1 00:00:10,800 --> 00:00:12,400 This is on leash. Are you listening? 2 00:00:12,400 --> 00:00:13,360 Can you hear me? Hear me. 3 00:00:13,360 --> 00:00:14,960 This is on leash. Are you listening? 4 00:00:14,960 --> 00:00:15,880 Can you hear me? Hear me. 5 00:00:15,920 --> 00:00:17,440 This is on leash. Are you listening? 6 00:00:17,440 --> 00:00:18,360 Can you hear me? Hear me. 7 00:00:18,360 --> 00:00:19,960 This is on leash. Are you listening? 8 00:00:19,960 --> 00:00:21,160 Can you hear me? This is on. 9 00:00:22,520 --> 00:00:28,000 Leash, are you listening? What's up, everybody? 10 00:00:28,000 --> 00:00:29,680 BT Unleashed. I'm fired up today, man. 11 00:00:29,680 --> 00:00:33,520 I'm fired up today because I cannot wait to watch the Knicks 12 00:00:33,520 --> 00:00:35,160 tonight. Hey, listen, I got a memo for 13 00:00:35,160 --> 00:00:36,880 the Knicks. At this point, there's nowhere 14 00:00:36,880 --> 00:00:39,080 else to hide. The Giants made their move. 15 00:00:39,320 --> 00:00:43,320 The Giants were in the headlines for a good month or so. 16 00:00:43,320 --> 00:00:45,480 Who are they going to hire? Then they get horrible. 17 00:00:45,480 --> 00:00:49,160 Then the press focus on the Giants, the Yankees and the Mets 18 00:00:49,160 --> 00:00:52,280 moves and everything that they did focus on the Yankees and the 19 00:00:52,280 --> 00:00:54,320 Mets. Obviously, it's a little bit of 20 00:00:54,320 --> 00:00:56,000 a dead spot here in the sports period. 21 00:00:56,000 --> 00:00:58,720 If you're into the Olympics, all that, by the way, Team USA, wow, 22 00:00:58,720 --> 00:01:01,520 I was getting a little dicey there for all coming back and 23 00:01:01,520 --> 00:01:03,160 scoring those two late. Good job by them. 24 00:01:03,520 --> 00:01:06,440 But there's really not a ton going on unless you're a devout 25 00:01:06,440 --> 00:01:08,360 Knick fan, because now it's time to get some answers. 26 00:01:08,360 --> 00:01:10,560 There's nowhere to hide. You can't duck the smoke. 27 00:01:10,600 --> 00:01:13,640 I like, I want to see what the Knicks have because tonight at 28 00:01:13,640 --> 00:01:16,080 Madison Square Garden, you're facing the team. 29 00:01:16,080 --> 00:01:18,760 Granted, no Isaiah Stewart, which things to grant that no 30 00:01:18,760 --> 00:01:21,360 Jalen Duran, which which actually, I wish that they were 31 00:01:21,360 --> 00:01:24,240 playing actually. But tonight the Knicks have had 32 00:01:24,240 --> 00:01:26,480 a couple of days off. I know about Cat and I know 33 00:01:26,480 --> 00:01:31,160 about Brunson obviously playing, but I want to see what these 34 00:01:31,160 --> 00:01:33,280 Knicks are made of because let's call for what it is. 35 00:01:33,280 --> 00:01:34,920 They're not catching the Detroit Pistons. 36 00:01:35,200 --> 00:01:39,840 So in that regard, it's already, it's already a less than season, 37 00:01:39,920 --> 00:01:41,760 regular season. It's already disappointing. 38 00:01:41,960 --> 00:01:45,160 Like if I told you before the start of the season with the 39 00:01:45,160 --> 00:01:47,480 additions to the bench and all the things that the Knicks did 40 00:01:47,720 --> 00:01:51,160 and based on how they finished a year ago, that the Knicks in 41 00:01:51,240 --> 00:01:54,280 middle, that was slightly past the midpoint of February, The 42 00:01:54,280 --> 00:01:58,400 Knicks would be not one, not 2, not 3 and a four to six games 43 00:01:58,400 --> 00:02:01,360 behind the young Pistons. And I, I've got a lot of respect 44 00:02:01,360 --> 00:02:03,720 for the Pistons. Knicks need to start respect to 45 00:02:03,720 --> 00:02:05,760 the Pistons because it doesn't seem like they take them very 46 00:02:05,760 --> 00:02:08,600 seriously. And every time the Pistons show 47 00:02:08,600 --> 00:02:11,120 up to face the Knicks, they absolutely swat them. 48 00:02:11,360 --> 00:02:13,400 They swat them like a family at the BBQ. 49 00:02:13,400 --> 00:02:17,800 I don't think Detroit has any sort of fear or reluctance. 50 00:02:17,800 --> 00:02:20,080 I think they're actually salva salivating. 51 00:02:20,320 --> 00:02:22,520 I think they would love to play the Knicks in the playoffs. 52 00:02:22,520 --> 00:02:25,200 And quite frankly, I I don't know that the Knicks share that 53 00:02:25,200 --> 00:02:28,280 enthusiasm or that confidence. It's got to start changing 54 00:02:28,280 --> 00:02:30,400 tonight. All right, you got Alvarado, you 55 00:02:30,400 --> 00:02:32,880 got Sohan. Mike Brown said Sohan's going to 56 00:02:32,880 --> 00:02:34,440 play. Can't wait to see what he's got. 57 00:02:34,760 --> 00:02:37,200 Unfortunately, it's going to be at the expense of the aura. 58 00:02:37,200 --> 00:02:40,400 OK, we could deal with that, but it's not only the Pistons like 59 00:02:40,400 --> 00:02:43,760 you, we we have to understand here the Boston Celtics. 60 00:02:43,760 --> 00:02:46,160 Now, granted, it's only a half a game, it's not that big of a 61 00:02:46,160 --> 00:02:49,560 deal, but think about the perception when the great Jason 62 00:02:49,560 --> 00:02:52,600 Tatum went down and, and, and it sucks for the Celtics and it 63 00:02:52,600 --> 00:02:56,040 sucks for the NBA. And I would rather I, I, I just 64 00:02:56,040 --> 00:02:58,760 don't like seeing guys get hurt. I know some of you disagree with 65 00:02:58,760 --> 00:03:00,960 that. Hey, if your team benefits, 66 00:03:01,160 --> 00:03:03,840 that's fine. I, I don't like tempting the, 67 00:03:04,080 --> 00:03:07,600 the sporting gods in terms of fate and in terms of injury. 68 00:03:07,600 --> 00:03:09,200 So I'm never going to be one of those guys. 69 00:03:09,400 --> 00:03:10,960 Oh, so and so is out for the year. 70 00:03:11,200 --> 00:03:13,920 Oh, advantage Knicks or advantage Yankees or advantage 71 00:03:13,920 --> 00:03:16,680 Mets or Jets. Like, I don't know, maybe it's a 72 00:03:16,680 --> 00:03:20,280 little different in the NFL. Like if a guy twist his ankle or 73 00:03:20,280 --> 00:03:22,360 he pulls A hamstring and he can't play the next week, I'm 74 00:03:22,360 --> 00:03:25,480 like, all right, that's not bad. But that's different when you 75 00:03:25,480 --> 00:03:28,280 actually root for injury. And I know that some of you do. 76 00:03:28,560 --> 00:03:31,560 And it drives me nuts. Matter of fact, I, I remember 77 00:03:33,080 --> 00:03:35,240 was it who that I don't think it was Tatum. 78 00:03:35,520 --> 00:03:37,800 Somebody went there as a no, it was a couple of years ago. 79 00:03:37,800 --> 00:03:42,440 He was only like 7 or 8 and my son was got, he got a little 80 00:03:42,440 --> 00:03:46,600 excited that somebody got hurt. And I'm like, whoa, whoa, whoa. 81 00:03:46,600 --> 00:03:49,320 You, you're, you're just starting your athletic career. 82 00:03:49,320 --> 00:03:50,480 You'll be playing a lot of games. 83 00:03:50,680 --> 00:03:52,960 We don't do that in this house. We don't root for injury. 84 00:03:52,960 --> 00:03:55,520 And he, it's funny how quickly he changed. 85 00:03:55,520 --> 00:03:58,200 So now when somebody goes down, even if it's like St. 86 00:03:58,200 --> 00:04:01,360 John's playing somebody or one of the teams that he obviously 87 00:04:01,360 --> 00:04:03,400 roots for, he always says, I hope that's up. 88 00:04:03,400 --> 00:04:05,600 So that that's what we preach in this house. 89 00:04:05,600 --> 00:04:07,560 I think anything other than that is very weak. 90 00:04:07,560 --> 00:04:11,800 And again, you tempting fate anyway when when Tatum went 91 00:04:11,800 --> 00:04:14,360 down, right? As much as it stinks for the 92 00:04:14,360 --> 00:04:16,200 NBA, you want your stars to be out there. 93 00:04:16,600 --> 00:04:19,440 Can somebody explain to me, even though it's only a half a game, 94 00:04:19,480 --> 00:04:21,920 how the Knicks are looking up at the Celtics in the standings? 95 00:04:22,240 --> 00:04:24,120 Can somebody explain to me why that's happening? 96 00:04:24,400 --> 00:04:27,640 So you look right now, they're they're pretty jumbled. 97 00:04:27,640 --> 00:04:28,840 They're not catching the Pistons. 98 00:04:28,840 --> 00:04:31,480 As I said, I don't really know where they're going to finish. 99 00:04:31,560 --> 00:04:34,320 I would say probably second, maybe third. 100 00:04:34,560 --> 00:04:37,440 But I think you've even got to be careful and watch out for the 101 00:04:37,440 --> 00:04:40,520 Cavaliers, who are right now a game behind the New York Knicks. 102 00:04:40,520 --> 00:04:45,000 So Pistons up six, Celtics 5 1/2 back at Detroit, Knicks, 1/2 a 103 00:04:45,000 --> 00:04:48,040 game back at the Celtics and the Cavaliers 1/2 a game behind the 104 00:04:48,040 --> 00:04:50,560 Knicks. And the way this is gone so far, 105 00:04:50,560 --> 00:04:53,520 it's just been ugly, man, Unacceptable. 106 00:04:53,680 --> 00:04:56,720 When you've got the resources that you have, when you've had 107 00:04:56,720 --> 00:05:00,320 the the playoff success the Knicks have had as a group, when 108 00:05:00,320 --> 00:05:04,240 you've got the, you know, the allotment, the sheer volume of a 109 00:05:04,240 --> 00:05:09,760 very, very good basketball players to just get absolutely 110 00:05:09,960 --> 00:05:13,240 throttled not once but twice by the Pistons. 111 00:05:13,440 --> 00:05:16,080 I got to see something tonight. Garden's going to be on fire. 112 00:05:16,240 --> 00:05:18,560 It's message time. And I really listen. 113 00:05:18,560 --> 00:05:20,680 I don't say that about the NBA at all. 114 00:05:20,920 --> 00:05:24,040 I'm not an NBA alarmist. I understand the flow of the 115 00:05:24,040 --> 00:05:26,440 regular season. I'm not saying that there aren't 116 00:05:26,440 --> 00:05:29,120 some games where there's a, a little bit more focus. 117 00:05:29,400 --> 00:05:32,440 What I really have said over the years is that depending upon the 118 00:05:32,440 --> 00:05:35,880 team and, and depending upon the year, there's probably 7 or 8 119 00:05:35,880 --> 00:05:37,760 games that you really need to pay attention to. 120 00:05:38,080 --> 00:05:39,720 Like if you're a fan of a certain team. 121 00:05:39,720 --> 00:05:43,440 Like, you know, back in the day when Steph and Clay and the 122 00:05:43,440 --> 00:05:45,880 Warriors were humming, like, all right, let's see how they do 123 00:05:45,880 --> 00:05:48,720 against the Rockets with Harden and that crew, you know, the 124 00:05:48,720 --> 00:05:51,640 Knicks and the Bulls, Knicks in the Heat, Knicks and the Pacers 125 00:05:51,640 --> 00:05:53,600 back in the day. But right now it's Knicks and 126 00:05:53,600 --> 00:05:57,400 Pistons. And if it was like one one or 127 00:05:58,080 --> 00:06:00,600 Knicks had won the first two games or really even if the 128 00:06:00,600 --> 00:06:03,960 Knicks had lost the first two games, but it was very close, I 129 00:06:03,960 --> 00:06:05,680 think I would process this differently. 130 00:06:05,920 --> 00:06:08,280 This is about gut checkpoint. This is pride. 131 00:06:08,560 --> 00:06:11,840 Now, one thing I real, I thought it was time for Tom Thibodeau to 132 00:06:11,840 --> 00:06:13,720 go. I'm on the record with that. 133 00:06:13,720 --> 00:06:15,240 I've said that. I said that. 134 00:06:15,240 --> 00:06:19,120 As a matter of fact, I was saying that during points of 135 00:06:19,120 --> 00:06:21,240 last year and even the year before. 136 00:06:21,480 --> 00:06:23,240 And I may have jumped the gun on it a little bit. 137 00:06:23,360 --> 00:06:26,480 And Tom did a really good job. It's not to drag Tom Thibodeau, 138 00:06:27,000 --> 00:06:29,200 but I can promise you because I'm going to compliment them. 139 00:06:29,200 --> 00:06:32,160 Now, one thing that I know for sure, while I think that the 140 00:06:32,160 --> 00:06:35,240 ceiling certainly offensively and the stats bear that out, 141 00:06:35,640 --> 00:06:38,720 could be better for the Knicks as they move forward, especially 142 00:06:38,720 --> 00:06:42,080 as you include the new additions with Alvarez and and and and 143 00:06:42,080 --> 00:06:48,200 Sohan and but but I don't necessarily know that the Knicks 144 00:06:48,200 --> 00:06:50,520 are going to receive the marching orders from their coach 145 00:06:50,520 --> 00:06:53,720 because Mike Brown and I respect this for MM went out and said 146 00:06:53,920 --> 00:06:56,760 paraphrase, Yo, it's it's it's it's not a punch back here. 147 00:06:56,760 --> 00:06:58,760 Like enough is enough. They you know, they they 148 00:06:58,760 --> 00:07:02,040 basically dismantled us here. So it's a big game And and I 149 00:07:02,040 --> 00:07:05,000 like that Mike Brown did that. I think the Knicks will play 150 00:07:05,000 --> 00:07:06,680 really hard. I think the Knicks will win 151 00:07:06,680 --> 00:07:08,800 that, especially with the two players missing for Detroit. 152 00:07:09,080 --> 00:07:12,800 But I know that if Tom Thibodeau was coaching tonight, the Knicks 153 00:07:12,800 --> 00:07:17,200 would unequivocally, absolutely, no questions asked, be ready to 154 00:07:17,240 --> 00:07:20,440 compete tonight. They have played the Pistons 155 00:07:20,480 --> 00:07:22,760 twice. They lost by 31. 156 00:07:23,000 --> 00:07:27,520 They lost by 38 the two games. Now, OG wasn't there. 157 00:07:27,520 --> 00:07:30,120 Cat, I get it. Understood. 158 00:07:30,360 --> 00:07:33,240 Figure it out and don't lose by almost 40. 159 00:07:33,240 --> 00:07:36,560 I mean, if you lose by 6 without your second best player, OK, I 160 00:07:36,560 --> 00:07:39,800 can understand that. But then the other thing too, is 161 00:07:39,800 --> 00:07:42,360 that not only did they get absolutely mopped in those two 162 00:07:42,360 --> 00:07:45,600 games, but those two games against the Detroit Pistons 163 00:07:45,600 --> 00:07:50,000 represent the two lowest offensive output totals for any 164 00:07:50,000 --> 00:07:52,840 game this year. So like the Pistons right now, 165 00:07:53,120 --> 00:07:55,600 I, I just honestly, I think that the Pistons think that the 166 00:07:55,600 --> 00:07:59,520 Knicks are soft because there's a lot of me up until Alvarado 167 00:07:59,520 --> 00:08:02,240 was brought here and you know, I like the Sohan. 168 00:08:02,320 --> 00:08:03,920 I mean, listen, 10 teams wanted him. 169 00:08:03,920 --> 00:08:06,320 So I, I'm very happy that he's here. 170 00:08:06,560 --> 00:08:09,960 And I do think that they'll morph into a tougher team as the 171 00:08:09,960 --> 00:08:11,520 year goes up. But you know how I feel about 172 00:08:11,520 --> 00:08:12,920 Cat. You know how I feel about 173 00:08:12,920 --> 00:08:16,880 brought about about bridges terms of floating, you know, no 174 00:08:16,880 --> 00:08:20,480 real personality on the team. A lot of guys who are fairly 175 00:08:20,480 --> 00:08:23,960 quiet and don't really project any sort of edge. 176 00:08:23,960 --> 00:08:25,960 And that that's going to change with the two guys they brought 177 00:08:25,960 --> 00:08:28,680 in and that's really good. And then it will allow the other 178 00:08:28,680 --> 00:08:32,039 guys to just do their job without having to be that guy to 179 00:08:32,039 --> 00:08:35,039 inject whatever into whatever needs to be injected too. 180 00:08:35,280 --> 00:08:37,480 So you're damn right that I'm looking forward to this game. 181 00:08:37,480 --> 00:08:40,000 I won't hear it. Like if the Knicks lose tonight, 182 00:08:40,000 --> 00:08:42,760 that's a massive problem. And by the way, even if the 183 00:08:42,760 --> 00:08:46,000 Knicks win tonight, I don't necessarily think that it's a 184 00:08:46,000 --> 00:08:50,280 foreshadow of of things to come in terms of a Knicks Pistons 185 00:08:50,280 --> 00:08:52,160 matchup. Like, let me ask you this. 186 00:08:52,800 --> 00:08:57,080 Let's say now it obviously wouldn't be round one, but let's 187 00:08:57,080 --> 00:09:01,200 say let's say the Knicks fall to the four seed, right? 188 00:09:01,200 --> 00:09:03,920 And it's possible they're a game up on the Cavs, as I said, and 189 00:09:03,920 --> 00:09:06,320 they're playing the Pistons in Round 2. 190 00:09:06,480 --> 00:09:08,360 So instead of playing them in the round one like they did a 191 00:09:08,360 --> 00:09:10,200 year ago, they got them in Round 2. 192 00:09:10,480 --> 00:09:14,120 Based on what we've seen so far #1 Pistons have the homecourt, 193 00:09:14,240 --> 00:09:18,000 who's Vegas favoring? Vegas is favoring the Detroit 194 00:09:18,000 --> 00:09:21,520 Pistons, and rightfully so. I mean, we can, I mean, you can 195 00:09:21,520 --> 00:09:22,440 sit here. I'm not going to do it. 196 00:09:22,720 --> 00:09:26,000 But I say we just to, you know, make it a collective Nick 197 00:09:26,000 --> 00:09:28,840 fanbase thing. We could sit here with the 198 00:09:28,840 --> 00:09:32,120 orange and blue pom poms. Ah, Brunson's a killer. 