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6-4-24 After Hours with Amy Lawrence PODCAST: Hour 2

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6-4-24 After Hours with Amy Lawrence PODCAST: Hour 2

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Whatever it is that you need we aim to provide this full service operation. It's After Hours with Amy Lawrence. Hope that you kicked your Monday in the rear end. I know that the top story on Saturday is still the top story on Monday. I am fascinated by the way this Caitlyn Clark Kennedy Carter situation and the sky versus the fever but mostly just the debate and the opinion swirling around Caitlyn in the WNBA have become the biggest thing going. Even for news networks I'm telling you I've listened and watched multiple news networks over the past couple of days and this is being addressed and talked about by hosts who will readily admit they never talked about the WNBA in their lives before now. We're asking you if not Caitlyn Clark in the WNBA is there a sport or an event something you paid attention to simply because of one athlete. My example is Tiger Woods. I had watched very little golf and had zero interest in watching it thought it was super boring on tv until Tiger came along and then I didn't miss a tournament for years and years and I gave you a couple of other examples. In individual sports it's certainly a little easier to to point to those athletes but in team sports I daresay there are plenty of people who have become fans of a particular sport simply because of one athlete with some crazy moment that kind of sucked them in or just the success of an athlete that transcended his or her sport. So again you can find us on Twix at ALawRadio on our Facebook page.

Our phone number is 855-212-4227. It's kind of funny too because take us back say a month ago and it was the Dodgers and Otani who were all the rage. Mookie ready and here comes the 1-1. He swings hits a drive down the left field side it is toward the corner it is gone the 52nd career lead-off home run for Mookie Betts.

He swings and he hits a drive to center field indeed going back to the wall it is did he catch it Freddie's already around second base it's a home run Brenton Doyle it was acting as though he caught it and that is going to be ruled a home run that's all we're trying to do is win series when you lose the first one that's always tough but we played well the last couple days got the series win and this is we'll just continue this is our road trip and we'll head back out on the road tomorrow but to get the come home and see the fans again and get the series win it's always good. That is the voice of Freddie Freeman and the Dodgers have the best record in the National League West second best record in the National League so as always some things never change the seasons they keep coming taxes they must get paid and then there's the Dodgers who dominate the National League West. Our friend Michael Duarte of NBC LA he's right in the center of all of it and I don't know that we really want to talk Dodgers but it is kind of funny because the last time we had you on the show Mike the Otani story was still front and center Ibe Mitsuhara and the 17 million dollars and what would happen in court man is it just nationally it's died down or in LA is is it kind of quiet around him too? No it's died down Amy and and you know that's one example I want to talk more about women's sports too and then with Angel Reese's comments because I've been listening here to the show for the last hour but thank you I mean like when I go to Dodger Stadium and we'll talk about this I see Japanese people wearing Shohei Otani jerseys their faces are painted they're like in full costumes and I'm telling you I don't think these people were watching baseball 10 years ago or even five years ago I think a lot of people in an entire country especially here in Los Angeles where the Japanese culture is very well represented in Little Tokyo and downtown not too far from Dodger Stadium come out to watch Shohei Otani play come out to watch Yamamoto pitch these are people coming out to watch these specific players not necessarily the sport as a whole and then to Angel Reese's point I suppose if you are lured in by a single player then you kind of can end up falling in love with the sport and liking it long term I know I'm going on a tangent but for me personally I'm going to be dating myself here but when Wayne Gretzky joined the Los Angeles Kings I didn't grow up in Canada hockey was not native to me I'm a Los Angeles native I don't even think I had an ice skating rink within 50 miles of me but when Gretzky joined the Kings and they made the cup in 93 against the Canadians all I wanted to do was play hockey and be like Wayne Gretzky and the only reason I got into that sport was because of that player and and here we're seeing it in the United States with Lionel Messi coming to to America people who've known him internationally for decades are now coming to soccer and watching MLS soccer for the first time because the greatest player in the world arguably is now in Miami and playing across the United States so those are great examples of of what you talked about as far as Ipe Mizuhara and Shohei Otani and the scandal no it's not national news it's not even really local news and even when there's been twice now Ipe Mizuhara has had to show up to to court he's already pled a deal but he pled no contest in his arraignment hearing the reporters are coming up to him LA Times reporters are following him but it's not something that's still front of mind for people here in Los Angeles they seem to move past it at this point. I wondered whether or not there would be a bit of a resurgence or regurgitation considering that there is a I know he's not active right now but a padre infielder who is facing potentially a lifetime ban from baseball because he bet on the game while he was injured with a torn ACL.

