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some smiles. Can you guess what position I played
in football? Left out? No, I did not. Yeah, exactly.
I had to think about that for a second. But yes,
actually, I did not play. I was not picking up.
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 will never
do that again. That may 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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Welcome, high top to Delta Triad. The Bigfoot
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Newport. It's getting toasty outside, but it's
a nice, cool 71 degrees inside. Yay! We made
it past the Monday. It's a Tuesday here on the
Danny and Justin radio program. We will have
the mayor of Rip City, Travis Murz, the voice
of the Blazers on, because the Blazers have made
news off the court. That'll be on the court.
We'll talk about it. You probably already know
about it, but we're going to talk about it anyway.
Brendan Soresby. Well, it just doesn't get any
better friend and source me This is nine shows
left of the danny and justin radio program And
we'll have a little discussion about that because
my phone was blowing up. Woody's phone was blowing
up I'm gonna explain a couple of things To you
today kids right over there sitting in the producer's
chair. Well, let's welcome back hawk It's dominic
Doc otherwise known as Danny and to our right.
It's Justin gross whiner. We call him, baby.
J. What? To have the producers back we were getting
a little bit lonely felt like we had about a
week and a half Maybe it was like two weeks there
cuz goose hasn't been in studio in a bit Do you
know goose is gonna be here this Friday? Goose
is an affirmative according to what I know now
that so he he was in Des Moines one week kid
mama Des Moines Yeah, I can say this one is Looking
at Drake University making sure it was still
there That's where his kids going to school and
then last week they were I think was a birthday
weekend and they were up in Seattle Caught a
Mariners game. He's been just like a world traveler.
He's been ignoring us. I'm a little disappointed,
but that's alright His record has suffered Just
that was him That was him saying he was to be
here on Friday. Yes, so Goose will be I'd say
he was up there Just having hanging out and having
a good time living the life. He is a man about
town a Vaughn T. Vaughn as they say a Slave and
a boner person so World Cup's going on. We'll
talk about that Justin obviously wants to talk
about World Cup NBA drafts tonight First four
picks, Wizards, Jazz, Grizzlies, and Bulls. Bulls
have a couple of picks in the first round. Will
they move off of one of those? One of those came
through Portland, by the way. So the Blazers,
no picks in the NBA draft. But they made some
news off the floor and that's why we're going
to bring in the mayor of rip city travis demers
As they made a coaching hire, but we'll save
that for when travis gets on and we'll kind of
we can talk a little bit right before The end
of this segment about that because there's plenty
of other things to talk about you want to start
with with. Mr. Soresby Absolutely, the guy we
can't stop talking about. I know your favorite
Uh, so but how can you not talk about this? This
is awesome. This is you know what this is This
is a big old dose of karma. This is karma planting
flat in your lap. Yeah, the NFL said, yeah, no.
So so this whole thing was foobar from the get
go. First of all, Cincinnati not saying anything
to a school that was. Going to land the transfer
the transfer school not asking brendan soresby.
Hey, is there anything? Maybe that you know like
a bad tweet from a couple of years ago. Were
you at a party? Is somebody gonna have you on
video? You know kicking a dog or you know No,
because you have to listen because if you think
They're not gonna ask those questions when you
sit in a room with nfl gms and head coaches You're
you're out of your mind. They're gonna go up
you like rotor -rooter when you get into that,
when they're going to be handing you millions
of dollars, they want to know everything. Now,
I'm not saying that they don't care, but if they
know about it, they'll pick and choose what they
want to care about, which I don't think is great,
but whatever. Talent sometimes overcomes your
character flaws. But Brendan Sorsby is not going
to play in the NFL in 2026. Why? Because he's
been denied into the supplemental draft. They
said, we're not going to do that for you. We're
not going to hold a supplemental draft Supplemental
draft never heard of her This is a girl that
rejected you at one time so the NFL source tells
the four -letter ESPN The application had a lot
of issues They sent a vet. So Tom Pellicero got
a hold of the letter the NFL sent to Brennan
Soresby And I just have to say, it's comical.
Whoever is advising this kid, man, get some different
people from the jump. Don't you think, guys?
Oh, I mean, it's just like step after step. This
has been just stepping on his own foot. Comedy
of errors. This is Keystone Copsep. This is clown
car stuff that's going on right now. And this
is where I have some empathy for this kid because
he is like... Extaining his reputation to a point
where it's almost beyond repair this guy's gonna
be if the XFL was around still Are they still
around? They're not around. Okay, that's where
he'd be playing the only place he could play
I think the CFL will touch him right now. You
know what I foresee in the future Danny I see
a seven -part documentary unfolding the front
of her eyes Netflix is This is gonna be untold
this is gonna be one of those we're living through
history everybody Oh, so here it is Brendan Sworsby
is now a man without a country and a man without
a league. Yeah. Oh, sorry. I found it honestly
Excuse me like you're saying comical because
they said the league does not have a complete
record of the NCAA's Investigation and you provided
no such material with your petition Adding information
of what has been going on and they just said
his petition didn't address any of the gambling
things anything going on with the NCAA basically
trying to like Sweep that under the rug and then
apply to the go to the NFL and he applies three
business days before the deadline which is like
Dude, we we were your parachute. Well, guess
what? It didn't open Calvin Ridley. We shouldn't
be surprised Come out in support of source. No.
