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What up? Welcome in? This is the Herd wherever you may be and however you may be listening to us on this Thursday. Welcome in. Colin is up back next week, and uh, we'll have to get to including Aaron Rodgers, Jase do something? Did dawn on me here? As we had the breaking news that we'll get to in one second. It's that, Uh, I don't I don't even know if I should do. I need to address Lebron tweeting at me randomly a couple of days ago, because it's a different platform than my show.
Yeah, I think it's a must.
Uh do you think so?
Yeah? Maybe some people aren't familiar with this, so I think you need to like be derivative with it. What happened?
How?
Why? What were you doing?
I don't even know what happened? Like I don't know like what like I was if I was flying?
So your vantage point? How did it go down?
Okay? Uh So for people just joining us, I'm Doug Gottliebin for Colin, many of you have throughout my travels now as both the hosts of Doug Gottlieb Show and the head coach of Green Bay have like, Man, I love you when you're on Colin, like I'm still on Colin and just we just do it remotely now, so I appreciate you. And obviously Colin is gonna spend at least some time closer to us in Green Bay Chicago. I don't know how much that that's gonna be or how that any of that works. That's not my business. But Yeah, over the weekend, we broke out of our despite the fact we you know, didn't have still don't have the nation's leading scorers out with injury or our starting center who came over eight year, we pulled off an upset, got a big win on Sunday. For the first time since twenty twenty one, we won a game in our on campus facility called the Crest Center. Those first time since twenty twenty one we'd won on campus and for my team, we lost twenty one in a row. Twenty one in a row. Kids battled and beat a good Right State team and ended up getting win. So you know, it's like unbelievably positive vibes and these and I can you know, everybody calls their college team kids, but when you're playing, you know, six of your rotation or your you know, start five fresh four freshmen and a sophomore who's nineteen years old. You know you're sitting there going, hey, they're actually kids. Everybody calls their team in college kids, and as the sport has gotten older, my guys are actually kids. So for these kids, they just kind of taken a beating a little bit, you know, emotionally themselves. They're competitive people. And then I don't think they and probably I didn't even understand how people would choose to follow our story this year, you know, just looking at final scores, not caring about anything else, and when the losing streak built up, you know, people beat up on us on on social media. There's plenty of other teams that are struggling this year. Apparently the only one they care about is mine, which is fine. That's that's how it's gonna be and it's gonna be that way when we win. So it's okay. But the point is that I don't know if anyone, especially those players, expected what what kind of happened. So we get to win. On Sundays two o'clock game, you know, about four thirty five o'clock, I'm over the place called the Black Sheep, which is on this side of town. It's the only real spot where you can go have a have a beverage and it's great. And then that night we go out and have dinner and the guys are good, and the guys have we have to mandatory expandatory for our program to take two days off. We chose to give them two consecutive days off, and me and a couple of staff guys, we went and recruited on Monday. So I'm flying and I made it. I made it a point to myself Chase two. As you know, I am on my phone too much. And this job is terrible for it terrible for it because you know, like when you're recruiting, you have to constantly check in with players and coaches with your team, you kind of have to constantly check in with your players and coaches and with that you're going to be on your phone. But I was like, you know what, we got to win. It feels good. I don't need social media today. I don't need day to day. I'm just gonna fly and land and be and watch tape and figure out recruiting, figure out my current staff, my current roster, all these things. I land and I hadn't. It's like first time because I normally fly American and I was flying Delta and I'm like, you know, I have an account with American to have that, to have the Wi Fi, you know where you're paying a monthly. I didn't have it with Delta. I didn't even look at it. I just I'm just watching tape mine in my own business. And all of a sudden I land and one of my buddies calls me says, what would you do? Lebron? I was like, I don't even know what you're talking about. Did you see Twitter? It's like, I'm not on Twitter today. He's like, Bron's coming at you, okay over what He's like, I don't know. So the context of the tweet was clearly making fun of our record, which the tweet was old. We'd actually it's like, oh, my guys, my players text me like, hey, coach, can you tell Lebron we won three games? Not too like We're not We're not like that. And uh and then you know he went he went to thirty year old credit card with the gotta give him credit deal to be clever. So I think again, I don't know, cause I don't know what Lebron James would be doing on the day before he had to get back to work with his ankle injury. But my guess is either I live in his head, rent and free, which is a possibility, or it popped up in his you know, it can pop up in your like timeline record, and he just chose to fire off it, you know, catch me astray. But for whatever reason, he chose to do it. And of course there is speculation from the masses that it's over the fact that I have questioned Brownie James's validity as a McDonald's All American when Jonathan Gavoni branked him as the tenth best NBA prospect in college in basketball last year. Even his selection at fifty five in the NBA Draft or their use of him early on the season, He's still on the Lakers roster I guess, but I don't know, Jase do That's again, we're just guessing because it wasn't like and it wouldn't be that hard finding a take that a lot of people had, but finding a take that he didn't like of mine and then quote tweeting it and if he wants to then make fun of our record, I guess that it's good. So am I assuming the wrong thing to assume? Maybe it's over Bronnie. Maybe it's or he listens to the show, he didn't like some of my football picks. What do we think it's over?
