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Speaker 1:
[00:02] Okay, we're back at it.

Speaker 2:
[00:28] Welcome back to It Is What It Is. I'm your host this week, Arabia Tillery, joined with Ma$e and Cam.

Speaker 3:
[00:33] Killa, what's good, man?

Speaker 4:
[00:35] What's good, bro, how you?

Speaker 3:
[00:36] Chilling, man, chilling. I'm gonna bring my 15th, not 15th.

Speaker 4:
[00:41] You said it right. It's not 15th, yo, yo, bro. If you wanna use a sick day, I don't mind, you just gotta set your own rules.

Speaker 3:
[00:51] How many sick days you get?

Speaker 4:
[00:53] This was your rules, I don't know, you said six.

Speaker 3:
[00:56] How many do they get in a regular work space? How many you get in the work space?

Speaker 2:
[00:59] It depends on how long you've been with the company, but about two weeks-ish PTO, and then you might have additional sick, depending on the company.

Speaker 3:
[01:05] Two weeks? Yeah, for the year. How many, 10 days?

Speaker 2:
[01:08] Yes, yes.

Speaker 3:
[01:09] Yeah, I'm not up to no 10 days.

Speaker 4:
[01:12] But what if you don't work two months out the year?

Speaker 2:
[01:15] You can't do that, you gotta be on like short-term or long-term disability.

Speaker 4:
[01:18] But what I'm saying is, we don't work for two months out the year, so is it 10 days?

Speaker 2:
[01:22] Yeah.

Speaker 4:
[01:23] It should probably be about six.

Speaker 2:
[01:25] Yeah, less than that.

Speaker 4:
[01:26] Yeah, so.

Speaker 3:
[01:27] Look at her rave, yeah. She's doing good. You came in in the baby blue, now you're off to the run-ins. I'm sorry. Trista, what's going on? You in Portland?

Speaker 5:
[01:39] I'm in Miami.

Speaker 4:
[01:40] Hold on, hold on, Tris. Hold on, Tris. Why you trying to curve?

Speaker 2:
[01:48] That's crazy.

Speaker 4:
[01:49] It's just trying to curve. What is... We didn't get to the bottom.

Speaker 3:
[01:53] You get mental health days.

Speaker 4:
[01:56] I don't mind. I just want to know.

Speaker 3:
[01:58] No, on another note. On a real serious note, I saw Ben Simmons. I think the mental health thing is a serious thing.

Speaker 4:
[02:06] When you see me?

Speaker 3:
[02:08] I saw a picture.

Speaker 4:
[02:09] And what you see?

Speaker 3:
[02:11] It just looked like, you know, that he... he might have made the right decision about it was some mental health going on.

Speaker 1:
[02:23] You see, Trish, Harlem only care about the money.

Speaker 4:
[02:28] What do I got to do with the rules?

Speaker 1:
[02:29] No mental health. No, no.

Speaker 4:
[02:31] I'm from... I'm not... I'm not saying it ain't out there. I'm not from the mental health era. I never got mental health days when I grew up. I'm... neither did you. Yo, what's the rule, bro? Is it 10 days? Look, is it 10 sick days that you got to start paying? I don't care what...

Speaker 3:
[02:47] It's six... it's six days.

Speaker 4:
[02:48] Are you using one of them?

Speaker 3:
[02:49] No, I'm not using my sick day for that.

Speaker 4:
[02:52] All right, you don't want to jinx it. That's what I'm saying. Yeah. All right, well, you owe $1,500.

Speaker 3:
[02:58] Five. It's five.

Speaker 4:
[02:59] You missed the whole episode, and you called in three... you actually called in after the time and said you're not gonna make it. We were sitting here waiting on you. Tyrese Halliburton was waiting on you. He was all sitting here waiting for you.

Speaker 3:
[03:13] Y'all didn't even tell me Halliburton was in here.

Speaker 4:
[03:16] Nick, did you tell him Halliburton was coming? See, why you got... Thank you, man. Thank you.

Speaker 2:
[03:25] We are joined today by our special guest analyst, Trista Crick. How you doing, Trista?

Speaker 4:
[03:30] We gotta do this now because it'll curve him. I'm not trying to delay Trista or anything. This gotta be handled right now because he will curve the whole situation.

Speaker 3:
[03:39] Yeah, see, Nick gave me the information so last minute. I didn't even see that, I'm being honest.

Speaker 4:
[03:46] If Tommy's Halliburton wasn't here, you have an obligation. It has nothing to do with Tommy's Halliburton, bro.

Speaker 3:
[03:54] Shout out to Halliburton, man.

Speaker 4:
[03:55] Yeah, shout out to Halliburton. Is it 15?

Speaker 3:
[03:59] I guess 15.

Speaker 1:
[04:01] Let's leave it at 15.

Speaker 3:
[04:02] When it's my go, I want the 15. I'm not going to lie.

Speaker 4:
[04:05] That's what I'm trying to say. All right, Bet. We'll get it next week.

Speaker 3:
[04:08] Yeah. All right.

Speaker 2:
[04:10] Maybe we'll get it next week. Did Mo ever get his palm trees?

Speaker 3:
[04:13] We talked about it.

Speaker 2:
[04:14] Okay. All right.

Speaker 3:
[04:15] No problem.

Speaker 2:
[04:16] Yes, we are joined by our guest analyst, Trista Crick. How you doing, Trista?

Speaker 5:
[04:21] I'm good. I saw some stuff on Instagram that said everybody's very disappointed that Cam didn't come out for WrestleMania. It was like all the rage. Someone AI'ed Cam in the middle of the ring. I saw the interview that you and Cam did, Arabia. I'm just, I'm feeling very, very good about the future of WrestleMania or WWE and it is what it is universe.

Speaker 1:
[04:48] Yes.

Speaker 3:
[04:49] Summer Slam, right?

Speaker 1:
[04:50] Yeah.

Speaker 4:
[04:50] You got to send me when they AI'ed me, man. I tried to go to Arena 12, stop me. They wouldn't let us in. But it's all good. You know, that clip that we did got over 27 million views on everything, social, YouTube and everything else. But that's what we got to be more mad. I'm not really in the getting views on blindsiding me. So that's why I went to make a movie on Saturday. But you know what? God didn't let me in there because I don't do Saturdays. I'm a show closer. And now Roman Reigns, you want to be involved. I'm cool with all this. See, the thing about me, I got a problem with Triple H at this point, but Vince McMahon would have been made this happen. This is like Adam Silver when he took it from David Stern. David Stern would have been made this happen. Triple H, you moving slow. I don't know what this is about or anything else, but it is what it is. The Tribal Chief, Jay Uso, I'm the Paramount Chief. That's what it is. And don't-

Speaker 5:
[05:49] Sundays only.

