The Pat McAfee Show Live | Monday May 5th 2025

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to be alive. Sports are happening all around us. I. can't hear a word any of the boys just. said into their speakers right there. But I will say it is nice to be on a. wall here in the Thunderdome. And. overreaction Monday is certainly a. fantastic one. But whenever you add in. all the majestic majesty that happened. over the weekend in the NBA, in the NHL, even in G1.

racing, football news happened, everything happened and we are here and. so lucky that we get to talk about it. for another couple hours. We have a. couple huge guests joining us. Q Rich. will join us, 12-year NBA veteran or. 13-year NBA veteran to chitchat about. everything that happened in that game. seven ass beating Golden State gave to. Houston and also all the serieses as we. look ahead to who's going to be the next. NBA champion. Then we'll be joined by. Ryan Whitney, former NHL star and.

superstar, also co-host of Spit and. Chicklets. He'll join us in the next. hour to chitchat about that double. overtime thriller up there in Winnipeg. One of the loudest Barnes in the history. of Barnes got to enjoy a situation that. doesn't happen nearly as often as we. would hope it would, which is a game. seven double overtime thriller as the. St. Louis Blues and the Winnipeg Jets. did battle and the Winnipeg Jets come. back down from 3-1 with two minutes left. to go on and get the win. And then, you.

know, we'll be joined by Ian Rapaort at. some point today to talk about all the. news that's happening around the NFL. Now, it's not just me here in Omaha, Nebraska. I also am very lucky that the. toxic table at Boston Connor and at Ty. Schmid are here. Boys, your big. takeaways from this weekend? Uh, biggest. takeaway for me would probably just be. that the NHL playoffs are basically the. best thing that's ever happened, I'd. say, to sports. You know, I'm sure we'll. get into all the highlights going.

forward, but uh you know, let alone all. the injuries that are going to come out. for some of these teams that finished. I. thought that was amazing. Yeah. And I. think, you know, obviously the NHL and. the NBA kind of took center stage, but. it was a great weekend for all the other. sports, too. You know, we had a massive. boxing cards multiple nights. The UFC. had a huge night. Scotty Sheffller had a. big Sunday and obviously MLB was going. on. So, just and the Kentucky Derby. So, overall, just an incredible sports. weekend all around. I completely forgot about the Kentucky.

Derby. How about sovereignty making a. run on journalism? You know, whenever. absolute power beats journalism, people. say, "Wait a minute. Wait a minute." I. was hoping that that McAfee horse would. have made it. Cuz if McAfee and. journalism would have been coming down. the backstretch down there in. Louisville, Kentucky, that would have. been a moment for my life. Journalism, heavy favorite. Feels like that was done. by uh, you know, some people with money, people with power, and people with hope. That journalism could be on top. Journalism wins the day. Journalism wins.

the Kentucky Derby to start this magical. triple crown. But instead, sovereignty. said, "I don't think so." Journalism. takes the dub has a massive celebration. We'll be joined by a man that was down. in Louisville during the Kentucky Derby. Well, AJ Hawk and was he with a married. man? What? Looked like it. Who? Devonte. Two of them, huh? Yeah. Devonte. Devonte. I think is Cobb I think is money team. Ed, I believe is Jimmy Graham's married. to the game of life. Aaron Rogers, look. at his left hand. Boom. Ring finger.

Unless that's one of those sleeping. things, you know? At least that's one of. those sleeping things that's reading. your heart rate, which Aaron Rogers. might do to be honest. I mean, there's a. chance that that is something he would. be accustomed to. Or maybe this guy got. married. Or maybe maybe he got engaged. Maybe he got asked. Oh, okay. That could. happen. Yeah. Maybe instead of like an. engage ring the other way. I don't know. All these things are on the table. We'll. talk to the guy that was standing. literally to his right, AJ Hawk. You. know, it's not just a toxic table. It's. not just great sports. It's not my.

dumbass in Omaha while a concert is. happening behind me right now. It sounds. absolutely delightful. They're getting. after it playing these bangers here. There's also one half of the hammer. Cowboys. Uh Tone Digs. AP Tone. Listen, bub. I don't know how you did on the. Kentucky Derby. I don't know how you did. on all the other stuff, but I do know. the Canelo Alvarez night over there in. Riad season Saudi Arabia. You hit on. boxing, brother. Did we know you're a. boxing sharp? Did we have any idea that. was the case? No. No, we did not. Um,

did really, really well on the Canelo. fight. The Canelo unanimous decision I. believe was plus 180. Got that one. Fight to go the distance plus 140 over 9. and a half rounds - 130 over 10 and a. half rounds - 110. And you know, if you. kind of listen to the tea leaves before. that fight, there was a lot of people. saying, you know, uh, Canelo is going to. play it safe here tonight. Um, probably. going to go the distance, probably going. to win the unanimous decision like he. did the last five of his fights cuz this. was setting up a much bigger fight uh.

with Terence Crawford. So, you know, not. a lot of not a lot of punches thrown. Uh, there was a lot of that this. weekend, but boring. What a weekend. They're saying that uh they're saying. that these guys are now now that they're. getting taken care of, right? Which was. Booker T's big takeaway throughout the. entirety of the weekend while we were. doing the boxing, which I enjoyed, by. the way. I enjoyed learning the stories. I enjoyed being a part of. I enjoyed us. having to do a boxing show. That was. pretty cool. I'm I'm impressed by the. whole team, by the way. Great work by. the team putting together a boxing show. I'm also impressed by Booker T and his. knowledge of boxing. The guy loves the.

sport and his vibes around us were. immaculate. His entire conversation was. like, "Now the fighters are going to get. taken care of." You know, the fighters. for so long had been just basically. taken advantage of. You're basically. just pawns out there. You got to pay. everybody. Everybody gets a cut. And. normally, you know, you come from. nothing to something, you blow through. your money very quickly. A lot of boxers. on the back end of their career don't. end up in that great of a spot. Now, if. you're a superstar, a mega legend, and. you're able to sell your own. pay-per-views like Canelo Alvarez or. Floyd Mayweather or any of the guys of.

the past that have been able to succeed, obviously that's one story. But a. majority of the boxers end up, you know, out of the spotlight and broke like a. lot of professional athletes. So Booker. T's big thing was like, "Hey, we're. going to be taking care of these boxers. now with the backing of his excellency. Turkey and the Crown Prince. God bless. him." Uh there's there to take care of. the boxers. Now we're hearing that. because they took care of the boxers, these fights are going to suck. Three of. the lowest punching uh rate fights in. the history of boxing happened over the. weekend with Haney Garcia and then.

Canelo's fight. Canelo wins. sets up for. him and Terence Crawford September 12th. in Allegiance Stadium. The first TKO. group alongside Turkey uh promo or. boxing promotion that is going to happen. is that night right there, a mega fight, a super fight. Who knows who else will. be on that card. That man in the middle. there, Turkey is willing to spend. whatever to bring back boxing in a big. way. But it's like they're saying that's. part of the problem. Let's go to. nine-year NFL vet Darius J. Butler. I. don't know how much you follow boxing. debut, but they're saying that these. guys are getting paid too much and they.

stink because of it. And the fights are. going to suck because of it. That's a. bummer. I don't like to hear that. I. mean, it wasn't a great start, I guess. But it is a start and and and the guys. getting paid. That's important. Obviously, you putting your your your. life on the line pretty much when you. step into that square circle as it was. the highlight of my weekend and my week. I saw Bruce getting there and really. show me that sweet science to get this. weekend kicked off. But, uh, yeah, I. love the guys getting paid. You know, the era we kind of grew up in with the. great, uh, heavyweights. You saw the. back end of Tyson, Holyfield, Linux, Lewis, all those guys. then moved on to.

Mayweather and Pacquiao and now this is. kind of a new generation. We saw Raleigh. with the big upset knockout. That was. great to see Garcia get his ass knocked. out. We'll see if he bounces back. against Haney. But uh I love guys. getting paid. You know, now just like. the conversation with Liv Golf, is it. too much money? Do these guys care? Is. it does it kind of become more. irrelevant? We shall see. Uh hopefully. it comes uh full turn and uh boxing gets. kind of back on top as it used to be. back in the day. I would assume Dana and. Nick Khan are going to do big incentive.

based contracts for these guys. I think. Dana understands the business. I think. Nick understands the business. I think. Turkey obviously has brought them in to. do that. Uh very thankful that Done was. able to get the Friday night show off. the ground in Time Square. Excited for. what it is moving forward. Shout out to. Lampley. I heard he absolutely killed it. in his debut back uh ringside. So, what. a weekend of boxing. But I hope that the. money being dumped into the sport. doesn't ruin the sport more. It's. supposed to do the complete opposite. It's supposed to be uh an exciting time. Those fights a little lackluster. A lot.

of. y uh you know happening around a lot of. people especially with how late it was. Hopefully they'll get going. Now boxing. happened, the Kentucky Derby happened. and basketball happened. Tone Digs, why. don't you give us a little recap of what. happened around the NBA? The. associations in its most important time. of the year, the playoffs. All eyes are. on the court. What happened this. weekend? Yeah, Pat, we had a couple game. sevens and the round two kicked off this. weekend. Let's start with those game.

seven. Let's start in Denver on Saturday. night where the Nuggets absolutely. dominated the Clippers 12101 and. everyone contributed starting with. Nicole Joic who had 1610 and 8 and he. averaged 2411 and 10 which is a triple. double for the series. The Nuggets won. 11 playoff series before Joic came to. Denver. They've now won 10 since but. everyone contributed. Aaron Gordon had. 22. Michael Porter Jr., he had 15 with a. bunch of threes. James Harden, um, guess. what? James Harden had seven. So, that.

kind of contributed to the Nuggets. victory there. Jamal Murray had 16, which he had a great series. Christian. Braun had 21, who, you know, was also. just a huge contributor during this. series. And then finally, Russell. Wilbbrook, who had 16 on the night. This. was not the one that gave the team. Russell Wilson Westbrook. Yeah, that's. who I'm talking about. was the one that. not gave him the tea. Good game. He was. getting a little spicy. This one though, he had the steal. This was basically to. steal everything. They're up by 20 at. this point. Gets the tea. Tells everyone.

to take their ass home. Russell. Westbrook was awesome to end the night. and the dug or the Nuggets dominated. that game seven against the Clippers. Yeah, I agree. I like the way this. Nuggets team is playing. And you know, Debo, we talked about this. Whenever. they fire the coach and the GM, you say, especially that close to the playoffs, I. think Quinton Richardson came on, I. believe, and said, you know, you kind of. just throw the Nuggets out here. You. just kind of throw the nuggets out here. They're kind of mailing it in saying. this isn't the year whenever you fire a. coach and a GM this close to the. playoffs. Now, I'm starting to hear.

things, you know, not that I'm a sources. guy, but I do happen to have sources now. in places that I never could have. expected. you know, maybe Joker feels a. lot more free now that uh coach isn't. there, you know, and obviously that's. been chitchated about, I think, by other. people and he's been a little bit more. talkative. He said last night in his. interview postgame with the inside the. NBA boys who have a great show, still. have a great show. He said, you know, I. think the media is just covering him. talking in the in the huddle huddles a. little bit more. He's opening up a. little bit more. He said he thinks the. media is just covering it differently. It's like, uh-uh, Joker, we've been.

following you pretty close because. you're such a damn spectacle. You were a. guy who mouth shut, showed up, did his. job, and then went back to Serbia to. hang out with horses, and then you came. right back and dominated yet again. We. are big fans of the Joker, and I think. what we've seen this playoff series is. like the most empowered Joker that. there's been. Obviously, they got a lot. of dogs on that team, including Russell. Westbrook, who doesn't even try to get a. tee on the first one and then tries to. get a tee on his second one, and then. times it up perfectly with the ref on. the second one. The second one where he.

actually gets the technical, he um Yeah, this one. Uh I wish we would show Can we. show? Yeah. Boom. Him timing it up with. the ref and then doing it afterwards was. poetry. I believe this is just like. watch him and times it up perfectly with. him. Says he knows exactly what's. coming. I mean, it was it was great. You. add a Russell Westbrook to that team. like a little engine, a little dog that. can kind of close things out and lift. the spirits if you need it, especially. on the defensive side. But then you. rattle through the rest of that roster,

it's like I think the Nuggets feel very. good about their chances now. They're. taking on a good Thunder team. That. Thunder team is going to be tough. But. congratulations to the Nuggets getting. by DBud. And I think I think I like. Joker postfiring more than I like Joker. who I love pre-firing Malone and the G. Should be a hell of a matchup around. too. And the thing we've always heard. about Joker is how uh coachable he's. been, not only here, but even on his. national team over in Serbia. Very, very. coachable. always taking coach uh co. coaching, but I love seeing him taking. ownership, I guess, more at least from.

the outside looking in. It looks like it. him taking that leadership role, bringing in Russ. He we know if we don't. know anything else about Russ, we know. he's an absolute dog. First ballot hall. of famer when it's all said and done, but he's a dog in between those lines. And these guys have championship. pedigree, too. You know, Brown, uh Aaron. Gordon, Michael Porter Jr., Jamal. Murray, who just passed what Dame. Lillard now all time, uh point scorer in. the playoffs. So, he's quietly having a. great postseason career as well. So, yeah, this Nuggets team, even without a. coach, when you fire a coach right.

before you go into the playoffs, I don't. care what sport it is, you always. anticipate, okay, this team's kind of. out of it. But when you have the best. player in the world, which most people. would call Jokic, you always have a. chance and those guys are showing it. With a big big game, seven showing to. move on and advance to uh you know, round two against OKC. Yeah, the Clippers were a fun little. story there for like two weeks gone, man. It was like a twoe run there where. we thought they were all the way back. and James Harden game seven people are. going to draw attention to. But also a. team that hasn't play I don't know.

that's going to be tough. I love what. Balmer did. I love what Balmer did. Buying those tickets bringing their fans. to an away game away playoff game. Obviously I love everything about that. A game seven trying to fill that place. up with your fans. You you would have. thought that would have helped. Then I. turned on the game it was already over. I mean this thing was over seemingly. pretty quick. Con man. Yeah. Yeah. Love. Balmer did too. And then I saw some. people say after like pretty cruel and. unusual punishment by Balmer flying. those people out. But it was sweet. trying to build that wall in Denver, you. know, with the Nuggets especially.

because it is now just purely Jokic's. team. You wonder as they just have one. night off and then head to Oklahoma. City, does Joic have any new things. implemented for the team when it comes. to the rest? Does he have some sort of. cool Serbian uh juice or powder to rub. on everybody to get them going? because. now we had this conversation last week. The Thunder, you know, they've been off. for a full week. The the Nuggets. legitimately had one day arrest. They're. playing tonight. Uh and it should be a. great one. I can't wait to see the Jokic.

verse Chad Homegr because as we know, Chad Homegrrim's about 150 lbs soaking. wet and Nola Joic is a big old son of a. [ __ ] So, I I think the matchup is. going to be incredible. Also, quietly, uh, Jamal Murray, this got tweeted out. I don't think anybody noticed. Jamal. Murray passed Damen Lillard already in a. playoff scoring. So, him being. unbelievable. Russell Westbrook off the. bench, Michael Porter Jr. now. But, yeah, when you mention the Clippers, I.

think this is three straight first round. exits. Now, you wonder uh if Balmer. continues to go with Tyoo, with Kawhai, with James Harden, or if we're seeing. another kind of complete transition. turnover uh with the Clippers once. again. Yeah, the Clippers are in an. interesting spot. I love Balmer spending. money and buying tickets for his team, but they are gone uh in the first series. or first round for the last five years, I think, or something like that. I. forget the uh stat that was given out. They have not gotten not gotten past the. first round a long time. There was also. an ass beating last night, Tone Diggs.