199 00:09:32,240 --> 00:09:34,680 Brunson's going to figure out cats going to start. 200 00:09:34,680 --> 00:09:37,600 You know, I know he's rebounding well, but cattle, anal business 201 00:09:37,600 --> 00:09:39,800 cattle get it done. This guy will do that. 202 00:09:40,040 --> 00:09:42,960 You know, you got to see it. So it's not I don't have any 203 00:09:42,960 --> 00:09:48,600 blind faith in the Knicks. I don't now to contrast that 204 00:09:48,600 --> 00:09:51,440 into to weave something else in one of the topics we've had 205 00:09:51,440 --> 00:09:56,400 recently, do I have blind faith in the Yankees basically year to 206 00:09:56,400 --> 00:09:58,800 year to find a way to make the playoffs? 207 00:09:58,800 --> 00:10:02,120 I do I do now, I don't have any blind faith that they're going 208 00:10:02,120 --> 00:10:04,880 to win the World Series. But there's a different level. 209 00:10:04,880 --> 00:10:06,400 And of course the Knicks will make the playoffs. 210 00:10:06,400 --> 00:10:10,840 But for me, there's a different a much different level of equity 211 00:10:11,080 --> 00:10:13,240 within the Yankees, like they've earned that. 212 00:10:13,480 --> 00:10:14,920 The Knicks really haven't earned that yet. 213 00:10:15,280 --> 00:10:18,560 And you know, I, I would, I would look at it this way. 214 00:10:19,000 --> 00:10:22,800 I think a better example is like, OK, and I know that the 215 00:10:22,800 --> 00:10:25,080 Yankees have made some moves and all the other teams in the East 216 00:10:25,080 --> 00:10:28,360 have made some moves. I the Yankees need to show me, 217 00:10:28,560 --> 00:10:31,360 forget about the Red Sox and the Tigers and the Orioles and the 218 00:10:31,360 --> 00:10:32,880 other team. Forget about them for a minute. 219 00:10:33,120 --> 00:10:36,560 The Yankees need to demonstrate to me that they can go on a 220 00:10:36,560 --> 00:10:40,720 field with Toronto and beat them because the way the Toronto Blue 221 00:10:40,720 --> 00:10:43,920 Jays slapped them around last year, that's where I'm not 222 00:10:43,920 --> 00:10:45,600 looking to cash in the equity. Right. 223 00:10:45,840 --> 00:10:49,400 And it's beginning to apply the same way to the Knicks in the 224 00:10:49,400 --> 00:10:50,600 Pistons. Yeah, of course. 225 00:10:50,600 --> 00:10:52,120 I believe the Knicks would be very good company. 226 00:10:52,600 --> 00:10:55,920 You know, I said like 54 wins, whatever my whatever my number 227 00:10:55,920 --> 00:10:59,120 was with Sal on the fan. I, I think I said, I think 228 00:10:59,120 --> 00:11:02,440 initially I said 60, yeah. And then I, I walked that back 229 00:11:02,440 --> 00:11:05,200 very fast. I may have even settled on 56 or 230 00:11:05,200 --> 00:11:06,600 57. I don't think that they get 231 00:11:06,600 --> 00:11:09,240 there, but the faith was there that the Knicks would be really 232 00:11:09,240 --> 00:11:14,520 good this year and they're good. But like that's that's the bare 233 00:11:14,520 --> 00:11:17,760 minimum expectation. This is championship robust and 234 00:11:17,760 --> 00:11:20,200 the Knicks have been able because of all the other 235 00:11:20,200 --> 00:11:23,200 storylines going on in our city and there's always a ton of 236 00:11:23,200 --> 00:11:25,000 them. Knicks have been kind of pushed 237 00:11:25,000 --> 00:11:27,480 to the side of the road a little bit and we'll get to the Knicks 238 00:11:27,480 --> 00:11:28,680 when it's time to get to the Knicks. 239 00:11:28,680 --> 00:11:31,440 Well, I got news for everybody. That's what I'm saying today. 240 00:11:31,640 --> 00:11:34,640 It's now officially time to get to the Knicks. 241 00:11:34,760 --> 00:11:36,800 What are you made of? What do you have? 242 00:11:36,920 --> 00:11:39,400 What's the ceiling? Where we going now? 243 00:11:39,400 --> 00:11:44,400 We start to I, I am beginning now, starting tonight to dissect 244 00:11:44,400 --> 00:11:47,600 the Knicks on a night to night basis. 245 00:11:47,920 --> 00:11:50,400 You know, because they've got 2 new players, which means a 246 00:11:50,400 --> 00:11:53,800 different rotation, which means we're past the halfway point, 247 00:11:53,960 --> 00:11:57,200 All Star games in the rearview mirror, Mike Brown said, yeah, 248 00:11:57,360 --> 00:12:00,080 we should take this personally. We need to show pride tonight. 249 00:12:00,360 --> 00:12:02,680 I'm going to see. We're going to learn a lot not 250 00:12:02,680 --> 00:12:05,280 just about tonight, but about the other match ups that the 251 00:12:05,280 --> 00:12:07,600 Knicks have the rest of the way. So I can't against good teams. 252 00:12:07,760 --> 00:12:09,520 Can't wait. I'm not going to get wrapped up. 253 00:12:09,520 --> 00:12:12,520 You know, the, the Hornets or, and while it did bother me when 254 00:12:12,520 --> 00:12:15,200 they lost to the Pacers before the All Star breakdown, when 255 00:12:15,200 --> 00:12:19,040 they went to all, when they went to overtime and Indy, you know, 256 00:12:19,040 --> 00:12:21,360 without their best player, one of the best players in the NBA, 257 00:12:21,360 --> 00:12:24,040 Halliburton, one of the best, kind of one of the best, but 258 00:12:24,040 --> 00:12:26,560 certainly their best and a thorn in the Knicks side. 259 00:12:26,800 --> 00:12:28,840 And you go to overtime. Let's wake up. 260 00:12:28,840 --> 00:12:32,200 You let the slumbering Pacers team, you know, walk into the 261 00:12:32,200 --> 00:12:35,400 Garden and have their way. And somehow you find yourself in 262 00:12:35,400 --> 00:12:38,680 the game here and you get to overtime, You get this reprieve, 263 00:12:38,680 --> 00:12:41,840 you get this last second respite when Cat hits the couple of free 264 00:12:41,840 --> 00:12:44,560 throws to give you 5 extra minutes and you don't show up. 265 00:12:44,560 --> 00:12:47,000 You get outscored 9 zip. Like to me, that's a character 266 00:12:47,000 --> 00:12:49,720 flaw. That's where a team that I've 267 00:12:49,720 --> 00:12:53,120 got supreme confidence in would say, all right, let's let's stop 268 00:12:53,120 --> 00:12:56,200 messing around here, guys. You know, we had four quarters, 269 00:12:56,200 --> 00:12:58,760 we've been in a coma. We got the extra session. 270 00:12:58,760 --> 00:13:00,240 Let's go to work, let's school them. 271 00:13:00,240 --> 00:13:02,840 Didn't happen. It was the exact opposite. 272 00:13:03,160 --> 00:13:08,280 So I, I really don't think and this is a guest and I want to 273 00:13:08,280 --> 00:13:10,120 get some of the comments obviously got some other stuff 274 00:13:10,120 --> 00:13:12,520 for you want to say about my chat with Sal last night. 275 00:13:12,520 --> 00:13:15,080 Had a good time with Sal on his YouTube show. 276 00:13:15,760 --> 00:13:18,400 Stan Van Gundy said something interesting, although I think 277 00:13:18,400 --> 00:13:22,640 it's and that's kind of code for idiotic, but I'll get to that 278 00:13:22,840 --> 00:13:26,400 about rearranging really overhauling the NBA draft. 279 00:13:26,400 --> 00:13:28,280 They got a little something for last night's Saint John's game 280 00:13:28,280 --> 00:13:31,360 as well, but it's mostly a nick day here because think about 281 00:13:31,360 --> 00:13:33,400 this guy's horrible has been hired. 282 00:13:33,400 --> 00:13:36,160 He has been introduced. I know the draft is coming and 283 00:13:36,160 --> 00:13:38,600 that's going to be massive content and I can't wait. 284 00:13:38,880 --> 00:13:41,280 You know, I'm, I'm matter of fact, I was reading a mock today 285 00:13:41,600 --> 00:13:43,600 and I complete maybe I'll do this a little bit tomorrow 286 00:13:43,600 --> 00:13:45,360 because I, I really want to focus on the Knicks today. 287 00:13:45,760 --> 00:13:50,680 But the, the pick that they had and really not only the pick 288 00:13:50,680 --> 00:13:52,280 because that that's less important. 289 00:13:52,480 --> 00:13:58,200 It's more about the direction. I disagreed with who what they 290 00:13:58,200 --> 00:14:01,600 had The Jets doing at two at 16 and the Giants at 5:00. 291 00:14:01,920 --> 00:14:03,680 So I'll do that a little bit more tomorrow. 292 00:14:03,920 --> 00:14:07,160 And, and the draft is going to overwhelm us and take over and 293 00:14:07,160 --> 00:14:09,160 the Yanks and the Mets spring training games. 294 00:14:09,160 --> 00:14:12,160 We get excited that it's the regular season, that it's 295 00:14:12,160 --> 00:14:14,800 Selection Sunday, before that the Big East tournament, and 296 00:14:14,960 --> 00:14:17,920 there's going to be other things that are going on that will at 297 00:14:17,920 --> 00:14:21,120 least partially obscure how we view these Knicks. 298 00:14:21,240 --> 00:14:24,960 Not today, not tomorrow. Like it's it's got to be go time 299 00:14:24,960 --> 00:14:27,880 here. They've got to realize that it's 300 00:14:27,880 --> 00:14:30,240 now time. This is about a championship. 301 00:14:30,560 --> 00:14:33,480 This is not about a little incremental baby steps. 302 00:14:33,680 --> 00:14:36,800 This is not about, oh, wow, what a cute little story. 303 00:14:36,960 --> 00:14:40,720 Tom Thibodeau came in, changed the culture, Julius Randall's 304 00:14:40,720 --> 00:14:44,520 bowling, a bunch of scrubs, you know, playing above their heads. 305 00:14:44,520 --> 00:14:48,440 And because it's COVID and the world spinning in a wacky way, 306 00:14:48,640 --> 00:14:51,440 not everybody's ready to play on a night to night basis. 307 00:14:51,440 --> 00:14:55,040 And one thing we know about the NBA, if you bring the energy and 308 00:14:55,040 --> 00:14:58,200 you play with some pride and purpose defensively, an average 309 00:14:58,200 --> 00:15:01,000 team can elevate themselves, which really isn't the case in 310 00:15:01,000 --> 00:15:04,280 football and baseball. But it's very apparent in the 311 00:15:04,280 --> 00:15:06,960 NBA that we're not talking about that that COVID season. 312 00:15:06,960 --> 00:15:10,680 We're not talking about, you know, a return to competence by 313 00:15:10,680 --> 00:15:14,200 the Knicks. We are talking about the the 314 00:15:14,200 --> 00:15:18,600 ability or the inability for the Knicks to deliver what they are 315 00:15:18,600 --> 00:15:22,400 finally supposed to deliver. You got the roster, you got the 316 00:15:22,400 --> 00:15:25,840 superstar, you got the depth, the circumstances are in your 317 00:15:25,840 --> 00:15:27,480 favor. Figure it out. 318 00:15:27,920 --> 00:15:31,800 Like everything you've been handed this on a golden platter. 319 00:15:32,320 --> 00:15:33,920 Really. Next year's not going to be this 320 00:15:33,920 --> 00:15:35,520 way. Tatum's going to be back. 321 00:15:35,720 --> 00:15:40,200 Other teams will recalibrate. You know, it's it is what it is. 322 00:15:40,320 --> 00:15:43,080 Some of the players that Nick's picked up, they're expiring 323 00:15:43,080 --> 00:15:44,840 contracts. Who knows if they're back. 324 00:15:45,040 --> 00:15:46,480 We got to get this thing cooking. 325 00:15:46,840 --> 00:15:49,160 I like the Knicks. Not what I mean as a fan. 326 00:15:49,160 --> 00:15:50,800 I love the Knicks. You know that I love the Knicks. 327 00:15:50,800 --> 00:15:52,480 I'm a massive Knick fan, always will be. 328 00:15:52,880 --> 00:15:56,480 But what I said a while ago, and and I stand by this, they've got 329 00:15:56,480 --> 00:15:58,360 to prove me. It's not up to me change my 330 00:15:58,360 --> 00:16:01,040 opinion on the Knicks. It's up to the Knicks to force 331 00:16:01,040 --> 00:16:03,280 me to change my opinion on the Knicks. 332 00:16:03,400 --> 00:16:06,920 The onus is on them. It's incumbent upon them to do 333 00:16:06,920 --> 00:16:08,600 that. Not just for me, because I don't 334 00:16:08,600 --> 00:16:11,800 think I'm alone here. It's up to them to do it for us 335 00:16:12,080 --> 00:16:14,920 because second round ain't going to cut it getting better that I 336 00:16:14,920 --> 00:16:16,600 mean, forget about it. If they get bounced in the 337 00:16:16,600 --> 00:16:19,440 second round, Mike Brown's got to go next, all right? 338 00:16:19,680 --> 00:16:22,280 If they lose in the in the Eastern Conference Finals, not 339 00:16:22,280 --> 00:16:24,960 good enough, not good enough. And if it's not incredibly 340 00:16:24,960 --> 00:16:29,080 competitive, then Mike Brown's got to go bare minimum NBA 341 00:16:29,080 --> 00:16:31,400 Finals. That's what this is all about. 342 00:16:31,640 --> 00:16:35,320 It's been built out for the money, the contracts, the 343 00:16:35,320 --> 00:16:38,880 position, the roster, interchangeability, if you will. 344 00:16:39,080 --> 00:16:41,280 All the you got rid of the previous coach. 345 00:16:41,440 --> 00:16:42,800 You brought some anybody else in? 346 00:16:42,920 --> 00:16:45,200 Let's see it. And it's got to start tonight. 347 00:16:45,560 --> 00:16:47,800 So yeah, I'm revved up. Can't wait for the game. 348 00:16:48,120 --> 00:16:51,200 Now let's get some of these some of these texts cranked in here. 349 00:16:51,200 --> 00:16:53,240 I'll pull my Guy J Rod in a moment, see what he's up to 350 00:16:53,240 --> 00:16:55,600 today. See if he's awake at Omar 351 00:16:55,640 --> 00:16:57,120 Yousef. Omar, what's going on? 352 00:16:57,440 --> 00:16:59,480 Crazy to think how far we've come with the Knicks. 353 00:16:59,480 --> 00:17:02,160 Yeah. And I'm very appreciative of the 354 00:17:02,160 --> 00:17:04,040 steps that we've taken with the Knicks. 355 00:17:04,040 --> 00:17:05,680 Now what list? You got to understand this. 356 00:17:06,200 --> 00:17:09,760 And there are a lot of people I won't name names. 357 00:17:10,160 --> 00:17:13,599 I mean, I could, but I won't. I won't be that guy. 358 00:17:13,640 --> 00:17:18,160 I'm I'm really not that guy. There are a lot of people in our 359 00:17:18,160 --> 00:17:23,599 business that all those years that the Knicks were wretched, 360 00:17:23,880 --> 00:17:27,319 they didn't watch the Knicks. And it like some of these people 361 00:17:27,319 --> 00:17:30,040 don't even pretend that they watched the Knicks. 362 00:17:30,080 --> 00:17:34,440 They checked out all the Knicks. I never did and I never will. 363 00:17:35,040 --> 00:17:37,800 Right. Whether it was Van Horn's teams 364 00:17:37,800 --> 00:17:42,920 or Eddie Curry and Jerome James and Moreberry and Q, Rich and 365 00:17:42,920 --> 00:17:48,320 Jamal and Nate or other iterations with with not MP. 366 00:17:48,320 --> 00:17:51,000 What the what the hell is that? What was the point guard, that 367 00:17:51,080 --> 00:17:53,240 Alpha Payton? What was that dude's name? 368 00:17:53,680 --> 00:17:54,880 He stunk. What was it? 369 00:17:55,680 --> 00:17:58,640 The New Orleans Noel team? Alfred Payton. 370 00:17:58,880 --> 00:18:00,600 Alfred Payton I. Don't know why I had Gary 371 00:18:00,600 --> 00:18:01,760 Payton. I had all sorts of that. 372 00:18:01,880 --> 00:18:04,080 I had Joel and beat in my head late night. 373 00:18:04,080 --> 00:18:06,680 I was late night. Well, it was a busy night last 374 00:18:06,680 --> 00:18:09,000 night for me Looked like fun. It was so. 375 00:18:09,000 --> 00:18:14,160 Check this out right, so and it's not a complaint, it's just 376 00:18:14,160 --> 00:18:18,160 it's just an observation. So yeah, I do the show, I do the 377 00:18:18,160 --> 00:18:19,960 post game, rap, whatever. It's a workout day. 378 00:18:19,960 --> 00:18:22,160 So I get a good lift in the basement just trying to, you 379 00:18:22,160 --> 00:18:26,560 know, feel good and I do that. And then we had baseball 380 00:18:26,560 --> 00:18:28,640 practice at 4:30 for one of my son's team. 381 00:18:28,680 --> 00:18:30,080 This is the one team that I coach, right? 382 00:18:30,240 --> 00:18:33,520 His travel team locally in town. Love the kids, good team. 383 00:18:33,800 --> 00:18:36,400 We're, you know, just God, I'm going to miss coaching these 384 00:18:36,400 --> 00:18:38,680 kids because they're, they're a year older than him. 385 00:18:38,760 --> 00:18:43,080 And it, you know, eventually the, the lead that we're in ages 386 00:18:43,080 --> 00:18:46,760 out and, and I've coached these kids since he was 6 and they 387 00:18:46,760 --> 00:18:47,800 were seven. God, I love him. 388 00:18:47,800 --> 00:18:52,520 But anyway, practice last night from 4:30 to 6:00 and then I get 389 00:18:52,520 --> 00:18:54,960 a text while I'm driving to practice for my wife. 390 00:18:55,200 --> 00:18:56,920 Hey, by the way, it's Ash Wednesday. 