No, I'm just saying was suspended I think it
was a year for betting on NFL games In 2022 Jameson
Williams had a six game suspension for placing
mobile bets on non NFL sporting events as well
So this is a organization. This isn't the NCAA.
This isn't a teethless NCAA This is the NFL and
the NFL does not play about this sort of stuff
And I don't think that there was any way like
you're saying his representation Should have
thought that he was ago to the NFL and they were
gonna be like, yeah. Yeah sure. Come here This
is your out right here. Yeah NFL keeping it real
they did boys they are and they just gave a dose
of reality to brendan swordsby and his family
and again we're making we're making some tongue
-in -cheek stuff in here i do want to acknowledge
and recognize that this is a human being this
is a young man who's made some horrible decisions
but there's always a path to redemption i i think
what he should do is come clean on everything
you know on everything what you did, when you
did it, how you did it. And I think he's done
some of that already. But then just accept his
punishment instead of trying to find friendly
judges. And that didn't work. So this whole thing
cascaded. And I believe in my heart of hearts
that if Texas Tech really would have had the
best interest in this young man, they would have
gotten out in front of this long before and fallen
on a sword in front of the NCAA. listen if the
kid would have had to set out a year because
of of the gambling thing then set out the year
and then play another year after that practice
with the team do your and i don't know what avenue
that could have been availed to him but the way
this was gone about it literally imploded his
career he is going to end up like johnny manziel
he should be known more for this than what his
playing career is i was getting manziel vibes
from this also Yeah, it was all about that. I
mean an incredibly talented but immature Individual
have you heard of the movie one false move? Yes?
I think that's a perfect analogy. I think he
just made on the head He made one mistake and
by doubling down and tripling down It just gotten
worse and worse and worse see and and here's
the reason why I think I use the word immature
is the NFL even Put out there their general counsel
said that the petition by Soresby to go into
supplemental draft did not even demonstrate according
and this is a quote demonstrate accountability
for your conduct or indicate whether or how you
would adhere to the league's rules and policies
governing the integrity of competition so see
that to me is that if you have a good lawyer
and I'm pretty fortunate I've got a couple of
real I got Ben Carney who's my business lawyer
who's awesome I can say that he can't remember
when we had yeah Ben on, it was funny. He said,
Danny, I can't say that, you know. There was
a lot of things he was saying you couldn't say.
No, he couldn't say. And I've got a great, I've
got an FCC attorney. I've got, people give me
great advice. Somebody should have given him
some advice. You have to be contrite. You have
to show that even though you're not... Rehabilitated
totally you're reformed and you accept your actions
and you're still working on them This is what
I'm gonna do to keep working on them over and
over and and I will add Abide by any other restriction
you want to put on me. I will welcome it bring
it on I will take it all because I'm accountable
now and I don't know if I'm mistaken I could
be wrong about this. I'm surprised there hasn't
been a very well -known father Somewhere along
the line here that's been you know publicly saying
it has there been anything from his parents or
anything like that because I haven't heard in
there somewhere They've been mute. Yeah, kind
of I mean makes you question a little bit doesn't
it? Listen that we could go down that rabbit
hole, but I just think about the young man. He's
how old is he? 22 or 23. He's so young. I mean
kid If I had a chance to look at him and talk
to him, I would just say stop Stop fighting this
you are trying to run into a wave. That's crashing
over you or Run away from the wave you should
run into the wave just get it over with rip the
band -aid off and then move on He's not moving
on he's trying to re litigate this over and over
again Yeah, and when it first came out I think
people were like okay like he's betting on games,
and then it was like oh well He's betting on
Indiana to win But I think when it came out that
he bet on their starting quarterbacks under in
passing yards in a game and then the next year
he bet on the under of Indiana to score points
in the first half. I think that's where it was
like it was already bad. I think but then it
was like proven that he was betting on his own
things that like insider trading. It's insider
information. There's it's the one thing in sports
that I think we all have basically universal
agreement on. We disagree on a lot of things.
You and I. Everybody involved in sports, but
the one thing I think we can all agree on that
we want it to be legitimate that there's no Conflict
of interest no shaving point exactly. I mean
the black socks I mean these are stories that
are as old as sports themselves and what comes
down to greed Greed you want something that you
don't have and it comes down to money money money
money and in our society We've now we've now
legislated gambling. We've now let legislate
I'll just tell you the best way you can gamble,
just give me your money. I'll take your money
and I'll tell you, you know, you look pretty
or look handsome or whatever. You're going to
get more out of that than putting it down on
something that the house mostly wins. There's
a reason why casinos are huge and they have lights
all over the place and music. It's because you're
paying for all of that when you go to a blackjack
table or a slot machine, you know. I'm just as
bad as everybody else. I mean, I play Powerball
and Mega Millions and Mega Bucks when it gets
to a certain point. Yeah, I mean, who wouldn't
want to have millions of dollars? You don't get
a chance to unless you play. But there are people
that lose their lives over... Gambling and it's
a really serious thing and there is that's honestly
a level of frustration I've had with this whole
thing is that they've sort of used that as a
sword and shield of like well But we're rehabilitating
a dream AJ. Oh, I agree You know, he's just a
guy that needs help and we want to help him.