It's been It's been fascinating sport to theorize on this one, because yeah, he hasn't had any follow up. Nobody asked him. And if you know, somebody like Dan Wookie's listening right now, maybe somebody should ask him about the Gottlieb tweet at the next game, because we do need clarification the theories that I've heard around the office here. Okay, you were you were one of multiple people to make a comparison of Bronni with make a wish. Okay, that exaggeration that probably hit his radar. But I think the one take that you had over the summer when you said that you weren't sure that Bronnie would start for your team. So, in other words, you have a Division I head coach saying in the Horizon League saying that I'm not sure Bronnie would start for my team. Now, I remember you saying that, and you were being genuine. You were not saying that to exaggerate. That was not a hot take. That is basically how you felt about Brownie's skill set at that time. I think earlier this week you said you know what he would break the starting line.
Of but he was part of it, is okay, So again what kind of brass tacks but people don't know? And it's great this Actually, Anthony Roy is our best player. Antheon Roy was averaging twenty seven a game before he suffered a lower leg injury that he is working to come back from, and I don't know if he'll be back for our regular season. It's gonna be real close. Okay. Ante Roy is better and I would rather start him than Bronnie James. No one in my program, no one in basketball would argue with that. He just would. He's a walking bucket. He was leading the country in three point percentage and an effective field goal percentage while averaging twenty seven a game. Again, it's not just about points or whatever, but the dude is ridiculous. He's also older than Bronnie. He's twenty three years old, turned twenty three mid season, so he's older than Bronnie. So if you want to say, if you think Bronnie has a better upside, again you can think that. I don't believe so, so he would not start. There my other two starting guards at the time this summer, I have kidnamed Preston Rudinger who is in his fourth year playing. He started out as a walk on at Valpo, then earned a scholarship at Valpo, then transferred to Green Bay Case just a hard playing six to two kid from Appleton was from Oshkosh, Wisconsin. And then I had Jeremiah Johnson, who was a top one hundred, top hundred and fifty kid. And I think he actually compares very favorably to Bronnie. And here's the thing, Okay, if we're actually going to have a real basketball conversation, here's the real basketball conversation. Because though I don't have time to track every G League performance, I do have people in my life that I'm very close to who have do and continue to either coach or evaluate the G League. And he had, you know, one of his games in which he had a bunch of points, he wasn't actually very good, you know, he was like six of nineteen or whatever, and they went from a close game to getting blown out. And then he had another, yet another big game where he played really, really well. He's been up and down in the G League. He's been completely ineffective, and he's not good enough to play in the NBA, and no one really argues with that. They don't. Can he start on my team? Yeah? Probably. My issue with Brownie has always been, like, he's not a point guard. He's not an elite shooter. There's no tracking for any time in his career, high school, college, professionally that he is an elite shooter. Ever, he's not an elite passer, and though he can be, he has some of the skill set of being a good defender. Like the issue that most people myself who actually evaluate basketball is, especially during summer league, he wouldn't guard the big time point guard, the legit dude. You know, he'd go over and kind of hide and guard a shooter. So you know, I think he's I thought he'd actually have a very good college career. My suggestion of the time and would have remained, why not go play for one of your best friends at Ducane, get away from it and just really really develop the confidence of being a scoring combo, because that's his path to success. But yeah, like and and my staff when I said that, they're like, I think he'd start, Like, I don't know that. I don't know what he looks like because when I saw him play in college at USC and less, Andy Enfeld's a complete dope, which I don't think anybody thinks and the NFL's equiped complete dope. He didn't start him because he was behind guards that were better than him. And when he did play, regardless of his stats, they didn't win. They weren't more competitive. They were one of the worst teams in the Pac twelve last year. That wasn't a super strong basketball conference. Now it's a higher level on the horizon. But like, we got good guards in this league, really really good guards. This kid named Bellow at Purdue Fort Wayne. He was a Division two kid who transferred in there. He's tough, he's tough. I would rather have him than have Ronnie. And then the other part too, it is the reality when you're a coach, you're not gonna sit there and throw your own guys on the bus, like, oh, he's better than everybody in my roster. He's not so. But again, if it's about that, why not make it about that instead of just the stray Let's make fun of their record with non text leave you to wonder and why. And the other part is why, Like what is the win in it for Lebron? Now I know you got what do they call what do we call people who are like lebron sycophants on social media?
