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Welcome in episode one, What's Right with Nick right Ton to do today and Today's gonna be a fast show we got. I am rapped with anticipation for Lakers Warriors Game two tonight, even though my guess is it will go the Warriors way. We will explain that we have a fun game to play later in the show. Diora has been testing out she does an amazing British accent. She was just a wondering whether or not she should do that on today's show. We're gonna save that for
a later episode. We also have a personal call to action that we haven't done on What's Right before that we will do later in the show. But first, here's what missed. Jordan Love signing an extension with the Packers, but not really. They're in instead of picking up his fifty year option, they are doing the equivalent for a little less money than the fifth year option would have been to a good financial move for them. I'm not sure exactly why I Love and his representation accepted it,
but so be it. Lebron, those scally wags at Chase Center.
I feel like they can't use that one again.
Why do you know the genesis of its? Yeah, like where it's from the etymology of.
The war pirates.
I don't think it's from pirates.
I think it's from pirates.
I actually think it's from the Civil War.
But they were calling people scag.
So here's the thing. So the current definition of scaley wag is a person who behaves badly but in an amusingly mischievous way, or a rascal. The etymology is it was a white Southerner who collaborated with Northern Republicans during reconstruction off for personal property. You say this is gonna be a fast show, en, I was, well, you shouldn't have interrupted me as I was saying those rascals at Chase Center taking not giving Lebron his baby powder for
the chalk toss, that's outrageous. It was Lebron every game for twenty years has tried to put baby powder or chalk in his hands, throw it up. It's a great moment for the crowd. The Warriors, ops people had the bottle there and had it empty on purpose. I'm on to you, Chase Center and the Bucks not doing exit interviews. That's not in the show. Who is in the show is diora freshly minted eighteen year old Diorra, who is in the show in place of Demond's for the next
month or a couple months. She's considering extending it through the summer. She wants to be paid.
Yeah for it. And the only way I'm gonna keep doing this after my project is if I'm getting paid. Yeah.
Well, okay, we'll see how that works out. This is again, as you will learn in your field of study, which is the performing arts and acting, we are paying you in exposure and opportunity. Diora, what are we starting the show with today?
So today we're going to start with how Demanse was right. I guess the Celtics really didn't have to worry. The seventy sixers got the MVP back in the lineup and we're blown out. Didn't seem so valuable to me?
Okay, okay.
Should Philly be encouraged by embiids a return or terrified because they lost by like a thousand points?
All right? Neither is the answer. So here's the deal. That wasn't an option, okay, but it's the correct answer. So it is now fifteen consecutive series where if the home team lost game one, they then win game two. So fifteen NBA playoff series in a row where the road team has had the chance to go up to they have not done it. We've seen it already, just off the top of my head in these playoffs. Miami went up one oh in Milwaukee. They then lost Game
two in Milwaukee. Miami went up one oh in New York. They then lost Game two in New York. The Lakers went up one oh against Memphis. They then lost Game two in Memphis. The gonna lose tonight, Well that's we'll get to that. But it's like history says, yes. Uh. The Clippers went up one oh in Phoenix, they then lost game two. The Sixers went up one oh in Boston.
They then lost game two. These are the home team almost never goes down oh two at home, and the reason for that is obvious but kind of multi layer. The first one is the home team had the better regular season typically is the better team, so they're not often gonna lose those first two games. But more important than that is, even in the playoffs, there's different senses
of urgency. The road team goes into the opening two games of the series saying, let's steal one, so they relax a bit if they win game one, and the home team knows we've got to. At the very least Salvage is split here, so their intensity is all ratcheted up. So it was not a surprising result. Here is the disappointing part and the concerning part for Philly.
Definitely at show.
It is gonna be a short show. Just get maybe not with all your interruptions, but let me give the audience, you know, the analysis of the game. The concerning part is Harden goes from the best game of his playoff career to one of the worst. He was two for fourteen, He was zero for six. He was a total non factor. Another concerning part for Philly they annihilated with Jason Tatum having as bad of a game as he'll ever have in the playoffs. He made one shot, he scored seven points.
He was a total non factor. Another at least slightly concerning part for Philly is Joe Missoula and Boston said they wanted to shoot more threes. They wanted to fix that math problem they were having. They got fifty threes up and made twenty of them, including ten from Grant Williams and Malcolm Brogden off the bench. So none of that's good. That then is going to lead to the question of should the Sixers just have sat Joel Embiid
if they weren't gonna win this game anyway? Most likely, should they have just given him the extra two days of rest. I say no to that. And this is where I actually think you can take some solace if you're a Sixer fan. Embiid was going to be rusty, was going to be somewhat ineffective, I believe in his first game back no matter what. So getting that out of the way, I think is a legitimate benefit. He didn't have to go huge minutes. He went twenty seven minutes.
