JR SportBrief Hour 4

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On the free Odyssey app. A U D A C Y. We've had an eventful night. The Miami Heat. They sneak a win in Boston in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference Finals. The Miami Heat win 123 to 116 at halftime of the game. It doesn't look like the Boston Celtics were just gonna just kind of roll through this because at halftime Boston led 66 to 57. The Miami Heat came out in the third quarter and said. 56 points and they smoked the Boston Celtics. They knocked down 51% of their three point shots. The Celtics fell apart at the end of the game. They kept it close but couldn't get over the hump. Too many turnovers by Tatum, by Brown, by Al Harford and Jason Tatum. Turn the ball over. Brown had a cut on his hand. Marcus Smart at one point.

You know he had a cramp. It was just bad all the way around as the Celtics could not close out this game after such a promising start. Jimmy Butler absolutely on fire. 35 points. 7 assists. 6 steals. There were a million members of the Miami Heat who had 15 points. Vincent, Struce, Martin, Lowry all had 15 each.

Bam Adebayo contributed 20 and Tatum, he put up 30 points but people are gonna remember those turnovers at the end of the game. And so I'll play you some of the audio from the Boston Celtics from the Miami Heat momentarily. Right before we went to break, I also shared with you a top six list of some of the best prospects that the NBA has ever seen. At number one, I gave you the guy named LeBron James.

And if you missed the full explanations, Odyssey app. So we'll get into that. I'll get back to your calls momentarily. I do want you to hear from some of the key players in tonight's game where Miami won. And first of all, let's go to the coach of the Boston Celtics, Joe Mazzulla, because his team, let me say this again because it sounds ridiculous every time I say it, his team gave up 46 points in the third quarter.

The hell is his problem? What the hell is his team's problem? And Joe Mazzulla actually had an explanation. Bill Belichick was in the building. Maybe Belichick should have went down onto the court and given him some advice.

Listen to this crap. Joe, what happened in that third quarter? Lost our offensive purpose, lost our game plan discipline, allowed them to get out in transition, get second chance shots, didn't guard the three point line. This is your fourth home loss. I know I asked you that question in practice yesterday, but again, you're 500 at home.

How does that keep happening? I don't think that has anything to do with the fact that we won three out of the four quarters, got away from who we are in the third quarter, whether it's home or away, it's the details, it's the margins, it's the little things. We've shown we can do it both home and away.

And I don't think that matters as much as what our mindset is during certain stretches. Oh man, Belichick was sitting up in a suite with Brad Stevens. Belichick should have went down onto the court and told him how to coach defense.

That was terrible. Jason Tatum was also asked, why did y'all stink in the third quarter? Tatum had an answer too? We just gave up 46 points in the third. So, you know, that's defense and transition and offensive rebounds and, you know, not closing out the shooters. So, you know, some things that we really got to focus on and go over tomorrow and practice. Okay. Let's just go on down the list. Nobody has an answer here. Maybe Jalen Brown has a solution.

What is it, Jalen? We came out too cool. Like, it was just almost like we was just playing a regular season game. Like, it's the Eastern Conference Finals. Like, come on, we got to play with more intensity than we did today.

And we just got to be better, including me. Look, Marcus Smart had 10 assists in the first half of the game. He had one assist in the second. Hey, Marcus, what the hell happened in the third? Why didn't y'all call a timeout?

What was coach doing out there? Joe's real big on, a lot of times, not bailing us out on stuff when we're playing like ****. So, you know, we got to look ourselves in the mirror. You know, Joe could call a timeout and then, what, we come out and do the same thing. So, it's on us.

Okay. Way to have the coaches back. That's enough of them losers for right now.

Let's hear from a winner. Hey, Jimmy Butler, did you know that you would be out here whooping they **** like this? Damn right.

I did. Damn right, we did. And the best part about it is we still don't care what none of y'all think, honestly speaking. We don't care if you pick us to win. We never have.

We never will. We know the group of guys we have in this locker room. We know that Coach Bo puts so much confidence and belief in each and every one of us.

Coach Pat as well. And so, our circle's small but this circle got so much love for one another. We pump constant confidence into everybody. And we go out there and we hoop. We play basketball the right way knowing that we always got a chance. Ooh, I love, I love the, I love the underdog attitude.

I love it. I like, I like the underdog. Good on the Miami Heat for walking away with this victory. Kyle Lowry, 15 points off of the bench.

