You're listening to the downbeat on ninety seven to one the Freak all right, so the Mavericks season noper tonight, Rangers know where they're playing in the World Series. We'll get into that at seven. Also, Cowboys by the Rams on Sunday as well, so that's not going away either. I have a couple concerning cowboy things to get into as well. Seven o'clock. We will dive into that, but for now, let's go in and handle up on the most important thing in the world. Wake up, your little sleepyhead.
It's time to get your stupid ass out of bed to hear about the most importing thing and the most important thing. Yes, Mavericks tonight. Every Dallas Mavericks game you can hear on ninety seven one in the Freak Girrel the Home of your Dallas Mavericks, and they take on the Spurs tonight down in San Antonio. Victor Weimbiama is the story for now. We may talk a little MAVs a little bit later. That's MAVs centric, including nine o'clock with their
Buddy Machine. But Mikey the number one pick, right, I mean he is the number one pick. He's seven to four he's nineteen years old and he seemed to be a freaks me. I bet I will quiz you with something here in a minute. We're gonna start with that. I'm excited. I'm obviously psyched for MAVs. I also think it's cool when your teams overlap because they do well in the playoffs. So, you know, normally the Rangers and baseball would be pretty far off our radar right now, but they
are front and center on the radar right now. Obviously, Cowboys season's humming stars are going all four. We got them all four. That's a rarity. And for some people who are like love a college football team to make it five, yeah, you know, it's great all happening. But if, yeah, if your baseball team makes it to the opening of the NBA, that is good times. So it is good times for us in this area, of course, as everybody's fighting right now, and so, yes,
MAVs are the most the thing I'm most interested and excited about. I think it's fortuitous though that we are opening against the Spurs and we get kind of the first close look at Victor Wembanyama, who you know has been on radars for a couple of years. It's like, who is this freak and the size and the handles and just all of it. I mean, he's the He's the most sure thing one to one coming into the league in twenty years and it's twenty years to the week that Lebron James debuted in the in
the NBA. Just twentieth year. Wow. Yeah, I did not realize that twenty years this week. And I don't know, I've been psyched for this dude. Hell, we all wanted the guy, and like part of me was like, damn it when you find out the Spurs win the Lotto and he's gonna go there, Yeah, you know, and there's nothing anyone
can do about it. You know, it's not like the sexiest for him, although you know it's maybe the best because you're an incredibly good hands, you have the best coach in the NBA, one of the best organizations in the NBA, and uh, you know, good landing spot for him. I think they'll treat him right. Good city too, for to have like a real one sport team city. You know, San Antonio would be a great place to live if you were a Spur. Yeah, yeah, I
would think so. I haven't spent. I mean you're loyalty there. Yeah, if you're a Spur, Yeah, because they love they love that team. It's all they have, man, Yeah, as far as professional sports, and they love them. Yeah, that's what you literally just said. Yeah, they love them. I love him so much. So I was thinking I'll see adding that the conversation. You know, the Greek Freak Club Milwaukee, which is not like the biggest if you think about even Jokic.
Denver is big city, but we just think of New York, LA, Chicago and even Dallas and even sometimes I don't know that we take your Miami. I think we should add to that list. Probably too is as glamorous as it seems, Alice, I don't even know if it's like seene as that. No, I don't, I really I always wonder that that's a great question, is what is well, yes, the priorities of a athlete in I mean, if you're getting drafted, it's out of your hands.
But where you want to go? And I would imagine most uh kids from the United States don't dream of going to San Antonio and they might be like, what is that? And Milwaukee, you know, probably would fit into that. And I think Salt Lake would be yeah Lake, Like I'm intrigued by Portland. I don't know, if you know some kid from Philly or whatever is really excited about moving out to Oregon. That'd be a great like
anonymous survey to do with one hundred NBA players. If you were drafted today, what would the what would be the on the bottom of list of cities that you would be excited about going to if they called your name, if it was anonymous, that would be very interesting because the club scene and the partying is a huge factor one Dallas. Yeah, Zion does he does. I remember every time he's you know, allegedly because of the strip clubs.
Yeah, no, and that it matters a lot. And we were down in Houston, and Houston is not somewhere where we would want to necessarily move or live. But I think for a lot of NBA players because there's a large African American community, and you know, I think Houston is a destination that that often, you know, young NBA players really like. It's got a lot of culture and history too for you know, young black youth.
