Hour 1 – The OKC Thunder Quit

Published Jun 20, 2025, 6:11 AM

Jason and Mike are talking NBA Finals. The impact of the injury on Haliburton’s game greatly exaggerated? And Adrian Peterson got into a fistfight over a hand of poker!

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Well.

We got big sport.

We got four big events going on ere the four box for this one.

Right now, two, three, four.

Game six of the NBA Finals, Gold Cup, United States and Saudi Arabia. We got Caitlin Clark about the tip off, got the Dodgers after all the drama with Ice today about to play.

We have we have four we have we need four big excuse like.

The final scene of Phantom Menace, all the big four battles going on at once.

I got four big things happen.

This is really exciting because we still have two that the teams may actually show up and play. Thus far, we've got nothing from the Thunder, We've got nothing from the United States. And then we can wait for those other games to see if we actually get efforts on all sides.

How about that and that Tyrese Haliburton? All right? Is he metahuman?

Did they get him with a tranquilizer dart that you would normally use on an elephant to get him through?

Or can we admit that Game five he no showed?

Buddy, Buddy, I told you this last night, right right now, sixty four to forty two, Pacers lead the Thunder at halftime. This game is over look two big things from this game now. The first one is I told you after game two it's gonna go seven, and it's gonna go the Pacers win Game three, Thunder win Game four, and then it's going home, home home. What have we've seen so far? Paces won Game three, Thunder one, Game four, home home, and then home for the Thunder on Sunday, I.

Told you that, really you don't need forget.

Let's Steven Smith play solitaire, just have me on say listen, here's how the series is gonna go. Tune back in in game seven, and that's they're gonna split home home home. And that's exactly what we saw because look, this is a tonight where the Thunder came in and they said, okay, we'll give it a go.

For the first quarter.

We'll see, but we're okay putting this away and coming back and getting some rest and going back for game seven.

And that's how it's gone.

Right. The Pacers have been able to control the play despite the fact they're not playing incredibly well. They're still hitting more shots than Oklahoma City, but they are controlling the pace. Yeah, somewhere in the middle part of the second quarter, the Oklahoma City Thunder decided, Yeah, it's okay. Isaiah Hartenstein's getting out rebounded by TJ McConnell. They're playing sloppy and getting passes, they're getting jumped in passing lanes. This is exactly how I thought tonight was gonna go. They weren't gonna come in and win Game six. It was gonna be we'll try for a quarter and if we're up by ten or twelve, then we're gonna keep going. But no, it's not what happened. And the Pacers took the lead and they've just been running away with it ever since.

Three point game.

After one quarter Indiana with the lead, you see McConnell, who's playing like he's six' ten and plastic man at, times it seems with the passing lanes what he's able to. Do and then doubled up in the second quarter thirty six, seventeen your final their tail of the. Tape nine three point makes for The pacers in the first, half as opposed to one by Your Oklahoma city thunder Again Tyrese haliburton diving out of bounds to save.

Balls.

Whatever, AGAIN i have to ask the question because everybody was quick to defend him and rub his shoulders and tell him how great he. Was, meanwhile you Mentioned steven A. Smith you saw the human shield he used in the. Pregame, Right, LOOK i have a daughter. Too, ah you can't come at. ME i have a daughter and here she, is, say you, know bottom of the. Deck kind they're both playing. Solitaire so they're they're. Playing they're playing that race.

Solitaire whereas that when you, race the when you race whoever finishes, first like you do that if you can finish within three minutes or two and a half minutes and you do, that that the race, Solitaire like that's kind of. Funk ay, ready, yeah go and. Go but, yeah it's speed.

Solitaire, uh that's WHAT i said it. Was you said.

Speed, NO i said it was race. Like you're racing like you're racing. Solitaire that's what it. Is but there's there's solitaire and then there's that.

One that's WHAT i. Meant that's that. True, yeah what what'd you THINK i?

Meant were you're gonna say, something oh, Controversial now let's say it was.

Racing it's a rate, racing racing to get it. Done that's WHAT i. Explained you just need to be race here.

They were or speed? Solitaire? Speed you need the race Like Brad pitt IN f. One, Sure Hey Brad PITT f, one go see it in the biggest ring. Possible june twenty. Seven but, look the last couple of, nights what what?

What what do we?

