Let's go to the phones. Okay, let's go to Trey in Atlanta. You're live with Steven A.

Let's go to the phones. Okay, let's go to Trey in Atlanta. You're live with Steven A.

What's up, Tray?

What's up, Tray?

What's up Alabama? My bad? My bad, I'm sorry, Trey. What's going on? What's going on?

What's up Alabama? My bad? My bad, I'm sorry, Trey. What's going on? What's going on?

What's going on?

What's going on?

Man?

Man?

How you doing?

How you doing?

I'm good man, Good to talk to you.

I'm good man, Good to talk to you.

What's up?

What's up?

Good?

Good?

Yes, sir? So My question is so, I've been following you for a long time, man, and I just basically like the way that you go about business as far as how you talk about the players and things of that nature. I'm twenty seven years old and I want to get in the media space doing something. How would I go about, you know, trying to get that to make it a career?

Yes, sir? So My question is so, I've been following you for a long time, man, and I just basically like the way that you go about business as far as how you talk about the players and things of that nature. I'm twenty seven years old and I want to get in the media space doing something. How would I go about, you know, trying to get that to make it a career?

Well, first of all, understand what you want to do, Tray, Okay, you want to be in front of the camera. Then you know what, you got a lot of people that are starting podcasting doing things of that nature. That's true, But you also got to pay attention to the nuances that come along with the business. Like you have folks they have podcasts and what have you. They get a camera, they get a microphone, they sit on the couch and you know, they talk a lot of shit, and we get all of that. But you know what, It's one thing to drop a curse word her here and there. It's another thing to not put on display the full arsenal of your vocabulary. To learn how to articulate and elocute your thoughts properly. That's suitable for linear television, digital TV and beyond digital video and stuff like that. You gotta know what advertisers and sponsors are looking for. You got to pay attention to those kind of things as well. You gotta also make sure that you have something to say. A lot of times people want to talk, but it's based off of just stuff that they're hearing on things of that nature. You gotta research, You gotta read. You got to know what's going on. You gotta have historical context. You gotta know what the opposition may say. You got to take into account all sides. So you're having a DECI discussing a discussion with the viewer. With the listener, you're talking not just at them, You're talking to them like I'm talking to you right now. Right You see what I'm doing, Trey. You asked me a question, I'm giving you an answer. I'm not just talking I'm answering your question because I listen to what you asked. That's how you have to treat every listener in every viewer. Talk to them in a way that they can understand what you're trying to say, and make sure that the content that you disseminate is relatable to whatever it is that you believe or they've convinced you. They'll want to hear you feel me.

Well, first of all, understand what you want to do, Tray, Okay, you want to be in front of the camera. Then you know what, you got a lot of people that are starting podcasting doing things of that nature. That's true, But you also got to pay attention to the nuances that come along with the business. Like you have folks they have podcasts and what have you. They get a camera, they get a microphone, they sit on the couch and you know, they talk a lot of shit, and we get all of that. But you know what, It's one thing to drop a curse word her here and there. It's another thing to not put on display the full arsenal of your vocabulary. To learn how to articulate and elocute your thoughts properly. That's suitable for linear television, digital TV and beyond digital video and stuff like that. You gotta know what advertisers and sponsors are looking for. You got to pay attention to those kind of things as well. You gotta also make sure that you have something to say. A lot of times people want to talk, but it's based off of just stuff that they're hearing on things of that nature. You gotta research, You gotta read. You got to know what's going on. You gotta have historical context. You gotta know what the opposition may say. You got to take into account all sides. So you're having a DECI discussing a discussion with the viewer. With the listener, you're talking not just at them, You're talking to them like I'm talking to you right now. Right You see what I'm doing, Trey. You asked me a question, I'm giving you an answer. I'm not just talking I'm answering your question because I listen to what you asked. That's how you have to treat every listener in every viewer. Talk to them in a way that they can understand what you're trying to say, and make sure that the content that you disseminate is relatable to whatever it is that you believe or they've convinced you. They'll want to hear you feel me.

Yes, yes, sir, I do. I just want to appreciate it. Man. I watch you every day on first take and just want to say, this is an honor to talk to you. Man. So I appreciate everything you just said.

Yes, yes, sir, I do. I just want to appreciate it. Man. I watch you every day on first take and just want to say, this is an honor to talk to you. Man. So I appreciate everything you just said.

Thank you, my brother, go out it, get yours my man. Happy to help out any time. Appreciate the call. Let's go to Dylan in New York. You're live of Stephen.

Thank you, my brother, go out it, get yours my man. Happy to help out any time. Appreciate the call. Let's go to Dylan in New York. You're live of Stephen.

They what's up Dylan, y'all?

They what's up Dylan, y'all?

Also, So I got a question for you. So I'm I'm He's probably the biggest Austin Reeves fans in the world, and I just want to get your point of view, like how do you see his potential? Like do you think JJ Reddick will help him develop his game more like rich a higher ceiling?

