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"It doesn't help when guys are trying to find just the perfect situation for them to get off and shoot shots. And that's what ends up happening. And a lot of it has to do with parenting. Parenting, everybody wants their kid to be a superstar. And I totally get it. I understand I have kids myself, but you know. Why isn't Bobby, Bobby should be the one shooting at the end of the games. Why are they giving it to Billy? 100%. I'm moving my kid to a new team. That's what happens. We have, I have an AAU program right now. We have a kid that just left and he was a talented kid on our team, but his dad felt like he was being overshadowed by another kid on our team who played really well this year. And that's just, if you can't play good players here, how the hell is he going to play good players in college and in the NBA? That logic right there is what's flawed. I am all for kids getting paid. In high school and in college. And I've expressed that. Do I think it helps? I don't know. It's too early to tell. It's tough to tell kids what to do when they can transfer and there's no fee. I mean, these guys are just transferring now in a drop of a dime. You got kids in four different colleges in five years. The transfer portal, the kids are making more in college than they would make even overseas. So you can't get through to them. And if they're getting paid, they think just by law in their mind, whatever they're doing is right because they're making money for it. So they can't be doing anything wrong. So whatever I got going is working. So the learning curve there, it's a weird time. And I noticed this with the young players. You didn't mention the college piece of it now as college sports is basically self-combusting. And we're losing like these role model type of old school coaches where it's like, they'll teach you the fundamentals and you won't want to hear what they tell you. But later in life, you're going to realize they were right. Are we losing that too? So now what's happening? You can't even talk to a player. You can't even buy, bro. When I was at Duke, man, you used to get violated. That's just how it was. That's how it was everywhere, bro. When you went to college, man, that college coach had your life by the balls because you could not go- Yeah, Coach K is recruiting you. And then all of a sudden it's like, wait, I thought you liked me. Why are you screaming at me? Next thing you notice you practice and he's like, you fucking pussy. You need a, you know what I mean? And that's, and you don't realize in the moment, but like he was trying to build a man. He knew I had one year there. He knew I was leaving after a year. And he's like, you are not ready mentally to go and play against grown men. Because at the time when I came, even in 2010, like guys are like 32, 33. Now the age of these guys are like 22, but they'd be so young now that it's like, it's like a branch off of college basketball. It's insane. Every player is 23, 22. And I noticed this because like over the years, as I've gone into these locker rooms, the conversations that are being had, you're like, man, like these dudes are talking about this still? Cause that's where they're at at that point in their life. I'm just glad they're having conversations that they're not just all on their phone. Just like dead silence. It's usually based around a phone though. They're like huddled around a phone, looking at this, this and that. It's just like, it really is a different age. And now college coaches, I don't know what you could say. If you go too hard, a player could just be like, yeah, fucking I'm leaving. I don't want to be here. All right, so let's say you have a 15 year old son right now who is as good as you were when you were 15. What would you want? What would you want his next five years to look like? What is the best way to produce a really good basketball player who knows how to play with other people? I would want him to go to a top tier college to where he's playing with other top tier talent. For how many years? If he's ready after one, he could go. I mean, I'm not for like, I'm not one of those guys that's like, you need three years of college. I mean, if you're really good, coming back sometimes hurts you. They overanalyze you. They start, you know, sometimes you have to go after one year. If you have a really good freshman year, you almost have to leave because then you either have to play much better your sophomore year, otherwise your stock drops. So it's just like, that's a shaky situation, but I would want him to go to a major school. And I'm not one of those guys that think you have to go to a big time school. But if he's a big time player, I want him to play with other big time players. If anything, it just teaches you already right there how to play with other players. Because then you get to the league and you're playing with not only players that are just as good as you, you're playing with some guys that are better than you. It's the first time you go to a team, you're like, whoa, I can't do what that guy does. I remember even my first year playing with guys and I was like, goddamn, that guy's really good, man. Like I can't shoot that far. Like I can't shoot like that off the dribble. You know what I mean? Like that's just, and it just pushes you to get better. So that'd probably be the way I'd go. I'm not with like the, what's it, the OTE or the G league and all that stuff. I don't have a problem with it, but I'd rather have my kid go to college, man. Go play, go have fun. You know what I mean? Do you wish you had stayed a second year in college? No, no. I was more, it was crazy. I was more tailor made for the NBA. I just ended up being a off guard player in the league. No pun intended. I ended up being like one of those guys that is, spot up or catch and move quickly, defensive guy. And then in LA and Houston, I got to really kind of do a little bit more on the ball stuff, but. Well, the first team you went to was, that was a classic, man, probably not the perfect first team for you. It was the worst situation I could have been in. And I had nothing to do with it. Well, tell the listeners, for people who don't know. So you get drafted, you end up in New Orleans. I got drafted number 10. And anytime you're like a lottery pick, usually, you know, you're going somewhere and I would say eight out of 10 times, usually the red carpets, I don't want to say that red carpet's rolled out, but like you already got a spot. They're going to put you in. You get to go play. I got that, but I was also drafted with the number one pick in the draft, Anthony Davis. So the team was, rightfully so, based around him. And they brought in- And they're rebuilding their rock bottom. It's like, we're revamping our team with AD and here we go. Yep. And we were really bad. And then they put me off the ball, which was fine, but he wanted me to be more of a defender. And like, I remember in a game, I did like a step back three and I got like taken out. And they're like, that's not your game. We don't want you to do that here. You're not, you know, I just remember my confidence, like little by little, just got worse and worse and worse, man, to where like I'm in the game and I'm like thinking and hesitating. And at that point you're fucked, man. Like you're just not even playing good basketball. I'm reading everything people are saying about me. You know, all this stuff is starting to kind of like turn. And then the last like half of the season, I start to really finally get it together and like start putting some games together. It's 15, 16 at one game, 27, 22. Like I'm really starting to play well. I break my hand and I miss the last 28 games of the year. I go into that summer and this is the most important part. I go into that summer and they're like, hey, we're going to bring you back for summer league. We know you were a lottery pick last year, but we're going to bring you back for summer league to play just like three or four games. And if you dominate, you know, you're done. I worked so hard that summer, Bill. I mean, I lived in the gym and I came back and you could actually go look at it. I went and played the summer league with the Pelicans because we changed our team name and I dominated. I played really well. And I'm pumped, man. I'm thinking like, you know, this is the future for me. And mind you, I know also in the back of my head that it's not because a week or two prior, right before I'm coming back for my like sophomore campaign to like really prove myself, they bring in Drew Holiday and they bring in Tyreke Evans. I remember this, they spent a lot of money. And they paid both of them. So now they just quit on me. I had one season there where I missed 30-something games due to injury and they quit. It was over. So now I'm not starting anymore. I'm barely playing anymore. And that was it, man. That's all I got. After everything I did in high school in Duke, I got a half a year in the NBA to really like play in a position where I wasn't allowed to do anything. And then before you know it, I got these big time veteran guards getting paid 40, 50, $60 million contracts, three of them. I got Eric Gordon, Tyreke, Andrew all in my position and I'm not playing. So it's just like, it was a huge, like that was the first time. You talk about humble pie, Bill. I went from being like the man at high school and I was the man at Duke. And then I'm a lottery pick to like, I'm not even playing. So we had in Boston when I was living there in the late 90s, we had Celtics tickets, we still do. But they get Chauncey number three and Ron Mercer number six, right? And Patino is the coach, it's his first year. And he's running the team like he's a college coach and he's a maniac and they're pressing and they're doing all this stuff. And Chauncey who clearly was something, right? Really, he had all the strength and athleticism already and he had definitely carried himself a certain way. Like this guy's something, but you could see his confidence start to go like this, right? And game 50, they trade him for Kenny Anderson. And he goes, I think he goes Toronto, then Denver, ends up in Minnesota and he's just bouncing around. And my dad and I were always like, man, I don't know if he's a buster, if that was just bad luck. And then all of a sudden he became Chauncey Billups in Detroit, right? But it took four stops for him to- You had to get in a good situation, man. And I do feel like people don't understand the situation part of basketball. They have no idea, they have no idea. People have no idea that situation is 100%, it's everything in basketball. You have like the 0.1 percenters, like I'll give you like the Kevin Durant, Lebron James. Yeah, Giannis, those guys are freaks, man, just by physical nature standpoint. Like no matter where they go, they're just going to dominate. Everyone else in the league, even like the low level All-Star guys, you put some of those guys on a different team, you don't even know. I'm serious, man. Like I've been on teams where I felt like I could average, like, man, if I was in that situation, I'd be crushing you. And then there's teams where I'm on now, I'm just like, damn, like this is hard, bro. Like this is really hard. If people don't understand, you try going to a game, you try missing five games, not playing, because you don't know if you're playing that night. And then on the sixth game, they put you in a third quarter after sitting down for 40 minutes, and you got to go hit that first shot you get in the corner. Otherwise you're coming right the fuck out. People have no idea how hard it is to do this. And it's a really hard job. It's much harder to be a journeyman or a role player than it is being a starter. But being a starter, you get to ease into the game. You got your seven, eight shots, 10 shots, you get a game. All you gotta do is make half. Well, the Celtics had a guy, Peyton Pritchard, who I think is good. And I've been in Peyton Pritchard arguments. But he had the worst situation of just about any bench part last year because we were loaded with guards. Loaded. And he was just what you were talking about. He wouldn't play a couple of games. This guy got in foul trouble or we need shooting. All of a sudden he's getting thrown out there in the third quarter. And it's like, I actually think this guy's good. Like I was waiting for like one of the smart teams to trade for him, but by the time we need him in the playoffs, his confidence had gotten to the point that he was not an asset. And he asked for a trade in the off season and people were like, oh, Peyton Pritchard asked for a trade. And I'm thinking like, he should have asked for a trade. Like he's actually pretty good. Like he probably looks at some of the backup guards around the league and think like, yeah, could I be TJ McConnell on the Pacers? I could. So I don't know. That's the worst part is people always try to give me advice on like not looking at other players. Like don't compare yourself to other players. It's the worst thing you can do. But it's like, how the hell am I not supposed to do this when I'm sitting on the bench? I understand maybe this situation isn't the best, but like I'm looking at other guys and other opportunities. I'm just like, God, if I could just be there. Like Miami, like what you pointed out, Miami is a dream destination for every player like me because Spode doesn't coach based anybody off merit or like or contract. He plays who's going to play the hardest and who's going to help win the damn game. They're trying to win. They try to win games over there. That's just the bottom line. And if Mack, they started, who was it? Dave Vincent, who's making at the time was 700K, 800K, whatever it was, they're playing him. He's starting in the playoffs. Kyle Larry. Yeah, Struce. You got Kyle Larry making 30 million. He's coming off the bench and there's not no ego about it. Not even a word from Kyle. You know what I mean? That's just the culture of Miami is like win. And if you go there and play well and tap in and fit in, you're like badged as a winner. And all those guys got paid