 Run it up, do run it back. Run it up, do run it back. Run it up, run it back. It feels like run it back now. It feels a very vagus start to the show because we are up and running. Run it back. FanDuelTV, you're probably thinking to yourselves, don't these idiots talk about basketball? Yes, we do. But today we're going to talk about everything. Michelle Beedle, Chandler Parsons, Lou Will on the end. We will get to Shams, the serious part of the show, eventually. But yeah, we are in Las Vegas. Some of us have already taken part in Las Vegas. You've been here 20 minutes. How have you already done stuff? Yeah, thank you. It's like the first day of a trip. You get the feeling. I actually drove for the first time from LA to Vegas. How was that? Did you drive? You know what? It was raining cats and dogs. You know the funny thing? Chandler texted me. He said, how's the roads? I said, perfect, bro. I got in with no problems. He sent me a video. I was in a category four storm for five and a half goddamn hours on the way to Vegas. That's weird to me. Playing like the hangover soundtrack. Smart. Trying to get in my vibe. And I found it. I like this for you. You didn't actually drive, right? No. Oh, God, no. That's what other people do. We all drove. Look at us. And I stopped at Raising Canes, by the way, which is absolutely slapping. Oh, you didn't stop again? You've been to Raising Canes? I've had it like once before. Are you kidding me? Unbelievable. Shout out to Trace Songs. Me and Trace Songs, we bond over Raising Canes. Over that, that's your thing? Raising Canes or... Basically all chicken fingers. Oh, I like chicken fingers. It's not a lot of... It's classic. We missed a real opportunity to do a hangover road trip together. Yeah. Because we all drove separately. And I'm really sad now that we didn't bond. And you know the drive back is just going to be absolutely miserable. Chaos. Yeah. That's going to suck. Yeah. I'm beating everybody. I'm going east. That's it. But it was fun. And you know what? You get here Super Bowl week. It's Monday. I let it get to me. It was a rookie mistake. It was a rookie move. Wouldn't I ask you the right question, Chandler? What's a Vegas night looks like for Miss Michelle? It's really not that great because I won't actually do anything maybe until like... What's your gambler? I have lost some money, but I only did slots so far because I'm old and awesome. But that's why you lose the money. You're putting your money in the machine. Those are rigs. There's some guy up there that's... No, they're not. No, they're not. I just played at the wrong place because I do have good luck at one specific casino and I was not at that casino. And then blackjack. That's my... So yeah, I'll get back up. This place will not take me for my money. No. I swear if it takes me all week... You're the first person to ever say that. I'll get it all back and then some... What does a Vegas night look like for you? Oh dear. It depends on the day. No, no, no. It depends on the day. Okay, how about a Wednesday night? A Wednesday night? Yeah. Oh, it's going to be a lot of tequila involved. Okay, so tequila and Wednesday? Yeah, I'm going to enjoy myself while I'm here. I'm enjoying the experience. This is my first Super Bowl. My first time being involved in anything Super Bowl related. It just never worked out for my schedule. Are you staying for the game? I am not. No, you're the only one staying for this. I know. It's seven days. I've never been here ever for more than two or three days. You're going to stay for the game? Dude, I'm here for seven nights. You are. I got daddy duties. Yeah. I'm going to send you guys a selfie Monday. This is going to be complete shambles. We have a show on Monday. My daughter really, really wanted to stay for the Super Bowl. You what? My daughter wanted to stay for the Super Bowl. And then she found out she had a daddy daughter dance at school. And she was like, I'm cool on the Super Bowl. Let's go to the dance. Wow. I'm going to do that. And then my other daughter, Jada, she has a basketball star game. Oh, perfect. So shout out to Jada, shout out to Zoe. They both got things to do when I'm out of here. Let's go back to Monday, by the way. I'm calling in sick now. You can't call in sick. I'm sick. We know where you are. I'm sick. No, you're not sick. If you are not on the show on Monday, so help me. Is it Zoom? Yes. I'm out. So you literally can't get up and look at your phone. No. And you know what I'm doing tonight, Michelle? For the first time ever. What? No, it's not true. I went to two in Dallas. I'm going to the hockey game tonight. Oh, I love this. Which happens to be the Oilers record-breaking game. Yeah. And by the way, I am not knowledgeable on hockey. Clearly. I got to find out there's three periods. But they're all intermission. There's half times. Whatever happened to us running over cars and tanks? Yeah. Chandler dropped us for cooler things. I want to go, no. I would love to go paintball or shoot some shit. Do you know anything about hockey? Nothing. You're going to have fun. Nothing. You're going to have the greatest atmospheres in all of the NHL. And it's the record-breaking game. It's the biggest. Yeah. It could end poorly. It could end well. It depends on who's... It's going to end up great for me. I want to go to the sphere. Sphere. Sphere. Go see U2. You could do that. Will they ever have sporting events in that? Or it's too small? I don't know. That would be sick. You could have a sporting event in there. I don't know how it's built. You could have a fight in there. Yeah. Something like that. You definitely have a fight. I'd like to see a good rumble. Yeah. I think you could do that. That's a good idea. And when are we all hanging out and bonding? We can go tonight, Michelle. What time are you free? I don't know. I might be busy. Yeah, you're like... You work all day. You're no fun anymore, honestly. You suck. Well, that's a fun way. I'm not the one that sucks. You know who's not here? Shoms. Yeah, he sucks, too. Shoms suck. Shoms still getting ready for the All-Star Game. There is a big party Friday night. And Shoms will be in attendance in Vegas. Shoms flies in before the party. And I said, if I don't have him puking by midnight, I have done a shit job at the Shoms-Shirahani experiment. Shoms strikes me as a champagne drinker. Ooh. I don't think you're going to be able to convince him. Is it? He strikes him as a champagne drinker. He's a white wine guy. Champagne, Moet, Cristal, little Perrier, Huey. I don't want to be the champagne guy. He's a good classy. Shoms is classy. What are you trying to put on a Shoms? Shots. And more shots. I don't want to take it. Shoms, here it is. I want him to tweet something. Friday, you're