Stands lebron stands?
Uh?
Just that like the fanboys who bronze sexuals, that's what they are, Bronze sexuals. My my, my instagram is full of bronze sexuals who know nothing about anything other than Lebron, Lebron, Lebron. Like that's that is a weird one too. It's it's creepy to the level of when women and guys used Just remember when Michael Jackson would like travel to Japan and like in his motorcade, people would see him and they just start crying and you're like, what is wrong with those people? Why are you crying at the sight of Michael Jackson? Jay Stu your wed to say, mate, what about saying as you're a little older, right? Do you remember those those videos of like Michael Jackson goes to a foreign country and people actually start crying.
Of course, of course that's how that's how.
I view I think most people view. What is it again, Ryan bron Bronze sexuals, Bronze sexuals.
It's funny that you bring in bronze sexuals if you were hearing from them, because if you read the comments of that tweet, and I encourage our listeners to go to the tweet, it's still up. Most of the comments and I would say a ratio of like nine to one are ripping on Lebron for wasting time tweeting about you after he just cost somebody an All Star spot the day before. And the theory that has been going around the office too, and our guy Dan Byer came up with it, and I think he's right. Lebron was just on his private jet on the way home. Yeah, and you have on Twitter, you have for you, and you have following. He was on his for you, and this tweet just comes up from college basketball news or whatever it is with your record, and it's I think he just did an impulse tweet. Yeah, and there are twenty three laughing emojis and five Coca emojis, just to be precise, do you a Coca? Yeah? I went Coca instead of Herd for the for the Herd audience.
You could have gone number two as well, or or or pooh could then pooh? Do we do Do we say the word pooh anymore? We just say pooh. When you're kids, you go pooh.
If not, we'll clean it up an edit.
We would clean that up and edit to make it sound hip or for the kids.
What.
I don't know. The interesting part to me is like I don't care that he missed the All Star Game. My guess is the reason he didn't bail in the All Star Game, you know before was the league probably told him like, hey, dude, act like you're gonna play, and then you know, and then last second, we'll have you not not play. If we announce that you're not playing, that could hurt the numbers. Let's not do that. I would get I would guess that that was a a league mandated thing more than anything else, because there's there been lots of speculation about, hey, why didn't you just like, why didn't they grab LaMelo ball and throw them in that game? LaMelo would have loved to have been an All Star. My guess is that they wanted Lebron to go through all the pomp, all the circumstances, pretend like he was playing be there, because had he not been in the game, Lebron probably been like, I'm out, I'm taking my private jet and I'm going somewhere nice, Like, yeah, we can't do that, which kind of circles us back to who's the next day to the leak. But I find the whole thing to be just fascinating. That's that somebody who like why does he care? But apparently cares cares enough. He cares enough. But people have asked. I've had lots of people going like, you're and again, this is more bronze sexuals. You could take the heat. You can't dish it out, Like what do you want me to dish out? Do you want me to specifically react to a tweet that has no nothing other than like our record is what it is, like I can't change it, and I don't feel the need to go back and go like, well, you know I didn't have this guy then. I didn't have this then, and we played a top one hundred schedule and we're a you know, a bottom two fifty team. Like that was dumb and like nobody cares. I don't care. They don't care about anything other than either being the most vile people ever or being supportive. There's nothing. There's no one between, there no gray. So like, what do you want me to come back as ooh, you missed the last two game winning shots? Like he's Lebron James. Okay, that was There was no substance to his tweet other than willfully at showing the desire to make fun of a team that he's never watched, he's never paid attention to. And that's funny. I don't know, good for him. That's small guy stuff. That's small guy stuff. Oh, we got breaking news in the NBA, huge breaking news in the NBA. How does it affect this season and what does it mean going forward? You'll find out next time. Doug golif this is the hurt.
