00:25We'll get back to business in a moment.
00:27It is Monday.
00:27Let's do part two of Can We Say That?
00:31David?
00:41Thank you, Stoney.
00:43All right.
00:43What do you got for me?
00:45Guys, as dominant as they looked, can we here in the city of Detroit actually say that the New York
00:53Knicks are the team to beat in the East?
00:58I'm not ready to say that.
00:59I mean, look, what they did to Philly was super impressive, no question, but the Pistons have been better.
01:08And again, the regular season to me, a lot of this is fake.
01:11I'm going to base.
01:12There's a mental advantage.
01:14The Pistons have something here.
01:17And I'm going to question the Knicks' toughness until they do it.
01:21When they bully the bully, I'll be willing to change my opinion.
01:26I'm going to say no.
01:27But it was super impressive.
01:29You don't sweep second-round series very often.
01:33That dominant.
01:34And in game three and four, like I said to you earlier, if the Knicks had scored zero fourth-quarter
01:39points in game three and four, they still win game three and four.
01:43Yeah.
01:44That's out of the road.
01:45That's crazy.
01:46Well, it was actually a home game.
01:47And you know what?
01:47You're right.
01:48It was crazy.
01:49You're right.
01:49Go ahead.
01:50The Knicks look really good, but when you're facing a team that has Paul George, who is playoff P, who
01:56has not looked like playoff P in years, that's what happens.
02:00I'm sorry.
02:01You can't win with Paul George.
02:02So that's why Philly looked like that.
02:04Sorry.
02:06David, that's not all Paul George, though.
02:09Philly got destroyed.
02:10I can't respect any team that has Paul George because Paul George always fails in the playoffs.
02:15Is this your new Chris Paul?
02:16And then this is what happens.
02:17Is this your new Chris Paul?
02:18It is for now because Chris Paul's gone.
02:21I like that.
02:22I like the spite.
02:23At least he's consistent.
02:26Look, more rumors have come out.
02:28Can we say that Odell Beckham Jr. is going to be on a roster this year?
02:33It may not be the Giants, but there's a lot of smoke that he may be back in the NFL.
02:38I just don't know what to believe, Rico.
02:40That's the problem.
02:41Like, we always go through this with the Scooble, you know, John Heyman, Boris connection.
02:45Like, our agent, you know, is this just the agent sphere?
02:50Pumping it out there and there's a, you know, integrity for access.
02:53Hey, get this story out there.
02:55Get my client signed.
02:56I'll give you a good tidbit later.
02:57I don't know what to make of it because Odell has been so detached from productivity since blown out in
03:02the Super Bowl.
03:02What?
03:03Four years ago.
03:04Right.
03:06I'll say yes.
03:08But I don't, again, he was in the league and on a roster last year.
03:11What did he do?
03:14Did you see him in the flag football conference?
03:17There we go.
03:17David, go ahead.
03:18Yeah, but that's all he can do now.
03:20He's now 33 years old, hasn't played much football in the last couple years.
03:23So, I'm going to say he will not be on a roster.
03:27No, we cannot say that.
03:29Guys, can we say that the, what was it, Las Vegas A's, Oakland A's?
03:36The A's.
03:37Are a legitimate team and maybe a playoff contending team this year?
03:41I told you they were my darling in the AL to start the year.
03:44Yeah.
03:44They got a lot of good young ballplayers and a lineup that is pesky, big time.
03:49Now, look, their biggest prop, they strike out an absolute ton.
03:52But a guy like Brent Rooker, you know, guys like that who can hit 40 home runs, who can be
03:57that, you know, 1,000 OPS type player.
04:00And from a pitching standpoint, they've rebuilt themselves from the ashes.
04:05It's not perfect.
04:06It's not a finished product.
04:08It's a bad American league.
04:11Won't surprise me in the least if they're in the wild card hunt.
04:14And it's sad because they don't have a home.
04:17Obviously, leaving Oakland and not in Vegas yet.
04:21That's the sad part of it.
04:23They should be in Oakland.
04:24But John Fisher's awful.
04:26No, you're right about that.
04:27No, they look really good so far this year, but it's just tough.
04:31They look like the store-bought brand of something.
04:34Like, you don't see a city next to them.
04:36What, Hydrox?
04:37Yeah, that's what they look like.
04:39It's just athletics.
04:41It's just tough to see.
04:42But, yes, they're a good team.
04:45Guys, can we say that the Golden State Warriors should just hit the reset button and move on from Steve
04:51Kerr?
04:51Be done with it.
04:53100%.
04:53He's back for two years.