Kyle Lowry said, man, Jimmy's my guy. I'm proud of him. Man, I'm really proud of him. I think it's just great to be a part of this, this run he's been on since, I don't know how long it's been now.

It's been, you know, but that's what he does. He's one of the best players in the world for a reason. And it's just a joy to watch him. He wants it so bad and he works so hard at his craft. It's important to, you know, enjoy his success and, you know, he gives us all the confidence to be, you know, successful and be aggressive and assertive. And that's what makes him special and that he's not about all about him. It's about our group and our team and everyone else.

It's fun. You got to appreciate someone who's just dogged and how he approaches the game. We need more dudes like that. We really do. Maybe, yeah, we really do. Maybe DeMar DeRozan.

Well, that was also hilarious. Let's play that. I like how Jimmy Butler plays the game. He's not going to fall into the category that DeMar DeRozan puts a good amount of players.

And DeMar DeRozan was talking to Paul George on his podcast and they both agreed. We don't got a lot of players like Jimmy Butler in the league. We got more guys who are just straight trash.

Listen to this. We do guys a lot of sorry motherf***ers in the league. I'm going to be honest.

No cap. I'm the type of dude, I keep my opinions to myself. I chill.

I play the backseat. But being in the league so long, you realize how many motherf***ers don't love the game of basketball, who take it for granted, who feel so entitled, who just want everything that come with it, but don't want to put the work in. It's so frustrating.

You know what I mean? It's like we played in an era where you had to like earn everything. So you got so many guys coming in thinking like they just should be playing because their homeboy told them they're nice.

And it's like, bro, you're not good. So I definitely got Brian standpoint of that because you'll be surprised. It's a good was it 450 of us.

It's a good 75 to 100. Stinks. Stinks. Good dudes though. Yeah, Jimmy Butler doesn't fall into that category. Not not by a long shot. 8 5 5 2 1 2 4 CBS.

That's 8 5 5 2 1 2 4 CBS. We got a lot of people on the line waiting patiently. We've been talking about some of the most hyped prospects to ever come into the NBA on the heels of Victor when Benyama getting ready to be drafted next month by the San Antonio Spurs.

LeBron James, I think without a shadow of a doubt, there isn't too much argument. I believe of him being the biggest prospect that the NBA has ever seen. Let's go to San Diego and talk to Joe. You were on CBS Sports Radio. What's on your mind, Joe?

Hey, great to be on your show. It's always been the big man that everybody wants to get today, yesterday and back in the early 70s. There was a guy out of St. Petersburg, Virginia High School. He did get the social media hype, but he was on Sports Illustrated when he was in high school, Sporting News when he was in high school, and they actually did a 60 Minutes TV episode on him when he was in high school.

They interviewed his mom. He averaged 38 points in high school, 26 rebounds, 11 block shots. There was a bidding war. The NBA had a bidding war for him. He chose the NBA Utah Stars. He is none other than Moses Malone, a very dominant player. He had averaged seven rebounds a game one season, which is still a record for offensive rebounds. That's just offensive rebounds.

The only guy that was comparable to him being relentless on the board is probably Dennis Rodman, but this guy had a lot of hype for very minimal social media at that time. Well, minimal? Minimal social media?

Minimal? Is that the word? That's an understatement. Yeah, it didn't exist. Yeah, I agree with you.

One trillion, one million gazillion percent, which doesn't exist. I just wouldn't put him on the list. I think he's outside of the six. I hear you though, Joe. OK, I got Joe's talk.

Thank you, Joe, for calling from San Diego. Now, there's no disputing this. You know, here's the thing. This is the funky part.

It's not funky. A lot of legends, the majority of legends get hype. You could venture to say that every NBA player, the majority of them, even the ones who don't play. Man, they were killers in school, right? They were killers in high school. They were killers in college. But I think there's a different level for a lot of folks.

Huge. And Moses Malone is certainly one of the best of the best of the best of the best. I'm not comparing him to a dude at the end of the bench. But I think there's something to be said how there is everybody or there's so many players on a team or a roster. You just heard DeMar DeRozan say a lot of these dudes don't even care about or love the game that much.

But when they had their time, that they were the celebrity, they got all of the attention. 8-5-5, 2-1-2 for CBS. Allen is calling from Toronto. You're on the Gerald Sport Reshore.

