00:00Cakes and I were at the golf tournament yesterday, slash pickleball tournament, and he was talking
00:06about the graduation, and then I realized, I got out of 13 years to get to that point.
00:10Yeah, that's because Isabella's nine.
00:12You got a whole other can of worms.
00:13That's if I'm going to need a college graduation.
00:15Yeah, that's a long road to hoe.
00:17Long road when you got a third grader.
00:19Yeah.
00:19Yep.
00:20Yeah.
00:20A couple, only a couple years for Dylan.
00:22He finished his freshman year.
00:23It keeps you young.
00:24Yeah.
00:25Sure.
00:25It is cool.
00:26We had a good time, by the way.
00:27I mean, I didn't see Cakes play pickle.
00:29Yeah.
00:30But I played golf.
00:31Good group of guys.
00:32Didn't know them beforehand, which is always that weird bit, but it's one of those things
00:38where this guy, Andrew, is a long-time listener of our show, but he started listening when
00:43he was in middle school when his dad used to put the junkies on the show.
00:48Generational listening.
00:49We like that.
00:49So I met his dad, too.
00:50They were really nice.
00:51I think they won the auction.
00:54Yeah, for the sit-in.
00:54So they'll sit in studio with us at some point.
00:56Yeah.
00:58One thing about golf, golf is often, you know, people like to make fun of it, you know,
01:02it's for, you know, whatever, being a wealthier sport or whatever, you know, but I'll tell
01:08you, man, if you play four hours with somebody, you really get to know them.
01:11And I would say 98% of the time, you end up pleasant interactions.
01:17Like maybe a handful of my lifetime, if I ever played someone, I thought, oh, that guy's
01:21a real douche.
01:21You know what I mean?
01:22Sure.
01:23You play with someone for four or five hours, you really get to know them, and you might
01:26have preconceived notions at the beginning, but by the third hole, everyone's just struggling
01:30the same way.
01:30Yep.
01:31I don't know.
01:32It's a great way to meet people, actually.
01:33I don't really like to meet people, but at the end of the day, it ends up being nice.
01:39I had a good time.
01:40It was hot.
01:41Oh, yeah.
01:41It was so hot.
01:43It was a steamer.
01:43I mean, I think I drank two to three Gatorades and four to five bottles of water.
01:49I was out on the course yesterday.
01:50I drank like 10 bottles of water, and I said to the guys, and didn't pee, just kept pounding.
01:54I was like, do I need to go to the hospital?
01:56I'm not being serious.
01:57Just sweating it out.
01:58Why am I sweating so much, and why am I so thirsty every other hole, like every other
02:02shot?
02:03Yeah.
02:04So the same thing happened to you.
02:05Good.
02:05Yeah, I mean, I didn't bring a change of clothes to Manor Country Club.
02:10I should have, because I slathered myself with so much sunblock, and I was sweating so much.
02:17See, that's again where you probably didn't read the email where Kathy, who was coordinating
02:22everything, she did a great job, by the way, Kathy Miller, she said you could use the shower
02:27at Manor.
02:28So I was like, I'm definitely doing that, because I know I'm sweating for two plus hours playing
02:32pickleball in 93 degree heat.
02:34I can't get into my car sweaty.
02:36I have to take a shower.
02:38Is that right?
02:39Oh, yeah.
02:39If it's a hot day, I have to take a shower.
02:41Wow.
02:41I just can't get into a car sweaty and turn the AC on.
02:44I just feel terrible.
02:45I just let it dry on me.
02:46Yeah, I like that.
02:47And then I get sticky.
02:48I've done that a lot before, but I had the option, so I was like, I'm just bringing a bag
02:51of clothes, take a shower, and done good.
02:53Plus, when were you done?
02:54The pickleball was much shorter for only two hours.
02:57Yeah, I mean, we probably finished at 4 or 4.15.
03:00Oh, yeah.
03:01Yeah, we weren't on a five-hour odyssey around the manor golf course.
03:04So did you, when you were done, you got to get in your car and go home in a normal
03:07hour?
03:08No, no.
03:09No, no.
03:09They had all kinds of things.
03:10We went to the dinner, the awards ceremony.
03:12We did a Q&A with B. Mitch.
03:14He was there till 8.