Speaker 4:
[05:50] Yeah, Sundays only. And you know what? Don't tag me and DM me no more, Jay Uso. There's nothing to talk about. I see what I see. Keep trying to DM me and everything else.

Speaker 5:
[06:01] How come you didn't tell us it was like a Menage-a-Trois tag team? It was a three-man tag team, not a two-man tag team.

Speaker 3:
[06:08] Whoa, whoa, whoa. Trish.

Speaker 4:
[06:10] Yes.

Speaker 5:
[06:11] Not even a pause.

Speaker 4:
[06:13] Why didn't I tell you what? Me?

Speaker 5:
[06:15] No, no, they. No, not they. Why didn't they tell us? Because we were talking about tag team. I think it was three-man tag team in the Saturday.

Speaker 4:
[06:22] Because niggas always need help. As much hope as they can get. And that's what it's about. That's why I told them, he was more comfortable being a tag team champion than the champion by himself. But I get that. When you're not used to doing shit by yourself, you're more comfortable with. That's why I really got no co-defendants when I go to court. It's just me.

Speaker 2:
[06:43] Well, you heard it here first. No more talk, all action.

Speaker 4:
[06:46] Yeah, there you go.

Speaker 2:
[06:47] All right.

Speaker 4:
[06:48] Murda, you managing me or what?

Speaker 3:
[06:50] Yeah, I'm definitely your manager.

Speaker 4:
[06:51] Yeah, yeah, there we go, man.

Speaker 2:
[06:53] Got a good system going.

Speaker 4:
[06:54] Yeah.

Speaker 3:
[06:55] Okay. All right.

Speaker 2:
[06:56] Let's get into these NBA games. The Lakers beat the Rockets 1-on-1 to 94. The Lakers lead the series 2-0. No Luka, no Austin Reeves. Trista, how sustainable is this for LeBron and the Lakers? And just how bad is it for Houston to be down 0-2 in the series?

Speaker 5:
[07:13] I mean, it's a disaster. You're talking about a team that Ma$e was saying was a true contender. That was the team he was riding with. No, yes, did they?

Speaker 1:
[07:25] Yes, did they? Trish, you're feeling it.

Speaker 3:
[07:29] Where you at right now? You're definitely not in Portland. You're feeling it. You might be in the Florida water. I think you're in Florida. I'm in Florida. I can tell.

Speaker 5:
[07:38] I'm in Miami.

Speaker 3:
[07:39] You're talking crazy. You got a magic jersey on. Yeah, you're jumping the gun.

Speaker 1:
[07:46] Good, good.

Speaker 5:
[07:47] Anyway, we'll get back to it. Yes, they lost Fred Van Fleet to start the year. Yes, they lost Steven Adams midway through the season and that hurt them. But at the end of the day, your two best scores that you're going, the two best scores you're going up against aren't anywhere nearby. It's a 41-year-old LeBron James. It's a Luke Kennard. It's a older Marcus Smart. And he had a vintage performance, 25, 2, and 7. And you've gotten a big game out of 8. And then like, what are you getting from Shangoon? You're getting absolutely nothing from Shangoon. You're getting nothing from Tari Eason. And KD, yeah, he missed game one, but what, nine turnovers in game two? He can't do it all by himself. I think this whole trade, this whole roster, this whole coaching situation is in a little bit of flux and everything's on the table if they lose to the Lakers.

Speaker 3:
[08:43] Yeah, I heard somebody said, Coach Uduka, he cheated on me along. What you expect? You know, if he couldn't do that, what are you expecting at this point? I'm really sad as a KD fan, you know, as a KD supporter. This just doesn't look right. This is not... I'm glad I didn't put no money on this. I would be expecting KD to get it done. You know, being that LeBron doesn't have Austin Reeves. He doesn't have Luca playing in these first two games. And I know KD didn't play the first game. But this second game, KD gotta get more than 23. Come on, man. And then 19 turnovers. I meant nine turnovers. This is just uncalled for, man. This is... this is just not good. I'm trying not to say nothing negative about him, but it just reeks like, is he scared of LeBron? That's just the only thing I could think about. You know how, when somebody just had your number since they was kids, you just could never beat this person. And he did beat him with Golden State, but I don't remember no other time of him beating LeBron. This is not what Mello would have done. Mello would have paused, ran through LeBron. Mello is the only one that get up for LeBron pause. But this is just sad. This is really sad. I can't even talk. I'm so emotional about this. I was expecting better. You're right. I went out on the limb. I put the title town line on it that these guys should at least, they should at least beat the Lakers. This is sad. They're making JJ. Reddick look like a legend in the West Coast playoffs.

Speaker 4:
[10:27] I blame the situation on Rafael Starr, who's the GM for the Houston Rockets. You knew coming into this season that you didn't have a point guard and you didn't do anything to acquire a point guard. You know, you got Kevin Durant bringing the ball up. We thought A-Man would do a decent job. And you knew Fred Van Fleet wasn't going to come back. And now you don't have a point guard. And it's showing in the play. It showed throughout a little bit throughout the season, but because of the height, because of the length pause, y'all were doing great. But now it's the playoffs and you don't have a point guard when you should have acquired a point guard knowing that Fred Van Fleet was not coming back. Secondly, Kevin Durant in the first half had 20 points. And what happened? They made adjustments. So therefore they would go at half time and they say, we're not going to let Kevin Durant get another 20 points, which I don't think that's Kevin Durant's fault. I think that's great coaching by JJ Reddick to set traps. So on and so forth, because he did shoot 12 for 17. But Kevin Durant is going to get double teamed and they're going to move him out of spots where, put him in spots where he's not comfortable. But he did what he's supposed to do. But there's no point guard to organize the team. That's why I'm blaming it on the GM. And also, you know, I'm not saying Ume's a bad coach, but he's going to have to make adjustments as well. Knowing he doesn't have a point guard, is it his fault that he doesn't have a point guard? No, it's the GM's fault he doesn't have to point guard. Now to the Lakers, it looks sensational for the Lakers. I didn't think the Lakers could win this series without Luger or Austin Reeves. And they're looking really great. Let's put into perspective this, that LeBron throughout his career is 24 and 0, I believe, when he's up to the 0 in the series. So...

Speaker 5:
[12:11] 32.

Speaker 4:
[12:12] Pardon me, 32?

Speaker 5:
[12:14] 32 and 0.