391 00:18:57,120 --> 00:19:02,360 There's a 7:00 Mass at so. And so I'm like, all right, I 392 00:19:02,360 --> 00:19:04,680 know I'm going to go right, Do it for the kids, do it for 393 00:19:04,680 --> 00:19:06,840 myself as well. Do it for my, do it for the 394 00:19:06,840 --> 00:19:09,560 family. So now I, it's funny, I run to 395 00:19:09,560 --> 00:19:12,400 church. Well, I come back from practice, 396 00:19:12,640 --> 00:19:16,720 do some more work, run to church, and now I'm when I was 397 00:19:16,720 --> 00:19:19,640 growing up, you just go in, you get hooked up with the ashes and 398 00:19:19,720 --> 00:19:20,800 it's over. That's that. 399 00:19:21,480 --> 00:19:23,160 This was an. Old, this was an hour mess. 400 00:19:23,160 --> 00:19:25,440 I would get what I mean, we're getting the messages, we're 401 00:19:25,440 --> 00:19:27,920 getting the the readings, we're getting 5 songs. 402 00:19:28,320 --> 00:19:32,200 I'm looking at my now I've got now I wouldn't care ordinarily, 403 00:19:32,200 --> 00:19:35,480 even though long messes, I, I do get a little frustrated when 404 00:19:35,480 --> 00:19:37,400 they're too long. But you know, honestly, it's one 405 00:19:37,400 --> 00:19:39,680 thing on a Sunday, it's another thing it's on it's a Wednesday 406 00:19:39,680 --> 00:19:41,920 night. So I also know that I've 407 00:19:41,920 --> 00:19:43,720 committed to go on South show at 8:00. 408 00:19:44,120 --> 00:19:47,440 So the Mass is at 7:00. So I get there, I'm like, I will 409 00:19:47,440 --> 00:19:50,080 be out of here in 1520 minutes, maybe 30, right. 410 00:19:50,520 --> 00:19:53,320 And we took two cars in case I had to leave early, which of 411 00:19:53,320 --> 00:19:56,280 course I had to, I'm looking at my, I'm looking at my phone, 412 00:19:56,760 --> 00:19:58,640 which I never do in church. I'm like, alright, we'll talk 413 00:19:58,640 --> 00:20:00,000 because I don't wear a watch day-to-day. 414 00:20:00,000 --> 00:20:02,320 That's my, that is my watch. I'm like, alright, it's 7:30. 415 00:20:02,320 --> 00:20:05,200 We got time and alright, 737. This guy hasn't even, they 416 00:20:05,320 --> 00:20:07,560 haven't even had the, the offering yet where you could 417 00:20:07,560 --> 00:20:09,280 donate to the church. Somebody's getting late. 418 00:20:10,080 --> 00:20:13,200 And the 742, my legs just start like I get, I get that nervous 419 00:20:13,200 --> 00:20:15,040 energy. My wife's like, it'll be fine, 420 00:20:15,040 --> 00:20:17,400 it'll be fine. Jen's like it'll be good, don't 421 00:20:17,400 --> 00:20:23,560 worry. 743-740-4745 I'm like, I got to go. 422 00:20:23,880 --> 00:20:27,120 So what I do is, and I really wanted to get the ashes. 423 00:20:27,120 --> 00:20:30,000 Like that's why I was there means something to me, right? 424 00:20:30,320 --> 00:20:33,880 So as now I'm I'm like, alright, guys, I got to go. 425 00:20:33,880 --> 00:20:36,120 I tell my son, my daughter, my wife, I'll see you at home. 426 00:20:36,520 --> 00:20:37,800 I walked to the back of the church. 427 00:20:38,000 --> 00:20:39,640 There's a woman packed. This was funny. 428 00:20:39,800 --> 00:20:42,480 There's a woman back there who's getting ready to take the tray 429 00:20:42,480 --> 00:20:44,560 to get the money. Like she's not the priest or 430 00:20:44,560 --> 00:20:46,400 pastor. She's not gonna necessarily do 431 00:20:46,400 --> 00:20:48,720 the ashes. She's just kind of a, a support. 432 00:20:49,040 --> 00:20:49,520 What? I don't know. 433 00:20:49,520 --> 00:20:51,480 I don't even know what she does. Whatever, but she's awesome, 434 00:20:51,480 --> 00:20:52,840 right. So I walk up to her. 435 00:20:52,840 --> 00:20:54,600 I said, hey, I've got to go to work. 436 00:20:54,880 --> 00:20:57,480 Is there any chance I could get, I could get the answers early 437 00:20:57,480 --> 00:20:58,760 because I know we're still 10 minutes out. 438 00:20:59,120 --> 00:21:01,640 No, I'm not going to tell her. Well, yeah, I got to jump on a 439 00:21:01,680 --> 00:21:05,040 YouTube show and, and I've got 9 minutes and my former partner, 440 00:21:05,520 --> 00:21:07,560 I've got to go to work. She's like, let me see what I 441 00:21:07,560 --> 00:21:10,400 can do. So they had like 5-5 pastors 442 00:21:10,400 --> 00:21:13,160 last night and they were all reading the the one, the main 443 00:21:13,160 --> 00:21:15,680 one who who we, we go to Christmas Eve, whatever. 444 00:21:16,160 --> 00:21:19,360 She's not reading. So she walks, it's up to him and 445 00:21:19,360 --> 00:21:21,760 evidently she's like, hey, you know, somebody got to go coming. 446 00:21:22,080 --> 00:21:23,640 He comes to the back of the church. 447 00:21:23,640 --> 00:21:27,400 He hooks me up with a little drive through, you know, go, you 448 00:21:27,400 --> 00:21:31,200 know, and then I run out, you know, and, and I, I walk in the 449 00:21:31,200 --> 00:21:35,920 door at like 756. I want to pour my and I don't, I 450 00:21:35,920 --> 00:21:37,560 don't drink during the week at all, but I'm like, you know, I 451 00:21:37,560 --> 00:21:39,960 want to have a little Scotch with Sal pour myself a little 452 00:21:39,960 --> 00:21:41,280 Scotch. I wanted to, you know, 453 00:21:41,280 --> 00:21:43,360 reposition the camera so we get a different look. 454 00:21:43,360 --> 00:21:46,760 I kind of, I kind of twisted it over over over that way, you 455 00:21:46,760 --> 00:21:49,160 know, liked it. Oh, good God almighty running 456 00:21:49,160 --> 00:21:50,880 around. Then Saint John starts at 9. 457 00:21:50,880 --> 00:21:52,200 I go to bed at 12. I'm up. 458 00:21:52,200 --> 00:21:55,520 I drive the kids to school. Holy shit, It's just a lot. 459 00:21:55,920 --> 00:21:58,000 It's been a lot. Wait till you get married, 460 00:21:58,000 --> 00:22:00,160 buddy. If, if you want to get married 461 00:22:00,160 --> 00:22:02,120 and if you want to have kids, wait. 462 00:22:02,400 --> 00:22:05,560 Now it's it's the best. There is nothing like it. 463 00:22:05,880 --> 00:22:09,040 But you never have a chance to breathe, especially if the kids 464 00:22:09,040 --> 00:22:10,760 are playing sports. You can't get a chance to 465 00:22:10,760 --> 00:22:12,920 breathe. We'll see. 466 00:22:12,920 --> 00:22:15,920 We'll see. Also on the Knicks, something I 467 00:22:15,920 --> 00:22:17,960 got to say. I mean, it's exciting. 468 00:22:18,320 --> 00:22:19,520 My my. Thing is. 469 00:22:19,800 --> 00:22:24,320 How how are people like you know, Shamit, obviously so Chan 470 00:22:24,320 --> 00:22:27,200 going to show up Alvarado now, by the way, everybody says. 471 00:22:27,200 --> 00:22:28,960 Sohan. I I. 472 00:22:28,960 --> 00:22:30,920 Know there's AC there and I'm not calling you out. 473 00:22:30,920 --> 00:22:33,480 I, I was a little confused myself to the point where I went 474 00:22:33,480 --> 00:22:35,320 back and I looked at old Spurs highlights. 475 00:22:35,560 --> 00:22:37,880 I remember him at Baylor's, as I told you, when the Knicks got 476 00:22:37,880 --> 00:22:41,280 him and but you see the Spurs twice a year with the Knicks 477 00:22:41,280 --> 00:22:44,440 here. So and when I looked and every 478 00:22:44,440 --> 00:22:47,080 time he scored a bucket or you know, hey, nice play by Sohan. 479 00:22:47,120 --> 00:22:49,400 So I'll just go with I'm pretty sure it's Sohan. 480 00:22:49,400 --> 00:22:51,640 But anyway, keep going. I wasn't sure either. 481 00:22:51,760 --> 00:22:54,400 I'll go off with Sohan. But yeah, I mean, I think this 482 00:22:54,400 --> 00:22:58,640 season is going to be 1 in like those moments where Cat is in 483 00:22:58,640 --> 00:23:01,440 foul trouble and Mitch Robinson needs to stand up. 484 00:23:01,440 --> 00:23:05,360 Like, that's really where these minutes are going to matter for, 485 00:23:05,400 --> 00:23:08,840 you know, Mitch, for Shamit. You know, those boys are going 486 00:23:08,840 --> 00:23:11,960 to be absolutely necessary to to make this happen. 487 00:23:12,080 --> 00:23:14,080 Well, they are. And I'll tell you, I do like 488 00:23:14,080 --> 00:23:15,160 what Mike Brown. Thank you for that. 489 00:23:15,160 --> 00:23:16,640 Jay Robbins, get some text up there, pal. 490 00:23:16,640 --> 00:23:20,160 I like what Mike Brown said and I like the approach that Mike is 491 00:23:20,160 --> 00:23:22,960 taking tonight where or at least for the next couple of weeks, 492 00:23:22,960 --> 00:23:25,640 whatever he's like, hey, you know, playoffs are coming. 493 00:23:25,680 --> 00:23:27,480 It's basically almost March 1st here. 494 00:23:27,640 --> 00:23:29,560 It's around the corner. Playoffs start the middle of 495 00:23:29,560 --> 00:23:32,440 April. I got to figure out Mike Brown 496 00:23:32,440 --> 00:23:35,720 knows what what kind of player so head is, but he's got to see 497 00:23:35,720 --> 00:23:38,320 how he works with whether you go with a small lineup with him at 498 00:23:38,320 --> 00:23:41,160 the five or him at the four. If you want to go big with 499 00:23:41,160 --> 00:23:44,520 certain spots with Mitch or Cat, like he's got got to understand 500 00:23:44,840 --> 00:23:46,880 how this is going to play out. He's got a, you know, the 501 00:23:46,960 --> 00:23:51,120 allocation of roles is going to be a very interesting juggle for 502 00:23:51,120 --> 00:23:54,400 Mike Brown. But that's one area I've got a 503 00:23:54,400 --> 00:23:57,800 lot more belief that he'll figure it out than somebody like 504 00:23:57,800 --> 00:24:00,120 Tom Thibodeau would have because Tom Thibodeau was just 505 00:24:00,120 --> 00:24:02,640 inflexible, which is one of the reasons why I thought it was 506 00:24:02,640 --> 00:24:05,560 time for the Knicks to move on. Again, no disrespect toward Tom. 507 00:24:05,840 --> 00:24:07,720 I'll always have great respect for Tom Thibodeau. 508 00:24:07,720 --> 00:24:10,160 He brought us back here. Not looking to bag on the guy, 509 00:24:10,160 --> 00:24:13,760 but the ceiling was a very important ceiling to me, a very 510 00:24:13,760 --> 00:24:16,120 important checkpoint. And he didn't involve, he didn't 511 00:24:16,120 --> 00:24:18,400 evolve like Kolek would have ever played. 512 00:24:18,400 --> 00:24:20,640 There were points this year Kolek was playing pretty well. 513 00:24:20,960 --> 00:24:24,640 You know what if he got so hand right, Let's say that they Tom's 514 00:24:24,640 --> 00:24:27,360 coaching and he got so in and he got Alvarado. 515 00:24:27,760 --> 00:24:30,080 I mean, I know both play defense, so maybe he would have 516 00:24:30,080 --> 00:24:32,640 been more willing to do it. But Deahuar is going to lose 517 00:24:32,640 --> 00:24:35,280 minutes and if Tom Pippa, which I'm fine with for now, even 518 00:24:35,280 --> 00:24:37,760 though he's played well and I like him, good second round 519 00:24:37,760 --> 00:24:39,240 pick. Deahuar could play. 520 00:24:39,560 --> 00:24:44,280 But like, if Tom's still here is he, would Diawara even got a 521 00:24:44,280 --> 00:24:46,160 chance to show that he's a viable player? 522 00:24:46,640 --> 00:24:48,760 My answer is no. So there's gonna be a lot of 523 00:24:48,760 --> 00:24:52,400 juggling and there's gonna have to be a swallowing by some of 524 00:24:52,400 --> 00:24:54,680 some egos. But in terms of minute 525 00:24:54,680 --> 00:24:56,760 distribution, some guys are going to get burned, at least in 526 00:24:56,760 --> 00:24:58,720 the short term. But you have to do it because 527 00:24:58,720 --> 00:25:01,200 you need to figure out what you have and you've got to kind of 528 00:25:01,200 --> 00:25:03,200 accept it's kind of like microwave chemistry. 529 00:25:03,520 --> 00:25:05,880 And, and I believe that they'll get there because I think that 530 00:25:05,880 --> 00:25:08,640 Brunson's a really good leader. Same with heart. 531 00:25:08,920 --> 00:25:11,200 You know, I think they've got good internal leadership. 532 00:25:11,480 --> 00:25:14,200 But until it happens, you know it, it really hasn't happened 533 00:25:14,200 --> 00:25:15,520 yet. Which is why one of the reasons 534 00:25:15,520 --> 00:25:18,920 I think tonight is so intriguing and at least perceptually 535 00:25:19,280 --> 00:25:21,080 incredibly important for the Knicks. 536 00:25:21,360 --> 00:25:24,200 James 555K. Of course. 537 00:25:24,200 --> 00:25:25,000 I remember Moody. Yeah. 538 00:25:25,000 --> 00:25:26,520 Yeah. Geez, they used to have some 539 00:25:26,520 --> 00:25:27,160 scrubs. You. 540 00:25:27,200 --> 00:25:29,880 I mean, tell me about it, man. Tell me about it. 541 00:25:30,160 --> 00:25:33,080 I watched all those teams and they were brutal. 542 00:25:33,560 --> 00:25:35,800 You know, every time they drink Frank, Neil, Lakita, every time 543 00:25:35,800 --> 00:25:37,440 they dread the high. Maybe this is going to be the 544 00:25:37,440 --> 00:25:39,880 guy. You know, I am appreciative 545 00:25:39,880 --> 00:25:42,920 where we are that came up with just tuned in, like contrasting 546 00:25:42,920 --> 00:25:47,120 where they are now and more importantly, the expectation of 547 00:25:47,120 --> 00:25:49,320 where they're going to go. Like, it's not about being 548 00:25:49,320 --> 00:25:53,160 greedy or not being happy with the Renaissance and the 549 00:25:53,160 --> 00:25:55,360 resurgence of the Knicks, You know what I mean? 550 00:25:55,360 --> 00:26:00,320 Like it's, it's not that at all. It's just a very it's a very 551 00:26:00,320 --> 00:26:03,120 clear understanding because they've said this and they've 552 00:26:03,120 --> 00:26:05,400 showed us this, that it's next level time. 553 00:26:05,760 --> 00:26:10,840 You know, and I'll and I'll say this about about the the NBA 554 00:26:10,840 --> 00:26:17,120 contrasted to the other sports for a second, like the the NFLI 555 00:26:17,120 --> 00:26:20,400 do think this is just a random, you know, little offset here. 556 00:26:20,400 --> 00:26:22,200 I think you guys, I think you I think you'll enjoy it. 557 00:26:22,440 --> 00:26:24,080 You might not agree, but I think you'll find it somewhat 558 00:26:24,080 --> 00:26:27,440 interesting. Like when the Knicks are really 559 00:26:27,440 --> 00:26:30,120 good and they're really good now, we'll see if they could 560 00:26:30,120 --> 00:26:32,800 become great. The NBA is better. 561 00:26:33,040 --> 00:26:37,320 It's just better now. It's also cyclical. 562 00:26:37,520 --> 00:26:41,040 Like when you had Magic and Bird poppin in the mid 80s and and, 563 00:26:41,120 --> 00:26:42,560 you know, vying for championships. 564 00:26:43,440 --> 00:26:45,760 The Knicks had Bernard King, but they didn't win anything. 565 00:26:46,000 --> 00:26:48,120 And then he got hurt. And like, the NBA flourished 566 00:26:48,120 --> 00:26:52,200 without the Knicks. But you do notice to me a, a 567 00:26:52,200 --> 00:26:55,320 pretty significant uptick in viewership and energy, whether 568 00:26:55,320 --> 00:26:57,520 it's, you know, the first take, Stephen A talking about the 569 00:26:57,520 --> 00:26:59,840 Knicks. Like when the Knicks matter, the 570 00:26:59,840 --> 00:27:03,760 content is better. The NFL doesn't need The Jets. 571 00:27:03,840 --> 00:27:05,960 I mean, yeah, sure. I mean, if you have a Monday 572 00:27:05,960 --> 00:27:10,560 night or Sunday night game, Jets in Miami or Jets in whomever. 573 00:27:11,320 --> 00:27:14,280 If The Jets are really good, you'll get some more of New 574 00:27:14,280 --> 00:27:16,760 York, New Jersey, Connecticut, tri-state viewership. 575 00:27:17,040 --> 00:27:18,680 But the NFL doesn't need The Jets. 576 00:27:18,680 --> 00:27:21,760 I think the NFL certainly needs the Giants more than The Jets. 577 00:27:22,000 --> 00:27:25,440 Like when the Giants are good, I think that that resonates more 578 00:27:25,440 --> 00:27:27,640 in terms of viewership and popularity. 579 00:27:28,840 --> 00:27:33,080 I think when the Rangers are are really good, like championship 580 00:27:33,080 --> 00:27:36,160 ish viable, I think the NHL certainly feels that. 581 00:27:36,400 --> 00:27:38,080 Of course, the Yankees, it's a given. 582 00:27:38,480 --> 00:27:39,680 Yeah. I I think when the Mets are 583 00:27:39,680 --> 00:27:42,160 really good, I think that that, that that helps for sure. 584 00:27:42,520 --> 00:27:45,280 But then there's no doubt like when the Knicks are at this 585 00:27:45,280 --> 00:27:49,000 level and, you know, hopefully even a step or two beyond, they 586 00:27:49,000 --> 00:27:53,960 really do impact the NBA. And while ratings and like the 587 00:27:53,960 --> 00:27:57,840 monetization of the sport and the global expansion and the 588 00:27:57,840 --> 00:28:01,760 branding, that literally doesn't do anything for us as consumers. 589 00:28:02,080 --> 00:28:04,000 It like in terms of putting money in our pocket. 