03:16No, I was there till like 6.15.
03:17Oh.
03:18And then I lived 15 minutes.
03:19How was the Q&A?
03:20It was fine.
03:21It couldn't have been easier.
03:22How long was it?
03:2315 minutes?
03:24Let me guess.
03:25Ish.
03:25I thought it was going to be an hour.
03:26100 questions for B. Mitch and one for you.
03:28No, Andy Poland did a good job of spreading it.
03:30Oh, he did.
03:30We passed the mic around and it was fine.
03:33Pretty easy.
03:33What did you think of the NFL draft?
03:34Yeah.
03:35I mean, just biggest softball ever.
03:37Do you think the defense will be better this year?
03:38Stuff like that.
03:39I hate those kind of questions.
03:40Just filler questions.
03:41It's so dumb.
03:42Who cares?
03:43And that's what it was.
03:44That's what it entailed.
03:46Yeah.
03:46It was fine.
03:48It was a good time.
03:48By the way, it's going to be hotter today.
03:51I'm going to the game.
03:53I told you that.
03:54So, my Dewey hole excursion starts today.
03:57Are you going to stay to the 12th inning?
03:58No.
04:00In fact, I'm going to have to break it to Vin that, I don't know if he's ever done this,
04:05we're going to have to leave a Mets game early.
04:07That's not what Mets said to Dewey be.
04:08I'm not kidding.
04:09We stayed to the bitter end.
04:10I got to get up.
04:12You have a job.
04:13You have work.
04:14You got to get up.
04:14You got to work.
04:15You got to slay the dragon.
04:16Yeah.
04:17So, what I'm going to hope to do is just get him hammered in the bullpen.
04:21And so, by whenever I want to leave, he'll have less resistance.
04:24I am elite at leaving early.
04:27I can do it, too.
04:28I can do it, too.
04:29How many people are going to the game?
04:30It's just three of us tonight.
04:32Yeah.
04:34But it starts today, and then tomorrow we're playing golf, although it's supposed to storm,
04:37so we're trying to get earlier tee time, and that's in, whatever, first world problems,
04:41whatever.
04:41It's still a problem.
04:42Then Thursday.
04:42It's a problem.
04:44Then Thursday it starts.
04:45Thursday we're headed down, and whatever's going to happen, happen there.
04:49And then Friday, and then I actually was going to stay, to be honest with you, through
04:53Sunday morning, but I canceled my Saturday night.
04:56I canceled it.
04:57Yeah, because the weather's going to suck.
04:59It's just going to be cold.
04:59So, I just, you're finished.
05:01That's smart.
05:02So, I know none of you guys stayed up to watch the double overtime game last night.
05:06You're very correct.
05:07And I'll admit it.
05:08We missed a classic.
05:09End of the game.
05:11Regulation was awesome.
05:13The Spurs dump it to Wemby.
05:15I don't even know how to describe it.
05:17He just kind of forces his way to the basket and throws up a shot.
05:21They go up by two.
05:23Timeout.
05:25Then, OKC runs a play for SGA, who won his second straight MVP.
05:30He gets to the bucket, ties the game.
05:33Timeout.
05:35Spurs have the ball with like three seconds left.
05:37Get it to Wemby.
05:39Caruso kind of swiped at him.
05:40I think it was maybe Case and Wallace kind of underneath low.
05:45So, Wemby didn't get to rise as high.
05:47And Chet swats it out and says, no, no, no.
05:49So, we're going to overtime.
05:52I turned it off because it was already 11-15.
05:54And I have no discipline.
05:56I would have stayed up the whole way.
05:57That was actually a disciplined JP moment.
06:00But I woke up to see Wemby took over.
06:03And if you haven't seen it, I know I already posted it on our Instagram page,
06:06Sports Junkies Radio, to tie the game in overtime.
06:11And it went to double overtime.
06:13Wemby hit a three from 28 feet, basically from the logo.
06:17So, he's an unreal player.
06:20It's like Nerf Hoop.
06:22It really is.
06:23You know when you're first playing Nerf Hoop and you're small,
06:25but you keep playing when you probably shouldn't?
06:28Yeah.
06:29And you can just dunk standing up?
06:30Sure, of course.
06:31That's his game.
06:32Yep.
