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That's not the case. But because there's a lot happening in sports over July 4th week. Glad to be here to talk about NBA Free Agency. Excited to be here because I'm a big fan of the 4th of July and I'll be wearing red, white and blue over the course of the next couple days. I love, love, love the NASCAR history that the NASCAR history that was made in Chicago on Sunday despite the rain and it's just cool to be able to hang out with you and know that there are different people who haven't ever heard the show before or are hearing it for the first time in a long time because you're out of your familiar rhythms and typical routines and instead maybe you're driving.

Oh, there's so many people driving. Maybe you are heading from one party, party position to your next party position and just enjoying what is essentially a four-day weekend if you took Monday or also a potential vacation week. So I enjoyed my weekend. I certainly did and I will enjoy my Tuesday.

Planning on grilling even though it's in and around work hours but want to bring some of that red, white and blue flair to this first week of July. What? What? What?

It's After Hours with Amy Lawrence on CBS Sports Radio. You can find me on Twitter, ALawRadio. Yes, we're working through the holiday sporting red, white and blue and there will be fun fetti cupcakes to share. Of course, our friend Amy Trask who is a big dessert connoisseur apparently has never had fun fetti cupcakes because she tweeted me from California. Oh, those sound good. Well, we'll see. They're gonna look good.

We'll see how they taste. I hope you had an awesome weekend and I hope that you're enjoying the Independence Day and all your festivities because that is what it's about. I was teaching my 4th and 5th grade kiddos on Sunday morning in church and I asked them what 4th of July and Independence Day means to them.

I asked them what's your favorite thing about the United States of America and the number of kids and it was actually several boys. I was really proud of them who said our freedom. One young man, his name's Mason, spoke up and said we're allowed to say what we want. Yes, yes we are.

It's a freedom of speech. That's a 4th grader saying that which was really sweet to hear and also warmed my heart. So I shared it with my 4th and 5th graders. Be sharing it with you. We've got a brand new holiday edition, summer edition of Ask Amy Anything on Video. We'll be posting that before the next 12 hours are done. Producer J, is it finished?

Thumbs up? Ready to go? Did you actually post it? It is finished with the edits made but it is not posted up yet. All right, so we'll have that up for you and we'll let you know when.

We'll have the link up. I actually went kayaking with a friend on Saturday. Despite the smoky conditions, it was still extremely hot and I was kayaking around a lake which had a ton of lily pads and flowers in the lily pads. It was really neat.

It was so pretty. Took videos and took photos without dropping my phone in the water. Always a bonus and have some pictures to share.

Some really, yeah, some just really peaceful moments and wonderful pictures. My friends and I were so famished by the time we got done with our two hours of kayaking that we made a beeline for this little Mexican joint because nothing says happy 4th of July and happy birthday America like a quesadilla but it was delicious. And so that was my Saturday and then some time with with Penny and some time on the phone with Bob and then Sunday was more about getting ready to get back to work and the time at church. I am looking forward to a couple quiet days here at the office, I'll tell you that much, with fewer people in town.

Well, more people in town as tourists but fewer people who are working. That makes me happy. And so you can hang out with us tonight into Monday morning, Monday night into Tuesday morning, July 4th and then July 4th into July 5th so we'll have an opportunity to connect with you and play some patriotic music and I've got some red, white and blue garb and funfetti cupcakes to share. So again, on Twitter, ALawRadio, on our Facebook page After Hours with Amy Lawrence. What I'd love to know is where you are celebrating the holiday and how you're listening.

Easy peasy. Where are you celebrating? Because I know there are record numbers of Americans on the road and traveling overall this weekend. So please reach out to us on Twitter or Facebook.

How are you celebrating the holiday? Where are you and how are you listening to this edition of After Hours? There is history in Chicago which we will talk about over the course of this hour but we're actually going to head to the Windy City. I do not know if we have AM 670 The Score along with us tonight but if we do, someone who's listening to our Chicago affiliate, please let us know on our social media. We do periodically have Chicago. I appreciate program director Mitch Rosen who throws our show up when either their regular hosts are out or it is a holiday and so we're glad if you are part of the show from Chicago, just let us know.

