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Welcome in to the newest edition of the Justin

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Justin Jackson. In this week's episode, we'll

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be discussing the NFL Draft as it has just concluded.

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We will also be talking about the NBA Playoffs.

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Yeah. Just in time sports. Life is good. Life

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Giving my opinion like I'm Nick Wright or I'm

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Welcome into the show. will admit it has been

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far far too long and for those of you who are

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shrek yes i from shrek fans yes i said it like

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uh shrek tells the donkey they're going to the

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land of far far away donkey it has been far far

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too long people that i have been away from you

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guys uh in the audio format so you guys have

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had the youtube show on a fairly regular basis

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But you have not had the audio show in about

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a month. So hopefully that is rectified. Two

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months, actually. So hopefully that is rectified.

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That's a bunch of scheduling problems and all

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kind of stuff was going on. So it was, you know,

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a lot was happening. However, enough of that

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jazz. We are back. The Justin Towns Sports Podcast

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is back on iTunes, Spotify, or wherever you get

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your podcasts. And I think perfectly in time

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to try to pretty much get you through the NBA

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playoffs. And you guys know after the NBA playoffs,

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we take about a couple of weeks off, and then

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we come back for the crunch time of the NBA season,

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right into the NBA training camp, NFL training

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camp, rather. So you pretty much know how that

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goes. But the NFL draft happened just last weekend

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in Green Bay, Wisconsin. First of all, shout

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out to Green Bay for the amazing turnout they

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had. They broke actually Nashville's record for

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turnout. Now, Green Bay, Wisconsin itself only

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has about 100000 people in the city. It is the

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smallest American sports city in the smallest

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professional American sports city. The very oddity

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of the stadium literally being in a neighborhood.

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So you're driving in this neighborhood, and then

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out pops Lambeau Field. So players, you know,

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role players have said that before, that, you

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know, one of the things like not knowing where

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you are in situations, head down or whatever

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on the bus, and you're in this neighborhood,

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and your head's to the left, and then you turn,

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and you're staring at the side of Lambeau Field,

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you know, and it's just one of the weirder scenes

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in the league. It's cool and it's weird and it's

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individuality. It's like stadiums more and more

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being placed in major parking lots and their

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own metropolitan areas are being created around

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them and so on and so forth. It was like enough

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space was carved out in this area to build Lambeau

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Field in the parking lot. And that's it. Because,

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again, regular houses, we're not talking mansions

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like literal regular houses are just. You know,

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across the street from Lambeau Field. Again,

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one of the cooler environments in the NFL. But

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shout out Green Bay for breaking Nashville's

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record of the most people to attend the draft.

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North of 200 ,000 for sure. I think it went north

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of 300 ,000 in order to break the record. So,

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again, huge, huge shout out to Green Bay. And

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the draft was an interesting one. The draft was

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definitely an interesting one from start to finish.

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You know, like it was even drama with Mr. Relevant

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because the Patriots end up trading into the

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last spot of the draft to get Mr. Relevant. That

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was drama all over the place. And we came into

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this draft looking at the fact that, hey, odds

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are this draft will have a lot of trades in it.

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The reason why is for the first time in. So many

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years, everybody came in owning a first round

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pick. All 32 teams had a first round pick in

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the NFL draft. And it's not like the later rounds

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where there's compensatory picks or whatever.

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The NFL draft, the first round is the only round

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that's guaranteed to have 32 picks. Now, you

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know, there's never. you know the exact amount

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of picks it should be because the nfl hands out

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compensatory picks for loss of free agents and

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so on and so forth so they begin to add picks

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um so it's never 224 picks like it should it's

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how you end up north of like 270 and stuff like

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that because and the number changes every year

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because the amount of compensatory picks that

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are handed out for that season so The top four

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of the draft went pretty. The names were standard.

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How we got there was different. So Cam Ward to

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the Tennessee Titans was set in stone for months,

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so much so that at an introductory press conference,

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Warren Moon unretired the number one and going

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to allow Cam Ward to wear it. Part of Warren

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Moon's reason was the Oilers uniforms that the

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Titans wear every so often to honor their Houston

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pass will no longer be worn. So Warren Moon was

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kind of like, okay, since technically no oiler,

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it would never be worn by an oiler again. He

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would un -retire it for Cam Ward and allow Cam

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Ward to wear one who's been wearing one. As far

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as I mean, since I know this is in the car and

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we're definitely in Miami, he's been the number

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one. And so Warren Moon blessed him and allowed

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him to wear the number one for Tennessee. And

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then the big drama happens at number two, or

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the first of the initial big dramas happens at

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number two. In which case, the Jacksonville Jaguars

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say screw it, throw caution to the wind, and

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they go up and get Colorado two -way star Heisman

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winning Travis Hunter with the second overall

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pick. Now, Mel Kiper and others have lamented

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the Jaguars' decision to give up so much capital

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to go from five to two. I am a believer. that

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Travis doesn't make it past four. He doesn't.

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He doesn't get past us. I feel like if he's at

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the fourth pick with New England, he's going

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to New England. I think New York picks Abdul

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Carter either way. So it would have been on Cleveland

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to either stick and pick Hunter or to pick Mason

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Graham. So I ultimately think that that move

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was going to have to be made anyway. to an extent

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to get Travis Hunter. Plus, if he's going to

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play both sides of the ball, he's worth it. And

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according to Travis Hunter, he himself was put

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on the phone with both coordinators after the

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draft, and then the Jaguars put out media saying

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he has special plans, that Travis has a special

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plan for himself, and the Jaguars have a special

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plan for him, which leads me to think he'll play

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both sides of the ball substantially. Now, does

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that mean he's 100 snaps? Is he 130 snaps a game

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in the NFL? No. Also, the NFL game doesn't really

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have 130 snaps. You might get 45 to 50 snaps

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in the NFL either way it go because the NFL game

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is notoriously slower. And that's where a lot

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of the players, he can't play in the NFL. And

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the young guys are like, yeah, he could. First

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of all, it's not nearly as physical as it was

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25, 30 years ago. Second of all, the game is

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slower than the college. So he was averaging

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120, 130 snaps in college. If he could play every

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snap on both sides of the ball, then he wouldn't

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get to 120 snaps. He would play both sides of

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the ball and get to 120 snaps, as opposed to

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that fast -paced college -style ripping and running

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with that snapping every 20 to 25 seconds. You

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know, some people as low as 15 seconds. He's

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still playing all those snaps. If he can do it

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there, he can do it in the NFL. I think he'll

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end up playing probably 90 % of the snaps at

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receiver and probably 75 % to 80 % of the snaps

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at corner. I don't see him being a first down

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corner. So if you're playing Baltimore and they're

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in twins, I don't see Travis Hunter being on

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the field or they're in, you know, 20 -inch personnel.

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I think he'll be in 11 personnel, 10 personnel,

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zero personnel type corner. I don't think he'll

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be a 31 personnel guy, 13 personnel guy, a lot

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of 12 personnel depending on the pass tendency

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because that's a snap you can steal. Instead

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of him getting blocked and being on the field,

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he could be sitting down, getting gated or getting

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treated. So I think it'll be very team dependent

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how much he plays on defense. But I do think

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that he will greatly be used on offense. I think

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he was primarily drafted on offense, trying to

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give a boost to that offense led by Trevor Lawrence.

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And also, I believe that the Jaguars also drafted

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a running back. So they're trying to give Trevor

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Lawrence a chance there. But it is definitely

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an interesting move there by the Jacksonville

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Jaguars and one I completely agree with. And

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then it gets kind of boring again. Abdul Carter

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goes number three to the Giants. His biggest

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controversy was he wanted to wear Lawrence Taylor

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to the Six. Lawrence Taylor told him, heck nah.

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He was cordial about it, but hell nah was the

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message. And then Will Campbell, a .k .a. Baby

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Arms, a .k .a. T -Rex, goes fourth overall to

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the... New England Patriots, and then Mason Graham

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goes to the Browns. So the Browns pick up an

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additional first -round pick in 2026, which could

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be huge in a very quarterback -rich draft, also

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a very talent -rich draft. That draft is supposed

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to be especially special at the quarterback position,

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but there's supposed to be a lot of talent there

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outside of receivers. He's supposed to be awful

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in 26, really great in 27. But, you know, receivers

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come out of nowhere all the time, so who knows

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who pops out, who stands out. But, Of course,

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the NFL draft story is the Shador Sanders story.

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He came in as a top 10 consensus pick by most

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people's estimation. He was only given a 5 %

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chance of not being a first -round pick. I mean,

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he was all but decided of being a first -round

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pick, whether that is somebody's initial pass,

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those first 9 and 10 picks, or it's a spin back

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and someone trades him to the end of the first

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round and grabs him to secure that fifth -year

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option. while saving $20, $25 million on the

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front end, you know, that was what a lot of,

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that was what a lot of analysts, myself included,

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had him going. And if you watch the YouTube show,

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the YouTube mock draft, Chris from CL Smooth

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Gaming had him as a ninth pick. You know, I had

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him as a ninth pick, especially when Derek Carr's

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shoulder results, it's easily Shador saying as

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a ninth, maybe even sixth. I mean, he was as

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high as two to Cleveland. People like Skip Bayless

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say he should have been number one over Cam Moore,

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but he was as high as two to Cleveland. Three

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was a possibility to New York. Six because of

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the Tom Brady connection. And no one really thought

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he would get past nine, which New Orleans, who

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needed a quarterback, Kellen Moore needed his

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own guy. Derek Carr is not going to play anymore

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for the Saints. And that is the perfect opportunity

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to get a relatively cheap quarterback. Four years,

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less than $40 million. And it's relatively cheap

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per year. And that was going to be how it went

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down. And then the drama started. Cleveland,

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like I said, works out the deal with Jacksonville.