It's like no there That's not what they're doing.
Your self interests are overriding that and that
was that was that was why that was a clown show
with that those five guys sitting around the
brain trust photo for that. Oh my gosh, it was
hilarious. So Coming up Travis Demers the mayor
of Rip City Micah Norrie is the new head coach
for the Blazers and He's it's a the the contract
is bizarre And we'll discuss that with the mayor
and no draft picks for the Blazers So it's gonna
be kind of muted unless there's gonna be a trade
the John is trade to Miami Vegas called it and
he did it in your face Because you thought it
was going to be boston. I thought it was going
to be boston I thought the blazers might get
a piece of that like jaylen brown or something
like that That's worth asking the mayor about
I think that's a great question It's interesting
how they weren't because it seems I think there's
something to be said about how much our lottery
picks worth at this point because I think that's
where the conversation has to be started because
the way that the lottery has changed and the
there's the um The bottom three teams have a
worse odds than the next I think it's like eight
or nine teams. Okay, so Looks like Miami or but
the Bucs decided hey, we'd rather take Picks
in this situation pick 13 tonight as well as
a couple of first -rounders in the future And
that could be if you're the number one odds team
you can end up at 10 I mean, there is no guarantee
at this point where you're going to end up in
the draft. So I find it very interesting. That's
the road they went down rather than getting Jalen
Brown and two first round picks. I mean, that
sounds like a really good place to start for
me. So I'm not super thrilled, honestly, on either
side with this. And that's why I thought the
Celtics had the better offer. But hey, the. Bucks
put their money where their mouth is and they
put their money on they weren't gonna play as
they got as much as they could possibly Exactly
for you honest cuz he was gonna leave anyway.
Yeah, I think there's a two ways look at it I
think the Jalen Brown route. It's like okay,
then you you're trying to win now again, right?
Like you get Jalen Brown right put your timelines
like three years back right and I think with
the route They took with hero and Jaime Hawkeyes
in the three first rounders. I think it's a complete
rebuild I told my in the also thing with the
heat. It's like so the heat now have two players
great defense can't really shoot I just saw a
report today from Windhorst that they're most
likely gonna lose Norman Powell unless he takes
a massive pay cut. That's huge for them. So he
said, he said, there's no way that he can afford
Powell unless he takes a pay cut to play with
them. That's awful for them. So then it's like,
the Heat now just have Bam Adebayo and... Davia
Mitchell, Wiggins, and then Minervaas. I told
my friends, we had the Splash Brothers, the Slash
Brothers, and now we have the Brick Brothers
and Bam Adebayo and Youngers. That's pretty good.
And by the way, Tyler Hero's still on. Miami
no one to the but you have a centerpiece if you
will of that trade even though he's a guy that
he can't he can't God bless him. He couldn't
defend my dearly parted great -grandmother Okay,
I mean and you're trading away Yanis who's one
of the best defenders in the NBA? So that's an
interesting bucks will be relevant a very interesting
trade. So well, so that's really the big news
Later on in the program. We're gonna talk we
talked about gambling We want to talk about this
two by two by two. We want to talk about Ronaldo
with two goals because he was a part of that
World Cup will use leave World Cup for the last
segment because we're almost up against time
here with the mayor of RIP City and Also, we
need to explain ourselves after our announcement
yesterday that yes on July 3rd There will be
the last Danny and Justin radio program And I
think people and that's literal there will be
no more Danny and Justin radio program But I
think we need to tease some other things I think
you're gonna be happy about that. So we will
discuss all of those things in the last segment.
Fox Sports Eugene, Fox Sports Newport, the Bigfoot
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with the silky smooth voice of your mayor, my
mayor, our mayor, Travis Demers of Rip City,
and the voice of the Blazers next on the Danny
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Danny and Justin radio program rolls on here
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draft starts and i think the consensus number
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541 -343 -5673 and welcome in our good friend,
the Mayor of Rip City. You can follow him on
the socials at Travis Demers. Mayor, how's the
lawn? You know, it's great. I actually did a
lot of work out there yesterday. It's looking
a lot more green. It's really coming along. That
a boy! A picture, please. So send us a picture
whenever you can. I will. Alright, beautiful.
I am redoing the caulk in my bathroom. That I
tell you what man, that is a pain in the neck
to do So are you all the all the all the old
stuff out? Oh, yeah, no, that's pain. So are
you are are you in there right now? I am actually,
okay Are you using like a Dremel tool for it
or are you just trying like to know? Home improvement
here. I've got a razor blade and I've got this
tool that's like a To you know scrape out. Yeah,
I'll come one end and then on the other end You
know make it smooth for when you put the new
stuff in. Yeah, so I also got that The Goo Gone
brand. Yes softened it up. Yeah, and That works
in a lot. Yeah, it does. Yeah, I mean it is it
is a pain in the neck and it is very tedious,
but You know, you gotta do what you gotta do.
