'm a Star Wars fan.
22:32
What I was just saying emphasis on dark that's.
22:35
I, I, I'm dark, I'm Darth, I'm everything.
22:41
Anyways, if you're a, if you're a Met fan, you cannot be happy
22:47
about where this roster and where this team is going.
22:50
There's no argument here. There's nothing that will tell
22:52
me. And I I speed, you're a Met fan.
22:54
Yeah, no, I'm not. I'm not convinced just on one
22:56
win against a Twins team that was due to regress anyway is
22:58
going to do that. We've lost the worst team,
23:00
Speedy. OK.
23:03
We. That's what he says They.
23:04
Lost we they got swept by the ace like.
23:07
What do you like? What do you like on a ride?
23:09
We. I told you the A's weren't gonna
23:11
be bad guys. The A's are not bad.
23:14
This year, it's still not great where you should justify being
23:16
swept by them. And one of your former player,
23:18
Jeffrey McNeil Cook, you guys like pretty much that's what
23:22
you're looking at. And now, like I was describing
23:24
before, you're you're the two reasons you like those
23:26
superstars coming in with Lador and Soto is they never get hurt.
23:29
And now they're both hurt. Yeah, that's going to be a
23:31
justification of optimism. Optimism.
23:34
There it is. Listen, if you're in, if you're
23:37
in the driver's seat right now, you're driving.
23:39
You're watching the show, or you're listening to us.
23:41
Here's my feedback for every single Met fan out there.
23:45
Expect the worst and hope for the best, because that is their
23:50
slogan. That's been their slogan since
23:52
1986. There's an excuse every single
23:56
year for this team and this organization.
23:58
And I'll say this about Yankee fans.
24:00
Until the Yankees prove to me they can hit in the clutch,
24:03
they're not winning either. And that's the facts, Jack.
24:06
And if you want to sell that and you want to roll it up and smoke
24:09
it like a joint, I'll give you the joint, I'll roll it for you.
24:13
I'll lick it, I'll spit on it, and then you can smoke it.
24:17
I'm trying to help you. For the Mets fan, I got to say.
24:19
Hey, it's legal out here where it's legal.
24:21
Here in New York, Listen, Mets fan Caddy was so excited.
24:23
Bet the win and look for the next.
24:26
OK, that's what we're doing. Oh, that's bet the win and look
24:29
for the next. That's what we're doing.
24:31
Celebrating the win and looking for the next one.
24:33
Let's go. Got it, got it one down and
24:35
we'll probably. Need it did you say look for the
24:37
Mets or the Nets? I'm starting.
24:39
I'm starting to get lost here. I'm.
24:40
Pretty much the same thing at this point.
24:42
NEXT. Oh, oh, next.
24:45
I got it. Next.
24:46
I thought you were saying they. Don't really do.
24:47
They don't do school though. Because the Nets are probably
24:49
not going to get anywhere in this draft either.
24:51
So that's a whole nother story. They'll find a way out of it.
24:54
But I I I'm just. I'm speaking the truth anyways.
24:58
No, I'm speaking the truth. So.
25:01
Hypothetical. Oh, oh, so So what are we going
25:03
to do? 50 games from his truth, right?
25:05
No his. This is truth.
25:07
That's what it is. This is truth I'm telling you.
25:10
I can read the future for you Met fans.
25:12
I can read the future for you Yankee fans because it's going
25:16
to happen. Look, I'm a Yankee fan.
25:19
I'm not going to lie behind here.
25:21
I am a Knick fan. I'm not.
25:23
But by the way, the Knicks better find a way to win
25:25
tonight's game. That's a whole Nother story.
25:26
They better find a way because they do not want to be
25:28
embarrassed. No.
25:29
Speaking of which, we can get right into that right now.
25:32
Let's go, let's go. Let's get that round table up.
25:36
Here it is. Breaking news, a lot of hot
25:38
ladies. Bunch of NBA stuff because it is
25:40
the first round of the playoffs. We're going to go through it
25:42
quick before the draft starts. Starting off with game three
25:46
tonight in Atlanta. We know the Knicks are tied with
25:50
the Hawks after they had a terrible collapse while we were
25:54
on the show on Monday. Really just embarrassing.
25:57
They were winning the whole game and then put up a goose egg for
26:01
almost the entirety of the fourth quarter and lost by
26:04
1.107106. Errol tonight.
26:09
Let's take a look at the score. As of right now, the Knicks are
26:11
down 12 at the end of the first 33 to 21.