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And he got the fifth pick, pick Mason Graham.

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Okay. Vegas decides to go with Ashton Genting.

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Cool. New Orleans decides to draft Kelvin Banks.

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When New Orleans drafts Kelvin Banks, there's

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a video of Deion Sanders just kind of shaking

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his head. Because I don't know if that's a shake

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my head if I was promised certain things and

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that's not true. I don't know if that's a shaking

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of the head that's saying my son's going to be

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here a while. I don't know what that shaking

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of the head was about. But whatever it was, he

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clearly was affected strongly by New Orleans

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picking Kelvin Banks Jr. It's almost to the point

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of whether like was he told we're going to get

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you at nine. There's obviously, to me, some sort

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of back -channel discussion between Deion, you

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know, Deion and Shador and anybody else that

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steps in his way. Like, to me, there's obviously

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something going on with that situation. But regardless,

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I just think when he could pass nine in New Orleans,

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he did. He continued to fall and fall and fall.

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So then the New York Giants trade up 25, and

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everybody in the world is going, math included.

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Oh, that must be Shador. Because there's nobody

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else worth trading up to 25 for. They came about

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10, 12 spots. So we're like, oh, that must be

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Shador. And they must be jumping before anybody

00:14:44.750 --> 00:14:48.870
else could jump. It was Jackson Dart, quarterback

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from Ole Miss. Now you can sell me Jackson Dart.

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I may not buy it. I may laugh it out the building.

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But I will attempt to have you sell it to me.

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The next three quarterbacks off the board are

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as follows. Louisville's Tyler Shaw, Alabama's

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Dylan Murrow, and Oregon's Dylan Gabriel. Under

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no circumstance will I allow you to attempt to

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soil the reputation of my brain and the internet.

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I mean, that was an absolute travesty when those

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three were in the front end. Like I said, you

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could sell me Jackson Dart. I wouldn't necessarily

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buy it, but I'd have the argument. There is no

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argument for... There is no argument for anything

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else. You know? Like I said, we can discuss it

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if it comes down to Jackson Dart, but Shaw, Milrow,

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and... What's his face? Shaw, Milrow... Oh, and

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Gabriel? There's no conversation to be had there.

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But the overarching question is true. What happened...

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to Shador. How did we go from potentially the

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number two pick in the draft? Skip Bayless at

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number one. I'm not going to go there, right?

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Ken Wood's been the number one pick for months.

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How did we go from potentially the number two

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pick in the draft to fifth round? Okay. It's

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going to start off with some precedent here.

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Quarterbacks are rarely picked in the second

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round. Tyler Shaw is like, There may be one a

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class because usually if you draft the guy at

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40, specifically a quarterback, you do what the

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Giants did. You're going to say, forget picking

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40. We're going to get that fifth year option.

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We'll trade 40, 118 and 170 something or a fifth

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next year to go from 40 to 30. and pick up the

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fifth year option so that way we have this guy

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under our control for five contracts for four

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contractual years team option two franchise tags

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he's 30 by the time he even has a legit chance

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at real free agency or he's 28 23 now it's a

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quarterback all right cool but we have him on

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the team for seven years at least that's had

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worse two coaches you know i'm saying so you're

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having that stability at the position in your

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mind for at least seven seasons minimum, and

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no one has gone the full Kirk Cousins ran the

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gambit. He did the four years, then he got franchise

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tag, then he got out and went frenzy. He's our

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only quarterback in recent memory to run the

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full gambit of the contract, and even he did

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it from a six -round pick perspective. He didn't

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have the franchise tag. That is what was interesting

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about Deion Sanders. Not Deion Sanders. Shador

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Sanders. Once you get out of the first round,

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second round picks being unlikely because that's

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skill, guys. Third round picks are usually dual

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players. Fourth round, fifth round is where quarterbacks

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return. So people are like, well, I was doing

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second round pick. That rarely happens. Okay.

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Image issues. It is clear to me, at least from

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what was presented back to us, that no teams

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thought he was an NFL starter. At least nowhere

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early. Now, maybe he ended up one. Maybe they

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could project in the perfect system with the

00:18:25.809 --> 00:18:28.789
right acquisitions, blah, blah, blah, that he

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is a starter for a few years, not amazing, blah,

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blah, blah, and go on and so on and so forth.

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Cool. I have to do with saying it's the ability

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to start his rookie season. However, Once you

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get to the point where you're saying he's a backup

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for us, now what is the worst thing to be in

00:18:52.609 --> 00:18:56.029
the NFL? It's a celebrity backup quarterback.

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When Tebow left Denver, Tebow struggled to find

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a job. Not only because he wanted to start, but

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number two, you couldn't just bring Tebow in

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because as soon as the quarterback plays bad

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one series, you're hearing, we want Tebow. We

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want Tebow. We want Tebow. Or you go up 13, 14

00:19:21.349 --> 00:19:24.750
in the fourth quarter, and you hear Tebow, Tebow,

00:19:24.869 --> 00:19:29.609
Tebow, Tebow. And that is the literal last thing

00:19:29.609 --> 00:19:32.730
you want. You do not want a celebrity backup

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quarterback. So now that begins to work against

00:19:35.269 --> 00:19:37.230
him heavily. You also have the fact that he had

00:19:37.230 --> 00:19:39.609
a tendency to hold the ball way too long in college.

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I'm also the believer of I'll watch them play

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in college. If Shador didn't hold the ball and

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run around from sacks, they would probably not

00:19:47.309 --> 00:19:49.349
win a game. The fact they won as many games as

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they did, including one where he literally dodged

00:19:51.509 --> 00:19:54.630
multiple sacks and was still fading left, flicks

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it through the rain in overtime right into the

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corner of the end zone. Yes. Are there flaws

00:20:02.920 --> 00:20:05.019
in the game with Shador Sanders? Absolutely.

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I wonder how long it's going to take him to break

00:20:07.720 --> 00:20:09.539
out of the tendency of trying to scramble and

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run around for everything. Because Caleb Williams

00:20:12.200 --> 00:20:13.660
struggled with that his rookie year where he

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was able to dance and dodge and prance and prod

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his way around blockers and around defenders.

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And that's just not possible at the NFL level.

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Not really. Not for a non -special athlete because

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the guy who's 6 '5", 280 is as fast, if not faster

00:20:26.680 --> 00:20:29.819
than you. He's used to moving laterally and changing

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directions quickly. I think that Seattle goes

00:20:33.250 --> 00:20:37.329
with Milrow because they are looking at Milrow

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as a day one instant dual threat guy. I don't

00:20:41.150 --> 00:20:43.349
understand Tyler Shaw. I don't understand Dylan

00:20:43.349 --> 00:20:47.589
Gabriel. I just don't. Both of those guys were

00:20:47.589 --> 00:20:50.710
picked in front of Shador Sanders. I don't understand.

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There is almost a collusion. If it was collusion,

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it was designed to humble him. If there was collusion,

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it was designed to make sure that people watched

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day three. If it was collusion, it was designed

00:21:02.789 --> 00:21:05.670
to sell a lot of tickets to Cleveland. And again,

00:21:05.829 --> 00:21:10.630
I am a proponent of conspiracy theories to an

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extent. That was not a conspiracy theory. There

00:21:13.849 --> 00:21:16.789
was no one against them, so on and so forth.

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So, I mean, absolutely a wild day. Crazy, crazy

00:21:23.109 --> 00:21:27.170
day. But the main question is why Cleveland?

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Cleveland is the perfect spot for him. You saw

00:21:31.089 --> 00:21:32.910
what they did, was able to do with Deshaun Watson

00:21:32.910 --> 00:21:35.849
when healthy. I love Kevin Stefanski. Joe Flacco

00:21:35.849 --> 00:21:39.490
ripped off a lot of games last year. And so,

00:21:39.650 --> 00:21:42.390
you know, I enjoy the fit they have in Cleveland.

00:21:42.470 --> 00:21:43.690
They're going to continue to put offense line

00:21:43.690 --> 00:21:46.809
together, continue to put weaponry together.

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Defense is going to be vital. So it is going

00:21:51.250 --> 00:21:55.640
to be very interesting. interesting situation

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in the dog pound. They report that Shador is

00:22:02.019 --> 00:22:04.900
not the starter. It's going to be very hard to

00:22:04.900 --> 00:22:06.900
be in Cleveland for a while if they tell you

00:22:06.900 --> 00:22:11.559
that Shador is not the starter. And what now?

