00:05great to be with you
00:07Valenian Rico
00:08Mark Ryan
00:09in for Mike
00:09here on 97.1
00:10alright so
00:13I'm a dude
00:14who
00:14I tend to worry
00:15about things
00:16I can't control
00:17and everyone always says
00:18worry about what
00:19you can control
00:20I don't do well
00:21with that
00:21I have no control
00:23over this segment
00:23it is making me anxious
00:25it is making me jittery
00:26what's even
00:27what's hurting this
00:28even more
00:28is Paul Serra
00:29sitting there
00:30with a bleep eating
00:31grit on his face
00:31and holding papers
00:33like he's very
00:33very prepared
00:35so I am afraid
00:36I am very afraid
00:37we've got your
00:38blitz for you
00:39right here
00:39let's get to it
00:42okay so I got
00:43I want Mark
00:44I want Rico
00:45I want David
00:46to put on your
00:46detective caps
00:47for a second
00:48and I'm going to
00:48put out a thing
00:49and I'm going to
00:50give you theory A
00:50theory B
00:51you tell me
00:52what you think
00:53is going on
00:53well so we're
00:54going to figure out
00:54LeBron James
00:55next team
00:56okay let's go
00:56that's on here
00:57but we'll not get
00:58to that yet
00:59so first of all
01:00we're going to
01:00start with
01:01Tarek Skubel's
01:01comments
01:02he said he wants
01:03the Tigers to be
01:04buyers at the
01:04deadline but then
01:05he's apparently
01:06also telling his
01:06friends he doesn't
01:07want to be traded
01:07from the Tigers
01:08so let's go with
01:09theory A
01:11he wants to be
01:11he wants the Tigers
01:13to be buyers
01:13and not get traded
01:14at the deadline
01:14because he thinks
01:15they have a legit
01:16chance to win it
01:16all and he thinks
01:18they will before he
01:19leaves the team
01:19via free agency
01:20or B
01:21it's simple
01:22he doesn't really
01:23care what happens
01:24to the team
01:24once he's gone
01:25he just doesn't
01:26want to get traded
01:26because he hates
01:27the idea of moving
01:28multiple times in the
01:29next few months
01:31I think it's A
01:32I mean I think he
01:34wants to see it
01:35through and I think
01:36he would feel guilty
01:38you know piecing out
01:39of something before
01:40he sees it through
01:41but at the same
01:42point man if you're
01:43not willing to put
01:44a ring on it in the
01:45form of a long-term
01:46contract you don't
01:48get to say hey
01:49Rico I'm going to
01:50break up with you
01:50in November
01:51in November I'm
01:53going to break up
01:53with you
01:53no no no man
01:54what should have
01:56what must happen
01:56eventually needs to
01:58happen immediately
01:59it's bleep or get
02:00off the pot time
02:01right now
02:02I have an answer
02:03and hopefully Paul
02:05it's C and you
02:05don't take away a
02:06hundred points like
02:07Kenny used to do
02:07but I think it's C
02:10he wants to win
02:12he thinks his team
02:13can actually win
02:14not a World Series
02:15but they're on a
02:16hot run
02:18he knows I'm not
02:19going to be here
02:19long term but
02:20let's just ride
02:21this thing to the
02:22wheels come off
02:23and when the
02:23wheels come off
02:24I'll be on a new
02:25team that's why I
02:27think he is
02:28I hope you do
02:29take points from
02:30him because that
02:30was not a choice
02:31I'm going with
02:32B it's because he
02:34doesn't want to
02:35move twice
02:35he's only looking
02:37forward to one
02:38move when he
02:39finally signs his
02:40deal and he's
02:41out of here
02:42goes wherever or
02:43he stays whatever
02:44but he doesn't want
02:44to move twice
02:46okay now let's go
02:47to the Tigers trade
02:48deadline
02:49so theory a
02:51they keep
02:52Scooble
02:53buy a few
02:54marginal bullpen
02:55arms which will
02:55ultimately prove
02:56fruitless
02:57get knocked out
02:58in the wildcard
02:59round and then
02:59lose Scooble for
03:00nothing in free
03:00agency
03:01or B
03:02they trade
03:04Scooble
03:04buy a high-end
03:05bullpen arm
03:06a good right-handed
03:07bat but miss the
03:09playoffs altogether
03:13go ahead
03:14after you
03:16I'll get my
03:17points back on
03:17this one because
03:18I was sick to the
03:19choices a
03:21marginal things
03:22last year showed
03:24you Scott Harris
03:24doesn't make major
03:26moves because he
03:27doesn't want to be
03:27haunted and when
03:30Scooble leaves
03:30they'll get the
03:31comp pick and
03:32they'll say well
03:33you know McGonagall
03:34was his comp pick
03:35so it could work
03:37and that's what
03:38they'll do
03:40I think that is
03:43the answer I
03:44think that's
03:44exactly what
03:45they're going to
03:45do I think it's