04:55No, it's just, no, no more.
04:58I can't take any more.
05:00No.
05:01He's got to go.
05:02Retire.
05:02End it.
05:03Be done with it.
05:04You're out.
05:04That's it.
05:05Well, see, I also would say that because what they're probably going to do is they're going to do the
05:10soft reset,
05:12which means Draymond will probably be gone.
05:14A few other pieces will probably be gone, but it won't be the full reset that they need to do.
05:18Still have Kerr.
05:19They still have Kerr.
05:20No, they needed a completely clean house, and Kerr needed to be the beginning.
05:24You've got to burn it to the ground.
05:25Yes.
05:25Probably have Steph retire.
05:27Yes.
05:28It's over.
05:29Done.
05:29Or you'll just be on the treadmill of mediocrity and be a playing team for the next three years.
05:33What's the point?
05:33It'll be the No. 10 seed trying to get in.
05:36Yes.
05:36Because here's the other thing.
05:37In the West, Rico, no one's beating the Spurs or Thunder the next year or two.
05:41You may as well rebuild now.
05:43Right.
05:44You're not beating those teams.
05:45No, I'm laughing because I think it means more to Steph and the Warriors that he goes
05:53and retires a Warrior, that they don't trade him away.
05:56Then retire.
05:56That he's not Jordan in a Wizards uniform or just be someone in your same uniform because
06:04you don't look the same.
06:05Right.
06:05He's not Ewing in a magic.
06:09Yeah, I think that he just wants to retire and he wants one more shot at this thing.
06:15Can we say that tanking actually worked for the Utah Jazz?
06:20They got fined over half a million dollars for tanking and they ended up with the No. 2 pick.
06:26Not the No. 1, but I still think there'll be some shenanigans so that they can get the
06:30Bonza and keep him in the state.
06:33No, the whole lottery is stupid, but I think the last point you made, that's the one thing
06:39that has to happen.
06:40They got to call the Wizards and they got to make an organizational all-in, what do we
06:46have to do to get this pick?
06:47That includes players.
06:48It could include four first-round picks.
06:51It could include whatever it takes.
06:53Utah getting to Bonza after he played at BYU for the way they're running their program,
06:59that's the player they need.
07:01But I'd love to see him in Utah.
07:03I would.
07:04But as far as a lottery, man, I guess, sure, maybe it worked.
07:10But I mean, they just said, yeah, we'll pay the fine.
07:13We're not trying.
07:14If you don't get the No. 1 pick, it's hard for me to say it worked.
07:17I'm a bit of a hardliner when it comes down to that.
07:20I mean, No. 2, I figured it'd be easier to pick, swap, and you say, here's some extra.
07:26Just give us that No. 1.
07:27No, no, no, no, no.
07:28Are you kidding me?
07:29If you're the Wizards and you've waited all this time to get the No. 1 pick, nah.
07:32No, no, I'm saying you'll get players.
07:34You're giving me marketing and four first-round picks if you want the Bonza's rookie-scale deal.
07:38Correct.
07:39I am going to literally take your head off.
07:41Give me the house and more.
07:45Interesting.
07:46Can you imagine a D.C. trading the No. 1 pick and you get kibbles and bits?
07:50Well, no, it's a deep draft this year.
07:54Outside of the Bonza, what is really there that you're sure of?
07:58Be real with me now.
08:00What are you going to say, Caleb Wilson?
08:01I'm going to say Boozer.
08:04Oh, boy.
08:05That ain't a sure thing to me.
08:06He's a good Boozer.
08:07He ain't a bad boy.
08:08He lacks size.
08:09He's a tweener.
08:11You want to say Peterson?
08:12You don't even know if he's going to try every night?
08:14Right, Acuff's an undersized guard.
08:15That's the problem with Acuff, undersized.
08:17You want Kingston Fleming, who's the mid-range lord from Houston?
08:21Who's a sure thing?
08:23Dave Bonza's the sure thing.
08:25He's day one ready.
08:27He's Cooper Flag 2.0.
08:29I think Peterson will be ready because he's getting paid a lot more.
08:34Oh, I must have missed where he was a charity at Kansas.
08:37Wasn't he making $3 million?
08:38I said a lot more.
08:40Now he's in the NBA.
08:41I guess it's 1985 all over again.
08:43They're not getting paid.
08:44They're just playing.
08:45Okay, I said a lot more.
08:47He did.
08:48You know, honestly, David, you're busting Rico's chops now.
08:51You know what?
08:52He corrected himself.
08:53This is what happens when you don't grill on the weekend.
08:55You lose your hearing.