Yeah, you know, you don't take on the easiest
projects, Mayor, but God bless you. Home improvement
here on the Danny Justin radio program see whatever
you want to get rid of those things those nasty
that the bad caulking that you have around things
that Do you got the mayor to help you out all
right? Well, we've got We we've got a new head
coach at least for a second In the Portland we'll
talk about this contract in a second, and I'm
sure he's probably a fine coach. He's been around
a little bit. Micah Norrie was announced today
as the head coach of the Blazers. He's got a
wild persona on the sideline, apparently. Grew
up in Middletown, Ohio. Coaching career started
with the Raptors. Four seasons under Dwayne Casey,
Sacramento in 2013. Michael Malone. He's worked
for some pretty interesting fellows as well,
including fellow assistant Chris Finch. So talk
your first impressions on this hire. Well. You
know, there are a lot of things that I've heard
about this guy that are great. His personality,
he's been around the league a long time. I talked
to someone, well I can just say it because it's
not a big deal. I talked to Chuck Swirsty, he
was the Bulls radio announcer last week when
he heard about this. He was asking me about Tiago
Splitters before the hire was announced. When
Chuck was in Toronto before he got the Bulls
job, Like you mentioned, Mike Inori was there
and Chuck got to know a little bit, said he's
a great guy. You know, glowing reviews. Everything
that I've heard about Mike Inori is that he is
a great guy. You know, mad scientist type. Sometimes
those guys can be a little, um, just to deal
with. It does not sound like that is his MO.
It sounds like everything there is, um, you know,
the personality. Really good dude. Um, so that's
great. And also, I don't know if you saw any
of this stuff, but he also has quite the baseball
pedigree in his family. No, I didn't hear this.
So his dad was a coach. So he actually played
baseball at Indiana, Indiana University. And
then he was an assistant there. He was actually
the hitting coach. for the Indiana Hoosiers in
2005 before he went to the Raptors. And his dad
is actually the one who recruited Kyle Schorber
to go play at Indiana. So there is a long baseball
history with Mike Inori before the basketball
stuff and along with the basketball stuff. Well,
I was about to say as well, I guarantee you he
knows kyle schorber I didn't even know about
that connection because my canor is from middletown
ohio as kyle schorber is as well So I I guarantee
they're familiar with each other there. Um, but
interesting i can be like, hey I shared an elevator
with Kyle Schorber in Houston back in March during
the World Baseball Classic, and I looked at him
and I said, that kind of looks like Kyle Schorber.
He is way too short to be Kyle Schorber. So I
looked it up and he's 5 '11". I'm like, God,
that is Kyle Schorber. No, he's a big man, but
not in height. He is a strong young man. But
I think this is an interesting situation with
Mike and Nori, obviously with the contract. I
know Danny wants to get that a little bit more.
But as much as anything for this team, isn't
it nice to have a situation now where it's kind
of settled like there was the Chauncey stuff
and then even at the end of the year, there was
a little bit of non -certainty about whether
or not Tiago Splitter was going to be back. But
now you got your guy and this team kind of just
move forward. Well, I mean, yes, there is still
a little bit of uncertainty in some ways obviously
the contract and we'll get into that but you
know Chelsea still employed so while yes, Mike
and or he is the head coach and You know, that's
not you know, that's not changing You know Chelsea
is still employed so that that he's still hanging
over their heads in that regard So, you know
that kind of just is what it is And by all accounts,
Michael Norrie was the guy who was on a number
of lists. He was on the Mavericks list before
they went with Dusty May, which I think is a
terrible decision. And because of that, that
kind of freed up Norrie to be the Trail Blazers
head coach. So I think a lot of things worked
out in the Blazers advantage in that some things
that... Maybe they didn't necessarily play it
the right way, but it worked out anyway, which
is awesome. And they got their guy and they can
they can move on and have a little bit of stability.
So we're with the mayor of Rip City. It's Travis
Somers on the Danny and Justin radio program.
Thanks for tuning in wherever and however on
the coast as well. Fox Sports Newport down here
in the Valley, Fox Sports Eugene. I do want to
talk about the contract. It's it just struck
me as just odd as. There aren't very many coaches
that will take a head coaching position unless,
you know, they're in interim status and they
know something's, you know, coming down the pike.
To sign a one -year deal, that's the only year
that's guaranteed with team options for the next
two years. So, I don't know. I mean, from the
outside looking in, is Mike Onori just saying,
you know, I want a head coaching job so bad that
I'll just take whatever I can get? It's easy
to look at it and say that okay. I don't know
him. I don't know what he's thinking So I can't
answer that for him, but considering his age
He's in his mid 50s, and he's been in these situations
before and has not gotten the head coaching job
You know if this is a situation where it's like
you know I'm getting old is this my last chance
do I got to take what I can get I'm gonna bet
on myself and win so I'm just gonna do it Yeah,
I can definitely be that see that being the situation.