Yeah, there was another game seven down. in Houston. The Warriors went down to. play the Rockets and they won 103 to 89. See Buddy Heield right here. He was the. high scoreer of the night with 33 for. the Warriors. Uh he was awesome from. three-point all night long. And then you. have uh Jimmy Butler who added a you. know a nice clean casual 20 for playoff. Jimmy who's been awesome for them in his. first playoffs with the Warriors. And. then you have the man, the myth, the. legend, Mr. fourth quarter. Steph Curry, who had 22 on the night, but he had 14.

in the fourth quarter. Um, he here's a. stat. He had 14 of Golden State's 33. fourth quarter points. How many steps? How many steps? Just just two, three. He. didn't walk or whatever. Uh, he's the. only player since 1997 1998 to record 10. plus points in the fourth quarter of. four game seven. So, he has been Mr. fourth quarter for them in game sevens. And now they go on to play Minnesota. tomorrow night where they are six and a. half point dogs. Jimmy Butler back playing debut. I know. you love him from down his Miami Heat.

days and then whenever he said get me. the hell out of here and went up to. Golden State. They immediately became a. different team. He got hurt. He. seemingly all the way back healthy. Steph Curry is allowed to do what he. does. I was thinking he was maybe going. to have a hardened game seven situation. I can't believe I thought that about. Steph Curry. No way. Steph turns it up. in the fourth quarter. Does his thing in. the biggest moments and debuts this. Golden State team. Why not? Why not this. Golden State Warriors team? They got the. toughness, they got the ability, they. got the defense, they got the dogs. Feels like they got the guys, Dut. Yeah, why why not? They have uh obviously the.

leadership once again championship. pedigree. I know Jimmy uh didn't win. one, but he carried us to a few uh. finals, few Eastern Conference finals. when he was down in Miami. So, you know, he has that dog and he came out and said. like, look, I can be Robin. You know, Steph Curry is my Batman. I will be his. Robin. So, uh and obviously we know with. Draymond Green and the rest of that. team, Steve Curry as well. And the. Rockets, it seems like they can never. get past the Warriors, no matter how. many times they face him. I think Steph. Curry's 5-0 now in series against the. Warriors. So, yeah, they can get it. done. They can figure it out down the.

stretch. Always a team you got to be. wary of. I see people taking shots to. Steph, call him a front runner. Oh, he's. scoring a bunch of points when they're. already up and the game is out of out of. control. But no, that's what you're. supposed to do. Foot on next, foot on. your throat. That's what Steph does. And. if he gets this fifth championship, if. he gets another Finals MVP, it's going. to be some uncomfortable conversations. in this off season. But, uh, we're just. going to look now to this next match up. against the Timberwolves and Edwards, that should be fireworks. I mean, and nobody's talking about it. Somehow Steph's been able to do this in. Under Armour shoes, you know, that is.

that's a whole another conversation. those first ones that he had to battle. through is like whenever Michael Jordan. was talking about those first couple. Jordans where his feet were bleeding all. over the place and we were in the late. 2000s whenever Steph had those shoes and. shoes have been figured out but Under. Armour was like we're sorry brother this. is our first go at this entire thing. they might look like grass cutting shoes. they might be incredibly uncomfortable. we need you to be able to perform and he. has his newest set of shoes they're sick. they look nasty the all whites he had on. last night is insane and for the people. that are saying he's a front runner. you're only scoring whenever you're up a.

bunch there's been a lot of 20 point. comebacks seemingly over the last couple. days, maybe even the last couple weeks. The NBA doesn't care. You get cold at. the end, the other team, it gets hot, it's over. So, you got to continue to go. all four quarters, all the way, even in. that um which I assume we're going to. talk about 121 112h. Okay. Indiana. Pacers take game one against the. Cleveland Cavaliers. Even at the very. end of that game, both sides were acting. like that was over. Both sides were. acting like that game was over. And I. was just sitting there because I put out. a very early tweet. I put out a tweet.

early in that game that was like, "The. Pacers are a problem, brother. Everybody. thinks I'm just bullshitting because I'm. friends with the most overrated guy in. the league and yada yada yada." It's. like, uh-uh. If you've watched this team. since the All-Star break, which we have, if we've been able to. Now, obviously, some of the games have been blacked out. in our area on NBA TV. What the [ __ ] do. I have NBA TV for if I can't even watch. the Indiana Pacers play in a playoff. game? Whatever the case. But if you're. able to watch the Pacers, which not a. lot of people have been able to, how. about they put this game on True TV. So.

they do TNT Countdown. Okay. Inside the. NBA, send it over to True TV for Pacers. Cavs because I robot had to be shown on. TNT. I robot. Show me this. Show me the. ratings on iRoot. And then True TV's uh. Indiana Pacers Cleveland Cavaliers. So. then obviously whenever game seven. happens for Golden Stain Houston, they're on both TNT and True TV. Nonetheless, I had to find Lizard Lick. towing and Impractical Joker channel to. watch this Pacers Cavaliers game. And.

all I could think to myself is how proud. I am of this Pacers team. Obviously. Tyrese Salbertton is the superstar. Pasco Seakum's the NBA Allstar, but they. got boys all over that team and they've. all bought in. And the way Carile plays, they play their ass off. Mthuran there. goes up and says. pins his ass against the backboard, knocks his ass down. There was no fight. there. No foul called either. That's in. Cleveland. And obviously Spite is a guy. Donovan's been a guy. And uh old buddy. right there actually just hit a a three.

off the side of the backboard then. tracked him all the way down and swatted. him right there. The team's like buy in, the team's give, the team's resolve, and. that type of [ __ ] from Tyrese. It's like. this team's real deal. Nemhard makes a. bunch of shots. Miles Turner is able to. get things done underneath. It's like. when you're talking about a team, which. I think we're all pulling for in all. sports, like an actual team. This Pacers. team is tight. This pace Obie Toppen too. doing his [ __ ] I mean, he is he he's. not supposed to just knock down threes.

at will like that. But he has been doing. that, which is the entire Pacers team. It's like when you think about a team, a. team, a team. It's like the Pacers. really have a chance here. Joining us. now, ladies and gentlemen, is a man who. is a 13-year NBA vet, co-host of the. Knuckleheads podcast, and an absolute. dog. of a basketball guy. Ladies and. gentlemen, Quinn Richardson. Rich, let's start with what Let's start. with what I was just talking about right. there. They had the Pacers and the Cavs. on True TV last night, okay, which I.

appreciate. coming off an NBA TV series. the Pacers had or whatever, but them. going into Cleveland getting that type. of win and I think they were three- one. or two- one against the Cavs during the. season, but Tyrese said neither team was. healthy whenever we were playing against. each other in the regular season, so you. can't really judge that. This Pacers. team, I think, has what it takes. You. know a lot more than I do. How much does. like buy in, how much does like grit, how much does like obviously they have. the talent and ability as well, but how. much does like that team culture truly k.

how far can that carry you in the NBA Q. Rich? I mean it's a real thing. Obviously, you know, that cohesiveness. and that togetherness means a lot in any. team, you know what I'm saying, setting. But, uh, what you seeing from this. Patriots team, man, I knew going into. this series that it wasn't going to be. sweet for for Cleveland. I mean, obviously they were down. Darius. Garland, that was a big deal. But to me, I mean, like you you you guys just went. over everybody that was balling out for. for the Pacers that, you know, the Hi, from Hi Burton to from Nimhard to to.

everybody else. But for me, it's no way. I'm thinking and this is this is with. all due respect to to Tai Jerome as a as. a you know, a bench player. I was a. bench player once upon a time in the. league, so I respect it. And it's not to. say that you can't jump up and go crazy. and have big games. and Ty Jerome. absolutely has been doing that all. season and playoffs long. But if you see. a game going into a game and I find out. Darius Garland isn't playing, there's no. way I'm thinking that the dude that. takes the second most shots after. Donovan Mitchell is going to be Ty. Jerome. I'm thinking it's going to be. Evan Mobley. And with that not.

happening, like I feel like Evan Mobley. is is kind of like the X factor on this. team. Especially in the game where they. where with Darius Garland, the other one. of the three allstars that was out, Evan. Moy is the other all-star. He got to. step up and be I don't know if they want. running plays or whatever, but either. way, as an all-star, he has to be more. aggressive and and and and be more. formidable in a game like that. I was. just going to let you know sometimes. you're not going to be formidable. whenever Tyrese Hallebertton is dancing. all over the place. What the hell? What. the hell? What the hell Barry? What the.

hell? I mean, he was cooking yesterday. I mean, absolutely cooking. And they. were able to bench him, too. They were. able to have him rest. He had a wrap. around his back. I don't know what. that's all about. It's a playoff, so. nobody's playing 100%. But they had. their bench players in and they were. still running it up on Cleveland. They. were still TJ McConnell was doing his. thing. I mean, there is there's depth. There's a team and it feels like this. Pacers, if you don't have a team, like I. know there's a lot of people that watch. from Pittsburgh. I know there's a lot of. people that watch maybe from cities that. don't have an NBA team. This Pacers team.

is dotted. They're t they're very rarely. talked about. They're hidden away from. the national spotlight. put him on True. TV last night taking on number one. overall seed Cleveland Cavaliers. They. had him on NBA TV. Blacked down in it. This team is a team that is uh could be. fun to rally around. Now, let's talk. about some other series that are taking. place. Q. Rich. Tone has a question for. you. Yeah. Rich, obviously Denver gets. the uh big game seven win and now they. got OKC waiting who's been waiting for a. long time and they're almost 10point. favorites which is which is crazy to.

think about against a a Nuggets team. that has the championship pedigree. What. do you think about this series? What. should we expect tonight? Uh, I expect OKC to win, man. I I I know. that Denver has the Joker and um I'll be. interested to see how Murray does in. this series because he's going to be uh. I mean, obviously he's going to be huge. in what Denver's able to do, but in. particular just against this type of. guard heavy and this this guard heavy. defensive type of appro approach that. OKC has. They got a number of guys that.

they could throw at him and switch out. and just throw bodies at at Jamal. Murray. And I also like that they, you. know, as far as Joker goes, they have. Chad, they have Chad Hogram obviously, but I like Hardenstein against him. He's. a big burly guy that can get in there. and move some, you know what I'm saying? Move some of the meat around and and get. physical with him. So, I want to see how. how I think Murray if he can if he can. go and. beat 30, that's the big deal. If he. can't do that, this is this going to be. either a sweep or for a gentleman.

As the great um Booker T would say, no. water, no bread, just meat. Love big. meat moving around. Hey, that's two time WWE Hall of Famer. you're talking about. No water, no. bread. Just me. But there I'm running out of pauses over. here. It's crazy.

You guys going to pause Booker T. You're. going to pause. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. All right. We'll. see. We'll see. Need a little help. sometime. Let me tell you about Booker T. I uh I. got a chance to spend about 36 hours. with Booker T. I love that man. I uh. he's 60 years old. You know that he is. 60 years old. And I'll tell you what, de. I'll tell you what, Debb uh he keeps up.

with me. He keeps up with me. Okay. Uh. yeah. Yeah. Yeah. For real. I get the. Scott report. I get He was like Booker. Booker T is the man, man. I've been. watching him since I was a shorty. Harlem Heat. You know what I'm saying? Yeah. Yeah. Absolutely. Uh, all right. Let's get back to the no bread, no. water, just meat uh uh conversation. Shout out Booker T. Um, Joker. I talked. about this earlier, Q. And you have. sources. We all have sources. Okay. Everybody has sources in this world.

Mhm. Feels like Joker is more empowered. post Malone firing than maybe before. Now, he said to the inside NBA guys last. night that the media is just covering it. differently. He's always been like this. in the huddles and during timeouts and. yada yada yada. Feels like this is a. jokerled team right now. How is this is. this sustainable? Like is this can they. win? Can can the Denver Nuggets win this. entire thing with the way they're they. are stacked. You forget how many about. how many players they have. You forget. about them winning the championship just. a couple years ago. And then you forget. about Joker being the best player on the.

court whenever he wants to. Is there a. ch I know Oklahoma City has had this. miraculous year. Thunderous year last. two years. SGA's a guy. I get it. Chad's. a guy. You name it. Uh Ste Yeah, you get. it. I understand that. But is this team. capable to go on a run here? Are they. capable to win the whole damn thing even. though they fire their coach and GM like. a week and a half before the playoffs. start? I mean, after watching them in. the first in the first round, I mean, obviously you looking at what Joker can. do and he he didn't even have the. greatest series. That's what's most.

impressive about what they were able to. do in the in the in the first round. He. didn't have like the most dominant. series that he could have had and they. still were able to advance. So, I mean. knowing that and knowing how he can he. can go on this 30point triple double. tour and lead them like yeah they do. have a chance but I mean to me it hinges. on too many different variables mainly. Jamal Murray and I think like I say this. OKC team is is they they are so guard. heavy and defensive guard heavy. They. got I mean Shay himself is a is a great. defender, but I mean they got Lou Dor,

Alex Caruso, uh Isaiah Joe, they got. Wiggins, they they got a lot of uh Kin. Wallace. I'm probably missing some guys, but they got a lot of different guys. that they can throw specifically at. Jamal Murray to try and make him have a. miserable time. So, if he's not able to. do that, I don't see them being able to. advance without without Jamal Murray. being able to be a huge like a superstar. in this in this series. plus 3,300. obviously is agreeing with what you're. saying in this entirety. Let's go to a. plus 185 team. Boston Connor has a.

question. Yeah, Q Rich, look the uh. discourse between the Celtics and I like. the shirt. I see the shirt today. I see. Thank you. I got I also got a pritch. please. Payton Pritchard. Uh respect. him. Respect the six men. Hey, as you. can imagine, hey, as you can imagine, Q. Rich, uh Pton Pritchard is loved in. Boston. Yeah. Yeah. more so there probably than. most places if you know what I'm saying. too rich. Anyways, back to Yukon, man. Yeah, I love him up in Oregon too. You. can you can just call that for what it. is. But look, Payton Pritchard, he's a.

sixman of the year. Everyone should. respect his game. But the conversations. about Knicks Celtics is basically if the. Celtics don't sweep this team, um it's a. failure for the Celtics. It's a win for. the Knicks. We uh had some stats sent. over before the show and the odds for. the Celtics to sweep the series are plus. 300 and the odds for the Knicks just to. win the series are plus 500. So. basically the books think it's more. likely that the Celtics are going to. sweep the Knicks than it is for the.

Knicks to actually beat the Celtics. Uh. they're 20 and4 in their last play five. playoff series. So, the the Celtics are. absolutely rolling, but uh what are your. thoughts about this? I personally, as a. Celtics fan, think it sucks for the. Celtics because the uh basically the two. outcomes are the Celtics did what they. were supposed to do or they, you know, had the biggest upset ever, letting the. Knicks, you know, even hang around, let. alone beat them. Uh how do you see it. going? And everyone's talking about.

basically it's it's up to Cat kind of to. get it done because they expect Brunson. to be able to score his 30, do his. thing. Uh, but do you see this being as. easy for the Celtics as everybody on. planet Earth is making it seem like it. should be or do you think this might be. a little closer? Man, lucky for you BC, I don't believe that. And I'm sure the. guys in the Lakers locker room and Joe. Mazulo doesn't doesn't pay any attention. to to what the numbers or the odds say. They this New York Knicks team.

definitely deserve to be respected the. right way. And I and I know the Boston. Celtics will take them seriously. They. not looking at this series like they. have to sweep for it to be a success. They want to win and advance, but. however that comes, that's what they. want to do. That's what most teams and. most players want to do. So, with that. being said, I I I don't I don't I don't. look at this as a sweep. I mean, Jaylen. Brunson is is the most plused player in. the NBA. He's been on an absolute heater. doing doing things that nobody thought. he was going to be able to do coming. into this league and he's turned himself.

into a superstar. And if he gets that. support that they talking about how. they're putting a weight on on cat Cat. Anthony Towns, if Cat Anthony Towns can. be that 25 point guy hitting threes, spacing the floor, and being a dog in. there as opposed to scoring like barely. 10 points, like that'll be the. difference in this series. And obviously. the Josh Harts and the and the and the. male Bridges and OGs, they all matter, but I mean those are the two biggest. factors for the Knicks. I mean Brunson. has been a constant. He's been. consistently very good and leading the. way for them. But if Cat Anthony Towns.

could be that Batman, I mean that Robin. to his Batman and be getting 25 27 and. still getting big time double doubles, this could be a series. I do not take. the Knicks lightly at all and I don't. think it's going to be a sweep. I think Hembo sent me a stat that basic. basically said there's better odds. Yeah. For the Celtics to sweep than. there is for the Knicks to even win the. series. So, you know, it's like uh. that's that's a wild amount of pressure. That's that's a that's a wild amount of. pressure. Let's talk about some uh teams.

that aren't moving on. Debut has a. question for you, Q. Rich. Yeah, I got. to talk about your former squad, man. It. seems like uh Steve Balmer is doing. everything right from the ownership. level over there with the Clippers. Uh, I know Kawhi Linder still locked up. I. believe James Harden has a player. option. Norman Pow, Zubot, they had some. pieces but didn't move on past game. seven. Third first round exit in the. row. Where do the Clippers go from here. in your opinion? Where should they go? How do they move forward? I mean, I think you I think you still. bring the main pieces back. I mean,

obviously Kawhai is locked in, but you. got to bring back Big Zoo. You bring. back uh you said did you say Norman Pow. was up? I'm not sure if he's up or not. I know Harden has a player option. Yeah, Norman Pal's not up, but Harden Harden. and Big Zoo, you bring him back. You. bring him back. I mean, obviously, you. know, you want more from Harden in the. game seven and then close out game like. that, but I mean what he's done this. season, he was a allNBA player. He was a. allstar and he deserves a big contract. and he deserves to be back there. He was. good for this team and the chemistry.

that he has with Zoo, the chemistry that. he had with with Kawhai importantly and. Norman Pal and the rest of them guys, I. think he was he was the leader this year. in my opinion. He he was played most of. the games. He was available. That's how. he was able to be an all-star and AllNBA. player. Um I think you bring him back. and you do what you do what you supposed. to do. You try and you know you try and. retool and fix some things where you. think they need to be fixed. But I mean. those main guys I think you definitely. bring those guys back. Q. How how does. that happen though? Like the big game. seven no-shows I guess for hard from the.

outside looking in is just a fan. But. you've been in those series, you've been. in those locker rooms and this is a big. this alltime great player. Like how does. that happen? I can't recall another. player of his caliber, I guess, folding. in these big situations time after time. I I I would I can't call it like a. no-show, though. I Now, should he have. been more aggressive? Yeah, you can say. that cuz he only had eight field goal. attempts, but I mean, when you think. about it, to have 13 assists, there's no. way you you not out there not playing. You you doing something. The man had 13.

assists. Now, should he have been more. aggressive? I think that's what. everybody wanted to see. They wanted to. see if you going to go out this game. seven, we know who you are. James Harden. hit 40, 50 and all type of crazy points, they want to see you go out and get 20. attempts or whatever and 25 attempts and. go out, you know, guns blazing. He. didn't do that. And and I don't know if. it was because the game became such a. blowout before he had a chance to really. insert himself because if you pay. attention some a lot of games, yeah, James has had big first quarters, big. first halves, but a lot of games he. starts out as the point guard. he's.

getting everybody else involved because. he knows that he has the ball the whole. game and he can get his stuff off when. he wants to. But I thought that that. game got a little bit way out of hand. before he got a chance to really settle. in and do that. And you know, the wheels. came off the wagon. But if I'm him and. I'm the guy that he is, I'm going to go. out getting 20 to 25 shots up. So, I. understand why people complain and and. want were disappointed that he didn't do. that. Yeah. People are saying he's not. letting the gloves fly. You know, he. looks like a barker from this past. weekend. you know, he's a little.

hesitant. He's not going for it. The. game sevens, there's a lot of it. It. wasn't just this game, you know, it's a. lot of it throughout his career. I hope. James Harden has massive success just. because I appreciate the way he's gone. about his life just not giving a single. about anything uh seemingly. And uh the. guy could hoop, he changed basketball, not as much as Steph Curry, but you get. it. Speaking of Steph Curry, his Golden. State team beat the hell out of the. Rockets in game seven last night, but. they had a hell of a season. Everybody. thought they were going to be a team. that could go. Ty has a question for. you. Q. Yeah, Q. Rich. You look at the. Rockets, even though they were the two.

seed, I think, you know, no one really. gave them much of a shot to actually. beat the Warriors and now we're starting. to hear some rumors or, you know, the. conversation around, hey, maybe Durant. goes to the Rockets because they're so. young and they have so much talent. Do. you think that's the type of thing that. they need to do to kind of take that. next step and make either a conference. finals appearance or a finals. appearance? like would Durant kind of. make the most sense going to Houston and. kind of taking that young team to the. next level?