Say we talked About Tyrese, haliburton the. Injury the impact of the in On halliburton's game grossly, exaggerated AND i kind of felt weird talking about the last couple. Nights i'm, like this is just WHAT i. SEE i, MEAN i don't doubt that his calf is dinged up a little, Bit but, boy we got so much publicly about his injury after one of the WORST Nba finals games you could possibly. Have where he's someone that listens to what is said about him all the, time he knows what has.

Said he.

Disagreed you saw it during during the. Playoffs, oh people say, this and they say, this and they say. This his game is all about confidence and there's games where he doesn't show up.

For so what were? They what were The pacers worried?

ABOUT i am sure coming off that horrible game for, boy we can't afford another bad game like this For Tyrese. Haliburton how do we defend?

It?

Oh the next day From shams run next, day, boom we get The we get the. Report, HEY mri coming dealing with a strain cap right away early in the. Morning hey dealing with a strain Caf, oh, okay, Okay. Mri M mariah is. Fine he practiced. Yesterday, uh he's playing. Tonight he looks. Fine halliburton tonight for The pacers has two points and four. Assists we were fed that injury simply to put take the pressure off of. Him so for two. Days, haliburton who was someone who listens to what is said about again all the, time he's someone that needs that level of. Confidence and The pacers, Decided i'm, sure, hey we're gonna give. Him we're gonna Help matt a little bit here by getting this out there because that will hopefully stem the criticism of him and the bad.

Game, well you can't rip. Him he he's he's.

Hurt he's played thirty four, minutes he played in game five thirty four, minutes he played perpetrated eighteen, minutes and he said he's had tonight so. FAR i told you this is what it. Was this is what it. Was he's gonna play in game. Six he's, fine he's moving. Fine this was simply done to give him a. Bailout so it wasn't two days Of, Wow halliburton's terrible and how does he deal with? This they wanted to find a way to make an excuse for him so he could come back and and everybody and all the critics would back off, him so you wouldn't see as much criticism of him when you WATCHED espn Or fox or tuned in and Watch colin in the morning Or dan or whatever it. Was you wanted to make sure that that was that was not gonna be a thing that affected him going into this. Game and congratulations because it's worked and the paces are up by twenty two as we start the second.

Half that's why we have to talk things into. EXISTENCE i, mean that's what we do. HERE i mean it is a day for doing. That Uh so we we were watching this. SQUAD i, NEED i need the thunder to give some sort of effort, though because otherwise what AM i gonna?

Watch? MAN i had to watch The dodgers And padres and hope we Got we Got.

Padres we're gonna Have Kaitlin clark in a few. Minutes we GOT usmnt the second half in a scoreless game Against Saudi.

Arabia got a half assed through that first first. Half how many water breaks did we? Get did we get some orange? Slices while we were it was like.

It was youth soccer because of the weather In atlanta that there were a lot of there. There there was a couple of.

Em all, right stop the, game he needs.

Help we're gonna. Indoors uh, No well it's still, hot is, it? Tott it's still, hot extra water, breaks it's still if it's, indoors it's always sixty, eight it's still it's.

Still always sunny In.

Philadelphia but With, helibert and it was funny because earlier today it became the, well you, know if it was any other kind of time of, year he wouldn't. Go but this is a multi week. Injury but if he can, walk he's gonna. Play it's like it's a multi week. Injury he's in a he's in a surgical unit having that work done right, now he's not playing in AN nba, game and certainly not to the level of minutes to the effort just a couple of days later from the no show effort we saw In game.

Five so good godspeed for THE.

Nba it's also good news because it looks like they get Their game. Seven So Adam silver wins. Again he gets The lakers sale yesterday and now you get, this so extra bonus time for THE, nba which will take us right up into the draft.

Talk, yeah, no it's.

PERFECT i mean a couple of those guys might actually show up for a workout that.

They're supposed to.

Do, no, NO i know you need to show up and say you don't want to work out for that, team and the team still saying we're still thinking about drafting.

OUT i think all those things could. HAPPEN i think it's fine, now but, LOOK i mean when when you break.

Down The halliburton, STORY i, mean it sounds weird to say that a team is making an excuse for a guy so we could avoid. Criticism but that's exactly what it looks, like, RIGHT i, mean, yeah multi week injury during the regular hit really multi week, injury multi week.

Injury team do this all the. Time this one goes rises above the. Level isn't that the language we use on flagrant? Falls rise to the level of whatever term you want to use to close that. Off but, yeah he's flying around like he's in game one of a regular.

