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I love growing the game. I can guarantee you,

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any other West Coast team that's watching this,

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I'm sure USC is gnashing their teeth right now

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saying, how come we couldn't have thought of

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this first? Interesting guests. Kelly Graves,

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Mike Parker, Coach Mark Waszkowski, Melissa Lombardi,

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Max Torres, El Toro, joining us. Sharp opinions.

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I think if you're a supporter of the NBA, that

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you should at least have some level of interest

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in the WNBA, because the things that interest

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you as a NBA fan should still interest you as

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a WNBA fan. and some smiles. Can you guess what

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position I played in football? Left out? No,

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I did not. Yeah, exactly. I had to think about

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that for a second. But yes, actually, I did not

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play. I was not big enough. Goose tried to kill

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me today on the golf course. Advanced warning

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was given. It just apparently was not heard.

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I will dispute that in a court of law. It's Danny

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Havell. If you're driving and you're trying to

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do this in your head, pull off the side of the

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road. I don't need any accidents. Justin Grossweiner.

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I love to hear coach go, we're going to focus

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on that bad four game stretch the rest of the

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season. season. We'll never do that again. That

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might be a good point. I don't know. Maybe you

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can do that. Maybe that's another strategy. Danny

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and Justin starts now on Fox Sports Eugene and

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Fox Sports Newport. Hello neighbors. Welcome.

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Hight out the Delta Trad in the Crystal Palace.

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This is the Danny and Justin radio program live

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from the Bigfoot Beverages Studios Fox Sports

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Eugene Fox Sports Newport it is Beautiful outside

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and welcome into a Tuesday program man. We are

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packed We've got four shows left in the Danny

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and Justin radio program We wrap everything up

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on Friday from the graduate where we will be

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talking a lot of pre -fontaine classic we're

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gonna have a couple of surprise guests as well

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but a lot of athletes down there we invite you

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to join us there and then the after party at

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laura wood we will be there for the after party

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at 4 30 where you can join us and kind of just

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like kibitz we can we can kind of hold each other

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for a second There's going to be fun stuff. I

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want you to tune in tomorrow. I'm glad you're

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tuned in today, but I want you to tune in tomorrow

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to the program, The Danny and Justin Radio Show.

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We're going to have a very special announcement

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tomorrow on this program in the last segment.

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So I want to encourage you to stay around today,

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tomorrow, and that's Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday,

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Friday. Right. And then we end it all on Friday.

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But I think I'm gonna give you some and it all

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I'm doc you can follow us on the socials Danny

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and Justin and also wherever you platform all

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of your you know podcasts or music or whatever

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We're on everything. It's the same thing. It's

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Danny and Justin fast 60 minutes, but of course

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that's not gonna mean anything after Friday So

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I don't know why I keep talking about that. I'm

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I'm Danny right over there It's my tag team partner

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our own Jag Corps Justin Alexander Chris winner

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Well, I'm thrilled it's NBA offseason, which

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means that there's just like notifications coming

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in and out and we have Running up and down the

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hallway when I was on the phone on a business

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call and you were like no That was my initial

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reaction to the Jamarant trade I could not believe

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what I just saw Kawai got traded to the Raptors.

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It makes me kind of just go like Day seven years

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ago wasn't kawaii going to the Raptors kind of

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expected a bit uh Unloading some salary and going

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back home for him because that's kind of horn

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for him because home for him is la Okay, where

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did he win his ring? He won his ring in toronto.

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Okay, and then immediately said oh this situation

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Championship situation. I think i'd like to leave

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now. He's he lebron. That is what he did. Well,

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right he did He LeBron did he's like I want my

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rings. Bye. Yeah, I mean maybe that second time

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with the with the calves That was a bit of a

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LeBron for sure and I have my thoughts on LeBron.

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We talked about those yesterday So Golden State,

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it's hey LeBron to be doing things too. Absolutely

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We're gonna have the mayor of rip city travestis

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on us on us on our program here in just a few

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minutes and Then the godfather Matt Dompe. So

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just so you know We're we're pulling in these

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guests this week's because we want to celebrate

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The people that started with us when we started

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this program almost two years ago So yeah, it

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might not be it's like why are you talking about

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this? Like we're gonna have George Reister on

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Friday and we're gonna have Angie Machado and

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Our friend Kelly Graves on this week. We're gonna

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have max Torres on this week. These are people

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that invested in us and so yeah we try Justin

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right we try and make sure this program is is

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like audience sensitive in terms of you know

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we we could talk Cubs and Packers all day long

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we could we could we don't because that's not

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what the fan base here wants to listen to by

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the way we didn't even mention it the other day

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I was at the Savannah Bananas and I'm a purist

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when it comes to baseball I really am I had a

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blast at the Savannah Bananas at Austin Stadium.

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It is literally entertainment and it was still

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competitive baseball. They were not like phoning

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it in. It was 89 miles an hour down the middle

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of the plate and they were, they wanted to win.

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But the way the format was set up, it was literally,

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you don't want to go get a beer or a hot dog.

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You want to stay right there in your seat. It

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was awesome the fan experience. I will remember

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that you said you're a baseball purist when we

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talked to the godfather Why because we talked

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to him about rules and different things. I always

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do that abs and all that So, I mean the game

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evolves and this is this is not the harlem globetrotters

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No, whatever reference anybody says to that.

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It's not that so all right, so we got the godfather

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coming up But let's head on over and actually

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on zoom our dear friend. It's travestis who is

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Perked up. Joining us, the mayor of Rip City,

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you can follow him on the socials, at Travis

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Simmers, joins us here on the Danny and Justin

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radio program. So, anything going on in Blazorland

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right now that we need to talk about? Well, I

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guess it depends on who you ask, because to some,

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there's a lot going on. To others, there's nothing

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going on. It's... It's crazy, man. Can I divert

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for a second, though, because I watched some

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of the banana ball down at Alton on TV the other

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day? Yeah. I'm like you. I'm kind of a baseball

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purist. I'm realizing, though, that I'm less

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of a baseball purist than I thought. Like, if

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you're wanting to watch a baseball game, you're

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not going to want to go watch the Savannah Bananas.

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They're two totally different things. Like, I

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want pizza. I'm not going to have a Chicago -style

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pizza. They're two completely different products

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that shouldn't be compared. Love that reference,

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by the way. Love that. OK. So I think it's fun.

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Why not? Have a good time. Who cares? Have you

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seen a Bananas game? Because this is the first

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time they were in Oregon, by the way. Not in

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person. I mean, I've seen plenty of them on TV.

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I know they just sold out Kyle Field and Neyland

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Stadium and now Otzen. And I mean, people love

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it. They are printing money. in that organization

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can you compartmentalize that for you as being

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like me a baseball piercing goal you know what

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i'm not going in this with any other expectation

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of just go have fun yeah i mean think about this

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right like you go back to the 90s remember the

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old rock and jock softball games and the basketball

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games that had like the 25 point shot and like

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roger mcdowell doing all his weird crap on the

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mat it's the same thing it's just it's more organized

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and consistent and If people are enjoying it

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and it's not affecting anything that you're watching

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like why do you care so much? Yeah, I don't get

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that either. So the Blazers they make their big

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move Robert Williams the third he's back How

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about that? Yeah. Yeah, that's that's a big move

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at this point It's just reported but I think

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it's awesome. I love Robert Williams the third

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as as a basketball player He's one of the best

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people I've ever been around to basketball I

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know that Joe Cronin really wanted him back,

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and I know that he wanted to be here. So what

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he said at the exit interviews was that he wants

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to be here, and he knows it's a business, and

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he'll let his agent figure it out. The reports

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were about $15 million a year. That's about what

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he got. He got about $14 million. So the expectation

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of what people thought he would get is right

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around what he ended up getting. three years

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locked in. He was tremendous on this team last

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year, and I'm I'm so glad he's back. Yeah, I

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think that was one that was not expected. I think

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there was definitely the interest around the

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league. And of course, I say it a little tongue

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in cheek because there was, of course, the other

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big move from yesterday. John Morant officially

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traded to the Trailblazers. It's a it's it's

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a it's a one you have to wrap your hand around

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right because you think about the fit him and

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dame How it's gonna work with the other guards

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or dunk your head in the toilet bowl By the way

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possible to have that many guards one thing we

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talked about with with coach Kelly Graves You

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can't have too many guards in college. I think

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in the NBA. It's a little bit different There's

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times where you just have too many guys that

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need the ball How do you see this all working

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with John Marant now in the fold? Yeah, it's

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it's fascinating because this this was shocking

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In 20 plus years of being around and covering

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this organization, I don't know that I've been

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more shocked about a deal coming through. If

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you would have looked at this team in December,

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January, early February, nobody would have said

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they had too many guards, right? They played

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for 30 plus games without a point guard. Yeah.

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So that's important, right? You got to have enough

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guys to play the position. Obviously, injuries

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matter. Can you ever have too much centers, too

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many centers? No. The more that I see commentary

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about this, in terms of the basketball fit, forgetting

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all of the things off of the floor, those exist.