Uh for me, I think whatever KD wants to. do makes the makes the most sense. I. mean, I think we've seen over time that. if if the player isn't aligned with. whatever is being going on is not going. to work. But with that being said, I. think uh Houston, I mean, whether it's. KD or whoever it is, they need a they. need a a a bonafide bucket. They need a. guy that could score the ball when. things get rough that you could give. them the ball and say, "Get me a. bucket." Well, and and they need more. shooting. That was th those things were. were were ever present in the in these.

playoffs for them. They they they didn't. have a consistent wing score like Shane. Goon was was pretty consistent, but he. could have been better at different. times, but he was more he was the. probably the most consistent guy. And. then in the second half of the series, Van Vleet became that. But from the. wing, they need a they need a bonafide. bucket. I mean, obviously, if they if KD. was to go there, that would that would. solidify all of that because we know. what he is and who he is, and he would. solve a shooting problem and a give. somebody the ball and go get a bucket. problem. But they they need that.

desperately. That was that was clear. They got all of the athleticism, all of. the defense, they got all of the other. things that they really need to have. Those guys play hard as heck. E they. respond to Eay. Eay did a great job with. them. They got a defensive mindset. I. like everything. They just needed a guy. that could go get a bucket and like. probably like one more three and D guy. that can shoot. They need they got a lot. of defensive guys, but they need some. more shooting. Kevin Durant takes a team to the title. Next place he goes, they win a title.

um depending where he goes. I mean, he's. definitely that type of guy that size, you know, he can he's a if he wherever. he goes, that seismic movement and he. makes them immediately a contender like. like absolutely wherever KD goes, they're immediately viewed as a. contender because he came in. We like KD. winning. I like KD playing during the. playoffs. I like KD playing whenever the. world is watching basketball. Like when. in the Olympics, when everybody on Earth. who's great at basketball just was like, "You know what? It feels like we're just. going to give it to that guy for the.

entire day. Darula is on fire right now. Let's just let him knock out an entire. country or two here at the Olympics. So. hopefully it's Houston. Maybe the. Pacers, you know, come here. Come here. to the Indiana Pacers. Uh do what you got to do. All right, Q. We appreciate the hell out of you, man. Yes, sir. Anytime, fellas. You're the. greatest. And literally whenever you say. anytime, you're one of the only humans. that has an ESPN contract that whenever. we reach out, you say you got it. So we. are thankful for you. You need to know.

that. Very, very thankful. Hey man, you. know, I was with y'all. I was rocking. with y'all before y'all got to the big. times and came to ESPN. So it's all. love. You know what I'm saying? Got to. keep it consistent. You're a good man. Ladies and gentlemen, Quinton. Richardson. He has been around for a while. I think. first time he's on a show like three, four years ago. Yeah. Long time ago. He. started that knuckleheads podcast and I. was like, "Good idea." Hey, I don't I. didn't know you from your basketball. career. I know you won the three-point. contest. I don't know you from your. basketball career as much as I probably. should. I grew up in Pittsburgh. I. apologize. You know the non NBA town?

Uh, what is it? Come on. Him and D. Miles. Oh, yes. Okay. Okay. Okay. So, that's from him. Him and D Miles. Yeah. Clippers. Okay. So, that makes Okay. So, that makes I did know the Sy didn't know. the origin. It's like whenever I know. the lyrics to a song, but I don't know. who the [ __ ] singing it, you Like that. is a that that is that is kind of an. issue or yeah or rodent which is a whole. another animal because who's. who do I agree anyways this is his c. that was a great celebration. Oh yeah. Okay. Anyways so I told him that I uh.

like one of the first or second times we. had him on the show. It was like hey I. didn't know enough about your basketball. career. I apologize but you're really. good at talking. You should continue to. do this. So I'm happy to see the success. of the knuckleheads podcast. I'm also. happy to see the success of him getting. on ESPN. Every time I see him in a shirt. and tie in his room doing his thing on. TV, I get pumped up because he. celebrates the sport. He likes the. sport. He likes all of the players that. are in the sport. Now, we're going to be. chitchatting about a sport here in a. matter of moments that is always making. moves. A massive announcement came from.

the NFL over the weekend. Next year's. draft, just got done with Green Bay, last year was Detroit, is going to be in. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. It is going to. be awesome. I mean, Pittsburgh is a. football town through and through. Also, all the towns around Pittsburgh are. football towns, so people are going to. be coming in from everywhere. That place. with the way the views could potentially. be. The only thing that could be a. problem is the weather, but that might. make it even better. Don't you think, AP. Tone, over there in Pittsburgh next year. for the like it could be could be 45 and. rain or it could be 80 and sunny. We're.

going to have to find out. But no, if. it's a little bit of weather, they'll. still show up. We're not worried about. that. Yeah, it'll still look great. Like. Green Bay was phenomenal. Pittsburgh's. going to be great. Detroit was great. Obviously, everybody goes back to. Nashville and remembers how fantastic. that was. They've made the announcement. on where the 2027 NFL draft will be. It's going to the nation's capital. Okay. Okay. Cool. Yeah. Washington will. host the NFL draft in 2027 on National. Mall. Okay. A lot of things have. happened obviously there. I've seen a. Forest Gump movie and many other. tabloids and such. The official.

announcement is expected to come Monday. at the White House according to that. source says Mark Mask who does not have. a blue check mark. Elon Musk, I'm not. giving you three bucks for this entire. thing. Joining us now, ladies and. gentlemen, is a man who's a senior. insider for the NFL at the NFL's. network. Ladies and gentlemen, Ian. Rapaore, what's up? What's going on? Rap. Rap. sheet. Looks like you just got out of uh. like lunch or something. Maybe heading. to fourth period. Uh I mean, it's a. casual day around the house. You know, I.

spent all weekend dressed up. I'm. dressing down a little bit. Okay. No, I. think you look great. You just look. young. You look incredibly young. Obviously the moisturizing is working. Congratulations to you. And we are in a. time now where you just don't work, right? This is kind of like a no work. time. This is golf time for you and like. travel to Legoland Town and stuff. Yeah. I mean, I'm keeping up with all the. work. Obviously, that's the most. important. Now, again, spent the weekend. in Kentucky. Was not a lot of work going. on there. Although, a lot of football. people, including some people near There.

you go. That's uh that's Friday. Um that. was a great outfit. Vineyard Vine, shout. out. I appreciate you not standing on. your tippy toes. Are you standing on. your tippy toes or no? You're not. Uh. the left foot is flat. Now the right. foot is a little elevated, but that's. more style than it is function. Okay. So. that's not to catch up to Leah there. That that's a you understand the. situation here, right? No. Look on the. red carpet and also sort of in life. I. think you look good. I appreciate that.

Uh she's going to be when she wears. heels, she's a little taller than me. I. am good with that. I am good with my. place in life. So, I don't worry about. tippytoe situations. Okay, good. Well, you look fantastic. I know you're. networking down there, even though. you're saying you're off and you're. always trying to find a new source, you. know, always trying to find a new. source. Um, and I appreciate the fact. that you go down there every single year. and that you like horse racing. Shout. out to Sovereignty beating the hell out. of journalism, brother. Hell yeah.

I mean, I'll tell you what, I was pulling hard. for that rap. I was pulling hard for. that as I was sitting, you know, this. past week hearing about who the favorite. is. Journalism, journalism, journalism, journalism. I was just like, please God, anybody. And then it rained, you know, and everything started going a little. sideways. Journalism kind of kind of. couldn't take it anymore, you know, and. then Sovereignty comes in and gets a big. time dub. How was the weekend down. there? Uh before we start talking some. NFL news and did you find out if Aaron. Rogers is married and where he's playing. football? Uh well first of all the race.

was amazing. Um we I this might actually. surprise you. I was rooting hard for. journalism. Journalism and Sandman were. the two horses that we're rooting hard. for in the end. Journalism uh did well. but came in second. Just not as good. anymore. Yeah. Just not as good anymore. But good showing really good race. Great. showing. supposed to be supposed to be here, you. know. Yeah, but just kind of, you know,

just kind of, you know, that's that's. journalism, baby. You know, that's 2025. That's journalism 2025. Yeah, that's. journalism. And sovereignty. Wow. What a. run. What a run for sovereignty. That's. not great either. I just want to let. everybody know. I'm not pulling. I wish. the horse just a horse. Just a horse. Yeah. Yeah. I wish freedom was running, you know. I do wish there was a horse. named Freedom running in. Maybe Unity. maybe running in there. Anyways, okay. Great weekend. Let's talk about some NFL. news. Uh I did see I did see your buddy.

AJ was down there. I believe uh Aaron. Rogers was down there. Walked right by. me at the uh Sports Illustrated party on. Friday. Uh didn't realize till after he. was by me. Otherwise, we would have. exchanged our usual hug and you know, hello, whatever. Uh there there's the. whole crew. saw Randle. There's Ed Barry. looking nice and a you know a bow tie. that he absolutely didn't tie himself. Devonte uh walked right by me as well. Uh so yeah, I I didn't have any um no. Aaron Rogers updates and I'd say people. who know him very well are still kind of.

like, "Yeah, we'll see when he makes a. decision." Uh but he looked great. Yeah, looked happy. Looked like he had a. ring, huh, on his ring finger. We'll. talk to you, Jay. Yeah, I'm I'm curious. about the update there. Super Bowl ring. Me, too. No, not a Super Bowl ring. It. looked like looked like it was a a. wedding ring. He looked or maybe he got. engaged to We talked about this earlier. Maybe somebody got engaged to him. Maybe. they flipped the script and said, "Hey, who says it has to be uh one way to the. other?" Maybe somebody got engaged to. him and said, "Aaron, will you take this ring and be.

with me forever?" And Aaron said, "Yes, I will." And then I do it later. Who. knows? We'll talk to AJ Hawk. What's. Maybe it's just one of those sleep. rings. Maybe he said that he's sick of. that finger being so tied to marriage. I. would like my middle finger to be. marriage or pinky ring to be a marriage. There's a chance Aaron's making a. decision. We'll hear from AJ. Let's talk. football. Uh Washington DC picked as the. NFL draft for 2027. Obviously, there is.

a ground swell of support happening. around Washington. They're going to have. a new stadium back at the RFK grounds. Now, they're going to have the draft. over there. This is as easy as just. getting a new owner. like why do you. think all this is happening rap and how. did we fall on Washington DC for the. draft? Uh well first of all just the. logistics of it. There's going to be an. announcement in about 14 minutes from. the White House. Uh President Trump will. obviously be doing it. Uh Roger Goodell. will be there. Josh Harris will be there. according to reports. Uh you mentioned.

one right there. We'll have the location. of the 27 2027 NFL draft. Uh, so we'll. we'll see if there's any additional. details in the announcement, but I mean. the when Josh Harris bought the. Commanders, I think what he wanted to do. is first and foremost, like more. important than anything else, build a. really good respectable team, like. rebuild the organization, rebuild where. they are in our in like the minds and. hearts of fans, which, you know, you. really cannot argue with what he's done.

Coach hire, GM hire, selecting a. quarterback. The team is good. They're. well-run. Um they're exciting. Like it's. all the things that you would sort of. hope a new owner would bring. He has. brought it unbelievably quickly. And. then it's like all right well if if that. happens as it and it has what he wants. to do is basically bring DC back to the. NFL landscape. So, you know, obviously. we know that uh wheels are kind of in. motion for a potential new stadium in. Washington DC at the old RFK site, which.

is just as it should be. Um, and then. you try to make DC a place that can. attract big-time events. Maybe when the. new stadium gets built, it'll be a Super. Bowl, but in the meantime, according to. what Masky is saying, uh, it'll be the. draft on the Washington Mall. Probably. set the new attendance record. Um, you. know, considering how many people were. in Green Bay, I mean, you know, just. that landscape, there's going to be more. fans there. Um, it's I mean, that's. going to be pretty cool. Yeah, I think.

so. I can't wait to visit. Uh, obviously. going to DC, I went in like sixth grade. Was it sixth grade if we went on a field. trip? Yep. Sixth grade you go there. And. you have no idea how much [ __ ] is so. interesting until you get there and. you're just walking around. I don't know. how much sightseeing we'll be able to. do, but it will be an honor to kind of. be a part of an event that takes over. our nation's capital. You know, in Green. Bay, they had Mark Murphy represent the. city along with others. Detroit, they. had MCDC and others represent the city.

Nashville, I think they brought out Kid. Rock and the boys to represent. Nashville. This announcement's coming. out of the White House today. Is there a. chance the president is making an. announcement, Tai? Yeah, I think you know Goodell's going. to go up there and it's just going to be. like, you know what, Roger, I'm gonna. have to step aside real quick. Uh, everybody, you know, booing booing. Roger, we don't love Roger anymore. Makes a lot of money, shields the owners. from a lot of, you know, negative pub. I. know about that, but uh, with the first. pick in the.

2020, you think he's coming out and. doing the without a doubt. You think. he's doing You think he's doing the. first pick? I think so. I'll be excited. I will be excited to see what type of. negotiations happen for this to take. place in DC and what this looks like. I. I am very excited to see what it looks. like. But congrats to the Commanders. fans and the football team fans and the. artists formerly known as fans. Their. team's all the way back into relevancy. and it's u it's a fantastic thing. Debbut has a question for you. Rap. Yeah. A guy who won't be getting his uh.

first or second pick at a jersey number. Abdul Carter paired with the Giants. Obviously, their third overall pick. Reports have said he's reached out to. Phil Sims. Super Bowl winning has his. jersey. Super Bowl winning quarterback. has his jersey retired by the Giants. Obviously reached out to Lawrence. Taylor, alltime great uh pass rusher. Also got denied there. So, no 11, no 56. Does Abdul Carter have a jersey number. yet? What's the update there? Uh, no. jersey number yet as far as I can tell. And you know, I don't remember this.

really being a thing. Is this the first. year that this has been a thing? cuz. like feels like it shouldn't he I mean. look Abdul Carter is an awesome athlete. and I think going to be an excellent. excellent player and at Penn State in. college it's a little different like he. had the 11 Mhm. that Mike also had and. then Mike has gone to the NFL and and. you know in his organization created. that legacy there. Shouldn't Abdul. Carter just choose a number and create. his own legacy? Yeah, go tell them that. You should tell Yeah, we're all kind of.

on the same page. We're all kind of on. the same page here. Yeah. Especially. after like Yeah. Like the LT thing like. it's like Michael Jordan. Yeah. Yeah. It's like come on now. I appreciate him. asking. I I appreciate his confidence. And then the 11 thing and I like Sims. coming out and saying it was my family. It wasn't almost shaken over 11 by my. family which might be legit cuz I think. that is why people retire numbers so. that your great grandkids and your. future generations and whenever the.

team's around 100 years from now can. come in and say hey these were the. people that made this organization what. it is. So it's like I'm kind of an old. school guy on that entire thing mostly. because I've seen some of my friends. numbers just get sent out to somebody. brand new like a month later and it's. like do we have no respect for anything. here? Like I love Eric Walden. Ewall. came to the Colts from the Green Bay. Packers. I loved him. I thought he was a. great teammate. I think he would have. been great on any team. I loved him as a. person. I've tried to hire him here. multiple times. He just lives out in the.

sticks of Georgia and he's a dad full. time. But he got the number 93 like 3. weeks after Freeny left. It was like. Dwight Freeny left 93. Dwight Freeny. obviously first ballot here, Hall of. Famer. Freeny goes and then Ewalt gets. number 93 cuz it's a brand new regime. It's like I just I didn't like that. personally. Now I like Ew. Ewall made. his own name for himself and yada yada. So I think you thought we were going to. be on you thought we were going to be on. Abdul Carter's side in this entire. thing. We're not. I'm like uh go create. your own legacy brother and have that.

thing hang in the banners forever, you. know, for eternity in this entire thing. Well, well, it's like I saw over the. weekend that the Seahawks gave away. Russell Wilson's number three to Nick. Aman. Why? Yeah. So, but I was thinking. about this and in a way it's kind of. like all right like he was one of the. greatest I don't know maybe the greatest. quarterback in Seahawks history sort of. depends on how you see it on the other. end it's been a couple years right like. it wasn't like they he you know they. trade him and then he they just give.

away so it's been a couple years it's a. high draft pick it's a good player who's. like a good respectable like I think. that's I don't know a couple years later. I think that's okay cuz there's not. unlimited numbers I don't Agreed. Agreed. Agree. If if it's not retired. and if the team lets it happen, you. know, I guess you just kind of got to. live with it. But I'm excited to see. what number Abdul Carter goes with and. I'm excited to watch Abdul Carter's. career and we all think he has the. capability to have his own jersey number. retired. But the Giants have a lot of. history over there. I think this just.

kind of started a little bit ugly. Warren Moon obviously offered up Cam. Ward the number. He was on the Houston. Oilers as opposed to the Tennessee. Titans. So, who knows if it's that is. cool. like it could go either way, but I. think if you're asking it's just that's. a weird thing. Anyways, let's move along. now. Another big player that could. potentially be on the move. Go ahead, Tone Diggs. Yeah, Ian. Uh came up right. before the draft that uh the Dolphins. and Jaylen Ramsay probably were not. going to be together anymore. That was. the Dolphins decision uh talking about. trading him and we thought maybe it. could happen draft weekend. I don't.

think a lot of us realize because I was. looking into the contract if they traded. him pre61 prejune 1st this year they. lose 12 million 12 a.5 million in 2025. if they wait till after 61 they actually. save 6 million is that why the Jaylen. Ramsey trade has not happened yet and. should we be waiting till after June 1st. for that to happen and who do you think. might be involved okay so you're right. what you're talking about is cap though. so if the Dolphins trade Ramsey before. June 1 it's 13 million addition $13. million additional cap app charge, but.

