Gentlemen, welcome to episode 24 of the Tag Team
Podcast. I'm your host, Anthony Tartaglione,
joined with my brother, Johnny Tartaglione. And
I'm gonna pull out a term right out of the rip.
Preface. I'm gonna preface. Haven't heard that
one before. I'm gonna preface this opening segment
of our podcast because we went to the bars tonight.
We went to the bars tonight. We're a little banged
up a little we're a lot of banged up We're a
lot of banged up but if you listen later in this
episode we sober up because we filmed the Second
and third segment of this episode Sober, so I
will admit that but this segment of this episode.
We're a little tipsy. That's fine And for the
stink bomb just for editing purposes but i will
say we're gonna sneak the final four recap in
because we have to we're dedicated i will tell
you just just for the people we are filming this
segment at 2 40 am eastern time that's how dedicated
because we have to but here's the thing you're
gonna hear a little at the end of this segment
you're gonna hear a little cut of us going into
mba fines because that's that's our first segment
out out of this episode because today we're going
to be talking NBA finds and we're going to be
talking debating championships and i want to
say this can i ask you one question before you
get into that yeah how pumped is drunk tony tags
for the florida national oh my god let's get
into it baby go gators are gators but i will
say this what are you the fucking marching band
i am the marching band but i will tell you this
We're going to get into some topics later. We're
going to get the NBA finals. You already explained
that. And we're going to get into top eight championships.
But I want to say this. We apologize to all NASCAR
fans for leaving out the Daytona 500 in our discussion
later. So just remember that. I want to. Apologize
to NASCAR fans for leaving out the Daytona 500.
I've said my piece now. Let's get into it the
final fucking for the fucking Florida Gators
are going to the fucking national championship
game. We are live We're live We're all the way
in Am so fucking fired up you have no idea how
fired up I am to the fact that we're going to
the natty and You and here's the thing this episode
is gonna come out Sunday You guys gonna listen
to a Monday the national championship is gonna
be Monday night if Florida loses to Houston I'm
gonna sound like a fucking idiot, but I'll tell
you this We're back Yokinoa Yokinoa at Horford.
They didn't play in that game 2007 Florida Gators
national champions Walter Clayton motherfucking
jr. He's the deal He's the deal can I just say
something? You couldn't even confirm that Al
Horford was on that national title team the other
night. There's no English shit on me right now
There is a reason to shit on you. You're up.
I have to bring you back to Earth. No, you don't
have to bring you back to Earth. I do have to
bring you back to Earth. That's my job. I'm on
cloud nine right now. That's fine, but... You
don't fucking understand. I think I'm just salty
that St. John's got eliminated in the round of
32. 34 fucking points! Are you shittin' me? Are
you shittin' me? Who the fuck in the country
is gonna step up at the end of the night in the
final four? Game against Auburn. Season on the
line. Hitting dagger threes dude his his step
back three when we were down. We were down six
With 12 minutes left. He's a lot of time. He
that's not clutch It's not in the clutch because
his bucket where he made the move and went up
the middle Lee in the that was there was like
three minutes now Are you guys say the fourth
quarter? I think you had too many Red Bull boxers.
No, no, no, no. They only played two halves in
college basketball. I understand this, but what
I'm trying to tell you is we were down, we were
down six and he hit this dirty ass step back
three. This motherfucker put up 34 points in
the final four. Who puts up 34 points in the
final four? I think it was, I think it was the
most points I saw us that on ESPN on the bottom
line. I think it was like the most. Final four
points since 1980s. Here's the thing shout out
to shout out Huge huge fucking shout out to Alex
Khan tonight for one point one point fouled out
One point fouled out, but I'll tell you one thing
that one point made the difference because that
put us up and put the game away because here's
the thing we were we were They won by six. It
was but here's the thing. It was a sweater This
game was a sweater. I know they won by six. But
they won by six and you're saying one point made
the difference. No. That doesn't math. The math
is not math. Momentum, motherfucker. Momentum.
Momentum. That one point didn't even happen in
the clutch. Momentum. He may have won 0 -5 from
the field tonight. He may have won 0 -5 from
the field tonight. The one point didn't even
happen in the clutch. You're making the wrong
points about the Florida Gators here. You're
making the wrong points about the Florida Gators
here. They beat a very, very talented... Auburn
team, probably the most talented team in the
nation besides Duke. We'll get into that in a
minute. I'm a little bit salty. We're getting
Auburn matchup in a second. Auburn, Jani Broome.
One of the best players in the nation, probably
one of the best transfers. Auburn locked down
on defense. They held Florida to under 80 points,
which was probably the recipe for success in
the game. But Florida found a way to win. Getting
offensive rebounds late in the game. Even with
all the turnovers they had. They had a bunch
of turnovers. I'm trying to compliment Florida
and you're cutting me off. This is really disappointing.
I'm continuing it. All I'm saying is that Florida
showed the heart late. They missed free throws
down the stretch. What happened when they missed
the free throws? They got offensive rebounds.
What happened when Auburn surged back to tie
the game? They got buckets down the stretch.
Like you said, Walter Clayton Jr. was able to
get to the rim. In that clutch basket where he
got on that open layup, I didn't really understand
what Auburn's defense was doing. When I watched
that play, I was like, what is this? Is this
like a 5 -e -5 scrimmage? I was like, he should
have never had that open of a layup that late
in a Final Four game. And I believe that was
the layup to take the lead, right? They were
down one and he got to the rim. Easy layup to
take the lead. And then that was it. Florida
never gave the lead back up. Never. And Auburn
conned and fouled out of the game. One point,
like you said, but he's their big body in the
game. How does Auburn let up an offensive rebound
late on a missed one -on -one for you? Yeah,
that was gross. That was gross on that end. That's
not gross for you. You're going to an anti -title
game. Oh, I'm excited. I say you like you're
on the team. You're not even on the fucking team.
But I'm saying, Chad Baker Mazzara for Auburn,
he... averaged maybe nine points a game this
season. He averaged like eight to nine points
this season. Tonight, he decided to turn into
a god and put up 18 points. That's huge. Huge.
And like you said - And he was making me sweat
because I can tell you one thing. When I watched
him on the court, I'm like, he's not a threat.
He's not a threat. And he proceeded to put it
up and he put up 18. Cause Johnny Broome was
who I was worried about going to. Thank you.
Sorry. I told you we're a couple drinks deep.
Jai Broome decided. He was the one I was most
scared about going into this game, of course,
and he delivered. He had a great game tonight.
But I will tell you this. Alex Condon, he I was
talking about this on the last episode. He seemed
hurt in the paint. He wasn't physical as he usually
is. He wasn't as dialed in as he is usually.
Tonight, I saw some physicality out of him. You
can tell when a player is putting up everything
they have on the line, even when it breaks them
to their backs. And he put it up tonight. I know
he only scored one point, but it's not about
the scoring. It's about the presence and the
paint. It's about the offensive rebounds. The
rim protection. Yeah, exactly. But I'm saying,
down the stretch tonight, that team decided We're
gonna fuckin' go to this national championship.
We're gonna dial in. And Elijah Morton, I gotta
give huge props to Elijah Morton. That motherfucker
put... He had the game of his career tonight.
He had the game of his career tonight. He did.
And here's the thing. I've been watching him
all season. But that dude shot 60 % from the
field tonight. He dialed the fuck in. He was
like, you know what? It's time to lock in. He
had a three, it was with like nine, I don't know
the exact time of it, but he had a three with
like nine minutes left to put us up six. And
I was like, oh my God. We're gonna win this game
with nine minutes. Are you fucking insane? No,
I'm nine minutes off. We're gonna win this game
up six That's literally it's about momentum.
It's about it's about momentum. It's about momentum
because here's the thing We were down six we
were in the shit or we were done eight at the
half It's like I thought you were down ten at
that ten at that we were down we were down at
the half I'm like we're screwed Came out three
three to tie it forty nine forty nine and I'm
like, holy shit We we we're back We're back because
after the Texas Tech being down as much as we
were with four minutes left, six minutes left,
I was like, this season is going to be over.
And this is the best team I've seen in Florida
since I was young. And I didn't remember it.
Like I told you, I couldn't even remember the
fucking Al Horford was on the goddamn team. But
I'll tell you this. The team showed grit tonight,
grit, because Auburn, I truly believe I said
this, Auburn is the best team in the nation.
They were. They are. They were. They were, because
now they're going to Cancun. But. They don't
go to Cancun. I know they don't go to Cancun,
but I'm just saying. You just said they're going
to Cancun. Did you or did you not just say they're
going to Cancun? I just said they're going to
Cancun. But what I'm trying to say - So they're
not going to Cancun, just to be clear. Yeah.
They're not going to Cancun. But. I will say
this. They're going back to fucking Math 4. Yeah,
Math 4. They're going back to Scientology 3.
But. I will tell you this. I will say going back
to class after a final four loss has to be absolutely
brutal. I just have to say this. What do you
got to say? Grit. Grit. You just mentioned that.
That's fine. I'm saying grit. This Florida team
tonight showed grit. Because to beat that Auburn
team takes grit. And I was so impressed with
the coaching down the stretch. I was so impressed
with the physicality down the stretch to grab
the offensive rebound with nine seconds left.
When they had a chance, they put up a three.
Auburn had a chance to tie it a quarter doesn't
matter. No, no, no. They had a chance to cut
the one. They had a chance to cut the one. No,
no, no, no. They were down. No, I'm talking about
I'm talking about with like with like 30 seconds
left in the game. Auburn had a wide, wide open
three that they had a spank wide open three and
they missed it. And when they miss it, I was.
Did you classify spank wide open three? He was
wide open. He had nobody on him. Why spank needed?