Correct yeah and then you obviously you have David Fletcher former Angels shortstop who actually was the one who introduced Ipe Mizuhara to the bookie in Orange County Matthew Boyden and you know now that's coming out but he bet on sports and and so yeah I don't think this story's going away obviously the investigation the federal investigation that kind of uncovered all this is still ongoing and uncovering more and more as it goes on including implicating big casinos like the Resorts World Casino where I was at during the Super Bowl where you and I were at probably I don't know if you went over there but I was over there for many events they're now implicated as being the one who was who was cleaning and laundering Matthew Boyden's money who he was filtering in this illegal money through so this story's going to keep going and getting bigger but I think Shohei Ohtani's role in it at this point is pretty much over and people have moved on from it on the Ipe Mizuhara side what I've been hearing is once this is behind him he's pled guilty done his fines or paid whatever he's probably going to get deported and go back to Japan and live out his days there uh to to what we kind of talked about early on in this scandal where maybe that's where we would see him end up with um you know something for for taking the blame for all this and I think that's what's going to end up happening as far as him going back to Japan and we never really hear from him again jail or not jail like as a free man in Japan yeah I don't think he's going to be seeing jail time from this like I said in need the money laundering is going to be a big deal but from what I'm hearing is part of the plea deal and the agreement that he took to plead guilty he will be um he'll be deported back to Japan that's what I'm hearing as a free man my mouth is wide open so you can bilk nearly 17 million dollars from a colleague and somehow you can avoid all jail time well he still could serve some jail time we'll see what it says but as part of what I'm hearing from part of the plea deal that he said is that he's going to implicate some higher ups in this maybe some other people obviously help out with the investigation into Matthew Boynton himself which started all this and like I said in these cases the big thing here is the the the gambling ring healing yeah well yes but the stealing of the 17 million from Otani is what could put him in jail but placing the bets legally most of the time it's not the the clients that place the bets it's the bookies and the people that are laundering the money that take the falls for these things Michael Duarte is with us from NBC LA where the Dodgers were off tonight so we really just wanted to talk to him because we missed you Mike but I'm also wondering why don't the Lakers have a coach that's a great question now maybe Amy they don't have a coach right now because the coach they want is about to be broadcasting the NBA Finals for ABC and ESPN and if you listen to sources and people inside the Lakers organization this is a man they think could be the second coming of Pat Riley and also potentially the one that makes LeBron James sign on the dotted line and return to the Lakers for the remainder of his career before he decides to hang it up and I'm talking of course about ESPN analyst JJ Reddick and the host of the podcast and he has his own I think the old man in the sea podcast and the three podcasts and then he's got this other podcast with LeBron James where he's chopping it up with x's and o's and obviously this is what LeBron likes about him the Lakers like him as well thinking they can kind of get a guy that could be there for the future now they still have their eyes on some other coaches James Wariega is one guy Kenny Atkinson's another guy obviously those names are also being floated out and being interviewed for other openings right now but I think the Lakers really want to wait for this NBA Finals to end so they can bring JJ Reddick in and see if this is indeed their guy and what I've been hearing and told is that's where they're leaning as of right now as far as him and trying to build a staff of experienced veteran assistant coaches around him to try to make LeBron James happy to work with him and and we'll see I don't necessarily think it will work out but the coach that I would have brought in if I was the Lakers would have been a experienced head coach in the NBA with championship pedigree who's won a championship before to kind of help the Lakers get over the hump but it just doesn't seem like that coach is out there right now and so if it's not then maybe you try to find whoever could be the next guy that could be like that you know the next Steve Kerr you could argue is what the Lakers see JJ Reddick as and I think that hopefully answers your question of why they don't have a head coach in place at this moment. I mean they had Frank Vogel an experienced veteran coach who was supposed to help them get over the hump and then they had Darwin Ham and whether or not JJ Reddick is the second coming of Steve Kerr or some amazing coach I guess remains to be seen but it certainly seems fairly clear that what they most want to do is appease LeBron. Absolutely the Lakers are in the LeBron James business and that's not just uh you know having him on the court it's the selling the jerseys it's selling his name it's billboards in his honor it's partnering essentially with clutch sports to bring in other free agent players like Anthony Davis who's a clutch sports client with LeBron James's agent Rich