SEASON i mean it TOOK i will say. This the first couple of. Minutes it did look like. It it did look like he was kind of a step, slow AND i, thought, okay let's see how he's really affected, Here but it more it just looks like he did some time to get into the, game because you, know he started out he missed a couple of shots. Early he missed him, long you, know so it's not like he was he was really, struggling so you know when you miss your. Shots, Along, okay he's coming, out he's jacked, up he's hyped. Up BUT i, thought, okay maybe a little bit here in the beginning he's affected by. It but now the way the game is, going it feels like he just needed time to get, going because now.

It looks he looks like he's had he needed to.

Rest playing kidding, now sometimes some guys get into games different, ways And halliburton is no. Different where sometimes they can dominate from the, start sometimes they need five minutes to see how things are going to, go how he's going to be defended and you and the. War the way this game went, on it was, okay he just needed a couple of minutes to get, going and now here come the, Pacers and it clearly looks like this injury was not that he's not, hurt Because i'm sure he, is but this was overhyped because, Hey halliburton can't deal with the criticism between. Games we need to have him as confident as he can. Be so that's why we have what we, have and that clearly looks like what it. IS i can't fault a good strategy with most.

Things but in a sporting world where we talk about betting lines and and that h tenuous relationship that we have with all of, that the money as it flows from betting syndicates and the advertising behind home plate or or on the scoreboards or whatever, else injuries are something you shouldn't be dancing with quite the same. Way egos G i guess would be an extension of. That so here we have what we do tonight plus twenty seven fourteen, points four, assists couple of and a, rebound two steals For. Haliburton tonight big. Effort, hey we get a game, seven so everybody wins unless you get a furious. Comeback but it doesn't look like the thunder are gonna mount much of an effort in that.

Regard oh, no, no, no, no they're they're. Done they're Not they're not gonna go Creg they're. Done twenty two at a half. TIME tj McConnell is out Rebounding Isaiah hartenstein.

UNDERNEATH i, mean come, on but he went Next. Dick he remembered his.

Heritage WHEN i saw that play in the first, HALF i, said this is the moment, where you, know the thunder of, quit where it's the two of them battling for a rebound and it looks like when when when you're battling with your older brother who's like four years older than. You he happens to be you, know when your brother is six two and you're five to five and he's just like grabbing the ball up and you're you're jumping and trying to grab, it and and he's feeling real lazy because he Knows i'm told me to get the ball all the. Time except McConnell just wouldn't, stop wouldn't, stop wouldn't, stop gets in the, spot was able to jar the ball loose and grab the. Rebound that was the MOMENT i knew the thunder. Done that they've put this away For. Sunday the energizer bunny attitude of. McConnell he's become a folk, Hero. Sonny that's, good so we get a rise of a new hero in THESE Nba finals but, yeah twenty four point, burial eight minutes remaining in the. Third so this is where we sit right. Now, again it is still a big. Burial looks like we're headed To game. Seven if something big crazy, happens of, course we'll keep you posted on.

It but thunder one of sixteen from three point. Range it, is it has.

Been it has been a boat racing since the early part of the second. Quarter so again we'll have on this coming up next, though we have two of the big controversies of the day to get.

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Radio The Jason Smith show With My Best Friend Mike harmon and, uh, boy we told you the thunder weren't gonna come back in this. Game and boy were we. Right seventy, three forty, six now six minutes to go in the third. Quarter he uh looks, like WE'RE i feel pretty. Safe we're headed to get. SEVEN i feel pretty good about.

THAT i feel. CHEATED i feel pretty. Good why do you feel? Cheated you didn't see this?

Coming, no, no, no it's it's fine that The pacers. Win the lack of, effort no, hustle no no. Drive it was a three point.

Game after a. Quarter, yeah and then it was, like, nah what are you gonna?

Do It's game six of the. Finals, yeah but where's your killer? Instant but, dude this is your let's. Battle this is a final. Buzzer this, lord but, dude you've seen AN nba. Game this is how it goes in the. Playoffs teams give away. Games we don't feel we need to go to the wall to try to Win game, Six so we're gonna lose by twenty?

Five how many twenty five and thirty point burials over the course of the. Playoffs that don't make sense unless you realize teams are not teams are not going all out to. Win they'll start the game and, say all, right let's see how it. Goes maybe we get hot from, three maybe somebody gets in foul, trouble but it doesn't go that, way and the team in the middle of the first half, decide, yeah not our, night probably not our. Night let's put it, away let's get, ready let's not really exert. Our we'll be ready for game. SEVEN i get a game, TWO i get a. Game do you got a chance to close things? Out?

Yeah you, Go, ah what are you gonna? Do we're not playing.

