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some smiles. Can you guess what position I played
in football? Left out? No, I did not. Yeah, exactly.
I did think about that for a second, but yes,
actually, I did not play. I was not big enough.
Goose tried to kill me today on the golf course.
Advanced warning was given. It just apparently
was not heard. I will dispute that in a court
of law. It's Danny Havel. If you're driving and
you're trying to do this in your head, pull off
the side of the road. I don't need any accidents.
Justin Grossweiner. I love to hear Coach go,
we're going to focus on that bad four game stretch
the rest of the season. season. We'll never do
that again. That might be a good point. I don't
know. Maybe you can do that. Maybe that's another
strategy. Danny and Justin starts now on Fox
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60 minutes in sports welcome friends to a friday
edition of course we love our fridays here at
the Danny and Justin radio program it's big bats
friday no goose today he is enjoying uh corn
fritters corn chowder corn corn corn in Des Moines
Iowa or as we call it in the high plains Des
Moines Iowa there on an official visit to Drake
University with his son and his beautiful wife,
Kim. So, we will not have Goose. We have his
picks here for Big Bats. We've caught Justin
after a couple of weeks. So, it's a ball game
again, folks. Goose eeked out into the lead,
actually. Got Dad Joke as well, all of that.
We got Travis Demers on the program. We'll talk
a little track and field. We'll talk more Brendan
Soresby saga. Obviously, we'll be talking about
the NBA Finals. as it'll be game five tomorrow.
We have over in the producer's chair, Dom, you
know him as Hawk. Danny, otherwise known as Doc.
And to my right, it is baby J. Justin Grosswiner.
What a boy! Well, I'm like the Cubs in baseball,
in Big Betts. I peaked early. And now I'm on
a bit of a losing streak. Bit of a a down slide
down your slump. You're a little slump. So you
got to hit your way out of the slump, right?
So, yeah, I feel good about this week, though,
actually. Well, there's a lot of there's a lot
of college World Series baseball. We are always
at a little bit of an advantage whenever we have
somebody that has their picks ahead of time,
right? Yeah, I had to do that last week and goose
did it this week. So we know what he picked.
But I have to say that there's only a couple
of games I in my mind disagreed with. When I
looked at his picks disagreed in terms of yeah,
like I would I would pick the other Okay, yeah,
but only a couple well what I love about goose
is he definitely plays mind games with us He
intentionally picks games where he knows who
we're gonna pick there's some psychological warfare
going on with goose Yeah, and and you know it's
very obvious that that like that sweet exterior
and that you know the funny happy guy and everything
else now He's he's like playing a game With you
he's he's taking you out back, and he's like
yeah You know the martial arts technique like
drunken master no You've never heard of this
well Hawk. Have you heard of this? I feel like
I have yeah, it's like the like I feel like it's
a karate or something like that where it's like
it's like a style of fighting where somebody
looks like they're kind of stumbling and then
like they're almost like they're drunk, but it's
really all intentional and they're really just
using that as sort of the surprise tactic So
did Jackie Chan ever use this in a movie because
if he did then I cannot believe Yes, it's drunken
master. It's a movie Yes, there you go. Drunken
Master. And Jackie Chan stars in the movie. I
knew, Heather, it had to be some Jackie Chan
reference. I feel like that's what Goose is doing.
He's got this exterior that he's like, ooh, I'm
just having a good time. But it's all, there's
a mind game behind it. World Cup is officially
underway. Had a couple of matches the other day,
Republic of South Africa against Mexico. And
then... Um, who's the other one against it was
chechia and and can people please say chechia,
right? It's not chechia There's a difference.
It's chechia. It's not chechia Or whatever they're
saying it. I have i've heard three people now
in updates say the name wrong Wait, so say it
again for me one chechia chechia chechia chechia
That was a great match last night. Did you watch
south korea chechia? It was south korea. No,
I did not no I was uh, what was I doing? So it
was deb's Pottery night. So I think Abby and
I were that's kind of our night to watch our
shows So I think we hung out and watched we actually
started watching a spider noir. I did Nicholas
cage. I've heard it's really good. We only got
through One and a half episodes, but I liked
it so far. You know, Nick cage is slowing down
a bit and is and is and is a Speaking style is
kind of like getting elongated, but that's also
sort of he's doing the Humphrey Bogart thing.
Is he doing that you think okay? So yeah, so
can I just give you a little content? I watched
the first episode of my mom who teaches film
noir okay, so Real quick, but I want you to get
it. Did you watch it in color or black and white
okay? That's see you get an option to watch it
either in color. I know that or in black and
white Okay, go ahead. Have you all seen the Nicolas
Cage mural in Eugene? No Don't go on like I think
it's like the dominoes over there on Cobra come
back the wing stop and all that stuff over there
and I feel like this is what Google's for and
if you go I can Google it but there is a Massive
it's like on this apartment building a massive
Nicolas Cage mural and then sometimes if you
go by they'll have like All these like flags
with his face on him. It's like a whole. Oh,
I gotta go see this now down by Oakway Center
Then yeah, like like a block up on Coburg Road.