00:22:12.299 --> 00:22:14.220
Now, simply, he has to go to training camp and

00:22:14.220 --> 00:22:16.039
ball out. He's the fifth -round pick. He'll get

00:22:16.039 --> 00:22:18.339
an invite to rookie minicamp, so on and so forth,

00:22:18.420 --> 00:22:21.289
but it's completely up to him now. how we feel

00:22:21.289 --> 00:22:23.750
and what we think is irrelevant because now he

00:22:23.750 --> 00:22:27.049
is a NFL player with NFL talent, NFL GMs, NFL

00:22:27.049 --> 00:22:29.250
scheme, and it is entirely and totally up to

00:22:29.250 --> 00:22:31.130
him. And I'm sure I'll keep an eye on whatever

00:22:31.130 --> 00:22:35.309
team he plays for, but it is entirely up to him.

00:22:36.869 --> 00:22:40.079
All right, but quickly, who won the draft? When

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there's a winner, there's got to be a loser.

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So who won the draft? The Patriots won the draft.

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The Patriots drafted incredibly well. I think

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one of the sneakier great picks in the draft

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is Stevenson. He's going to be a guy who's going

00:22:51.980 --> 00:22:53.839
to run the ball in the committee. He's not going

00:22:53.839 --> 00:22:56.759
to be every down back. You know, Kansas City

00:22:56.759 --> 00:22:58.880
is not going to see him 30 times a game. Kansas

00:22:58.880 --> 00:23:01.240
City might see him 15 times a game, 12 times

00:23:01.240 --> 00:23:04.500
a game with three passes. And so you get situations

00:23:04.500 --> 00:23:08.660
like that where you don't necessarily have. You

00:23:08.660 --> 00:23:13.200
know, you don't have to have a stable of running

00:23:13.200 --> 00:23:17.839
backs, have a quartet, triple that minimum quartet

00:23:17.839 --> 00:23:20.039
of running backs. You can constantly rotate in,

00:23:20.119 --> 00:23:22.180
especially with that system. And New England

00:23:22.180 --> 00:23:23.700
did that when they got Trevion Henderson. They

00:23:23.700 --> 00:23:25.700
also picked up Will Campbell. Like I said, they

00:23:25.700 --> 00:23:28.359
also picked up multiple guys who grayed out to

00:23:28.359 --> 00:23:31.059
either starters or near starters their first

00:23:31.059 --> 00:23:36.900
year on campus. So that is huge for us. And then.

00:23:41.490 --> 00:23:43.890
That's it. I thought I had a – oh, wait, no.

00:23:44.029 --> 00:23:46.789
I'm sorry. And Philly also won the draft. They

00:23:46.789 --> 00:23:50.750
didn't rebuild. They just simply reloaded. So

00:23:50.750 --> 00:23:52.690
Philly was able to win the draft there, picking

00:23:52.690 --> 00:23:55.509
in all their spots, all big names, which gives

00:23:55.509 --> 00:23:58.549
me a lot of cause to pause at times that they

00:23:58.549 --> 00:24:02.809
will indeed behave. And then, of course, again,

00:24:02.910 --> 00:24:04.750
as a winner, it has to be a loser. So the first

00:24:04.750 --> 00:24:06.789
loser in the draft is Atlanta. I'm not mad at

00:24:06.789 --> 00:24:11.519
Atlanta for picking – Trudeau Stewart, he's a

00:24:11.519 --> 00:24:14.140
combine warrior. He's one of those guys where

00:24:14.140 --> 00:24:16.240
if you're a D -line coach in D .C., you can say,

00:24:16.339 --> 00:24:19.980
Coach, I can fix him. I mean, then you just kind

00:24:19.980 --> 00:24:22.200
of blindly draft and pick. I mean, you don't

00:24:22.200 --> 00:24:24.079
want to acknowledge you did it, so you're going

00:24:24.079 --> 00:24:30.079
to blindly draft and pick. I mean, that's just

00:24:30.079 --> 00:24:35.779
the truth. All right, and then the Philadelphia

00:24:35.779 --> 00:24:44.279
Eagles. Need to stand up for their team as well

00:24:44.279 --> 00:24:46.180
in the good section. But in the bad section,

00:24:46.400 --> 00:24:49.039
we have the Atlanta Falcons. I don't know. I

00:24:49.039 --> 00:24:50.460
got a little off rails there, but we have the

00:24:50.460 --> 00:24:52.660
Atlanta Falcons. Again, I don't mind what they

00:24:52.660 --> 00:24:54.200
did in the draft position -wise. They needed

00:24:54.200 --> 00:24:56.680
DBs and they needed edge rushers. They picked

00:24:56.680 --> 00:24:59.200
both up. The problem is both edge rushers and

00:24:59.200 --> 00:25:01.200
they were both safeties. So not necessarily the

00:25:01.200 --> 00:25:03.119
position group in the DB room that you need.

00:25:03.279 --> 00:25:05.920
And also, the Falcons traded a good amount of

00:25:05.920 --> 00:25:08.500
draft capital. for the right to draft another

00:25:08.500 --> 00:25:11.380
player at a position he already drafted. So that

00:25:11.380 --> 00:25:14.299
was highly frustrating there. So I can only imagine

00:25:14.299 --> 00:25:17.420
how Falcons faithful felt seeing the amount of

00:25:17.420 --> 00:25:20.920
capital you gave up for an edge rusher. And then

00:25:20.920 --> 00:25:23.279
the Bengals, everything about it depends on Shemar

00:25:23.279 --> 00:25:26.640
Stewart. The Bengals tripled down. I mean, the

00:25:26.640 --> 00:25:28.519
Falcons tripled down on having good safeties,

00:25:28.519 --> 00:25:30.380
but the Bengals, everything depends on Shemar

00:25:30.380 --> 00:25:32.059
Stewart. They went out to fix their edge problem

00:25:32.059 --> 00:25:34.279
as well, along with potentially replace Trey

00:25:34.279 --> 00:25:38.019
Hendrickson. And again, every single thing revolves

00:25:38.019 --> 00:25:40.660
around Shamar Stewart. Shamar Stewart is average

00:25:40.660 --> 00:25:43.079
to be average class. If Shamar Stewart is exceptional,

00:25:43.299 --> 00:25:45.119
it's to be an exceptional class. It's just that

00:25:45.119 --> 00:25:47.380
simple for the Cincinnati Bengals. Now, you need

00:25:47.380 --> 00:25:50.099
to find an offensive tackle. But they did a great

00:25:50.099 --> 00:25:54.220
job all around by the NFL GMs. Nobody was made

00:25:54.220 --> 00:25:56.319
to look dumb. Now, there was a couple of things,

00:25:56.500 --> 00:25:58.740
decisions that I wouldn't have made just because

00:25:58.740 --> 00:26:01.289
of the future. because I don't know how heavily

00:26:01.289 --> 00:26:04.589
stacked up that QB class is. Having a high pick

00:26:04.589 --> 00:26:06.490
in that class could mean ransom from somebody.

00:26:08.829 --> 00:26:17.069
So that is definitely, definitely important and

00:26:17.069 --> 00:26:19.269
what a great draft, what an amazing draft it

00:26:19.269 --> 00:26:21.970
was. Kind of our taste of football until August,

00:26:22.009 --> 00:26:25.309
or at least if you want to see the NFL. But up

00:26:25.309 --> 00:26:27.289
next, we're going to have our NBA playoffs and

00:26:27.289 --> 00:26:47.400
talk about what's going down there. Welcome back

00:26:47.400 --> 00:26:54.539
into the show. As now we jump into the NBA playoffs,

00:26:54.740 --> 00:26:57.940
which last time we talked wasn't even on the

00:26:57.940 --> 00:27:01.180
near horizon. As we are still in the first round

00:27:01.180 --> 00:27:04.380
of the NBA playoffs. We're going to talk about

00:27:04.380 --> 00:27:06.720
this more on the YouTube show as well with T

00:27:06.720 --> 00:27:11.839
-Mail and Jai on the JTS After Dark show. We

00:27:11.839 --> 00:27:13.960
are also going to talk about it right now. So

00:27:13.960 --> 00:27:16.319
just want to look at all the standings and we're

00:27:16.319 --> 00:27:18.380
going to get into in -depth stuff with a little

00:27:18.380 --> 00:27:20.079
bit of the series stuff, series by series. So

00:27:20.079 --> 00:27:22.500
we're going to start off with the West. We have

00:27:22.500 --> 00:27:25.440
our first person in the conference semifinals,

00:27:25.480 --> 00:27:27.400
and that would be the Oklahoma City Thunders.

00:27:27.420 --> 00:27:30.299
They wipe away the Grizzlies 4 -0 in a sweep.

00:27:31.720 --> 00:27:34.720
Actually, not that shocking of a sweep. Now,

00:27:34.799 --> 00:27:36.180
people say, oh, that could have happened to anybody.

00:27:36.519 --> 00:27:39.200
No, the Grizz were a bad matchup for the Thunder.