Paul. Those people and having Maverick Carter, LeBron James business partner on the entertainment side and then all the tv shows and things that he does sitting court side for games and potentially this is even going to drafting Bronny James if they have a chance to take him at 55 or move up to get him they're willing to do that to keep you know LeBron and James happy and be in the LeBron James business whatever it takes to do that and Jeannie Buss absolutely loves LeBron she wants to take care of her superstars so she's also willing to do whatever it takes to bring LeBron back and make him happy and make sure when he does decide to hang up his basketball shoes he's doing it in the purple and gold and I think if the Celtics which most people assume is the favorite to win their 18th NBA championship and then go one up on the Lakers they're going to want to do everything they can to make sure that LeBron the Lakers catch Boston in that championship chase here and do that here in the next couple years now to your point which you just mentioned I think the choices we talked about as far as a championship pedigree coach Tyloo would have been the perfect guy Jason Kidd would have been the perfect guy maybe too unfortunately word leaked out from the media that the Lakers were interested in these people and those coaches who were on teams at the time of this news and in the playoffs at the time those teams went and locked them up long term which I think was the right moves for the Clippers and Mavericks respectively so it kind of puts the Lakers in a tough spot I floated out something that you just mentioned which is I don't think it will happen but what if you brought back Frank Vogel for for two more years he's a guy that knows LeBron James and Anthony Davis well they both seemingly liked him the fact that he's a video and a tape guy his strategies defensively are very good he likes defensive-minded players he has the personnel now that he didn't have a few years ago when the Lakers decided to fill the roster with old aging veterans like Carmelo and other guys and so if you want to maybe bring in a JJ Reddick and I know Ray John Rondo's name has been floated he was a point guard under Frank Vogel put these guys under him for a year or two to learn and if LeBron and AD are okay with that I think that might work out I know the reason why the Lakers ended up parting ways with Frank Vogel three years ago was because of Russell Westbrook coming in and those two butting heads and Russell Westbrook not wanting to go to the bench and not wanting to get benched late in games he's now long gone and so maybe that could be something or maybe Frank Vogel was just so hurt at how that relationship ended in sever that he would not want to come back but that was one I thought about as far as a guy that knows the system knows the players knows the organization is now available he's a championship coach with the Lakers and maybe that could get JJ Reddick and Rondo and some of these guys some experience as assistants under him and then maybe JJ Reddick becomes the guy of the future after that we'll see so Michael I'm gonna make a statement and you tell me if it's true or false please in your opinion the Lakers care more about keeping LeBron happy and keeping him on the roster than they do about winning in 24-25. I would say true but if both things could be true I think they think that the only way they win in 24-25 is if LeBron James is on the roster and so making him happy and keeping him in purple and gold is how they do both. Including potentially drafting his son who they likely wouldn't touch most franchises wouldn't touch especially not with a first round pick if not for his dad. Yeah that's true and I think they would absolutely do that and I think the Lakers know beyond just what having brawny on the team and making LeBron happy and then also selling jerseys and merchandise that could do with having both both LeBron and brawny on the same team. Now there's rumors out there that the Phoenix Suns think that if they draft brawny James then perhaps they could get LeBron to come play with Kevin Durant and Devin Booker and Bradley Beal and create this super team and get over the hump.

Now I think the Suns only have a first round pick it might be at 19 or 20 somewhere in that range would they be willing to take brawny that early in the first round when he's a projected second rounder late second rounder at best just to think maybe LeBron would come to Phoenix it's definitely an interesting idea that's being floated out there and we'll see if it comes to fruition but right now it doesn't seem like you know many teams are up to doing that outside of the Lakers and the Suns right now as far as drafting brawny you know in the first round late first round early second round. Gotcha Michael Duarte of NBC LA is with us here after hours with Amy Lawrence. How much interest have you seen in the LA Sparks and how much have you seen it spike since the Kaitlyn Clark WNBA entry? Yeah so you know you were talking about this Amy leading us into this segment just teams television shows outlets that have never covered the WNBA for I'm here openly to admit as a tenured reporter and veteran at NBC here in Los Angeles I had never covered a regular season WNBA game I've covered the times the Sparks have been in the finals but I've never covered a regular season game until they were like you're assigned to that Sparks fever game Kaitlyn Clark's debut here in Los Angeles and it was a sold out raucous environment celebrities sitting courtside.