Don't know spank wasn't me, but what was needed
was the fact when he missed it that was when
it hit me And here's the thing we were we were
at dinner and we were at a nice dinner tonight
And here I am being a piece of shit because I
got a game on my phone watching it propped up
on the water And I'm like, oh my god, we're actually
going to the fucking national championship. We're
actually going to it took me 30 minutes at dinner
to just relax because I was just. I'm so happy
you don't understand where my high is right now,
like. The only reason why I think I got as drunk
as I did tonight was because I was so high on
the fact that Florida won tonight because I'm
like, I don't even know how to comprehend this.
I go, what do I do? I got to celebrate. I got
a drink because I'm just like. I'm serious. I
got a drink because my team is going to a natty
title. That's an insane. They spray champagne
bottles in the locker rooms in major leagues.
So I had to spray champagne bottles down my throat.
You didn't drink champagne. I didn't. I drank
beer. But I will tell you this. My fucking Florida
Gators are going to the national championship.
And you guys are gonna listen this podcast Monday
morning Tuesday morning Wednesday morning I don't
know when you're gonna listen to it this following
week. You may not even listen to it I really
hope well, they're here. They're listening to
it I really hope Florida wins it all for the
fact of this excitement right now is on cloud
9 Because I don't want you fucking assholes to
be hitting me up and being like yo, I listen
to the pod How those Florida Gators do losing
to Houston in the championship. So I don't want
to hear none of that bullshit. I don't think
we have any Houston fans on this podcast. It
doesn't matter about Houston fans. It matters
about the fucking assholes who are gonna shit
on me because I'm... Revin right now. You have
to own up to the fact that if you're gonna come
on a podcast... and brag about your team, if
you lose, you have to take the heat for it. That's
what it's about. I'll take the heat. I don't
care. You're calling these people assholes. If
you're gonna come out and support your team,
like you are right now, and be fired up, you
have to be willing to take the heat. You gotta
step up to the plate, buddy. Oh, I'm at the plate.
I'm at the plate. You're getting defensive already.
I gotta play the game. I got the boxing gloves
on. You... You're getting defensive and you haven't
even played the game yet. You're already preparing
to lose I threw the biggest the biggest bet of
every place in my life Now I was a little tipsy,
but I placed the biggest bet I've ever placed
in my entire life. You still cash out by the
way I'm not cashing out on floor on Monday night.
I placed the biggest bet I've ever placed in
my life on Florida Well, I hope it goes well
for you and and and congrats to Florida for making
to the national title game Thank you And... It's
about time they're gonna go out. You've been
a dick to me this entire time. I have not been
a dick. This first 14 minutes you've been nothing
but a dick to me. I haven't even said anything.
This has been a monologue by you. Congrats, buddy.
You can't blame me for having a monologue. It's
my team in the National Championship. How'd St.
John's do? They've been on their couch for fucking
two weeks. There's no reason to bring that up.
Yes, there is, because you're coming at me, so
I gotta come at you. I'm not coming at you. You're
saying, you're getting defensive about people
who are gonna come after you if you lose. Why
are you even thinking about losing? I didn't
say I was thinking about losing. You were. You
said if these people lose, they're gonna come
at me. These fucking assholes are gonna come
at me. Why are you thinking like that? That's
crazy. That's crazy to me. Get ready to face
Houston, buddy. What are you doing? You're rooting
for Houston now? I'm not rooting for anybody.
I mean, I'm rooting for Florida for your sake,
but I don't have a dog. Your future is gone.
Your future is gone. We don't have to talk about
that, but I will say, and this is a good transition
to the Houston Duke game. No, no, no, we're done.
No, let me stay on my high horse for a second.
You can't even let me stay on my high horse for
a second. You've been on your high horse for
15 minutes and 48 seconds. Because here's the
thing. I'm a Rangers fan. I'm a Knicks fan. I'm
a Giants fan. I'm a Cardinals fan. I'm a Syracuse
fan, because I went there, and I'm a Florida
fan. Those are the six teams that are my love.
Those are the six teams that I love, breathe,
and live in sports. Well, congrats. You're batting
one for six in the past 15 years. For the first
time, no, 10 years, 2015. The Rangers didn't
win it. Well, they lost because Jonathan Quick
was a dog in the cup. But I will say this. For
the first time in 10 years, my favorite team
is going to the motherfucking national championship
game. Let me fucking enjoy this moment. You can't
even let me enjoy this moment because you're
salty because your team lost early. I'm not salty
at all. I'm happy. So quit coming at me. I'm
not coming at you. You have been coming at me.
Look, you listeners, you tell me whether or not
he's been coming at me because he's been coming
at me. I've been let me enjoy sitting here. Let
me soak this moment in let me just enjoy it because
here's the thing I Won't get this again for another
20 years 10 years. I won't get this So let me
enjoy the fact that floor is going to the national
championship Let me enjoy the fact that my team
for the first time in a fucking long time has
a chance to win at all Yeah, they're gonna be
going up against a very good Houston team and
and here's the thing I know at this point when
the next episode comes out. It's gonna be a week
gone by But I will say this We're gonna talk
about it first thing next episode even if Florida
loses. Yeah, we're gonna talk about it Okay,
even in my tears You can get that sadness out
of me. Can we talk about how Duke blew that game?
Oh my god dude Duke is the They are the biggest
choke -hardest of all time. I just want to say
this. I had a future on Duke. I had Duke in my
brackets. I had Duke tonight to win the game.
Minus four and a half. And... They blew it. That's
all I'm gonna say. I mean, Houston ended the
game on what? A 13 -3 run? Up 14 with eight minutes
left. You might think, oh, eight minutes left
is an eternity. And yeah, in the NBA, that's
probably an eternity and you see 14 point leads
blown all the time. But in college basketball,
you should never ever blow a 14 point lead. Up
seven with two minutes left. Yeah. How about
up three with 30 seconds left and the ball? That
might be the worst stat. I mean, you turn it
over on the inbounds pass. Is that what they
did? Pretty sure they turned it over on the inbounds
pass. Then... Houston missed a three got the
offensive rebound Duke misses a free throw Houston
goes down and scores a bucket. I Mean at the
end of the day That falls on coaching that falls
on the players not being able to execute late
in the game Cooper flag Missed I don't want to
say a bunny but missed a very makeable shot front
end of the rim late in the game Gonna be the
number one NBA draft pick. I think he probably
should have made that shot. But again, that's
not me I probably would have. I'm not even going
to say that I would have made it, but it was
a makeable shot. He's going to be the number
one pick in the NBA draft. Am I a Duke fan by
any means? Absolutely not. I'm not a Duke fan
by any means. I'm just salty because, like I
said, I had the future on them. I had them in
the game tonight and what I watched was abysmal.
And I don't think Duke fans are going to be able
to lay their heads on their pillows tonight and
fall asleep. No, no. Look. We're awake at 3 o
'clock in the morning right now. Duke fans are
still awake with us right now. And they're laying
on their, they're laying staring at the ceiling
like how the hell did we lose that game tonight?
Because at the end of the day you have the number
one overall draft pick. You have a stud freshman
in Conn Knipple. You have a stud veteran guard
in Tyrese Proctor. How the fuck do you blow that
game? Houston's a bunch of dogs. They're grown
ass men out there. That's what houston is and
kelvin samson coach k Calvin can't kelvin samson
is one of the top coaches in the country He's
been there before he's been there in the tournament
with these teams plenty of times before And you
could see it with their late game execution They
were calm with the game down the stretch when
they were down 13 late in the game when they
were down 10 late in the game They were poised.
They were present in the game They had that dog
in them. They knew how to close the game out
when it came to crunch time. And it showed their
press on defense, their full court press caused
Duke to turn it over. I saw late in the game
where the possession arrow belonged to Houston
and they double teamed at half court. Duke had
a timeout and didn't call it. And that was costly.
I think there was a minute and a half left. How
do you not use the timeout there? The players
have to know. The players have to know. I'm trapped.
I can't go anywhere with the ball. You have to
use the time out there. And that's what blew
my mind. That's what shows the inexperience from
some of these players on Duke. And that's what
showed the experience from the players on Houston.
They knew when to trap. They trapped hard. They
double teamed. They forced the turnovers. They
got the buckets late in the game when they needed
to get them. They made their free throws down
the stretch which is probably the most important
thing in college basketball is making your free
throws late. And they executed and Duke failed
to execute and that's what the game came down
to. I gotta tell you this. I'm scared as shit
of LJ Cryer. That man played all 40 minutes tonight.
He didn't sit the bench not once tonight. He
didn't sit the bench not a single minute. Never
came out of the game. Played the entire game.
This man put up 26 points, shooting six of nine
from three point. I mean when your season's online,
your season's online, you're gonna play your
best players. You don't have a next game at that
point. But I'm just saying, he, Monday night,
when that game starts, he's the guy I'm eyeing.
I'm eyes on number four. I'm looking at number
four the whole time on the court. Because here's
the thing, Alex Condon banged up. Banged up.
Watch out for LJ cryer Seriously, what kind of
guy can play all 40 minutes in a game? Put up
26 points shooting six of nine from three Who
can do that? While being down mostly game while
being down. He's a fucking dog. They were down
14 points With eight minutes left at one point.
I peeked at the live lines And Duke was minus
4 ,000 to win the game. Houston was plus 1 ,100.
Plus 1 ,400. Plus 1 ,400. I believe that was
with 10 minutes left in the game. That is ridiculous.
That is an absurd choke job by the Duke Blue
Devils. And they're not going to be able to sleep
tonight. Those players, those fans, the coaches,
the students are not going to be able to sleep
tonight. And that's what it boils down to. It's
a chaotic... choke job. It is the best thing
I could put it to. And they were the heavy favorite.
They were. And at the end of the day, Houston
was the more experienced team. They were grown
men on the court. They showed the poise. And
in all honesty, they deserved to win the game.
They executed late. It's just sad. I do. Look,
I feel bad for Duke fans because at the end of
the day, this was their best team since 2015.
No. Dude, come on. They had Zion Williamson,
Cam Reddish, and RJ Barrett on the same team.