this summer. You know what I mean? So it's just like, that's like, I would do anything to play for the Miami Heat. Seriously, like that's like number one choice for me would be to play for Spode and play with guys like Jimmy, like fucking dogs, man, like dogs, bro. Go out there, play through illness, play through injury, play through soreness, defend, defend, defend. Listen, I don't like where this conversation went because I wanted the Celtics to get you. So I don't like that you're doing a Miami resume. I had a great talk with Brad actually like a week ago. Yeah. And he was- I know we need you because we traded Marcus Smart. We had the minutes. That's why I called him and I was like, man, I would love to be a part of the team. And he said a lot of positive things. We'll see if that's something that comes to fruition, but I've always loved Brad. I've always been a fan of him. The other piece of Miami is if they end up stumbling into this Dame trade, who the hell knows? I don't know what to believe anymore, but that's going to be multiple players. Multiple players. All packaged together for Dame and then all of a sudden they're going to be needing two or three Austin Riversteads. So maybe they're just kind of waiting. That's what I'm hoping. You know, I'm hoping, I'm hoping the deal gets done and they got to get off like three or four players. And then like they have, because they already have like multiple contracts still they have inside. They still have three roster spots they haven't used because they're waiting for this Dame thing. So they got multiple spots and there's not, I mean, you talk about best player available. I just don't see someone better than me. That's just, I mean, and I'm not trying to be arrogant. That's just when my experience and my playing, I just don't see that. And I, obviously I felt like I should have been signed in the beginning of the summer, but you know, everything happens for a reason, man. Like I'm here, I'm right where I'm supposed to be. My job now is mentally staying engaged and staying in shape. I have to stay in shape. I have to stay ready. That way, if I do get signed this week or six weeks from now, I'm ready to go. So that's where I got to happen. Were you surprised at all by what happened with Jimmy in the playoffs this year? Like he basically, he basically took on Milwaukee. I know Giannis got hurt for a part of it, but he pulled their hearts out by the end of that. I've never seen, I didn't know if somebody could do that to Drew Holiday. Either did I. You know, playing with Drew and playing against Drew, he's such a good and sound defender and he's just physical and he's strong. I've never seen somebody go at him like that and talk to him like that. And he wasn't talking to Drew, like they're up three games to one and the game's about to run out. He's talking to Drew like second quarter, first quarter, and it's early in the series. Like you got to deal with this guy in the rest of the series. And Jimmy's just at him and he's had everyone. He was at the whole team and he just kept going. And then the next series, he kept going. At some point I was like, yo, this is one of the most impressive runs I've seen. It really was. You know, it's like Kawhi, Toronto-esque, just when this guy's just dominating. But Jimmy was doing it in a more loud way because he was really bullying guys. You know what I mean? And what surprised me about Jimmy, the reason I was so surprised by it is because as great as a player Jimmy is, you don't think of him as like a great scorer. I know he's Jimmy buckets and all these things, but like you compare him to like a Paul George, a polished, a very, very polished scorer. But Jimmy was just getting it done. I don't even know how to explain it. It sometimes wasn't the prettiest 30 or 40, but like he just bullies guys. He just does. You know who was like that, who I didn't think gets enough credit for it, is Pierce was like that for a long time where he could not have a great game, but he could catch fire for a quarter or he could catch fire for eight minutes. And he would just get shots. He would hit all of a sudden the threes that weren't going in, they started going in. He could bully people like around 12, 10 feet away. And he was always, I always thought like with the Wade-Pierce debate, when people are like, Paul Pierce is crazy. He's not anywhere near Dwayne Wade. It's like, Paul Pierce was awesome. I say this all the time because that thing has like become like an actual like meme now where like people like disrespecting Paul, just cause like he thinks of himself in Dwayne's class. When people don't realize he was like right below that, like Paul Pierce was a fucking stud and people forget how good and good this guy's footwork was. And they don't have players like Paul no more, man. There's the age of like six, nine, big, heavy, small forwards who had their back to the basket, shoot and fade away twos, you know, stare down. Who could play multiple positions, multiple positions. Like that's not, they don't have that, bro. Like now we're all tiny, skinny, lanky, athletic. Like that's kind of more of the speed that we're going. Like Paul would cut up in today's NBA, bro. You thought like prime Paul Pierce in today's league. My God, bro. Well, he would have shot way more threes too. Cause I think like his third season, yeah, we were shooting a lot of threes on the seltz, like almost like eight, nine a game. And it was the early, the Antoine. Yeah. Yeah. They tried to gain the system because they didn't have a ton of talent. So like, we're gonna shoot a lot of threes. People are like, whoa, this is crazy. And now that's kind of what the league's become, but I think he would have fit in. Yeah. He would have been fine. He could shoot. And Paul, they have this thing. It's more like younger generation, which dominates social media a lot. They like don't, they didn't see Paul. And Paul's game also wasn't flashy and wasn't loud. So like kids don't grow up YouTubeing Paul Pierce. People YouTube D Wade. People know about D Wade. And he's so like still on social media and involved. And we're like Paul Pierce is just having drinks on like live streams. And I was like two different, like two different things. But people don't really understand how good Paul is. Like Paul, Paul was so nasty. Yeah. He was, he was really good, man. There's two issues. One is that this internet NBA culture we have now has, has problems celebrating guys like him or like Ben Wallace, people like that. The other side, which I've always joked about is, the internet, because you can cut anyone into like a two minute clip. It all of a sudden it can be like Eddie Curry was a problem. And you just show two minutes, Eddie Curry highlights. And then that's on TikTok. And it goes, you can basically do that with any NBA player, but there's certain guards that seem like they were more like Steve Francis, Stefan Marbury, those types of players that weren't necessarily winning players, but you could cut together awesome highlight packages of them. And I just, I really worry about this whole generation of people that basically think the league started when Kobe won his first two titles without Shaq or when LeBron went to the heat, you know, it's like, this is a long league that had a lot of great players and a lot of history, you know, I mean, your dad was in a million, a million awesome games and, and like people don't even remember Dominique at this point. So I don't know. Sometimes I feel like the old guy trying to protect the flame. No, that's what, that's the problem is we start talking like this and people are like, man, look at these dated motherfuckers, just talking about 31. Yeah. That's how I feel. But I go to the locker room and I talked to like these young players about like players that they should know. Like we were talking last year in the locker room in Minnesota, and we were talking about like best scores from Minnesota Timberwolves. You know, I was like, yo, Kevin Martin, y'all sleep on Kevin. Martin could really score. And guys, a lot of guys in locker room, like Kevin Martin, who's Kevin Martin. I was like, you don't know who fucking Kevin Martin is. You know what I mean? I was like, you know, you play for the Timberwolves, you don't know Kevin Martin is. And I'm like, Tom Gugliata, like all these guys who feel like Terrell Brandon, like I'm thinking of all these like, and that, that era of the NBA is like a lot of that's lost with like this new generation. They just like, don't tap into it. And I guess I did because of my dad. I maybe, I don't know. I just that. Yeah, it's gone. What you're laying out is the NBA's biggest fear. Cause it's not just people you're playing with. It's the under 25 generation in general, whether they're actually watching games or whether they're just like my son who loves sports and plays sports, but doesn't watch games. And gets all of his NBA knowledge through like TikTok and YouTube videos and slices of things and highlights and 2k and 2k ratings, 2k ratings are like incredibly important for my son. It's the worst thing ever, man. Cause they're made by a bunch of guys who were picked last in gym class. And they're, they're, they're out here making ratings based off of stats when stats only dictate someone's situation. So like you giving someone a 69 rating when he's in a terrible situation and doesn't play, it's just the dumbest thing ever. You know what I mean? So it's like, that's why it's stupid to do that. But kids there, they like look at 2k, like I get this all the time. I'll go to Chipotle and some of them like, yo man, they got to fix your rating. I'm like, brother, I don't give a fuck what Ronnie 2k has me rated and shout out to Ronnie. I love Ronnie, but no man, like that stuff's ridiculous. I just, they don't. Well, this speaks to the Duncan, the Duncan problem that we're now in where people are like, ah, Tim Duncan is fine. But that seems to be a thing. Like Duncan, I had Duncan over Kobe in my book. I still have Duncan over Kobe now. I think both of them are in the top 10 and two of the greatest person I've ever had. But Duncan was a guaranteed 50 wins the entire time he was healthy and didn't give a shit about his stats. And it's like, all right, you're gonna go through his stats. Oh, he only averaged 19 and 10 that year. It's like, guess who didn't care at all about what his stats were. And so great cuts. Yeah. And guess who, guess who won every year? Partly because of all the shit he did, Tim Duncan. I guarantee he didn't look at his box score at the end of the game or any of that stuff. I think Jokic is like that. That's what was so funny when he's, when he started the one VP thing and they were like, Oh, he's chasing stats. It's like Jokic is chasing stats. You guys watch basketball. That was sometimes guys do stuff so easily that they make it look like they're chasing stats. There's a plethora of guys I can name that I know. And they go out there and play like it is based around the numbers they're putting up. And then there's guys like Jokic who just, he naturally has the ball in his hands all game. He just dominates the game, but he could give a fuck about whether he has, uh, when you like, after the game guys would say something to him, like, yo, you don't get 50 and 15. Like he'll cut you off like brother, brother, I don't care. I don't want to know. And he'll like just go lift or something after the game or play video games. Like he's so tuned out of that stuff. He doesn't have Instagram. He doesn't have Twitter. He doesn't want to, he doesn't want to be famous. He literally like goes over and goes to bars and races horses. He does not give a shit about nothing about basketball and horses and his family. It's it's it's, it is refreshing. I've never played with anybody like him, man. I loved when he beat, when he beat the Lakers for the Western finals, he just wanted to get off the court. Can we celebrate for like a minute? What do you think? He's like, nah, can we just go and get out of bed? You know, the best thing about the Denver, which is why I've been telling people they're going to be good for a while. As long as Jamal is healthy, it's cause Jamal is very similar. Jamal will talk his shit in the game a little bit more. Like he'll, he'll do some like, you know, he'll, but off the court, you won't see anything about Jamal going out. You'll never see anything about him smoking, drinking in the club. I remember I had pulled up to practice and there was like this 2006 beat up black convertible Corvette. Terrible. But it's like an old Corvette. And it wasn't like a nice date. It was like a, it was crazy. I'm like, who's fucking driving this. And I go inside the locker room like, oh, who's, who's driving that fucking Corvette? And Jamal's like, that's mine. He's like, and he literally looks at me dead serious. He goes, you know, I get it's not nice. He has no idea. Like it's like a 2009, it's got rips in the seats. It's right. Paint's messed up. He just like, doesn't care. He wears like sweatshirts. If you look at his gear before the game, he wears like sweats and a tee and him and Jokic just have this. It's just all basketball and winning thing. And it's good. What they got going over there. It's good. And they, and when you're building that team, you just have to keep adding people who have that mindset. And it's easy for guys to fall in line because you can't act away or like think you're bigger than yourself. If the guy averaging 30, 10 and nine does. How long do you see Jokic playing? Do you see him being one of those guys? Who's like 39 and just kind of holding on? Nope. No chance. No chance. No chance. Do you think he's one of those? He's just like Barry Sanders. Like he's just out. Yes. I have, I have him playing another five, six years. How old is he right now? I think he's like 28 or 29. I have him playing till like 34. 34. 34, 35. And then we never see him again. He just goes back to Serbia and he's gone. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. I don't want to say anything more than that. Cause I don't want to like put his, I don't see him playing in the NBA till he's 39 years old. It doesn't seem like he loves playing in the NBA now, or he turns 29 in February. Like he's, he won and he left. He was like, I mean, he didn't want to stay here cause we got to have a parade. He's like, no, no, I want to go home. What the hell? When we lost, the last time I was there, we lost the Golden State. I remember like two days later, three days later, I was grabbing some stuff at the locker and I was like a yoke here. They're like, nah, he left yesterday. This is back to certain. This is like two days. He's gone, bro. Like he's out. I, I, I don't think he really gives a about the American like pop culture and trends and like fame and relevance. Like those things just don't interest him like really deeply to a core. And the things that do interest him aren't those things. So it's just like, I don't see him hanging around. He's already a champion. He's an all star. He's an MVP. He just signed his second. Now he just signed a super max. So probably sign one more super max. And then I, I think he's out, man. I think by like age, let's see, this one will get done at like probably 32. He'll sign one more. I think by like 35 years old, 35, maybe 36, I think he's gone. I think he's, you'll just see him. And he's gonna be like, Duncan, like, where the hell do you, what is Tim Duncan doing right now? Nobody knows. You know what I mean? Like he's just, I think Duncan wanted to be like that, but I think he had such a loyalty to pop in those guys, but I think those guys were always worried about how much longer can we get out of them. And how can you know? And I think he really liked playing with Parker and Jenova and all this. Yeah, yeah, he, he had, exactly. They had a whole different thing. They had like a family over there that they were able to like really establish. Um, I, I don't see it. I don't, I just don't see yoke being here. I want to, I have one more topic for you and then we'll go, cause I want to save stuff cause I'd love to have you back there in the air and push you have your own podcast. I mean, we have, people say Callie's the best NBA podcaster in the Rivers family, including your dad. I don't know. But that's what Callie's puts that out there. Callie's like trying to get her on to talk about stuff. She's like, I can't, I know too much. She's like the, the secret. Yeah. Callie, Callie always monitoring everything I say. They cut like 50% of the stuff I say on my pods, by the way. Uh, here's my last topic for you, just cause it's somewhat topical. You played with, you play with Anthony Edwards. He just, and you've talked about him on your pod, so we're probably have to retry a little of this, but, so he has this team USA thing and he just, he passes all the checkpoints. Now they don't win, but for where he is in his career, he's 22. The way the USA coaching staff, they just like, they were like, Oh my God. Like they're just all in love with this guy. Um, he really felt Dwayne weighty to me in that whatever the 2.0 version, but there was just was the first time where I could kind of pigeonhole him in my head was like, Oh, I see what this is now. This is like bigger, stronger way, but you spent time with them, played with them. First question. Um, it seems like he has the Uber competitive side, right? Yes. That's real. He does. Yeah. That's it. He's a dog. They get everything. Yes. He wants to win. He thinks he's, he thinks he's delusional. I think he, he thinks he can beat you and everything. He thinks he can beat me and thinks he's never even done before. Like we'll talk about like golf or this, this and that. And he'll be like, I'll play. I'll beat you. I'll be, you ever play? He goes, no, I'm like, no, that's not how golf works, bro. Like you got to really, he's like, man, I'll figure it out. He goes, I, I win everything I do. That's just like generally in his core. He thinks he can beat everybody and everything. That's just how he is. Yeah. It's like that MJ betting people that his luggage is going to come out first. All that. We used to play, you know, we play cars on the plane and there's a play a lot. And then we started getting him to play. And next thing you know, he is like the bully of the table in terms of like getting guys to play. Like we just had a back to back and it's like, I'm trying to get some sleep. He's like, come on. And he calls me macaroni, Tony. That's my, that's my nickname. I don't even like it, but that's, that's just what it is. The whole team calls me in. You tell me, come on back. We got to play. We got to play cars, man. We got to play. Like that's just, he wants to compete all the time. And D Wade is by the way, a perfect, perfect comparison. Perfect comparison. Did you ever see fear at any point with him on a basketball court? No, no, he's fearless. He's fearless too. Even to the point where like sometimes it's too much, you know, like sometimes he like is so competitive. He'll force something. That's where. That was early Kobe. That was the early Kobe issue. He wanted it so badly. That's exactly. And that's where he's at right now is that's why this USA was great for him to go play and compete with other players. His growth right now, where D Wade really took that jump is when he started dominating on both ends of the floor and learning how to channel his defense to where you pick up the best player at certain times, but still being a defensive, you know, problem throughout the game. And then the fourth quarter, you guard the best player, like learning how to channel your energy without taking away from your offense, competing on both ends. D Wade did it. D Wade led this league in blocks. I don't even know how many years for guards. Like ant has that ability to go do these things and play make. So like that is what's going to take him from being like that second tier star right now. It's like you, I, if I'm going to be honest, if we're going off the past years, like you put book Tatum, that's like top tier guard. Yeah. You know, he's right under that. I think ant belongs in that conversation with those guys, but he has to do those other ones. Those other, those, those two other points that if he cleans that up, just like Tatum, Tatum defended way better last year, you know what I mean? In the previous series, you know what I mean? So that's something that he has to do and he can do when ant wants to. He's unbelievable. Defense is insane. That was a huge piece for Tatum when he was able to put the two way stuff as like just really impactful and the rebounding too. And that was why even when I watched team USA, I was like, all right, we can talk about 40 guys this team needs, but really you could just put Tatum on this team and he would have made a huge difference because he would have had like 12 rebounds in every one of those games. Yeah. The defense was my next question because that was something that jumped out. In the team USA stuff where I was like, is this guy like an amazing on-ball defender? And we had no idea. No, he's incredible when he wants to. He'll just channel it. Sometimes he'll pick a guy and I, it's usually the best part of the team. Like a star, the star starts cooking. He'll come to the locker to the huddle and like coach will be talking and he'll be like, no, no, no, no, I got him. That's it done. That's it. And he'll like say it out loud. Like just no one questions it because we've seen him tap into that. When he wants to cut somebody off that water's off. That's what I'm saying. Like I know that ability is there. I'm not asking you to do it the whole game pick and choose your points. And I don't need you to be the best, best defender all game, but at crucial moments of the game. Yeah. You got to be that. I think he can be both. I think you could average four or five assists, just stop you being aggressive alone. You should be averaging five assists. And I think he needs to shoot more free throws. I want like 12. I want him living at the line, bro. We live in an era where there are no shot blockers, man. You are the most freakish athlete I've ever seen at the two guard spot. You need to live at the basket. And I know he could shoot. So there's a healthy diet of both, but like, bro, that that motherfucker got to live in the paint and just be a dog. He can really bully that position, especially today's NBA. Yeah. I'm with you. Cause you figured like the checkpoints of being a truly impactful mattering superstar. And he's been this first one, right? 22. Yeah. Yeah. 20. Is he 22? I thought he was 22, right? Yeah. Maybe it's 22 now. So then the next jump will be mid twenties. When it's like, Oh, I didn't realize you were going to be the best guy on a finals team yet, but like basically what happened with Tatum. And then that last step is that 27, 28 age range. That's usually like history of the NBA. That's the final level. Yeah. That's for Tatum. Yeah. That's when that physical and mental finally kind of come together. And then they have like four or five really good years after that, you know, those like the best years, in my opinion, if you're healthy and take care of your body and good luck and all those other things. And that's where he has to get to. And he's been a hidden gem in Minnesota. Like everyone's talked about it, but him doing this USA thing, you got Kerr and Spoe and like these other guys, like, Whoa, Whoa, Whoa. Okay. I knew he was good, but Holy shit. This guy is like different than the other guys we got here. You know what I mean? And that's, that's, that's going to be interesting to see over the next years, you know, him and Minnesota, like how long is, you know, Well, that was my final question. Like it is the team around him, the right people you'd want to put around a player like this, where you have two bigger guys. I'm not even sure if go bear in towns can play together. I know you were on the team last year. I'm sure it was, it was noticeably choppy from time to time, but do you even want any big guy with Edwards? Do you want to keep the lane open for him so that he has as much space as possible to create or does he need a shop locker behind him? I don't know the answer. It was really tough for him last year with two bigs out there on the floor. It'll be interesting to see this year how they do that. I would imagine they're going to start the two bigs and then immediately one of them will come out so they can stagger them. Put one of them in the second unit because the floor just has to be more clear for Ant. He couldn't get to the basket. We talked about his Frito attempts or lack of, a lot of that has to do with just lack of spacing and lack of shooting. I mean, this guy was dribbling like double teams last year and shooting fadeaways because he had to, it just wasn't the most ideal situation. If you go back and watch our Denver playoffs, I mean, he was unbelievable. You know what I mean? Like he just needs a little bit more space. So I don't know how they do that with Carl and Rudy. Carl has to be better at playing the four. You know, he wanted to play the four last year and then when he did, he'd like go call for the ball in the post and that's not what the four does. So it's just like that adjustment. I think Carl will be a lot better this year. And then yeah, Rudy, I mean, they have to figure that out with those two bigs. I mean, that's just the reality of the situation. They still have both of them. You signed Nas Reed back, who's another big, but he's extremely skilled. I love Jayden McDaniels by the way. He's another stud. Jayden's the real deal. So those four, you know, and then Michael Conley is a good savvy guard, perfect for what they need. You know, they don't need anything else. They already got a lot with Carl and Ant and that whole dynamic there between how many, who gets what shot and this, this, and that. So I don't, yeah. Yeah. Mike doesn't care at all. No, it's perfect. That's why D-Lo didn't work. Does Townes have a bad rap or the right rap? Kat is the nicest kid and guy. I don't like to call him a kid, young man that you could ever meet. Like he's a sweetheart. Yeah. People don't like Carl because they feel like he tries very hard to be liked. And if that's the worst thing you can say about someone, then he's not a bad person. You know what I mean? If the worst quality of a guy is that he's trying extra hard. So you like him, that just means he wants people to like him. Do you know what I mean? And when you really get down to it, when you hang out with Carl, man, he's like, he's a big kid, bro. He's got a big heart. He's been through a lot of shit people forget over the past couple of years with his family. And he's had to, you know, find out who he is and like this identity that he's trying to find. That's why people make fun of his voice and his interviews and his game style and the way he plays. But like, he's had a lot thrown at him. I still think Carl is trying to like find this niche of who he is as like a dominating basketball player. Cause you can't deny he's good. He's, he is really good. So I do think him and Carl, and I told him this, this, you know, this summer, I obviously I'm not back there. I don't think him and Carl work out together enough. It's something that's like a lost art now. Like everyone, You talk about Ant and Townes. Yeah. People don't do it. You see film all the time of other players working out with other players. Why don't I, I don't ever see the two best players for a team. It's like locked in the gym. You'll see it here and there. Like why aren't y'all working out all summer doing handoffs and picking roles and like fine tuning this like relationship to where like when, when November comes, like it ain't even a question. I got you, bro. I know what you liked. I know where you shoot well. I know what spots you like, cause I've been doing it with you all summer. I've seen what you've made and missed. Like that's just something that doesn't happen. Especially when it's like the two best players are guards. Like do you see what Jamal Murray and Yokich have going on? Like that shit is so fun to watch cause they're so good together. And if Carl and Ant can like tap into that to where they like start trusting and trying to help each other, they'll be both better.