26:16
Can't really understand this flat performance.
26:20
Told you it was going to happen. Oh.
26:23
Boy, here he go. There, I did fish.
26:25
What did I say before? What did I tell you when we were
26:27
talking? I said that the the Knicks are,
26:30
they're going to, they're going to come out flat against the
26:32
Hawks in Atlanta. The crowds going to be loud.
26:35
Everybody thinks that, oh, the New York Knicks fans travel
26:37
very, very well and that's great.
26:40
But it's still Atlanta and the Hawks have nothing to lose.
26:44
And that's what's scary about them.
26:45
And, and to me, they depend too much on Jalen Brunson, who's
26:48
averaging 28.5 points per game right now in the playoffs.
26:51
And I would listen to all these podcasts.
26:52
Shout out to Quran. The objective.
26:55
I, I, I think it's crazy to think that this team is a
26:59
championship team the way they play inconsistently.
27:03
So I, I, I want to see this team play harder.
27:06
They got to get Karl Anthony Towns more involved in the
27:10
offense. They're not doing it enough.
27:12
It's been a problem. Everybody said the big match up,
27:15
the mismatch of this series is Karl Anthony Towns.
27:18
There's nobody that can defend them.
27:19
Why isn't he getting the ball? Why isn't he playing isolation
27:23
basketball? If he's that better player or
27:25
he's the better player in the series, The mismatch against the
27:28
Atlanta Hawks, it doesn't make sense.
27:29
There's no excuse. I guess how many shots he's
27:32
taken in this game so far? One.
27:34
Exactly. That's the problem.
27:36
He handles the ball. Have the ball way too much,
27:39
right? And because talent is what rules
27:42
the NBA, right? There's no strategy or any
27:45
coaching involved, and it's just talent.
27:47
Who's the guy that that New York Knicks is going to depend on?
27:50
Jalen Brunson. So here you have it.
27:52
Here's a prime example of why you need a coach and why you
27:55
need strategy. Celtic fan that be able to run.
27:58
1/2 court offensive playset. Lives in Atlanta.
28:01
You're going to be in this situation where your superstar
28:04
is not going to have the answers.
28:07
Ladies and gentlemen, Quentin. Colton And we keep blaming Cat
28:11
for every single. Thing, Quentin.
28:12
Colton and get away with everything because he scores
28:16
2528 points. Quentin Colton.
28:18
Reality. He handled the ball way too
28:21
much. That's it.
28:22
Get off the. Ball.
28:23
How many balls? Wait a second.
28:24
How many balls do you handle every single night after the
28:27
show? OK, you have to take a piss,
28:29
right? That's you.
28:30
OK, I'm just saying you got to take a piss.
28:33
I'm just saying. If you're so confident, are you
28:35
already booked tickets to the Celtics Hawks game fridge?
28:40
I don't know. I don't know about that after.
28:42
The night after the night after the night.
28:44
OK after the. Night bucking them after the
28:46
night. Yeah, the first jinx goes at our
28:48
favorite. You're going to spend money on
28:51
SeatGeek. I mean, you're not saving any
28:53
money over there. There is a.
28:57
Wild box score right now in this Game 3.
29:01
So it's not that. No, Brunson can't hit at 3 right
29:04
now. He's over 4 from downtown, but
29:06
he's four of eight with 11 points.
29:08
He only has one turnover. It's not his fault Mikhail
29:10
Bridges is. Got 10 minutes, no points, 2
29:15
turnovers, missed 1/3. That's the only shot he's taken
29:20
the whole night. CAT13 missed the only shot he's
29:23
taken all night. 1 rebound. Josh Hart his usual not making.
29:28
He hasn't taken a single shot, which I guess that we're OK
29:31
with. Two boards, 2 assists, but
29:33
another two turnovers from Hart. Mitch came in and got 3 rebounds
29:38
in 6 minutes, but they were -8 with him out there, they can't
29:42
figure out what lineup works, and they should have figured
29:45
this out speedy. We said it before the season
29:48
ended right where that starting lineup was barely a net
29:51
positive. All season.
29:53
And they never came up with any kind of alternative.
29:56
And now Mike Brown's kind of playing with it here in the
29:59
playoffs. What are they doing?