00:27:39.599 --> 00:27:43.480
Because Shea played horrible, like most of this

00:27:43.480 --> 00:27:47.859
series. And I think that if the 8C was the Warriors,

00:27:48.039 --> 00:27:51.799
if the 8C ended up being the Timberwolves, because

00:27:51.799 --> 00:27:53.380
in that last game, they were all like a game

00:27:53.380 --> 00:27:55.960
apart, weird tiebreakers everywhere. If the 8C

00:27:55.960 --> 00:27:57.400
ended up being somebody other than the Grizzlies,

00:27:57.539 --> 00:28:00.619
I believe that Oklahoma City is probably 2 -2

00:28:00.619 --> 00:28:04.400
with them. Because Shea played absolutely god

00:28:04.400 --> 00:28:08.089
-awfully terrible. But ultimately, the Grizzlies

00:28:08.089 --> 00:28:10.329
were without Taylor Jenkins as their coach. John

00:28:10.329 --> 00:28:12.849
Morant gets hurt in game three. And again, the

00:28:12.849 --> 00:28:16.309
Thunder had beat the Grizzlies by 19 plus points

00:28:16.309 --> 00:28:19.230
in the regular season again. So them blowing

00:28:19.230 --> 00:28:21.230
them out in the playoffs was not shocking because

00:28:21.230 --> 00:28:23.710
it was the same exact matchup. And now you get

00:28:23.710 --> 00:28:26.369
a less good coach. No offense, but it ain't it

00:28:26.369 --> 00:28:30.509
ain't Taylor Jenkins. And whoever I think Adelman

00:28:30.509 --> 00:28:33.950
or whoever the name is of the of their coach.

00:28:35.349 --> 00:28:39.950
You clearly get a not nearly as talented coach.

00:28:40.190 --> 00:28:42.190
And especially given the time situation, you're

00:28:42.190 --> 00:28:43.890
not really installing your own stuff. You're

00:28:43.890 --> 00:28:45.730
kind of running new stuff they're not used to,

00:28:45.769 --> 00:28:48.650
so on and so forth. So, again, it's a situation

00:28:48.650 --> 00:28:50.710
where Oklahoma City had the perfect first round

00:28:50.710 --> 00:28:53.490
matchup. It's almost, in the words of Nick Wright,

00:28:53.670 --> 00:28:56.670
it's better than a bye. The reason why it's better

00:28:56.670 --> 00:29:00.029
than a bye is you were able to play on the court.

00:29:00.470 --> 00:29:04.109
You were able to. Those are probably. The four

00:29:04.109 --> 00:29:09.910
worst games that Shea will play all playoffs.

00:29:11.009 --> 00:29:14.109
And you won all four of them. Because you played

00:29:14.109 --> 00:29:17.250
one of, if not the worst team in the playoffs.

00:29:17.509 --> 00:29:19.109
I mean, the only team probably worse than them

00:29:19.109 --> 00:29:21.150
right now is Cleveland. Not Cleveland, Miami.

00:29:22.349 --> 00:29:25.009
Because Miami was a Tennessee that literally

00:29:25.009 --> 00:29:28.450
played their way in. So that's probably the worst

00:29:28.450 --> 00:29:31.750
team in the playoffs. But they were easily the

00:29:31.750 --> 00:29:33.250
worst team in the West, probably the second -worst

00:29:33.250 --> 00:29:36.150
team in the playoffs. And you were able to, like

00:29:36.150 --> 00:29:38.849
I said, get basically all of Shea's bad games

00:29:38.849 --> 00:29:41.309
out of the way without it costing you anything.

00:29:41.670 --> 00:29:43.390
So now they get a week off before the second

00:29:43.390 --> 00:29:45.250
round, and the team they're going to play is

00:29:45.250 --> 00:29:47.750
in an absolute dogfight because it's the winner

00:29:47.750 --> 00:29:49.809
of the Nuggets and the Clippers, who are currently

00:29:49.809 --> 00:29:52.849
tied 2 -2 in a war as it heads back to Denver

00:29:52.849 --> 00:29:56.309
for game 4, a pivotal game 5. You're going to

00:29:56.309 --> 00:29:57.930
hear the stat over the next few days because

00:29:57.930 --> 00:30:02.089
it's... Well, the only series 2 -2 going into

00:30:02.089 --> 00:30:04.490
tonight. So I'm recording this on Monday at about

00:30:04.490 --> 00:30:07.710
630. So you guys, by the time you guys hear this,

00:30:07.910 --> 00:30:09.829
summer's also be decided. It may be different.

00:30:09.910 --> 00:30:12.130
But right now, as it sits, only one series is

00:30:12.130 --> 00:30:16.190
2 -2, and that's Nuggets Clippers. Actually,

00:30:16.369 --> 00:30:18.309
outside of Warriors and Rockets, they're the

00:30:18.309 --> 00:30:21.170
only series that could be 2 -2. But the Nuggets

00:30:21.170 --> 00:30:26.130
Clippers get into it 2 -2. And you're going to

00:30:26.130 --> 00:30:28.890
hear the stat, of course, 71 % of the time or

00:30:28.890 --> 00:30:30.910
something like that, the team who wins game five

00:30:30.910 --> 00:30:32.849
of the 2 -2 series goes on and wins the finals.

00:30:33.470 --> 00:30:35.430
Goes on and wins the series, right? And that's

00:30:35.430 --> 00:30:36.690
going to be a popular thing you're going to hear

00:30:36.690 --> 00:30:39.809
over and over again. This game is valuable beyond

00:30:39.809 --> 00:30:43.450
belief. It is a very vital game for the Clippers

00:30:43.450 --> 00:30:45.690
and the Nuggets. And I say this because if you're

00:30:45.690 --> 00:30:48.089
the Clippers, you're like, dude, we could have

00:30:48.089 --> 00:30:51.910
been 3 -1. And if you're the Nuggets, you're

00:30:51.910 --> 00:30:54.910
like, dude, we could have been 3 -1. Both of

00:30:54.910 --> 00:30:56.750
them could have easily been 3 -1. And honestly,

00:30:56.890 --> 00:30:59.890
Denver could have swept. Because Denver, one

00:30:59.890 --> 00:31:02.670
of the games Clippers won, Denver had them down,

00:31:02.809 --> 00:31:05.529
really down, and they came back. But vice versa,

00:31:05.690 --> 00:31:07.849
the Clippers had Denver down really well one

00:31:07.849 --> 00:31:11.089
game, and Denver came back. The Aaron Gordon

00:31:11.089 --> 00:31:13.589
buzzer beater dunk was insane. That's a game

00:31:13.589 --> 00:31:15.930
where the Clippers look back and go, damn, that's

00:31:15.930 --> 00:31:19.690
how we lost? But also, if you're the Clippers,

00:31:19.769 --> 00:31:21.150
you're probably going, well, we probably should

00:31:21.150 --> 00:31:22.970
have lost the game anyway. We were down a lot.

00:31:23.849 --> 00:31:26.250
And if you're Denver, that's a game to me that

00:31:26.250 --> 00:31:29.269
makes you nervous because it's a game you put

00:31:29.269 --> 00:31:31.150
in your title like, okay, we won it. But also,

00:31:31.289 --> 00:31:32.670
we probably shouldn't have been that close to

00:31:32.670 --> 00:31:35.269
them. So that's a situation where if you're,

00:31:35.269 --> 00:31:36.990
you know, it depends on your perspective there.

00:31:37.069 --> 00:31:39.029
If you're a half full kind of guy. If you're

00:31:39.029 --> 00:31:40.210
a half full, you're like, hey, we got the win.

00:31:41.609 --> 00:31:43.569
We got the win. We're out of there. And if you're

00:31:43.569 --> 00:31:46.029
a Clippers half full person, you're saying. Well,

00:31:46.069 --> 00:31:49.130
we charge back from 20 -something down, and if

00:31:49.130 --> 00:31:51.670
it's not for the luckiest play in NBA playoffs

00:31:51.670 --> 00:31:55.049
history, we go into overtime and probably win

00:31:55.049 --> 00:31:58.470
that game. If you're half -empty on both sides,

00:31:59.029 --> 00:32:01.190
you're Denver going, it took the luckiest play

00:32:01.190 --> 00:32:03.710
in NBA history for us to survive after blowing

00:32:03.710 --> 00:32:06.829
this massive lead. And if you're a half -empty

00:32:06.829 --> 00:32:08.990
Clippers fan, you go, my God, man, are we just

00:32:08.990 --> 00:32:12.190
supposed to lose the series? We're .2 seconds

00:32:12.190 --> 00:32:16.319
away from legitimately probably having a really

00:32:16.319 --> 00:32:20.359
good chance of being up 3 -1. And now we go into

00:32:20.359 --> 00:32:24.200
their building 2 -2. So it's a plethora of, you

00:32:24.200 --> 00:32:25.539
know, it's a plethora of things in that series.

00:32:25.759 --> 00:32:27.880
To me, this is the best series going right now.

00:32:28.240 --> 00:32:30.819
It is a war down there. You've got historic performances

00:32:30.819 --> 00:32:32.980
on both sides. Kawhi Leonard looks to be in form.