This is true. That was their best team. You got
me there. That was their best team. And they
lost. And they did. And the best team doesn't
always win. So, for Duke fans, I apologize because
I know this is tough for you. I'm not apologizing.
Because you don't like Duke. There's no apologies
to be given. It doesn't matter whether I like
the team or not. I'm not apologizing. I'm not
apologizing to the Kansas City Chiefs fans for
losing the Super Bowl. Are you fucking kidding
me? What are you doing? Apologizing? Pandering.
Pandering to Duke fans. Why? I'm not pandering
to Duke fans. You just said you were pandering.
Who are you pandering to if you're apologizing
to Duke? Who else would you be partnering to?
Nobody, you're right. You're right. You're right.
You got me. But I will say this. Alex Condon
versus Juwan Roberts in the paint is going to
be a fun ass match up to watch on Monday night.
It's going to be a battle. It's going to be sick.
I'm excited. Florida opened up as one and a half
point dogs. Wow. So I'm gonna say the game's
gonna come down to physicality number one Whoever
can grab the rebounds if the other team was more
open is one -and -a -half point dogs They've
now moved to one one point favorites. Thank you
for thank you for just botching my point Your
point the game is gonna come down to who can
control the offensive glass and get the extra
possession because it's proven that Houston is
a very defensive minded team Florida is Explosive
on offense, but also has the size down low. So
whoever's gonna control the glass is going to
control this game and That is my prediction Do
you have a final score prediction for the people
right now on Saturday night early Sunday morning?
77 to 72 Wow, so you had this game in the 70s
you have Florida get into the high 70s 77 to
72 Gators one Wow And I always say that because
I got the biggest bet of my life on this game
I'm gonna say 69 to 65 Gators I'm gonna go with
the Gators just for you. I'm gonna ride for my
dogs I'm gonna ride for you. You know we don't
care, but I just tapped them up. It was sweet
I'll go with the Gators, but I think it's gonna
be an awesome game. Oh my god Houston, Florida
for the national championship. It's either gonna
be the Gators or the Cougars Who take it all
and I'll say this Houston I I have a little bit
of I have a little bit of respect for you a little
bit. They're a fucking Fantastic basketball team
there. They're an amazing basketball team I have
I have I have a little bit of respect for you
for the fact that you've knocked off the best
team in the country tonight You did you knocked
off the best team Duke was the best team in the
country Houston has rolled through this tournament.
They had a few close calls. The game against
Purdue was a tough game, no doubt. That game
came down to the wire. But other than that, they've
pretty much rolled through this tournament. And
I think everybody has given them the notion that
they are choke artists because of previous performances
in the tournament. But this is just a different
team. They've gotten transfers who are veterans
in the game of college basketball. Kelvin Sampson,
one of the top coaches in the game, and it's
proven strong in this tournament. And they are
no team to be fucked with. And I think this national
championship game could be one for the ages.
It could be. It could be. And we'll find out
on Monday night. We're going to find out on Monday
night. And by the time the next episode after
this comes out. That's it. We're gonna know who
the national championship and I'll tell you one
thing if Florida wins. Oh My god, you're gonna
be hearing a lot from me if Florida loses You're
gonna be hearing very little for me You can't
be like that. No because here's the thing at
the end of day if we if we get beat we get beat
Houston's a great team. I have nothing against
Houston. I respect Houston But Florida's better
than Houston We're gonna find out Monday night
floor is a better on paper What I've watched
floor is a better team than Houston and that's
why I laid down the biggest bet of my life. So
We're gonna find out we're gonna see and I am
very excited for this matchup. Well, I wish you
the best of luck. Thank you Thank you. I appreciate
it. I appreciate I appreciate the respect Because
you didn't show me a little respect at all later
in this episode Showed me a lot of disrespect
later in this episode, and you just have to stay
tuned to listen to that, but I'll tell you this
Let's fucking go, Florida Let's go, and that's
it. It's all I gotta say well best of luck to
you and your Gators I'm very excited for the
championship game congrats to Houston for knocking
off Duke and Let's see what happens Monday night
We'll see what happens all right so now We're
gonna get into NBA fines like I told you We did
this episode a little different so it's gonna
be a little bit of a transition But we're gonna
get into talking about NBA fines now, so let's
get into it NBA fines now, I don't know if you
guys saw but John Morant just got fined again
For pointing a gun signal at out. Who knows?
Yeah Yeah, he basically got fined my four -year
college tuition for going pew pew with the fingers
That's crazy. He paid for my four -year college
With the pew pew that's unbelievable. Now if
you don't know that's not the first time so 75k
Now if you remember john moran him and guns,
they don't really get along, you know ig live
Social media. Yeah, no bueno. Yeah john guns.
No We're just going to go. This is not new news.
No, it's not news. But it is pretty crazy that
he literally uses a gun gesture on the court
and he gets fined seventy five thousand dollars.
That is your salary for one finger point. Yeah.
One. Literally four years of college that I shipped
off. Sally Mae Loans. Here you go. Pew, pew.
I'll pay you off. It's a brand new car. I mean,
I'm thinking about what else I'm just thinking
about it to him. Does he like he's got to be
mad. But like to him, does that was that money
mean to him? I don't know, what's his contract,
like over 200 mil? I mean, realistically, think
about how much stuff you could do with $75 ,000.
That brings you back to the point of how stupid
the amount of money these guys make for playing
basketball. Oh, it's ridiculous. It's ridiculous.
I mean, you've got to look at just, I know we
talked contracts last week and how stupid baseball
money is, but NBA money's ridiculous, too. I
mean, does he get to appeal that at all, that
$75 ,000, or they just... How does that work?
Does he just pay that up front? Like, hey, we're
fine. Where does that money even go? Probably
just in the league's pockets. In the league's
pockets. And what do they do with it? I don't
know. That's just crazy to me. And the amount
of fines that are racked up for all these players,
just for small things here and there, that money's
got to add up. Where's all that money going?
We were doing research. You don't realize how
many players. Because here's the thing. The reason
why John Morant's news is because he's had problems
with guns in the past. But if you go and look
at the list of people who have been fined, they
fine a lot of people. The NBA is handing out
fines like it's damn monopoly money. Left and
right. I know. It's like damn, you can't even
catch a break. You do something, you swear, you
get fined. You can make a whole S tier to B tier
to D tier list of player fines just since January,
I'm pretty sure. Yeah. Well, all time I got a
couple S tier picks. And I kind of want to go
into them. Yeah, I guess this is an unplanned
draft we're about to do of NBA player fines this
season. Not really a draft, but just kind of
talking about - Not just a season, all time.
All time. You got some all -timers. I got some
all -timers. I'm okay with some all -timers.
I can't say that I was prepared for the all -timers.
That's fine. I'll let you at the back door. We're
good with that. Alright, I'm gonna lead off 1
-1. J .R. Smith got fined $50 ,000 for untying
somebody's shoes at the free throw line. This
is according to what is this NBA PR? Yeah, according
to NBA PR. So this is legitimate sourcing right
here Untie the next he untied the player shoe
and he got fine 50 ,000 beans gone. See ya I'm
just I still I can't even fathom like what do
they do with that? Is there research out there
about what the NBA does with that money? I mean
they don't put it back into the league What are
they doing for the league that would? I mean,
it's got to be it's got to be stuff like PR and
it's they got to put it to promoting their brand
advertising brand deals. I mean, there's got
to be multiple things that the league uses this
money for. And I'll tell you one thing. It ain't
going into the value of the game because viewership
is down. It's not like they're using it for for
good purposes that are making more people watch.
I mean, that that's a heavily debated topic.
And I think. And this has been discussed before
per other podcast. I've was it too. But the reason
viewership is down is because you could see everything
via social media nowadays. I mean, you could
go on TikTok and watching a two and a half minute
clip of Anthony Edwards highlights for the week.
And then you're pretty much all caught up. Then
you look at the standings. It's a long season,
82 game season. And I just don't think people
are sitting down to watch the games every night.
But that's another topic for another day. But
that also leads to all these games and 82 game
season. That does lead to some serious fines
throughout the year. Oh, yeah, 100%. All right,
I got to tell you one two For me you go ahead
and just take this cuz you're you're a little
bit more prepared than I am I'll tell you one
thing David Khan What year is this? 2010 2010
so okay, go ahead and say what you're gonna say
He got fined $50 ,000 for saying Michael Beasley
smoked too much marijuana And nowadays that's
nothing nothing. I mean they can openly say that
now. Does he get that money refunded? Like hey,
do you get like kind of like Reggie Bush getting
his husband back? You get your 50k back 50k back
in 50k in 2010. What's that worth now? It's got
somebody smoke too much pot. It's gotta be ridiculous.
That's crazy I mean all these players are playing
stony baloney. Now. Here's another one. You ready
for this one? This one's great Vladimir Radmanovic
for the Lakers 2007 All -Star weekend He got
fined $500 ,000 because during the All -Star
500 500 birds 500 ,000 half a mill half a million
half a million Sold gone see ya cuz he went snowboarding
and separated his shoulder and missed the rest
of season Wow turn the all -star break That's
a bold move. And you gotta think, I never even
heard of Vladimir Redmanovich. Yeah, his contract
probably wasn't anything. That's what I'm saying.
So that $500 ,000 was probably all of his earnings.
I mean, you gotta think, you gotta think, a lot
of these players on these smaller deals, these
fines hit hard. Like, I know they're still making
millions of dollars. Forgive me for saying it's
bad to them, but still, it's like, it's like,
you know, if I got fined a hundred bucks, I'd
be pissed. Yeah, well, everything's scaled differently.
Yeah, it's scaled differently. And these players...
I think who make less money are... How do I say
this? They're less of a character on TV or in
interviews or on the court because they're more
conscientious of what kind of money they have.