30:01
It's not a good identity when OG is taking all the shots on
30:04
offense. Mikhail Bridge is like doing
30:06
nothing like you were saying Fish.
30:07
And they're both getting too many offensive touches
30:09
comparatively, whereas Towns is not getting anything.
30:11
Tar Towns finally got on the board just to start the second
30:14
quarter, and that's really circle jerk what you're looking
30:16
at as a crisis identity for the Knicks, and they have to figure
30:19
something out at the halftime or they're going to be doomed fast.
30:23
Who's where's the Defensive Player of the Year?
30:25
What does he do? Who's he stopping?
30:27
Oh, you mean the guy that I'm going to put up next on the
30:31
graphic, Mr. Wembanyama? No, I was talking about OG.
30:36
Nobody said Nobody said he was defensive player of the year.
30:39
What are you? Talking about.
30:40
He should have gotten some votes didn't get, you know.
30:44
Q If he's guarding Nikhil Alexander Walker, he has zero
30:46
points. He's guarding Johnson, he has
30:48
seven. So.
30:49
He just 077 in the first quarters off to a 30 point game.
30:52
Johnson's a really good young player.
30:54
Let's get into the best young player.
30:56
Arguably, Victor Wenbaniyama took a hard, hard fall in and
31:02
had to come out of the game and they lost to the Blazers.
31:05
That game is tied at 1. The Blazers kind of really under
31:09
the radar as as you can be this year, especially after what
31:13
happened with Chauncey Billups. You know, their coach before the
31:15
season started, as we all know, the gambling saga.
31:19
Tiago Splitter, if you remember, the old Spurs backup center is
31:23
their interim coach. Have something about them and a
31:25
sportsman in a little bit about how cheap they are that
31:28
ownership. But it is pretty interesting
31:30
that they're able to fight back like right now.
31:32
And if Wendy, they're saying he might be able to travel with
31:35
them, but concussion protocol, he's going to miss at least one
31:37
game, perhaps 2. I'm going to tell you this right
31:40
now, if Webenyama misses two games, I could see Portland
31:44
winning at least one of them. This could be Choo Choo until
31:46
Webenyama comes back. And that gives the young
31:49
Portland team a little bit of confidence.
31:51
I'm not saying they're going to eliminate the Spurs, but the
31:53
Spurs want to get done with this Series A lot quicker and sooner
31:57
because this this conference, especially the Western
32:00
Conference, is loaded. OK C, you have the Nuggets and
32:05
the Nuggets right now. They're fighting their way out
32:07
too. They got to play.
32:07
They got to beat the Timberwolves.
32:08
I think they're, as far as the combinations, I, I thought that
32:12
the Denver, the Denver Nuggets were probably thrown into a
32:17
bath. They didn't want to be thrown
32:18
because I I do believe if Anthony Edwards is healthy, this
32:22
team is a lot better than they've been over the last
32:24
couple of weeks. Yeah, they're the team that also
32:26
went to the Western Conference Finals last year as a six seed.
32:29
So they're used to being the underdog.
32:30
Even the first year they broke out, they were a three seed, but
32:33
a lot of people still didn't trust them as much.
32:35
So I I can't take Minnesota lightly either.
32:37
If they play, if they beat Denver and play the Spurs and
32:40
then Denver has all the experience and the Spurs, you're
32:42
right, don't want to drag the series out because it's a very
32:44
young team and that's going to be all a lot of pressure for
32:47
them in the Game 7. And there's no Greg Popovich
32:49
anymore. Even even though I trust Webb
32:51
and Yama, I could see how confident he is.
32:54
He plays very, very hard. Even if it's 22 going into a
32:57
game, 5I trust that San Antonio find their way out.
33:00
It just it would scare you as a San Antonio Spurs fan when you
33:04
thought you were going to win four games.
33:06
Everybody had them sweeping them and I, I this is not going to be
33:09
a sweep. And also, I again, I picked the
33:11
Nuggets over them in the second round initially and I said watch
33:14
out for Minnesota as as it was and you don't want to have to go
33:17
to Game seven. Remember, this is not Greg
33:18
Popovich anymore. This is a rookie head coach,
33:20
too. He could be ready for Game 7.
33:22
No, I think it'd be good. I don't.
