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Figgy’s Mixtape featuring the word “Swiftie” officially being added to the dictionary, the ongoing back-and-forth between Zion Williamson and the Pelicans with Stephen A. Smith weighing in, and more wild stories making the rounds.
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00:22It's time for Figgy's Mixtape on Sports Radio 610.
00:26Yes, it is the Mixtape and the Loop Sports Radio 610.
00:29And it's your man, Figgy Fig, holding it down on a Wednesday.
00:33Happy Wednesday to everyone out there.
00:35Lopez, you giggling a little bit.
00:37I think you might be super excited.
00:39I'm actually watching a second baseman that's going to play in Corpus Christi for the Astros.
00:44Corpus?
00:46He just overshot a throw from simple grounder to second base by about three feet.
00:51Oh, man.
00:52Enjoy.
00:53You're not going to put his name on it?
00:54Enjoy Bill Millers.
00:55Who is it?
00:55That's Bryce Matthews.
00:56That wasn't Bryce Matthews, was it?
00:57Is that not?
00:58Maybe it was.
00:59Bryce is playing second today.
01:00Is he?
01:01No.
01:03Well, it's a lot of dudes with number 90s on their jerseys.
01:06And yes, that's Bryce Matthews at second, baby.
01:08I didn't know he was still in.
01:09Man.
01:10Yeah.
01:10Man.
01:11Yep, yep, yep.
01:12But I think you might be excited about this.
01:14Okay.
01:15So, a new word was added to dictionary.
01:18Oh, yeah.
01:18Oh, yeah.
01:19Let's annoy Lopez.
01:21The odds are very strong that it's actually not a word.
01:24Let's see if you keep that same energy, man.
01:27Swifty.
01:28Not a word.
01:30Why would that not be a word?
01:30Actually, that's probably closer to a word than most of the ones that they put in there.
01:33Is it?
01:34Oh, now it is.
01:35Huh?
01:35No, I didn't say that.
01:36I said it's closer.
01:38It's probably closer to a word.
01:39Doesn't make it a word.
01:40Yeah, so the dictionary now defines Swifty as a fan of the music of Taylor Swift.
01:48And I guess the editor said a word is only added after meeting certain criterias, including
01:54being widely used, consistently understood, likely to last, and useful to a broad audience.
02:03Widely used.
02:04Three out of four counts.
02:05Widely used, likely.
02:07Which one don't count?
02:09That likely cast, what'd you say?
02:11That likely the last one.
02:13That's why I was wondering, do you think we're going to be saying Swifty, let's say, 25 years
02:19from now?
02:19I don't know.
02:21She is of the magnitude where she will be relevant to some degree in 25 years, right?
02:28Like, there's going to be some level of, but I do wonder if that, I was about to say
02:33a word that was going to make y'all mad, because it's a big word unnecessarily.
02:37But I wonder if that, as a word, as a specific identifier, is going to be necessary in a
02:44little while.
02:44I think she's going to have staying power for decades and decades and decades, you know,
02:48at that level.
02:49She is, for sure.
02:50But it's the word Swift.
02:51But I'm saying because of that, I think Swift is always going to kind of be around.
02:56But of all the things that you said to describe why it's in the dictionary, you never said word.
03:02It's in the dictionary because it's a word.
03:04No, it's a dictionary because it's widely used, widely this, you know, whatever, staying
03:07power.
03:09But no, it's closer because of that, but it's not a word.
03:13My man is arguing with the actual ways that the dictionary decides whether something's
03:18a word.
03:18Be like, ah, nice try, but no.
03:20Nice try, but no.
03:21If it was out to Lopez, we'd still be having 150 words.
03:24No.
03:25No.
03:25No new words allowed.
03:27That ain't a word.
03:28My bigger point is dictionary.com or Webster's or whomever, I really feel like they do this
03:33a lot of times so people can talk about it.
03:36So people can.
03:37Marketing 101.
03:38There you go.
03:39There you go.
03:40Yeah.
03:40So I feel like Lopez just wants a dead language.
03:43He doesn't want a living language that actually grows and progresses.
03:46Absolutely.
03:47It has to grow and progress with words.
03:49So Swifty joined other fandom names that had made it to the dictionary, Lopez, including
03:55Beehive.
03:56Beehive's in the dictionary, huh?
03:58Beehive's in the dictionary.
04:00Okay.
04:01B-E-Y-H-I-V-E.
04:03Of course.
04:03Not the actual beehive.
04:05Yeah.
04:05Yeah.
04:05And I didn't even know they had a name, but Star Trek.
04:10Trekkies.
04:10Trekkies, yeah.
04:11Oh, Trekkies been around a long time.
04:12Yeah, I didn't know that.
04:13I didn't know that.
04:14That's what they call themselves.
04:15Yeah.
04:16Yep.
04:17And that's it.