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But in terms of this conversation, forgetting

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about those for a minute, Scoot Henderson has

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kind of developed into a guy who is really good

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playing off the ball, right? Damien Lillard can

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play off the ball, and at this stage of his career

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with his usage how it's been, he's gonna play

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off the ball. Drew Holliday is not a... standard

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natural point guard. The only guard of those

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guys who is a point guard and is not going to

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play other positions is John Moran. So in theory,

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you can have John Moran on the floor with any

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of those guards and be able to play a two guard

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lineup or have any of the other two guards on

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the floor together. That's not even talking about

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shading sharp, right? If you have five guards,

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one of them is definitely locked into one position.

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One of them is definitely locked into the other

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position. And then you have three other guards

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who can mix into those two positions and maybe

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sometimes placing three guard lineups, depending

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on what happens. And you've got to think about

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John Marantz played 70 plus games in the last

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three years. Damien Lillard's coming off of Achilles

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surgery. Drew Holliday is coming off of injuries.

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Scoot Henderson and Shane Sharp, they're all

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coming off of injuries. So the odds that all

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of those guys are going to be available for,

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let's just say, 70 games, 60 games, it's not

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great. So that being said, you really can never

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have too many guards, as long as you have your

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other positions covered, too. And I think this

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team had a lot of wings. They just traded two

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of them. So how do you fill some of those gaps?

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Pardon me. It's Travis Demers joining us the

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mayor of RIP City. You can follow him on the

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socials at Travis Demers He has a bobblehead

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collection. That is stellar He also has so by

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the way over your left shoulder. Is that Landon

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or Lincoln that drew that? It's the other left.

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Oh, sorry. No Lawson he drew that when he was

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two He made this when he was in preschool that

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kids artwork up all over the house, man. It is

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everywhere. My office is kind of a disaster right

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now. I'm in the process of cleaning it out, but

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there is kids' artwork everywhere. He joins us

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here, and the best perspective we can get on

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the Blazers as we move forward, and I want to

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stay on John Marant, because to me, this is almost

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like an un -Joe Cronin -like move. And I just

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kind of want to explore it a little bit because

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I threw out the theory that One this is obviously

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not the last move because of what you gave up

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and Because there's only one basketball and we

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haven't even talked about Denny Avia in this

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whole thing because You know with Dane coming

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back and we know he's coming back next year and

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with Shaden or scoot and now you throw You know

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John Moran. There's only one basketball so Travis,

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I'll just throw it out to you. I mean, is this

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the first move? Is this the pawn being moved

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into the middle of the chessboard, the opening

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move, and that there is going to be something

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that's going to be bigger coming up for the Blazers,

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in your opinion? It's possible. But every time

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that I thought one move was a precursor to another

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in the last couple of years, it wasn't. Like,

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okay, well, they did this, so something has got

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to fall to make this work. and it hasn't. So

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if they believe this can work, there's gotta

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be something else in some way, right? You have

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to fill out the roster, you still have the mid

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-level exception, you have money to spend. So

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there has to be something, but I don't know if

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it's a big something, right? Because if you have

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Damien Oller, Drew Holiday, John Marantz, Scoot

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Henderson, Shaden Sharp in your backcourt, right?

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Then you have Danny Avdia and Tumani Kamara.

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You have Donovan Klingon, you have Robert Williams

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III. OK, that's nine. Are you playing with a

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nine -man rotation? Is Matisse Theidelbeck? I

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don't know. You still have C .D. Sissoko. I'm

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sure there's somebody else that I'm forgetting

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right now, and probably a couple of them, because

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my brain's a little fried at the moment. But

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that gives you nine, 10, 11 serviceable, legitimate

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rotation players on an NBA team, many of whom

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were all -stars. And a couple of them are Hall

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of Famers. Now, they're at different points of

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their career. But you think about Dame, Drew,

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Ja, Daddy. They've all been all -stars, right?

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And Robert Williams III has played in NBA finals.

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Drew Holiday has won two championships. You're

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putting things together. And just because the

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pieces don't exactly line up the way that you

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think they do, this isn't the final product,

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right? And if you look at throughout history

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how teams have come together, Sometimes it's

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one move, right? Like you look at the Pistons,

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the Mark McGuire, Adrian Dantley move that pushed

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him over the top, right? You go back to that.

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That's one move that took a really good team

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and now made them a dominant champion. Right

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now, that's obviously isn't 35, 37 years ago.

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But sometimes when you have all of these pieces

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together and you figure out what works, that

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makes some of the redundancy show you what is

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gonna work better and then gives you an opportunity

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to go pursue that. They don't have to be championship

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ready today right now, but this gives you another

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opportunity to evaluate and see how you can get

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there. So dovetailing off of that point, the

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Blazers have nine first round picks between 2027

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and 2033. Nine. first round picks. Now obviously

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the Blazers did not have a first round pick.

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They didn't have a pick in the draft this this

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past year. They gave all those away and one of

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them was you know one that went to Chicago. So

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isn't Joe Cronin having like a bank that he can

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kind of use to be able to maneuver through this

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and get the team he envisions and wants? Yes

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absolutely and I know a lot of folks are frustrated

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that the Blazers didn't have their pick this

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year. But what it does is it now unlocks the

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near future, right? Because if the Blazers kept

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their pick this year, they would have had two

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more years of not being able to trade a pick.

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So they would not have been able to trade their

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own first round pick until the 2030 NBA draft.

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Now they can trade their 2028 first round pick

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and. Obviously, because they didn't have a pick

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this year, they can't trade next year's first

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round pick. But there are swaps there. They have

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the swaps with Milwaukee. They have the Bucs

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picks. They have the Magic pick that they got

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from Memphis in last year's draft to move back

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when they picked up Young -Honson. That's currency.

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And that currency might have been devalued a

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little bit because of the way that the lottery

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structure has changed. But it's still currency.

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And you look at these deals. What do the Knicks

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need to go get Mikel Bridges? A lot of first

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round picks. Was it five? Mikel Bridges was a

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big reason why they just won the NBA championship.

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They did not draft a single player in their starting

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five. All those guys were traded for. That's

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crazy. I didn't know that. That's crazy. You

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have to have the ability to go get what you need.

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And you look at recent champions and recent teams

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who have been in the final. Yes, Wemby on the

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Spurs was drafted, but you look around at big

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players like De 'Aaron Fox. They went and got

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him in a trade the year before. Shea Gillis Alexander,

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trade. Therese Halliburton, trade. You don't

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have to. Draft the way that you used to because

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of the way that things are structured and the

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way that teams can't quite hold on to their players

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anymore. So, Danny Avdia was your best player

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last year. You went and got him in a trade. Mm

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-hmm. David Hilder, technically, is a free agent

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signing, right? You just got John Moran. Yeah,

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you, Tumana Kamara was homegrown, but you also

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got him in a trade. Donovan Klingon drafted.

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Robert Williams III, trade. There isn't one format,

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one blueprint, one way to do it. So in order

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to go get that guy that you think puts you over

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the top like the Raptors just did again getting

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Kawhi Leonard it already worked once you need

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currency and for a lot of teams first round picks

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is that currency and now they have a boatload

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of them and you're going to use that currency

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to emphasize the identity of your team right

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and you're going to try to figure that out and

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like you said earlier they've got all these guards

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and they don't have to be a championship team

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today even if they go into the regular season

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with Most of these guards I think you're going

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to figure it out, right? And they didn't commit

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a lot of capital to get jamma rant And his contract

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isn't very long. It's I believe a two -year contract

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worth two more years Yeah, two more years same

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with jeremy grant though. That's the whole thing

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Do you have to go all in on him and you mentioned

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a great point earlier? He's probably the only

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one of those guards that has to be the the point

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guard the one the lead guard If it works, I mean

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you're talking about a guy that's a superstar

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potentially You don't know if you have that But

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do you have the ability to kind of decide whether

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or not you want to go all in on him, depending

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on how it works? Yeah, yeah. And, you know, the

00:20:01.160 --> 00:20:04.519
thing about Jah, we all talk about his his issues,

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right? The stuff that's kept him out of games.

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Sure. The stuff that's gotten him suspended.

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Yeah. When's Jah ever had a grown up in the room

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around him? So that's Dame, right? That's Dame.

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Yeah. But I mean, yes, the. The Grizzlies went

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out and got a veteran Marcus Smart a couple of

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years ago because they thought that Marcus Smart

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is going to be the veteran in the room. Yeah,

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sorry. We're all laughing. Dylan Brooks isn't

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a veteran. Now he has Damien Lillard and Drew

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Holliday right there. Two of the best humans

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in the NBA. We're as much cache at that position

00:20:41.180 --> 00:20:44.640
as anybody in the league right now. So you hope

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that that will. help get him on track. Because

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to your point about him being a superstar, John

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was a superstar. He put 27 points a game in his

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second year. He's never been a three point shooter.

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He's a career 31 % guy. His best year ever was

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like 34 .8 % or something like that, right? But

00:21:02.509 --> 00:21:05.369
he is incredibly athletic, or at least he was.