A player like John Morant, who signed a 200 plus
million dollar contract, is not afraid to throw
up the guns because he doesn't give a fuck. Yeah,
whatever. Who cares? Players who want to criticize
the officials in the post -game interview because
they didn't get a call late in the game. and
get fined $25 ,000, so be it. But to other players,
like you said, the guys, the 9th, 10th, 11th
man on the roster, they don't have money to throw
around like that. And it's also the fact that
they're not in the game. So they're not really
thinking the same way that an Anthony Edwards
or John Morant would be thinking. These guys
that are at the end of the bench are just kind
of there chilling. If they're up 30, then they're
in the game. But nobody's going to complain to
the officials when you're up 30. No, never. Because
here's the thing. It's risk versus reward. You
know what I'm saying? To be fair NBA money's
it's fuck you money like it's I got if you're
a top tier player top tier player But that's
what I'm saying so they have the ability to just
throw it away because Do you think these guys
feel remorse after they get find that money like
do they put their head on the pillow at night?
And think goddamn that's 75 Geez, I just wiped
my ass. Oh, they have to be dude if you lose
a hundred dollar parlay You're going to bed thinking
about it. No No, I'm not really a hundred dollars.
Whatever. I mean blue cheese comes that it comes
a ghost blue cheese. It's paper Yeah, blue cheese,
you know a little two chains. That's why listen
all I'm saying is it's it's a heat of the moment
thing and Like I said on the podcast last week.
I play basketball So I know what happens when
you're in the heat of the moment. Albeit I play
in a men's league. That's not even comparable
to the NBA I'm out there bumming it with dudes
who have been playing for 20 years just out of
there getting their one point washed up Jerry
who's got two headbands on the sweat? Yeah, just
sweat band you know and that's fine But he's
got a nasty, but even so like I get in the games
and these games mean nothing It's a seven game
season. What do you get at the end of it? You
get a fucking plastic trophy Yeah, congrats.
You're just out there to have a good time But
at the end of the day if it's a close game, and
I'm not getting cold I'm gonna say my piece.
Yeah, it happened to me on Wednesday. I see you
get nasty on the court. I got ejected Wednesday.
You got ejected? I got, yeah, pieced out of there.
The refs weren't giving me the calls. What'd
you say? I've been playing in the same league
for seven years. This is getting a little bit
off track. This is a little bit of a ramble,
but it kind of ties into the fines. There's one
ref, me and him know what the deal is. We don't
like each other. Way back, since high school.
We got beef and we know how it is. So I get a
foul early on and it was all ball. I went for
a steal. I already had one foul in the game.
My first foul of the game. It was a bad foul.
Fine. You only get five fouls in a game. Second
play of the game. Early in the first half, I
go for a steal. Literally all ball. Ripped it
from the kid. First team, all defense. And he
called a foul? Cookies and milk. Cookies and
milk. And he called a foul. Blew the whistle.
And I look at him like that was all ball. He's
like, no. And the guy, his back was turning to
me. And the other ref didn't say anything. And
then I had a, from there on I had a problem because
that puts me in foul trouble and I need to be
on the court. So later in the game, I'm just,
I'm chirping at him. I'm like, yo guys, where
are foul calls away? I'm getting hit in the face,
driving lane, no free throws. They're going down
on the other end, tit -tat fouls. Free throw
count was like 10 to two. I'm like, really guys?
I was like, what the fuck are we doing here?
I get to the free throw line, finally. 10 minutes
into the half after getting my ass whooped in
the lane. I, I... Took the ball and I bounced
it at the official because I had to I passed
in the ball He blows his whistle. He goes warning
on number 36. Yes. I'm number 36. I have He goes
whistle on 36 and I'm like for what he goes Warning
for bouncing the ball at me too. I'm like, what
the fuck are you talking about? I was like I
was just passing the ball back to you because
You needed to give it back to me to shoot the
free throw. We got beef. That's what it was So
we get late in the game It's it's a dogfight,
you know, I want to win the game for my guys
Not just me personally, but as a team I want
to win the game and we're on the free throw line
and at this point We were that I mean it was
it was game over we weren't coming back We were
down ten with about two minutes left and I was
like, alright, let me get my piece off here So
I look at my teammate, you know other guy grabs
an offensive rebound they get fouled and my teammate
was talking to me and I looked at at the ref
dead in the face and I'm like Don't worry about
it they only know how to call the game one way
anyways. Oh and that was it that was it for me.
Jersey was off. I was on time my shoes with two
minutes left in the game. But I can relate to
these players cuz I mean when I mean when I got
home that night I'm like alright it's immensely
game and that was a little bit ridiculous I probably
shouldn't be getting my ass thrown out of immensely
game. But you gotta say your piece every once
in a while. Dude, trust me. It's the art of competition.
You get me on a cornhole game on the front porch
with random Jerry down the street. I'm getting
into it. The difference is... They're gonna chirp.
I'm gonna chirp. I'm competitive by nature. It
doesn't matter what you're playing. It could
be cornhole. It could be freaking pool basketball.
The only difference between the NBA players getting
these fines and me is that they're making millions
playing the game and I'm paying $100 to play
20 minutes down the road against them. And you're
rinsed after it. There's nothing wrong with a
little men's league action. I will say this.
I think that the NBA needs to be more transparent
about what they're doing with this money. Because
I don't know where all this league money is going.
We haven't really done our research on it, but
I guess whatever they say, wherever they say
it's going, probably ain't happening. Probably
ain't. I mean, that's slanderous. That's a little
slanderous. I mean, John Marant alone, according
to NBAPR, has been... find over $100 ,000 in
the last month. That is crazy. What do they do
with that? I hope they pay taxes on it. Does
this go back into the official salary? Do they
think they use this money to pay officials and
other NBA members of media and stuff? My question
is, and I would love to get into the new to the
nail is, do they have a quota? Is there a certain
amount of money they have to fine players in
a year? So I don't think so, but I'm saying what
I'm saying. If they have like a bounty where
it's like, all right, we got to find something
like a cop and speeding tickets. Yeah, we got
a fun. Yeah, like a cop and speeding tickets.
We got to hit a quota this month. I always love
seeing the stats to before an NBA game. It's
like this team is one in 12 when this official
is on the court for this game. Oh, yeah. And
it happens. I mean, like you said, you're in
Mensley. You got a ref you got beef with. I think
these how do you think these NBA players are?
They're seeing them way more than you're seeing
your guy. They play 82 games a year. Yeah. When
I see that ref, when I walk in for that game
and I see that ref, I know it's going to be a
tough one for me. Yeah. I might as well just
stay outside of the paint because I'm not getting
a call worth dog shit. Nothing. There was literally
a play, not to backtrack, but there was literally
a play where I was standing at half court and
I heard the smack on my teammates wrist. No whistle.
No whistle. Nothing. I'm like, what the fuck?
I was like, are you guys need hearing aids or
some shit? Are you not watching the game? Do
you need glasses? Do you need hearing aids? Show
him the arm. His arm's bright red. Yeah, show
him the arm. It's fucking red. You can see the
five star on it. And then we go down. The other
team has a guy who was literally six foot ten.
Six foot ten. Dog on your ass. And I just want
to say I'm the tallest guy on our team and me
trying to box him out, it's not going to work.
It's not going to work. Even if I box him out
and he's still got his wingspan is a foot and
a half over mine I can't do anything But we go
down to the other end. I'm playing as tough defense
I can and they're rewarding him for missed layups.
He's getting offensive remount I'm trying to
go up with him and they're giving him free throws.
That's ridiculous ridiculous I would lose my
cool lost it. So NBA finds I just want to say
I think they're a bit outrageous, but It's pretty
funny. He's mutton that apparently 75k is nothing.
No, I mean we knew that before but Yeah, when
I saw him get fined for that again. It's just
stupid man It's like how many people how many
people could do a lot of shit with 75 ,000 and
these guys want to point a fucking It's a whole
Cadillac. It's a whole Cadillac SUV Just bores
my mind man and just for shitting like interviews
when they when they use profanity in interviews
I think it's like automatically $25 ,000 Yeah
for one slippage. I mean, people are heated after
the games. These media members want interviews
right after the game is over. And if it's a close
game, yeah, emotions run high, man. I don't think
these guys, I mean, depending on in what context
they use the words in, I'm sure they get fine
more depending on what they said. But either
way, these guys are in the spur of the moment.
They're heated up there. The emotions are running
high in the interview them right after the game.
I mean, I understand that's part of the job.
These guys have to be professional. but it's
still tough on these guys just just because i
can relate to him even on a mens league game
i can't even imagine what it feels like on an
mba level oh i couldn't imagine so yeah it's
interesting i'm sure we'll see more especially
when the playoffs come about i mean we do need
to talk some mba playoffs yeah i know sorry A
little behind the scenes stuff going on over
here. We need a camera on us. We need a fucking
camera. He ripped ass. What are you going to
do? I ate a pepper spicy chicken sandwich for
a watch. It's not sitting too well over here.
Oh. But yeah, we're going to get into the Knicks.
We'll get into the Knicks eventually. All NBA
playoffs. Yeah, all NBA playoffs. I know you
guys want to hear us, so. Maybe. Maybe not. Maybe
not. But, that's NBA finds, and I think they're
ridiculous. Well good, I'm glad you could wrap
that up. That was a perfect ending. That was
a real smooth transition. But moving on from
the NBA, we're gonna jump into our next topic.
We actually had mentioned it last week of the
four NBA, I guess, not NBA specifically, but
four championship segments that we would keep
out of the eight, and we're gonna get a little
debate going. So stay tuned. Alright, so we brought
this up last week, but... I wanna just lay it
out for you. I wanna put it on the platter so
you guys can visualize what we're talking about
here because I think that's the best way to start
and to get into this conversation. Okay, so there's
eight championships out there that this list
compiled. It was from Book It Sports on Instagram.