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Doug Godibin for Collin. This is the Herd. Fox Sports Radio iHeartRadio app. Welcome, Welcome, Welcome in. UH Breaking news in the NBA. The breaking news of the NBA is Victor Webbin Yama is going to miss the remainder of the season apparently has deep deep vein thrombosis in his shoulder. Deep vein thrombosis in his shoulder. I don't know what any of that means. It's basically like a blood clot in the shoulder. They believe it's an isolated incident. Why is it important it's isolated. If you have blood clots, then it's very hard to ever play the NBA because they gotta put you on blood their medication, and then there's all these steps you got to go through, and then if you come off it, then you can get clots. Obviously, we know, you know blood clotting. You know those things can can break loose and can wreck havoc on your entire body. So right now that is the breaking news. What does it mean and how do we how as the league reacting to another rating slip, in another incarnation of the All Star Game? And and what do we make of Luca and Lebron now that we saw them last night fall to the Charlotte Hornets. For that, I think we need to get funky. Let's get some funky cole. Mark Medina joining us. He's our Fox Sports Radio NBA insider. He has his own you don't have his entry music. Okay, maybe I'll hummet for Mark Madina joins us Fox Sports Radio NBA Insider. Okay, webin Yama's out for the year? How fearful are the Spurs that there's something bigger than just this one off?
Like, well, the Spurs are certainly concerned enough to shut him down for the rest of the season, but they're encouraged enough that they expect him to make a full recovery before next season. So I think the way the Spurs look at it is they must dodged a bullet here. You know, blood clots are something you never take lightly. He may recall Doug Chris Bosh had to end his career early and retire because he had multiple blood clots. But here is the key distinction. Victor Wabinama has a single blood clot in his shoulder. It's not spread anywhere else out his body, but obviously the Spurs want to take precautionary measures, not just because of what he obviously means to this franchise, but for his long term health.
Okay, NBA All Star Game, they tried something different, doesn't seem to have worked. Still catching criticism and the ratings drop lower yet again. What's the league's future plans looking like for the All Star Game?
Well, for better and mostly for worse. I think All Star plans are always fluid. You know, it's not going to go away because it is still a moneymaker, even if it's felt like this corporate, you know, convention trade show. But they have to find a better solution because we've seen time and time again they add a new format, it just creates new problems. And what this the new problems were this year is that you had a little bit better intensity because of the pride factor and you're playing to a score, but it was interrupted with even more commercial time and that long presentation for the inside the NBA guys in the finals game. So if I had a guess moving forward next year, add into a dome in LA. They go back to East West format, and it's about, Look, we're not going to do any more gimmicks. Just try hard and act like you know you can give it, you know what, just to put on an entertaining show. No game seven intensity. It's not a playoff matchup. Everyone should be healthy, but at least put on an entertaining show for the fans. But you know, Doug, you and I have talked a lot about All Star weekend. It seems unsolvable, So I have skepticism on any solution. But that's my guess on what will happen next year.
S Doug Gottibin for Collins. I heard Fox Sports Radio, iHeart Radio app. Mark Benina is our guest, is our Fox Sports Radio NBA insider Mark. Let's go to Crypto. Last night, Lakers have a big lead and lose. LaMelo goes, you know, right around the traffic cone that is Luca towards at the end of the game, and Lebron misses two game tying three point shots. It look, it's just one game. It's a it's a game in which they they missed, they had to make. It's a makeup game. But you got any takeaways from watching those two play together?
Yeah, there's a lot of takeaways, the extending way and circums. Yes, you understand. You mentioned the makeup game post All Star breaks. Sometimes that first game is really sluggish. Luka Doncic, he's played only three games with them, not only just with the Lakers, but since Christmas with his injury. But what this means big picture, I don't have concerns about Luca's conditioning or his injury that's going to round in the form. I feel like his intentions were good. He was competing, even though his passes were way off and the shots were way off. He was still trying to make the right play, but he was trying too hard. Now, I think what is going to be interesting moving forward is how did they decide and crunch time, what is the best play Lebron James or Luka Doncic. In yesterday's game, the answer was fairly obvious. He'd go with Lebron because he was shooting the ball a lot better. But I think all things being equal, you know, theoretically, Lucas should be the guy taking a shot because that's just how he's geared and Lebron's you know, for all his greatness, he is great at making the past, So that's what I'm gonna be curious about looking forward. And then the other thing is just defensively, what do they do? They can't defend anyone. You mentioned LaMelo ball getting the best of Luca doncis. There's a reason after that play that Luca was held out, you know, on final possessions for defensive purposes. So they have a lot of questions on what they can do in the backcourt on defense as well as in the front court because outside of Jackson Hay, they don't really have much size.