they are saving the cash, right? So, someone else will acquire either the. whole contract or a portion, however. it's handled. I think it's $21 million. that's still due to him. So, additional. cap charge, which is accounting, you can. always sort of figure a way out of that, but save a lot of cash. So, that would. probably be the most valuable thing. there. I still expect them to part ways. I do expect them to get traded. Um, for. the Dolphins, you know, I think it would. help them to wait until after June 1,

but if the right deal happens, they. probably just do it anyway because it's. like, you know, if if negotiations bring. them to a point where a deal is getting. done, just do the deal and figure out. everything else, capitalize out later. Um, the Rams are an interesting. possibility here. Um, I mean, Shawn. McVey has come out and said they're. still interested in Jaylen. They've had. convers he and Jaylen still talk like. they are still friends. I know McVey. considers him to be one of his favorite.

players he's ever had. Like they're not. there yet, but and I don't get the sense. conversations have been recent, but that. would makes a lot of sense as a landing. spot for Jaylen Ramsey. Obviously love. the city of LA. He goes down to Miami. It ends up not working out. If he was to. go back to LA and play for the Rams, that'd be a great story for Jaylen. Ramsey, who's an absolute. dog. Uh, quickly, we got 1 minute till a. hard out Raport. Is the Rock Party deal. going to get done soon or no? Uh, I've not gotten the sense that it'll.

get done soon, but it does at least seem. like it's going in the right direction. Um, like KD's deal was sort of a little. bit quicker. They got the Fred Warner. deal they could do. Quarterback deals. usually take longer, but it seems like. it's positive and head in the right. direction. just we'll see if they get. that good landing spot somewhere in the. 50s to get Brock party locked in long. term. And when would that be? A week. before training camp, training camp. What do you think? Usually it's like is.

he going to sign right before training. camp? And then if he doesn't, it's like. he'll hold in a lot of times. Um but. that's kind of the next it's like. mandatory mini camp deadline. Okay, sort. of. Training camp deadline. That's kind. of the next thing. We appreciate June. continue. We continue hour two on the. other side. See you then. All roads leading to Eugene. And I can't. help but say,

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much, Pat. You know, you as well. Obviously, you were basically at an. AC/DC concert for a little bit of that. So, you know, fighting through that. Hey, I don't know if there's a If you. see Gunther tonight, I don't know if. he's back. I don't know if he's allowed. there still. Do Do me a favor. Smack him. in the mouth for me. Uhhuh. Smack him. right. Okay, I will. You know, I will. If I see him, I will. Now, with that. being said, I don't know if I want him. to get a feel. Sure. You know, for the. heat that's coming. I think there's a. lot of wrestling. Hey, that's pretty. sick, by the way. Yeah, that is uh.

that's pretty nasty. Now I got green. eyes which I think um you know is the. lowest percentage of people in the world. I believe if you look up stats. I know. blue eyes are obviously remarkable and. beautiful and I think brown eyes are. magnetic. You know my wife is a. beautiful browneyed. girl. But whenever I seen this graphic I. said you know what that looks like a guy. that could potentially beat the man. who's a world champion just a few weeks. ago. It looks like a man who's supposed.

to be representing for all the good. things whenever people try to bully. their friends. You know, what Gunther. did to Michael Cole and what Gunther did. to me is just unacceptable. And uh who. would I be if I didn't stand up for. myself and Michael Cole, but not just me. and him, but for everybody that maybe. gets bullied or pushed around by. somebody that doesn't like the way you. go about doing your business, even. though you got to do your business how. the business is supposed to be done. Throws Michael Cole's damn near 60 years. old glasses. pushes me over three chairs. and a bunch of wires and then a table.

Then he tries what's he going to do? He's going to choke on Michael Cole. Is. that what he was planning on doing? Choking out Michael Cole? I don't think. so, buddy. I had the snake skins on. Obviously wasn't prepared for a little. bit of a brawl there with a former world. champion. But things got to be done. You. must ride for those who ride for you, which is exactly what I had to do there. for Michael Cole. He would then attack. me from behind as I was trying to get. back to commentary desk cuz I thought it. was all under control. And then speaking. about riding for folks that ride for. you, all the boys would jump the. barricade. Full chaos would ensue and. I'd end up.

being snoozed. Now, tonight I believe. Gunther is going to be back in the. building. How is this going to go? We. shall see. But just know I'm dumb enough. to know that uh I'm not afraid of. anything. Hell yeah. But I'm smart. enough to know that I'm probably not. supposed to win this. But in these. hands, lightning in this boot, there it is. Yep. Bomb. So, any given moment, any given.

time in St. Louis this Saturday, I'm. excited for it. And tonight, we shall. see how it goes down. One half of the. Hammer uh God podcast AP Tone is back. there. Tone, good gambling week for you. in boxing. I don't know how you did on. ball sports or puck sports, but I do. know or horse sports, but I do know in. the boxing world, you did great. I'm. very proud of you, buddy. We need to. take advantage of that maybe a little. bit more often. Thank you. I appreciate. it. You know, it's it's as long as you. pay attention to what's going in going. on in the Sweet Science, you you got a. good chance. And the Canelo Alvarez.

storyline with the Terren Crawford fight. coming up, you know, really gave some. good tea leaves going into what this. would be, maybe going the distance, maybe win a unanimous decision, all. those things. you know, a couple of the. other guys. Mongia, uh, did not get the. knockout that I was looking for. Mongia, hi. Hi, Mayongia. Uh, the Boli fight. went the distance, which I did not see. coming. The big boys, I thought they. would knock each other out. But, you. know, there was some there was some good. things going on there. Uh, the ball. sports, I decided I'm never going to bet. on the horses again. I just lose too. much money doing that every single year. The ball sports was good. And then um I.

was going to I was going to bet on auto. racing and F1, but I said, you know. what, in in your honor, you know, I'm. just not going to do anything European. anymore right now because of Gunther. So. I decided G1 was not. Okay. Okay. I Hey, I kind of respect. that move. I kind of respect that move a. lot. And obviously, we can't hold it. against all Europeans. What one Austrian. [ __ ] did to Michael Cole, which led. to what's going to happen on Saturday. But to your point, let's go to 9-year. NFL vet and G1 super fan Darius J.

Bother. There was a race this weekend, right? Somebody did some racing or cars. run. I saw they had a drone shot of the. cars moving so fast and I thought that. was the actual race. I guess that was. Legos. Tell me about this weekend. And. were those they were sitting in Lego. made cars? Uh, and is that a more. exciting race than whenever they're. sitting in the actual cars? Uh, you. know, it was different. It was. different. But uh there was a huge huge. race this weekend at F1 and there will. be a lot more weekends here in Miami. They got extended through 2041. Steven.

Ross and F1 made that agreement. So. there will be many many more races. Uh. and yeah, the Legos that that was an. awesome uh piece of the drivers parade. Over. 400,000 Lego bricks. I think over 22,000. man hours to put these things together. Actually one to one scale. So life-size. uh F1 cars out there. So all the 10. teams, the two drivers in each car, they. had a nice little drivers parade before. the race. And also before the race, obviously there's a bunch of celebs down.

there always. Justin Jefferson, the. biggest star in the NFL, one of the. biggest stars in the NFL. He linked up. with Oscar Pastry who went out there and. did his thing and actually won this. race. So this is the fourth F1 Miami. Uh. this is Hey, relax. All right. This his. third his third win in a row. only the. fourth driver to win three in a row. since F1 went hybrid and now he's kind. of I think square number one on that. McLaren team. It was Lando who won this. race last season, but now he is the.

number one driver in my opinion. He is. leading the driver standings as well. right now. Oscar Pastry. Oh, there's the. gritty right there. Oh [ __ ] Yeah, he. made a bet with Jefferson if you want. it. That was I mean that was that was. sick. I mean him and Chuck headtohead. gritty off that would be tough but um. yeah, he he made made good with his bet. I love that. Won it from the fourth. position. So that's no one has ever won. this race from pole position in the four. races. And now you take a look at the. driver standing. Both drivers from. McLaren are up there at the top 131 and. 115 respectively. And then obviously the.

team standings in the constructor Cup. They're up there on top as well with. Mercedes and Red Bull. But yeah, F1 was. exciting as it usually is. And it was. excited in Miami. And Miami made a. spectacle of it as they will do for the. next what 20ome years almost 20 years. As a guy who's driven on that racetrack. down there in Miami, I got respect for. the roads down there. I got respect for. the barricades. I got respect for the. bridges that go over top of it. Hilarious that we're we're extending it. to 2041. Yeah. Well, we'll take this.

thing another 16 years if possible. How. many extensions can you get? I I mean. that let's let's extend it out to 2100. You might as well. Especially if you're. a part of the Steven Jones family who's. making what 50 million every single time. they come down there allegedly. Yeah, Steven Ross is making I think the last. the last number last number I saw was. 25% more uh than all the Dolphin season. uh tickets throughout the year. So every. year that they bring this down here, they make at least 25% more. And I think. it only get bigger as they, you know,

move the races into different spots. Everyone's trying to get to that Miami. level because everyone wants a a trip to. Miami anyway. So, um it's panning out. good. As far as American auto sports go, Cadillac will be on the grid next year. to make the 11th team and I believe. their headquarters are out here as well. So, um I'm looking forward to That's. what we're talking about. Holy [ __ ]. That's what we're talking about. Yeah. Indianapolis, Indiana, the homer racing, uh Cadillac headquarters for F1. They're. going to go do their thing. Thank you. for that breakdown and congrats all to. Wall Street. Uh I mean, what a gritty he.

did. I appreciated Justin Jefferson's uh. content from down there cuz if you talk. to like four of the drivers, you're. you're guaranteed to get one of the. winners. What you just got to get. Vanderin Postry who's the others. Londo probably George Russell this year. Lewis Hamilton. He went to Ferrari Bill. Russell. It's not not going great right. now for Lewis. I uh I appreciate Oscar. Postry did a terrible gritty before the. race and he did a worse one afterwards, but I like that Justin Jefferson went.

down there and had a good time. Shout. out to the F1 folks uh doing racing. And. shout out to the Lego people that pieced. that together. May the fourth be with. all of them. Happy birthday to my. daughter, by the way. That was a great. thing this weekend. She turned two. I. celebrated the hell out of that. It was. great to see her. Also, a lot of Star. Wars stuff happening yesterday and Lego. stuff stealing the weekend. Joining us. now is a guy who was a part of one of. the biggest stories in the NFL this. weekend down in Louisville, Kentucky. Although he had a suit on, his fingers. were busted and he was smoking a bunch. of cigars. This guy could have got to. the bottom of it if you wanted to be a. journalist. Or will he be a member of. the sovereignty? Ladies and gentlemen,

AJ Hawk. AJ, did you do any second place horse. down there? Did you do any journalism? Aaron Rogers is married. Was that a Was. that a wedding party you guys had down. there? What the hell was that? Uh, it. was uh it was not a a wedding party from. what we knew, but yeah, all of us were a. bit surprised. We showed up as well. And. uh to tell you the truth, I don't really. know. I don't know if I have any answers. for you when it comes to that situation. He's very he's very private and. mysterious when it comes to to things.

like that. And and this is definitely. one of them for sure. He seems very happy. Seems very happy. He's doing very well. Looks good. physically, mentally, but uh not a lot. of clarity on this situation. I'm not. going to lie. So, as soon as the soon as the rumors. started coming out, my wife showed me. some memes from like the uh pop culture. world about Aaron being married, I guess. probably from that video or whatever, cuz everybody obviously sees the clear. wedding ring that is on his that is on.

his finger there, you know? It's like, okay, is that a wedding? Five, six. I. thought we were going to get a maybe a. full 10 count there. I thought I could. keep up. That was a great voice. Whoever. that is, they should let them do a promo. tonight. They got a [ __ ] hammer of a. voice box and a vocal cord there. But. obviously they picked this up as this. guy's married and he put left hand over. top of right hand too during photo. If. he was trying to hide that, you know, he. could go right over left. He was doing. left over right almost trying to. showcase it. So as soon as I see that, I. text AJ. I go, AJ, what's going on? Your. text back to me is one of the greatest.

things I think I've ever read because. what you just said there is he's very. secretive and mysterious in what he. done. It's basically that is basically. what you said. Now, let's talk about the. vibes. You said he's very happy. mentally, physically. Did football get. brought up at all, or we just trying to. enjoy some horse racing and the boys all. weekend? All right. Well, you see uh you. see Ed Barry in the background right. there, Ed, the agent to to all the stars. and upcoming stars. We know that. But, uh, honestly, football did not. Oh, no. get caught up brought up too.

much. I I mean, I feel like you you said. it like the whole wedding ring situation. kind of overtook the weekend before. football, I think. Okay. Hey, so let's. talk about the race itself. Did any of. you guys have sovereignty? You guys. wanted power over journalism. Who How. were the bets? Any of the boys win? Yeah, we won a little bit here and. there. I always go in and partner with. Matt Flynn on every single race and we. go in together. We luckily for Flynn, he. put uh he put Sovereignty in a couple. like uh you know, trifecta situation. So, we won some money on that race, but. I believe Randle Cobb had Sovereignty.

straight up and took him. So, he was. juiced that whole time. Shout out to Randle Cobb getting it. done. It was a little bit of a mud track. there and journalism just couldn't keep. up. You know, that's a journalism in. 2025 just fading away. Sovereignty kind. of taking over. Can't get through the. mud. Creates a lot of mud. Just can't. get through it. Since the beginning of. time, journalism has been striving and. striding through mud. That's the kind of. their business now. Sovereignty, absolute power ends up taking the lead. and getting a big- time win down in. Louisville. We wish for freedom and.

unity to win next year. But the fact. that there was a McAfee horse that was. trending towards the derby. That would. have been I I know nothing about the. horse. I do not own the horse. Did not. have anything to do with the naming of. the horse. Never met the horse. But. there was a McAfee horse that was racing. through this season eyeing Kentucky. Derby. Imagine if that horse instead of. studing on a couple nights before these. races just like cold tubbed and stayed. focused and won a little bit. We would. have had McAfee in journalism. potentially down the back. I mean that.

would have been that would have been. awesome. I it would have been for me it. would have been great. Uh joining us now. is another man who does journalism at. the highest level. You would never. expect it especially with his accent, the way he talks. He's a former fifth. overall pick for the Pittsburgh. Penguins. He is a uh founder of Pink. Whitney which is a drink that has really. captivated the world because of how. delightful it is. Wow. Also getting you. pretty boozed up. Ladies and gentlemen, co-host of the Spit and Chicklets. podcast, Ryan Whitney. [Applause].

Guys, guys, it's a pleasure to be here. Thank you so much for the invite. Uh, what an intro. Just thinking of a horse. doing a cold tub had me laughing even. before this started. So, appreciate it. very much, Pat. How you been? Hey, no. problem. Yeah, they got those big tubs. You know, you need big tubs with a lot. of water to get those horses in there. McAfee was boozing. He didn't even get. any of that lotion that old uh what was. Blunt Baffford was rubbing on his. horse's ass. Yeah, I think if you would. have asked McAfee that horse, hey, you. want to take a little extra? You want to. do a little? I think McAfee would have.

done it. Anything to get to the big. dance instead. They probably killed that. horse now. Rest in peace. Uh which is I. hope not. I hope not. Uh Whit, let's. talk a little hockey, pal. I think what. you guys have done with spitting. chicklets has made hockey bigger, better, and uh more notable. is. So, I. appreciate the hell out of your work, especially for the fact that you have. ties to the Pittsburgh Penguins. Let's. talk about this playoff series or this. playoff group as a whole. No Boston, no. Pittsburgh, no New York. What are your. thoughts on going into the playoffs what.

it was going to be and where we stand. right now after a double overtime. thriller last night on Sunday? I think there was some worry about. maybe, you know, some fringe hockey fans. who just really get looking forward to. the playoffs about no, you know, some. original six teams missing the ones you. just mentioned. And and to me, it's like. following the the season all along. I. knew we were going to have special. matchups. I never pictured for a second. the first round we just got. I mean, I I. understand the popularity of the NBA,

but like if you're watching some of. these playoff hockey games and then. clicking over to an NBA game, it's just. the the excitement level is so. different. And then we had all these. storylines from Tom Wilson almost. killing someone and changing that series. in the Bell Center in Montreal to two. game seven comebacks. Uh I I read a stat. there was three three times in the. history of the league a team was down by. two or more goals in the third period of. a game seven 79 2014 2019 it happened. twice backto back Saturday Sunday night.

with Dallas Colorado and then Winnipeg. St. Louis. So that kind of shows how. wild it's been. Um amazing to see kind. of like how popular the game has become. I know there's obviously a ways to go. for for some of the other leagues, but I. feel like hockeyy's growing. You talked. a lot about four nations and that led. into a first round that no one expected. would be as crazy as it was. So, it's. awesome that. tears of pain and agony as Toronto loses.

again in the second round. Yeah, it's. nice to watch Biz go through that and. everybody kind of dump on him. Uh feels. like he is having a great time. Last. year was on the Oilers. This year. obviously on the Maple Leafs. Can we. talk about that double overtime thriller. that happened last night? Is there a. better barn in the league for that to. happen to to be showcased in a game. seven? Because Golden State, you talk. about the NBA, you watch these NBA. games, Golden State was going to win. that game the entire time. No questions. asked. They were up. Houston wasn't able. to figure it out. Golden State's going. to win that. I actually flipped over. that game. They were up 20 during the. intermission heading in to overtime. So.

then you flip back, that crowd showed. up. It was an insane barn, but it's like. a historically loud barn, right? Isn't. this place like known to be one of the. best environments in all of sports? So. for them to host the double. comeback is perfect. Don't you think it. it was it was the perfect spot for it? And and kind of like a tortured fan base. in a way. Last year they get smoked by. Colorado and Hella Buck was a no-show. And then this year they they win the. they win they win at home. Then they get. spanked on the road. They come back.

They have a chance to win it in St. Louis. Spanked again. Hella Buck pulled. again. And then the game starts game. seven. Now look at that crowd outside. It's insane how early people get there. to watch these games without a ticket in. Winnipeg. But they came out flat. They. had three shots in the first period. They're down two nothing 7 minutes in. And it's and people are wondering like, do they have to pull helluck? All of a. sudden, they get one 2-1, but boom, Faxa. scores. It's 3-1. I'm thinking it's. over. 2 minutes left. They're down two. The crowd was quiet. Even though in the. second and third, Winnipeg picked it up.