He wasn't listen. He was not very good offensively, but he had five blocks in the first half and he seemed to be moving fine. So I know the knee is gonna hamper him, but I didn't watch him and say, oh, he's a shell of himself. So all of that, to me lead you down the road of believing this is going to be a long series. I said beforehand, I liked Philly and seven going on the road in a game seven and winning. I know that's rare, but we
did just see the Warriors do it. I them getting a split of the first two where they didn't have him beat for Game one, and seeing that level of play from Hardening game one had to make you feel good. This was a game that would have been shocking affiliate one. So yes, Demanse was right ish, but I do not think that this is massively concerning for Philadelphia. And here's the last thing I'll say about the Celtics here. They when they are firing on all cylinders offensively and defensively,
they do look like the best team in basketball. They look like the best defense in the Eastern Conference, an offense that has five guys that can go get their own bucket. All of those things are positive. It is odd to me that even in the postseason they are not consistently able to bring that level of effort night tonight. But that's gonna be a great series. It's one to one. What's next to you are on?
So after crying about it for years and Beid finally won the MVP. Yeah, there are a lot of problems with how this turned out. Though Bed only played eighty percent of the games and be never made it out of Round two and his team is winning without him, and a big reason Jannis and Jokic didn't win three straight was due to a lack of playoff success, with Jokic as dominant as ever. Will we look back on this as a mistake in the future.
No, So listen, here's the deal turn out. Uh yeah, you're right about that. The Jannis and Jokic didn't win three straight. Yes, in part because of a lack of playoff success, but also because guys don't win three straight. In the last fifty years, one guy has won three straight. It was Larry Bird and he was already a multi time champion. So I am guys, those guys didn't win three straight because it's almost impossible to win three straight. We have plenty of guys who won their first MVP
prior to any postseason success. So Jokic won his first MVP before he had been to a finals. Giannis won his first MVP before he had been to a finals. Hell, Steph won his first MVP before he had been to a finals. He did end up going to the finals that year, we can go Lebron had already been to a finals, obviously. Berkley won his first MVP before he went to the finals. He went that year a Keeam won his first MVP before he went to the finals. He won that year. Robinson won his first MVP before
he went to the finals. He went a few years later, Jordan won his first MVP before he had been to the finals. That happens. It's not so much about you have to have had massive playoff success before you win your first. Historically you have had to have significant playoff success before you get your second. Now Here is where it gets tricky for MBID and I'm gonna do this off the top of my head, but I'd be shocked if I don't get it right. There have been nine
MVPs in league history that don't have a championship. Five of them at least made a finals, so Berkley, Malone Iverson hardin Westbrook. Those are five of the nine ringless MVPs, but they made a finals. Of the other four, three of them at least made conference finals. So that is Steve Nash who did it four times, Derrick Rose who did it once and then had you know, blew out his knee, and Joki conference finals. There is one league MVP in history who has never made it out of
round two, and it is now Joe l EMBIID. So yes, emb does need to have a real playoff run, hopefully this year, if not very soon thereafter or else. It's not that the MVP looks bad, it's that he stands out as the only MVP in league history to have never been to round two or to round three. Pardon me, but I believe eventually he will break through. I obviously picked the sixers this year for that breakthrough to happen, to get to the finals, and I still believe it will. What else you got on MVPs?
So why are you mad Lebron didn't get any votes for MVP when he missed twenty seven games and his team made the.
Play in Okay, I'm not mad at ames. You guys are foisting this take upon me. You have to our our group chat texted, Oh my god, Lebron got no MVP votes. Yeah, not get really upset. I didn't listen.
No proof there is.
Lebron's been in the league twenty years. The way MVP voting works is you submit a ballot with five names. Every year of his career, prior to this one, he had gotten at least one fifth place vote and Lebron, I mean, if we're gonna do this. We can do this. Lebron's history of top three, top five MVP finishes is unlike anything we've ever seen or we'll ever see again.
His rookie year, he finished in ninth, his second year he finished in sixth, and then just listen to these next oh, I don't know, fifteen years, here's Lebron MVP finishes second, fifth, fourth, first, first, third, first, first, second, third, third, fourth, second. Then we get to the first year with the Lakers eleventh. That year he shouldn't have gotten any votes. He was
hurt and they weren't very good. And then the second with the Lakers back in second place, and then thirteenth and tenth the last two years, which basically means he got one vote in fifth place each the last two years, and then this year nothing. I'm not no, I'm just
giving you the history. I'm telling you. From six to eighteen, Lebron finished top five every single year, and from six to twenty a fifteen season span, he had four first one, two, three, four seconds, three thirds, a fourth, a fifth, and an eleventh. He didn't deserve a vote this year. I have no problem with it. Now, Well, he was hurt, he was the first year with the Lakers. He was the first significant injury of his career. He shouldn't have quick defend well,
he shouldn't have even gotten a vote, but he did. Now, with all that said, if Lebron's not gonna get a single vote to keep the streak alive, I'm not sure how Jockett got votes when he missed almost as many games as Lebron, and eight of them were because he was suspended for bringing a gun to a strip joint. I'm not sure how Steph got some votes when his team won one more game than Lebron and he played
one more game than Lebron. I'm not sure how my large adult Slovenian son Luca got votes when his team finished in eleventh place. But I got no problem with Lebron not getting a vote. I am interested when the votes come out. Oh, people are saying nick mute at the text raid. You guys are texting me about bullsh during Lakers Warriors like the the It's rude.
Gotta keep close eyes on your best I'm.
