Straight Fire with Jason McIntyreStraight Fire - Everybody Hates Bronny, De'Aaron Fox Trade Rumors & the Real 'Ones' in the NBA
On today’s episode, Jason discusses the sports media vitriol being aimed Bronny James in the wake of his lackluster performance on Tuesday against Tyrese Maxey, why it’s so hard to find a trade that makes sense for disgruntled Sacramento Kings point guard De’Aaron Fox and which NBA stars are legitimate number one options on a championship-level team.
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What is up straight firefam, It's me Jason McIntyre, Straight Fire for Thursday, January thirtieth, Holy cow. Is this month flown by or I guess, depending on what Instagram accounts you follow. This has been the longest January in the history of januaries. But alas we have made it to nearly the end of the month. And listen, man, you guys know this post football season, everybody's kind of sort of struggling for stories as we slowly pivot to college basketball, which Rob G does not like me talking about. Just kidding, nobody likes me talking about college basketball and the NBA. As the NBA ramps up for the second half of the season and things get super intense, but there's always this this pop after football with one game left of like either wacky NFL media feuds or some media news or maybe the Sharks will circle on a second round NBA pick who you want to call him a NEPO baby, Fine, but I could not believe the outrage about Bronnie James playing against the seventy six ers. I mean, I was totally caught off guard and a peek behind the curtain. So if the Herd has a morning meeting, I don't go into that. I can call in via zoom because Cowherd's a crazy person who's there at six o'clock every day. And I'm still asleep, and you know, I hear Colin's going to talk about Bronnie. I'm like, okay, I get it. I'm not going to chime in. I'll wait for my you know, for the show. And I didn't think he would go as hard as he was. And he went in hard on Bronnie and some hit shots at JJ Reddick and then you see Steven A. Smith doing the same thing on first take, and then you know, and again this is stuff I just didn't see. But yesterday, as the day goes on, it's just like, let's pile on Brownie, let's take shots. And I don't know. I was talking to Rob and I'm like, hold on. The Lakers were on a back to back. Okay, they did not have Gabe Vincent, who is would probably have chewed up the Bronny minutes. Bronny's been playing out of his mind in the G League, averaging twenty three, six and five, And I know it's the G League fine, but he's twenty years old. He was a second round pick and he's been cooking forty five percent on threes. He dunked on somebody and it went viral last week. Listen, Brodny's had a really, really good stretch, so the Lakers called him up. They're on a I believe six or seven game road trip and a back to back. Yeah, let's throw our. You know, you guys are tired. Road trips are tough. Back to backs are tough, especially when you've got old ass lebron And then Anthony Davis goes down early in this one, and you could see the Lakers were kind of you know, they got off to an okay start, but you knew that, oh man, back to back. I know it's Charlotte and Philly and both teams are not headed anywhere this season, and Paul George was out and bead was out, and it's like, okay, Lakers got an easy win. Nothing's easy in back to backskys. And so Bronnie comes in and hey, here's breaking news. A second round pick who's a rookie struggled against third team All NBA guard Tyrese Maxie. Maxie went off and if you watch the highlights of Maxie, he made some tough shots Bronnie. It wasn't like he was getting absolutely roasted. Sure he got beat. I would expect a twenty year old rookie who was a second round pick to get beat by an All NBA guard who was an All Star last year. And then JJ Reddick after the game comes out and I saw it online where JJ said something pretty nice about Bronnie about how, hey, he's been on fire in the G League and I kind of wanted a spark, We wanted his his energy coming off the bench. And maybe it was a tough spot. You know, he played in the G League, had to fly out nationally televised game and before people are like, hey, nationally televised, what does that mean? Just so you guys know how the cake gets made. The NBA quote unquote saves a lot of its best TV games for as the football season is ending. Hence Lebron is force fed to everybody in February and March because there's no NFL on, Let's get Lebron on Saturday nights, there's no college football. Let's get Lebron on in prime time. And Lebron gets a lot of games. The Lakers, I believe, have four national TV games in the next ten days, starting with that Sixers game. And so yes, there is a bigger spotlight on the nationally televised games. There's a larger crowd, there's a more intense media scrum. It's just it's heightened, right, And it was a lot for Bronny and he did not shoot it well. He played I could get you his line here, but he didn't have a great game. Fine, whatever, he's a rookie. I didn't expect it. What I didn't expect, Rob, was the piling on of Bronnie as if he was like a lottery pick who got roasted. Even if a lottery pick got cooked. And by the way, Trey Young gets cooked every night. And he's like a five year veteran and he wins playoff games.