Yeah, look at my African American over here. Yeah. And then trub has a campaign rally, But I don't know where Dallas falls into that. I would think pretty good, and I would think ahead of Houston, but I bet for a young future NBA player, Houston's a lot sexier than Dallas. Yeah, and there's a lot of recency buys too. What have you
done lately on the court? Who your coaches? And I mean Dallas has had white superstars for thirty years, so I don't know if that, you know, plays a part in what they think the franchise is all about. No idea, But anyway, Victor Wimana is not a young boy from America. He's from France. And uh, he's making his debut tonight and I'm psyched them outs are playing him. I don't know how the hell we're gonna do against him. All right, let's play quick. I have too many
games. No, the first one is not the one you're thinking, Oh, place your bets on. And I don't know the Vegas over unders. But like what you think when ma Yama's just say, I guess double double? Stats are points and rebounds? Like what do you tonight? No? No, for the season, A bunch of them? Like do you think he's averages? Dude? I think he's about twenty one and ten. I was gonna say like eighteen and a half, like I bet Vegas odds are somewhere right around there. Yeah, yeah, I don't know. I'll be
sugned out with get out eighteen and a half. I will guess eighteen and a half, ten and a half. Yeah, that sounds right. They may, they may go a little higher on points. You think I am saying it won't be twenty I can't. I can't, okay too, but he's hyped, so maybe they maybe it will says. Rookie of the Year odds went up from like one twenty five to one to twenty five to one just after seeing him play in the preseason. Rookie of the Year odds were
never one twenty five to one or twenty five to one. You're talking to MVP of I'm sorry, MVP I, it's not rookie up here. I said that to us. I would go ahead and get on him at twenty five to one. I wish you could have locked that in if it was one twenty five. He's one to twenty five. Bably, okay, I'm trying. Guess you did so good. He's so tall at seven four. I was gonna say that would that's a filler. That's a filler as you wait for the screen to load when you say things like that. I don't
know how the maps are gonna handle up on him. I mean, I'm excited to see Derek Lively tonight. You know, he's I think starting. Yeah, I mean that's our you know, we've been trying to get a new young big in here. Yes, how's that. I'm very excited to see that, But it's a it's all eyes on one be tonight. Okay, for sure? Double double average, a double double plus two twenty five?
I don't know. Yeah, just abort that plan, dude, You're you're fine, Yeah, all right, place just guess forget the over under. What do you think he'll average twenty points per game this year? I just can't find it because as much as you do, don't gamble that much. I would say, yes, I do think you will average twenty yeah,
and walk to Rookie of the Year. I think like maybe the first couple of weeks might be rough for him, and then I think there's the things that he's able to do. Just watching clips from preseason, you're like, yeah, who's gonna stop that he can handle the ball. He could. He durbbled through a dude's legs in preseason a week ago. He's definitely gonna be nutmegged some defender. He's gonna twenty ten pick his points and rebounds just for tonight's game, and if any of us get exactly right, the
other two hand them one hundred dollars. Deal, Deal, deal, I me have to get points and rebounds. This is not gonna happen. Yeah, well, okay, I'm ready. Twenty three and eleven, you die it it up, will twenty three and eleven. I found his rookie props, by the way, eighteen and a half points for oh under, oh eighteen and a half, over under eighteen and a half. I'll hit the over. JJ. You did get to play this game too, all right? Twenty three and eleven, what do you have them for tonight? Lower
points, higher boards? I'm gonna say seventeen and thirteen. Do you have the hiccups? I had him last night when I fell asleep, and I had to fall asleep to get rid of him, and maybe I had them all night while I was sleeping, I don't know, but I got him back I'll take twenty four and ninekyj Wemby's points and rebounds just tonight's season opener. I musa say twenty and ten, twenty and ten clean, very safe, twenty ten. Yeah, all right, JJ doesn't have to pay.
But yeah, if any of us get it right, the other two hand on hedge exactly on the nose. Okay, all unlikely. So I was thinking a most excited excitement about a one to one since Lebron again twenty years ago, two thousand and three. And I want to play minigame with you guys, JJ, you are welcome to play. You might smoke these boys. How many one ones first overall pick NBA draft can you name that have been picked since Lebron James in twenty twenty three or two thousand and three?
You asked this during the break, And I think all of you are going to have a much better chance at this than myself. But one thing that I thought of, it's probably the chances are that the one ones over the excuse me, god dang it, the last twenty years are probably not the best players on their teams right now or even in the league because you miss on these a lot, you know, I want some hints, but I know I can think of man, there's three that come to mind for me,
and then I draw a blank after him. All right, let's have Danny gives three and then we'll see what Kate two's got left over. One that I know for sure is Kyrie twenty eleven, Kyrie Irving one. One. One that I know for sure is Blake Griffin, that's right, two thousand and nine. And one that I know for sure that was so anticipated and didn't ever freaking play because he was hurt all the time. And I think Greg Odin was a one one absolutely right Blazers O seven that was seven
oh seven. That's where it stops for me, because I don't think Kad was. I don't think Steph was. You think of the best players on a team right now, and most of them, if not all, were not one ones. Okay, I got a few fire off whatever you got obviously too. It just holler room DeAndre Ayton, Okay, yep, absolutely yep. Eighteen and nineteen eight and in z Ion check cube number one last year. Nope, ch Chet was number two, right, I think yeah?