The crowd started getting a little bit. more rous. And now they get it to 3-2. It's like, all right, we got a ball game. here. But as those final seconds wore. down, I'm I'm like, I don't I don't. think they have it. And all of a sudden, Eers, he he actually whiffs at the point. on that play, goes back to him, fires it. over to Kyle Connor, who's a stud, an. American stud that should have played in. the final game of Four Nations. He. whiffs on a shot, but lucky enough it. goes to Perfetti. He gets his second of. the night, and it's a tie game. 1.6. seconds left. Uh Colobby Armstrong, part.

of our crew was spitting chicklets, another Pittsburgh guy. He was saying, he was in the building. is like I've. never ever experienced anything like. that. You couldn't hear anything. You're. looking around. You're jumping around. It's a sea of white. And they move on. And that's without Mark Shley, their. best forward, and Josh Morris, their. best defenseman, only played two minutes. before he left with a shoulder injury. So just just a scene that was insane. I. mean, the night before Dallas had no. chance. That was times 10 having no. chance being down two with two minutes. to go and they make it happen. And then.

in a thrilling victory in double. overtime, that's it. Unreal story. And. I'm happy for the people of Winnipeg. They need they need some good things to. happen to them up there. Yeah. Amen. And. I'm telling you what, they wield it into. happening. I think the way they've. showed up for the playoffs. I don't know. if that's all year, but you talked about. that outside [ __ ] We started noticing. that and talking about that the last. couple years. I didn't know that. happened. That that's the whole city. shows up for like the whole I don't what. do you guys call province I guess is. what they call. The whole goddamn. province seemingly shows up for this. Winnipeg team for them to get a big win.

Awesome. Let's talk about one of their. dogs. AP Tone has a question for you. Whit. Yeah. Whit. Neil Punk because of. the defensive injuries plays 46 minutes. of ice time. Has three apples uh last. night in the in the game. Like what is. that? What is the 46 minutes of ice time. compared to? Like is that is that just. absurd? That that's crazy. That's that's. basically you're on the ice the whole I. mean half the game which is like kind of. unheard of. I mean it was a little more. big back in the day. Chris Prong or Nick. Lidstrom would play 30 minutes in in. most 60-minute games. But for this guy.

to do that with their number one guy out. now he was thrown in. I'm not thrown in. but he was part of the trade when Jacob. Trouba was traded to the Rangers years. back. But people didn't expect much and. he's turned into a legitimate number two. defenseman on any team in the league. They signed him to a long extension. right before the playoffs began. And. then to show up the way he did and even. that that play in in double overtime. like he's kind of dancing the blue line. he makes sure he gets that shot through. And I was just happy for him because to. step up that way when when your team.

needs you after signing the extension, too, to make it like that you're that. much more proud of yourself, you know, and it's all about the team in hockey. We we always talk about that on. Chicklets. But this guy, he showed up. He did exactly what they needed and now. he's going to have to do more of it cuz. I don't know the Morrisy status, but. Pat, quickly about the celebration. outside. There was a video made of the. basically like the governor of the. province. I don't know what they call. them up there. And the mayor of. Winnipeg, they leave the game and. they're sitting there doing a video and. they're like, "Everyone's allowed to be. late to work tomorrow." Like, this is.

this is just hockey country. This is. there's nothing like it in Canada. And. we got three teams, three Canadian teams. in the Elite 8 for the first time in in. 21 years. So, it's it's going to be a. special second round, too. Foxy, can you. go back to the beginning of this video. and turn the sound up? This is when they. score in double overtime. What a pop, dude. That's a pop. That is. a pop. And they were down 3-1 obviously. with two minutes left. So a lot of those.

people could have bailed. They chose not. to. The place is wild now. A lot of. pressure on them and others. Go ahead, AJ. Yeah, what you mentioned three of. the eight teams remaining are, you know, Canadian teams. Is this the year that. you believe a Canadian team finds a way. to to win it all? I know it's been at. least a couple decades since that has. happened. Do you think this is uh this. is their time? Yeah, I I so you could see by my. sweatshirt um where I lie, I was a. member of the Oilers. I was pretty much. booed out of town. So, you'd think that. I' I'd have some maybe hatred in my.

heart for those for those fans, but I. knew I knew I deserve the booze. I knew. I was not living up to the contract and. I totally understood where they were. coming from because of the passion they. have. And then McDavid came along and. I'm like, I'm all in. Like, I I I I've. actually been using the analogy of. people who every year bet Rory to win. the Masters. It's going to happen. He's. too good. And now it's for me it's Conor. McDavid. He's going to win a Stanley. Cup. And every single year it's. difficult. The West is better than the. East. And now they got to go through. Vegas. This is going to be an enormous.

test. They were dead in the water. against LA until Jim Hiller, the LA. coach, had a had a a fumble [ __ ] of a. challenge in game three. All of a. sudden, they win four straight. They're. moving on. So, I think it could happen. this year. I think Edmonton has the best. chance of the Canadian teams. Then. Toronto, then Winnipeg. Winnipeg fans. get on me a little bit. I'm not totally. sold on them. So happy for them and an. amazing thing, but until Hellbuck turns. into Hellabuck in the regular season in. the playoffs, I really can't trust them. But it's been 22 years, I think, or no, 32 years. 93 was the last cup in Canada,

the Montreal Canadians. So that's a long. [ __ ] time for for a nation that. say was on with you guys and he was. saying it's mostly Canadian players on. all the rosters, but I told him I don't. care, buddy. It's it's American cities. Well, let's actually talk about a. Russian uh uh on a roster in America's. capital. Go ahead, con man. Yeah, Whit. Uh you know, the Ovetkin and the. Capitals have kind of had the headlines. for a lot of the season because of the. goal chase. Obviously, he gets it done.

We just had a graphic up there. The. Capitals are plus 900. They got the. longest odds to win the Stanley Cup and. they're going up against the Hurricanes. in this next round. How do you feel. about these two teams? Do you think, you. know, Vetkin and the boys and bands of. Maker Dance might have a chance to uh go. on a run here or uh will Brendmore. finally get the job done for Carolina? So, I like Washington in this series. I'. I've really flip-flopped on them. I. think end of uh November, I was like,

ah, they're going to come back to life. early in the new year. I don't think. they can continue. And it's just kept. going and going. They rebuilt their. team. Last year, they were in the. playoffs. Got smoked, swept by the. Rangers. Looked like they had no. business. And I was like, it's going to. turn into just the OV goal chase and. that's kind of it for the Caps. But they. brought in some big names. Jacob Trick's. been excellent there. Dylan Stro wasn't. even given a qualifying offer from the. Blackhawks years back. He's been like. Nicholas Backrom for Oie earlier in his. career. And Washington's a big tough. team. Tom Wilson is a unicorn. I I know.

I'm copying Biz on that one, but he puts. the fear of God in other players. And. Carolina, while being faster than. Washington, they're not an overly. physical team. I think Washington's. going to be able to get that done. If. you remember years ago, the other. Russian on Carolina, uh, Schvetchnikov, he squared up with Obie. If you want to. YouTube that one, I don't think he's. going to be doing it again because Obie. Ko'ed him. So, Obie, Obie could score. goals and then if you want to [ __ ]. around, you find out. But, I like. Washington. They're big, they're strong, they're tough, they have a great locker. room vibe. You'll see interviews and um,

uh, the way Spencer Carbury talks to the. team after in the locker room when the. videos come out. It just seems like a. great group. They signed Nick Dow, who's. a fourthline center there, to an. extension at the end of the year. He. chugged a beer in the room in front of. the boys. It's just it's a fun group. I. like Carolina's team, but I just think. Washington has something special going. And Logan Thompson lost his job as the. starting goalender uh with Vegas. They. went on to win the Stanley Cup, and he's. got a lot to prove, right? He got Wally. Pipped a few years back, and now he's. there. He came back from injury after.

game three against the Canadians first. round, played game four when everyone. thought he'd be out and he was great. So, we're going to see what happens. here. But I like Washington in that. series, especially with the home ice. They're currently the underdogs. You can. get some good money on Washington. against this raging Kaniacs down there. in Carolina. You talk about the team. We. had we got OV on because he had a. required media, I think, with ESPN. So, we got him on our show with and it was. honestly we we knew this was wild that. it was happening in the moment that it.

was happening. He starts the thing. I. don't know if you saw this by. introducing every [ __ ] human on the. plane. I'm surprised he didn't go up and. show us who the pilots were, but like he. was like, "Oh, this is Bob." Oh, say. hello. Say hello. And then Tom Wilson. goes up. I call him a son of a [ __ ]. because obviously everything he's done. with Pittsburgh, but you talk about how. tight that group is for them to be able. to like kind of put their egos aside. I. guess that's hockey as a whole, but the. whole year to your point was just OV OV. O. They had OV Cam. They had a full-time. OV cam on them. All those other guys who.

have had a lot of success on that team. could have kind of got a little bit. jaded by it. Instead, it feels like they. rallied around it because of who OV is. This guy obviously greatest goal scorer. of all time. I don't know if that's what. you're saying, hockey world, but like he. has the stat that can back that up. He'll be considered where will he be. considered whenever it comes to like. great hockey player in the history of. hockey as a whole cuz feels like he. lives up to everything the hockey. players are. Obviously, he's great on. the ice, works his dick off, loves to. have a brew or two, loves the lads. Positive in the change room. It's like.

he's a beauty, right? As as an all-timer. in this entire thing. How do you guys. judge him? Uh, an all-time legend. Um, I. I I've talked to a few guys like TJ O. He just kind of asked about him, right? Because unless you've played with. Washington, nobody really knows him and. then they just they just smile when you. ask him out. They're like, "O something. else." I mean, the guy is crushing Dr. Peppers on the bench. He's he's he's. hammering Cheetos every day before the. game with a Subway sub. It's like all. the new age of protein shakes and no. alcohol and working out. Obie's like,

"Nun. I score goals. I run people over. I drink when I want. I eat what I want. and I show up and I just dominate for 20. [ __ ] years." So, it's been incredible. to watch. I think that I think that how. he's played physically is the most. mind-boggling thing for me. like he he's. been running people over for 20 years. He somehow without and by the way this. year like him breaking his leg. He broke. his leg. It came back and still broke. the record. He might have broken the.

record in February had he not uh had. that injury, but first time I ever. played against Obie uh World Juniors. 2003 in Halifax, Nova Scotia. He's a. 16year-old and that's a tournament for. 19 20 year olds. And he had a hat-tick. against us in the first game and he had. a cage on full cage. you're allowed to. wear a half shield once you're 18. I. said, "Who the [ __ ] is that guy?" And he. also ran a couple guys over that game. So, it's been amazing to witness and and. be a part of. And I actually it it. sounds a little soft, but I I was.

watching with my sons when he broke the. record. I made sure we were watching. that game and and I was like a little. emotional just thinking like that's an. all-time NHL record everyone said would. never be broken. And it was just more. like I got the chance to play against. him. Like we were rookies the same year. I actually got fined 2500 bucks for. spearing him right in the bean bag. I. didn't mean to. I didn't mean to, but I. got fined. I got fined and I got him and. he was like in the ice. I was like, "Oh. [ __ ] somebody's going to kill me.". Tom Wilson would have been that guy if.

he would have been around. Thank god he. wasn't in the league, Pat. Thank god he. wasn't in the Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Oh, Whit. would have got a little bit hit there on. the return. She got a receipt coming. back to Whitney. Uh but you think about. OV and how physical he is. We saw him. fight people in the Penguin series. Like. that be that was a great rivalry for us. to watch. Pittsburgh in Washington, obviously Sydney and everything he's. been able to do. But Tom Wilson becoming. like a gifted goal scorer. 30 plus. goals, 200 plus hits, only guy in the. NHL. It's like I love that team. I love. everything there about. I also love.

everything going on down in Florida. because South Florida is not supposed to. be the home of hockey, but it certainly. feels like it. Debut has a question for. you, Whit. Hell yeah. New new hockey. town. Whit. Uh but uh we talked about a. great locker room. It's an absolute. great locker room down there as well. Great change room as uh you know we call. it. Uh but uh with all the guys getting. back together, how do you see this. series going as we call it? I was out. there, you know, Pittsburgh in the. change room with the lads. But uh how do. you see this this uh this uh series. going with Toronto down here at uh with. the Panthers? I I think Craig Barubi.

being the coach of the Leafs, winning. the Stanley Cup with St. Louis, being a. nobullshit guy changes this Leafs team. I think they're more mature. I think. they're more patient and I think they're. still going to get completely dominated. And I it's it's it's nothing really. against them. It's just Florida has this. bully mentality. Like they go into games. and they say, "We are going to drive you. insane. We're going to spear you. We're. going to elbow you in the head. We don't. mind guys taking suspensions. This is. how you win a cup." And there's people.

who hate watching them. But what does. their fan base love? They love the. Panthers and they love the way they play. and they're able to continue to come at. you wave after wave. They got physical. guys. They got rats. They got skilled. players. And they have one of the best. goalies who who will be a Hall of Famer. and Sergey Babski. I mean, you look at. this Sam Bennett goal on the screen. right now. Sam Bennett will put his. elbow right through your chin and then. laugh as you're sitting there with a. broken jaw looking up at him. Like they. have sickos. They have like sociopaths. on their team, but that's what wins.

Stanley Cups. It sounds crazy. And. there's so much skill that goes into. that. So, I think the crowd has become. amazing down there. I played there for. seven games before my NHL career ended. and I was sent to the miners and it was. a dark time and it had been a dark time. for a long time in in in Southern. Florida and now they've just turned into. a wagon and they'll beat you with skill. They'll beat you with brawn and they'll. really really shove it in your face. after. So I like this Leafs team. I do. But Brad Marshon's on their third line. Like you say that I mean that's like. enough said that shows the depth and.

that shows uh what that team could bring. every night. So I like Florida in six. maybe five. Biz is saying we'd have to. beat him in seven. I know he knows in. his heart that they're in one. Biz. knows. Yeah. And I think that's why he's. so loud. I know. That's why he's so. loud. And every time he gets a chance to. talk to Kachchuck, I saw him doing some. real journalism on spitting chicklets on. a trip this morning. Yeah, it was. That was a lot of heavy. questions he was asking. Soon as he came. on the show, Biz just started unloading. Hey, we going to do any late hits? What. do you think about this? He just started. raveling on I mean, it was real deal. I.

think he knows though. That's why he's. trying to help. He's trying to get into. Kachchuck's head. He thinks he can be. the sixth man off the ice for this Maple. Leafs team. I think personally, if you. put a lie detector on him and asked him, "Are you on the Maple Leafs?" Like, he's. he's saying yes and he's passing the lie. detector. He's completely deranged. enough to think like, "I'm a part of. this team." He said that they picked him. up on waiverss the same time the Coyotes. did, but the Coyotes were lower in the. stand. He's like, "I would have been a. Leaf, too." But I said, "All right, bud." But Kachchuck came on and he's.

dropping Eblad stero steroid bombs. He's. talking about Kachchuck's late hit on. Jake Genszel and I It's funny. Yans was. just Yans was what are you doing? I just. brought one of the best players in the. league on the show, but Biz I knew when. I saw him pop on I go Biz is he's in. Leafs mode right now. He's lost in the. sauce of the Leafs and this this is not. going to be softball questions. And he. said after, "I don't give a [ __ ] I'm. not asking softballs. I'm about to go to. war with this guy." Said, "Biz, you work. you work for TNT." Biz threw confetti. He had a speech and confetti falling.

from the ceiling when they won the first. round against Ottawa. They were the. seventh team in the conference. So, I. love his passion. And I love the fact. that he truly truly believes it's our. year, as he says. But 1967 was a long. time ago, boys. And the Florida long. time ago, brother, they don't give a. [ __ ] The Panthers, they did it to him. two years ago in game five. And I think. maybe they get one more game this year. It goes to six. Okay. So my question on. you talked about the dogs and how Marawn.

is the third liner. Boston Connor gave. up on the Bruins cuz they traded Brad. down there. It's true. I don't blame. you, Connor. He was so pissed. How'd. that happen? Did Did everybody in the. league know that Marawn was available? And how does he go to the Stanley Cup. champions? Like how how is that even. possible? How legitimately how is that. even possible? As soon as it comes up, we thought it was a lie. We thought it. was like a NHL Santel tweet. We didn't. even know that it was possible for Brad.

to leave. What the hell happened there? How do we get to that uh spot? And what. are the Bruins going forward? Whit. Um, wow. That's that's a tough question. The Marshon aspect of it. He wanted to. be a a Bruin. I mean, Patrice Berseron, they came up together. I think he taught. him everything he knows about leadership. and how to be a leader and and a. professional and and he wanted to retire. a Bruin, but they lowballed him. They. really did lowball him. He wanted to. stay there. And at one point, he said, "I'm not signing this deal that you guys. are telling me, take it or leave it.".

And then he ends up in Florida. Actually, I believe that was Don Sweeney. and the Bruins kind of doing him a solid. in a way, like giving him a chance to go. somewhere where he wants to win and or. has a chance to win. I mean, I I respect. that though. I respect that. Like, if. you're going to lowball him, at least. help him out on the way out. So, they. sent him to a team that did not need. him. Let's put it that way. for Panthers. haters out there. Nobody, anyone who. hated the Panthers and didn't want to. see them repeat was just like, "Oh, [ __ ] That's where he's going." That's.

the last place the league needed to see. him go. It's Bennett, Kachchuck, and. Marshon together. It's just three. lunatics running around that can all. score, too. So, I think that the Bruins. now are in a really tough spot. Um, they. have a great goalie, they have a great. defenseman, and they have a superstar. forward. Swayman, Makavoy, Pastron, that. is an awesome nucleus. But after that, there is not much. And a lot of years of. really tough drafting has put them in a. spot where while while being an original.

six great hockey town that can get free. agents, it's hard to win with with just. doing it through free agency. You need. guys on entry level deals having a big. part of your team and a big part of the. success and they don't have much coming. for prospects. So, I don't know if they. end up really tearing it down. Maybe. Swayman gets traded. This is all kind of. crazy talk. Or they or they're able to. reload quick. They need to get rid of. Sweeney. Okay. Sweeny needs to go. It's. time for him to pack his bags. You just. said, "How's this guy have a job if he. sucks at drafting and then he trades.