590 00:28:04,240 --> 00:28:08,920 It it does add to, you know, the flavor of the NBA And, you know, 591 00:28:08,920 --> 00:28:11,120 it's it's a litmus test here for these Knicks tonight. 592 00:28:11,120 --> 00:28:14,280 See what you got. Let's see what you got. 593 00:28:15,000 --> 00:28:16,480 I thought this was pretty interesting. 594 00:28:16,640 --> 00:28:17,840 And I know he's going to get paid here. 595 00:28:17,840 --> 00:28:20,440 Oh, my God, Yeah, I remember he. I remember him. 596 00:28:20,880 --> 00:28:24,280 I remember him. Oh, Guy Barniani, that guy. 597 00:28:24,280 --> 00:28:25,680 No, Yvonne lay up there. Jeez. 598 00:28:25,680 --> 00:28:27,600 I think it was with the Magic before the Knicks got him. 599 00:28:27,640 --> 00:28:29,400 Either way. Yep, I know. 600 00:28:29,560 --> 00:28:31,200 Hey, there's a lot of real ones out there. 601 00:28:31,400 --> 00:28:32,720 There's a lot of real ones out there. 602 00:28:32,720 --> 00:28:34,360 Come on. But there's also a lot of 603 00:28:34,360 --> 00:28:35,840 phonies. And if the Knicks aren't good, 604 00:28:35,840 --> 00:28:36,840 they they don't watch the Knicks. 605 00:28:36,840 --> 00:28:38,200 Whatever. That's that's their prerogative. 606 00:28:38,480 --> 00:28:42,440 So did you see the IT, it was very benign, but it's it's 607 00:28:42,440 --> 00:28:43,760 interesting. I want I want to open up to a 608 00:28:43,760 --> 00:28:47,200 discussion here, at least a small one, because it's going to 609 00:28:47,200 --> 00:28:50,080 happen. But part of the reason why the 610 00:28:50,080 --> 00:28:52,600 Knicks really need to pop through now. 611 00:28:52,600 --> 00:28:55,640 All right, maybe you extend that championship window the way 612 00:28:55,640 --> 00:28:59,360 they're built into next year. But after that, I mean, you're, 613 00:28:59,360 --> 00:29:02,600 you're flipping coins like the randomness of what could happen 614 00:29:02,600 --> 00:29:05,400 for these Knicks moving forward. It's very worrisome. 615 00:29:05,680 --> 00:29:09,080 And I'm talking about the impending contract situation for 616 00:29:09,080 --> 00:29:12,120 Jalen Brunson. Now, Jalen's killer, Jalen's, 617 00:29:12,880 --> 00:29:14,200 he's going to have his number retired. 618 00:29:14,200 --> 00:29:16,000 I don't even care if he doesn't win a championship. 619 00:29:16,320 --> 00:29:19,000 Like, to me, what Jalen Brunson's done for the Knicks. 620 00:29:19,320 --> 00:29:20,800 I mean, you want to contrast that to come. 621 00:29:20,800 --> 00:29:23,600 I'm not going to start going on the Carmelo, you know, shade 622 00:29:23,600 --> 00:29:25,920 trail again. But I mean, think about the 623 00:29:25,920 --> 00:29:27,600 difference. And there's many of you who 624 00:29:27,600 --> 00:29:30,560 think Carmelo's number 7 should be hanging in the rafters. 625 00:29:30,560 --> 00:29:33,160 I don't at all. You know that. 626 00:29:33,160 --> 00:29:35,480 That's something me and Sal, one of the few things we've really 627 00:29:35,480 --> 00:29:39,040 agreed with when we got to these conversations. 628 00:29:39,320 --> 00:29:42,720 But to me, if you're going to do it with Melo, well, you got to 629 00:29:42,720 --> 00:29:44,920 get Bernard King up there first. And as long as you get Bernard 630 00:29:44,920 --> 00:29:48,400 King up there and then you throw Melo, all right, I won't fight 631 00:29:48,400 --> 00:29:51,120 it too much. But Brunson belongs up there 632 00:29:51,120 --> 00:29:52,520 over Melo. He's going to be up there 633 00:29:52,520 --> 00:29:55,320 someday, is the point. He has become a great nick. 634 00:29:55,640 --> 00:29:58,920 He is. He is just so I mean, he's 635 00:29:58,920 --> 00:30:00,560 everything that you want in the superstar. 636 00:30:00,880 --> 00:30:05,800 He's selfless, he's clutch, he's incredibly emotional, 637 00:30:06,320 --> 00:30:10,160 emotionally dependable. I think he's he's a very quiet 638 00:30:10,160 --> 00:30:12,320 leader. Guys take his cue. 639 00:30:12,360 --> 00:30:14,960 He sets the tone competitively. He's the man. 640 00:30:14,960 --> 00:30:19,280 I mean, he's just, he's amazing, but he's also up for a massive 641 00:30:19,280 --> 00:30:21,640 contract. Now, the Knicks won't do him 642 00:30:21,640 --> 00:30:24,080 dirty. And if they did, wow, they won't 643 00:30:24,080 --> 00:30:26,240 because number one, he's, he's too good. 644 00:30:27,160 --> 00:30:30,120 But also what he did for them, I, I think that that's going to 645 00:30:30,120 --> 00:30:32,040 be traced back and he's going to be hand and they're going to 646 00:30:32,040 --> 00:30:34,480 handle it the proper way. But when you talk about Jalen 647 00:30:34,480 --> 00:30:41,040 Brunson's contract extension, so yeah, it was four years and 648 00:30:41,040 --> 00:30:44,880 about $155,000,000. He signed that last July. 649 00:30:45,320 --> 00:30:47,520 And as we know, the big story there was that he left about 650 00:30:47,520 --> 00:30:51,880 $115 million on the table as a concession and wiggle room for 651 00:30:51,880 --> 00:30:54,560 the Knicks to build out a championship team. 652 00:30:54,560 --> 00:30:57,200 Carmelo, by the way, I mean this, I have to insert, I'm not 653 00:30:57,200 --> 00:30:58,320 trying to beg on him, but I can't. 654 00:30:58,520 --> 00:31:00,200 I can't say that and then ignore this. 655 00:31:00,520 --> 00:31:02,880 Carmelo did the exact opposite instead of waiting for the 656 00:31:02,880 --> 00:31:06,280 summer where, you know, he could come here and keep some of that 657 00:31:06,280 --> 00:31:10,440 roster, he flexed, he pushed, you know, he kicked and 658 00:31:10,440 --> 00:31:12,160 screamed. He's got his way out of Denver 659 00:31:12,320 --> 00:31:14,400 and the Knicks had a break up accord that I thought was pretty 660 00:31:14,400 --> 00:31:17,080 interesting. So Carmelo in that way is the 661 00:31:17,200 --> 00:31:20,440 anti Brunson. All right, Jalen Brunson is just 662 00:31:20,680 --> 00:31:23,480 I, I, I mean, God, how do you not love the guy right now? 663 00:31:23,480 --> 00:31:26,120 He's the 46th highest paid player in the NBA. 664 00:31:26,360 --> 00:31:30,440 Think about, think about how incongruent that is. 46th 665 00:31:30,920 --> 00:31:33,240 highest salary in the NBA. It's amazing. 666 00:31:33,520 --> 00:31:34,680 And last year I think it was worse. 667 00:31:34,680 --> 00:31:36,400 He finally got a little kick up this year. 668 00:31:36,880 --> 00:31:39,320 Last year he was in the 20s. This year he's up to 34. 669 00:31:39,640 --> 00:31:44,200 Anyway, he's got a player opt out for 2829 and of course he's 670 00:31:44,200 --> 00:31:47,240 going to opt out. When he opts out based on what 671 00:31:47,240 --> 00:31:51,480 he did in the summer of 2024, he is going to be eligible. 672 00:31:51,960 --> 00:31:53,360 J Rod, do you know the numbers on this? 673 00:31:53,400 --> 00:31:55,520 I'm going to, I'm going to, I'm going to let you guess he's 674 00:31:55,520 --> 00:31:58,640 going to be eligible for a five year extension. 675 00:31:58,840 --> 00:32:01,240 What do you think the totality of that deal is going to be? 676 00:32:01,240 --> 00:32:04,600 Not AAB, five years at total. What? 677 00:32:04,760 --> 00:32:08,000 What do you think of it? OK, let's guess. 678 00:32:08,200 --> 00:32:11,560 Like. 60 million a seat, so you're talking about. 300 at 679 00:32:11,560 --> 00:32:14,320 that .60 I'd go. Like I'm going to go 680 00:32:14,400 --> 00:32:18,320 320,000,000, keep going, keep higher, yeah. 681 00:32:18,360 --> 00:32:22,240 Look, keep going. Five years. 350, keep going. 682 00:32:22,440 --> 00:32:29,840 Five years 3. 70 Keep going. 400 Keep going 410 Keep going. 450I. 683 00:32:29,840 --> 00:32:31,560 Like the way you played? The game there way to sell it 684 00:32:31,560 --> 00:32:36,080 there that boy. J Rod 4/17 Oh my. 685 00:32:36,120 --> 00:32:40,360 Goodness, you talking about 8? Well, say 80 * 5 is 400, it's 686 00:32:40,360 --> 00:32:42,480 going to be a little more than $80 million a year. 687 00:32:42,480 --> 00:32:46,120 Now understand the cap will go up so it won't it won't be and I 688 00:32:46,120 --> 00:32:48,840 know you know that you're a big NBA guy, but it won't be as 689 00:32:48,840 --> 00:32:52,040 punitive as it as it sounds like what you like. 690 00:32:52,080 --> 00:32:55,240 Eighty $80 million What? And by the way, I think a lot of 691 00:32:55,240 --> 00:32:58,600 people overreact even with the NFL, like what a quarterback, it 692 00:32:58,600 --> 00:33:02,560 gets 50 or 60, as long as it is maintained within a certain 693 00:33:02,560 --> 00:33:06,520 threshold percentage wise, it's like like the quarterback making 694 00:33:06,880 --> 00:33:10,360 even if he's making 100 million a year, as long as it's 17 or 695 00:33:10,360 --> 00:33:15,560 18,000,000, you know, or 1718% of the overall cap, that is not 696 00:33:15,560 --> 00:33:17,760 untenable. And, and this will not be 697 00:33:17,760 --> 00:33:22,720 untenable at all, but it's going to limit them a little bit as to 698 00:33:22,760 --> 00:33:24,840 what they could do, would it not? 699 00:33:24,840 --> 00:33:27,840 Be the largest, I guess at the time, you know, obviously 700 00:33:27,840 --> 00:33:30,520 something will surpass it or potentially surpass it within 701 00:33:30,520 --> 00:33:34,080 the same offseason, but will it be the largest contract in NBA 702 00:33:34,080 --> 00:33:36,480 history if it does get signed at the time? 703 00:33:36,480 --> 00:33:38,840 I don't know the answer. To that, I would surmise that it 704 00:33:38,840 --> 00:33:40,400 probably has to be. I mean, what? 705 00:33:40,400 --> 00:33:43,240 What's hard making sixty? I think at this point, something 706 00:33:43,240 --> 00:33:44,880 like that. I think James Harden, you could 707 00:33:44,880 --> 00:33:46,200 check that. I think James Harden's making 708 00:33:46,200 --> 00:33:48,600 60. So I I laid as as Jay Rod's 709 00:33:48,600 --> 00:33:51,480 looking that up and he's worth every penny, right? 710 00:33:51,640 --> 00:33:54,640 I mean, hell, if the extension was five years, 517. 711 00:33:54,640 --> 00:33:56,160 Yeah, I'm going to give it to you. 712 00:33:56,440 --> 00:33:59,600 You're Jalen Brunson, but he's going to be older, OK. 713 00:33:59,960 --> 00:34:03,080 And and I say this because this why this little window this year 714 00:34:03,080 --> 00:34:05,040 and next year? And to me, I think that that's 715 00:34:05,160 --> 00:34:06,760 it. I think that that's it. 716 00:34:07,160 --> 00:34:09,880 The given the finances and given his age and eventual 717 00:34:09,880 --> 00:34:15,719 deterioration, the, the ability for the Knicks to build around 718 00:34:15,719 --> 00:34:20,800 him as they have pretty well so far, that will become more and 719 00:34:20,800 --> 00:34:22,920 more of a challenge. And by the way, he's going to 720 00:34:22,920 --> 00:34:26,560 get older and you know, as you get older, he's had some ankle 721 00:34:26,560 --> 00:34:28,600 issues. I'm, I'm not projecting bad 722 00:34:28,600 --> 00:34:30,639 health for him, but you just never know. 723 00:34:30,960 --> 00:34:33,760 It's in front of you this year. It's bad enough the Pistons are 724 00:34:33,760 --> 00:34:36,320 six games in front of you. It's bad enough they beat you by 725 00:34:36,320 --> 00:34:38,159 31. They beat you by 38. 726 00:34:38,280 --> 00:34:42,159 You had 80 points in one game or 81 and 90 in another against 727 00:34:42,159 --> 00:34:45,440 them in their house in Detroit, which represents the two lowest 728 00:34:45,440 --> 00:34:47,840 offensive outputs of any game the Knicks have played this 729 00:34:47,880 --> 00:34:48,840 year. Cuz their offense is really 730 00:34:48,840 --> 00:34:50,920 good, as we know. You know, you barely beat them 731 00:34:50,920 --> 00:34:53,239 late. You barely scrape by last year 732 00:34:53,520 --> 00:34:55,920 against the team that was young and not really ready for the 733 00:34:55,920 --> 00:34:57,720 bright lights. They're ready this year. 734 00:34:57,920 --> 00:34:59,920 So I'm I'm worried about the Pistons. 735 00:35:00,400 --> 00:35:02,200 I'm even going to show enough respect to the Celtics. 736 00:35:02,200 --> 00:35:04,520 I'm not going to sit here and say, Oh yeah, even without 737 00:35:04,520 --> 00:35:07,040 Tatum, I know he's on the way back with the GG league working 738 00:35:07,040 --> 00:35:08,760 out. He might play in the playoffs. 739 00:35:08,760 --> 00:35:12,200 But even if he doesn't play a second this like Jaylen Brown 740 00:35:12,200 --> 00:35:14,920 and this crew and that coach, they're used to their champion. 741 00:35:14,920 --> 00:35:18,280 So I wouldn't say the Knicks will absolutely smack the 742 00:35:18,320 --> 00:35:19,680 Celtics in this. I don't know. 743 00:35:20,040 --> 00:35:23,880 So you just you got to cash in on the opportunities in front of 744 00:35:23,880 --> 00:35:25,960 you. J Rod, the worst thing to do. 745 00:35:26,760 --> 00:35:28,800 And you're young, right? So it's a little bit easier for 746 00:35:28,800 --> 00:35:30,560 you to do this. But like, you know how many 747 00:35:30,560 --> 00:35:33,600 years I've said, you know, whether it's whether I mean, 748 00:35:33,640 --> 00:35:35,840 really not with the Yankees for decades. 749 00:35:35,840 --> 00:35:37,880 So the Yankees are a special rarefied spot. 750 00:35:38,080 --> 00:35:39,800 But like The Jets, hey, you know what? 751 00:35:39,800 --> 00:35:42,720 Trade this guy, Trade that guy, Strip it down, start over. 752 00:35:42,960 --> 00:35:45,360 It sounds good. And I do like what The Jets did 753 00:35:45,360 --> 00:35:48,640 with Q and with sauce. You know that and and and really 754 00:35:48,640 --> 00:35:51,400 resetting, starting over. But it it, it's funny how it 755 00:35:51,400 --> 00:35:54,000 gets away from you. Like you can say it and it 756 00:35:54,000 --> 00:35:58,040 sounds good, but then you look up 10, twelve, 1520 years later 757 00:35:58,200 --> 00:35:59,720 and nothing's changed. No. 758 00:36:00,080 --> 00:36:02,600 Exactly. I mean, and that, you know, as a 759 00:36:02,600 --> 00:36:05,200 Boston fan, I guess I've gotten pretty lucky with this. 760 00:36:05,200 --> 00:36:07,560 But yeah, I mean, those things are scary. 761 00:36:07,560 --> 00:36:10,720 You know, You think, you know, with this Knicks team, oh, we've 762 00:36:10,720 --> 00:36:13,080 got all the opportunity in our hands right now. 763 00:36:13,080 --> 00:36:15,520 But, you know, you look down five years down the line from 764 00:36:15,520 --> 00:36:17,880 now and shoot, I mean, everything could be different. 765 00:36:18,240 --> 00:36:21,400 Oh my God. Did you did check out little BT 766 00:36:21,400 --> 00:36:24,120 and Sal 2 point O last night on Sal's channel? 767 00:36:25,440 --> 00:36:27,440 So I. Saw a good amount of like the 768 00:36:27,440 --> 00:36:32,000 Steve Cohen discussion, the King Cohen kind of stuff, and then I 769 00:36:32,000 --> 00:36:35,840 saw a little bit of like towards the end, busting out the Scotch, 770 00:36:36,120 --> 00:36:39,080 talking a little fan. So those are kind of the two 771 00:36:39,080 --> 00:36:41,840 segments I caught of it. What do you think about? 772 00:36:41,840 --> 00:36:43,200 It booms. You think that somebody could 773 00:36:43,400 --> 00:36:44,920 mess around and have a little fun with love? 774 00:36:45,200 --> 00:36:45,760 Yeah. I mean. 775 00:36:46,600 --> 00:36:49,280 I, I haven't personally like spoken to him, you know, 776 00:36:49,280 --> 00:36:50,920 obviously on like a phone call yet. 777 00:36:50,920 --> 00:36:53,360 But yeah, I mean, seems like a super fun kid. 778 00:36:53,440 --> 00:36:56,440 He did a great job last night and, you know, excited to, 779 00:36:56,600 --> 00:37:00,480 excited to, as I said yesterday, build out this universe some 780 00:37:00,480 --> 00:37:01,080 more. That's right. 781 00:37:01,120 --> 00:37:02,840 But what do you mean super fun kid? 782 00:37:02,840 --> 00:37:04,680 You're I mean, you're the same age. 783 00:37:04,760 --> 00:37:06,080 You're the same age I. I don't know. 784 00:37:06,080 --> 00:37:09,720 That's what I guess that's just how I like refer to people of my 785 00:37:09,720 --> 00:37:11,840 same generation. I'd be like, he's a he's a fun 786 00:37:11,840 --> 00:37:12,480 kid. Oh, I got you. 787 00:37:12,560 --> 00:37:13,280 I. Got you. 788 00:37:13,360 --> 00:37:14,040 I got you. Yeah. 789 00:37:14,040 --> 00:37:14,520 No. OK. 790 00:37:14,840 --> 00:37:16,360 Yeah, we had a we had a blast last night. 791 00:37:16,360 --> 00:37:19,280 You know, it's funny too. So full transparency, and we 792 00:37:19,280 --> 00:37:20,960 talked about it last night, so I'm not talking out of school. 