He's good.
He can't guard anybody, and we're crushing Bronnie for steven A to come out and plead lebron to please get your son out of there, like, I don't know, it felt a little angry and over the top. Now, Rob, I do want to say, this could just be Hey, NFL stuff ain't clicking. The Chiefs bills, dramas behind us, the ref's dramas behind us. The super Bowl's not here yet. It's tough to get people juiced up about the super Bowl, which is a rematch from two years ago. You want to get clicks, crush Bronnie James, you know, And it felt like that's what the media did, And I just felt it was a little unseemly to just totally blast the kid. I understand the hey, yeah, yeah, he's the son of lebron Why is he getting the past? He's a NEPO baby. I understand all that, but the venom, it just seemed a little over the top. Rob. I don't know, maybe i'd being an old crotchety guy.
No, I would agree with you. And to illustrate that point, we did not talk about this on yesterday's podcast, which came out after you know, the game, And yeah, we text before you know, start recording, like, hey, what do you think about this? With him? About this? We have some back and forth and neither one of us thought that, hey, Bronnie James, the fifty fifth pick in the NBA draft getting cooked by ty resee MAXI warranted a lengthy discussion because news flash, ty resee MAXI cooks damn near everybody like that. There's nothing unique about that. So I guess bad job by me and you. But for not addressing it yesterday because apparently it was reasonable. I was saying, like, I don't know, and so my only thought about it, you know, as the hours and the day went by on Wednesday, and like you said, the vitriol that came out from not just like Colin and Stephen, because those the two big brand names everybody knows about, but you know, the lesser known, the podcasters, the blogger. They were all piling on Bronnie James. And the only thing I can think of as to why it became such an easy target was the comment you alluded to by JJ Reddick where he said, you know, maybe I put him in a bad spot. And even this is me kind of playing mental gymnastics to have it make sense. But the only rationale I could come up with was it was further illustration from the Lakers and Reddick, and you know, by all accounts, lebron and JJ are tied at the head. That's what we're led to believe that we're supposed to treat Brownie with kid gloves. Because if this were he thought with team anymore. Maxwell Lewis, you know, he got he went to Brooklyn, got hurt, but he was with the Lakers for a minute. If Maxwell Lewis gets thrown in, he gets cooked by Tyrese Maxey. I'm willing to bet number one people don't care about it, but number two, JJ Reddick probably doesn't say, yeah, I put him. I kind of threw him into a bad spot there, like, because it's not even a question, it's like, hey, it's the six string guard. He's going to gets an All NBA player. Something bad happen. It is what it is. And so I'm assuming that because JJ said he put him in a bad spot, it lends credence to the idea that you know, I know everybody knows that Brownie's not an NBA caliber player at this point or right no, right now, he's not. He's not. And were it not for his last name being James, he wirelessly would not have been drafted, just he didn't have a good college career to come off the heart issue. And so we understand that, and I think that so many people are aware of it, and it's publicly accepted that that's what it is that any chance they get to point that out that he does not belong here, we are gonna point it out, and we're gonna bring him to the table. And we're not just gonna say it. We're gonna scream it to the high heavens and get on our soapbox. Because sports are supposed to be a meritocracy. And again that's just me trying to get into their minds as to why it's such a big deal. But like you, he's the fifty fifth pick, it's an All NBA player. He's supposed to get. If Tyrees Maxey did not cook Bronnie James on Tuesday night, that's a bigger story than what he did.
Yeah, just a weird moment in the NBA. I mean I thought, I think the deer and Fox stuff is infinitely more fascinating. Jimmy Butler, I'm sure you saw went viral because he tried to get a coffee in Miami and he's been suspended by the team, so he was declined getting coffee in my own funny, you know, like there's a lot of stuff going on in the NBA. It just felt very strange to go after Bronnie. Now, I do want to ask you, Rob, And this is you know, Rob and I we love the NBA. We love the NFL. I like the WNBA a lot. You know, baseball is fun when the Dodgers and Yankees are good. We just like a lot of stuff. So but in the NBA, Rob, for some reason, there's always underlying story, and there is one that I don't have an answer to.