00:32:33.220 --> 00:32:34.759
If you haven't seen this, Kawhi Leonard is probably

00:32:34.759 --> 00:32:38.619
the Toronto Raptors championship. And Nikola

00:32:38.619 --> 00:32:40.039
Jokic just showing why he's the best player on

00:32:40.039 --> 00:32:42.900
the planet. Shot after shot after shot, play

00:32:42.900 --> 00:32:44.420
after play after play. I mean, he's injured.

00:32:44.500 --> 00:32:46.660
He's wearing a brace and a sleeve. He doesn't

00:32:46.660 --> 00:32:51.460
care. He's going. So just absolute kudos all

00:32:51.460 --> 00:32:56.420
around in this series. It's interesting to watch.

00:32:56.720 --> 00:32:59.490
And it's especially interesting because. Denver

00:32:59.490 --> 00:33:01.809
doesn't have their coach. They're running with

00:33:01.809 --> 00:33:03.829
an assistant coach as well because they fired

00:33:03.829 --> 00:33:08.049
Mike Malone after years of him battling with

00:33:08.049 --> 00:33:11.809
the GM. They finally fired them both. And so

00:33:11.809 --> 00:33:14.829
it's interesting watching this chess match between

00:33:14.829 --> 00:33:17.549
Ty Lue and the Nugget assistant coach because

00:33:17.549 --> 00:33:20.660
it's kind of you have no tendency. you know,

00:33:20.700 --> 00:33:23.099
you're kind of learning what he wants to do kind

00:33:23.099 --> 00:33:26.980
of as you do it. And it's very Jokic -led, which

00:33:26.980 --> 00:33:29.059
throws even more monkey rings because Jokic is

00:33:29.059 --> 00:33:32.640
playing kind of off feeling, you know, because

00:33:32.640 --> 00:33:34.740
he's kind of coaching. If I could return coaching,

00:33:34.900 --> 00:33:37.359
leading, and playing off feeling as opposed to

00:33:37.359 --> 00:33:40.220
a strategist, and there is no such strategy.

00:33:40.299 --> 00:33:42.720
So it's incredibly interesting watching them

00:33:42.720 --> 00:33:47.390
go back and forth as far as chess piece. To me,

00:33:47.410 --> 00:33:49.490
the most shocking series right now is the Lakers

00:33:49.490 --> 00:33:53.750
and Timberwolves. And the Lakers are down three

00:33:53.750 --> 00:33:58.509
games to one. They split. I mean, for the Timberwolves,

00:33:58.569 --> 00:34:00.710
it is as beautiful of a series as you can possibly

00:34:00.710 --> 00:34:03.450
imagine. You split it on the road. You win both

00:34:03.450 --> 00:34:06.569
games at home. I mean, that's the underdog. That's

00:34:06.569 --> 00:34:09.469
the lower seed manual. Split, hold home court.

00:34:09.750 --> 00:34:12.650
Because you go back in game five, up 3 -1. That's

00:34:12.650 --> 00:34:15.769
what Minnesota is. They had three. The Lakers.

00:34:16.420 --> 00:34:18.199
They could be saying, damn, we could have swept.

00:34:19.079 --> 00:34:22.340
Because you win, you get blown off the floor

00:34:22.340 --> 00:34:26.039
in game one. You could be up 3 -1 because both

00:34:26.039 --> 00:34:29.579
games in Minnesota, you had good second half

00:34:29.579 --> 00:34:32.719
leads and you let Minnesota win both games. So

00:34:32.719 --> 00:34:34.900
instead of being up 3 -1, heading back to L .A.,

00:34:34.900 --> 00:34:38.860
ending in a 5, you're going to L .A., down 3

00:34:38.860 --> 00:34:42.619
-1. You're probably going to win game five. I

00:34:42.619 --> 00:34:45.159
don't see the Lakers going out in five. I don't

00:34:45.159 --> 00:34:46.820
think the NBA will allow the Lakers to go out

00:34:46.820 --> 00:34:49.340
in five. Why don't the Lakers go out in five?

00:34:49.679 --> 00:34:52.579
Game six of the game. It's back in Minnesota.

00:34:54.860 --> 00:34:57.719
It's put on a show. Both second halves in Minnesota.

00:35:01.239 --> 00:35:04.760
It is a situation where if you are the Lakers,

00:35:04.880 --> 00:35:07.340
that is the game. If you're the Timberwolves,

00:35:07.440 --> 00:35:09.900
that is the game. I'm saying it now because we

00:35:09.900 --> 00:35:12.420
won't talk before the series ends. The winner

00:35:12.420 --> 00:35:15.429
of game six wins the series. Again, I don't believe

00:35:15.429 --> 00:35:17.170
the Lakers lose game five. I don't think it's

00:35:17.170 --> 00:35:21.369
possible. I do, however, think what is very possible

00:35:21.369 --> 00:35:24.469
is that if the Lakers win game five, it comes

00:35:24.469 --> 00:35:27.610
down to game six. Whoever wins game six wins

00:35:27.610 --> 00:35:31.150
in LA in game seven. Because either the Timberwolves

00:35:31.150 --> 00:35:33.570
are going to win it in six or the Lakers, you're

00:35:33.570 --> 00:35:35.489
going to tell LeBron and Luka you're 48 minutes

00:35:35.489 --> 00:35:40.010
away from the second round against either Golden

00:35:40.010 --> 00:35:43.090
State or Houston. Both of which, if you're the

00:35:43.090 --> 00:35:45.090
Lakers, You're feeling pretty good about beating.

00:35:45.670 --> 00:35:48.110
Golden State don't have the offensive firepower

00:35:48.110 --> 00:35:52.110
to outside of Steph and Jimmy. You would also

00:35:52.110 --> 00:35:53.849
look at that series if you're the Lakers and

00:35:53.849 --> 00:35:59.730
go, man, Dre gets LeBron, Jimmy gets Luka. Who's

00:35:59.730 --> 00:36:02.989
guarding Reeves or Rui? You know what I'm saying?

00:36:03.070 --> 00:36:07.170
If you make it out. Also, if you look at if you

00:36:07.170 --> 00:36:08.750
end up being Houston, if you're the Lakers and

00:36:08.750 --> 00:36:12.659
you made the comeback. who you know saying amen

00:36:12.659 --> 00:36:15.739
thompson goes to lebron brooks goes to lebron

00:36:15.739 --> 00:36:20.199
amen goes to luca who's got reeves it's kind

00:36:20.199 --> 00:36:24.000
of but who's got reeves has been his self over

00:36:24.000 --> 00:36:25.420
these past couple of games he's been checked

00:36:25.420 --> 00:36:28.079
he's been not himself and so that's allowed minnesota

00:36:28.079 --> 00:36:30.699
they are wing defender short but the problem

00:36:30.699 --> 00:36:33.780
is that wing defender is doing a decent job on

00:36:33.780 --> 00:36:35.619
reeves who's just not looking like himself right

00:36:35.619 --> 00:36:38.280
now and they're also in need of a big i mean

00:36:38.280 --> 00:36:40.679
this series proved they need a functional center.

00:36:40.760 --> 00:36:42.739
Jackson Hayes is not functional. Do they need

00:36:42.739 --> 00:36:45.639
Anthony Davis at center? No. Do they can have

00:36:45.639 --> 00:36:48.699
somebody as dysfunctional as Jackson Hayes? No.

00:36:48.860 --> 00:36:50.320
If they have somebody in the middle like Clint

00:36:50.320 --> 00:36:57.820
Capella, the Lakers are probably up 3 -1. It's

00:36:57.820 --> 00:37:00.760
just that simple for the Lakers. I mean, they

00:37:00.760 --> 00:37:05.000
are a functional center away from being up 3

00:37:05.000 --> 00:37:10.670
-1, but they can't make a center. They can't

00:37:10.670 --> 00:37:13.210
create a center. That center is going to have

00:37:13.210 --> 00:37:17.969
to be Jackson Hayes or they're going to have

00:37:17.969 --> 00:37:21.530
to play small. And so JJ Redick went a very bold

00:37:21.530 --> 00:37:24.250
strategy of not subbing in the second half. And

00:37:24.250 --> 00:37:26.690
I think it cost him in the fourth quarter. And

00:37:26.690 --> 00:37:28.630
Kendrick Perkins kind of said what I said. When

00:37:28.630 --> 00:37:32.809
you went up 10, that was your moment. You know.

00:37:33.480 --> 00:37:35.500
When LeBron sat for a minute and 38 seconds,

00:37:35.639 --> 00:37:37.579
you could have done two minutes and 38 seconds.

00:37:37.679 --> 00:37:40.840
You could have done the old calf sub. About 30

00:37:40.840 --> 00:37:43.599
seconds, right around a minute, whatever. A minute

00:37:43.599 --> 00:37:45.480
and 30 becomes he subs out the next whistle.

00:37:46.619 --> 00:37:49.840
He subs them out. You get them back in right

00:37:49.840 --> 00:37:52.340
around 10 minutes up in the fourth. So it only

00:37:52.340 --> 00:37:54.840
may be two and a half minutes of game time max,

00:37:55.019 --> 00:37:59.219
but it's 10 minutes or 15 minutes of real time.