Wow. I saw fans dressed up as sailors all men rooting for Kaitlyn Clark obviously Kaitlyn Clark hit two big threes late in the game after she couldn't hit a shot to save her life for most of that game but all the attention was around her obviously it was around her and Cameron Brink two rookies going head to head who who are you know part of this next generation of WNBA players and and I've been following this story as well she I don't know I I I think whatever she's doing is great for the game is good for the game I also understand like you said she's a rookie coming in that she shouldn't be babied and if there's going to be hard fouls and veterans who want to prove her and welcome her to league just like you talked about when it's a rookie quarterback you have these veteran defensive men who want to put the quarterback on their behind and and welcome them to the league in different ways she's going to get a lot of that but if she is you know the next coming for the WNBA the superstar the Steph Curry of the WNBA as people said she's going to be able to have to endure this and rise above it and win despite of it and if she can do that then it's just going to bring more and more eyes and attention on the WNBA which I think is good for sports overall what was the reaction inside the arena when she hit those threes oh they went crazy and it was the opposing opponent right and here and it was the fever were winless going into that game and they come here and they beat the sparse game their first win there was a lot of people cheering and excited about that and that's the kind of attention Kaitlyn Clark's going to get whatever arena she goes into across this country and she did it obviously with some deep three pointers you know close to logo which is kind of her trademark obviously but what I was watching in that game was and this is to the comment that that Kaitlyn Carter made obviously who pushed Kaitlyn Clark in the game that you were speaking of when she was playing with the Chicago Sky saying something like all she does is hit threes I know I'm misquoting her but you had quoted earlier correctly something along those lines but to disprove that when Kaitlyn Clark's shot wasn't falling for the first three and a half quarters of that game against the Sparks she was affecting the game in other ways and specifically with her passing which was very very high level basketball IQ passing some of the passes she was able to make and thread the needle the assist that she was able to rack up in that game when her shot wasn't falling I thought showed that Kaitlyn Clark is not just a three-point shooter to what Carter said she can do more with the basketball she can help her teammates obviously she kept them in the game help them take the lead the second half because they were down I think six or eight at the half and then obviously hit the two big shots that sealed that victory and then obviously she did it again with some of the free throws she made against the Sky in a game the Fever won by one so she's not just a three-point shooter she can use elements of the game and that's what the greats do when a part of their game isn't going right they find it in different ways I'm reminded of Kobe Bryant in game seven of the 2010 NBA Finals against the Boston Celtics when it was 2011 and he couldn't hit a shot to save his life in that game so we decided to go out there and get like 15-16 rebounds and obviously made the assist to run our test to hit that big three that ended up sealing that so when things aren't going your way and your shot's not falling you find other ways to impact the game and help out your teammates and you can still seal victory and that's a sign of a great player not just like a role player or a one-hit wonder yeah she's not top five in the WNBA in scoring right now though she is averaging 15 and a half points per game but she's top four in the league in assists she's got nearly six and a half assists per game she's also averaging five rebounds so yeah anybody who thinks she's just a three-point shooter isn't just a three-point shooter isn't actually paying attention um and and she is getting her welcome to the WNBA couple of weeks here but it's funny when people talked about how if she fails that that phrase is ridiculous again she's a very talented basketball player there's no way she fails unless she gets hurt but it just takes some time to get acclimated similar to any athlete who's going from college to the pros but I do think it's fascinating that now everybody has an opinion about Kaitlyn Clark no matter who you are in this country you've got an opinion about Kaitlyn Clark absolutely and and I think she passed what Sabrina and SQ's record for the first one to like 150 points as a rookie um she's still doing it at some of the greats in the game right now at the same if not a faster pace than they're going for and like you said there is an acclimation period when you ascend in the leagues the game's going to be faster at the WNBA level at the professional level compared to the collegiate level and the talent is going to be a lot better it's like the best one or two percent in college are now going to be playing day in and day out the pros and you're going against people like Brittany Griner, Diana Taurasi, Sabrina Onescu and the names go on and on and on the other stars in the league the people that laid the groundwork in the past for the Kaitlyn Clarks and the Angel Reeses to come in there's going to be a bit of a learning curve Kaitlyn has seen it now but once she kind of gets it figured out and that may take a year or two oh man it's going to be amazing to watch her once she's thriving and you know Steph Curry when he came into the league he wasn't the Steph Curry we saw now I think he went what like ninth or tenth and picked so many people picked over him but he changed and