GREAT i, Mean adam silver better had That richard gear outfit on From chicago as he starts tap dancing singing about how we got a game.

Seven, well this is, why and it won't.

Change but if you want something, great off off of this with a with a thirty point burial here going.

On this is.

Why THE nba playoff series at seven games are too.

Long they're too.

Long because this is generally what we get at least one or two games in each in each, series wherever you're, at is that one team, Decides, okay we've done it and we're just gonna give this game.

Away.

Right if you had a five game, series you would see a lot more attention to. Detail you wouldn't see games like this each. Game the quality of it would be terrific top to bottom because suddenly it's a shorter series and we could show up and we can, lose and what kind of advantage do we? Have you will get the best basketball both teams have over that five game, series, right game seven. Games but everything THE nba does is too long. Too the regular season is too, Long the playoffs are too. Long, no no season takes more to finish their playoffs than THE nba. Does everything is too. Long and but what you're talking about games like, Tonight, yeah five games would be. Perfect five give me five game playoff series they. Move it would be like pace of play In Major League. Baseball he would, Say, wow, look THESE nba playoffs are amazing all the. Way this month and a half has been, fantastic hotly.

Contented did every game down to the?

Wire and Instead i'm wondering what kind of thunder legends we can trot out for the final.

Quarter it's not many thunder.

Legends i'm grasp you bring out all the other guys to AN mvpkd comes, Out westbrook comes.

Out, hey all, right, GUYS.

I don't know they can GET kd back or or they or they just put The fever and The valkyrie on on you know the.

Overhead, hey, okay this, game we're up by twenty. Five.

Here let's, say, hey Kay, Kayla clark's playing a night game. Tonight all, right playing on The west. Coast let's, go let's watch we now take you to a more competitive.

Contest and they switching to DoD, Dodgers dodres or the dude in the uh the Pirates mullpen wanting to fight the.

Fans.

Yeah, Yeah like you're in the sports park AND i just GOT i got ANY TV i, want, Right i'll whatever you want is on. There whenever you can get whatever you. Want sit at the, game enjoy the enjoy the burial that's going, on and we'll give you any other sporting event and you want to. See, okay that's great, stuff. MAN i think for thunder and, HISTORY i, mean what do we Getting Nick?

Collison uh.

Yeah, yeah because most of the guys are are Still Seattle, SuperSonics most of their leader.

Board yeah, yeah but BUT i mean now would be more like you would Need pacer legends because you know the games In. India, hey, okay well it's. Blady take a look.

There you know they're all there soaking up every minute they.

CAN i Mean Obi toppins in the game Playing Obie topping AND tj eight first quarterborting at. All just how you, know just Bring meloncamp out to do a couple of songs and, uh it'd be great polarizing guy right. Now, yeah just bring him right out to do small town and Use knackafee's head as. Drums, yeah, right everybody knows small town right Nowtown no can read it is. Smelt so that's what's happening right. Now middle of the third. Quarter it is still a twenty five point lead for The pacers over The. Thunder we are getting ready for game. Seven uh, meanwhile time now for the play of the. Day brought to you by Tire. Rack for over forty, Years tirerec's been Open customers find the right tires for, how what and where they, drive shipped fast and, free backed by free road hazard protection with convenient installation options like mobile tire. Installation tirerack Dot com is the way tire buying should be well here we go.

On a big.

Night i'm crossing my fingers hoping that one thing is not the play of the. Day cattleburton has it free from the left hand right through the.

Liddle he's had a better time.

There cass defensive. Solid got to heat up here a little. Bit there Was halliburton on the Call Pacers. Radio The halliburton first half pretty. Good the injury overstated the excuses made for him the last couple of. Days so he doesn't have to walk around.

And go everybody just hate for. Me i'm just going in the tank And i'm not showing up for any more of these. Games he just don't like. Me, NO i don't. Worry we'll put.

Out a story that you're, really really, hurt and everybody won't criticize.

You oh, okay, yeah, yeah we'll get it To. Sham's we'll really.

Overplay we'll say you Got MRIs, coming we'll say it's a multi week. Injury all these things will do for. You can you can you be happy about? That, well if no one says THAT i played bad in game, five you can get rid of. That that'd be. Awesome it's perfect that you got his name in there because this borderline.

Shams great shams the twenty twenty five. Season, yeah fantastic night For, halliburton no question about. It and you know it was a lot of chattered The Scottie pippen chiming in On Jailer williams and, all uh is this is migrain game because he's been a no show.