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Now, Robin, I didn't tell Rob I was gonna talk about this, but I keep you know, I listen to Brian Windhorse who comes onto this pod sometimes, and I and I read between the lines on some other guys. And since there was this Steph Curry comments recently, and all this stuff keeps adding up to this. So we know Jimmy Butler could be on the move, We know dearon Fox could be on the move. But for some reason, there's a constant like quote about how other stars who could be on the move this summer, And I keep hearing this phrase, but none of the reporters are putting names on who these stars are. And I'm looking around the league and I'm like, for the first time, you know, we were everybody who's on Carl Anthony Towns Okay, we all knew he was not long from Minso and he was gonna be on the move. Here's the weird thing. I keep looking around. I don't know who this mystery player or players are. When Steph Curry says let's keep our powder drive for the offseason, what does that mean? Does he have an inkling that somebody's gonna hit the market and who might that somebody be? Like, Listen, I don't think they would be doing this rob being all coy if it were say Trey Young, Okay, I don't think he's like, oh my gosh, eight teams want to get in the tray Young business. I don't think it's inbeed Okay. I can't imagine that as Paul George. I mean, I guess there could possibly be some interest in LaMelo ball. I think Donovan Mitchell's pretty securely locked into Cleveland, and now if they lose in the first round, you know, anything's on the table. And I'm looking around the league. I can't find who that guy could be. But the one interesting name I'll push your way, Rob just one is Kevin Durant. I know I had said I would I would consider moving off Durant if I were the Suns. He can get you a haul. I don't think they're moving Booker. The Sons are currently eight in the West. They're starting to play better. I don't know that they're gonna win a first round playoff series with Butler. Maybe they really pop, But to me, I think it's gotta be KD and I'm gonna I'm gonna also just put it out there. I don't think Curry asked for a trade, but I will be fascinated if they're, Like, there'll probably be a big market for Curry because of what he is as a player, what he's done, what he's capable of. But I don't know. Is there somebody I'm potentially missing who could maybe be on the move, who would like, oh wow, that's a game changer.
Well, it's interesting because when you hear those kind of comments, you know, especially coming from Windy, when he's he knows so much more than he can actually say, and that's why we like him. I love right, And so the first thing I did when you started reading that story is I looked up the twenty twenty five free agents and it's a it's a weak class to put him. I mean, you got forty year old Lebron Jimmy Butler, who may or may not be like the have the worst pr rep right now in the league, with the way he's do the things in Miami. You know, Kyrie technically could be a free agent. You know, James hard Like. You're really struggling at this point. Not only are these guys older, but either they're in good situations like Kyrie or you know, do you really want thirty six year old James harden Like? I don't think so. So as you were reading that, I looked at twenty twenty six and the first name that I saw that raised my eyebrows was Kevin Durant because he could technically become a free agent twenty twenty six if he wants to. And with the way Phoenix is looking right now, you're not gonna trade Devin Booker in one because he's younger and he's your franchise guy number two. Bradley Beal has made it abundantly clear that he will not waive his no trade clause for damn near anybody, Like I've never seen an agent come out and publicly list like sevent teams like, no, we're not waving it for La, We're not waving it for Ammy, We're not waving for it. Like he's really flexing his muscle in that regard. So that only leaves Kevin Durant and Phoenix. I think it's pretty clear that if you can't get Jimmy Butler, and the only way you can get him is if Brett Beal waves is no trade And if you can't do that, then you got to find a way to number one, maximize this Booker Beale pairing for whatever it might be. And number two, you got to find a way to get back assets that you lost in these trades. And there it all screams to one thing, and that is see what you can get for KD. I know he's gonna be what thirty seven next year when he hits free agency, But if you're a Golden State, hypothetically, you know he works with Steph Curry. I would hope that him and Draymond could patch things up, and if they can't, then buy the Draymond Like you've already broken up the triumphant with Klay Thompson. What's it matter if you lose Draymond at this point and you kind of sort of owe it to Steph to give him one last shot at doing something, and if you're not gonna go for KD the only other name that I could see conceivably teams kind of you know, keeping the powder dry, as they say, is Luka Doncic. No, he's a potentially a free agent twenty twenty six. He'll be entering it to age twenty seven season. He's smacked down in the middle of his prime. If things don't go the way we think they're gonna go in Dallas, like you know that the Derek Lively injury is a big deal. And let's say they get a bad draw in the postseason and they end up getting God forbid one and done or you know, to and done like most people were probably project in that situation. You know, how patient is he going to be because at that point, Kyrie's in his mid thirties and he's a small guard. They'll usually don't end too well, you don't age too well in that situation. You know that teams like the Lakers and the Heat and in this case Golden State, they the metropolis would love to get Luka Doncic So he's the only only one I could think of.