But it was called the Grant Park 220. Just the name is cool and I don't know if there were Chicagoans who were less than thrilled about giving up their Grant Park experience on a holiday weekend but to see NASCAR try street racing for the first time and not only that, watch the transformation of the streets of Chicago from a rainy mess full of puddles to a dry track with speed and passes and drama. A lot of buzz. Seemed to be a ton of fans.

So we will check in with our man on the scene, Catch Fence owner and insider Chris Knight who will join us from Chicago at the top of next hour. It was history not only because it was the first ever street race, NASCAR celebrating its 75th anniversary so for that they tried something new but also because it was a driver making his debut in the cup series who ended up taking the checkered flag. That's crazy. Hasn't happened in my lifetime. Hasn't happened in Chris's lifetime. Hasn't happened in 60 years.

So a lot of us were seeing it for the first time. It wasn't the first time for Rickie Fowler but it was the first time in a long time, not since Super Bowl Sunday of 2019, more than four years ago has Rickie Fowler tasted victory on the PGA Tour and you know how close he's come multiple times to winning a major. This was his sixth Tour win but it was a long time coming. 96 starts in between victories for Rickie Fowler. Do you know he's gotten married and become a father in the stretch since he last won on the PGA Tour and it took a playoff.

So from the U.S. Open to the Travelers Championship, it took a playoff in Detroit at the Detroit Golf Club for him to finally end the drought. So we'll hear from him. Obviously the first weekend of the NBA free agency and boy it was hot and heavy from it was hot and heavy from Friday afternoon all the way through even late Sunday. There are still free agents out there, still trades to be made but some major moves, some major questions answered already like Damian Lillard. Will he stay or will he go?

That was the conversation we had late last week. We had a Blazers insider from the Oregonian who didn't have the answers either. It was more questions than answers and now we know that Damian Lillard has requested a trade from Portland to Miami if he could orchestrate it but to anywhere else where they're serious about winning. We'll hear from NBA insider Chris Haynes coming up and do the heat want him?

Is the interest mutual? And if they do have interest in trading for him how will they bring him on board? Draymond Green remains with the Warriors. See I not only thought this was the likeliest possibility but I also watched him and the way he interacted with Steph and Klay at the match in Las Vegas on Thursday afternoon and I just believed that if he had any intent to leave or if his focus was on taking the deal from the highest bidder that there wouldn't have been that same camaraderie and clear brotherhood to the point where he's talking non-stop, he's mic'd up, he's ripping Klay to shreds for being their weakest link.

Klay and Steph are cutting up with Draymond. It really reinforced my belief that he was planning to stay there and honestly he didn't even remotely break the bank. The Golden State Warriors have luxury tax challenges. They've been willing to go over the tax threshold because they wanted to field a winner and because they wanted to keep their core together and so for that reason I gotta believe Draymond would have made a lot more money on the open market.

I'll give you an example. Chris Middleton stays with the Bucks for three years and 102 million. Draymond gets 100 million over four years.

Now there is an opt-out I think for the last year so they could renegotiate but how about that? Chris Middleton who is a champion but is not a four-time champion and is not well he is critical to the success of the Bucks. I am not going to reduce or downplay his role with the Bucks in any way but Draymond is is the heart and soul of the Warriors. Their system doesn't work without him and his intensity and he's taking less money over four years than Chris Middleton is over three years. Even if you believe those two players are exactly the same value for their respective teams, Draymond is still taking less money with an extra year on on the deal so that's significant but it's not just him.

The one deal that blew me away well and here's another one while I'm thinking about it. Kyrie Irving is back to Dallas for three years 126 million dollars. There is no place on earth, on Mars, on Venus, on Jupiter, Saturn or Uranus where Kyle Irving is worth more money basketball-wise than Draymond Green. No, no earthly way that you can justify if we're talking straight basketball skills and value that Draymond Green is worth less than Kyrie Irving. Even if you love Kyrie, is there anybody left who loves Kyrie on a basketball team?

And I'm not speaking about him personally, I don't know him personally. As a basketball player, as a teammate, you can't even argue with a straight face that he's worth more than Draymond Green. To his team or to the Mavericks.