Go ahead, Allen. Yeah, you kind of stole my thunder when you mentioned Patrick Ewing. That was the 1985 was the year of the lottery draft. That was the very first year.

I'm going one year before that, 1984, Hakeem Olajuwon. And he was picked ahead of Michael Jordan, Charles Barkley and John Stockton. And I actually thought that Sam Bowie would be number one. That was my prediction, so I was actually shocked. But he did very good in Houston.

Three standout years and Guy Lewis had nicked him of the dream because he so effortlessly dunked. So I really thought that Bowie was going to be, Sam Bowie was going to be number one. But it was kind of a surprise to me. You know, there were so many others ahead of him.

He lived up to his advanced billing. But that's not what we're talking about. We're just talking about the hype.

Yeah. I feel bad, I guess, for my four hours, I stole your thunder twice. I mentioned both Hakeem and Patrick. Well, Allen, I appreciate you, man. I'm sorry. My apologies.

Yeah, it's very rare that somebody says the host stole somebody's sun beer. But, you know, you mentioned Patrick Ewing. I wanted to mention him, but you mentioned him ahead of me. I'm sorry. Well, Allen, tomorrow you could do all four hours of the show. Deal? Yeah. Sure. I'm not going to pay you.

You're not going to get no money, but you could just do all four hours. Okay? Deal?

Yeah. For everything else, MasterCard. MasterCard? What'd you say? MasterCard what?

For everything else, there's MasterCard. Listening to you is priceless. Listening and talking to you, priceless. Oh, look at that. Well, look, call me at 10-0-1 tomorrow and then you could take over, all right? Sure, yeah.

I wouldn't mind that at all. Okay. Hey, Allen, have a good night, okay? Yeah, I sure will. Always a pleasure being on the line with you. Thanks a lot. No problem, Allen.

Thank you. That would be fascinating. What would be fascinating? If Allen calls the show at 10-0-1 and you allow him to host your show for four hours, that would be scintillating. If Allen does call tomorrow at 10-0-1? Yeah. Yeah, let's just let him go. Would you be open to him hosting a segment?

A segment? No, if Allen calls at 10-0-1 tomorrow, Allen can start the show. He can't. I would love to hear that. I'll be here. I'll sit in the back until I feel that, hey, where's the guy who says that when I'm not here we lose customers? Where's that guy at? I've got to find that quickly. You know what I'm talking about, right?

I've got to find that. Yeah, there's a guy, he says, when you're not on, the station loses customers. And so Allen, hey, call tomorrow at 10-0-1 Eastern Time, Allen, and you can co-host the open of the show with me until that I feel that we are starting to lose customers. Who do we have here? Kirk calling from California. You're on CBS Sports Radio.

What's up, Kirk? Make sure that we don't lose customers. JR, it's a customer.

It's a pleasure talking to you again. What happened? What? I'm a customer. Yo, you're a customer? No, okay. Well, go ahead.

It's a pleasure talking to you and thanks, Shep, for accepting my call. JR, if you had an extended list, would you put Pistol Pete Marovitch on that list? Oh my God, extended, man?

You know how many people I try to cram into six and leave off? How extended would we have to go? Well, Pistol Pete in college played 83 games. He averaged 44 points. He scored 50 points 20 times or more. And then scored 68 points against Alabama in college and 69 points against the Knicks in the Garden as a pro. But I don't think he got the hype that he would get today. Oh, well, I think that that that stands for a lot of folks. Could you imagine that?

See, could you? And especially, yes, a lot of it is because he was a white player in regards to look at what this white player is doing. I don't think the NBA has seen anything like that. And this sounds wild to say this. Even this was 20 years ago since Jason Williams.

Like, like imagine if Pistol Pete Marovitch was playing in a House of Highlights bleacher report overtime elite type world where every pass and every flip would have been blown up on social media. You're 100 percent correct there. Well, thank you, JR. I appreciate that you agree.

No, I do. Listen, I was well, he died when I was a kid, but I would have loved to seen him play. I've seen enough highlights, enough documentaries and stories.

I spent enough time down in Baton Rouge, man. So I definitely understand the impact that that he has had on the game. And yeah, if he would have been playing now or if any point over the past 20, 15 years, he'd have been big time.

But he'd have been a legend even bigger than he is already. Hey, thank you, Kurt. Appreciate you for calling from California. Eight five five two one two four CBS.

That's eight five five two one two four CBS. We're going to take a break. We come back.