33:23
I don't think the Spurs are really worried about the places
33:26
yet. They have snow one kind of they
33:28
are. Spurs are kind of top heavy with
33:30
Whitby, but in reality they shouldn't have no issues with
33:33
Portland. Portland is kind of like that
33:35
hustle hard, get these hustle buckets but gritty type game.
33:39
But they don't really have efficient offense.
33:43
You know, they have that one kid, which is start with the
33:45
elf, the guard for Portland. Yeah, yeah, yeah.
33:51
So they got the work that got from Portland, but other than
33:54
that, they they don't have anything.
33:55
Fox Castle, they'll they'll pull it out in regards to San Antonio
33:59
versus Portland. But yeah, we're going to the
34:01
Nuggets in Minnesota because the MVP is not looking.
34:04
So MVP is oh stop. You're going to tell me right
34:09
now. Are we going there or?
34:10
Not are you telling me right now?
34:12
No, we're not going to do that tonight.
34:13
We're going. To tell me right now, Yokich.
34:15
Isn't playing well because they said something about.
34:17
It you're telling me right now Yokich isn't playing well?
34:19
Yokich is. Getting this, it's interesting
34:22
that you bring that up because that's the next thing that we
34:25
have on the list. The things getting heated
34:27
between Ant and Joker at the end of Game 2.
34:31
Pretty wild that series already. You know, there was a big
34:34
scuffle over the ball. It got real chippy after the
34:38
game. Jaden McDaniels was trashing
34:40
Denver's defense and their effort.
34:43
You know, he's a defensive specialist and everything.
34:46
They Minnesota came back down 19 in that game.
34:50
Series is tied heading into. It's not going to make a
34:53
difference. I think it'll go, it'll go six
34:56
or seven games. I still think the Nuggets are
34:58
the better team. They have the better player.
34:59
They have the best player on the court.
35:01
You can laugh all you want. As much as I like Anthony
35:04
Edwards, Anthony Edwards, to me he's an up and down player that
35:07
has a lot to lot to prove still. Because to me he doesn't want to
35:11
be a face of the United States basketball team.
35:13
He doesn't want to be the face of the Timberwolves.
35:15
And by the way, how many players have left this team in this
35:18
organization because they can't play with him?
35:21
So I I what do you mean? Who?
35:23
Cat couldn't play with him. Do we want to go on and on and
35:26
on? What do you mean, Cat?
35:28
How about Butler? I'm a Butler.
35:30
Jimmy Butler. Jimmy Buckets.
35:34
Oh, stop. Come Jimmy Buckets.
35:37
Jimmy Buckets. Jimmy Buckets.
35:40
Your Celtic team to go to the finals.
35:43
OK, head case. He kicked your team's ass.
35:46
He kicked your team's ass. What did that get 0?
35:53
OK, they were in eighth seed and a five seed to win I.
35:56
Don't care what seed they were. I'll drink to that.
35:59
Got nothing. That's what y'all failing to
36:00
realize. They beat us, they got nothing.
36:02
But as you can see, Anthony Evans is the best player in that
36:05
series on unquestionable undoubtable.
36:08
At the end of the day, Jokic is getting exposed and Jay and
36:14
yeah, they all get exposed. Don't worry, Don't worry about
36:16
it. All of them are getting exposed
36:18
at the end of the day. And Anthony Edwards showed them
36:21
like who's who's the boss? I actually think that was worse
36:23
for them because they actually woke up the beast and allowed
36:26
Anthony Elvis to kind of turn it up.
36:27
He was kind of favoring that leg injury that he had.
36:30
But now that Yokas want to take it there, they're taking it to
36:34
him in the series this time. What, 22 now?
36:36
So yeah, good luck. It's one one right now heading
36:39
back to Minnesota. The other part of it too is
36:42
apparently Anthony Edwards is like telling Rudy Gobert to do
36:45
stuff, which is that to be an interesting saga for game three
36:48
with Rudy Gobert having his history.
36:50
Overpaid. Yeah.
36:51
Traded 2/3 time defensive. Oh, my God.
36:55
And in the port and in the port, yeah, I am.
36:59
And what I've seen, what I've seen with Rudy Gobert in the
37:01
playoffs, that's what I say. He doesn't show up in the big
37:05
game. Yeah, He hasn't tamed anybody.
37:09
What are you talking about? Are you watching a game?
37:12
The game against. Jokic in this game too, he did
37:15
have a good game against. Thank you.
37:17
Thank you. I don't know what a good game
37:18
and Joker is almost having a triple double.