The Rich Eisen Show
"paul game" Discussed on The Rich Eisen Show
"We're wondering what's going to happen tonight, who the heck knows, I get it, but there's no doubt whatever happened in the beginning of the season is still lingering, right? I mean, we can safely assume that? I think the situation has evolved over the season. I think whereas initially for a couple of months, draymond lost his ability to speak in that locker room. He had to prove himself all over again to that team. But I think as the season has played out, you know, I don't want to say the roles have reversed, but draymond has certainly regained his place as a leader inside that locker room. And Jordan Poole, you know, for whatever reason. So I think most of it's on court, like kind of his lack of production or lack of consistent production on court has diminished him somewhat in the eyes of his teammates. That can change tonight. He could have an efficient 7 for 11 type game and the words could run away with it. It's happened before, but as far as long term, that's definitely something I think will need to be addressed. All right, Chris mannix here on the rich eisen show studios, let's take a break and then we'll come back. We'll talk about the east and then obviously Canelo. You saw that in person what a festival that was over the weekend. We'll take a break at Chris Maddox is here on the rich eisen show studio, don't you dare move Kevin Pollack is also still to come. Back here on the Roku channel a couple minutes, our radio audience will return. You've got a Roberto Duran Panama. Yes, what do you got here? I support all former boxers. Roberto Duran, you know? Does he have his own wares? Is that what it is? It's a website that does a lot of boxing gear. So I buy a lot of boxing stuff from them. Okay. Hands of stone. What's the oldest boxing thing that you have? Oldest boxing thing? Whether it's an item, whether it's an article of clothing, I don't know, I buy older, it's newer clothing from old by a lot of like a lot of Muhammad Ali gear, but it's very recently woven or what's the first fight you covered? First fight I covered was hasim rockman versus James Tony at heavyweight. Now is an Atlantic City. Damn. That was so excited about that fight. I even got locker room access to both guys who I could write my story. And it was dreadful. It was a draw. And it wasn't even a good draw. It was just like one of those draws where it's like, let's all get past this and move on. I once covered, I forgot an aachen one day fight in New York. Henry akin one day. And it got canceled. He got hepatitis. Which also people were translating is there wasn't enough ticket sales so they canceled it. That happens a lot. It came up with hepatitis B. Remember basketball players used to be out with plantar fasciitis. That's the basketball version of the boxing. They were load managing. There wasn't enough of a load of tickets. That was for a version of the heavyweight title that he eventually didn't win because it was a draw. And James Tony was going for that heavyweight title as well. It wasn't good. Back in the day. Chris mannix is here, fresh back from Guadalajara. We're a radio audience is about to join us. We'll talk about Canelo Álvarez and of course the rest of the NBA playoffs. Back here on the rich eisen show radio network sitting at the rich eyes and show desk furnished by Granger with supplies and solutions for every industry Granger is the right product for you. Call click ranger dot com or just stop by. Chris Maddox of Sports Illustrated still here and we'll talk a little bit about boxing. And I know I said we want to talk about the east and we will, but I want to just jump in with what we talked about at the end of the first hour with Chris brockman and the rest giving voice to what so many NBA fans feel about Scott foster. Is the NBA front office aware that fans view Scott foster as not on the up and up in a way. And I'm not saying that he's on the take. I'm just saying that he does what the league wants to do to get the television audience having a 7 game series and stuff like that. Are they aware of this? They're aware of it. Whenever I speak to league officials about that perception, what often I'll get bombarded with are facts and figures. Statistics that show or at least a reference to statistics that show that Scott foster is one of the most accurate referees that they have. And look, whether it's this game 5 with Lakers warriors or the NBA Finals, he's involved in a lot of games. Now fans might say, well, he's involved because the league, he'll do what the league says. And that perception is because of two things, right? One, his previous association with Tim donaghy, you can't wash that away. They were friends. Before donaghy was bounced from the league because of the gambling scandal and the Chris Paul numbers. Like every time Scott foster has officiated at Chris Paul game over the last few years, it's been pointed out time and again, the Chris Paul can't win when Scott foch is out there. So I think this two very high profile connections that have enhanced this perception of Scott foster. I think it's a good referee. I would challenge people to kind of point to multiple specific moments where he gets the call wrong. I don't think he gets it wrong or stop not a word. But I only get it more wrong than other top referees do. Does that help you? Chris? No. But isn't that true though? Don't you always, when you think Scott foster, what do you point to with how he screws it up? Kind of like the NFL, right? You call holding on every play. It's about tone early. Like Anthony Davis is getting 2000 in the first quarter. Okay, but then if he does, then I'll come back here next time and say, you're right, but when you're saying that you're like, Scott foster makes too many bad calls. I need to hear which ones you're talking about. I'm not saying they're bad. You could call a foul on every drive to the hoop. You could call hand check on it. It's just tone. Tell me, tell me which you got to point
The Bill Simmons Podcast
"paul game" Discussed on The Bill Simmons Podcast
"And LeBron waited in and then realized he thought it was the guy who played on the bullets and the pistons and I think part of what happens is it fair to say like people are just they're scrolling through and they see stuff and it's framed a certain way, they just assume that was the factual thing that happened and then you react to it and then we're off. It's exactly what happens. And the rule I think should be for most of us that want to get it right is when you see a clip that says famous person said something. To just take the 5 minutes and go back to the original clip. And I've been guilty of that too, and I often feel the worst when I jump on something and then I go back and say, wait a second. You know, maybe it was even something I didn't like, but it wasn't a nuclear level event. It was just like, you know, poor word choice. But you really should go back and just listen to the whole thing. Then if you're still mad, go for it. But I would say that heads off a whole bunch of them that are like that. We're solo. When did you become wary of this? Because you're doing live radio on ESPN for years and years. When did you start to become a little more wary of the tightrope element of it? I did a segment about, I mean, this happened to me so early in the process that didn't mean I didn't avoid it in other times, but this first experience that I had with it was I was doing the old NBA today podcast and I was doing a segment on why you shouldn't really listen to any of us, except for maybe me, right? Right. And my point was that none of us watch your team as much as you watch your team. So when you see people that are on the air, talking about how much they watch the games, like I work with these people. And I don't think they watch as many games as they say they do. Because I just can tell, I could tell immediately when somebody has or hasn't watched a game. And then I used a couple examples, including one with skip Bayless. I was skipping this once on first take, said that he's watched every Chris Paul game going back to college. And I was like, that's an insane thing to say to win an argument on a debate that's because there's no possible way that you would have been watching like wake Chattanooga out of conference games and then on top of that catch everything that he had done to that point in his career. And it wasn't a slight at him. It was simply stating a fact that there was no way that that was true, but using the examples like we don't know your teams as well as you do. We have to know all the teams. We're supposed to know all the teams. A blogger took that and then used it as the foundation of why skip is terrible. Now I may think skips terrible for a million other reasons. But that wasn't really the move there. And so I remember I was doing a live radio show solo, which is hard enough as it was for me because I was doing it so infrequently, the patterns that I had solo not solo not so, and the reason I bring that up is that I was always kind of like, all right, am I doing this well today? And then I get somebody running in during a commercial break being like, what did you just say about skip a list? And I go, I have no idea what you're talking about. I just did a Miami Heat segment. And they're like, you just said something PR's calling, they're freaking out. And I go, I seriously, and now you're running it back to your head, as you're trying to mentally prepare for your next solo segment, trying to revisit everything that you just said, live on the radio. And I'm like, well, hey, and by the way, to anyone, don't ever do that to somebody who's on the air in a commercial break because then it fucked me up for the next hour and a half of the show. But for now I'm going, did I slip up? Did I just criticize him? And it had nothing to do with it. It hadn't happened in the radio show. It was in the podcast and the problem is by the game of telephone by the time it had made it to me, there have been so many mistakes made and what ended up happening was this guy wrote this in the blog that wasn't even accurate about what I had said in the podcast skip get upset. He called PR and make sure that I got yelled at by somebody I did get yelled at for something that I actually never even really did. It was crazy. Brian, I'd go back to 2008. This is not a new thing of this. And I'm sure it even goes back before that. But I remember specifically, it was like the rise of the blogs, 2006, 7, 8. I did this. I think a local radio interview. And they had asked me about Rick Riley. Remember, it was like right after he had signed with Sports Illustrated and people were all excited to whatever. And I had some, I had some comment in there, but I was really trying to deflect it and I wasn't saying anything because it was some radio interview where they were trying to rope me into trouble and I think it was with Dennis and Callahan. It was awesome, show. It was great. I had a great time. But somebody took a piece of what I said and they pulled it, made a blog post out of it. And I was in it was during the finals. I was in my hotel room in Boston. And skipper called me, and I was already. I had a couple of strikes already in somebody in PR, I just sent him the post of like, and it was like Simmons rips Riley, which isn't what happened at all. And he was just screaming. It was one of the only times he ever yelled at me. He was like, yeah, I told you, blah, blah, blah. That's a blow this and I was like, I didn't do anything. So I went, I found the audio and I actually mailed him the audio with the timestamp. I'm like, listen to this. This is what I said..