Speaker 4:
[12:15] 32, right, yeah. I'm underselling, 32 and 0. So I know he doesn't lose when he's up to the 0. So this just doesn't look good for Houston, but it just gives more credit to LeBron. You're missing 57 points a game when you don't have both these players playing at the same time, talking about Luca and Austin Reeves. And then you got, you know, I've seen times where this season, I'm like, okay, LeBron, we all know that he's playing back step to Luca and to Austin Reeves. So I'm like, okay, LeBron's getting a little older, you know, starting to slow down. But then when he doesn't have him, it picks right back up. I'm like, oh, this still could do this shit. This is blowing by people, double reverse dunking backwards in the game, cradling the shit. I'm like, yo, oh, I didn't know this still could get like this. But now I see, he'll use it, pause when necessary. What, 28 points. You just spoke about it, Trish. Luke can not listen. When he got the last two games, 50 points, 57 points, it's amazing. And this is credit to also, to coaching.

Speaker 3:
[13:26] To J. Reddick.

Speaker 4:
[13:27] Yeah, cause you're sitting there saying, okay, we gonna go with you, Luke. might be like, all right, come on now. Come on, bro. Come on now, go on, Luke. And he out there showing his capability. We have a flash from the past. We got Marcus Smart. You got to think about somebody like Marcus Smart, right? Marcus Smart was so loyal to Boston, you know, he would have his hair green, you know, defensive play, all types of stuff.

Speaker 3:
[13:52] They still traded him.

Speaker 4:
[13:54] And the moment that they trade him, they win the very next season. So that's like, damn, bro, that hurts. Because it makes it seem like, damn, without a problem when you get traded, and then they win the very next season. And, you know, he was primarily in the NBA as more of this defensive specialist. But I remember him in Oklahoma State, and he was really, really good in college score and everything else. I actually think he stayed a year longer than he need to stay. But he had a blast from the past with 25 points. This looked really good. A lot of props to JJ Reddick, more props to LeBron James for doing shit that I still didn't even know he could do, but I'd see he could do it when necessary. And I think LeBron gets excited when he plays against somebody like Kevin Durant. I know Kevin Durant was hurt coming in to this game, but it's the playoffs. It's the playoffs, so we're going to see what happens. But Houston with no point guard, I don't see how far I could go.

Speaker 3:
[14:48] Yeah, I was thinking if they got Marcus Smart out there, they could have just got John Wall. They could have got John Wall for the low. Pause and put John Wall out there. That would have been better than the guy Shepford or whatever his name was, until Fleet comes back.

Speaker 5:
[15:08] Well, if I was Houston, I was saying this pretty much all year, and I'm not a fan of this because he's doing a phenomenal job against the Spurs right now, but I would have figured out a way to try to get Drew Holliday because Ime Udoka is a defensive first coach, but you still need somebody with championship experience that can organize an offense and play both sides of the ball. The issue for Reed Shepard is he's just, he's an okay defender but he's going to get picked on and he's not shooting that well. Drew Holliday, I don't know what it would have taken to pry him away from Portland and it is a lot of money and the salary cap would have had to be been taken into consideration. But if you add him to that team, boy, I tell you what, they could have been a true contender.

Speaker 2:
[15:54] Yeah. We'll definitely keep an eye on this series for sure. Speaking of the next series, just that you have this Orlando Magic shirt on. Let's talk about how the Pistons beat the Magic 98 to 83. What did you, yeah.

Speaker 3:
[16:06] She thought she was going to walk in there and troll us today.

Speaker 2:
[16:09] She did.

Speaker 3:
[16:09] I mean, she did. I know that's what she was thinking. She ran and got the shirt. She in Florida.

Speaker 2:
[16:16] Yeah, Florida reference.

Speaker 4:
[16:17] I mean, to be honest with you, it isn't really trolling us. It's more of what we said and more of the obvious that I don't know what somebody did to you in Detroit or what your problem is with Detroit, but the fans know that your hate for Detroit is special. It isn't really trolling us. It's just more of the obvious. And it'll be in the comments on how much you are hating on Detroit, hating on Kate Cudaham, hating on the season. And now you have on Orlando Magic Jersey. Last week, it was a Nick Jersey. That's why we just didn't bother me seeing it. This is what I expect. This is shit that Ma$e does when he switches teams, hats and everything else. This is the shit that goes on on this show. So it doesn't bother me. I'm used to it. You can wear whatever you want, whatever team you want. This doesn't bother me whatsoever.

Speaker 3:
[17:02] It's just, it's wild.

Speaker 4:
[17:04] Yeah, football season, we don't know what kind of hats are coming in.

Speaker 3:
[17:07] I just wear the hat that match my own outfit, but you know my team is the Chiefs.

Speaker 1:
[17:13] Okay.

Speaker 4:
[17:14] Nick, is the stacker hat still back there? Can you bring it in for a second so I can just show what Ma$e got in case of emergencies, please? Just for a case of emergency, I just want everybody to know what's going on.

Speaker 1:
[17:28] Nick, you do it, you buy it.

Speaker 4:
[17:30] I don't care to do that, bro. Nah, bro.

Speaker 1:
[17:33] Nah, you can work for me.

Speaker 4:
[17:35] Nah, Nick, you can work for me.

Speaker 3:
[17:36] You do it if you want. Nah, man. Nah, bring it in, Nick.

Speaker 2:
[17:42] This is crazy.

Speaker 4:
[17:45] This is a stack of emergency hats, Ma$e has. Just in case, just in case whoever wins. This is everybody who made it. So, trust you're not doing nothing special.

Speaker 1:
[18:00] It's a long story about the hat.

Speaker 3:
[18:02] Let me tell you, baby, about the hat.

Speaker 4:
[18:05] This is actually be my hat.

Speaker 3:
[18:06] Me and Mo were supposed to go and see some games and see some guys work out pause at the facility. So these were the hats we were gonna wear to watch them play. Okay. All right. We have a chief's one? Yeah, we have a chief's one. So one was for stat. We bought them for everybody. One, you know.

Speaker 4:
[18:29] This even Lakers. It's not even just football or hip.

Speaker 2:
[18:34] This is pretty crazy.

Speaker 1:
[18:35] I'm not gonna lie.

Speaker 5:
[18:37] Let me get the chief's one.

Speaker 4:
[18:41] So Trish ain't doing nothing special.

Speaker 1:
[18:43] Your team is in there too. CapUSA.

Speaker 4:
[18:48] My team's not in there.

Speaker 3:
[18:49] Yes, the Ravens or no?

Speaker 4:
[18:51] DC.

Speaker 1:
[18:53] Yeah.

Speaker 2:
[18:55] The Menders. What did you think about this Pistons Magic game?