Okay, so so finish Give you a little context
because my mom teaches film noir She's very very
familiar with the genre and she actually didn't
really love it too much And I think that why
we were just the first episode though. She watched
the first episode I think it's like when you
are such an expert in something and somebody
is it's Trying to emulate exactly like I think
there were some of it that felt like it was almost
a little too modern Where so they cut a corner?
No, it's just like film noir is a sort of like
abstract it's just not like super complicated
filmmaking I guess is how I would put it like
the there's some I don't know there's like a
modernization of that series and I feel like
to me at least the reason I had a little bit
of criticism of it it felt like the least of
I just watched the first episode it felt like
very like is this spider -man like I know that
they mentioned spider -man kind of but it didn't
really feel like spider -man because he did you
know he's wearing like a trench coat yeah anyways
I'm gonna continue watching I don't think I'm
Mom is though. So a really good cast, by the
way, Brendan Gleeson plays the the villain, the
main villain in the whole thing. So again, just
an episode and a half I got through some just,
you know, just peeling away. And I would imagine
that if this becomes a successful series that
they will just keep redoing it. You know, that's
the one thing they tested out for one season.
And then they go, wow, did it did it really?
Accelerate or did it not and if they didn't if
it didn't it's kind of like where Yellowstone
or Now you got Dutton ranch got the marshals
got a call. Yeah, we got Brad on the phone with
empty info about the mural Oh, all right. We
got our buddy Brad Brad. Are you this our first
call of the day? You're gonna get in on big bets
later Yes, I will definitely will try if there's
if I get through all right, but the Nicolas Cage
mural is on When you're headed north on Willamette
Street. It's way down south Kind of just north
of like where market of choice is Okay, north
on Willamette Street by market of choice. Okay.
Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Okay. There it is Wow,
okay North you'll see it on that big wall there.
Yeah, and it's great And they have like it started
with Like someone hung a nickel Nicholas cage
shower curtain off their balcony for years And
like I think enough people dug it in South Eugene
that they ended up paying the whole side of the
building There's a story about it somewhere and
one of them in one of the newspapers All right
Well, we're gonna dig it up and if somebody's
around that was a part of that I'd love to have
them on the show to the genesis of that So so
then the next question is are you gonna watch
spider noir now? I don't know. It sounds good.
I mean, I what what what what's it on prime?
I believe Amazon Prime. Yeah, it's on prime Yeah,
I'll check it out. Yeah shame was plug for Amazon
Prime, but yeah, whatever so Brad we look forward
to talking to you later on to the program Hopefully
you get in bud sounds good thanks there he goes
i love brad listening and giving us i like little
nuggets we don't need google we got brad yeah
brad we're gonna call him google brad now so
by the way speaking of amazon did you see that
they approved that big distribution center i
did not uh near the airport it's like 300 something
thousand square feet they started this like a
few years ago They had the option on the land
and all that. It's going to be massive. There
will be some unhappy people for some of my journalism
classes. We had to go to Eugene City Council
and that was like the number one topic of discussion.
Like people just like destroying the mayor on
the fact that they would even entertain this
idea. Well, I tell you what, I'm kind of ambivalent
when it comes to certain things about trying
to get infrastructure into the city. That would
be positive if you've got good paying jobs and
support the economy that way because you can't
rely on tourism or the university for everything
in the city and Listen, I grew up in the age
where big timber was big timber. I mean there
was there was counties that were getting millions
of dollars from Forestry and that just dried
up that whole industry just like went away and
there's a few that are hanging on by the nails
so I don't know enough about it to speak to it,
but I understand. There is no middle ground people.
I am much in the minority. It's either you're
totally for it for pro -business, or you're totally
against it. It's like you're getting rid of farmland.
I don't know what else they would have used that
site for. Than what they're gonna use it for.
So again, I probably should do some more research
before I talk on it But yeah, I mean I interviewed
some people it's a the other thing is like it's
on the wetlands So of course like they're like
there's some eco stuff that won't go and then
they're just like they're These like kind of
these distribution centers use so much water.
Yeah, there's a massive one right Past wood burn
like I think it's probably in the city limits.
