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Nobody knows where LeBron James will play next season, but he’s expressed how much he enjoys playing with Anthony Davis. How should the Wizards strategically deal Anthony Davis for maximum return?
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00:00What do you make of these Kevin O'Connor reports?
00:02Kevin O'Connor is an NBA reporter,
00:04a longtime NBA reporter.
00:06Not a hack.
00:08He works for Yahoo, I believe,
00:10and maybe The Ringer.
00:12Not quite sure.
00:14He's put out reports that the reason
00:16LeBron James' decision hasn't happened
00:20and is on hold is still trying to see
00:24if his potential suitors can acquire Anthony Davis.
00:28Oh, yeah, I buy it.
00:30I guess.
00:30I buy it.
00:31I don't think it's going to happen, but I buy it.
00:32Yeah.
00:34You mentioned Davis and somebody else.
00:35I can't remember who else the other person.
00:37Kyrie.
00:38Yeah, Kyrie.
00:40I do buy that.
00:42I know that...
00:43The salary makes it hard.
00:44Like, Golden State was a team who at one point
00:47was rumored to be interested in Anthony Davis,
00:50and then that would help bring in LeBron James.
00:54The problem is fitting in the salaries.
00:58But this is a situation where I think
01:00the Wizards may have the intent of keeping Anthony Davis.
01:03I think they do.
01:04But this is a situation where I believe,
01:07my opinion is,
01:08they should explore this
01:09because teams may be desperate to get LeBron
01:13just because LeBron's going to generate
01:16so much money for them.
01:18Right.
01:18So an owner might be like,
01:19hey, go for it.
01:23Try and do whatever you can do
01:25to get LeBron James here for a year or two.
01:27It's going to help us compete for a championship,
01:29and we're going to make millions upon millions of dollars
01:34selling merch,
01:35selling out our arena every night.
01:38And essentially,
01:39the Wizards might be able to hold these teams hostage.
01:42I mean,
01:42I guess if they get some crazy haul,
01:45then certainly it would be ridiculous not to consider it.
01:49I just don't think it's going to happen.
01:50I think they're pretty committed to keeping AD.
01:52I trust Will and the brain trust he has around him,
01:54but I'm just being greedy.
01:57I kind of want to see what he can do in a Wizards uniform
01:59with this cast of talent.
02:02And Will kind of said that.
02:03He said,
02:04didn't he basically say,
02:05no, we're not trading you.
02:05Right.
02:06You're not on the trade market.
02:07That's at least the public stance at this point.
02:09Right.
02:09But I think to JP's point,
02:11if someone offers you some crazy haul,
02:13you have to consider everything.
02:15And I'm sure they would.
02:16But I think that,
02:17by and large,
02:17I don't think that's going to happen.
02:18But I do buy,
02:19I don't,
02:20for some reason,
02:21and LeBron is a lot of things,
02:23but I don't think he's like,
02:24just desperate for people to talk about him every day.
02:27And he just,
02:28he already knows three weeks ago where he's going.
02:31And I don't,
02:32it does make you wonder why he's waiting so long.
02:34I think because he is trying to see,
02:35maybe that is the reason.
02:37Every chess piece move,
02:38every chess piece,
02:39see the whole board before you make your decision.
02:42Yeah.
02:43And I know how we kind of react.
02:45Oh,
02:45he just wants the,
02:46all the attention.
02:46I don't know that he does.
02:47He's been doing it so long.
02:49You're right.
02:49You're right.
02:49I'm sure there's a logical reason.
02:52And maybe it is because he's waiting to see if Davis gets moved.
02:54Maybe Davis or Kyrie or Kyrie.
02:57Both those guys.
02:58It's interesting though.
02:59Certainly with Davis,
03:00isn't he the one that people thought at the time,
03:02he kind of okayed the deal to move on from him.
03:06Like it,
03:06didn't Davis feel a little backstabbed at one point.
03:10I thought that was the narrative.
03:12Maybe it was false.
03:13I don't know what to believe on that.
03:15When they moved Davis.
