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00:00Question of the day. What current heavy on the current Houston player would you put in their prime if you
00:05could and remember you can go past primes which of course is what the impetus for this question was or
00:10future primes if you want to take the gamble in that way if you feel like you're certain because we
00:15were thinking about this obviously as the Astros have dominated my mind after what was a pretty horrendous show. It's
00:21why you're shook. Yes.
00:22Anybody's wondering pretty horrendous showing yesterday in Denver as they got swept by the Rockies for the first time since
00:27they've been in the NL or since. Yes. Yes. Since they were in the NL. Yeah. Yeah. Right. The Astros
00:322012. Yes. And that is sick behavior. The Rockies have had very little good baseball in there and they managed
00:40to sweep you here. That's sorry. I need to stay on track. Apologies. But yeah man I they they had
00:45a number of injuries in the course of this game including I mean Christian Javier leaves this game early.
00:51And so yeah they're bringing up JP France to the big league club joining the 40 man roster and all
00:58and I was like we I think we were sitting before the show and thinking damn if you could just
01:02turn back the clock and get better JP France and I go well what what if you if you could
01:06use that who would you are there not better players that you could use that on so 713-572-4610
01:11who's on your mind who are you thinking about if you had the the the the DeLorean the time machine
01:17to get the prime version of one of these players on a team or the time machine to go for.
01:21Yeah. Yeah. So Astros and you brought up a good point. You could say Jose Altuve at his prime. You
01:26know but even if you want to go with the easy one. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. But I'm going to go
01:30I'm going to go future because this team needs it now.
01:32Wow. And I think you guys know this. I think the world of Tatsuya Emae I think he's going to
01:38be really good for a number of reasons. So fast forward after he gets through you know his first real
01:45you know taste of Major League Baseball. He's been a professional for a long time but Major League Baseball this
01:50division this country this league etc. Give me Emae. Give me Emae at his prime right now.
01:56Yeah. Yeah. It does feel like logically if you're trying to get value on this pick at least if you're
02:01sticking with the Astros portion of this it feels like starting pitching that or relievers right that or getting a
02:07reliever in their prime. Now somebody did ask a good question that I don't think is going to I don't
02:11think we're going to let this be fair but I'll let you guys decide. They go does prime Fred VanVleet
02:16mean he's healthy. Because if we do that then we just go yeah prime Hunter Brown and just get him
02:20back to health right. I don't I don't think that's how this works.
02:22Right now like you're trying to help these teams right. So are we talking Fred VanVleet on the Raptors winning
02:28the championship Fred VanVleet. I wouldn't even or rockets just in general. Well I mean I think you just go
02:33with the general prime of what he is but I don't think that we can bring back people from health
02:37because then I would probably right. I'd use it in a different way. But I think you're right. Emae is
02:41a good answer. I don't know if that's the answer that I would particularly go with there. I think I
02:47might go Christian Javier. Now I guess now he's hurt. So that also doesn't help. Right.
02:53Or Ryan Abreu you. Oh he gave up another run too man. He's giving up a run and every time
03:00he's been out. Which game are you talking about. He's been out. No that that's actually a very good one.
03:05You know who's which team is really hard to pick is the Houston Texans. Unless you you know we mentioned
03:11CJ Stroud. You know was was his rookie year is prime. Heaven forbid. And even if it is I think
03:16you probably take that in this moment. I think that in the heartbeat. Kevin Clark was on get up saying
03:20that. Yeah man. If you have CJ
03:22CJ Stroud in any level of resurgence then you're winning the Super Bowl because you just saw the Seahawks do
03:26something similar. Right. Or could it be a future version of CJ Stroud that you project. You know could be
03:32an even better version. That would be the obvious answer. If you think he's going to get better. You know
03:37one. And I was just trying to think outside of CJ Stroud. Would this be nuts. Trent Brown. Oh.
03:45Oh. I like the way that you're thinking. Because think about all the options you could do otherwise with these
03:50guys on the roster on the offensive line. You know you lock in Trent Brown. That tackle. That's not crazy.