So that's another one. But the one that stood out to me while we're talking about Portland and as I was thinking about the comparisons and you're worth whatever your team will give you so let me just underscore that point. Whatever a team is willing to pay you, that's what you're worth. But did you ever think that you were worth more than Draymond to pay you? That's what you're worth. But did you see the money the Blazers are giving to Jeremy Grant?

Five years, $160 million. Jeremy Grant. Jeremy Grant. There's people out there listening to my voice right now who've never seen Jeremy Grant play. And that's not a knock on Jeremy Grant. I've actually seen him both in college as well as in the pros. But that's not a knock on him. What it emphasizes and the point I mean to make is that Draymond Green is definitely taking far less than what he could earn on the open market. So that should indicate to you how committed he was to staying put with the Warriors and with the guys that he still believes they've got unfinished business. Draymond was a guest on the Podcast P show and he was talking about the bond with Steph and Klay and to me this speaks volumes.

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How cool is that again as Draymond Green is ripping Klay Thompson to shreds on the golf course and Klay is trying to stand over a putt he backs up and goes yo bro Dray I can hear you and as Steph Curry is revealing on his golf cart cam you want to know what it's like inside our locker room this is it full fledged Dray never shuts up he never stops riding people he never stops yapping this is it and yet it works for them it works for them because they're brothers now that's just a preview of the full episode of the podcast p show it is Paul George if you're wondering and with Draymond Green no doubt there will be more not just about Dray and his decision but maybe about the Clippers and their constitution and the fact that they bring back Russell Westbrook it's been a long time since Russ has felt at home even when he was with the Lakers he didn't it wasn't the right fit change coaches teammates around him he never really found a role that worked with LeBron and AD they love him with the Clippers other locker room same building love him with the Clippers and he gets to stay home because he's an LA guy went to UCLA so I wonder if we'll hear that from Paul George about Russ and also are they in pursuit of a trade for James Harden that's another question Harden for now is still a sixer so we have a lot to get to Marcus smart speaks out for the first time about getting traded by the Celtics in case you're wondering yes in fact he was blindsided by it straight ahead though Chris Haynes gives us the story of how Damian Lillard finally got to the point where he was ready to ask for a trade from the Portland Trail Blazers you can find me on Twitter a law radio yes we're working through the holiday want to know where you're celebrating your fourth of July maybe how you're celebrating your fourth of July I'm jealous if you're on the water and where you're listening how you're listening we're just glad you're with us happy holiday weekend to you it's After Hours with Amy Lawrence on CBS Sports Radio you are listening to the After Hours podcast I don't have much of an appetite for building and you know guys two and three years away from really going after you know I'm just not I just ain't interested in that you know being honest and this this is not a secret you know what I mean I I want a chance to to go for it and if the route is to to do that then you know that's you know that's not my route this is After Hours with Amy Lawrence Damian Lillard with pointed comments back in April obviously set off a lot of speculation a lot of conversation around the NBA and then with fans in Portland would it be better off for the Blazers to trade Dame away is this a situation where they can't possibly win they need to as currently constituted they need to start over they need to go young build through the draft they can't put it up around Dame to take advantage of what is still the prime of his career and you can understand after all these years of being loyal to Portland and to the Blazers organization that something's got to give we knew there was a meeting between Dame and his reps and team officials the front office going back to last Monday so just about a week ago we didn't really have any details there and all signs pointed to the team hedging in on the give we knew there was a meeting between Dame and his reps and team officials the front office going back to last Monday so just about a week ago we didn't really have any details there and all signs pointed to the team hedging its bets meaning they wanted to keep Dame publicly Joe Cronin the general manager indicated he wanted to keep Dame in Dame in town and why not he's a superstar he's one of the best players in the NBA he's a draw with fans everywhere he goes and he puts butts in the seats there in Portland but also drafting players that maybe would have to fill his role or fill his shoes as best as possible if Dame wanted out ultimately Lillard does request the trade that happened going back to Friday right after the start of free agency Chris Haynes for NBA TV and various other NBA outlets he's one of the top insiders in the league in the association how did Damian Lillard and Portland finally get to the point where this became their path forward this has been something that's been brewing for a minute and to be exact