03:16But I do,
03:17I kind of agree with cakes.
03:18I mean,
03:18I'd certainly want to see what Davis can do here.
03:20Oh,
03:20totally.
03:20And I think Will Dawkins believes that too.
03:22Did you see the workout video from Swish culture that had Keyshawn,
03:29Keyshawn and Trey.
03:30And I don't know where Swish culture is,
03:33but it looked like a bunch of college guys,
03:35maybe some pro guys.
03:36They're just basically playing pickup.
03:39But I mean,
03:40Keyshawn just looks great.
03:42I mean,
03:42you know,
03:43I don't know what to make of it.
03:43It's not NBA competition.
03:47But I just think that what these guys are doing in the off season is just so,
03:52so impressive.
03:53Can we focus on a lesser group of athletes at this point?
03:56Namely us.
03:57What do you mean?
03:58With the first pitch.
03:59What do you?
04:00Drab brought up an interesting tidbit during the break.
04:03Okay.
04:03Like if one of us has a really bad first pitch and just flubs it,
04:07they should serve a breakfast penalty.
04:09Have to buy breakfast?
04:10Yeah.
04:11So sure.
04:12I don't think anybody's going to seriously flub it.
04:16Well,
04:17no EFIS pitches either.
04:18I'm not going to EFIS it,
04:19but I'm just going to throw it in there softly.
04:21I was telling Drab,
04:22I might just bring whatever heat I have in this.
04:26Cakes,
04:26his arm is loose.
04:27He's ready to go.
04:28I delivered him a solid pitch in the hallway.
04:31I'm not going to bring heat.
04:32I think I might just throw as hard as I can.
04:36What happens to all that?
04:37You're not going to throw as hard as you can.
04:39You're not going to be that far away from the catcher.
04:40I'll just tell the catcher.
04:41I'm bringing the heat.
04:43Get ready.
04:44Get ready.
04:44Just get ready.
04:45I'm bringing the heat.
04:46Tell him to put a batting glove underneath.
04:47You're probably not going to have the catcher.
04:49Maybe you will in the minor league.
04:50Anytime I've ever done it,
04:51they'll give you a mascot or some doofus with a big fake glove.
04:54It's minor league baseball.
04:56Right.
04:56Well,
04:56I'm just saying,
04:57you're not going to get the catcher.
04:59You're going to have a doofus.
05:00Like the catcher is so busy.
05:02This is what I've learned about Bickle.
05:04He's all talk.
05:06He's got all this fake bravado.
05:07I don't have any.
05:08I have no more swagger.
05:10I don't have any athletic swagger.
05:11I'm 57 years old.
05:1256.
05:13I know,
05:13but sometimes you pull me aside and say,
05:16you know how silly we are.
05:18You know,
05:18we're a big silly.
05:19That's not true.
05:20You're just making up stuff.
05:21That's true.
05:22You're just making up stuff.
05:23Don't ever forget it.
05:25Did you not say that in Dewey Beach?
05:28When you pulled Valdez and ISI said,
05:30about the show.
05:31Yeah.
05:31Don't ever forget.
05:32We're big sillies.
05:33Oh yeah.
05:34I have that.
05:34I have that swagger for the show.
05:36But I mean,
05:37athletic swagger.
05:38I don't like,
05:38I don't have golf swagger.
05:39I don't have nothing.
05:40It's all gone.
05:41I just want,
05:41I don't want you to,
05:42my idol to go out there tonight and lob a pitch in.
05:44I'm not going to lob it like the Bonta,
05:46but I'm not going to go in there and fire it.
05:49I'm just not going to do that.
05:51I'm hopefully going to deliver a strike.
05:54I'm not concerned about it.
05:55I'm not going to throw my arm out,
05:57but I'm going to try to bring at least a little bit of mustard on it.
06:00Yeah.
06:00Why not?
06:01I've done that before.
06:02I've been there and done that.
06:03JP will hum it in there a bit.
06:05Hum it in there.