I'm sure if the city annexed it But there's a
massive one right by i5. This is supposed to
be like a single story that I mean that one in
in woodburn Is like it's I saw that thing go
up over two and a half years. It is I can't even
imagine How big that thing is on the positive
side? Yes spin zone it You will get your amazon
packages now the day of ordering. So listen,
my mom is the queen of amazon So we always say,
like, I literally took a video when we were coming
back down from Malala a couple of weeks ago,
and there were, like, five Amazon trucks going
south on I -5, and I took a video and I sent
them to my mom saying, they're all heading to
your house right now. Your delivery is on its
way. Because she everything's off and the older
people, you know, they write to your doorstep
Have you all seen the drones that drop off packages?
My friend sent me a video and there was a drone
like above his house and I was like what you
know what you know what I go back to is Sam Waterston
had a great commercial on SNL many many years
ago where it was like the robots are gonna take
over the world and eat your medication and he
was trying to get and it was like It was like
for an insurance company to protect old people
against robots that they were gonna eat your
medication And it was, you know, the worst commercial.
It's just Saturday Night Live. But that's the
first thing that pops into my head when you talk
about drones and technology as robots taking
over the world. So, some people say AI is going
to do that. So, I don't know. All right. Man,
we are way off track here. NCAA, this is the
Danny and Justin radio program. Yes, we are a
sports station, Fox Sports Eugene, Fox Sports
Newport. But we talk about life as well. And
that's why you love us. And that's why we love
you. NCAA outdoor championships continue. They
will go through tomorrow. So a lot of field events
for the women right now So we do have some scoring
organs not on the first page of the leaderboard
Washington leads with 18 points Iowa State with
15 Nebraska with 14 after six completed events
out of 21 on the men's side Kansas State has
overtaken Oregon in second place again Understand
that a lot of these are field events So it's
maybe not necessarily where the strength of Oregon
lies. Although Oregon does have a national champion
in best Ben Smith for the shot put. So Oregon's
got 18 points. They trail Nebraska by 10, Kansas
State by two and third place. Louisville's 16,
Arkansas 14, seven events completed out of the
21 on the men's side. They're gonna work through
more of the field events, but now they're gonna
get the qualifiers and some finals like the four
by 100 men's relay is tonight. I know there are
a lot of people that have gone to Hayward already
and a lot more. I'll just say it's gonna get
hot hot hot this weekend. It's gonna reach almost
triple digits So if you go out sunscreen sunscreen
and water water water, okay, make sure you're
hydrating We don't nobody collapsing at Hayward
now does being hydrate actually prevent sunburn.
Is that a real thing? Not sunburn, but I mean,
I heard that no, where did you hear that? Oh,
and you believe everything I'm just saying I
wonder if there was some truth to that and if
you guys have the man I have no clue I've never
heard that before to me It's just you know you're
sweating and you want to make sure that you you
stay hydrated that way cuz your body will deplete
it fast So definitely saying hydrate is good
and water is the best thing do we want to hold
off on? Brendan Sorsby till the last or you want
to talk about it now? because there's more news
coming out on this whole this saga is getting
really ridiculous and and texas tex administration
is like they are taking like a a huge barn fan
to the fire and whipping the flames up which
i think whoever's advising them needs to shut
the you know what up because it's it's starting
to get almost to the point of just Comical well
what I was saying to you before the show is that
this seems like the most American thing you can
possibly think of is that College football which
is culturally so important to the United States
is being taken to this Extremely political level
where you have these attorney generals getting
involved and getting in a contest that you mentioned
it is just Ridiculous, I mean it's absolutely
insane it shows exactly what the United States
cares about quite honestly While you're a Texan,
Hawk, so what's your take on all this? Is Texas
Tech just fine that they should be defending
Brendan Sorsby for basically breaking one of
the biggest rules you can as a college athlete
by betting on his own team? Well, I mean, I think
we all agree. I think the principle of it's bad,
and I think the fact they're letting him play
is insane. I will say this, though. I grew up
in a Longhorn household. A lot of my family went
there. I despised Tech growing up. but why why
do you even so here's the I I appreciate that
argument the Danny Justin radio program we are
live Fox Sports Eugene Fox Sports Newport Bigfoot
Beverages Studio Travis Demers the mayor of Rip
City we're going to talk a lot of NBA finals
in the next segment with the mayor of Rip City
we'll squeeze some blazer stuff in there as well
in the off season so stay tuned for that in about
five minutes from now but let's just take the
whole the whole I don't like the school type
of thing because where I'm at in in Texas to
the bigger picture, which I think is now getting
lost in all of this. It is becoming this, well,
now we've got the Texas AG throwing the first,
you know, kind of gauntlet out to say, you know
what, Big 12, if you sanction Texas Tech, which,
by the way, they can, Then there's gonna be some
repercussions. We're gonna sue you for 200 million
dollars How do you like them apples and now the
Oklahoma AG comes in and says big 12 should should
absolutely sanction Texas Tech and Texas has
no authority to step in and do anything on the
behalf of anybody in this whole deal Well, and
like you were also saying to be before the show
is that they can't do it with monetary sanctions
because quite honestly, it's not going to help
anything. And what they care about is winning.
