Rory Completes Career Grand Slam!, Bahrain GP Recap, and NBA Playoffs!

[00:00:00] Speaker A: We're recording Monday nights, just before 9:00, we had the Masters. It was a pretty epic one. F1. A really great race from start to finish. We have some drama in college football and of course, drama already unfolding in the NBA with, with the Phoenix Suns firing their coach, which is pretty impressive. Man, that's like four coaches in four years. We'll get into it all, but first, let's start off with the Masters. I started watching it. I typically don't watch the first two rounds all too much. Kind of kept tabs. Rory McElroy had a really bad first round, made some moves in the second, and then they called moving day Saturday and he just played lights out. He had, I believe it was five or six holes. It was the first six holes. I think he had all threes. First time that, that's, that's happened in the history of the Masters. Kind of stumbled a little bit in the middle, but then closed out day three. I think he was like five strokes back and then he ended up being two strokes back. Bryson had a pretty big day as well. Pretty solid on Saturday. And then it just kind of set up an epic match. The last two times that Rory and DeChambeau were teamed up together and the final pairing was twice. They both happened in the US Open, and we all know how that happened. Roy has not been able to take advantage, but this was his 11th try of completing the career Grand Slam, and he did it. It was. It was pretty epic, man. He started hot, struggled in the middle. What? He had a bogey, A double bogey, Was it Three holes of bogeys got really tense. I was at the bar watching it. Had the whole bar watching golf. It was a weird Sunday for me. Maybe we can get into that later. [00:01:58] Speaker B: On too, but that's, that's a controversy. [00:02:01] Speaker C: Controversy segment already previewed later in the. [00:02:03] Speaker A: Rest of the show. [00:02:06] Speaker B: I'm surprised you remember going to the bar to begin with Rome, but I. [00:02:10] Speaker A: Just don't know where I ended up. [00:02:11] Speaker B: Yeah, that's for. [00:02:12] Speaker A: Yeah, you're right. That's a controversy segment. Anyways, Roy, what dropped back was like a, a shot back, and then all of a sudden we ended it tied up. Rose had a hell of a Sunday, was a contention, was one of the favorites to win the Masters, and then it was a quick playoff, man. Just ended after one like the. It ended early enough that they could do the playoff and Rory comes out on top. Pretty, pretty epic. It was great. [00:02:45] Speaker C: Yeah. The overall tournament for Rory. I mean, Rory's chase to win this Career Grand Slam, you know, has been kind of years in the making or you know, know this, this was kind of the text conversation we had yesterday Rome where you're. You. You kind of indicated like he was supposed to be like the next Tiger and kind of go on this run and we've all been waiting for him. And he started out his career, you know, just out of the gates, just such a young age, you know, winning the other three majors, you know, pretty or pretty early in his career. When you think about what was it, 20, I don't know, was it 20, 2012 or something like that when he won the first. But it was like 2014 and stuff like that. He's already there and he's won the first three and had four majors off the back pretty early in the first couple years. And like, yeah, he's gonna go on this mid career run and it never happens. He's been successful in other tournaments, but he's just been waiting kind of for this, for this master's moment. And he's had his shots, including last year, was. Was one where he had his shots and kind of got to choke down the stretch. And that's kind of just been, all of a sudden it's in his reputation is that this is going to happen. He's going to get in his head. I, I was in group texting with a bunch of other friends about. It's like, oh, it's, you know, he's just his own kind of worst enemy. It's the, it's the, it's the worst part of golf. No other sport is kind of like this where like your competition doesn't have to play into it at all. It's. You're, you and yourself out there and doing something and you just know. And his, the, the poetry kind of of this round because you mentioned going back to his first round, you know, I think he's four under through 14 and then double bogeys, the 15, double buggies, the 17. And he's all of a sudden, even for his round, I think seven strokes back off of day one, you're like, man, just choked it away like right down the stretch. And then you mentioned moving day. It wasn't Saturday for him because it was Friday where he shot a 66. You know, Eagles 13 on in the second round. Birdie's 15, shoots a 66. Okay, cool. He's right back in it. Low round there. And then on moving day like you mentioned, shoots another 66. And that round was kind of like he had everything with it he had two eagles, but also had two bogeys. But in a bunch more birdies in there. And, you know, hey, he's far and away the leader. Going to the right round, and you're thinking you're getting this showdown between Rory and Bryson, which they kind of got their own little beef and history off the back off a previous major that Rory kind of gave away to Bryson. But Bryson, he was all over the place kind of late in the round and kind of took himself out. And like you said, Justin Rose, you know, I think he shot seven under on Sunday or something to really put himself in contention there and to give him a chance, which he did. But that fourth. The fourth round for Rory was all over the place, too, because he just starts off the day, double bogeys off a one on a Sunday, and you're like, man, this ain't it. He's giving it away on the first hole. And then third and fourth. Holy birdies. Birdie's nine. All right, cool. He's got it. Birdie's 10. You're in it. And then bogey's 11, double bogey's 13, bogey's 14, and you're like, oh, the wheels are coming off at that point. That's when Justin Rose took the outright lead. But then he birdies 15, ties it, birdie 17, and he's kind of one up, and then really just needed the par on 18, ends up bogeying it and forces the playoff. And just. It was just the range of emotions, like just up and down where you were going for. And he had the crowd, and I don't know if it was just me and, you know, kind of everyone we know, but it felt like everyone's behind this guy to win this one. Nothing against Justin Rose or anyone in the field. Like, this is the story right now. And when he ended up did winning it, like, the emotion and the crowd and him and falling down. There's a great photo, if you on Twitter, of him kind of collapsing to his knees and going to the ground that Ken Griffey Jr. Took. I don't know if you saw this. Ken Griff, Ken Griffey Jr. Professional photographer. You didn't know, but he's got. He's got one of the. Kind of the shots going around the Internet right now where he took it. And I think the moment was just there. It was everything you want from the. From a professional sports event. But it's. It's why I don't care what you do with golf. You start another league, you have other tournaments. There's like nothing like the Masters on Sunday when it's like all the big dog going, this drama. Like, it was just an unbelievable event. And it was. It was awesome to see for Rory. [00:07:04] Speaker A: Yeah, the bar, man, they were like on the edge of their seats. Everyone's cheering. I was like, what? What happened? It was either that I think they had the warriors game in the background. No one's gonna pay attention to that. And that was pretty tight as well. [00:07:19] Speaker B: Yeah, I mean, you guys mentioned it. I mean, Rory was up going into Sunday, looked pretty comfortable there. Bryson obviously struggled. I was keeping an eye on the leaderboard, and, you know, I saw he was up two shots, three shots. Really wasn't paying much attention to Rose. I kind of. He kind of fell off after round one. He had a really good round one where he was like, I believe, tied on the leaderboard. And then kind of Saturday, he slipped. You know, we were all rooting for Rory. I thought everybody pretty much was like Jason said, But, you know, as I told you, Rome earlier, my roommate came home, came home in a bad mood. I was like, hey, what's up? He's like, hey, I lost 6,500 bucks. I would have won if Rose had won that tournament. I bet him 50 bucks back in January at plus 13,000. And I was like, oh, man. Like that. That's a tough pill to swallow right there. He's like, oh, man, that would have been my best bet. I think I would have ever made, man. Like three months in the making, had that one going. Rose with what is third, second place finish at the Masters career wise, like you guys said. I mean, that back nine was real shaky for Rory, man. I mean, he was, you know, just missing easy putts, three, four foot putts that he usually makes for birdie, basically getting par, par, double bogeys, like you guys said. Exciting. And then, you know, wasn't very climatic with the one hole playoff. You know, I think if it would have went further, you know, two, three, four holes, the more pressure would have been on Rory. Rose didn't play bad on 18. Just a good shot to get on the green there by Rory and then he knocks it in, something he wasn't able to do really. And when that, when the Masters of that three foot putt, basically, yeah, Rose. [00:09:03] Speaker A: Led the first two rounds. I think he's led the most rounds in the Masters without winning it. Everyone else that's like on that list has like five rounds. He's. He's led 10 rounds already and hasn't Been able to seal a deal. And he was close again, man. So close. But I'm with you, man. I was rooting for Rory. I think everyone has, because everyone's kind of wanted him to take that mantle from Tiger. It's been 11 years since he's won a. A major championship. Last time was in 2014. So you kind of touched up. Up on a Jason. And so it's been a long time coming. I have a feeling now that the big monkey, the big gorilla's off his back, he might rip off a few more championships in the next few years. [00:09:50] Speaker C: Yeah, you could be right. I think back to, like, Phil Mickelson, where he just was never able to. To win that major. And then once he did, you know, he went on that kind of little run where he was making, you know, won a couple Masters and, you know, had better PGA Championships and stuff like that. So he's. Rory's playing really good right now. I think as you look into some of these other tournaments, you know, puts him definitely in a better position. But he was just. This is a tournament, though, where he was so up and down with the cool thing about the Masters. It's the only major championship you play at the same course every year. So the other ones become a little more unpredictable because they're rotating venues where the Masters, you kind of know where it's at. So a lot of that maybe could turn into some style or some different things, depending, you know, the US Open, you know, it's usually in some insane conditions where they got giant brush and bunkers everywhere or whatever, wherever they kind of choose that tournament. So it's a little bit different. Obviously, when you play the Open Championship in. In Great Britain, you know, it's a win and link style stuff. And, you know, you're. You won't even use a driver because you got to use an iron and all sorts of stuff. But that could be home Ferrari. But, yeah, I mean, I. I agree with you, Rome. I think you could put a little bit of a run right now, and you kind of, you know, entering a little bit of a prime time right here. I know he's not exactly young, but he's only. Was he only 35 right now and 37, I believe? 37. [00:11:13] Speaker B: I think he's 37. [00:11:15] Speaker C: Okay. But. But yeah, I mean, I. I just think you're kind of still in the prime time for golf. That's where it's at. Like, you can really, you know, put something in because you get a lot of these things. I mean, as big as Bryson hits the ball. Man, if you can't do some of these things, in certain courses, there was. I can't remember what hole it was. There was just an insane draw that Rory put on this shot basically, like, around a tree and, like, nail the thing on the green where you're just like, you're not supposed to be able to do that with a ball. And, you know, you're just dialed in when you could just be, oh, I'm gonna give this a little left, you know, this drive off the left, and then just hit a draw around a tree to come back on the green. And even. Even on that playoff hole, Justin Rose's approach shot, like, what was it? A foot and a half from just holding it from, you know, from wherever he was out. But then it rolled past the hole, and what ended up a putt. Rory's going slightly long, but having the backspin that basically came down right back the cup. I mean, that's about as good as you can get from, you know, approach shot that's going to go right there. And in comparison to where he was on the first shot, the first round on 18, on the actual 18th part of the hole, where he was so far right, that one was just so dialed in. So incredible. Incredible golf, man. Love the Masters. [00:12:28] Speaker A: I love it. [00:12:29] Speaker B: Yeah, you're right, Jason, he's 35, so. [00:12:32] Speaker C: Okay. [00:12:37] Speaker A: Yeah, I'm excited to watch the rest of the year, so. I love golf. It's great. I can't wait for my back to heal up so I can start hitting the links again. It got me really pumped up. But congrats, Rory, on becoming just a sixth guy to complete the career Grand Slam. Career Grand Slam. Kind of craving some Denny's now. Let's move on to F1. Epic race. Oh, no, Jason, you take it away. [00:13:10] Speaker C: I take it away, man. Well, I think it was a complete 180 from the race we got last week in Japan. That one was, you know, I was. [00:13:21] Speaker B: That was a snooze. It was a snooze fest. This one lightly pitting it lightly. [00:13:28] Speaker C: And what made this one great in Bahrain was so much better. It was literally the tire degradation and the strategy around, you know, tire choices and stuff played into hugely where. Where we're going to do from a Pit Stop perspective. It wasn't like Japan, where it was, hey, it's a one stop race. I hate one stop races. You