00:21:05.549 --> 00:21:07.609
He can get to the rim, he can drive. And when

00:21:07.609 --> 00:21:09.890
you have a number of players that can drive and

00:21:09.890 --> 00:21:12.190
collapse the defense, and that's what the Blazers

00:21:12.190 --> 00:21:13.569
have done, obviously, it'll be different with

00:21:13.569 --> 00:21:16.240
Mike Inori, but Drive and kick, get threes, get

00:21:16.240 --> 00:21:18.400
into the paint, paint touch, kick, get a three.

00:21:18.640 --> 00:21:20.559
You got to have guys that can shoot. Yeah. Right?

00:21:20.740 --> 00:21:24.759
You got one. Yeah. Dane. Tumani Kamara has, when

00:21:24.759 --> 00:21:26.740
he's consistent, is a very good three -point

00:21:26.740 --> 00:21:28.599
shooter. But you probably need to go get another

00:21:28.599 --> 00:21:32.920
shooter. So in terms of Ja, if he's given you

00:21:32.920 --> 00:21:37.759
that 20 points a night, taking less threes, driving,

00:21:38.240 --> 00:21:42.619
generating free throws, mid -range jumpers, and

00:21:42.619 --> 00:21:47.380
he's dishing out assists to shooters, or drive,

00:21:47.759 --> 00:21:50.099
collapse the defense, kick to Denny, pump fake,

00:21:50.140 --> 00:21:52.700
all these things, pick and roll. And think about

00:21:52.700 --> 00:21:57.819
the lob game with John Morant and Donovan Klingon,

00:21:57.900 --> 00:22:00.440
or Robert Williams III, or Shade and Sharper,

00:22:00.460 --> 00:22:03.720
any of these guys. They have to pick which path

00:22:03.720 --> 00:22:05.819
they're going to go, right? But I think there

00:22:05.819 --> 00:22:09.279
are options in terms of what that path is. You

00:22:09.279 --> 00:22:10.980
just don't know what they are until you start

00:22:10.980 --> 00:22:13.160
to see it develop a little bit. All right, but

00:22:13.160 --> 00:22:18.839
we're gonna let you go Well fine Well, you got

00:22:18.839 --> 00:22:21.539
to get the you got to get the room ready for

00:22:21.539 --> 00:22:24.279
Lincoln and Lawson and then you also have to

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You're done with the bathroom by the way. No,

00:22:26.700 --> 00:22:28.880
I still I still have to finish actually if I

00:22:28.880 --> 00:22:30.700
still have to apply the caulk It's all taped

00:22:30.700 --> 00:22:33.119
up ready to go. I saw the tape I showed it to

00:22:33.119 --> 00:22:35.400
my wife to dry in there and then I can go get

00:22:35.400 --> 00:22:38.539
that done So last time with you on the Danny

00:22:38.539 --> 00:22:40.759
and Justin radio program, dude, you have been

00:22:41.069 --> 00:22:44.690
so good to us, and you're on the road, you're

00:22:44.690 --> 00:22:48.390
calling from hotels, buses, airports. I can't

00:22:48.390 --> 00:22:50.650
tell you how much, one, I appreciate you as a

00:22:50.650 --> 00:22:55.950
human being, and two, the energy and the uplifting

00:22:55.950 --> 00:22:59.109
talk, and you keep it real all the time, and

00:22:59.109 --> 00:23:01.799
people use that phrase. you know, whatever. But

00:23:01.799 --> 00:23:04.539
you know, you're you're the voice of the Blazers.

00:23:04.579 --> 00:23:07.039
You're our mayor of Rip City. And I can't tell

00:23:07.039 --> 00:23:09.619
you how much we appreciate that you give your

00:23:09.619 --> 00:23:13.640
time to our listeners and give that perspective.

00:23:13.799 --> 00:23:17.160
So thank you. Well, thank you guys. And I look,

00:23:17.240 --> 00:23:20.339
you guys are your friends and you're more than

00:23:20.339 --> 00:23:22.460
that. I appreciate you. And I love the fact that

00:23:22.460 --> 00:23:25.200
you guys think of me as often as you do and whether

00:23:25.200 --> 00:23:29.039
it's you guys or Steve filling in or Woody or

00:23:29.039 --> 00:23:31.410
whoever else. there has always been great to

00:23:31.410 --> 00:23:34.450
me and I appreciate that you guys are awesome

00:23:34.450 --> 00:23:37.650
and uh you know we'll keep something going we

00:23:37.650 --> 00:23:41.750
will we have things in the works you know you

00:23:41.750 --> 00:23:44.150
know you're you're behind the curtain so and

00:23:44.150 --> 00:23:46.269
i want to jump in as well and just say how much

00:23:46.269 --> 00:23:48.730
it's meant for you to be on this program and

00:23:48.730 --> 00:23:51.730
you know we love talking nba we love you and

00:23:51.730 --> 00:23:53.950
uh and you've just done so much for us and me

00:23:53.950 --> 00:23:56.430
personally you know not just you know over the

00:23:56.430 --> 00:23:58.900
air but just Us having conversations off the

00:23:58.900 --> 00:24:00.599
air as well. It really means a lot and I know

00:24:00.599 --> 00:24:02.920
I look up to you a lot So it means so much for

00:24:02.920 --> 00:24:05.980
us to have you on this program I appreciate the

00:24:05.980 --> 00:24:07.960
kind of words you guys are you guys are awesome

00:24:07.960 --> 00:24:11.259
and uh your friends and Things are gonna happen

00:24:11.259 --> 00:24:13.420
for for all of us one way or another and I know

00:24:13.420 --> 00:24:15.299
you guys are gonna You guys are gonna kill it

00:24:15.299 --> 00:24:16.819
and you're gonna rock it with us. Thanks buddy.

00:24:16.819 --> 00:24:19.519
You take care of those kids. All right I will

00:24:19.519 --> 00:24:21.299
appreciate you. All right. There he goes the

00:24:21.299 --> 00:24:24.960
great man. It's at travis to mers the voice of

00:24:24.960 --> 00:24:30.150
rip city a break and then it's the Godfather,

00:24:30.589 --> 00:24:34.589
Matt Dompie. My effort is going to make him cry.

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I'm going to try and make him cry. We got the

00:24:37.150 --> 00:24:39.650
music queued up. All right, here we go. The Eugene

00:24:39.650 --> 00:24:43.029
Emerald's general manager, former voice. I want

00:24:43.029 --> 00:24:45.069
to ask him, because last time we had him in,

00:24:45.069 --> 00:24:47.769
he was getting ready to do a game. I want to

00:24:47.769 --> 00:24:50.450
find out how it went for him when we come back

00:24:50.450 --> 00:25:05.079
on the Danny and Justin radio program. Again,

00:25:07.180 --> 00:25:11.539
thanks for tuning in. As we say goodbye to Travis

00:25:11.539 --> 00:25:13.380
Demers for the last time on the Danny and Justin

00:25:13.380 --> 00:25:16.380
radio program, our last show at the graduate

00:25:16.380 --> 00:25:18.720
from one to four as we talk pre -classic. We're

00:25:18.720 --> 00:25:21.079
gonna have a ton of athletes and we got some

00:25:21.079 --> 00:25:23.700
surprises in the last hour. I've held off for

00:25:23.700 --> 00:25:26.900
the last hour. It's not gonna be folks from the

00:25:26.900 --> 00:25:29.799
pre, it's gonna be us being self -serving and

00:25:29.799 --> 00:25:33.119
the big party up at Laura Wood. at 4 30 on friday

00:25:33.119 --> 00:25:36.740
to whisk us off into the sunset for the danny

00:25:36.740 --> 00:25:39.440
and justin radio program just after today three

00:25:39.440 --> 00:25:42.980
more shows of danny and justin we ended on friday

00:25:42.980 --> 00:25:46.579
i want you to tune in tomorrow however because

00:25:46.579 --> 00:25:48.480
we're gonna have a big announcement in the last

00:25:48.480 --> 00:25:50.920
segment which i think everyone's gonna like but

00:25:50.920 --> 00:25:53.119
you heard that music so you know it's the godfather

00:25:53.119 --> 00:25:54.980
you're used to it we've been doing this for over

00:25:54.980 --> 00:25:58.619
a year it's matt dampe from the gene emeralds

00:25:58.619 --> 00:26:03.859
as he joins us the gm of the emeralds who won

00:26:03.859 --> 00:26:06.660
the first half of the northwest northwest league

00:26:06.660 --> 00:26:08.440
so they know they're in the championship series

00:26:08.440 --> 00:26:10.880
which is going to be at pk park welcome back

00:26:10.880 --> 00:26:12.940
dude and i'm just going to tell you people can't

00:26:12.940 --> 00:26:16.559
tell this on the radio but i really want one

00:26:16.559 --> 00:26:18.819
of those polos do you have any more of those

00:26:18.819 --> 00:26:21.980
polos the seafoam you you don't i i can already

00:26:21.980 --> 00:26:25.279
tell when he was he's cocking his head it was

00:26:25.279 --> 00:26:28.339
a one -off i can see what maybe my merchandise

00:26:28.339 --> 00:26:30.960
guy can do we'll we'll see Okay, so welcome back

00:26:30.960 --> 00:26:34.819
in. Thank you for having me. So the our relationship

00:26:34.819 --> 00:26:38.960
started when you kind of were elevated into the

00:26:38.960 --> 00:26:41.660
GM chair because we were trying Justin was just

00:26:41.660 --> 00:26:44.460
relating on the air or off the air before we

00:26:44.460 --> 00:26:48.339
got on that we were trying to get Alan Benavides

00:26:48.339 --> 00:26:52.099
on the program because you know we don't unfortunately

00:26:52.099 --> 00:26:54.099
we don't air your games it's on another station

00:26:54.099 --> 00:26:57.630
here in town. But we love the Emeralds. We got

00:26:57.630 --> 00:26:59.569
to come out and sing, take me out to the ballgame.