I will get some more of your calls. I want to share with you again the comments made by LeBron James about his own legacy when he was still a teenager speaking to Bob Costas. We'll hear from Draymond Green. Draymond Green pretty much said, hey, let's let's be easy here between when Benyama and LeBron. And then also head coach of the winning team tonight, Eric Spolstra.

He had some comments as well. And speaking of prospects, this is a different sport. Alex Smith.

He's not too fond of defensive coordinators helping to shepherd in quarterbacks to the league. It's the JR Sportbrief show on CBS Sports Radio. We're going to go to a break. I'll get you on the other side.

Don't move. You're the best man. You're the best. When you're not on, they lose customers. You're listening to the JR Sportbrief on CBS Sports Radio. Out of all the talk show hoes that this station be putting on, you're the best, man. You're the best. When you're not on, they lose customers.

Call in now at 855-212-4CBS. Oh, my. Every time I hear that, I just I want to fall out.

Just how he how he put it. I want to fall out my chair. Then if I fell out my chair, then. And if I fell out my chair, Shep would take over, but they lose customers.

It's how he said it. They they lose customers. I appreciate it, man.

Thank you. Hey, I don't know how many customers the Celtics are losing, especially after blowing these games that they they're in the lead for. Tonight, the Heat beat them 123 to 116. Jimmy Butler coming through with 35 points. The Miami Heat, they were down at halftime, but then they come out to score 46 points in the third quarter. And so Eric Spolstra, he spoke after the game and he did nothing really but big up Jimmy Butler and his impact on this team. You can't quantify it.

There's no analytic to it. The just the feeling of stability in the locker room, even when you're down nine, you know, the first half we played poorly, but you have to credit Boston because they made us play poorly. You know, there's just a settling effect that it's impossible to quantify that, like, all right, we're in striking distance. Let's just settle into our game. And, you know, Jimmy will make a bunch of plays, man will make a bunch of plays and will be all right. And everybody can just fit into their roles. But that's what the great players, you know, do.

Yeah, great, great story. Not a lot of hype surrounding Jimmy Butler. 2011 draft pick selected 30th overall goes to the Chicago Bulls, starts off with Coach Thibodeau, isn't allowed to really be anything but a defensive stopper, maybe go straight to the basket. And what he's been able to do is pretty amazing as well. Building himself what very well might be a Hall of Fame career. 8 5 5 2 1 2 4 CBS.

That's 8 5 5 2 1 2 4 CBS. We're talking about some of the best prospects, some of the most hyped prospects that the NBA has ever seen. Let's go ahead and give you a reminder of LeBron James. This was LeBron with Bob Costas before he was drafted while still a teenager. And listen to the pressure that was basically put on and bestowed upon LeBron and listen to how he handled it with a very simple answer. LeBron James, how does it feel to know that if you're not eventually a Hall of Fame caliber player, it's not good enough to be good or an All-Star. If you're not eventually a first rank Hall of Famer, a lot of people will say you were a bust or overhyped. How does that make me feel? Well, I don't look at it as looking into the future. I always go by I'll take every moment at a time because you're not promised tomorrow.

And that's what my mom brought me up on. And I always say that I just try to get better every day at what I do. Yes, it's pretty wild. He has surpassed just being a Hall of Fame player.

Just that's pretty amazing. 855-2124 CBS. Let's go to Charles. He's calling from here in Atlanta. You're on the Gerald Sportbreeze show. What's up, Charles? What's going on, JR? How are you?

I'm doing pretty good, man. My prospect was actually tabbed the next LeBron James back in the seventh grade when he was starting varsity, putting up 23 games. Just as a seventh grader, he committed to USC, played one year, freshman All-American. At USC, you know, he was on the cover of every magazine they were pushing him. Media hype was out of his world. Then he went to the league, got drafted third overall. His career didn't pan out. He had a couple of good years, but my prospect was O.J.

Mayo. Oh, okay. Yeah, he falls in that category. I wouldn't put him at the top, top, top. He is one of the dudes that was really, really, really hyped up, as you mentioned, following LeBron.

I don't know if I'd put him all the way up there with the Kareems and the Wilts of the world, but I hear you. Yeah, I think he just came at the beginning of the social media era, so it was a big push for him, you know, with hip-hop and everything. I think so.

Most certainly. And the last time I looked, he was playing in Israel. Where the hell is he now?