793 00:37:20,960 --> 00:37:23,200 Like if it if it was something that Sal and I talked about 794 00:37:23,200 --> 00:37:26,520 privately, I wouldn't divulge this, but he listen, of course, 795 00:37:26,520 --> 00:37:28,120 we're doing our own thing. Goes without saying. 796 00:37:28,120 --> 00:37:31,720 We did the BT and Sal live show rousing success sold out. 797 00:37:31,720 --> 00:37:34,120 Boone came phenomenal Vogel theater, Red Bank. 798 00:37:34,360 --> 00:37:38,040 We're planning, we're actually getting on a call today when I 799 00:37:38,040 --> 00:37:40,280 drive out to St. John's to, to interview Pitino 800 00:37:40,280 --> 00:37:41,600 for the show, which airs tomorrow. 801 00:37:42,080 --> 00:37:43,920 The Red Storm reports. I got to hustle and by another 802 00:37:43,920 --> 00:37:45,240 busy day. So good. 803 00:37:45,240 --> 00:37:46,760 Got to make a move. We got to you got to you got to 804 00:37:46,760 --> 00:37:49,160 embrace the grind, right? But we're going to talk about 805 00:37:49,160 --> 00:37:53,640 the next one, which will be Long Island area and some dates and 806 00:37:53,640 --> 00:37:55,880 some other things and something new that popped up, which we 807 00:37:55,880 --> 00:37:59,240 have to discuss. Anyway, I am of the mindset and 808 00:37:59,240 --> 00:38:02,960 I can see it's starting to change a little bit where, you 809 00:38:02,960 --> 00:38:06,320 know, Sal's like, I don't know, do people really want to hear BT 810 00:38:06,320 --> 00:38:09,200 and Sal? And I'm like, dude, yes, they 811 00:38:09,200 --> 00:38:10,560 do. They do. 812 00:38:11,040 --> 00:38:14,280 And he brought it up last night and he was doing the Super chats 813 00:38:14,280 --> 00:38:16,560 he got monetized. So he's now he and by the way, 814 00:38:16,600 --> 00:38:19,640 you guys, I mean, banging in $30 super chats, I mean, he's 815 00:38:21,400 --> 00:38:22,920 getting some good, good loot last night. 816 00:38:23,280 --> 00:38:27,320 And we were talking about maybe, you know, not maybe doing some 817 00:38:27,320 --> 00:38:29,640 more stuff together. And I'm like, dude, just just 818 00:38:29,640 --> 00:38:32,640 read the comments. Just look at the just feel the 819 00:38:32,760 --> 00:38:36,720 energy like to me and, and I think he, I say this, I think 820 00:38:36,720 --> 00:38:39,800 he's starting to see it a little bit more, a little bit more. 821 00:38:39,800 --> 00:38:41,480 I don't want to say my way. It's not my way. 822 00:38:41,480 --> 00:38:43,960 I don't mean it like that. But I think he's starting to 823 00:38:43,960 --> 00:38:47,920 truly understand now that people want to hear BT and South. 824 00:38:47,920 --> 00:38:50,440 We can do it once a week, especially during baseball 825 00:38:50,440 --> 00:38:52,320 season. We got to figure out a way to do 826 00:38:52,320 --> 00:38:54,440 this once a week. That would be awesome. 827 00:38:54,640 --> 00:38:57,360 I think what people respect and obviously you know, you know, 828 00:38:57,360 --> 00:38:59,880 this, this is kind of what people always say, like they 829 00:38:59,880 --> 00:39:02,720 love just the level headed real discussion. 830 00:39:02,720 --> 00:39:05,120 I know you kind of went into a bit of like your politics 831 00:39:05,120 --> 00:39:08,480 debate, but yeah, I just love that it feels like 2 guys who 832 00:39:08,480 --> 00:39:12,920 like 1 genuinely like each other and two, genuinely know what the 833 00:39:12,920 --> 00:39:16,320 fuck they're talking about sitting down, talking it up. 834 00:39:18,080 --> 00:39:19,920 Yeah, You know, what does it say here? 835 00:39:22,040 --> 00:39:25,080 What's that say, Sal Rails on, basketball on, B on? 836 00:39:25,080 --> 00:39:26,920 BB Bada booms. Oh. 837 00:39:26,920 --> 00:39:28,400 On bada booms. Yeah, you go. 838 00:39:28,840 --> 00:39:30,840 That'll be rails on him. He holds them to a higher 839 00:39:30,840 --> 00:39:32,320 standard. Yeah, I. 840 00:39:32,360 --> 00:39:33,320 Mean I hold you to a pretty good. 841 00:39:33,320 --> 00:39:37,120 Standard as well here just by the mention. 842 00:39:37,120 --> 00:39:39,120 You got the Super chat right now I'm not looking. 843 00:39:39,120 --> 00:39:40,800 For that, it's all good. I'll read that and say keep that 844 00:39:40,800 --> 00:39:45,560 up man. I what I what I brought him on 845 00:39:45,560 --> 00:39:47,080 this show. I'm like he can't help yourself 846 00:39:47,160 --> 00:39:50,840 Dude you're working with bada booms for like 3 days and you 847 00:39:50,840 --> 00:39:52,280 know the needle they do the same thing. 848 00:39:52,280 --> 00:39:55,480 Would hop like if hop would mess something up, how about half 849 00:39:55,480 --> 00:39:59,600 like, I don't know if that's like a Mad Dog thing or a or a 850 00:39:59,600 --> 00:40:02,200 or a Francesa thing that he just kind of saw all those years. 851 00:40:02,200 --> 00:40:04,520 But and by the way, I used to do that all the time. 852 00:40:04,600 --> 00:40:07,840 I used to really do that to to my producers, my guy. 853 00:40:07,840 --> 00:40:12,440 Well, no, listen, you mess up when you mess up because 854 00:40:12,440 --> 00:40:15,000 everybody messes up. I will let the whole world know 855 00:40:15,000 --> 00:40:16,640 that that my Guy J Rod messed up. 856 00:40:16,920 --> 00:40:19,640 But it's funny and and and I think Bada booms, you know, has 857 00:40:19,640 --> 00:40:21,160 a good personality to deal with that. 858 00:40:21,160 --> 00:40:22,840 It's all good fun. It's all good, spirit. 859 00:40:23,360 --> 00:40:25,480 What do we got here at Telly lot 77? 860 00:40:25,480 --> 00:40:27,280 Telly What's cooking? Yeah. 861 00:40:27,320 --> 00:40:30,600 There's no doubt about this. We need more BT and Sal great 862 00:40:30,600 --> 00:40:32,280 job last night, BT keep it going. 863 00:40:32,720 --> 00:40:38,320 And I very, you know, I, I, what I do is just in terms of getting 864 00:40:38,320 --> 00:40:41,320 a sense of, of this show and building this show out and 865 00:40:41,320 --> 00:40:43,720 learning and refining and tweaking all the things that I'm 866 00:40:43,720 --> 00:40:46,320 constantly doing that you guys don't necessarily know. 867 00:40:46,320 --> 00:40:48,120 And I'm not just talking about the lighting and all the other 868 00:40:48,120 --> 00:40:50,920 stuff, the aesthetical stuff, talking about the comments and 869 00:40:50,920 --> 00:40:53,960 really getting a sense of, of what's working, even looking at 870 00:40:53,960 --> 00:40:56,600 the advanced data, you know, like, all right, which shorts 871 00:40:56,600 --> 00:40:59,240 pop, which topics pop, what graphics look better. 872 00:40:59,520 --> 00:41:03,120 It is a never ending process that I embrace that I don't 873 00:41:03,680 --> 00:41:07,000 profess to know, you know everything about like I'm still 874 00:41:07,000 --> 00:41:08,640 learning. He's still learning J Rod as 875 00:41:08,640 --> 00:41:11,000 well. But anyway, what I I do like to 876 00:41:11,000 --> 00:41:13,680 do that. And while I will watch some of 877 00:41:13,680 --> 00:41:17,200 the show back just to get a sense as as I said, I don't read 878 00:41:17,200 --> 00:41:20,680 all the comments now, I will respond to comments right as 879 00:41:20,680 --> 00:41:23,440 they pop up, but I'm not like sitting there every single 880 00:41:23,440 --> 00:41:24,640 comment. I don't I don't do that on 881 00:41:24,640 --> 00:41:27,040 Instagram. I don't do that on on Twitter. 882 00:41:27,320 --> 00:41:30,920 I will select things or maybe certain times I'll carve out 883 00:41:30,920 --> 00:41:34,840 time to respond When I purposely went back and I looked at when 884 00:41:34,840 --> 00:41:39,160 he was on unleashed the comments and, and I when it was available 885 00:41:39,160 --> 00:41:42,640 on on his show last night, about an hour or so after we ended it, 886 00:41:42,800 --> 00:41:45,840 I went back and I read the comments on his channel about 887 00:41:45,880 --> 00:41:49,480 what he and I just did together. And it's so abundantly clear, so 888 00:41:49,480 --> 00:41:51,560 apparent. Again, there's logistical 889 00:41:51,560 --> 00:41:53,760 hurdles. I get this, you know, he's doing 890 00:41:53,760 --> 00:41:55,360 his thing. I'm I'm doing my thing. 891 00:41:55,680 --> 00:41:57,960 I am. I am really, really. 892 00:41:58,160 --> 00:42:04,480 I am probably at nothing fully but as confident as I've been 893 00:42:04,480 --> 00:42:07,680 since the show broke up. Their. 894 00:42:07,680 --> 00:42:11,800 Decision not ours since the show broke up that we are going to do 895 00:42:11,800 --> 00:42:14,920 something with a little more frequency then maybe we thought 896 00:42:14,920 --> 00:42:17,120 that we would. I don't know I don't know how 897 00:42:17,120 --> 00:42:21,200 you know what I'd like to do. Can you explain to me quickly 898 00:42:21,200 --> 00:42:23,480 because I don't want to waste a lot of show on this, but like 899 00:42:23,480 --> 00:42:26,000 say if we do something like once a week, right, I mean it would 900 00:42:26,000 --> 00:42:28,920 be great now next time he'll be on my show and then vice versa. 901 00:42:28,920 --> 00:42:31,440 Hot potato. But and I think I asked you this 902 00:42:31,440 --> 00:42:34,720 one other time. Can we do it with where like 903 00:42:34,920 --> 00:42:37,480 we're both streaming simultaneously with? 904 00:42:37,560 --> 00:42:39,320 Absolutely. We can do, I thought. 905 00:42:39,320 --> 00:42:40,840 That we could do that, yeah, I mean. 906 00:42:41,480 --> 00:42:44,480 Because you could also what I discovered the other day, I 907 00:42:44,480 --> 00:42:47,280 mean, I don't know if you'd want to do this just because Twitter 908 00:42:47,280 --> 00:42:50,800 is so toxic, but you could Twitter sucks. 909 00:42:50,960 --> 00:42:54,960 You could stream simultaneously YouTube and X and have the same 910 00:42:54,960 --> 00:42:57,720 stream going on. I don't know, not not like you'd 911 00:42:57,720 --> 00:43:01,840 necessarily want to do that. Also quick sideswipe watch watch 912 00:43:01,840 --> 00:43:06,200 soul power yesterday, the second episode, because my you know, my 913 00:43:06,200 --> 00:43:10,920 roommate was watching it. Spencer Haywood got absolutely 914 00:43:11,640 --> 00:43:14,920 like, Oh my God, yeah, this guy got not screwed. 915 00:43:14,920 --> 00:43:17,120 I know Spencer. Haywood, he's one of those names 916 00:43:17,120 --> 00:43:20,800 like, you know, Moses Malone who came out early, was in the ABA, 917 00:43:21,000 --> 00:43:24,080 you know, and of course even I knew like Doctor Ji didn't know 918 00:43:24,080 --> 00:43:26,760 about Lou Alcindor, the the flirtation with him. 919 00:43:26,760 --> 00:43:30,240 Yeah, talked about that, you know and I also I don't I think 920 00:43:30,240 --> 00:43:32,760 this was Part 3. So I don't want to give too much 921 00:43:32,760 --> 00:43:36,080 away, but one of the teams. Yeah, you definitely. 922 00:43:36,080 --> 00:43:37,680 So you said you saw the 1st 2, right? 923 00:43:37,680 --> 00:43:39,920 I saw a second. Episode and then my roommate 924 00:43:39,920 --> 00:43:41,760 caught me up on the first OK Got. 925 00:43:41,960 --> 00:43:44,600 You I'm like pretty. Up to speed, up to three. 926 00:43:44,840 --> 00:43:47,240 OK, so. There was, I forget their names 927 00:43:47,240 --> 00:43:49,200 right now. They own the Saint Louis spirit, 928 00:43:49,440 --> 00:43:51,840 right? And they obviously dissolved 929 00:43:51,840 --> 00:43:54,840 because the NBA only wanted the Spurs, the Pacers, the Nets. 930 00:43:54,840 --> 00:43:57,720 And I think what I think they took 4, whomever, the 14th, 931 00:43:58,000 --> 00:44:00,640 whatever it was, but they took a few and then the other, like the 932 00:44:00,640 --> 00:44:04,640 Kentucky colonels, they got dissolved, as did the spirits of 933 00:44:04,680 --> 00:44:07,920 others and the owners of the spirit at that. 934 00:44:07,920 --> 00:44:09,720 That's where Bob Costas started his career. 935 00:44:09,880 --> 00:44:13,360 He was the voice of the spirit. And the owners came up with a 936 00:44:13,360 --> 00:44:15,640 very interesting plan because they thought, and I don't blame 937 00:44:15,640 --> 00:44:17,200 them. They're like, hey, you know, 938 00:44:17,200 --> 00:44:18,880 we've been in this thing together, man. 939 00:44:18,880 --> 00:44:21,520 And now they want you. Well, you know, how about you do 940 00:44:21,520 --> 00:44:24,120 a little something for us? And it was really largely rooted 941 00:44:24,120 --> 00:44:27,880 in TV rights. The ABA was local and the NBA 942 00:44:27,880 --> 00:44:29,680 was national. And can you tell me which one's 943 00:44:29,680 --> 00:44:33,120 more profitable now? Not the ridiculous price tags we 944 00:44:33,120 --> 00:44:36,600 see today with like Prime and the Yankees on Opening Day on 945 00:44:36,600 --> 00:44:40,040 Netflix, but relative to that point in time, obviously 946 00:44:40,040 --> 00:44:42,880 lucrative. So Long story short, the one of 947 00:44:42,880 --> 00:44:44,440 there were two brothers who owned the Spirit. 948 00:44:44,440 --> 00:44:46,200 One of the brothers said to the other one. 949 00:44:46,600 --> 00:44:48,440 He said, hey, I, I, I want to do this that. 950 00:44:48,440 --> 00:44:51,840 And they put it in writing and they convinced the other teams 951 00:44:52,120 --> 00:44:58,480 to give them 1/7 of the of the of. 952 00:44:58,920 --> 00:44:59,920 Is that me or you? Is that you? 953 00:45:01,400 --> 00:45:02,320 Come on, Jay. Rod, what do we now? 954 00:45:02,320 --> 00:45:03,320 I'm going to have to get on you, buddy. 955 00:45:03,320 --> 00:45:04,560 Come on. It's a rookie move. 956 00:45:05,560 --> 00:45:09,080 Convince the other two to contractually agree for 957 00:45:09,080 --> 00:45:13,920 perpetuity, which means forever. One seventh of all the TV 958 00:45:13,920 --> 00:45:16,040 rights. What the hell is going on here? 959 00:45:16,600 --> 00:45:18,640 Is that me? I mean, I don't know. 960 00:45:19,520 --> 00:45:22,440 I think it's me. I mean I got S texting me and oh 961 00:45:22,520 --> 00:45:24,720 I see I don't. Know it's. 962 00:45:24,720 --> 00:45:29,080 It's you, it's me. Anyway, it was like $800 million 963 00:45:29,080 --> 00:45:32,600 overtime. So they, the Saint Louis spirit, 964 00:45:32,640 --> 00:45:34,960 who were they were dissolved in the mid 70s. 965 00:45:35,360 --> 00:45:38,840 They were getting money up until I think the NBA finally bought 966 00:45:38,840 --> 00:45:44,360 them out in like 2014. And they banked 800 mil because 967 00:45:44,360 --> 00:45:45,720 one of the one. Yeah. 968 00:45:45,960 --> 00:45:48,520 And I think they paid like, you know, one or $2,000,000 for the 969 00:45:48,560 --> 00:45:51,800 ABA team back in the day in the late 60s or early 70s. 970 00:45:52,040 --> 00:45:55,600 And and Mark Cuban, who was on the episode, he's obviously a 971 00:45:55,600 --> 00:45:58,520 business businessman. He's like, it's the best. 972 00:45:58,520 --> 00:46:00,920 It's the best deal in the history of deals. 973 00:46:01,320 --> 00:46:02,800 Great. So keep watching. 974 00:46:02,800 --> 00:46:04,160 You'll like it. Really good. 975 00:46:04,200 --> 00:46:06,920 It's really good. Get a couple of more tweets up 976 00:46:06,920 --> 00:46:08,520 here. What do we got here? 977 00:46:09,760 --> 00:46:11,840 We got to please get back with crazy Sal. 978 00:46:11,840 --> 00:46:13,960 Well, I mean, yeah, we'll do. We'll do it as much as we can. 979 00:46:14,640 --> 00:46:19,560 You know, Sal's not crazy. If anything, Sal is calculated. 980 00:46:20,800 --> 00:46:21,920 I mean, we're all a little bit nuts. 981 00:46:21,920 --> 00:46:26,200 I think anybody who does this for a living has to be a little 982 00:46:26,200 --> 00:46:29,400 bit off, don't you think? I mean, to just stare into a 983 00:46:29,400 --> 00:46:34,840 camera and perform and, and speak in an empty room to, you 984 00:46:34,840 --> 00:46:37,920 know, hundreds and thousands and 10s of thousands of people and 985 00:46:37,920 --> 00:46:40,920 hundreds of thousands and eventually millions on, on 986 00:46:40,920 --> 00:46:44,320 YouTube as this stuff floats around the entire world. 987 00:46:44,680 --> 00:46:46,280 You got to be a little wacky, right? 988 00:46:46,280 --> 00:46:50,840 It's it's an unconventional job, which means you probably have a 989 00:46:50,840 --> 00:46:53,880 have to have a bit of an unconventional mind to do it. 990 00:46:54,480 --> 00:46:57,560 Any thoughts on the Winter Olympics at Gabba Ghoul? 