06:05I don't want to,
06:06like when they wheeled out Ted Williams in the 99 All-Star game.
06:09No, I may choke under the pressure.
06:11You do it then.
06:12I may sail it.
06:13I may lose track of it,
06:15but I'm not from Bowie.
06:16I can't throw the ball.
06:17At least I'm going out swinging, baby.
06:20I'm bringing that thing tonight.
06:22I brought the heat in Loudoun County,
06:25and that's when I one-hopped it.
06:28I'm not doing that.
06:28I'm not doing that.
06:30Because I was on the mound,
06:31and it was too much angle.
06:33I'm not that worried about it.
06:35Aim for the catcher's head.
06:36That way, if it comes out low.
06:38I am, but I'm not going to bring heat.
06:40Plus, I don't have heat anymore.
06:41I mean, look,
06:42I hope there's tons of people there,
06:43but this is the reality.
06:44Even at Major League games.
06:46No one cares.
06:47With stars.
06:48No one's paying attention.
06:48Like, it could be John Wall.
06:50Yeah.
06:50Hardly anybody's watching.
06:52I know, trust me.
06:52Hardly anybody's there
06:53because they're getting their food
06:55before the game.
06:55I couldn't have been more nervous.
06:56So, we've done Minor League games before.
06:58I mean, it's been years
06:59since I've thrown a pitch
07:00at Fred Nats
07:01or wherever we've done
07:03these things before.
07:04I think about the Major League stadium
07:06and how nobody's watching
07:08and then bring it down
07:09to the Minor League level.
07:10It's going to be
07:10dozens of people watching.
07:12For some reason,
07:13I threw out the first pitch
07:15at Nats Park
07:16with you guys
07:17as a group at one point
07:18and I also did it individually.
07:20I did too.
07:21And when I did it,
07:22there literally were
07:24300 people in the stands
07:26and all they were doing
07:28was eating their ice cream,
07:31drinking their beer,
07:32talking to their friends.
07:33But I thought,
07:34you feel like
07:35when you're out there,
07:36you feel like
07:36all the eyes of the world
07:38are upon you.
07:39But it's also humbling
07:40because you'll hear
07:41the PA announcer
07:42and go,
07:42here celebrating 30 years
07:44of the sports junkies.
07:46You know them
07:47from Bowie, Maryland.
07:49John Cakes-Hawville,
07:51Eric E.B. Pickle,
07:53Jason Lurch Bishop,
07:55John Flynn Flame.
07:57And then there'll be
07:59like two people clapping.
08:00There'll be a sparrick of applause.
08:01It'll be, you know,
08:02Mr. Mercier,
08:03Ross,
08:05Cakes' brother.
08:06My brother's working.
08:07You can't even go.
08:08I did.
08:09I did send a correction email.
08:11Or J.B.'s name?
08:12I think it'd be classic
08:14if they write it as
08:15John Flynn Flame.
08:15That would be funny.
08:16I was on MLB.com
08:18and it was on there.
08:20Like,
08:20it was a press release.
08:21Okay.
08:22And it said John Flynn.
08:23And I was like,
08:24they're going to say that
08:25at the stadium on the PA.
08:26And then that will be embarrassing.
08:28So I sent a correction email.
08:29Okay.
08:29They'll mispronounce my last name.
08:31They'll call it Eric Brickle.
08:33It's fine.
08:33It's going to happen.
08:34John Ollville.
08:35It's whatever.
08:36It's fine.
08:37It doesn't matter.
08:38It doesn't matter.
08:39All that matters is
08:40just delivering a decent first pitch.
08:42You'll be fine.
08:43All right.
08:44And whoever,
08:44if anybody flubs it,
08:46you're buying Egg McMuffins.
08:47You're a whole round of them tomorrow.
08:49Okay.
08:51That's fair.
08:52Sure.
08:52I don't think anybody's going to flub it.
08:53I think it's going to be fine.
08:55I hope I don't sail it over the catcher's head.
08:56I like caviar on my Egg McMuffin.
08:58Hey,
08:59what is a flub?