know, when you have to do a two stop and you have to understand, like, am I going to run. Am I going to run long on My first set, you know, when am I going to do the softer set, whatever it might be. And that's what you saw in Bahrain. And I think Ferrari for. For all intensive purses was the few times they got the strategy right that probably you know secured them fourth and fifth in that race. So that was like a good piece from there but. And then all of a sudden you look at Red Bull's car with Verstappen now that thing was terrible. They had some of the worst. The worst stuff going on where the pit light didn't work. [00:14:15] Speaker A: Yeah, that's pretty crazy. [00:14:18] Speaker C: So the pit light wasn't working for both Yuki and Verstappen. So the guys are like even. [00:14:24] Speaker B: Even their emergency pit. Like the guy was holding one wasn't working. He's like what's this yellow blinking light? What the. [00:14:30] Speaker C: Yeah, it was. It was all sorts of wrong. The only thing I will say was the. I was gonna mention this. Aaron. Aaron and I were texting back and forth during the race. We talk how disastrous this was for Red Bull. How good Verstappen is though. All these things go wrong. Still finishes in sixth place. It's just like it does. It does not matter. He. I mean anyone else that's outside the points and Verstappen kind of wheels that car kind of back into. But all in all outrage Piastri. Aaron texted me on Saturday after The qualifying said McLaren's look dominant. And I said it was Piastri's race to lose. And it was. He came out, was dominant, ran the tires right. Never really gave anyone a chance. George Russell I really. And I want to talk a little bit more about George Russell finished his second. His car basically his steering wheel basically fell apart in the. Towards the end of the race was getting no information whatsoever about the car. So imagine driving your dash just goes out. [00:15:29] Speaker A: Yeah. [00:15:30] Speaker C: And you have no. And I mean that's basically what happened to George Rushlight. No communication aspect. Carr was just basically dying down the stretch. But I mean look you look at all season for. For Russell right now, you know he's fourth in the points. Only six behind Verstappen who won a race. You know George has basically been competitive as a top four car all year. A lot of questions around him could he be the lead driver. You know Lewis Hamilton leaves Mercedes and you know the next prodigies right behind him and Kimi Antonelli where is going to be George Russell. This is really a prove it year. This is a contract year for George Russell really to stay at Mercedes and the threat's been looming is whether they're going to extend him or not. And he's coming out and really putting some incredible performances. And I think this was another example here where qualified well, stayed up there, challenged the McLaren, you know, had a little bit of a battle with, with Lando throughout some of the race, but he had a pretty successful, you know, was still successful, was able to finish second. So really great race for him. Lando charged through the field early, but then we understand why he charged to the field early because he basically had a rolling start out of the blocks because he wasn't completely in his kind of starting block. So then had to serve a penalty. Yeah, five second penalty served it still got back up to the field. Finished the stir with the podium just showing how, how good that McLaren car is. And then I mentioned the Mercedes or I'm sorry, the Ferraris finish at fourth and fifth. Good strategy by them. You know, leclair and Hamilton I think got most out of the car. Hamilton was able to kind of rise to the field. So really exciting race. Everything came down to some of the tire strategies and where teams were, you know, were pitting and what they were doing. Verstappen got on the hards early at the first stop. Wasn't really great. The mediums were going. I think the McLarens basically ran media medium out of the, out of the gates and like that was like, hey, it's going to be a two stop race guaranteed. And got the most out of that car. So I love Bahrain surface. They said it a ton on the, on the broadcast. They, they've been racing there 20 plus years. They've never resurfaced the track. And so you go into a lot of these, you know, circuits and stuff like that. They perfectly manicure. It's like, you know, very smooth and everything like that. This, you look at that surface, man, that looks like us driving down some of these roads in, in Southern California or back probably even in San Francisco where Rome's at too with some of the stuff. So a little bit beat up, man. It's a little grainy. Really takes it out of the tires. And I think, you know, that just, it makes the strategy and what you're doing, it makes these raises a lot more thinking rather than just like, hey, it's not just a Saturday race. On qualifying we're just going to run it till clock runs out. There's going to be some, there's going to be some intentional great driving going around and the team's doing the right thing from a strategy Standpoint. [00:18:10] Speaker A: So, yeah, a, A couple things I remember when. I think it was after like one of the other flags when things slow down. Norris passed Hamilton, but did it where you couldn't do it. So they told him to give a position otherwise he'd take. [00:18:26] Speaker B: He went outside the line, right? I think he went outside the lines. [00:18:29] Speaker A: Like, why, why are some sections allowable and some sections are not. [00:18:33] Speaker C: It's not allowable in any of the sections. Basically. Majority of the reasons you can't get all four tires outside of the line. So when you go outside the racing, the racing lines of the tracks to be like a white line, generally you can put two tires out, but if you go all four outside of the white line to make a pass, you're basically, you're doing an illegal pass to get by. So you're cutting, cutting the track, basically. [00:18:56] Speaker B: What's up? [00:18:56] Speaker A: They were talking about the blue line on, on the broadcast. What, What'd that mean? [00:19:02] Speaker C: It could, it could have just been where the racing line was. I don't know. Generally it's white if you go on there, but the, the, whatever the drawing of the circuit is, if you go outside that with all four tires, you know, you're basically making an illegal pass. You're supposed to give the position back. If you don't give the position back. [00:19:17] Speaker A: Then you get charged, you get a. [00:19:18] Speaker C: Time penalty, which in some, in some cases are going to be worse than the actual pass. So, yeah, a lot of, if the teams see that right away, what they'll say is tell the driver. The drivers are going to be like, oh, I did nothing wrong. But on the broadcast, you can see, hey, all four tires are out. Give the position back and then make the pass the right way. [00:19:35] Speaker B: Yeah. I think originally Lando's like, hey, he didn't give me room to pass. [00:19:39] Speaker A: Yeah. [00:19:39] Speaker B: And then, you know, Hamilton was like, hey, you know, he, he went out, he went out out on the blue line. And then like, what? About half a lap in, you could hear McLaren's team like, hey, you got to give the position back in Hamilton. [00:19:50] Speaker A: Yeah, yeah, yeah. And he almost did again to George Russell was really close, but couldn't make it happen. Kind of backed up. I was talking to our guest just really quickly the other day, and he was saying like, oh, you know, Russell's lucky. You know, he's not like a good driver. And I'm like, Russell's a really good. Russell so far is driving like the, the fifth best driver right now. [00:20:11] Speaker B: He's the third best driver on the circuit. Right Now I think like I don't. [00:20:14] Speaker A: Know why the hate is for Russell, but he's driving. He's having a really good year. [00:20:18] Speaker C: Yeah, he is. There are some, there's some, there's some rumors. The rumor, and we call F1 calls it silly season but the silly season of F1 already did start. That's when we get the rumors of, of contracts and people hopping teams and stuff. George Russell's a free agent after this year. I said free agent season. The, the rumor late last night, early this morning was Verstappen's unhappy with Red Bull. And the internal feelings among the Red Bull is he'll leave. Mercedes has always been the kind of what if for Verstappen because Toto Wolf, the team principal CEO of the Mercedes team basically always regrets and has said it publicly that he missed out on Verstappen kind of as a young agent who he wanted. And even last year as Lewis left there was talks of him getting him out of the Red Bull contracting over to Mercedes. So it became increasingly okay. Mercedes potentially as a seat if Russell leaves is Verstappen goes. Then a couple hours later there's rumors out there that Russell's going to sign a two year extension with Mercedes with a third year option. Because Toto is really happy with the performance and really thinks if he's done, he's done enough to really earn this stop and he's happy with the, this two driver lineup that he potentially could have for quite a long time. So it's already kind of starting. You know, these guys jockeying for a ride. It's interesting with the Verstappen aspect of things because where you see, I mean I think Verstappen is probably the best in the world right now. He gets the most out of that, you know, that car in Red Bull. I think if you had Liam Lawson and Yuki Tsunoda as your two Red Bull drivers, this team's probably fifth or sixth in the constructors. You know, Verstappen's basically. [00:21:53] Speaker B: I think Liam Lawson's off the circuit next year, man. I mean he's terrible at this point. [00:21:58] Speaker C: You are probably actually really right. I think Isaac Hadjar is probably earned the, the rebel seat pretty well. [00:22:04] Speaker B: He was running pretty good for most of that race. But Liam Lawson, I mean between the penalties, the crashing, the hitting people, like, I mean yeah, what do you finish in this race? [00:22:15] Speaker C: He was 13th in this race. Wasn't as good as his Japan race but I mean, but he's been competitive. I mean it's, it's he's neck and neck with the Williams with Albon. I think the biggest shocks in this race were the Haas actually because Esteban Olcon finished eight and Ali Bearman started 20th and finished 10th. So had had a huge spot. But yeah, I mean you go back to Lawson, man, he is, he has been terrible. But I think the bigger point right now is Verstappen's wielding this too. So I think he's going to start putting feelers out there, like, hey, I'm not going to race for this team if you're not going to give me a competitive car because my McLaren's head and shoulders above the the rest. Mercedes has been way above expectations, Ferrari has been below expectations, but still potentially is a better car. You know, where is Red Bull fit into this? They lost a ton of talent. You know, they lost a bunch of their guys to different teams recently where you basically have that brain drain of everyone recruiting your talent. Red Bull could be in a world of hurt for this next generation of car next year. So Verstappen's already looking and Mercedes, if they're happy with George Russell and he's putting up these performances and you have basically the prodigy and the number two seat that could be the number one seat later. This Mercedes team is going to be pretty, you know, pretty good going forward. And I, yeah, I, I disagree with your guest. I think Russell gets a lot of flack because, you know, I think it's just his overall perception for Russell. He's, you know, he thinks he's James Bond. He's a sharp dressing guy. [00:23:33] Speaker A: Yeah, that's what goes through. That's what he said. He looks like some like AI generated, you know, you know, disguise robot kind of guy. [00:23:41] Speaker C: He does, he says the PC stuff. He's like the head of the F1 drivers association. So he, he's making state, he's making statements against. [00:23:49] Speaker B: He's the pretty boy. He's the Pretty Boy of F1. Verstappen does not like him. So I mean, if he could boot him off Mercedes, and that's the talk. I like that. It's like a little heel turn. You know, maybe Russell could turn heel because you see him coming out to the race basically like on a little toy scooter, like, what's this guy doing? Like, you know, hey, you guys, he's always said the sky reporter. Hey, do you know something? I don't know? Tell me. I need the secret. I need a secret. Like, it's like, dude, shut up and get up there and play the goddamn Anthem, let's go. [00:24:17] Speaker C: I'm. I'm not gonna lie though. You saw the silver jacket he was wearing though. I think, I think I need that jacket. I think I need that. [00:24:23] Speaker B: I did like a picture. [00:24:26] Speaker A: Can you send me a picture, Jason? [00:24:27] Speaker C: Yeah, I'll find it. It's. It's something, man. [00:24:30] Speaker B: Yeah, it's too hot. [00:24:31] Speaker C: It's too hot in California, but I think if I lived up a U. Roman, San Francisco, that'd be a perfect walking the dog. Nighttime. [00:24:36] Speaker B: No, there's a few, there's a few days out here where it gets a little. But yeah, for sure, man. You get some looks and some, some smiles for sure for that jacket. [00:24:44] Speaker A: I really want to see what this jacket looks like. So the driver standings right now. Norris is still number one with 77 points. Piastri just three points back. And then you got Verstappen at third with 69, Russell fourth with 63. Those four are all pretty close. And you have a drop off. Leclerc at 5 at 32, Antonelli at 6:30. Hamilton 7:25 and. And then another drop off. So kind of cool. It's kind of fun. [00:25:15] Speaker B: And we got, we got the Saudi race coming up this weekend too. So we're back at it again. [00:25:20] Speaker A: Back to back races. [00:25:22] Speaker C: Saudi race. It's fast circuit, big stretches in this race, I think you get some DRS zones street circuits. So it'll be a little bit, a little bit different than some of the, than some of the, the racers. [00:25:35] Speaker A: Explain that to me real quick. Drs. [00:25:38] Speaker C: So DRS is the drag reduction