Watching the game. I'm yeah, but they're not that invested in it. Gabe is sterring stuff up. It's that's birthday, so he's obviously three sheets to the wind, just hammered wet the it's guys, I'm watching Lakers Warriors and you're texting me about old news. It was hours old at that time. Uh Now, what I was gonna say is I got distracted? What was I gonna say? I don't remember?
This show isn't going to be under the time.
It is gonna be under the time next on.
Your Lakers stole Game one behind a dominant showing from a d Yeah.
Who could have seen that coming? This guy right here.
But the win took just about everything from the Lakers old guys. With Lebron and Ad combining for eighty four minutes. With games every other night, LA won't have much time to rest up throughout the season. Was it smart for Darvin Ham to empty the tank so early in the series.
We must win game They had to get Game one the war that of all the games that are gonna be in Chase Center, the that was gonna be easiest to get. The one they needed to get was Game one. The Warriors were coming off a seven game war, the Lakers were the more rested team. There were no adjustments. Obviously, the adjustments were yet to be made. They had to get Game one, and they were dominant in Game one until the final few minutes when they almost blew it.
Had they blown it? Utterly devastating because they did fire multiple bullets in that game, and they don't have that many left in their gun for this series. So I now, did darvinham push it a bit by playing Anthony Davis the entire second half and was he clearly gassed at the end of it. Yes, but they got through it and they got the victory tonight. Very different story tonight.
They are going to have to try to win non or at least play even the non A D minutes Tonight, AD and Lebron instead of combining for eighty four minutes, should probably combine for like seventy four minutes, play thirty six and thirty eight minutes, respectively. And tonight tonight. If you're the Lakers, I know it's not your style, but it's probably just how bombs away from three? See if we catch fire? This is not It would be shocking
if the Lakers won tonight. At least you can admit it. Well, listen, I.
Listen, listen, listen.
Well, you are feeding into an incorrect narrative that I am some just sickophant as opposed to America's most trusted voice in sports.
See, but you've named yourself.
That, I've named myself What but America's most trusted voice in sports? No, I didn't. Reuters did look it up. Did So here's the thing. I'm just giving you great gambling advice and good picks. That's all I'm here for in my opinion on things I said before the series, this series was going to follow the exact beats of the Memphis series. Lakers win Game one on the road, Games three, four, and six at home, and that's how they win the series. They lose Game two, they lose
Game five. Now, if they were to win tonight, Furthermore, obviously the series would be over. You're not coming back from losing the first two at home. How could they win tonight? I said, they got to be bombs away from three and ad would have to be great on both ends once again, and at some point Lebron is gonna make some shots. Lebron is nine of forty nine
from three this postseason, which is just impossibly bad. But one more note on this Lakers Warriors Game one teams never lose shooting the way the Warriors shot with the other team not shooting well. So let me just give you some facts. The Warriors got up fourteen more shots than the Lakers, and they made fourteen more threes than
the Lakers, actually fifteen. In all of NBA history, if you're plus fourteen in field goal attempts and plus fourteen and threes made, every team that's ever done that has won every single time except for that Warriors game. Steph and Clay combining for twelve threes in a playoff game. The Warriors going into Last Earth Game one that had only happened nine times, they were eight and one. The Warriors under curve having eight or fewer turnovers that it
only happened eleven times. They were eleven and two. Teams that hit fifteen or more threes than their opponent regular season or the playoffs NBA history that had happened ninety eight times. Those teams were ninety five and three, and the Warriors lost that game. Jordan Poole matched Lebron's scoring and the Warriors lost that game. That is a brutal spot for the Warriors. You shoot, you make twenty one threes.
The Lakers make six, Lebron doesn't have a good game offensively, and you still lose incredibly ominous for them for the series, incredibly ominous. I think this is a terrible matchup for the Warriors. They do not have the size, and I don't know what obvious adjustment they can make other than Steph save us, and that'll work for a couple games,
but that will not work for four games. And the fact that the Lakers are five and two this postseason, five and two, despite Lebron shooting the way he's shooting, that's terrifying for the rest of the league. One other note before we move on. I have in my pocket figuratively and we talked about it on this show when I made the bet, a thousand dollars bet on the Lakers to win the title at fifty to one. Now, during football season, our very first NFL gambling show, I
gave out a different fifty to one. It was a Chiefs Niner super Bowl and we got to the final weekend of the NFL playoffs for the second last weekend, and the Chiefs and Niners were still alive, and people were like a hedge buy out of the ticket. Whatever. I didn't the Niners quarterbacks get hurt, it loses. But I sorry you were. But I had given the audience a fifty to one bet that with two weeks left in the NFL season, was down to like five to one.
I then, eight weeks ago gave the audience the Lakers at fifty to one. This morning they are five to one. So I don't listen. I don't hedge bets. But had you taken my advice and bet that you could cash out right now for ten x the profit, I'm gonna ride this to a fifty to one winner and pay for year of Do you're at UC Santa Cruz But I am in root, dude. There's all these alleged gambling shows out there and gambling experts. I've given you two fifty to one's overtime that got down to five to
one and falling already. We are a little late. Let's get to the last thing. Go ahead.