revolutionized the game the game of basketball the way we know it and watch it now at the NBA level will would not be what it was if it wasn't for Steph Curry when Steph Curry was drafted it was a big man's game and now it's a card game and a three-point shooting game and a very high fast pace game and I think people like women like Sabrina Onescu and women like Kaitlyn Clark are going to be kind of that next era of WNBA and we're going to see where the game goes and transcends because of those players. And great minds think alike you can ask producer Jay to confirm but I have used the Steph Curry example about you know coming out of college skinny kid who could shoot the three he would go everywhere he had handles but he had to get tougher he had to get stronger because he wasn't going to be able to withstand the rigors of an 82 game NBA regular season against guys who were bigger faster stronger and were trying to wear him out but he did he acclimated and and as you point out he's revolutionized basketball at the pro level. It's always good to talk to you our friend Michael J Duarte that's how you can find him on twitter he is award-winning for NBC LA and so we're always excited to spend a few minutes with you mostly because of all the guests that we have well it's not mostly I mean mostly because he's our friend but also because of all the guests we have he's the only one who listens for an hour before he hops on the show which I think is incredible in the way that you do your homework Mike so thank you. I think everyone should be listening and and that's not just when it comes to sports talk radio but just in general I think it would make for a much better society if we all just took the time to listen to people listen others and listen in general I think we'll learn a lot more so thank you for saying that and I like I like talking different things with you and to talk women's basketball I think was great to talk with you and so I look forward to talking with you again thank you have a good show. Thank you a first for us too so there's Mike admitting that he had just recently covered his first WNBA game and is okay admitting it and the first time I've ever talked about it with him talked about the LA Sparks with him so there's a lot of firsts and they all kind of tie back to the attention that's been generated by Kaitlyn Clark. All right on Twix at ALOL radio our Facebook page too we're glad to have you with us wait until I tell you what my neighbor said to me on Monday afternoon and also a couple little programming notes that I want to make sure we follow up on.

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from yours after you finalize your offer visit carvana.com or download the app and sell your car from your comfy place it's after hours with Amy Lawrence you are listening to the after hours podcast many doubted we ever see it and here it is the return to glory this is after hours with Amy Lawrence Jim Nance on CBS the Tiger Woods latest major win 2019 the masters that was probably the event the moment of the year in sports with everything that happened in 2019 and I've used him as the example a sport that I watch solely because of one person and I know many of you are in the same boat when it comes to Tiger Woods but Angel Reese doesn't believe that people are tuning into the WNBA just because of Kaitlyn Clark and I'm telling you that's not my experience is she gonna have one experience but there are a lot of people who are watching the league now who never watched before because of Kaitlyn now maybe if they like the product they stick around but you've got to be completely blind not to know that every single game or arena the fever play in the fans are showing up in ways that they aren't showing up at other games where she's not playing and the reason why almost every single one of the fever games is on national tv this year is because of Kaitlyn and it's okay hopefully they like the product and they stick around um so that's one example in a team sport I say you know you could probably use Steph Curry Michael Jordan you know the Larry Bird Magic Johnson rivalry all along the way there are superstars that will transcend the game and will attract new fans and if they stay great uh but sometimes it is showing up simply for one athlete or that's how their interest was originally peaked maybe Justin Jefferson is that way uh we'll talk about his new deal coming up and he has a long list of people to thank like he's receiving an award which I think is smart you get paid yeah thank the people that helped you get there it's after hours with Amy Lawrence uh some of you may remember that before I got married I had just kind of shared the news and I remember one morning I was walking Penny and my neighbor was outside he lives across the street from me I don't see him all the time we don't keep the same hours but every now and then we would cross paths early in the morning and I remember he asked me how's it going what's going on and I said to him I'm getting married and his response was and I quote no way do you guys remember I told that story and so I was a little taken aback but I did put a post up on social media just kind of yes pigs pigs are now flying it is true Amy's getting married and so I hadn't seen this neighbor in quite a while he's not outside as much in the winter time so starting to be outside a little more due to yard work and he grabs well he doesn't grab me but he like grabs my attention on Monday afternoon and he says to me you know how you told me you do radio for CBS sports radio no that was obviously back when we were not this new network the inf sports network and I said yeah and he said so you're Amy Lawrence yes yes that's me doesn't it sound like me well yeah yeah it does he said I wasn't really sure if I had the right Amy so I guess they he went and googled me