04:19Okay.
04:19All right.
04:20So congratulations to the Swifties.
04:24Congratulations, Lopez.
04:26That's right.
04:27I forgot you.
04:27You in there.
04:27I like her, but yeah, okay.
04:29You a Swifty, man.
04:31You might as well lean into it.
04:32I wouldn't call myself a Swifty.
04:33All right.
04:34Have you at any point been given a friendship bracelet?
04:37No.
04:39Damn it.
04:39I was sure that his daughter would have given him one.
04:42He don't even wear jewelry like that, so I know he ain't going to.
04:44Damn it.
04:45I thought I had him.
04:45Yeah.
04:46It's the Midstave in the Loop, Sports Radio 610.
04:49Man, Stephen A.
04:50Smith is crazy, man.
04:51We know this.
04:52Yeah.
04:52Which reason?
04:53Which reason?
04:54Yeah.
04:54I'm going to get into it right now.
04:56So Zion Williamson and the New Orleans Pelicans, they've been going back and forth with Stephen
05:02A.
05:02Smith.
05:03Yes.
05:03Yes, they have.
05:04It's a lot going on here.
05:06I'm going to try to go through what happened in order.
05:09So this is what I saw.
05:11This is Zion Williamson.
05:13He was sitting down with Malika Andrews, and she asked him about the most difficult thing
05:18during his NBA career.
05:20I would say the most difficult point was when I missed my third year with a broken foot.
05:27And, you know, there were a lot of, there's a lot of criticism on my weight, my care for
05:34the game, et cetera.
05:37But the whole time, I'm looking at a doctor, and a doctor's telling me, yeah, we're going
05:43to perform this surgery, but if this surgery doesn't work, we really don't know the next
05:49step.
05:49Yeah.
05:49So our people are saying what they're saying, and everybody's entitled to their own opinion.
05:55It is what it is.
05:57That's right.
05:58I'm in Portland rehabbing, not knowing if my foot's going to heal.
06:04Yeah.
06:05So that kind of got the streets talking.
06:07I don't even understand his point there, if I'm going to be honest.
06:10Maybe I just missed it.
06:11So pretty much the streets are saying he's not taking care of his body.
06:15He can't stay away from the food.
06:19So all the stuff we've heard.
06:21Yeah.
06:21Yeah.
06:22So he finally speaking up on that a little bit.
06:24And he's saying, hold on, I was really injured, and we didn't even know if I was going to be
06:27able to play.
06:27I didn't think you were not injured.
06:29I thought that the, at least some of the people thought that the injuries were because, you
06:32know, that foot was carrying a lot of weight.
06:35Yeah.
06:36Yeah.
06:36So here's Stephen A.
06:38Smith.
06:38I don't even know how it got to that.
06:39Maybe they heard that comment, and then they kind of started going in on them.
06:43But here's Stephen A.
06:44Smith on first take.
06:46Mark, pretty much talk about Zion Williamson and the rumors he's been hearing behind the
06:51scenes.
06:52And Stephen A., you got to chill out, man.
06:54The reality of the situation is I say this respectfully to Zion Williamson.
06:57We're very happy for you.
06:59But I want to piggyback off of what Perk added because it's incredibly important.
07:04Nothing was made up.
07:05The information that emanated about Zion Williamson, yeah, it came from inside the organization.
07:13It came from people even closer than that to Zion Williamson.
07:18I'm going to leave it at that.
07:19What?
07:19People that called up and encouraged us to get his ass because of some of the things that
07:25he was doing.
07:26You got people that are alcoholics.
07:29You got people that are drug addicts and stuff like that.
07:31What was Zion's problem?
07:33Food, food addict.
07:35The joke was everybody in New Orleans, they cooked.
07:39It could be everybody from a restaurant, a chef to your grandmama.
07:43Anybody that cooked knew about Zion Williamson.
07:46And he knew them.
07:47They were on a first name basis because that brother ate a lot, okay?
07:51You even have rumors.
07:52And literally, I'm here thinking it was a joke, and somebody told me to go on the air and
07:58point out how he got busted hiding food under his bed.
08:03This is the kind of stuff that was happening.
08:05Come on, Stephen A., man.
08:07My boy got gossipy.
08:08He got real messy.
08:09He said, you ain't hear it from me.
08:11However, people was telling me.
08:13Food addict.
08:14Closer than that.
08:16Calling somebody a food addict is insane, man.
08:19Food.
08:20Food addict.
08:21Why do you say it like that?
08:22Food.
08:23By the way, save that drop because I need it.
08:25I need to hear that more than just the day.
08:26Honestly, I might be a food addict.
08:28If we're being honest, yeah.
08:30That's the new big back sound.
08:31You know, we don't got to play the big, but just food addict.
08:34Food.
08:35Food addict.
08:36Why you got to do that to them, man?