09:00Like,
09:01what do you consider a flub,
09:02cakes?
09:02A bounce?
09:03Yes.
09:04Or an overthrow?
09:05Or an overthrow?
09:05If it's 10 feet over the catcher's head,
09:07that counts as flubbing it.
09:09How's that going to happen?
09:10I don't know.
09:1110 feet over?
09:13Like,
09:14you just lose your body temporarily.
09:15I don't know.
09:16Some people have done that.
09:17Yeah.
09:18Not on purpose.
09:19You've seen it.
09:20You've seen those dumps.
09:21Some of those first pitches out there.
09:23All right,
09:23let's go to Mike.
09:24The true challenge
09:25which would make us all look bad
09:26would be if they put us on third base.
09:28Yeah.
09:29In the hot corner
09:30and hit a ground ball
09:31and we had to throw it to first.
09:32I'm not doing that.
09:33Yeah,
09:34you know,
09:34asking me to take fungos before the game.
09:35You think I want to lose my choppers
09:37and have a ball hop up
09:38and hit me in the face?
09:39They could throw a dribbler.
09:41They could hit a dribbler.
09:42A dribbler is fine.
09:42They could hit a dribbler.
09:43But my point is
09:44the throw from third base
09:46would be a challenge.
09:47That would be tough.
09:48I don't know.
09:49You're from the hole at shortstop.
09:50You're almost 60 years old.
09:52It's over.
09:52You're not really almost 60.
09:54Well,
09:54I'm almost 57.
09:55That's close to 60.
09:56It's over.
09:58The athletic days are over.
10:01I understand.
10:02Yeah.
10:03I've had cortisone shots
10:04in my shoulder
10:04multiple times.
10:06Me too.
10:07You're not going to
10:07feel the ground
10:08in the hole
10:09and rip a throw to first.
10:10I know.
10:11My point is
10:11that the
10:13first pitch
10:13for a 56 year old
10:14that would be very difficult.
10:15is not a big deal.
10:17Correct.
10:18All right,
10:18let's go to Mike.
10:19Probably for a front of the mound
10:20it's a 45 to 50 foot toss.
10:23Yes.
10:24Yes.
10:24Mike in Woodbridge.
10:26I'm bringing it.
10:28Hey,
10:28out of all of you,
10:29no offense,
10:31the one who would make it
10:33to home plate
10:34would have to be
10:36Jason,
10:37the six footer.
10:39The six footer?
10:40Big popper.
10:41Fisher.
10:41All right,
10:42he's taller than six feet.
10:43I'm taller than,
10:44slightly taller than six feet.
10:45What do you mean,
10:45make it to home plate?
10:46You don't think any of us
10:47can make it to home plate
10:48from a mound?
10:49I said over 60.
10:51Yeah.
10:51Oh.
10:52All the guys
10:52are going to make it to home plate.
10:53We're all going to make
10:54a fine pitch.
10:55It's going to be fine.
10:56Jason's Randy Johnson
10:57because he's butt tall.
10:57I think everybody else
10:58is just a little bit tiny
11:01compared to the big popper.
11:02Well,
11:02he's a giant.
11:03Yes,
11:04of course.
11:05He's a giant.
11:05That's the genetics.
11:06That's the genetics I have.
11:08He's a freak.
11:09A freak.
11:09Right.
11:10He's freakishly tall.
11:11Thank you, Mike.
11:14Todd Turner.
11:15Shocker.
11:15Todd Turner calling in.
11:17Todd going to make
11:17an appearance tonight?
11:18Anytime he hears
11:19Booey.
11:19Is he a representative
11:19of Booey or something?
11:20If he hears Booey,
11:21it's like a dog whistle for him.
11:22He's called before, right?
11:24He's a councilman.
11:25Is he elected official?
11:26Believe so.
11:27Still?
11:27He can remind us.
11:28He can let us know.
11:29Todd,
11:29what's your official title?
11:30Do you still have a title?
11:32No,
11:32I don't have a title anymore.
11:33I'm no longer
11:34an elected official.