after that conversation but he said my son kept telling me his son's in his 20s I think my son kept telling me that's Amy that's our neighbor so he was all proud of himself that he figured out that his neighbor across the street is is Amy Lawrence so that was one thing and then he goes by the way now I don't know if you heard this on the radio or maybe you know sometimes you can google social media and see posts right even if you don't follow a particular person he said remember how I told you no way when you said you were getting married and I said yes yes I do I said I actually talked about it on my radio show and his response was well it was only because I thought you were gonna move and I didn't want you to move so I'm sorry I didn't mean it to be negative it was just such a weird thing to bring up so I wondered if either a he'd been thinking about it for a while or b he actually heard me talking about it on the air and felt like he needed to clarify I think he made him feel bad uh hey he's the one that said no way I think he made it feel what kind of response is that what if I said what if you told me when you told me that you and your wife are having a third baby I was like no way actually I think that was my response okay no no no there was some more words in there that'd be like if Jay says I have this date with a really great girl and I'm like no way I can understand the reaction no what come on that wasn't I mean that's not the typical response you get when you tell someone that you're engaged in getting married no it's not no way anyway so he's all proud of himself because he and his family did an investigation and figured out that they live across the street he goes you're a celebrity I was like oh no no no no no no I just talk about sports it's not a big deal I like to keep a low profile so was he just waiting for the next time he saw you yeah I think he was this information yeah he had a lot to say he had a lot to say he was like writing it down and planning out what he's going to say the next time he saw you on his mind he had all kinds of things yeah that he needed to get off his chest he's in the notes which is good I mean I'm I'm glad that he is proud to be my neighbor and I think it is really funny that he and his son were were talking about it and trying to figure out whether or not it was me you think he was like looking out the window trying to catch you in a moment when you're like walking to the car or something right now yeah mowing the lawn I don't know that's a good question he was out there putting his trash cans out on the street so I'm saying yeah so that's one thing that I thought was really funny just as a follow-up he's he figured it out but programming note and I hate it when I have to do this but I want to be real with you we got stood up by our guest on Monday so I supposed to talk to Connecticut sun president Jennifer Rosati and I teased it multiple times because Jen and I we worked together for nearly a decade at University of Hartford women's basketball when she was the coach there and she's very reliable typically I've never had this issue with her before so I don't know what happened just that we were all connected we were waiting we had a producer here so I was at home with equipment to be able to record a conversation from home and she never called and we waited for a good half hour Jay finally got a hold of the PR rep for the sun I don't know something got lost in translation I'm not sure she didn't really have a good reason help much yeah we don't actually know why we didn't connect with with Jen hoping that we can reschedule but I'm kind of bummed because I was so sure that it was going to happen that I mentioned it multiple times on the air and so now I'm the one who looks like the fool of course this is why you generally don't tease interviews until you have them a lot of times that's that's usually my my that's usually the rule of thumb right exactly so uh so I'm kind of bummed because it would have been the perfect time to have her on the show she's very open and pretty candid um but don't know what happened I haven't received any type of anything except for apologies from the PR rep with the sun so we get stood up so what happens uh WNBA is now big time so you there you go Jay and I were so upset about it because we were really looking forward to it not to mention you know there's equipment to set up and my husband had to take the dog for a walk so she wasn't running around like we had it we were all ready to go things we were coordinating things and then wah wah wah yeah so we got big time the most exciting conversation I had on Monday was in fact my very eager neighbor that was that was it see actually the conversations I have with myself are generally pretty interesting too but yeah I don't think you're supposed to talk about that no no we're not gonna we're not going to I think we all do it but I think we all pretend that we don't do it oh is that is that how it works uh see when I I can't pretend because when I would walk my dog in the neighborhood she and I would have the best conversations and it did look like I was talking to myself does everybody think they're funny you know what I mean uh I'm not funny at all uh no I'm gonna go with yeah most people do yeah not about everybody most people think they're a hell of a lot funnier than they are yeah that's interesting I would think so yes but also people think higher than of themselves than most people think of them well I guess if you're making a joke you wouldn't make it unless you thought it was funny right oh I'm now I'm the bad guy I don't think it's true with you though you're you're fairly self-deprecating I am very self-deprecating but I'm an outlier I'm also the guy that watched sports before I knew who the players were I'm strange so I'm aware of that aspect but I think most