That's where we got this just to give them a
little credit. But you can only keep four and
there's eight of them. You have the Final Four,
the World Series, the Super Bowl, the Stanley
Cup, the NBA Finals, the college football playoff,
the Masters, and the Kentucky Derby. And I gotta
say this, when I first read that list, I'm like,
why is the Kentucky Derby even on here? That's
what I was thinking too. We're down to seven.
We're not horse guys. Yeah, we're down to seven.
I mean, college football playoff, we're down
to six. Well, I don't think we should start eliminating
yet. I wanna start with my first elimination,
because that's how I did this list. I did this
list by really - You eliminated. I eliminated,
and then I got to my four, and I looked. at what
I was thinking of. Because I didn't think of
what I loved more. I thought about what I disliked
watching. What I don't care to watch, I should
say. I was about to say what's on, what's on,
and you're not even really tuning in. But I will
say this. To me, Kentucky Derby doesn't feel...
I know it's sport. I know it's sport. But to
me, it doesn't feel like sport because... Can
I expose you? What? You have... picture or you
did on your Instagram I know of dressing up for
the Kentucky Derby and doing the bourbon taste
you're not letting me fucking get to my point
I'm just saying you're eliminating this fucking
point all right if you let me fucking explain
and not cut me off I would explain to you what
we're getting into runway is yours buddy the
Kentucky Derby is an aura thing it is that it's
the whole event you wake up in the morning and
it's Derby Day you make yourself some mint juleps
You get the cigars out, you put a sport coat
on, you put a straw hat on, and you're ready
to go. And you spend the whole day chilling,
hanging out. I know some people that go to events
at country clubs to watch it. It's like, to me,
it's not more about the race. Because at the
end of the day, the race is what, two minutes?
It's two minutes. You know what I'm saying? So
to me, it's more about all the other shit that's
around the race. Because when the race is on,
you could go pee. You could have to go pee, come
back, and a race is over. Race is done. Done.
So to me, the whole, I'm trying to look for the
word I'm thinking of. I said are, but I don't
think that's right. But it's the whole scheme
of it. It's not a sport to me. It's more of an
event. It's an event. And you dress up for it.
You have the mint juleps. So when I saw it, it
was like a championship that everybody talks
about. Yeah, I love the Kentucky Derby. Don't
get me wrong. Derby day is fun. But to me, If
I didn't have it, I'd be okay. I don't go thinking
about the Kentucky Derby two weeks before it
starts. And I know horse lovers probably do.
But I will say, I never think about the Kentucky
Derby until like the Friday before. I'm like,
oh shit, the Derby's this weekend. Let me figure
out what I'm gonna do. It's not something, I
don't know the horses. No. You know what I'm
saying? But horses are big for a lot of people.
A lot of people. So I apologize to you horse
lovers. No offense. Derby's out. Yeah, I think
I would have to agree. I'm not really the whole
Dress up nice and preppy and put my flower fucking
suit on, you know? I'd like to. Yeah, that's
fine. Like I said, you had a picture on your
Instagram or you used to at least. You were probably
one of those bozos that deleted your whole Instagram.
I was one of those bozos. You were one of those
clowns. I was. For what reason? Did you think
you're cool because you got six posts? Yeah,
I do. What's the difference? It's my presentation
of myself singing with a linden. That's crazy.
Look, whatever. IG, LinkedIn. I also want to
eliminate the college football playoffs. Yeah.
Oh, yeah. Get it out of here. The championship
game, the championship game specifically. The
actual playoff itself is fun. And this might
be a hot take, but the actual championship game
just seems to suck ass. What was TCU Georgia?
65 to 7? And this year kind of sucked, too. I
mean. Yeah, Ohio State just dominated. Well,
Notre Dame made a little bit of a comeback. Yeah.
But still. The playoff itself is more fun Than
the national title game. I think the national
title game like we talked about just on a Monday
night Late and nobody really ever seems to give
a shit about it and you don't really even know
what's going on Yeah, the actual playoff itself
like the Rose Bowl the Orange Bowl the Fiesta
Bowl The playoff games leading up to that are
much more fun. So I want to get that off the
list. Yeah, get it off the list. I Totally agree
with you, because here's the thing, when the
college 12 play, and maybe it's because both
of our football teams have never been in it since
it's existed since 2015. South Carolina got snubbed.
But Florida, or Syracuse right behind them. We
finished literally right next to each other in
the rankings. We were fucking high fiving in
the rankings. But I will say this, I think our
fandom does have a little bit to do with it because
we haven't had that kind of energy to watch those
games. But to me, it's just, I don't know, I
really thought the 12 team playoff would be more
interesting, but those first round games. I couldn't
give a shit less. I mean, I was like, whatever.
This is fine. So yeah, I agree with you, eliminate
it. Alright, so I think at that point those were
our two firsts that were like, alright, it's
gone. We can't - Now I wanna debate. Now it's
time to debate because we have some different
opinions. Because I know what you're about to
say for your next elimination and it fucking
bothers the shit out of me. Well, it's gonna
be the Masters. Yeah. But I'm not a golf guy.
That's fucking heinous. It's not heinous. It's
not. No, it's not. It's not. Let me let me say
let me talk. That's blasphemy. It's not the fact
that I don't like the Masters. That has nothing
to do with it at all. It's just the idea that
the other sporting events that are on this list,
I would rather watch. I don't ever catch myself
watching the Saturday round of the Masters. No,
I don't catch myself watching the Friday round.
I'm going to tune in Sunday when they're down
to the wire and it's the last three eyes. That's
what I'm tuning in now. Then this is criminal
for me to say to you, which is fine Go ahead
and put me on blast, but I'm allowed to have
my own opinion He's just shaking his head this
is why we need a video feed because the look
of disgust on his face I just when you said this
when you said this to me before we start filming
this I actually like a blood vessel came out
in my head because it's like I Just don't think
you comprehend the amount of competition and
the amount of Love that is that golfers have
you tearing up? Yeah a little bit you're fucking
tear. I'm angry because it annoys me because
the Masters is It's the goal. It's the goal just
it's number one. It's one one for me I would
if I had to give up all sporting that's my entire
life and keep my man it March Madness is below
the Masters. Oh, that's cool. Oh crazy blow,
but It is peak that's a ridiculous statement
to make It's not a ridiculous statement to make.
That you want to have Masters over March Madness?
Yes. That's just absurd. No, it's not. When you
understand the game of golf, like I understand
the game of golf, which is not, I'm not an expert,
but I love the game. I have grown up playing
the game. Hell, we're going golfing right after
we film this podcast. Yeah, but that's fine.
But what I'm saying is that this is peak golf.
There is nothing better. You could literally,
you could do anything. You can put anything on
the TV. If the Masters is on, I'm gone. We were
talking about this the other day. I was talking
to, talking to this one of my buddies. If you
had the chance to play them in the Masters, but
your wedding was that Saturday, would you skip
the wedding? We both said, yeah, we'd skip the
wedding. That's absurd. I just don't think you,
I don't think you'd comprehend Augusta National.
First off, one of the most beautiful places on
earth. That's fine. I've seen the venue. The
second, the competition, the best players in
the world, the best golfers of all time throughout
the years have touched that grass. They have
played on that grass. They've won on that grass.
Yeah, no shit. Where else would they have won
the Masters? On the grass. No shit, asshole.
It's not a no shit, asshole. Yes it is. You're
telling me basic shit. You're not really telling
me. You're telling me it's the best competition.
You're telling me, oh, all the best players have
played. No shit. It's obviously the most well
-renowned golf tournament in the PGA for professional
golfers. Just for golfers in general, it is obviously
the most popular. in the most well -renowned
tournament that there is. Everybody knows that.
Do you have people who are on 30 -year wait lists
to go to the Super Bowl? Do you have people who
are trying to get tickets their entire lives
and die going to the grave, never being able
to go? I have known several people that have
gone to the Masters and not the Super Bowl. Because
they knew somebody. Because they knew somebody.
Yeah, but you can't know somebody to get to the
Super Bowl. You can't know somebody to get to
the Super Bowl? That's the most outrageous comment
I've ever heard? That's stupid. Who do you know
that has gone to the Super Bowl? I don't know.
Nobody. Exactly. How many people do you know
going to the Masters? Yeah. Okay. But I will
say this. It is the lottery system. There's no
other sporting event that has a lottery system
just to get tickets to go. You can't have your
phones in there because you have to appreciate
what it's worth. Absolutely. I agree with that.
There is so much love for this event from me
that I'm like pissed off that you left it out.
Like I'm like genuinely pissed off about it.
It's just because I'm not a I'm not a golfer.
I like to go when I play golf. It doesn't matter.
I like to have a couple beers thrown us in. Have
a good time. Yeah, that's it. You're out there
for the good times. You're out there for the
bro time. I can't ever fathom trying to play
golf at such a serious level like that. And that's
fine. That's where I lack. And I'm not saying
I don't like the Masters. I never said that.
I'm not discrediting what the Masters is. But
you don't even think it's top four. All I'm saying
is that I think that the other events that are
on the list are better because I enjoy watching
them more and I relate to them more. That's fair.
There's nothing wrong with that. I just I'm just
disappointed as your brother. OK, so what the
fuck are you going to leave out as your next?
You go ahead and just berate me. What are you
kicking out? Oh, you're going to you're going
to hate me for this one. If you're going to say
the NBA final, I'm leaving out the NBA finals.
I'm leaving out the NBA. This is where we're
on opposite ends of the spectrum. So tell me
why you're eliminating the NBA finals. I haven't
watched. I haven't watched more than one. clip
of an NBA finals like any games in like five
years I mean if it's on I'll watch it in the
background but I couldn't that ball like Boston
when the Celtics played the Warriors I didn't
watch a single game because I was like this sucks
I don't want to watch it in 2020 the product
is not good that's very false the product's not
good there has been so many maybe I'm a salty
Knicks fan who hates watching it the last time
I enjoyed watching the NBA finals was when the
Cavs came back on the Warriors. That was the
last time I enjoyed watching NBA Finals. Blocked
by James? Yeah, blocked by James. Blocked by
James. That was the last time I enjoyed the NBA
Finals. I have not enjoyed a single NBA Finals
since then. They're boring, dude. They're boring.