06:32And he had a dunk in between, I think it was Chet Holmgren and SGA at one point,
06:38where he just has like this left-handed dunk,
06:41where he kind of gets in between those two guys.
06:44Guys, he's an unreal player.
06:46And if he continues this trajectory, I know it's ridiculous to say at 22,
06:51he will go down as the best player in the history of the game.
06:54He's that good.
06:56Here's why I can't enjoy him.
06:58Because I know the Wizards were tantalizingly close to landing him.
07:01They were like one number sequence away from landing Wemby.
07:06So, I always look at him and say,
07:09he should be wearing a Wizards jersey.
07:10He was this close to wearing a Wizards jersey.
07:13I can't fully appreciate it.
07:15If he's this good at 22, what's he going to be at 25?
07:17Oh, he's an unreal talent.
07:19He's going to score a billion points, win multiple championships.
07:22He's going to be one of the greatest.
07:25Because he's only going to get stronger.
07:26Yeah, of course.
07:27Like he's filled out a little bit since he got into the league.
07:29The only thing that will kill him is like some serious injuries because of his size, his length.
07:33There's a kid I saw that came up on my feed.
07:36I meant to send it to Drab.
07:3716-year-old kid who they allege is as big as Wemby and more athletic.
07:45And he's just dunking it all over.
07:47I don't know where he's from.
07:50I have to get on to rivals.
07:53He's like an African-American kid.
07:55I don't know where he's from.
07:56I don't know if he's from like New York City or if he's from – I have no idea where
07:59he's from.
08:00And Wemby's cocky and aggressive too.
08:02He did this pose towards his bench after the game where he's just kind of like standing there.
08:07And it's almost like they're bowing to him.
08:11All his teammates are just looking at him.
08:13I know he's called the alien.
08:15He hit 41 and 24.
08:18The last time somebody had 24 rebounds in their first conference final game, it was Shaq.
08:25No, I mean, obviously, he's going to go down with one of the all-time greats.
08:29You want to say the greatest?
08:30Probably.
08:30Who knows?
08:31I don't know.
08:31There's no reason why he shouldn't.
08:32I mean, it's a leap.
08:33Yeah.
08:34He hasn't even won one MVP, but he was in the running for the MVP this year.
08:37I'm not going to argue with it.
08:38He's 22.
08:39I'm not going to argue with it.
08:40But there is something about him that's not super endearing.
08:45I don't know.
08:46I disagree.
08:47Oh, really?
08:48What?
08:48The way he plays?
08:49Yeah.
08:50No, no.
08:50He plays awesome, but I don't find him like –
08:53Personality?
08:53Yeah, I just don't find him like lovable.
08:55Like Shaq was kind of lovable.
08:57Yeah, he's a little different.
08:58I don't have that sort of feeling for him.
09:02He seems like a big, dominant guy.
09:04He's pretty mature, though.
09:06Eric, are you talking about Bamba Touré?
09:08Is that name ring a bell?
09:10I don't think so.
09:1116?
09:12Is it a longer name?
09:13He goes to IMG.
09:14I don't know if that's who you're thinking of.
09:16I don't think – no.
09:18Like a 7'2 guy, like dribbling and then dunking on people, like Wemby.
09:23One dribble, dunking your – but super athletic.
09:26Like, Wemby's obviously a freak athlete for his height.
09:30This guy's like freak athlete for like a guard, and he's like 7'2 or whatever.
09:35But Spurs get the win in double overtime, and they did it without De'Aaron Fox.
09:40So, huge win in OKC for the Spurs.
09:43How about Dylan Harper?
09:44Dylan Harper balled out last night.
09:46Well, number two pick, right?
09:48Yeah, really good.
09:49All right, coming up on the show today on a Tuesday, guest-wise, Ben Anderson's going
09:54to join us.
09:55He's a Utah Jazz insider for KSL Sports in Salt Lake.
09:58He's going to join us coming up at 925.
10:00When we come back, we'll get into the Nats.
10:03Big surprise, they gave up over 10 runs yesterday.
10:06Give up two more home runs.
10:08They've given up the most home runs in the league.
10:09So far, and they sent a relatively big name down to the minors.
10:14We'll get you up to date on the Nats next here on The Fan.
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