I don't know what the money is. I haven't seen
that. Obviously, we've seen the reports about
the years and all of that. And if that's the
situation, I know if it was me and I'm in my
mid fifties and I finally have a chance to be
an NBA head coach. And they're going to say,
you've got one year to prove it. I'm betting
on myself and both the type of competitor that
he sounds like, you know, maybe he's willing
to do the same. And I like that about it. Yeah,
I 100 % agree with that. You got to bet on yourself
and sometimes it's it's you know Looking over
the the precipice looking over into the abyss
and wondering if you're gonna jump in and never
come back out again But yeah, you're given an
opportunity There's only you know a handful of
these jobs in any professional sport to be the
head coach So let's talk about what he has to
work with and right now Nope, no draft picks
for the Blazers tonight as of now, you know,
you never know what you know Trader Joe is gonna
do in this situation, but I doubt he's gonna
move into a draft situation So what is what does
Mike and Ori have to work with if the Blazers
kind of stay pat? I mean is this fit into I know
you haven't had a lot of time But does it kind
of fit into his style? I mean can he work with
these ingredients? Yeah, I think you can work
with anything You know the type of guy that he
is is your style sure he's worked with a number
of different head coaches He's been a number
of different situations But I don't know if you've
seen any of those videos where he has this layout
of what it takes to stop every single star in
the NBA. And that's good. You need that. You
need to be able to have those things to stop
the best players in the league. You got to be
able to play defense. And we see what defense
does. And yes, you have to win. You have to be
able to score and not make mistakes. But you
have to be able to stop the opponent. And when
the Blazers were at their best, it was because
of their defense. And some of that was because
of Chauncey Billups. Some of that was because
of Thiago Splitter and his staff. Some of that
was because of the guys that were there. So I
think those things are great. And you have the
length. You have the switchability. You have
the defense. All of that stuff. I would expect
there to be some movement on this roster, right?
I'd be really surprised if there is not. What
that means, I don't know exactly. But I would
expect, you know, was Giannis ever a real possibility?
I don't know. But he's off the table. Was Jalen
Brown ever a real possibility? I don't know.
Is he still? I don't know. But they're going
to do something. But for the sake of argument,
if they don't, the only players that are not
under contract for the upcoming season are Matisse
Ible, and Robert Williams III, and you get Dane
back. So you have basically the same team as
last year, which I think took a big step this
year, and I think will continue to take big steps.
I think getting some new eyes in there and new
voices is great. And now you add Dane to that
mix when one of the biggest areas of weakness
last year, if not the biggest, was shooting.
It's a better basketball team today than they
were last year, even if they do not make any
moves. And look no further than the Knicks to
see that sometimes get a new coach keeping a
lot of continuity. Obviously the Knicks did make
some changes, but for the most part. Pretty similar
team to what it was last year. You can make some
big steps. You mentioned the Yanis move and the
fact that the Blazers obviously had the Bucks
picks. There was a lot of reason to think the
Bucks might want the Blazers involved. I think
it actually raises a really interesting conversation.
What the Bucks did. They didn't go after Jalen
Brown. And I think it was reported to be a couple
of first round picks from Boston. They decided
to go the route of getting all the stuff, if
you will, from Miami plus. first round draft
pick this year. I believe it's 13 and then a
couple of first round picks. Yeah, thanks. A
couple of first round picks in the future. So
it makes me kind of wonder. Obviously, the lottery
odds are changing. There's going to be that relegation
zone. How do you think teams are viewing these
first round draft picks in the future and these
potential lottery picks? Because the Bucs decided,
hey, we're not going to get our own picks in
tank. We're going to take some other stuff and
some other teams picks. How do you think teams
are looking at these lottery selections now?
I don't think that now. I think that's a big
part of it. It's like until you've been in these
situations, you have a year or two of data. I
don't think you really know how to handle that.
Are they still valuable? Sure. Or do you have
as good of a chance to get a top, top level pick?
No, but you know, again, that's also like if
teams are really bad for an extended period of
time, right? But also now if these picks are
in the back end of the lottery, you've got a
greater chance. of moving up, which I think in
some ways it makes those 11 to 14 or 11 to 16
spots more valuable than they were. It devalues
the top level picks a bit, but now those late
lottery picks are more valuable than they were
before. It is the mayor of Rip City, Travis Demers,
joining us on the Danny and Justin radio program
live on the coast in Fox Sports Eugene as well.
Fox Sports Newport over there in the Newport
area, of course, KNCU. So. Let's turn our attention
to you know, the draft itself, you know tonight
Washington's got that first pick looks like Trey
Young is gonna be there for a while So I mean,
yeah, it looks like to me anywhere, you know
four years two or twelve million dollars I don't
know how you're gonna move off of that. He's
27 years old No, I saw a wind horse say today
that the only way they'd be able to move him
is if they traded him and pick one I saw that,
and he's not wrong. In fact, if Ryan Winkhorst,
who does not give any controversial takes about
anything, comes out and says that, that tells
you exactly what you need to know. On your point
earlier about the Wizards screwing it up, I saw
a video today from, what, 2011, you know, right
at the draft, where it's like, you know, Jay
Billis is talking about how, you know, the Wizards
could potentially be allowed to take Kawhi Leonard,
and they'd take John Vesely instead, like...