37:20
That's not a good game. Well, I mean, like he he turned
37:23
him over a bunch. He was he was like, So what man
37:25
up defense on? Him So what?
37:26
So what? Joker.
37:29
Joker controls the game outside of that, which is absolutely
37:31
true. I agree with you.
37:32
How about this 2415 and 80 those?
37:35
Those are bad numbers. Those are horrible numbers. 15
37:38
rebounds, 15 rebounds against the defensive play of the year.
37:43
Get out of here. What?
37:46
Well, Errol, it probably doesn't matter how good Joker is because
37:49
he's going to lose to this team. They're up to, oh, the OK C
37:54
Thunder. Jalen Williams though, injured
37:57
hamstring in that game, left in the third quarter.
38:00
Don't know how serious it is considering they don't need him
38:03
to beat the sons. The sons.
38:05
For their part, Devin Booker lost his mind after the game.
38:08
Called out the official by name in the media for being terrible
38:12
at his job. Disrespectful treatment, poor
38:15
officiating integrity is harming the sport, man.
38:19
Not a great look for Booker and the sons.
38:22
This is obviously going to be a sweet.
38:25
Nobody thought the Suns were going to win this series.
38:27
Nobody. And it's it's pretty amazing
38:30
that they're here because I didn't think they were going.
38:32
I thought Golden State was going to win that game.
38:34
I think the Golden State Warriors would have given them
38:35
more of a challenge. But here's the thing.
38:38
I, I, I understand what he's saying.
38:39
I think the referees in the NBA over the years, for some reason,
38:45
they they always give the superstar player that treatment
38:48
and, and they have in the series, they're not getting
38:51
calls in the game. The Suns have not gotten a lot
38:53
of calls and, and you see what this is what happened against
38:56
the Knicks in Madison Square Garden.
38:58
Why was why was Alexander getting all the calls and and
39:02
Jalen Brunson wasn't getting any of the calls?
39:04
It's a big problem. The NBA needs to look at this in
39:07
the offseason and figure this out or get a get another referee
39:11
on the court to look over the other referee that lead referee
39:15
on the court. Because to me, if there's
39:17
something going on or there's some cahoots going on with, with
39:20
the referees and the play calling, and as far as the calls
39:23
on in the game, it's going to affect the game.
39:25
And it, it to me you, you already know who's going to win.
39:28
Maybe that's why I I believe that the game is rigged.
39:31
Yeah, and Devin Booker's been the subject of that in other
39:34
occasions too. He has obviously the criticism
39:35
of Luka Doncic, he said. He said the criticism with the
39:38
Clippers and Kawhi Leonard over the years because again, the
39:40
Suns are not like that big market comparatively.
39:42
They rose on a random when they went to the NBA Finals too.
39:45
So obviously he's carrying it over now with the whole SGA free
39:48
throw immersion allegations last year.
39:51
Yeah, I don't think that the officiating has been as good.
39:54
I won't use that as an excuse in regards to whether or not the
39:57
Suns beat OKC, but yeah, they, they just doesn't.
40:02
They it's it's a great honor, honor for them to be this far.
40:05
I had them losing to Golden State as well but they ended up
40:09
pulling that one out. No, you had them winning.
40:11
You had the Suns beating Golden State.
40:13
No, I just said they will be Golden State but.
40:16
You had the Suns beating Golden. State well, just letting you
40:19
know believe in just letting you know Golden states.
40:21
But in the end but yeah, neither one of them would beat OKC with
40:26
two or three of their players there like OKC can play their
40:29
bench sort of like Boston play with magic and still win the
40:32
game. So yeah, I I I don't think it's
40:35
that officiate, even though they have been horrible.
40:37
I wouldn't say that was the end of reason in regards to why they
40:40
lost the game, but I do think they need to pick up some some
40:43
type of more integrity with the official because it has been
40:47
kind of inconsistent. Yeah, well, we'll see what
40:50
happens with the officials. Obviously they do kind of have a
40:53
way to if the officials don't have a good series, they don't
40:56
put them into the next round. They do.
40:58
They do some things. It's not great though.
41:00
Let's talk about 6th Man of the year went to Kelvin Johnson of
41:03
the Spurs. Kelvin Johnson, if you don't
41:07
know his game, he actually, you know pretty much the most
41:11
effective forward off the bench, two way player in the game.