A lot of the discussions surrounding Warriors Lakers have been about Steph versus Lebron. Steph has the most to gain. Lebron's legacy really only changes with the title, but is the person who with the most to lose in the series Kevin Durant looks like KD is about to fail with yet another super team, while Lebron and Steph are still competing for titles with good but not great teams. Who do you think has the most to lose?
Well, listen, I don't consider the Suns of super team. But here's what I do think, and this is a good lesson for superstars across the league. The team hopping build a super team path really only works for Lebron. So Lebron went to Miami and they won. He then went to Cleveland and they traded for Kevin Love and they won. He then went to the Lakers, who hadn't made the playoffs in six years, and they traded for Anthony Davis and they won. Other guys have tried this.
None of them have succeeded. We'll get to Durand in the moments like, oh, well, Durant went to the Warriors. Different Durant went to a team that had already won a championship, was added to it, and they won more championships. That's not the same. That is not what Lebron did, That is not what anyone had done. But we have seen Durant then go to Brooklyn, try to build it up. Kyrie go to Brooklyn, try to build it up. Doesn't work. Kyrie go to Dallas, try to build it up, hasn't worked.
Durant go to Phoenix, doesn't look like it's gonna work. Kawhi and Paul George go to the Clippers has not worked. We have seen now who has won. Giannis Stayed Built Champion, Steph Stayed Built Champion, Dirk Duncan, Kobe, all those guys. Now you can say Kawhi with the Raptors a little different situation that was not trying to build some super team, that was a team that had been competing at a very high level, needed one last piece. Brought in Kawhi.
They won.
The idea that other guys can do what Lebron has done is foolish. No one has been able to do it. Nobody people have tried. It has not worked for anyone but Lebron that it create a team out of thin air through your own gravity and greatness. He's the only one who's been able to do it. The stick with the team, bring in other pieces to compliment what I do. That has worked. It's what Denver is trying right now. We'll see if it works. It's what Boston is trying
right now. They've come very close. It's what Philly is trying right now. Build around Embiid, draft Maxie, do these things, bring in Harden his last piece. The get all my back, let's build a super team. Thing has worked for one guy, only Lebron, and he's done it in three places. So people think that it's easy. It's not. Now for Durant, he needs to be better. This is not a super team. This is not a deep team. We'll get to the Chris Paul injury in a moment. Here is what Durant, though,
does need. He can't get swept back to back years. You know, prior to the conference finals. I understand Shack got swept four out of five years of his career, but they weren't Round one sweeps, and they weren't and they weren't when he was already Apex prime Shack. If people don't remember what I'm talking about Shack, I mentioned
this on TV yesterday. I think Shack in ninety five made the finals and got swept by a Keem in ninety six, made the Conference finals and got swept by Jordan in ninety eight made the conference finals and got swept by Utah, and then in ninety nine made the semifinals and got swept by Duncan and Robinson. That is not the same as being swept in round one and then in round two. So the Nuggets are better than the Suns. The Nuggets are cheaper than the Sun, the
Nuggets are healthier than the Suns. The Nuggets can win that series. And that is not an indictment on Durant. But Durant cannot, absolutely cannot get swept in round two in the West after being swept in round one in the East. And also, by the way, I forgot twenty one year old Chack got swept in round one that was his third year in the league, I think, by Indiana, and the very next year they made the finals. So
that's what's on. Durant. Can't get swept. Have an over my dead body game, kick ass tomorrow night and do that and you're feeling better about where you're at. Little pressure on Denver for Game four, quick break right back, what's right?
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Welcome Back episode one. So we're gonna start with the CP three. CP three is out again. This time it could lead to his team being swept. As it stands, Paul is on a short list of greatest players to never win a ring, But so much of the story in his career Twilight is his injuries holding teams back. This guy is Kawhi without rings? Was it bad luck Monty's fault? Or ken Booker and Durant extend the series long enough to make this question not matter, all.
Right, It is some bad luck he has had early in his career. He did just have some bad luck with injuries. Now he's one of the oldest players in the league. He's the second oldest player that actually gets minutes. The only older than him are Jananis Haslam who does not play, Andre Gudala who does not play, and Lebron and so. And he's a little guys. He's barely six
feet tall. But this is also why what the Sons did with this trade for durant was so risky, because they absolutely were trying, trying to go all in on this year on winning a title. When you knew you were trading away depth, you were trading away future ability to acquire depth via the draft or via trading draft picks.
For a team with a thirty seven year old, injury prone point guard and then MANI playing him forty minutes a game in round one was an obvious risk that a lot of us saw coming, and I kept sounding the alarm on So listen, it's a tricky one. Chris Paul is one of the greatest players ever, and little guys being the best player on a champion it's really just Isaiah and Steph. Little guys don't win championships as the best player. There is not a history of that.
And Steph is I'm sorry, Steph is bigger than Isaiah, and Isaiah is bigger than CP three, not that any of them are big guys. And so now to answer your question on Ken Booker and Durantix, send the series long enough. No, Denver's better and deeper and healthier. And I didn't think Phoenix was gonna be able to win with the healthy Chris Paul. Without a healthy Chris Paul, this could get really ugly. So I don't really listen. He made a finals finally a couple of years ago.