991 00:46:58,040 --> 00:47:01,200 Gabba Ghoul 56? Not really, not an Olympic guy, 992 00:47:01,320 --> 00:47:03,960 really don't really care. I want us to always win. 993 00:47:04,160 --> 00:47:06,480 Go Team USA. Just don't care. 994 00:47:07,080 --> 00:47:09,880 I was, as I mentioned, we had baseball practice yesterday and 995 00:47:09,880 --> 00:47:13,960 one of the guys that I coached with, Mike, played hockey. 996 00:47:14,000 --> 00:47:17,440 He played baseball at Seton Hall Prep, played hockey at Seton 997 00:47:17,480 --> 00:47:18,680 Hall. Great guy, been coached with him 998 00:47:18,680 --> 00:47:22,360 forever. And he, he played D2 hockey 999 00:47:22,360 --> 00:47:25,800 goalie, right? And he loves hockey, loves him. 1000 00:47:26,400 --> 00:47:29,160 And while we were, I'm hitting fungos, he's checking I guess. 1001 00:47:29,320 --> 00:47:32,360 I guess Team USA was down 3/2 with like 4 minutes to go in 1002 00:47:32,360 --> 00:47:34,600 hockey against. Was it the Sweets? 1003 00:47:34,800 --> 00:47:38,040 Well, I think we're like the eighth seed and we were down 32. 1004 00:47:38,040 --> 00:47:40,520 We banging one late, we tie it up, then we get another one, we 1005 00:47:40,520 --> 00:47:41,680 win. I think it was 4th grade, and 1006 00:47:41,760 --> 00:47:43,920 maybe there was an empty net or either way, I was more 1007 00:47:43,920 --> 00:47:45,560 interested in the fungos than I was to score. 1008 00:47:45,560 --> 00:47:48,320 But it was a game that would have been viewed as a massive 1009 00:47:48,320 --> 00:47:52,560 world upset. Yeah, I mean, I did see the I 1010 00:47:52,560 --> 00:47:57,880 did see the documentary on the 1980 Olympic team, Lake Placid, 1011 00:47:57,880 --> 00:48:00,080 which was phenomenal. I thought it was really good. 1012 00:48:00,400 --> 00:48:04,960 Like I love the footage of how they were training and you know, 1013 00:48:04,960 --> 00:48:08,280 how they were making cuts and you know, Herb Brooks, I didn't 1014 00:48:08,280 --> 00:48:11,200 realize that he was I didn't realize he was that tough. 1015 00:48:11,480 --> 00:48:12,760 Like they really couldn't stand him. 1016 00:48:12,760 --> 00:48:14,920 They respected him. They couldn't stand him. 1017 00:48:15,120 --> 00:48:17,640 I just didn't really know that. And and I thought it was equally 1018 00:48:17,640 --> 00:48:19,920 interesting where, you know, a lot of the guys at the 1019 00:48:19,920 --> 00:48:24,080 University of Minnesota where that what you would think were 1020 00:48:24,080 --> 00:48:25,760 sure to make the team. They're like, I don't even know 1021 00:48:25,760 --> 00:48:27,560 if I'm going to make the team really, really good. 1022 00:48:27,560 --> 00:48:30,720 So I like stuff like that. I remember years ago there was a 1023 00:48:30,720 --> 00:48:36,480 documentary on how then USSR screwed us in the 72 Olympics in 1024 00:48:36,480 --> 00:48:39,400 basketball. Like that stuff always piques my 1025 00:48:39,400 --> 00:48:41,320 interest. Boxing, like Breeland back in 1026 00:48:41,320 --> 00:48:43,840 the day. Obviously basketball I pay 1027 00:48:43,840 --> 00:48:48,440 attention to, you know, like the 84 Summer Olympics, like Javelin 1028 00:48:48,440 --> 00:48:52,680 or Carl Lewis, long jumps, Dan and Dave with the Reebok 1029 00:48:52,680 --> 00:48:54,800 commercial back in the day. The triathletes. 1030 00:48:55,200 --> 00:48:58,960 I, I, I mean, I actually know a lot more than I let on, but it 1031 00:48:58,960 --> 00:49:01,320 just, I don't know. I'm just, I'm not really into 1032 00:49:01,320 --> 00:49:02,360 it. I haven't watched it for one 1033 00:49:02,360 --> 00:49:06,640 second. I, I do, I do find ironically, 1034 00:49:06,640 --> 00:49:09,840 like the, the gymnastics I find interesting. 1035 00:49:09,840 --> 00:49:14,400 I'm not seeking it out, but when it's on and my, my wife has it 1036 00:49:14,400 --> 00:49:16,920 on, I'll watch it. Like what they do is amazing. 1037 00:49:17,080 --> 00:49:18,560 And like the speed skating is pretty. 1038 00:49:18,560 --> 00:49:20,880 I'm not looking for figure skating that's boring as tears 1039 00:49:20,880 --> 00:49:22,600 to me. But like the speed skating, I 1040 00:49:22,600 --> 00:49:26,080 mean, like, yeah, some of these crazy jumps they make in the 1041 00:49:26,080 --> 00:49:27,960 like, you know, Lindsey Vonn tearing up her knee. 1042 00:49:28,480 --> 00:49:32,600 But no, I I I really don't think I've watched one second now. 1043 00:49:32,600 --> 00:49:34,440 J Rod, you're a lot younger than me. 1044 00:49:34,760 --> 00:49:39,560 And I think each year, I think, I think each Olympics, there's 1045 00:49:39,560 --> 00:49:43,840 been a diminishment in terms of whether it's pride or attention. 1046 00:49:44,120 --> 00:49:47,040 Like there was a point where the Olympics were everything. 1047 00:49:47,320 --> 00:49:50,760 Mark Spitz, swimmers, Greg Laganis, diver. 1048 00:49:51,080 --> 00:49:52,880 Are you into it at all? At all? 1049 00:49:53,000 --> 00:49:55,880 No, I mean. We, we throw it on, you know, 1050 00:49:55,880 --> 00:49:58,400 intermittently. I I, I find some of it cool, 1051 00:49:58,480 --> 00:50:00,880 like what was cool the luge, like I thought that was 1052 00:50:00,880 --> 00:50:03,560 entertaining to watch. I feel like, yeah, like this 1053 00:50:03,560 --> 00:50:06,840 guy's saying like there's some beautiful women in the figure 1054 00:50:06,840 --> 00:50:08,800 skating. So I think that's fun to watch 1055 00:50:08,800 --> 00:50:11,840 sometimes. But honestly, on the whole it 1056 00:50:11,840 --> 00:50:15,160 doesn't really. I, I'd say Summer Olympics is 1057 00:50:15,160 --> 00:50:18,000 really what catches my eye more. I'd say, you know, obviously the 1058 00:50:18,000 --> 00:50:19,880 basketball. Yep, definitely the. 1059 00:50:19,880 --> 00:50:22,720 Sports like that, you know? Track and field, it's kind of 1060 00:50:22,720 --> 00:50:25,480 more exhilarating. It's more exhilarating, I guess, 1061 00:50:25,480 --> 00:50:28,120 to watch. The hockey's cool sometimes, but 1062 00:50:28,120 --> 00:50:31,640 yeah, I like, I like the Winter Olympics for like the 1063 00:50:31,640 --> 00:50:35,320 interesting sports like the bobsled and or the luge that 1064 00:50:35,320 --> 00:50:37,280 like you just never even think about. 1065 00:50:37,320 --> 00:50:38,840 You know what I find? Interesting. 1066 00:50:38,840 --> 00:50:43,480 Like you look at some of these crazy, you know, so like the ski 1067 00:50:43,480 --> 00:50:45,880 jumps, right? Anything or even like 1068 00:50:45,880 --> 00:50:49,240 gymnastics, like a like a whether or not, I mean, not that 1069 00:50:49,240 --> 00:50:52,040 this is gymnastic, but like a pole vault or something of 1070 00:50:52,040 --> 00:50:55,120 incredibly high degree of difficulty that's very 1071 00:50:55,120 --> 00:50:58,840 dangerous, like where you are fighting gravity and incredibly 1072 00:50:58,840 --> 00:51:02,080 vulnerable, where you're upside down, whether you have skis on 1073 00:51:02,080 --> 00:51:05,800 your feet or whatever you have. I always find that interesting. 1074 00:51:05,800 --> 00:51:09,840 Like how does somebody work up to that point now? 1075 00:51:09,840 --> 00:51:12,800 And, and like think about this. Let me explain that a little bit 1076 00:51:12,800 --> 00:51:14,760 better because you practice. That's the easy answer. 1077 00:51:14,760 --> 00:51:17,400 But all right, so you have somebody who throws 98 miles an 1078 00:51:17,400 --> 00:51:20,240 hour, you know, they were throwing, you know, 40 and then 1079 00:51:20,240 --> 00:51:21,800 50 miles an hour when they were a little kid. 1080 00:51:21,800 --> 00:51:24,360 And then you hit 60 as a benchmark and then 70. 1081 00:51:24,600 --> 00:51:26,600 Then you start hitting puberty and you can maybe you start 1082 00:51:26,600 --> 00:51:29,800 sniffing 808590. You got the right genes, you got 1083 00:51:29,800 --> 00:51:32,520 the right body, all right. That's how you incrementally 1084 00:51:32,520 --> 00:51:35,680 work up to 95. But there's no, I mean, yes, you 1085 00:51:35,680 --> 00:51:37,440 can hurt your arm, but there's No Fear. 1086 00:51:37,760 --> 00:51:41,200 Like, OK, if I throw this pitch, God forbid, like I'm not going 1087 00:51:41,200 --> 00:51:44,720 to be in such a vulnerable physical state where I'm trying 1088 00:51:44,720 --> 00:51:47,800 to make this jump and, and flip over five times in the air. 1089 00:51:48,080 --> 00:51:50,320 I find I don't even know if I explained, explained it 1090 00:51:50,560 --> 00:51:52,200 properly. It's, it's, it's hard to 1091 00:51:52,200 --> 00:51:55,920 communicate, but I see some of the things that they do and I'm 1092 00:51:55,920 --> 00:51:57,600 like, how do you get to that point? 1093 00:51:58,240 --> 00:52:01,360 Knowing, knowing, knowing that you can actually get to that 1094 00:52:01,360 --> 00:52:02,640 point. Yeah. 1095 00:52:02,640 --> 00:52:04,680 No, I mean. It's wild because it's like you 1096 00:52:04,680 --> 00:52:07,480 build yourself up and it's like there must have been so many 1097 00:52:07,480 --> 00:52:12,080 near death encounters within, just like the training of, you 1098 00:52:12,080 --> 00:52:14,560 know, pushing yourself to be able to do whatever it is, like 1099 00:52:14,560 --> 00:52:15,880 a double backflip. Wow. 1100 00:52:15,880 --> 00:52:19,920 On skis. I mean, I guess a lot of baby 1101 00:52:19,920 --> 00:52:24,320 steps are necessary, but like, yeah, to finally hit that first 1102 00:52:24,400 --> 00:52:26,680 flip or whatever it is, it must be it. 1103 00:52:27,120 --> 00:52:31,640 Must take. A lifetime it does it. 1104 00:52:31,640 --> 00:52:36,440 Does it as the pursuit of the Olympics sure at withdrew NBCNBC 1105 00:52:36,440 --> 00:52:39,120 knows exactly what they're doing here they totally focus on the 1106 00:52:39,120 --> 00:52:42,680 smoke show athletes I'm looking at you Italian women's curling 1107 00:52:42,680 --> 00:52:45,560 team. I've seen a few, I've seen more 1108 00:52:45,960 --> 00:52:49,640 images of a really attractive young women. 1109 00:52:50,480 --> 00:52:52,720 Not that I'm really looking for, but when I see it, I'm of course 1110 00:52:52,720 --> 00:52:54,800 I'm going to look for it. Then I've or what? 1111 00:52:54,800 --> 00:52:58,400 Or look at it, then I've actually seen Olympics. 1112 00:52:58,600 --> 00:53:00,960 Like I easily, I mean, not even close. 1113 00:53:00,960 --> 00:53:02,920 I mean, in the world of social media, that's really all you 1114 00:53:02,920 --> 00:53:05,080 see. And I mean, every country has, 1115 00:53:05,200 --> 00:53:07,720 you know, beautiful people and every country has ugly people. 1116 00:53:07,720 --> 00:53:10,000 I mean, it's the world. I mean, it's it's human nature. 1117 00:53:10,000 --> 00:53:14,360 But the I saw that the Olympic Village ran out of condoms in 1118 00:53:14,360 --> 00:53:15,400 three days. You see that? 1119 00:53:15,400 --> 00:53:16,080 Yeah. No, that's. 1120 00:53:16,160 --> 00:53:18,560 Absurd. I mean, listen, a lot of future 1121 00:53:18,560 --> 00:53:21,360 generations of athletes, I guess, no, I guess they're not 1122 00:53:21,360 --> 00:53:22,920 being made. No, no, they're. 1123 00:53:22,920 --> 00:53:25,160 Not being stopped for being. Made. 1124 00:53:25,160 --> 00:53:28,400 Yeah, but you know what? Hopefully, hopefully some 1125 00:53:28,400 --> 00:53:30,240 beautiful athletes who come out of this. 1126 00:53:30,680 --> 00:53:34,320 I mean, think about that. All you do is try imagine 1127 00:53:34,320 --> 00:53:38,480 training, you know, for 4-5 years, whatever it might be. 1128 00:53:38,680 --> 00:53:40,640 And I'm talking about like you're a gymnast. 1129 00:53:40,640 --> 00:53:43,920 I mean, you're getting up three in the morning, 4:00 in the 1130 00:53:43,920 --> 00:53:45,800 morning. I mean, God, oh, everything 1131 00:53:45,800 --> 00:53:49,120 you're doing it from the time you're 3 or 4 and you get there, 1132 00:53:49,120 --> 00:53:53,280 whether you win the gold or you don't medal or you just have, 1133 00:53:53,360 --> 00:53:56,120 you know, you you fall short and and you're, you know, 1134 00:53:56,760 --> 00:53:58,440 heartbroken, right. Think. 1135 00:53:58,560 --> 00:54:00,880 But you have no more responsibilities for the 1136 00:54:00,880 --> 00:54:03,440 Olympics. Yeah, think about that. 1137 00:54:03,480 --> 00:54:05,240 What else do you think? About that, we're probably just. 1138 00:54:05,440 --> 00:54:08,080 Tossing bag. Drinks, partying, having the 1139 00:54:08,080 --> 00:54:11,080 time. I would train for the Olympics 1140 00:54:11,080 --> 00:54:14,800 just to be able to do that. Just to go to the village, yeah. 1141 00:54:15,160 --> 00:54:18,560 I mean they're all young, none of them are married or very few. 1142 00:54:18,800 --> 00:54:21,880 Although I young and in. Shape that's like, yes. 1143 00:54:22,080 --> 00:54:25,680 Yes, there's like the, the two requirements. 1144 00:54:25,680 --> 00:54:26,520 You're right. Yeah. 1145 00:54:26,640 --> 00:54:29,560 Oh my God. And with like minded people and 1146 00:54:29,600 --> 00:54:31,560 they, they know that they're not going to like burn them on 1147 00:54:31,560 --> 00:54:33,200 social media. Like they're all like there's 1148 00:54:33,240 --> 00:54:36,440 like a code of like respect. And you know, it's not like they 1149 00:54:36,440 --> 00:54:38,120 go to a bar and they meet somebody and they don't know 1150 00:54:38,120 --> 00:54:40,800 that person and that person. Yeah, I might try to get a 1151 00:54:40,800 --> 00:54:42,960 little, little slick with the phone, whatever it might be. 1152 00:54:43,720 --> 00:54:48,200 I did see that and this was, this was interesting. 1153 00:54:48,280 --> 00:54:51,040 I don't want to shame the guy cuz a part of me, I can 1154 00:54:51,040 --> 00:54:53,880 understand it. There was some dude, I, I think 1155 00:54:53,880 --> 00:54:56,800 he was from Sweden. I don't know the sport, not even 1156 00:54:56,800 --> 00:54:59,800 sure if he's a Swede, but I evidently he cheated on his 1157 00:54:59,800 --> 00:55:01,720 girlfriend like a year ago or I don't know. 1158 00:55:01,720 --> 00:55:06,760 He definitely cheated on her and he I think he got the bronze, 1159 00:55:07,400 --> 00:55:08,720 whatever event it was, who cares? 1160 00:55:08,800 --> 00:55:11,560 And he was like begging for her back. 1161 00:55:11,560 --> 00:55:12,840 Like dude, have a Oh my goodness. 1162 00:55:13,400 --> 00:55:18,960 Yeah, yeah. Again, I, I, I, I mean, listen, 1163 00:55:18,960 --> 00:55:21,440 if you're really in love then and, and I respect that, then 1164 00:55:21,440 --> 00:55:23,880 that's, that's a good thing. Like you're using that, that 1165 00:55:23,880 --> 00:55:25,960 platform where you're so vulnerable. 1166 00:55:26,320 --> 00:55:28,600 And if you're trying to get her to take you back because you 1167 00:55:28,600 --> 00:55:31,120 stepped out of bounds, you probably have to do so and you 1168 00:55:31,120 --> 00:55:32,920 really, really, really want her back. 1169 00:55:33,200 --> 00:55:34,920 Well, maybe you got to do whatever it takes to get her 1170 00:55:34,920 --> 00:55:36,840 back. That's very public. 1171 00:55:37,000 --> 00:55:39,400 You know, some people are like, it's a little weak, man. 1172 00:55:39,440 --> 00:55:42,400 I'm not going to say that. I will say it's very unique and 1173 00:55:42,400 --> 00:55:45,120 I don't know if it worked. I mean, if that doesn't work, 1174 00:55:45,440 --> 00:55:47,560 nothing's working. Yeah, if it. 1175 00:55:47,560 --> 00:55:48,960 Works. He's a hero. 1176 00:55:49,240 --> 00:55:51,960 If it doesn't work, then he's kind of a chump. 1177 00:55:52,320 --> 00:55:54,720 Yeah, You know what I mean? Like you kind of embarrassed? 1178 00:55:54,720 --> 00:55:58,360 Yourself like because if if you're doing it doesn't work, 1179 00:55:58,360 --> 00:56:01,280 it's like she probably maybe even would have preferred to do 1180 00:56:01,280 --> 00:56:04,040 it like privately or something like that. 1181 00:56:04,040 --> 00:56:06,240 But you know what? Hey, you got to take a shot, 1182 00:56:06,240 --> 00:56:08,800 take a risk. All right, let me get this in 1183 00:56:08,800 --> 00:56:10,720 the air 'cause I I've got to go a little earlier today. 1184 00:56:10,720 --> 00:56:13,760 I got to get out to Queens and boy, I hope Rick is going to be 1185 00:56:13,760 --> 00:56:16,120 exhausted. I mean, they played at 9:00 last 1186 00:56:16,120 --> 00:56:16,960 night. Good job by St. 1187 00:56:16,960 --> 00:56:18,040 John's. They just keep winning. 1188 00:56:18,040 --> 00:56:20,120 UConn lost, by the way. So St. 1189 00:56:20,120 --> 00:56:23,240 John's now is atop the Big East by half a game. 1190 00:56:23,240 --> 00:56:26,240 Creighton Saturday and then a week from yesterday up at 1191 00:56:26,240 --> 00:56:27,440 stores. UConn. 