00:26:59.630 --> 00:27:01.750
You've been very kind to us over the years. So

00:27:01.750 --> 00:27:04.029
I want to say thanks for being on the program

00:27:04.029 --> 00:27:06.210
during our last week, because we've gotten to

00:27:06.210 --> 00:27:08.829
know each other, love what you do, love the Emeralds

00:27:08.829 --> 00:27:11.150
organization, love the energy your entire staff

00:27:11.150 --> 00:27:14.990
does, because it's hard, man. Nobody's rolling

00:27:14.990 --> 00:27:18.349
up a wheelbarrow full of cash to you. So you've

00:27:18.349 --> 00:27:20.369
got to have some love for what you do. So thanks.

00:27:20.450 --> 00:27:22.539
And thanks for spending some time with us. Yeah,

00:27:22.660 --> 00:27:24.519
anytime. No, it takes a lot of hard work and

00:27:24.519 --> 00:27:26.519
you know all the silly promos and stuff or would

00:27:26.519 --> 00:27:29.579
bring the people in in in addition to Some good

00:27:29.579 --> 00:27:32.519
quality high a baseball and right, you know Giants

00:27:32.519 --> 00:27:34.380
fans are obviously interested in in the prospects

00:27:34.380 --> 00:27:36.400
that we have which luckily this year quite a

00:27:36.400 --> 00:27:40.759
few So how did the play -by -play go? Last time

00:27:40.759 --> 00:27:42.819
we talked you were getting ready to do a game

00:27:42.819 --> 00:27:45.700
and you actually came to I think if I Remember

00:27:45.700 --> 00:27:47.740
this right you came to us when you were gonna

00:27:47.740 --> 00:27:49.619
be announcing the game that night I think it

00:27:49.619 --> 00:27:51.720
was Jacob Archer was going to be off because

00:27:51.720 --> 00:27:54.000
he had family time So how'd you do because I

00:27:54.000 --> 00:27:55.640
listened I'll tell you how I thought you did

00:27:55.640 --> 00:27:58.440
I To be perfectly honest. It was like one of

00:27:58.440 --> 00:27:59.819
those like where it was like the perfect kind

00:27:59.819 --> 00:28:02.680
of game It was two hours 25 minutes. There was

00:28:02.680 --> 00:28:05.759
some action. Yeah some homers Yeah, I think we

00:28:05.759 --> 00:28:08.559
lost but I had fun. So that was the most important

00:28:08.559 --> 00:28:10.700
thing You did lose but so how'd you feel your

00:28:10.700 --> 00:28:14.059
home run calls were? Um, how to say I don't fully

00:28:14.059 --> 00:28:16.859
remember them. I don't think I did my they were

00:28:16.859 --> 00:28:20.119
good I don't think I did my patented stolen from

00:28:20.119 --> 00:28:22.700
lawn simmons a long time giants guy. Tell a goodbye

00:28:22.700 --> 00:28:25.440
I was trying to get myself to remember that in

00:28:25.440 --> 00:28:27.960
the Afternoonly enough, I think the two homers

00:28:27.960 --> 00:28:29.839
happened and they kind of surprised me. They

00:28:29.839 --> 00:28:32.480
weren't like no doubters So I think I kind of

00:28:32.480 --> 00:28:35.140
botched that and forgot my my stolen patented,

00:28:35.140 --> 00:28:39.720
uh Call is it hard because I know from my perspective

00:28:39.900 --> 00:28:42.700
Sometimes it's hard when the ball comes off that

00:28:42.700 --> 00:28:46.680
sometimes you know and sometimes you don't So

00:28:46.680 --> 00:28:49.660
in your mind and your mind's eyes, you're watching

00:28:49.660 --> 00:28:52.859
it So when do you accelerate that call that you

00:28:52.859 --> 00:28:54.700
know, it's gone because sometimes it's really

00:28:54.700 --> 00:28:57.319
hard to tell yeah I mean I think doing it, you

00:28:57.319 --> 00:28:59.440
know almost all the games I ever did were at

00:28:59.440 --> 00:29:02.230
PK Park is for the Most of the 12 13 years I

00:29:02.230 --> 00:29:04.849
did it you do games, right? So you get a good

00:29:04.849 --> 00:29:06.890
feel for that But I think a lot of it is the

00:29:06.890 --> 00:29:08.309
the outfielder when he starts kind of getting

00:29:08.309 --> 00:29:10.630
a little frantic and moving back So you watching

00:29:10.630 --> 00:29:12.490
down to the outfielder? Yeah, I mean, I don't

00:29:12.490 --> 00:29:14.509
really follow the ball You know once it gets

00:29:14.509 --> 00:29:15.950
in the air and you can see how fast it's going

00:29:15.950 --> 00:29:17.769
I'm more looking at the outfielder to see his

00:29:17.769 --> 00:29:20.410
reaction if he's turning and sprinting then I've

00:29:20.410 --> 00:29:22.410
got a pretty good idea that it's gonna go Matt

00:29:22.410 --> 00:29:26.509
Dopey joining us as we wind up this week on the

00:29:26.509 --> 00:29:29.650
Danny Justin radio program so The team won the

00:29:29.650 --> 00:29:31.690
first half. Now you got the second half going

00:29:31.690 --> 00:29:33.809
on. And again, it's it's kind of like there's

00:29:33.809 --> 00:29:35.750
things that are going to be moving interchangeable

00:29:35.750 --> 00:29:39.130
parts, obviously, because teams now as we head

00:29:39.130 --> 00:29:41.730
to the All -Star break and then beyond, there's

00:29:41.730 --> 00:29:43.470
going to be a lot of movement. Injuries are starting

00:29:43.470 --> 00:29:45.670
to take toll on big league clubs, and so is a

00:29:45.670 --> 00:29:48.930
domino effect downward. So how has that been

00:29:48.930 --> 00:29:52.390
for you and this the makeup of this team? Has

00:29:52.390 --> 00:29:55.500
it changed? You know, we got it was a weird trend.

00:29:55.500 --> 00:29:57.920
There's only been one big transaction this whole

00:29:57.920 --> 00:30:00.180
year so far We pretty much have kept all of our

00:30:00.180 --> 00:30:02.460
position players together. It's been pretty quiet

00:30:02.460 --> 00:30:04.140
The one thing that kind of hurt us we had a little

00:30:04.140 --> 00:30:06.700
bit of a June Swoon, which is a Giants tradition

00:30:06.700 --> 00:30:11.380
Where they called up five guys one day and like

00:30:11.380 --> 00:30:13.019
four of them were pitchers two of them were our

00:30:13.019 --> 00:30:14.519
better starting pitchers and two of them were

00:30:14.519 --> 00:30:18.269
our relievers And they sent us one player in

00:30:18.269 --> 00:30:20.329
return, which was actually it was really cool

00:30:20.329 --> 00:30:22.470
is our now He's our short starting shortstop

00:30:22.470 --> 00:30:24.809
most days is so not a picture though. Correct

00:30:24.809 --> 00:30:27.390
So we had to play the next couple weeks with

00:30:27.390 --> 00:30:30.150
I think we had like 11 pitchers And so the bullpen

00:30:30.150 --> 00:30:32.930
was pretty stretched then For a couple of weeks

00:30:32.930 --> 00:30:34.869
there and we lost two or three series in a row

00:30:34.869 --> 00:30:36.769
But we're now on a three game winning streak.

00:30:36.789 --> 00:30:39.690
So I think as the month of june ends We're kind

00:30:39.690 --> 00:30:42.470
of back on to uh, I know jacob hayward, you know

00:30:42.470 --> 00:30:43.690
had a couple different team meetings where he's

00:30:43.690 --> 00:30:46.410
like, all right this stops now we've We've clenched

00:30:46.410 --> 00:30:48.130
it, you know, obviously you're gonna maybe relax

00:30:48.130 --> 00:30:49.890
a little bit after you clinch it But it's time

00:30:49.890 --> 00:30:51.430
to start playing some ball again. So they won

00:30:51.430 --> 00:30:53.109
three in a row over this past weekend So I think

00:30:53.109 --> 00:30:55.470
we're we're back on track, but I I don't know

00:30:55.470 --> 00:30:59.490
what's gonna happen there With there there's

00:30:59.490 --> 00:31:02.089
been some outfield filtration with Jonah Cox

00:31:02.089 --> 00:31:03.829
was with us the last couple of years He was in

00:31:03.829 --> 00:31:05.390
double leg tearing it up and he got called straight

00:31:05.390 --> 00:31:07.069
to the big leagues about a month ago I thought

00:31:07.069 --> 00:31:08.430
that was gonna trickle down and we might lose

00:31:08.430 --> 00:31:12.150
an outfielder, but it hasn't happened yet Tomorrow

00:31:12.150 --> 00:31:13.829
we're gonna announce that we have two two of

00:31:13.829 --> 00:31:15.730
our position players are gonna play in the futures

00:31:15.730 --> 00:31:24.589
game In Philadelphia, so who are they? Break

00:31:24.589 --> 00:31:26.869
news on us. Come on, man. It's your last appearance.