Last year was bad for him. They were the number one seed, they had the best record in basketball, and they fell apart against Luca. That was bad. But so so where does what does this mean for if we're doing Chris Paul legacy stuff. Well, if you guys remember on my fifty greatest players list, I'll tell you exactly where he was, I'm gonna pull it up real quick. I think I had him twenty twenty of the greatest players of the last fifty years, I had him twenty first.
So he's behind d Wade. I have him behind Barkley, behind Mailman Barkley and Mailman don't everrings. I had him right ahead of Garnett and Robinson, who do everrings? I had a Stockton and Harden who don't ever rings. That's just where he is like as far as greatest point guards ever, if we expand it past the last fifty years, it's Magic then Steph, then Oscar, then Isaiah, then Chris Paul. If he had won a ring, would he have jumped Isaiah? Maybe?
Is he going to? He's not, And the Sons are gonna have a really tough offseason in large part because of what are they gonna do about Chris Paul?
All right? Next, so next we're gonna play a game of right or wrong? Yes, So first up, the Grizzlies announced that Dylan Brooks will not return under any circumstances next year. He's bad at basketball and he talks trash. Given their record, this can only mean one thing. He's a future Laker. Lance Stevenson, Pat Bev, Russ. Oh, yeah, it's happening, right or wrong. Nick Will embraced future Laker Dylan Brooks.
Wrong, but it's also not happening zero percent.
Zero percent.
People are like, oh, the Lakers signed Lance. They signed Lance five years after his beef with Lebron The Patrick Beverly thing was a disaster from the beginning, and they got rid of him. By the way. Patrick Beverly came out and said he wants a ring if the Lakers win a title, give me a ff and break man. Now, he said Russ wants one too. I'm fine with Russ getting a ring. Russ gave it his all. They actually
got real pieces back for Russ. That's fine. Patrick Beverly, who was a noose it was a hindrance to the Lakers winning. Was barely ever on the on the team. No chance. But they're not gonna sign Dylan Brooks. Somebody Will Shuston might sign him. Dallas Sneaky could sign him, add a little edge to the team, a defensive stopper
alongside Luke and Kyrie. There are some Dylan Brook's career is not over, obviously, and Memphis, though saying under no circumstances will we bring him back felt personal and it felt Listen, I'm no Dylan Brooks fan, but he was not their biggest problem this year. He was a problem. He was not their biggest problem all right, next.
Okay years. The process was a joke in Philadelphia. Now it's produced to MVP. Sam Hinkey was burnt at the stake for his analytics and tanking. But it looks like it actually paid off. Right or wrong. The process actually worked.
So here's the thing. The problem with the process was multi fast fold. In my opinion, One was they did not draft well in the process. The other was they did make a mockery of trying to compete, and they did it for four years. The Oklahoma City Thunder did their own version of the process. Took two years. They were in the playoffs in the bubble with Chris Paul. They then had two terrible seasons and they were back competitive this year. Two years Philly went nineteen wins, eighteen wins,
ten wins, twenty eight wins. And here's the other giant problem with the process. When I say they didn't draft well. They could have crushed the league in a positive way with the process if they had drafted better. But they didn't. So here's what they did. First year of the process, they draft Michael Carter Williams, Syracuse guy. But and he won Rookie of the Year. It didn't matter. Not a
very good player. Second year of the process, they get Joe el Embiid home run, no doubt, they got him third. It actually the reason he fell to third was because they knew that he wasn't going to be able to play his rookie season, or at least there was concerns. But that was fine with them because they didn't want him to play because they wanted to be bad. So that's great. This is where it gets bad though. Twenty fifteen process. Jilliel okafor at number three. Devin Booker's in
that draft, Chris STAPs is in that draft. A lot of people that are still in the league in that draft. Twenty sixteen, Ben Simmons number one, Brandon Ingram and Jalen Brown are the next two picks. The next year they have the number that the number three pick. They trade that pick and future picks to Boston to take Markel Foltz.
Jason Tatum goes third where they were originally drafting. So their problem wasn't so much that they Oh and by the way, twenty eighteen they draft McHale Bridges, SGA still on the board. They draft mkil Bridges is awesome, and then trade him so for Zyr Smith. So the problem with the process was not it was that it took too long and they didn't draft good enough players. Now in bad's awesome, So you can say it's vindicated. They probably got to make it out around two to truly vindicate it.
All right, Next, Okay, the Knicks tied up the series with Jimmy Buckets on the sidelines. Yeah, but Miami has till Saturday to rest up and take a commanding lead at home, even though they nearly won without him. The Heat's lack of death and firepower is only solved with playoff. Jimmy, right or wrong, the most important player left in these playoffs is Jimmy Butler.
I think it's wrong. I think it's close. I think the most important player in these playoffs is Anthony Davis one, Steph Curry to Jimmy Butler three. Because here's the thing. The Lakers can't right now win without Ad. The Warriors can't win without Staph. The Heat damn near one couple days ago without Jimmy. So he's on the very short list, but Ad and Steph are ahead of him. Next.
Okay, So Aaron, Yeah, Aaron Rodgers is the guy without a demand's list has gotten every one of his demands met. Weeks ago, we joked that the Jets are signing cob Now they actually did right or wrong Rogers. Rogers has too much say in New York.