That's the Wizards. It always has been. So, I
mean, the consensus number one is this kid from
BYU, right? Yeah, Devansa. Devansa. I mean, is
he that good? Yeah. I mean, do you think he's
a franchise -type centerpiece type of player?
Maybe. Maybe. You know, I mean, you know, the
kids from Kansas, Aaron Peterson, there are questions
about, you know, what he's driving, his character,
and all that stuff, but, you know, there was
that stuff about Ace Bailey last year, too, and
he still, you know, went with a pretty good pick.
I'm not as dialed in with the draft this year
for a couple of reasons, one of them being the
Blazers don't have a pick, so, you know, I haven't,
like, really dove in that way, and also we're
not doing a draft show, so I'm not, like, all
in the way that I usually am. Usually I'm, you
know, all about the NBA draft. But, you know,
by all accounts, it's a good draft, a really
good draft. But we've also, we've heard that
before, and sometimes it works out and sometimes
it doesn't. So, yeah, I think we know that, you
know, Peterson and DeVance are probably going
to be the guys that go early in this draft. Will
there be trades? We've seen a couple of big trades
in the NBA the last couple of days. I think you'll
see more tonight. To me, that's more intriguing
than what we're going to see with the picks.
because I think this year that's the more important
thing right now is what players that can contribute
today are gonna end up on different teams by
the end of the night. So I've been looking at
a lot of mock drafts. Justin's gonna be probably
just shocked at this and I pulled the last one
that I looked at right now. It's just what drew
me immediately, like in a lot of mock drafts,
the first 11 players coming off the board, all
freshmen. I mean, are we just going to start
rolling strollers up and, you know, having binkies
on the sidelines? Because it's like it's young,
young, really young players coming into the league.
I mean, has that been a trend, Travis, in recent
years? Yeah. I mean, that's just kind of how
it's been. We looked at the last handful of drafts.
I mean, the one difference that you just mentioned
that is different from the last few years is
the lack of internationals this year. You don't
have the international guy. But you look at the
international players, whether it be Wembe or
other guys that were 20 years old or 19 years
old. It's been that way because the players that
go do the one and done thing, they're generally
the more talented players. And if you're talking
about a guy who's been in college for two, three,
four years, now he's 21, 22 years old instead
of 19 or 20 and you're getting an older player
who probably is... you know, going to be the
guy that he's going to be without as much improvement.
And, you know, the guys that come out right away,
those are generally the more talented players.
The guy that's fascinating in this conversation
is Yaxle Lenderborg, of course, from the Michigan
Wolverines. Dusty May, his head coach, is now
going to be a head coach of the Mavericks because
he's... gonna be 24 years old, but he's so good.
He's like one of the rare prospects where I think
teams are looking at him like, OK, like maybe
he's he's still worth it to get regardless of
that. I think also fans should look out for the
second round, which, by the way, is going to
be tomorrow. They split it up into two days.
I think that it should be interesting to see.
I completely agree. Not everything has to be
the NFL draft, but I think it's interesting how
the guys that basically typically would have
been second round picks. A lot of them have gone
back to college. They're taking these NIL. Deals,
I think it's actually thinned out a lot of the
second round I kind of want to bring the Blazers
back into this because we had Chris Burkhardt
on was it last week? Yes It was last Friday and
we and I asked him about the draft and the potential
of the Blazers moving into it and he gave a great
answer of One of the reasons why of course everybody
knows Blazers have a harder time getting free
agents Doesn't it make sense in theory for the
Blazers too? I mean, they don't have a ton of
like cap problems or anything like that They're
not gonna be running into the luxury tax, but
in theory wouldn't it potentially make sense?
to make a move into the first round at some point?
The first round or the second round? First round.
Okay, so, no, I don't think so. I don't think
there's anything wrong with what Chris said.
I think in a lot of years, yes, right? But if
you're gonna do that, obviously you have to give
something up and you have future picks and things
like that. If you're going to do that, it better
be for someone that you love and you have to
have this guy. If it's just... for a guy that,
you know, you're taking a flyer on. You think,
oh, baby, you don't do that. You're not giving
up future assets. And it's not necessarily that
you're giving up future picks that could really
be good for you. You're giving up currency. And
with this team that is trying to make a jump,
the currency is more important than taking a
flyer on a guy when, at this point, you don't
have the roster spaces anyway. Like I said, you've
got two open roster spots. First round picks
are guaranteed money. So are you going to draft
somebody in the back end of the first round that
is just going to sit and develop with a roster
spot when that's currency that you can use in
another deal later down the line to maybe get
someone who can help now? No, you're not going
to do that. The other part of that is, OK, well,
you could draft someone that you think is going
to be ready to play and compete right now. OK,
well, if that's the case, You're giving up more
to get that guy. You're not getting him at 27.