11:35You're a civilian.
11:35I tell people
11:36I'm a former
11:37recovering elected official.
11:38All right.
11:39I just want to say
11:40happy 30th anniversary.
11:42Glad we were able
11:43to put something together tonight.
11:44Sounds like it's going
11:45to be a great time.
11:47Are you going to be there?
11:48No.
11:49I cannot be there.
11:51I'm celebrating
11:52my wife's birthday
11:53and we're going down
11:53to Ocean City.
11:55I mean,
11:56that's kind of the same thing.
11:57Ocean City,
11:57based on this game.
11:58We're definitely talking
11:58by Fausto's.
11:59Yeah.
12:00Good.
12:00We're going to go by Fausto's.
12:01But he did help
12:02set it up,
12:03so thank you, Todd.
12:04All right.
12:04Very nice.
12:05We appreciate it.
12:06Thank you, Todd.
12:06Todd,
12:07tell Fausto
12:07that you and I
12:09our friends
12:09when you get in there.
12:11Ask for Fausto
12:12and tell him
12:12and he'll give you
12:14a nice little appetizer.
12:16All right.
12:17Appreciate it.
12:17Appreciate it.
12:17Hey, listen.
12:19I've been to Spain,
12:21the restaurant
12:21over at the Cambria.
12:23Yes.
12:24Yes, I've been there.
12:25It's over by the Boardwalk.
12:26He's been there, too.
12:27Yes, it's selling.
12:28I have not been there yet.
12:29It's up in the hotel.
12:30You definitely got to
12:31try that out
12:32when you go down there.
12:32That's like my wife's
12:33favorite spot.
12:34It's up on the rooftop.
12:35It's actually a somewhat
12:35classy spot.
12:36Yeah.
12:37Okay.
12:37Yeah, it's pretty nice.
12:38All right, I'll check that out.
12:38So good.
12:39Yeah.
12:40All right, enjoy, Todd.
12:42Say again?
12:43Thanks, Todd.
12:43I just said enjoy.
12:44I'm trying to make you go away.
12:47Anyway, have fun tonight, guys.
12:49Make sure you get lots of videos
12:50so I can see you.
12:51All right.
12:51Okay, we'll do.
12:52All right, enjoy your wife.
12:53Give her some loving tonight.
12:55And happy 30th anniversary for you.
12:58I'm 31 years this year.
12:59All right, you got me by a year.
13:01Thank you, Todd.
13:01Appreciate you.
13:02Really, thank you.
13:03All right, take care, guys.
13:04Good luck.
13:04All right, thanks, buddy.
13:05Yeah, thank you.
13:06He's in the private sector now.
13:07He's out of that political game.
13:09I don't even know how they're going to squeeze us in
13:11because aren't they doing Margaritaville?
13:13Yeah, there's a lot of things.
13:14You're going to be away and are the Cangrejos tonight?
13:17Yeah.
13:17I'm a little bit concerned about parking.
13:19Should I not be concerned about parking?
13:20I think you're going to be fine.
13:21It's Thursday night.
13:22I mean, I sleep.
13:23It's Thursday night in the minor leagues.
13:25I always worry about parking.
13:26I think you're good.
13:26It may be tougher to park.
13:27I mean, I haven't been there in 10 years.
13:28It may be tougher to park at the Home Depot on your way in.
13:30Yeah.
13:31I think you're going to be good.
13:32Or isn't BJ's on the way, too?
13:34They've got, like, if you take that road to the minor league stadium.
13:37I haven't been to that stadium since the Allen Iverson thing.
13:40I'm sure I know everything around it.
13:41But I believe that you take that road and there's a Home Depot
13:45and a BJ's warehouse, and then you finally get to the stadium.
13:48It's barely recognizable.
13:50I don't remember.
13:51All right.
13:51When we come back, we will talk more commanders.
13:53Chris Russell, host on the Team 980, he'll give us a training camp preview.
13:58Rookies report tomorrow in Ashburn.
14:01Chris Russell joins us next.
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