They'll make however much a five hundred thousand
dollar fine would be in a playoff game. Like
they'll make that money back. So ultimately they
have to hit him where it hurts, which is in the
W's column. But, Dom, your argument kind of moves
it towards. A rivalry rather than the action
itself. Well, yeah, no. No, I think the action
itself is bad I'll like Justin saying I think
there's so much money involved or it's like I
Think I think of the day. I think it all just
comes down to money like they paid him all this
money They have this roster. They want to win.
Absolutely amount of money They'll make going
to the playoff put the TV deals and all that
stuff. It's like That's where I think it all
comes into play. They made it to the national
quarterfinals last year. They needed to replace
a quarterback. They went all in on Brendan Soresby.
They paid him a bunch of money for a guy that
really hasn't started a whole ton of games, by
the way. Let's just put it that way. I don't
know if they're getting their value out of it,
no matter what. But to me, the bigger argument
is that as the Big 12, you cannot, you should
not, and... To me it will it will totally dilute
their argument if all they do is Say to Texas
Tech you have to write us a check Yeah, because
that is like that is there's gonna be 20 people
who support Texas Tech that will stand up and
write that check Gladly if this whole thing gets
put behind them I do think he because he I I
believe it was a good came down to tech or LSU
where the two the schools in the running Wholeheartedly
believe if this happened at LSU, they would be
doing the exact same thing there Well sure and
you'd have Alabama and so it's like but then
George and everybody else It's like is it a tech
thing or is it just they are the first school
to be put in this in the limelight in this position?
Because I think an SEC school would defend the
same way tech is well Let's not forget the Louisiana
governor got involved with the hiring of LSU's
head coach, right? Yeah, again more worried about
math and writing in his schools and social services
in his state rather than who's coaching in battle
and rouge. So I think it's fair to say that this
would be happening in other places as well. And
this is well, it's not a unique situation in
terms of just Texas Tech. I do think that there's
other schools that would be willing to do this.
But this win all attitude that's now been doing
anything to wide is to me, it's like I and you
know me, I rarely get on social media and say
anything about any. subject, because I kind of
like watching the rabble rousing go on and stay
above it. But I threw it out there, and I just
asked the question, was there nobody at Texas
Tech that sat down with Brendan Sorsby before
they signed him to this huge NIL deal and brought
him over that would sit in a room and go, is
there anything in your background we should know
about that could come out after you come here
that would potentially damage your reputation
or the university's? Yes or no? That is a question.
That's a question you ask an employee. That's
that's something that you're allowed to ask somebody
in this situation and Then my next question if
I asked as test Texas Tech official that and
they go well No, then I would go why not well
And I would guess is that the relationship between
the players in these schools? Not an evening
playing field they're not gonna want to ask him
questions like that because they want him to
come to the school Because he's got options he
was the number one guy in the portal wasn't he
yeah? Yeah, so he had an opportunity to go wherever
and yes, he could have gotten more money at Texas
Tech than other places. But at the same time,
I think that the attitude from these schools
is not going to be like, let's find a way to
like tear them down before we get there. I just
think that they're not going to ask questions
like that because they want the players to like
them and they want to they're like recruiting
them. Yeah, that that ignorant deniability is
goes to the core of the adults in the room. You're
not wrong. You should ask the question. You have
to ask that. If you're gonna, and I don't know,
they said his deal was like five million dollars
or something like that. If you're gonna write
that check to a kid who's less than 25 years
old, you absolutely have to ask that question.
You absolutely, you are being fiscally irresponsible
if you're not asking that question. And now,
the maelstrom, honestly, I wish the kid will
get the rest of the help he needs and he goes
on, just go to the NFL now. Go to the NFL, that
is your next stop. Brendan Soarsby. Now want
this whole thing just to go away as well Because
it's gonna be this cloud over college football.
I mean we can relate to work itself out Do you
think tech was just like ignorance is bliss?
No, I think they okay you want my opinion without
any basis in fact I think they absolutely knew
that this was a skeleton in his closet and they
said we don't care Because we need to win and
that's tech that's tech for you as grown up as
a Texan. That's tech. Okay, mr. Longhorn back
with Travis Demers, the mayor of Rip City. Hey,
let's talk about basketball. Another favorite
subject of Hawk as the Spurs are down 3 -1 to
the Knicks. Can New York finish it off on the
road Saturday? We'll talk to the mayor next on
the Danny and Justin radio program. Mitch Canham
and Oregon State have signed the Mid -American
Conference freshman of the year. Miami Redhawks
second baseman Diego Cruz left -handed batter
announces commitment to Oregon State through
the portal. He's a Puerto Rico native, first
-team All -MAC selection, and a perfect game
freshman All -American in 2026 starring in the
infield and the plate this year. Hit 385. Had
74 hits, 42 ribbies. Stole 23 bases as well.