TNCnow
"paul game" Discussed on TNCnow
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Xtra Sports Radio 1300 AM
"paul game" Discussed on Xtra Sports Radio 1300 AM
"Hmm. Yeah. You're listening to the Jodi Mac Show like Mom always said, if you don't have anything nice to say. It will. Maybe it needs to be said anyway. Here's Jodie Mack. Come down the home stretch of a Sunday night get together here on CBS Sports Radio. I'll stick around for another 15 minutes getting in Israeli calls as I can get aboard now I still got a couple open lined. You can get in before the show wraps and we exit stage left 855 to 1 to 4 to 27. My guy Dan from Danville Out there on the West Coast. Hello, Dan. Jodie Mack, Man. What's happening? How are you, pal? You know, doing really well. It's a high today of 97 degrees, and right now it's 90 degrees in the neighborhood. So everything is pretty good. This Labor Day weekend and my baseball really well. Ho ho ho. Hold on. Then why is Dave Roberts wearing a jacket in the Giants Dodgers dugout? Well, there's probably about a 25 degree difference where you're at and where they're playing baseball. How many miles are you from? Uh, we have the Giants and the Dodgers are doing battle right now. We'll call it 35 35 Miles and a 25 degree Different Okay? Alright If you tell me if you say so, I believe you. Hey, Mac Man, I appreciate the fact you're given my Niners, a 10 and seven record, but I think if you look at the wrecked a little bit or the teams, they have to play their schedule They They can possibly go 12 and five or 13 and four Outside of their own division, the West. They play the Packers, the Colts. And the Bears three teams that are capable of having winning records. After that, nobody else on the schedule is capable. You have them and you know, with low wind suit the rest of their divisions. And they played those three teams. Bye week eight. Understood. It's a tricky division and I think they're all going to be above 500. I I ran at that point, and I got all five of them above 500 winning, so that means if they're beating up on each other wise, I think it's going to be the case. Yeah, they're going to have very good out of division records. That's how they're going to get above 500 because they will do well out of their divisions. Yeah, but the thing about it is, I think everybody will split within the division. I don't think we'll take two from the Rams. I don't think they'll take two from us and vice versa with the other two teams, the Cardinals in the Seahawks. But at least one of peace and I think you know the schedule which really favorable for us. And I don't know what's going to happen with Justin Fields and heck, I don't even know his get out Garoppolo, but I think The schedule does look surprisingly pretty good from my football team, right. But Garoppolo is going to blow a game. At some point. It probably win a game with a superior play, but it's going to Paul Game. At some point. You know that I know that and then they're going to be screaming for trade lands who I just don't think is ready to be in every down quarterback in this league. I think he's got a chance to be real good down the road. I just don't think it's going to be this year. Alright. I got your 49 is schedule in front of me. Easy Start Detroit in Philadelphia before you got to play Green Bay. If we say they split all the debate in games cult and they got them at home. I don't really like the cult Chicago That's a game they can lose on the road. Jacksonville had to lay up Minnesota. Cincinnati. That's easy enough. And how did they get since tonight? That's their cross conference game is the 17th in Cincinnati. That is pretty easy. Maybe that's why they can finish ahead of L. A. And maybe I did short him a game. Um, techno willing to Tennessee. That's not an easy game. Um, and on the road, so that's when they could surely lose. Did you not include them in the team's You thought that they could lose too. Yeah, I start, you know, including that. I'm not saying that You know, they go on the road and something can happen or anything like that. I'm just going based on what? How you position these other teams, and there are other divisions and their other racist. That's that's how I'm going by. I think there's so Let's do this real quickly. Uh, if you go three and three in division Detroit is for Philly is five. Ah, Indianapolis at home. I'm going to give you that 16. Chicago. I'm companies are lots. Uh, Jacksonville's a win. That's how many were you up to? Three plus two plus Indianapolis is Six. Jacksonville seven Green Bay as a win right there playing no, no, no, no, no, no, no Green Bay. Green Bay is the best. We made the best team in the conference, given you Detroit and Philly both on the road, But you're significantly better than both of those teams. So if you go three and three in Division you Detroit, Detroit and Philly That's five You beat Indianapolis? That's six. You beat Jacksonville that seven. You beat Minnesota. That's eight. You lose. In Seattle, you beat Cincinnati. That's nine. You've got Atlanta and Houston. Damn. Maybe you do get to 11. I got you, 10. But maybe maybe you get to 11. 11. My football team is going to get to 11. We're going to beat Green Bay. Are you talking about, man? They're way better than Green Bay. Way better than Green Bay. I'd be I'd feel free to cover any of your action that Green Bay wins more regular season games because they get they get, you know, Homer. Oh, you are a homer, but he was worse. He makes Homer status. Uh, Hall of Fame homered status. Uh, we've had a couple of those here, including a giant panda checked in and thought that they were winning double digit games, too. I don't see that. Either. But I got you, 10. Maybe you get 11..
WFAN Sports Radio_FM
"paul game" Discussed on WFAN Sports Radio_FM
"You're listening to the Jodi Mac Show like Mom always said. If you don't have anything nice to say it will. Maybe it needs to be said anyway, Here's Jodie Mack. Come down the home stretch of a Sunday night get together here on CBS Sports Radio. I'll stick around for another 15 minutes getting in Israel. He calls as I can get aboard. Now. I still got a couple open lined you can get in before the show wraps. And we exit stage left 855 to 1 to 4 to 27 is my guy Dan from Danville Out there on the West Coast. Hello, Dan. Jodie Mack, Man. What's happening? How are you, pal? You don't do it really? Well, it's a high today of 97 degrees, And right now it's 90 degrees in the neighborhood. So everything is pretty good. This Labor Day weekend and my base now hold really well. Ho ho ho! Hold on. Then why is Dave Roberts wearing a jacket in the Giants Dodgers dugout? Well, there's probably about a 25 degree difference. Where you're at and where they're playing baseball. How many miles are you from? Uh, we have the Giants and the Dodgers are doing battle right now. We'll call it 35 35 Miles and a 25 degree Different Okay? Alright If you tell me if you say so, I believe you. Hey, Mac Man, I appreciate the fact you're given my Niners, a 10 and seven record, but I think if you look at direct a little bit or the teams, they have to play their schedule They They could possibly go 12 and five or 13 and four Outside of their own division, the West. They play the Packers, the courts. And the Bears three teams that are capable of having winning records. After that, nobody else on the schedule is capable. You have them and you know, with low wind suit the rest of their divisions. And they played those three teams. Bye week aid. Understood. It's a tricky division and I think they're all going to be above 500. I I read at that point, and I got all five of them above 500 winning, so that means if they're beating up on each other wise, I think it's going to be the case. Yeah, they're going to have very good out of division records. That's how they're going to get above 500 because they will do well out of their divisions. Yeah, but the thing about it is, I think everybody will split within the division. I don't think we'll take two from the Rams. I don't think they'll take two from us vice versa with the other two teams, the Cardinals in the Seahawks. But at least one of peace and I think that you know the schedule. It's really favorable for us. And I don't know what's going to happen with Justin Fields and heck, I don't even know what? Get out, Garoppolo, but I think Schedule does look surprisingly pretty good for my football team, right. But Garoppolo is going to blow a game. At some point. It probably win a game with a superior play, but it's going to Paul Game. At some point. You know that I know that and then they are going to be screaming for Trey. Lance, who? I just don't think he's ready to be in every down quarterback in this league. I think he's got a chance to be real good down the road. I just don't think it's going to be this year. Alright. I got your 49 is schedule in front of me. Easy Start Detroit in Philadelphia before you got to play Green Bay. If we say they split all the debate in games cult and they got him at home. I don't really like the cult Chicago That's a game they can lose on the road. Jacksonville had to lay up. Minnesota, Cincinnati. That's easy enough. How the hell the day gets in tonight. That's their cross conference game is the 17th in Cincinnati. That is pretty easy. Maybe that's why they can finish ahead of L. A. And, uh, maybe I did short him a game. Um, techno willing to Tennessee. That's not an easy game. Um, and on the road, so that's when they could surely lose. Did you not include them in the team's You thought that they could lose too. Yeah, I thought, you know, including that. I'm not saying that You know, they go on the road and something can happen or anything like that. I'm just going based on what? How you position these other teams, and there are other divisions and their other racist. That's that's how I'm going by. I think there's so let's let's do this real quickly if you go three and three in division Detroit is for Philly is five. Ah, Indianapolis at home. I'm going to give you that 16. Chicago and companies are lots. Uh, Jacksonville's a win. That's how many were you up to? Three plus two plus At Indianapolis is Six, Jacksonville seven Green Bay as a win right there playing no, no, no, no, no, no, no Green Bay, Green Bay is the best remains the best team in the conference. I'm giving you Detroit and Philly both on the road, but you're significantly better than both of those teams. So if you go three and three in Division you Detroit, Detroit and Philly That's five You beat Indianapolis? That's six. You beat Jacksonville at seven. You beat Minnesota. That's eight. You lose. In Seattle, you beat Cincinnati. That's nine. You've got Atlanta and Houston. Damn. Maybe you do get to 11. I got you, 10. But maybe maybe you get to 11. 11. My football team is going to get to 11. We're going to beat Green Bay. Are you talking about, man? They're way better than Green Bay. Way better than Green Bay. I'd be. I feel free to cover any of your action that Green Bay wins more regular season games and your because they get they get to Homer. Oh, you are a homer, but he was worse. He makes Homer status. Uh, Hall of Fame homered status. We've had a couple of those here, including a giant panda checked in and thought that they were winning double digit games too. I don't see that either. But I got you, 10. Maybe you get 11..