Right to a degree, Listen, I don't think the Randall Cobbs signing is gonna drastically help or hurt them. My issue is not with the signing. My issue was with Rogers, once again being misleading with his public comments. He attacked Diana Russini for saying he had a wish list when he clearly did. He wanted them to sign Odell they tried. He wanted them to sign Lazard they did. He wanted them to sign the Cob they did. We'll see about Mercedes Lewis. He said. The Packers, you know, never reached
out to him. They were like, oh, we called him repeatedly. And then he's like, oh they didn't fa this really happened to your He was like, I have bad service in my house. They need to FaceTime me. I don't have any missed face times. Of course that's something you would do, not at a press conference when they're paying you fifty million dollars a year. Uh. And then he also was Josina Anderson tried to nail him down on are you going to be around for the off season.
He's like, I'm here now, I'm gonna be here tomorrow. Yeah. Of course. Of course told McFee a couple of days ago, I'll be around for more than half of it.
So you think he has too much say well, or just.
I just think he's I just think he's disingenuous. It goes back to the hall like a teenager, correct, and the whole he It all started with him being asked about his vaccination status and he was like, I've been immunized, which everyone thought. He was like, yeah, I've been immunized, and then kept going and then we found out he
never got vaccinated. And the mandatory to play though, well it's not mandatory to play, but it's if you're not vaccinated, you have different rules and you gotta wear masks and all this stuff. This from a couple of years ago, and he wasn't following them. Uh, and then he was like yeah, I mean he was just totally disingenuous with that because he was like, no, I took like a homeopathic remedy that I thought, No, he's a he's gone off and he's off the rough. Yeah, And so I
just feel like his public comments can't be trusted. I also don't think the Jets are gonna be that good. Sorry gave next.
Okay, Mahomes and Kelsey are taking on Stephan Clay in the next edition of the match. This has to be the biggest stakes ever for an exhibition golf game. For you, right, or wrong you personally booked the match.
I didn't, but I think it's gonna be awesome to see because Mahomes and a staff. Well, well you know that's interesting.
Where is it, I'm guessing No, No, No.
It's going to be at a gorgeous golf course somewhere. It's gonna be one. Yeah, but there's but not like I'm talking about. It'll be one of the nicest golf courses in the world, is the way they'll do it.
And so I'm not sure where it is. I'm sure it's not Can't City, no offense to Blue Hills Country Club, were at Hallbrok or wherever they would golf in k City, lack Lloyd, Mahomes and Steph are both extraordinary golfers, really, Yeah, like Steph step probably could be a pro golfer honestly, and Mahomes is very very good.
A lot of these guys.
Well, I'm not a good golfer.
And well, I just got you to admit it, because I feel like we've been on the same podcast. No, I'm you tried to convince everyone that you were a good golfer.
No, I did not. I was passable.
I think we need to spin that back what.
I said when we played in Hawaii, I was fine, I'm not these guys are scratch golfers. I would slow them down. So here's why it's gonna be fun. I think because I think Steph and Patrick are gonna take it super seriously, and I think Kelsey and Clay. I think Kelsey'll probably be ten bud lights deep, and I think Clay will probably be high out of his mind. And so I think you're gonna have like the goofball
sidekick guy and the guy's taking it really seriously. I think it'll be awesome that it'll be awesome to see. Now you're asking by ever, I want to be clear on this. Patrick Mahomes and I are not like buddies. We're friendly, but I would not feel comfortable being like, can we go golfing together?
I would be.
Comfortable asking Kelsey if we could go golfing together.
So you think you guys are friends?
Yes, me and Kelsey? Yeah, I do. I do think, And I.
Think I need to make a Twitter just to tweet to him and ask him what he thinks about that. Well, hold on a second here, Yeah, I mean like I've met Nick. No, No, that seems like a nice gut.
Well, let me hold on just a second. Here's the receipt. You're slander. Well, I'm gonna show you something right now because I feel like you're being mean and I don't think there's a need for this.
No, I believe that you speak to famous.
No, it's not about speaking to famous. It's about him sending me that picture. Uh and yeah, No.
Kelsey and I are pass Instagram, though not on messages. It doesn't. It's not the same. So what it's not the same.
The this is him telling me to have a good time in Brazil. Sorry that I couldn't go to watching host Saturday Night Live. He invited me to watch him host Saturday and Live. Don't I don't lie about these things.
It's okay, all right? Next, Okay, So Bonus is happy. May fourth. It's a big day for the dorks out there. Right or wrong? You're a Star Wars guy.
Wrong?
Yeah, I know it's wrong.
Yeah. I mean I think they're just doing this so they can show Disney stealing my likeness with Count Dooku, which still bothers me. It's still insane. How much I mean, I deserve money for this?
Obviously, it's no way that they didn't do it off of your face. Of course, there's no way that it's a coincidence, exactly right, the hairline, the eyes, like that's funny.
Now, that is funny. They're putting on the screen our first thing's first logo with Count Dooku.
There.