Okay, Kevin Durant said came out and said, Hey, the reason I didn't want to be traded Golden State? Was it anything negati about Golden State? I just want to see this thing through with with my team. But at least the speculation this is probably the last run with Phoenix. What do people think about now that the thing has been reshuffled? Are who's the favorite? I mean, like Oklahoma City looks like they should be the favorite, but they did nothing in the playoffs last year. Dallas looks like they should be dynamic defensively, but they're not healthy and they don't have Luca, and we don't really know right the Lakers don't look like they can guard anybody. Golden State looks better, but how much better? Like It's really hard to figure out what do people in the league think of the West Now.
Yeah, I think the feeling is the Thunder is still the favor, but not the predominant favor. And you still have to consider the Memphis Grizzlies. They've been playing at a really high level even with John Moran having some overlapping injuries, because Sharon Jackson Junior has been a really great defensive player has increased his versatility offensively. The Nuggets, they were a hot mess at the beginning of the season and they still have some structural issues as far as lack of depth, and you know on questions about Jamal Murray and Aaron Gordon's shore ability. But they have this guy in Nikoleyjokic who is still in the MVP running because he has been able to keep that team afloat. But I still give the edge of the Thunder. I'm with you, Doug. I understand the inexperience, but I think Shay's taking this game to another level this year where he's not just the isolation score. He's good at getting other guys involved. They have so many wing defenders, Alex Caruso, Jalen Williams, Lou Dort. You think about what that means in a playoff series. They're not going to shut down top scores, but they can just throw multiple bodies at them. And Chet Holmgren's not even back yet. So I don't think it's inevitable they get to the NBA Finals, but if I had to make a prediction, it is and then out East. I think it's really between Boston Cleveland. I think it's a seven game series. Each team has its own case, with Boston's championship experience, most of their team intact, and Cleveland just really taking their chemistry to another level this season. I mean, Doug, you and I believe talked about that fit last year with Donovan Mitchell, Darius Garland, Jared Allen, Evan Mobley. We've seen that both of those players in the back in front court can go exist and complement each other really well. And that's a testament to those guys as well as just how Kenny Atkinson's managed the offense.
Okay, let let's get let's get to the East. Obviously, people know and respect Boston Yeah, Cleveland's lurking out there. They didn't do anything to tinker with their roster. Think it feeling like, hey, we're good enough? Are they?
They are? But I think that they're mindful and we should be mindful that regular season dominance doesn't always translate into the playoffs. I mean, you can think of the Houston Rockets in twenty eighteen, the Phoenix Suns a few years ago. They had deep playoffs success, but you also did wonder did some of that intensity catch up to them in the playoffs and you know, allow FATI to catch up to them. I think that they have such a complete team that they'll be okay. It's just that Boston's really, really good, and a lot of their shortcomings just has to do with the fact that they're nursing the hangover that a lot of championship teams have. They're going through those walls. I don't see anything fundamentally wrong with the team. I know a lot is made about how they're jacking fifty three is the game, and there's always questions about Porzingis's durability, But I don't think that those two areas are going to make or break their championship. For Fortunes. It starts with Jason Tatum and Jaylen Brown, and I think for the most part they've been basically carrying the same kind of production they did last season.
They take on Philadelphia tonight. Lakers travel to Portland tonight. Game one for everybody else not named the Lakers and the Hornets, although the Hornets are are back in action in Denver tonight. Congratulate stepf you win night. You have to go play in the outstitude against arrested Nikola Jokic. Mark, you're the best man. Welcome back. It's the second part of the NBA seasons. Who get ready for the playoffs. Can't wait to talk more with you. Thanks for being our guest.
Right back at you, sir, I appreciate it.