Speaker 5:
[19:02] Well, I just wanted to say, I went to the kids' store and I was like, oh, this is kind of fire. I kind of like this little hockey shirt. And they were like, this is final sale because it's a collab. And I'm like, it's on sale? And they were like, no, it's final sale because it's a collaboration. And I said, don't worry, the Magic are going to win tonight. So I'm going to wear this on the show. And then I watched Orlando have one of the most disgusting, abysmal, just depleted, embarrassing third quarters I've ever seen. At one point, it was a 27 to three run. And I think it actually got worse because I was like taking notes as I was watching the game. They had six points scored in total with like three minutes left to go. I thought in general, that's a big piece of Orlando's offense failing them. And they were not getting strapped up, paused. They were missing a... I mean, it was great defense on both sides. So the defense was there for Detroit. I don't want to downplay that. But Orlando was also missing a lot of wide open shots too. Duncan Robinson, he looked really good in this game too. Didn't look so good in game one. Cade, though, Cade deserves every flower. Roses, peonies, all of them. Because he's just so under control on both ends of the floor. He manipulates the defense. He finally got Jalen Durin involved more, which Jalen Durin, it was looking scary hours for him in game one. I think he had a season low of four shot attempts in that game. And to me, it showed that this is going to be a dog fight. It's going to be down to whoever is fighting for loose balls, whoever gets the other team into foul trouble. Wendell Carter had five fouls at one point early on in the third quarter. And so to me, it's really going to be a very back and forth series in terms of, can you get somebody to get hot like the Pistons did for Duncan Robinson in game two, or say, for example, a Desmond Bain type for Orlando. And really like how the coaching was. Whatever JB. Bickerstaff did at half time lit a fire to them. So congratulations to Detroit. And now we'll see what happens when they go back to Orlando.

Speaker 3:
[21:21] This is wow. This is wow. You're losing all your credibility. Still standing for Orlando. You got to abort this mission of Orlando. There's no way this is going to be a back and forth series. I mean, they got this one game, but I don't see them being a good match for Detroit. I mean, when you look at the landscape of this team, Cade is going to be able to get whatever buckets he wants. He makes, he should be the poster child for what they call a collapse lung, because whatever his surgeons did or whatever his doctors did, it doesn't look like anything is wrong with him. He almost had a triple double. He got 27-11 and about seven. And this is after, you know, making his way back after the first game. I just think this series is over. I think it'll end up being probably, it may end up in like six games, but I'm thinking it'll be more like four one or more like six, I meant four two. But I definitely am going for Detroit. I think Detroit runs away with this. Because when you look at the way they're playing them, they don't have an answer. They don't have an answer for Cade. And when they go to double, if Duncan is really hitting them shots, it's a foregone conclusion.

Speaker 4:
[22:48] To me, you know, we've seen these two games. We've seen Orlando in the playing, then we see them in the first game against the Pistons. And we like, yo, this is what Pablo, this is what we thought. This is what I'm saying, man. This is the Pablo we've been looking for. And that's what it's going to boil down to. You know, he didn't have a terrible game, but he didn't have a spectacular game. And he's going to have to have a spectacular game for them to have any chance in this series. Desmond Baines, he shot two for 11. He didn't play that well. Those two are going to have to play well to make this any type of series. Cade Cunningham, he comes back and plays like he didn't have any problems, even before this series started. When he came back, I'm like, he didn't miss a drum. He's very consistent throughout this whole year. Tobias Harris played decent. Both teams shot terrible from three. Detroit shot 25% from three. Orlando shot 25%, but Detroit shot even worse at 23%. But the third quarter, Trish just said it. It tied at half time, and you get a runaway third quarter by the Pistons, pardon me, by the Pistons. But Orlando, they even outscored the Pistons in the fourth quarter, but because how good the third quarter was for the Pistons, it didn't matter what happened in the fourth. Outscored them by 20-something points, so shout out to BJ Bickerstaff on a great coaching in the third quarter, but I agree with Ma$e, Trish, the hate is kind of wild. We'll see what happens. We'll have to see what happens in game three. It is. I don't know what happened with you in Detroit, but it's very, very obvious. It's obvious.

Speaker 5:
[24:32] Yeah.

Speaker 3:
[24:32] Are you ready to talk about it?

Speaker 5:
[24:35] Yeah. I think what I've realized today is that I root for being right. And I just believe regardless of what happens in this series, I think you saw in game one, what I was talking about was my greatest concern. Tobias Harris was a negative 15 in game one, despite having a decent offensive stat line. And the question is, what are you going to get from him on both sides of the floor? Are you going to get the Duncan Robinson game of game two, or are you going to get the Duncan Robinson game of game one? Same thing with Kevin Herter. Are you going to get the Sacramento Kings version of Kevin Herter? Or what version are you going to get? The Atlanta Hawks red velvet version. So to me, you have Cade. We know that. And Cade is going to give you incredible, spectacular, consistent performances no matter who the defense is. Can you get this team out in transition? Can they go out and hit shots? Because the more that you key in on this team, the lack of shooting and the lack of shot making is going to become apparent. It's just a matter of time before you say, you know what Tris, you were right.

Speaker 4:
[25:45] Probably about 39 percent right on the shot. Which isn't terrible.

Speaker 3:
[25:52] Yeah, you're right above stat. You're right above stat, probably. Or a little under stat.

Speaker 4:
[25:58] You know why I murder her? She's still trying to fight. Lamar Odom played for UNLV. She's still trying to fight about that. One day, I don't even know if she's on the show.

Speaker 1:
[26:12] She tried to act you on the low?

Speaker 4:
[26:13] No, she said he went to the school. Look, she's still going about it.

Speaker 5:
[26:19] She's still fighting.

Speaker 3:
[26:21] Your ratings are getting lower and lower the more you do this.

Speaker 5:
[26:27] The fact that that's the one thing that you guys grappled on and that the fans grapple on shows that my facts are pretty damn solid.

Speaker 1:
[26:35] Keep it up.

Speaker 3:
[26:35] You're going to be with Jason Whitlock.

Speaker 1:
[26:37] Keep it up.

Speaker 2:
[26:45] Okay, C beat the Suns 120 to 107. The Thunder are the clear favorite in this series. And the only other team that it seems like can give them some real competition are the Spurs. But with Wimby taking a pretty hard fall, being in concussion protocol and being hopeful to return in game three, how important is this Wimby watch as far as giving OKC some competition later on in this playoff series?

Speaker 5:
[27:11] Oh, man. Well, you're not going to get a very unbiased take because Portland, stand up, be ready Cam, because I don't even think Wimby is going to travel to Portland. We already got one on the road. Scoot Henderson is looking like that guy. Don't get packed up when you're a contender, Cam.

Speaker 1:
[27:33] Yo, she's wild, don't get packed up as well. Say it again, Trish, for 500. Say it again.

Speaker 5:
[27:44] We're putting them in a Ramola.

Speaker 1:
[27:47] Yo, that's wild.