Wow, So it's interesting. I just looked at the standings Dallas's slip sliding. They are ninth.
Well, Luca's hurt.
Luca's still good, but he's not coming back anytime soon. It looks like, right, is he still on the scooter.
I haven't seen the photos recently.
You're right, No, Lively, No Luca. I mean there's a world where they missed the playoffs. Let's be real. They're only one and a half games up on the Warriors, who are are eleventh Sacramento, my gut. Do you think they will end up trading Deer and Fox?
No, I think it'll be in the offseason.
By the way, where are you? I didn't get to ask you where are you? On Fox? Because you know name alone. He's really good. He was a All NBA guy once, he was an All Star once, and the Kings have been to the playoffs once. He is probably not an All NBA guy this year. And I was looking at the point guards in the league. He's no Sga, no Brunson, LaMelo and Maxie. Again, we've seen more Fox. I like, I don't know how good deeron Fox is. Mckil bridges fetched. I believe five first round picks right, yep. Now none of them were amazing. Is is deeron Fox getting you five first? I don't think so, do you?
Probably not. I think that that was a very unique circumstance, only because of the Nova Knicks connection. And you know, the idea was I think it actually was a wind Horse podmey, it wasn't him. They might have been either McMahon or his co hosts. That said. The problem with having, you know, like the Knicks at the time had like ten first round picks is once we know how many you have, the asking price is ten. So, for example, if you're going to call the Lakers about potential dearon Fox deal, you're saying, we want Austin Reeves and we want all the picks you can offer, which in the case like two or three. Like, so are you doing that? By the way, I mean, I would love to I like to Fox. I think he's great, and I think he'd pay.
Hey, I just like Austin Reeves so much.
I like him too, But it's just like It's just that's the scenario is like, when you know that the most you can offer is this guy and four picks or whatever, then that's what we're asking for. If it's Houston, we're asking for seven picks because we know you have twenty of them. If it's Okay, See, we're asking for twelve. And so like, I think that the market is gonna kind of dictate. It's gonna correct itself in that regard. The other problem that de Aaron Fox is having, and I think this is why when NA see it's the to the offseason, is there are so many good point guards in the NBA. That's yeah, and the as a result, even though he's a great player, his market gets suppressed because who you looking for. It's not gonna be an also ran team that trades for him. It's gonna be another team on the come up where you think they can win something big in the next two or three years, or a team that's already in their window. And if you just look at the standings, you're like Cleveland, no Boston, no Nicks, no Bucks, no, and it Pacers no. Like where do you find a team that needs a point guard that fits that sweet spot? Where they can use a de Aaron Fox. That's why I think we're not going to see this trade get done in the next week or so.
Fox is interesting because you know he's on the smaller side as a point guard. I heard for years you can't win with Jalen Brunson or a small guard as your as your alpha. Brunson was the number one, and they got to these conference semifinals last year. I think the lost of the Pacers. I mean, there was a litany of injuries, but I do believe Brunson's position to get to the conference finals this year or the NBA Finals and he's their number one. Can Fox be a one on a on a contender or does he have to be a two?
Oh? Is that a two at best?
At best best.
He's a two.
I would say he's the one in Sacramento.
Yeah, but to win a championship, at best he's a two because if he was anything more than that, then the Kings would not be fighting for the play in like the last year.
So Fox and Wemby, which everybody speculating, is that good enough to win a title? I gotta see what's around him.
Oh yeah, like two years maybe? Yeah, for sure, because we're projecting one b to be in the conversation for the greatest players of all time like that, that's the that's the difference that changes the calculus completely. If you have Dearon Fox and we'll say, uh, whatever the Clippers. You know, if it's him and Kawhi, can you win a championship? Probably not, Like you'd kind of be on the periphery. You wouldn't really What.
If you went to Miami and he was paired with bam Adebayo and Tyler Herroll. I don't know if the one is bam or Fox, but and it's gonna sound so nerdy, maybe the one there is heat culture.
I hate their cultures so much. The Lakers have been burned so many times by heat culture. Let me tell you so.