Started all 52 games at Miami of Ohio on their
way to winning the league's regular season. Title
so some signings in the portal big bets coming
up in the last segment Let's head on over to
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three five six seven three and welcome in a good
friend We haven't spoken in for a little while,
but we promised we'd bring them back in While
the NBA finals were going on and so we are men
of our word We are men of honor here on the Danny
and Justin radio program here is your mayor of
Rip City Travis Demers You can follow him on
the socials at Travis Demers a huge New York
Knicks fan. He has been very Open about his fandom.
So Travis is there apprehension anxiety? Because
I mean you're in the catbird seat with your team
up three one So even if they lose a game they
get to go back to the MSG Well, look, I do need
to clarify something though, because I do work
for another team in the same league Yes, of course
my my fandom is is unique right because my my
roots are being a Knicks fan growing up in New
York and loving that team. That team is why I
love basketball. Reggie Miller broke my heart.
We hugged it out. We're good there. And now that
I work for the Trailblazers, there are... When
our season is over. Yeah, as soon as the blazer
season is over. I become a Knicks fan again like
when I was 12 But that's what I meant. So the
Knicks like I don't even think about it. I'm
blazers all the way A lot of my friends back
in New York are still Knicks fans and a couple
years ago when Mikel Bridges hit a game -winner
in overtime at the buzzer to beat the Blazers
My buddy texted me, he's like, dude, you just
called the Knicks game winner, and that's how
you sounded. I'm like, yeah, because I work for
the Blazers. So as much as I am a Knicks fan
at heart and my roots, I've been in Oregon for
basically my entire adult life. So it is Blazers
number one always. But in terms of being a Knicks
fan, there's always going to be some of that
there. And I don't know that it's apprehension.
It's excitement. I feel like they are going to
win. I think it would be, at this point, shocking
if they lost. But it was shocking that the Spurs
didn't win after being up by 29. So until they
win, I'm not counting any chickens right now,
because in my entire life, the last time that
the Knicks won a championship, my parents weren't
even married yet. So it's been a long time. So
Travis, when we wind back the clock and we had
a discussion before the NBA playoffs even started
and we were talking about handicapping the East
and the West and I know I remember the conversation
very clearly. It seemed like and it was a common
stance is that. people really weren't looking
at New York is like, you know, that's going to
be the team that's going to come out of the East.
Although there are just a bunch of teams you
could throw in the pot and go, you know what,
any one of them could, but I think it would be
fair to say the Knicks weren't like on the top
of people's lists. So I have to ask in your opinion,
because you're a great analyst of the game as
well, where did this come from, from New York,
this incredible run that they've made through
the postseason? To your point. I did not think
the Knicks were going to be in this position,
right? I did not think the Knicks were going
to be in the NBA Finals it helped that And again,
no disrespect to what they've done what they
know they went on a 13 game win streak It's remarkable,
but they didn't have to play the top two teams
in the East, you know The Cavaliers knocked off
Detroit the Sixers knocked off Boston And that
was helpful. I did not think the Knicks matched
up very well against Detroit. I really didn't
think they matched up well against Atlanta. And
they were down two games to one in that series.
And the way they played down the stretch of the
season, there was just something missing. They
weren't playing great. And OK, you know that
Jalen Brunson can be Jalen Brunson. But if he
is going to do it all himself, this team is not
going to win. The defense wasn't good enough.
And really, the defense was not great at times
in the first three rounds of the playoffs. But
they were scoring at an insanely high rate. I
mean, the way their offense was playing, nobody
was going to beat them. So I think you have all
of those things coming together. And then, you
know, Mike Brown pushing the right buttons and
guys just coming up with with championship plays.
They look like a team of destiny. You look down
the stretch of, you know, the fourth quarter
and Jose Alvarado, who is a Brooklyn native and
loves New York, was on the floor for the Knicks
while Mikkel Bridges was on the bench. And it
wasn't because Mikael Bridges wasn't playing
well or didn't deserve to be out there. It was
because the way they were playing with Alvarado
on the floor, that was the right way to go. And
he was fantastic. So Mike Brown pushing the right
buttons. And guys just playing for each other
and making the right plays. So to me, I look
at this team now as opposed to two months ago.