in trouble, Shoms. I want him to flirt with the line. You know what? I'm not bringing any of this up when we bring him on here in a couple of minutes because I just want him to walk in on Thursday night slash Friday to a debacle of a show. I look forward to it. That'll be. All right. You need some dysfunction in Vegas. But no arrests. No arrests. Knock on wood. Yeah, don't you put that on us. Yeah, you put handcuffs in the conversation. I'm laying low because this has to be edited. Hold on. You would love a Parsons mugshot at some point this week. Are you kidding me? I would make your day. So many times. I'd make your year. I want to see Michelle Beatles' mugshot. Yeah. It depends on why I got arrested. Just like a little misdemeanor. Am I arrested because the cop was a turd? Because then I'm going to be smirking. Something simple. Did I kill someone? I might not be smiling. Like you peed in public. Oh, I'll probably smile. Yeah, exactly. That's hot. Sorry, Dad. We'll check the papers tomorrow. Don't let us down, nerd. Edit that together. Good luck. This is good stuff. We should do this more often. This is not even a show. Radio Row is cool too, Bob. This is my first time. You've been here before? Yeah, there's just stuff happening the whole time. It's just a bunch of people talking. And this is the calm before the storm. And then we have the coolest stage here. Yeah, we have a really good set. We got the sickest set up here. I see a lady in her coat. I'm just excited to be here, man. I'm just a basketball player. That's toward a bunch of points. Yeah. Talking about very cool people. Talking about Super Bowls and football. All right, it's that time. Lay low. Scoops. Scoops me. Shoms. We'll go get it right. We got this right right now. Shoms, I know we got some Joellen B news coming up. But first up, some breaking news about All-Star. All-Star weekend is coming up next weekend after Super Bowl weekend. And there's an interesting team that's developing for the skills challenge. It's an all-Indiana team. Tyrese Halliburton, Miles Turner, Benedict Matherin. That's going to comprise a team at All-Star weekend for the skills challenge. They're also going to be playing against the team led by Victor Merman-Yama, as well among other skills challenge teams. I like this. I like the vibe. And I like what you're telling me. All right, so that's the happy fun news. But now we've got the Joellen B update. The procedure has happened. What are we looking at timeline wise? Joellen B underwent surgery today and it's not at this point expected to be season-ending surgery. They had surgery for that meniscus tear. I'm told that the Sixers hope is that anywhere between one to two months Joellen B is going to be able to make a return. They're going to reevaluate him after four weeks. But it's more likely that it's on the six to eight weeks side of a potential return to play. But a lot of it is going to have to depend on how his rehab goes, the recovery, and the next few weeks, the next month or so in rehab in terms of getting back from this meniscus injury and surgery. And also by the time it's a month out, month and a half, two months, where do the Sixers lay in the standings? Where will they be in a month and a half, two months from now? These are all parts of the equations that you have to take into play if you're the Sixers. But they've been active so far from my conversations around the league, Darrell Maury is still acting as if he wants to add another wing player, another score to this unit. So we'll see what move they make before the deadline on Thursday. Right, you guys heard it. They're going to check him in four weeks, but it's more likely it's the six to eight week window. You've seen what the Sixers can do without him. Do you have enough to stay afloat? I do. I think so in the Eastern Conference. There's no team that's going to kind of make a huge jump. I think Cleveland wins some games. I think New York wins some games. I don't think the team's behind them like Orlando, Indy, Miami. I think they kind of stay somewhere in that range. And like we said last week, this team is built to win now, right? So they still have assets. They still have pieces that can compete. They still have a star in Tire East Maxi. They still have guys that can go and carry a load. But it's going to be tough. When you lose to a guy like Joel Embiid, it hurts pretty much everything, your entire game plan, your entire attack. So it is tough. And listen, he's not going to rush back from this. Four weeks is a joke. That's not happening. And they shouldn't. It shouldn't happen. So I think they take their time. But yeah, I think they're still right at the end of the tunnel for him to be able to come back and play before this season's over, get some games under his belt, and then be healthy for postseason. Oh, that's a lot of pressure on teammates. It is. Because stay afloat, sure. I think they'll still be able to compete. But that's not how this season started. That's not what it was built on. This team, they brought Nick Nersen to get this team to be in the championship level. Joel Embiid was having a championship level MVP status type of season. They had big plans. And so can they stay afloat? Can they stay in that five or six zone? They got enough talent to do that. I don't think that's the goal here. So I think that's what happens, though. It's a bummer all around. We did get some new shams. I saw you post. We haven't had a big-name star in the Slam Dunk Contest in a minute. And then you posted. Tell us what's going on. Jalen Brown is leaning toward participating in the Slam Dunk Contest this year. He's been seriously considering it for the last few weeks. He's been mulling it. I'm told he's very much in play. He's leaning toward it. The league is going to announce the full list of the Dunk Contest skills challenge, et cetera, on Thursday night. But like you said, Michelle, this is the first time a current All-Star would be participating in the Dunk Contest since 2017. You know, Mac McClung will be invited. He'll be in the Dunk Contest. You would expect him to accept his invitation as well. But Jalen Brown's entry, I think, definitely is a surprise around the league. But, you know, we'll see how he does as the first All-Star since 2017. Heck, yes. I mean, that's an All-Star in the Slam Dunk Contest. First of all, yay. But do we think Jalen Brown doing this would open it up for... Very much needed. Really? Very much needed. Thank you, Jalen Brown, for being a leader. Yes. For being a front-runner and a trailblazer. We need the star power back in the Dunk Contest, in the three-point contest. And the fans are signing up to see the best of the best, do the best things that they can possibly do on the basketball