Tonight.

No, yeah well well you know the thing is right then when you can question the no, show all, right but the migraine is like, okay well the migraine is really, obvious, Right, HEY i can't go back and why we're gonna set that shows?

TONIGHT i GOT i gotta grab what'son From we're.

Gonna set that lash out up For tony Kok. Coach wait WHAT i can't go back, in can't go in the. Game i'm done think about.

It if he's gone anywhere else, Though Ku coach could have been a legend, instead he was a, yeah secondary player.

In a great. Career, yeah hall of.

Famer, no they all thought he was gonna be the next, guy, Right like, like, okay The jordan Pipp and era is we've got to segue away from.

It, hey here Comes tony Kok coach and he's gonna be that. Guy, okay, no not so. Much but by that.

Point myers was gonna be the. Guy Pete myers was never gonna be the.

Guy what are you talking, To Beat, Myers Pete Myerste? Myers you want? To aren't you glad he didn't give you a strider? Highlight?

UH i thought we were gonna GET i thought it was gonna Get olsen's three.

Run it's a, double BUT i didn't get. THAT i Got. Haliburton but that's, Okay and how it suck out to you? Today what what's going?

ON i THINK i Think frostburg's obviously saving that for some other, time saving, That, okay he, says lying in, wait, yeah, yeah, yeah he's waiting on sometimes you know sometimes when you, know when you don't think it's coming and it comes later, on it's a, surprise all.

Right so he's JUST i believe we're just saving.

That so the sucker punch is Still, yeah you get like WHAT i. Said here's What Rick carlisle had to say after the. Game, oh basis loaded for.

Us here we.

Go oh there it is down the. Line that's gonna clear the. Bases we're gonna that's. Fair we're GONNA i see your.

Point.

Uh so, again still a big lead for The. Thunder halliburton on the bench right. NOW i don't know if he comes, back they might not need.

Him.

Uh it has been a blowout for The pacers from the. Beginning four and a half to go on the third, quarter seventy five fifty.

Six uh with the.

Lead we'll have more on this story coming up in a few, minutes and coming up in ninety, seconds we will have more on the controversy today that happened with The dodgers hours before their game against The. Padres but, First Monte bolanos has what's trending in the wide world of. Sports she has the over in goals between The United states And Saudi, arabia and she is not feeling good right.

Now. Yeah, No i've lost all my. Money, yeah well this is not over. Yet by the way they're, playing it seems LIKE i don't anyone's, good you know What i'm. Saying i'm just, yeah it has not been a fun.

Game, Look saudi is better Than trinidad And. Tobago so it is a little bit of an optics sure is that there?

Is there is?

That, Yes so scoreless BETWEEN Usa Saudi arabia after fifty six.

Minutes this Is Group.

Diata the Kuon Kakov Gold, Cup trinidad And haiti finished tied one one earlier, today did you bet that?

One NO i did? Not NO i did.

Not in THE Nba game, six THE Nba Playoffs, Finals, Yeah pacers came out not.

Great they missed their first eight, shots.

And then all of a sudden they got. Going it's been All pacers really since. Then seventy eight to fifty seven is a score with less than four minutes to go in the third.

QUARTER.

Okc between the end of the second quarter and the start of the third, quarter they almost went seven minutes without scoring a.

Point they just can't get the ball in the.

Basket they are two of seventeen from the three Shake Gildess alexander is a leading scorer for The. Thunder he's got twenty one points Before. Indiana the scoring by committee is in full. Effect Andrew nemhart is now the leading. Scorer he's got, fifteen But Tyre's halliburn who's on the.

Bench he's got.

Fourteen Pascal siakam thirteen off the, Bench obi topping eleven BUT tj, McConnell.

I, mean you guys said.

It earlier today he was out Rebounding. Hartenstein he's got eight, Points he's got five, rebounds five assists in this game, six elimination game For, indiana but it looks like we are going to a game. Seven in, baseball The pirates and The tigers had to rain delay in the bottom of the ninth inning In, detroit tied at four a. Piece now it's the bottom of the tenth inning In detroit and The pirates are up eight to, four but The tigers have a man on first and and, third but they're down to their final two, outs two outs to. Go orioles are still up on the race four to one top of the ninth, inning And Xander, bogarts who has not been hitting the ball, well has hit a home run off Of yamamoto at at At Dodger, stadium So padres are up one zero top of the second. Inning earlier today in, baseball The braves outscored The mets seven to.

One But Juan soto has reached one thousand career.

Hits jason so at least there's.