I think boring is the wrong word to use. I really
do. All right, last year's Finals. There's so
many. Celtics, Mavericks, name me one play that
stands out to you. It's not that. That's my point.
Because the Celtics beat the shit out of the
Mavs. And that's fine. There's gonna be, there's
been Masters tournaments where it hasn't even
been close. Because it's Tiger Woods. That's,
yeah, okay. And the Celtics were one of the best
basketball teams that we've ever seen before.
Jason Tatum's not on Tiger Woods' level. Okay,
you're trying to compare golf to NBA. No, scheme
of your sport. Where are you ranking your sport?
That doesn't matter. Basketball is a team sport.
You're comparing NBA, a team of 12 guys, to fucking
golf. That's not comparable. In the scheme of
their sport, yes it is. Why? Tell me why. Because
what they mean to the game. That's fine, but
one player does not... LeBron James? Michael
Jordan? Does not determine... He still has teams
around him. The Bulls teams were all really good.
Take them off those teams, they don't win. Of
course, I'm not saying that. It's that but what
I'm saying is is his team still has to play well
around him case in point The mavericks have luca
dancic one of the top five players in the nba
in last year's finals And they still got fucking
smoked It's just because boston's team was so
much better and you're right. Maybe that The
act of closed basketball games has not been there
within the nba finals But i'm talking about the
history of it mike brian being on the call blocked
by james You have the 73 and 9 warriors losing
the comeback to the To the calves you have the
back -to -back warriors. You have the celtics
trying to go for back -to -back this year and
the the What I think about the nba finals is
that it's always the start to summer too So it's
a really good time of year for people to tune
in and I know that's kind of a controversial
topic But I love seeing basketball played at
the highest level that it possibly could be these
teams have battled all year They've been to through
two months of playoffs and now they're finally
At the peak of the mountain in the nba finals
and there's nothing more on the line than in
that moment. And that's what it comes down to.
No. No. I mean, I just think you're wrong. Why?
Because we know this year the Celtics are going
to the NBA finals. That's not true. The Cavaliers
have a very good chance to beat the Celtics.
Very good chance. Very good chance. Will they?
Yeah. It's going to be a great series. I would
not put my bank account on the Celtics to win
that series. I wouldn't. We're not talking about
the NBA playoffs. We're talking about the finals.
Yeah. The Cleveland Cavaliers have... I love
the NBA playoffs. I have no problem with the
battle. It's the actual finals themselves. There
is three teams that can win the NBA finals. And
no matter what, it's going to be a great team.
And no matter what, I'm not going to be fucking
watching because I won't care because it's not
the Knicks. I love the NBA playoffs. Your points
about them working towards it all season. Yeah,
I love to see those first round games. I love
to see those second round games. Maybe it's because
I'm a salty Knicks fan who will get eliminated
all the time. But once the finals hits, it's
the two best teams. There's no competition. It's
a blowout one way or the other. The games are
enjoyable. It's not going to be like that this
year, I can tell you that. You think it's going
to be a close series? It's going to be between
three teams. There's a 90 % chance that it's
going to be between Oklahoma City and either
Boston or Cleveland. And those are all well -rounded
offenses with superstar players who have been
there in the playoffs. And it's going to be a
very fun series to watch. I'll tell you one thing.
If I look to the Masters lineup, And I said,
there's only these three golfers who could win.
I would not enjoy it. I would not enjoy it. That's
the difference, though, because when it comes
to a team sport, we watch these teams all year.
Anyone in the master, there's been long shots
that have won the master. Danny Willett, 2016.
Yeah, there's been a few teams that have made
it to the NBA finals that don't necessarily deserve
to be there. Nobody thought Cleveland was going
to beat the Warriors and come back from a 3 -1
lead. That was awesome to watch. Nobody thought
that the Heat were gonna make it to the finals
two seasons ago and although they got rolled
over by Nicole Jokic and the Nuggets, it was
still fun basketball to watch. It was cool to
see the Miami Heat be there. It was cool to see
the Denver Nuggets who had not won a title before
win their first title and get there via one of
the probably the best player in the NBA. So.
These guys and the teams that they've carried
on it's just such a high level basketball And
I think that's the difference is that you love
golf and I love basketball and these respective
the NBA finals and the Masters are both the highest
Levels of that sport. Yeah, but I love the NBA
playoffs So what's what's different about the
finals and the rest of the competition shit?
It's not an enjoyable product to watch. That's
why I said, in the last two NBA Finals, name
me one iconic moment. One. One point that stands
out to you. Name me one iconic moment from the
Masters last year. When Scottie won on 18. Insane.
Two years ago. There's been plenty of iconic
moments. When John Rahm double bogeyed his first
hole and then proceeded to rail the rest of the
tournament and come back and win. But that's
the whole tournament. That's not one moment.
You're pointing to the whole tournament. Because
here's the thing, you see the mantra of the player
go down. And then for him to watch him the rest
of the weekend battle back from starting two
over to win the whole damn tournament. The last
moment I remember from the Masters is the Tiger
Woods in the playoff. That was the last one.
He wasn't in the playoff. Whatever. You know
what I'm saying. Like I said, I don't know golf
as well as you do. but there's not one of course
there's NBA it's not going to be every season
the NBA finals you look towards a play and it's
one iconic moment sure there is there's been
plenty of them blocked by James iconic moment
you have back out to Allen for three iconic moment
and there's still other those moments are old
enough to be in fourth grade i'm just saying
that's fine but they still happen they're still
within the NBA finals it's still it's part of
the game it's part of history and you're saying
that these i'm talking about the product recently
the product recently okay i'll give you the fact
that the past two NBA finals have not been close
They haven't been. So why would I put it in my
top four? Why? We're not talking about whether
or not I want the NBA finals to exist. Of course
I do. I'm not saying, just like you said with
the Masters. I'm not saying I hate the NBA Finals.
I'm just saying it's not my top four. So the
Masters were closed last year, right? Yes. What
about in previous five seasons? Previous five
tournaments? How many have been closed? How many
of them have you gotten to the 18th hole, and
you're like, holy shit, this is coming out of
the water? Here's the thing. It doesn't matter
because. It does matter because that's what you're
saying about the NBA Finals. No. The last blowout
Masters was when Dustin Johnson won it during
the COVID year. He went like 20 under. What I'm
saying is. And it happened in November, so the
course was playing way easier. But I'm saying.
Every year in the past few seasons there has
been the leaderboard on 16 Where they're within
one fuck -up of being the leaderboard switch
one fuck -up as in like they have to triple bogey
No, no, not a triple bogey. They bogey the other
person birdies two strokes. Okay, which is that
can happen You can bogey 18 18 is a fucking tough
asshole tiger bogey and won the whole Masters
and teams can come back down from 3 -1 It's happened.
So you're saying these are dogs. Yes. We're just
talking recently recently. Yeah. Okay the past
you're you're Strictly reducing this to the past
two seasons, which is unfair the season before
when it was warrior Celtics The Celtics had a
2 -0 lead in the finals and it was an incredible
comeback by the Warriors steps for title That's
crazy in NBA history There's only a certain list
of players and the whole history of the league
who have four NBA titles And that was very important
for Steph Curry and being in the top 10 conversation.
I mean these are legacies on the line with the
NBA Finals, and it could very well happen again
this year. We haven't had a back -to -back champion
since the Warriors has been almost a decade,
and that's on the line this year. We have Oklahoma
City going for its first title, one of the newest
franchises in the league, Shea Gilgis Alexander,
the league MVP. We have Cleveland, who almost
lost in the first round last year to Orlando,
trying to get back to the Finals for the first
time since they had LeBron Jameson won it in
2016. There's shit on the line here that's happening.
It's going to be a great series no matter what.
And I do agree with you in the fact that the
past two NBA finals have been dogshit. And that's
due to the fact that the Western Conference and
Eastern Conference are both very top -heavy.
And if there's an upset in either one of the
conferences, then it's not going to be as great
of an NBA finals. That's fine. Shit happens.
There's blowouts in history. There's blowouts
in the history of the Masters. We've seen it.
But I think this year, and I'm telling you, no
matter what, because I do believe Oklahoma City
is going to get through to the NBA finals, that
between them and Cleveland or Boston, it's going
to be a fucking dogfight. And I'm very much looking
forward to watching it. I'll watch. I'll watch.
And there is, no matter what, there's going to
be top 10 guys on the team. I mean, SGA is going
to be the league MVP. Jason Tatum. top four in
MVP voting. Jalen Brown won NBA Finals MVP last
year. And the Thunder are very deep and very
young. And it's just really annoying because
they're going to be good for so many years. And
I feel like I'm going to end up hating them,
even though they're a really fun basketball team
to watch. But either way, the NBA Finals just
directly correlates with legacy. When you argue,
what's one of the most heavily debated topics?
LeBron versus Michael Jordan, right? Yep. What's
one of the very first things that you point to?
Jordan's one more. Jordan's six rings. Okay,
and you're telling me that's gonna get left out.
How do you debate the best golfer of all time?
Most majors. Yeah, okay, but you're saying most
majors, not most, hey, Tiger has, how many masters
has Tiger won? Five. Five, he has five masters.
Who is he up against? Jack Nicklaus. Jack Nicklaus,
do you directly, Battle the amount of masters
they have won. No You don't That's that's all
I'm saying it's legacies on the line I'm just
saying it's not my top four not my top four and
that's fine. Look at the other day We still got
to eliminate one more. We still got to eliminate
one more you you you've you have We're down to
the final for the World Series Super Bowl and
the Stanley Cup. Is it crazy to say? Well, it's
got to go. OK, I rest my case with the NBA Finals.