And there is no way I would have thought they
were going to be in this position. Think one
of the fascinating things and I'm gonna turn
our attention to the Spurs and I think you can
give some insight on this is the Dylan Harper
and Darren Fox I wouldn't call it like a situation
but Darren Fox is the veteran on this team relatively
speaking I guess to the other guys not in terms
of the experience in the playoffs necessarily,
but he's the guy that Mitch Johnson has clearly
turned to down the stretch over and over again
I think there was a lot of people that are critical
about the way the Darren Fox played while Dylan
Harper Who's a rookie? I think he's what 20 years
old dumb Yes, he's 20 20 years old. So he's a
guy that just doesn't have the experience. It's
it's hard to See a team trusting a guy like that
in the NBA finals in its first season But you've
been around NBA players before you've seen it
more than the average person would in terms of
these relationships What could you guess? the
sort of thinking and the relationships behind
Mitch Johnson Darren Fox and Dylan Harper with
kind of who's going to be that go -to strip guys
down the stretch because I think that anybody
watching the game would sit there and go I'm
sorry obviously whammy, but whammy hasn't been
playing like that. It's been It's been Dylan
Harper. It's been Stefan Castle, but what do
you think that sort of dynamic is like? Yeah,
it's It's interesting, because you look at what
Dylan Harper has been doing in the finals, right?
And he's still playing 31 minutes a night. It's
not like he's not playing. He's playing 31 minutes
a night. He's averaging like 16 and 7. The efficiency
is there. He's not a great three -point shooter,
but he's finishing at the rim. So he's played
well. The Aaron Fox hasn't played well. And I
don't think this is... This doesn't to me come
down to De 'Aaron Fox down the stretch of the
game versus Dylan Harper. Fox made some mistakes,
right? A one -point game in the final few seconds,
you've got the ball in the open court and you
race to the basket. Okay, it got blocked, but
even if it didn't, even if it went in, and an
OB fouls him and he makes both free throws, it's
still a one -possession game and the Knicks have
a timeout with whatever it was, however many
seconds it was. Eight or something. one one shot
and now you're going over time it wasn't a smart
basketball play uh... and he's had a few of those
it's interesting because i thought clip a few
days ago i guess it was yesterday it feels like
a few days ago of uh... mike brown at the postgame
press conference he was the coach of the kings
and dearon fox was playing for him talking about
a play that fox screwed up at the end of the
game and he said yeah i didn't see it but you
know you can't uh... i gotta go back and watch
it on film but that that's something that can't
happen down the stretch of the game Mike Brown
knows who the Aaron Fox is, and he's a good player.
And when he was with Sacramento, he averaged
30 -plus in that one playoff series and was great
against the Warriors. But he doesn't look like
himself. I think there's something off with him
right now, whether it's physically, mentally,
whatever it is. He's not himself right now. But
it's not fair to put that on him. And we've talked
about this before, too. I think we talked about
it after the Blazers series. At some point that...
You know, Wemby played in 65 games this season,
and he averaged under 30 minutes a game. He played
23 minutes in the second half in game four. He's
playing more minutes. He's played, you know,
another three series, including a seven -game
series. He looks totally cooked to me. And the
Wemby that we're seeing right now, fatigue doesn't
just mean physical mistakes. I think that the
bad pass he had at the end of game two off of
Castle's back, to me, that's a fatigue mental
mistake for a 22 -year -old. And I think those
are things for these guys who are not used to
playing, you know, 90, 95, 100 games in the minutes
volume that they are, that catches up with you
at some point. And I think it has with Wembe.
I think at times it has with Fox. I think at
times it has, you know, with Castle. And for
the Knicks, yeah, they haven't played in the
NBA finals before, but they've been to a couple
of conference finals with Jalen Brunson. Carl
Anthony Towns was in the conference finals last
year with the Knicks and the year before that
with the Timberwolves. Oh, Jan and Obi has won
a championship before, although he didn't play
because he was hurt. But you have all of these
guys who have a longer history of playing more
games in more minutes and more intense. And Mike
Brown coached in an NBA finals with the Cavaliers
and then was the coach for multiple champions,
an assistant coach for multiple championships
with the Warriors. There's just more experience
there. And I think for the Spurs, their youth,
their inexperience, their fatigue, I think all
of that stuff is showing up right now. It's our
voice of RIP City. It's the mayor of RIP City,
Travis Demers. Your voice of the Portland Trail
Blazers heard right here in Eugene on Fox Sports
Eugene. Joining us to talk a little NBA finals.