03:47going to be a I
03:48think they're going
03:49to make marginal
03:50moves and keep
03:51Scooble but you
03:52hope one of those
03:53marginal moves is a
03:54bat
03:55I'm going with a
03:56only because it
03:57has in there they
03:58lose him for
03:59nothing I think
04:00that's what's going
04:01to happen they're
04:02going to lose him
04:03for nothing
04:05okay let's go over
04:06to the Pistons and
04:07let's look at a
04:07Trajan Langdon's
04:08offseason so let's
04:10go with theory a
04:11he did his due
04:12diligence and
04:13contacting all the
04:14big name free agents
04:15and trade targets
04:16but was truly just
04:17unable to make a
04:18deal happen or be
04:20he sat down at the
04:21Coney Island in
04:22order to Detroit GM
04:23special I want to
04:29go with B because
04:30of the Coney thing
04:31but I think it's a
04:32because the reports
04:33are coming out that
04:34the price was just
04:35too high so he
04:37tried but just
04:38didn't get a deal
04:39done
04:40but David it's
04:41B and just so
04:42that you guys
04:42know the GM
04:43special is this
04:44theory that Rico
04:46came up with that
04:47all these GMs
04:48congregate together
04:48and they discuss
04:50how they can
04:51essentially screw
04:51over the city by
04:52doing nothing
04:53right let's be
04:54conservative and
04:55just win just
04:56enough it'll keep
04:57you just long
04:58enough not to
04:58lose your job
05:00Langdon looks but
05:02Langdon's problem is
05:03he values his own
05:04guys as much as
05:06Brad Holmes does
05:07and he has the
05:08same philosophical
05:09feeling as Scott
05:11Harris does about
05:12his prospects so
05:13he values them more
05:14than anybody else
05:15does he looked but
05:16did he really look if
05:17it's not a trade any
05:18other GM would make
05:20yeah I'm gonna go
05:21with B because I do
05:23think that look this
05:24is in the graphic
05:25city you just want to
05:26be in the graphic you
05:27don't want to win
05:28titles here you just
05:29you want to be relevant
05:30and have people say oh
05:31well this is an up
05:32and coming team and
05:33after a while you can
05:34only be up and
05:34coming after a
05:35while you're a
05:36failure Paul I
05:37think he went out
05:38there he made
05:39calls but he
05:41didn't want to be a
05:42big boy and pay the
05:43price to being
05:44great he just
05:45decided I'll be
05:46good by the way I
05:48think the Detroit
05:48GM special is
05:49plain oatmeal dry
05:50toast and a glass of
05:51warm milk nothing
05:53that'll upset the
05:53stomach and don't
05:54forget egg whites
05:56okay let's go to
05:57LeBron James last
05:58one here LeBron James
06:00theory a he's
06:01legitimately considering
06:02all his options and
06:04discussing his future
06:05with his family on
06:05where he'll end his
06:06career or B he's
06:08basically known this
06:09whole time we'll end
06:10up playing next but
06:11wants to milk the
06:12headlines for all
06:13they're worth yeah I'm
06:14convinced his son is
06:15going to get another
06:16paycheck if he just
06:17waits a little bit
06:18longer that's what he
06:19did last time remember
06:20if I just wait until
06:21this date my son's
06:22contract becomes
06:23guaranteed I think
06:26that already came a
06:27win his son got two
06:28and a half million I
06:29think he wants to go
06:30to Golden State I
06:31think he's deciding
06:34between what he wants
06:35and legacy and I
06:36think he knows he
06:37needs more
06:37championships for his
06:38legacy legacy would be
06:40in Philadelphia I think
06:41he's really conflicted
06:42here I think he already
06:44knows where he's
06:45going I think it's
06:45Cleveland all the
06:46clues are there because
06:47he said the clues are
06:49out there he's been a
06:50lot you know he's done
06:51some things in the
06:52state of Ohio he's
06:54going back home to
06:55Cleveland I'm a pull
06:56a Rico here it is see
06:58he's an attention
06:58whore that's
07:00okay no no take
07:02away points take
07:03away points who
07:04won all right I
07:06won thank you very
07:07much hold your
07:08applause I'll be here
07:09all no I won't be
07:10here all week I'll
07:11just be here today
07:11coming your way next
07:13we are boy we are
07:15pulling no punches on
07:16the Jameer Gibbs
07:17conversation what do
07:18you do in the Lions
07:19pickle 97-1
07:20it all over you
07:20yeah I want to be here
07:21so if we don't
07:23see you
07:23get it all all right
07:23yeah I want to be here
07:23yeah I want to
07:24yeah I want to be here
07:24yeah I want to be here
07:24You
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