All right. That's Mark Padina, the funky Cole Medina. Let's get you to Jason Stewart with the news.
No, no, this is the third line news.
Jay Stu what you got, my.
Friend, Doug, I'm going to bring up a couple of things here that I think you are uniquely built to respond to. Phil Okay news from this morning. Andy Slater at Fox Sports six forty says that Carson Beck, the new quarterback of the Miami Hurricanes has had his Mercedes and his Lamborghini stolen.
Happened to me last night, your sue.
Maybe it's just.
Well, my Lamborghini was stolen. The Mercedes. Somebody just took a joy ride too, you know, That's what I think.
It was somebody in Lebron's crew that may have stolen your cars. No one knows what happens with Carson's now, Doug, if I was to say to you five years ago that the quarterback of one of the most successful football programs in the country would opt out and leave that program for the Miami Hurricanes and make upwards of philipore million dollars and something called name, image and license, and then he would have his Mercedes and Lamborghini stolen from his home, what would you have said five years ago?
I would have said, that's the most of Miami story. Like, I'm not sure that those the Miami guys didn't have Lamborghinis back before it was legal. Right, Let's just let's just be honest. Grant aid at Miami is a little bit different than grant aid at some of the other fine institutions in this country. Yeah, it's a weird sign of times. I mean, look, there's there's all different all different parts to it, like how the nil stuff works with the cars. Who pays for the insurance? I don't know. And you know his girlfriend is one of the Cavendar twins, right, yes, I think I think one of the cars is hers.
Oh man, I just I can't believe so much to this story.
Yeah, and here's another one who steals cars anymore?
How could you steal car? I mean, especially those cars you think security would be very tough to crack.
Well, it's not just that, but like most cars have it's they're kind of easy to trace them now, you know.
Yeah, I remember they.
Used to have LoJack. Do they still have Lowjack? Do you remember a LoJack system? Lowjack?
I think LoJack is the map quest of security that I think it's had its day and now they just have regular GPS.
Yeah. But like every car has some sort of censer on to where you can track it where it is. I think especially cars, you know, like a Lamborghini. My guess is it's got some on it. So the whole just the idea of a stolen car is really if you steal cars, But I guess it's Miami and a stolen Lamborghini in Miami, right, doesn't stick out like a stolen Lamborghini with in Athens, Georgia. Yeah, the point I think with the Mercedes, there's a lot to that story. Well what I have said, I would have said, that's the most Miami story ever.
So you know more about this than I do. But Bobby Hurley and the Sun Devils are struggling. Kelvin Sampson is the head coach of Houston and Houston beat Arizona State earlier this week, handing them their sixth straight loss eleventh in their last thirteen.
Mine, that's nothing.
Yeah, I was gonna say, I found this comment game.
You remember our sixth straight loss.
Yeah, Calvin said this after the game about Bobby Hurley and his team.
I hate to see it as I been there.
We all have.
I coached a team at Washington State that lost eighteen in a row. Yeah, I mean, it's not easy.
It affects every part of your life.
I don't know his life, but a gnaws at her, It nawls at his children.
It's amazing how people use that as a game. It's not a game. It's not funny, it's not something to talk about.
It's not something to make fun of.
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I love it. I love it, you know. It's it's interesting. When we lost our nineteenth in row, I texted Bill's stuff because Bill's first year at Oral Roberts. They lost eighteen round. It was like, I got you beat and he sent me a nice text. I won't share. It's, you know, but for the most part it's the same sort of message, and it's that's the thing I take most pride in. You know, there's some there's a couple of more articles. Obviously, the athletic article came out last week. I don't know the week before. I don't remember what it came out. There's been other people following us around. And you know, even though we want to we won a game before, we would want to gain if you came to our practices, it was not like a funeral procession. It just wasn't. It doesn't mean every day was super fun, and you know, we're doing circus tricks, but the guys just have a great spirit about that, and that spirit is kind of reinvigorated by winning a game. So look, I understand that you're here. Here's the reality to it. This is actually how I feel about Lebron. You know Lebron a long time ago. We talk about people on social media and maybe people in the media, you know, picking apart things he's done or hasn't done well, or whatever shots he's missed. And I think the point he made was it's about like, obviously there's something going on in your life that that you want to lash out at mine, right, and so it's pretty obvious, like if you want to have fun at my expense or taking over a team and at this level of college basketball where it's it's not easy. And I had five kids remaining from last year's roster and we had to rebuild it and we lost our best player to injury. Like it's okay, I know I was gonna I'm gonna learn a lot. But the difference in the people that are in it for the right reasons and for the long haul are the are what Kelvin said, what what Bill self said to me. The real of it is lots of people have been through it, and it's how you choose to work out of it. Thanks she's worked out but I do appreciate you playing that sound. And it's crazy because I mean, like even mill SEL's team and at Kansas struggled the Big Twelve, like college basketball so competitive. Watched Missouri last night beat Alabama. They didn't win a game in the SEC last year, you know, because you're putting together teams in the fly and sometimes the chemistry doesn't mix, and then you get injuries and then it just snowballs on who happens? That's heard line news, Well that's the news, and thanks for stopping by the Herd.