That's correct. Is he still out there? He is still active in Israel and banned from the NBA, from what I understand.

Well, I mean, there's certain drugs that you can't partake in. Exactly. He ain't here. Hey, I looked it up.

He's in Egypt right now, so there you have it. Got it. Thank you, Charles. Appreciate you. Appreciate you.

No problem. Hey, Shep, when's the last time you watched an Egyptian basketball game? Never.

Oh. Hey, Marco Balletti, you ever watched an Egyptian league basketball game? Ever?

Really? I have not. No.

Okay. Am I missing? What happened? Am I missing? Have you? Have I seen an...

I couldn't tell you the greatest player in Egyptian basketball. I don't know. I couldn't tell you.

Let's see if this guy does. Hey, Ed from Pittsburgh. Hey, this is random. Ed, you there?

Yeah, hey, the player who received the most high school hype... Wait, wait, wait, wait, Ed. I didn't ask you about that. Wait, Ed, wait. We're having a whole conversation, Ed.

Feel free to join. Have you ever seen an Egyptian basketball game? No. Do they have them on television? Not in America. Maybe in Egypt. Maybe. Well, get out your expensive satellite. I'm sure you have.

What? A satellite dish what? You probably have some expensive satellite flying over your house. Who, me?

No, I don't have expensive satellite. Maybe 1993. Not now. Hey, Ed, do me a favor. Hold on a second, okay? So, JR. Sure. Thank you, Ed.

Appreciate you. Oh. Yes, chef. Go ahead. So, you teach us every night, every hour. Why?

So, this is my turn. So, there is a guy, gentlemen, he doesn't play in the NBA anymore, but his name is Abdel Nader. And he was the NBA G-League, well, at the time it was D-League Rookie of the Year. Right.

And he actually had a run with the Suns for a couple years before they fired everybody. That's the only Egyptian player I've even heard of. The name Nader sounds familiar. Yes. If this guy walked by me in the street right now, I wouldn't know who the hell he was. No, you would not.

Yeah, I wouldn't. Hey, Marco, you know who this man is? Negative. No idea who that is. I know Mo Salah. He's Egyptian. He plays soccer. I know him. Him I know. Yeah, we know him.

We don't know Nader. Anyway, it's the JR Sport Brief Show on CBS Sports Radio. Hey, Ed, thank you for joining the conversation. I'll bring you back momentarily. You're listening to the JR Sport Brief on CBS Sports Radio. JR, how are you?

You are amazing. You should be called a sports professor. Anybody ever call you that?

Call in now at 855-212-4CBS. Hey, I've been called a professor. I've been called a psychiatrist. I've been called a lawyer.

I'll take them all as compliments. I'm just a dude out here hanging out, okay? Just hanging out, talking about stuff. That's it.

Anyway, it is the JR Sport Brief Show on CBS Sports Radio. We've done a lot of talking about prospects and the NBA and just some of the most hyped guys that we've ever seen. And now we're really starting to get into the weeds. People are bringing up guys who are just hyped. And I'm like, these are the best of the best of the best.

And we're watering things down now at this point. But I did mention this. In another sport in the NFL, we got hyped dudes in everything, right?

People that are hyped in music. This is the next big thing. This is the next big quarterback.

This is the next big this. Alex Smith. Yeah, the same Alex Smith from the Chiefs, from the 49ers. He needed a million surgeries on his leg. He came back.

God bless him. Alex Smith, he hops on Sirius XFM or Sirius XM NFL radio from time to time. And for whatever reason, for the past several months, he's had like a target at head coach Rob Salah of the New York Jets as it relates to another prospect, Zach Wilson. And recently he was on Sirius XM and he's just like, you know what, when you have an offensive head coach, it's good to have that type of do develop a quarterback as opposed to a defensive coordinator. And it's just like, well, damn, man, give Rob Salah a break. And he said that he's a great defensive man and coordinator, but he has no idea how to develop a quarterback.

He said the coordinator you hired never called plays. And and this all happens to be true. But why now?

And it's not even now. It was a few months ago that Alex Smith just said the same thing. Is he trying to take Rob Salah's job?

I have no idea. This is what he told a few months ago. ESPN. It's it's kind of nuts. Listen, Zach Wilson was always a high ceiling, a bit of a project in the sense that he came out early.