That, Yeah.

Yeah Ryle schwarmer his twenty Third, Yeah Carl schwarmer has hit his twenty third homer of the season in The phillies edge of The marlins two to. One back to you, guys has somebody hit a Gold, no nobody's two.

And a half goals in? That? Yes is that really the over? Under don't stop like you didn't bet it's so you don't know. This OH i didn't know that at.

All the eye roll for THOSE i mean it wasn't on, camera but, yeah the eye.

Roll we just did have a. Crossbar he just hit the. Crossbar hard, boy, hard all.

Right so in front Of franstance dial, miss in fronts of friends and family In. Atlanta still zero zero The United states And Saudi. Arabia so earlier, today big story out of, baseball and now everybody's waiting for The dodgers'. Response according to multiple, Reports ice went To Dodger, stadium tried to get Into Dodger. Stadium this is hours before the game tonight against The, padres and The dodgers denied them. Admission now there's been you, know both sides saying, Listen ice tried to. Come you, know we know it's been going on IN la with the immigration. Raids over the course of the past couple of weeks and across the, country and The dodgers say this happened earlier in the, day we wouldn't let them. In there have been some statements that, no, no it Wasn't ice that was. There no one was there for to try to get Into Dodger. Stadium so there's been a big back and forth on what this actually. Was but there's no doubt that something happened at the stadium today and The dodgers are set to announce initiatives that are going to go on to help what's going on In Los angeles right now with the immigration raids and the Big while we're waiting for The dodgers to to have their big, STATEMENT i want to say this because it feels like The dodgers they needed my pr advice right BECAUSE i. Don't because, clearly with what's going on IN la the last couple of, weeks The dodgers want to.

Stay out of. It AND i get. IT i get not wanting to be a.

TARGET i get not wanting to be, involved AND i, Understand, hey this is our baseball. Team we want to, play we want to we want to say. IT i UNDER i understand, that but at some point in some, meeting LIKE i would have stood up and, Said, okay do you really think you're not going to get pulled into? This do you really think you're gonna be able to stay out of? This you are the biggest sport going on right. Now games are At Dodger stadium all the. Time you have the Biggest latino fan base of any team in the, country and and they want to see what you're going to say about what's happening right. Now, look we had the the anthem controversy over the, weekend uh with which really blew, up and that everybody was waiting for The dodgers to have some sort of UH a statement over. That now this is really you, know pushed that to the back.

Burner, well you take it one step, further go back when they visited The White. House remember that was the day of The Jackie robinson page got pulled. Down all of those, bios, yeah got pulled, out and there was no statement or response to that at the.

Time.

Yeah so WHAT i would say is this is that and it feels like The dodgers are kind of playing ketchup on this and and things are moving really. Fast they need to have some sort of statement and say. Something and now they're pushed into it with what went on today At Dodger. Stadium but the whole time IS i would, say you're not going to be able to avoid. This you're gonna get pulled. Into The dodgers are the biggest thing In Los, angeles, right so of course you're going to get pulled in, Somehow LIKE i would have known it would be something involving the anthem and now you know ice raids where potentially they were trying to get into the To Dodger. Stadium but you know you're gonna get pulled. In you can't just, say, okay we're good, stuff we're staying. Out we're staying.

Out.

Now people want to see what your position is going to. Be and, now instead of being able to have plans about that for a couple of weeks or a week or, two say, okay when this, happens this is what's going, on because you see there's lots of. Stuff there's lots of stuff going On latino. Community they want to see what is, said what The dodgers, say and everybody's anxious waiting for their, statement like you could have been ahead of the, game because you have to understand that you're going to get pulled into, this right you're going to become one of the big touchstones of what's. Happening and to think that you were going to stay out of, it that's just really naive because this is how the world works. Now and The Dodge, again if The lakers were, playing The lakers would be involved to but The dodgers the biggest thing happening IN la selling out every single. Night, right they already passed over two million in, attendance the EARLIEST i think IN mlb in the last twenty years and In Major League. Baseball so you, know seeing, THIS i, Say, okay you really needed to have something readier or not at least make, it make it to the point where you are coming at it from a position of a. Disadvantage, okay well this, happened and now we have to. Respond now what are we going to? Say whereas you needed to know going in this is eventually there's an inevitability that that you're going to be involved in, this and you have to have something, ready and now instead it's, okay now we're now we're reacting to.