00:37:59.500 --> 00:38:01.699
Because you get TV timeouts, you get breaks,

00:38:01.739 --> 00:38:03.690
you get... Probably free throws at the end of

00:38:03.690 --> 00:38:06.010
the half. You get a quarter change. And so it

00:38:06.010 --> 00:38:07.809
ended up being 10 to 15 minutes of real time.

00:38:08.130 --> 00:38:11.590
And the clock only lost two minutes. So that's,

00:38:11.590 --> 00:38:13.909
I think, J .J. Redick, that was a rookie coach

00:38:13.909 --> 00:38:16.489
mistake and a big moment. His lineup was rolling.

00:38:16.690 --> 00:38:18.769
He trusted those five. He probably could have

00:38:18.769 --> 00:38:20.050
asked him, Luke and LeBron, are y 'all good?

00:38:20.170 --> 00:38:23.050
They both kept telling him yes. And so he's kind

00:38:23.050 --> 00:38:26.289
of rolled with it. That was a rookie moment from

00:38:26.289 --> 00:38:30.000
J .J. Redick. So the Lakers are down 3 -1. And

00:38:30.000 --> 00:38:32.639
then Rockets and Warriors are playing a pivotal

00:38:32.639 --> 00:38:35.440
game four tonight. Jimmy Butler comes back after

00:38:35.440 --> 00:38:39.920
missing game three, a Warriors win, which could

00:38:39.920 --> 00:38:42.360
come back to haunt Houston after a pelvic contusion

00:38:42.360 --> 00:38:46.260
of the Warriors. Jimmy Butler comes back to play

00:38:46.260 --> 00:38:48.599
for the Warriors in game four as the Warriors

00:38:48.599 --> 00:38:52.019
take a commanding 3 -1 lead over the Rockets.

00:38:52.019 --> 00:38:54.480
So it could very well, the bracket could end

00:38:54.480 --> 00:38:57.420
up being the one seed, the five, the six, and

00:38:57.420 --> 00:39:00.610
the seven seed. in the West. I mean, like that's,

00:39:00.610 --> 00:39:04.630
it's very much on the table right now of how

00:39:04.630 --> 00:39:06.710
the West could look. Oklahoma City could wake

00:39:06.710 --> 00:39:10.349
up as the only top four seed in the West. And

00:39:10.349 --> 00:39:13.469
then Clippers, I'm sorry, no, Clippers would

00:39:13.469 --> 00:39:15.369
go to Oklahoma City. So then the Timberwolves

00:39:15.369 --> 00:39:17.429
are hosting a second round or have home court

00:39:17.429 --> 00:39:18.929
advantage in the second round. I mean, that's

00:39:18.929 --> 00:39:22.230
like, it's crazy, but that's very realistic right

00:39:22.230 --> 00:39:24.769
now that Oklahoma City could wake up in five

00:39:24.769 --> 00:39:27.250
days as the only top four seed left in the West.

00:39:28.169 --> 00:39:30.250
which is the total opposite of the East because

00:39:30.250 --> 00:39:32.989
in the East, the guy was about to finish off

00:39:32.989 --> 00:39:35.650
the Heat. There's not much talk about here. Very

00:39:35.650 --> 00:39:37.809
similar to Oklahoma City. They're blowing the

00:39:37.809 --> 00:39:40.610
Heat off the floor. Even if the final score doesn't

00:39:40.610 --> 00:39:42.449
say it, at no point do you feel like the Heat

00:39:42.449 --> 00:39:44.829
were ever going to win any of these games. And

00:39:44.829 --> 00:39:47.349
I feel like that's what matters. Like at no point

00:39:47.349 --> 00:39:49.289
did it feel like the Heat was ever going to win

00:39:49.289 --> 00:39:52.909
these games. And so that's what matters there.

00:39:52.969 --> 00:39:54.389
They're blowing the Heat off the floor. They're

00:39:54.389 --> 00:39:55.909
going to get rid of them tonight. It's going

00:39:55.909 --> 00:39:59.460
to be a sweep. Okay, Pacers and Bucs. Pacers

00:39:59.460 --> 00:40:02.420
and Bucs. First of all, I want to say my condolences

00:40:02.420 --> 00:40:05.739
to Dame. Damian Lillard popped his Achilles tendon,

00:40:05.940 --> 00:40:10.019
his left Achilles tendon, at this stage and age

00:40:10.019 --> 00:40:13.820
of his career. And Chris Haynes already saying

00:40:13.820 --> 00:40:18.079
Dame's going to attack rehab. And Dame is, you

00:40:18.079 --> 00:40:20.559
know, determined to come back and be a great

00:40:20.559 --> 00:40:23.239
player and contribute to winning and blah, blah,

00:40:23.260 --> 00:40:27.769
blah, blah, blah. Right? Damian Lillard as it

00:40:27.769 --> 00:40:31.789
sits right this second like today as I'm recording

00:40:31.789 --> 00:40:37.250
this is 34 years old by the time next season

00:40:37.250 --> 00:40:44.909
starts he will be 35 years old the Achilles injury

00:40:44.909 --> 00:40:48.050
is typically what is known as a 12 to 24 month

00:40:48.050 --> 00:40:51.730
injury 12 months to get active again another

00:40:51.730 --> 00:40:54.349
12 months to feel like yourself that would place

00:40:54.349 --> 00:41:00.880
him after around his 36th birthday. Sorry, Damian

00:41:00.880 --> 00:41:04.619
Lillard. It's over. Now, could he come back and

00:41:04.619 --> 00:41:11.079
be 17 tonight? Sure. But coming back and being

00:41:11.079 --> 00:41:13.739
a heavy contributor to a title team, unless he

00:41:13.739 --> 00:41:15.579
just, like I said, signed some cheap little deal

00:41:15.579 --> 00:41:17.960
with the Lakers. If he's out 12 months, that's

00:41:17.960 --> 00:41:19.099
next playoffs. He's not going to start in the

00:41:19.099 --> 00:41:22.619
playoffs. So your best bet is to do it in nine?

00:41:23.789 --> 00:41:27.530
Come back around January and do a three -month

00:41:27.530 --> 00:41:29.730
ramp -up, basically, to be ready for the playoffs.

00:41:30.369 --> 00:41:33.650
I mean, that's the only way, rationally, I think

00:41:33.650 --> 00:41:40.989
he pulls it off. To be honest, I don't think

00:41:40.989 --> 00:41:49.269
he pulls it off. I just don't. It was one of

00:41:49.269 --> 00:41:51.130
those moments where it was like, dang, that's

00:41:51.130 --> 00:41:53.480
how it ends for Dame. You know, it was like instant.

00:41:54.000 --> 00:41:56.780
And so when he saw him sitting on the floor and

00:41:56.780 --> 00:41:58.960
then he got up and did the drop and did the dead

00:41:58.960 --> 00:42:03.960
foot walk, it's like, dang, that's how it ends

00:42:03.960 --> 00:42:08.280
for Damian Lillard. And it was especially sad

00:42:08.280 --> 00:42:12.239
in the moment because he just sat on the floor.

00:42:12.579 --> 00:42:15.780
And it was a timeout for him. None of his teammates

00:42:15.780 --> 00:42:18.719
came and got him. Like one teammate came and

00:42:18.719 --> 00:42:21.039
picked him up. And he was sitting in the middle

00:42:21.039 --> 00:42:23.940
of the floor for like, It felt like an eternity

00:42:23.940 --> 00:42:27.480
by itself. And just sitting there. Both teams

00:42:27.480 --> 00:42:30.119
were at the bench, like cleared away, and he

00:42:30.119 --> 00:42:32.619
was just sitting there. And then one teammate

00:42:32.619 --> 00:42:34.280
came and picked him up, and he did the dead foot

00:42:34.280 --> 00:42:36.599
walk to the sideline, and he was carried out

00:42:36.599 --> 00:42:39.260
from the sideline from there. But it's just like,

00:42:39.280 --> 00:42:43.280
dang. That's how it ends for one of the best

00:42:43.280 --> 00:42:48.119
point guards of a generation. So, yeah, Damon

00:42:48.119 --> 00:42:51.260
was injured. He won't be the same. It's sad to

00:42:51.260 --> 00:42:55.039
say, but he won't be. But then that leads into

00:42:55.039 --> 00:42:58.280
the series itself. So the Pacers have been controlling

00:42:58.280 --> 00:43:00.059
this series, and Dame just came back from deep

00:43:00.059 --> 00:43:03.840
vein thrombosis. Fought back quickly to get into

00:43:03.840 --> 00:43:06.179
the series and pops the Achilles, but the Pacers

00:43:06.179 --> 00:43:07.760
have been in control of this series, and it kind

00:43:07.760 --> 00:43:12.300
of goes into the Bucs' missed window. And they

00:43:12.300 --> 00:43:15.059
want to chip in this window, but they made a

00:43:15.059 --> 00:43:17.400
series of poor personnel moves, namely the Drew

00:43:17.400 --> 00:43:20.590
Holiday situation that gave them Dame. Because

00:43:20.590 --> 00:43:22.690
by sending Drew Holiday to Portland, Portland

00:43:22.690 --> 00:43:25.250
immediately redirects Drew Holiday to Boston.