Speaker 3:
[27:51] You see how the energy changed? She go from very hopeful to now she packing people up.

Speaker 4:
[27:56] I'll finish, I'll take, but I'll say this, right? Sin, Sin was laughing at somebody get injured, and then he tore his Achilles. I would hate for you to trip and fall laughing at somebody who's really got hurt. That's why I didn't even say nothing. When you laughing at somebody who fit their face on the floor under the protocol percussion.

Speaker 5:
[28:18] That's not what I'm doing.

Speaker 4:
[28:18] That's what you're doing. You said pack them up. Y'all don't know.

Speaker 3:
[28:22] We got one.

Speaker 4:
[28:23] I can't travel out. Cause he fell on the floor. God forbid that anything happened to you that you fall down some escalators.

Speaker 1:
[28:31] Anything like that.

Speaker 4:
[28:32] I'm gonna wish well for you. Keep it up.

Speaker 1:
[28:35] That's why.

Speaker 4:
[28:37] Finish your take. Since Sidney was making fun of somebody who got injured and a week later he tore his Achilles. Keep it up. Go ahead.

Speaker 5:
[28:46] Okay, what I said was, Screw Henderson play well.

Speaker 4:
[28:50] That's not what you say. He's like, y'all, I think I'm scared.

Speaker 1:
[28:54] I think I'm so scared. Oh, Wimby ain't traveling. Are you still remodeling or not?

Speaker 4:
[29:00] Wimby's not traveling.

Speaker 3:
[29:01] Are you packing him up or not?

Speaker 4:
[29:03] Yo, he may not even come to court.

Speaker 5:
[29:05] We're still packing him up.

Speaker 4:
[29:06] Yeah, they're so excited for somebody to get hurt. Go ahead, finish it up. I gotta do your thing.

Speaker 5:
[29:12] To be honest with you, I think, well, not I think, the actual data is that Luke Cornett is a much harder center for this offense to go up against, truly. Like, yes, Wimby's incredible, and Wimby's offensive prowess is a big piece. But Wimby's on-off, I think his plus minus for those two games was a plus three, and he was actually not as effective, plus minus, than Luke Cornett. But in general, I think you're seeing the energy of what this frisky Blazers team can be. And I think, and we hope for Wimby to make a full recovery.

Speaker 1:
[29:57] You're trying to clean it up, it's amazing.

Speaker 5:
[30:02] When I said last week, how do you, you said, how do you think that Portland can compete? And I said, I don't know. The only thing that I can think of is if Wemby's on a minutes restriction or something like that. And injuries are a part of the game. We hate to see it. That happens in every playoff series. We've seen this over the course of time. It sucks, but it is how it goes. And when you are a team that is frisky like Portland, we're just trying to use any advantage that we can, despite how horrible it is for the face of the league. So all I want to say is that I think that the Thunder are awesome. Chet looks awesome, by the way, like four blocks on a quarter. Let's get back to the Suns matchup. I like Dylan Brooks and how he played. It doesn't really matter what Phoenix does. They can play awesome. Dylan Brooks can give you a bunch. You can get some good stuff from Colin Gillespie. But at the end of the day, OKC is just too tough. I do want to say, though, that Jalen Williams hurting his left hamstring, that's big. That's big for the full length of the playoffs, if it's serious. He left, didn't come back. AJ. Mitchell had to come in instead, and he was awesome. But I'm not rooting for anyone to be injured. I just want to circle back to that.

Speaker 3:
[31:12] Yeah, you're really watching your words. I like that. You've been accountable.

Speaker 4:
[31:16] She actually is, and she had to be reminded. There's somebody that's saying that she would have ran away with this. Stay strong.

Speaker 3:
[31:22] Packing them up, all of that.

Speaker 4:
[31:24] Pack Wembe up. He's not traveling.

Speaker 3:
[31:26] He's not traveling.

Speaker 4:
[31:27] Stay strong.

Speaker 3:
[31:29] Listen.

Speaker 5:
[31:30] Pack the spurs up, not pack Wembe up.

Speaker 3:
[31:33] OK, well, I really think this, I think that Denny didn't show up the way you thought he was going to show up, but y'all still got the win. He was injured. No, I know. I'm saying he scored about 14 points, 12 or 14. He didn't look at spectacular, but you say he got injured. But this is what I would say. I'm going, I'm still going for the spurs to beat Portland, right? If Wembe was to play or not, I'm going with the spurs to beat Portland. And I just want to say that on the record. So, when you guys go wherever you go back to Portland and it starts raining again and it's threes and it's dunks, you know, I told you this. It's going to be a real heartbreaking time for you. I think the time for them to win that first game makes it harder to go home and lose because you were just right there. We're probably going to add Portland to the New York Knicks with the teams that just never get it done. And I want to be on the record saying this because Portland has had as many heartaches as the New York Knicks with Terry Porter, Clyde Drexler, Kelsey. I mean, the list just is...

Speaker 4:
[32:46] Lashie Wallace.

Speaker 3:
[32:47] Yes, too long.

Speaker 4:
[32:49] Damon Stoudamire.

Speaker 3:
[32:50] Yeah, Damon Stoudamire. This team is always... It's a bonus.

Speaker 4:
[32:56] Then they get Greg Oden.

Speaker 5:
[32:58] Greg Oden.

Speaker 3:
[32:58] Greg Oden, Sam Bowie.

Speaker 4:
[33:00] Yeah.

Speaker 3:
[33:01] Yeah, that's it.

Speaker 4:
[33:01] Then you know what's...

Speaker 3:
[33:02] This might be worse than New York.

Speaker 4:
[33:04] It is. You know why? Because you had a chance during the tenure that I know about, to get Michael Jordan, and you didn't get Michael Jordan. And then you had a chance to get Kevin Durant, and you don't pick Kevin Durant.

Speaker 3:
[33:19] And then you end up... And then you have the thing that happened with Brandon Roy. Did that happen in this apartment?

Speaker 4:
[33:25] Damn, Brandon Roy, that was nice, bro.

Speaker 3:
[33:29] Yeah, there was a lot of unfortunate things happened.

Speaker 4:
[33:32] Yeah, man, but it might be worse than the next, just that the city isn't as big as New York. You might be onto something with that. Brandon Roy, goddamn, bro.

Speaker 3:
[33:41] Yeah, Superman.

Speaker 4:
[33:41] That kid was fucking good, bro.

Speaker 3:
[33:44] Yeah, shawty Brandon Roy.

Speaker 4:
[33:45] Yeah, shawty Brandon Roy. I'm like, goddamn, his career got cut short, but how good he was. Ronald, the thing we talked about, Ronald Tess was saying that was the hardest play. Michael Jordan, he's really good.

Speaker 3:
[33:58] And shout out to, you know, Metta World Peace, man. Coach Metta World Peace.