03:57Yeah. I don't think that's crazy. Yeah. It would make it a little bit extraneous the the addition of Brayden
04:02Smith the way that it went. Well it's true. But also I mean just elevate the level as best you
04:06can. I mean. Ursary was projected as a guard. Yeah. You know. So we'll see. So that was one I
04:12thought.
04:13Oh you're you're doing the musical tears already. Yeah. Oh okay. I see what you're doing. Yeah. I think if
04:19you were if you because I know you're talking about wide receiver wise. What would you not take the acceleration
04:24of one of these wide receivers whether it's Noel or Higgins and go what is the prime of them and
04:28see if that don't help you a little bit. Or Dell. You know if you but again you have to
04:33project him being healthy. Yeah. And back to 100 percent. That'd be an interesting one. I love this one because
04:40I thought about it and I was like is this too simple for the Rockets
04:43just go prime Kevin Durant. He's in his prime. I know he's not. That's a thing. He's not. It seems
04:49like he is. And he's scoring 27 points a game. Like imagine if you have the Kevin Durant that could
04:53score like 30 a game. Yeah. And does that change this. I think what you what you're missing for the
04:58Rockets isn't quite that though. Yeah. And I'm wondering is it. It's marginal. You know how him in his prime
05:05versus him right now. Yeah. What he's doing for this squad. Like who is the answer for the Rockets. Figge
05:09said Capella. I said Capella. I think it'd be cool to have that
05:12type of what is that 2018 2019 Capella. So I think that'd be cool. But I feel like they're probably
05:18they need a damn point guard man. They had. How about Ray Shepard project forward. You know does he become
05:24does he become better defensively. I think that'd be fun. You know better or I don't know. This is me
05:30just being mean. What about Udoka. Is that forward or backwards. I don't know. Is that forward or backwards. I
05:38don't know. You want to get Boston Celtics. Udoka. Is that fair.
05:42Yeah. I'm thinking off the court stuff at this point. So he would say it was in his prime then.
05:48Capella is a fun answer because what is what is the primary thought with this text with this Rockets rather
05:53team of when they are at their best when they're rebounding. Right. And having another big that you could go
05:59to obviously without Steven Adams at the very least if he's rebounding like he did in those 1819 kind of
06:05time periods that would be a great help because it feels like he would be able to play on the
06:09court. He'd be better defensively as well. The only thing that scares me.
06:12Or maybe not scares me is do you use are you using this magical power. You're getting this this pixie
06:18dust sprinkling it on one player and going hey the thing that he did the best we can't even utilize
06:21because this ain't a pick and roll team in the same way that that James Harden team was where you
06:25have James Harden just throwing up lies and Clint Capella dunking on people's head tops.
06:29No that's that's fair but I still think the rebounding might be you know what he what he could do
06:34for this team. Somebody went wake and I shouldn't say way but somebody projected forward on Will Anderson juniors thinking
06:41that he'll get better.
06:44He said he'll get better even. I didn't even think about I was like he's just so good you don't
06:51need it but good God. Yeah imagine him a better version of Will Anderson jr. That's sick. Your brain is
06:57sick dear texture. I like the type of sickness that your brain is but that's scary.
07:00What about Astros. I think it was a twenty twenty one Carlos Correa Carlos Correa is a great answer. Yeah.
07:07It's a really good Carlos Correa. I mean I know the pitching you know that's the big deal now but
07:12just imagine if you get old school like well it's great. I mean Carlos is still Carlos his his actual
07:18stats are kind of interesting.
07:19I think his best season was like twenty six home runs and like ninety some RBI. What's wrong with McCullers.