1192 00:56:27,720 --> 00:56:28,960 St. John's keeps winning out. 1193 00:56:28,960 --> 00:56:30,120 St. John's is going to win the the 1194 00:56:30,120 --> 00:56:33,280 Big East regular season title again, which is just amazing 1195 00:56:33,560 --> 00:56:36,680 because we all know where they were, which was nowhere before. 1196 00:56:36,680 --> 00:56:39,480 Rick. Rick came to Queens, but they so 1197 00:56:39,480 --> 00:56:41,640 they played at 9:00 our local time. 1198 00:56:41,640 --> 00:56:43,200 It's an hour difference in Milwaukee. 1199 00:56:43,560 --> 00:56:47,880 And so I'm thinking about that. So 8 I'm now I'm in Milwaukee, 1200 00:56:47,880 --> 00:56:55,080 WI time 89101030 shower, meet the media 1120 get on the team 1201 00:56:55,080 --> 00:56:57,400 bus, get to the get to the private airport, take the 1202 00:56:57,400 --> 00:57:00,240 charter back about an hour 40 about two hours there. 1203 00:57:00,720 --> 00:57:02,960 I mean, and then Rick has to drive back to Westchester. 1204 00:57:02,960 --> 00:57:05,160 Kids go back to their dorms, off campus housing. 1205 00:57:05,640 --> 00:57:09,920 I mean, Rick probably got in around 334. 1206 00:57:09,920 --> 00:57:13,840 And if that's that's if there's no delays, He is just his energy 1207 00:57:13,840 --> 00:57:17,240 is just boundless. So I can't wait to get to talk 1208 00:57:17,240 --> 00:57:18,520 to him. He's got to be in a great mood. 1209 00:57:18,520 --> 00:57:21,840 Johnny's humming. You know, Zooby didn't do 1210 00:57:21,840 --> 00:57:24,320 anything in the first half. And then he just showed why he's 1211 00:57:24,320 --> 00:57:26,840 the player of the year. There's no doubt he's going to 1212 00:57:26,840 --> 00:57:30,600 win it in the conference. And, you know, very curious, 1213 00:57:31,760 --> 00:57:34,400 they've got to win Saturday, but I'm very curious and they should 1214 00:57:34,400 --> 00:57:36,600 take care of Creighton fairly easily, I would think at the 1215 00:57:36,600 --> 00:57:37,400 Garden. New tip. 1216 00:57:37,920 --> 00:57:39,680 I want to see where they are in the rankings because you're 1217 00:57:39,680 --> 00:57:42,600 starting to see a lot of top 20 teams get knocked off a little 1218 00:57:42,600 --> 00:57:44,160 bit. Been a very volatile week. 1219 00:57:44,160 --> 00:57:47,640 And I know that like UConn, there are certain schools and 1220 00:57:47,640 --> 00:57:50,160 they've earned that, that branding, if you will, and 1221 00:57:50,160 --> 00:57:53,760 they've earned that benefit. But you know, UConn, when they 1222 00:57:53,760 --> 00:57:56,360 lost the Saint John's, they didn't really drop as much as I 1223 00:57:56,360 --> 00:57:59,000 thought that they would. And conversely, I didn't think 1224 00:57:59,000 --> 00:58:01,320 that Saint John's moved up as much as they would based on 1225 00:58:01,320 --> 00:58:04,800 where UConn was in the rankings in the NET rankings, all the 1226 00:58:04,800 --> 00:58:07,560 other metrics, right? So now Uconn's lost twice in 1227 00:58:07,560 --> 00:58:11,120 their last three games here. And like I, I mean, can we make 1228 00:58:11,120 --> 00:58:13,560 a case for UConn to maybe drop outside the top ten? 1229 00:58:13,840 --> 00:58:16,440 I think that you should, I mean, at the very least 9 or 10. 1230 00:58:16,440 --> 00:58:18,280 Like they've got to drop four or five spots. 1231 00:58:18,280 --> 00:58:20,400 They have to. And I would think as long as 1232 00:58:20,400 --> 00:58:24,120 Saint John's beats Creighton and they he should this Saturday, I 1233 00:58:24,120 --> 00:58:27,560 think St. John's could jump, I'd say maybe 1234 00:58:27,560 --> 00:58:31,520 from 17 to about 12:00-ish. You know, those, those, you 1235 00:58:31,520 --> 00:58:34,160 know, now he's starting to get creeping towards the top 10, 1236 00:58:34,400 --> 00:58:36,600 which obviously is going to be a good thing in terms of seating 1237 00:58:36,600 --> 00:58:38,080 as long as St. John's continues to win. 1238 00:58:38,440 --> 00:58:40,200 All right. Did you see what Stan Van Gundy 1239 00:58:40,200 --> 00:58:43,040 said? So Stan Van Gundy, you know, 1240 00:58:43,360 --> 00:58:46,880 listen, I, I appreciate ideas. I I do, I appreciate the ideas 1241 00:58:46,880 --> 00:58:48,880 here. I always say I'm, I'm an idea 1242 00:58:48,880 --> 00:58:50,440 man. I'm an idea person. 1243 00:58:50,720 --> 00:58:54,600 Anybody could come out and rail and rant and rave and shout and 1244 00:58:54,600 --> 00:58:56,480 scream. And if, if you don't bring 1245 00:58:56,480 --> 00:59:00,120 anything else in terms of, you know, a possible solution, it's 1246 00:59:00,120 --> 00:59:01,960 hot air. It's a hot take. 1247 00:59:01,960 --> 00:59:03,960 It's predictable and it's boring, right. 1248 00:59:04,240 --> 00:59:06,760 So anytime there's something to discuss, if I got, if I'm going 1249 00:59:06,760 --> 00:59:12,120 to criticize Stan's positioning or at least poke a hole in it, 1250 00:59:12,120 --> 00:59:14,640 which I'm about to, I want at least give him credit for coming 1251 00:59:14,640 --> 00:59:17,760 up with some solution because the NBA obviously needs a 1252 00:59:17,760 --> 00:59:21,040 solution. So basically what Stan said was 1253 00:59:21,320 --> 00:59:25,480 he thinks it's time the NBA eliminates the the basically the 1254 00:59:25,480 --> 00:59:27,920 lottery, right? Or the actually, I think he said 1255 00:59:27,920 --> 00:59:30,880 the entire NBA draft he did. Well, how the hell do you do 1256 00:59:30,880 --> 00:59:33,680 that? Interesting concept would never 1257 00:59:33,680 --> 00:59:36,600 happen, wouldn't even work. I don't I don't think it's 1258 00:59:36,600 --> 00:59:39,280 economically viable and I'll tell you why in a minute as I 1259 00:59:39,280 --> 00:59:42,320 give you a better solution. But at least the man's thinking 1260 00:59:42,320 --> 00:59:44,880 and try to solve this because again, you know, you saw a 1261 00:59:44,920 --> 00:59:49,680 couple teams, Utah, maybe Sacramento, couple of teams got 1262 00:59:49,800 --> 00:59:53,160 fined about a half, $1,000,000 right before the All Star break. 1263 00:59:53,440 --> 00:59:56,000 The lack of competitiveness, which is why I'm really excited 1264 00:59:56,000 --> 00:59:57,400 about the Pistons, Knicks tonight. 1265 00:59:57,680 --> 01:00:00,000 There's so many non competitive games. 1266 01:00:00,360 --> 01:00:03,080 And not just because one team's a lot better than the other, but 1267 01:00:03,080 --> 01:00:06,120 because, which happens in every sport, but really because one 1268 01:00:06,120 --> 01:00:09,880 time one team, not only they not trying to win, which is very 1269 01:00:09,880 --> 01:00:12,520 different from what they are trying to do, they are actually 1270 01:00:12,520 --> 01:00:16,560 purposely trying to lose. Now how do you police this out? 1271 01:00:16,560 --> 01:00:20,120 It's not easy. What Stan said was by 1272 01:00:20,120 --> 01:00:22,800 eliminating the NBA draft, which is what he proposed just get rid 1273 01:00:22,800 --> 01:00:27,480 of, it ceases to exist. Now it won't happen because the 1274 01:00:27,480 --> 01:00:31,240 NBA draft is a benchmark and they monetize it and it's an 1275 01:00:31,240 --> 01:00:33,760 extension of their season and they get the night back. 1276 01:00:33,760 --> 01:00:36,440 Even though the draft is not like it used to be, like when 1277 01:00:36,440 --> 01:00:40,440 these kids were there for three or four years, you know, even 2 1278 01:00:40,440 --> 01:00:43,160 years, like, you know, I knew every player getting drafted. 1279 01:00:43,200 --> 01:00:46,800 I do college basketball games and some of these kids getting 1280 01:00:46,800 --> 01:00:49,280 drafted, I'm like, I don't, I don't even know who he is. 1281 01:00:49,280 --> 01:00:52,000 I don't even know like, oh, he was, he's at he's at what school 1282 01:00:52,000 --> 01:00:53,040 now? Oh, that's right. 1283 01:00:53,040 --> 01:00:56,080 He was at that school last year. It's very convoluted. 1284 01:00:56,360 --> 01:01:02,360 So when I was a, a, a young, you know, blossoming sports fan, the 1285 01:01:02,360 --> 01:01:05,480 guys that were getting drafted, you know, Mullen, Ewing, Pearl, 1286 01:01:05,480 --> 01:01:10,320 Washington, you know, Chuck person, I'm just throwing names 1287 01:01:10,320 --> 01:01:12,800 at you like that, that Ronnie cycle. 1288 01:01:12,840 --> 01:01:14,840 Those were guys I watched for 3-4 years. 1289 01:01:15,360 --> 01:01:19,600 And you just, you haven't. Yeah, Chuck, you have Wayman 1290 01:01:19,600 --> 01:01:22,480 Tisdale, you have Lenny Bias from Maryland. 1291 01:01:22,480 --> 01:01:25,040 You have an opinion that you formulated for years. 1292 01:01:25,040 --> 01:01:26,760 So there's more interest in the draft. 1293 01:01:26,760 --> 01:01:29,920 There's because when you can identify with something or 1294 01:01:29,920 --> 01:01:32,040 somebody inherently, there's more interest. 1295 01:01:32,040 --> 01:01:34,840 So I admit the NBA interest has waned. 1296 01:01:34,840 --> 01:01:36,200 I want to see who the next draft did. 1297 01:01:36,200 --> 01:01:38,080 I want to see if anybody from the Big East got drafted. 1298 01:01:38,080 --> 01:01:39,880 That's really all I care about. I'm not sitting there watching 1299 01:01:39,880 --> 01:01:42,400 the NBA draft. I get the answer on the on on 1300 01:01:42,400 --> 01:01:45,560 social media, but let's just say they did dissolve the NBA NBA 1301 01:01:45,560 --> 01:01:48,800 draft and they were able to do what Stan wants them to do. 1302 01:01:48,880 --> 01:01:51,800 He basically said, hey, keep the salary cap. 1303 01:01:52,240 --> 01:01:55,800 Every everybody that enters the draft is a free agent. 1304 01:01:55,800 --> 01:01:59,920 So let's say last year, let's say Stan said this two years 1305 01:01:59,920 --> 01:02:02,840 ago, they somehow implemented it, which will never happen. 1306 01:02:03,520 --> 01:02:07,080 And Cooper flag clearly target 1 Dallas, right? 1307 01:02:07,080 --> 01:02:11,280 Well, anybody, including the Knicks or including the world 1308 01:02:11,280 --> 01:02:15,840 champions would have been able to draft him, number one, or 1309 01:02:15,840 --> 01:02:18,400 really not even number one. Just get him, get his right, so 1310 01:02:18,400 --> 01:02:21,760 to speak, because they could offer him whatever they want. 1311 01:02:22,360 --> 01:02:26,840 So you could offer a Cooper flag, you know, $30 million a 1312 01:02:26,840 --> 01:02:29,040 year. You need to be able to sit or 1313 01:02:29,040 --> 01:02:31,200 fit it within the parameters of discovery cap. 1314 01:02:31,720 --> 01:02:35,560 So it's an interesting concept because it would do away with 1315 01:02:35,640 --> 01:02:38,160 the lack of competitiveness. Why I don't think it's going to 1316 01:02:38,160 --> 01:02:39,280 work. Number one, that's not going to 1317 01:02:39,280 --> 01:02:41,960 get rid of the draft. But the other thing that it 1318 01:02:41,960 --> 01:02:46,520 would I think would be an issue is that all that like the you 1319 01:02:46,520 --> 01:02:51,680 would still have, I think, players who let's say the Knicks 1320 01:02:51,680 --> 01:02:57,680 give you an offer of 20, the Celtics, the Warriors, think of 1321 01:02:57,680 --> 01:03:03,400 the bigger markets, Chicago and a few others, Miami and they 1322 01:03:03,400 --> 01:03:06,880 offer you 20. But the Utah Jazz or Memphis 1323 01:03:06,880 --> 01:03:10,840 offers you 30, $10 million more to go someplace that you 1324 01:03:10,840 --> 01:03:14,280 probably won't find this desirable because the markets 1325 01:03:14,280 --> 01:03:16,480 not as big, the cache is not quite the same. 1326 01:03:16,720 --> 01:03:21,120 So it's a very imperfect solution, but I appreciate 1327 01:03:21,120 --> 01:03:22,480 staying trying to come up with one. 1328 01:03:22,760 --> 01:03:24,960 What I would do, this is very easy. 1329 01:03:25,280 --> 01:03:28,080 Number one, you keep the NBA draft because again, you have to 1330 01:03:28,080 --> 01:03:30,960 work within the framework of what's realistic and what's not. 1331 01:03:31,120 --> 01:03:34,240 It's not going to go away. So you keep the NBA draft, but 1332 01:03:34,240 --> 01:03:39,960 instead of having the weighted draft ball lottery system, you 1333 01:03:39,960 --> 01:03:42,640 know, the worst record gets this amount of balls, the second 1334 01:03:42,640 --> 01:03:46,600 worst, they get more than the third worst and it decreases. 1335 01:03:46,600 --> 01:03:50,880 So the odds to land favorably obviously increase the worst 1336 01:03:50,880 --> 01:03:52,520 that you are. So there's the incentive to 1337 01:03:52,520 --> 01:03:54,800 lose. So if you go 12 and whatever, 1338 01:03:54,800 --> 01:03:58,320 whatever the mat, 12 and 62, am I doing that right? 1339 01:03:58,320 --> 01:04:02,360 12 and 70. Wait, 12 and 70, is that right? 1340 01:04:02,880 --> 01:04:08,200 Yeah, 12 and 7082 game season. If you go 12 and 70 and somebody 1341 01:04:08,200 --> 01:04:12,360 else goes 23 and whatever, you've got the same amount of 1342 01:04:12,360 --> 01:04:15,080 percentage possibility based on the Bulls that are in that 1343 01:04:15,080 --> 01:04:19,880 little machine that they do with Ernst and Young to determine who 1344 01:04:19,880 --> 01:04:23,640 gets drafted where and which team gets the first, second, 3rd 1345 01:04:23,640 --> 01:04:25,920 sequentially. To me, that's the best solution 1346 01:04:26,200 --> 01:04:28,160 because you keep the drafts, you keep the money in the 1347 01:04:28,160 --> 01:04:31,080 advertising stream there, but what you're also doing is you 1348 01:04:31,080 --> 01:04:35,280 are now dissuading entirely there's no benefit to finish 1349 01:04:35,280 --> 01:04:38,640 with the worst record. It doesn't behoove any team to 1350 01:04:38,640 --> 01:04:42,680 go out there and get your brains kicked in or, you know, sit a 1351 01:04:42,680 --> 01:04:46,760 veteran or even a couple of young ascending players the last 1352 01:04:46,760 --> 01:04:49,080 two weeks of the season because you want to make sure you don't 1353 01:04:49,080 --> 01:04:51,640 win. No, you can finish the season 1354 01:04:51,640 --> 01:04:54,560 with integrity and you can finish the season with pride and 1355 01:04:54,560 --> 01:04:57,080 purpose. And those young players. 1356 01:04:57,360 --> 01:05:00,760 And and if there was a veteran or two mixed in with that group, 1357 01:05:01,040 --> 01:05:03,880 they will benefit because they'll they'll play with, you 1358 01:05:03,880 --> 01:05:06,080 know, again, with purpose the entire season. 1359 01:05:06,440 --> 01:05:09,440 And and I think that that will will kind of elevate them for 1360 01:05:09,440 --> 01:05:12,160 the next year rather than pulling the plug and being 1361 01:05:12,160 --> 01:05:15,280 select selectively competitive. And here's a maintenance day, 1362 01:05:15,280 --> 01:05:17,360 and this guy's going to sit out because we don't want to win. 1363 01:05:17,720 --> 01:05:20,360 Like, how the hell does nobody come up with this? 1364 01:05:20,600 --> 01:05:22,480 It's the easiest solution in the book. 1365 01:05:22,800 --> 01:05:25,920 You got guys like Stan Van Gundy jump in the hoops to come again, 1366 01:05:25,920 --> 01:05:28,440 which I appreciate. It's just it's nonsensical. 1367 01:05:28,440 --> 01:05:30,800 It's not going to happen, but at least the man's trying. 1368 01:05:31,080 --> 01:05:33,640 People, you know, falling over themselves, twisting themselves 1369 01:05:33,640 --> 01:05:37,120 into knots, you know, try to do mental, physical gymnastics, try 1370 01:05:37,120 --> 01:05:39,760 to come up with a solution. I just gave you one in 30 1371 01:05:39,760 --> 01:05:43,600 seconds. Attach the same value to every 1372 01:05:43,600 --> 01:05:46,480 team that doesn't qualify for the playoffs. 1373 01:05:46,640 --> 01:05:48,520 Problem solved. You're welcome. 1374 01:05:48,520 --> 01:05:52,280 Adam Silver implemented. I mean, what is so hard about 1375 01:05:52,280 --> 01:05:52,880 this? Jay Rod? 1376 01:05:53,280 --> 01:05:55,760 Why I I really, I have a question. 1377 01:05:56,280 --> 01:05:58,560 Why am I not a commissioner at this point? 