Brad Marshan?" Like, what are we talking. about? You said that, not me, but I. think everybody in Boston as far as. Boston sports goes right now, you know, the Celtics are the Celtics. The. Patriots are the Patriots of Vrael. The. Red Sox are even winning games. Like. Sweeney is public enemy number one in. New England. Like how's this guy have a. job? When are they just going to cut his. nuts off and let him go? So I if I shut. my eyes right now, like I'm in the eerie. pub in Dorchester right now talking to. John America that is disgusting Bruins.

and Don Sweeney. Uh I don't know. Is he. Yes. Yeah. I I I it's a great question. Um obviously Cam nearly believes in him. and while the drafting hasn't gone well, he's made some great trades. I mean that. year Florida got them when they lost to. Vegas like that was a that was a great. team. They beat Florida. They're going. on to the cup final I believe and they. had traded for Hall and they had traded. for Lynholm and they'd made some great. moves and Orlov. But the drafting part. of the game now is so important based on. the salary cap and having guys making.

850 900 for three years that are doing. something for your team and they don't. have that. So, I I would think if this. year's a disaster, too, maybe they look. to make a change. And I thought that. they might this season, but it seems. with the success they've had in the. regular season that that Cam Neil is. willing to keep Don Sweeney and and. believes that he can be the guy that. that gets them back into prominence and. as a cup contender. I don't know that. that is a huge source of contention in. this city right now. I'll say that. Yeah. Pretty loud. As soon as it.

happened the next day, Connor basically. said, "Burn them all. Burn the Bruins. jerseys. I'm out of here." until that. guy's out of here. It's nice to know. that that's how everybody feels up. there. Before AJ has the last question. about the current playoff setup, let's. talk about the playoffs and what they're. missing and he could feel it with, you. know, depends. Crosby, I'm sorry to interrupt. you, Pat. It's your show, but I know. what you're saying. I know where you. Sydney Crosby, he's needs to be in the. playoffs. This guy deserves to be in the. playoffs. He threw a football. I don't.

know if you saw for a million bucks. This guy threw a 30-yard football throw. and I I talked to him the night before. I talked to Tanganger, uh, great guy. Talked to Gino, hilarious human being. Talked to the boys. I go, "Hey, you guys. are going to come up. I appreciate you. doing this. Ben Rothosberger is going to. throw a football for you guys. Just kind. of give him motivation." And Tanger. goes, "Uh, Sid's not going to let. somebody else throw a football for him.". I'm like, "What? What do you mean?" He. goes, "Sid will throw. And Sid will make. it." I'm like, "Uh, I haven't even told. you what the throw is." He goes, "Sid. will make it." like this isn't even.

that's how they literally spoke about. So then I go up to Sid. He shows up like. 20 minutes later. He must have been. doing some sort of uh training and. recovery or whatever. And I go, "Mr. Crosby, it's an honor to meet you. Thank. you for everything you've done for. Pittsburgh. I've gotten so inebriated. because of the success that you have had. on the ice alongside these boys here. So. thank you for everything and thank you. for coming tomorrow night. Uh Ben. Rothesberger throw a football for you. tomorrow or you think you'll throw it?". I I'll throw it. He said I was like, "Okay, okay, good. It's going to be. about a 2530 yard throw." He goes, "I. have no idea what's going to happen.". And Tanger yet again goes he's going to. make it. This is no questions asked.

They just believe in him I think to do. any I think if that was any task that. was needed they would have said Sid will. figure it out. Tang cut a promo though. then at big night out that was like. you're lucky this guy's here basically. about Sydney Crosby. Obviously he's. special in hockey. He's been great for. Pittsburgh. He's been super quiet and. humble. But now we're at a point where. this team is trying to you know find its. new way. And it's like Dubis has got a. lot to do. What do you think the future. looks like for Sid and the Pittsburgh. Penguins? What would you do, Whit? And.

how do we get back into the playoffs? Cuz we need 87 running wild on the ice, brother, when all eyes are on hockey. It's It's very very sad for me to watch. the playoffs without him in it. And that. is why Biz and I are so relentless on. the fact of get get out of there, Sid. And I get it. I I He He is the most. loyal guy. He loves the Pittsburgh. Penguins. And I think I think based on. what you're saying, like they know he'll. get it done. I don't know if there's. anybody that believes in themsel more.

than him. Like I truly think he's like I. I I can win another Stanley Cup here. Just just give me something to work. with. Or maybe I don't even need. anything cuz I'm Sydney Crosby. But it's. just you talk about prospects with the. Bruins. It's very similar with the. Penguins. Now Mike Sullivan's gone. Uh. Elliot Freeman, who's a big insider with. the NHL, says that Sullivan wanted to. get the Penguins better, quicker, and. the the GM, Kyle Dubis, is like, I think. we need to kind of break this down. It's. going to be slower. Now, Crosby's off to. the World Championships. He's going to. the World Championships, which for a he.

does not need to do that. He's a hockey. junkie. He needs to play. And McKinnon's. going too. So, now the discussion. becomes, can McKinnon convince this guy. to come over to Colorado? That is. business. Bus has been talking about. this for 5 years. Penguins fans are. sending him death threats. But it's it's. like that would be that would be the. storyline that really can attract some. more eyeballs to the game if Crosby was. somewhere else. I also think it's part. of he can break all the records, all. Mario's records with the Penguins. Those.

are all within grasp of him. He's one. guy that maybe wants to play for one. team. You know, you think of Lemieux, you think of Eisermanman. There's. special players that were were the face. of a franchise for 20 25 years. And. maybe that's him. And maybe he's so. proud he doesn't want to go anywhere. else. and have to try to do it that way. But I personally would love to see him. on a better team that has a chance to. win. And all of a sudden, if he goes to. another market, like I can't imagine the. jersey sales, the the noise, the what. what it would do to the world of hockey. I I I don't know what's going to happen.

I don't know. Yeah, it'd be great for. hockey, I guess. Another headline. Okay. You guys do anything for clicks over. there at Spitting Chicklets, I guess. Yeah. Let's just kick Sydney Crosby out. of Pittsburgh. this guy who has been. basically the face of Piter. I don't. know if Dubis is going to do that. I. genuinely don't know. Sydney Crosby at. big night out. Dubis is solid. Uh at big. night out and he said Hazy potentially. get an extension too. I I mean they were. having conversations behind closed. doors. Hazy was pitching league men for.

another couple years to Dubis while I. was sitting there. What a beauty that. guy is. But Sid on big night out said, "We're going to do this for a couple. more years here." And I that's all I. need to hear. Okay. Sid wouldn't lie to. me. Sid wouldn't lie to Pittsburgh. Sid. wouldn't let a big night out. But to. your point, as I take my body and remove. it from the situation as a diehard. Penguins fan since I'm a kid, my 30th. birthday was a Pittsburgh Penguins. themed party. Okay? As an adult, I did. that. Had a Penguin [ __ ] cake out. there. So, as I remove that from it,

Sydney going to Sydney getting traded. would be huge. That'd be huge, huge. news. Him going to a contender, huge. news. him going to play with somebody. who's been his best friend since his. whole life would be huge news. So like I. understand for the state of hockey it'd. be great but boy Pittsburgh people would. understand but we'd also be bummed out. I think Mark Andre Flurry is also. playing in that world championship for. uh Canada as he reunites with Sid and. McKinnon and everything like that fresh. off his last game in the NHL. Now let's.

talk about the playoffs a little bit. Speaking of Mark Andre Flurry he's no. longer around. AJ has a question for. you. Yeah, Whit, I feel like as a as a. somewhat casual hockey fan that doesn't. understand everything going on, I feel. like if a goalie stands on his head for. six, eight weeks, a team can find a way. to win a cup when a when a goalie just. finds a way to get in the zone. Out of. these eight teams left, who do you think. has the best advantage at the goalie. position? I know Debbut's in studio. there. He thinks Babarovski obviously. he's been a big mark of his for a long. time since he got to Florida. Who do you. think has the advantage when it comes to. goalending?

I I think it is it is Florida and and. obviously it's recency bias. Babski did. that last year and he's just a machine. like his work ethic. He also they lost. three straight in the final then they. had the two days between game six and. seven. He took away a day away from the. rink went down to the beach just kind of. collected his thoughts and was a beast. in game seven. So I'm very surprised if. if if Stal is able to outplay him, especially considering he was the backup. for him last year on Florida. Now he's. in Toronto. They're facing each other. headto head. After that though, this.

Jakeer, he is a just a calm, cool, collective. Damn right. Yes. Yes. He he the there's never like. you never want to see guys get too high. or too low. Like the roller coaster of. the playoffs, you got to be even killed. And it seems like he's dialed in right. now. He's very confident in himself. And. Dallas's depth in front of him makes it. makes it easy for him some nights. So. now Hella Buck should be a guy that. you're like he could win Winnipeg the. Stanley Cup but for some reason for some.

reason the Swiss cheese there. Swiss. cheese on the road at least. So I I. think right now it's Babski for sure. And then Aiden Hill 112. So he's in. Vegas. Unfortunately my team we have two. goalies. We have no clue who's going to. be like playing if they somehow win the. series in the clinching game. We're. starting our backup to start the series. who just won four straight because our. starter couldn't save the puck. So, my. team is in the worst spot goalending. wise. But you're right, AJ, like you. catch a goalie on a hot streak, you're. you're you're possibly raising the cup.

uh two months later. Yeah. Can a goalie. get hot mid-playoff run? Like you guys. have two goalies, which means you have. no goalies and in Halib is not playing. as great. Can he get hot again or is it. normally once a guy gets in the playoffs. that's kind of the zone? I think that. you can figure it out midway through. I. mean, even last year, Stuart Skinner, the Edmonton starter, even though he's. not going to start this series, as you. just said, he got pulled in the second. round against Vancouver, but then he was. phenomenal in the third round against. Dallas and even the cup final against.

Florida. So, you could figure it out. Hella Buck, what I could see happening. is them getting through that. They. scored two goals while he's on the bench. to tie up game seven. But maybe it's. just the relief and and the weight of. the world off his shoulders of getting. through the first round where he is able. to turn it back on. Like something. clicks where it's like, "All right, [ __ ]. it. We just won with me playing like. [ __ ] three of the seven games and now. we're able to just like dial it in. We're playing Dallas. I got another. great goalie I'm going against over. there. I'm going to be the VZDA Trophy.

winner who he's going to win his second, his third in his career, second back to. back, and he might win league MVP." So. maybe getting through the first round. for him was all he needed to find his. game again. And if that happens, Winnipeg could beat anyone. It's a big. if, but that's like the ability to pick. it up after you've been struggling is a. crazy thing. It's mental toughness. So I. don't think you have to be to uh be hot. off the start and ride it all the way. through. You can find something middle. of the playoffs and then go on this. crazy run. And that's what Winnipeg.

would need to have happen with Hellbuck. Maybe he dabbles with a little Iaska. Doesn't that reset an age? You know what. we've learned? Yeah, I mean that that. could help. It could help or hurt. We. don't know. Could get married. That's. what the McAfee horse was doing when he. was supposed to get ready to race. He went the wrong way. The guy got lazy. instead of got more driven. Yeah, I I. guess that can happen cuz it's coming. out of the basement in the attic from. what we know, right? Whenever we're. talking, you gota really commit to that. But you got a chance maybe you start. standing on your head afterwards. We. don't know. Give it a go. somebody who.

got a little zipper burn whenever you. mentioned Otter being a top guy in the. back. Gumpy has a question for you, Whit. Yeah, Whit, we keep seeing Robo. and Heiskin and on the ice. Do you. expect them back earlier or later in. this series against the Jets here? I I. think that Heskin would be earlier. I. don't know if they'll be ready for game. one, but based on Dbor's comments, it. sounds like both of them will be in. Maybe Robertson a little bit later. The. fact that they beat Colorado without. those two guys, and McKinnon said it. right after the game. game. He goes,

"They had their they didn't have their. best forward and best defense. We still. couldn't beat him. I don't know what we. do now." Like just total shock and. disgust. So, you get those two guys back. early in the series. They're going to be. so difficult to beat. I do think that. Heskin's a little more important to me. Robertson's a complete stud after Four. Nations snub. He went on a tear just. ripping through the league. But Heskin, that's 28 minutes. He's averaged 28. minutes a game in his playoff career. He's one of the best skating D in the. league. Harley's awesome, but to add. that, that's a gamecher. So, I think if.

anything, if they had to choose, they'd. rather him back sooner. But they need. both to get it done, to win it all. I'm. saying I think they could get by. Winnipeg even without Robertson. I think. we're going to see both though. And if. they can get out to a lead, that's the. best part about possibly starting off. the series with a lead is that you. almost can rest them a little longer. All right, we could lose game three if. we're up 2. We don't need to push them. Let's save them as long as we can. But. when they come back, that's just a. disgusting team. And the fact Dbor is 9. and0 in game seven like that to me I.

don't even the odds of that is just. nuts. I think it's with four different. organizations to never lose a game. seven. I don't know if we'll ever see. something like that happen again. Yeah. Whenever you Steph Curry a game seven's. just got to feel pretty good. Uh Dallas. Stars have a chance. Who's going to win. this whole thing Whit? Who's going to. win the Stanley Cup? Who's lifting Lordo. at the end of this? My heart is the. Oilers. My heart is the Edmonton Oilers. My head is telling me Florida's going to. do it again and it it disgusts me. Um, it makes me sick, but I just don't see.

how over the course of seven games like. you can beat that team four times right. now. And injuries play a huge huge part. of the playoffs. Everyone knows that. But with them healthy, I I don't know if. they can be beat. Hell yeah. All right. We appreciate the hell out of you. joining us and thank you for everything. you've done for hockey and for the city. of Pittsburgh, Whit. Okay. We would. never boo you out like Edmonton did. I. uh would like to see out of there too, Pat. I got booted out of there, too, but. I appreciate it. I love you guys. Great. show and and thanks a lot for having me. on. It's appreciated. You're the man,

ladies and gentlemen. Co-host of the. Spitting Chicklets podcast, founder of. Pink Whitney. How's that going? Very. good, I assume. Yeah, it's great. I. mean, I It's It's a drink for younger. kids. Kind of an odd thing to say, but 21 drinking age. 21 drinking age. I'll bet age. I'll bet. Ladies and. gentlemen, right away. like seniors in college. See why people like I I don't like I. don't like the way it sounds coming out.

of my mouth what I just said here. But. it is a little bit for younger people 21. and over obviously if you're in Canada. 19 and older. Yeah. Biz and him just. yelling at each other. Yeah. It is uh. that Kachchuck clip whenever Kachchuck. comes on and Biz just starts rapid fire. everything possible Adam like just as. soon as he got in bum bum bum bum bum. but I think uh the reason why Biz is. doing that is because exactly what Wit. said this Florida team has a chance to. do it again D but you're going to be. lifting Lord again in your short hockey.

fan career. You're living quite a high. life over there brother. Yeah I'm. looking across the stage at K man he's. next to uh his Larry O'Brien. It's like, damn, it's a good chance we both run it. back. But yeah, uh he talked about. health there and obviously Chucky missed. a big chunk after four nations, but he's. back. We got Marian. Obviously, uh. Bobby, he's doing his thing when he's. standing on his head. We always got a. chance. Eblad, he had the 20 game. suspension. He's came back. He's got one. more suspension tonight and then he's.

back. So, we know how it is just like in. football, just like in other sports. When you get a group of guys who have. that continuity, you got a great coach. in place and you get healthy and you get. rolling at the same uh time, you know, belief is a hell of a thing. Right now, co-favorites, I got all the faith in the. world in the boys. Drove by OB room uh. yesterday and uh it's buzzing. It was. the air show over there going on, but it. was buzzing. Air show. Did we see any uh. UFO looking things flying around or what. was it? So, so the weather kind of threw. some of it off, but you know, seeing.

some of those fighter jets, you. obviously hear them before you see them. So, hearing them for about 10 15 seconds. before they actually show up and then, you know, do their thing and then get. the hell out of there and you still hear. them like that was uh dope dope to see. But, um, yeah, man. The boys are. buzzing. I'm excited. And NH like hockey. playoffs, even as a C, I don't care if. you've never watched hockey before in. your life, if you watch the playoffs, that will make you somewhat of a fan. It's unbelievable what what these guys. do. I agree. I love playoff hockey. It is. majestic. We're lucky we're in there. I.

wish the Pittsburgh Penguins were. playing, but nonetheless, we shall watch. the other guys fly around at 25 miles an. hour. Um, let's talk about Scotty. Sheffller. What was that? That was. insane. Light work. So, is he playing. putt putt and everybody else is playing. golf? What the hell happened here over. the weekend? Did you see he had an minus. 31 for the weekend? This is one of those. courses that you wouldn't expect Scotty. Sheffler. Dropped the ball. Didn't even. give a tip. Well, check [ __ ] 31 wins by. eight strokes or something like that. He. was up six strokes and he went for it on.

this par five or whatever and he stuck. it to whatever four feet. It's like I. had no idea what tournament this was. I. had no idea that this is a full circle. moment for Scotty. I guess he played. here as a kid. Is this a big deal? So, he knew this course inside and out. Are. we in another Scotty Sheffler season? Is. this what this is going to be, Foxy? And. what a weekend of golf, Scotty, pal. Yeah, I clicked it on for literally 5. minutes. I saw how far he was up and I. said, "Yep, I don't have to watch this. today." Which sucked because there was. no sports on till very late. But yeah,

we're kind of in that era like I don't. know if I've ever turned the TV on and. seen someone so dominant since Tiger. Woods, I would say. So, it's awesome to. see and it was so cool that it was in. his hometown, which everyone talked. about all day long. Yeah, Pat, the uh. thing Yeah, that Sorry. Go. No, the. thing the thing you were talking about. was he played his very first. professional tournament there. So, that. was the full circle moment. minus 31. ties a record for lowest score of all. time on the PGA tour through obviously. through a tournament. And then he was. also he was also minus 22 on the front.

nine. Okay. And then second place of the. tournament was was 23 under. So if he. basically if he played the front nine he. he would have came in second by a. stroke. But for a lot of that tournament. just the front nine he would have won. Yeah. He was hot. Legend. Yeah. That. cowboy is back down there in Texas doing. his thing. Scotty Sheffler we appreciate. being alive during your run. AJ, he has. it all, including the moxy and swagger. of a man who's been arrested before, because he has. So, don't just, you. know, don't don't just think you're. getting some yepy nerd here. No, this.

guy has done hard time and he's still. been able to come out and put on a great. golf show. He's not as exciting or. electrifying on a microphone. Who cares? 31 under through a golf tournament. That's unbelievable. It doesn't matter. if the live guys were there. He's. playing a course every week and he's. beating the [ __ ] out of that course. every single week. Shout out to Scotty. Sheffler. AJ Hawk. Yeah, shout out to. him. But he he's probably finally. healthy. Remember he in the offseason. right before it started, he cut his hand. on a a ketchup bottle or whatever, a. knife and then he had to get some some. kind of minor surgery on I believe. So.

the dude uh he's finally healthy. We. know when he's not healthy and if he if. he has an off day, he gets like second. or third place in a major. So like. that's where this guy is already coming. up. And one more thing. Yep. The majors. next week PGA Championship. He is the. favorite now. He overtook Rory Mroy. Shocking. Yeah, I'm betting on Scotty. Sheffle anytime he's playing golf ever. Uh, let's talk a little bit of National. League Lacrosse. Is that or National. Lacrosse League? What is it, Con? I know. the PLO. What's the NLLO? And is this. the sickest goal they've had? Yeah, it's. definitely up there. It is the the.