But is it crazy to say I like watching the NHL
playoffs more than the Super Bowl? No. I think
I might go there. You're going to kick the Super
Bowl out. I just think the Super Bowl. So you're
locking the World Series in. World Series locked
in. World Series and March Madness is locked
in. So you got NBA Finals, World Series, March
Madness. Yes. Those are your three. Now you're
between Super Bowl and Stanley Cup. I'll tell
you what I am. I'm Masters, Final Four, World
Series, and I'm on the same boat as you right
now. I don't know whether to pick the Super Bowl
or to pick the Stanley Cup. I think the people
are going to be mad if we leave the Super Bowl
out. I really do. But you know what? Here's my
thing. What do you mean? Most of our listeners
are Lions fans, bro. My problem is I'm trying
to... Determine I'm trying to eliminate it or
limit it to just the championship aspect. That's
playoff hockey playoff Playoff hockey itself
is so awesome to watch but then again I'm also
thinking about it in terms of me watching my
own team in the playoffs and The palms get fucking
sweaty in the NHL playoffs Especially overtime.
There is nothing like an overtime NHL hockey
game in the playoffs. Nothing like a Stanley
Cup Finals OT matchup. Oh, it's insane. It's
insane. Especially in an elimination game. And
I feel like the Super Bowl has that, but it's
not a one shot wins the game. You know what I'm
saying? It's similar. I don't feel that rush
of adrenaline. It's similar to the Kentucky Derby.
I also think that the Rangers have been in the
playoffs. More recently than the Giants have
I mean the Giants won a playoff game They haven't
been anywhere close to a Super Bowl the Rangers
went deep in the playoffs last year They didn't
make it to the Stanley Cup, which is why I'm
kind of having trouble thinking about this So
I guess 2015 against the Kings from I guess that
moment I guess from a neutral I Want to say this
I Would rather have the NHL playoffs and watch
the NHL playoffs than the NFL playoffs, which
sounds ridiculous I just think it's a little
more exciting Don't know if we're talking about
the Stanley Cup versus the Super Bowl has nothing
to do with It's also hard to compare a whole
series to one game because the Super Bowl is
one game balls on the line NHL seven game series.
That's what I'm saying So what if you think about
it in terms of NHL stay in the cup finals game
seven versus Super Bowl I Feel like that's a
really good way to look at it. It's kind of similar.
I know it's not that that's not Yeah I'm going
Super Bowl. I'm going Super Bowl. I'm going Super
Bowl. I think I've just watched more Super Bowl
than I have of NHL playoffs, so I think I really
should pick the Super Bowl, but it's an argument
to make. Yeah. If I have to watch... I hate leaving
the Stanley Cup out. That bothers me. It bothers
me, but... I'm not giving up the World Series.
I'm not giving up more. The way the way you have
to think about this is if your own team is in
it, which is not the exercise, I understand.
But if your own team is in Stanley Cup Finals,
Game seven, if your own team is in any of these
events, you're going to you're watching. Let
me ask you this, though. Game seven, Stanley
Cup Finals, Rangers, Edmonton, Super Bowl, Giants.
You're watching the Giants. And I think that
has to be your answer. Right. And I think that's
tough. I also think it's because I'm Out of all
the teams I'm a fan of, I'm most a Die Hard Giants
fan. And that's fine. The Giants are my favorite
sports team. Like if I had to pick any sports
team, the Giants are my favorite. It's certainly
a topic, though. I guess I didn't really ever
sit down and think about it. I guess off the
top of my head, I would say Super Bowl. But when
I really sit down and think about it, nothing
compares to playoff hockey. I mean, all of these
are really exciting matchups and it's really
hard to choose just from a final standpoint.
I think too. I know what it's like to win a Super
Bowl, like I've had that feeling before in my
life, so I know how great that feeling is. We'd
never won a Stanley Cup in our lives. Never won
a Stanley Cup. So I don't know what that feeling
is. We're also raised in North Carolina and hockey
is not nearly as big down here. No. It's just
not. No. Which is fine, we can still look for
- Canes fans only come out when they're good.
Oh, that's a hefty one. I get in with Canes fans.
I don't like Canes fans. Their fair weather is
fuck. No, that's a crazy statement. I'm calling
out all Canes fans. That's a crazy statement.
Because you know why? The Rangers own your ass.
And I don't hold any grudges. At all. It sounds
like you hold grudges. But I hold a grudge. I
hold a grudge against a Canes fan. Hold it. I
don't care. I don't like it. We might have to
get a Canes fan on the pod. Oh yeah. I got plenty
of them. I got plenty of friends who are Canes
fans. Let's get them on the pod. It's ugly. It's
ugly. We do own them in the playoffs though.
Own them. Send them home. I remember last year.
I was there. I was there when we sent the packet.
You know what? We almost blew it last year, though.
We almost blew it. It was 3 -0. It was 3 -0.
And we were seconds away from going to a game
seven. Let's not forget that. I don't care. And
we're going to miss the playoffs this year. We're
sitting here talking shit. That kind of fire
is the same kind of fire I have towards Cowboys
and Eagles fans, too. So I will say when it comes
down to my passion towards both sports, they're
equal. When it comes down to the championship,
I'd rather see the Giants win. I would personally
rather watch the Giants in the Super Bowl than
the Rangers in game seven. And that kills me
to say, because they are so close, like one way
or the other. See, I can stand on business, because
out of all those, Knicks. I'm watching the Knicks
in the NBA finals. Everything else is getting
turned on. That's a different type of discussion,
though. That's a whole different discussion on
which team you would rather watch. I'll die on
a hill for my guys. And then obviously, we both
grew up loving baseball. We've always loved baseball.
World Series is just, you know. Playoff baseball
is awesome too. Playoff baseball is iconic. I
appreciate the World Series. I love the World
Series. I watch it every year. And we're fresh
off a classic World Series. Not that it was really
close, but Yankees Dodgers was one of the ages.
Yeah, it was great. So that's my final four World
Series Super Bowl and the Masters. And I think
I'm going to... Same boat as you, except I'm
replacing the Masters with the NBA Finals, which
is where our debate started from, but we knew
that going in. Yeah, we did. We knew we were
going to butt heads. Yep. So that wraps up that
debate. Hope you guys enjoyed it. Go at each
other's throats a little bit, you know, get into
it. But yeah, let's get into our stink bomb of
the week, last segment of the episode. So stay
tuned. All right. Let's get into our stink bomb
of the week. It's the worst thing that's happened
to us all week. And just as a disclaimer, Along
with the first section we are also filming this
at 3 10 in the morning and we might be a few
drinks deep still a Couple of drinks deep but
it's fine. This is for the people We're just
doing what we love and we're dedicated to the
game exactly because because here's the thing
We were together right now. I live in Raleigh.
He lives here in Wilmington where we're filming
this podcast right now So when we're together
we gotta film it because if not And I could tell
you firsthand there's not many people filming
their podcast at 320 in the morning 310 and 310
in the morning No, because we're committed. I
want this I want this podcast to get big I want
you guys to spread the love let us know let them
know let everybody know Listen to our podcast
and we did not plan on doing this Slightly intoxicated,
but that's just how it turned out slightly but
it's the stink bomb of the week, so it might
not be a bad thing where a few drinks deep film
is. No, it's not. So, I'm gonna start with mine.
You guys have all gotten an oil change. You've
all gotten an oil change. Of course. Everybody's
gotten an oil change. That doesn't matter. But,
for me, this week, I go in there to get an oil
change. I pull up to the Valvoline Instant Oil
Change. 30 minutes less, you're out of there.
Bullshit. It's six o 'clock. PM? PM. Yeah. No,
I'm going for a fucking oil change at six a .m.
I don't know. Some people... Shut the fuck up.
They're not even open at that point. I go into
the Valvoline Instant Oil Change this week. 30
minutes or less. I'm off work. Tough day. A lot
of breaking news, like I said, I'm a news producer.
It was a hard day at work. So I'm like, I just
need to get home, turn the TV on, watch the Cardinals,
have a good day. So opposite of Kendrick Lamar?
What? Kendrick, turn this TV off. Shut the...
You know what? Shut the fuck up. This is the
last time I'm doing this drink. So I pull up
for this oil change. And if you've ever been
to a Valvoline oil change, there's three bays,
right? So, this is the mini stink bomb to the
big stink bomb. You pull up and you have to wait
behind the cars that are in line. Three bays,
I pull up to the one behind in the middle, because
there's two cars on the right and two cars in
the bays, if you guys understand me. There's
two cars sitting outside of the bays and there's
two cars inside the bays and the middle one has
just a car inside the base There's a spot in
the middle. So I point in the middle 45 fucking
minutes this motherfucker asked for new windshield
wipers I'm sitting there with my window down
waiting for it. This guy asked for new windshield
wipers. He got his wiper fluid refilled He had
a whole thing the two bays to the right of me
The cars already went in and they were already
mid -oil change. I pull in to get the oil change.
I pull up, I roll down the window, he's like,
yo, what kind of oil do you want? I'm like, top
of the line. I drive a Bronco, I'm spoiled, whatever.
That's besides the fact. He looks at me and he
goes, okay, sweet. Starts filling up my oil.
Whole thing gets done All change goes done. I've
been sitting there at this point for an hour
and 15 minutes He's like, okay time to pay I
Look over my right Where I normally set my wallet
One there No wallet Wow No wallet straight disappearing
act disappearing act Wow, I think to myself What
a wonderful world where I Think to myself where
the fuck's my wallet I Had my water I got Chipotle
for lunch. I used my wallet for Chipotle. Where's
my wallet? Gone gone. So there ain't Houdini.
There I am. I'm like, I don't my wallet I open
the door, I get out, and here's the thing, when
you get an oil change, your car's like on a little
lift, it's not like a big lift, but it's like
a main lift. I'm like, hold on, I gotta get out,
I think my wallet fell under my seat. So there
I am, digging under my seat, looking like an
idiot at this oil change place. Digging under
my seat, in the crack, looking for everything.