He was incredibly young. And for me, as much as we want to compliment Coach Salah and what he's done with this team and kind of the quick turnaround in two years. He deserves just as much criticism for what he's done in this quarterback room. The QB musical chairs weekly, like you're the starter this week. You're the backup. You're not dressing.

No, you you start this week. You're not dressing like the lack of consistency, the lack of a plan that has been in place to develop Zach Wilson. And then to hear him say that the draft doesn't matter. Like to me, that's spoken like somebody that hasn't been drafted. Number two, there is a reality of this to be drafted to the New York market.

This is a fan base, an organization that is incredibly unique and to be the number two overall pick and the expectations that come with that. To turn around an organization and then to just not have a plan to support this kid. Yeah, go do that. Yeah. Like to just roll the dice and like, hey, fingers crossed.

Turn out good. They're struggling to go sit down. Yeah. So what you're saying is that he's mismanaged that quarterback room, but that's not the only thing that he's mismanaged. Yeah, well, he doubled down on that on Sirius XM. Look, I guess Alex Smith just wants to make it clear he doesn't appreciate this.

But isn't it any kind of old news right now? Like you got Aaron Rodgers there. If Zach Wilson is going to learn from anybody, it wouldn't be too bad to learn from Aaron Rodgers. Just sit back and watch. I get over it. I'm sure Rob Saleh hears these comments and he just goes, man, OK, you killed me two months ago. Can I get a break today?

Leave me alone. Maybe by the time Zach Wilson plays football again, maybe it a won't be for the New York Jets and then maybe he won't be a turnover machine. Maybe he'll also take some accountability.

But yeah, that's all Rob Saleh's fault. 8 5 5 2 1 2 4 CBS 8 5 5 2 1 2 4 CBS. Ed, thank you for waiting patiently. You're on CBS Sports Radio.

What's up? You mentioned the name Nader. There was a swim Nader played in the NBA, kind of an average center. OK, well, thank you.

I don't know what the hell you're talking about, but thanks. The player who got the most hype in high school in West Pennsylvania was Lou Alcindor, Kareem. Like he played at Power Memorial. Pennsylvania?

He would get like 50. Pennsylvania. He's from Harlem.

He played in like Midtown Manhattan. Now, I'm saying in the media here in Pittsburgh, he got the most in the media. Oh, in the media. OK. Yeah, sure.

Sure. OK. You know, Pete marriage is dead press coast high school ball in Beaver Valley up to 65. The previous caller probably would know where Pete played his high school ball. I think it might have been in Louisiana. I think you know, I think it was the Carolinas, I believe. Well, I don't know when press got the LSU job. You're right.

They are played. I'm sorry. Military Institute for high school, obviously played for his father. We averaged like 70 a game at LSU for three seasons. What was the first part of what you said, chef? Edwards Military Institute. Where was that? Was North Carolina. Oh, so it was the car. OK, it was the Carolinas. OK, well, thank you, Ed.

You have anything else? We're still mad at you in West Pennsylvania. When you mentioned the upsets, you didn't mention the Jets leading the Colts. Wait a minute. You said upsets. What are you talking about?

What did I say? What is another top six? Yeah, this is one of your top sixes.

Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, Ed. How long ago are you? Whatever you're referencing, how long ago was it? A couple of weeks ago, Joe Namath, you know, is from Zebra Valley. Yes, I'm familiar. I've met the man and have spoken to him.

I'm familiar with him. Is this the Ed show now? I mean, you got anything else, Ed?

Well, the Jets were 19 and a half point underdogs in that game. Thank you, Ed. Tell me a fact from 1980. Give me. And that's it.

Thank you, Ed, for calling from Pittsburgh. What do you he run? He ran out shop.

What happened? He ran out. Could have said that's when Magic dropped 42, you know, 15 and nine in the NBA Finals Game six against 76 years. Yes.

As a baby, as a rookie. Right. Ed had everything else except for that. Thank you, Ed.

Eight five five two one two four CBS. Rick is calling from Baltimore. What's up, Rick?

Hey, good evening. First, just great respect for your work with Agents of Inclusion. Well, thank you for listening to the podcast. I appreciate it. Absolutely.

Your list is fantastic, but I have one that might crack the top six and that would be Len Bias. Oh, my God. Yeah.

Yeah. And I think, unfortunately, because of his early and sad demise, it almost builds the hype of who he was because not that he didn't deserve the hype, but it's just our imaginations to determine what his greatness would have been at a professional level. And that greatness can't be sullied by failure at the professional level because it didn't happen. So it's almost like his hype extends past him, then past his death.