08:38And by the way, this didn't end right here.
08:41This didn't end right here.
08:42So, the New Orleans Pelicans is very funny on social media.
08:46Their official social media account on Twitter.
08:50They tweeted a highlight reel.
08:53Steven A, just all of his bad moments, including throwing the pitch, a first pitch that bounced
09:00on the ground in the dirt.
09:01Yeah.
09:01Didn't get to the catcher.
09:03Shooting the air ball.
09:04Slipping and falling on the court.
09:06They also showed his highlight.
09:08I mean, not his highlight, but his, I don't know if his high school stats.
09:11Yeah.
09:11Where he at, or high school stats.
09:13No, he played a little bit in college at a relatively low level, and I think he averaged
09:17a point and a half.
09:19Yeah, yeah.
09:191.5 points a game.
09:21They tweeted all of that and all of his bad takes.
09:25Mm-hmm.
09:26And they also tweeted this in the caption.
09:29Stick to solitaire, Steven.
09:31Ah, yes.
09:32You remember what that was from, right?
09:34During the NBA Finals, him being caught playing solitaire.
09:37I thought you were going to say, remember that one where he's eating cheese puffs?
09:40I don't remember that.
09:41You don't remember that?
09:42He's on set.
09:43Like, I think it was the NBA draft or something.
09:45And somebody's just going, eat another cheese puff.
09:48And he's eating these cheese puffs or whatever they are.
09:51I thought they were going to do that.
09:53Yeah.
09:53Yeah.
09:54So, Steven A., he saw that.
09:55He responded to the New Orleans Pelicans account on Twitter.
09:59He said this.
10:01Pulling out stuff from a decade, two decades, three decades ago?
10:05All these question marks.
10:07Mm-hmm.
10:07No problem.
10:08See y'all tomorrow on first take.
10:10Oh, no.
10:11Remember one thing.
10:13You asked for this.
10:14Oh, no.
10:16I'm sure he said it just like that.
10:17That wasn't the bad Steven A. you just did, right?
10:19Yeah, he definitely whispered that one.
10:21Number one thing.
10:22You asked for this.
10:23Yeah.
10:24And the New Orleans Pelicans, they tweeted this.
10:26They tweeted a gif of Max Kellerman drinking his coffee.
10:29Oh, wow.
10:30The Max Kellerman.
10:32I'm like, all of y'all are wilding at this point.
10:34So, Steven A., he did address the tweet and all that stuff.
10:38I ain't got the audio.
10:39This brother was talking for 10 minutes about this.
10:43Anybody who cooked in New Orleans.
10:46Food.
10:47Food at it.
10:48I'm glad we were right on the same time.
10:50So, mind you, the New Orleans Pelicans, they have 19 wins this year.
10:5519 and 44.
10:56Not really relevant.
10:57I just wanted to say it.
10:58Yeah.
10:58Well, their Twitter is winning right now.
11:00Their Twitter might be, what, 50 and whatever.
11:03Okay.
11:03All right.
11:04I like it.
11:04They got the best record in the league right now when it comes to NBA Twitter.
11:08I wonder what made them just go after Steven A. Smith like this.
11:11Why not?
11:12Look, they're not tweeting about the on the court right now.
11:16Like, I find something to talk about.
11:17Like, this just came out of nowhere.
11:18You know what this felt like?
11:20Honestly, if you told me that Steven A. Smith and the Pelicans social media team got together
11:26and were like, look, it is March the 4th.
11:29We both need something to talk about.
11:31Yeah.
11:32Let's go ahead and work this shoot.
11:33Mm-hmm.
11:34Get this thing.
11:35So, shout out to all the wrestling fans out there.
11:36We can get this thing popping, and we can make everybody happy for a couple of days, maybe
11:41a week.
11:41Now, I'm looking over there at the Houston Texans.
11:44Y'all need to go at the Kendrick Perkins.
11:46Oh, yeah.
11:46Imagine if they just went at the Kendrick Perkins.
11:48Oh, that's really good.
11:49I like it.
11:50Because he hates C.J. Stroud.
11:52They should just go at the Kendrick Perkins, man.
11:54Just bring up his low likes.
11:57Find some video of him getting worked by Chris Bosh in high school.
12:01Was it the championship?
12:02Yeah, it was the state championship.
12:03Yeah.
12:04Just find some video of him getting worked by Chris Bosh and just have some fun with it
12:09if we're going to do this.
12:10I like what you got going here.
12:12I like what you got going here, even though he is indeed the proud of Beaumont, Texas.
12:15Mm-hmm.
12:15Yeah.
12:17All right.
12:18Speaking of being food addicts, I guess this is more of a wine addict or alcohol.
12:23You could consider this an alcoholic, maybe a food addict, too.
12:26It's food.
12:26It's foodstuffs.
12:27Yeah.