court. Stop being afraid to fail, young guys. Put your reputations back on the line. You feel like you're an elite dunker and you're an elite player? Show it. Prove it. Allow the fans to have the opportunity to see that. I love this. I love when I was a kid. Oh, yeah. And I can see Vince Carter in the Dunk Contest when he was a perennial All-Star. I love seeing Michael Jordan coming from the free throw line during the All-Star game. Steve Francis. These were all-stars in their times. Tracy McGrady. Tracy McGrady and Vince Carter, their cousins, they had an iconic Dunk Contest together. We need to see that. We're missing that in our game. We're missing that in our All-Star weekends. Big salute to Jaylen Brown for being a trailblazer and getting that feeling back. I think these guys are so scared of competing and we're worried about the business. Looking silly or what is it? Yeah, you know, it's just, we've gotten to that point where, you know, you just don't want to put your name on the line. Fair. You're going to lose to a Matt McClung. Listen, put it all out there. Who cares? It's going to be good. We don't care. It's great entertainment. I would think the opposite. If I'm Jaylen Brown, I'm already there. I'm already a superstar. I already got my huge contract. Huge contract. Like, now go and showcase and have fun with it. By the way, does that help that he already got the huge contract? Now he's like... It definitely doesn't hurt. I don't think it goes into it. And like Lou's saying, I think it's huge because I don't even care if he's good at it. I just want to see good players try it. Oh, me too. Absolutely. I mean it's like, it's all Star Weekend. If he doesn't get it, if he doesn't even, you know, get advanced to the next round, I don't care. But the fact that he's a big name and the dunk contest has lost, it's lost. Oh, it's real. Ever since Zach and Aaron Gordon that, it's kind of been downhill. Matt McClung, you saved it. But again, I love Matt McClung. But like, I'd rather see the Zions, the Jamaarans, the Jaylen Browns. So I think this will hopefully push the envelope and now get other guys that are already there. Already there. You're already there. Love management has infiltrated all Star Weekend. I get it. I want it out that for three days, I want to see the best of the best. And by the way, you get a bag for winning it and doing it. Not that it matters for a guy like him, but like, you're already there. Your endorsements want to do it. You get paid actually. You get bonuses. Can you imagine? It could be an iconic moment. Do it. A legacy moment. Bravo, bravo. All right, fine. So now we get Jaylen Brown. Who else do we want to see? Let's go ahead and do our dream scenarios. Other All-Stars that we want to see, go ahead and do it. I've said it. Yeah. I want to see LeBron do it at least once. Yeah, you have. I agree. I want to do it at least once. He's been a phenomenal dunker throughout the course of his career. His first two points in the NBA was a huge dunk. Oh, and to the fans. You know, oh, the fans, anything. He's poured his heart and soul out. But wouldn't it be fun? But it would be fun. It would be fun. Yes. I would love to see Bron out there. The Bron against like Anthony Edwards and a dunk contest. Oh, come on. Are you kidding me? Like, I would make my weekend based around watching that. This year, I don't even know if I'm going to watch it. Like, it's even better. Well, now you might because Jaylen Brown. Now I might because it's a big day, it's packs more of a punch. Yeah. That's what I want to see. I want to see really good players that do this and NBA games and playoffs and the finals. I want to see them do it with no defense and show us your best tricks. You basically want to see household names be helped. Doesn't every best. And that's not an offense to anyone. It's just that's kind of what we grew up with. That's what people want to see. That's what makes the league special. Yeah, we lost that. And All Star Weekend is based on the best player and the stars. And that's what it's all about. So we should have the most athletic, best basketball players doing the dunks and the three-point contest and the skills challenge. That's a whole other conversation. I think that sucks. Wow. But whatever. At least we now... First Candidate Chandler moment. Yeah, here we go. At least Conrad, my drink. At least now... Conrad is not your bartender for the week. At least now we have a big name doing it that I'm excited to watch for the first time and years. A serious guy too, by the way. Jaylen Brown's like one of the more serious guys. Yeah, he's not the guy I would think that was the first. That's what I'm so excited about, Shams. That was good. Maybe we'll get more. Thursday trade deadline. We've talked to Jean-Té Murray. We've talked to Rosen. We've talked to Din Whitty a lot. And now we can see the trade deadline a couple days away. Any news? Any movement? It's still all fluid. I would expect the Lakers and Hawks to talk again before Thursday. I don't think it's the end of those two teams having conversations around Jean-Té Murray. Will there be another team that emerges? Will there be a dark horse that emerges on to Jean-Té Murray? I think these are all questions that are going on around the league. The Brooklyn Nets have Spencer, Din Whitty, Doreen, Finney, Smith, Royce, O'Neill, all out there, teams expressing interest. But they're going to try to get value on all of them. And the Bulls as well. DeMarco, Rosen, Alex, Caruso. They're going to get collars on Caruso. DeMarco, Rosen's free agency situation makes it interesting. They run the risk of losing him for nothing. But again, they also want to compete with the playoffs. And right now, with DeMarco, Rosen, Alex Caruso, Kobe White, Nikola Vucovic, they're competing around it, even without Zac Levine. So this is a Bulls team that's trying to be as competitive as possible right now. Oh, man. I feel like this is deja vu again for this Bulls team. Okay. So I give you the choice of Murray or DeRosen. You're a contender. Which one's having a bigger impact? I mean, it depends on what team I am, I guess, but they're both, they're pretty much identical staff. They're going to give you 21, 22, 5 and 5. And they both are explosive. They both can carry a lead. They both can be a number one option on a team. Now, if we're talking about a contender, that's probably not going to be their role. But they both are kind of older, going into their prime, or DeMarco is a little bit older. But I think they both can contribute in a huge way. They both can score the basketball. They both can, you know, run an offense. And they can also, I'd like to see them on the contender so they can do less and kind of fit in. Great point. You know