system. So you'll see when they're. Every track has different DRS zones wherever they're at. So when you're in the DRS zone, so you have to be within one second of the car ahead of you. And you get to the DRS zone, you basically can hit a button on your steering wheel and the back rear spoiler will basically kind of come down and let the air go through. So basically it creates less drag on the car and you pick up like, let's just say 10, 15 miles per hour potentially in the long stretch. So it allows you an opportunity to pass the car. So it's basically giving you a turbo boost on the car behind you. So if you're attempting the pass, that's where it goes. So it really puts the incentive to pass a little more. And some of these crates like Vegas, basically the strip is a DRS zone. So you go, you go down the Strip. It's about half of the Vegas strip in that circuit. Where it's at. So it allows you to go, you know, 200 plus miles an hour. You know, down where, hey, a guy who doesn't have DRS is maybe go 190, 195, and you get to go to 2, 210. You get to. You get to pass them in the stretch, and then it'll allow. So it creates more passing. Some circuits have terrible DRS zones. Like they're too short, like, or, you know, you can't get a good entry point. Yeah, in Saudi Arabia, there's some pretty good opportunities to do that. And street circuit's just a little more rough on the tires, so there was. [00:27:03] Speaker A: A point where Russell accidentally used it, and they were talking about he was gonna get docked. I'm assuming he didn't get docked, right? No, because he was having issues anyways with everything else. [00:27:12] Speaker B: Yeah, he. He turned it off right away and actually slowed down to make up for the compensation of it. And so, like, they tallied it. Like, he only used it for. He. He actually lost an advantage doing it by slowing down. So, yeah, he. He did maintain second place after review, no penalty. [00:27:31] Speaker C: He did. He did that. Right. I think that's where you get into where they judge these things and they. All this stuff is technology tracked and everything. So they were able to probably have readings the team was able to present as far as him accidentally opening it and then closing it. And then, you know, they have readings on what you do with the accelerator. So if he backs off and all of a. On the gas and all of a sudden he's losing time. Hey, he didn't. He didn't get an advantage out of what he accidentally did with it with. With putting the wing down. So. Smart move by him, because if he didn't do that and they're just trying to play some BS saying I did that, it's not gonna. They're gonna have the tracking of what you actually did and did not do. And it could. It could have cost him second place because potentially gives him, you know, a three to five second penalty, and that puts Lando in second and he goes the third or potentially fourth, depending on what the severity was. [00:28:15] Speaker A: Yeah, fourth, it looks like if he would. Got it. Okay. [00:28:18] Speaker B: Yeah, I believe. I believe Ferrari Charles would have gotten third of that was the case. But yeah, I think they said he gained 2/10 of a second. And then by doing. Slowing down, he actually gave up like almost 3, 10. So, yeah, in the long run, it actually hurt him like he said. So. But yeah, like Jason said, it's all track technology, like no advantage, no penalty. Second place finish, Russell. [00:28:42] Speaker A: Awesome. F1 in the books. Bahrain Grand Prix. It was a pretty fun race. Glad I got the best race of the year. [00:28:49] Speaker B: That was the funnest race of the year. [00:28:51] Speaker A: Most definitely. [00:28:51] Speaker B: Outside of Australia just being a crash and did not finish, this was the best one. [00:28:58] Speaker A: So the next one is this weekend? [00:29:01] Speaker C: Yeah, this weekend. [00:29:02] Speaker B: Think another 8:00 in the morning. Or is it 7, 10, 10. Okay. [00:29:08] Speaker A: Sunday, Easter 4, 20. Lots of things going down. [00:29:12] Speaker B: Jason, you got a big weekend with Wrestlemania and everything. [00:29:14] Speaker C: Wow. You're gonna look like. [00:29:16] Speaker B: You'll be looking like Rome times like two. [00:29:18] Speaker C: It's gonna be, it's good. It's gonna be a long weekend. But yeah, I will Sunday morning. I'm probably gonna have to find a nice sports book to, to watch WrestleMania or Formula One prior to WrestleMania and that'll be, that'll be coming off of WrestleMania Saturday, you know, into into Sunday. So we'll see. [00:29:36] Speaker A: All right, we'll take a quick break. When we come back, NBA. Time for a little NBA action. Man. It's playoffs time. I am super excited. This should be a pretty fun playoffs. The way it broke down on the West. I think last time we were on the podcast it was six teams vying for the neck for like the three spots. Four, five, six. And then it kind of dwindled down to seven and eight. And the way it ended up being is Denver State at number four. Oh. So lots of things happened since we, since we last recorded the pod. Denver fires their coach. Phoenix fires their coach. [00:30:24] Speaker C: We didn't talk about Denver in the last pod. [00:30:27] Speaker A: No, it happened right afterwards, the next day. [00:30:32] Speaker C: Wow. [00:30:34] Speaker B: I mean, there's been a lot going on. Right. [00:30:36] Speaker A: And I thought about recording like a one off, you know, just like a squeeze it in the podcast. And I ended up doing that. [00:30:41] Speaker B: I was ready to go live. Emergency pod Rome. If you'd said it, I was gonna do it. And my mic is, my mic was in hand. I just was ready to plug it in, but I didn't get the alert call it. [00:30:49] Speaker C: Yeah, I'm, I'm getting so confused with these NBA teams who are going to be in the playoffs firing their entire coaching stats right before the playoff. [00:30:58] Speaker B: Here's the funny thing. Here's the funny thing. You got, you got Taylor Jenkins from Memphis fired. He's the winningest coach in franchise history. Michael Malone wins an NBA title. Fired less than two years later, yet Chauncey Billups gets a contract extension. Does he never has made the playoffs in his first four seasons as a coach. [00:31:19] Speaker A: It's already been four years. [00:31:21] Speaker B: Four years. In fact, this was their winningest season under him in their four years. And he gets a contract extension. [00:31:27] Speaker A: They were doing a rebuild, but I don't think he's done like a great, great, great job either. [00:31:31] Speaker B: No, but four losing seasons and you get a contract extension, win an NBA title and be the winningest coach and a playoff birth and you are out the door. [00:31:42] Speaker A: Hell, Frank Bogle, man, he's had success everywhere he goes. He gets fired every time. Imagine that. [00:31:48] Speaker C: I know Aaron. Or I'm sorry Rome. You're. You're more of the NBA most NBA guy. Maybe you know Aaron and I a little more on the fringes circling some other sports. You, you want to talk MB all the time. Is, is it more of. It's just a. With NBA coach. Because it seems like as these things come out, it's the players, they're like ah, the players, they don't really want to listen to him. The, the, the. The voice, you know, we're not listening. We need a kind of a different change in what's going on. Like I mean that's basically both of these firing seems like ah, they weren't listening to him anymore. I just, I mean it's as simple as that. [00:32:21] Speaker A: It's bizarre. And it really started. I, I want to blame LeBron James because I think he's the one that kind of started this thing back with Mike Brown. [00:32:28] Speaker B: Back in the day. [00:32:29] Speaker A: Yeah, with Mike Brown and then firing like what they were like. They, they had the best record of the NBA. [00:32:36] Speaker B: You know what. [00:32:37] Speaker A: By their coach. And that's when Ty Luke came in and they finished off the year to win the chip. It's just. [00:32:43] Speaker B: I'll go back, I'll go back as far room. That's a Good point. With LeBron. I'll go back as far as Shaq. With Stan Van Gundy, what maybe 20. [00:32:50] Speaker A: Years ago with Miami. Yeah, he got, he got stabbed in the back, dude. [00:32:55] Speaker B: Because that team had gotten to. [00:32:56] Speaker A: They were a really good team. [00:32:57] Speaker B: They had one of the best finals and I believe they had the best record in the east at the time. [00:33:01] Speaker A: When they fired him. [00:33:02] Speaker B: Yeah. And then Pat Riley comes off the. You know, wherever he was chilling and then gets another NBA title. [00:33:08] Speaker A: And LeBron tried doing that to what's his face. [00:33:12] Speaker B: Mike Brown. Right? Was it Mike Brown? [00:33:13] Speaker A: No, originally he tried. [00:33:16] Speaker C: He did it back in Cleveland when he had the, the what's his name? The coach from Israel. [00:33:21] Speaker A: Yeah, yeah, but. [00:33:22] Speaker B: Yeah, but I believe he did it with Mike Brown, too. Or tried to, right? [00:33:25] Speaker C: Yeah. [00:33:25] Speaker A: I forget he had Mike Brown for like six, seven years. No, but he, he did try to do it in Miami. LeBron with their coach. Yeah, yeah. [00:33:35] Speaker B: I remember the first two years in, there was something going on and Pat Riley wasn't having any of it. [00:33:39] Speaker A: Yeah, well, he was. [00:33:40] Speaker C: LeBron was trying to get Riley, I think, to come down again and basically just did what they did to Stan. Yeah, I guess you go back to Magic Johnson. The original sin. [00:33:49] Speaker B: Yes. [00:33:51] Speaker C: Getting rid of. I forgot who that put Riley in. Into position. I forgot. I forgot. [00:33:58] Speaker B: Was it Paul Westhead? I believe. Yeah, yeah. [00:34:02] Speaker A: You know, I guess it's just the history of that in NBA. It's like soccer. It's like the most relatable sport to soccer, like European soccer. Like lots of theatrics. [00:34:12] Speaker C: I would say hockey. Hockey does this too. Like, you know, they do guys last. [00:34:18] Speaker A: What, two seasons, three seasons? [00:34:20] Speaker C: I mean, I don't know how many teams John Tortorella has been on, but it feels like he's been on at least 15 teams. [00:34:26] Speaker A: Hockey coaches feel like they just like rotate teams. [00:34:30] Speaker C: Oh, they just recycle the same guys all the time. And you know, it's. It's the same. It's the same when you go through. So I throw it. I'm giving NBA a lot of crap here. It just seems so weird. I'm sure there's some historical precedent we're missing, but you had two teams locked into the playoffs and we're at this point, we're a week out from the playoffs for Denver and then we were about two, three weeks out in the Memphis hire. Maybe it was just two. It just feels like you're right. You're right on the precipice and you're just going to change this now. So you, I guess, ownership thoughts, everyone's thoughts, like, hey, this team has no shot in the playoffs under the current regime. We're just going to see if this is the jump start is what it's going to get us something. But, man, it just seemed. It just seems so, so, so, so weird and unproductive. [00:35:13] Speaker A: Really caught me off guard. I just did not see that coming. And then. [00:35:18] Speaker B: Yeah, I mean, according to Denver, I, I didn't read. I did see something, but supposedly it's been months in the making. [00:35:25] Speaker A: Yeah, apparently the owner wanted to fire him after the All Star break, but then they went on a winning streak. [00:35:31] Speaker B: It's mainly, I think after the All Star break, they won like nine in a row. Remember, they were like, all the way up to the number two seed. [00:35:38] Speaker A: I guess it's just been, like, a bitching, you know, fast between the GM and the coach, creating, like, a lot of tension. And the owner's just like, you know what? Let's just get rid of both these guys and start from scratch. So it's really, like, on joke. It's now to write the ship. But, like, was Jokic tired of him as well? Like. Like the Malone. We know Malone talks on the team a lot more recently, too, on the pressers. And I was like, oh, that's kind of weird. [00:36:04] Speaker B: But, I mean, it's not weird. I mean, I. I think Malone has, what, one NBA title now? I mean, Phil Jackson used to always do that. He would always come out and call his players out in the press. You know, hey, Shaq's not in shame. He can't make a free throw. Kobe doesn't want to trust his teammates. They want to pass the ball. You know, that was always like, Phil Jackson the zin way, right? Call you out in the media, and then Shaq would come out and score 50 points and give you that Superman bicep, and you're like, oh, the Lakers are going on a run again. So whatever the beef was between Malone and the gm, like, I get it. I mean, he'd been there, what, 10 years? I mean, that he basically took Joker Jamal Murray, and he's built a good squad. I mean, they got to the Western Conference final in the bubble. Took the Lakers. Really good series. Probably the toughest matchup the Lakers had outside of maybe playing Miami there in that Finals. [00:36:57] Speaker A: That's a good series, man. That was really good. [00:36:59] Speaker B: They won the title. And a lot of the players they wanted to sign, they didn't have the money to sign or they didn't want to go into the luxury tax like we always talk about. They wanted to go with younger youth talent. Well, I'll tell you what. I mean, the younger talent that they brought in, the gm has not been very good. I mean, so you basically got a gm. The original GM left to go to Minnesota, which drama, which is now overleap them. [00:37:25] Speaker A: The GM wanted the younger guys to get more playing time. And there was some, I guess, more or less dude, Russell Westbrook kind of cost Malone the job because he was playing him over the young guys that was supposed to be getting more minutes. But Malone wanted to stick with Russ. [00:37:40] Speaker C: I guess from an ownership perspective out of this, I. The biggest question is if it's a. If it's a GM versus coach and you're the way you get out of this that we just fire both of them from a team that, you know, what, two years ago wins the NBA championship. Like, I