Speaker 4:
[34:03] Yeah, shout out to Coach, yeah, shout out to Coach World Peace.

Speaker 3:
[34:06] Coach Ron or whatever the name is today.

Speaker 4:
[34:09] Yes, sir. Shout out to him.

Speaker 3:
[34:11] Yeah, and to make things really, really clear, I'm going with the Spurs, I'm going with the Spurs to beat Portland, and I don't think it's nothing they could do to compete with OKC. I think even with Jalen getting hurt, Williams that is, this OKC team still got players that will step up to the plate and get it done. Even when Caruso came in last year, it seemed like it was going to go left because he wasn't in the game. Caruso came right in there and played the same way that Jalen Williams played. So I think the OKC Thunder got players that are waiting for the moment. Let's step up and show you that we still belong here. I think anybody on that first seven million of that roster can get it done.

Speaker 4:
[34:59] Yeah, because first of all, see, I appreciate your stats and I appreciate what you bring to the table. But for you to even say, well, the stats say they play better without Wimby. Who does that? Like, yo, come on, bro. You know, like, well, it's proven without Wimby, they play, come on, man. that's like when I, you know, when be, even like with football, they be like, well, they're playing better without, without Jalen Hurst. Yo, you know niggas need to play, yo. That's first and foremost. I don't care what the stats say. If Wimby is out there, it matters. I don't care if it's plus three, there's one game, minus seven, other. Don't sit there and say, well, they're better without Wimby. No, they're not. That's just that. And to Ma$e's point, they played the Spurs talking about Portland three times this season, and the Spurs are two and one against Portland without Wimby. So, Ma$e might be correct, and don't sit there and talk about, yeah, yeah, yeah, y'all won by three. Y'all won by three points without Wimby. NBA played two and a half quarters, and I know Denny got hurt as well, and I will give you that. Scoot Henderson looked fantastic. I was like, God damn, especially in our first quarter, he looked really, really good. But stop acting like y'all killed without Wimby. Y'all won by three. So, to give an analysis on y'all analysis, don't, we need Wimby. Don't act like we played better without Wimby. Cornetta's good, but we're taking Wimby. Henderson was great. Denny's good, but they went two and one throughout the season without Wimby, and y'all won by three. Congratulations. I think Wimby's coming back. I followed and see what happened. The NBA protocol is 48 hours. So, it's going to be 48 hours by the time of the next game. Now, a lot of people are saying he's not going to come. Like, same thing you're saying, that he might not even travel to Portland. Because it's more about long-term health with Wimby. You don't want to sit there and have his, anything health-wise, you know, any damn, you know, it's not football, so it's like he's not, you know, we don't really talk about concussions that much in basketball, so it's not like he's going to tackle niggas next week or whatever. Me, from Wimby, I'm following the rule. 48 hours, it's past the 48 hours, I'm going to play. But I know they're worried about his long-term health. I'm very curious to see what he's going to do. I think he won't play game three, but will play game four, my personal opinion. If he doesn't go to Portland, I say this, but the Spurs do need to at least win one in Portland. They can't come back to San Antonio down three, one, if Wimby doesn't make the trip.

Speaker 3:
[37:40] Yeah, I think they got to, San Antonio got to start playing Ron, Dylan Harper in the last couple of minutes. I saw the lineup they went back out there with. That wasn't the lineup to get it done. When you got a shot to get that last shot, you got to put all players in there that could get a basket. That was a lapse of judgment on the coach's part. And I want to give a shout out to Drew Holiday. Drew Holiday is one of those players that's just been really consistent all through his career. He's never the guy with 30, but it just seemed like he gets it done when it really count. So.

Speaker 4:
[38:17] I was a big, you know, to agree with you, man, I was really, really big on Drew Holiday. Really pause, like I was really, really Drew Holiday fan, you know, cause he helped get to the championship in Milwaukee. Then he helps get the championship in Boston. But the way Jalen Brunson picked him apart last year, he got to get his name back. Jalen Brunson just picked him apart and sent him home. Even though Tatum got hurt. I was very, very disappointed. Cause like Trish was saying, he's very good on defense, but he couldn't do nothing with Jalen Brunson. And you know, you know who was calling. I thought, I thought he was that. Sent, here goes sent. I thought, I thought he was a stopper. I thought he was one of them defensive specialists. Yada, yada, yada. And so Drew, maybe this is the series for me to get your name back. Cause I was advocating for you, but the way Jalen Brunson disrespected you last year in the post season, you got a lot to prove me. Even though you helped get them two championships, I will say, but you're only good as your last series to me. I think it's a superstar.

Speaker 3:
[39:19] Yeah, you got a god of a star.

Speaker 2:
[39:22] Well, Wimby Watch is officially underway. We'll see if he returns for game three. After 19 seasons as head coach for the Pittsburgh Steelers, Mike Tomlin becomes NBC's newest Sunday Night Football pregame analyst. Trista, how do you think Mike Tomlin is going to do in this new role on the media side of football?

Speaker 5:
[39:41] You know, I was thinking about the replacement, right? It's not just where you're at, but it's the spot that you're in and who you're going up and replacing. So as soon as Mike Tomlin announced he was out of there at Pittsburgh, you then see that Tony Dungy's contract has not been renewed. I'm not laughing about that because I like Tony Dungy. He's fine and he was a legendary coach. But it had felt like over time when it had been so long from him being really part and entrenched in coaching circles, being scheming everything up. The further away you get from the game, I feel like the more out of touch you become as a personality. We've seen that over time for certain players at least or certain coaches. But Mike Tomlin, I like. I think he's been a spicy interview for years. He keeps it pretty much all the way real. He knows what it takes to win. He knows what it's like to do it with trash rosters. He's got a lot of stories. He's probably going to tell us a lot of things about the Roethlisberger days or the Antonio Brown days. So I think this is going to be a nice little look for this huge stage on Sunday Night Football. I'm very interested to see how he comes in because sometimes there's an acclimation process when you come from, hey, we have to keep it tight. This is a PR thing. Everything's in house to be like, no, actually, Mike, we need you to do more than you would do at a press conference. But I like the move personally.

Speaker 3:
[41:10] Yeah, I think it would be really good for football because, like you said, he's a guy that don't hold punches, but he actually could give some very interesting takes because normally when we're hearing from people, just like this year we heard from Tom Brady, it had a real spice when it's a new voice, right? When it's a new voice, they come with new stories, they come with new schemes, they come with new outlooks of how to read the game. Like, I hear Killa a lot of time talking about who is that Tony Romo, where he's a better analyst than he is a player. And who knows?

Speaker 4:
[41:47] I do feel like that.