what I mean? So I think they both can make huge impacts. And both of those teams can get back a haul for both of them. Like on the Bulls, like DeMarco DeRozan, he's just going to walk this summer. Like, what are we waiting on? I agree with Chandler. Interesting thing that I just thought of, if you drop DeMarco DeRozan on the Atlanta Hawks, that gives Trey Young a guy that can slow down and have court, give him an option for somebody who can score the ball. You can take DeGente Murray and put him on the Bulls and give them a much needed ball handler. Yeah. With Lonzo Ball out, they now get a pretty car. I'm no GM, but... Yeah, but they're not at like... Can we just figure this out? No, you didn't just figure it out. No, don't start. I'm no GM, but, you know... You're definitely not. Maybe y'all just swap it out. That is not GM-ing. That was the laziest GM-ing I have ever made. And sometimes it's simple. When you say it out loud. Sometimes it's simple. So is that the trade? This is a different question. Is that the trade you'd like to see? No, because now it's like two non-contenders. Exactly. That's not fun. They're just going to do the same thing somewhere else. We're no going nowhere. And what happens if we look up all of a sudden and the Chicago Bulls and the Atlanta Hawks are in the Eastern Conference Finals? That would be unbelievable. Because you guys jammed it? Correct. Because of a simple swap. Somehow we've gotten to the point where you guys have maneuvered the Eastern Conference Finals out of two teams that have no shots. That's why we're here. Let me ask you for real though. Again, dream scenario. A trade you would like to see happen by Thursday. It's got to be one of these two guys, right? They're not a surprise one. I don't think so. I think Siakam, that already went, the OG, that was a big one. So I think it's got to be one of these two guys. And I feel like usually when they're smoked there's fire. Usually this happened. But I mean, we're getting down. They were two days away. Yeah, we are. So I mean, it's got to happen soon. I can see them both happening. I would just like to see DeMar land somewhere where he's happy. Yeah. And he gets the opportunity to compete at the highest level and get a championship. And so, you know, me being a friend of his, me being a brother of his, you know, that's something that I would like to see. I don't really care about all the business stuff. Who would make sense for this? Right. I care that it makes sense for him. I hope he lands somewhere where he's happy and he's comfortable. Do you know where that would be? No, but I would like this. Lakers could possibly be that. Okay. Lakers could possibly be that fit. He's a LA guy. They need it. Who isn't? God, is everyone an LA guy? Well, a lot of these guys are not LA guys. They're SoCal guys. Okay, specific. Big difference. But he's an LA guy, Compton born and bred. I think he's the guy that gives them another score and punch that's very much needed. He can put them in a position to make a run. I would like to see that happen. Has the bronze tweeted anything today? Do we know anything? No. Hourglass. Yeah. My notifications are off. My bad. I'll check in the break. Jared Vanderbilt, Shoms reported that he'll be re-evaluated in three to four weeks. What's the latest on that? This is great news for the Lakers. They were fearing the worst. They were fearing it might be season ending, but he went a couple of doctor examinations. It is just going to be, they're hoping the next month or so without him and then getting back in the lineup near the end of the season. What is a major boost for them going into the trade deadline? They were looking maybe, maybe you need to go get another wing defender, but now if you are able to get Vanderbilt back late in the season, I think that does serve as some form of a trade deadline acquisition. So good news for the Lakers and Jared Vanderbilt. Shoms, serious question. Do you miss us? I miss you guys greatly, but we got to get to these trades. I don't think Shoms left the house in weeks. No, Shoms hasn't left the house. It's Friday. Shoms hasn't worn pants in years. We will see you hopefully sooner rather than later, and we will talk tomorrow. Appreciate you. Stay behaved. Make it to Friday. Yeah, he's not. 50 chance. That's not going to happen, but good luck. Stay behaved guys, stay behaved. Love you, Mina. Love you, Mina. All right, going to take a quick break right now when we come back. Seahawks rookie wide receiver, Jackson Smith in Jigba. Look at him. My god, he's young. There he is. Jackson Smith in Jigba. Do you like watching yourself in videos? I can't lie, I do. Yes, that was a great intro. I know. I feel, what would you have done if we did the little hype video except it was all mess ups? It was just drop balls. Ooh, that would have had me a little off the wall for a little uncomfortable. There's not many out there. Exactly. I appreciate that. All right, Seahawks rookie joining us now. You're probably thinking, well, this is a basketball show. Yes, it is. I'm going to try to get a basketball question in. Maybe. But first up, you grew up in Texas, a big football state. Yep. Did you have a basketball team growing up? Of course, yes. Basketball, it's huge in Texas. We got some players down in Texas. Some players. And yeah, I grew up playing basketball. Basketball is honestly my favorite sport, just to watch and just to hoot. So you played? I did. I did. I was a point guard. You know what I'm saying? You played varsity basketball in high school? I did. I did. Yes, sir. I like this. We have some point guards out there right now. Yeah. If you could do it all over again, would you have stuck with basketball? I'm too short. I'm too short for... I didn't have the shot. I didn't have the shot. He's short, but he got the shot. I didn't have the shot. You know, I'm facilitating. You know, I'm saying defense. You know, defense. Hard and hustle. Exactly. The games in Texas, they're like Dunkinville, those games, they were nuts. They're like... Really? Oh, they're insane. They're packed. They're sold out. There's crazy environments in Texas. Yeah. Texas is a pretty good place for athletes in general. Oh, yeah. If you had to, if you want to paint the picture for everyone, current player that you probably looked like out there? Current player? NBA one? Yeah. No, just... I'd hate to disrespect anyone. Oh, it won't be. But I would have to say, you know, a little wrestle Westbrook. Oh, I'd love to. High school. High school. Not A.U. We're not talking about outside of high school. I like that. If I district play, I would go wrestle Westbrook. So you're saying he can't shoot? I would say the mid-range game was there. Yeah, definitely an older wrestle Westbrook. I