00:31:26.910 --> 00:31:28.930
I know I'm not gonna I'm not gonna get you suspended.

00:31:29.170 --> 00:31:31.450
That's fine But yeah, so that's that's great.

00:31:31.470 --> 00:31:32.690
I mean, I don't think we've ever had multiple

00:31:32.690 --> 00:31:35.490
guys We've had one guy here and there we find

00:31:35.490 --> 00:31:36.930
have averaged one guy over the last four or five

00:31:36.930 --> 00:31:38.890
years since we've been at the high level That's

00:31:38.890 --> 00:31:40.319
short season. I don't think I don't even think

00:31:40.319 --> 00:31:42.500
they look down that low, to be perfectly honest.

00:31:43.500 --> 00:31:45.519
But to send two guys is really cool, and they

00:31:45.519 --> 00:31:46.920
got the news the other day, and they were really

00:31:46.920 --> 00:31:48.519
excited. And so is the manager, Jacob Heyward.

00:31:49.099 --> 00:31:51.720
He's done a great job so far. Yeah, I think about

00:31:51.720 --> 00:31:54.319
the bananas were just in town and you know thinking

00:31:54.319 --> 00:31:57.059
about the comparison between What you guys do

00:31:57.059 --> 00:31:59.160
and what the bananas do right because obviously

00:31:59.160 --> 00:32:02.099
there's a component of your entertainment entertainment,

00:32:02.140 --> 00:32:04.359
right? but then obviously the bananas are all

00:32:04.359 --> 00:32:07.900
entertainment the the Emeralds are are trying

00:32:07.900 --> 00:32:10.680
to develop right for the Giants, right? So it's

00:32:10.680 --> 00:32:12.519
this interesting a good dichotomy of like fan

00:32:12.519 --> 00:32:14.740
experience like you guys clearly want to cater

00:32:14.740 --> 00:32:16.759
to the fans But then also there's like this real

00:32:16.759 --> 00:32:20.750
like professionalism of this base and not that

00:32:20.750 --> 00:32:22.650
you know that the bananas don't do a great job

00:32:22.650 --> 00:32:24.230
but you know what I'm saying like there's there's

00:32:24.230 --> 00:32:26.670
a development process for this as well so do

00:32:26.670 --> 00:32:29.109
you ever like think about that at all you know

00:32:29.109 --> 00:32:31.450
hey like you know what are the these you know

00:32:31.450 --> 00:32:35.349
bananas doing and like these other sort of I

00:32:35.349 --> 00:32:37.109
don't know like the winter hawks or like these

00:32:37.109 --> 00:32:42.000
other franchises around and other sort of Teams

00:32:42.000 --> 00:32:43.559
like do you ever look at those teams and say

00:32:43.559 --> 00:32:45.819
I like get some ideas for them and it also kind

00:32:45.819 --> 00:32:48.000
of you know Have to keep it professional and

00:32:48.000 --> 00:32:50.279
it's you know, still developmental. They're not

00:32:50.279 --> 00:32:52.480
having a guy on stilts Yeah, we're gonna put

00:32:52.480 --> 00:32:54.160
our guys in short shorts and have them date around

00:32:54.160 --> 00:32:56.740
but um, you know I think you know, I think they

00:32:56.740 --> 00:32:58.640
basically took what the minor league model has

00:32:58.640 --> 00:33:02.390
been for the last 30 years And put it on steroids

00:33:02.390 --> 00:33:04.730
exactly which maybe in baseball terms isn't a

00:33:04.730 --> 00:33:12.210
great analogy You know, we I think we kind of

00:33:12.210 --> 00:33:14.029
split a nice difference I think I was just talking

00:33:14.029 --> 00:33:16.769
to a season ticket holder this morning Yeah about

00:33:16.769 --> 00:33:19.549
how you know, we put the entertainment between

00:33:19.549 --> 00:33:21.410
innings and around the game But you still if

00:33:21.410 --> 00:33:22.930
you're a baseball fan that wants to come out

00:33:22.930 --> 00:33:24.269
You want to see these prospects that are gonna

00:33:24.269 --> 00:33:25.970
be in the big leagues in the next couple of years,

00:33:26.210 --> 00:33:27.670
right? You know, we have obviously responsibility

00:33:27.670 --> 00:33:29.269
to major league baseball and the Giants to write

00:33:29.549 --> 00:33:32.289
have a real baseball game be played um and we

00:33:32.289 --> 00:33:34.410
try to put the silly stuff around that because

00:33:34.410 --> 00:33:36.730
you know they're not affiliated they can do you

00:33:36.730 --> 00:33:38.170
know whatever they want so they could they could

00:33:38.170 --> 00:33:40.250
take it to the next level in terms of just entertainment

00:33:40.250 --> 00:33:44.349
right um but you know i like baseball right and

00:33:44.349 --> 00:33:46.450
i do too and i was at the bananas and i said

00:33:46.450 --> 00:33:49.990
if you go into it knowing without being a purist

00:33:49.990 --> 00:33:52.670
that's just entertainment you have a much better

00:33:52.670 --> 00:33:55.240
time for sure yeah And and there's a place for

00:33:55.240 --> 00:33:57.519
that and I appreciate that but at the same time

00:33:57.519 --> 00:34:00.819
I also want to see the emeralds play and the

00:34:00.819 --> 00:34:03.279
hops play and others because I mean I grew up

00:34:03.279 --> 00:34:06.160
on the medfordays where it was like I saw jose

00:34:06.160 --> 00:34:08.920
conseco You know hit his first home run I called

00:34:08.920 --> 00:34:12.059
his first home run in minor league baseball before

00:34:12.059 --> 00:34:15.119
he got called up you did yes I didn't know that

00:34:15.119 --> 00:34:18.300
that's awesome first run home run ever ever Yes,

00:34:18.320 --> 00:34:21.940
wow You should have led with this. No, I mean,

00:34:22.039 --> 00:34:24.219
I keep things to myself. I don't have to give

00:34:24.219 --> 00:34:26.719
everything to everybody, but I was fortunate,

00:34:26.780 --> 00:34:29.280
and, you know, you didn't know. That's the one

00:34:29.280 --> 00:34:32.059
thing you don't know, which I think is the joy

00:34:32.059 --> 00:34:34.820
of what we do, is you don't know who is going

00:34:34.820 --> 00:34:37.639
to make it up to the big leagues at this level

00:34:37.639 --> 00:34:40.960
and become a superstar. I mean, Mike Schmidt,

00:34:41.380 --> 00:34:44.119
did anybody know when he was playing for the

00:34:44.119 --> 00:34:46.280
Ems that he was going to end up being what he

00:34:46.280 --> 00:34:48.750
was, right? Yeah, possibly the best third baseman

00:34:48.750 --> 00:34:50.590
of all time. Absolutely. You don't know that

00:34:50.590 --> 00:34:52.849
that's the joy of this piece of it But there's

00:34:52.849 --> 00:34:54.949
also the entertainment piece of it. We're with

00:34:54.949 --> 00:34:57.269
man toppy the godfather. You can follow him at

00:34:57.269 --> 00:35:00.789
emeralds radio That's on all the socials as we

00:35:00.789 --> 00:35:03.050
we talk emeralds baseball. And so what do we

00:35:03.050 --> 00:35:06.269
got coming up? We got um this week you guys are

00:35:06.269 --> 00:35:09.429
are gone right and you had the nice the huge

00:35:09.429 --> 00:35:12.269
fireworks show and stuff so this last half of

00:35:12.269 --> 00:35:14.130
the season and and i don't want to say it's going

00:35:14.130 --> 00:35:15.809
to be a grind but we are we're going to get into

00:35:15.809 --> 00:35:17.610
that point where everything we talked about with

00:35:17.610 --> 00:35:20.269
this your organization and such which the energy

00:35:20.269 --> 00:35:22.809
level still stays at a high level which is awesome

00:35:22.809 --> 00:35:24.570
but we're starting to get into that grind now

00:35:24.570 --> 00:35:27.150
you know you've already got you know 60 70 plus

00:35:27.150 --> 00:35:29.630
games under your belt now that last half and

00:35:29.630 --> 00:35:32.070
that last push so talk to me about within the

00:35:32.070 --> 00:35:34.800
organization how that looks and how you push

00:35:34.800 --> 00:35:36.300
to that finish line because you know you're gonna

00:35:36.300 --> 00:35:39.039
have a championship series to play in September

00:35:39.039 --> 00:35:41.039
at PK Park yeah it's kind of funny you bring

00:35:41.039 --> 00:35:44.260
that up we kind of have a rallying of the troops

00:35:44.260 --> 00:35:46.980
this morning in the office to kind of you know

00:35:46.980 --> 00:35:49.420
this last weekend was It was kind of a really

00:35:49.420 --> 00:35:51.019
weird series with the bananas in town playing

00:35:51.019 --> 00:35:53.500
right? Yeah We had a doubleheader Thursday that

00:35:53.500 --> 00:35:55.619
half the half the second game had to be replayed

00:35:55.619 --> 00:35:57.280
the next day on the fireworks day So that made

00:35:57.280 --> 00:35:58.860
it almost like doubleheaders on back -to -back

00:35:58.860 --> 00:36:01.219
days. I'm gonna play a late game on Sunday where

00:36:01.219 --> 00:36:03.699
you got no sleep Did normally no, I mean most

00:36:03.699 --> 00:36:05.840
of us, you know got some rest a little bit yesterday