Just a couple more questions for you, Travis,
as you get ready for the 24 hour wait before
game number five down in San Antonio. And you
kind of touched on it, but I do want to expand
on a little bit more with you is the constriction
that seems to happen with San Antonio, especially
because they are relative. and I think people
are maybe looking over that a bit, is that the
Spurs are a little bit ahead of schedule. Now,
obviously, they've got one of the marquee players
in the league with Wemby, but then the cast of
characters around, and I want to center more
on the coaching, because it seems like Mike Brown
is playing chess, and I know the analogy is not
going to be great, but Mitch Johnson sometimes
seems to be playing checkers, and the way that
they've managed their lineups, and especially
late in the game, I mean, you can say a 29 -point...
is like, you know, the Knicks fought back, but
you lose that game as much as the other team
wins it. So speak to that a bit and the comparison
between the coaches and what impact that's had
on this series. I think it's natural when you
have such a large lead like that to take your
foot off the gas. I've seen it many times over
the last eight years with the Blazers, whether
it be on one side or the other. I've seen them
have big comeback wins and I've seen them have
a lot of... Leads that that they've blown and
it's just that's what happens and and you know
some teams do that the elite of the elite of
the elite don't and The Spurs aren't that right
now, and that's okay because to your point. They
are a young team You know Wemby Castle Harper
those guys are all super young and you look at
the other guys around there You know they they're
role players Right? So I'm not saying they're
interchangeable. You have to have some of those
guys. Kelvin Johnson's been bad in the postseason.
He has not been good, not just in this series,
but he has not had a great postseason. He had
a great regular season, but, you know, he has
not had a great postseason. And you look at Mitch
Johnson, to your point, Mitch Johnson's history
as a coach, he's never been in this situation
before. And it's not because he's young. Yes,
he's been with the Spurs for about a decade,
whether it be at the G League or here. The Spurs
had not made the playoffs in any year that Mitch
Johnson was an assistant coach under Egg Popovich.
So yes, he learned under Pop. But prior to that,
he was in the G League. He was at the University
of Portland. He was at Seattle University. So
he has never been a participant in the NBA playoffs
before. And I think that matters. So the things
that we're talking about with Mike Brown, he's
been through this before. I don't know how many
finals he's been to as a coach, whether it be
a head coach or assistant, four, five, whatever
it is. One game is more than Mitch Johnson has
gone through. So I think there's learning with
everybody. There's learning with everything.
And I don't think that means anyone's bad at
what they're doing. I don't think that means
anything at all like that. You look at so many
teams throughout history that there's a reason
why There are not young teams that consistently
win championships. The Thunder last year, the
Spurs being in the finals this year, it doesn't
happen very often, and especially not with a
young coach. The organization is one of the best,
if not the best, in the NBA. There's a foundation
there, there's a way they do things, and there's
a reason why they're successful. But when you
get in those clutch moments and you get in those
situations, experience... really does make a
difference. It's why I took the Pistons in the
80s a couple of losses before they got there.
It's why I took the Bulls a couple of losses
to the Pistons to get there, and so on and so
forth. So I think all of those things come with
experience, and these are good experiences for
the Spurs. You can't discount that. What I said
about the Blazers, like, yeah, I don't want to
hear about the lottery. Those playoff experiences
absolutely make a massive difference, because
the next time they're there, things will be different.
These games have also been so close I believe
all four of them the Spurs have had the lead
within the final two minutes and then two of
them have had the lead within the last minute
of course the Knicks are up three to one and
last game the Knicks Come back from a 29 point
lead. So in my head it just I don't know what
to make of it because they're The games have
been so tight. It feels like either one of these
teams could win these games. It's kind of it's
pretty 50 -50 Yeah, but emotionally after that
kind of loss. It's just like I I can't see the
Spurs coming back But what are your thoughts?
Do you think the Spurs still have a shot after
that? You know because the games are so close
the rosters are so close or do you think that
emotional toll is gonna take? It's gonna do its
job at this point. Yeah, I think at some point
it catches up with you and You can overcome the
emotional toll as you talk about. And I remember
my first year of calling games with the Blazers,
game three at Moda Center in the second round
against Denver, the Blazers won that game in
four overtimes, right? I know you guys remember
that game. And I remember thinking, there is
no way Denver comes in here on Sunday afternoon
in an early game and wins game four. There's
no chance. They did. And you go back to Denver,
they win game five, and so on and so forth. So
I think sometimes there is too much put on that
emotional pull, right? But I think at the same
time, when you have that with the added fatigue,
I think that's when it catches up. And I think
back to 1995. for a very young Orlando Magic
team that was a heavy favorite to beat the fifth
seeded Houston Rockets, who were the defending
champions. They were at home in Orlando. We know
the story. Nick Anderson missed the free throws
at the end of game one. And the emotional toll
combined with the youth of that team, because
you had Shaquille O 'Neal in his third year.
And you had Penny Hardaway in his second year.
And those guys were the big keys of that team.
It was a young team. And you combine the youth
with the heartbreak and the exhaustion, that's
when it becomes really hard to overcome. And
I think it's a really tough spot for the Spurs
with all of those things together to go home
and win a game tomorrow night. All right, so
the Knicks close it out tomorrow? Yes or no?
I think they do. I think they do. All right,
bud. Hey, I know you'll enjoy watching it. You
enjoy watching any good basketball. The finals
are the best. And you're the best as well, Travis.