National Lacrosse League. You nailed it. A little between the legs here from. Chase Frasier. Uh, just fantastic. These. goalies are much more like hockey. goalies in the NLL. That's kind of what. separates it. It's all short sticks. Just nasty. I mean the with the bucket. on you really don't you don't see some. filthy filthy mitts like this very. often. Yeah. Right there. And that was. to go up 119. I believe they end up. winning this ball game. But yeah, this. is what the NLL brings that uh kind of.

the other lacrosse leagues don't. You. get you get the a lot of contact. You. get the filthy between the legs. You get. a different size net. So a a lot more. tricks and just a lot more ste. You see. him here set the pick too. Knock that. guy over. Give me the ball through the. legs. Goal. See you guys tomorrow. That's the NLLO playoffs, too. We knew. that. We'll certainly continue to follow. along with that. Uh that's the style of. lacrosse that's going to be in the. Olympics, right, Connor? Uh I believe. so. I think I think it might be uh.

outdoor, but still it will be like kind. of more of a seven on seven type look or. I guess including the goal. Yeah. Box. lacrosse, if you will. Uh and also shout. out Matt Kavanagh. retired uh from. lacrosse yesterday. Hell on from the lead Kavanagh boy. Obviously there's other Kavanaaugh still. doing it. Uh we can't thank you enough. for allowing us to do this for a living. We'll continue on digital as I'm live. here in Omaha. AJ's in Ohio and the boys. are in Indianapolis, Indiana back in the.

Thunderdome. We'll be back tomorrow with. a huge show and maybe AJ will get an. answer. Is Aaron Rogers married? Where. is he playing football? How about the. NBA and the NHL? Obviously another. massive night happening. Monday Night. Raw live 8:00 p.m. Eastern on Netflix. Gunther and I in the same building at. the same time. I'm ready for whatever. We'll see you tomorrow. Goodbye. Okay, I'm going to run to the. bathroom. We'll be back and we'll finish. up the show on the other side. We. appreciate you all so much. Be a friend. Tell a friend something nice. It might. change their life. Take.

five. Our general manager, Adam Pierce, has. suspended Gunther indefinitely and has. fined him an undisclosed amount of. money. Yeah, I think it's time for me to. address this issue. It is my honor to get a chance to chat. in the city of the.

home of. the This place is glorious and it's the. right place for me to deliver this. message. I think there's a lot of people. that have forgotten who the hell I am. I've had such a successful career on a. microphone. I think I have even. forgotten who the hell I am. This past. week has made me look in the mirror and.

realize some things. that I'm still that. dog that was born in the East Hills of. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania to a truck. driver that was trying to go paycheck to. paycheck to paycheck. I am a man that. was not handed a lot in this. life. I am a man that is lucky to be. blessed with great friends. I am a man that went from being an. irrelevant bum to a human that is known.

in basically every city in this. country. I don't have more talent than. anybody. I'm definitely not better. looking than most folks. But I happen to. have a few things that I hope people. will remember me by whenever my time has. come to pass. When I die and I'm 6 feet. in the dirt, I hope they say that guy.

was an incredibly hard worker. He worked. his ass off, not only for himself, but. for his friends, for his family, for his. community. I hope they say he was an. empathetic man. Whenever he received a. lot, he gave back a lot. He gave. millions of dollars to his community in. children's hospitals across the country, in military foundations, in homeless.

shelters, in. LGBTQ. communities, in public school. foundations, in underprivileged. communities and societies. I hope they. say when I die that I gave back and left. the world better than whenever I came. into it. And last but not least, when. I'm dead and gone, they will say that I. was a loyal [ __ ]. [Applause].

You must ride for those that ride for. you. If one go, all go. You're either. with me or against me. And there's one.

man that has been with me since the day. I met him. And he just so happens to be. the greatest of all time, Michael. Cole. Michael to Michael Cole. I will be loyal.

till I'm in the soil. And if somebody. wants something with him, they got. something with me. So last week when. that Austrian [ __ ] put his hands on. the goat, I had no other option but to. protect my. boy. It was deep in my soul. It was deep. in my blood. after it happened. Obviously, I get attacked from behind.

and I see myself choked out all over the. internet, all over television. I have my. friends and family saying, "I don't. think you should be doing that to. Gunther. He's in his prime. He's the. former world heavyweight champion." I. said, "Fuck. that. If I die, I die." You got a. problem with Cole? You got a problem. with me. Gther Smackdown's version of Adam.

Pierce, please come out. [Applause]. here. Mr. McAfee. I know Adam Pierce's management. style tends to be let chaos reign. supreme on Monday nights, but I'm in. charge tonight and I'll do things a. little bit. differently. Now, you and I know that. this is not the time or the place for.

this discussion, but you called me out, so here I am. So, please keep it. professional. Pat, I know you're just a. middle manager just like Pierce. And. Pierce, we miss you. But I know you have. the power on this particular evening to. make some things happen. I don't like. that Adam Pierce suspended Gunther. I. don't like that Gother isn't here. I. want you to lift Gother's ban and I want. to fight Gother.

ASAP. I had a feeling you might say. that, which is why I already discussed. this ahead of time with Pierce. As far as lifting the suspension on GA. so you can get your hands on him. whenever you want. The answer is. no. You two are far too valuable assets. to the company. I can't take that risk.

But speaking of value to the company, I. have an alternative. We can lift the suspension on Gunther. and you can get your hands on him. in a sanctioned contest inside a WWE. ring. Pat, what I'm proposing is this. Pat. McAfee versus the ring general. Gunter.

oneonone at Backlash. Me and Gther oneonone St. Louis. backlash. That's what I'm saying. Well, I I I I hope you know what you're doing, Pat. Nonetheless, we'll we'll get his. reaction in a moment. But speaking of. backlash, of course, John Cena to hell.

with Gunther. Michael Cole. Like I view. life as professional wrestling. I think. every human is a heel or a baby face, you just got to take them for what they. are and just kind of keep it moving. Has. that mentality helped you? Yeah. Cuz. why? It just puts things in perspective. Yeah. Like I think if somebody's nah, they're just a heel, you know? Like it's. a lot. So So you don't get mad. Bingo. Yeah. It's like a this is just a heel. Like this is just who this person is. Oh, this is a baby face coming through. here to help us out. That's cool. you. know, so I don't really take anything.

serious or personally. I just That's. great. That's a gift. Yeah. Well, life's. wrestling. [Music]. Thank. [Applause]. [Music].

God for. [Music]. racism. Thanks. [Music]. Hey, hey,

hey, hey. [Music]. [Music]. There you are. There you are. [Music].

We have an opportunity to give away. $75,000 to a kid named Daniel Via Senor. Absolutely. You're a sophomore, correct? Yeah. What is your major? Civil. engineering. Okay. So, what's that mean? What is civil engineering? Uh, I don't really know. Have you ever. kicked a ball before? I have. I have. When were you a soccer player? Soccer. player. Yeah. Okay. How were you at. kicking soccer ball? It's pretty good. I. was okay. I was good. Have you ever said.

anything negative about football. kickers? Maybe once or twice. Daniel. Damn, Daniel. We don't need that. You. make a field goal here from 33 yards. uphill. You're the civil engineer. You'd. have to tell me. I think it's about a 40. yard kick. If you're able to do that, we. will give you $75,000. All right. He's got no laces. Yeah. What. do we got going here? Can we get Can we. get a shot of shoes? What time of the. shoes? Daniel showed up in his vans with. no laces. What time did you get here for. this? About 11:40 last night. Need a lot.

of power. Good luck, Daniel. [Applause]. I'm not feeling it. Not feeling it. Wait a second. Wait a minute. Just like everything this morning, that. was a surprise. We did not expect that. Let's go. We got to do one more. One. more. kick for $100,000.

You got this, dude. Let's go. How about. this, Daniel? How about this, Daniel? Not only is this one for. $100,000, if you make it, we'll add. another $100,000 to the $500,000. donation we're about to make from. College Game Day to the Hurricane. Relief. It could be 600,000 if you make. this with a hundred,000 going into your. pocket. Daniel, this is bigger than you. Let's make a kick. Way to overcome the. shoes here. That was a heck of an.

effort. Come on. You got this. In. Berkeley, California. You got it. [Applause]. Hell yeah. Great job. Damn. Daniel, [Applause].

are you kidding me? [Applause]. [Music]. 1140. He was there. I know. 600,000 to. Hurricane Kimberly. 100,000 to Daniel. What a morning. Way to go, Daniel. Hey,

let's go. This show sticks and the fact that you. listen, we are very, very thankful for. the line with a gorgeous assist. The. alltime leading tackler for the Green. Bay Packers. You. pick stop. Damn it. Tell your friends. tell a friend something nice to change. their life. [Applause]. [Music].

Hello beautiful people and welcome back. to the humble the bau that is the. thunderdome on this Cinco de Mayo. overreaction Monday hour three of this. program starts. now sports. Nailed it AJ. Hell yeah. AJ Hawks in. Ohio. I'm in Omaha, Nebraska for Monday. Night Raw live on Netflix at 8:00 PM. Eastern and all the boys are back in a. Thunderdome. That's the talk the table. at Boss Corner and that Tai Schmidt. Good work, boys. I appreciate you, too. You as well. Is that a That that pirates.

hat, Ty, what is going on there? Are. those flowers on there? What's going on? So, I've had a lot of people ask me. this. Uh it is actually not a pirates. hat. It is a Puma hat that I got uh when. I was golfing uh down in Reunion, Florida. So, it but I I thought the same. thing. I was like, "You know what? That. kind of looks like a pirates hat. Kind. of looks like a baseball hat. It's. different." So, I bought it and uh it's. very comfortable. If I know anything. about the ownership of the Pirates, a C. and D will be heading down there to. Reunion, Florida about as soon as this.

show ends, if I had to guess. That is a. Pittsburgh Pirates hat with a couple. flowers around it. And I know that owner. ain't going to let any dollars kind of. drift away into Puma's pockets if you're. going to be taking my [ __ ] and uh one. half of the hammer Don Cowboys AP Tone. is here. Tone, how you doing, lad? Doing. great. How you doing, Paul? Hey, life is. good. Omaha is pretty fantastic. I'm. going to be honest. I damn near pissed. my pants live on TV there. That's the. closest I have been. That is the closest.

I have been. I actually thought I did. there for a second. That's how close it. got. You know what I mean? It was uh it. was traveling out of the body while this. show was wrapping up that hour and I was. sprinting through the concourse to find. a bathroom. I mean, saw a sweet old lady. out there in the concourse, said hello. I'll tell you what, lady. I'm so sorry I. had to hit you with a he and I went. directly in there and uh I thought we're. going to have a situation in front of. the whole world and these are blue jeans. I got on too. So, people are going to. see that forever if you know what I. mean, AJ. So, I appreciate you all uh. kind of bearing with me and my bladder. and uh obviously my baby maker that did.

a good shot out there. Good toilets out. here in Omaha, which I'm very grateful. for. But, it was almost a scene, a day. that I would remember forever. And why. not? Actually, tonight's going to be a. big night. 9-year NFL vet Darius J. Butler's here, Debb. How you doing, pal? I am doing great. Got some great action. to watch tonight. And uh you could have. got away with pissing yourself. We. wouldn't have saw it. Nobody would have. stopped watching show. Maybe people in. you know. Yeah. Yeah. The venue. There's. a lot of people in the venue, you know, cuz putting this thing together. Obviously, a lot of WWE folks, there's. the venue folks that I just ran into. There's local people that I ran into.

And I people that know me, I'm I'm a big. pisser, too. I got a big bag in there, you know. So, it's uh anytime I'm. peeing, it's a lot of pee. So if uh if a. little bit would have came, a lot of bit. would have came. And uh I think from. they saw it. I think from bel I think. from belt buckle to shins would have. been darker blue if I with what I just. with what I just did. I mean it was I'm. I'm sprint I was very worried. I even. texted you guys. I mean midstream there. like that whole thing was a piss there. That whole break right there. That's.

what that was. That's a big piss. So I. know you Yeah, exactly. I know you were. at the Kentucky Derby and everything. like that. You see them horses let that. thing go. Uh I don't know what the hell. I drank. I guess everything. I don't I. don't know what happened there, but it. was almost a problem here in section 118. here in Omaha where the Kraton Blue Jays. play. The Blue Jays play here. I'll tell. you what, I almost played with uh a. little bit of danger there. A little bit. too close to danger. But this hour, we. need to wrap up everything we haven't. chatted about. For instance, AJ Hawk, have you yet to get your take on the. Indiana Pacers winning the NBA title. this year? Your thoughts on beating the.

hell out of the Cleveland Cavaliers in. game one of that series, AJ? So, I. honestly I'm not going to lie, I was. impressed by the Pacers. I have watched. them, you know, sporadically throughout. the season, but Tyresese Hallebertton, like the way they play as a team, like. they're they are a fun team to watch. They really are. And like to go into the. Cavs and to beat them with how hot the. Cavs have been, this is a gigantic win. for them. And I, you know, it's hard to. not feel great for for Hallebertton and. the boys. Uh, you know, we'll see if. they can find a way to win this series, but hey, they got off to a great start, but also after this, I know you may get. to or not. Steph and the Warriors are.

awesome. Draymond's awesome. I love it. all. Okay, before we get to Stephan the. Warriors, I appreciate you wanting to. move topics. Thank you for doing that, Age. I really do like that. Uh, ladies. and gentlemen, we're being joined by uh. Tyrese Hallebertton. Okay, Tyrese. Hallebertton here. Fresh out uh fresh. out. Can you zoom in that camera a. little bit, my brother? Uh we got Miller. brother here, by the way, running the. camera. So, you know what that means. Yeah, you know what that means. Uh. Tyrese, quick question. Did the hoop.

just look a little bigger for you guys. last night? What a historic night from. the three-point land. And how do you. feel fresh off a big time dub? Uh we. shot it well. We shot it well. We came. out with good energy. Uh but this is a. team that uh doesn't lose a lot. So we. know they're going to respond and uh we. just got to be ready to go game two. What was the message afterwards from. coach Carlile? Uh good fight. Uh felt like we competed. well on the defensive end. Uh but. watching film, you know, today I think. there's still a lot for us to improve. on. So, uh, that's the great part about,

you know, playoffs in general. You you. can win a game and still feel like it. has a lot for you to improve on. So, it. it'll it'll be a good series. Hey, when. you were cooking there a little bit, that felt good. You had that step back. three, nothing but net. That had to feel. very nice for the Tyrese Hallebertton. camp. It felt It did feel good. Were you. able to watch Were you able to watch. this game? I did. It was on True TV. I. don't know if you know that. They didn't. put you [ __ ] on TNT. They had you on. True TV, which I'm not happy about, but. I found the Impractical Joker channel. I. found Lizard Lick Towing's channel. and. I watched you do your thing. What did.

your dad think of the game? Was he able. to watch it? And uh what is his. messaging since the 10 start to the. series? He watched it. He called me. after the game. He was he was excited. I'm sure he was uh yelling at the TV. back home. But uh yeah, he had good. energy when he called me. So he's he's. telling me to be ready to go for game. two. Did he call Spida, too, just to get. a little [ __ ] talking or No. No. No. I'm. pretty sure he just called me. I'll tell. you what, if he starts facetiming your. opponents now that he can't get into the. arena, uh, let him know that we would.

appreciate that move. We would Thank you. for answering. Rest up, get healthy. What a performance last night. Yeah, appreciate it, man. All right. See you, ladies and gentlemen. Tyrese. Hallebertton. Tyrese. He was one of the people that I texted. while I was peeing. It was a long time. there. You get kind of bored. So, uh, I. was like, "Man, what a game by you guys. last night." And he answered. Now, I. didn't ask him if I could cold FaceTime. him. Uh, but I knew what he answered, so. I knew he was going to be on his phone. So, let's go ahead and give him a call. He had a hell of a night. Not just him. I mean, Nemhard is pulling up from Logos.

at this point. This team's a real Hey, this team's real deal, Khan, man. Legit, this team is the real deal, brother. Yeah, no doubt about it. And they're. deep, you know? Like I feel like that is. kind of what separates a lot of teams. sometimes is when you can have your star. like Hallebertton or Seakum kind of go. off the floor and for the you know. second group not to completely blow uh. the lead or whatever momentum they might. have like we talk about TJ McConnell a. lot too when he comes in the team is.

still buzzing you know Obi Toppin coming. in like the the Pacers are very legit. I'm excited to see where this series. goes just because of what Tyrese said. Like Cleveland also very deep, also has. a bonafide stud. We'll see what happens. uh with Darius Garland if if they can. get him back. Um but yeah, I watched. this game last night, was so fired up, I. said, you know what, screw it. I'm going. to the Pacers on Friday. So, I'm going. to I'm going to go pay my respects uh. game three as well when they come to. Indiana. But feels like this is going to.