But I think it can put him in that upper echelon. You have one of the greatest what could have happened and maybe even four, especially if you're a Celtics fan. Like I would say you're a parent. Yeah. Yeah. What what would the 90s have looked like?

What would have taken place if, you know, with Walker and then even thinking about the Spurs and some of the tanking and Paul Pierce and the history of the Celtics for the better part of, I don't know, maybe from then till now, the past 30 or so years, it would have been altered. So that was that was that was massive. Hey, thank you, Rick. That's a that's a good name to bring up. I appreciate that. You all have a good night. Take care.

You as well. That was Len Baez. My God. I don't know.

Maybe a different category. Maybe John Moran could learn something from him. Mike is calling from Maryland. You're on the JR sport reshow. Hey, JR. What's up, Mike?

It's a legend. I hope he's doing well. You might know as a junior in high school, he was 31 and one and he won a state title. Senior year, he went 31 and 0 and he won a second title and he was missed the basketball in Indiana. A lot of people think Larry Burr was the greatest high school player in Indiana, but it was this man, Oscar Robinson, the big go. He's still around. I hope he's doing well. And he's a legend. Well, that goes without saying, one of the best point guards ever pick up a ball. Hey, thank you, Mike. Appreciate you.

OK. No doubt about it. Beck is calling from Florida. Go ahead, Beck, quickly.

Hey, how's it going? Shout out the most solid Liverpool and also the seven one three. What about I guess we're going to high school route or something, but Rashad Lewis played my high school at ninety nine his senior year.

I don't mean the second half of the game. No, no, but go ahead. Is that the best height prospect you can tell me about? No, but I mean, Garnett, Felipe Lopez. OK. Speaking of the heat, when in the night, Harold Minor wasn't, I don't think, a big prospect coming into the league.

But after the slam dunk contest, everybody thought he was maybe Jordan. Yeah, no, we yeah, we we ain't talking about what happened after we talk about before back. Right. So, OK, so of course, it's not the top six.

Your top six was great. So, yeah. Well, thank you. Well, listen, I'm just trying to be cool like you back. Appreciate you, man.

Hey, same to you. Every little problem. Yeah. Felipe Lopez. I've heard that name in a long time. Cliff is calling from Birmingham.

You got to be very fast. Cliff, go ahead. Yeah. Yeah.

I listen to you every night, every day. Thank you. Yeah. There was a guy called Michael Olowo-Kandi, who was called a candy man in 1998. Oh, he stunk, man. I remember him.

But after about some few years in the Boston Celtics, he didn't do too good. Yeah, no. Yeah. Michael Olowo-Kandi.

Yeah. He was a. Dare I say, he was a bust. He was big. He was slow. I remember him. He's he was a perfect clipper.

He was a bum. I know. I know. But there was a high.

There was a high finish draft in 1998. Yeah. Yeah.

He's stuck. Hey, Cliff, where are you from? You Nigerian? Yeah. Yeah. I'm from Nigeria. I'm from Lagos, like Olowo-Kandi.

Lagos. Yeah. I figured you would call and tell me about a bum like him. Hey, thank you, Cliff.

I appreciate you. I was kind of disappointed myself. I thought you would become the dream. Another dream.

But listen, listen, Cliff. The IKEA allows you. I won't post the photo. I have a photo of me in the dream. And I look like his son.

You know, I might. Yeah, I might be IKEA son. But yeah, we have one guy and his name is IKEA. And we don't need nobody else for right now. Does. Does Yannis count? He don't count? No.

Oh, Yannis can't. But, you know, it's kind of like. His parents are just like Akeem. They're from the. They're from the Yoruba tribe. Yes, yes, yes. Yes, correct. We got Akeem and then we also got Yannis.

So we we can forget about Michael Olowo-Kandi. Hey, Cliff, I appreciate you. My brother, you be well, OK? Thank you.

Bless him. Shout out to my neighbor from Birmingham. He's my faraway, you know, 90 minute neighbor on the other side of the board.

I'm here in Atlanta. Hey, shout outs to everybody who called up and participated in the show tonight. We'll be back with you tomorrow.

10 p.m. Eastern Time, 7 p.m. Pacific. Do yourself a favor. Don't be a bust. Just be hyped up. Live up to it. Congratulations to the Heat.

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