Speaker 3:
[41:48] This same thing could be true about this coach. Who knows what he will bring to the table? I think he could ask some better X's and O's than the people that are sitting out there.

Speaker 4:
[42:04] I think, like Ma$e just said, I do think Tony Romo, he's a great analyst. Tony Romo, one of them people, that when you're watching the game, he says, uh-oh, I see this, and he puts a little zero on the screen, and that should be happening. I'm like, yo, why the fuck you wasn't doing that shit when you was quarterback? That be, yo, I would say he's probably, when I watch, when he's announcing or analyzing, I would say he's like at a 92% clip on what's about to happen before it happens. I think he's great. I think what Trish just said, like, you know, sometimes it's a transition where you get a little better as you go along. I think Tom Brady went through that. I didn't like Tom Brady the first few weeks when he was doing it, but then I think that he got a little more comfortable talking as time went along. And when you brought this up, Trish, I didn't realize that Tony Dungy's contract was up. And now I'm just sitting there saying to myself, like, they just replacing black with black. I'm like, so it can't be two black niggas. It's got to be one black nigga or nothing. So it can't be Tony Dungy and Mike Tomlin. That's what I heard once you said that. I didn't realize that until you just said it. That's very disappointing because I do like Tony Dungy a lot. Shit, they both got the same amount of Super Bowl shit. But to me, Mike Tomlin, we'll see what happens. I know he talks well pregame, postgame. You know, he's very aggressive, but still talks properly. But we'll see what happens over a 60-minute game. I get the first, you know, I'm going to go over under the first two, three weeks, he might slip up and say, He look like this. Look at this on my back. He look like the type that slip up, because we don't got to see him for 60 minutes talk. We'll see what happens, but it definitely look like he got a this pause in him.

Speaker 2:
[44:03] Yeah. I think actually he's going to be the pregame host. So I don't think he's doing the whole show. He's just doing the Sunday Night Football pregame show.

Speaker 4:
[44:10] Okay. Got you. All right.

Speaker 2:
[44:12] Yeah. But I don't have too much to say about this. When I agree with all of you, I think it's a no-brainer. Tomlin has so much personality, and we've only seen a little bit of it. He's been so honed in on coaching, but the times that we have been able to see a spark in his personality, I can just see him blossoming into this media role and doing a really good job. So I'm looking forward to it for sure.

Speaker 3:
[44:29] Which network is he going to be on?

Speaker 2:
[44:31] NBC.

Speaker 3:
[44:32] That's good. Maybe they put him with Michael Jordan. That'd be really crazy.

Speaker 4:
[44:36] I don't think Mike has obligations. I didn't see Mike talk about shit. Everybody was mad. How you like Mike going to be an announcer? Mike going to be doing it. I haven't seen Mike do one interview. I haven't seen. Have you seen? I don't know. I just haven't seen.

Speaker 1:
[44:48] No, that's what I'm saying.

Speaker 3:
[44:49] Maybe they waiting to pair him up.

Speaker 4:
[44:51] Yeah, maybe.

Speaker 3:
[44:52] Mike Tomlin with Michael Jordan.

Speaker 2:
[44:54] Maybe.

Speaker 3:
[44:55] Mike and Mike.

Speaker 2:
[44:56] Mike and Mike. I like that. That's a good idea, actually. Day one of the NFL draft is today, so we're going to go into a few draft scenarios. The Rams have traded away their first round pick in eight of the last nine seasons. Since 2017, they've only had one first round pick and it was in 2024 for Jared Verst. Trista, what are your thoughts on first round picks? Would you rather trade your first round pick for a proven veteran like the Rams have done or would you rather take a risk in the draft and get a rookie?

Speaker 5:
[45:26] I think it just depends on the situation that your team is in. When it's the Rams, you really have to maximize Matt Stafford, right? He's older. We don't know how many years we're going to get out of Matt Stafford. And he played phenomenally last year, but I remember last year, we were like-

Speaker 4:
[45:44] I'm tired of this, man. I'm tired of this. Tired of Matt Stafford. I'm tired of the hate on Matt Stafford. Yo, what? How many years we're going to get the? Didn't he just win the MVP? They were saying this move. I hate to cut people off in line stuff. Come on. How many times are y'all analysts, Trish? I'm going to say y'all because you guys do this seven days a week. You do it more than we do it. When are y'all going to stop hating on Matthew Stafford? He just won MVP. Last season, the season before last, he's getting old. We don't know what we should pair. We don't know what to do. Maybe that's why I got the Rams color zone. I didn't even realize I had the Rams color zone until I'm just looking. Stop hating on Matthew Stafford, everybody. Hating on LeBron James. Stop with the birth certificate shit. The man said, how many more years? Go ahead, Trish. Go ahead, man. We got as much time as we want, man. He's the reigning MVP currently. Go ahead. Go ahead, man. My bad.

Speaker 5:
[46:38] No, we're good.

Speaker 3:
[46:39] Yeah, he is a bulldog. You know, you got to stop hating on a bulldog.

Speaker 5:
[46:44] With a bulging disc in his back, he's 38. So here's the deal. You just don't know. It could be three years, it could be five years, probably not in quarterback years. That just rarely really happens. It's just been Tom Brady. You need every player to be able to contribute right this second. Jared verse was a game changer. You needed somebody to replace Aaron Donald with that surprise retirement. But outside of that, I like the fact that Les Need says, yo, I need to go out and get a Trent Mcduffey. I need to go out and get guys that I'm not worried about developing these young pups. They need to be proven in the NFL because I need to maximize every single year that I have with Matt Stafford and try to get him another ring. So it's not hate. It's just strategy.

Speaker 4:
[47:29] It seems like hate.

Speaker 3:
[47:30] That's a new way to say hate, strategy.

Speaker 4:
[47:32] I get what you're saying. I get what she's saying, like, yeah, getting old, but it ain't even like you could hit the quarterback. So that's why quarterbacks be having longer, shoving them like, yo, is talking about, yo, who gonna get Flacco? Now Flacco is like, even as a backup, is like, yo, we might want to go with Flacco. This was on the couch like two years ago. Now is interested in him being a backup. You know what I'm saying? about 63, 67 years old. And now is like, yo, we might want to go get Flacco. So look, we're talking about the Rain MVP and I understand where you're coming from Trish, you know, all jokes aside, but you can't even breathe on the quarterback. You hit the quarterback, be rushing the quarterback and be like, and try not to, cause they don't want to get fined and get a penalty and so on and so forth. So with that rule, I think that's a reason why Tom Brady had so much longevity. That's a reason why I think Pittsburgh is waiting on somebody like Aaron Rogers to see what he want to do, because it isn't like, you know, I remember this nigger got hit and he was older and he was like, you know what, I'm getting the fuck out of here. What's my nigger name? Used to play for the Rams when they was in St. Louis, actually. Warner, Kurt fucking Warner. Kurt Warner was busting ass and then one day he got hit and he got hit and walked out off the field into retirement. that's how hard Kurt Warner got hit. said, no, I'm retiring right now in the middle of the third quarter. Of course, I'm exaggerating, but those rules has changed. And I think decent quarterbacks are gonna have a longer career because of the rules for the quarterback. But as far as the draft picks and everything else, I can't question it. You guys have way more knowledge than me. I just don't like the Matthew Stafford. How many long you got? LeBron James? How long you got? How long you got?

