Ricky Cobb: Super Bowl a coin flip, but Eagles have the edge

Hey, we are back and let's talk a little bit of sports. We had the biggest trade maybe in NBA history. Luka Doncic, who's 25 years old and one of the top three players in the league, hurt right now was traded by the Dallas Mavericks for Anthony Davis and Max Christie and a 2029 first round draft pick and two other players involved. Utah was involved, but the big story is this guy in the private square in line for a max contract that brought the Dallas Mavericks to the finals was deemed expendable. Why? I guess he didn't play defense, never got himself in that good of shape.

I never thought fitness was an issue. He does get hurt, but man, what could possibly be the reason why at the very least they didn't put Luka up and let all 20 plus teams bid on him. You probably would have got a better deal. Although Anthony Davis at 31 years old, it does get hurt, but it is a fantastic player. You are getting some return, but you know, he's probably got three or four years at the top of his game where you got, you got to think Luka's got 10 Ricky Cobb joins us now host of the Ricky Cobb show on outkick Monday, Monday through Friday at 11 o'clock. Hey Ricky, your thoughts about this trade.

Good morning, Brian. Like everybody else scratching my head, I've had what we've had now maybe about 36 hours to process it, but it's, it's never a good sign for your team. When the immediate reaction to the trade is people can't figure out if somebody has hacked a sham Sharani has account because they can't believe that this trade possibly happened. It's a, it's an unbelievable trade for the Los Angeles Lakers and unbelievable, unbelievable for all the wrong reasons. If you're a Dallas Mavericks fan. Well, I mean, there's no doubt about it.

When Davis is healthy, he pulled his abdominals. He's dominant. Don't you think that's a top five player in the league? Yeah. I mean, look, Luka, Luka is easily a top five property in the league and how you could move him without contacting, letting the league know, as you said, Brian, you, if you have a commodity like that, and you're going to make a decision that you are going to divert from a path of building around this guy for the next decade, a guy who took you to a Western conference championship last year, a first team NBA all-star multiple times over, as you said, just about to turn 26, heading into the prime of his career to not consider what other teams might offer you seems to be malpractice. I guess people are upset.

Luka is also very popular locally. How soon, how long did we know about Dave? He didn't like to get fit. I mean, he wasn't exactly a ripped. He didn't have a little bronze, maybe work ethic off the court, but I never thought of him as lazy on the court. No, I think that's overblown the, I, all of the memes that you see about he's fat and all of that stuff. Look, I mean, he may not be ripped like some of the guys that you see in the league, but I would think, you know, if it, if his physical condition were a problem, I think we would see it manifested in his performance. And when the guy's on the court, there's, there's nobody else quite like him.

So I th I think that's completely overblown. So do you think this shows Mark Cuban is not calling the shots? Listen, Mark Cuban, we we've got reasons, Brian, to, to wonder if Mark Cuban's lost his mind anyway. So maybe, maybe his political opinions have bled over into his basketball decisions. I really don't, I really don't understand it. Brian, to tell you the truth, I'm like everybody else I'm sitting here trying to put the pieces together, trying to squint at this and see an angle from which it makes some sense for Dallas.

But I really can't do it. What about not telling LeBron James was going to happen? He's basically made them draft. His son was clearly not ready for the NBA.

I don't think he's not standing college player. And he doesn't want to play away games for the in the G league, which is crazy. So one minute he's making them drafted son, the next minute they have this Titanic trade and they don't inform him. What do you, what do you read into that?

It's it's interesting. You know, LeBron just turned 40 years old at the end of last year. Does he have the ability to play in the league at an elite level for another three or four years? If he does, he's, he's, he's going to be in uncharted waters.

We've never seen a guy 40 years old play at this level before. Now, anyway, now look, it's great for the Lakers long-term outlook to get Lucas, uh, Luca, they're going to lock him up and they're going to build around him in the short term. If you're LeBron and you're trying to win a championship, look, I don't think that they were strong contenders with AD. I don't think that they're strong contenders with Luca. They may, they may actually be a little worse with Luca because they're going to need to get a big now, uh, to replace AD if they, if they want to challenge for championship. So I don't know, does this mean LeBron is going to maybe stick around a little longer than he was planning to now that he's got a guy like Luca, they can add a piece or two and who knows, but in the short term, uh, I don't think that this is going to be doing LeBron any favors if he's trying to win a championship in the next couple of years. Right. Let's see him get healthy. They're both not ready to play right now. We'll see what happens. Hi everyone.

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Butger from 35, dead center. They can call it a three-peat. We know that has been trademarked by Pat Riley.

You can call it a whatever you want. Three-Chief, a Chief Pete, whatever it is. They're about to head to New Orleans to explore the opportunity to reach a level that's never been seen before, Tony, in the history of the NFL. So they're looking to make history. Ricky, will they?

Look, it's a coin flip, Brian. I'm going to pick the Eagles to win this game. I've got the Eagles in a close one.

You could just as easily tell me that you like the Kansas City Chiefs and how could I possibly push back against that? You're talking about a team that lost two games. One of the games that they lost was the last week of the season. They weren't competing. They've really only lost once this year. Have they looked vulnerable at times?

Yes. But this is the time of the year. Obviously, three championships. This is their fifth Super Bowl appearance in the last six years.

January and February is Kansas City Chiefs time. So I certainly expect that they'll show up. So Boomer Sison was on me Friday, Saturday night. And here's what he told me about how the league has changed from taking a knee to now doing the Trump dance.

I'm certainly more optimistic. There's no question about that. You see that flag that sits over my shoulder in this shot. My uncle was on the USS Nevada during Pearl Harbor.

My father spent 16 growing months in Europe during World War II. I was raised a patriot. I've always believed in our flag. I've always believed in our country, the sanctity of our country. I'm so happy to see that players around the league are coming around.

I do believe that they believe in a meritocracy. Your thoughts about where the league is at now from taking a knee to now, prior to the national anthem? Look, I think it's a breath of fresh air that we're having in this country right now. We're certainly seeing it reflected in professional sports. It's cool again. You can look around a little bit and exhale and realize that it's cool again to love America, that there's nothing wrong with that, that we can be proud of our country again. We don't have to spend all of our time grousing and complaining about injustices and perceived injustices.

Look, we all want to live in the best society possible, but I think all of us have had a little too much of the era of complaints about America superseding what we love about this country. You follow Ricky Cabanel, kick he wears every day. He wears every day live at 11 o'clock.

You could also follow him at Super 70 Sports. Thanks for joining us, Ricky. Appreciate it.

My pleasure. Let the hype begin for the Fox Super Bowl on Sunday in New Orleans. It's going to be great.

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