41:15
They are so deep that Spurs team and they have a bunch of picks
41:18
still. I don't know if this guy ends up
41:21
being on this team long term because he's going to be wanting
41:24
a lot of money and they might be holding on to the trade asset of
41:29
the offseason here with Johnson. Kelton Johnson's a good player.
41:33
He averaged 13, five and one. I I don't know if he was the 6th
41:37
man of the year, there are quite a few other team teams and
41:41
players that I probably would have taken over Kelton, but they
41:44
have Castle. They're going to have to extend
41:46
Castle and he's the better player.
41:48
So I believe Kelvin Johnson is going to be a trade chip.
41:52
How much they're going to get back for him, I don't know.
41:54
Is he a is he going to be considered an elite player?
41:57
Is he going to be a guy that's going to get you 25 and 10 and
42:01
you're going to get something huge back from?
42:03
I don't think so. I still think if he's on a good
42:06
team, he's going to be averaging.
42:08
If he's a second or a three, he's probably only going to be
42:11
averaging between 19 and 20 and he's going to give you about 7
42:15
or 8 rebounds. So I, I don't think it's worth
42:17
as much as you think he is, but congratulations to Kelton
42:19
Johnson. This Spurs team has been as good
42:22
and has probably more depth than any team in the playoffs.
42:25
So I that's why I think the Spurs, no matter what happens,
42:28
they'll find a way out and and they're as dangerous as any team
42:31
right now in the Western. Conference, it's pretty solid as
42:33
a star even before Wendy came along.
42:34
He was drafted, I believe in 2019 and I wouldn't like him out
42:37
of the draft at the time out of Kentucky.
42:38
He's been a pretty good player. I agree with you, Fish.
42:40
They'll probably end up having to trade him because I think
42:41
they're going to try to keep this core young, but definitely
42:43
a guy that's an efficient shooter and a valuable piece of
42:45
this playoff team. Yeah, he helped his Spurs a lot,
42:49
man. So I mean, kudos, Congrats to
42:52
him. Hell of a year.
42:54
I don't think he'll pay him either.
42:55
I think he gets on and build somewhere else on another team.
42:58
They're pretty much set and in regards to their core 3 or 4.
43:02
So yeah, Cook, congratulations to him, man.
43:07
It's it's pretty wild that the two top seeds of the West have
43:10
so much future like capital and young rosters.
43:14
Like at some point they're going to pull a trigger for a
43:17
superstar, maybe both of these teams as if they need it.
43:21
Pretty wild. And the last story here is a
43:23
superstar coach stepping down from the Chicago Bulls.
43:27
Obviously, the Bulls have been pretty bad.
43:28
Billy Donovan was inducted into the Naismith Basketball Hall of
43:31
Fame recently. Obviously, he's going to be
43:35
pretty much in demand not only from the NBA but as well in
43:40
college, where he was back-to-back champion in Florida
43:44
at the turn of the Millennium. If he really wanted to step
43:48
down, he should have stepped down when he had a chance to get
43:50
that North Carolina job because that would have been perfect and
43:54
it would have been a perfect fit for Billy Donovan to go back to
43:56
college basketball. This guy is a national champion
43:59
and I think he's better off staying in college basketball.
44:03
We've seen college play college coaches go to the NBA and not
44:06
work out big time. Names we all know.
44:10
I've mentioned them before. So you see Coach K, he never
44:13
decided to jump ship and leave college basketball to go to the
44:17
NBA. There was a reason why he has
44:19
been more efficient as a college coach.
44:21
I thought he was more efficient in Florida.
44:23
Probably wins four or five national championships with the
44:26
Gators if he stays there. He knows how to recruit.
44:28
He's one of the best recruiting specialist.
44:31
We've seen that come out of college basketball.
44:32
Whoever gets him and he will go back to college basketball.
44:35
Whoever gets him next year after the season is going to get
44:38
himself a gem. Congratulations, Billy Donovan
44:41
because he made a made the right decision.
44:42
I don't think the the Chicago Bulls has anything to look
44:45
forward to and in their future. Yeah, we're drafting team stuck
44:47
in mediocrity for a while. I think he's going to go get a
44:50
high profile college like you said.
44:52
He wouldn't be surprised if he returns to the NBA at that
44:54
point. After that, even with the UNC
44:56
job not available now, they'll still be other ones so that high
44:58
profile will be available. College sports rearrange are a
45:00
lot. Yeah, congratulations to him
45:04
being inducted into the Hall of Fame.