I think we could trace it back to draft day when the Portland Trail Blazers you know they kept the number three pick and they didn't Dame was under the impression that they would be open to moving that pick to acquire veteran health and you know even before the draft that was that was what was told to Dame by the organization that they would do everything in their power to go all in to try to bring in talent proven talent that can help him now and then you know Scoot Henderson is a great prospect played the same position as Damian Lillard and so you know I don't know how Dame was to look at that and so we know Dame met with the team on Monday he kind of voiced his displeasure that's Chris sharing some of his insight on NBA TV Dame had been more open about his frustration with the franchise and the franchise not seemingly putting pieces around him you know what we heard last week from our insider is that Portland's not a free agent destination it's really challenging to get top names there even with Damian Lillard and yeah they had made progress or made a couple of different runs if you will where it looked like they might finally be able to bust through compete in an NBA finals win a title but it was never quite good enough and they weren't going to attract some of the top names in the business and so after 11 seasons all with Portland Damian Lillard has requested a trade it's after hours with Amy Lawrence on CBS Sports Radio Joe Cronin did speak out with a statement we've been clear that we want Dame here but he notified us he wants out and he'd prefer to play someplace else what does not change for us is that we're committed to winning and we're not winning and we're going to do what's best for the team in pursuit of that goal what does Damian Lillard want he wants to go to Miami the heat are interested according to multiple sources I'm not sure they're hiding that either the Clippers and the Sixers also interested in Dame but multiple reports and this includes Adrian Wojnarowski multiple reports indicate that Portland's not taking less to put Dame on a competing team or with a competing roster they're not doing him any favors they'll trade him but they want a hole in return for a player as good as Lillard and so while the Heat may want him if Cronin believes he can find a better deal elsewhere it is his job to do what's best for the organization this reminds me a little bit now I think there was some vindictiveness when the Spurs sent Kawhi Leonard to Toronto he wanted to go to LA and he wanted to go to LA and they sent him to Toronto where he hates the gold because they had him under contract for one more year did it work out for the Raptors and Kawhi absolutely so ultimately Kawhi got the awkward last laugh but the Spurs were doing him no favors they didn't give a flying flip where he wanted to go play with one year left on his deal they needed to get everything they possibly could I still say Kawhi and the Raptors got the better end of the deal they got the better end of the bargain but the Spurs weren't out to help him and as much as Portland has so much to be thankful for when it comes to Dame they can appreciate his commitment to them for more than a decade oh it's about the same time that we started up CBS Sports Radio my path is run concurrent with Dame in Portland I don't think there's any part of the Portland front office that is planning on just giving in to what he wants nah they're gonna get what they can because this is the only time they're ever gonna trade Damian Lillard right how many other incredible players are gonna come through and be on their roster and be trade bait well we just talked about the fact that Portland's not a free agent destination for a lot of reasons but the fact that this is a one-time situation maybe once in a lifetime for Joe Cronin he needs to get everything he possibly can now looking at it from the heat perspective remember just went to the NBA Finals fell short against Denver maybe any other team would have Ira Winderman on NBA TV about what the heat are looking for or what the heat are willing to give up in exchange for Lillard put it this way they basically have loaded up one of those pods dumpsters in front in front of the Trailblazers and said take anyone out of here you want besides Bam Adebayo and Jimmy Butler maybe they'll go back and forth on Caleb Martin a little but it's basically sort of come in pick and choose tell us what you want anything else is yours the heater all in on this this is their moment there's a reason they don't go hard after Bradley Beal there's a reason they held off on some other moves this is their play they've been through this in recent summers you guys remember with Kevin Durant last summer to a lesser degree with Donovan Mitchell Pat Riley tries to seize on this moment he got his moment with Jimmy Butler he got it for better or worse with Kyle Lowry of course the big three back a decade ago so the heater basically saying anyone but Bam or Jimmy go ahead let us know what you want take them we'll load them up for you two things that jump out at me about this number one it's Pat Riley who is pulling the strings and we know that Pat has great vision about what will work and and we talked about it all throughout the Heat run from the eighth seed in the East to the NBA Finals they have an identity they find players who fit that identity they have a process they have a blueprint and they're not deviating from that so that's number one it's Pat Riley it's Eric Spolstra this is what