ESPN Chicago 1000 - WMVP
"paul game" Discussed on ESPN Chicago 1000 - WMVP
"Was last night, and it gave us a signature moment in this superstar's career. Booker Tucker on him, throws it up for eight shot blocked by a coup pose a block from Yannis. The videos and the replays. And there are some great still shots of this. He was defending, too. I think Booker, who through the alley oop and then recovered To block eight at the rim, and he did it cleanly and it was such an weren't they up to at that point, I mean, there were some really important inflection modes moments in that fourth quarter. That was incredible. For the reason you mentioned. Not only was he was he was basically guarding both ends of the alley oop. Both ends of the alley of Chris Middleton was spectacular. And, uh, is it content in I believe was also three of seven from behind the arc and how to put back that was important as well. I thought the game was crap for the first three quarters. The fourth quarter was and don't get me wrong. The excitement is different than the level of play on the floor. The fourth quarter was outstanding. The Bucks scored what 33 in the 32, or 33 points in the fourth quarter. Then it was a poorly played basketball game until the final the fourth quarter and you thought they would get boat raised Milwaukee I thought they would get beat. Yes, here is this was yesterday and that's why you all every now and then you do have to listen to some of these boosts and some of these specials we get on our online gambling apps as I told you on draft kings. This was at the end of the show yesterday. A lot of people are saying Devin Booker's do Correct. Well, he's coming off at 10 Point game in Game three when they lost, so I don't know if they think he's do, but I think everyone feels he's going to play better tonight than he did. In Game three, and I'm waiting for Chris Middleton. I think they're going to really try their best to stop Johannes as best they can. I believe that in the last two games, Middleton has only combined for 29 points. So he has not played well, but we know he's capable of having a hot shooting husband Johannes his hands quite a bit right, too, because he's had over 40 or 40, or more in each of the last two. So I am playing the Devin Booker and Chris Middleton to score. 30 points each back. I'm playing. I am hoping that both of these guys who have not Scored a lot lately. Break out tonight that Yannis can't go for 40 again tonight. I mean, he can think I think Monty Williams is probably got something devised to limit him. Right. So, so I got plus 600 on this all right side, put little little something down and put a unit down on Booker and Middle Day And then at the end of the show, I said that I thought the box would win a close game. I didn't feel great playing the the liner the spread. It was 4.5. And I ended up what they ended up covering, Did they? They want my sex? Yeah, but I mean, like with a minute left. It was still pretty. How do you feel about your position when they were down six leading into the fourth quarter, and they were down nine into the fourth quarter. Well, you know, these games can turn on a dime so quickly. You know that. Like Just one guy had 23 and nine is six. And then the crowd gets into the game. And the next thing you know the other teams off with the run like back in the nineties. The one thing about it. The game was so slow, three point shooting was so less prevalent. That, like a nine point lead felt different than a nine point lead now and that nine point Lee now is You know anything can happen and and it did yesterday, and my prediction was, I said, not only that, but I said that the box would win a close game with Middleton having, uh, hitting a shot late in the game, and he hit like eight points. I want to say it was a fant and you cash to England. I finally like called the game. It was like Such a good feeling, watching that happen. The Bucks. I believe the first team to win a finals game or let's play it the other way. The sons of the first team to lose the finals game shooting better than 50% and holding the opponent to 40%. The Bucks shot 40% from the field in 24%. I think from behind the arc And the Bucks still found a way to win that game we've learned with with the sons. The key is Chris Paul, isn't it If Chris Paul plays like the star that he played like at the end of this last series, whether he's hurt whether it's his rest, whether it's his shoulder whether he's just been playing bad. That when Chris Paul plays Wow. That they're the better team and they're probably going to win this in six or seven. Well, Booker did his job. He scored 42. He was fantastic. He had nine fouls. I believe in the game. You believe that nine fouls, but he But I could not believe Can't tell you that. I've watched every one of Chris Paul's games. I probably haven't watched 4% of Chris Paul's games. That's the worst game I've ever seen. Chris Paul play That was a old Cameron Payne game. Yes, like he played like camera pain like with the Bulls. I know he's had a risk problem or hand problem and he looked like he was struggling to dribble quite a bit. But he was slipping on the floor. He was making bad decisions. Was It was really it was. It was a game. I like I said. I saw on a number of occasions. Atan would come down with a rebound and turned for the outlet pass and thrown in the stands. I mean, It was a weird game for three quarters. It was 3123323776 Little NBA finals, and there was something that came out today about the 2020 NFL season. That you correctly predicted. Jay Cutler is getting criticized over it. Where did you hear about this next? You're listening.
My First Million
"paul game" Discussed on My First Million
"The second thing. The courage to be disliked great book. I started into it because after all. And it's just like there's a few takeaways here. I'll read the the my four takeaways. The first is dangerous to believe that your pass attorneys your future. I know it's fluffy if you focus on what's wrong with you. You might be looking for reasons to hate yourself on purpose again. Fluffy third most of what we think is. Competition is just made up his hurting your happiness and four. This is crazy woo. Basically life is just a bunch of sounds and lights and like the emotion we assign emotion to it. So you don't actually gonna sign. A happy are not so. That's the last one. And then the last article i read. That made a big difference. There's this new yorker article written two thousand fourteen about sam altman. Have you ever read this. Maybe i i like to sam walton. But i i don't remember this. One row is written in two thousand and sixteen new yorker. It's called sam altman's manifest destiny. And i was rereading this. I don't wanna tell you a few reasons. I in two thousand and sixteen. He talks about breast. They ask him what his hobbies are what he does when he's not working. A i like racing cars like renting planes and flying them. Oh and i've got one odd thing that i like. I like to prep for survival. Seeing their builder he explained problem. Sorry i'm butchering this. The problem is when my friends get drunk. They talk about ways. The world will end after a dutch lab modified h five n one bird flu viruses five years ago. Making it super contagious. The chance of lethal virus being released. The next twenty years will become well non zero so i have a plot of land ambig- sir that i can fly to. I have antibiotics batteries. Water gas masks made by israel. Defense force already to go. This was in two thousand sixteen. That's kind of cool right. He also talks about basically. He sold his company and he He goes profited five million invested all of it in startups. Which i thought was pretty crazy. 'cause we're talking about crazy freaks. It's just a really good article. I think people should read this because samant is like a a freak weirdo it and that's a compliment because we're talking about extreme personalities and i think it's like a really cool insight and it's one of the only article long-form articles i've ever seen written about him so i've been rereading that a this week. That's a cool. I'm going to check that out. I remember paul. Graham had one said something in pubs obviously fan of sam altman because he pogo y combinator and then he put sam altman in charge of it. and same oldman was by no means the most successful licey alumni at the time. His company sold for thirty million but it was kind of like many ways a failure. It didn't succeed. It raised forty in seoul for thirty. Yeah exactly And so i think he got some of it but you know whatever but Paul game once said like he's a when i was talking to sam altman. I think maybe for the first time or second time. He's like i had this thought. Oh this is what would have been like to talk to bill gates at twenty one and that's like pretty high praise for somebody so i thought that was pretty cool..
My First Million
"paul game" Discussed on My First Million
"The second thing. The courage to be disliked great book. I started into it because after all. And it's just like there's a few takeaways here. I'll read the the my four takeaways. The first is dangerous to believe that your pass attorneys your future. I know it's fluffy if you focus on what's wrong with you. You might be looking for reasons to hate yourself on purpose again. Fluffy third most of what we think is. Competition is just made up his hurting your happiness and four. This is crazy woo. Basically life is just a bunch of sounds and lights and like the emotion we assign emotion to it. So you don't actually gonna sign. A happy are not so. That's the last one. And then the last article i read. That made a big difference. There's this new yorker article written two thousand fourteen about sam altman. Have you ever read this. Maybe i i like to sam walton. But i i don't remember this. One row is written in two thousand and sixteen new yorker. It's called sam altman's manifest destiny. And i was rereading this. I don't wanna tell you a few reasons. I in two thousand and sixteen. He talks about breast. They ask him what his hobbies are what he does when he's not working. A i like racing cars like renting planes and flying them. Oh and i've got one odd thing that i like. I like to prep for survival. Seeing their builder he explained problem. Sorry i'm butchering this. The problem is when my friends get drunk. They talk about ways. The world will end after a dutch lab modified h five n one bird flu viruses five years ago. Making it super contagious. The chance of lethal virus being released. The next twenty years will become well non zero so i have a plot of land ambig- sir that i can fly to. I have antibiotics batteries. Water gas masks made by israel. Defense force already to go. This was in two thousand sixteen. That's kind of cool right. He also talks about basically. He sold his company and he He goes profited five million invested all of it in startups. Which i thought was pretty crazy. 'cause we're talking about crazy freaks. It's just a really good article. I think people should read this because samant is like a a freak weirdo it and that's a compliment because we're talking about extreme personalities and i think it's like a really cool insight and it's one of the only article long-form articles i've ever seen written about him so i've been rereading that a this week. That's a cool. I'm going to check that out. I remember paul. Graham had one said something in pubs obviously fan of sam altman because he pogo y combinator and then he put sam altman in charge of it. and same oldman was by no means the most successful licey alumni at the time. His company sold for thirty million but it was kind of like many ways a failure. It didn't succeed. It raised forty in seoul for thirty. Yeah exactly And so i think he got some of it but you know whatever but Paul game once said like he's a when i was talking to sam altman. I think maybe for the first time or second time. He's like i had this thought. Oh this is what would have been like to talk to bill gates at twenty one and that's like pretty high praise for somebody so i thought that was pretty cool..