08:59Can we say that the Pistons should try to see what they can do to jump into the Giannis sweepstakes?
09:04Because once again, Milwaukee is saying the doors of the church are open.
09:08Make me a deal.
09:09Probably not a fit here.
09:11You don't have enough shooting.
09:12And you'd be adding another guy who's not a shooter.
09:15I think for the Pistons, it's got to be a wing slash stretch four.
09:18It's got to be somebody who can shoot the three.
09:21And I don't think you have really what it takes.
09:24I mean, Milwaukee, they can go two pathways.
09:27They can demand a zillion picks and, you know, a young centerpiece player.
09:33Well, who's your young centerpiece player?
09:35It's not Durin.
09:37Obvious.
09:37Duh.
09:38You're not moving Cade.
09:39Who?
09:39The nine mean stop sign?
09:41That's not doing it.
09:42No.
09:43Like, I think in order to get a guy like Giannis, the other pathway is they don't go one for
09:48one, but they go out and get another all NBA caliber type player.
09:52Like, look, you're already seeing the rumors happen with Jalen Brown.
09:55Jalen Brown plus picks or Jalen Brown plus one of the young Celtics for Giannis.
10:00I'm not telling you that's happening.
10:02I'm just saying, like, the Celtics have enough shooting.
10:05They could absorb Giannis, and then it's Giannis, Tatum, and a bunch of threes.
10:09I don't think it's the move for the Pistons because he's not a shooter.
10:14And I don't even know how you'd do it.
10:16What do you think?
10:16Well, no, I think before this series, before the playoffs, you probably could have threw
10:21Durin in the deal.
10:22I don't think that's going to happen now.
10:24Yeah, right now I'd be like, okay, yeah, great.
10:25You can give me Durin, and then what?
10:27Like, oh, Durin and a sore.
10:29Great.
10:30The Milwaukee Bucks have just said we're never hitting a three ever again.
10:34I don't know.
10:35I don't know how you sell that to your fan base.
10:37Yeah, see, I understand everything Mike is saying.
10:39I do say you got to do the Jeremy Otto, and you got to try.
10:43You got to put it out there.
10:44You got to ask because you don't ever know if you don't ask.
10:47But then I'll also say this.
10:50Well, yeah, just try.
10:52I'll leave it at that.
10:54Guys, can we say if Shohei Atani gets enough
10:59innings pitch that he could give Paul Skeens a run for the Cy Young in the NL?
11:06I know we're speculating, but he's doing really well on the mound right now.
11:14It's just how long will the Dodgers go with this experiment of leaving him out there?
11:18Yeah, and it's also, too, is Skeens healthy?
11:21Does he continue?
11:22I mean, it's so hard to project in May a Cy Young, but I dig it.
11:26I'm fine.
11:27Sure.
11:28Why not?
11:29Atani's Babe Ruth.
11:30This is what we apparently missed in the 1910s, okay?
11:33He's Babe Ruth.
11:34It was great, Mike.
11:35We went to the games.
11:36I'm sure.
11:37I'm sure.
11:38I just beat you to it.
11:42Finally, can we say that RJ Day, Ryan Day's kid, made the right decision and not commit
11:51to Ohio State to play quarterback?
11:52He's going to Northwestern instead.
11:54Go to Northwestern.
11:55They actually make you go to class.
11:57Get away from your father.
11:58Get away from all the pressure.
11:59Get away from a place you'll never see the field.
12:02And it's a lot like what Herb Street's kid did.
12:04He went to Michigan.
12:05He couldn't go to Ohio State.
12:07He's never going to play at Michigan.
12:09He probably won't even stay there.
12:10Here's the beauty of it, Mike.
12:12If you go to Northwestern and you're good, guess who's calling?
12:15Dad.
12:16Well, yeah, and it's more just get a degree, go to an actual university.
12:20I mean, most of these places are no different.
12:22I mean, Michigan State, Michigan, all these schools now, they're just junior colleges.
12:26Graduate in two years with an easy payment plan.
12:28What meaningful degree are you getting in two years?
12:31Lego.
12:33Legos 402.
12:34Got it.
12:35For individuals like RJ Day and Herb Street's kid, what's probably going to happen, they'll
12:39get a degree.
12:40They may go into coaching.
12:41That's their future probably because of what their fathers do.
12:44Or here's the thing.
12:45All of a sudden, you just blow up.
12:47You're gone.
12:49Now you're going to, Ohio State's going, hey, we knew you were going to be good.
12:52We just need you to get some actual work on the field.
12:55Now come play for a champion.
12:58That's Can We Say That Part 2.
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