Chet was two. Uh the Orlando Magic selected before Yeah, they took uh bachero y baalo buoncoun caro. I want to go back. Was Dwight Howard a number one pick? And was that after Lebron? Well done the year after Lebron? Okay, Dwight Howard to the magic and four? Okay, now I'm testing by time here because I think Yao Ming was before Lebron. You're very good because he was the year absolutely right before Lebron. Oh two Rockets took Yao Ming and he is the most recent one one in the
Hall of Fame, the guy who had glaucoma or something. Uh Anthony Bennett. Oh yeah, Anthony Bennett one of the biggest. I mean, you can argue a couple of these on the bus list, but yeah, the Cavs in twenty thirteen took Anthony Bennett one one. And now we are to the point where we will start needing some really was mellow out the same year as Lebron? Or did he come? Nothing? Was? Two? Wasn't he? Yeap Mello was not? Was not the first pick? Yeah?
Okay, so three was Lebron yep four was Dwight Howard. Oh. Five the Milwaukee Bucks took an Australian whose last name is hard to pronounce Australian. You have three seconds on all these go ahead, Andrew Bogot Oh okay, Yeah, he was a one one six, O seven, O seven was Greg Odin O six Italian. That was just he. You know, he made it a couple of years in the league. But it's me Kevio. God Well, we left you in Houston. We have a long talk in
the car about killing Kevio. Yeah, pulling over in Waco and rolling Kevo out the side of the like, diverting off to go to Waco, just to leave there, kidnapped and drove to King Koopa's tied to the hands by his bag. Andrea Bognanni and he was little Kevo too. He didn't have a big man power up. Oh okay, Andrea Bygonni seven was Odin eight? Was then we have a string of five straight All Stars at least okay eight Chicago Bulls, Derreck Rose, Derreck Rose, Oh nine Clippers, Blake
Griffin. You had twenty ten was the Washington Wizards, Bradley Beal Nope, gid guard out of kentuckynas Oh, John Wall, John Wall, well done. That was twenty ten. Kyrie twenty eleven was the first pick overall one one. Twenty twelve, a big man was drafted by the New Orleans Hornets, girl Anthony Davis. Yes, I should have got that big bust, Anthony Bennett. In thirteen, twenty fourteen, Cleveland Cavaliers took a Canadian out of Kansas boo in the league. Okay kensas, I think he's a Timberwolf.
No maybe, Oh, no, he's a war Anthony. No, it's Andrew Wiggins. Andrew Wiggins. Wow. That was fourteen. But the year after that, Minnesota Timberwolves took someone the big cat, Karl Anthony Towns. Twenty sixteen, the one one was the seventy six ers. They took a dude who can't shoot, oh, Ben Simmons, Ben Simmons speaking of people who can't shoot. Twenty seventeen eighten, No, he was twenty eighteen eighteen. Ok, seventeen was seventeen seventy six ers. Oh, another seventy
six ers draft year. Another incredible bust out of Washington. Out of Washington, what is his name fulk oh On Markel Fults that had a team. Yeah, he got the Yips Markel Folts. And then eighteen eight and nineteen zion twenty twenty Timberwolves took Anthony Edwards. Anthony Edwards. There you go, and now we only need one. Twenty twenty one, what was the team out of Oklahoma State? A guard drafted by the Troit Pistons, Oh Cunningham,
Cade Cunningham, then Ben Carro and then Victor wimb Man. That we did it. That's better than I thought. Sixers draft run they had were for the expectations on their future success was so inflated. Wasn't it Jake that had a bet that going down that the Sixers were gonna win a championship within five years and if they didn't, what did he have to do? I think no, They just had a large amount of money on a It was a lot too. Yeah, maybe a thousand bucks or something on the Sixers
will win five five years or something. And I don't know that he was wrong. But when the Sixers go back to back drafting Ben Simmons and Markel Fultz as one ones that will to add to Embeid, Yeah, that'll shoot the the wheels off of your multi year prediction. When it was the kid they had that everybody loved for about five seconds, Noel oh no, Neurlan's Noel Nelans Noel. He's here the time until we left the game to go get a hot dog. In the media, it was hunkies. Yeah,
but you also could be called on it any minute. You should always be ready if you're on the NBA bench. Birthdays. Yeah, we'll speak through him. We got a lot, guy, get a lot, damn it. Here we go. Adam Goldberg fifty three, great and one of the fargos w c W champion Nope. Craig Robinson fifty two. Who the office? Craig Craig Robinson also hot to time Machine, many other things, which which one is? He also from Pizza Hut commercials current not a bad singer.