Why are you guys showing this because you're Oh, I didn't even see it. I just saw the stupid hot dog thing. Oh yeah, oh wow. They have a lot of photoshops here. This is well done. This is why you should watch the show on YouTube. The nose, the whole thing. I mean, it's a oh look, do your look. That's really I don't love that. That's really good. That's really good, guys. But no, I'm the only Star Wars I've ever seen is the one with jar Jar Binks
and my parents. My parents took me to it right after they told me they were getting divorced.
Oh wow, moving on, that's true. Time for break.
They were no, I mean they were like, they were like, yeah, I was fourteen years old. They're like, yeah, you're mom and I I'll never forget it, like your mom and I are getting divorced. My sister's like we already know, and I'm like, no, I didn't know. Started I broke down is My sister's like, can I leave? I don't want to be here? She left, and then my parents were like, all right, let's all go to a movie.
And we all sat in the movie theater together, me and my soon to be divorced parents watching Star Wars Jarp. All right, quick break right back, What's right?
Welcome to What's Right, Episode one forty eight. Next we're gonna.
We're gonna read some listener questions and comments. Okay, we weren't quite ready for that little reintro. You're like, I'll do it. I'll do it. But before we before we do that, let me send this tweet because we want to talk about something serious here just for a second. Anything you can do would be great. Appreciate it. So when Door and I lived in Houston, when our family lived in Houston, up the street from us, was this little boy named Marcus who was is he was he
older or younger than you? Older than you? But you guys, we moved out of Houston in twenty seventeen.
Yeah, he was like my best friend though why.
We lived there? Was your best friend while you lived there and a really nice family that we really liked, and we were very close friends with his mom. And he had a bunch of foster siblings, some with him for years, some in and out. That's what they fostered kids in this house. And girl, it was all girls. So it was Marcus, his mom, his dad, and a bunch of foster girls. And we were close with this family. And Diora has kept up with Marcus via social media in the years since we left, and I mean, do
you we spent a lot of time. Miss Beverly was the mom's name over at the house. So Doors sent me a text yesterday with a link to a go fund me and listen, we have never asked for any money on this show. I don't think we've ever done a charity thing on this show. But this is really heartbreaking. So I'm not going to read the entirety of the story behind this, but the short version is Marcus and his mom, his mom and dad split up. It seems to be on pretty ugly terms.
At first, it seemed to have been fine, but they recently got officially divorced, I think, and it.
Seems not great. Yeah, and but Marcus and his foster siblings and the mom stayed in the house. The mom then had a lot of serious health issues and some again you can I'll send out the link, some issues with the mortgage payments via the father, not via the father, and.
Because he had no rights to the house.
Basically the yeah again I wanna. I'll let Marcus's words speak for it. But the short version is this, they are up against losing their house, having it put up to put according to him, put up by auction by the father, and being out. So it would be Marcus, his mom, who is not in good health, and all these foster kids, some of whom have lived there for years and it's been the only stable home they've ever had.
So anyone that knows the foster systems, you bounced from house to house to house, you're in the foster system usually because of really tough circumstances, and they need a significant chunk of money in order to be able to keep the home. And so I'm going to donate some money after the show. Again, everybody, everybody's got their own causes,
their own charities, their own things. I mean, there's obviously no obligation for anyone, but if you're someone that does you know occasionally give to a GoFundMe or has some charitable money sitting aside, you're looking for a good cause. I will vouch for this family. This young man now a young man when I knew he was a little boy, and this woman his mother. They are really really good
people who have fallen on really really tough times. And even if they don't reach the full goal of the GoFundMe, at least they can use the money, exactly, use the money to get stable housing and do something. And these people were really really good to you. Diora forever and it is forever, and if I may again, and then we'll get to the listener questions. We first moved to Houston, and for some of the time in Houston, I don't
mean to embarrass you, I hope I don't. You had a there was a time, there were some times where tough times, making friends, meeting people, and this these people happen to be one of only maybe two other black families in our neighbor on our block. Yeah maybe the only the only other black family in our neighborhood. And Sugar sugar Land were really great and I kind of feel badly that I have fallen out of touch, but
if you can help, it would be wonderful. I have just now think as long as it ten dollars, one hundred dollars, anything that you could do would be helpful. I just tweeted out the link. I'm sure we what's right show We'll also retweet it. And I'm not sure how the chat works. If we can, maybe some one of our producers, if it's possible, can click on the link that I just tweeted and put the link to it in the chat and now du or let's go ahead and read some of these chat questions if we can.
Okay, Rookie to Envy said, does Russell winning a ring with the Lakers change his legacy?
No?
I mean the Lakers winning a title this year. No one will actually say Russell Westbrook won a ring. And Kara, by the way, is gonna put the link to the GoFundMe in the chat if anyone wants to click on it and do something with it. Uh No, I mean if he were on the team and contributing, that'd be one thing. But no, because he was on the team a few months ago. If they won the title didn't change anything. And the guy's joking.
Next, Joseph Nagel asked, should the NBA reseed after each round or keep the bracket system?
I like the bracket system, but once again, I think you should be able to draft your playoff opponent. I think the one seed, once we have the full bracket set, the one seed should be able to pick from five to through eight who they want to play the two seed, et cetera, et cetera. I think that's a way better system, especially since we now have a play in tournament.