00:43:25.309 --> 00:43:27.570
And now Boston's the big roadblock in the East

00:43:27.570 --> 00:43:31.909
that Milwaukee couldn't get by. And Boston has

00:43:31.909 --> 00:43:33.590
a title with Drew Holiday. You see what I'm saying?

00:43:33.690 --> 00:43:36.030
So it's like if they sat with Drew Holiday, I

00:43:36.030 --> 00:43:37.690
think they would have traded Damian Lillard.

00:43:38.650 --> 00:43:39.949
Not Damian Lillard. They would have traded Chris

00:43:39.949 --> 00:43:43.889
Middleton instead of Damian Lillard. Because

00:43:43.889 --> 00:43:45.150
then you end up using Chris Middleton on the

00:43:45.150 --> 00:43:46.989
first to get Kyle Kuzma, who has been absolutely

00:43:46.989 --> 00:43:50.909
useless. It was just mistake after mistake after

00:43:50.909 --> 00:43:53.150
mistake by the front office. They've been spending

00:43:53.150 --> 00:43:55.869
a ton of money. Ownership has been spending a

00:43:55.869 --> 00:43:57.710
boatload of money. I'm sure they're spending

00:43:57.710 --> 00:43:59.130
hundreds of millions of dollars in luxury tax

00:43:59.130 --> 00:44:01.510
trying to keep this thing competitive. And I

00:44:01.510 --> 00:44:03.030
think they need to just go ahead and let it wrap,

00:44:03.150 --> 00:44:07.610
basically. Start it over. It's okay. And I think

00:44:07.610 --> 00:44:09.369
it can be a situation where you have no assets.

00:44:09.570 --> 00:44:12.309
You have control of one first round pick until

00:44:12.309 --> 00:44:16.090
2031. You have control of one second round pick

00:44:16.090 --> 00:44:19.880
until 2031. The Pelicans have more of your picks

00:44:19.880 --> 00:44:24.059
than you do. Portland has your picks. Portland

00:44:24.059 --> 00:44:28.599
has your picks. Washington has your picks. New

00:44:28.599 --> 00:44:31.440
Orleans has your picks. So if I'm them, I'm either

00:44:31.440 --> 00:44:34.539
trading Giannis to get my picks back. New Orleans,

00:44:34.659 --> 00:44:36.579
Washington, or Portland. Screw what Giannis wants.

00:44:37.079 --> 00:44:39.320
Or I'm trading Giannis to a place that's going

00:44:39.320 --> 00:44:41.059
to net me a lot of picks on there on my own.

00:44:41.800 --> 00:44:45.199
Where that place is, Brooklyn. Now, really, Brooklyn

00:44:45.199 --> 00:44:47.860
became the heavy favorite. He's like minus 200

00:44:47.860 --> 00:44:50.179
right now to go to Brooklyn last I've seen. So

00:44:50.179 --> 00:44:54.599
if Brooklyn wants to give their draft back because

00:44:54.599 --> 00:44:57.579
the Brooklyn bought their draft back from Houston,

00:44:57.659 --> 00:45:00.199
so if Brooklyn didn't want to turn their draft

00:45:00.199 --> 00:45:03.019
over to Milwaukee in exchange for Giannis, I'm

00:45:03.019 --> 00:45:05.940
sure the Bucs will do it because that's going

00:45:05.940 --> 00:45:09.780
to be a high lottery to pick this draft. If I'm

00:45:09.780 --> 00:45:11.599
the Nets, I don't give you this year's pick.

00:45:11.659 --> 00:45:14.690
We can start to count next year. or we do swaps

00:45:14.690 --> 00:45:17.929
or something. But, again, it's going to be very

00:45:17.929 --> 00:45:19.730
interesting to find out, to look at how Milwaukee

00:45:19.730 --> 00:45:21.510
figures this out because, to me, the Giannis

00:45:21.510 --> 00:45:24.050
era is over. It nets you a championship, but

00:45:24.050 --> 00:45:27.429
that's it. The last great big to be in Milwaukee

00:45:27.429 --> 00:45:30.590
was one championship, and that was it, and that

00:45:30.590 --> 00:45:33.429
was Kareem Abdul -Jabbar, then known as Luau

00:45:33.429 --> 00:45:38.050
Sindor. So if I'm Milwaukee, I repeat history.

00:45:39.010 --> 00:45:40.909
For lack of a better term, sell them to the highest

00:45:40.909 --> 00:45:43.380
bidder. If it's Brooklyn, I want your drafts.

00:45:43.699 --> 00:45:47.420
All of them. I either want swaps or picks every

00:45:47.420 --> 00:45:50.179
year until 2031. Because then I get my own stuff

00:45:50.179 --> 00:45:53.920
back. You know, and that's where I would start

00:45:53.920 --> 00:45:56.579
it. We're either going to do a picks or an outright

00:45:56.579 --> 00:46:00.639
picks or a swap rights from here until 2031.

00:46:03.820 --> 00:46:05.480
And if you don't want to do it this year, we'll

00:46:05.480 --> 00:46:09.530
do 2022 or 2032. While I get an extra pick. I

00:46:09.530 --> 00:46:11.190
mean, that's the only way I can see you redoing

00:46:11.190 --> 00:46:13.750
it. And with Dame, we just kind of go, yeah,

00:46:13.869 --> 00:46:17.190
nah, buddy, we're going to suck. And you look

00:46:17.190 --> 00:46:18.869
at a boozer boy that starts to rebuild with.

00:46:19.809 --> 00:46:23.190
So that is the interesting case there in Milwaukee.

00:46:24.230 --> 00:46:27.030
Knicks and Pistons has been a war. Both of the

00:46:27.030 --> 00:46:28.809
next series, two series, I'll kind of talk about

00:46:28.809 --> 00:46:30.929
them together. Knicks, Pistons, and Celtics Magic

00:46:30.929 --> 00:46:34.230
have been wars. They're just 3 -1. Celtics and

00:46:34.230 --> 00:46:36.630
Magic have been a very competitive series. Magic

00:46:36.630 --> 00:46:39.179
are one star away. If I'm Kevin Durant, I look

00:46:39.179 --> 00:46:43.760
at Orlando. They are one bucket away. Like, they're

00:46:43.760 --> 00:46:47.059
just not talented enough. Paolo's a grown man,

00:46:47.239 --> 00:46:48.980
but they're just not talented enough. They're

00:46:48.980 --> 00:46:53.460
a bucket away from causing hell. If I'm KD, if

00:46:53.460 --> 00:46:57.820
I'm Giannis, I may look at Orlando to be the

00:46:57.820 --> 00:47:01.239
spot that's like, yo, I can show up, be 28 at

00:47:01.239 --> 00:47:04.519
night, and we could roar into the conference

00:47:04.519 --> 00:47:08.730
finals. Because they've been damn competitive

00:47:08.730 --> 00:47:10.210
with the Celtics. They just don't have enough

00:47:10.210 --> 00:47:12.949
talent. They're fighting them every scrap of

00:47:12.949 --> 00:47:14.489
the nail. They're playing great defense. They're

00:47:14.489 --> 00:47:16.849
all in their face. They take leads. It's just

00:47:16.849 --> 00:47:19.010
they're just not good enough. Boston rolls off

00:47:19.010 --> 00:47:20.650
Peyton Pritchard as the ninth man, and you're

00:47:20.650 --> 00:47:22.590
like, well, fuck. You know what I'm saying? He's

00:47:22.590 --> 00:47:24.449
with the sixth man. But I'm saying you're rolling

00:47:24.449 --> 00:47:26.750
off Derek White and Peyton Pritchard and Drew

00:47:26.750 --> 00:47:30.269
Holiday and Porzingis and JB and Tatum and Horford.

00:47:30.309 --> 00:47:33.730
It just keeps coming. and Orlando don't have

00:47:33.730 --> 00:47:35.730
that yet. It's a lot of Paulo Banqueiros and

00:47:35.730 --> 00:47:39.489
guys. And then the Nixon Pistons have been a

00:47:39.489 --> 00:47:41.449
very competitive series as well. Shout -out Kenneth

00:47:41.449 --> 00:47:43.489
Anthony Towns for what he did in the game four.

00:47:43.630 --> 00:47:47.969
Shout -out Jalen Brunson for having a mini Willis

00:47:47.969 --> 00:47:51.949
Reed moment where he sprains the ankle and then

00:47:51.949 --> 00:48:04.380
comes back and puts up north of 30. So, hell

00:48:04.380 --> 00:48:10.280
of a job by Jalen Brunson and the Knicks as they

00:48:10.280 --> 00:48:12.460
go up 3 -1, as they head back to the Garden,

00:48:12.579 --> 00:48:15.320
and Boston's up 3 -1 as they head back to the

00:48:15.320 --> 00:48:18.099
Garden. Oh, wow, that's crazy. So, Madison Square

00:48:18.099 --> 00:48:20.860
Garden for the Knicks and the Boston Garden for

00:48:20.860 --> 00:48:24.280
the Celtics. But that is a quick update on the

00:48:24.280 --> 00:48:26.320
NBA playoffs. Not a quick, not so quick update

00:48:26.320 --> 00:48:28.780
on the NBA playoffs. Up next, we will have our

00:48:28.780 --> 00:48:30.500
best for last, which is going to be talk about

00:48:30.500 --> 00:49:00.019
the WNBA. Welcome back into the show. And now

00:49:00.019 --> 00:49:02.119
we're going to talk about the WNBA and our best

00:49:02.119 --> 00:49:04.079
for last segment as they are in their training

00:49:04.079 --> 00:49:07.099
camp. Now, the WNBA, women's basketball in general,

00:49:07.179 --> 00:49:09.019
we spoke about this last year, has one of the

00:49:09.019 --> 00:49:11.860
crazier turnarounds ever. Paige Beckers won a

00:49:11.860 --> 00:49:15.500
title. And then she was drafted a week later.