45:06
You know, I do think he probably should go back to college as
45:09
well. He's he's probably do TV for
45:12
maybe a year and then go to Duke.
45:14
A Duke will be firing their coach here soon in the last
45:16
year. So, yeah, maybe you get the Duke
45:20
opportunity, Duke job opportunity.
45:21
But other than that, yeah, Chicago going nowhere fast.
45:25
The best way to do is bow out gracefully.
45:28
And yeah, congratulations to the Hall of Fame.
45:30
But yeah, they ain't doing nothing.
45:31
They traded Kobe. That roster is pretty much blown
45:34
up and draft pits ain't going to help them.
45:37
So congratulations on stepping down and congratulations on wait
45:40
a Second took the Hall of Fame. Who traded Kobe?
45:43
Kobe White. Kobe White.
45:45
OK, OK. I was about to say, look at you.
45:47
I'm just saying. I'm saying and and Dotson MU,
45:52
they traded to the to the Timberwolves.
45:56
So that's the round table for tonight.
45:58
I'll tell you, I would take Billy Donovan in a heartbeat to
46:00
go to Duke. I would be so excited for that
46:02
Long Island native. I love Billy and I, to me, Shire
46:06
needs to go. You bring in a championship guy
46:09
that understands the game as well as Billy Donovan,
46:11
especially the college game, and he knows how to recruit slam
46:15
dunk, slam dunk for Duke if that happens.
46:17
And then I tell you, Quentin, you actually made the right
46:20
argument and the right, I guess the right thought to the
46:24
argument, so. There.
46:25
Hey, listen, you, you, you was, you was on the road as well.
46:28
I give you your credit until you said that he would have won four
46:31
or five national championships and then I had to say he would
46:34
have absolutely, absolutely. Would have absolutely would.
46:38
Have see no question, no questions go all the way.
46:41
No question he wants to. In a row.
46:43
He would have had his recruiting classes and what he was doing
46:47
over there in Florida. He would have won a lot more
46:49
national championships. Could you imagine?
46:51
Not more games. Absolutely, Danny.
46:53
He was better than Danny Hurley was.
46:55
He was better than Danny Hurley was.
46:58
Think about it. Just go look at go look at his
47:00
records over there in Florida in a four year span.
47:03
Go look, go look. You can I can throw your curve
47:07
if you. Really see it in a row.
47:09
This guy would have been down. He he, you could argue.
47:12
You could argue that Billy Donovan could have been looked
47:14
at as the best coach in college basketball for many, many years
47:18
if he stayed there in Florida. I'm just saying Tic.
47:20
Tac. No.
47:21
Tic Tac Yes. All right, let's go.
47:24
Ladies and gentlemen, we call this the Deuce of the Day.
47:26
The deuce of the day. You'll log, Not a log.
47:30
I don't have a log, but you know.
47:38
All right, my deuce of the day as the NFL draft is about to
47:42
start and we will be starting our draft party is Mike Rabel,
47:46
as Mike Rabel has come out and he didn't, he made a statement,
47:51
didn't want to talk to the media.
47:52
And then today after new pictures came out, he decided to
47:55
step down for a little while. He's not leaving the Patriots.
47:59
He's not leaving the coaching position.
48:01
No, he's taking a couple of days off or I I guess the draft off
48:07
and letting this organization kind of figure out who and what
48:11
they are in the draft. And he's, you know, he's trying
48:14
to hideaway from that, that story with him and Diana and,
48:18
and, and try to cover because the NFL is not doing anything to
48:21
him as they've come out and say. And he's just trying to hide
48:24
behind a rock right now. And hopefully people will forget
48:27
what's going on with him and Rossini.
48:30
But I don't think anybody's going to hide behind anything.
48:33
And whenever Mike Rable does show back up on the football
48:36
field, he's going to have to speak to the media.
48:38
But my deuce of the day is Mike, you already know and you already
48:42
knew what you did. Maybe you should just, you know,
48:45
come out, speak to the media, speak your piece, figure out
48:48
what you're doing or figure out what's going on with you and
48:51
your relationship and and move on because the NF LS moving on.
48:54
That's my opinion. So that's my deuce of the day.