No, I don't know it gave Vincent the latest, but but it makes me wonder, like is Fox a one or two? Like if listen, if Dearon Fox is your three, I think you're you're the best team in the league. That's that's a tough one. I think he could be a two on a contender. I mean he was a one when the Kings won fifty game.
Yeah, he's got to find the right one is the problem because he doesn't shoot it all that well from deep. He's okay, he's.
Not thirty thirty.
He's a he's a quick. He's a good defender because he's fast. He's he's lightning, quaking and score in bunches. He's great in the mid range. So you need his number two to be a big a lah wenby ad Yiannis type.
Oh oh oh wait, let me let me interrupt. Sorry, if he goes to goes home to the Houston Rockets, I I don't even know who's there one right now, Shngoon, probably j Green, probably Okay, if Fox goes there, he's there one, and I would I would in a heartbeat part with I'm not giving up Amen Thompson. He looks really scary good and I know he's young. I would. I would move off Jalen Green or Van Vliet or both. Although I don't think you trade your starting back court. But I think Fox could be a one on uh on a on a rocket because like the Rockets are second in the West now and they don't have a.
One, but nobody the championship team they're they're a great regular season team.
Okay, So are they Are they the new OKC?
I mean I would say they're closer to the new Memphis Grizzlies. But before Jaw had his you know incidents, they were fifty seven win team, like they were way up there. And then you get him in a postseason situation against the Lakers fresh off of playing and the Lakers stole their lunch money like that. There there there's levels to this, like we we kind of know who the the inner circle is at this point.
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Who's the one on Cleveland? Is it Donovan Mitchell? Yes? Is he a one?
Yes?
I mean I thought we established in Utah he was a one, but he had a ceiling he does.
But the difference is that in Cleveland the supporting cast is so much better than it was in Utah.
He had go Bear.
You did you say that with a straight face? He had go Bear.
Bear's all NBA a half a dozen times.
Okay, go Bear by himself versus Mobley and Allen.
I mean, I don't think Jared Allen's ever been a freaking all.
Yeah, he's been an All Star. And I had to have a second guy as Darius Garland, who can score.
A bunch of Yeah, Garland's good. All right, So let's go through the league real quick and they name the ones. You say, Mitchell, what we would agree? Tatum is a one?
Yep?
Is Jalen Brown one? If he were to go to I don't know, Chicago.
Ooh.
I don't think for a championship team. No, but he could be like a really good team.
Okay, So like Andrea Gudala was the MVP of the Finals, nobody thought he was a one exactly, But that could be Jaalen Brown.
Okay, Jalen's better than Inguodala.
But yeah, I believe Jalen Bruns is a one. Not everybody does. Where do you come in?
I think he is. I think he hit The sample size is too large now at this.
Point, Jannis a one for sure. Ye, Halliburton.
He needs a specific team kind of around him for him.
They're starting to percolate. Yeah, Miami, he bam at a bio not they don't have a one. Well, Jimmy Butler, but I don't know if his days is a one or still.
I think I think they're done. That's for him.
Orlando Paolo probably cave cutting him in Detroit. Yep, he looks good. By the way, I think we've established, tray Young is no longer a one, right.
No, not if you went on like again, he's one of those guys where if you want to be plucky and competitive, like Halliburn, he's that guy. And he needs a very specific team around him because he doesn't defending the certain things he just can't do because of his size. So if you can get the right mix of guys around him, you can make a little bit of a run, but you're never really considered a title team. Yeah.
By the way, they seem done now with this. Jalen Johnson is.
Yeah, hair of Doc, he's good. I like him, dude.
Here's the thing. It says toward Labrahm in his shoulder, something's up with my labram and I've been all I've been doing in the last twenty four hours is looking it up. So I gotta stop lifting. But I think I could choot because it's not my shooting arm. Man. There you go, we're back, So uh, trade not a one. I don't think the Bulls have a one. I thought, I think Lavigne might be the best two in the league. But I think some people would disagree. Sixers are interesting. Max. He's not a one.
Right not yet? If he is, he not not yet.
Embiid has played himself out or injured himself out of one. And then what do you do with Paul George. He's a well established too.
I get. I mean Paul George. The fall off has been precipitous, like he's not even in the two conversation anymore, like that they are legitimate. I've listened to NBA podcasts where Sixers beat writers and media members and fans have said, hey, can we get Tobias hairs back? Oh no, I swear to you.
I've heard that's how bad it.
That's how bad it's number one. He hasn't been good on the court, but doesn't play anymore.