00:36:05.840 --> 00:36:08.400
So I was kind of all right. Let's reset. We've

00:36:08.400 --> 00:36:10.380
got a couple months sprint now Yep, you know,

00:36:10.460 --> 00:36:12.760
we're actually past the hardest part of the season

00:36:13.929 --> 00:36:15.289
But, you know, coming up this next week, we're

00:36:15.289 --> 00:36:16.789
really excited. We're doing a Wednesday, we're

00:36:16.789 --> 00:36:18.909
doing a Toy Story night for the kids. Love it.

00:36:18.929 --> 00:36:20.889
We got a Thirsty Thursday. Friday, we're doing

00:36:20.889 --> 00:36:23.369
these really cool exploding whales. I guess you

00:36:23.369 --> 00:36:25.789
call it a Fobac. We kind of took the... On Thursday?

00:36:26.190 --> 00:36:28.750
On the Friday, which I think is July 10th, we're

00:36:28.750 --> 00:36:33.750
doing... We took the 1980s blue and green EMS

00:36:33.750 --> 00:36:35.750
script that I think you guys were talking about

00:36:35.750 --> 00:36:37.389
last week with Jacob Archer that was featured

00:36:37.389 --> 00:36:39.489
in Bull Durham. So we turned that script and

00:36:39.489 --> 00:36:41.489
that font into exploding whales with the same

00:36:41.489 --> 00:36:44.539
80s color scheme. Nice. kind of a phobax exploding

00:36:44.539 --> 00:36:46.800
whales jersey were giving away on that Friday

00:36:46.800 --> 00:36:49.059
and then Saturday is Star Wars night which is

00:36:49.059 --> 00:36:51.320
always one of our biggest ones and then we finish

00:36:51.320 --> 00:36:54.019
it off with a Sunday day game with a happy hour

00:36:54.019 --> 00:36:57.099
for the first hour for five dollar mixed drinks

00:36:57.099 --> 00:37:00.039
show up early and we haven't talked daddy like

00:37:00.039 --> 00:37:03.059
I can see why Star Wars is the most point night

00:37:03.059 --> 00:37:06.829
but or most Favorite or you could say how much

00:37:06.829 --> 00:37:08.550
you lean on your support staff obviously It's

00:37:08.550 --> 00:37:10.309
not you're not a one -man show like you've got

00:37:10.309 --> 00:37:11.690
people that help you we haven't really talked

00:37:11.690 --> 00:37:13.590
about them on this program too much So how much

00:37:13.590 --> 00:37:16.119
help do you get just running everything? All

00:37:16.119 --> 00:37:18.599
of it. I mean there's we have 12 to 15 full -time

00:37:18.599 --> 00:37:21.119
people Including our food and beverage who you

00:37:21.119 --> 00:37:23.639
know, they were on that stadium a rocket I mean

00:37:23.639 --> 00:37:24.840
they because they were on the Ducks baseball

00:37:24.840 --> 00:37:26.480
concession. So they do work over a hundred games

00:37:26.480 --> 00:37:29.380
a year They're just kind of on autopilot at this

00:37:29.380 --> 00:37:31.380
point in the season But you know the people that

00:37:31.380 --> 00:37:34.800
run our video board Nick Nick Rusnock He's constantly

00:37:34.800 --> 00:37:36.699
churning out this content to put up on the video

00:37:36.699 --> 00:37:38.659
board for every single theme night Like he's

00:37:38.659 --> 00:37:40.360
working all day for stuff that he's gonna put

00:37:40.360 --> 00:37:43.500
up for 30 seconds never to be seen again You

00:37:43.500 --> 00:37:44.739
know and all the people that are doing our social

00:37:44.750 --> 00:37:46.690
media content and our community relations. I

00:37:46.690 --> 00:37:49.010
do our reading program that helps us, you know,

00:37:49.050 --> 00:37:51.070
build up all the nights in the spring and having

00:37:51.070 --> 00:37:53.570
all these contacts in the community when we need

00:37:53.570 --> 00:37:55.489
some help. Like, you know, we could call them

00:37:55.489 --> 00:37:57.050
and they help us out and they come out to the

00:37:57.050 --> 00:37:59.889
games and support us. So, no, I mean, it's far

00:37:59.889 --> 00:38:02.849
beyond a one -man band. I mean, there's some

00:38:02.849 --> 00:38:04.150
minor league teams that are still run by three

00:38:04.150 --> 00:38:07.349
or four people and I don't know how they do that.

00:38:07.369 --> 00:38:08.869
Do you look at that and go, I don't know how

00:38:08.869 --> 00:38:12.090
you do that? Yeah, it's crazy. In your position

00:38:12.090 --> 00:38:13.570
you have to know how to do all those things as

00:38:13.570 --> 00:38:15.309
well, right? Well, you did. You did everything.

00:38:15.670 --> 00:38:17.269
I mean, I don't know how to put stuff on the

00:38:17.269 --> 00:38:19.769
video board. I really get that. And I am not

00:38:19.769 --> 00:38:21.849
the best with social media. I'd like to abstain.

00:38:21.889 --> 00:38:24.949
Can you make popcorn? I can make popcorn at home,

00:38:25.010 --> 00:38:27.590
one bowl. I can't make an entire, you know, the

00:38:27.590 --> 00:38:30.449
whole kettle thing. There used to be a guy actually

00:38:30.449 --> 00:38:33.690
who did all the popcorn for us, the Ducks, and

00:38:33.690 --> 00:38:36.750
the movie theater. So he was the popcorn impresario.

00:38:37.230 --> 00:38:40.329
Really? This was like 10 plus years ago. But

00:38:40.329 --> 00:38:41.989
no, I've, you know, there's plenty of stuff that

00:38:41.989 --> 00:38:45.090
I have not done. But I get the gist of it. and

00:38:45.090 --> 00:38:47.329
I know who can do it that I have on staff. And

00:38:47.329 --> 00:38:49.369
that's a good general manager. It's Matt D 'Ape

00:38:49.369 --> 00:38:51.349
joining us. We call him the Godfather here. The

00:38:51.349 --> 00:38:53.710
last go around with Matt here on the Danny and

00:38:53.710 --> 00:38:55.849
Justin radio program is our last show will be

00:38:55.849 --> 00:38:58.670
Friday at The Graduate from one to four, an extended

00:38:58.670 --> 00:39:00.650
program. We're going to go out with a bang. We're

00:39:00.650 --> 00:39:02.449
going to talk a lot of pre -fontaine classic.

00:39:02.570 --> 00:39:05.829
We have a cavalcade of stars. So if you can't

00:39:05.829 --> 00:39:08.269
find us down there at The Graduate, you can join

00:39:08.269 --> 00:39:11.309
us in the after party up at Laura Wood at 430.

00:39:11.309 --> 00:39:13.530
We're going to have beverages. We're going to

00:39:13.530 --> 00:39:18.110
celebrate the as we wind it up. Stay tuned tomorrow.

00:39:18.389 --> 00:39:20.469
In the last segment, we have a big announcement

00:39:20.469 --> 00:39:23.670
for you. So I know we've had people come up to

00:39:23.670 --> 00:39:25.829
us and say, you know, it's sad. Yes, it is sad

00:39:25.829 --> 00:39:27.769
that this show's going away. I think we're going

00:39:27.769 --> 00:39:29.849
to give you a little hope tomorrow in the last

00:39:29.849 --> 00:39:31.590
segment. So please stay tuned for that. Matt,

00:39:31.969 --> 00:39:34.449
I just have to say as we close off, we're going

00:39:34.449 --> 00:39:37.809
to let you go here in a second, is the selfless

00:39:37.809 --> 00:39:41.789
nature of your organization is admirable. And...