feel like you got a side with at least one out of this and then publicly put your narrative on what decision you're making. But from an ownership perspective, say, okay, we'll get rid of you both. [00:38:08] Speaker A: That's rare. [00:38:09] Speaker C: Really. You're really turning over your whole franchise at this point. And now, you know what, what's the fallout of this going to be? I guess if Jokic is happy, that's going to keep you competitive, if that, that's the ultimate turn out of this and you're just hoping whatever a new guy can bring in and there's something to go. But this seems like more of an off season kind of move you're going to make. And if you make a decision, one or the other and I don't know, just seems just really, the timing is just so crazy, I feel. We talked about firing coaches a ton over the past, you know, six, seven months of the pod, but these NBA ones have been just way more interesting than even the NFL ones were. [00:38:45] Speaker A: Yeah, they were on a four game losing streak. Luckily, they ride at the ship. Just won three before the end of the season. So they talked well, they got well. [00:38:53] Speaker B: To the, to the defense of Malone. Jamal Murray was out all those games. [00:38:58] Speaker A: Yeah. [00:38:58] Speaker B: And then he gets fired and then I believe he comes back. We talked about the GM getting fired. It wasn't. Not necessarily getting fired. Like, they're just not renewing his contract. So his contract is up. Malone is getting fired. It would make sense. Like, you know, Jason said, like, all right, like let's keep one. But they're basically doing an NFL model where they're doing a complete restart. Like, we're going to bring in a GM who actually likes the coach and vice versa, versus like we're going to have a guy here 10 years, Malone. And I think that was probably the power struggle. They're like, hey, we keep Malone and he's here 10 years, he's basically going to become the de facto GM because now he's going to think he has all this power. And so I think ownership crocky, those guys, they're a little strange. They're a little strange. They got the Rams, they got other stuff. They're into some wildlife, you know, channel they got going on in Europe somewhere. Yeah, you got to read up on that. That was a while back. I don't know if they still got it, but yeah, Well, I heard. [00:39:57] Speaker A: Well, you know, Malone has been pretty cocky for one championship. This guy's been talking a lot of smack. So allegedly he just thought like, you know, everyone owed in the world or he just kind of ran with like a big 12 inch dick around the, you know, around the arena. So. [00:40:12] Speaker B: Well, he, I'll say this, he's not afraid to talk crap on any owner. Remember he got fired by the King's owner and he talked a lot of smack on him and basically said something about, oh, I'm not surprised Brown got fired. That's the kind of that guy pulls. [00:40:26] Speaker A: Oh yeah, yeah, yeah. He's really outspoken. All right. So what was weird also is that Denver's a good team. Like I wouldn't want the Lakers to play them and the playoffs. Like they're dangerous. You know, they're playing really well with Russ. Yeah, they had a few tough losses, but that's still a really good team. So the fire your coach a week out before the playoffs, still in contention for a top four seed. Almost risky. And all they could have been in the play in. That's a ballsy move and it almost cost them pretty dearly. [00:40:57] Speaker B: Yeah, I mean, I heard some other stuff too. I don't know if it's true or not. I heard it on one of the other shows, but they were like saying, because the new coach that took overs. Yeah, Rick Edelman's son. And they were basically saying like, you know, Joker's basically calling all the plays and everything now in timeouts. He's basically drawing up and calling plays. Like that's, that's where it's at now. They beat up on the Rockets and a couple other teams that already given up and already locked into playoff spots. So I don't really take much in a consideration. They won three of their final four. Actually. I like the Clippers to beat them in the first round. I think Denver's one and done. I'm gonna take the Clippers to get past them in round one. [00:41:33] Speaker A: Rockets rested their guys for the last few games. [00:41:36] Speaker B: Yeah. Because they've been locked into the two. [00:41:37] Speaker A: Yeah. [00:41:38] Speaker B: So. [00:41:41] Speaker A: Let'S talk about Budden Holzer getting fired real quick then. And we'll review this whole thing because Phoenix 36 and 46, way under the projected totals. Aaron, this was your pick. The win the Pacific and Western Conference to be the number one seed. You had him winning 60 plus games. That was projection in the beginning of the season. And you weren't the only one a lot of people were up on. [00:42:06] Speaker B: I mean, I will Go to my defense at that time, we're already, like, 11 games in. I think the team was nine and two. Then Durant got hurt, and it was, like, all downhill from there. With Durant in the lineup, they actually have above.500 record, but it was not a great call. [00:42:20] Speaker C: Don't let him corner you, man. [00:42:22] Speaker A: His. [00:42:22] Speaker C: His idol, Bill Simmons, I think, was all over the Suns, too, so. [00:42:26] Speaker B: Oh, he was actually. He was actually, you know. You know. You know, we're getting a lot of Clipper love, and no. No mention of me being an Intuit Dome, spreading love. It's all about Bill Simmons. That's it. [00:42:41] Speaker A: Yeah, I got to meet a lot of the Clipper media. Took care of them at the restaurant. [00:42:44] Speaker B: They'd be like, hey, dog, we met at, you know, Intuit Dome. He knows his. Like, we're on the show. No, no love, bro. [00:42:54] Speaker A: They actually like their chances to go on a deep playoff run. [00:42:58] Speaker B: I do, too. I actually like. Oh, I'm gonna go on the record right now, since you already bashed me with the Suns, I say the Clippers get further than the Lakers in the playoffs. Oh. [00:43:12] Speaker A: Well, they did end the season well. They won eight games. Nine and one. Lost 10. [00:43:16] Speaker C: Rome quickly pivoting, man, you know, Aaron. He calls. He calls Aaron number one Laker. Number one Laker hater. And he's just like, oh, man, he might. Rome's face was like, he might be right. [00:43:27] Speaker B: I'll tell you this. The Lakers have the gauntlet to get through the West. They got the worst matchup of Minnesota. If they get lucky and get by them, Houston's a terrible matchup. And then they get the Thunder. That's a brutal, brutal stretch. If they get to the finals, they will have earned it. If it's at those three teams, which I believe it will be if they get that far. I think Minnesota beats him in round one, though. [00:43:49] Speaker A: I don't think so. [00:43:51] Speaker B: I think. I think ant man punks LeBron and Minnesota gets revenge on Luca. I'm taking the T Wolves, too. I'm on record right now. Stamp it. Put a hot mark on that right now. Give me the T. Wolves over the Lakers in seven. They beat him in seven at. At the Crypto. [00:44:10] Speaker A: Yeah, I'm not buying it, but you look at. I always like when it comes to playoff matches, like, who has the best basketball player on the court at any given moment. This one's a pretty tough one because I'm actually a big ant guy. He. I think he was on my, like, top five of my rankings before the Season started. [00:44:32] Speaker B: He was until you showed it to what's her name? Nicole. What's. What's her name? [00:44:37] Speaker A: Oh yeah, Nicole. [00:44:39] Speaker B: And then she, she basically. She didn't reply back after she saw your top five. No, no credibility in that, bro. [00:44:46] Speaker A: Not gave her 10. Yeah, no, she asked for it. That was, that was really cool. So Clippers, let's do Lakers Tim's. So you, is it Luca or Ant as the best player in that series? [00:45:06] Speaker B: I got Ant, man. [00:45:09] Speaker A: Who are the top five players in that series? [00:45:15] Speaker B: It's gonna be what you got Ant, LeBron. You got Luca. Probably Reeves. I'd throw Reeves in there. And probably Randall I guess would be number five. [00:45:27] Speaker A: Yeah, it's the three headed monster. Like that's why I like the Lakers so much. But you're right though, that's a tough matchup. That's like probably the worst scenario for the Lakers. But six, seven games tough, Tough as nails. What is going to bring to them at least for a game or two. [00:45:42] Speaker C: What is Go Bear's role in that series? Because he's always the weird one where they hey, this guy's like defensive player of the year type stuff. But depending which team they play, he may be starting or he may not play at all because he's a liability at some point. The Lakers I think is a team though that they always have them out on the floor given their size. But I, I mean that was kind of the Anthony Davis stuff. Is this, is this, is he still on the court in this series? [00:46:06] Speaker A: Yeah. Lakers are a pretty big team, but I'm pretty sure they wish they had Williams from that Charlotte trade because it is missing. But as long as they have their bigs rolling to the center and Luka or Reaves or LeBron are facilitating the offense, they're going to be really solid. The problem, it's a bad matchup in the sense that the Lakers like to go small. They want to go fast and small and Minnesota not as much. A little bit more old school strategic in that sense. I don't know. [00:46:34] Speaker B: I think Minnesota be fine. I mean as long if Jackson Hayes is on the court you'll see Gobert Jackson Hayes probably 20, 22 minutes. So maybe Gobert gets you 25. Yeah, he's a liability if they go small. But I like the players that they've got. They've got what now's Reed they can bring in. They've got Minnesota is really deep and they're playing really, really good team. I like they kind of fell apart when Randall got hurt. But since he's came back. I want to say they got one of the top three records in the West. [00:47:03] Speaker A: They've been kind of figuring out in the later part of the season. [00:47:06] Speaker B: And you know, team, you've got a. You've got the T. W's got a lot to prove because you've got LeBron and Luca. LeBron obviously being the keen. Luca knocked these guys out last year. Randall would love nothing more than to knock LeBron out after he shipped him out of town. There's a lot, there's a lot of story lines in this game. And Minnesota, I, I told Roma, I said Minnesota is the worst matchup the Lakers could have got, man. The worst. They were praying for the warriors to win. Praying for the warriors to win because that would have been a much easier matchup for them. [00:47:37] Speaker A: That'd been a four or five game series, six tops. But yeah, Nuggets, Clippers, that's a tough one. I think the best guy obviously is Doncic, so. Or not Doncic. Sorry. I'm still thinking about the Lakers joker Jamal Murray. Kawhi looks really good. Not as fast as like years ago, but he's looking pretty solid. Was the average, you know, like 20, 22 plus now a game. Harden's looking really nice. They got the former Lakers center on the Clippers as well. He's been playing really nice. [00:48:27] Speaker B: I like the Clippers. I think I already said it earlier. Clippers are gonna beat the Nuggets. [00:48:30] Speaker A: How many games? [00:48:34] Speaker B: I'll say six. [00:48:36] Speaker A: Six because of Joker. [00:48:42] Speaker B: Yeah, I mean, Ty lose obviously got an advantage here coaching. I think that's a big advantage. And then if the Nuggets really want to go to their youth players against a veteran team like the Clippers, I mean, Clippers colors been playing pretty good ball down the stretch here. I mean that was a big win against the, the Warriors. That, that was a grueling game seven. [00:49:02] Speaker A: Type feel like really big. [00:49:04] Speaker B: You had Curry at his best. I mean, Butler was playing really good. They managed to get that win. The Nuggets, I don't know where they're at right now mentally. Jamal Murray, is he in shape? Is he not? I mean, the only thing that worries me with the Clippers is, you know, playoffs are starting. Is Kawhi gonna play one game, get you like 35 points and then be out for the rest of the series like a spring mcl or something. Something stupid that always pops up. So let's wait and see. [00:49:29] Speaker A: You know, it's crazy. Nuggets are favored in game one. [00:49:34] Speaker B: They'll probably Be favored in every home game. I'll check the series price right now. I'm going to check the series price. That's what counts. [00:49:39] Speaker A: Yeah, we're looking at all this up. While you do that, I guess we're gonna wait to see who the Thunder and Rockets play. Any prediction for the playing Golden State of Memphis? [00:49:55] Speaker C: I think Golden State probably obviously has the advantage there. Memphis, we just talked about their coaching situation and what they did down the stretch. He obviously said tough loss versus the Clippers, but obviously, I mean when, when the, when, when the warriors have it. I think they do. I think they're just, I, I think they get in. I would say that you're probably going to see the Golden State versus probably versus Houston. They get up to that, I guess seven seed to go to go versus Houston. [00:50:31] Speaker B: Yeah, I agree with that. I think regardless who wins or loses between Memphis and the warriors, they're going to beat either the Kings or Mavericks whoever wins those games. So I think both those teams will get in. But I'll agree, I think with Jason that Warriors get seven which is a bad matchup of Houston for them. And then I'll say Memphis beats whoever comes out of that Mavericks Keen's game and then they'll go to OKC to start that series. [00:50:58] Speaker A: Oh, so Memphis gets the eighth. Yeah. Okay. You don't like Dallas's chances? [00:51:08] Speaker B: I mean for Dallas to go into Sacramento and win and then travel two nights later and win in Memphis with that roster, with the injuries they've had, it'll be tough. [00:51:17] Speaker A: That's fair. [00:51:18] Speaker B: And I would rather see Memphis because Memphis is more healthier. I think it pit up a better, pit up a better fight and run