07:25That's the that's the answer. Why did we miss the answer. Why are we not saying McCullers is the answer
07:32right. Yeah. That would be an interesting one. Cam Smith. Cam Smith is an interesting one going forward because he's
07:39the guy who Espada Myers some other guys have thought about when it comes to Cam Smith. They go he's
07:44going to be a superstar. Give me the superstar now. Yeah. Is is a very interesting
07:49prospect and proposition. But again that comes back to the Clint Capella somewhat of you get all that but is
07:54that the portion that you really need on the team. And you know what's kind of sad and kind of
08:00says something about this Astros team. This all started because you mentioned or someone did you know I'll take prime
08:07JP France. Yeah. Even at his prime he was like OK. He was better. You know he was better. I
08:13think what made him so good was he just kind of came out of nowhere. Nobody was thinking about JP
08:18France.
08:18And then it's like hey this JP France guy is kind of good. Yeah. If we weren't doing the injury
08:23designation for Christian Javier would Christian Javier be the answer. I still might lean McCullers. McCullers versus Chris. One of
08:29those two. Yeah. One of those two for sure. All right. So if we had to put the answer for
08:34each team the Texans one the Texans one is fun because I think CJ is probably the easy answer. CJ
08:40Texans. I'll go with Capella. You're rock. I'll go with Capella on the Rockets. Can I can I throw out
08:45a couple possibilities at you because I think Reed might be an interesting
08:48one getting better on on ball because I still saw in the Phoenix game Phoenix able to get under his
08:53skin a little bit when he has more more of a solid feeling on ball and those things. We didn't
08:59talk about a man like what is what is the eventual prime of a man because people were talking about
09:02him like he'd be he could be an all NBA player. And I do wonder if the the responsibility of
09:07being on ball did kind of put a slight pause on what that looks like. What does that look like
09:13at the top top where he's potential defensive player of the year type
09:16guy and guy scoring and guy scoring a guy that you can give the ball to and go go get
09:20your own basket. Yeah. Yeah. Does that not feel like something that would be huge right now. More than fair
09:24right there. What about another one in the way back machine with the Rockets. Uncle Jeff. Oh that's so fun.
09:31If you're looking for another big man to come in his prime year. Yeah. That's fun. I would not thought
09:37about that. Somebody said get D'Amico next to Aziz. Can we pull the coach onto the field. Is Aziz
09:44the answer. Well not the answer but is he
09:46an answer. He's an answer. How good do you think. How good do you think. How better do you think
09:52he can get. I'm talking about we're going backwards. I think we're on the we're on the downside of the
09:57hill with Aziz which is kind of amazing that it still looks like. But what was his prime. It was
10:00his prime year last year last season. No I wouldn't say that. He was made his first robo right. It
10:06was up there. That is a fair point. It was up there. Yeah. Just keep keep rocking with this one
10:10which yeah. Somebody said Javier is cooked. Y'all that's why we might. Yeah. That's why we
10:16need to get to the way back. It's starting to look like it man. That's why we might need to
10:18get to the way back. But yeah. I don't know. Interesting kind of thought process. Is Eric Getty a name.
10:23He's not with the big league club. I don't know. I mean even his prime. I know a lot of
10:26people. You don't know what his prime is. I know a lot of people was praising him a lot but
10:29I wasn't that sold on him like that. Yeah. All right. Keep those coming in if you have other answers
10:34that we did not get to there. 713-572-4610. I do love the people though that were going outside
10:39of the box and just going back. They're like Arian Foster. No. Earl Campbell.
10:43That's not the game. Carlos Beltran. I know this pitcher ain't on the Astros anymore. I think he with the
10:49Yankees but Luis Garcia. Yeah. God that was fun. If you could get back to Cha Cha Luis Garcia. What
10:55a fun time that was. Man they made him change his whole. And that was that. Yeah. That was it.
10:59He was done after that. That just makes me sad thinking about. Just thinking about all the great pitching that
11:05the Astros have had. We had good times and. Just under the radar. Like where did this guy come from.
11:10And now we can't find one.
11:11Hey man fire up the car wash already. Where's the car wash. All right. You're in the loop here on
11:15Sports Radio 610. I was yelling. That was. That was. I apologize.
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