The Bill Simmons Podcast
"paul game" Discussed on The Bill Simmons Podcast
"The nfl shows do this to think cbs. You know it's like oh let's get phil simms and then they burleson or how long is gonna give us fifteen six. I'm like this sucks while the yeah. The nfl is worse. The the five people The five people at the table and then the halftime. Where it's like. We gotta get terry bradshaw. More involved. he's going to do the highlights. It's like what terry bradshaw barely knows where he is. He's going to be narrating the first half of the cardinals rams game so i i just think there's so much laziness with the stuff with the with the with just how they approached the studio stuff and you know honestly. Do we need three people for an mba broadcast booth. I don't do though i. Does anybody think we need three at your job. This your famously. Against yeah especially. After having done the games it goes so fast. Like you'll have you know it's just there's so much action in the play by play dominates all that stuff so it's they just fall into habits. They do the draft to where the they wanna produce. It and i did the i did. The thirteen and fourteen drafts. Or they want to produce it because they care more the producers are always about you know they they want to control things. They don't want things to go wrong right. That's their job. That's it's i. Want things to go seamlessly and really really awesomely. So they'll have these things like you know bilas after repick bilas is great. I loved working with him. He would have seventy five seconds to talk about the guy right. There was like this cookie cutter way to do each one. Where it was like reese would talk about the peg. Bobo bah watch the guy go up and bilas does seventy five seconds and then the other two guys quickly have time to react to the pick before we get to the interview which is always bad and then all sudden. It's an ex pack but the problem is especially in the first ten picks of the draft like. There's a lot going on. There's major you know major storylines. There's marvin bagley getting picked over. Luca danni shit like that and you. You have like forty seconds to react to it you know and i don't get that either. There's a lot of get brand. This is when television has problems when you're producing television for other producers yet for your for your pals in the business and not producing for fans by the way. It's the same thing about writing you know as soon as you start doing it in your saying who. Who is this show for. Is it for basketball fans sports fans or is it for you. Know my sizzle. Reel for the sports emmys and i just think when you start doing the second thing it it becomes bad and it just it feels again. It feels like you're producing for producing sake rather than i'm gonna make a really effective. Tv show that people are gonna like well. You know what the single most nuts decision. How stephen eynat on countdown. Great question. By i mean what are we doing the most powerful person at espn but not on the nba pre-game show. How is he not on the eight. The halftime show should just be him and jalen. I don't even need anybody else. Like would you think i can. I hear stephen as thoughts. I really care. I would've loved his immediately after the the chris. Paul game they. They've tapped into something with wilbad. But i just you know stephen a. i just enjoy stuff. I would just try to put him on the show somewhere at some point. It's it's all very strange. It does feel like I know i know Jalen contract is up. It sounds like maria. Taylor might not her contracts up before the last game in the finals and you know as always with espn it just seems like things are things are emotion jalen sad. How many countdown partners at this point is like double figures right. It's like marvi said his own. Mattie lucas and his own people live people nears but it feels like once again. We're going to start moving around. It's always thing how the people behind the scenes never changed so it's always the talent. The talents always move it. But it's ever the behind the scenes people any Any finals media storylines. You're looking at for we go. I'm chris paul lovin that's coming. I think i'm going to write about this for the ringer. I'm a male gods. yes gonna be. It's gotta be amazing. The i'm interested in the year of the old guy. Our pal jason gay wrote about this in the journal cut win mickelson one right. We've had brady had mickelson. We've had elliott. Castro neves at the indy. Five hundred in the year of the old guys thing is is kind of hilarious. Makes us old guys feel better about ourselves. Yeah i a couple of things like that. And everybody's been complaining not complaining but saying about The nba all these superstars they. They lost the finals is going to be a disaster. I listen chris. Paul versus jaanus is a good finals for most star standpoint. Janas is an up and coming guy that needed at some point a bigger platform and you know a bigger stage. Which he's about to get. And this is a guy who has a chance to be an alzheimer potentially and then chris paul I feel like is really famous in it. And it's a combination of his ben in our lives for sixteen years now but also the state farm ads. Which is i think. One of the best ad campaigns we've had. I just feel like everybody knows that. Chris paul is on top of it. He has the story that everybody's favorite sports story. The old guy trying to get the ring is there. Is there a better and safer. Bet for a good sports story than that. It's the old. John elway thing. It always works at always. Wins jerry west trying to get it in the seventies you go way back. It's it's a win every time. Yeah yeah and the fact that. He's had like reported cova diagnosis. The sprain shoulder against the lakers. I mean he's actually had like four storylines within the larger chris. Paul tries to get a ring story. Yeah over the last couple of weeks yet. No it's I don't you know you know me. I don't i when people start talking about how. Espn executives are going to be mad. That it's milwaukee and phoenix in the finals. Just like who gives a shit like if you if it if you don't like this basketball if you'd rather have other stars in the finals other teams okay. But yet why would we. Why would i. I'm not getting any money if espn gets higher ratings are lower ratings. It doesn't matter to me at all cares if it's a good series and i'm compelled by it. That's what i'm rooting for us. So we had cleveland in four straight finals..
Jalen and Jacoby
"paul game" Discussed on Jalen and Jacoby
"Nets game three. We have some information about the packers starting quarterback situation but we start in phoenix last night. It was game two between the nuggets and the sons and the suns were shining bright. It was just. Cb three it was book it was a it was it was a dominant performance. However mr rose these two games have been all about the point. Guard chris paul. Everybody's got on light under the sun. That's what you just described right. Didn't you see a team to head. What seven or eight people in double figures zip. Did you see the plane. God that was third. Playoff game. The fifteen assists zero turnovers. That's the most in the history of the nba place euro turnover. And i gotta say something for a lot of fans and media members that does not mean that he was the mvp at a regular season. It means that he's a terrific leader as leading his team in the playoffs. This is a different season and this game was all about him. This is the chris. Paul game okay. His fingerprints were all on. You see aiden down. Low basically plan the joker to a standstill stats wise. You see miguel bridges shining on the big stage. Running fluid transition getting an one dunks devon booker plan within themselves not having the four shots devon booker elite score. You know what he gets a chance to catch and shoot the basketball burstein his career. How 'bout that just to catch shoot the somebody's create. He's talked for him kawada. Paul george looking at him like man must be nice itself again. Chris done a terrific job of stamping his signature. On a gar- play of the phoenix. Suns is so very outstanding is just crushing denver. Note and what. I love about what chris paul does this team is. They don't need like donovan. Mitchell forty five points from book now they don't need these huge games like some of these other teams need from their star players like the mask. They've got chris. Paul who mentioned distributes. Everybody gets everybody double figures however nikola yokich newly minted as the mvp you said the him and eight and are playing each other to a standstill. I don't know if i would say that. However he needs some help he needs some help out there and he's not getting in this series bang. Mike malone is not happy about that and here is what coach. Mike malone had to say after the game so.
Pop Culture Cosmos
"paul game" Discussed on Pop Culture Cosmos
"Deal say is no guarantee. Feeling the actual. Oh it's just going to bandage toll. I only sections of announce why jones work is a poll in x. Know re-translates the issue when we knicks a net may multiple out of it. 'cause people i never bought these things People into but Infested in which you won't be a complete. Although in some instances the disc isn't going to help the complete helmet said paul game get lost to the united states the the incident and yet it's too cold Down yet los. This mitchell only can think well that's like you buy things on the nintendo switch Physically and you get this little the little cartridges. But then they say you buy something like the borderlands collection or the Bioshock collection they only come with one game on it and you have to download the other like two or three pieces to it. Yeah us yes all continue the sense. I for example Fonsi intensity hey stevie muster in the western world you'll find f f. Ten is only call is only called trade as capacity cartridge but tend to a digital download whereas in asia on palm and with asia territories national huffing in asia. Talk talk says. You've got two games on the capacity college unless iphone some junk releases you'll If he's talking bullets he game release. All the games will be on the one college he thrives in the west. You've mentioned off the one game on the college Show this down light. So you all off instances. A physical release may seem the complete package to you face the but in reality. Isn't you know for example with some switch games if you've got twenty seventeen cartridge version of in seldom Does not he'd become the most recent complete version of the game at twenty. Twenty of these is the coach which may awful the previous putting on it. so things. this you know is about the united recess Right it john you confirmed for pareo not call late we test. We switch cots and as the production runs go along way. Actually update to watch is on the cartridges. It'd be nice if companies did this week. discs satellite. If you buy breath the world today will be a big patched up today. have.
Newsradio 700 WLW
"paul game" Discussed on Newsradio 700 WLW
"Street in Old Montgomery in a couple minutes away from news here on 700 wlw and 10 35. Mr. Do Mr Don't when it comes to pranks. And that includes yesterday's A Super Bowl streaker. If you didn't see that we've got the welts on him. We've got a Long story. I don't know how we get you know, in our ago it made sense when until the start down our latest like, Wait, So we don't have the guy who was streaking because you want to see a guy running around. But you want to see a woman streaking. That's that's on the block. 700 wlw Comet is all tied back to the same Russian dude who put the guy who street yesterday up to it. So he can get views for his YouTube page, which is also part of the Mr Do Mr Don't when it comes to pranks because a lot of the prank star be driven by youtubers or people, you know, Tic tac, whatever it is to try and get their 15 minutes of fame. Except when it fails, it fails miserably, and I've got a great story for you coming up on that. At 10 30 this morning he was slowly on 700 wlw. Thanks again. A geo Bernard for popping on a little bit there, although he's really got nothing going on these days anyway, Uh, this is that right? Work working out looking pretty anyway. Yeah. Mardi Gras 2021 down organs, the website there we do Have this a couple of things related. Sports Wise. And I think this is more covert than ending the Xavier ST Paul game. It was scheduled or dip. All games are Xavier to Paul was scheduled for Thursday. After now let's say like a 3 30 tip here on 700 wlw. They have canceled that. Because I'm guessing postpone because of Cove it I'm sure they don't.