Also, So I got a question for you. So I'm I'm He's probably the biggest Austin Reeves fans in the world, and I just want to get your point of view, like how do you see his potential? Like do you think JJ Reddick will help him develop his game more like rich a higher ceiling?

I think so, I think that Austin Reeves works hard. I think he works on this game. I think fatigue kicked in a little bit last year because he played around the summertime as well. But I think that, you know, he's shown a lot of promise and he continues to upgrade. He certainly needs to improve defensively. That's really really what it comes down to. He'd be surprised how much that would boost his confidence. Alex Caruso is somebody he can learn from that toughness, that rigidity in terms of what he brings to the court defensively, it can create additional opportunities for you as well. And obviously there's two things that I would tell you he needs to work on his defense that I just brought up, and his jump shot. It's not to say that he can't hit long grain jump shot, he can't hit threes, but he needs to get more and more and more proficient at it, because when Lebron James and Anthony Davis are your teammates, you're going to get opportunities to hit open shots and you got to make sure you bury them. And when you combine that with being a bit more tenacious defensively, thereby creating additional opportunities for yourself and your team on a defense on the offensive side of the ball. Because you've created stuff defensively by forcing turnovers and things of that nature, that makes you even more valuable to somebody like a JJ Reddick. Now, JJ Reddick was never known for being a great defender ever, but boy was he an elite shooter, make no mistake about it. So if you're Austin Reeves and you go in there and you show him that you're committed to improving defensively and you're committed to improving your jump shot, it's not just going to be a breath of fresh air to JJ Reddick. It's also going to be a breath of fresh air that Lebron James and Anthony Davis, and those are the two people you should want to please more than anybody. That's my answerity question.

I think so, I think that Austin Reeves works hard. I think he works on this game. I think fatigue kicked in a little bit last year because he played around the summertime as well. But I think that, you know, he's shown a lot of promise and he continues to upgrade. He certainly needs to improve defensively. That's really really what it comes down to. He'd be surprised how much that would boost his confidence. Alex Caruso is somebody he can learn from that toughness, that rigidity in terms of what he brings to the court defensively, it can create additional opportunities for you as well. And obviously there's two things that I would tell you he needs to work on his defense that I just brought up, and his jump shot. It's not to say that he can't hit long grain jump shot, he can't hit threes, but he needs to get more and more and more proficient at it, because when Lebron James and Anthony Davis are your teammates, you're going to get opportunities to hit open shots and you got to make sure you bury them. And when you combine that with being a bit more tenacious defensively, thereby creating additional opportunities for yourself and your team on a defense on the offensive side of the ball. Because you've created stuff defensively by forcing turnovers and things of that nature, that makes you even more valuable to somebody like a JJ Reddick. Now, JJ Reddick was never known for being a great defender ever, but boy was he an elite shooter, make no mistake about it. So if you're Austin Reeves and you go in there and you show him that you're committed to improving defensively and you're committed to improving your jump shot, it's not just going to be a breath of fresh air to JJ Reddick. It's also going to be a breath of fresh air that Lebron James and Anthony Davis, and those are the two people you should want to please more than anybody. That's my answerity question.

It's because like I watched most of the Lakers game whenever sometimes so this completely lose and like, now do you want to take the ball?

It's because like I watched most of the Lakers game whenever sometimes so this completely lose and like, now do you want to take the ball?

Do that?

Do that?

I can't do that. One thing I will say to you is here, you don't have a license to lose confidence when you're a Los Angeles Laker. Laker Nation their attitude is Yo, we the Lakers. We ain't got time for that. We got championships to win. Boston got one up on us. Now they got their eighteen championship. Now we trailing. We got seventeen. Damn that. Let's fix that. You see what I'm saying. So you gotta make sure that ain't you. That ain't your problem.

I can't do that. One thing I will say to you is here, you don't have a license to lose confidence when you're a Los Angeles Laker. Laker Nation their attitude is Yo, we the Lakers. We ain't got time for that. We got championships to win. Boston got one up on us. Now they got their eighteen championship. Now we trailing. We got seventeen. Damn that. Let's fix that. You see what I'm saying. So you gotta make sure that ain't you. That ain't your problem.

Okay.

Okay.

Every shooter that goes there, they just lose confidence, get traded, get cut.

Every shooter that goes there, they just lose confidence, get traded, get cut.

That's right there over.

That's right there over.

I appreciate the call. Man, Thank you so much. Kevin in New Orleans. You're live with Steven the what's up?

I appreciate the call. Man, Thank you so much. Kevin in New Orleans. You're live with Steven the what's up?

Cap?

Cap?

Yo, it's up?

Yo, it's up?

Talk to me man.

Talk to me man.

Uh yeah, I'm just asking you if you played the college football twenty five game yet.

Uh yeah, I'm just asking you if you played the college football twenty five game yet.

I have not.

I have not.