It, well when you look at the scope of it throughout the, city and there's been efforts on all sides to kind of, minimize you, know how much of the the city has been, effected but certainly Near Dodger, STADIUM, uh in that region of the, city it certainly has has had its its. Instances and we've seen it on national television for, Sure, dodgers and given the base that you have, here as you stated In Los, angeles that you've got a lot of concerned, parties people that work at the, stadium around the, STADIUM, uh and certainly your patrons that you're trying to make sure everybody's safe as much as anything. Else, Right, so The dodgers posted this is from seven hours. Ago this, MORNING ice agents came To Dodger state in request and permission to access the parking. Lots they were denied entry to the grounds by the. Organization tonight's game will be played a schedule that has been viewed over twenty five million times as of. NOW i think to some, degree as an, organization you're hoping that your civic leaders and the federal government are able to come to some level of an agreement on how things would.

Proceed so maybe as an.

Organization you, said let's let the elected officials handle, that but it's clear after several weeks nothing's going on.

There, yeah so.

You're standing back and perhaps asking for Guidance like that's the second part of, this of, all, right how do you want us to? Proceed what's our level of involvement until it shows up at the?

Stadium?

Right you can talk about taking an active position one way or. Another here it was it showed up on your. Grounds so now you're part of an active. Exercise but you're still trying to make sure you're heping people, safe, uh and maintaining some level of of your organization's sense of where you're at in the, community but recognizing that you have federal agencies.

INVOLVED i think you're trying not to overstep in some. Ways. Yeah, No LIKE i, SAID i get THE i get the. ONE i get the philosophy.

Of of Of, okay we don't want to become a, target, right The dodgers don't want to become a touchstone for. This they don't want to become, Okay and now now the focus on The dodgers and what they're saying or not. Saying SO i get that part of. It but you still have to know. That, okay we can't avoid, It, like that's not something we're gonna be able to.

Avoid we're The, dodgers right that this IS i, mean where the this is the.

Number this is the most popular team in the. City they're more popular than The lakers and more popular than THE, usc more popul than THE. Ucla they're every third person wears A dodgers hat or A DODGERS t shirt. Something The dodgers are the biggest thing in the. City so, yeah when the biggest, thing most high profile thing is, that of course that's gonna. Happen of course that's going to be a part of.

It.

Right you could say you want to avoid a we want, to we want to we want to tread, carefully BUT i, mean, really you're naive if you think we're going to not be in. IT i, mean, yeah it's, Okay so let's have this ready when it does, happen so we can adjust to however it.

Goes, yeah at this, POINT i want to see what the statement is because allegedly we were going to see it today that didn't, happen and now it's. Indefinite before you, DO i don't know what the substance is for ALL i, know they're going to put out a ten page memorandum that they've had meetings for two weeks that you know there were contingency plans and things kept. Changing as as we, know things have changed here repeatedly with curfews and curfew, hours and businesses and and engagements across the city shut down at times that people are, reacting and The dodgers among. Them when you're talking about fifty three thousand people packing a stadium for these these, games you know you're trying to rely on the guidance of your your law enforce enforcement agencies to a, degree and you certainly need to keep your relations with them intact as. Well ready for a new, Job Let Express employment professionals. Help While express helps people in all industries find, work are sweet spot as logistics, roles And express never charges job seekers a, Fee so go to expresspros dot.

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Them Uh so this happened about a month, ago but video of it just came. Out now you wonder how many people are trying to keep video of this from from getting. Out but maybe you saw this earlier today where Former superstar running Back Adrian peterson got involved in a fist fight at a social club In houston at the end Of may over a hand of. POKER a SOCIAL a social club that's like the the after dinner supper. Club it's a supper. Club supper clubs are open until four in the, morning but supper is like at six. O'clock, YEAH i, know just go with. It so you know this social, club which is basically a big room where people are, gambling, right that's that's. Yeah so you see the video that that that's from far away That i'm sure someone was taking.

Video, Hey Adrian peterson is.

Playing things are getting needed over at that table Where peterson gets up and starts fighting with another guy at the table and the fight ranges all. Over it was like a fight in A marvel movie like this ranges from the from the table all the way to the. Side him and the guy are throwing punches at each. Other it all stemmed over a dispute over the. Hand we don't know what exactly was at, issue but it was a dispute over a hand of. Poker peterson, SAYS i regret the. Incident the. Guy he AND i are like. Brothers we, disagreed you, know we got physical and now it's. Over oh, Yeah because people THAT i like, with THAT i hang out, WITH i always want to fight them after a hand of. Poker oh, yeah, yeah you're my best. Friend let's, go let's. GO i saw you pull that eight of spades out from under your.