12:27Yeah, so it's a new trend going on at bars.
12:30I want to see if y'all are down with this.
12:33Bone broth cocktails.
12:35Ooh.
12:36Bone broth.
12:37Ooh.
12:39I didn't even know this was a thing.
12:41No, bone broth is really good.
12:42Yeah, this is like a health food thing, isn't it?
12:44In meals.
12:45Well, it's actually good for when you're cooking something, like a steak and bone broth sometimes.
12:51Sure.
12:51Yeah.
12:52But not in a drink.
12:53Yeah.
12:53Putting this in a drink feels like one of them health food nuts going crazy.
12:57Yeah.
12:57It's actually not, though.
12:58So this is not a new thing.
13:00I thought it was a new thing.
13:01Really?
13:01Okay.
13:01This is not a new thing.
13:02So, Lopez, you're familiar with Bloody Marys.
13:05Of course.
13:06What's all in the Bloody Mary?
13:08Well, tomato juice.
13:09Tomato juice.
13:10Tabasco.
13:11Worcestershire.
13:12However you want to say that.
13:12People say it differently.
13:15Celery and all that stuff.
13:16Celery and all that stuff.
13:17Yeah.
13:17So, they actually have something that's similar to a Bloody Mary.
13:21This is called a Bloody Bull, which is basically a Bloody Mary with bone broth in it.
13:28I got it.
13:28That sounds a little better.
13:30You sound like.
13:31Sounds a little better.
13:31Would you be on board with that?
13:32I would try it.
13:33I would definitely try it.
13:34Yeah.
13:34And these are things that actually, speaking of Zion, they've been in bars in New Orleans since the 1950s.
13:42Did not know that either.
13:44Back in.
13:44Yeah.
13:45If they be eating in New Orleans.
13:47You trust New Orleans people doing this.
13:49I trust them in my life.
13:50Y'all got it.
13:50I will eat whatever y'all tell me to eat down here to my own detriment.
13:54And I wasn't thinking Bloody Mary because Bloody Mary is like a savory drink.
13:57Yeah.
13:57You know, it's not like heavy taste on the alcohol or sweet or whatever.
14:04No, it's a savory drink.
14:05I could get down with that.
14:07You would try.
14:07So, next time we go to New Orleans, we're going to try a Bloody Bull.
14:11I like it.
14:12Let's do it.
14:12I like it.
14:13Yeah, I'm not really.
14:13What y'all doing this weekend?
14:15Go to New Orleans.
14:17You got a busy weekend this weekend.
14:18Sean's going to Las Vegas?
14:20Yeah, Sean going to Vegas.
14:22Dang.
14:23Yeah, yeah, yeah.
14:24So, yeah, I think I'd be down to try.
14:26I'm not really a Bloody Mary guy, but I would try.
14:30I would try.
14:30I do like Bloody Marys.
14:32Yeah.
14:32I'm going to be honest.
14:33I tried to listen as much as I could.
14:35My brain has been gone since I heard, food.
14:38Food.
14:38Food addict.
14:39I can't believe he did that.
14:41Why is he like this, bro?
14:43Food.
14:44Food addict.
14:46He was having food under his bed.
14:49What an insane assertion.
14:51We got to fight after that, man.
14:53Isn't that like private pile and hiding the donut in his foot locker?
14:57What kind of circumstances are we pretending that he lives under?
15:02Although he did say people closer than that, like family members told him or something.
15:05So, you mean to tell me somebody go in this room and he got the food under his bed trying
15:10to hide it?
15:10Like he a little kid.
15:12That's what I'm saying.
15:12It's like he is.
15:13Don't try to play me, man.
15:14He make enough money where even if he want to have food in the bedroom, he don't got to hide
15:18it, does he?
15:18My thing is, no, I'm paying all y'all salaries.
15:22Don't tell me what to do.
15:23I'm not hiding from none of y'all.
15:25In my brain, I just have a cartoon image.
15:27Just the cartoonishly large turkey leg or the rodeo turkey leg underneath just sticking out from underneath the mattress.
15:34Imagine somebody coming in.
15:35Lock spring.
15:38Hey, I ain't got nothing.
15:40Yeah.
15:41I ain't got nothing.
15:42That is not a roast beef sandwich you smell.
15:44Well, Zion, I can't believe you.
15:49How you going to hide this turkey leg?
15:50It just smells like a po' boy, Mom.
15:54I'm sorry.
15:55I couldn't help myself.
15:58That's great.
15:58Stephen A is crazy for this.
16:00He really is.
16:01Food addict.
16:01Oh, man.
16:02That is the mixtape here in the loop on Sports Radio 610.
16:05I'm going to start calling people a food addict.
16:07Man, you a food addict.
16:08Food addict.
16:09You got to add the emphasis, too.
16:11You got to really punch it.
16:12All right.
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