WGN Radio
"paul game" Discussed on WGN Radio
"Comparison. What we're going to see I'm Steve Bertrand coming up on the afternoon news today. Congressman Adam Kinzinger has a new view. It's actually an old view of the Republican Party. He will explain a little bit later. Oregon has decriminalized toe. All street drugs is Chicago. Next, We'll talk to all the been Brien Hopkins about that, and also a Siberian hip replacement do over. All those stories coming up. Mary is watching the weather just saw the latest national Weather Service situation report and it's gonna be an extended cold spell. Real cold. Yeah. Nice weekend to stay in. Make chili watch football. I'm okay with it. What do you got today? I just like to be outside the once in a while. Still jogging around the inside of your head? No today actually ventured out your super. Yeah, but I kind of walked JAG. Can I say something? I've been meaning to say this forever because everyone's out walking. That's crazy. This is my public service announcement, and I'm serious when you're in this my wife's thing. But when you're walking on the street, yes, walk against the traffic or if you're running run Against the traffic so you can see the cars coming at you as well as the car's seeing. You were coming at them because it's it's just dangerous to have your back to traffic. I lost a cousin to that. Yeah, and it's like, Oh, my. Yeah, So just keep that in mind. It's not that hard to do just walk against the traffic so that you can see the cars coming at you. And if you're going really early in the morning, and it's dark, put on some reflective something we're late in the afternoon. Actually, it's hard for the cars to see, especially, we're not looked used to looking like we used to. All right. There's that. How's traffic Been today? I get the big car, the truck fire the time I got a weird stuff going on today. I don't know. It's kind of slippery. I think in some areas if you venture off into the shoulder a little bit, you know you could hit a slick spot. So it seems like that might be what's happening. Maybe have a lot to report on today. It seems like it already. Kevin's got a big game in the afternoon today. Yeah, well, we keep it on. That market came for you, Steve. Don't work. I only bring it up because you know, John Liam's is a big bull dog guy. Here's a friendly wager or anything. No, he can't. He gets too worked up to work down that we keep. We can't even watch a game together. First time I watch the game with John was last year to DePaul game. It was a ton of fun. He invited me out. We had a great time, but he does get very animated. I went to a market to Paul Game and he was there too. I was texting him. He wouldn't come see me because he was too here. You already think it ain't nothing? Okay now that was back when market would beat the ball. Big news, though, is speaking of basketball is Candace Parker held her. You know, introductory press conference. That's obviously all done by zoom now, But that's that's huge news. I mean, two time MVP, of course, the Naperville native and joins the Chicago Sky team that figures to be in contention for a championship next season with the addition of Parker's, so that was cool to hear kind of Hear her reflect on coming home after 13 years in L, A, and some big news for the Blackhawks to forward Alex to breaking a defenseman Nicholas Bohdan cleared from the cove in 19. We initially thought they might automatically be out for three weeks. But Jeremy Carlson said they didn't test positive. So there's a shot. Both of those guys could be back tonight. Super Bowl still set for Sunday It is still set for Sunday. So far, just a couple little I should say, couple, little hick. There's no a little covert hiccups, but two players were placed on the covert list, but so far there everything scheduling and I'm gonna get some Super Bowl profits. I'm gonna work in good rest of the week. You know, so much is changing. It's good to know there's something we can count on Kim What's going on in the newsroom Leave. Remember the name Zack Doc. That's what you need to know to get your coronavirus vaccinations that the website I saw Press one site so hard to say, Doc. It's like dot com slash vaccine. It's like trying to say Game stop when you win the next word of stock. Exactly. But Doc Doc, that is a new company. Well, that's it's not a new company. But The city is teaming up with this online healthcare scheduling company to help people get a Corona virus vaccine, and it's supposed to be much easier than people that have been going on line for hours and hours and hours trying to get grabbing appointment somewhere, and I hope so. I was talking to a friend of mine who's an education is getting his vaccine tomorrow? But then his mother in law and father in law can't get an appointment anywhere. It's just been, you know, and they in John's John's done a great job of talking to people as they try to hack it and find ways in and It's just discouraging. It's very discouraging, and that's what I think in frustrating as well. And I think that was Dr are Woody's Focus today is that they shouldn't be folk. You know, this shouldn't be frustrating and take hours and hours and hours to get a new appointment, So hopefully this is going to make it easier once they get to supply figured out. Maybe. Anyway, I got you. This is a big day here on the afternoon news because Kim Gordon after 15 years Working in the WGN news room was saying for a while this afternoon. You said you weren't gonna make me cry. I'm already tearing. I'm gonna make you cry every half hour. So sad. We're gonna mess kit. I'm gonna miss you guys too. You are just a champion in someone who's just been well, you're a great friend, first and foremost, but Your work ethic is really something I've tried to hide from for all 15 years, And we're gonna miss you, Kim your big part of the show. I appreciate it. And as to quote my friend K p It's been an amazing run. I had a good run. I've had a really good run. And I mean, I brought your favorite pizza in because you said no matter what, you wanted pizza on the last day, I appreciate it. Okay. Tell the truth. No, I love pizza. I just don't like sausage and pepperoni and all that. I said So what? I like piece by the pizza. We did get Kim's world famous. What is the Kentucky Derby and manage? Mary made some chocolate cake too? So all around when it comes to the food department, a great day, but satellite, unfortunately. Had the desert right before the pizza. Yeah, we were like Wait. Okay. Now there's pizza. Thanks. All right. So we'll have Kim talk about some of her favorite stories in an effort to further her crying a little bit later in the program, Mary, What do you got? Well, he had a bunch of accidents on.
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"WGN's Eric Round tells us the bill passed with a slim majority. The bill does create a stronger system of D certifying officers who engage in misconduct. Republican opponents of the bill complained they got the new 700 plus page bill an hour before debates started. They also argued the elimination of cash bail would make people less safe because Mork Crimes Could be committed while someone was out. Supporters say judges would have discretion to keep dangerous people locked up. The state's law enforcement coalition, made up of police, unions, chiefs and county sheriffs all opposed the bill. The bill also puts new limits on what can be negotiated in police union contracts. The vaccine roll out across the country has been slower than expected, frustrating those trying to get the shot. So far, Illinois is administered about a third of the doses it's received and about 3% of the population has now been vaccinated. At that rate, health experts say it's going to take nearly three years to reach herd immunity. Officials say they have plans to speed up the process in Chicago, some residents over the age of 65 could soon receive their first dose. Here's Chicago Public Health Commissioner Dr Allison are witty, wifely beginning next week. Um, help their providers will have the opportunity. If they have fun used vaccine That's not going to want a to start reaching out their highest risk. Patients, their existing patients to be able to start vaccinating city and state hope to soon receive federal funds that will allow them to create more vaccine strike teams and mass vaccination centers. Now, with WGN SPORTS. Here's David it multiple reports now that former Ohio State coach Urban Meyer is finalizing a deal to become the new head coach of the Jacksonville Jaguars of the NFL, and an announcement could come later Today. The Jaguars were one and 15 this season, losing their last 15 in a row. But They own the number one pick in the draft US the right to take clubs in quarterback Trevor Laurence. The Bears made it official Wednesday announcing GM Ryan Pace and head coach Matt Naggy or staying on in 2021, while acknowledging the decision would not be embraced by the fan base, But Chairman George McCaskey praised Pace and Maggie for guiding the Bears through the pandemic hand. Through a six game losing streak. The Blackhawks knew there would be nights like this. They just hoped it wouldn't be gone opening night, but first they had to watch the Tampa Bay Lightning raised their Stanley Cup banner and then the Lightning scored three goals in the first period went on to blast the Hawks. 5 to 1 Steven Stamkos the goal in to assist for the Lightning, Dylan Strome. The only goal for the Blackhawks. They have a rematch tomorrow night, and we'll have it at 5 30 W G. Etting College basketball. 21st ranked Ohio State broke open a one point game late and handed Northwestern its fourth straight loss. 81 71, despite a career high 25 for the Wildcats chase, all Dej, the other big 10 game on the schedule. Illinois at Nebraska was postponed. As was the Paul's game. A Georgetown, Virginia knocked off Notre Dame David.
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"And Western. The owner is criminal Patel. So happy for the customer who bought it, I hope is my regular customer that comes in here every day. As the seller of the winning ticket. This door gets a $10,000 bonus. Nobody won the Big Powerball jackpot last night, so it just keeps growing. $550 million was up for grabs last night. Saturday's jackpot now jumps to $640 million. Now, with WGN sports. Here's Davion and Sports is sponsored by points Bet The Blackhawks in Lightning were scoreless midway through the first period by the intermission, though it was three nothing Tampa Bay and it ended up 5 to 1. The Hawks of boarding a shot out with the late goal from Dylan Strome. Lot of new faces making their hawks debuts, including veterans Matisse, Yon Mark and Nikita's that are off and Lucas Wall Mark and rookies he and Mitchell and P a suitor Hauksson Lightning again tomorrow, former Ohio State football coach Urban Meyer could be making the jump to the NFL. The Jacksonville Jaguars reported in deep talks with Meyer about becoming head coach. That's according to ESPN. Meantime, the bear stick with Ryan Pace Mad Maggie another year, but no word on the status of Mitch Travis Key or free agency bound receiver Alan Robinson. James Harden wanted out of Houston, He got his wish and a 14 trade. Hardened goes to Brooklyn, joining Kevin Durant and eventually Kyrie Irving. Three more games postponing the MBA last night, plus two more games tomorrow because a covert protocols to Paul's game a Georgetown postpone Northwestern played and lost at number 21, Ohio State 81 71 4th straight loss for the Wildcats after their three you know, Big 10 start. David.
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"Anne Kellogg joined her colleagues at Brinton Oh Math and Science Academy yesterday who were outside Don't know yet what happens next Monday? We're really taking it day by day, but my preschool staff and I agree that This plan is just not something that's going to work for our students. Janet Jackson claims CPS and CTU have a broad agreement on teacher safety concerns. Both parties again having news conferences today to talk about it. C T, a board member found vacationing after claiming that public schools were unsafe, says she received her doctor's blessing to travel. WGN's Jo brand is the update. Sarah Chambers rally teachers to refuse to return to school buildings, claiming them to be unsafe. Then she was found next to the pool in Puerto Rico. On her instagram account. Chambers defended her trip, saying she dealt with a bad case of covert already tested negative several times war masks and even got word from her doctor. That would be okay to travel chambers has since apologized and says she'll tell you Her social media account is a sign of contrition. She also says she'll step back from the teacher's Union executive board. Jo Brand, WGN. New police chase ended in a crash on the South side last night for people were fleeing an alleged armed robbery in Frankfurt. The black SUV struck a squad car on I 94 Later crashed it 95th street. After the crash, the occupants ran away. Three people were later arrested. One person is still on the loose. For the second time in a month. A coyote is suspected of killing a dog in Palestine. Jade agree. We says Coyote jumped a 6 ft fence in her backyard and attack chilly one of their four rescue dogs, she says. It's the second time they've lost a dog to a coyote in two years. That's why they built that 6 ft fence. I know all of my surrounding neighbors. They all have very small dogs, so they are all in aware of what's happened and keeping a close eye. Oh on their dogs. Police warning residents to make sure fences are closed. Only food out. Keep an eye on pets, even in your own backyard. In December, coyote killed a dog in Palestine that was being walked by its owner. Yesterday. Cook County had its first marriage of the year. And, like most things lately, it was virtual. I know pronounce you married. Yeah, cry. You're gonna make me Ashley Graf and Andre Baldwin entered Theo Contest Win the first wedding of 2021 in a live wedding that happened on Zoom 175. People watched the wedding online and wish the couple well. They have been together for 11 years. Now with WGN SPORTS. Here's David. Good Morning Day two of training camp for the Black Hawks Hawks held their first practice on Monday and coach Jeremy Collins message. Don't worry too much about expectations. You're aware of how we're perceived and we got something unproven, and it's a challenge for us. As the coaching staff, but also the players we have to. We're gonna We're gonna be relentless in our how we're gonna work. Tioga better. Veteran defenseman Brent Seabrook, listed by the Hawks is unfit to participate. The Hawks open the season week from tomorrow at Tampa Bay playoff week underway in the NFL teams are getting ready for the six games this weekend. Including the Bears match up with the Saints on Sunday. No update yet on two key bears players who were injured against Green Bay linebacker Roque Want Smith and wide receiver Darnell Mooney. Anytime scenes, coach Sean Payton said. They'll take a wait and see approach to playing running back Alvin Camaro Sunday Camaro should be available after a bout with Cove in 19. After knowing three start. The Bulls have won three of their last four and tonight they're on the road, starting a four game trip at Portland College Basketball to Paul's game of Number three Villanova tonight postpone because a covert issues within the Villanova program last night the Big 10, Indiana held off Maryland 63 55 7 Big 10 teams ranked this week, including number 12, Illinois. The a lot I visit Northwestern Thursday night. Event it W G M sport Now the forecast from the WGN Chicago Weather Center here's meteorologist Morgan.