Sleeve let me.

Go BUT i had that every once in a, while a little bit of a dust up of, uh you, know where you get a little bit, frustrated you've gone, cold and now you imagine things in your. Head the whole Time i'm watching this play, Out it's like that scene In Spider man where Stan lee's working in the library and you get the classical music going as the fight goes.

On bey on.

THEM i will say, this the guy that he was fighting pretty good on his. Feet Because peterson goes to land a couple of. Haymakers, yeah doesn't come, close, no, no, no but he has a big. Reach he's bigger than the. Guy i'm, like, wow this.

Reach that guy still was able to evade.

Him, yeah well he was still the whole reason the fight, ranged because the guy was like backing, up throwing a, punch backing, up throwing a, punch backing.

Up like that's why the fight. Moved he can't. Fault that's a good. Strategy.

Yeah well, yeah if you're a. Chase i've shaken hands With Adrian. Peterson he's got a bit of a. Grip he's got a bit of a grip.

On he didn't hate you as much As Charles woodson or some of your other. Nemeses but that was always his thing was to get that strong.

Hands, yeah that's been his. THING i was, like, WOW i remember he.

Did he did that at a rookie EVENT i went, to AND i was, like what are we trying to prove?

Here all, right, nuts he'd like to shake hands really? Strong get how strong my grip?

IS i, MEAN i don't, know like WHAT I i just keep thinking the scene From airplane when the girl scouts catch each other cheating at cards and they, start you, know punching each, other and they pull out the knives and they brawl with each, other all going on outside the dance. Floor i've never been that upset with somebody over a hand of poker in a social, club especially WHERE i felt LIKE i want to fight the other.

Person these guys aren't dressed nearly well.

Enough this is, yeah this is, like this is like so very a very casual social. Club like IT'S t shirt and shorts social. Club oh, okay that's that's not this is NOT i start asking. Questions is lealities and this is Not James bond where they're playing bat and it's a million dollars a.

Hand oh, yes well, played, Doctor, no well. Played no one's there petting a white, cat Sister. Bond, yeah none of that is. Happening but yet here's a. Fistfight And i've had, Games i've, PLAYED i played card. GAMES i still remember. This WHY i was thinking about this. Today there was one time my best friend AND i In. Syracuse we we're at a bar hanging, out and these guys we're talking about playing, pitch which is. A it's a it's a trump based.

Game pitch is, awesome and so, uh these, guys like we're talking, about, yeah you guys want to, play and these two guys who are obviously best, friends we play against them and they're just destroying. Us AND i know they're. CHEATING i just can't prove it because certain things are happening with their bidding WHERE i, know you know what the other person, has and they're beating us like three and we're not playing for money or.

Anything where's like they're.

Playing they're playing with like a twin language where you can't understand what that code.

Is and at one point the, guys the guys are, like the one guy, says what's? Wrong, NO i JUST i know you guys are, cheating AND i just can't tell. How BUT i know you guys are. Cheating what do you mean we're? Cheating you're Not you're not bidding four when you don't know if the jack is. Out you're not bidding four on that unless you know your partner has the. Jack which guy Was Edward Norton and THEN i caught. Him and THEN i caught, HIM i was like, okay and then it took me BECAUSE i really wanted to do, it AND i Want i'm, like, okay AND i caught.

IT i, said, right we're not, playing we're. Done and we walked away AND i don't know if they want to. Fight i'm just.

DONE i called them because this was one of. Them would you would hold their cards with a certain number of fingers depending on what suit they, wanted like if they were holding it with what their four finger with, spades two fingers with. Diamonds SO i, said, oh so it's the fingers is how you're doing? It BECAUSE i saw you you're holding your your cards.

Differently, no, no not doing. It i'm not doing. IT i, said you know, What we're. Done we're not. Playing we're not. Playing oh you guys are just So i'm, like, no we're, Not we're. Not i'm. Done we're.

Not if we were losing, MONEY i would get, it but we're just playing for. Fun we really get a cheat to do.

This we're just why do we even? Know you're just hanging? Out BUT i, mean you have.

To practice those things before you take them to a money Came but, still if they.

Can find the dopes in the, ROOM i never wanted to fight a guy Like Adrian, Peterson yeah you. DID i think you did a little, bit and then you realize you had no. Reach that was a bigger. Problem exit up val To, fresca exit swollen. Dome coming up, next we got a BIG nfl story that sounds similar to what we did yesterday

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