like that of him. I love wrestle Westbrook. Because, you know, when we were growing up, we all had that one player that we modded our games after. Yeah. We tried to be like that player. So would wrestle Westbrook be that guy or did somebody else? I would say Dwayne Wade. Yeah. As someone I looked at, like, I want to be that guy. And then wrestle Westbrook, just mentality, demeanor, all that stuff. Too good for him. Toughness, speed, how he played. Any of your basketball skills, did it translate to football? Oh, 1,000 percent. And the release game, the, you know, crossover game, all that stuff, that's real. The Hezzie, the Hezzie, get up out of there. I still got it. I can tell how you got it. It's off-season. It's basketball season now. And the off-season, do you hoop? Oh, yeah. Pick up with you. For sure. It's basketball season. Yeah. You know what I'm saying? We'll get, we'll catch some footballers here and there, you know, getting away room, but we got to get in that gym. I haven't played a lot of guys on the Seahawks, so we're going to have to see when I get back to Seattle. Now that they know? Yeah. All right, growing up in Dallas, are you a Mavericks fan then, because of Dallas? Yeah. I'm a big Mavericks fan. Lots of bummer. Luca, Kyrie, got the guys, Mark Cuban, you know. No more. No more, it sucks. Yeah, but he'll never really be gone. Yeah, he won't be gone. No, he can't be gone. He's not the Mavericks without Mark Cuban. But you know what, it's perfect for him because now he can go, be the celebrity, and of course, I do not have to pay the bill anymore. Yeah. I think it's the best of my worlds. Kind of a win-win for him. I heard that he set it up real nicely for visiting teams and stuff like that. Was that true? Y'all had a good time? It's amazing. Dallas is one of the few teams that really cater to visiting teams. Most teams, they won't let you use the weight room. You'll have to set up your little janky shit in the hallway. You can use your weight rooms, cold plunge, you can do everything. Let me tell you, you retired before Golden State moved to the new arena? I remember playing that. Amazing. Really? I think they're trying to set it up where we can't win the game. Because it's so nice. Listen, they have, no, they got live cooks back there for us. Wow. Like you can ask whatever you want. Yeah, they're taking out orders for the visiting team. Really? I'm like, yo, this is like, this is this alarming. Like, y'all don't want us to win the game. It's too nice. By the way, Cuban said it was part of like his recruiting pitch where like I want to see how, I want opposing players to see how I treat guys about it. See, I'm the opposite. Like no hot water. Turn off the hot water. I feel like that's with the Spurs. Make it cold as hell in there. Is it weird though that the Spurs like own the Mavericks forever? Is that a weird thing? Is that? They'll start. It's right here. Like it's just right here. That's actually not what that said. What's on this card? I see it. Sounded it out. Nah, nah. 2011, you know, best year of my life. I'm thinking with that. There's not a better championship in Texas than that one right there. The one. Yeah. No, I could see that. Jason Terry got the tattoo. It was more he even played, right? It was meant to be. That's a risky move, by the way. Yeah. It's like the riskiest move because fans do it and we get fun of them when they get like super, but Super Bowl champs and you're like, and it never works. It never goes their way. So if we gave you 30 minutes and an NBA game tonight and by, you can shoot as many shots, whatever. How many are you giving us? I'm playing 30. Who are we playing? You're playing the Detroit Pistons. We're getting off. We're getting off. I would say 30 minutes. Disrespectful. Because nowadays, by the way, guys are taking 12, 15 threes. Yep. You're hoisting them. I'm playing that thing up. I would say, I know it's my last game. You know, I'm playing the Detroit Pistons. I have a nice 15. Jackson. Nice 15. I love it. I'm coming off the roll. And I'm spraying. Nope. Then I can catch two touchdowns. Well, here we go. I've been waiting for this. I got the ball in my hands. I've been waiting for this all day. I got the ball in my hands. We were talking about this actually before you got here. We're picking you up full court. I don't even play defense and I'm guarding you full court. I don't even play defense, he says. Yeah, I'm not going to play defense. Screen, screen, screen. I need all the screens. Send me two screens. We're getting off of those. I got to see you hoot. This is the argument. Because they really think there's NBA players that think they can play in the NFL as well. Well, listen, I think if we're on the two yard line, they throw it out. On the two yard line, I'm 6'10". They will break the body. Yes. Did I play football? Never. I don't like contact. Okay. Nope. No. Right after flag all the time. Yeah, exactly. I didn't even play flag. I got scratched one time. I was like, no. I need to play inside with air conditioning. Yeah, we get into the hole. We get into the free throw line and we jack in three's up. I like that. I quit football on the spot. I got hit going across the middle and I took my helmet off and my coach. He said, if you don't put that helmet back on, this team again. I said, don't work. You never put it on again? I swear to God, I quit on the spot. I'm a legend in high school. I quit on the spot. Do you think you could really catch a touchdown pass? No. Really? No. You don't think so? No. I respect professionals to the highest level. Everybody trained for what they're good at. I don't think so. I don't think you can walk in an NBA game, cold turkey and get 15 points. If he's wide open for a corner three and he can shoot, he could probably make a jump shot. You said he could. And we're going to take it personal, Chandler? I'm going to the hole. I'm getting fouled. Why has this not happened? I'll make some free throws. That's on my best day. This is my, I'm giving everything. You know what I'm saying? That's on your best day. That's on my best day. That's what I'm saying. On my best day, I'm catching a four-yard pass. Okay. I think you're selling yourself short, man. You know what I'm like? Really? I think you're selling yourself short. I just asked somebody, could I still play in a Super Bowl? Yeah. So now it's the Super Bowl. It wasn't just a game. He's just said, I'm selling myself short. Why? So you went from, I can't catch a touchdown to now you're in the Super Bowl. Correct. Because Jackson said I can and he knows better than all three of them. That's what makes sure I knew what the journey was for Lou Will on this one. You became all pro in a matter of seven minutes. In a matter of seven, well, he