00:39:41.820 --> 00:39:44.360
I can't say it enough and just if you were sitting

00:39:44.360 --> 00:39:47.619
here or not, I'd say it is The people that do

00:39:47.619 --> 00:39:49.900
this is they do it. Yes, it's a paycheck, but

00:39:49.900 --> 00:39:52.139
it's not much of a paycheck You know nobody again

00:39:52.139 --> 00:39:55.000
nobody's rolling a wheelbarrow worth of cash

00:39:55.000 --> 00:39:57.699
up to you is The love of the game and growing

00:39:57.699 --> 00:40:00.059
the game and that's what we need more of so God

00:40:00.059 --> 00:40:02.460
bless you and your staff and I hope we celebrate

00:40:02.460 --> 00:40:05.280
you enough and give you a vehicle to let people

00:40:05.280 --> 00:40:08.800
invite themselves to you because What you guys

00:40:08.800 --> 00:40:12.150
do is is awesome. So thank you and thanks for

00:40:12.150 --> 00:40:16.590
being so kind to us on this program. We do the

00:40:16.590 --> 00:40:19.090
silly little thing and we have some people I

00:40:19.090 --> 00:40:21.809
hope that listen, but it's people like you that

00:40:21.809 --> 00:40:24.239
are ingrained in the community. that make this

00:40:24.239 --> 00:40:26.619
community so thank you. Well I appreciate it

00:40:26.619 --> 00:40:28.679
you know every time you guys have asked me to

00:40:28.679 --> 00:40:30.599
come on we try to clear our schedule and make

00:40:30.599 --> 00:40:32.739
sure we can be here and talk with you guys obviously

00:40:32.739 --> 00:40:34.900
like you said you've given us a vehicle to reach

00:40:34.900 --> 00:40:37.019
the fans the sports fans in the Eugene area which

00:40:37.019 --> 00:40:39.239
is our bread and butter so you know we appreciate

00:40:39.239 --> 00:40:41.260
you guys and what you're doing and what the future

00:40:41.260 --> 00:40:43.500
holds for you guys. All right so we'll see that

00:40:43.500 --> 00:40:47.219
on the other side so The team's out of town,

00:40:47.320 --> 00:40:49.639
so what do you do now? You go back to the stadium?

00:40:49.900 --> 00:40:51.139
Going back to the stadium, make sure we sell

00:40:51.139 --> 00:40:52.920
some tickets for the rest of the year, get the

00:40:52.920 --> 00:40:54.880
playoffs going, so we got plenty to do. We still

00:40:54.880 --> 00:40:58.840
have, I think, 27 regular season games and the

00:40:58.840 --> 00:41:00.940
three playoff games. We're still making a big

00:41:00.940 --> 00:41:03.260
push. Yeah, and you can see the end. You can

00:41:03.260 --> 00:41:07.139
see the light at the end of the tunnel with the

00:41:07.139 --> 00:41:09.159
playoffs coming around. That's awesome. Hopefully

00:41:09.159 --> 00:41:11.179
the ring at the end of the tunnel. That's right,

00:41:11.260 --> 00:41:15.349
so... Just saying I have this this side this

00:41:15.349 --> 00:41:19.690
one is for my wife the other one One more time.

00:41:19.750 --> 00:41:22.030
Can we get out to do take me out to the ballgame

00:41:22.030 --> 00:41:23.570
one more time? I was actually gonna ask you maybe

00:41:23.570 --> 00:41:26.170
if you want to do a remote One time maybe later.

00:41:26.170 --> 00:41:28.230
I don't know at some point. Oh, that'll happen,

00:41:28.389 --> 00:41:30.909
baby We're allowed to do that. Let's figure it

00:41:30.909 --> 00:41:33.409
out. Okay, I love that Justin you in I'm gonna

00:41:33.409 --> 00:41:35.789
get memes on as well. We can we could do a trio

00:41:36.679 --> 00:41:38.460
Yeah, what do you think? All right get goose

00:41:38.460 --> 00:41:40.039
involved. All right, Matt. Thank you, buddy.

00:41:40.039 --> 00:41:42.320
Thank you There goes the great godfather Matt

00:41:42.320 --> 00:41:44.739
Dompe we come back close out the program a lot

00:41:44.739 --> 00:41:48.099
of World Cup to talk about penalty kicks France

00:41:48.099 --> 00:41:56.519
just went up on Sweden Bob a scored We come back

00:41:56.519 --> 00:41:59.619
in the Danny Justin radio program tomorrow on

00:41:59.619 --> 00:42:03.880
the program big show again Angie Machado from

00:42:03.880 --> 00:42:08.690
beavers blitz and our great friend, the Big Kahuna,

00:42:08.949 --> 00:42:10.769
for the last time on the Danny and Justin radio

00:42:10.769 --> 00:42:12.750
program. It's Kelly Graves joining us. You wanna

00:42:12.750 --> 00:42:14.929
miss it. If you missed any of the show today

00:42:14.929 --> 00:42:17.309
with the mayor of Rip City, Travis Demers, talking

00:42:17.309 --> 00:42:19.989
the John Morant trade and other things about

00:42:19.989 --> 00:42:23.070
the Blazers. Or, we just heard the Godfather,

00:42:23.289 --> 00:42:25.170
Matt D 'Ampe, from the Eugene Emeralds go back

00:42:25.170 --> 00:42:27.909
to the podcast Danny and Justin, or the fastest

00:42:27.909 --> 00:42:30.710
60 minutes in sports, as we are on our Swan Song

00:42:30.710 --> 00:42:33.389
Week. Friday, last show of the Danny and Justin

00:42:33.389 --> 00:42:35.889
radio program. Are you getting reflective by

00:42:35.889 --> 00:42:38.269
the way? We're gonna get into transfer portal

00:42:38.269 --> 00:42:40.150
for baseball college baseball real quick and

00:42:40.150 --> 00:42:42.929
then the World Cup Have you have you paused enough

00:42:42.929 --> 00:42:44.869
because I've been putting a lot on you. Have

00:42:44.869 --> 00:42:48.409
you paused enough to think about? Where we started

00:42:48.409 --> 00:42:51.110
and where we are and where we're gonna finish

00:42:51.360 --> 00:42:53.500
I don't have a ton of time to do that but I do

00:42:53.500 --> 00:42:55.679
think about it occasionally and I don't have

00:42:55.679 --> 00:42:58.099
enough time to like really like soak in it right

00:42:58.099 --> 00:43:00.019
and just sort of really is like racing and think

00:43:00.019 --> 00:43:01.599
about it we're like a coach in the middle of

00:43:01.599 --> 00:43:04.199
the season and we always ask the coaches it's

00:43:04.199 --> 00:43:06.920
like have you had time to reflect on this season

00:43:06.920 --> 00:43:09.480
that was that's gonna come more after yeah right

00:43:09.480 --> 00:43:12.099
that's gonna come on saturday when i'm gonna

00:43:12.099 --> 00:43:16.099
be in chicago and enjoying my 4th of July with

00:43:16.099 --> 00:43:19.539
my grandmother. You're leaving me. Part of the

00:43:19.539 --> 00:43:22.039
reason why I picked the date that I picked. Seriously,

00:43:22.480 --> 00:43:24.739
I'm telling you, you were the reason we end the

00:43:24.739 --> 00:43:27.099
show on Friday. Of course, I appreciate that,

00:43:27.099 --> 00:43:30.820
that you were thinking of me. It's been a long

00:43:30.820 --> 00:43:33.619
journey and this is my first real opportunity

00:43:33.619 --> 00:43:36.980
and it's been a blast. We'll talk more about

00:43:36.980 --> 00:43:39.159
that on Friday. We're not there yet. And we'll

00:43:39.159 --> 00:43:41.059
talk a lot more about that when we're up at Laura

00:43:41.059 --> 00:43:43.849
Wood having a beverage off the air. I'm just

00:43:43.849 --> 00:43:45.389
gonna say that's gonna be that's gonna be fun

00:43:45.389 --> 00:43:47.269
We're gonna pour you on the plane as you get

00:43:47.269 --> 00:43:50.530
up and get ready to go to Chicago So we got dad

00:43:50.530 --> 00:43:53.210
joke coming up Thanks again to our guests again

00:43:53.210 --> 00:43:56.750
tomorrow and then a tomorrow as well I want everybody

00:43:56.750 --> 00:43:58.909
to listen for I want to listen to the entire

00:43:58.909 --> 00:44:01.210
show but listen in the last segment I'm just

00:44:01.210 --> 00:44:03.909
begging you if you're listening right now, please

00:44:03.909 --> 00:44:06.650
tune in the last segment We're gonna have a special

00:44:06.650 --> 00:44:09.489
segment and we're gonna give you the opportunity

00:44:09.489 --> 00:44:11.969
to hear what we're gonna do next because there

00:44:11.969 --> 00:44:16.010
is a next okay so transfer portal officially

00:44:16.010 --> 00:44:20.670
closes today in college baseball including all

00:44:20.670 --> 00:44:22.690
of those that participate in the college world

00:44:22.690 --> 00:44:27.769
series so the nice thing for oregon fans now

00:44:27.769 --> 00:44:30.929
you had the losses we already know you know jr

00:44:30.929 --> 00:44:38.530
lawaki going angel laia going bradon lee uh berkeley