We appreciate you, bud. Love you guys, thanks
for having me. There he goes, the great Travis
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here. It's got Laura picks here as well. Let's
start up. three College World Series baseball
games, which start tonight, and there's also
some tomorrow, so let's start right there. Ole
Miss and University of North Carolina. Goose
has Ole Miss, so does Laura. I'm gonna take UNC.
I'm gonna take UNC as well, I'll go ACC here.
By the way, you're tied with me now in the standings.
That's right, I'm not last. Goose is one game
up on us, so we can chase him. Oklahoma, Alabama
staying college world series. I go with Alabama
goose has Alabama Laura has Oklahoma I will go
Alabama as well. They've been playing really
well All right, you get to pick first the next
one Texas and Georgia college world series I'm
gonna go with Georgia and Daniel Jackson the
catcher 31 home runs almost 400 on the season
I'm gonna go Texas Laura sorry, Georgia, Georgia
Laura's with you on Georgia goose and I are gonna
take Texas. Here we go Goose rearing his ugly
head Cubs Giants Major League Baseball Goose
has the Giants. Who do you have? Who do you think?
I'm going to take our Cubs. K -U -B -S Cubs.
I'm taking the Cubs. Laura's got the Cubs. All
right. Game five. This could be the decider.
Could be the last NBA game of the season in the
regular season. The Knicks and Spurs. The over
-under. This is the tiebreaker game. I will start.
I'm taking Spurs. Goose is taking Spurs. Laura's
taking Knicks. Say they're tiebreakers as well.
Okay, so I got 210 points Goose has 208 and Laura
has 215 Okay, I'm gonna take the Knicks and I
will close it out to close it out. Yeah, I'm
with Travis on this I don't see how you come
back after that. I'll go I'll go 222 room 222.
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He was good. I'm not surprised. He's a radio
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That's right. He's still Emeralds? Emeralds Radio,
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bud? Long time no talk to you. Good. Yeah. All
right, Brad, you ready? I'm ready. All right,
Ole Miss, UNC. Ole Miss. Oklahoma, Alabama. Alabama.
Thank you for that. I feel better about my pick
now that you picked Alabama as well. Texas, Georgia.
Texas and I had not been doing well, so you shouldn't
my picks and make you Brad if you're gonna rise
like a phoenix you and I I'm gonna rise your
back on this whole thing We're gonna go back
to first place Cubs and no where but up, right?
That's right, baby. No, we're about up optimism
Cubs and Giants Giants dude Spurs and Knicks.
This is interesting. Spurs and Knicks. I think
the Spurs bounce back tonight. I really do. I
don't think they're done with this season. Total
points. Boy, that is tough. I went way over last
time. I'm going to go to 18. All right, that's
not bad. All right, so we got 208. 210 215 218
and 222 Brad as always, but I'm gonna go check
out that mural again Alright guys, thanks. There
he goes. Brad phone line is open. They got time
for time. Listen That's the way you do it right
there. Brad just gave you guys the blueprint
on how you go. Don't overthink it Just lay it
out. This is not listen If we were serious about
this, we'd be, like, slicing and dicing, you
know, different match -ups and all that. It's
like, you know what this is? Goose is sitting
in Des Moines, Iowa, in between lunch where he's
got some corn in front of him, and he just, like,
whipped out the games quickly, but he knew he
had to put the Cubs in there somewhere. Slicing
and dicing, just like Walt Frazier and the Knicks
commentary. You like that? I like that. Thank
you very much. 3 -4 -3 -5 -6 -7 -3. If you got
an opportunity, hop on the phone. We still have
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I know what you're doing tomorrow. You know what
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World Cup this weekend, aren't you? At your place.
That's right. Watch it. Listen, dude. Apricot,
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We got Kai on the line. Kai, welcome into the
Danny and Justin radio program. How's your Friday
going, bud? Good. How are you guys doing? We
are doing finer than a frog hair split four ways.
How about that? So you ready to pick some games?
Absolutely. All right. Start with college baseball,
Ole Miss, UNC. Ole Miss. Oklahoma, Alabama. Alabama.
Texas, Georgia. Texas. Cubs, Giants. Don't do
it just because you know you've got a crowd here.
That's fine. You can pick Giants if you want.
I'm a big Bears fan. I got a ride with my Cubs.
Alright. Hey, have you listened to Ham in Indiana
that Justin did? No, I did not. Oh, you got to
go back to the podcast listen to that. All right
next and spurs I'm taking the spurs. Okay as
the bounce back. What's the total points bud?
I'm going 112 or 212 112 would be the boring
the most boring NBA game ever game Yeah, that's
a big 10 game is right Kai. Thanks for listening
in but we appreciate you Hey, thank you, guys.
Have a great day. Yeah, you too. Kai, back in.
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