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Doug Gottliebin for Colin just to hurt Fox Sports Radio, iHeartRadio App, Welcome in. So there has been a lot of plaver plaver from other teams fans of other teams. You watch the MLB Network as we're getting ready for the Major League season. On the defending champ La Dodgers spending a bunch of money, Like, what didn't they spend a bunch of money last offseason and then this offseason they spent even more. Here's here's Rob Manfred's at a spring training event when he was asked about the spending by the Dodgers over the past two seasons.
The Dodgers have gone out and done everything possible, always within the rules that currently exist, to put the best possible team on the field. And I think that's a great thing for the game. That type of competitive spirit is what people want to see. I said this at the owner's meetings. I'll say it again. It's clear that we have fans in some markets that are concerned about the ability of the team, in their minds market to compete with the financial resources of the Dodgers. And I think if we've been consistent on one point, it is we try to listen to our fans on topics like this, and I have heard people on this, believe me.
Yeah. So look, I look at the Dodgers like I look at Netflix, and the big story in the sports world in the past day and a half is Netflix is trying to get in on NFL Sunday Sunday NFL broadcast rights, right, and you're like, how are the two comparable? Well, Netflix is making a killing, right, making a killing. And they've they've they've dove head deep into live sporting events with the Paull fight versus uh what versus Mike Tyson, right, and obviously that along with the NFL games is the Christmas Day games. They've worked And this was the same company that started out. First time you heard of Netflix was probably, hey, do I pay for one DVD at once? Or do I get three and have to put them back in those little paper packages. Then they expanded and they became a streaming giant, and now they're worth more than Disney, Like that's crazy crazy. But instead of sitting on their laurels and say this is what we got this, who are keep developing shows, keep pushing forward, which they're doing now they're expanding the Dodgers like, look the show hey contract which essentially everything is deferred freeze up a bunch of money. Well, if you freed up a bunch of money and you're making a bunch of money, you might as well go spend it and keep getting better. It's not like the Dodgers have won the last ten World Series and outspent all their opponents, and it's getting lame already. Right up until last year, they'd only won the COVID Your World Series since nineteen eighty eight, so they got every right to keep going after it. They don't violate any of the collective Bartyon Agreement laws like there's you're just you're complaining more about your team and your lack of a plan. And oh yeah, by the way, creating a behemoth, creating a super team I think is good for the league. It is gives you somebody root for, gives you somebody root against. And the league's not dumb, right their numbers and the Red Sox, you know they have a very good farm system. I don't. I mean, this is not the Red Sox year. But Yankees, Dodgers, Red Sox. They get the Cubs going again. You know, they need somebody else out West, be it the Giants or something. The fact is that the when baseball was at its peak in ratings during my professional lifetime. Okay, so I've been doing this since two thousand and three, nationally was right when I started, right, And I believe that one of the reasons they expanded the playoffs was that they would always have the Yankees and the Red Sox Yankees or now the Yankees and the Red Sox in the playoffs. Those drove the ratings bus the Dodgers drive the International and West Coast raidings, So why wouldn't you celebrated And oh yeah, by the way, you don't necessarily need to spend all that money on a yearly basis to win, as we've seen from other teams. But complaining about the expansion of a team that's killing it and doing well is complaining about Netflix trying to do new things. Anybody who runs a business does keep going, keep pushing, keep diversifying. If you don't, if you don't involve, everybody else will, and everybody else will catch up to you, all right. Coming up next in the Herd, Lakers lose after having a huge lead to the Hornets. What did we learn? I'll take you next time. Doug Gottlie been for Collin.
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