I'm not really big into the video games, but that's gonna change because I got nephews and nieces on me all the time. Not to mention some NBA players who're telling me I need to learn this stuff, and now you've got the college football stuff going on. I do need to learn it. I don't know, my brother, You're an expert at that, not me, but I'm gonna get I'm gonna learn it.

I'm not really big into the video games, but that's gonna change because I got nephews and nieces on me all the time. Not to mention some NBA players who're telling me I need to learn this stuff, and now you've got the college football stuff going on. I do need to learn it. I don't know, my brother, You're an expert at that, not me, but I'm gonna get I'm gonna learn it.

I promise you that Okay, okay, this game's a little hard. It's gonna take some time to get used.

I promise you that Okay, okay, this game's a little hard. It's gonna take some time to get used.

I got time, I got time, I got time. The key is learning, man, I'm not getting paid for it. So your crawl before you walk, you learn, you go through your growing things.

I got time, I got time, I got time. The key is learning, man, I'm not getting paid for it. So your crawl before you walk, you learn, you go through your growing things.

You know. That's all?

You know. That's all?

Yeah, yeah, all right, But I'm trying at least I'm not just smarily dismissing it. You know what I'm saying. I could have said, what the hell you asked me about that?

Yeah, yeah, all right, But I'm trying at least I'm not just smarily dismissing it. You know what I'm saying. I could have said, what the hell you asked me about that?

For?

For?

I'm playing no damn video games. But you're right, I'm wrong. I should play the more. I should play the more, and I will appreciate it. Man, Thank you so much. Aaron is Chicago. You're live of Steven the what's up, Aaron? How are you?

I'm playing no damn video games. But you're right, I'm wrong. I should play the more. I should play the more, and I will appreciate it. Man, Thank you so much. Aaron is Chicago. You're live of Steven the what's up, Aaron? How are you?

Aaron?

Aaron?

Are you there?

Are you there?

How you doing?

How you doing?

Man?

Man?

Talk to me? What's going on?

Talk to me? What's going on?

Bro? I was curious to see what you think the expectations for the Chicago Bears are going to be, not including playoffs and their divisions, considering all the editions that they've made during the offense.

Bro? I was curious to see what you think the expectations for the Chicago Bears are going to be, not including playoffs and their divisions, considering all the editions that they've made during the offense.

Well, listen, they've upgraded stuff offensively already. They've been good defensively, and I think Caleb Williams is no joke. I think they were like the twelfth rank defense last year. Caleb Williams being there. I think that's a huge, huge plus. Ebn Flew says, your head coach. My issue with him is that, listen, I can't hold it against them, but the bottom line is that you did get the impression they needed something new. But I'm gonna give them a chance. And I will say this, I don't expect them to make the playoffs this year. But it's not because I don't expect them to be improved. My issue is I'm much much higher on green Bay and Detroit. I think when you look at green Bay, Jordan Love is no joke, and when you look at Detroit, they were in the NFC Championship game last year. They're not going away, all right. Coach Campbell is no joke. All right. He's a rough rider and he's instilled something and he's really changed the culture of the Detroit Lions in such a way that I got to give props where it's due. It's one thing to say that to Chicago Bears ain't gonna make the players because they're not gonna be very good. That's not my issue. I think they will be improved. I think they will be better. I think Kayler Williams will prove to be a stud. I'm wondering whether or not he's gonna be the second coming of CJ. Stroud will find out. My issue with them is the division at the end. I think there are two teams that are ready in Green Bay and Detroit, and that is what I think is going to be a problem for Chicago, not because they're bereft of talent.

Well, listen, they've upgraded stuff offensively already. They've been good defensively, and I think Caleb Williams is no joke. I think they were like the twelfth rank defense last year. Caleb Williams being there. I think that's a huge, huge plus. Ebn Flew says, your head coach. My issue with him is that, listen, I can't hold it against them, but the bottom line is that you did get the impression they needed something new. But I'm gonna give them a chance. And I will say this, I don't expect them to make the playoffs this year. But it's not because I don't expect them to be improved. My issue is I'm much much higher on green Bay and Detroit. I think when you look at green Bay, Jordan Love is no joke, and when you look at Detroit, they were in the NFC Championship game last year. They're not going away, all right. Coach Campbell is no joke. All right. He's a rough rider and he's instilled something and he's really changed the culture of the Detroit Lions in such a way that I got to give props where it's due. It's one thing to say that to Chicago Bears ain't gonna make the players because they're not gonna be very good. That's not my issue. I think they will be improved. I think they will be better. I think Kayler Williams will prove to be a stud. I'm wondering whether or not he's gonna be the second coming of CJ. Stroud will find out. My issue with them is the division at the end. I think there are two teams that are ready in Green Bay and Detroit, and that is what I think is going to be a problem for Chicago, not because they're bereft of talent.

I respect your putonon, sir, I appreciate it. I look forward to the season. God bless you.

I respect your putonon, sir, I appreciate it. I look forward to the season. God bless you.

Thanks a lot man, God blessed. Feel free to call back anytime.

Thanks a lot man, God blessed. Feel free to call back anytime.