All right, Next, Lambs asks do you think a finals rematch would be vindication for all of those that try to discredit the bubble?
Well, I think at this point discrediting the bubble is you just look like an idiot. Really, at this point, discrediting the bubble is just a way to try to discredit lebron. So people like, oh, it's a bubble ring and it was odd circumstances. But there's two reasons that it never made sense. One was it'd be one thing if the Lakers won, because the thing with the bubble is there were no road games. Everything was a neutral site.
The team that is hurt the most from that is the team with home court advantage, and the Lakers had home court advantage, So it'd be one thing if like an eight seed won the title in the bubble, It's like, well, in a real season, they would have been on the road the Lakers in theory that what number one seed was the most damaged by the Lakers won the title anyway. But the other reason you would discredit is if there were a lot of aberrant events. Who what was the
final four in the bubble? Lakers, Nuggets, Heat Celtics. The next year, the Lakers had the best record in basketball until they dealt with injuries. The year after that Heat Celtics was the Eastern Conference Finals. Again. The Nuggets are going to be back in the conference finals this year. The Lakers should be back in the conference finals this year. We might have the exact same final four this year as we had in the bubble. Discrediting the Bubble was
never about the bubble or the pandemic or anything. It was always just a way to take a shot at lebron.
Next, coach Missik asked where you got your fit for today?
Well, I don't buy any of my own clothes, so let's find out together. Hold on, oh, I know this Scotch and soda.
They matches your coffee cup.
Oh, it does match my coffee cup. How about that? Thank you, coach Misstic.
Next Jared Corner, Maybe go ahead. Jared Kerner asked, do you think Damian Lillard can or will end his career ahead of CP three in your top fifty.
I don't think he will. He certainly could right now, he's a way's way. I think Chris Paul is historically underappreciated. I think Chris Paul is a great, great player and a winning player, incredibly winning player, even though he hasn't won. I think he contributes to winning peak. Chris Paul contributes to winning at an all time rate. So I really like Dame, But I think Dame's got a ways to go as far as career accomplishments to catch Chris Paul.
Next, Don Robino, Oh.
Don Rabino, this is the I'm just gonna read this. Are there more wheels or doors? I don't like these questions. I think, yeah, but it's there's no right answer. No, there is a right So we're not going to do this, save this, save this for a TikTok. I'm not doing it this fort By the way, you. Did you post that TikTok to my TikTok?
Yeah, it got no likes, no likes, got like thirty likes.
I don't believe that. Have you checked lately?
Yeah? I checked before the show. Nobody appreciated me posting a TikTok on.
His door posted one of her TikTok.
He told me to post it honestly.
Yeah, that's fine. Do you posted her TikTok to my TikTok? But how do I see? I don't even see it. It's not on there. Oh there it is? Is at one hundred and ninety likes. No, it's at fifteen likes. Nobody likes it?
Do you?
Or I thought it was really good?
It's about time to delete that one.
Well, maybe people aren't checking out my TikTok. I mean I've only I've only posted three things ever, and I've never really posted anything. Uh oh, someone new just liked it. You can follow me on TikTok at gat nick Right, All right, what's the last one?
Dusty said? Happy Star Wars Day? What's the right show? May the fourth be with you?
Now?
I kind of feel bad because we called it a dork day like ten minutes ago, and now Dusty's.
Like, yeah, well exactly, yeah, I mean, big shocker. I mean, Dusty's a great at his job and the majority of the time a really great guy. About one out of ten days Dusty is, you know, irritable, let's say, but usually a great guy, one of my favorite co workers ever, but a self proclaimed dork. He's not going to run from that.
That's okay. Me and Dusty are friends.
I also tried to tell me yesterday on the idea that he is medically impossible to multitask, that it's not that, and then he tried to throw around his credentials at me. He was like, well, actually, let me tell you why. It's like okay, Man simmer down. Dusty is a great job on the TV show. Though I didn't they want to end the show like that, but I guess we've got to again. If you have the time or the inclination and want to help out our friend Marcus's family
with that GoFundMe, that would be wonderful. You can find the link on my Twitter at getnik right. You can follow me on TikTok at get nick right. Do you want to promote your TikTok Diora Demante promoted his Twitch stream all the time.
I don't know if I I feel like I don't trust the fans.
Wow.
Wow, you see a bunch of a bunch of the fans have been finding my Instagram.
Uh huh and sliding.
In the dms.
Wait what do you mean?
And they've got to get out of there? Man?
What are they saying to you in your DM?
A lot of them were like, happy eighteen, it's time now. No they were, yes they were, but don't worry. I block them. But guys, my TikTok is not Diora with three a's in the in the name and my Instagram.
Well that hold on. That was very confusing because you said my TikTok is not her TikTok is quote go ahead.
I think everyone got it.
No, no, it didn't say her TikTok is quote go ahead.
Not Diora with three a's on the at the end of Diora.
Okay, there you go, And you really want to give out your your.
My Instagram it's dummy tbh.
Okay, there you go. And if you slide into my eighteen year old daughter's dms with anything other than show critiques or compliments. I'll hunt you down like the father and taken. See you guys on Tuesday. What's right?
Bye?
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