1378 01:05:58,840 --> 01:06:00,240 I don't know. Man, you got to. 1379 01:06:00,320 --> 01:06:02,800 Maybe you got to hit that link, then start filling it out. 1380 01:06:04,320 --> 01:06:08,600 Get in the seat, you and Silver. Yeah, well, Silver's the number 1381 01:06:08,600 --> 01:06:10,400 2. I mean, I know he's literally a 1382 01:06:10,400 --> 01:06:13,200 number one, but if I was going to go and work for the NBAI 1383 01:06:13,200 --> 01:06:15,400 could not work. Well, yeah, I mean, I couldn't 1384 01:06:15,400 --> 01:06:17,400 work under Adam Silver. Adam Silver's. 1385 01:06:17,440 --> 01:06:20,480 I would have to relegate, with all the respect, Adam Silver to 1386 01:06:20,480 --> 01:06:24,920 where he belongs, which would be #2 He is a #2 disguised as a #1 1387 01:06:24,920 --> 01:06:27,000 because he's let all the players walk all over him. 1388 01:06:27,280 --> 01:06:30,680 He's lost control of the NBA and the product has become 1389 01:06:30,680 --> 01:06:34,280 incredibly diminished as a result of his leadership. 1390 01:06:34,480 --> 01:06:36,880 So I think he's a good man. I want to preface that it's not 1391 01:06:36,880 --> 01:06:38,800 personal. I do think he's a really good 1392 01:06:38,800 --> 01:06:40,800 person. I think, you know, morally, I 1393 01:06:40,800 --> 01:06:42,960 think he's in the right spot. I don't agree with everything he 1394 01:06:42,960 --> 01:06:46,320 says, but I think he's a good human being. 1395 01:06:46,360 --> 01:06:49,360 He's just not a commissioner. See, when you're a commissioner, 1396 01:06:49,600 --> 01:06:53,040 you can't try to make friends. You got to drop the hammer and 1397 01:06:53,040 --> 01:06:54,760 not care about the repercussions. 1398 01:06:54,960 --> 01:06:57,040 He's trying to be buddies with everybody, trying to be boys 1399 01:06:57,040 --> 01:06:58,920 with everybody. It's not how it goes, dude. 1400 01:06:59,200 --> 01:07:01,400 There's a reason why David Stern's the best commissioner of 1401 01:07:01,400 --> 01:07:02,560 all time. That's why. 1402 01:07:02,840 --> 01:07:06,400 And even Goodell, now Goodell softened a little bit here, but 1403 01:07:06,400 --> 01:07:10,160 there's a reason why Goodell, I think, runs a better NFL than 1404 01:07:10,160 --> 01:07:13,400 Silver runs in NBA, because Goodell's not looking to be 1405 01:07:13,400 --> 01:07:15,600 buddy buddy with everybody. And the quicker that these 1406 01:07:15,600 --> 01:07:17,840 people can figure it out, Same with same with, you know, 1407 01:07:17,840 --> 01:07:21,520 Bettman and same with Major League Baseball. 1408 01:07:21,840 --> 01:07:23,480 I just don't think there's a lot of good commissioners. 1409 01:07:23,480 --> 01:07:25,080 It's very. Yeah, I could do the job. 1410 01:07:25,160 --> 01:07:28,320 I know that I could. And Speaking of LinkedIn, do you 1411 01:07:28,320 --> 01:07:30,360 know that I've never once been on LinkedIn? 1412 01:07:30,600 --> 01:07:33,200 Not once you go you. So you don't even have a profile 1413 01:07:33,200 --> 01:07:34,360 now? I don't even have an. 1414 01:07:34,360 --> 01:07:36,520 Account I do not. Congrats. 1415 01:07:36,760 --> 01:07:38,200 Well, I. Mean it's it's different like 1416 01:07:38,200 --> 01:07:42,600 when you do what I now if if if I was just entering the 1417 01:07:42,600 --> 01:07:46,040 workforce now trying to be a broadcaster, I'm sure I would be 1418 01:07:46,280 --> 01:07:49,000 and and I don't mean this to sound pompous at all but you 1419 01:07:49,000 --> 01:07:51,160 know when you when you've been on the air for as long as I've 1420 01:07:51,160 --> 01:07:53,760 been people kind of think they're like alright we like 1421 01:07:53,760 --> 01:07:57,480 them or we don't no, I've worked out there I have a feeling if 1422 01:07:57,480 --> 01:07:59,160 you made. An account, it would just be so 1423 01:07:59,160 --> 01:08:01,880 many Marist kids hitting you up. It would be. 1424 01:08:02,040 --> 01:08:02,960 Oh, that's true. Too. 1425 01:08:03,000 --> 01:08:04,560 Yeah, you would have. A bunch hitting you up? 1426 01:08:04,560 --> 01:08:06,600 Yeah, I'd have. Time for that I I always get 1427 01:08:06,720 --> 01:08:08,720 time for the kids. I've got time for the kids, like 1428 01:08:08,760 --> 01:08:11,960 I am pretty good with that, where I and I do get emails from 1429 01:08:11,960 --> 01:08:15,240 from Mara students and some DMS and you know, I've jumped on 1430 01:08:15,240 --> 01:08:18,760 some, some podcast and, and I'll continue to do this younger, 1431 01:08:18,760 --> 01:08:20,840 even though I'm not even necessarily young, but you know, 1432 01:08:20,840 --> 01:08:23,120 starting out podcast. Hey, I'm a big fan. 1433 01:08:23,120 --> 01:08:25,240 I'm, I'm looking to transition from this line of work. 1434 01:08:25,439 --> 01:08:27,800 It will mean the world. Can you hop on and they might 1435 01:08:27,800 --> 01:08:32,080 have like, you know, 329 subscribers, but if they 1436 01:08:32,080 --> 01:08:35,319 approach it the right way, I, I will I, I enjoy that because I, 1437 01:08:35,399 --> 01:08:37,960 I want to, I believe in paying back and I believe in and 1438 01:08:37,960 --> 01:08:40,600 pushing things forward. So I would have a LinkedIn 1439 01:08:40,600 --> 01:08:41,840 account if I was just starting now. 1440 01:08:41,840 --> 01:08:43,040 I don't need it though, thank God. 1441 01:08:43,160 --> 01:08:44,520 Well, I mean, I hope I don't need it. 1442 01:08:44,800 --> 01:08:47,120 If this YouTube thing doesn't work out, I might have to go for 1443 01:08:47,240 --> 01:08:50,359 that something totally different, but I really probably 1444 01:08:50,359 --> 01:08:53,240 could do it for motivational speaking. 1445 01:08:53,439 --> 01:08:54,840 Maybe that's something I should look at. 1446 01:08:54,840 --> 01:08:56,160 You think? I mean, I think. 1447 01:08:56,160 --> 01:08:59,399 It's a good way to just expand horizons with connections. 1448 01:08:59,399 --> 01:09:02,359 It's also just like. I think it's a way to really, 1449 01:09:02,960 --> 01:09:06,479 you know, not that I'm doing an ad for LinkedIn right here, but 1450 01:09:06,479 --> 01:09:10,319 I think it's a great way to like, just like immediately 1451 01:09:10,319 --> 01:09:13,720 directly message somebody you're trying to get in contact with. 1452 01:09:13,720 --> 01:09:16,160 You know, they will likely respond to you. 1453 01:09:16,240 --> 01:09:17,479 OK. That's what I, that's what I've 1454 01:09:17,479 --> 01:09:18,760 liked about it. What else we got? 1455 01:09:18,760 --> 01:09:22,439 Cooking besides you guys making sure you hammer the like button, 1456 01:09:22,479 --> 01:09:24,439 get the likes up hammer the way Avery. 1457 01:09:24,439 --> 01:09:26,080 Summit's got a good question for you. 1458 01:09:26,080 --> 01:09:27,600 All right, all right, BT. If you were the MLB 1459 01:09:27,600 --> 01:09:32,160 Commissioner, how would you solve the impending lockout? 1460 01:09:34,160 --> 01:09:37,040 I mean, that's a long way. I mean, I can't get into that 1461 01:09:37,040 --> 01:09:38,680 now. Maybe I shouldn't be baseball 1462 01:09:38,680 --> 01:09:40,439 commissioner. I, I don't, I don't know. 1463 01:09:40,920 --> 01:09:44,760 That is something listen, when you talk about the legal stuff 1464 01:09:46,040 --> 01:09:48,760 and I, I, I say that I could be commissioner and I mean it like 1465 01:09:48,760 --> 01:09:52,000 a lot of me, me believes it, but there are things that I just, I 1466 01:09:52,000 --> 01:09:55,080 don't have a legal background. Sterns did so like that, you 1467 01:09:55,080 --> 01:09:59,240 know, these guys are are are legal oriented. 1468 01:09:59,240 --> 01:10:01,800 So I don't know. I think I would start with 1469 01:10:01,800 --> 01:10:05,880 probably with transparency and I would, I mean, there's things 1470 01:10:05,880 --> 01:10:08,640 that I would do. I would be amenable to shave it 1471 01:10:08,640 --> 01:10:11,720 a few games off the 162. There's other things that I 1472 01:10:11,720 --> 01:10:14,880 would make sure I don't do, like having the Yankees play opening 1473 01:10:14,880 --> 01:10:17,280 day on Netflix. And I love Netflix, I love it. 1474 01:10:17,520 --> 01:10:19,680 But what are we doing? Like I would I would remain 1475 01:10:19,680 --> 01:10:23,560 beholden to an extent to as many people as as I can that help 1476 01:10:23,560 --> 01:10:26,160 build the sport. Now that's also a very easy 1477 01:10:26,160 --> 01:10:30,320 thing to say when I'm not, when I'm not really looking to, cuz, 1478 01:10:30,440 --> 01:10:32,720 you know, I, I speak for the owners as the commissioner and 1479 01:10:32,720 --> 01:10:35,000 they want to make money. So I can sit here in my office 1480 01:10:35,000 --> 01:10:38,640 and say, well, I wouldn't have the game on prime and this and 1481 01:10:38,640 --> 01:10:40,320 that. I don't know, maybe I would if I 1482 01:10:40,320 --> 01:10:42,560 was in the moment. And you got you, you saw the, 1483 01:10:42,560 --> 01:10:46,400 the contrast, the contrasting between, you know, conventional, 1484 01:10:46,400 --> 01:10:50,320 like, you know, regional TV versus more streaming stuff. 1485 01:10:50,640 --> 01:10:52,480 I get it. My biggest issue with the 1486 01:10:52,480 --> 01:10:55,640 commissioners is when they don't address things properly, when 1487 01:10:55,640 --> 01:10:59,040 they don't show any sort of backbone, whether it's 1488 01:10:59,040 --> 01:11:03,280 suspensions or certain issues that they've allowed to get 1489 01:11:03,280 --> 01:11:06,720 hijacked on occasion or whatever it might be. 1490 01:11:06,920 --> 01:11:08,520 Like. That's where I think I would 1491 01:11:08,520 --> 01:11:10,720 flourish, but I'm not going to be egotistical enough to. 1492 01:11:10,720 --> 01:11:12,920 I don't have a clue. Like with the legal stuff. 1493 01:11:12,960 --> 01:11:15,320 I'll tell you one thing I wouldn't do is I wouldn't be 1494 01:11:15,320 --> 01:11:18,320 pegging my brother's wife if I'm Tony Clark. 1495 01:11:18,720 --> 01:11:20,280 There you. Go from the union. 1496 01:11:20,280 --> 01:11:24,560 Side when we did this yesterday I thought it was mistakenly 1497 01:11:24,560 --> 01:11:27,080 erroneously. My bed it's even worse. 1498 01:11:27,120 --> 01:11:29,800 Wait, it was his? Brother's wife, yes. 1499 01:11:30,280 --> 01:11:34,560 I thought it was his wife's sister, which is bad enough, 1500 01:11:34,560 --> 01:11:36,120 which is. You know, which is still 1501 01:11:36,280 --> 01:11:39,480 obviously that that's completely ruins their relationship, but 1502 01:11:39,480 --> 01:11:43,240 your brother's wife completely ruins your relationship with 1503 01:11:43,240 --> 01:11:45,080 your brother. Yeah, you're done. 1504 01:11:45,320 --> 01:11:47,320 Can you imagine? That you're done. 1505 01:11:47,400 --> 01:11:49,240 I mean dude, I don't want. To get too crass, like, you 1506 01:11:49,240 --> 01:11:50,720 know, I'll have a little fun. I don't want to get, you know, 1507 01:11:50,760 --> 01:11:53,960 filthy here, but I mean, jeez, I mean, how do you how do you ever 1508 01:11:53,960 --> 01:11:56,320 look him in the eye again? If you're if you're Tony Clark's 1509 01:11:56,320 --> 01:11:59,880 brother, I don't care how profusely he apologizes. 1510 01:12:00,640 --> 01:12:03,880 You suck with my wife. You look at him beat your 1511 01:12:03,880 --> 01:12:08,920 freaking I'm going to I'm what I mean wow, I would this first of 1512 01:12:08,920 --> 01:12:10,920 all, her we kick her to the curb. 1513 01:12:10,920 --> 01:12:13,200 We never look at her again. You handle what you have to 1514 01:12:13,200 --> 01:12:14,760 handle as a dad. You take care of that. 1515 01:12:14,760 --> 01:12:18,000 Do the right thing. Obviously you I have 0 respect 1516 01:12:18,000 --> 01:12:21,040 for you get lost him. I could never speak to him 1517 01:12:21,040 --> 01:12:23,440 again. I really couldn't I. 1518 01:12:23,480 --> 01:12:27,280 Mean it would just be like 1 like I mean the two people who 1519 01:12:27,280 --> 01:12:29,320 you've probably loved some of the most in your life. 1520 01:12:29,320 --> 01:12:31,960 The trust is gone. Like you can't you can't trust 1521 01:12:31,960 --> 01:12:35,640 your brother after that terrible who can't trust no one. 1522 01:12:35,640 --> 01:12:38,960 You're probably it's probably scary scary. 1523 01:12:38,960 --> 01:12:41,160 I was always good. With that man, like I never 1524 01:12:41,160 --> 01:12:43,480 messed around my buddy's girlfriend, so it was always off 1525 01:12:43,480 --> 01:12:45,800 limits, you know, I think that's. 1526 01:12:46,480 --> 01:12:49,320 As you said, honor amongst thieves, yes. 1527 01:12:49,600 --> 01:12:52,280 With you, which Tony apparently does not have. 1528 01:12:53,160 --> 01:12:56,280 I like hating to what happened. This is a funny comment I would 1529 01:12:56,280 --> 01:12:58,560 have got. I like to see BT reenact the 1530 01:12:58,560 --> 01:13:01,880 cover for Queen 2 or the game Queen 2. 1531 01:13:01,880 --> 01:13:04,560 I don't even or the game with Sal. 1532 01:13:05,320 --> 01:13:06,280 What? The hell does this even. 1533 01:13:06,280 --> 01:13:09,200 Mean here J Rod and Bob Bob booms, which will make for an 1534 01:13:09,200 --> 01:13:11,560 excellent group. Oh, for their interconnected 1535 01:13:11,560 --> 01:13:13,680 shows, All right. What do you mean? 1536 01:13:13,840 --> 01:13:15,600 Queen the band? Yes. 1537 01:13:15,600 --> 01:13:17,120 Wait, it's. I'm not a big fan of. 1538 01:13:17,120 --> 01:13:19,480 Queen, I'm not a big. OK, I know. 1539 01:13:19,720 --> 01:13:21,880 Now let me just let me back that up because, you know, I've got a 1540 01:13:21,880 --> 01:13:25,000 very eclectical musical taste. I appreciate music. 1541 01:13:25,320 --> 01:13:28,880 I'm not saying that I don't think Queen is incredible in 1542 01:13:28,880 --> 01:13:31,400 terms of their artistry, their impact. 1543 01:13:31,400 --> 01:13:33,600 I'm not saying that at all. And the documentary was great. 1544 01:13:34,000 --> 01:13:35,040 Great. I did see that. 1545 01:13:35,440 --> 01:13:37,600 I just I never really liked their music. 1546 01:13:37,600 --> 01:13:38,800 No, it's fair. It's. 1547 01:13:38,920 --> 01:13:41,320 It's a little grandiose, you know? 1548 01:13:41,640 --> 01:13:43,880 Yeah, just not really my scene. He was. 1549 01:13:43,960 --> 01:13:45,240 Oh, you know, of course I know that one. 1550 01:13:45,240 --> 01:13:46,120 Yeah. Yeah, I know that one. 1551 01:13:46,120 --> 01:13:47,000 Yeah. It's a cool picture. 1552 01:13:47,040 --> 01:13:48,680 I I have seen. That a million times true. 1553 01:13:48,960 --> 01:13:50,960 That is a cool picture. Anything else before I hit the 1554 01:13:51,000 --> 01:13:53,760 old the old road ski and get out to St. 1555 01:13:53,760 --> 01:13:58,000 John's for the nothing but? The John sequence Slam that 1556 01:13:58,000 --> 01:14:01,280 like, slam that. Subscribe and keep this trainer 1557 01:14:01,280 --> 01:14:05,200 rolling. Something on Van Gundy. 1558 01:14:05,200 --> 01:14:06,800 Let me see if I missed one more thing here. 1559 01:14:07,360 --> 01:14:12,080 Yeah, the Queen cover here. All right, we started just get 1560 01:14:12,080 --> 01:14:12,960 redundant. It's all good. 1561 01:14:13,200 --> 01:14:15,880 Hey, you heard what I said about these Knicks. 1562 01:14:15,880 --> 01:14:18,160 Let's see a little spirit, let's see a little fortitude, let's 1563 01:14:18,160 --> 01:14:20,320 see a little heart, let's see a little push back. 1564 01:14:20,600 --> 01:14:22,440 They haven't beaten you. They have owned you. 1565 01:14:22,560 --> 01:14:26,200 They have embarrassed you. And you know, I mean, to really 1566 01:14:26,200 --> 01:14:29,400 get worked up for a regular season NBA game is kind of rare 1567 01:14:29,680 --> 01:14:31,480 tonight. The soon as I get back from 1568 01:14:31,480 --> 01:14:34,920 coaching my daughter's game, which will probably be if I had 1569 01:14:34,920 --> 01:14:39,080 to take a guess, 10410 five if the final score. 1570 01:14:39,440 --> 01:14:43,400 I am coming back and I implanted my ass on the couch and I'm 1571 01:14:43,400 --> 01:14:47,120 watching every second of this game and I, I, I, I, I have an 1572 01:14:47,120 --> 01:14:50,920 expectation of what I better see and what we better see. 1573 01:14:51,240 --> 01:14:53,200 And if not, we're going to have some questions. 1574 01:14:53,200 --> 01:14:54,560 We'll have a good show tomorrow either way. 1575 01:14:54,880 --> 01:14:57,000 Obviously do some mix. I've got some NFL draft stuff 1576 01:14:57,000 --> 01:14:59,880 for you tomorrow as well. Hey, spread the word unleashed 1577 01:15:00,000 --> 01:15:04,200 hammer the like subscribe it, get the comments going and 1578 01:15:04,200 --> 01:15:07,360 that's it man Have a great, great Thursday and I will catch 1579 01:15:07,360 --> 01:15:11,640 you guys tomorrow at 10 unless something wacky happens in the 1580 01:15:11,640 --> 01:15:15,240 meantime, J Rod, everybody else BT unleash fam be well. 1581 01:15:15,240 --> 01:15:16,240 I'll check you tomorrow. Peace. 1582 01:15:26,600 --> 01:15:28,080 This is Unleash. Are you listening? 1583 01:15:28,120 --> 01:15:29,000 Can you hear me? Hear me.