Speaker 2:
[49:26] Me? Well, I mean, I really think that it depends on where your organization is. If you are in a rebuild and you really want to get some young talent, I think you should go through the draft. I think you have the time to go get some talent and be homegrown and you have the time to rebuild your organization. However, if you're in some sort of window to win, a playoff window, a Super Bowl window, and you feel like you're just one or two, maybe three pieces away from where you need to be to actually make a playoff run or to make a Super Bowl run, I think you need to go get that veteran that's actually proven. So it really depends on where your team is in their rebuild or in their window to win.

Speaker 3:
[50:00] Let me ask y'all something. So do you not believe that rookies can help you win?

Speaker 2:
[50:06] It's just a gamble. You don't know exactly what you're going to get until they get to the league. I mean, scouts and GMs do their best to try to calibrate this algorithm to see how rookies are going to do, but you really never know until they get to the league.

Speaker 4:
[50:17] My thing is to answer your question. Let me just, real quick, to answer Mason's question. See, it ain't like basketball, right? Where it's a lot of, you know, we know the worst team is going to get the best pick. So nine out of 10 times, the great, the good players out of college are going to go to terrible teams. And then football, you need, you know what I'm saying? You need help with football. So when you sit there thinking about a Cam Ward, and thank God he didn't get that much media attention because the Titans were terrible, we knew he was going to the Titans. You know what I'm saying? And then you think about whoever else, nine out of, not even nine, 10 times, 10 out of 10, you're going to a terrible team when you're a great player in college. We'll see what happens. I think what's an interesting scenario though is the draft for Mendoza, you got Tom Brady there, and they're spending a lot of money to try and get this team good. I would like to see the turnaround between the Raiders this season and next season. I'm not saying Mendoza would get it done by itself if he has a good season, but he has a lot of good pieces around as far as players and ownership. So I would like to see a turnaround from the Raiders season this season to how it looks next season. Trish, I didn't mean to cut you off, go ahead.

Speaker 2:
[51:33] Well, before we move on to Trish, I'm sorry, just to kind of piggyback on you talking about Vegas. Mendoza is going to be the number one overall pick to the Raiders, and you guys have been in Vegas for a while now. How can you see this rookie coming in to Sin City, and do you think it will be distracting for them, or how do you think Vegas is going to be for Mendoza in this number one pick?

Speaker 4:
[51:51] Well, thinking about Mendoza, he got a story, you know. He wanted to go to Miami, they didn't want him. Then he had to go to this school to end the winter championship for Indiana. He seems very grounded, you know. We lived in New York the majority of our life, and we know even though the Giants play in Jersey, I lived in Jersey for a long time, because I live in Jersey right next to New York. I've never in my life bumped in the Eli Manning. You know what I'm saying? You may bump in the Victor Cruz, or you may bump in the, what's my who shot himself?

Speaker 3:
[52:25] Plexico.

Speaker 4:
[52:25] Yeah, you might bump in the Plex. You gonna bump in the niggas.

Speaker 3:
[52:28] Yeah.

Speaker 4:
[52:29] You don't see Eli. You don't even see the gas thing. You don't know which route Eli took home, because niggas be locked in on to do what they have to do, certain people. And to me, Mendoza looks like one of those people that's gonna be locked in. Not only that, you know who got the eye in the sky? Tom Brady. You know, yo, this is what you need. It's no better mentor to have or counselor advice than Tom Brady, so I don't think it's gonna be distracting for Mendoza whatsoever. Now, we done seen a history of other Raiders players wild out, get kicked off the team, do rap albums after they get kicked off the team. It's been wild out here with a few different players, but I don't think you have to worry about that for Mendoza, and I also don't think that Tom Brady is gonna tolerate that from certain players. So, new sheriff in town.

Speaker 3:
[53:18] Yeah, I think is, I think is, he's a perfect player for Tom Brady because he's very clean cut. He's not into all of the things. Now, if this was one of those guys who wear a lot of chains and tatted up and want to hit the strip club, he doesn't check any of those boxes. It seemed like he's pretty much just straight laced, and it's going to be a perfect thing for the Raiders.

Speaker 4:
[53:44] Trista?

Speaker 5:
[53:46] Oh yeah, I was just going to piggyback off of what Ma$e was asking in terms of whether rookies can help you automatically. We just had somebody on that was considering himself a GM whisperer, this guy on LeBataard today. He said he could find out in 10 minutes whether someone was a cancer to a locker room or not. And he had all this examples of like Aaron Hernandez. You could tell he was full of shit. And I think there's a lot of these evaluators that have these harebrained sort of schemes in mind about how they can decide who's going to help a locker room or not. And at the end of the day, like I think if you know that there's a proven vet who's a good locker room guy who's proven it on the field, it's just a higher likelihood that they're going to come into your franchise and do the same thing.

Speaker 3:
[54:33] Yeah, a lot of, I mean, even Purdy, right? He was a rookie when they went to the Super Bowl. He got them the wins. That's why I wanted to ask that question.

Speaker 4:
[54:43] Yeah. But Brock Purdy, not saying that he didn't, he didn't deserve, end up earning the spot. He got his start because these was getting hurt too.

Speaker 3:
[54:53] Yeah.

Speaker 4:
[54:53] Garoppolo and all them was getting hurt, but then he ended up earning the spot and got his money. But it ain't like he just came in and was like, move, this is me.

Speaker 3:
[55:03] Yeah.

Speaker 2:
[55:03] Yeah, I think Mendoza is super clean cut, like you said, Ma$e. I think he's one of those guys who the NFL is going to love making the face of the league. He's super easy to market, and I think he's going to have a really easy time in Vegas because he kind of stays out the way for sure. That's all the time that we have for today. Trista, where can we find you? What do you have going on today?

Speaker 5:
[55:22] I'll be on LeBatard all day, DLS, go on there and find me. But y'all, thank you so much for having me and I'll see you next week, hopefully.

Speaker 3:
[55:33] Stay out of Detroit's way. Oh, wow.

Speaker 2:
[55:43] That's all the time that we have for today. Thanks for watching and as always, it is what it is.