00:49:15.539 --> 00:49:17.820
And one week later, she was in professional basketball

00:49:17.820 --> 00:49:20.210
training camp. Like, that turnaround's not even

00:49:20.210 --> 00:49:22.010
as fast in the NBA, and the NBA has a pretty

00:49:22.010 --> 00:49:25.090
crazy one, too. The NBA goes from you win a title

00:49:25.090 --> 00:49:28.909
in, like, April, you get drafted in June, and

00:49:28.909 --> 00:49:31.349
you don't play somebody until, like, July. You

00:49:31.349 --> 00:49:32.789
know what I'm saying? So even that turnaround's

00:49:32.789 --> 00:49:35.130
not as crazy. There's no sport like that where

00:49:35.130 --> 00:49:38.590
you can literally, and Candace Parker did it

00:49:38.590 --> 00:49:40.829
one year, you can win the college championship

00:49:40.829 --> 00:49:43.030
and your first pro championship within three

00:49:43.030 --> 00:49:45.260
months of each other. And in that time, you've

00:49:45.260 --> 00:49:46.980
done training camp, you've won awards, you've

00:49:46.980 --> 00:49:48.840
had a particular Olympic break, you've gone overseas.

00:49:49.019 --> 00:49:51.260
Like, you've done all kind of stuff in three

00:49:51.260 --> 00:49:53.320
months. There's no other schedule like that in

00:49:53.320 --> 00:49:56.119
pro sports. And now the next class is filling

00:49:56.119 --> 00:49:59.699
that, led by Paige Beckers. Paige Beckers, Anissa

00:49:59.699 --> 00:50:06.199
Morrow, Georgia Amor, you know, so much talent

00:50:06.199 --> 00:50:14.400
in this draft. Isaiah James, Kiki Irafan. You

00:50:14.400 --> 00:50:15.900
know, there's so much talent in this draft, so

00:50:15.900 --> 00:50:18.800
much talent in this class. Haley Van Lith, you

00:50:18.800 --> 00:50:22.559
get a lot of star power in this class. Next year,

00:50:22.599 --> 00:50:24.679
class is going to be insane. Flavie Johnson,

00:50:25.079 --> 00:50:29.579
Lauren Betts, Raven Johnson, potentially Malaysia

00:50:29.579 --> 00:50:33.139
Fulwali, potentially Michaela Williams. You look

00:50:33.139 --> 00:50:36.260
at Samaya Smith. You look at the girl who just

00:50:36.260 --> 00:50:40.519
transferred to... I can't think of her name right

00:50:40.519 --> 00:50:41.559
now, but the girl who's trying to fight for South

00:50:41.559 --> 00:50:43.420
Carolina who scored like 23 -9 at Florida State.

00:50:44.920 --> 00:50:46.980
Juju won't be in that class. AZ Fudd's going

00:50:46.980 --> 00:50:48.400
to be in there. So that's going to be a loaded

00:50:48.400 --> 00:50:50.800
class next year as well. But this guy is going

00:50:50.800 --> 00:50:53.739
to be a very, very talented class. And again,

00:50:53.940 --> 00:50:57.079
they're going through this crazy transition where...

00:50:57.369 --> 00:51:00.010
You can win a college title in April and be cut

00:51:00.010 --> 00:51:02.710
from the pros in May because the WNBA has to

00:51:02.710 --> 00:51:05.610
make cuts. You can only have 12 players. Luckily,

00:51:05.730 --> 00:51:08.130
the Valkyrie came in this year, so it kind of

00:51:08.130 --> 00:51:11.409
opened up a roster spot around the league, maybe

00:51:11.409 --> 00:51:13.210
just one. So instead of a team having to cut

00:51:13.210 --> 00:51:15.769
five, it's four. But then you go to training

00:51:15.769 --> 00:51:18.269
camp, and it's like the Aces have 11 players

00:51:18.269 --> 00:51:21.030
that they're not going to move. So five rookies

00:51:21.030 --> 00:51:23.340
are maybe showing up for one spot. you know,

00:51:23.360 --> 00:51:25.760
and there's no WBAG League. Like, if you get

00:51:25.760 --> 00:51:28.340
cut, you're now on your agent going, get me overseas.

00:51:29.960 --> 00:51:32.059
Either get me overseas or get me to Unrivaled.

00:51:32.059 --> 00:51:35.280
And with so many stars enjoying Unrivaled and

00:51:35.280 --> 00:51:36.719
the way it was set up and the training facilities

00:51:36.719 --> 00:51:40.699
they had and so on and so forth, like, there's

00:51:40.699 --> 00:51:43.840
only 36 Unrivaled spots. So, you know what I'm

00:51:43.840 --> 00:51:47.079
saying? So there's a lack of availability with

00:51:47.079 --> 00:51:52.059
a growth of ability in the women's game. I think

00:51:52.059 --> 00:51:53.880
Unrivaled is going to expand. I think Unrivaled,

00:51:53.880 --> 00:51:55.940
I think they're going to do centralized Miami

00:51:55.940 --> 00:51:57.400
one more year, and then they're going to start

00:51:57.400 --> 00:51:59.320
traveling or representing markets and cities.

00:52:00.820 --> 00:52:03.739
Honestly, I think they would do better just being

00:52:03.739 --> 00:52:06.579
a summer league, like an in -house league, where

00:52:06.579 --> 00:52:10.019
for eight weeks you live in Miami. Because a

00:52:10.019 --> 00:52:13.079
lot of times, look at the names they had. Those

00:52:13.079 --> 00:52:15.300
women have endorsements. They have set homes

00:52:15.300 --> 00:52:17.500
somewhere else. For two months, lock the door

00:52:17.500 --> 00:52:19.800
and fly to Miami and play 303 and then fly back.

00:52:19.920 --> 00:52:22.719
And you would have made $150 ,000, $200 ,000.

00:52:22.739 --> 00:52:25.059
Hell, you got to say it all week. They don't

00:52:25.059 --> 00:52:28.699
practice much. I noticed that pretty early. They

00:52:28.699 --> 00:52:31.860
didn't practice much in arrival. I mean, they

00:52:31.860 --> 00:52:33.579
showed up a week in advance, maybe two weeks

00:52:33.579 --> 00:52:35.340
in advance, maybe a week in advance. They did

00:52:35.340 --> 00:52:37.480
a couple scrimmages, and then they played. And

00:52:37.480 --> 00:52:39.059
they only played on weekends. So you would see

00:52:39.059 --> 00:52:42.019
Chelsea Gray in New York with Asia Wilson on

00:52:42.019 --> 00:52:43.960
a Tuesday. You know what I'm saying? Because

00:52:43.960 --> 00:52:45.519
she didn't have to be down back to arrival until

00:52:45.519 --> 00:52:51.519
like Thursday. So it was pretty loose as far

00:52:51.519 --> 00:52:53.599
as how they were operating the schedule. So I

00:52:53.599 --> 00:52:58.320
think that's going to be a very popular thing

00:52:58.320 --> 00:53:01.440
that's going to go on continually. But again,

00:53:01.500 --> 00:53:04.260
the WNBA with this crazy schedule. Good luck

00:53:04.260 --> 00:53:06.579
to the ones who are trying to make rosters. It's

00:53:06.579 --> 00:53:09.420
hard. It's the hardest league to make. And I

00:53:09.420 --> 00:53:12.019
just hope that we have a great WNBA season. But,

00:53:12.039 --> 00:53:14.159
of course, we'll talk about them a lot more as

00:53:14.159 --> 00:53:17.539
they get closer and get actually rolling. But

00:53:17.539 --> 00:53:20.760
up next, I'm sorry, my bad, not up next. Thank

00:53:20.760 --> 00:53:23.139
you guys for joining me. My bad, I was on a roll

00:53:23.139 --> 00:53:25.599
there. Thank you guys for joining me. Again,

00:53:25.719 --> 00:53:28.670
it's been two months -ish. since the last time

00:53:28.670 --> 00:53:31.510
I did a show. So I'm glad to be back. I'm back

00:53:31.510 --> 00:53:34.289
in the booth. Look out for the JTS After Dark

00:53:34.289 --> 00:53:36.849
YouTube show, which I'll be recording in about

00:53:36.849 --> 00:53:38.889
30 minutes. So I'll be getting off the audio,

00:53:38.969 --> 00:53:41.610
jumping right onto the YouTube show. But this

00:53:41.610 --> 00:53:43.349
is your host, Justin Jackson, signing out.