they do and isn't it just like the Heat to blow up their roster again after making the NBA Finals they do not ever stay in Pat now granted they fell short so of course they feel like they need to shuffle the deck again if you will but one of the things that's so impressive about Eric Spolstra is that he coaches a different roster from year to year it's crazy every year they seemingly have a different roster they seemingly have a different roster and yet somehow he brings them together and they work as a team and they compete as a team and it's not always pretty sometimes it takes every last day of the regular season for them to get into the playoffs sometimes they misfire but man one of the things that makes him so good as a coach is that he takes whatever Pat Riley gives him and he brings it together into a team I gotta tell you I'd be really intrigued by Bam Adebayo, Damian Lillard and Jimmy Butler what was one of the things that the Heat were missing all year not not during the playoffs which is why it was so crazy but during the regular season their offense was among the bottom three in the NBA in pretty much every metric every category again it defies logic that when they got to the playoffs they shot the lights out specifically from three until they got to that NBA final series against Denver but they shot better from three than did the Boston Celtics who are one of the best teams all year so it really doesn't make a whole lot of sense but what they need is outside shooting and offense and Dame not only can shoot if you pass him the ball and he's spotted up but he can create for himself so I would love to see that combo that'd be really intriguing and I would be happy for Dame though I am bummed for Portland because I always hoped they could get it done to honor his loyalty and his commitment to the franchise so Damian Lillard asks for a trade that's just one of the big stories from the NBA in the first few days of free agency I'm not sure the Nets have anybody left on their roster it feels like they've traded everyone away I do not understand the Dallas Mavericks but I'll bet you Kyrie didn't have many other options money flying around like nobody's business Max Truce while we're talking about the Heat ends up leaving the Miami Heat where would they have been without him so a lot to talk about but straight ahead history in Chicago on the streets of Chicago the iconic streets of Chicago that were cleared out on Sunday on Twitter a law radio our Facebook page too glad to hear from you how are you spending your holiday weekend and how the heck are you listening to our show right now we'd love to hear from you on Facebook too maybe some photos coming up we also have the latest video version of ask Amy anything in honor of Independence Day you are listening to the After Hours podcast The 75th anniversary of NASCAR and it has been 60 years since a driver has won in their series debut well through chart 11 Shane Van Gisbergen has been perfect he has navigated the streets of Chicago to perfection the final time onto the front stretch he comes to the checkered flag this is After Hours with Amy Lawrence I really enjoyed watching this inaugural event from the streets of Chicago as someone who's done work there who spent time there because I have family in the area just in general Chicago is a great city it's got a unique personality and these downtown streets were all blocked off and set up for a street race not only the first in NASCAR history but one that they've been preparing for for a couple of years now and to top it all off there was pouring down rain of course it's After Hours with Amy Lawrence on CBS Sports Radio I know that in my neighborhood there was also heavy rain that was coming down late on Sunday and then it stopped right so I'm getting ready for work I feel like it's cleared out not totally soupy wet outside so I can make the drive into work but also as I always do every single night before I leave the house I let Penny out for the last time oh man so as I'm getting ready to what I was doing putting my earrings on or something and all of a sudden I hear pounding rain on the skylight in my bathroom oh no you got to be kidding me if I had been ready 10 minutes earlier five minutes earlier I get Penny out without pouring down rain but it's not going to happen today then it's thunder then it's lightning it's loud it's a monsoon which we need the rain so I'm not going to complain but the dog of course can't just go out and go to the bathroom open up the door it's steamy outside too open up the door she walks out she wanders around in circles in both parts of the front yard and then walks back to the door would not go until I went out with her so of course I'm fuming you got to be kidding me so now I'm gonna get soaked because you can't go to the bathroom meanwhile she's standing outside in the pouring down rain I have to grab the umbrella I have to get outside it's pouring it takes another three minutes before that dog will go to the bathroom so by this time she's not just soaked she's I mean she's about to wash away oh hairy dogs and torrential downpours are not a good combo and then of course she can't just run back to the door the dog has to go slowly slowly oh my goodness it took me longer to dry her off than it did for her to wander around and go to the bathroom outside that was how I started my work night it's fantastic love you penny love you so much so as I was watching the rain in Chicago I could certainly empathize it's after hours here