You probably have to get him at 10 or 14 or something
like that. So in some years, you know, also depending
on the roster situation, like I said, yes, it
makes sense. I don't think it makes any sense
to do that this year. It doesn't mean they won't.
But I think the way that we tend to look at that
from the Blazers perspective, I don't think this
is the year that we see them do that. Alright
mayor last question for you and we can't get
let you go without getting your opinion on the
Yanis trade And I'll ask it this way is Miami
better than Boston now with this trade. No, okay
I've got a better question. Okay. Is Miami better
than the Bucks were? with the honest Yeah, probably
because you look at what the Bucks were with
you know with the honest Okay, yeah, Bobby Portis,
who is at the end of his career, you know, he
is a role player. He's a good guy to have on
your team, but at this point, he is absolutely
a role player. Bam Adebayo is better than any
player that the Bucs had. So that alone is better
than what the Bucs were. Norm Dowell had a terrific
year last year. Davion Mitchell. He's pretty
good, but there's a reason why Sacramento got
rid of him as quickly as they did. He's also
a role player. If he is starting for you, that's
a problem. I just don't think they have any depth.
And the depth that they have, we've seen how
important depth is in the NBA playoffs. Are they
better than the Celtics? No, they're not better
than the Knicks. They're not better than the
Cavs as they're currently constructed. They're
not better than the Pistons. Miami just gave
up a lot of guys. to go maybe have a home court
advantage in the first round. That's dangerous.
You want to talk about stepping on a tightrope.
That is exactly what Pat Riley did with Miami.
He wants to hit it out of the park. You know,
you made the splash. So we'll see how it all
shakes out. Mayor, as always, Bud, it's a pleasure
to catch up with you, get a few home improvement
tips, some lawn tips, and then we talk NBA. You're
the best, buddy. I appreciate you guys. I'm always
here. There he is. We can hear him in his bathroom.
Get back to scraping that caulking. You know,
can you hear me scraping this stuff? I can actually.
I'm not distracted, I promise. When we come back
we'll talk about the two by two by two and a
cash out at 90 to one here on the Danny and Justin
radio program. Feel like I'm at a rave I just
took something I shouldn't be in like the 2000s
Can you can confirm or deny What does it what
does a rave sound like in? 2026 for you young
people not this a lot more house music. That's
what I was thinking It was a good try though
Danny Just lost my train of thought because I've
got my wife texting me while I'm on the air So
I can't answer it right now. So let's talk about
this. We were talking about gambling before All
right. Yeah, right in stores be right and then
we've got we've got something that you know just
Comes across, you know comes across the the wire
here about This has actually happened twice now
messy Holland and who's the other one the third
one and bop it and bop a There's a they all play
on the same day. They all play on the same day
So there's a there was a prop bet out there that
each one of them scored two goals so all three
of them have to score two goals a piece and It
was like at 98 to 1 odds. It is hit twice the
first time some guy cashed out like $77 ,000
and so if you don't know how gambling works if
I bet a dollar It I'd win 90 so you bet $10 you
win 900 you bet $100 you win 9 ,000 just do the
math 90 to 1 odds and then it's hit twice. Well,
it's the one that makes you mad right because
it happened that first time It's like wow two
goals from each of these guys. That's amazing.
And then it happens again You're like, huh, like
maybe could have put $10 on that like wouldn't
have been much of a commitment I could have made
like a bunch of money and then dumb. Oh, I was
gonna say what? Do you wanna go or no you you
what's your I saw the one this morning? I might
be stealing your thunder here where some guy
did the same one and they added Ronaldo right
who goals and it was five dollars for 2100 and
he cashed out for $15 total Total what's why
would you do that? Well, because you're not sure
that one leg is gonna hit it's a $5 commitment.
I know I know I know I know It gives you something
to root for I don't understand that at all. I
mean we could be talking to the person who cashed
out. No First of all, he wouldn't bet. Yeah I
was down in Vegas one time. I literally had to
like plead with him I was like listen, I'm gonna
go ahead and place and it was like a $20 Wager
on something and we were at Coquille. No, no,
no, but before that I was down in I was down
in Vegas You were down in Vegas. Yeah, yeah,
I was down there. I was on the phone with you
I said listen, I'll just I'll put something fun
down so I can give you some entertainment sitting
at home You're not gonna take any risk because
it's my money. Yeah, so and it was it was alright
We did I was something for probably baseball
because that's I'm normally down there Two times
a year when I was doing that kind of stuff I
have to be dragged into it a little bit But this
is one of those ones that I just sat there I
was like, you know what I could have committed
$10 toward this so There you go. Maybe I'm maybe
I'm hooked now. I mean the next Brendan Soresby.