did too. He gets 15 points. Yeah, that's fair. So we all even. I just think my height is an advantage for football. I think I can really post up in the end zone and tip it up and catch the ball. Yeah. I'm going to try it with Joe Hayden. The most physical game there is. I'm going to try it. I'm going to post them up and I'm going to get one right here. The most physical game there is you said you don't like contact. I'm talking a two-yard pass, Lou. I'm not talking. They're not going to let you... It's more physical than basketball? Football, you know. That's what I'm saying. You tell us. It's constant contact with us, but it's not. They call fouls and you can't even hand check. Physical contact. There's flagrant fouls. You guys actually get hit. Like, do you hurt Monday morning getting out of bed? Yeah, I'm hurt. I mean, you're still young too. Yeah, I'm hurting. But I'm not going to lie. I played basketball last week and I didn't feel... I was hurting. Like, bad. Just different kind of sorrows. It's a different kind of sorrows. Yeah. That's kind of nuts. All right, talk to us. Well, you're saying nobody else on the team hoops. So that's kind of like... DK, that ought to be solid, right? DK, look at him. He's just a big old muscle. He's too much muscle. He's like a wrestler, a boxer or something. Good lord. He can get down on that block, I believe, but, you know, other than that, I don't know. I've seen a shot. He might be too muscular. You see Miles Garrett in the All-Star games dunking every day. Miles Garrett can actually... He's actually solid. Miles Garrett can actually... He's solid. Yeah. See, I feel like this argument could go on forever. If football could play basketball or basketball could go on. It should be an All-Star weekend. It really should. You think if LeBron, if he actually trained, he could become like a great tight end or a great receiver? I do. If someone like that build, that athleticism? I do. I do believe so. I think, man, AI, I've seen his highlights, but there's a lot of players. I think Russell Westbrook can play. I think there's a lot of guys in the league that can... It's a very small pool level. But... There's a lot of guys that couldn't. But I think more so basketball could play football than football can play basketball. I like that. Getting that ball in the hole is hard. You heard it from him. The problem is, one hit and you're dead. Yeah. You just got to get that one cat. Correct. Yeah, that's the part I can't get over. I can't get over that. It's run deep. Yeah, that's the part I can't get over. Yeah, I don't even want to get pushed out of bounds because I don't want to be brushed by a close friend by another human being. Like, that sounds awesome to me. For what? Right. Yeah, you might be nuts, dude. Speaking of touchdowns, I've always wanted to ask a football player this when it comes to touchdown celebrations. Yeah. Do y'all rehearse? Like, what's the... Oh, I love that. Is that something that y'all just build during practice or it's like, yo, after practice, 10 minutes, we got to get this down. Yeah. I mean, you got seven days to prepare, six days, five days to prepare for the next game. So, you know, in practice, you know, when you stand around, you got to make sure the TD celebration is right. In Seattle, we got... We have some history of some good celebrations, too, for sure. Is there any celebrations that you want to do that you just can't? Because it's risqué? Yeah, like, yeah. It's too much. You'll get behind your like... You can't dunk the football anymore. Why not? I guess so. You can't dunk the football anymore. You can't, like, throw the ball, like, chunk it up. I did it. You know, I said, I don't care. You know, I've always got a lot of fun. Is that just a penalty or is that a fine? Yeah, it's a fine. That's a fine. I was about to say... Yeah, it's not a penalty. I don't think you get a penalty. You get fine, though, for chunking it. Was it worth it? Fine? Was it worth the... Yeah. Okay, yeah. That one, you know. That one was worth it. That one was worth it. Do you feel like you guys have the best uniforms in the league? I do. Okay. I do. I think, you know, the blue and the green meshes real well. You know, my mother always gives me the best. See, that's the one. I think it's, like, one of the best ones bright-wise. Yeah. And we're into fashion, obviously. You look at us. Like, I mean... The all-lime green is, you know, tough, but under the lights, when it's dark, I think... It pops. Yeah, for sure. And we got the old-school jerseys. I don't know if you've seen that. The throwbacks. We got the throwbacks. Yeah. Yeah, we're up there on the list, for sure. By the way, I thought you were going to ask him about... I got a real football question. We do have real football questions. You were the 20-years-pick in the first round of the draft. Walk me through that experience. Because I got drafted, but I was the second rounder. I was in the ESPN zone. I watched myself get drafted in the lobby of ESPN zone by myself. So tell me, what was that experience like on draft day? Man, I was... I was nervous, honestly. Just because you just don't know where to go. Y'all have experienced it. And, you know, I had my suit on. You know, just try to chill, relax with the family and getting there. You know, you have a... You know, I could go here, I could go there, but it's nothing like when you get that phone call. They... I'll have three phones on me and they end up calling the house phone that's right there. I'm like, I've been waiting all day sweating. What were the other two phones for? I was waiting for them to call me, but hey, you know... Stop it. Don't get in the trouble. Just wrapped up your rookie season. Did you have a... Oh, shit. I'm in the NFL moment. My first preseason game. First one? That was it. Got it out the way and then I was... I felt like I was rolling from there. What happened? Or just being there? Yeah, once I've seen my family on the sidelines, you know, it was just... I was in awe, you know, in awe moment. She had some tears and now I was ready to play. Did you really? Who was your first game against? My first preseason game was against Minnesota Was there anybody on Minnesota that you were looking at? I'm like, damn, like I'm here. I played it. Mine was T-Mac. My first game was against the Houston Rockets and by the time T-Mac was going in for the second time, I was going in the first time. So we walked to the table, walked to the table together and T-Mac was like, what up, Lou? And I was like, damn, T-Mac, know who I am? I was an 18 year old kid. Did you have that moment? I wouldn't say it for Minnesota, but our first actual game, I was like, yeah, he big. Yeah, he big. I was bigger in person. Yeah, he bigger