Yeah, Raptors, I don't. I don't even know what their roster is.
You think he's not one?
Brooklyn has your boy D'Angelo Russell former Lakers. Right now is LaMelo ball of one.
He doesn't play enough. He's hurt again right now. He just brained his ankle on Tuesday, yeah, that.
Guy always and then in the West real quick SGA obviously a one. We said the Rockets Sengoon is there one, but they don't have one. Memphis. I don't know. Worry on Jaw.
I think on a really legitimate challenge, he's a number two or his number two has to be like a D, like that level of two.
Right, Yeah, I would agree with that, you kitch, obviously a D.
I don't think he's probably not.
He's an exceptional two right now.
He's probably the best two in the league. The problem Lebron, Yeah, the problem is that Lebron is not at the peak of his powers anymore and otherwise, especially defensively right exactly, He's perfected the stand in point defense. That's his thing.
Oh damn clipper paper clip what Norm Powell?
But Kawhi again doesn't play.
Come on, yeah, Anthony Edwards, we know is sons now. D book is interesting because he was the one they didn't win anything. Then he became, you know, the one b to Chris Paul who was like the leader, and they went to the finals and then they got Durant. I don't really know where he fits in. I don't know what Booker is I like him a lot.
He might be in that category with I mean it's where they places Tham KD, where they have number one game and you can tell by watching him this is one of the great you know, ten twelve players in the league. But there's something emotionally and spiritually that they just do not have to galvanize the rest of the team.
That's deep and emotionally.
I mean, like KD is fucking awesome. I know you and him have like your Instagram tips, but just when you watch him play. He's seven foot tall, he can do everything. He can score from anywhere. He can shoot, he can rebound, he can defend, he can pass a little bit, and for whatever reason, he lacks that little qua that the all time great players have. He just doesn't have it.
I think he was a one back in the day. At this stage, I don't think he can be your best player on a championship team. But Butler, Booker and Durant, then you basically have one ABC, which I don't know that we've ever seen.
Because then it's I think one to night to night. Then it's okay, yeah, we.
Agree, lucas a one. I think we're at the stage where deer and Fox is probably ideally suited as your second best player, right, Yes, Steph Curry I still think has one in him. He's just surrounded by an aptitude at this point.
He's having a down season too, and people don't really noticing it because the rest of the team has kind of falling off so bad.
It's well teams are. It's easier to defend him.
Now, yeah, because you don't have to worry for anybody else.
Yeah, exactly. Wemby obviously, I don't know what hell the hell's going on in Portland. Scoot Henderson has just not lived up to expectation. Zion. He has, but it's a love pill climb, Zion. You never know when he's gonna play. And then the Utah Jazz are awful. So there's just not a lot of superstars in the league. It's like the NFL with quarterbacks, right, we know there's ten, maybe twelve, maybe fifteen really good quarterbacks that you can win with, yep, and then there's like the rest of the league, which is like Sam Darnold. It can have a good season and then playoffs come and there's your guy you know so well.
And even to that point in the NFL. If we're really being honest, there's like four guys who you feel are the cream of the crop. No matter who's around him, they're going to be competitive. It's Mahomes obviously, Alan Jackson and Burrough And if you play that game in the NBA, if you're being really honest, like the legitimate superstar, like no matter where he is, this guy's team is a contender. There's probably like four or five of them. Jokic for sure, Jokic, Jannis, Luca and that might even be the list that might be it. Everybody else is kind of situational and what they have around him.
Yeah, I mean, and people thought him bide two years ago. No more. Yeah, all right, quickly, final shout out, guys. I just ask I know we got some young guys listening to the podcast. Just just be smart. I just read that story about the kid in Philly celebrating the Eagles win. He climbed a street pole and then you know he's got a great gymnastics background. He falls down, lands on his head, was in a coma, and now he's dead. And he was eighteen years old freshman at Temple. It is I mean, by the way, did you see the videos of the scenes from Philadelphia rob Like a car driving over people. Guy whips out a gun, just starts shooting in the air. Like I don't. I just just be smart people, large crowds. I'm not just down with any of that stuff. I get it. You're drinking, you're inebriated, they're going you're climbing a lamp post fault and it's over. Like as you're climbing the lamp post. Those are the final few minutes of your life on planet Earth. Just be smarter, all right. That's it. Storry to end on our down note. We're back tomorrow. Let see you