than a kind of a banged up, you know, Dallas just doesn't have the guard play to be I think competitive in a seven game series against OKC or Houston, whoever they are, they play. [00:51:34] Speaker A: Memphis could make that series against the Thunder pretty entertaining. Yeah, I think it would be a really fun six game series. I think they could steal a couple. All right, we'll go to the east end caps number one, Celtics number two. So we'll see who goes there. Let's talk about the play in your guys team. The Chicago Bulls play Wednesday night against Miami and then you have Atlanta and Orlando tomorrow night. Who you guys like to make it out of there? [00:52:09] Speaker C: Well obviously the Bulls are beating the heat. I mean lock of the century right there. Roman, we've been talking to you about the, about the Bulls for weeks now and Miami where they got Tyler hero is Bam Going to be playing. [00:52:24] Speaker A: That's about it. [00:52:25] Speaker C: Wiggins, I don't know, but they've been in free fall. This is the worst Heat team in quite a long time. They've been reeling all year. They. I think the luckiest part of the Heat, I mean the. I mean the Bulls are. I'm going to say they're not going to play in a hard division, too, but the first time in NBA history that a division winner did not have a winning record with the Orlando Magic, Southeast Division. Orlando manic division winners. [00:52:53] Speaker A: I didn't even. [00:52:54] Speaker C: 41 and 41. [00:52:56] Speaker A: Yeah, he. [00:52:56] Speaker C: Our third place in that division at 37 and 45. So the fact that the Heat play in a division that's got a team that won 18 and 19 games. I think they just played some putrid opponents inside their division is the only reason Kevin got there is the. Otherwise, you know, Miami fans not happy with this team's performance the entire year. The drama around Jimmy Butler really torpedoed the season. I think they're out pretty quick. I think the Bulls win this game. I like. I like the Magic. I think they've been. There's been a really good team on the cusp all year. I think you'll be looking at, you know, Magic Bulls in that second game. [00:53:37] Speaker B: Yeah, I mean, I. I agree. I think the Magic are going to beat the Hawks. I do like the Bulls that beat the Heat. It will be tough. I mean, they just played a few nights ago. Tough battle there at the old. The United Center. Bulls got the winner. Bulls have not played well this year against the Hawks. So that game would be in Atlanta. Being a Bulls fan, I'd like to see him win. I think it's gonna be awfully tough. Even as well as they've been playing to get two straight wins. We'll see if it happens. But yeah, I'll take Orlando and Atlanta. I'll take those two teams to get the final spots. The Bulls just. They just don't. Matt. They just not played well against Atlanta all year. I just don't have any confidence. [00:54:24] Speaker A: Atlanta's only two years out from being in the Eastern Conference finals. What happened? [00:54:29] Speaker B: I'll put it. I'm gonna. I'll say this too. If Atlanta does not get in the playoffs, Quinn Snyder's fired there. You can put that name down as well. He'll be out. [00:54:39] Speaker A: Yeah, I didn't think about that. I can see that happening. [00:54:45] Speaker B: I think it's going to happen regardless if they get in and get beat in the first round by whoever they do. [00:54:50] Speaker A: Quinn, before Was he with Utah? [00:54:51] Speaker B: Yeah, Utah. [00:54:52] Speaker A: Yeah. And he took all that money with Atlanta, right? [00:54:57] Speaker B: Yeah. Because he stepped away from coaching. [00:54:59] Speaker A: Yeah. [00:54:59] Speaker B: I forget what happened. He stepped away. I think he stepped away because he knew whatever was going down with Gobert and them. So he's the coach. Yeah. And then Atlanta did basically kind of what everybody else has done. Got rid of Nate McMillan after getting to the Eastern Conference finals the next. Right. It was a quick. That was a quick move. And Quinn Snider took that gig. And then I believe your boy Bill Simmons said like dude, if you'd waited, you could have maybe gotten the New York or whatever jobs were opening up. [00:55:25] Speaker A: Yeah. So he prematurely took it. Got too hard up. [00:55:31] Speaker B: So. Yeah. And I think he'll be out of a job here in less than three weeks. Maybe. Maybe. Maybe 96 hours if he's not careful. [00:55:40] Speaker A: Well, if that's the case, Orlando, Boston. That's a tough matchup for Boston, but they take care of business, right? [00:55:49] Speaker B: Yes. I got. I got the serious prices for the prices that are up just so the Nuggets are basically. Basically Nuggets. Clippers is almost a pick them series. You got a late 115 to 100 on the Nuggets, late 105 to 100 on the Clippers. So that's the only real even invent series. [00:56:07] Speaker A: Weird. What's the odds and Lakers temps Basically. [00:56:13] Speaker B: Lakers are 2 to 1 favorites and won the series. [00:56:15] Speaker A: Yeah. [00:56:16] Speaker B: The one that I'm shocked to see is the Knicks are almost four to one to be Detroit. That's really high. If you really. [00:56:22] Speaker A: I don't like that. Gotcha for the next. [00:56:25] Speaker B: I think the Knicks are gonna win, but it's not. It's not gonna be easy. [00:56:28] Speaker A: I think if there's a team a lower C that can like break through. [00:56:32] Speaker B: Is that in the east you got Detroit that can break through. [00:56:39] Speaker A: At least make some noise. Yeah, some serious noise. They're tough. They're hard as nails. They're well disciplined team, well coached talent. They're hungry, not afraid. So kind of like an old school basketball team. I like them. [00:56:57] Speaker B: Yeah, they are. Yeah, I would agree. I. I'm going to say keep an eye on getting on the east and the Pacers. I think pacers Cavs Round 2 is a really good matchup. [00:57:07] Speaker A: Whoa. [00:57:08] Speaker B: So no, Bucks don't match. Yeah, I mean the Bucks aren't. They're not beating the Pacers. [00:57:13] Speaker C: Bucks are hot. They want to eat straight into the regular season right now. [00:57:17] Speaker A: Who's the best player in that. In that. In that series. You got Giannis. [00:57:23] Speaker C: Halliburton, bro, Because he's a huge WWE fan. [00:57:26] Speaker B: Exactly. And we already know. We already know Yanis is gonna get hurt in game one anyways. Yeah, he hasn't. I mean, I don't know. I mean, odds, I'll give you. What are the odds that. Who plays more playoff games? Is it the Greek freak Giannis or a Kawhi Leonard? That's the real question. Both those guys are hurt after game one. [00:57:45] Speaker A: Anyways, I think Giannis is actually healthy this time. [00:57:49] Speaker B: Pacers are going to beat them, though. I think the Pacers. Pacers are 2 to 1 favorite to win that series, too. [00:57:53] Speaker A: Really? [00:57:54] Speaker B: Yeah. They got home court, too. They had the four seed. Yeah, but still, Pacers are a dangerous team, man. [00:58:01] Speaker A: It's Giannis. [00:58:04] Speaker B: With Doc Rivers. [00:58:06] Speaker A: Nah. Well, you got me there. [00:58:11] Speaker B: I'll take. I'll take the Jim Carrey look alike. [00:58:19] Speaker A: All right, so Pacers against Cavs. All right, Foreign. [00:58:24] Speaker B: I'll take Nick's. I'll take Nicks over Pistons, but I. I do not like Nick's. At 4 to 1 odds, that's way too high. I would say 2, maybe 5 to 2 odds, but not. Not 4 to 1. Pistons can win a couple games in that series. [00:58:39] Speaker A: That's my sleeper pick to move on to the second round. Pistons, Nuggets, Clippers. Clippers look really good right now, so I think they move on. I'm obviously rooting for my Lakers, but that's gonna be a fun series, though. I think I'll go six, seven games. All right. [00:59:04] Speaker C: Yeah. [00:59:04] Speaker A: I don't want to dig too many predictions, you know, for the NBA, because, I don't know, do you guys want to do like a. We've been doing it for every other sport, right? Picking who's gonna win. You guys want to do that or just kind of go round by round? [00:59:20] Speaker B: Who do you think is going to win each conference? That's better. And then we get to the. I mean, I got an idea, but. [00:59:31] Speaker A: I think the Thunder still win the Western Conference. I'm rooting for Lakers, but, you know, I. I can see the Thunder beating them. And in seven games for the. You got. [00:59:46] Speaker B: You got Lakers, Thunder, Western Commerce, final. [00:59:50] Speaker A: Yeah. [00:59:50] Speaker B: Okay. [00:59:55] Speaker A: And then for the east, well, there's also this. The stat. Laker coaches. Every rookie Laker coach that they've had has won the championship their first year. Everyone else has never won anything. [01:00:10] Speaker C: If. If a coach won a championship his rookie year, the Lakers, it was a rookie. Or you're saying. Because you got plenty of guys who did not win at their rookie year as a Lakers coach. [01:00:21] Speaker A: They don't make. [01:00:21] Speaker B: So you're talking never coach before. Like this is his first stint as a head coach. [01:00:26] Speaker C: No, I think that's what you said. [01:00:28] Speaker A: First. [01:00:29] Speaker C: First year as. As Lakers coach. They won the championship. [01:00:32] Speaker A: Yeah. [01:00:33] Speaker C: So JJ doesn't. If JJ doesn't win, it's this year you fire him because that means he's never gonna. He's never gonna win one. [01:00:38] Speaker A: That's been the history of the Lakers. Yeah. [01:00:40] Speaker C: Okay. [01:00:42] Speaker B: Frank Reddick's got like a three year window. That's about it. But that's it. The way the NBA is going now, you're crazy. I think that's. I. I think like Jason said, I mean the Lakers might get. Look at the Lakers. If the Lakers get. [01:01:00] Speaker A: They got a 10 year window. [01:01:01] Speaker B: I disagree. I. I agree more of Nico than I do with the other people on this panel, but. [01:01:09] Speaker A: Which is wild. The fact that you only. I heard enough for today. You were saying some wild stuff about Luca the other day. [01:01:20] Speaker B: Was I. I think you're making that up, dude. [01:01:22] Speaker A: Oh, man. Got that Nico haterade. Anyways, for the. For the east, that's rough. I. I really don't have one for the. For the east because I don't know how the Cavs Celtics final will look like. I think the Cavs can win in six, seven games against the Celtics. I really do. But I. I know Jason Tatum. He's also playing the best ball of his life. He's. He's actually the number one guy there. It's no question about it. And he could take over a game like no one's business now. So I think they went in six, seven games. [01:02:05] Speaker C: Yeah. If I'm going through initially, I, I agree with you Rome on the Thunder out of the west, but I think you're in an era potentially now. I don't. You don't want to hear this as a Lakers fan, but this cannot be the time where the Celtics can they string together a couple championships here with this, with this core. Adding this to the Celtics go through the. The East. I don't want to say easily. I think you'd have a good competitive series in the Eastern Conference finals. But I think it's. It's down to Cleveland and Boston in the Eastern Conference finals. I think Boston kind of ends Cleveland's run here a little bit, but Cleveland's going to take that additional step this year. You know, I know it's maybe not progressing, but I think this. This conference is owned by Boston right now. And I think Boston's gonna end up winning the title again this year. And I think the Thunder still making that step, but I think it's going to be gonna be some tough series. But I, I like the Celtics. [01:02:52] Speaker A: Boston's been knocking on this door for quite a long time. They got like two years left on this window. [01:02:59] Speaker B: I mean, I'm gonna grieve you guys. I think the Thunder are going to come out of the west. I, I like their draw really. The Lakers, like I said, they just got the gauntlet to get through. It can be very, very difficult. And I think if they do get their. The Thunder be more rested, less big intense games. So I'm going to say it's going to be the Thunder that do come out of the west, out of the east. I'm in agreeance. I don't know if Rome came to pick, but I think it's going to be the Celtics likely over the Cavs. But I would not be surprised if it's Celtics pacers again in the Easter conference final. And the Celtics, they have ran through the east last year. That won't be the case this year. I. If they do get to the Eastern conference finals, I think it's going to go six or seven games. But boss, Boston is a team to beat if they're healthy and I think a matchup in the finals with them and the Thunder makes a lot of sense. Obviously if you get the classic Lakers, Celtics, you know, robbery, we've had some good finals back in the 80s and then couple here in the last 15, 20 years they've matched up. But yeah, the Celtics windows now, Prozangas and other guys health is a big thing. [01:04:13] Speaker A: But how's his health right now? [01:04:15] Speaker B: I, I really haven't paid too much attention to it. I think, I think he's okay. But they also had Jalen Brown. Didn't he just get a cortisone shot or something? His knee here, I read something about that. I will, I will, I will say, yeah, the Thunder are gonna be awfully tough to beat, man, if they get. If they stay healthy too. So I'll say it's Thunder versus Celtics in the finals and we'll see how health wise they look. And we'll make a prediction come late May, early June for that one. [01:04:52] Speaker A: Wait, how long did the playoffs last? [01:04:55] Speaker C: All the way to Father's day. [01:04:56] Speaker A: That's crazy. [01:04:58] Speaker B: Yeah, the finals don't start till like that Thursday in June. [01:05:01] Speaker A: Is this more. [01:05:04] Speaker C: No, it's always been that. [01:05:05] Speaker B: Yeah, it's been infamous. [01:05:07] Speaker C: Bulls winning the Final on Father's Day. [01:05:11] Speaker B: Jordan crying, hugging the ball. Yeah. The finals will start no matter what. June 5th will be game one of the NBA Finals. No matter what. That will be game one. [01:05:25] Speaker A: Two months of playoffs. That's crazy. [01:05:28] Speaker C: It's always been like that, man. Where you been the last, you know, 30 years? [01:05:32] Speaker A: I don't know. I don't know. [01:05:35] Speaker C: It's actually, I mean the NBA is kind of stagnant. It's the NH and the NHL ends the same time. But the NHL playoffs generally usually like a week longer because they usually start a week earlier in the regular season. But with the, the extended break they did this year, NHL starting right around the same time or a little later actually than the NBA playoffs. But they're gonna. They always end at the same time too. And that's when you get those good maze man where it's like just hockey, basketball every night for two months straight. [01:06:10] Speaker A: Do you guys want to talk about hockey? I'm not really prepared for that one. [01:06:13] Speaker B: I think we can wait another week. [01:06:15] Speaker A: Yeah, sounds good. [01:06:17] Speaker C: At some point we're gonna get to the baseball preview in my. [01:06:19] Speaker B: I don't know. [01:06:20] Speaker C: It might be. [01:06:20] Speaker B: It might be. I think the baseball preview out. [01:06:23] Speaker A: I think it's gone. Yeah, it's gone. [01:06:25] Speaker C: It's gone. [01:06:26] Speaker A: It's gone. I forgot about it. [01:06:28] Speaker B: It's like the Oakland A's or Sacramento A's. It's already gone. That ship's still is gone. [01:06:33] Speaker C: We would have been locked in doing at that like week two. We were like ah, the Dodgers are gonna win the all time wins record and then they've lost like five out. [01:06:40] Speaker B: Of six or whatever. [01:06:41] Speaker A: Yeah, I, I ran to quite a bit of Oakland A fans recently. They're talking about how they went to the opening game up there in Sacramento. Really nice. They said it's a fun ball ballpark. We should go check it out. [01:06:55] Speaker B: It's right up your alley there. Rome. What about 45 minute hour drive from you. [01:07:00] Speaker A: I've actually never gone to Sacramento. Pretty crazy. I've only driven through it to go to Tahoe. I want to check it out. I got a whole bunch of bars and restaurants circled in the. [01:07:11] Speaker B: I think, I think me, I know me and Jason been downtown Sacramento. It's a good little spot. I like it. [01:07:16] Speaker C: Yeah, cool spot. I mean I, I like the idea. I like the idea of the small, more intimate ballpark, you know that you can, you know if you're going to sell it out and what it could be like. Spring training is awesome like that where it's you know, a bunch of people out there and it. You know, you can get some good games going on, but I don't know, for a major league team, it's a little different, but it'll probably look better visually than the them playing in the Coliseum. [01:07:41] Speaker A: All right, real quick, man. I. I do want to cap off Coach Bud getting fired from the Suns. We didn't really talk on that. And then also, the Pelicans firing their gm, David Griffin, like, that was pretty. I think that was kind of, like, unexpected as well, at least for me. [01:08:01] Speaker B: Griffin, he's the one that used to be with the Cavs back in the day, right? [01:08:04] Speaker A: Yep. [01:08:04] Speaker C: Yep. [01:08:05] Speaker B: Okay. [01:08:06] Speaker A: Yep. [01:08:07] Speaker C: I don't know if it's surprising because the Pelicans have just been. I mean, have they. When was the last time they made the playoffs or. They haven't done anything in the playoffs, definitely. But, I mean, we've been on this rebuild since he got that job, and it's really never taken you anywhere. Where other teams in the west have continued to progress, where Zion's been, like, kind of a disaster for them since they got him, Nothing's been built around. [01:08:35] Speaker A: Yeah, Griffin got a lot of credit, I think, for putting together that Cavs championship team. Then he bounced out amid all that drama. I can't really remember exactly, what with him and the owner. And then LeBron left again, or was about to. So he jumped ship and got paid pretty nicely with the Pelicans. But, yeah, you're right. Zion, who looks like one of the best basketball players in the world, you know, for 20 games every three years. And then they shipped out ad they got a bunch. [01:09:05] Speaker B: Oh, yeah. I mean, he made the trade. He traded AD that acquired Zion and, like, a number of picks. I. I saw it. I mean, yeah, yeah. Zion not planning out really hurt them. [01:09:18] Speaker A: Zion doesn't even like it in New Orleans. [01:09:22] Speaker B: Is he a free agent next year? [01:09:24] Speaker A: I think so. [01:09:25] Speaker B: All right. Is he. Or. [01:09:27] Speaker A: I think his career gets revived somewhere else. [01:09:30] Speaker B: I don't. I just. I don't think he. I don't think he can stay healthy. [01:09:36] Speaker A: All right, so Coach Bud, I think we were talking about it in the. Earlier in the year, how we would be shocked if they fired their coach because, you know, you can't fire coaches back to. Back to back years. So. Ishbia. Is that his name? He buys the team. He fires Monte Williams after he took to the Finals because that's not his guy. Whatever. Brings in Frank Vogel, who I'm a big fan of, should have never been fired for the Lakers, I thought he did a pretty decent job. But then they fire him and then they bring in Bud who now looking back, probably should never been fired from. [01:10:14] Speaker B: Milwaukee. [01:10:15] Speaker A: From Milwaukee. But I guess the rumors are his message just never got to the team. They just didn't want to run his games and they were pretty lazy. And he kind of, you know, clashed a little bit with some of the guys. [01:10:31] Speaker B: Yeah, I mean if you look at Boonhower, what he had with, I mean he had a young Giannis that led that team and everybody bought in. [01:10:39] Speaker A: Yeah. [01:10:40] Speaker B: Now you go to Phoenix, Durant, he don't care. Bill, he's just collecting 55 million, he doesn't care a lot of Eagles. And then Booker, who's probably the likely piece to stay around him. And Boonhauser just never clicked. So I mean you sign the guy in the off season to a five year, fifty million dollar deal, I don't know why you just don't give him a three year deal. You said it best, Rome, they get to an NBA Finals lose, then they get outs in the second round in a game seven against Luca and then Mavericks who went on and got beat by the Warriors. You move off him, Vogel comes in, you get into the playoffs. But you get embarrassed by Minnesota. Minnesota goes on a run and gets to the Western Conference final. Last year they're good. And then you come in here, Boonhauser and they just, they start out really good, like 9 and 2. I think we did the NBA preview like three weeks in and then we're like me and Jason were in love with Phoenix and I like them. I mean they still had over 500 record when everybody was healthy with Durant, but they just never got it going. And now I think you, I said they owe, I don't know what, maybe 75 million plus dollars in back pay to coaches now and then. I think I told you earlier, Roman was an interesting stat. I'd heard. I, I couldn't believe it. But the Phoenix Suns have never in their franchise history had a coach that's lasted four seasons or more. [01:12:00] Speaker A: That's right, you did tell me that. That's crazy. I still don't believe you. [01:12:03] Speaker B: I, I don't believe either but supposedly Dantoni did never coach for full seasons there. So they've never had a coach last that long. It's just one of those organizations that just keeps going through coaches like cr. It's some kind of crazy number. Even when they were getting to the finals back with Charles Barkley days, like they didn't. I don't know if that's true, but ESPN mentioned that on the broadcast. [01:12:32] Speaker A: So trying to go back. So it has Dan Tony listed here from 2003 to 2008, but I can't really find out any other information on this thing. [01:12:54] Speaker B: Well, I remember, I don't know if it was the Lakers, maybe with the Suns too, he missed a lot of time because he had some procedural problems. Right. Both organizations. So I don't know if that counts too, as part of the streak. I. I don't know. [01:13:11] Speaker A: I don't know. More than four seasons, you said? [01:13:16] Speaker B: I believe so. That was, that was the stat. [01:13:18] Speaker A: Because Monty Williams did four seasons, it looks. Yeah, I guess we'll have to look into that, but that's kind of crazy. So not shocked that they fired him? [01:13:40] Speaker C: No, I don't think so. I mean, I'm not, I'm, I'm, I'm gonna say I'm huge fans of the owners because I hope these guys buy the White Sox. So I don't, I'm not gonna talk. Talk trash about it. But the one, the one thing you see with the way Ish, you know, ISHB has come in with that particular team, as you've seen some of these kind of billionaires that have like a huge interest in it, they are very impatient and they want, they're gonna, they're going to give a lot of money and invest quickly. And when it doesn't pay off, you know, probably what works in your regular business world. I think you saw this with owner of the Mets, owner of the Carolina Panthers. Like, they're looking for dynamic, quick returns on their investment. And they are, you know, in their regular careers. They're winners. And I think you see this. I'm not going to be patient. This is my toy thing. I'm here to win. I'm giving you everything I can to win. If you're not going to get me to win, I'll move on. I'll pay someone else to give it. So I, I'm not shocked. Now I just need these guys to buy the White Sox. [01:14:40] Speaker A: Please, any final remarks? [01:14:45] Speaker C: I mean, we only got to basketball. We didn't. Are we talking about basketball? Are we going to talk about the, the Long Beach Grand Prix for IndyCar? We had the Food City 500 for NASCAR, too. We're gonna get into that. Kyle Larson big win. No, no. [01:14:56] Speaker A: Okay, I want to know who Kyle Larson is. [01:14:59] Speaker C: Kyle Larson, man, He's doing the 1100 this year. You don't know the 1100. [01:15:05] Speaker A: I don't. [01:15:06] Speaker C: She's Gonna race it? Yes, you should. Many, many have tried. Not many have completed. No one's ever won one of the races. But Kyle Larson will drive. I will be there for the Indianapolis 500. He then will fly to Charlotte and race in the Coca Cola 600 all in one day. [01:15:25] Speaker B: Oh, oh. [01:15:28] Speaker C: So two races. [01:15:29] Speaker B: Sounds like Kirk. Sounds like Kirk Herbstream to me. You know, it could be flying around. [01:15:35] Speaker C: But you gotta do 1100 miles around the track, two different types of cars. But Kyle Larson, former serious champion, but yeah, rising Indy 500, but he won in Bristol, so that's for NASCAR. [01:15:46] Speaker A: That sounds pretty crazy. [01:15:48] Speaker C: It is crazy. He tried to do it last year, but we had rain delay the Indy 500, Jack the whole thing up. Was late to the Coca Cola 600 and ended up not getting in the car. So he's trying it again this year. But. But he's. He's thought of as the best driver in the world. You get a lot of a. American motorsports enthusiasts, they say he's better than Verstappen. If you put Kyle Larson in a car, he basically can drive anything. This guy is a racer's racer. He goes and race like short track stuff. Like on his weeks off from NASCAR and everything. He'll. He will race anything. So really great driver. [01:16:23] Speaker A: I'm just taking a peek at the NHL playoffs. I don't see my. My Red Wings anymore. [01:16:27] Speaker B: Red Wings are done there. [01:16:29] Speaker C: Red Wings. [01:16:29] Speaker B: They aren't done. [01:16:30] Speaker C: So I was trying to spare you. I'm trying to talk about NASCAR in the Indy car series. [01:16:34] Speaker B: Got NASCAR. You got college football, you got UFC 314. That was this weekend. Rome. [01:16:39] Speaker C: We have WrestleMania this weekend. And really, you talked to me about giving a WrestleMania preview and I don't know, we got to do another episode. But you know, we Got a Man WrestleMania this weekend when you leave for Vegas. [01:16:50] Speaker B: Friday. Wow. [01:16:51] Speaker A: Wow. [01:16:51] Speaker C: We leave Friday. Bright and early. Air in the WrestleMania kickoff party is Friday. I will be there in attendance. And then, hey, night one of WrestleMania main event. CM Punk versus Roman Reigns versus Seth Rollins in the main event. Night two, John Cena versus Cody Rhodes. The WWE Championship online new champion. [01:17:14] Speaker B: New champion will be crowned. [01:17:16] Speaker A: Yeah, I want you to be decked out in some. In some WWE gear for Thursday night. We'll record it. Put a special out right on your. [01:17:26] Speaker B: I just want to know if the. All the weekend stuff that's going on for Jason, we've got F1, we've got WrestleMania. I mean, what's the strip club scene gonna look like, man? That's what I want to Know, man, that's really what I want to know. [01:17:41] Speaker A: I was like, wait a minute, wait. [01:17:42] Speaker B: That second win, you know, you need that second win going in that Sunday night. [01:17:46] Speaker C: Well, I, I would say if you're gonna partake in the. The strip clubs of Vegas, the good news for wrestling fans out there, Wrestlemania, you know, it's over by like 8:30, 9:00 depending on the car. Triple H starting the. Starting the show at 4. So, you know, it's. It's gonna be over probably about 8:30 or so. So plenty of night ahead of you as the wrestling world descends upon Las Vegas. If you decide to partake into the adult establishments that Aaron is talking about. [01:18:14] Speaker B: Yeah, you go. You give us the list of spots off air if you want. Okay, that's. That are the frequent ones you like to go to. [01:18:21] Speaker A: But watch, we end up going. They like, oh, Mr. Zinke. [01:18:26] Speaker B: Hey, Jay Z, how you doing? The usual. He's like, yeah, the usual. [01:18:32] Speaker A: It's like Vegas vacation where like the. Where like the kid makes a lot of money. Oh, Mr. Papa Dankus. [01:18:37] Speaker B: Yeah. [01:18:38] Speaker C: Mr. Papa Giorgio. [01:18:39] Speaker A: Yeah, there he is. [01:18:40] Speaker C: Papa Giorgio. [01:18:41] Speaker A: Papa Georgia. It's on TV right now. [01:18:44] Speaker C: I. I put a dollar and I want a car. I