00:44:38.530 --> 00:44:43.909
maybius going colin clark going Then others that

00:44:43.909 --> 00:44:51.250
participated in the college MLB draft Combine,

00:44:51.250 --> 00:44:53.150
I guess you would say, you know, like the Cal

00:44:53.150 --> 00:44:56.570
Scolari's and Ryan Cooney's and Maddox Maloney's

00:44:56.570 --> 00:44:59.170
and such So here's what I'll say is I think Cal

00:44:59.170 --> 00:45:00.929
Scolar is gonna get drafted high enough where

00:45:00.929 --> 00:45:04.329
he's gone, right? I would I would agree Ryan

00:45:04.329 --> 00:45:07.829
Cooney possibly But anybody else he's gone. I

00:45:07.829 --> 00:45:11.110
think he's gone to Maddox Maloney meh could come

00:45:11.110 --> 00:45:13.309
back yeah and we who do we have that say i think

00:45:13.309 --> 00:45:15.349
it was isaac that thinks he's gonna be gone too

00:45:15.349 --> 00:45:17.110
but yeah i kind of think we think he's gonna

00:45:17.110 --> 00:45:19.030
be back i think he might come back so here's

00:45:19.030 --> 00:45:22.030
here's what i want to give oregon fans hope for

00:45:22.030 --> 00:45:25.329
is that brain jackson has not entered the transfer

00:45:25.329 --> 00:45:27.429
portal and i think if he would have been doing

00:45:27.429 --> 00:45:29.769
that he's gone he's not entering his name in

00:45:29.769 --> 00:45:32.869
the lb draft i think he's oregon's starting catcher

00:45:32.869 --> 00:45:34.929
next year i think that's where he's fantastic

00:45:34.929 --> 00:45:39.059
that's a good spot to start Tanner Bradley is

00:45:39.059 --> 00:45:41.900
another question mark the Pitcher he might get

00:45:41.900 --> 00:45:44.380
drafted who knows what comes back and where those

00:45:44.380 --> 00:45:46.900
pieces come into place and what Mark Wasikowski

00:45:46.900 --> 00:45:49.820
squad has been able to put together I think I

00:45:49.820 --> 00:45:51.940
think it's optimistic now we went through that

00:45:51.940 --> 00:45:55.079
speed bump and Whoever else is in the portal

00:45:55.079 --> 00:45:57.380
the Oregon coaching staffs gonna evaluate and

00:45:57.380 --> 00:45:59.260
say you know what can we can we do it can we

00:45:59.260 --> 00:46:01.599
bring somebody in it wasn't what you wanted in

00:46:01.599 --> 00:46:03.530
terms of the guys that left but It could have

00:46:03.530 --> 00:46:05.010
been worse. It could have been worse. You can

00:46:05.010 --> 00:46:07.889
still build on this. Listen, if you're an Oregon

00:46:07.889 --> 00:46:10.250
fan, then you know what? If you want it to change,

00:46:10.269 --> 00:46:13.070
you really want it to change, go contribute some

00:46:13.070 --> 00:46:14.769
money to the Diamond Ducks because it's an arms

00:46:14.769 --> 00:46:17.030
race now. It's dollars. All right, let's move

00:46:17.030 --> 00:46:20.230
to the World Cup. Are you happy? I mean, have

00:46:20.230 --> 00:46:22.789
we had two shootouts now? We had two shootouts

00:46:22.789 --> 00:46:26.530
yesterday, yeah. Which is crazy. It does not

00:46:26.530 --> 00:46:30.099
happen very often. In the world cup it did happen

00:46:30.099 --> 00:46:33.800
in the final as you told me back in what 22 22

00:46:33.800 --> 00:46:38.099
We've had two now in We've played what four games

00:46:38.099 --> 00:46:40.440
in the knockout round now, and we had half of

00:46:40.440 --> 00:46:43.380
them go to shootouts It's very rare folks. Are

00:46:43.380 --> 00:46:45.840
you excited about this this the this round? This

00:46:45.840 --> 00:46:48.099
has been everything we want. It's been awesome

00:46:48.099 --> 00:46:50.039
The big criticism coming into this tournament

00:46:50.039 --> 00:46:53.300
was the fear of there being blowouts in this

00:46:53.369 --> 00:46:55.809
Particularly not happening. It's not happening.

00:46:55.809 --> 00:46:58.190
I mean it's all been close you talk about that

00:46:58.190 --> 00:47:01.230
first match Canada and South Africa that one

00:47:01.230 --> 00:47:03.769
came down to the wire Brazil and Japan came down

00:47:03.769 --> 00:47:05.570
to the wire We wouldn't have expected that and

00:47:05.570 --> 00:47:08.210
then you had the two last games that were just

00:47:08.210 --> 00:47:11.309
awesome Paraguay Beaten Germany of all teams

00:47:11.309 --> 00:47:13.210
who had never lost a penalty kick shootout in

00:47:13.210 --> 00:47:15.929
the World Cup by the way until then So paraguaya

00:47:15.929 --> 00:47:18.750
advanced to the round of 16 and then morocco

00:47:18.750 --> 00:47:22.309
With a late goal in the 90th minute to tie that

00:47:22.309 --> 00:47:24.789
one up They go to extra time it goes to penalties

00:47:24.789 --> 00:47:27.630
and man. These penalty shootouts are intense

00:47:27.630 --> 00:47:30.429
Are you serious right now? You just like you

00:47:30.429 --> 00:47:32.670
I do not envy these guys. They're so I'm just

00:47:32.670 --> 00:47:34.630
gonna I'm gonna I'm gonna portray you You're

00:47:34.630 --> 00:47:37.010
you're not sitting down. You are absolutely standing

00:47:37.010 --> 00:47:39.579
up You are standing up. Absolutely standing up.

00:47:39.579 --> 00:47:41.719
You're pacing around. Laura and I were watching

00:47:41.719 --> 00:47:44.239
that Paraguay Germany one. It was awesome. Laura

00:47:44.239 --> 00:47:46.699
couldn't even watch. I don't want to look right

00:47:46.699 --> 00:47:48.519
now. I don't want to look. It was so cool. All

00:47:48.519 --> 00:47:51.239
right, so right now France and Sweden, I think

00:47:51.239 --> 00:47:53.639
they're at the half, right? They are. And it's

00:47:53.639 --> 00:47:56.900
1 -0 France over Sweden. A late goal in the first

00:47:56.900 --> 00:48:00.519
half gets France and it's Mbappe. with the like

00:48:00.519 --> 00:48:02.500
little handsome thing there. I know we got to

00:48:02.500 --> 00:48:05.260
do dad joke but it's rare when you can watch

00:48:05.260 --> 00:48:08.719
a sport in real time. You can see history unfold

00:48:08.719 --> 00:48:12.280
and that's why I like this World Cup. Okay and

00:48:12.280 --> 00:48:14.320
we're watching history unfold. So listen and

00:48:14.320 --> 00:48:16.340
what's the what's the joy of this is we've got

00:48:16.340 --> 00:48:17.880
there's a couple more weeks but unfortunately

00:48:17.880 --> 00:48:19.420
we're only gonna be able to talk about it till

00:48:19.420 --> 00:48:21.039
Friday. I know. I know it's killing you. All

00:48:21.039 --> 00:48:24.760
right here we go. Oh a joke. I got fired from

00:48:24.760 --> 00:48:26.679
the bank today. A woman asked me to check her

00:48:26.679 --> 00:48:31.889
balance. So I pushed her. Dad jokes! How do you

00:48:31.889 --> 00:48:34.869
make Bud Weiser? How do you make Bud Weiser?

00:48:35.690 --> 00:48:38.670
Gotta educate Bud, I guess. You were on the right

00:48:38.670 --> 00:48:41.210
track. You sent him to school. I knew it. It's

00:48:41.210 --> 00:48:43.570
nothing like that. You were on the track. Well

00:48:43.570 --> 00:48:45.670
done. You were on the track. How do you make

00:48:45.670 --> 00:48:47.349
Bud Weiser? You sent him to school. Alright,

00:48:47.489 --> 00:48:50.360
tomorrow on the program. Another great program

00:48:50.360 --> 00:48:53.480
for you. As we do our lap, we do our circle.

00:48:53.619 --> 00:48:55.980
It'll be a Wednesday. We'll have Angie Machado

00:48:55.980 --> 00:49:01.159
first, Kelly Graves after that. A big, a massive,

00:49:01.239 --> 00:49:04.260
a huge announcement. Seismic in the last segment.

00:49:04.760 --> 00:49:07.219
A Wednesday hump day program on Danny and Justin

00:49:07.219 --> 00:49:09.280
is not going to disappoint. Thanks for tuning

00:49:09.280 --> 00:49:11.599
in. Thanks to Matt D 'Ape. Thanks to Travis Demers

00:49:11.599 --> 00:49:14.840
for joining us. For Baby J, I'm Doc. God bless.

00:49:14.920 --> 00:49:16.500
Put a smile on your face. Someone else's. They

00:49:16.500 --> 00:49:18.219
deserve it. So do you. Thanks for listening.

00:49:18.559 --> 00:49:20.860
Go to the podcast if you missed anything. Danny

00:49:20.860 --> 00:49:24.300
and Justin or the fastest 60 minutes. Peace.