Sorry, I shouldn't go there So Ronaldo finally
woke up he did after ten international matches
He finally scored a goal then he scores two against
Uzbekistan of all teams So now he's up to ten
goals all time which puts him tied for Six or
seventh, I believe so he responds to Lino Messi
who has basically shut the door on the goat case
which Rinaldo and him were fighting for years
and years So and you know, Portugal is a really
good team So they needed to see a win like this
So it's definitely gonna be interesting to see
how they continue this going forward because
as I said the stars are starring So well not
doing very well England and Ghana nil nil 87th
minute in Group L Does this mean it probably
means more for Ghana than it does for England
right now? It means a lot for Ghana because They're
tied for second and they won their first game
So they have three points with a goal differential
of one in croatia has zero points and their goal
differential is negative two So if they if this
ends up the way it is gana will move through
then right, right? There's a third game, right?
So if they tie as possible the three teams can
make it out of the group as well I I think basically
what it means is that croatia even if they win
won't have as many points as gana got it So and
that's where the next knock knockout round you're
going to get a more favorable draw The better
you are coming out of your pool, and I think
I think coming into this one England was certainly
favored to just outright win it so getting a
point out of that It was big for Ghana. Ghana
had two on their own not done yet. So winner
advances to the knockout round Yeah, so it doesn't
say what happens if they tie at nil nil They'll
have each the top two England and Ghana will
have four points. Okay, so Ghana has had three
really good opportunities to score a goal England
just hit the crossbar and then Harry Kane shot
it in the third row You got to be careful though
with these matches sometimes though because that
was exactly what was happening with Germany and
Ivory Coast where Ivory Coast had this like beautiful
opportunity that I talked about yesterday and
they passed it up didn't shoot it and then Seconds
later it felt like Germany scores in the 90th
minute now They win instead of it being this
great Ivory Coast story all of a sudden if these
big clubs know how to do this I would not be
surprised if Italy put down a goal or sorry Italy
Italy hasn't been in the World Cup for three
World Cups now But for England if they wouldn't
be surprised if they put down a goal here in
the next stoppage time So I just have to ask
for right now. Are you gonna have to be in a
support group after the World Cups? Are you gonna
be depressed a little bit after the World Cups
over? No, I especially if it ended the way that
did last time. I just remember being so like
thrilled and just fulfilled it's just so fulfilling
to me and it's got to end some point right like
yeah I want to use this to get more into MLS
get more into the premier league exactly. I never
had a premier league That's kind of the tough
thing if you're a fan in the United States where
it's like I just don't know who to root for I
like players I always like messy so it's been
great to watch him for Argentina But I kind of
get the idea of like rooting for a team and that's
great But I want to root for somebody you know
that England header was literally two inches
from going in yeah, and then Harry Kane missed
did y 'all hear about the Gahanian witch doctor
no really quick Nanook awaku Banzam has vowed
to put a curse on Harry Kane for Tuesday's game.
He's quoted. I'm working on Harry Kane I've shown
them what I'm capable for so I know what I know
what work I must do to stop him and apparently
in 2014 He put a curse on Ronaldo and Ronaldo
got injured in the game in the World Cup Crazy
all right, thank you for bringing that up wait
a second hold on the dad joke for a second So
we made an announcement yesterday or I may be
announcement with with baby J that on July 3rd
at the graduate will be doing a big pre classic
show we're gonna have a ton of guests I recent
you the guest list by the way so you've got it
and then we're gonna go one to four and that'll
be our last show for Danny and Justin I just
want I just want to let people know there's gonna
be an announcement next week I'm gonna make on
this radio program we've got nine shows left
we want to help celebrate we're gonna give you
guys a chance to say hi to us okay we'll go up
to Laura what after the last show You're gonna
like what comes next I'm just gonna say it that
way We are not abandoning local radio That's
all I can say. Mm -hmm. Okay, so Yes, Danny and
Justin's going away nine shows left. I'm gonna
do a countdown every day till we do the last
one. Here we go Oh a joke. I Got fired from the
bank today woman asked me to check her balance.
So I pushed her dad jokes Can I get two in a
row? You got one? No way. Yep. Yeah, he did.
He was so proud of himself. Very happy. Very
proud of himself. Which school subject was a
witch's favorite? Which school subject was a
witch's favorite? Do not say anything. No. I
don't know it. I don't know it. Okay, I'm not
gonna get too narrow. I was gonna say science?
No, probably not science. Probably the opposite
of science. No, it's spelling. Uh, you know what?
So which is favorite subject is spelling. Uh,
you know what that is? That does make sense.
That adds up. That adds up. All right, tomorrow
on the program, we've got... Jacob Archer. Jacob
Archer, voice of the M's. Is he in studio tomorrow?
He is gonna be in studio. Awesome. Homestand
again, obviously. If Jacob is in studio, the
M's are playing at PK Park. So hang on, kids.
Thursday... We're gonna have the general. We're
gonna talk a lot of pre -classic and things coming
up at Hayward Field and on Friday, Tyson Alger.
Yep. A big World Cup day on Friday. Absolutely.
So we'll talk to Tyson, who's covering it up
front and in person. Hawk on the controls. Baby
J to my right. I'm Doc. Thanks for lending us
your ears.