You said that he's in the office. Yeah, it's Darryl dear guy. Yeah you know, yeah, okay, we were thinking the same thing. The black guy. Oh, he's really funny working out in the warehouse. That's what I'm here for. One of the office that's always it wasn't family, uh freed Danny John Anderson of Yes Is seventy nine. Do do Do Do do Dude, Do Dude do do do do do do do do? Okay, a little kick drum, Hey, Gary on the kick drum. Come, come on the kick drum. It's Gary, Come, come
on the kick drum. Come come. What are you doing? I know that, and I don't know what I know it from, but it's amazing. See come come on that great movie The Breakoup. Sierra thirty eight, or as some pronounce it, Ciara Ohn. It like that, it's Sierra. Oh why did you choose to marry a corny guy? I liked him together, You like, it's a balance, it's balance, you like mister unlimited. Do you think he says, let's ride we unlimited? That sounds
like something you'd come up for yourself. Yeah, exactly, But I'd be joking. They have you baby, mister Limb, I would hope. So Katy Perry's thirty that'd be weird. Russell Wilson and see her had ugly babies? What happened? Yeah, Katy Perry's thirty nine? Wow? We live in a world where Katy Perry is almost forty. Lordy, lord one of her eyes is messed up. Well Jesus made that eye. Ed Robertson of Bar Naked Ladies is fifty three. Yeah, man, I have an angel.
Kevin bar Naked Ladies went platinum in Canada, there were of the most underrated and overly criticized bands in Canadian alt rock history. That's one of the most annoying vocal cold opens of all time. Yes man, Oh that's good. Well, Danny BNL went platinum. Have you ever gone platinum? No? I have. You've been making fun of bands that are better than me. You've been in like twenty bands. How are you talking. I'm just jealous because none of my stupid bands ever made it. You have to be
in fifty five years Danny went platinum. Yes, man, I never hated that song either. I don't know what it's fine. I think it was fun because they did a bit song to get popular. No one even realizes that they're a pretty good band. That's one Eric Nadel's favorite band. Really, yes, legitimate, but no one knows it. One of the best bands in Canada. We never got to Canada, though, Build a Wall, Chad Smith read out Chip member sixty two groups. Damn should we call
grooves right now? Actually, wish Chad Smith a happy birthday. Smith The Bees fifty four Daily Show magician escapist Andrew Basso is thirty eight. Andrew Basso you ever heard of him. I only put it in there for that ring to keep my spotting the guild. Though. Pedro Martinez is fifty two. Why Saime on TV last night? He's so good? Danny Taffy dan Off is seventy nine. You know Taffy dan Off is Tappy dan Off. Taffy dan Off. No, it's actually the that's a girl, isn't it?
Vocalist, the Starlin vocal Band. They did Afternoon Delight. Okay, okay. And then two events that happened nineteen eighty six was the Bill Butckner Game six game. So that was twenty seven, thirty seven years ago. That poor guy was so wronged, such a good player. Yes, would you
have rather been Bill Butckner in that moment? Or on this day in nineteen ninety nine when Payne Stewart and five others were traveling in a plane, and then then and they arrived at the Kemper Open and he was victorious that someday, No, the cabin pressure got him in the leer jet. He was in the plane ended up landing in a field in Minnesota. Jesus, Jesus had a lovely ten minute interaction with Paine Stewart, did you really Tucson PGA event. I was in the Air Force, so you know, we mentioned
that and he was like really interested and very support the troops. Before it was cool. Now it's not cool anymore. No, it is cool. Now, okay, something happened the wait that plane actually landed No safe No, not safely. Usually if a plane crashes, you say crash, you don't say landed in a field. If it landed in the field, it's implied that it landed safely. There's a problem with the cabin pressure and he passed out and died or whatever. That plane had dale traveled. Yeah,
oh no, that was the final text sent to the pilot. We need to ban ban that text. It's a it's a horrible sindow. It's funny Sports at seven. It's so sad. Really coming up next, what are we doing? Are uh? Okay, I've got some concerning cowboy things and we know a little bit about the Rangers opponent for the World Series. We'll dive in next to Nice seven won the free