be one of those series that goes six or. seven. a lot of great games, competitive. games, you know, cuz the Pacers were up. I mean, at one point they had a a. 15-point lead and then the uh Cavs came. back and then for the Pacers to kind of. hold them off was incredible. Like right. there, you know, Cavs get that bucket. right there, they go up by three, that. becomes a very, very different end of. that game. But instead, massive block, Hallebertton step back three. Like it. was incredible for the Pacers. And now.

is the time, you know, for the NBA. We. talk about the NBA in the first round. kind of being a whatever. Uh, and there. were a couple good series, the Wolves, the Warriors, but now is the time where. the NBA kind of makes their stamp on TV. and also just their sport in general. So, it'll be interesting to see all. these second round matchups. Yeah. Nine. and a half point favorites are the Cavs. at home, you know, and I I forget who I. was talking to last night. It was. somebody from Cleveland. I assume it was.

the Miz. Um, you know, it's nice to see. the Miz lose, even though we love The. Miz. It is nice to see The Miz lose. Miz. Golf, by the way, the new face of golf. Uh, follow it on YouTube. Should be a. spectacle. Just watching him do. anything, let alone a sport that he. loves and is terrible at. Should be uh. amazing. But I fully expect the Cavs to. win game two. Fully expect them. I I. don't think there's any chance of the. Pacers stealing both of these in. Cleveland. And the fact that they're. nine and a half point favorites, I I.

just don't think the NBA is gonna let. that happen, Con man. Like the. backtobacks like Tyrese already he he. just said it that I think the Cavs might. have lost backto-back games like three. times this year. So it it Yeah. And also. like not only the team bouncing back, but like the NBA, everything, you know, but it's like us stealing one, especially the first one of the series. on the road. Like I put that tweet out I. put a huge debut. I put that tweet out. uh last night about the Pacer a problem. They're like, "Oh, getting excited after. game one." It's like, "Yeah, we just. stole one on the road, brother. I'm.

very, very excited about that, Dud.". Yeah. When you whenever you still home. court, that that's huge. And then, I. mean, it's scary when you're facing a. team like the Pacers who at this point, obviously, it's early in the season, but. they're kind of I mean, early in the uh. series kind of playing with house money. because like you said, everybody expects. them to lose nine and a half point. underdogs. and the style of play that. they play with like it's I think Kobe. talked about it years ago when he's. talking about how James Harden plays and. why you know he doesn't see that style. of play winning a championship like just. iso ball whole defense is looking at you.

like the ball is always moving guys is. guys are always moving you know. Hallebertton is the star player and he's. going to take the big time shots but. outside of that the ball's always moving. and that's a lot of stress on the. defense so uh I wouldn't be shocked if. the Pacers come out of Cleveland with a. 2- lead obviously like you said. everything's against them and the. Cleveland Cavaliers have been uh great. all year long. But this Pacers team, man, this is the time, like Con man. said, this is the time when teams get on. the big stage and big time players. really become big- time players to the.

world. So, I'm excited to what Hallebert. and these boys are doing. Pacers are. also healthy. Y knock on wood, that's a. big deal. Pacers are also healthy, uh, which I appreciate and respect. Good. luck through the rest of the series. Indiana's in a great spot basketball. wise. AJ, obviously Indiana University. stole West Virginia's coach. And uh was. this kid ever hurt? I don't know. He's. playing for Indiana and what they got. going on. Purdue obviously always going. to be good. The Pacers are right now up. 10 over the number one seed in the East,

the Cleveland Cavaliers. And then I. don't know if you saw Caitlyn Clark in. the Fever beat the entire country of. Brazil by a thousand in Iowa. I I I. don't know how Brazil's team is. normally. I don't know if they had all. their stars or not, but over there in. Carver, the Fever had a preseason game. and Caitlin pulled up from two feet. behind her 22 logo. You see the 22 on. the court right there next to Mediacom. That was where she broke the record. from. And obviously that is where we all. fell in love with Caitlyn Clark's. basketball style pulling up from.

wherever, whenever, and it falls. Huge, huge momentum behind a women's. basketball game because of one person. And uh I know a lot of people hate to. hear that, but every game that she's. playing on the road, the team she's. playing is trying to get into a bigger. arena. I'm sure they're doing that with. everybody else in the WNBA, but I know. for Caitlyn, it is certainly a fact, actually. So, they're trying to fill up. bigger arenas and trying to get more. eyeballs on the WNBA. And it feels like. this year there might be a little bit. more buy in from the people in the WNBA.

that kind of understand like Caitlyn. Clark is electrifying. Caitlyn Clark. will pull up from half court. Caitlyn. Clark will shake the [ __ ] out of you. And Caitlyn Clark in the Fever. Good. team this year, AJ. Good team. She's. thinking about winning the whole damn. thing. Them starting the preseason game. in Iowa, taking it back home. I respect. a lot. I appreciated the spectacle that. was this weekend, AJ. Yeah. Who So, who. exactly was this this Brazil team? Who. was the roster? Is this like their world. team? Their their team that goes to the. Olympics? Like, what is it? Yeah.

National team. Yeah. It's it's some of. the beat them by 100. some of their national some of their. national players cuz a lot of uh like. the players who are in the WNBA who play. for Brazil are with their teams right. now. It was young girls too. Like there. were a couple uh girls who they said. have signed national letters of intent. to go play college basketball. So like. it was yeah kind of just a a mix and. match hodgepodge of like who's remaining. in Brazil outside of cuz I think that. like Cardoso uh you know the girl who. went to South Carolina who's like 69.

seven footer. Yeah. Exactly. She's. Brazilian, but she obviously wasn't. playing with them cuz she's playing with. her, you know, WNBA team. I hope this. year the WNBA as a whole, and we are not. a part of the WNBA media, never say that. we would, but I hope the WNBA as a whole. just understands that they got a cash. cow. Okay? And as opposed to trying to. make it impossible for this person, you. might as well just embrace it and ride a. wave. They want a new CBA. They want a. new contract. Respect. Everybody does.

But if you got a you got the golden. goose, you got it. And she wants to be. the golden goose. You listen to her do. interviews. She's like all the little. kids that wanted autographs afterwards, all the people that are getting exposed. to women's basketball at a younger age, all the young girls that are coming, all. these things, like she loves what she's. able to do for the game. She has. seemingly stayed above it all. But it. would be nice if maybe, you know, you. make it easier for this person to be the. face of the league as opposed to. resenting this person that is. automatically the face of the league. And I think that's going to be the case. I think they've already made some.

business decisions that prove that's the. case and hopefully the WNBA is able to. be a stronger league than it's ever. been. AJ, yeah, they should. I don't. know if you saw the clip or not. They're. miked up from that situation. The Brazil. the Brazil coach actually tells Caitlyn, you change basketball. Like he he. basically says that like you change the. game like which Yeah, it seems like she. definitely has. And I would imagine. going into year two, you're right. There's more buyin and like her and her. teammates probably feel much more. comfortable together as well to go on a. run. Yeah, I think her teammates. understand that she's the one, you know, not that her teammates were ever against.

that. But I I thought about this as I. was watching that Iowa Carver thing cuz. I thought that was cool. I thought that. was sweet. If you can sell out an arena. for a preseason game, do it. If you can. sell out a stadium for a preseason game. in any sport, do it. If you can get any. eyes on preseason games, do it. Good. business. I think this is good news. As. I was watching, I'm like, they have to. understand now that this is this is what. it is. You would think everybody. understands, but then I go back and just. think about why they maybe didn't buy in. last year. And it's like I guess there's.

a lot of people that are just flashes in. the pan, supposed to be special, yada. yada yada. I wonder if she's gotten to. the point where she has earned the. respect of everybody in that league that. was kind of talking down about her and. not expecting her to be as great as she. is. And if that's the case, I think WNBA. has a good chance. And we still have the. Indiana Fever schedule on our office. wall. Uh, a lot of people don't talk. about it, bro culture. We took our show. to Iowa to celebrate the women's March. Madness uh, because of Caitlyn Clark. I.

did a 15-minute rant about Caitlyn. Clark's uh, merch, ticket sales, and. ratings last year. And then I said. something very stupid immediately. afterwards. And uh, yeah, nobody even. really talked about that. So, just know. we cover and follow the WNBA and women's. basketball in our own way. We don't know. enough about it, but I do have respect. for the fact that there's a chance that. they're on a wagon right now. Tai a full. wagon and uh maybe it does continue to. lead to prosperous futures for their. entire association. Ty Schmidt. No.

Yeah, without a doubt. And it's funny. you mentioned that because I did I. watched like the first half of this you. know just I mean [ __ ] Carver hasn't been. that full since she was there. unfortunately. We'll see what you know. the men's team can do moving forward. But yeah, anytime you can pack out. 18,000 people in there but they showed. the Fevers first like 11 or 12 games. from last year. I think they had like. six backto backs. They were on the road, seven of the first like 11 or 12 games. because you remember they were talking. about how, you know, they were having to. move some of the some of the games to. bigger arenas because the demand for.

tickets with Caitlyn was was so crazy. This year, I believe uh in the first. like 11 games, the Fever have eight home. games. They have no backtoback. So, like. the league is kind of I think they do. realize like, hey, we want the Fever to. be good this year. we want them to be. one of the top seeds. And then to your. point about uh you know like the league. as a whole like she led the WNBA in. assists last year as a rookie you know. so it was like everyone who said that. that was going to happen potentially. Did we say that? I think we said that. I.

think so you know and it it wasn't just. like I did you know like she she is. appointment viewing and again it has. nothing like I went to Iowa. I went. maybe went to a couple women's. basketball games while I was in school. there. like she is legitimate. appointment viewing if you like. basketball because she just plays so. differently than anyone else before. And. I think the league is starting to do. that. And then just the fever in. general, like they went out and like had. a bunch of acquisitions, you know? I. think people are starting to want to. come to play with her. They got a new. coach. Like it feels like they they.

really do understand like, hey, we have. the golden goose here and we can't [ __ ]. this up. I like it. I like what they. did. I like bringing attention to a. business, you know? That's why I didn't. mind the NBA cup in the middle of the. season. It's like I like that people are. trying to promote. Like that means. you're at least giving effort to your. product as opposed to just whining about. your product. So I love what they did. I. think it's cool. I think it's going to. be a great season. And uh the Fever. going to win and the Pacers are going to. win. So we got two parades coming to. town. Big deal. Love that. Indy500 month.

too, right? Big day at Indy500, right? May, baby. May, brother. Absolutely. The Revind the. I I did. Did you put yours out in honor. of I got Yeah. In Ohio, we don't have as. much hoopla towards the Indy500, but. people love it, so I'm trying to get. one. I I put my flags up. Hoopla. Yeah. Hoopla. Okay. Thank you for put Thank. you for putting your flags up. There is. a There's a lot of hoopla and hype. There's a lot of hoopla hype. It's the. largest sporting event in the world. It's right here. It's right there. I'm. in Omaha. It's right there. Omaha hosts. a big event, too. It's right there in.

Indianapolis. Indiana. Um, yeah, Indy's up. That's all you need. to know. If our Colts team can figure it. out, that'd be cool. That'd be really. cool. I seen some I seen some videos, D, but I don't know if you saw Anthony. Richardson, little flick of the wrist. I. think it was like a 45 yard bomb. Then I. saw Danny Dimeshu. D ball. They're in a quarterback. competition. We made some good draft. picks. We get Tyler Warren. We signed. some free agents on the back end.

defensively. Brought some dogs in. You. know, it might be a clean sweep for. Indie now that I think about it. Might. be a clean sweep. Pacers, Fever, Colts, Indy500 are gonna definitely be better. than any F1 race or NASCAR race. I mean, you're talking about the Indianapolis up. up all the way up. I love everything. about it. Deb, all these teams you. mentioned, I'm surprised you just. skipped right over the uh Fischer. Freight. I saw some highlights from them. over. I think they've lost a few. Oh, no. I think they Well, they'll turn. around. It's a long season. It's a long. season. Who they got next? Uh I think a. team from Tulsa, maybe. Tulsa's tough.

Who gives a [ __ ] Pirates? Tulsa tough. That's what they're called. No, they're. called the I think they're called the. Tulsa tough. They're coming to town. Boom. The Tulsa tough are coming to town. and they're trying absolute dandy. Arena. football. Have respect. It's ball. Well, you got you guys talk about the minor. league baseball team, the soccer teams, all of them. Like Indie has everything. It seems like you're right. The Indie 11. and Indianapolis Indians are doing their. thing. The Fisher Freight are the arena. football league team. I'm not sure. they've won a game since Bruce went to. that one game, but uh we I haven't.

really haven't kept up with them. But. let's get back to the Colts, Deb, but. there's a chance they're a real team. this year, and that'll be cool. Yeah, Chris, uh, Chris Ballard, um, I mean, look, he's done a great job this off. seasonason. He's done things that people. have asked him to do. Open up the. checkbook. He signed some big time free. agents, uh, especially on defense. And. then once again, we got some shots from. the draft room where he's laughing. laughing at my fans for skipping over. Tyler Warren and letting him fall right. in our lap. And, uh, he is a coat. through and through. And you mentioned. the quarterback battle. Um, look,

competition usually brings out the best. in athletes. So, I hope it brings out. the best in Anthony Richardson or Daniel. Jones. I'm obviously pulling for the guy. that we drafted in the top five to be. the future of the franchise, but we'll. see how it pans out. You know, the. competition, it's a true competition. It. seems like it's going to be open and we. have some good weapons around him. Starting with the rookie, Tyler Warren. Hopefully, uh, Pierce can take another. jump. He's a big time player. Uh, AD out. there as well. AD Mitchell, Josh DS, like we got weapons. Jonathan Taylor. obviously how will this new makeshift.

offensive line look in front of. whoever's starting at quarterback but. what is it May 5th fifth Cinco deo Cinco. deio yeah uh pretty optimistic about the. Indianapolis Colts and where we're going. right now me too Pacers win Fever win. Colts win Indy500 wins Indianapolis. Indians send a few guys up to the. Pirates to get shipped somewhere else so. they can go win. yeah they're saying the competition. between five and dimes is basically like. Montana and Steve Young. Really? Thank.

you. Yeah, I agree. And on that note, show's over. All right, AJ, great work. in Ohio. Tonight in Omaha, Raw on. Netflix, 8:00 p.m. Eastern time. I don't. know what the hell is going to happen. tonight between me and Gunther. Keep. your eyes, baby. Tell you what, that. part of I don't know what part of. Austria is from, but I'm from. Pittsburgh, Bob. Okay. I'm from America. I ain't worried about a damn thing. You. might knock me out. [ __ ] happened.

before. Got stitches right here. There's. a chance. There's a chance you're going. to get me. Well, guess what I'll do? I'll get right back up and say, "Did it. again, bitch." Yeah, that's what you. know, for the good of my friend, for the. good of Michael Cole, for the good of. society. So, tonight will be a blast. I. think we got some great NBA games. tonight. Uh, obviously the NHL is in. full swing. We got Monday Night Raw and. then we'll be back tomorrow. AJ, are you. going to get an answer for us? You know. what? I am not super confident I will. have an answer for you, but you know I. will I will continue to to explore.

You're the best man to pry pound the. pavement. Yeah. You giving a speech at. this thing if it's already happened. Are. they just are they going to do a. reception at least? I don't know that I. mean I would hope so, right? If they. they did the official thing with like I. would hope. Yeah. You have a big party? Did he get engaged too? Did you hear. that? Like did she ask him to marry him. and that's why he has a ring on? I don't. know. I I don't think so. I don't think. that was the case, but I I like I said, I think anything is possible. Is it a. heart rate monitor? One of those one of.

those rings that monitor your heart rate. and stuff. I I thought that possibly for. a second like an aura ring. Those things. have little lights like a sensors in. them. But I do not believe that is what. he had on. What if he's trying to change like so. everybody says if I wear a ring on my. left ring finger I'm married? What is. that what it is? I mean, maybe he's. trying to change the whole dynamic of. everything. I don't know. Yeah, maybe. he's sick of this just being how it is. I'm sick of it. Why is this got to be. the case? I'm not allowed to wear a ring. on my left ring finger. It's called a.

ring finger unless I'm married. All my. friends get to do it where I'm not. allowed to. Why? Cuz society says I'm. allowed to. Is that is that Did you hear. any of that this weekend? I did not hear. any of that. But I mean with hearing you. say that, I mean it could it could be. the case. Any DMT this weekend or. football? No, there was not. All right. Not. I mean, there might have been. someone in the derby, but not in not in. the the derby crew I was a part of. Okay, sounds good. All right, boys. Back. in the Thunder. Great work today. Great. work. Everybody get this done. Great.

work, man. Yep. Good work. How'd you. feel about me on the back wall. or pretty sweet? You can zoom that out. Zoom that out a little Foxy. I don't. know if you can actually. I don't know. Not you, Mr. Miller. Ah, pretty cool. It's like I'm there. Yeah, it looks good. Hey, but good to. see you. Great work today, man. See you. too, brother. Yeah, absolutely. I grew. in size. It's just uh. uh. boom. Boom.

There's a delay. A little delay. There. is a delay. There is a delay. Toxic. table. Great work, boys. You really. crushed it. Uh AB Tone, way to go, boys. in the back. Great work. All WWE people. that helped set this up. Thank you all. so much. Even the people in the truck. that turned off the audio right before. we went live. You're the greatest people. on earth. Thanks for making that happen. They change it back immediately. Very, very cool of them. Cuz other people that. I've worked with would have said, "We. didn't do anything. What do you mean? There was no sound." Uh, something had. to happen. I had no [ __ ] sound. Then.

I got sound. No, no, nothing at all. A. lot of accountability at this particular. business, which is why I respected it. and appreciate it so damn much. This is. magical. Can't wait for tonight. Very. grateful to be here. Thankful to be. here. And uh, tomorrow's show should be. great. Be a friend. Tell a friend. something nice. It might change your. life. We're in this thing together. Team. on. me. I'll get done. I'll get done. I'll. get done. Team on three. 1 2 3. Team. team. Goodbye.