in person. Yeah, was it like a moment where you also were like, okay, I can do this. Like I belong here. Like was there one play at practice maybe or a preseason where you're like, okay, like, I'm going to do this and I'm going to be really fucking good at it. Yeah. I would say practice, first practice, you know, caught a touchdown on like, I want to say it was like my first pass, honestly, caught a touchdown and then I was just feeling comfortable. Yeah. But the game is, it's definitely different. I didn't feel like I got my groove really until the middle of the season, later on in the season, honestly. Man. And another thing you can't ever take for granted is a good coach and you had a great coach and Pete Carroll, obviously he's gone now. What, was there one thing that stood out that you learned from playing from him in your rookie season? Yeah, I just feel like what stood out to me is just, you know, once you stop moving, you know, he's always active. Okay. He was just a great person to be around. You know, he just cared about the team, cared about the organization and the impact that he, you know, left on me and the whole organization will be, will be with us forever. And when there's a move like this, is there a comp, like, do you remember your last conversation with him? Did he address the team? Like how did that kind of end? Yeah, he didn't address the full team, but you know, he hit us up, you know, we talked for a little bit and hopefully he's around, you know, some more to still pick his brain and all that. My only question I have for that is he's 72 years old and I, he has more energy than I've ever had. Did he tell you his vitamin secret? Like what does he do? What is the plan there? Coffee guy, what's the secret? Yes, is it coffee, is it? I've never seen him drink any coffee, but man, I'll tell you, those meetings, he's electric. I've never in my life seen it. Jackson, what's your role extravaganza? Are you prepared for the week that's about to be out here? I'm ready, I'm ready. Don't look at these two, jackass. They started out strong and they're already a mess. Yeah, I hear you. Good luck the rest of the way. Thanks bro, appreciate you. Great talking to y'all, man. Good luck, we're following you. Yes, sir. Good luck, bro. It's a date. I'm like, aw, nah, nah, nah, nah, bam, bam, bam man, man, bam, bam, bam, bam, bam, bam, bam, bam, bam, bam, bam, bam, bam. And I just remember you buying that, oh, K. You ready, I have all right here, so I'm going to look at them, because they're all very different, Nicole, It's wrong, they've done this now for two years. It is fascinating though, cause they do have talent. They do have a good team. They do have, you know, guys that can score the ball. I think the Lonzo ball injury hurt them. They needed that point guard, which is why my boy Lou earlier said, why don't you just do the old flop peru for Gisante Murray, which kind of makes sense. Cause they need that point guard to kind of set these guys up. And for whatever reason, it just didn't work. And those guys, again, I think they're going to succeed elsewhere. They've all individually had great careers. And I love Vooch, but no way I'm buying this. Cause it hasn't worked, so why would it automatically just start working? Yeah, why would you say that now? Yeah, we're not buying it. Nobody's buying it. We're not even going to ask you, cause we're not asking you. Cause you're getting your own one. Cause here it comes, advanced analytics. We love that. It says that Russell Westbrook is the best sixth man in the NBA. You buying that? Now, this season, before you get offended. Yeah, it's hard not to buy it. They're on a roll. They're on a roll. And I think a lot of that starts off the back of Russell Westbrook when he decided to say, listen, I'm going to be the guy that comes off the bench to give us that balance we need to have two very solid units. And so they went on a run, 23 and three since then or something like that. I don't know the exact numbers, but it's hard for me to dispute that. How he's played just not even from a numbers perspective, but just the energy that he's brought, the joy that he's brought. They look like they're having a ton of fun. And because of that, they're winning games. You watched them in Atlanta last night, those guys were absolutely rolling, having fun, laughing and wands. James Harden banked the three in. I mean, that's ridiculous. And I think all of that comes off the back of Russell Westbrook and his mindset and what he brought to that team from a mentality standpoint. So it's hard for me to fight that. I'm buying it. All right, we're buying it. Chandler, yours is up. Nick's guard, Ryan Archie Diakono is the first player to NBA history to play in 20 consecutive games without scoring a single point. Who? Who is this guy? Ryan Archie Diakono. Hold on, say that again. He's played in 20 consecutive games without scoring a single point. It's a record. Wow. Are you buying that? This will never be proved. Is this like he's getting tossed in at the end of the game? Yeah, it's mostly. And he's not playing, you know, 15, 20 minutes. A lot of them, yeah. Because he's taking shots. I think this is a little, we're saucing this one up a little bit. It's a shitty record to have. You know what I'm saying? It's a record though. You don't want to be on that side of the history. You don't remember Archie Diakono, a white kid from Villanova? Got really good hair. He scored a point 20 games. Yeah, well, when he did it at Villanova. That's true. Am I buying it that this record, what? Will never be broken. I mean, there's a good chance. 20 reps without a one bucket of free throw. Yeah, nothing. Nothing. No, this is a forever record. Good for him. Right in permanent marker. You know what, a record is a record. Not everybody has it. I'm always a champion of the players, but it's almost impossible to do this, Ryan. And it's growing or it's done? That's a great point, yes. Still active. I think it's still active. Yeah, so we're not stopping at 20. No, no, this could go on forever. Could this go on forever? We're looking at our stats over here. We don't have any stats. But I think 20's safe. I think that's it. You could score on accident in the NBA. Well, he's not. But I'm giving him the benefit of the doubt because I think he's just getting. 