put a dollar in one. [01:18:46] Speaker B: A car. [01:18:46] Speaker C: Put a dollar and want a car. [01:18:48] Speaker A: That's kind of cool. Yeah, I feel like gambling now. [01:18:53] Speaker C: That'll be the big thing, you know, back. Back to the blackjack tables. You know, post mania. I think that's. That's what I'll be looking for there. [01:18:59] Speaker B: Where are you staying at? Where are you staying at? [01:19:02] Speaker C: You know, haven't done this in a while. Doing a little throwback. I'm traveling with some family. I'm staying at Treasure island. Boys haven't done there in a while. You know, a little bit of a strip. [01:19:13] Speaker B: I think they renovated that place up a little bit. I heard a little bit. [01:19:16] Speaker C: You know, not. It hasn't been the usual spot, throwing it back a little bit, but. [01:19:19] Speaker B: Right. [01:19:20] Speaker C: You know, near the convention center. So, you know, I, I'm not going to be in the room, Aaron. You know, it's a big weekend. You mentioned F1 Mania activities. You got WWE World at the convention center. You know, got. Got stuff going on, man. So I'm not gonna be in the room. I'm not worried about it. [01:19:35] Speaker B: That's good, man. That's good to hear. [01:19:38] Speaker A: Trying to look up Treasure Island. The stupid island that lives that's over here is called Treasure Island. And then some book that's called Treasure Island. [01:19:44] Speaker C: No, I'll just put up the TI Then it's just the TI you'll probably. [01:19:48] Speaker B: Get the rapper but you know, like. [01:19:52] Speaker A: The Treasure Islands is there. [01:19:53] Speaker B: Hey, but I'll say this, you know, they will be playing, you know, TI Makes sense. Treasure Island, TI Rapper show, strip club. It's a TI weekend for Jason out there. Let's put it that way. Yeah. Going on. [01:20:05] Speaker C: It could be. But you know, Travis Scott I think is, you know, he's big in WWE right now. You know, he's. I think he's got one of the themes of WrestleMania with Fiend possible. I haven't exactly. I have not done the final WrestleMania selection of what I'll wear, but I did get a Travis Scott wrestling is real T shirt. Potentially is my night two selection. [01:20:28] Speaker B: I think Travis Scott's gonna make an appearance in the ring at WrestleMania too. I think he's gonna. [01:20:34] Speaker C: Given we talked about this post elimination chamber, I think it'd be the last time we may have talked to wrestling with the big John Cena heel turn Travis Scott part. But you know, Travis Scott potentially is going to be maybe playing into the main event there with. With the Rock making sure Cena comes out with that title. [01:20:50] Speaker B: No doubt about it. He will play an impact on that fight. [01:21:01] Speaker A: All right, we are recording this segment Thursday night. A little preview for the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix says Sunday for us 4:20. It's Easter. It's 4:20. It's at 10:00. Lot to celebrate. Jason, what are you most excited about for this F1 race this weekend? [01:21:22] Speaker C: Well, there's a lot going on Sunday, Rome. It's not only F1, it's also WrestleMania Sunday. [01:21:28] Speaker A: Oh, that's right. That's right. [01:21:30] Speaker C: So I mean it's. It's a big Sunday over on. And Easter. I guess you brought that up too. So the holiest of holy Sundays for. For me with F1 and WrestleMania in the same day. But I don't know this Sunday in F1. Going back to a street circuit after being in Japan on a circuit and then last week in Bahrain. So not on the streets. Street's a little bit different. Going by last year Saudi Arabian Grand Prix, probably a one stop race in the pits. So won't have the likely, you know, pit madness that we had in Bahrain. That kind of made that a little more exciting. The big stretches in this race, I think I talked about it when we talked the other day was long straightaways so speed's gonna be there. Some interesting stuff in the corners that we can probably talk through. But I Think this would be a track if we go back to Lando where we can rely on the McLaren speed and he doesn't have to be as good, probably being in high speed turns that potentially if you look at the first couple of races that Oscar Piastri has been better. So if you look at Bahrain, look at the success that Oscars had in certain stuff, it's been a little bit of a slower track where the speeds are, the turns a little more. But when Lando can get out front, you have some high speed stuff. You know, Australia a little bit like that. China kind of a little bit too. But I think this will be a very interesting race for Lando is how, how can he, you know, where to be the tracks that he's better with Piastri. We're waiting for this McLaren duel. And so what's going to be the trading back and forth after Piastri was able to do so well in, in Bahrain? [01:23:28] Speaker A: Some news came out about Norris this past weekend where he's been, I guess not really happy so far with how he's been driving, especially in the last two races. I guess like comments were making rounds on X saying, you know, he's, he's, he feels confused. [01:23:44] Speaker B: He's confused right now. [01:23:45] Speaker A: He's being forced to drive a little bit differently. But he get, he got hit with like a few penalties, cost him time trying to overtake. But he's still leading the drivers for still not being really happy with how he's driving so far. It's not bad. [01:24:00] Speaker B: What does he have like a one point lead? [01:24:02] Speaker C: Three points, three points over Piastri and. [01:24:05] Speaker A: You know he's one, two, right? [01:24:07] Speaker C: Yeah, yeah. Pastry's got two wins on the season. You know, really I think the difference really has just been pastry in Australia where he, you know, kind of wiped out and that's really kind of been the, the overall district. So it's close. You know, Lando hasn't been happy, but I think we talked about it in, in the leaks prior where the difference in personalities between these two guys and, and Lando the entire year is going to be talked about. Like his almost killer instinct about it. Like as we looked at Japan, was he even really trying to go out Verstappen or was he cool with second place and going, you know, for points? If he's not in front out of qualifying, is he going to be kind of out of the race and not challenging in certain spots? What is going to be McLaren's team orders around certain things depending where these guys are at Especially in circuits where it's, hey, once you get ahead, do you have the ability to pass? I think in Saudi Arabia, we're going to have some ability to pass. Like I. I said in the last. The last show when we talked about Drs in the Saudi Arabian straight, there's some. Probably a little more ability in some of those areas to get some front line speed and pass and, and make the most of that. But, yeah, this is a big year for Lando, and I can't remember how much we've talked about it, but I don't want to say this is his only chance to win the driver's title, but this might be his only chance to win the driver's title because Piastri is not going to be going away. And his kind of temperament and driving style, much more aggressive. And like, Verstappen kind of has that little bit of a killer instinct there where if Lando continues to be too passive and then doesn't have the best car in the future, is he gonna have an opportunity? You look at Verstappen has the. Maybe, the third, maybe fourth best car in the field right now behind McLaren, Mercedes and Ferrari, but he's making it work. I don't know if Lando can do that. And when you go into a. The, the regulation changes in 2026, next season, if McLaren doesn't have the best car, where's that put Lando in the field? Now we talk about all the young drivers coming up and other people potentially having spots. You know, there's a lot of F1 drivers in history that only won one world championship, and, and there's a ton that you've never heard of that and never won, none that were probably good. This might be Lando's only opportunity this year, so he's really got to make the most of it, I think, in every single race. [01:26:25] Speaker B: Yeah, I would agree with you, Jason. I mean, I think the pressure's on them. I mean, if you, you know, Rome already mentioned his comments. Kind of like confused, not knowing why he's not having successful races every time out. You know, sometimes he gets off to a good start, sometimes he doesn't. He's just trying to put it all together. Like, what's, what's his contract status, I guess, there at McLaren? Like, is he a free agent anytime soon? [01:26:51] Speaker C: No, I, I don't remember exactly, but they. They signed both of these guys for extensions, so they're. They're both there. So, I mean, he could potentially have a shot. But I'll talk about the Regulation changes going into next year. You don't know if the McLaren cars is going to be good in, in 2026 as it is now. May not have the competitive advantage. So I think they'll both be there, but I think Piastri is going to demand, hey, I want number one driver, too. This is a team that doesn't declare a number one driver. These are two guys that are going at it. So Piastri is not going to take second fiddle like he was kind of forced to do at the end of last year when it just became, hey, Lando's the only chance to win the drivers. But if they're neck and neck all season, it's going to be on how these guys qualify and then what. And what they're going to allow in kind of the races both going there. So I think, I think it's just going to be interesting on how Lando responds because there's going to, there's going to need to be, you know, some of these tracks, I think you're going to get potentially more, More races like Japan, where it's going to be a Saturday qualifying and it's not going to be a ton of overtaking in the race. And so I think Fred Vassoura, Ferrari talked about this. Potentially, this year's a Saturday championship. And I don't know if that bodes well for Lando. You know, Piastri does pretty well in qualifying. Lander does, too. But you start splitting a bunch of these and Piastri's got the, the, the leg up. He gets the favorable strategy, he's ahead. All of a sudden, these things start stacking up. [01:28:15] Speaker A: I know you guys were really pouncing Orlando since day one, man. You guys are like, trying to. [01:28:19] Speaker C: I'm not trying to. I like, I like, I like Lando. Like, I mean, I, I'm not a. [01:28:24] Speaker B: Fan of Lando, so. But yeah, I, I like him. [01:28:28] Speaker C: I was like, to me, like, he was, he was the young driver years ago that were waiting to win. He, I mean, he got his first win last year, and it's kind of an afterthought at this point where it's like, we're a year later. He won in Miami last year through his first win, and he's won, you know, several races since then. But, you know, there's just a lot of. There's a lot of new blood coming into Formula one right now where he just hasn't crested and is he gonna get out of Verstappen's way, which is. Was kind of like the, the showdown last year where you know, Max just pushed him to the side when he started a challenge and then what's he gonna be with your asses? I'm rooting for him, I think. I'm pretty sure I picked him to win the drivers title this year, but you'd have to go back and tell me, but I'm pretty sure I did. [01:29:05] Speaker A: I, I really don't remember. I have to definitely go back. A couple things I'll be looking forward to this race is George Russell seeing if he can string another really good race. There's been a lot more talks about, you know, a new contract for him, but he's just been racing really confidently. I know a lot of people have not been digging on his, him as a driver, but he's been definitely been driving as a top five driver so far this season. Also I guess I was looking up some stuff the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix, I guess Rebel has won 75 of the races including the last three. So maybe like more the expectation is like whether Verstappen and, and, and, and the Japanese rookie can make some noise. [01:29:50] Speaker C: On this one potentially, but the car just isn't there. And I, I'm pretty sure they had a. All team meeting or something with Red Bull coming out of Bahrain is what I was hearing. I'm talking, I'm talking like executives and stuff like that. Talking through like where they're at. [01:30:05] Speaker B: They get, they get that pit fixed, you know, that pit like fix because. [01:30:10] Speaker C: I don't know if they got that fixed. But there's a ton of panic about Verstappen at this point because they're making, he's making them relevant and you know, whatever's leaking out in the media, whether it's right or not, I, I said the last pod or last thing we recorded. Like this is the silly season of F1 that starts basically now through July where the guys who do have expiring contracts start talking through. Verstappen's not expiring but there's this long rumored like exit clause in his contract which basically it's like team performance and like other things around there. And there was, there's, there was something they talked about Perez last year where it's like if his teammate or something didn't finish with like a hundred points of him, like he has an exit clause or something. And at this point if Sonoda doesn't score any points and Verstappen still is making it relevant, you know, who knows what other stuff in these guys constructs but it's been weird for a guy who's been locked up by Red Bull as so many rumors of leaving. And then, you know, I mentioned you last pod about Verstappen leaving and then the idea of Mercedes being around there. But, but Toto Wolf and Mercedes being super happy with Russell, which they should because to Rome's point, you know, he's been great. He's been top five in every race this year. I think he's got three out of four podiums in those races where no one's really talking about him. He's just putting in great performance after great performance. But there's this kind of long rumored love affair that Toto Wolf has had for Verstappen when he missed out of him when he was a young kid that if he had the opportunity he's going to go out and go get him. And so I, I think that's the threat