people think higher of themselves than they truly are and that's nothing wrong with that you gotta have confidence good for you good well I'm a celebrity I don't know about you see there you go that word sounds so gross coming out of my mouth all right Justin Jefferson he is a legit celeb and now he's got his first major deal with the Vikings and and by major I mean he's getting paid more than any other non-qb in the NFL and really in NFL history you'll hear from him coming up you are listening to the after hours podcast listen as Selenia tells us why she chose to vaccinate her daughter I definitely felt like the pros far outweighed the cons the diseases that I am protecting my child against they're still here and at the end of the day it's my job as a mother to keep my child safe talk to your child's doctor and learn more at yvaccines.com brought to you by Merck look around you can find cars like these on auto trader new cars used cars electric cars maybe even flying cars okay no flying cars but as soon as they get invented they'll be on auto trader just you wait auto trader call from mom answer it call silenced instacart knows nothing gets between you and the game that's why they make ordering from your couch easy stock up today and get all your groceries for the week delivered in as fast as 30 minutes without missing a minute of the game you have 47 new voicemails download the app to get free delivery on your first three orders while supplies last minimum ten dollars per order additional terms apply third down vikings thirty percent on third down third and ten from the giant seventeen cousins shotgun empty back field giants rush for kirk protected sweetly fires to jj touchdown vikings justin jefferson and extends the lead to 2316 he's jj this is after hours with amy lawrence oh okay mr dramatic with the music behind the double pane glass wow producer j's spinning it hey can you still call him jj when there's another guy that actually goes by jj on your roster or no i mean it just is he jj one and the others jj2 that's how i would imagine they did it huh that's what i would do let's just put it on the uniform or that he gets called jettas instead and that is jj mccarthy i think jefferson's earned it even though i know that's like jj's name but still the vikings and their star wide out justin jefferson have agreed to a huge deal we knew it was coming but these numbers are eye-popping nonetheless every time it's the fattest non quarterback contract in the sports history even though i know the next one's going to be the biggest and the next one's going to be bigger than that it's still to me monopoly money that i can't wrap my brain around but four years in he had one year left obviously on his rookie deal uh because of the the option where was he yeah yeah yeah he had one year left on the rookie deal uh and in the four years 392 catches nearly 5,900 receiving yards and 30 touchdowns not to mention multiple awards and obviously a great connection with kirk cousins that kept the vikings relevant over the last couple of years even when their defense was pretty tough they were one of the best offensive combos in the nfl even winning the nfc north a couple seasons ago and he'll be 25 years old in june so he's very much in the prime of his career and yeah a little more subdued on instagram in reacting to the deal that will pay him 110 million dollars fully guaranteed the life of the contract is 140 million dollars and you can imagine why this is it's really impactful the time has finally come the deal i've been waiting for since i was a little kid being doubted my whole career not being highly recruited not being the first receiver off the driveport this whole journey wasn't easy for me first off i want to thank the man above without god this is wouldn't be possible at all to be given a gift to play football at the highest level it's a blessing it's an honor my mom and dad thank you this is a journey for all of us and y'all stood with us every step of the way to my brothers ricky and jordan y'all are everything y'all made me who i am today this is a new step in our journey new step in life kevin o'connell quessy the wilfs i appreciate y'all for giving me this opportunity ben my agent thank you for getting this deal done last but not least thank you to the fans y'all set the tone y'all set the mood y'all set the energy and i'm definitely excited to set that energy for five more years thank you all of the ones that supported me throughout the whole way this is the start of it but we ain't done yet just wait former star at lsu gets drafted number 22 overall i just looked it up i didn't remember by the vikings in the first round of his draft has one year left on his rookie deal which is why he says five years because the extension will tack on at the end of 2024 it's after hours with amy lawrence immediately upon signing 88.73 million dollars so the bulk of the fully guaranteed money comes to him right away how about that forget winning the lottery that's incredible 88 plus actually nearly 89 million dollars due on signing wowzers i feel like your banking app's gotta like give you some sort of ping or notification for that that much not if you're otani but yes for everybody else so this is uh fun to think back jefferson you may remember turned down a contract offer from the vikes before the 23 season so not quite a year ago he turned down an offer that would have paid him over 28 million dollars per year instead what's the phrase he bet on himself ala an erin judge if you will and instead now now this extension is paying out 35 million dollars per year and just so you know how this kind of stuff works the average annual value is just 1 million dollars more than nick bosa who previously set the record for highest paid non qb in nfl history so that's 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