on CBS Sports Radio he's a Kiwi the winner of the first ever street race in Chicago history the first ever race in downtown Chicago is a first timer making his cup series debut how about that he'd never driven in a cup race but specializes in this type of street racing get to know Shane VanGidsbergen I don't think many in NASCAR know who this guy is but he wanted to race in this event and race he did not just that but he took the checkered flag admittedly I haven't watched NASCAR watched NASCAR too closely the last couple of years I was a big fan uh you know like 10 years ago so I was a big Tony Stewart fan so working with Darien was was pretty special but um yeah I became a student of the sport really and um tried to study as much as I can about how the races were and how the drivers are how the cars are and I was a bit scared after Kota but um yeah it was it was really cool like coming a week early going to Nashville being part of the Trackhouse team and and then meeting all the Project 91 guys like the prep was intense but um we're very thorough and I felt ready and um yeah I knew it was going to be difficult though like the amount of road courses the guys do now they're they're very good drivers here and it was um it was tough qualifying yesterday was intense and the racing the the battles were they were really fun but everyone was respectful and clean and it was really cool first time he ever gets behind the wheel in a cup series and he ends up winning and he refers to Darien who is Darien Grubb the crew chief for Tony Stewart when he won the championship oh 2011 I believe it was so what does this mean for his sport in New Zealand because that's where he came from I don't know if you guys remember Marcus Ambrose but he also made a jump like this from another country from the supercars to NASCAR and was successful I've never done 50,000 photos on the podium before but there's some guys with SVG shirts that came from Australia and came to watch the race so they snuck up onto the podium and took some photos with them but now I the support we've had and the interest from Australia and New Zealand it's been um yeah it's overwhelming and and so cool to see how interested people are in in this race and hopefully um shows how good our supercar drivers are and opens the floodgates like and and we can come over here and race there hasn't been anyone from supercars since Marcus really come and have a go but there's plenty of good drivers now wanting to come and try expand and come over here and any any of the top 10 and supercars are good enough to come and do what I just did what he was what he was talking about is not just navigating a street course and doing it even though it's your first time but he's also talking about the way that he did it right that the skill in the last few laps he had to pass Justin Haley twice actually on the I think it was the last five laps to be able to then pull away for his first checkered flag Kyle Larson he was in the mix there at the end as well a little treacherous at the beginning with all of the rain but what about the atmosphere for this first ever event in downtown Chicago the crowd stuck around the whole race too I mean they they you know it was down pouring all race long and I wasn't sure what kind of crowd we were going to have once we got going and it was great so um you know without the rain that we had yesterday and today it would have been even way better you know the concerts and all that so hopefully we get another go at it next year because I enjoyed it I thought NASCAR did a great job with the racetrack that will be one question I ask of Chris Knight when he joins us at the top of the hour from Chicago what about NASCAR making this an annual event or deciding to add another street race or two to the schedule Shane VanGisbergen makes headlines so was this a thought in your mind not just starting and doing well but winning thank you so much to the track house team and Hans Elf project 91 man what an experience in the crowd out here like this was so cool and it's what you dream of so hopefully I can come and do more on NBC sports I enjoyed it I love the optics I loved the way that you could see the Chicago skyline in the background of course it was pouring down rain but they do have tire packages now which is actually transforming the sport at various event venues because they want to be able to race in the rain safely obviously with the the tires that have no tread they can't they can't race safely in the rain and honestly I was a little worried about their safety to start this race too even with the tread on their tires because a bunch of them were spinning out and having trouble navigating the turns there in downtown Chicago so we'll have Chris Knight join us he covers NASCAR and this brand new event for catch fence kind of soaking it all in in Chicago this weekend thanks for hanging out with us it's after hours with Amy Lawrence on CBS sports radio introducing l2r smarter safer faster.com your solution to combat the negative effects of sitting at a desk sitting at a desk eight hours a day is as harmful as smoking if you're stuck at a desk all day you don't need to quit your job you need to join our desk to 5k program no running experience is required as a doctor of physical therapy I'll be honored to guide you every step of the way to reach your running and fitness goals let's conquer running together and make it enjoyable visit l2r smarter safer faster.com 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