that's up there. I don't, I don't know if it's for sure because I don't know how you go wrong with Russell. But hey, you push Russell to the side, you get Verstappen and Antonelli, you got, you got the old prodigy and the new prodigy if you're Mercedes. [01:31:49] Speaker B: But yeah, I mean basically you're looking at Verstappen as Luca here and George Russell is ad. Sometimes you just got to make the trade. No matter how great they look. [01:32:01] Speaker C: It's a good, it's a good, it's a good prospect that you never know. But I don't. It'll be interesting a lot. All eyes on Verstappen. Probably his temperament, where that car is at because yeah, as Rome. You mentioned past couple races in Saudi Arabia dominant like Red Bull 1, 2, I think and like a year ago at that race we pretty much saw Red Bull was going to just run away with it with the constructors in the driver's championship in these first couple races of the year and they just totally like collapsed towards the middle into the end of last year where the car just wasn't as good. So I, I don't know what they got in the tank this week, but Mercedes, like you said, George Russell, I agree with you on that. Rome and then Ferrari, like what, what do they have to kind of bring to the table? Probably their, their best, best finish as a group in the last race. You know, do they get more straight line speed to keep up with McLaren in this? What does the qualifying times look like? Lewis hasn't been great in qualifying because beyond the sprint poll, which he won in China. But. [01:32:59] Speaker A: Yeah, real quick, you guys mentioned contracts. I guess like the recent trend for F1 has been like locking guys up to long term contracts. But I guess there's out clauses after every year and that's something that George. [01:33:13] Speaker B: Russell is kind of making basically like performance clauses. You don't perform or. [01:33:17] Speaker A: Well, even, even the driver, you know, if they're not happy, they, they can bounce out. And like that's kind of crazy that. Yeah, it's just, it's just crazy because it's like I'm trying to picture like a baseball contract, you know, like they're more like years. [01:33:30] Speaker B: They're like, well, they're nil. [01:33:33] Speaker C: Or the NFL contracts. Really. [01:33:34] Speaker A: Yeah. But it'd be crazy though, like if someone had like a 14 year deal in the major league baseball and they're like, oh, you know what? After year two, I haven't opt out. [01:33:43] Speaker C: Yeah, they're def, they're definitely not 14. They're like four, maybe a five year contract where these guys go on. Because yeah, the turnover, the turnover is just crazy. Like you could, you can go in a deep dive roaming these different guys in history and how many teams you know they've driven for because it just. The driver wants the best car. And that's, that's the thing about F1 versus maybe some other forms of motorsports. But like the best car is what the drive the best car, the best driver is what they want. So you'll, you'll gravitate as a driver is like, oh, McLaren's got the best car. Yeah, I want to go to McLaren or Red Bull's got the best car. That's where it's at. The 2026 stuff is gonna be interesting because hey, who under the new regulations gets the best start and has the best car? That's the thing about Verstappen they talk to is like, hey, if he leaves Red Bull, some people if theorize it, he doesn't race in 2026. He just sits out a year and say, hey, which constructor got it together? I become the best free agent. Or does he stay at red bull in 2026 and potentially be unhappy and then get a relay of the land of hey, who has the best car going forward in those regulations? So there's, there's a lot of games in the ship. I think the drivers and the teams have when it comes to that. [01:34:52] Speaker A: Yeah, I, I, I know we're pretty fresh on F1, but I would like to think because we're always talking about like the best car. But what about the best driver that fits that type of car. Because every car is kind of built differently. It has to be like its own event advantages. Trying to find the best driver that knows how to get the most out of that car. I, I assume Hamilton's still trying to figure out how to get the most of the Ferrari and probably like a good feel until the end of, you know, year one, right? [01:35:16] Speaker B: Yeah, yeah, he's definitely been struggling in the Ferrari. But yeah, I mean, to Jason's point, you know, one year you may have the best car. The next year you might have the third best. So just because you got the best driver. But I would lean towards verstappen probably racing in 2026 and not stepping away. I just don't see someone that's won championships like that Leaving the spotlight just to see what car in 2026 is the best going forward. [01:35:46] Speaker C: Yeah, I, I agree with you, Aaron, but it's a great point. By your own is matching. The driver wasn't a championship winning driver. But Daniel Ricardo, kind of star of Drive to survive and has a pretty big following. [01:36:03] Speaker A: I don't know anything you guys are talking about for that show. [01:36:05] Speaker C: You will. But the, the first season of Drive to survive, Daniel Ricardo was with Red Bull. He was the number one driver. Verstappen was number two. But it was becoming very apparent at that point that verstappen was going to take over. And Ricardo just wasn't feeling like, hey, this guy's gonna be sleep overtake me, so I'm gonna leave. And he left Red Bull after that season in 2017 or whatever it was, and went to renault, which is now alpine. And hey, I'm gonna be the number one driver. Spent two years there, was a disaster, then goes to McLaren and won a race with them. But just wasn't good either. And a ton about it was like he, he just never really was a match with the car. His driving styles grew up in the Red Bull junior program. Everything about the red bull was kind of there. And he talked about like the differences in the car was just never a match. So I, I, I think you do have a point there, Rome. I think you sometimes you're just not going to know until you sign. You know, the driver's in the car and understand kind of what you have. So it's, it's some pairing and matching. But to your, to your point with the contracts, this is why these guys generally sign short term contracts. Because like, hey, it's not working out. You're gone. I'm moving on to the Next guy who maybe is a fit for this car. [01:37:12] Speaker A: Yeah. So this is our second, this is our back to back like night races. Right. Because the other three have been daytime. Anything you're expecting out of this one? Like any predictions? [01:37:26] Speaker C: I still think you have a dominance in McLaren out of this one. I think the Mercedes potentially are going to be pretty good in this race. I just don't, I don't know what to expect from Red Bull. They're kind of the wild card of win Verstappen is going to give you and just waiting for Ferrari to kind of get back to the speed which they're at. You got a couple more races until Spain and Spain's you know you have like four or five races and the reason I'm marking Spain is because they're going to be. There's the flexi wing kind of thing that McLaren apparently has this edge and they're going to be adjusting kind of the flexible wing regulation to their rule or something post the race in Spain which is get me started on changing rules mid year. But there's going to be something so McLaren's going to have this competitive advantage here for the next like month and a half, whatever it is. So once you have this thing and there's a certain bend that the wing is able to have and we're talking millimeters right now too. And that's the thing about Formula one, you know what, what is the change within the car for the couple teams that have this flexi wing type stuff and where is kind of their speed at? So it'll be interesting on McLaren's like really need to make the most out of this because do they start to degregate some of their speed as some of the that rule comes into play after Spain and into kind of the heart of the summer which is a ton of the European tracks. [01:38:56] Speaker A: I, I just, I'm hearing and then, and then I just started looking at the future races and I was like, oh, that's a good wine region. That's a good wine region. But I was trying to catch the other ones but they just say the country instead. [01:39:11] Speaker C: Well you're probably talking about the, the Italy one probably. [01:39:17] Speaker A: But yeah, the same thing. The, the Spanish Grand Prix in Barcelona. Catalonia. Phenomenal. Phenomenal. Cavas and flutter style reds, champagne style wines. Really good, really good stuff. [01:39:33] Speaker C: Easily distracted Rome. [01:39:35] Speaker A: Any other comments for this race? [01:39:39] Speaker C: I think the mid, the midfield will probably be pretty interesting and where they're at. We talked about Carlos signs previously and where he's been at with Williams. You Know, I thought he basically kind of underperformed. He was pretty much the, the free agent, you know, the, the top free agent in that kind of class last year for the midfield teams after Lewis took the Ferrari seat and signs became available. But Alex Albon's been outperforming him pretty much the entire year and putting him some pretty impressive races. Albon's eighth in the points right now, and they're doing much better. Haas has had some good performances with, with Esteban Okon and Ali Bearman, so they're kind of in contention. Those are, I would say, two teams that I'm really kind of looking at. Are they going to be battling it out for that, that fifth spot? Aston Martin we talked about the last time they. I don't know where this team's at. Two years ago they were like Fernando Alonso was third in points, like for the first half of the season with Aston Martin, and now, I mean, they may be with Kick. Cyber is like battling for 9th and 10th place at this point for the way the Aston Martins have been showing out here in these early races. So I think that's something to look at for some of this, the midfield battles, because there's a, there's a real battle here for fifth place where there really hasn't been the past couple years. Aston Martin's kind of been locked in after the top four. You know, does Hosser, Williams, and we're talking tens of millions of dollars difference with the Constructors at the end of the year. Could make a pretty big difference in some of these point races where we're talking about, hey, who finished seventh, eighth and ninth? That, that makes a difference in that. The Constructors points. [01:41:17] Speaker A: Nice. Are you guys going to be cashing it live? There's a race going on outside my hot rod. It's getting so loud here, man. It's getting really loud in the, in the city lately. [01:41:29] Speaker C: Well, maybe they're bringing the Formula one race next to San Francisco. You never know. [01:41:33] Speaker A: It would be kind of cool. This would be a really cool city to race in. I don't know if you, you definitely can't do it. These cities are, these streets are tiny. [01:41:41] Speaker C: Yeah. Chicago's rumored is the one that wanting one, but I, I don't know how that works out. But we'll see. [01:41:46] Speaker A: Straight into the river. [01:41:48] Speaker C: Yeah, potentially. But now they already do the NASCAR race in the, in the streets in Chicago, so it's, it's, it's feasible. There's some stuff. [01:41:55] Speaker A: Do they. [01:41:56] Speaker C: Yeah, they have a NASCAR race in the summer there they just last two years. [01:42:00] Speaker A: I just had some friends get back from Chicago and they said, yeah, they had a great time. It was nice, hot. And then it was 30 degrees the next day. [01:42:07] Speaker C: I mean, you could say that down here. Aaron and I were like living up in the 90s. And then it was like, it was like overcast and like 60. [01:42:13] Speaker B: It is cold. It was cold today. [01:42:14] Speaker A: Today it was cold here. Yeah, yeah. [01:42:16] Speaker B: Last week, what, it was 88, 90, 92. And then today, what, 59, 60 degrees? [01:42:22] Speaker A: Today was 50s up here. And then it was still cold driving down the SoCal. But tomorrow, supposed to be 72. Bikinis are going to be out tomorrow, guys. [01:42:32] Speaker B: It's gonna be cold down here. It's supposed to be like 63 down here. [01:42:36] Speaker C: So it's gonna be like in Vegas too. I mean, on Vegas, I think it's like 65 or something. [01:42:40] Speaker A: Yeah, Yeah. I would rather have it be 65 than 120. [01:42:45] Speaker B: Oh, yeah, right. [01:42:47] Speaker C: Yeah. 100. [01:42:48] Speaker A: Is it a cold 65? I can't remember the Vegas cold. It gets pretty cold though, huh? [01:42:53] Speaker B: Vegas gets cold. [01:42:54] Speaker C: Yeah. Vegas is cold. [01:42:55] Speaker A: That desert cold, man. That dryness gets you. We'll have fun, man. Have fun in Vegas. Put some money down on black for us. [01:43:05] Speaker C: Absolutely will. Maybe it will put a. Put a bet down on the formula one race. You asked. Are we watching live? I totally intend on watching live. Probably in a sports book somewhere. [01:43:15] Speaker B: Is that. What time. What time is it? Sunday, 9 or 10am it is Sunday. [01:43:22] Speaker C: At 10am 10am Perfect. [01:43:25] Speaker B: Perfect, man. I'll be. I'll be up and already like blood flowing and everything. [01:43:29] Speaker A: Blood flowing, huh? [01:43:33] Speaker C: Yep. Be good. Watch the race. [01:43:35] Speaker B: And so who wins this race? Jason, who you got? [01:43:39] Speaker C: I got Lando, I think. I think this is a Lando bounce back week. [01:43:42] Speaker A: Interesting. [01:43:45] Speaker B: I think it's surprise, I'm gonna say. I think he gets on the podium. I'm gonna take one of the youngsters, Antonelli. I think he finishes third and gets on the podium. [01:43:53] Speaker C: Okay. [01:43:54] Speaker A: Interesting. [01:43:55] Speaker C: It's definitely coming. You can. You can see that he's getting close. Yeah. [01:44:01] Speaker A: I have no predictions. I just hope it's exciting. Just hope it's exciting. [01:44:09] Speaker C: That's it. [01:44:10] Speaker A: That's it. All right. Cool. Have fun at WrestleMania for us. Say hi to my side piece for me. And we will catch everybody Monday night.