20 games? I think he's getting subbed in with like 20 seconds, 50 seconds. He's a point. I mean, I've been at a game where he came in for 20 seconds. The seventh, 22nd game I've played. I'm shooting. I'm leaving with some. So you would just do it anyway. It's just, I mean. Or would you keep this puppy going? We already went through this. Keep this puppy going. Our first games. Get the 30 games. Our very first games, I played a minute and four seconds and I had four points. I'm getting a bucket. Yeah, but now you gotta keep this thing. You gotta go on forever. No, because you're gonna go down as one of the worst NBA players of all time. You don't want this record right. Next time you go on that game, Chuck, my brother, Chuck. Don't, keep it going right. Let it fly. Do it for Philly. A record to record. Do it for Philly? All right. Let it fly. That's an awful record to have. You guys are no fun. Fabricast. Here we go. Clay Thompson-Lew says it's really hard to be on the bench during the closing minutes of Golden State's games. Hmm, this is awkward. Are you buying that the team's actually better when he's not playing in the end? I can't buy that. I can't, I can't buy that. Listen, Clay Thompson is legendary. We all have, we all have that moment where we realize we're not the player that we used to be. We go through some injuries. We go through some adversity. I can't, I can't buy this. Okay. Let's see Clay Thompson on the floor. Ride with your guys. Die with your guys. He's a champion. He's a legend. His number is gonna go up in the Raptors. Yeah. For the Golden State Warriors. I don't like this look. I'm not buying it. By the way, we're all still like kind of hoping that the turnaround's happening any day now. Like we're all here. I'm still holding out for it. I'm not buying it. And I think every game is gonna be different, right? There's always, that's with every team, right? It shouldn't be for Clay though. But I mean, it's what you're right. They're kind of transitioning to this next phase, to this next. And if he's not having a great game and someone else is, I understand it. But no, the idea that they're better. Is it working? It's nothing's working. Nothing's working. It's nothing's convincing enough to say it's working. Literally nothing's working. They're riding now with your guys. Oof, then that makes it even more awkward. Yeah, it's tough. All right, Chandler. The three-point contest participants are Dame Lillard, Donovan Mitchell, Tyrese Halliburton, Jalen Brunson, Lowry Markinen, and Malik Beasley. Are you buying that this event is dames to lose? I mean, he's the best shooter of that group. He's historically the best shooter. He's the most clutch shooter. I don't think he's gonna get nervous. I think he advances, but like, I mean, anybody can win this event right now. Weren't you so sure last week, you're like, this is dames? What has he said? If I had to bet on it, it would be dame. But it's definitely, he could definitely lose. Like I don't think it's like a crazy favorite with crazy odds that it's him. Malik Beasley. That's who you're taking? That's just the complete guess. No, no, no. Leads the league in three-point percentages and he cared about being in the three-point contest. He rallied to be in this contest. He cares. I'm going with Leasley. Passion fueled win. I just think this is another day, another dollar for dame. He's not gonna get nervous. Bees cares. I'm going with the guy that cares. You're going with the guy that didn't care. Facts, facts. Wait, he don't think he cares? No, I just think he wouldn't because he's a really good shooter and he's just gonna go in there like he's in the gym and he's just gonna win it and it's gonna be like, all right, oh, dame won. Shocker. Kind of like you with the show today. Sort of that. Exactly, just bringing it. I care. Do you? I'm having a ball. Oh, you know what? It's oozing. I think we should move to Vegas. I think we're just oozing out of there. Keep this whole situation permanent. You're just in this giant room when everyone's gone? Yeah. Okay. Having random people walk by. We're gonna take a quick break. I'm not ready to take a break. No, we're gonna wrap things up. Now you hold that thought. I'm gonna break. No. That's good stuff. There it is. You're looking at radio row. It's earlier in the week and it will get more and more chaotic. We, of course, are here for Niners Chiefs. Niners Super Bowl. Our set's gigantic. Look at that. Look at us. Yeah, we are so cool. We might as well at least mention this football game. You're staying for it. I'm staying for it. I'm going to it. I'm betting a hefty amount on the Kansas City Chiefs. Now are you... And I got them plus three. Plus, you got them. I got them early. I got them early. I got them plus three. Yeah, you did. It's like one and a half. Right now, their defense is dialed. The first ever Super Bowl in Las Vegas, do you think Travis Kelsey is losing this game? Oh, so you think it's a Travis Kelsey? I think it's a Travis Kelsey Bowl. I think the party afterwards is gonna be absolutely barricades. And there's no way it's gonna be after a loss. He can't allow that. They could lose. Where it is, the Chainsmokers are performing at the after party. Can I say something? You say Chainsmokers a lot as if I'm supposed to be excited. You don't like the Chainsmokers? She likes Depp Leppert. I like Depp... You just won. And I do like them. It's Depp Leppert. No, it's Depp. I know I'm trying to confuse. DEF. Yeah, thank you. Depp. But I like to say Depp Leppert. Do you like the Chiefs in this ball game? I do. Who do you like? Honestly, I don't really care who wins. I'm good either way. But I will say this, if we get like a Brock Purdy redemption story out of this and redemption from what I don't know but some people hate him, it would be pretty amazing. Here's the thing. The Niners are a better team. Like they have the star power, McCaffrey's unbelievable, Debo's unbelievable, but I just think the Chiefs are playing better right now. They're peaking at the right moment. They really are. I don't care how good they are. Chiefs are the two best players in this game. Are the Chiefs the Miami Heat of the NFL? The Chiefs, by the way, this is the most they've been like underdogs, shit on, boo. Like there's way more Niner fans here than Chiefs fans. Like the press conference last night, it was nuts. They were literally violently booing them. To me, I think adds more fuel to the fire and gives them even more motivation. That was gonna say, booing Patrick Mahomes is going to turn out to be an awful idea. Yeah. It's gonna be now. Why poke the bear? It would have been a three-point game, it will now be a 14-point game. Wow, the Chiefs by two touchdowns? Yeah, why not? I think it'd be a great one. But I can change my mind by the end of the day. If the Chiefs win, I'm calling in sick on Monday. Fair. You're not calling in sick. All right, tomorrow, Tony Pollard. We got all kinds of people tomorrow. We got Breeze Hall, Quincy Williams and dads. We got questions for them. We'll see y'all tomorrow. How about them cowboys? No. Ha ha ha ha ha. Run it up, run it back, run it up, run it back, run it up, run it back.