Gone. This shit was gone, girl. This shit was
far gone. Like St. John's chances of winning
the national championship. Gone. That's just
fucking absurd, dude. Gone. Come on. Come on.
Really? That had nothing to do with that. The
way you tied that back in was fucking ridiculous.
That was ridiculous. That was an attack. That
was an uncalled for attack. That's ridiculous.
You should apologize. You should apologize. I'm
sorry for the 13 St. John's fans that exist.
That's crazy. They're fucking hard in New York.
That's absurd. Fuck you. Go on with it. I'm like,
where's my wallet? Fuck you. That's ridiculous.
I'm like, where's my wallet? So I call my boss.
She's like, she's like, I already left the office.
Nothing I can do. So I'm sitting there. Nothing
to go. Nothing to go. So you know what I did?
Nothing to go? What do you mean? Like, what do
you got, an order at McDonald's? I had no, I
had no, because here's the thing. I can't leave
my car with the fresh oil change. So I looked
at him and I said hey, they don't do Apple pay
No, no, no Apple pay no Apple pay. Wow. No Apple
pay no sell no sell no cash app No, no Venmo.
I don't do nothing and I have my wallet on me.
No, you know, no paper I did sure I did what
I gave him my phone. I Said here Wow. Here's
my phone collateral you gave collateral to the
oil change place After I've been there for an
hour and a half. That's crazy. I handed him my
phone and I said I'll be right back He let me
pull out of there. Yeah, I could have been Kevin
Gates two phones And left and gotten the free
oil change. He let me leave. He was a nice guy
I gotta say shout out to the Valvoline oil place.
They're they're nice people. I pull that I went
back to work. I Pull up to work like back to
work. I was off. I was already off my shift had
it been 20 minutes that point, I realized my
key card to get into work was in the back of
my phone. I had to drive back to the Valvoline
oil place. I drove back to the Valvoline oil
place. The guy's like, you found your wallet?
And I'm like, no. Worse, my key card to work's
in the back of my phone. I got a new phone case
this week, thank God, because I was tired of
having to leave. Where I keep my key card was
in like this socket, but it broke. So I had to
keep it in the back of my phone. So I said, yo,
can I just get the key card at the back of my
phone? Keep my phone. Just give me the key card.
I go back. I get into work. I walk up. There
it is. Sitting right on my desk. My wallet was
sitting right on my desk. I was like, Jesus Christ.
I got off work at six o 'clock. I came back to
the Valvoline oil place. They closed at seven
o 'clock. 720 at this point. I'm pulling back
up. Handing them back. My key card. I handed
him my wallet. Well, I handed him my card out
of my wallet. Paid for the oil change and left.
Awful. Disaster. I've never had such a pain in
the ass for my oil change in my entire life.
So that's my stank bomb of the week. That was
brutal. Yeah, that's awful. That was awful. I
don't really know what I was to say besides the
fact that you probably should have put your wallet
in your pocket before you pull it out for work
that day. No, it was in my pocket. It wasn't
in your pocket, it was sitting on your desk.
I left it on my desk at work. That's a problem.
Who pulls their wallet out of their pocket? Me.
Is that a thing? Yeah. My wallet's in my pocket
all day. You don't sit at a desk all day, buddy.
I'm driving in the car all day. What's the difference?
You probably put it in your center console. No,
it's in my pocket all day. You ride around all
day with your wallet in your pocket. Yep, I do.
That's ridiculous. I do. Alright, whatever. That's
my stink bomb of the week. I got fucking hosed
at the oil change place way in an hour and a
half. But it was your own fault. You didn't get
hosed. You hosed yourself. I did. But that's
my stink bomb of the week. Well, that's pretty
good. That sucked. It sucked. But you know what?
I got a fresh oil change now. I'm good. My stink
bomb. I don't get embarrassed often, and this
is not a long story at all. But. Background story
I work in the construction business and the I
don't want to say primary language, but one of
the languages used in construction is Spanish
And I speak a little bit of Spanish here and
there I minored in Spanish in college. I took
a lot of high school Spanish as well So I have
a little bit of a little bit of a background
of what's going on So I like to use it now and
then because it's fun It's fun just to try and
speak a different language and see where I stand
from that point. So I'm at work and I'm in a
case where there is an electrical block that's
kind of interfering with what I do. I do siding
and I have to put shutters on houses sometimes
and there was a pretty much an electrical block
that was blocking the shutter that I had to install.
So I had to get the electrician over there and
I had to move some stuff around. And long story
short, the shutter is 14 inches wide. So in hindsight,
I have to have 14 inches from the edge of the
window out from the wall so the shutter can fit,
because the shutter's 14 inches wide. But the
electrical block was seven inches outside of
the window. So you can't fit the shutter seven
and sure obviously yes, I need I need the block
to be moved seven inches if you follow along
So I talked to the boss of the job site in the
job and the the superintendent brought over the
electrician and I was standing there I was pulling
some siding off the wall trying to make room
for the electrician to move his block so we could
fit our shutter in The electrician and the superintendent
walk over together and I'm standing there pulling
off the siding and they walk up Right, and I
don't know the electrician. I've never seen the
guy in my life I know the superintendent don't
know the electrician just to preface. Oh Preface.
Yeah, they were so the superintendent is Talking
to the electrician as they're walking up and
he tells me he's like, hey Johnny Point to where
you're talking about on the wall and i'm like
what do you mean point he's like just point to
where you need moved what you need moved and
i'm i point to the window and i'm like necesito
quince abregadas which is spanish for i need
15 inches like from the window the electrician
looks me dead in the face and goes dude i speak
perfect fucking english No! Yeah. Very bad. When
I tell you that I reached mega asshole status,
that was it. You tried to speak to him in Spanish
because you thought you were fucking the shit.
You knew what you were talking about. It wasn't
even that. It was the electrician told me to
point. So when he said point, I just thought,
oh, he's not going to understand what I explain
in English. Let me just speak some Spanish. Was
he Latino? I don't I Guess I don't know it just
it went straight to my mind that oh, I need to
I'm just gonna say what I think Yeah, and I did
yeah because Spanish is heavily used in my industry.
It is it is what it is So I went in Necesito
Quinceanabriadas Dude doesn't even speak Spanish,
and I just looked like a straight -up asshole.
Oh you had to look like a straight douchebag
Didn't even know what to say I Just I apologized
and That was it. I moved on. So the question
is did you get that electrical box moved? They
bought it got moved and got moved it got moved
So I I just want to say that was on me and I
apologize to the guy not that that's really offensive
at all, but I Was that sucks? Now, how embarrassing
is that? That's embarrassing. That's fucking
embarrassing. But when he said point, the first
thing my mind went to was, oh, he doesn't speak
English. What else are you supposed to think
in that moment, you know? Nothing. I mean, I
don't think I was wrong for thinking that, but
it doesn't make me feel like less of an asshole.
No, yeah, you're a big dick for that one. Like
I said, I achieved the mega asshole for that.
Yeah. What are you gonna do? Between that and
filming this last segment, while I'm spinning
like I'm on Top Throw Dragster and Cedar Point,
those both are in contention for Stink Bomb.
Yeah. So, we're gonna both go puke. And then
wake up tomorrow hating our lives. And probably
have a PD light. Maybe two. But you know what?
We're gonna deliver you this podcast. This podcast
is gonna be delivered. So you get the beginning
of this podcast with us wasted. You get the end
of this podcast with us wasted. The middle of
it's fine. Yeah, we're sober. We're sober. And
you know what? If you don't enjoy it, then that's
on you. You can stop listening. And I hope you
don't. Exactly. We appreciate our listeners.
We really do. We love you guys. But at least
we're honest. Yes, we're honest. And we had to
say it straight up because we're probably not
at the top of our game right now. We're at the
bottom of our game right now. We might be bottom
of the barrel. Maybe. Maybe. But maybe the listeners
like it. I don't really know. There's gonna be
no way to tell. But, I mean... What are you gonna
do at the end of the day? We're drunk But I do
think shit happens shit happens, but I do thank
you guys for listening to this episode We're
gonna be back next week with another fire -ass
episode. We're gonna be dialed in ready to roll
not drunk This is the last time I do this for
a while. I Mean if people want it the people
want it if the people want it then no No. I'm
gonna say I can't deliver. They want the closer...
Just like you couldn't deliver English to that
dude. I couldn't. I in fact speak perfect English
and I just didn't utilize it in that moment.
Oh my gosh. If we get to the point where we have
enough listeners and they want a drunk podcast,
then we'll push that can down the road. We'll
kick the can down the road. We will. But I'm
gonna need a little buffer. Yeah. I'm gonna need
a good break. And if we're getting an ad read,
I hope it's like Coors Light or something. This
is going to be it for a little while. I'm washed.
I'm washed up. You're washed up, dude. I'm washed
up. We're 26 at the club tonight. You're 24.
All right. You know what? There's no problem
with that. We started this podcast. I was barely
legal to drink. So it's just how life goes. Yeah.
Yeah, you age. That is how life goes. We don't
get any younger. We age, but you know what doesn't
age? My love for these Florida fucking gators.
I knew you were gonna turn back to that. Oh yeah,
I'm fired up. So I'll close the podcast how I
opened it. Let's fucking go gators. Thank you
guys for listening. We hope you guys appreciate
this episode. We're gonna be back next week with
another episode, episode 25. We're a quarter
of the way to 100. Yep. Our goal is to get more
than 100 episodes. That was really thoughtful.
Very thoughtful. That was really thoughtful of
you. No, our goal is to put out great content
that you guys enjoy at the end of the day. And
that's what it's about. We're not doing this
because we want to get to 100 episodes, no matter
what Tony says. We're doing this because we love
doing it and we hope you guys enjoy it. Yeah,
exactly. So we will see you guys next week and
we'll be back sober. So thank you guys for listening.
Yes, thank you. And like you said, tune back
in next week.