48:57
It's been a crazy, crazy show. I'd like to thank all the fans
48:59
that have been tuning in and listening to us on Spotify and
49:03
Apple, the video, the audio, the Tik Toks, the Instagrams, which
49:07
we're working on. I want to give a shout out to
49:08
Mike V. He's been, you know, managing
49:12
all the stuff that we're doing on the back end, so we really
49:14
appreciate him and NIF. And shout out to the NIF man.
49:17
Our VR manager. He has been sensational, all the
49:20
work that he puts in on the back end.
49:21
And I know if he's not listening, he always tells me
49:24
why don't you ever help me? Why don't you ever give me any
49:26
compliments? And I give you compliments all
49:28
the time. I love what you do.
49:30
And since you started and you watched my show from the
49:33
beginning and wanted to get into this business, you've really
49:36
worked really, really hard and built good relationships.
49:38
So I, I love what you do on the back end.
49:41
So thank you to Nathan for doing that.
49:42
And thank you to everybody, everybody that tunes in and
49:46
listens to us every single week on Mondays and Thursdays.
49:49
There it is, the old Nathan Mania.
49:52
By the way, go check out the Hulkamania documentary.
49:54
It is sensational. I watched all four of them.
49:57
If you're a Hulk Hulk Hogan fan, which I am growing up, it's sad.
50:02
But if you see the back end of what has happened in his career
50:05
and and how it like transitioned from one to the other and him
50:08
passing away at the age of 71, it's a horrible thing.
50:10
But it was a very good documentary.
50:13
So go check it out on Netflix. Netflix should be giving us some
50:17
some. Sponsors.
50:17
Yeah, you just free puppies. I'm doing it crazy.
50:20
I mean, I'm helping out of here. Yeah, that's a product.
50:26
Can't wait mine. Warren is a man.
50:29
Make sure you go watch it. Binge watch it.
50:32
I'm not binge. Watching it, I watched it one
50:34
time. Why am I binge watching it?
50:37
I watched it once. I don't watch things over and
50:39
over and over again, by the way. But anyways, go check it out.
50:43
And by the way, what? Who do we have on next week, by
50:45
the way? All right, I keep saying, by the
50:47
way, I'm a little tired. Yeah.
50:48
I know Thursday at 8:20 was matter of World Peace that we're
50:52
going to have on. That's right.
50:55
And Monday was a Monday was a baseball.
50:57
Let me get that for you right, Ken Davidoff, who actually wrote
51:00
some books, I believe he writes, I want to say he writes for the
51:03
Athletic or someone of the one of the big sites I don't
51:06
remember he'll be on at. 820, It's the Athletic and it's
51:09
Davidoff. Yeah, it's the Athletic new.
51:11
York Times, Yeah, New. York Times.
51:14
OK, well, New York Times owns The Athletic, Yes.
51:17
It's the athletic. I know because I've met Davidoff
51:21
years ago, so, but he's a great writer and metal World Peace
51:26
next week it's going to be great.
51:27
So all right, we got to go. It's tough.
51:30
Sorry, sorry to the Knicks fans tonight.
51:32
Oh, I'm sorry, that's. Another thing we never don't
51:34
worry. I know this says nothing about.
51:36
Going to go buy the. Tickets but I just wanted.
51:38
To I already told you. Condolences to the Knicks.
51:42
Condolences. Here in Atlanta and we'll we'll
51:45
make sure that we keep the light off all right.
51:46
Q Now you got to buy the tickets and if if the Knicks come back,
51:49
you'll. Be a mom.
51:50
He knows the Knicks are. Coming back for next week, Who?
51:53
Knows the Knicks are coming back.
51:55
Yeah, let's do it now. Let's shoot it around.
51:56
Come. Back, you'll be a meme.
51:58
He knows the Knicks are coming. Hey, and speedy and and, and
52:01
make sure you you know, comfort your man early tonight because
52:05
his MVP is getting blown out as well as we speak so.
52:08
Who's my MVP? Joker joker in warp right now
52:14
and you you know he's been all his more miserable Denver so
52:19
speedy, you got a got another job ahead of you tonight
52:25
irrelevant care care for his emotions you're.
52:28
Not naming them. Let's go.
52:30
No, let's stop, man. Stop playing with your tools.
52:33
All right, stop playing with yourself.
52:34
All right, that's it for a show. Ladies and gentlemen, I got to
52:37
go. Goodnight, The worldwide sports
52:41
radio network. Radio Network.